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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

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

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

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

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

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

  @media (min-width: 890px) {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

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

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

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

      grid-column-gap: 2.5rem;
    }

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

  @media (min-width: 890px) {

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

  }

  @media (min-width: 990px) {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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








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


OF THE 


HOUSE of COMMONS. 







































JOURNALS 


OF THE 





HOUSE of COMMONS. 





From Avueust the 20th, 1852, 


In the SixteEnTH YEAR of the Reign of 


QUEEN VICTORIA, 


To JANUARY the 31st, 1854, 





In the SEVENTEENTH YEAR of the Reign of 


QUEEN VICTORIA. 


—_&gt; 


Sess. 1852—1853. 


—= 











Printed by Order of The House of Commons, 
BY HENRY HANSARD, PRINTER TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. 











Vou. 108. 

















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Ov. 108, 


By The QUEEN. 
A PROCLAMATION, 


For dissolving-the present Parliament, and declaring 
the Calling of another. 


VICTORIA R. 


\ HEREAS We have thought fit, by and with 
the advice of Our Privy Council, to dissolve 
this present Parliament, which was this day pro- 
rogued, and stands prorogued to Friday, the Twen- 
tieth day of August next: We do, for that end, pub- 
lish this Our Royal Proclamation ; and do hereby dis- 
solve the said Parliament accordingly ; and the L 


and Burgesses, and the Commissioners for Shires 
and Burghs, of the House of Commons, are dis- 
charged. from their Meeting and Attendance on the 
said Friday, the Twentieth day of August next. And 
We, being desirous and resolved, as soon as may 
be, to meet Our People, and to have their advice in 
Parliament, do hereby make known to all Our loving 
Subjects Our Royal will and pleasure to call a new 
Parliament: And do hereby further declare, That, 


ords | 
Spiritual and Temporal, and the Knights, Citizens | 


with the advice of Our Privy Council, We have 
oe Order that Our Chancellor of that part of Our 

nited Kingdom called Great Britain, and Our 
Chancellor of Jreland, do respectively, upon Notice 
thereof, forthwith issue out Writs, in due form and 
according to Law, for calling a new Parliament. And 
We do hereby also, by this Our Royal Proclamation 
under Our Great Seal of Our United Kingdom, re- 
quire Writs forthwith to be issued accordingly by 
Ger said Chancellors respectively, for causing the 
Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, who 
are to serve in the said Parliament, to be duly re- 
turned to, and give their attendance in, Our said 
Parliament; which Writs are to be returnable on 
| Friday, the Twentieth day of August next. 





Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palace, this 
First day of July, in the year of our Lord One 
thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two, and in the 
sixteenth year of Our reign. 


GOD save The QvEEN. 











HOUSE 


JOURNALS 


OF THE 








Veneris, 20° die August ; 
Anno 16° Victorie Regine, 1852. 


HE Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty having, | 

by Her Royal Proclamation (hereunto annexed) | 
dated the 1st day of July 1852, dissolved the | 
last Parliament; and by Her Writ of Summons 
issued under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing 
teste at Westminster on the said 1st day of July; 
and also by Her Writ of Summons under the same | 
Great Seal, bearing teste the same day of the same | 
month, and returnable on this day, called a new| 
Parliament, several Members appeared: And Her 
Majesty having been pleased, by and with the' 
advice of Her Privy Council, by an Order of Council, | 
dated the 18th day of this instant August, to declare | 
that the said Parliament should be this day prorogued 
by Writ, the said Members went directly, without going 
into the House of Commons, or expecting any Mes- 
sage from the Lords, up to the door of the House of, 
Peers; and, after a short stay there, the Yeoman | 
Usher of the Black Rod opening the door, they, 
with the Clerk Assistant, went up to the bar of the 
House: And they being there, the Lord Chancellor | 
standing up, uncovered, declared that there was a | ~~~~~ 
Writ issued under the Great Seal for proroguing the 


Parliament. 


Which Writ lying on the Table, his Lordship di- 
rected the Clerk to read: And the same was read 
accordingly, for proroguing the Parliament until 
Thursday, the 21st day of October next ensuing ; 


followeth ; 


VICTORIA Rk. 


ITCTORTIA, by the Grace of God, of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, | 
To Our well-beloved and 
faithful the Prelates, Nobles and Peers of Our said 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and 
to Our beloved and faithful the Knights, Citizens and 
Burgesses of Our said United Kingdom, called and | 
chosen to Our Parliament, to be begun and holden 
at Our City of Westminster, on Friday the Twentieth 
day of this instant month of August, and to every of 
you, Greeting. Whereas We, for certain arduous and 
urgent affairs concerning Us, the state and defence | 
of Our said United Kingdom of Great Britain and | 
Ireland, and the Church, did ordain the said Parlia- | 
ment to be holden at the day and place aforesaid ; | 
and did command you by Our several Writs to be 
present at the City and day aforesaid, to treat, con- 
sent and conclude about those things which in Our 
said Parliament then and there should be proposed | 
and treated of : Nevertheless, 


Defender of the Faith. 


VoL. 108, 






f COMMONS. 





City: We also will that 
| wholly discharged, as to 





| considerations Us at this time especially moving, 
| We have thought fit that Our said Parliament be 
| prorogued unto Thursday, the Twenty-first day of 
October now next ensuing, so that neither you, nor 
any of you, should be held or obliged to appear on 
the said Twentieth day of August at the aforesaid 
ou, and every of you, be 
therefrom ; commanding, 
and, by the tenor of these presents, strictly requiring 
you, and every of you, and all others whom this may 
| concern, That you, and every of you, do personally 
appear, and be present on the said Twenty-first day 
of October next, at Our said City of Westminster, to 
treat, do, act and conclude upon those things which, 
in Our said Parliament, by the Common Council of 
Our said United Kingdom (by God’s assistance), 
shall happen to be ordained. Witness Ourself, at 
Westminster, the Eighteenth day of August, in the 
sixteenth year of Our reign. 


By The QUEEN Herself, 


Signed with Her own Hand. 


C. Romi.ty. 


Jovis, 21° die Octobris ; 
Anno 16° Victorie Regine, 1852. 


EVERAL Members this day appeared; and Parliament 
Her Majesty having been pleased, by and with Proregucd. 

the advice of Her Privy Council, by an Order of 

| Council, dated the 16th day of this instant October, to 

_ declare that the Parliament should be this day again 

_prorogued by Writ ; the said Members went directly, 

without going into the House of Commons, or ex- 

pecting any Message from the Lords, up to the 

door of the House of Peers ; and, after a short stay 

| there, the Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod opening 

| the door, they, with the Second Clerk Assistant, went 

/up to the bar of the House: And they being there, 

the Lord Chancellor standing up uncovered, declared 

that there was a Writ issued under the Great Seal 

for further proroguing the Parliament until Thursday, 

he 4th day of November next ensuing ; which Writ 

is as followeth ; 


VICTORIA R. 


CTORIA, by the Grace of God, of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, 
Defender of the Faith. To Our well-beloved and 
faithful the Prelates, Nobles and Peers of Our said 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and 
for certain causes and | to Our beloved and faithful the Knights, 









































Citizens 
and 


4 





A. 1852. 











and Burgesses of Our said United Kingdom, called | 
and chosen to Our Parliament, to be begun and 
holden at Our City of Westminster on the Twenty- | 
first day of October instant, and to every of you, | 
Greeting. Whereas We, for certain arduous and 
urgent affairs concerning Us, the state and defence | 
of the said United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, and the Church, did ordain the said Parlia- 
ment to be begun and holden at the City of West- 
minster, upon the Twentieth day of August now last 
past; and did command you by Our several Writs 
to be present at the City and day last aforesaid, to 
treat, consent and conclude about those things which 
in Our said Parliament then and there should be 
roposed and treated of : And whereas We, by Our 
Wnt, for certain causes and considerations Us there- 
unto especially moving, have thought fit to prorogue 
Our said Parliament from the said Twentieth day 
of August instant to and until the Twenty-first day 
of October now next ensuing, so that neither you, 
nor any of you, should be held or obliged to appear 
on the said Twentieth day of August at the aforesaid 
City, being willing that you, and every of you, be 
wholly discharged, as to Us, therefrom; and, by the 
same Writ, We very lately commanded you, and 
every of you, to appear and be present on the said 
Twenty-first day of October, at Our said City, to 
treat, do, act and conclude upon those things which 
in Our said Parliament should happen to be or- 
dained: Nevertheless, for certain pressing causes 
and considerations Us especially thereunto moving, 
Our said Parliament, from the said Twenty-first day 
of October to and until the Fourth day of November 
next ensuing, We have thought fit further to pro- 
rogue, so that neither you, nor any of you, should be 
held or obliged to appear on the said Twenty-first day 
of October at the aforesaid City : We also will that 
you, and every of you, be wholly discharged, as to Us, 
therefrom ; commanding, and, by the tenor of these 
presents, strictly —— you, and every of you, and 
all others whom this may concern, that you, and 
every of you, do personally appear and be present on 
the said Fourth day of November, at Our said City of 
Westminster, to treat, do, act and conclude upon those 





things which in Our said Parliament, by the Com- 
mon Council of Our said United Kingdom (by God’s 
assistance), shall happen to be ordained. itness 
Ourself, at Westminster, the Sixteenth day of October, 
in the sixteenth year of Our reign. 


By The QUEEN Herself, 
Signed with Her own Hand. 
C. Romitty. 





By The QUEEN. 
A PROCLAMATION. 
VICTORIA R. 


W HEREAS Onur Parliament stands prorogued 
to Thursday the Twenty-first day of October 
instant, We, with the advice of Our Privy Council, 
do hereby publish and declare that the said Parlia- 
ment shall be further prorogued on the said Twenty- 
first day of October instant, to Thursday the Fourth 
day of ovember next; and We have given Order 
to Our Chancellor of that part of Our United King- 
dom called Great Britain, to prepare a Writ Patent 
for proroguing the same accordingly; and We do 
further hereby, with the advice aforesaid, declare 
Our Royal Will and Pleasure, that the said Parlia- 
ment shall, on the said Thursday the Fourth day of 
November next, be held and sit for the despatch of 
divers urgent and important affairs: And the Lords 
Spiritual and Temporal, and the Knights, Citizens 
and Burgesses, and the Commissioners for Shires 
and Burghs of the House of Commons, are hereby 
required and commanded to give their attendance 
accordingly, at Westminster, on the said Thursday 
the Fourth day of November next. 


Given at Our Court at Windsor, this Sixteenth 
day of October, in the year of our Lord One 
thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two, and in 
the Sixteenth year of Our reign. 


GOD save The QuEEN. 








YP 























Parliament 
meets. 


Message to 
attend the 
Lords Com- 
missioners. 


Parliament 
opened by 
Commission. 





JOURNALS 


OF THE 


HOUSE of COMMONS. 





Sess. 1852—1855. 





Parliamentum, inceptum et tentum apud civitatem Westmonas- 
teriensem, die Jovis, 4° die Novembris, anno 16° regni 
Domine nostre Vicrort#, Dei gratia Britanniarum Regine, 
Fidei Defensoris ; annoque Domini 1852. 


O N which day, being the first day of the meet- | fully appear by the Letters Patent themselves, which 
ing of this Parliament for the despatch of must now be read. 

business, pursuant to a Proclamation (hereunto an- | 
nexed), Sir Denis Le Marchant, Clerk of the House | 
of Commons, and William Ley and Henry Ley, | 
Esquires, Clerks Assistant, attending in the House, | 


and the other Clerks attending, according to their | 


Then the said Letters Patent were read; and are 
as follow: 


VICTORIA R. 


duty, Charles Romilly, Esquire, Clerk of the Crown | ICTORIA, by the Grace of God, of the 
in Chancery in Great Britain, delivered to the said | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 


Sir Denis Le Marchant a Book, containing a List of | Queen, Defender of the Faith: To all to whom these 
the Names of the Members returned to serve in this presents shall come, Greeting. Whereas, by the 
Parliament. : ’ 2 advice of Our Council, for certain arduous and 
Several of the Members repaired to their Seats. | urgent affairs concerning Us, the state and defence 

; : ; of Our said United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
A Message was delivered by Sir Augustus Clifford, Ireland, and the Church, We have ordered a certain 
Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod : , Parliament to be holden at Our City of Westminster, 
Gentlemen, on Thursday the Fourth day of November instant : 

The Lord — € Her Majesty’ | And forasmuch as, for certain causes, We cannot 
0 SATE, REE Sy VaNe ae See ys conveniently be present in Our Royal Person in Our 


yt sm ee ee _ said Parliament on the said Fourth day of November 
. -) : 


the C ~ tee d | instant, Know ye, That We, trusting in the discretion, 
hear the Commission read. | fidelity and care of the Most Reverend Father in 

Accordingly, the House went up to the House of | God and Our faithful Councillor John Bird Arch- 
Peers ; where the Lord Chancellor, and other Lords | bishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England and 
named in the Commission, sitting on a Form, be-| Metropolitan; Our well-beloved and faithful Coun- 





tween the Throne and the Woolsacks ; 
The Lord Chancellor said, 


My Lords-and Gentlemen of the House of Com- 
mons, 


ER Majesty not thinking fit to be here present 

this day in Her Royal Person, has been pleased, 
in order to the opening and holding of this Par- 
liament, to cause Letters Patent to be passed under 
Her Great Seal, constituting us, and several other 
Lords therein named, Her Commissioners, to do all 
things in Her Majesty’s name, on Her part necessary 
to be performed in this Parliament; this will more 
VoL. 108. 








cillor Edward Burtenshaw Lord Saint Leonard’s, 
| Chancellor of that part of Our said United Kingdom 


called Great Britain; the Most Reverend Father 


'in God and Our faithful Councillor Thomas Arch- 


bishop of York, Primate of England and Metro- 
politan; Our most dear Cousins and Councillors 
William Earl of Lonsdale, President of Our Council ; 
James Brownlow William Marquis of Salisbury, 
Keeper of Our Privy Seal; Henry Charles Duke of 
Norfolk, Earl Marshal of England; James Duke 
of Montrose, Steward of Our Household; Charles 
Duke of Richmond, Francis Duke of Bedford, 
William Spencer Duke of Devonshire, Alexander 

B3 Duke 











6 4° Novembris. 


Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, Walter Francis 
Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, William Henry 
Cavendish Duke of Portland, Henry Pelham Duke 
of Newcastle, Algernon Duke of Northumberland, 
Augustus Frederick Duke of Leinster, Richard Plan- 
tagenet Duke of Buckingham and Chandos; Brown- 
low Marquis of Exeter, Chamberlain of Our House- 
hold ; Henry Marquis of Lansdowne, James Marquis 
of Abercorn, George Hamilton Marquis of Donegal, 
Henry William Marquis of Anglesey, George Horatio 
Marquis of Cholmondeley, Charles William Marquis 
of Londonderry, Francis Nathaniel Marquis Conyng- 
ham, Ulick John Marquis of Clanricarde, John Mar- 
quis of Breadalbane, Richard Marquis of West- 
minster, Constantine Henry Marquis of Normanby ; 


Edward Geoffrey Earl of Derby, William Basil 





A. 1852. 


Earl de la Warr, Earl Spencer, Earl of Clarendon, 
Earl Fortescue, Earl of Beverley, Earl of Bessbo- 
rough, Earl of Roden, Earl of Malmesbury, Earl of 
Rosslyn, Earl of Wilton, Earl Grey, Earl of Minto, 
Earl of Saint Germans, Earl de Grey, Earl Howe, 
Earl Amherst, Earl of Lichfield, Earl of Ripon, Earl 
Granville, Earl of Ellenborough, Earl of Ellesmere, 
Viscount Ialkland, Viscount Strangford, Viscount 
Melbourne, Viscount Beresford, Viscount Comber- 


|mere, Viscount Canning, Viscount Hardinge, Lord 


Bishop of London, Lord de Ros, Lord Willoughby De 


| Eresby, Lord Paget, Lord Elphinstone, Lord Kin- 


Percy Earl of Denbigh, John Earl of Westmorland, , 


George Earl of Chesterfield, John William Earl of 
Sandwich, George William Frederick Earl of Car- 
lisle, Archibald William Earl of Eglinton, George 
Earl of Jersey, Master of Our Horse; Thomas Earl 
of Haddington, George Earl of Aberdeen, Archibald 
John Earl of Rosebery, Charles Augustus Earl of 
Tankerrille, Charles Philip Earl of Hardwicke, 
George John Earl de la Warr, Frederick Earl Spen- 
cer, George William Frederick Earl of Clarendon, 
Hugh Earl Fortescue, George Earl of Beverley, John 
George Brabazon Earl of Bessborough, Robert Earl 


of Roden, James Howard Ear\ of Malmesbury, One | 
said Parliament; commanding also, by the tenor of 


of Our Principal Secretaries of State; James Alex- 
ander Earl of Rosslyn, Thomas Earl of Wilton, 


Henry Earl Grey, Gilbert Earl of Minto, Edward | 


Granville Earl of Saint Germans, Thomas Philip 
Earl de Grey, Richard William Penn Earl Howe, 
William Pitt Earl Amherst, Thomas William Earl 


ville George Earl Granville, Edward Earl of Ellen- 
borough, Francis Ear| of Ellesmere, Lucius Viscount 
Falkland, Percy Clinton Sydney Viscount Strang- 
ford, Frederick James Viscount Melbourne, William 
Carr Viscount Beresford, Stapleton Viscount Comber- 
mere, Charles John Viscount Canning, Henry Vis- 
count Hardinge; the Right Reverend Father in 
God and Our faithful Councillor Charles James Lord 
Bishop of London; Our well-beloved and _ faithful 
Councillors William Lennox Lascelles Lord de Ros, 
Peter Robert Lord Willoughby de Eresby, Henry 


naird, Lord Foley, Lord Colchester, Lord Forester, 
Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Plunket, Lord Cowley, Lord 
Heytesbury, Lord Brougham and Vaux, Lord Den- 
man, Lord Ashburton, Lord Glenelg, Lord Hather- 
ton, Lord Stanley, Lord —— Lord Mont- 
eagle, Lord Campbell, Lord Truro, Lord Cranworth 
and Lord Broughton, or any Three of them, full 
power in Our name to begin and hold Our said Par- 
liament, and to open and declare, and cause to be 
opened and declared, the causes of holding the same, 
and to proceed upon the said affairs in Our said Par- 
liament, and in all matters arising therein, and to do 
every thing which for Us, and by Us, for the good 
government of Our said United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, and other Our Dominions 
thereto belonging, shall be there to be done; and also, 


ols» : 
if necessary, to continue, adjourn and prorogue Our 


these presents, with the assent of Our said Council, 
as well all and every the Archbishops, Bishops, 
Earls, Viscounts, Barons and Knights, as all others 
whom it concerns to meet in Our said Parliament, 


that to the same Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord 
of Lichfield, Frederick John Earl of Ripon, Gran- | 


Lord Paget, John Lord Elphinstone, George Lord | 


Kinnaird, Thomas Henry Lord Foley, Charles Lord 
Colchester, John George Weld Lord Forester, John 
Singleton Lord Lyndhurst, William Conyngham 
Lord Plunket, Henry Richard Charles Lord Cowley, 
William Lord Heytesbury, Henry Lord Brougham 
and Vaux, Thomas Lord Denman, William Bingham 
Lord Ashburton, Charles Lord Glenelg, Edward John 
Lord Hatherton, Edward John Lord Stanley of 


Alderley, James Lord Dunfermline, Thomas Lord | 
| Grey, Earl Howe, Earl Amherst, Earl of Lichfield, 


Monteagle of Brandon, John Lord Campbell, Thomas 
Lord Truro, Robert Monsey Lord Cranworth, and 
John Cam Lord Broughton, by the advice of Our 


said Council, do give and grant, by the tenor of these _ 
— unto the said Archbishop of Canterbury, | 


ord Saint Leonard's, Archbishop of York, Earl of 
Lonsdale, Marquis of Salisbury, Duke of Norfolk, 
Duke of Montrose, Duke of Richmond, Duke of 
Bedford, Duke of Devonshire, Duke of Hamilton 
and Brandon, Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, 


Duke of Portland, Duke of Newcastle, Duke of | 


Northumberland, Duke of Leinster, Duke of Buck- 


ingham and Chandos, Marquis of Exeter, Marquis , 
. ' iv . 
and Lord Broughton, and any Three of them, they 


of Lansdowne, Marquis of Abercorn, Marquis of 
Donegal, Marquis of Anglesey, Marquis of Chol- 


mondeley, Marquis of Londonderry, Marquis Co- | 


nyngham, Marquis of Clanricarde, Marquis of Bread- 
albane, Marquis of Westminster, Marquis of Nor- 
manby, Earl of Derby, Earl of Denbigh, Earl of 
Westmorland, Earl of Chesterfield, Earl of Sand- 
wich, Earl of Carlisle, Earl of Eglinton, Earl of 
Jersey, Earl of Haddington, Earl of Aberdeen, Earl 
of Rosebery, Earl of Tankerville, Earl of Hardwicke, 





Saint Leonard’s, Archbishop of York, Earl of Lons- 
dale, Marquis of Salisbury, Duke of Norfolk, Duke 
of Montrose, Duke of Richmond, Duke of Bedford, 
Duke of Devonshire, Duke of Hamilton and Bran- 
don, Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, Duke of 
Portland, Duke of Newcastle, Duke of Northumber- 
land, Duke of Leinster, Duke of Buckingham and 
Chandos, Marquis of Exeter, Marquis of Lansdowne, 
Marquis of Abercorn, Marquis of Donegal, Marquis 
of Anglesey, Marquis of Cholmondeley, Marquis of 
Londonderry, Marquis Conyngham, Marquis of 
Clanricarde, Marquis of Breadalbane, Marquis of 
Westminster, Marquis of Normanby, Earl of Derby, 
Earl of Denbigh, Earl of Westmorland, Earl of 
Chesterfield, Earl of Sandwich, Earl of Carlisle, Earl 
of Eglinton, Earl of Jersey, Earl of Haddington, 
Earl of Aberdeen, Earl of Rosebery, Earl of Tanker- 
ville, Earl of Hardwicke, Earl de la Warr, Earl 
Spencer, Earl of Clarendon, Earl Fortescue, Earl of 
Beverley, Earl of Bessborough, Earl of Roden, Earl 
of Malmesbury, Earl of Rosslyn, Earl of Wilton, Earl 
Grey, Eail of Minto, Earl of Saint Germans, Earl de 


Earl of Ripon, Earl Granville, Earl of Ellenborough, 
Earl of Ellesmere, Viscount Falkland, Viscount 
Strangford, Viscount Melbourne, Viscount Beresford, 
Viscount Combermere, Viscount Canning, Viscount 
Hardinge, Lord Bishop of London, Lord de Ros, Lord 
Willoughby De Eresby, Lord Paget, Lord Elphinstone, 
Lord Kinnaird, Lord Foley, Lord Colchester, Lord 
Forester, Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Plunket, LordCowley, 
Lord Heytesbury, Lord Brougham and Vaux, Lord 
Denman, Lord Ashburton, Lord Glenelg, Lord Hather- 
ton, Lord Stanley, Lord Dunfermline, Lord Mont- 
eagle, Lord Campbell, Lord Truro, Lord Cranworth 


diligently intend in the premises in the form aforesaid. 
In Witness whereof, We have caused these Our 
Letters to be made Patent. Witness Ourself, at 
Westminster, the ‘Third day of November, in the 
sixteenth year of Our reign. 
By The QUEEN Herself, 
Signed with Her own Hand. 


C. Romitty. 
And 








Mr 
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Mr. 


app 
The 





House directed 
to choose a 
Speaker. 


Mr. Shaw 
Lefevre chosen 
Speaker. 


Mr. Speaker 
approved of by 
The Queen. 





16 Vicrortz. 4°—5°—6°— 


And then the Lord Chancellor said, 
My Lords and Gentlemen, 


We have it in Command from Her Majesty to 
let you know, That as soon as the Members of both 
Houses shall be sworn, the causes of Her Majesty’s 
calling this Parliament will be declared to you; 
and it being necessary a Speaker of the House of 
Commons should be first chosen, it is Her Majesty’s 
pleasure, that you, Gentlemen of the House of Com- 
mons, repair to the place where you are to sit, and 
there proceed to the choice of some proper person to 
be your Speaker, and that you present such person 
whom you shall so choose, here, To-morrow at Two 
of the clock, for Her Majesty’s Royal approbation. 


And the House being returned ; 


Robert Palmer, Esquire, addressing himself to the 
Clerk (who, standing up, pointed to him, and then sat 
down,) proposed to the House for their Speaker, 
The Right honourable Charles Shaw Lefevre, and 
moved, “That the Right honourable Charles Shaw 
Lefevre do take the Chair of this House as Speaker,” 
which Motion was seconded by Lord Robert Gros- 
venor, and supported by Sir Robert Harry Inglis, 
Baronet. 

The House then calling Mr. Shaw Lefevre to the 
Chair, he stood up in his place, and expressed the 
sense he had of the honour proposed to be conferred 
upon him, and submitted himself to the House. 

The House then again unanimously calling Mr. 
Shaw Lefevre to the Chair, he was taken out of his 
place by the said Mr. Robert Palmer and Lord Robert 
Grosvenor, and conducted to the Chair; where, stand- 
ing on the upper step, he returned his humble ac- 
knowledgmentsto the House for the great honourthey 
had been pleased to confer upon him by unanimously 
choosing him to be again their Speaker. 

And thereupon he sat down in the Chair; and 
then the Mace (which before lay under the Table) 
was laid upon the ‘Table. 

Then Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer having 
congratulated Mr. Speaker elect, moved, That the 
House do now adjourn. 


The House accordingly adjourned till To-morrow. 





Veneris, 5° die Novembris ; 
Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1852. 
H EF. House being met; and Mr. Speaker elect 


having taken the Chair ; 
Message was delivered by Sir Augustus Clif- 


4 


ford, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod : 


Mr. Speaker, 


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

Accordingly Mr. Speaker elect, with the House, 
went up to the House of Peers, where he was pre- 
sented to the said Lords Commissioners for Her 
Majesty’s Royal approbation. 

Then the Lord Chancellor, one of the said Lords 
Commissioners, signified Her Majesty’s approbation 
of Mr. Speaker elect. 

The House being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House had been 
in the House of Peers; Where Her Majesty was 
pleased, by Her Commissioners, to approve of the 
choice the House had made of him to be their 
Speaker; and that he had, in their name, and on 
their behalf, by humble Petition to Her Majesty, 
laid claim to all their ancient Rights and Privileges. 
particularly that their Persons, and Servants, might 
be free from Arrests and all Molestations ; that they 
may enjoy Liberty of Speech in all their Debates ; 
may have access to Her Majesty’s Royal Person 
whenever occasion shall require; and that all their 
Proceedings may receive from Her Majesty the 
. Vox. 108. 


8°—9”-——-10° Novembris. 





7 


most favourable construction; which, he said, Her 
Majesty, by Her said Commissioners, had confirmed 
to them in as full and ample manner as they have 
been heretofore granted or allowed by Her Majesty, 
or any of Her Royal Predecessors. 

And then Mr. Speaker repeated his most respect- 
ful acknowledgments to the House, for the high 
honour they had done him. 

Mr. Speaker then put the House in mind, that the 
first thmg to be done was to take and subscribe the 
Oaths by Law required. 

And thereupon Mr. Speaker first alone, standing Mr. Speaker 
upon the upper step of the Chair, took the Oaths of takes Oaths. 
Allegiance and Supremacy, and took and subscribed . 
the Oath of Abjuration, and delivered to the Clerk 
of the House an Account of his Qualification. 

Then several Members took the Oaths of Alle- Members 
giance and Supremacy, and took and subscribed the take Oaths. 
Oath of Abjuration, and delivered to the Clerk of 
the House an Account of their Qualification. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Sabbati, 6° die Novembris : 


Anno 16° Victorie Regine, 1852. 





PRAYERS. 


EVERAL other Members took the Oaths of Members 
Allegiance and Supremacy, and took and sub- ‘*¢ Oaths. 

scribed the Oath of Abjuration; and delivered to 

the Clerk of the House an Account of their Quali- 

fication ; and one Member, being one of the people 

called Quakers, made the Affirmation required by 

law, and delivered to the Clerk of the Bea an 

Account of his Qualification. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 








Lune, 8° die Novembris ; 
Anno 16° Victorize Regine, 1852. 


PRAYERS. 
EVERAL other Members took the Oaths of Members 


\J Allegiance and Supremacy, and took and sub- t#ke Oaths. 
scribed the Oath of Abjuration; and delivered to 

the Clerk of the House an Account of their Quali- 

fication ; and one Member, being one of the people 

called Quakers, made the Affirmation required by 

law, and delivered to the Clerk of the en an 

Account of his Qualification. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Qo 


Martis, 9° die Novembris ; 


Anno 16° Victorie Regine, 1852. 


PRAYERS. 
-*EVERAL other Members took the Oaths of Members 
| Allegiance and Supremacy, and took and sub- *¢ Vaths. 
scribed the Oath of Abjuration; and delivered to 
the Clerk of the House an Account of their Quali- 
fication. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 














Mercurti, 10° die Novembris ; , 


Anno 16° Victorie Regine, 1852. 


PRAYERS. 
EVERAL other Members took the Oaths of Members 
Allegiance and Supremacy, and took and sub- t#ke Oaths. 
scribed the Oath of Abjuration : and delivered to 
the Clerk of the House an Account 0 their Quali- 
fication. 
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


B4 



























































Members 
take Oaths. 


Message to 
attend Her 
Majesty. 


Members 
take Oaths. 


Orders and 
Resolutions. 


Elections. 


Jovis, 11° die Novembris ; 
Anno 16° Victorize Regine, 1852. 


PRAYERS. 
EVERAL other Members took the Oaths of 


Allegiance and Supremacy, and took and sub- 
scribed the Oath of Abjuration; and delivered to 
the Clerk of the House an Account of their Quali- 
fication. 


A Message from Her Majesty, by Mr. Pulman, 

Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 

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

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


Several other Members took the Oaths of Allegi- 
ance and Supremacy, and took and subscribed the 
Oath of Abjuration; and delivered to the Clerk of 
the House an Account of their Qualification. 


Ordered, That all persons who will question any 
Returns of Members to serve in Parliament, for any 
County, City, Borough or place in the United King- 
dom, do question the same within Fourteen Days 
next, and so within Fourteen Days next after any 
new Return shall be brought in. 

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

Ordered, That all persons who shall question any 
Return of Members to serve in the present Par- 
liament, upon any allegation of Bribery and Cor- 
ruption, and who shall in their Petition specifically 
allege any payment of Money or other Reward to 
have been made by any Member, or on his account, 
or with his privity, since the time of such Return, in 
pursuance or in furtherance of such Bribery or Cor- 
ruption, may question the same at any time within 
Twenty-eight Days after the date of such payment ; 
or, if this House be not sitting at the expiration of 
the said Twenty-eight Days, then within Fourteen 
Days after the day when the House shall next meet. 

Resolved, That no Peer of the Realm, except such 
Peers of Ireland as shall for the time being be ac- 
tually elected, and shall not have declined to serve, 
for any County, City or Borough of Great Britain, 
hath any right to give his Vote in the Election of 
any Member to serve in Parliament. 

Resolved, That it is a high infringement of the 
Liberties and Privileges of the Commons of the 
United Kingdom, for any Lord of Parliament, or 
other Peer or Prelate, not being a Peer of Jreland 
at the time elected, and not having declined to serve 
for any County, City or Borough of Great Britain, 
to concern himself in the Election of Members to 
serve for the Commons in Parliament, except only 
any Peer of Jre/and, at such Elections in Great 
Britain respectively, where such Peer shall appear 
as a Candidate, or by himself, or any others, be pro- 
posed to be elected; or for any Lord Lieutenant or 
Governor of any County to avail himself of any au- 
thority derived from his Commission, to influence 
the Election of any Member to serve for the Com- 
mons in Parliament. 

Resolved, That if it shall appear that any person 
hath been elected or returned a Member of this 
House, or endeavoured so to be, by Bribery, or any 


11° Novembris. 





A. 1852. 


other corrupt practices, this House will proceed with 
the utmost severity against all such — as shall 
have been wilfully concerned in such Bribery or other 
corrupt practices. 

Resolved, That if it shall appear that any person Witnesses. 
hath been tampering with any itness, in respect of 
his Evidence to be given to this House, or any Com- 
mittee thereof, or directly or indirectly hath endea- 
voured to deter or hinder any person from appearing 
or giving Evidence, the same is declared to be a high 
crime and misdemeanor; and this House will pro- 
ceed with the utmost severity against such offender. 

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

Ordered, That the Commissioners of the Police of Metropolis 
the Metropolis do take care that, during the Session Police. 
of Parliament, the Passages through the Streets 
leading to this House be kept free and open, and that 
no Obstruction be permitted to hinder the passage of 
Members to and from this House, and that no Dis- 
order be allowed in Westminster Hall, or in the Pas- 
sages leading to this House, during the sitting of 
Parliament, and that there be no Annoyance therein 
or thereabouts; and that the Serjeant-at-Arms attend- 
ing this House do communicate this Order to the 
Commissioners aforesaid. 


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


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


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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an public Income 
Account of the Publi¢ Income and Expenditure for and Expen- 
the year ended the 5th day of July 1852, together Mute 
with the Balances in the Exchequer at the Com- No.1. 
mencement and at the Termination of the year, and 
the Amount of Funded or Unfunded Debt created 
or redeemed in the said year:—And, similar Ac- 
count for the year ended the 10th day of October 
1852. 

Mr. Hamilton accordingly presented the said Ac- 
counts. 

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


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by Peru. 
Her Majesty’s Command,—Copy of Treaty of Friend- 
ship, Commerce and Navigation between Her Ma- 
jesty and the Republic of Peru, signed at London 
April 10, 1850. 

Copy of Convention between Her Majesty and 
the Republic of Peru for the Regulation of the Mail 
Communication between Great Britain and Peru, 
signed at Lima, August 13, 1851. 

Copy of Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Sandwich 
Navigation between Her Majesty and the King of Islands. 
the Sandwich Islands, signed at Honolulu, July 10, 

1851. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 


, 


Mr. Speaker reported, That the House had, this Mr. Speaker 
day, attended Her Majesty in the House of Peers, areas ad 
. : ajesty’s 
when Her Majesty was pleased to make a most gpeech, 

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


the House, as followeth : 
My 





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16 VicrorizZ. 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


I cannot meet you for the first time after the 
Dissolution of Parliament without expressing My 
deep sorrow, in which I am sure you will participate, 
that your deliberations can no longer be aided by 
the Counsels of that illustrious Man whose great 
Achievements have exalted the Name of England, 
and in whose Loyalty and Patriotism the Interests 
of My Throne and of My People ever found an un- 
failing support. I rely with confidence on your de- 
sire to join with Me in taking such steps as may 
mark your sense of the irreparable loss which the 
Country has sustained by the death of Arthur Duke 
of Wellington. 

I am happy to acknowledge the readiness with 
which My Subjects in general have come forward, in 

ursuance of the Act of last Session, to join the 

Ranks of the Militia; and | confidently trust that 
the Force thus raised by voluntary Enlistment will 
be calculated to give effective aid to My regular 
Army for the Protection and Security of the 
Country. 

I continue to receive from all Foreign Powers as- 
surances of their anxious desire to maintain the 
friendly Relations now happily subsisting with My 
Government. 

Frequent and well-founded complaints on the 
art of My North American Colonies, of Infractions, 
y Citizens of the United States, of the Fishery 
Convention of 1818, induced Me to despatch, for the 
Protection of their Interests, a Class of Vessels 
better adapted to the Service than those which had 
been previously employed. This step has led to dis- 
cussions with the Government of the United States ; 
and while the Rights of My Subjects have been 
firmly maintained, the friendly spirit in which the 
question has been treated induces Me to hope that 
the ultimate result may be a mutually beneficial ex- 
tension and improvement of our Commercial Inter- 
course with that great Republic. 


The Special Mission which, in concert with the 
Prince President of the French Republic, I deemed 
it right to send to the Argentine Confederation, has 
been received with the utmost cordiality; and the 
wise and enlightened policy of the Provisional Di- 
rector has already opened to the Commerce of the 
World the great Rivers, hitherto closed, which afford 
an access to the interior of the vast Continent of 
South America. 


11° Novembris. 9 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


It gives Me pleasure to be enabled, by the Blessing 
of Providence, to congratulate you on the generally 
improved condition of the Country, and especially of 
the Industrious Classes. If you should be of opinion 
that recent legislation, in contributing, with other 
causes, to this happy result, has at the same time 
inflicted unavoidable injury on certain important 
interests, I recommend you dispassionately to con- 
sider how far it may be practicable equitably to 
mitigate that injury, and to enable the Industry of 
the Country to meet successfully that unrestricted 
competition to which Parliament, in its wisdom, has 
decided that it should be subjected. 

I trust that the general improvement, notwith- 
standing many obstacles, has extended to Ireland ; 
and while I rely with confidence on your aid, should 
it be required, to restrain that unhappy spirit of in- 
subordination and turbulence which produces many 
and aggravates all of the evils which afflict that 
portion of my Dominions, I recommend to you the 
adoption of such a liberal and generous ochay to- 
wards Jreland as may encourage and assist her to 
rally from the depression in which she has been sunk 
by the sufferings of late years. 

Anxious to promote the efficiency of every Branch 
of our National Church, I have thought fit to issue 
a Commission to inquire and report to Me how far, 
in their opinion, the Capitular Institutions of the 
Country are capable of being made more effective 
for the great objects of Religious Worship, Re- 
ligious Education, and Ecclesiastical Discipline. 

I have directed that the Reports of the Commis- 
sioners for inquiring into the system of Education 
pursued at Oxford and Cambridge should be com- 
municated to the governing bodies of those Univer- 
sities, for their consideration ; and I rely upon your 
readiness to remove uny legal difficulties which may 
impede the desire of the Universities at large, or of 
the several Colleges, to introduce such Amendments 
into their existing system as they may deem to be 
more in accordance with the requirements of the 
present time. 

The system of secondary punishments has usefully 
occupied the labours of successive Parliaments ; and 
I shall rejoice if you shall find it possible to devise 
means by which, without giving encouragement to 
crime, Transportation to Van Diemen’s Land may at 
no distant period be altogether discontinued. 





I have the satisfaction of announcing to you that 
the sincere and zealous efforts of the Government of 
Brazil for the suppression of the Slave Trade, now | 
nearly extinguished on that Coast, have enabled Me | 
to suspend the stringent measures which I had been | 
compelled reluctantly to adopt, a recurrence to which 
I anxiously hope may be proved to be unnecessary. 

The Government of Her Most Faithful Majesty 
have fully recognized the justice of the claim which 
My Government have long urged for the abolition 
of the discriminating Duties on the Export of Wine, 
and have passed a Decree for giving complete effect 
to the stipulations of the Treaty on this subject. 

You will probably deem it advisable to resume the 
inquiries which were commenced by the late Parlia- 
ment with a view to legislation on the subject of the 
future Government of My Last Indian Posses- 
sions. 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 


The Estimates for the ensuing year will in due 
time be laid before you. 

The Advancement of the Fine Arts and of Prac- 
tical Science will be readily recognized by you as 
worthy of the attention of a great and enlightened 
Nation. I have directed that a comprehensive scheme 
shall be laid before you, having in view the pro- 
motion of these objects, towards which I invite your 
aid and co-operation. 

Vou, 108. 





The subject of Legal Reform continues to engage 
My anxious attention. The Acts passed in the last 
Session of Parliament have been followed up by 
the Orders necessary for putting them in operation. 
Inquiries are in progress, by My direction, with a 
view of bringing into harmony the testamentary 
jurisdiction of My several Courts ; and Bills will be 
submitted to you for effecting further Improvements 
in the administration of the Law. 

To these and other measures affecting the social 
condition of the Country I am persuaded that you 
will give your earnest and zealous attention; and 
I pray that by the Blessing of Almighty God your 
deliberations may be guided to the well-being and 


happiness of My People. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to Resolution for 
Her Majesty, to convey to Her Majesty the Thanks 44ress. 


of this House for Her Majesty’s most gracious 
Speech from the Throne, and to assure Her Ma- 
jesty of our participation in the deep sorrow which 
Her Majesty, in meeting us, has been pleased to 
express, that our deliberations can no longer be aided 
by the counsels of that illustrious Man whose great 
achievements have exalted the name of England, and 
in whose loyalty and patriotism the interests of Her 
Majesty’s Throne and People ever found an un- 
failmg support; and to assure Her Majesty, that we 
cordially desire to join with Her Majesty in taking 
such steps as may mark our sense of the irreparable 

c loss 





10 


loss which the Country has sustained by the death of 
Arthur Duke of Wellington : 

To thank Her Majesty for Her Majesty’s gracious 
acknowledgment of the readiness in which Her Ma- 
jesty’s subjects in general have come forward, in 

ursuance of the Act of last Session, to join the 
nks of the Militia; and for the expression of 
Her Majesty’s confident trust that the — thus 
raised by lentes enlistment will be calculated to 
give effective aid to Her Majesty's regular Army for 
the protection and security of the Country : 

To thank Her Majesty for informing us that Her 
Majesty continues to receive from all Foreign Powers 
assurances of their anxious desire to maintain the 
friendly relations now happily subsisting with Her 
Majesty’s Government : 


Humbly to thank Her Majesty for the information | 


that frequent and well-founded complaints on the 
part of Her Majesty’s North American Colonies, of 
infractions, by Citizens of the United States, of the 
Fishery Convention of 1818, have induced Her Ma- 
jesty to despatch, for the protection of their interests, 
a class of Vessels better adapted to the service than 
those which had been previously employed ; that 
this step has led to discussions with the Government 
of the United States; and that while the rights of 
Her Majesty’s Subjects have been firmly maintained, 
the friendly spirit in which the question has been 
treated induces Her Majesty to hope that the ulti- 
mate result may be a mutually beneficial extension 
and improvement of our commercial intercourse with 
that great Republic : 

To thank Her Majesty for informing us that the 
Special Mission which, in concert with the Prince 
President of the French Republic, Her Majesty 
deemed it right to send to the Argentine Confedera- 
tion, has been received with the utmost cordiality ; 
and that the wise and enlightened policy of the Pro- 


visional Director has already opened to the Commerce | 


of the World the great Rivers, hitherto closed, which 
afford an access to the interior of the vast Continent 
of South America : 

To assure Her Majesty that we receive with satis- 
faction the announcement, that the sincere and zealous 
efforts of the Government of Brazil for the sup- 
pression of the Slave Trade, now nearly extinguished 


on that Coast, have enabled Her Majesty to suspend | 


the stringent measures which Her Majesty had been 
compelled reluctantly to = a recurrence to which 
we, in common with Her Majesty, anxiously hope 
may be proved to be unnecessary : 

To thank Her Majesty for informing us that the 
Government of Her Most Faithful Majesty have fully 
recognized the justice of the claim which Her Ma- 
jesty’s Government have long urged for the abolition 
of the discriminating Duties on the Export of Wine, 
and have passed a Decree for giving complete effect 
to the stipulations of the Treaty on this subject : 

To express our humble concurrence with Her Ma- 
jesty in the opinion that it will be advisable to resume 
the inquiries which were commenced by the late Par- 


liament, with a view to legislation on the subject of 


the future Government of Her Majesty’s East Indian 
Possessions : 

To thank Her Majesty for informing us that the 
Estimates for the ensuing year will in due time be 
laid before us : 

To assure Her Majesty that we readily recognize 
that the advancement of the Fine Arts, and of Prac- 
tica! Science, is worthy of a great and eplightened 
Nat.on; and tothank Her Majesty for having given 
directions that a comprehensive scheme shall be laid 
before us, having in view the promotion of these 
objects, to which Her Majesty invites our aid and 
co-operation : 

To assure Her Majesty that we participate in the 

leasure which Her Majesty is pleased to express at 
o~ enabled, by the Blessing of Providence, to 
congratulate us on the generally improved condition 
of the Country, and especially of the Industrious 


11° Novembris. 





A. 1852. 


| Classes ; and humbly to thank Her Majesty for Her 
_Majesty’s gracious recommendation, that if we 
should be of opinion that recent legislation, in con- 
tributing, with other causes, to this happy result, 
has at the same time inflicted unavoidable injury 
on certain important interests, we should dispassion- 
ately consider how far it may be practicable equitably 
to mitigate that injury, and to enable the Industry of 
the Country to meet successfully that unrestricted 
competition to which Parliament, in its wisdom, has 
decided that it should be subjected : 

To thank Her Majesty for the information that 
_Her Majesty trusts that the general Improvement, 
notwithstanding many sestaslen, has extended to 
Ireland, and to assure Her Majesty, that while Her 
Majesty may rely with confidence on our aid, should 
it be required, to restrain that unhappy spirit of in- 
subordination and turbulence which produces many 
and aggravates all of the evils which afflict that por- 
tion of Her Majesty’s Dominions, we shall readily 
attend to Her Majesty’s gracious recommendation 
that we should adopt such a liberal and generous 
| policy towards Jreland as may encourage and assist 
her to rally from the depression in which she has 
been sunk by the sufferings of late years : 

To thank Her Majesty for informing us, that Her 
Majesty, anxious to promote the efficiency of every 
branch of our National Church, has thought fit to 
issue a Commission to inquire and report to Her 
Majesty how far, in their opinion, the Capitular 
Institutions of the Country are capable of being 
made more effective for the great objects of Religious 
Worship, Religious Education and Ecclesiastical 
Discipline : 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for directing that 
the Reports of the Commissioners for inquiring into 
the system of Education pursued at Oxford and 

Cambridge should be communicated to the govern- 
ing bodies of those Universities for their considera- 
tion; and to assure Her Majesty, that Her Majesty 
may rely upon our readiness to remove any le 
| difficulties which may impede the desire of the Uni- 
versities at large, or of the several Colleges, to intro- 
duce such amendments into their existing system as 
they may deem to be more in accordance with the 
ae of the present time : 
umbly to concur with Her Majesty in opinion, 
_ that the system of Secondary Punishments has use- 
_ fully occupied the labours of successive Parliaments; 
and to assure Her Majesty that we shall rejoice with 
Her nae | if we shall find it possible to devise 
means by which, without giving encouragement to 
_ crime, Transportation to Van Diemen’s Land may at 
no distant period be altogether discontinued : 
_ To thank Her Majesty for informing us that the 
subject of Legal Reform continues to engage Her 
Majesty’s anxious attention ; that the Acts passed in 
| the last Session of Parliament have been followed up 
| by the Orders necessary for putting them in opera- 
_ tion; that inquiries are in progress, by Her Majesty’s 
| direction, with a view of bringing into harmony the 
| testamentary jurisdiction of Her Maiesty’s several 
Courts ; and that Bills will be submitted to us for 
effecting further Improvements in the administration 
of the Law : 

Humbly to assure Her Majesty that to these and 
other measures affecting the social condition of the 
Country, we shall give our earnest and zealous at- 
tention, and that we join in Her Majesty’s prayer, 
that by the Blessing of Almighty God our delibera- 
tions may be guided to the well-being and happiness 
of Her Majesty’s people. 7 








upon the said Resolution:—And a Committee was 
appointed of Lord Lovaine, Mr. Edward Egerton, 
Me. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Secretary 
Walpole, Sir John Pakington, Mr. Herries, Mr. 
Henley, Lord John Manners, Sir John Trollope, 


Mr. 











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





Queen’s 
peec 
referred. 


Derby 
Election. 


16 Vicroriz. 


Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Solicitor General, the 
Judge Advocate, Lord Naas, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. 
Mackenzie, Mr. Stafford, and Mr. Wilson Patten, 
or any Five of them:—Anrd they are to withdraw 
immediately. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Veneris, 12° die Novembris ; 
Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1852. 


PRAYERS. 


PETITION of Electors of the Borough of 
Derby, was presented, and read; setting 
forth, That the Petitioners are Electors of the Bo- 
rough of Derby, and voted at the last Election of 
Members to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough; that at such Election Michael Tho- 
mas Bass and Lawrence Heyworth, Esquires, were 
the Candidates on the Liberal side, and Thomas 
Berry Horsfull, Esquire, was the Candidate on the 
Conservative side; that the said Michael Thomas 
Bass and Lawrence Heyworth, Esquires, had sat as 
Members in Parliament for the Borough of Derby 
since the year One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
eight, and up to the close of the last Session of Par- 
liament ; but the said Thomas Berry Horsfall, being 
a Merchant and resident at Liverpool, was not con- 
nected with the said Borough of Derby, otherwise 
than as having married into a family of the name of 
Coz, living and established within the said Borough ; 
that at every a Election since the passing of 
the Reform Act, Candidates in the Liberal interest 
had been uniformly returned ; and the result of every 
contested Election for the said Borough had inva- 
riably shown that no Candidate of Conservative prin- 
ciples had any chance whatever of obtaining a Return 
by the unbiassed choice of the Electors; that the 
Return of the said Thomas Berry Horsfall was pro- 
cured by illegal and corrupt means, and by an or- 
ganized system of bribery, which was resorted to 
and successfully carried out for the purpose of pro- 
curing, and which did procure, the said Return; that 
the Right honourable William Beresford, a Major 
in the Army, and a Member of the Most honour- 
able Privy Council, and Secretary-at-War, and now 
a Member of the House, was a party to such bri- 
bery, and did himself send, or cause to be sent, 
to the said Borough, through one John Frail, of 
Shrewsbury, an agent, for the purpose of carrying 
out the said scheme and system of bribery; that for 
such purpose the said Right honourable William 
Beresford wrote to the said John Frail a letter in 
the words following, that is to say: “ A good and 
safe man, with judgment and quickness, is wanted 
immediately at Derby. I suppose that you cannot 
leave your own place ; if not, send some one whom 
you can trust in your place. Let him go to Derby 
on receiving this, and find the County Tavern, in the 
centre of the town. Send his card to Coz, Brothers, 
and Co., Lead Works, as coming from Chester. 
That will be enough. Yours,—W. B.—Monday ” ; 
that, in conformity with the instructions contained 
in the said letter, the said John Frail procured one 
Lhomas Morgan, of Shrewsbury, to proceed to Derby, 
for the purpose of bribing the Electors of the said 
Borough ; and the said Thomas Morgan accordingly 
left Shrewsbury early on the morning of Tuesday the 
Sixth day of July last, and arrived at Derby in the 
afternoon of the same day, and took up his abode at 
an inn, called the County Tavern, in the said town, 
and forthwith sent his card to the Lead Works of 
Messrs. Cox, with his address thereon as of Chester, 
whereas the said Thomas Morgan was in nowise con- 
nected with the City of Chester by residence or 
otherwise, and the said address was, in all respects, 
Vot. 108, 











11°—12° Novembris. 11 


a false and fictitious address ; that the said Thomas 
Morgan having put himself into communication with 
the said Messrs. Coz, and with other friends, parti- 
sans and agents of the said Thomas B Horsfall, 
and having been furnished with money in order to 
bribe the Electors of Derby, established himself in a 
certain room in the said inn, called the County 
Tavern; that the door of the said room was kept 
carefully guarded by persons stationed thereat for 
that purpose, and no person was allowed to have 
access to the said Yhomas Morgan, except such 
as were in a condition to make a certain signal, and 
pronounce a certain pass-word previously agreed 
upon, but all such voters as were willing to receive 
bribes, and had been previously made : acquainted 
with the said signal and pass-word, were admitted 
to the said Thomas Morgan, and were by him sup- 
plied with money, as the price of their votes for the 
said Thomas Berry Horsfall ; that the arrangements 
made to carry out the said plan and system of bribery 
having been disclosed, and become known to the 
friends and agents of the Liberal Candidates, the plan 
so organized was brought to light, and in the middle 
of the day of polling, the police of the said Borough 
apprehended the said Thomas Morgan, who was 
found alone by the said police in the said room at 
the County Tavern, the door of which was guarded 
by a man, who allowed none to enter the said room 
without giving the sign and pass-word before men- 
tioned, and which sign and pass-word had been 
disclosed to the said police, the same being to place 
the forefinger of the right hand on the upper lip, 
and say “It’sall right, Radford sent me”; byknow- 
ledge and use of which sign and pass-word, the said 
police obtained adinission to the said room; that a 
sum of Two hundred and sixty-five pounds in gold, 
and a further sum of Forty pounds in bank notes, 
and a memorandum book in which were entered 
names and numbers having reference to the names of 
Electors,and their numbers on the Register of Voters 
for the said Borough, and the price or sum paid to 
each such name or number, and cards, whereon were 
written, Mr. Thomas Morgan, Chester, and also the 
letter hereinbefore mentioned, from the Right honour- 
able William Beresford to the said Jokn Frail, of 
Shrewsbury, were found upon the person of the said 
Thomas Morgan, and in his possession; that the 
said letter was enclosed in au envelope which had 
been sealed (as the impress on the seal clearly shows) 
with a seal of the Carlton Club, Pall Mall, in the 
City of Westminster, and which envelope was ad- 
dressed to Mr. John Frail, Clerk of the Course, 
Shrewsbury, and the entire of the writing of the said 
letter and of the direction on the said envelope have 
been sworn to and proved to be in the handwriting 
of the Right honourable William Beresford, whose 
initials answer tu “‘ W. B.,” and by whom the said 
letter had been sent to the said Mr. John Frail; 
that the said Thomas Morgan, after his said appre- 
hension, was taken before the magistrates acting in 
and for the Borough of Derby, by whom, upon the 
testimony of several witnesses, he was committed for 
trial at the next assizes for the County of Derby, and 
bail having been accepted, the said Thomas Morgan 
was set at liberty, and returned to his home at 
Shrewsbury; that from the deposition of Benjamin 
Fearn, Police Serjeant, by whom the said Thomas 
Morgan was apprehended, made before the said 
magistrates, on the examination of the said Thomas 
Morgan, it appears that the said Thomas Morgan, 
after his apprehension, fully admitted to the said 
Benjamin Fearn, that he had been engaged in bribing 
certain voters of the said Borough of Derby, and 
that the figures in the said book, taken on the person 
of the said Thomas Morgan, indicated the amount 
of money that he had paid to such voters respectively ; 
that the Petitioners submit, therefore, that it is clear 
thatthe said Thomas Morgan was engaged in bribing 
the voters of the said Borough of Derby, and that it 
is equally clearthat he was employed for that purpose, 
through the procurement of the said Right honour- 





c2+ able 























































































































Public 
Petitions. 
Vide First 
Report. 


Western 
Harbours 
(Ireland. ) 


Election 
Petitions. 


12 


able William Beresford ; that the offence of the said 
Thomas Morgan, and the consequent proceedings as 
against him, are secondary objects to the Petitioners, 
who are satisfied to leave the same to be dealt with 
by the ordinary legal tribunal, but the Petitioners are 
deeply interested in maintaining purity of Election, 
and in preventing corrupt and illegal practices within 
the Borough of which they are Electors, and the 
Petitioners approach the House in the confident 
hope, that they shall thereby procure a full inquiry 
into these matters, and the complete detection and 
punishment of the primary and principal parties by 
whom the scheme of corruption at the last Election 
was concerted, the agents hired and employed, and 
the machinery set in motion to bribe the Electors of 
the Borough of Derby by money, which the said 
Thomas Morgan was bired by other and more guilty 
parties to deliver; that the said Right honourable 
William Beresford, by whom the said letter found 
upon the said Thomas Morgan was written, must 
have been and was fully aware of the purpose for 
which such a man as therein described was wanted 
at Derby, while the directions in the said letter for 
the person going from Shrewsbury, to send his card 
as coming from Chester to the Lead Works of Coz, 
Brothers and Co., show that u previous arrangement 
had been made, and a scheme perfected in relation 
to the objects of the journey, and to the acts of the 
poe directed to be sent in pursuance of the said 
etter, which arrangement, scheme and objects were 
known to, and concurred in, by the said Right 
honourable William Beresford ; that the Petitioners 
are prepared to prove, by ample and sufficient evi- 
dence, the allegations hereinbefore contained ; and 
praying the House to institute a full and searching in- 
quiry into the allegations of this Petition, and into 
the proceedings of the said Right honourable Wi/- 
liam Beresford, with reference to the last Election 
for the Borough of Derby. 

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


Petitions relating to Jewish Disabilities ;— May- 
nooth College Act, and Freedom of Election (Jre- 
land) ;— Australian Colonies (Postal Communica- 
tion) ;—New Zealand Land Company ;—and, Tri- 
gonometrical Survey of Scotland,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Report and the Evidence taken before 
the Commission appointed to inquire into the merits 
of the Western Harbours of Ireland, for the purpose 
of Transatlantic Communication. 


Several Petitions, complaining of undue Elections 
and Returns, being offered to be presented ; 

Resolved, That whenever several Petitions com- 
plaining of undue Elections or Returns of Members 
to serve in Parliament shall at the same time be of- 
fered to be presented, Mr. Speaker shall direct such 
Petitions to be all of them delivered at the Table, 
where they shall be classed and read in the following 
Order ; viz, 

Such Petitions as complain that no Return has 
been made of a Member or Members to serve in 
Parliament, in the first class. 

Such as complain of double Returns, in the second 
class. 

Such as complain of the Election or Return of 
Members returned to serve for two or more places, 
in the third class. 

Such as complain of Returns only, in the fourth 
class.’ And, 

The residue of the said Petitions, in the fifth class. 

And the names of the places to which such Peti- 
tious (contained in the first class, if more than one) 
shall relate, shall, in the first place, be written on 
several pieces of paper of an equal size; and the 
same pieces of paper shall be then rolled up, and 
put by the Clerk into a box, or glass, and then pub- 


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A. 1852. 


licly drawn by the Clerk; and the said Petitions 
shall be read in the order in which the said names 
shall be drawn; and then the like method shall be 
observed with respect to the several Petitions con- 
tained in the second, third, fourth and fifth classes 
respectively, 

Then the said Petitions were delivered in at the 
Table accordingly ; and being all of them Petitions 
of the last class, the names of the places to which 
the said Petitions related were put into the glass 
at the Table, and drawn by the Clerk in the follow- 
ing order: 


A Petition of Robert Joseph Phillimore, Esquire, Tavistock 
of No. 5, Arlington-street, Piccadilly, in the county Hlection. 


of Middlesex, a Candidate at the late Election of 
Members tu serve in the present Parliament for the 
Borough of Tavistock, in the county of Devou, was 
read; setting forth, That an Election of Members to 
serve in Parliament for the said Borough of Tavi- 
stock, was held at Tavistock aforesai:!, on the Seventh 
day of July One thousand eight hundred and Fifty- 
two, on which occasion there were three Candidates 
for Election to serve in Parliament for the said 
Borough of Tavistock; viz., George Henry Charles 
Byng, commonly called the Honourable George 
Henry Charles Byng, Samuel Carter, Esquire, and 
the Petitioner; that at such Election Juhn Giddy 
Mitchell, Esquire, the Portreeve of the said Bo- 
rough, presided and acted as Returning Officer, 
and a poll being demanded and granted by the said 
John Giddy Mitchell, Esquire, such poll was pro- 
ceeded with on the Eighth day of July One thou- 
sand eight hundred and Fifty-two, and at the close 
thereof the numbers were declared to be as follows : 
viz., for the said George Henry Charles Byng, 
Esquire, Two hundred and twenty; for the said 
Samuel Carter, Esquire, One hundred and sixty- 
nine ; and for the Petitioner, One hundred and four ; 
and thereupon the said George Henry Charles Byng 
and the said Samuel Carter were declared to have 
had a majority of votes at the said Election, and to 
have been duly elected, and were returned by the 
said John Giddy Mitchell notwithstanding, but sub- 
ject to the protest of the Petitioner, as thereinafter 
mentioned, as Members duly elected to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said Borough of Tavi- 
stock ; that at the time of the said Election of Mem- 
bers to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
Borough of Tavistock, the said Samuel Carter was 
not the eldest son or heir apparent of any Peer or 
Lord of Parliament, or of any person qualified by 
the Statute in that case made and provided to serve 
as Knight of the Shire, and that at the time of the 
said Election the said Samuel Carter was not seised 
or entitled for his own use and benefit of or to an 
estate, legal or equitable, in lands, tenements or he- 
reditaments ofany tenure whatever, situate, lying or 
being within the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Jreland, or in the rents and profits thereof, for 
his own life or for the life or lives of any other per- 
son or persons then living, or for a term of years 
either absolute or determinable on his own life or on 
the life or lives of any other person or persons then 
living, of which term not less than Thirteen years 
were at the time of his said Election unexpired, 
such estate being of the clear yearly value of not 
less than Three hundred pounds over and above all 
incumbrances affecting the same, nor was he at the 
time of the said Election possessed or entitled for 
his own use and benefit, at law or in equity, for his 
own life or for the life or lives of any other person 
or persons then living, or for any term of years either 
absolute or determinable on his own life or for the 
life or lives of any other person or persons then living, 
of which term not less than Thirteen years were at 
the time of the said Election unexpired, of or to per- 
sonal estate or effects of any nature or kind whatso- 
ever situate within the said United Kingdom, nor of 
or to the interest, dividends or annual proceeds of 
any such personal estate or effects, such personal 
estate or effects, interest, dividends or annual pro- 
ceeds, 











16 Vicroriz. 


ceeds, actually producing the clear yearly income of | 


not less than Three hundred pounds over and above 
all incumbrances affecting the same, nor did he at 
the time of his said Election possess more than one 
of the said several kinds of qualification hereinbefore | 
mentioned, which said several qualifications were 

jointly of sufficient value to qualify him the said Sa- 
muel Carter as a Member to serve in Parliament for | 
any Borough, according to the provisions of the Sta- | 
tute in that case made and provided, although each | 
of such qualifications might, according to the said | 
provisions, be separately insufficient for that purpose, | 
and therefore that the said Samuel Carter was not | 
capable of being elected at the said Election a Mem- 
ber of the House for the said Borough of Tavistock, 
and was not duly qualified as a Member to serve in 
Parliament for the said Borough of Tavistock, and 
the said Election and Return of the said Samuel 
Carter were and are wholly null and void; that 





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13 


that I am, to the best of my knowledge and belief, 
duly qualified to be elected as a Member of the 
House of Commons, according to the true intent and 
meaning of the Act passed in the second year of the 
reign of Queen Victoria, intituled, ‘ An Act to 
amend the Laws relating to the Qualification of 
Members to serve in Parliament,’ and that my quali- 
fication to be so elected doth arise out of leasehold 
houses and tenements, annuities and shares in Joint 
Stock Companies, monies, goods and chattels, as 
hereunder set forth, leasehold houses, tenements, tan- 
yard and premises in the parish of Tavistock, of 
which not less than thirteen years are unexnired,’ 
‘an annuity in the Plymouth Tontine,’ ‘ shares in 
the Tavistock Gas Company,’ ‘ an annuity for life 
secured by deed, monies, goods and chattels in Ta- 
vistock aud London. S! Carter, July 7th, 1852 ;” 
that the said poll having commenced, due notice was 
given on behalf of the Petitioner to several Electors 

















at the time of the said Election the said Samuel| who first tendered their votes for the said Samuel 
Carter was wholly ineligible and incapacitated to | Carter, that the qualification of the said Samuel 
be — 7 a oe Ds _ ae by | ei a Rg — a manger hag would or on 
reason that he the said Samuel Carter was not, at, peached before a Committee of the House, and they 
the time of the said Election, duly qualified by seizin | were severally personally cautioned to inform them- 
, i : idi he said Samuel Carter’s 
or ngage of real or F pct estate or — = — = a a of the = a 7 
such a nature, or to such amount, as was and is by | qualification before they gave him their votes, an 
law necessary to qualify him to sit and to be elected, | that if they gave their votes for the said Samuel 
and to render him the said Samuel Carter capable | Carter, such votes would be thrown away ; and that 
of being elected a Member of the House for the said | thereupon a discussion took place between the Peti- 
Borough, and for the want of such qualification, and | tioner and his solicitor with the said Samuel Carter, 
of the incapacity last aforesaid, the Election and and the said Portreeve, and all parties agreed, and 
Return of the said Samuel Carter were and are | especially the said Samuel Carter, that such notice 
peg | _ and = 7 “7 eos pon - | 3 — vag - be Laer —_ he = 
uly One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two, at Elector, but that the same should be understood to 
the Election of the said Borough, immediately after have been given to each Elector throughout the 
a poll having been demanded by the Petitioner, the Election; that printed notices of the said Samuel 
said er — was -_ — by = — — —_ . — - semen Porm = 
tioner, a Candidate at suc ection, to make and_ fixed on each side of the door of the said Guildhall, 
subscribe a declaration of qualification required to in which, as aforesaid, the polling was carried on 
be made, pursuant to the provisions of a certain Act some time before the poll commenced, so as to be 
of Parliament passed in the second year of the reign visible to every Elector as he came up to vote, and 
of Her present Majesty, intituled, “ An Act to continued so affixed up to the close of the poll, and 
amend the Laws relating to Qualifications of Mem- such notices were also, and at the same time, affixed 
bers to serve in Parliament ;” and that on the morn- | to the hustings, which were close to the said Guild- 
me te — is joc ec a. day - aren - = rs _ Pe \ = pe 
uly One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two, and rough, and continued so affixed up to the close o 
some time before the said poll had commenced, due the poll, and for some days afterwards, and that the 
notice was publicly given to the Electors of the said said notice and warning was well known and noto- 
Borough of Tavistock, that the qualification of the rious to all the Electors of the said Borough of 
said Samuel Carter to sit as a Member of Parlia- Tavistock both before and during the time of the 
ment required by the said last-mentioned Act had said Election; that at the time of the Election and 
been duly questioned, and would be impeached be- Return of the said Samuel Carter, and of his making 
fore a Committee of the House, and therefore that, the said declaration as last aforesaid; the said Samuel 
all votes given to the said Samuel Carter would be | Carter was not so seised or entitled, either at law or 
thrown away, and the said voters were cautioned to in equity, and had not such an estate for his own 
inform themselves of the validity of the said Samuel | use and benefit in or to the leasehold houses, tene- 
‘arter’s qualification before they voted ; that on the; ments, tan-yard and premises, situate as in the said 
“ee the said Seventh da - Jul , and on the | declaration ‘ wore nor in or to such annuities, 
evening d Seventh day of July | decta in or to su i 
— - Sy = Eighth dey of July, -_ acer ~~ eer — ee ee and a 
the said poll had commenced, a notice or hand-bill| as in the said declaration is mentioned, nor was he 
was circulated, published and posted, in the said so entitled or possessed for his own use and benefit 
Borough of Tavistock, by the said Samuel Carter, to such leasehold houses, tenements, tan-yard and 
Esquire, or by his comn.ittee and agents, .of which | premises, situate as in the said declaration is men- 
the following is a copy: “ Mr. Phillimore’s last) tioned, nor in or to such annuities, monies, goods 
effort.” “Mr. Carter's qualification having been and chattels, situate, arising and being as in the said 
a by brag ly Pome aera a po yess agg . — cg a wer 
positively assures the Electors that his qualification said Samuel Carter to be elected as a Member o 
was regularly deposited in the Crown Office previous | the House for the said Borough of Tavistock, ac- 
to his taking his seat in the House of Commons, and | cording to the true intent and meaning of the 
is ready to be exhibited to any one who has a right, said Act, intituled, “ An Act to amend the Laws 
to demand it. Tavistock, July 8th, 1852 ;” that be-| relating to the Qualification of Members to serve 
Eighth day of Tul the on os —— 0 i — ~ ong ese — the panne — ier 
g ‘ A said Samuel Carter himself of the leasehold houses, tenements, tan-yard an 
read aloud, in the Guildhall at Tavistock aforesaid, | premises, annuities, monies, goods and chattels 
where the polling was to take place, the aforesaid, mentioned in the said declaration, was insuffi- 
——— —. so published by him or on his' cient to qualify the said Samuel Carter as a Mem- 
ehalf, and then also handed to the said Portreeve, ber to serve in Parliament for the said Borough, 
and Returning Officer the said hand-bill, and also a| and that the said Samuel Carter was not at the 
declaration, of which the following is a copy: “I, | time of his said Election and Return, by reason of 
Samuel Carter, do solemnly and sincerely declare | his said want of qualification, capable of being 
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14 


not qualified as a Member to serve in Parliament 
for the said Borough, and that the Election and 
Return of the said Samuel Carter were and are 
thereby null and void; that upon the state of the 
~ being about to be declared, and before the said 

ortreeve and Returning Officer made such declara- 
tion, the Petitioner objected thereto, and protested 


12° Novembris. 


elected a Member for the said Borough, and was | 





A. 1852. 


serve in this present Parliament for the said Borough 
of Tavistock instead of the said Samuel Carter ; and 
praying that the House will be pleased to take the 
premises into their consideration, and will declare that 
the said Samuel Carter, Esquire, was not duly elected 
at the said last Election as a Member for the said 
Borough of Tavistock, and ought not to have been 
returned thereat, but that the Petitioner was duly 





against the said Samuel Carter, Esquire, being re- 
turned by the said Portreeve as one of the Members | 
for the said Borough, by reason of the said Samuel | 
Carter not being entitled to be so returned for want | 
of being duly qualified to be elected as a Member of | 
the House, and that the said Portreeve therefore de- | 


elected as such Member, and ought to have been re- 
turned as one of the Members to serve in this pre- 
sent Parliament for the said Borough, and will order 
and direct that the Return of the said Samuel Carter, 
so made by the said Portreeve and Returning Offi- 
cer, be amended by erasing the name of the said 


clared to the Electors of the said Borough that the | Samuel Carter therefrom, and by inserting therein 
said Samuel Carter was elected, subject to the Peti- | the name of the Petitioner, or that the House will 


tioner’s said protest; that on the following morning, 


viz. the Ninth day of July One thousand eight hun- | 


dred and Fifty-two, the Petitioner continued his said | 
protest by writing and delivering to the said Port- 
reeve a letter, of which the following is a copy :— 
“ Tavistock, July 9, 1852. To J. G. Mitchell, | 


declare the said last Election for the said Borough to 
have been wholly null and void so far as regards the 
Election and Return of the said Samuel Carter ; and 
that the House may make such further order and 
give such further relief in the premises as the House 
shall think fit, and the nature and merits of the case 


Esquire. Sir, I request you will be pleased, in may require. 


making your return of the Members elected yester- | 


day for this Borough, to notice specially the fact of 
my protest against Mr. Carter’s qualification, and 


that you made the declaration of his being returned ' or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 


one of the Members, by stating it to be subject 
to my objection against Mr. Carter’s qualification, 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 


shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


and the defects in his declaration thereof, delivered | 


by him to you. Iam, Sir, your obedient servant, | 


. J. Phillimore.” And that such letter was for- 
warded by the said Portreeve, appended to the Re- 
turn made by him to the Sheriff of the said county 
of Devon, of the Election of Members for the said 
Borough of Tavistock ; that the said Portreeve and 
Returning Officer for the said Borough of Tavistock 


duly certified the making of the said declaration by | 


the said Samuel Carter, Esquire, as aforesaid, to and 
before him the said Portreeve on the Eighth day of 
July One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two, to 
the High Court of Chancery, where the same now 
remains of record; that the said declaration so made 
as aforesaid by the said Samuel Carter, was and is 
vague and uncertain, and did not and does not suf- 
ficiently state the nature of the qualification of the 


said Samuel Carter, and the particulars of the same’ 


as required by the provisions of the said Act, and 


that the said declaration is defective and insufficient, | 


inasmuch as it does not state for whose life or how 
secured the said Plymouth Tontine was, nor did it 
state upon what security or securities the annuity 
mentioned in the said declaration as being for life 
and secured by deed is vested, or in whose name or 
names the same is vested, nor what interest the said 
Samuel Carter has in the monies, goods and chattels 


mentioned in the said declaration, nor the amount of | 


any of the said alleged sources of qualification as 
declared by the said Samuel Carter, or any other 
matter by means of which the nature and character 
of the same annuity, monies, goods and chattels, or 
the amount of the said alleged sources of qualifica- 
tion could or can be ascertained, and that the said 
Samuel Carter did thereby wilfully refuse and neg- 
lect to make and subscribe, within twenty-four hours 
after the said request of the Petitioner, such a decla- 
ration as is required by the said last-mentioned Act 
of Parliament; and, therefore, that the said Election 
anc Return of the said Samuel Carter were and are 
nuli and void, and that the votes given at the said 
Election for the said Samuel Carter were thrown 
away; that the Petitioner has been informed, and 
verily believes, that the declaration of qualification 
delivered in by the said Samuel Carter, Esquire, at 
the Table of the House, since the said Election for 
the said Borough of Tavistock, is other than and 
different from the declaration of qualification made 


u 

by him at the said Election as aheneli that the 
Petitioner ought, by reason of the premises, to have 
been returned as duly elected at such Election to 





the Borough of Bridgnorth, in the county of Salop, 
who had the right to vote and voted at the last 
Election of Members to serve in Parliament for 
the said Borough, was read; setting forth, That 
the Petitioners are Electors of the said Borough 
of Bridgnorth, and were Electors of the said Bo- 
rough, and had the right and were entitled to vote, 
and did vote, at the last Election of Members to 
serve in Parliament for the said Borough ; that at 
such last Election, Henry Whitmore, Esquire, Sir 
Robert Pigot, Baronet, and the Honourable Frede- 
rick Cadogan, were, respectively, Candidates, and 
that a poll being demanded, the same was granted 
and proceeded with, and, at the close of such poll, 
the Returning Officer declared the said Henry 
Whitmore and Sir Robert Pigot, Baronet, to be 
respectively duly elected Members to serve in the 
present Parliament for the said Borough of Bridg- 
north; that before, at, and during the said Elec- 
tion, the said Henry Whitmore and Sir Robert Pigot, 
Baronet, were, by themselves respectively, and by 
their respective agents, managers, friends and parti- 
sans, guilty of bribery and corruption, and did, by 
their respective agents, managers, friends and parti- 
sans, and by other persons employed on behalf of 
them the said Henry Whitmore and Sir Robert Pigot, 
| Baronet, respectively, by gifts, payments, presents, 
and money and rewards, and by offers and pro- 
|mises of gifts, payments, money and rewards, and 
| by promises, agreements and securities for gifts, pay- 
‘ments and rewards, and by other corrupt and illegal 
| practices, acts and means, corrupt and procure divers 
‘persons, having, or claiming to have, votes at the 
said Election, to give their votes for the said Henry 
| Whitmore and Sir Robert Pigot, Baronet, or for one 
‘of them, or to forbear to give their votes in favour 
of the said Frederick Cadogan; that the said Henry 
Whitmore and Sir Robert Pigot, Baronet, before, 
during, and after the said Election, did respectively 
give and provide, and cause or knowingly allow to 
_be given and provided, meat, drink, entertainment 
and provision, for the purpose of corruptly influenc- 
ing divers persons to give, or refrain from giving, 
their votes at the said Election; and for corruptly 
rewarding divers persons for having given or refrained 
from giving their votes at the said Election, whereby 
the said Henry Whitmore, and Sir Robert Pigot, Ba- 
ronet, are respectively incapable of being elected or 
sitting in Parliament for the said Borough of Bridg- 
north 





A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of Bridgnorth 











Great 
Yarmouth 
Election. 


16 VicTorRi2. 


north during this present Parliament ; that gross, ex- 
tensive, and systematic corruption, bribery and treat- 
ing were practised before, at, and after the said 
Election, by divers persons being agents, friends, sup- 
porters and partisans of the said Henry Whitmore 
and Sir Robert. Pigot, Baronet, respectively, with 
a view to the Election of the said Henry Whitmore 
and Sir Robert Pigot, Baronet, respectively, and 
that the Election and Return of the said Henry Whit- 
more and Sir Robert Pigot, Baronet, were respectively 
procured by means of such corruption, bribery and 
treating, and that by reason thereof the said Election 
and Return of the said Henry Whitmore and Sir Ro- 
bert Pigot, Baronet, and of each of them, were and 
are wholly null and void; that fraud, intimidation 
and duress, were, by the agents, friends and mana- 
gers, and by other persons on behalf of the said 
Henry Whitmore and Sir Robert Pigot, Baronet, 
respectively, practised upon divers persons having 
votes at the said Election, by means whereof many 
persons who, but for such illegal practices, would 
have voted in favour of the said Frederick Cadogan, 
were induced and compelled to vote in favour of 
the said Henry Whitmore and Sir Robert Pigot, Ba- 
ronet, or one of them, and that, by reason of the 
said illegal practices, the said Election and Return 
of the said Henry Whitmore and Sir Robert Pigot, 
Baronet, and of each of them, were and are wholly 
null and void; that the said Henry Whitmore and 
Sir Robert Pigot, Baronet, did, previous to, at, 
during, and after the said Election, by themselves, 
their respective agents, friends and managers, and 
others on their behalf, respectively, give and allow to 
divers persons, Electors, or claiming to be Electors 
of the said Borough, money, meat, drink, entertain- 
ment and provisions, and did make promises, agree- 
ments, obligations or engagements, to give or allow 
to such persons money, meat, drink, entertainment, 
provision, present or reward, to and for the use, ad- 
vantage, benefit, employment, profit or preferment of 
such persons, in order to be elected, and for being 
elected to serve in Parliament for the said Borough 
of Bridgnorth; and that by reason of the premises, 
the Election and Return of the said Henry Whitmore 
and Sir Robert Pigot, Baronet, and of each of them, 
were and are wholly null and void; and praying 
that it may be declared that the said Election and 
Return of the said Henry Whitmore and Sir Robert 
Pigot, Baronet, respectively, are wholly null and 
void, or that the said Election and Return of the 
said Henry Whitmore are wholly null and void, or 


that the Election and Return of the said Sir Robert. 


Pigot, Baronet, are wholly null and void; and that 
neither the said Henry Whitmore, nor the said Sir 
Robert Pigot, were duly elected to sitin Parliament 
for the said Borough; and that the House will grant 
the Petitioners such further and other relief as to the 
House shall seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of William Torrens M‘Cullagh, of 
No. 23, Cadogan-place, in the county of Middlesex, 
Esquire, was read; setting forth, That the nomi- 
nation of Members to serve in the present Parlia- 
ment for the Borough of Great Yarmouth took place 
on the Seventh day of July One thousand eight 
hundred and Fifty-two, and the Election of such 
Members on the Bighth day of July One thousand 
eight hundred and Fifty-two, and that the Peti- 
tioner was a Candidate to serve as one of such 
Members, and claims to have been duly elected 
by a majority of the legal votes given at the said 
Election; that at the said Election, Sir Edmund 
Henry Knowles Lacon and Charles Edmund Rtum- 
bold, Esquire, were declared to have been duly 

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15 


elected, but that the said Sir Edmund Henry Knowles 
Lacon and Charles Edmund Rumbold, or one of 
them, were not, or was not, duly elected, and ought 
not to have been returned as such Members or Mem- 
ber aforesaid, but that the Petitioner was duly 
elected, and ought to have been returned as one of 
the Members to serve in the present Parliament for 
the said Borough; that the declared majority in fa- 
vour of the said Sir Edmund Henry Knowles Lacon 
and Charles Edmund Rumbold, or one of them, over 
the Petitioner, was false and colourable, and cannot 
be sustained upon a scrutiny; that divers persons 
claimed to vote, and did vote, at the said Election 
for the said Sir Edmund Henry Knowles Lacon and 
Charles Edmund Rumbold, or one of them, who were 
not legally entitled, and had no legal right to vote at 
the said Election, and that the Petitioner claims to 
have had a real majority of good and legal votes 
polled at the said Election, entitling him to be de- 
clared one of the Sitting Members for the said Bo- 
rough; that at the said Election, divers persons 
voted for the said Sir Edmund Henry Knowles Lacon 
and Charles Edmund Rumbold, who were, or had 
been, either during such Election or within Six ca- 
lendar months previous thereto, or within Fourteen 
days after it was completed, retained or employed 
at such Election as agents, attorneys, poll-clerks 
or flagmen, or in some other capacity, for the 
purposes of such Election, and had either before, 
durmg, or after such Election accepted, received, 
or taken from the said Sir Edmund Henry Knowles 
Lacon and Charles Edmund Rumbold, or from 
some other person, for or in consideration of, or 
with reference to, such retainer or employment, 
a sum or sums of money or retaining fee, offices, 
places or employment, or promises or securities, 
for a sum or sums of money, retaining fee, of- 
fices, places or employments, and that such voters 
were admitted and entered on the poll-books as 
good votes for the said Sir Edmund Henry Knowles 
Lacon and Charles Edmund Rumbold, and ought 
now to be struck off the poll; that at the said Elec- 
tion certain voters were counted on the said poll in 
favour of the said Sir Edmund Henry Knowles 
Lacon and Charles Edmund Rumbold, who did not 
in point of fact vote for them, but who were per- 
sonated and fraudulently represented by other per- 
sons, who had themselves no title to vote, but who 
fraudulently tendered their votes, and were impro- 
perly admitted to vote, in the names and characters 
of the said first-mentioned voters, and such names 
were entered in the poll-books as good votes for the 
said Sir Edmund Henry Knowles Lacon and Charles 
Edmund Rumbold, and ought now to be struck off 
the poll; that divers other persons who were not 
entitled to vote at the said Election, by reason that 
their names were not in the register of voters for the 
said Borough, in force at the time of the said Elec- 
tion, but who personated other persons entitled or 
claiming to be entitled to vote at the said Election, 
or who, though duly registered, were dead or absent 
at the time of such Election, were nevertheless 
allowed and admitted to vote at the said Election for 
the said Sir Edmund Henry Knowles Lacon and 
Charles Edmund Rumbold, and such votes ought 
now to be struck off the poll; that certain per- 
sons were admitted to vote at the said Election a 
second time, and did vote for the said Sir Ed- 
mund Henry Knowles Lacon and Charles Edmund 
Rumbold, although such persons had before voted 
at the said Election for the said Sir Edmund 
Henry Knowles Lacon and Charles Edmund Rum- 
bold, either at the same polling booth or else- 
where during the said Election; that at the said 
Election divers of the Electors for the said Borough 
were compelled by violence, threats, intimidations 
and force, practised by friends, agents, partisans, 
managers, committee men, and supporters of the 
said Sir Edmund Henry Knowles Lacon and Charles 
Edmund Rumbold, to vote for the said Sir Kamund 

c4 Henry 





16 


Henry Knowles Lacon and Charles Edmund Rum- 
bold, or to forbear to vote for the Petitioner, and 
such votes ought now to be expunged from the poll ; 
that the said Sir Edmund Henry Knowles Lacon 
and Charles Edmund Rumbold were by themselves 
respectively, and by their agents respectively, and 
others employed by them respectively in conducting 
their Election, and by friends and by others acting 


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A. 1852. 


Election, for the purpose of corruptly influencing 
such last-mentioned persons respectively, and divers 
other persons, to give their votes at such Election 
for the said Sir Edmund Henry Knowles Lacon 
and the said Charles Edmund Rumbold, or one 
of them, and to refrain from giving their votes re- 
spectively at such Election for the Petitioner, and 
for the purpose of corruptly rewarding such persons 





for and sanctioned by them respectively, guilty of and others respectively, for giving and refraining 
divers acts of bribery and corruption, and of other | from giving their votes at the said Election as afore- 
illegal and corrupt practices before and at and after | said; that the Return at such Election of the said 
such Election, and did by such acts of bribery and} Sir Edmund Henry Knowles Lacon and Charles 
corruption, and such other illegal and corrupt prac- | Edmund Rumbold was procured by a system of 
tices, endeavour to procure, and did procure many | bribery, treating, influence and intimidation, and by 
of the voters at such Election to vote for the said a system of corrupt and illegal practices; that the 
Sir Edmund Henry Knowles Lacon and Charles said Sir Edmund Henry Knowles Lacon and Charles 


Edmund Rumbold, or one of them, and to forbear to 
vote for the Petitioner; that the said Sir Edmund 
Henry Knowles Lacon and Charles Edmund Rum- 
bold, by themselves respectively, and by their agents 
and others employed by them at such Election, and 
by friends and by others acting for and sanctioned 
by them, did give and cause and procure to be given, 
and did promise and agree to give, and did know of 
and consent to the giving and procuring to be given 
money, gifts and rewards, offices and places to 
divers persons, upon certain engagements, contracts 
and ageeements, that such persons to whom and to 
whose use, and in whose behalf such gifts and pro- 
mises were made, should, by themselves and others, 
at their solicitation respectively, request and com- 
mand, procure and endeavour to procure, the Return 
of the said Sir Edmund Henry Knowles Lacon and 


Edmund Rumbold, respectively, by reason of the 
thereinbefore premises, and also by reason of the 
open, notorious, and extensive bribery and treating, 
and by the intimidation and corrupt and illegal in- 
ducements and means resorted to and practised by 
them respectively, and by persons pot ven by or 
acting for them respectively, and on their behalf 
respectively, before, at, and during, and subsequent 
to, the said Election, were and are, and each of them 
was and is, wholly disabled and incapacitated, and 
ineligible, to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough of Great Yarmouth, and the Return 
of the said Sir Edmund Henry Knowles Lacon and 
Charles Edmund Rumbold was and is wholly null 
and void; that the said Charles Edmund Rumbold 
did not obtain a majority of legal votes at the said 





'Election, but that the Petitioner did obtain such 


Charles Edmund Rumbold respectively, at such | majority, and claims to be declared a Sitting Mem- 
Election ; that the said Sir Edmund Henry Kuowles | ber for the said Borough of Great Yarmouth ; that 
Lacon and Charles Edmund Rumbold, by them-|the said Charles Edmund Henry Rumbold before, 
selves, their friends, agents and others employed by | during, and after the said Election was, by himself, 
them in managing and conducting the said Election, | his agents, friends, and supporters, guilty of divers 
and by friends and by others acting for and sanc- | acts of bribery and treating, and is, by the said acts, 






tioned by them, and by various ways and means, 
after the teste of the Writ for such Election, and at 
and during the said Election, and before the Return , 
of the said Sir Edmund Henry Knowles Lacon and 
Charles Edmund Rumbold at such Election, did 
give and present and allow to divers persons having 
votes, or claiming to have votes at such Election, | 
money, meat, drink, entertainment and provisions, 
and did make presents, gifts, rewards and entertain- 
ments, and did make promises, agreements, obliga- 
tions and engagements to give, and allow money, 
meat, drink, provisions, goods, merchandise, pre- 
sents, gifts, rewards and entertainments, to and for 
the use, advantage and profit of such persons, in 
order that they the said Sir Edmund Henry Knowles 
Lacon and Charles Edmund Rumbold might be re- 
turned at such Election; that the commission of the 
said acts of bribery and corrupt practices and pro- 
mises being extensive and notorious, printed notices 
thereof were prepared for the purpose of serving the 
same upon the Electors or some of them, and that 
the service of such notices was attempted at the 
volling places or some of them ; but that the agents, 
friends and supporters of the said Sir Edmund Heury 
Knowles Lacon and Charles Edmund Rumbold, by 
divers tumultuous, violent and illegal riots, and by 
interrupting and assaulting the persons appointed to 
serve the said notices, did prevent the same from 
being served, and that many votes were thus cor- | 
ruptly and illegally given for the said Sir Edmund 
Henry Knowles Lacon aud Charles Edmund Rum- 
boid, or one of them, which ought to be struck off 
the poll; that the said Sir Edmund Henry Knowles 
Lacon and Charles Edmund Rumboid did, by them- 
selves respectively, and by and with divers persons, 
directly and indirectly, give and provide, and did 
cause and knowingly allow to be given and provided, 
wholly or partly at their and his expense, and did 
pay, wholly or in part, divers expenses incurred for 
meat, drink, entertainment and provisions, to and 
for various persons, before, during and after the said 


' 








or some of them, a from serving in Par- 
liament as one of the Members for the said Borough ; 
that the said Charles Edmund Rumbold before, 


‘during, and after the said Election, was guilty of 


divers corrupt, unlawful, and unwarrantable acts and 
proceedings, and that his Election and Return, as 
aforesaid, were invalid ; and praying that the Elec- 
tion and Return of the said Sir Edmund Henry 
Knowles Lacon and Charles Edmund Rumbold, or 
one of them, may be declared void; and that the 
Return made by the Returning Officer in this case of 
the said Sir Edmund Henry Knowles Lacon and 
Charles Edmund Rumbold, or one of them, may be 
amended by erasing the names of the said Sir Ed- 
mund Henry Knowles Lacon and Charles Edmund 
Rumbold, or one of them, therefrom, and by insert- 
ing therein the name of the Petitioner, or that the 
House will declare that the said Sir Edmund Henry 
Knowles Lacon, and Charles Edmund Rumbold, were 
not duly elected, and ought not to have been re- 
turned, but that the Petitioner was duly elected, and 
ought to have been returned; and that the Peti- 
tioner may be admitted to take his Seat and vote as 
a Member for the said Borough; and that a new 


, Election for another Member may be ordered for 
| the said Borough; and that the House will make such 
(other order, and will grant such further and other 
| relief in the premises as the House shall deem fit. 


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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 





Ordered, That all Petitions complaining of undue Election 


Elections and Returns, be printed. 


Petitions. 


The Comptroller of the Household acquainted the Duke of 
House, that he had a Message from Her Majesty to Wellington 


this House, signed by Her Majesty, and he presented 
the 





Criminal 
Offenders 
(Ireland.) 


Census of 
Ireland. 


16 Vicroniz. 


the same to the House; and it was read by Mr. 
Speaker (all the Members of the House being unco- 
vered), and is as followeth :— 


VICTORIA R. 


Her Majesty, desirous of marking in the most 
solemn manner Her sense of the pre-eminent Services 
of the late Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington, 
and of affording to Her Subjects an opportunity of 
testifying their veneration for his memory, and their 
sorrow for the loss which they have sustained by his 
death, has directed that measures should be taken 
for the public interment, at the earliest possible 

riod, of his Grace’s mortal remains in the Cathedral 
Church of Saint Paul. 

The Queen is persuaded that, in taking this step, | 
Her Majesty has only anticipated the general wishes | 
of Parliament and of the Country, and that you will| 
afford to Her Majesty your cordial aid and concur-| 
rence in giving to the mournful ceremony a degree) 
of solemnity and importance worthy of the Country 
and of the occasion. 

Her Majesty relies upon the liberality of Her} 
faithful Commons to make suitable provision for the 
due discharge of this debt of public gratitude and | 
tribute of national sorrow. 

Ordered, That Her Majesty’s said most gracious | 
Message be taken into consideration upon Monday | 
next, 





Sir William Jolliffe presented, by Her Majesty’s | 
Command,—Tables, showing the Number of Criminal | 
Offenders committed for Trial or bailed for Appear- 
ance at the Assizes and Sessions in each County in 
Ireland, in the year 1851, and the Result of the! 
Proceedings. 

Copy of the Census of Ireland, for the year 1851, 
Part I., showing the Area, Population, and Number 
of Houses, by 'Townlands and Electoral Divisions,— 
County of Dublin and City of Dublin. 

Copy of the Census of Lreland, for the year 1851, 
Part I., showing the Area, Population, and Number 
of Houses, by ‘Townlands and Electoral Divisions,— 
County of Wicklow. 

Copy of the Census of Ireland, for the year 1851, 
Part I., showing the Area, Population, and Number! 
of Houses, by Townlands and Electoral Divisions, —| 
County of Galway. | 

Copy of the Census of Jreland, for the year 1851, 
Part 1., showing the Area, Population, and Number | 
of Houses, by Townlands and Electoral Divisions,— | 
County of Leitrim. 

Copy of the Census of Jreland, for the year 1851, 
Part L., showing the Area, Population, and Number | 
of Houses, by Townlands and Plectoral Divisions,— | 
County of Mayo. 

Copy of the Census of Jreland, for the year 1851, 
Part I., showing the Area, Population, and Number 
of Houses, by Townlands and Electoral Divisions,— 
County of Roscommon. 

Copy of the Census of Ireland, for the year 1851, 
Part I., showing the Area, Population, and Number 
of Houses, by ‘lownlands and Electoral Divisions,— 
County of Sligo. 

Copy of the Census of Zreland, for the year 1851, 
Part I., showing the Area, Population, and Number 
of Houses, by Townlands and Electoral Divisions,— 
County of Cavan. 

Copy of the Census of Jreland, for the year 1851, 
Part I., showing the Area, Population, and Number 
of Houses, by Townlands and Electoral Divisions,— 
County of Armagh. 

Copy of the Census of [reland, for the year 1851, 
Part I., showing the Area, Population, and Number 
of Houses, by Townlands and Electoral Divisions,— 
County of Clare. 

Copy of the Census of Jreland, for the year 1851, 
Part I., showing the Area, Population, and Number 
of Houses, by Townlands and Electoral Divisions,— 
County of Cork (East Riding), 





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VoL. 108. 


17 


Copy of the Census of Ireland, for the year 1851, 
Part I., showing the Area, Population, and Number 
of Houses, by Townlands and Electoral Divisions,— 
County of Cork (West Riding). 

Copy of the Census of Treland, for the year 1851, 

Part I., showing the Area, Population, and Number 
of Houses, by Townlands and Electoral Divisions,— 
County of Kerry. 
Copy 
Part d showing the Area, Population, and Number 
of Houses, by Townlands and Electoral Divisions,— 
County of Tipperary (North Riding). 

Copy of the Census of Jreland, for the year 1851 
Part |., showing the Area, Population, and Number 
of Houses, by Townlands and Electoral Divisions, — 
County of Limerick. , 

Copy of the Census of Jreland, for the year 1851, 
Part . showing the Area, Population, and Number 
of Houses, by Townlands and Electoral Divisions,— 
County of Waterford. 

Copy of the Census of Ireland, for the year 1851, 
Part 1., showing the Area, Population, and Number 
of Houses, by Townlands and Electoral Divisions,— 
County of Tipperary (South Riding). 

Copy of the Annual Report of the Ecclesiastical 
Commissioners for Jreland, for the year ending the 
Ist day of August 1852. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


| Table. 


Lord Lovaine reported from the Committee ap- 
pointed yesterday, to draw up an Address to be pre- 
sented to Her Majesty, That they had drawn up an 
Address accordingly ; and the same was read, as fol- 
loweth : 


Most Gracious Sovereign, 
We, Your Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal Sub- 


jects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of 


Great Britain and I, eland, in Parliament assembled, 
beg leave to convey to Your Majesty our humble 
thunks for Your Majesty’s most gracious Speech 
from the Throne, and to assure Your Majesty of our 
participation in the deep sorrow which Your Ma- 
Jesty, in meeting us, has been pleased to express, that 
our deliberations can no longer be aided by the 
Counsels of that illustrious Man whose great achieve- 


ments have exalted the name of England, and in 


whose loyalty and patriotism the interests of Your 
Majesty’s Throne and People ever found an unfailing 
support; and to assure Your Majesty, that we 
cordially desire to jom with Your Majesty in taking 
such steps as may mark our sense of the irreparable 
loss which the Country has sustained by the death 
of Arthur Duke of Wellington. 

We thank Your Majesty for Your Majesty’s gra- 
cious acknowledgment of the readiness in which 
Your Majesty’s subjects in general have come for- 
ward, in pursuance of the Act of last Session, to join 


the Ranks of the Militia; and for the expression of 


Your Majesty’s confident trust that the Force thus 
raised by voluntary enlistment will be calculated to 
give eftective aid to Your Majesty's regular Army 
for the protection and security of the Country. . 

We also thank Your Majesty for informing us 
that Your Majesty continues to receive from all 
Foreign Powers assurances of their anxious desire 
to maintain the friendly relations now happily sub- 
sisting with Your Majesty’s Government. 

We humbly thank Your Majesty for the informa- 
tion that frequent and well-founded complaints on 
the part of Your Majesty’s North American Colonies, 
of infractions, by Citizens of the United States, of the 
Fishery Convention of 1818, have induced Your 
Majesty to despatch, for the protection of their in- 
terests, a class of Vessels better adapted to the ser- 
vice than those which had been previously employed ; 
that this step has led to discussions with the Go- 
vernment of the United States; and that while the 
rights of Your Majesty’s subjects have been firmly 

D maintained, 





of the Census of Jreland, for the year 1851, - 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission 
(Ireland. ) 


Address 
reported, and 
agreed to. 






































































18 


maintained, the friendly _ in which the question | 
has been treated induces Your Majesty to hope that | 
the ultimate result may be a mutually beneficial ex- | 
tension and improvement of our commercial inter- | 
course with that great Republic. 

We thank Your Majesty for informing us that the | 
Special Mission which, in concert with the Prince 
President of the French Republic, Your Majesty | 
deemed it right to send to the Argentine Confedera- | 
tion, has been received with the utmost cordiality ; 
and that the wise and enlightened policy of the Pro- | 
visional Director has already opened to the Com-| 
merce of the World the great rivers, hitherto closed, 
which afford an access to the interior of the vast 
Continent of South America. 

We assure Your Majesty, that we receive with 
satisfaction the announcement, that the sincere and 
zealous efforts of the Government of Brazil for the 
suppression of the Slave Trade, now nearly ex- 
tinguished on that Coast, have enabled Your Ma- 
jesty to suspend the stringent measures which Your 
Majesty had been compelled reluctantly to adopt, a 
recurrence to which we, in common with Your Ma- 
jesty, anxiously hope may be proved to be unneces- 
sary. 

We thank Your Majesty for informing us that the 
Government of Her Most Faithful Majesty have 
fully recognised the justice of the claim which Your 
Majesty’s Government have long urged for the abo- 
lition of the discriminating Duties on the Export of 
Wine, and have passed a Decree for giving complete 
effect to the stipulations of the Treaty on this subject. 

We beg leave to express our humble concurrence 
with Your Majesty, in the opinion that it will be 
advisable to resume the inquiries which were com- 
menced by the late Parliament, with a view to legis- 
lation on the subject of the future Government of 
Your Majesty’s East Indian Possessions. 

We thank Your Majesty for informing us that the 
Estimates for the ensuing year will in due time be 
laid before us. 

We assure Your Majesty that we readily recognise 
that the advancement of the Fine Arts, and of Prac- 
tical Science, is worthy of a great and enlightened 
Nation; and we thank Your Majesty for having | 
given directions that a comprehensive scheme shall 
be laid before us, having in view the promotion of | 
these objects, to which Your Majesty invites our aid | 
and co-operation. 

We assure Your Majesty that we participate in | 
the pleasure which Your Majesty is pleased to ex-_ 
press at being enabled, by the blessing of Providence, 
to congratulate us on the generally improved con- | 
dition of the Country, and especially of the indus- 
trious classes ; and we humbly thank Your Majest 
for Your Majesty’s gracious recommendation, that if 
we should be of opinion that recent legislation, in 
contributing with other causes to this happy result, 
has, at the same time, inflicted unavoidable injury on 
certain important interests, we should dispassionately 
consider how far it may be practicable equitably to 
mitigate that injury, and to enable the industry of 
the Country to meet successfully that unrestricted 
competition to which Parliament, in its wisdom, has 
decided that it should be subjected. 

We thank Your Majesty for the information that 
Your Majesty trusts that the general improvement, 
notwithstanding many obstacles, has extended to 
Ireland ; and we assure Your Majesty, that while 
Your Majesty may rely with confidence on our aid, 
should it be required, to restrain that unhappy spirit 
of insubordination and turbulence which produces 
many and aggravates all of the evils which afflict 
that portion of Your Majesty's Dominions, we shall 
readily attend to Your Majesty’s gracious recommen- 
dation that we should adopt such a liberal and 
generous policy towards Jreland as may encourage 





| 
| 


and assist her to rally from the depression in which 
she has been sunk by the sufferings of late years. 
We thank Your Majesty for informing ‘us, that 








12° Novembris. 





A, 1852. 


Your Majesty, anxious to promote the efficiency of 
every branch of our National Church, has thought 
fit to issue a Commission to inquire and report to 
Your Majesty how far, in their opinion, the Capitular 
Institutions of the Country are capable of bein 
made more effective for the great objects of Re- 
ligious Worship, Religious Education, and Eccle- 
siastical Discipline. 

We humbly thank Your Majesty for directing 
that the Reports of the Commissioners for inquirin 
into the system of Education pursued at Oxford an 
Cambridge, should be communicated to the governing 
bodies of those Universities for their consideration ; 
and we assure Your Majesty, that Your Majesty 
may rely upon our readiness to remove any legal 
difficulties which may impede the desire of the Uni- 
versities at large, or of the several Colleges, to intro- 
duce such amendments into their existing system as 
they may deem to be more in accordance with the 
requirements of the present time. 

e concur with Your Majesty in opinion that the 
system of Secondary Punishments has usefully oc- 
cupied the labours of successive Parliaments ; and 
we assure Your Majesty that we shall rejoice with 
Your Majesty if we shall find it possible to devise 
means by which, without giving encouragement to 
crime, Transportation to Van Diemen’s Land may at 
no distant period be altogether discontinued. 

We thank Your Majesty for informing us that the 
subject of Legal Reform continues to engage Your 
Majesty’s anxious attention ; that the Acts passed in 
the last Session of Parliament have been followed 
up by the Orders necessary for putting them in ope- 
ration ; that inquiries are in progress, by Your Ma- 
jesty’s direction, with a view of bringing into har- 
mony the ‘Testamentary Jurisdiction of Your Ma- 
jesty’s several Courts; and that Bills will be sub- 
mitted to us for effecting further Improvements in 
the administration of the Law. 

We humbly assure Your Majesty that to these 
and other measures affecting the social condition of 
the Country we shall give our earnest and zealous 
attention ; and that we join in Your Majesty’s prayer, 
that by the blessing of Almighty God our delibera- 
tions may be guided to the well-being and happiness 
of Your Majesty’s people. 

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


| Her Majesty. 


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

Ordered, That Her Majesty’s most 


deration upon Monday next. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. 


the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Several Petitions complaining of undue Elections 
and Returns being offered to be presented, the same 
were delivered in at the Table. 

And the Names of the places to which the said 
Petitions related (being all of them Petitions of the 
last class), were put into the glass at the Table, and 
drawn by the Clerk in the following order : 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Thomas La- Lancaster 
tham, James Goad and Peter Jackson, Electors of Election. 


the Borough of Lancaster, in the County Palatine of 
Lancaster, was read; setting forth, That the Pe- 
titioners were, at and during the last Election of 
Members to serve in this present Parliament for 
the said Borough of Lancaster, registered Electors 
of the said Borough, and claimed to have and had 
a right to vote, and did vote at the said Election ; 
that the said Election of Members to serve in 
Parliament for the said Borough of Lancaster was 
held at Lancaster aforesaid, in the month of July 
now last past, on which occasion there were four 
Candidates 


— Speech Queen's 
to both Houses of Parliament. be taken into consi- Speech to be 





16 Vicroriz. 


Candidates for Election to serve in Parliament for the | 
said Borough, namely, Robert Baynes Armstrong, | 
Esquire, Samuel Gregson, Esquire, Thomas Greene, 
Esquire, and John Ellis, Esquire ; that at such Elec- 
tion a poll being demanded was granted by the Re- 
turning Officer, and proceeded with on the Ninth | 
day of July last, and at the close of such poll the 
said Samuel Gregsonand Robert Baynes Armstrong 
were declared by the said Returning Officer to have 
had a majority of votes at the said Election, and to 
have been duly elected, and were returned as the | 
Members to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough of Lancaster ; that, after the teste of 
the Writ for the said Election, the said Robert Baynes 
Armstrong did, by himself and by divers other ways 
and means on his behalf, and at his charge, before | 
his said Election to serve in Parliament for the said 
Borough, directly and indirectly give, present and 
allow to divers persons having voice and vote in and | 
at the said Election aforesaid, money, meat, drink, 
entertainment and provision, presents, gifts and re- 
wards, and did make promises, agreements, obliga- 
tions and engagements to give and allow money, 
meat, drink, provision, presents, rewards and enter- 
tainments to and for divers persons having votes as 
aforesaid, and to and for the useand advantage, benefit, | 
employment, profit and preferment of such persons, | 
in order that he the said Robert Baynes Armstrong | 








should and might be elected, and for his the said | 
Robert Baynes Armstrong’s being elected to serve in | 
Parliament for the said Borough of Lancaster at the | 
said Election ; that before, during and after the said | 


Election, the said Robert Baynes Armstrong did, by | 


himself, and by and with divers other persons, di- | 
rectly and indirectly give and provide, and cause | 
and knowingly allow to be given and provided, at, 
his the said Robert Baynes Armstrong’s expense, | 


meat, drink, entertainment and provision, to and for 
divers and very many persons, for the purpose of 
corruptly influencing such persons and others to give 
their votes at the said Election for him the said 
Robert Baynes Armstrong, and for the purpose of 
corruptly rewarding such persons, and the said other 
_— for having given their votes at the said 

lection for him the said Robert Baynes Armstrong ; 
that before, during and after the said Election, the 
said Robert Baynes Armstrong did, by himself, and 
by and with divers other persons, directly and in- 
directly pay divers sums of money and expenses 
incurred for meat, drink, entertainment and provision 
to and for divers and very many persons, for the pur- 
pose of corruptly influencing such persons and others 
to give their votes at the said Election for him the 
said Robert Baynes Armstrong, and for the purpose of 
corruptly rewarding such persons and the said other 
persons for having given their votes at the said Elec- 
tion for him the said Robert Baynes Armstrong ; 


that before, during and after the said Election, the | 


said Robert Baynes Armstrong did, by himself, and 
by and with divers other persons, directly and indi- 
rectly give and provide, and cause and knowingly 
allow to be given and provided, at his the said Ro- 
bert Baynes Armstrong’s expense, meat, drink, en- 
tertainment and provision to and for divers and 


12° Novembris. 


{ 


19 


the said Thomas Greene and John Ellis, or one of 
them, and for the purpose of corruptly rewarding 
such persons, and the said other persons, for havi 
refrained from giving their votes at the said Election 
for the said Thomas Greene and John Ellis, or one 
of them; that before and during the said Election 
the said Robert Baynes Armstrong, as well by him- 
self, his agents, managers, friends and isans, as 
by divers other persons employed by him, did by 
gifts and rewards, and by promises, agreements, and 
securities for gifts and rewards, corrupt and procure 
divers and very many persons to forbear to give their 
votes at the said Election for the said Thomas Greene 
and John Lillis, or one of them; that before and 
during the said Election the said Robert Baynes 
Armstrong, by himself and his agents, directly and 
indirectly, did make payments and gifts of divers 
sums of money, and other valuable considerations, to 
divers voters at the said Election, and to divers per- 
sons on behalf of such voters, and to divers other 
persons related to such voters by kindred and affi- 
nity, on account of such voters being about to vote 
at the said Election for him the said Robert Baynes 
Armstrong ; that before and during the said Elec- 
tion, the said Robert Baynes Armstrong, by himself 
and his agents, directly and indirectly did make pay- 
ment and gift of divers sums of money and other 
valuable considerations, to divers voters at the said 
Election, and to divers persons on behalf of such 
voters, and to divers other persons related to such 
voters by kindred and affinity on account of such 
voters being about to refrain from voting at the said 
Election for the said Thomas Greene and John Ellis, 
or one of them ; that during and after the said Elec- 
tion, the said Robert Baynes A:mstrong, by himself 
and his agents, directly and indirectly did make pay- 
ment and gift of divers sums of money, and other 
valuable considerations, to divers voters at the said 
Election, and to divers persons on behalf of such 
voters, and to divers other persons related to such 
voters by kindred and affinity on account of such 
voters having voted at the said Election for him the 
said Robert Baynes Armstrong; that during and 
after the said Election the said Robert Baynes Arm- 
strong, by himself and his agents, directly and indi- 
rectly, did make payment and gift of divers sums of 
money, and other valuable considerations, to divers 
voters at the said Election, and to divers persons on 
behalf of such voters, and to divers other persons re- 
lated to such voters by kindred and affinity, on ac- 
count of such voters having refrained from voting at 
the said Election for the said Thomas Greene and 
John Ellis, or one of them; that before and during 
| the said Election the said Robert Baynes Armstrong, 
as well by himself, his agents, managers, friends and 
partisans, as by divers other persons, regardless of 
the law, was guilty of gross, extensive, systematic, 
and open and notorious bribery, treating and corrup- 
tion; that the Return of the said Robert Baynes 
| Armstrong was procured by the said several corrupt 
_and illegal practices, and that the said Robert Baynes 
| Armstrong, by the said corrupt and illegal practices, 
-was and is wholly disabled and imeapacitated to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said Borough 
















































very many persons, for the purpose of corruptly , of Lancaster, and the said Election and Return of the 
influencing such persons and others to refrain from | said Robert Baynes Armstrong were and are wholly 
giving their votes at the said Election for the said null and void; and praying that the House wiil take 









Lhomas Greene and John Ellis, or one of them, and 
for the purpose of corruptly rewarding such persons 
and the said other persons for having refrained from 
giving their votes at the said Election for the said 

homas Greene and John Ellis, or one of them; 
that before, during and after the said Election, the 


said Robert Baynes Armstrong did, by himself, and by 


and with divers other persons, directly and indirectly | 


pay divers sums of money and expenses incurred for 
meat, drink, entertainment and provision to and for 
divers and very many persons for the purpose of 
corruptly influencing such persons and others to re- 
frain from giving their votes at the said Election for 
VoL. 108, 


| the premises into consideration, and declare that the 
said Robert Baynes Armstrong was not duly elected, 
| and ought not to have been returned, and that his 
| Election and Return are wholly null and void; and 
that the House will afford to the Petitioners such 
further and other relief in the premises as to the 
House shall seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 








D2 A Petition 






















Canterbury 
Election. 


20 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of the 
City of Canterbury, was read ; setting forth, That at 
the last Election of Members to serve in Parliament 


12°—15° Novembris. 


for the City of Canterbury, the Petitioners were re-_ 


gistered Electors of the said Borough, and had a right | 


to vote, and did vote, at the said Election ; that Co- 
lonel Frederick Romilly, the Right honourable Sir Wil- 
liam Meredyth Somerville, Baronet, the Honourable 
George Augustus Frederick Percy Sydney Smythe, 
Henry Plumptre Gipps, Esquire, and the Honourable 
Henry Butler Johnstone, were Candidates at the said 
Election, and a poll being demanded and taken, the 
said Henry Plumptre Gipps and Henry Butler John- 
stone were, at the close thereof, declared by the Re- 
turning Officer of the said a to have the majority 
of votes, and to be elected and returned to serve as 
Members in Parliament for the City of Canterbury ; 
that before and at the said Election the said Henry 
Plumptre Gipps and Henry Butler Johnstone were, 
and each of them was, by himself, his agents, friends 


and managers, guilty of bribery and corruption, and | 


did, by gifts, presents, money and rewards, and by 
promises, agreements and securities for gifts, presents, 
money and rewards, and by other illegal practices, 
corrupt and procure divers persons, being registered 
Electors of the said Borough, to give their votes in 
favour of the said Henry Plumptre Gipps and Henry 
Butler Johnstone, and to forbear to give them in 
favour of the said other Candidates, or one of them ; 
that before, during and after the said Election, the 





A. 1852. 


Luna, 15° die Novembris ; 


Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1852. 


PRAYERS. 


| ETITIONS relating to Church of England ; 

—Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ;—Carriages ;— 
Property Tax ;—Assurance Companies ;— School- 
masters (Scotland);—and, Sheriffs’ Courts (Scot- 
/and),—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all Abatements made under a Treasury 
Minute dated the 4th day of August 1829, and pur- 
suant to the Act 4 &amp; 5 Will. 4, c. 24, s. 27, from the 
Salaries of all Persons who have entered the Public 
Service since the said 4th day of August 1829, from 
the commencement of the system of Abatement up 
to the latest Date, distinguishing the Amount abated 
in each Department in each year :—And, Return, in 
the same form, of all Sums paid for Retired Allow- 
ances, Superannuations or Compensations, granted 
under Section 10 of the Act 4 &amp; 5 Will. 4, c. 24, 
distinguishing the Grants made upon Abolition of 
Office from the other Allowances. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to 
request that their Lordships will communicate to 
this House, a Copy of the Report from the Select 


said Henry Plumptre Gipps and Henry Butler | Committee appointed by their Lordships, in the 
Johnstone did, by themselves, their agents, friends | Session of 1852, on the Drainage of Lands in Jre- 
and partisans, by divers ways and means, at their | /and; together with the Minutes of Evidence and 
charge and on their behalf, directly and indirectly, | Appendix: And that Mr. French do carry the said 
give, provide, present and allow, and cause and | Message. 


knowingly permit to be given, provided, presented 
and allowed to registered Electors of the said City, 
and to divers other persons, money, meat, drink, 
entertainment, provision and reward, and make pro- 
mises, agreements and engagements to give money, 
meat, drink, entertainment, provision and reward, to 
and for persons having votes as aforesaid, in order 
that they the said Henry Plumptre Gipps and Henry 
Butler Johnstone might have the votes of the said 
persons, and might thereby be elected Members for 
the said City of Canterbury; that gross, notorious, 
extensive and systematic bribery, treating and cor- 
ruption were practised and carried on at the said 
Election by divers persons, agents, friends, managers 
and partisans of the said Henry Plumptre Gipps and 
Henry Butler Johnstone, with a view to their Elec- 
tion, and the Election and Return of the said Henry 
Plumptre Gipps and Henry Butler Johnstone were 
procured by means of such bribery, treating and 
corruption, and by other corrupt and illegal prac- 
tices ; that by reason of the said corrupt and illegal 
practices, the said Henry Plumptre Gipps and Henry 
Butler Johnstone were and are and each of them 
is wholly incapacitated and ineligible to sit in this 
present Parliament for the said City, and the Elec- 
tion and Return of the said Henry Plumptre Gipps 
and Henry Butler Johnstone were and are wholly 


null and void; and praying that the House will take , 


the premises into their consideration, and will declare 
that the Election and Return of the said //enry 
Plumptre Gipps and Henry Butler Johnstone were 
and are wholly null and void; and that the House 
will give to the Petitioner such further and other 
re'ief as to the House may seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 








Public 
Petitions. 


Vide First 
Report. 


Superannu- 
ations. 


Drainage of 
Lands (Ire- 
and.) 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Turnpike 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased T*¥sts- 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 


House, a Return, showing the Total Receipts, Ex- 


penditure and Debts of Turnpike Trusts in England 
and North Wales, for 17 years (1834 to 1850 inclu- 
sive), under the following heads :—Receipts: Tolls ; 
Statute Labour and Highway Rates; Money bor- 
rowed ; other Receipts; Total Receipts :—Expen- 


diture: Repairs ; Improvements ; Salaries; Law 


Charges; Interest of Debt; Bonded Debt paid off ; 


other Payments ; Total Expenditure : — Bonded 
Debt ; and Unpaid Interest. 
Ordered, 'That the said Address be presented to 


_Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 


of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


Returns of the Name, Class and rated Number of 
Guns of each Ship and Vessel of War commissioned, 
,and the Date thereof, from the 1st day of January 
| 1845 to the present period ; stating the Number of 
| Petty Officers and Seamen required to fully Man 
each such Ship and Vessel of War, and the Date at 
‘which each such Ship and Vessel of War completed 
| her full Complement of such Petty Officers and Sea- 
men :—And, of the Name, Class and rated Number 
of Guns of each Ship and Vessel of War paid off, 
and the Date thereof, from the 1st day of January 
1845 to the present period ; stating, in each case, 
at what Port paid off, the Number of Petty Officers 
and Seamen discharged, the Period each such Ship 
and Vessel of War had been in Commission, and on 
what Station or Stations employed during such 
Period. 


but deducted for Costs of Collection, or any other 
purpose, from the Gross Receipts of the various Re; 
venue Departments :-——And, of all Amounts received 
by Departments of Expenditure from any other 
source than Parliamentary Grants or Issues from 
the Exchequer in the year ending 5th January 1852 

(in 








Ships (Navy.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Re- Revenue 
turns of all Amounts not paid into the Exchequer, Departments. 











Answer to 
Address. 


Queen’s 
Speech. 


Duke of 
Wellington. 


Bills of 
Exchange and 
Notes ( Metro- 
polis) Bill. 


Queen’s 
Speech con- 
sidered. 


Duke of 
Wellington. 





16 Victroriz. 


(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 98, of 
Session 1847-8). 


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

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

I rely, with confidence, on your co-operation with 
Me in My endeavours to promote the welfare of all 
classes of My subjects. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration Her Majesty’s most gracious Speech 
to both Houses of Parliament ; 

Ordered, That the said Speech be taken into con- 
sideration after the Notices of Motions. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration Her Majesty’s most gracious Message 
of the 12th day of this instant November, relating to 
the Funeral of the late Duke of Wellington ; 

Ordered, That the said Message be taken into 
consideration after the Notices of Motions. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
make’ Provision concerning Bills of Exchange and 
Promissory Notes payable in the Metropolis on the 
day appointed for the Funeral of Arthur late Duke 
of Wellington: And that Mr. Secretary Walpole and 
Mr. Attorney General do prepare, and bring it in. 

Mr. Secretary Walpole accordingly presented the 
Bill: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House. 

Resolved, That this House will immediately re- 
solve itself into the said Committee :—The Me 
accordingly resolved itself into the Committee ; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Hamilton reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and directed 
him to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


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

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

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


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration Her Majesty’s most gracious 
Message of the 12th day of this instant November, 
relating to the Funeral of the late Duke of Welling- 
ton; and the same was again read by Mr. Speaker. 

Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That an humble 
Address be presented to Her Majesty, humbly to 
thank Her Majesty for having given directions for 
the Public Interment of the mortal remains of his 
Grace the Duke of Wellington in the Cathedral 
Church of Saint Paul, and to assure Her Majesty 
of our cordial aid and concurrence in giving to 
the ceremony a fitting degree of solemnity and 
importance. 

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


15° Novembris. 





21 


Resolved, That this House will attend at the So- 
lemnity of the Funeral of Arthur Duke of Welling- 
ton in the Cathedral Church of Saint Paul, upon 
Thursday next. 

The House was moved, That the Standing Order 
of the House, “ That every Member intending to 
move for the appointment of a Select Committee 
shall, one day next before the nomination of such 
Committee, place on the Notices the names of the 
Members intended to be proposed by him to be 
Members of such Committee,” might be read ; and 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Standing Order be sus- 
| pended. 
| Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
| to consider the circumstances relating to the attend- 
| ance of this House and their place at the Solemnity 
of the Funeral of Arthur Duke of Wellington in the 
Cathedral Church of Saint Paul :—And a Com- 
_ mittee was appointed of Mr. Chancellor of the Ex- 
| chequer, Lord John Russell, Mr. Secretary Walpole, 
Mr. Gladstone, Sir John Pakington, Sir Charles 
Wood, Viscount Palmerston, Lord John Manners, 
Sir Francis Baring, Mr. Christopher, Mr. Hume, 
Sir Robert Harry Fnglis, Mr. Cayley, and Mr. Ha- 
milton ; with Power to send for persons, papers, and 
records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 





That in the present Session of Parliament no Busi- 
ness shall be proceeded with in this House after 
midnight ; and that, at T'welve o’clock at night pre- 
cisely, notwithstanding there may be Business under 
discussion, Mr. Speaker do adjourn the House with- 
out putting any Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Lett. 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ om :  Secrpia j 64. 
Tellers for the Noes, on — \ 260. 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the operation of the Act 3 &amp; 4 
Will. 4, c. 85, for effecting an arrangement with the 
East India Company, and for the better Govern- 
ment of Her Majesty’s Indian Territories till the 
30th day of April 1854. 


rough cf Derby, praying for a full and searching 
inquiry into proceedings with reference to the late 
Election for that Borough, which was presented 
upon the 12th day of this instant November, be 
printed. 


Copies of all the Minutes of the Treasury, respect- 
ing Chicory, since 1840; and relating to the Sale of 
Chicory with Coffee:—Return of the Number of 
Memorials presented to the Chancellor of the Ex- 
chequer and to the Lords of the Treasury, for and 
against the rescinding of the new Treasury Minute 
relating thereto, stating from whom, and the Num- 
ber of Signatures to each Memorial :—And, Copies 
of Instructions, if any, issued to the Commissioners 
of Inland Revenue respecting that Treasury Order ; 
and, of the Orders given by the Commissioners of 
Inland Revenue for the Prevention of the admixture 
of Chicory with Coffee:—Also, an Estimate of the 
additional Expense to be incurred in carrying out 
those measures. 


to inquire into the present 
and Destitute Children, and what changes are de- 





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A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Business of 
;_. the House. 


Indian 
Territories. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Electors of the Bo- Derby 
Election. 


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


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Criminal 


Treatment of Criminal *™4 Destitate 
Children. 








Borneo. 


Turnpike 
Trusts. 


Lighthouses 
(Colonies. ) 


Port of Dublin. 


Negro Slaves. 


22 15° Novembris. 


sirable in their present Treatment, in order to supply 
Industrial Training, and to combine Reformation 
with due Correction of Juvenile Crime, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Despatches (not yet published) from 
Naval Officers on the China Station, relative to At- 
tacks made by them on the Natives of Borneo, from 
the year 1842 to 1849 inclusive ; together with the 
Answers from the Admiralty to these Despatches. 

. Mr. Stafford accordingly presented the said 
aper. 

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


Sir William Jolliffe presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Commiand,—Turnpike Trusts (England and Wales) : 
—General Report of the Secretary of State, under 
Act 3&amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 80. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Statement of what measures have been 
adopted respecting the Erection, Management and 
Superintendence of Lighthouses in the British Co- 
lonies and Possessions (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Papers, No. 225, of Session 1849, No. 656, 
of Session 1850, and No. 162, of Session 1851) :— 
Abstract of any Returns received from the Colonies 
upon the subject, since the 25th day of March 
1851 :—Copies of Correspondence between Captain 
Biden, Master Attendant at Madras, and Rear-Ad- 
miral Austin, Commander-in-Chief on that Station, 
respecting the urgent necessity for Lights on the 
South-east Coast of Ceylon (upon the Great Basses 
or Little Basses), and of the Letters or Despatches 
on the subject from Rear-Admiral Austin to the 
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty:—Of any 
other Letters, Recommendations or Estimates of 
Expense, which have been had regarding the same : 
—And, Copies or Extracts of Correspondence and 
Reports respecting the Erection of new Lighthouses, 
and as to the future Management of existing Lights, , 
Buoys and Beacons, in the British Colonies and 
Possessions. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of all Receipts and Disbursements by the 
Corporation, for preserving and improving the Port 
of Dublin, from the 1st day of January 1850 up to 
the latest period to which the same have been made 
up; distinguishing the same under different heads, | 
and under what Authority: — And, of all Monies | 
bcirowed by Debentures or otherwise, under the 
Authority of the Act 26 Geo. 3, c. 19, and of the 
Act 32 Geo. 3, c.35, or of any other Act; the Rate 
of Interest at which the same was borrowed ; what 
part of the same has been paid off; and the Annual 
Amount of Interest payable on the subsisting Debt 
or Debts (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 57, of Session 1851). 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this | 
House, a Return of the Number of Negro Slaves 
that have been imported into Brazil and Cuba re- 
spectively, in each month, from the periods in 1851 
to which the last Returns laid before this House 
extend, down to the latest periods in 1852 to which 
such Returns can be made up. 

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




























































A, 1852. 


Several Petitions complaining of undue Elections 
and Returns being offered to be presented, the same 
were delivered in at the Table. 

And the names of the places to which the said 
Petitions related (being all of them Petitions of the 
last class), were put into the glass at the Table, and 
drawn by the Clerk in the following order : 


A Petition of Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, Taunton 
Baronet, was read; setting forth, That at the last Election. 


Election of two Burgesses to represent the Bo- 
rough of Taunton, in the county of Somerset, in 
Parliament, the Right honourable Henry Labou- 
chere, Arthur Mills, Esquire, and the Petitioner, 
were Candidates; that the said Election was held 
on the Seventh day of July One thousand eight 
hundred and Fifty-two, and that a poll having been 
demanded, the same was granted and proceeded 
with ; and that at the close of the said poll the Re- 
turning Officer of said Borough declared the said 
Henry Labouchere and Arthur Mills to be duly 
elected as Members to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough, and to have had a ma- 
jority of votes over the Petitioner, and were returned 
accordingly, whereas in fact and in right the Peti- 
tioner had a majority of votes over the said Arthur 
Mills, and ought to have been returned as the Mem- 
ber duly elected at such Election, in the place and 
stead of the said Arthur Mills; that Francis Davey, 
an Elector, whose name was on the Register of Voters 
entitled to vote at the said Election, did at the said 
Election vote for the Petitioner ; that his vote is not 
entered or reckoned on the poll for the Petitioner, 
but is improperly omitted therefrom, and his vote 
ought to be added to the said poll in favour of the 
Petitioner ; that John Elworthy, an Elector, whose 
name was on the Register of Voters entitled to vote 
at the said Election, did at the said Election vote 
for the Petitioner; that his vote is not entered or 
reckoned on the poll for the Petitioner, but is im- 
properly omitted therefrom, and that his vote ought 
to be added to the poll in favour of the Petitioner ; 
that John Thorne, an Elector, whose name was on 
the Register of Voters entitled to vote at said Elec- 
tion, did at the said Election vote for the said Henry 
Labouchere and the Petitioner; that his vote is not 
entered or reckoned on the poll in favour of the said 
Henry Labouchere and the Petitioner, but is im- 
properly entered and reckoned on the poll for the 
Petitioner and the said Arthur Mills, and that the 
said vote ought to be struck off the poll, and not to 


| be reckoned in favour of the said Arthur Mills, 


and to be entered and reckoned in favour of the said 
Henry Labouchere and the Petitioner ; that Abraham 
Stuckey, an Elector, and whose name was on the 
Register, is entered and reckoned on the poll as 
having voted for the said Arthur Mills, whereas in 
point of fact he did not vote at all at the said Elec- 
tion, and at the time his alleged vote was recorded 
for the said Arthur Mills, the said Abraham Stuckey 
was wholly incompetent and incapable of voting, or 
of understanding what he was about, and that his 
vote was improperly entered and reckoned on the 
poll in favour of the said Arthur Mills, and ought 
to be struck off ; that Edward Moorman, a registered 
Elector of said Borough, and whose name was on 
the Register of Persons entitled to vote for said Bo- 
rough at said Election, tendered his vote at said 
Election for the Petitioner, and would have voted 
and intended to vote at said Election for the Peti- 
tioner, but was prevented by force and violence, and 
by fraud committed by or at the instance and solici- 
tation of some persons being agents and friends and 
committee-men of the said Arthur Mills, and with 
the intent and in order to prevent the vote of said 
Edward Moorman being entered and reckoned on 
the nag for the Petitioner, and against the said 
Arthur Miils, and that the vote of the said Edward 
Moorman ought to be added to, and reckoned in 
favour of the Petitioner; that by reason of the pre- 
mises, the majority of votes declared by the said 
Returning 


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‘Cambridge 
Election. 


16 Vicroriz. 15° Novembris. 
Returning Officer at the said Election to be in favour 


23 


treating and corruption, and by such well-known 


of the said Arthur Mills was an apparent majority, 
and that the Petitioner had a majority of votes at 
the said Election, and ought to have been returned 
as the Member to serve in this present Parliament 
for the said Borough ; the Petitioner avers that the 


sale and purchase of votes; that by reason of the 
said corrupt and illegal practices, the said Kenneth 
Macaulay and John Harvey Astell were and are, and 
each of them was and is wholly incapacitated and 
ineligible to sit in this present Parliament for the 


conduct of Brannan, a deputy or poll-clerk | said Borough, and the Election and Return of the 
employed by the Returning Officer to take the poll | said Kenneth Macaulay and John Harvey Astell 
at said Election, was partial, improper and culpable; ; were and are wholly null and void; that by the 
and praying that the same may be inquired into, | various illegal and corrupt practices aforesaid, and b 

with a view to prevent such conduct being repeated | coercion, intimidation and other illegal and irregular 
at any future Flection; and that the House will| proceedings, the said Kenneth Macaulay and John 
take the premises into consideration, and will cause | Harvey Astel/ obtained a colourable majority of votes 
the Return to be amended, by erasing therefrom the | over the said Robert Alexander Shafto Adair and 
name of the said 4rthur Mills, and substituting that) Francis Mowatt, and the said Return of the said 
of the Petitioner in its stead, and will give to the| Kenneth Macaulay and John Harvey Astell is ille- 





Petitioner such other relief as to the House may seem | 
meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of 
the Borough of Cambridge, was read ; setting forth, 
That at the last Election of Members to serve 
in Parliament for the Borough of Cambridge, the 
Petitioners were registered Electors of the said 
Borough, and had a right to vote and did vote 
at the said Election ; that Robert Alexander Shafto 
Adair, Francis Mowatt, Kenneth Macaulay and | 
John Harvey Astell, Esquires, were Candidates at 
the said Election, and a poll being demanded and | 
taken, the said Kenneth Macaulay and John Harvey | 
Astell, Esquires, were at the close thereof declared | 
by the Returning Officer of the said Borough to have | 
the majority of votes, and to be elected and re- | 
turned to serve as Members in Parliament for the 
Borough of Cambridge; that before and at the said 
Election, the said Kenneth Macaulay and John Har- 
vey Astell were, and each of them was by himself, 
his agents, friends and managers, guilty of bribery , 
and corruption, and did by gifts, presents, money 
and rewards, and by promises, agreements and se- 
curities for gifts, presents, money and rewards, and | 
by other illegal practices, corrupt and procure divers | 
persons, being registered Electors of the said Bo- | 
rough, to give their votes in favour of the said Ken- 
neth Macaulay and John Harvey Astell, or one! of 
them, and to forbear to give them in favour of the said 
Robert Alexander Shafto Adair and Francis Mow- 
att; that before, during and after the said Election, 
the said Kenneth Macaulay and John Harvey Astell, 
did by themselves, their agents, friends and parti- 
sans, by divers ways and means, at their charge and 
on their behalf, directiy and indirectly, give, provide, 
present and allow, and cause and knowingly permit 
to be given, provided, presented and allowed to 
registered Electors of the said Borough, and to 
divers other persons, money, meat, drink, enter- 
tamment, provision and reward, and make promises, 
agreements and engagements, to give money, meat, 
drink, entertainment, provision and reward, to and 
for persons having votes as aforesaid, in order that they 
the said Kenneth Macaulay and John Harvey Astell | 
might have the votes of the said persons, and might | 
thereby be elected Members for the said Borough of | 


gal, and ought to be declared wholly null and void ; 


and praying that the House will take the premises 


into their consideration, and declare that the said 
Kenneth Macaulay and John Harvey Astell were 
not duly elected aud returned, and that the Return 
of the said Kenneth Macaulay and John Harvey 
Astell was and is wholly nulland void; and that the 
House will give the Petitioners such further and 
other relief as to the House may seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are there- Plymouth 
unto subscribed, Electors of the Borough of P/y- Election. 


mouth, in the county of Devon, who voted at the 
last Election of Members to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said Borough, was read; setting 
forth, That the Petitioners were, at the last Election 
of Members to serve in this present Parliament for 
the said Borough of P/ymouth, Electors of the said 
Borough, and were registered as such Electors, and 
had a right to vote for Members for the said Bo- 
rough at the said Election, and voted thereat ; that 
at the said last Election of Members to serve in Par- 
liament for the said Borough of Plymouth, in the 
month of July One thousand eight hundred and 
Fifty-two, Robert Porrett Collier, Esquire, George 
Thomas Braine, Esquire, Bickham Escott, Esquire, 
and Charles John Mare, Esquire, were Candidates 
to represent the said Borough in Parliament ; that a 
poll having been demanded was taken by the Re- 
turning Officer for the said Borough on the Ninth 
day of July One thousand eight hundred and Fifty- 
two; that the said Charles John Mare and Robert 
Porrett Collier were, by the said Returning Officer, 
declared to have had a majority of votes at the said 
Election, and to have been duly elected, and were 
returned as Members duly elected to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said Borough of P/y- 
mouth; that before, at and during the said Election 
the said Charles John Mare was, by himself and his 
agents, friends and managers, guilty of divers acts of 
bribery and corruption, in order to corrupt and pro- 
cure, and did, by his agents, managers and friends, 
and by many other persons employed in his behalf, 
by gifts, presents, money, employments, rewards, and 
by promises, and agreements, and securities for 
money, gifts, employments and rewards, and by 
threats, intimidation, promises, undue influence, and 


Cambridge; that gross, notorious, extensive and syste- | other corrupt and illegal practices, acts and means, 
matic bribery, treating and corruption were practised corrupt and procure divers persons, having or claim- 
and carried on at the said Election by divers persons, | ing to have votes at the said Election, to give their 
agents, friends, managers and partisans of the said | votes in favour of him the said Charles John Mare, 
Kenneth Macaulay and John Harvey Astel/, and by | or to forbear to give their votes in favour of the said 
others employed and sanctioned by them, to pur- | Robert Porrett Collier, George Thomas Braine and 
chase and - for the purchase of votes, with a| Bickham Escott, or one of them; that the said 
view to the Election of the said Kenneth Macaulay | Charles John Mare, by the said corrupt and illegal 
and John Harvey Astell, and the Election and Re- | practices, was and is wholly incapacitated and in- 
turn of the said Kenneth Macaulay and John Harvey | eligible to be elected and to serve in this present Par- 


Astell were procured by means of such bribery, | liament for the said Borough, and the said Election 
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94 15°—16° Novembris. 


and Return of the said Charles John Mare were and 
are wholly null and void; that, after the teste of the 
Writ for holding the said Election, and before, at 
and during the said Election, the said Charles John 
Mare did, by himself and his agents, friends and 
partisans, by divers ways and means, in his behalf 
or at his charge, directly or indirectly, give, present 
and allow to persons having votes in and at the said 
Election, money, meat, drink, entertainment and pro- 


vision, and did make presents, gifts, rewards and en- 
tertainment, and did make promises, agreements, 
obligations and engagements, to give and allow mo- 
ney, meat, drink, provision, presents, rewards and 
entertainments to and for persons having votes in 
and at the said Election, and to and for the use, 
benefit and advantage, employment, profit and pre- 
ferment of such persons, to induce such persons to 
vote at the said Election for the said Charles John 
Mare, or to forbear to vote at the said Election for 
the said Robert Porrett Collier, George Thomas 
Braine and Bickham Escott, or one of them, in order 
that he the said Charles John Mare might be elected, 
or for being elected to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough; that by reason of the 





A. 1852. 


| Porrett Collier, George Thomas Braine and Bick- 


| ham Escott, or one of them; that by reason of the 


| premises, the said Election and Return of the said 
Charles John Mare were and are wholly null and 
void ; and praying that the House will take the pre- 
mises into consideration, and will declare the said 
Election and Return of the said Charles John Mare 
to be wholly null and void, and will give to the Pe- 
titioners such further and other relief as to the House 
shall seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Martis, 16° die Novembris; 











Anno 16° Victorie Regine, 18 52. 


| PRAYERS. 


said last-mentioned corrupt and illegal wong the | O RDERED, That the Select Committee on the Duke of 


said Charles John Mare was and is wholly incapa- 
citated and ineligible to be elected and to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said Borough of 


Plymouth ; and the said Election and Return of the | 


said Charles John Mare were and are wholly null 
and void; that before, during and after the sai 


Election, the said Charles John Mare did, by himself 


and his agents, friends and partisans, or by or with 
divers persons, or in divers waysand manners, directly 
or indirectly, give or provide, or did cause, or did 
knowingly allow to be given or provided, wholly or 
partly at his expense, or did pay wholly or in part 


Funeral of the late Duke of Wellington have leave Wellington. 
to sit, this day, during the sitting of the House. 


| - ;' , 
Petitions relating to Taxation ;—and, Postage public 


(International),—were presented, and read; and Petitions. 
ordered to lie upon the Table. Vide First 
| Report. 

| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, yr, Robert 


| Copies of further Papers, including the Correspon- Burns. 


idence of Captain Massie, R.N., relating to the 


| Murder of Mr. Robert Burns, and the Capture of 
the Schooner “ Dolphin.” 


divers expenses incurred for meat, drink, enter- | 


tainment and provision to and for divers persons, for | Ordered, That the Return relative to the necessity Lighthouse 
the purpose of corruptly influencing divers of such 


Ks, gence Rina ie cnaiadin alates _of erecting a Lighthouse on the Western End of the (Guernsey.) 
ersons, or divers other persons, to give their votes | Teland of Guernsey, which was presented upon the No. 2. 
in the said Election for the said Charles John Mare, | oo, day of May, in the last Session of the last 
or to refrain from giving their votes in the said Elec- ’ 


. ; art i ae Parliament, be printed. 
tion for the said Robert Porrett Collier, George | a ae 


Thomas Braine and Bickham Escott, or one of them; | Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to Metropolitan 


and for the purpose of corruptly rewarding divers | Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to Burials Act. 
of such persons, or divers other persons, for having | give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
given their votes at the said Election for the said | Lists of the Burial-crounds or Grave-vards which 
Charles John Mare, or for having refrained from | have been closed by virtae of the Powers contained 
giving their votes at the said Election for the said lin the Act passed during the last Session of Parlia- 
Robert Porrett Collier, George Thomas Braine and ‘ment, intituled, “An Act to amend the Laws con- 
Bickham Escott, or one of them ; that by reason of | cerning the Burial of the Dead in the Metropolis :? 
the said last-mentioned corrupt and illegal practices, |_Of the Applications which have been made to the 
the said Charles John Mare was and is wholly in- \Secretary of State for the Home Department to 





capacitated and ineligible to be elected and to serve 
in this present Parliament for the said Borough, and 
the said Election and Return of the said Charles 
John Mare were and are wholly null and void ; that 


gross, extensive and systematic, and open and noto- | 


rious bribery, treating and corruption were practised 
and carried on at the said Election by divers persons, 
being friends, supporters and partisans of the said 
Charles John Mare, with a view to the said Election 
of the said Charles John Mare, and that the said 
Election and Return of the said Charles John Mare 
were procured by means of such bribery, treating 
and corruption ; that by reason of the last-mentioned 
corrupt and illegal practices, the said Election and 
Return of the said Charles John Mare were and are 
wholly null and void; that fraud, intimidation and 
duress were, by the agents, friends and managers, 
and by other persons on behalf of the said Charles 
John Mare, practised upon divers persons having 
votes at the said Election, by means whereof many 
yersons who, but for such illegal practices, would 
rave voted in favour of the said Robert Porrett Col- 
lier, George Thomas Braine and Bickham Escott, 
or one of them, were induced and compelled to vote 
in favour of the said Charles John Mare, or to for- 
bear to vote in the said Election for the said Robert 


recommend the closing of Grave-yards, under the 
Provisions of the same Act; and of the Applica- 
tions to him for permission to open Cemeteries or 
Burial-grounds within the District defined by the 
same Act; stating in what cases permission has 
| been granted, and in what refused :—And, Copies 
‘or Extracts of all Correspondence which has taken 
place between the Home Office and any Parish or 
| Company, with respect to the closing of any Grave 
yard or Burial-ground, or the epening of any new 
Cemetery or Burial-ground, and of ali Evidence laid 
_ before the Secretary of State for the Home Depart- 
ment in relation thereto. 

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


| Resolved, That an humble Address be presented County Rates. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
|to give directions, that there be laid before this 
_House, Returns of the Expenditure of the Grants 
-made by Parliament in the year 1851, in aid of 
'County Rates ; distinguishing the proportion paid 
for Expenses of Prosecutions and for Conveyance 
‘of Convicts; showing the Amount paid by each 
/County, Borough, and Liberty, and the Total 
Amount 


Sas 














































































Grain, 
F lour, &amp;e. 


Duke of 
Wellington 
(First Report.) 


Public Health 
Act. 


Dorchester 
Burial-ground. 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission 


(Ireland. ) 
No. 3, 


16 Vicroriz. 


Amount in that year (in continuation of Parliament- 
ary Paper, No. 507, of Session 1850) :—And, of 
the Charge for the Maintenance of Prisoners in each 
County, Borough, and Liberty, in the year 1851. 
Ordered, That the said Address be — to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns respecting Grain, Flour, &amp;c.,in continuation, 
for the years 1849, 1850, and 1851, of Parliament- 
ary Paper, No. 28, of Session 1852 :—And, re- 
specting Grain, Flour, &amp;c., in continuation, for the 
years 1849, 1850, and 1851, of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 362, of Session 1851. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to 
consider the circumstances relating to the attend- 
ance of this House and their place at the Solemnity 
of the Funeral of Arthur Duke of Wellington, in the 
Cathedral Church of Saint Paul, have Power to re- 
port their Observations thereupon from time to 
time. 

Sir Charles Wood reported from the said Select 
Committee ; That they had examined the matters to 
them referred; and had agreed to the following 
Report: 

Your Committee have examined the Journals 
touching the proceedings and circumstances re- 
lating to the Procession of this House, and their 
place on the occasion of Public Funerals, and they 
find that, in the year 1694, the House, with the 
Speaker, attended the funeral of Her Majesty Queen 
Mary ; that Seats were reserved, and Tickets given 
to Members, with the Speaker’s name, and that of 
each Member, for his admittance. 

Your Committee also find that, in the year 1708, 
the Speaker was deputed, on the part of the House, 
to — an Address to Her Majesty Queen Anne. 

our Committee are of opinion that it would be 
convenient on this occasion that the Speaker should 
be deputed to attend the Procession on the part of 
the House, and that the House should attend in the 
Cathedral Church of Saint Paul, and that the 
Speaker, when he arrives there, should take his 
place accordingly. 

Your Committee have examined respecting the 
arrangements for the accommodation of Members : 
they find that 500 seats are reserved for Members 
in front of the North Transept. 

Your Committee recommend that each Member 
should be furnished with a Ticket of admittance, 
with his name, and that the same should be dis- 
tributed to Members, under the direction of Mr. 
Speaker. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Lord John Manners presented, pursuant to the 
directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Copies 
of Orders in Council, applying the Public Health 
Act, passed since the last presentation of Orders in 
Council to the House of Commons in February 
1852 :—Kirkham, Witham, Poulton, Bare and 
Torrisholme, Baildon, Bromyard. 

Copy of a Scheme of the General Board of Health, 
to provide a Burial-ground for the borough of 
Dorchester, in the county of Dorset, and for the 
Regulation of the same, under the Provisions of the 
Nuisances Removal and Diseases Prevention 
Amendment Act, 1849; also, a Copy of the Super- 
intending Inspector’s Report, in relation to the 
matters thereof, 

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


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Ecclesi- 
astical Commission (Ireland), which was presented 
upon the 12th day of this instant November, be 
printed, 

Vou. 108, 


16° Novembris. 





25 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Borneo, Borneo. 
which was presented upon the 15th day of this in- No. 4. 
stant November, be printed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Coroner’s 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Copy Inquest (Six- 
of the Report of the Evidence given before the ™@ Bridge). 
Coroner’s Inquest held at Siz-mile Bridge, in the 
county of Clare, in July last:—And the said Mo- 
tion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That a Standing Committee of sixteen Library of the 

Members be appointed to assist Mr. Speaker in the House. 
direction of the Library, and to whom shall be re- 
ferred all matters relating thereto: —And a Com- 
mittee was appointed of Sir Robert Harry Inglis, 
Lord John Russell, Sir Charles Wood, Mr. Goul- 
burn, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. At- 
torney General, Sir James Graham, Mr. Pendarves, 
Mr. Monckton Milnes, Mr. Robert Clive, Mr. Glad- 
stone, Sir John Young, Mr. Moncreiff, Mr. Macaulay, 
Mr. Sidney Herbert and Lord Naas. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum, 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill County 
to limit the time of taking the Poll in Counties at Elections 
contested Elections for Knights of the Shire to 
serve in Parliament in England and Wales to one 
day: And that Lord Robert Grosvenor and Mr. 
Edmund Denison do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Bank Notes. 
to amend an Act of the first year of King George 
the Fourth, for the further prevention of forging 
and counterfeiting Bank Notes: And that Mr. 
Hamilton and Sir William Jolliffe do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed, Public 
to whom shall be referred all Petitions presented to Petitions. 
the House, with the exception of such as complain 
of undue Returns, or relate to Private Bills; and 
that such Committee do classify and prepare Ab- 
stracts of the same, in such form and manner as 
shall appear to them best suited to convey to the 
House all] requisite information respecting their con- 
tents, and do report the same from time to time to 
the House; and that such Reports do in all cases 
set forth the number of signatures to each Petition : 
—And that such Committee have power to direct 
the printing in extenso of such Petitions, or of such 
parts cf Petitions, as shall appear to require it :— 
And that such Committee have Power to report 
their opinion and observations thereupon to the 
House :—And a Committee was appointed of Mr. 
Thornely, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Captain Jones, 
Mr. Brotherton, Lord Alfred Hervey, Mr. Scott, 
Mr. Bonham Carter, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Adderley, 
Mr. Owen Stanley, Mr. Whitmore, Mr. Portal, Mr. 
Thicknesse, Mr. Monsell and Mr. Whitbread. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Screw Steamer 
Copies of all Correspondence between the Admiralty “@reenock.” 
and Mr. Scott Russell, on the Subject of, and State- 
ment of, the ultimate Terms and Conditions of the 
Sale effected to the latter of Her Majesty’s Screw 
Steamer “ Greenock,” since sold to the Royal Austra- 
fian Steam Ship Company under the new Name of 
“ Melbourne” :—And, of Report of the Surveyor of 
the Admiralty on the State of this Ship; also, of 
any Special one which may have been made 
immediately previous to her Departure with Her 
Majesty’s Mails for the Austrelian Colonies. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Rochester 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Consistory 
to give directions, that there be laid before this °° &amp;* 
House, Returns from the Reverend Walker King 
and the Reverend George King, Registrars of the 

E Consistory 







































































Pr cg at 


eee 


5 








Day Mail to 
Leicester. 


Indian 
Territories. 


Printing. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Bills of 
Exchange and 
Notes ( Metro- 
polis) Bill. 


Drainage of 
Lands (Ire- 
land.) 


Supply ; 


Queen s 
Speech 
referred. 


26 16° Novembris. 


Consistory Court of Rochester, setting forth the 
Names of all Persons who have been appointed or 
nominated to any Office, or who hold any Office in 
the Consistory Court of Rochester; the Date of Ap- 
pointment or Nomination ; the Age of the Person 
or Persons at the Time of such Appointment or 
Nomination ; whether such Person or Persons per- 
form the Duties of the Office in person or not, or 
was then in or has since taken Holy Orders; and 
the Name and Title of the Person making such 
Appointment, together with the Emoluments and 
Income of the Office, and the several Sources from 
whence such Emoluments and Income are derived : 
—And, similar Return from George Essell, Registrar 
of the Archdeacons’ Court of Rochester, in relation 
to that Co n. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, 
That it is the opinion of this House, that the Day 
Mail between j er and Leicester should be con- 
veyed by way of Peterborough, Stamford and Melton 
Mowbray, until the line of Railway between Lei- 
cester and Rugby (which has been stopped in conse- 
quence of the injury done to it, caused by the late 
heavy rains) is re-opened:—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Indian 
Territories do consist of Thirty-one Members :—And 
a Committee was appointed of Mr. Herries, Mr. 
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord John Russell, 
Mr. Baring, Sir Charles Wood, Mr. Baillie, Mr. 
Gladstone, Mr. Newdegate, Mr. Labouchere, Sir 
James Graham, Mr. Alderman Thompson, Sir Wil- 
liam Molesworth, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Viscount 
Jocelyn, Mr. Cobden, Mr. Hardinge, Mr. Milner 
Gibson, Mr. Mangles, Sir James Hogg, Mr. Hume, 
Mr. Bankes, Mr. Vernon Smith, Mr. Robert Hild- 
yard, Mr. James Wilson, Mr. Spooner, Mr. Keogh, 
Mr. Macaulay, Lord Stanley, Mr. Robert Clive, 
Mr. Edward Ellice and Viscount Palmerston; with 
Power to send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to assist Mr. Speaker in all matters which relate to 
the Printing executed by Order of this House, and 
for the purpose of selecting and arranging for 
printing Returns and Papers presented in * seca 
ance of Motions made by Members of this House : 
—And a Committee was appointed of Sir Robert 
Harry Inglis, Mr. Strutt, Sir John Young, Mr. 
Hamilton, Mr. Greene, Mr. Hayter, Mr. Beckett, 
Mr. Divett, Mr. Gaskell and Mr. Hume. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Bills of Exchange 
and Notes (Metropolis) Bill, without any Amend- 
ment: And also, 


The Lords communicate to this House, a printed 
Copy of the Report from the Select Committee ap- 
pcinted in Session 1852, to inquire into the operation 
of the Acts relating to the Drainage of Lands in Jre- 
land, as administered by the Board of Works, pur- 
suant to Message of yesterday:—And then the 
Messenger withdrew. 


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

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








A. 1852. 


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


Queen’s Speech read. 

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

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson 
Patten reported, That the Committee had come toa 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To- 


morrow, 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented,— 
Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
15th day of this instant November, for a Return of 
the Number of Negro Slaves that have been im- 
ane into Brazil and Cuba respectively, in each 

onth, from the Periods in 1851 to which the last 
Returns laid before this House extend, down to the 
latest Periods in 1852 to which such Returns can be 
made up. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Duties payable, under 
Colonial Enactments, on Goods imported into the 
British Colonies (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 667, of Session 1851). 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of Despatches relative to 
the Condition of the Sugar Growing Colonies (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 624, 
Part 1. ( British Guiana), of Session 1851). 

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


Several Petitions complaining of undue Elections 
and Returns being offered to be presented, the same 
were delivered in at the ‘Table. 

And the names of the places to which the said 
Petitions related (being all of them Petitions of the 
last class) were put into the glass at the Table, and 
drawn by the Clerk in the following order : 

A Petition of John Best, of Blakebrook House, 
Kidderminster, in the county of Worcester, Esquire, 
a Candidate at the last Election of a Member to 
serve in this present Parliament for the Borough 
of Kidderminster, in the said county of Worcester, 
was read; setting forth, That at the said last 
Election of a Member to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said Borough of Kiddermin- 
ster, which took place in the month of July One 
thousand eight hundred and_ Fifty-two, Robert 
Lowe, Esquire, and the Petitioner, were Candidates 
to represent the said Borough in Parliament; that 
a poll having been demanded, the same was taken 
by the Returning Officer for the said Borough on 
the Seventh day of July One thousand eight hun- 
dred and Fifty-two; that the said Robert Lowe 
was, by the said Returning Officer, declared to have 
had a majority of votes at the said Election, and to 
have been duly elected, and was returned as the 
Member duly elected to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the said Borough of Kidderminster ; 
that before and during the said Election the said 
Robert Lowe was, by himself and his agents, 
friends, managers and partisans, guilty of divers 
acts 


Negro Slaves. 


No. 5. 


Customs 
Duties 
(Colonies.) 


Sugar 
Growing 
Colonies. 


Kidderminster 
Election. 








16 Vicroriz. 16° Novembris. Q7 


acts of bribery and corruption, in order to corrupt; incapacitated and ineligible to serve in this present 
and procure, and did by his agents, friends, ma-| Parliament for the said Borough, ard the said Elec- 
nagers and partisans, and by many other persons | tion and Return of the said Robert Lowe were and 
employed on his behalf, by gifts, presents, money) are wholly null and void; that gross, extensive, 
and rewards, and by offers of gifts, presents, money | systematic and open and notorious bribery, treating 
and rewards, and by promises, agreements and se-| and corruption were practised and carried on at the 


curities for money, gifts, employment and rewards, 
and by threats, intimidation, promises, undue in- 
fluence, and other corrupt and illegal practices, 
acts and means, corrupt and procure divers persons 
having or claiming to have votes at the said Elec- 
tion, to give their votes in favour of or for him the 
said Robert Lowe, or to forbear to give their votes 
in favour of the Petitioner; that the said Robert 


_ said Election by divers persons, being agents, friends, 
‘supporters and partisans of the said Robert Lowe, 
with a view to the Election of the said Robert Lowe, 
-and that the said Election and Return of the said 
| Robert Lowe were procured by means of such bri- 
bery, treating and corruption; that by reason of 
the premises, and of the last-mentioned corrupt and 
illegal practices, the said Election and Return of 


Lowe, by the said corrupt and illegal practices, | the said Robert Lowe were and are wholly null and 
was and is wholly disabled, incapacitated, and in- void; and praying that the House will take the pre- 
eligible to serve in this present Parliament for the | mises into their consideration, and will declare that 
said Borough, and the said Election and Return of the said Robert Lowe was not duly elected, and 
the said Robert Lowe were and are wholly null and ought not to have been returned, and that his Elec- 
void; that the said Robert Lowe did, by himself,’ tion and Return are wholly null and void ; and that 
his friends, agents and others acting for and sanc-/| the House will afford to the Petitioner such further 


tioned by him, give or cause, and procure to bed 
given, and did promise and agree to give, and did | 
know of and consent to the giving and procuring to | 
be given money, gifts and rewards, offices and | 
places, to divers persons, upon certain engage-| 
ments, contracts and agreements, that such persons | 


to whom and to whose use and in whose behalf such | 


gifts and promises were made, should by them- 
selves and others, at their solicitation respectively, 
request and command, procure, and endeavour 
to procure, the Return of him the said Robert 
Lowe at such Election; that after the teste of the 


Writ for holding the said Election, and before, | 


at and during the said Election, the said Robert 
Lowe did, by himself and his agents, friends and 
partisans, or by divers ways and means, in his behalf 
or at his charge, directly and indirectly, give, pre- 
sent and allow to divers persons having votes in and 
at the said Election, money, meat, drink, entertain- 
ment and provision, and did make presents, gifts, 
entertainments and rewards, and did make pro- 
mises, agreemeitts, obligations and engagements to 
give and allow money, meat, drink, provisions, pre- 
sents, rewards and entertainments to and for persons 
having votes in and at the said Election, and to and 
for the use, benefit and advantage, employment, 
profit and preferment of such persons, to imduce 
such persons to vote at the said Election for the 
said Robert Lowe, or to forbear to vote at the said 
Election for the Petitioner, or in order that he the 
said Robert Lowe should and might be elected, or 
for being elected to serve in this present Parliament 
for the said Borough of Kidderminster ; that by 


and other relief in the premises as to the House 
shall seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records 
as shall be thought necessary by the several Parties 
on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Doctor Wil- 
liam Forrest, William Kenworthy and Benjamin 
Brierley, Electors of the Borough of Blackburn, 
was read; setting forth, That the Petitioners 
were, at and during the last Election of Mem- 





bers to serve in this present Parliament for the 
|said Borough of Blackburn, registered Electors of 
' the said Borough, and claimed to have had, and had 
a right to vote, and did vote at the said Election ; 
‘that at the said Election there were three Candi- 
dates, namely, James Pilkington, Esquire, William 
| Eccles, Esquire, and John Hornby, Esquire, and a 
poll being demanded, the same was granted and 
| proceeded with, and at the close thereof the Return- 
ing Officer declared the said James Pilkington and 
| William Eccles to be duly elected, and they were 
returned accordingly by the said Returning Officer 
'as Members to serve in this present Parliament for 
| the said Borough of Blackburn ; that before, at and 
during the said Election, the said William Eccles 

was, by himself, his agents, managers, friends and 
| partisans, guilty of many acts of bribery and corrup- 
| tion, and did, by his agents, managers, friends and 
| partisans, and by other persons employed in his 


reason of the said last-mentioned corrupt and illegal | behalf, by gifts, presents, money, rewards, and by 


practices, the said Robert Lowe was and is wholly | 
disabled, incapacitated and ineligible to serve in this | 
present Parliament for the said Borough, and the | 
said Election and Return of the said Robert Lowe, 
were and are wholly null and void; that before, 
during and after the said Election, the said Robert 


offers of gifts, money and rewards, and by promises, 
agreements and securities for gifts and rewards, and 
by other corrupt and illegal practices, acts and 
means, corrupt and procure divers persons having 
or claiming to have votes at the said Election, to 
give their votes for him the said William Eceles, or 


Lowe did, by himself and his agents, friends and | to forbear to give their votes in favour of the said 
partisans, or by or with divers persons, or in divers| John Hornby; thatthe said William Eccles, before, 
ways and manners, directly or indirectly give or | during and after the said Election, did give and pro- 
provide, or did cause or did knowingly allow to be! vide, and cause or knowingly allow to be given and 
given or provided, wholly or partly at his expense, | provided, meat, drink, entertainment and provision 
or did pay wholly or in part divers expenses incurred | for the purpose of corruptly influencing divers per- 
for meat, drink, entertainment and provision to and | sons to give or refrain from giving their votes at the 
for divers persons, for the purpose of corruptly in-| said Election, and for corruptly rewarding divers 
fluencing divers of such persons, or divers other | persons for having given or refrained from giving 
persons, to give their votes in the said Election for! their votes at the said Election, whereby the said 
the said Robert Lowe, or to refrain from giving their , William Eccles is incapable of being elected or sit- 
votes in the said Election for the Petitioner, or for | ting in Parliament for the said Borough during this 
the purpose of corruptly rewarding divers of such | present Parliament ; that gross, extensive and sys- 


persons or divers other persons for having given 
their votes in the said Election for the said Robert 
Lowe, or for having refrained from giving their votes 
at the said Election for the Petitioner; that, by 
reason of the last-mentioned and illegal practices, 
the said Robert Lowe was and is wholly disabled, 


tematic corruption, bribery and treating was prac- 
tised before and at the said Election by divers per- 
sons, being friends, supporters and partisans of the 


Blackburn 
Election. 


said William Eccles, with a view to the Election of 


the said William Eccles, and that the Election and 
Return of the said William Eccles were procured by 





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Scinde. 


County 
Elections 
Polls Bill. 


No. 6. 


Bank Notes 
Bill. 
No, 7. 


Royal Assent 
te a Bill. 


¥8 16°—17° Novembris. 


neans of such corruption, bribery and treating, and 
-hat by reason thereof the said Election and Keturn 
uf the said William Eccles were wholly null and void; 
that the said William Eccles did previous to, at and 
during the said Election, by himself, his agents, 
friends, managers and others on his behalf, give and 
allow to divers persons, Electors or claiming to be 
Electors of the said Borough, money, meat, drink, 
entertainment and provisions, and did make pro- 
mises, agreements, obligations or engagements to 
give or allow to such persons money, meat, drink, 
entertainment, provision, present or reward, to and 
for the use, advantage, benefit, employment, profit 
or preferment of such persons, in order to be elected 
to serve in Parliament for the said Borough; that 
by reason of the premises, the Election and Return 
of the said William Eccles were and are wholly null 
and void ; and praying that the House will take the 
premises into consideration, and will declare that 
the said William Eccles was not duly elected, and 
ought not to have been returned, and that his Elec- 
tion and Return are wholly null and void; and that 
the House will give to the Petitioners such further 
and other relief in the premises as to the House shall 
seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records 
as shall be thought necessary hy the several Parties 
on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Evidence and Report of a Commis- 
sion appointed to inquire into a certain Charge 
preferred against his Highness Meer Ali Morad, 
Ameer of Upper Scinde, of having made fraudulent 
Alterations in the Treaty of Normahar, concluded 
between his Highness and the late Meer Koostun 
Khan; and of all Minutes and Correspondence on 
the indian Records connected with the Charge. 


Lord Robert Grosvenor presented a Bill to limit 
the Time of taking the Poll in Counties at Con- 
tested Elections for Knights of the Shire to serve in 
Parliament in England and Wales to one day: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 24th 
day of this instant November ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Hamilton presented a Bill to amend an Act 
of the first year of King George the Fourth, for the 
further Prevention ot forging and counterfeiting 
Bank Notes: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next; and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Mercurii, 17° die Novembris ; 
Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1852. 


PRAYERS. 

, ESSAGE by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher 
of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission for declaring Her Royal Assent to an 
Act agreed upon by both Houses, do desire the 
immediate attendance of this Honourable House in 
the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. 

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

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her 
Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House of 
Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal 
was read, giving, declaring and notifying the Royal 






A. 1852. 


Assent to the Public Bill therein mentioned; and 
that the Lords, thereby authorized, had declared 
the Royal Assent to the said Bill: Which Bill is 
as followeth : 
An Act to make Provision concerning Bills of Bills of 























































! 


Exchange and Promissory Notes payable in the Exchenge 
Metropolis on the Day appointed for the Funeral (Metropolis) Crim 
of Arthur late Duke of Wellington. Bill. - 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Fu- Duke of 
neral of the late Duke of Wellington have leave to Wellington. 
sit, this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the Petitions 
Petitions presented upon the 12th, 15th and 16th aR age 
days of this instant November; and had directed Print 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, ‘That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. Expo 
and I 
(Frar 


Petitions relating to Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ; Public 
—and, Maynooth College Act,—were presented, and Petitions. 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Vide Second 

A Petition relating to India, was also presented, Report. 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Indian Territories. 


Sir William Jolliffe presented, by Her Majesty’s Cambridge 
Command,—Copy of Report of Her Majesty’s University 
Commissioners appointed to inquire into the State aac 

pp quire ’ 
Discipline, Studies and Revenues of the University 
and Colleges of Cambridge; together with the Evi- 
dence, and an Appendix. 

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


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee Supply. 
to whom it was referred to consider the Motion 
| made upon Monday last, That a Supply be granted 
to Her Majesty, a Resolution ; and the same was 
read, as followeth : 
Resolved, That a Supply be granted to Her Ma- 
Jesty. 
| The said Resolution, being read a second time ; 
| Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That this House 
, doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolu- 
tion, That a Supply be granted to Her Majesty. 
_ Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into a Committee to consider the 
| Supply granted to Her Majesty. 
| Ordered, That an Estimate of the Charge for Navy, Army Duke 
Naval Services, to the 31t day of March 1854, be "4 Ordnance. bs 
‘laid before this House. on 
| Ordered, That an Estimate of the Charge for 
Army Services, to the 31st day of March 1854, be 
‘laid before this House. 
| Ordered, That an Estimate of the Charge for 
| Ordnance Services, to the 31st day of March 1854, 
' be laid before this House. 
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
| to give directions to the proper Officers to lay before 
| this House the said Estimates. 
| Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
| Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 





| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Freight Money 
Return of the several Sums of Freight Money re- a 
: on ° : i ospital.) 
ceived by the Treasurer of Greenwich Hospital since 
the 17th day of February 1851, with the Date of 
such Payments, and whether on Public or Private 
Account ; also, the Name of the Ship or Vessel in 
which the Treasure was conveyed, and of the Cap- 
tain or Officer commanding the same. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Irish and 
Return of the Amount of Money granted in each —. 
year for promoting the Jrish Fisheries, to the 31st“" 
day 








Criminal 
and Destitute 
Children. 


Printing. 


Exports 
and Imports 
(France.) 


Duke of 
Wellington 
(Second 
Report.) 


No, 8. 


16 Vicroriz. 


day of December 1851 :—A like Return of Money 
eranted for promoting the Scotch Fisheries :—And, 
Return of the Amount of said Grants now unappro- 
priated (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 341, of Session 1845). 


The Select Committee on Criminal and Destitute 
Children was nominated of Mr. Baines, the Marquis 
of Blandford, Viscount Barrington, Sir William Jol- 
liffe, Mr. Sidney Herbert, Mr. Tufnell, Mr. Fitzroy, 
Mr. Miles, Mr. Robert Palmer, Mr. Adderley, Mr. 
Monckton Milnes, Mr. Tatton Egerton, Mr. Corn- 
wall Legh, Mr. Headlam, and Mr. Monsell; with 
Power to send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That Mr. Vernon Smith be added to the 
Select Committee on Printing. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Total Quantities and Declared 
Value of all the Exports from the United Kingdom 
to France, in each year, from 1848 to 1851, both 
inclusive, distinguishing British and Irish Produce 
and Manufactures from Foreign and Colonial Mer- 
chandise; and further distinguishing the Quantity 
and Value of each Article so exported, of which the 
Declared Value shall have amounted in any one year 
to the Sum of £. 3,000 or upwards, with a Statement 
of the Rates of Duty payable, and of the Produce of 
the Duties received on each of the above Articles in 
France, during each year of the above Period ; 
adding thereto a Summary of the several Total 
Amounts of the Values and Duties for each year :— 
And, of the Total Quantities, and the Declared or 
Official Value, as the case may be (as far as the same 
can be made out), of all the Imports from France 
into the United Kingdom in each year, from 1848 
to 1851, both inclusive, distinguishing the Quantity 
and Value of each Article imported, of which the 
Declared or Official Value, as the case may be, shall 
have amounted in any one year to the Sum of 


£.3,000 or upwards, with a Statement of the Rates | 


17° Novembris. 











29 


by Counties in the usual way, the names of the 
Counties being drawn by lot, and shall proceed to 
the steam-boats as far as possible in the order in 
which such Counties are drawn. 

That the Clerks and Officers of the House of 
Commons, not exceeding thirty in number, be per- 
mitted to accompany the Members of the House, 
and have tickets issued to them accordingly. 

Members in Carriages to proceed by Stanhope- 
street Gate, or Gates north of that into Hyde Park, 
through Albert Gate, and by Belgrave-square, 
through Victoria-road, to the House of Commons. 

Members of Parliament on foot will have every 
facility afforded for reaching the House of Commons 
on producing their Tickets. 

Officers of the House will be at Saint Paul’s 
Wharf to prevent persons other than Members of 
the House from embarking in the steamers retained 
for them on the return. 

Resolved, That on the occasion of the Public Fu- 
neral of Arthur late Duke of Wellington, Mr. 
Speaker be deputed to attend the Procession on the 
part of the House; and that this House, on the 
same occasion, do attend in the Cathedral Church 
of Saint Paul, where seats have been provided for 
its Members. 

Ordered, That the Report, together with the Re- 
port made yesterday, be printed, and delivered 
forthwith. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. 


the Elouse this day, adjourn till Friday next. 


A Petition of the there-undersioned William David Pontefract 


&gt; 


Lewis, of Lincoln’s-Inn, in the county of Middlesex, ® 
and of Kensington, in the same county, Barrister- 
at-law, a Candidate at the last Election of Members 
to serve in the present Parliament forthe Borough 
of Pontefract, in the county of York, was delivered 
in, and read ; setting forth, That at the said last Elec- 
tion of Members to serve in this present Parliament 
for the said Borough of Pontefract, in the month of 
July One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two, 


of Duty payable and of the Produce of the Duties | Richard Monckton Milnes, Esquire, Benjamin Oli- 


received on each of the above Articles in the United 
Kingdom, during each year of the above Period ; 
adding thereto a Summary of the several ‘Total 
Amounts of the Values and Duties in each year (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 609, of 
Session 1848). 


Sir Charles Wood reported from the Select Com- 
mittee appointed to consider the circumstances re- 
lating to the attendance of this House and their 
place at the Solemnity of the Funeral of Arthur 
Duke of Wellington, in the Cathedral Church of 
Saint Paul; That they had further considered the 
matters to them referred, and had agreed to the fol- 
lowing Report : 

Your Committee have proceeded further to in- 
quire respecting the most convenient mode by which 
Members can proceed to the Cathedral of Saint 


Paul. 


Arrangements have been made, and Steamers will 
be in waiting at the Esplanade in front of the 
Houses of Parliament at the hour of half past ten, to 
convey Members to Saint Paul’s Wharf, and the 
City Authorities have undertaken that a passage shall 
be kept clear for Members in proceeding thence to 
the great western entrance of the Cathedral ; Mem- 
bers can there enter the Cathedral by the northern 
door of that entrance, and proceed to the seats 
allotted to them. 

The Steamers will be in waiting from Three o’clock, 
p.M., and the passage will be kept clear from Saint 
Paul’s Cathedral to the wharf, to enable Members 
to return after the solemnity. 

Your Committee therefore recommend that Mem- 
bers should assemble in the House at ten o’clock ; 
that, at half past ten, the Members shall be called 

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veira, Esquire, and the Petitioner, were Candidates 
to represent the said Borough in Parliament; that 
a poll having been demanded, the same was taken 
by the Returning Officer for the said Borough on 
the Eighth day of July One thousand eight hundred 
and Fifty-two; that the said Richard Monckton 
Milnes and Benjamin Oliveira were by the said 
Returning Officer declared to have had a majority 
of votes at the said Election, and to have been dul 
elected, and were returned as the Members duly 
elected to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough of Pontefract ; that before and during 
the said Election the said Benjamin Oliveira was, by 
himself and his agents, friends, managers and par- 
tisans, guilty of divers acts of bribery and corrup- 
tion, in order to corrupt, and did by his agents, 
fiiends, managers and partisans, and by many other 
persons employed in his behalf, by gifts, presents, 
money and rewards, and by offers of gifts, presents, 
money and rewards, and bv promises, agreements, 
and securities for money, gifts, employment and re- 
wards, and by threats, intimidation, promises, undue 
influence, and other corrupt and illegal practices, 
acts and means, corrupt divers persons having or 
claiming to have votes at the said Election, and 
thereby procure them to give their votes in favour 
of or for him the said Benjamin Oliveira, or to for- 
bear to give their votes in favour of the Petitioner ; 
that the said Benjamin Oliveira, by the said corrupt 
and illegal practices, was and is wholly disabled and 
incapacitated to serve in this present Parliament for 
the said Borough, and the said Election and Return 
of the said Benjamin Oliveira were and are wholly 
null and void; that the said Benjamin Oliveira did, 
by himself, his friends, agents, and others acting 
for and sanctioned by him, give or cause and 
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procure to be given, and did promise and agree to 


and rewards, offices and places to divers persons, 
upon certain engagements, contracts and agree- 
ments, that such persons to whom and to whose 
use and in whose behalf such gifts and promises 
were made, should, by themselves and others at 
their solicitation, respectively request and procure, 
and endeavour to procure the Return of him the said 
Benjamin Oliveira at such Election ; that the said 
Benjamin Oliveira did, by himself, and by his agents, 
friends, and others acting for him, before, during 
and after the said Election, pay and give, and cause 
and procure to be paid and given, in the name of 
head-money, or under some other name or pretence, 
divers sums of money and other valuable considera- 
tions to divers persons entitled to vote at such 
Election, and to other persons on behalf of such 
persons entitled so to vote, and to other persons 
related to the persons entitled so to vote as afore- 
said by kindred or affinity, on account of such 
persons so entitled to vote as aforesaid having voted 
or having refrained from voting, or being about to 
vote or refrain from voting at the said Election ; 
that the said Benjamin Oliveira, by himself, his 
agents and managers, and by persons employed in 
his behalf, since and after the said Election was so 
had and come to as aforesaid, and since the said 
Return was so made as aforesaid, in pursuance of 
corrupt agreements entered into before, at and dur- 
ing the said Election, paid and caused to be paid, or 
was privy to the payment of asum or divers sums of 
money to each and every one of very many persons, 
such persons being voters or persons related to other 
persons being voters by kindred or affinity,and which 
said voters had each aud all of them given their votes 
at the said Election forthe said Benjamin Oliveira ; 
and the Petitioner avers that the sums of money so 
aid to the said voters and persons related to voters 
be kindred or affinity, were given in pursuance of a 
corrupt agreement or understanding made before, at 
or during such Election with the said several voters, 
to whom or on whose behalf, or to whose relations, 
they were respectively paid as aforesaid, and were 
given corruptly and illegally four and in considera- 
tion or upon the understanding that the said several 
voters had given their votes and had voted in favour 
of the said Benjamin Oliveira at such Election 
aforesaid, and for and in no other respect whatsoever ; 
that after the teste of the Writ for the said Elec- 


the said Benjamin Oliveira did, by himself, and his 
agents, friends and partisans, or by divers ways 
and means on his behalf, or at his charge, directly 
and indirectly, give, present and allow to divers 
persons having votes in and at the said Election, 
money, meat, drink, entertainment and provision, 
and did in like manner make presents, gifts, enter- 
tainments and rewards, and did make promises, 
agreements, obligations and engagements io give 
and allow money, meat, drink, provisions, presents, 
rewards and entertainments to and for persons 
having votes in and at the said Election, and to and 
for the use, benefit and advantage, employment, 
profit and preferment of persons having such votes, 
to induce such persons to vote at the said Election 
for the said Benjamin Oliveira, or to forbear to 
vote at the said Election for the Petitioner, or in 
order that he the said Benjamin Oliveira should 
and might be elected, or for his being elected, to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said Borough 
of Pontefract ; that, by reason of the said last-men- 
tioned corrupt and illegal practices, the said Ben- 
jamin Oliveira was and is wholly disabled and inca- 
pacitated to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough, and the said Election and Return of 
the said Benjamin Oliveira were and are wholly 
null and void; that before, during and after the 
said Election, the said Benjamin Oliveira did, by 


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himself and his agents, friends and partisans, or by 



























































give, and did know of and consent to the giving | or with divers persons, or in divers ways and man- 
and procuring to be given or promised, money, gifts | ners, directly or indirectly, give or provide, or did 


cause or did knowingly allow to be given or pro- 
vided, wholly or partly at his expense, or did pay 
wholly or in part, divers expenses incurred for 
/meat, drink, entertainment and provision to and 
for divers persons, for the purpose of corruptly 
influencing divers of such persons, or divers other 
| persons, to give their votes in the said Election for 
| the said Benjamin Oliveira, or to refrain from giving 
their votes in the said Election for the Petitioner, 
or for the purpose of corruptly rewarding divers of 
such persons or divers other persons, for having 
given their votes in the said Election for the said 
Benjamin Oliveira, or for having refrained from 
giving their votes at the said Election for the Peti- 
tioner; that by reason of the last-mentioned corrupt 
and illegal practices, the said Benjamin Oliveira 
/was and is wholly disabled, incapacitated, and 
ineligible to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough, and the said Election and Return of 
the said Benjamin Oliveira were and are wholly 
null and void; that gross, extensive, systematic, 
and open and notorious bribery, treating and cor- 
| ruption, were practised and carried on at the said 
| Election by divers persons, being agents, friends, 
supporters and partisans of the said Benjamin 
Oliveira, with a view to the Election of the said 
Benjamin Oliveira, and that the said Election and 
Return of the said Benjamin Oliveira were pro- 
cured by means of such bribery, treating and cor- 
ruption ; that by reason of the premises, and of the 
_last-mentioned corrupt and illegal practices, the said 
Election and Return of the said Benjamin Oliveira 
were and are wholly null and void; and praying 
that the House will take the premises into their con- 
_ sideration, and will declare that the said Benjamin 
, Oliveira was not duly elected, and ought not to have 
'been returned, and that his Election and Return 
are wholly null and void; and that the House will 
afford to the Petitioner such further and other 
relief in the premises as to the House shall seem 
meet. 
| Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
‘or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties 

on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


Arctic 
Expedi 





Taunto. 
Electior 


And then the House adjourned till Friday next. 











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Anno 16° Victorie Regine, 185 





| PRAYERS. 

M R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
I mittee on Public Petitions; That they had a 
‘examined the Petitions presented upon the 17th day ean 
_of this instant November; and had directed him to 
_make a Report thereof to the House. 


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


Petitions relating to Maynooth College Act ;—Uni- Public 
versities (Scotland) ;—and, Poor Rates ;—were pre- Petitions. 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. yjae Third 

A Petition relating to the East Indian Law Com- Report. 
mission, was also presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Jndian Territories. 

A Petition relating to Acts of Parliament, was 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Priuting. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Total Number of Acts passed in each 
Session since the year 1800, distinguishing the 
Number of Public, Private and Local and Personal 


Acts of 
Parliament. 





Acts, 





Arctic 
Expeditions. 


Taunton 
Election. 





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Acts, and the Number relating to Great Britain, | 
England, Scotland and Ireland, and those relating 
to the United Kingdom. 

Mr. Brotherton accordingly presented the said 
Return, 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of any Correspondence received at 
the Admiralty from Sir Edward Belcher’s Squadron, 
detailing the Proceedings thereof since leaving 
Greenhithe, and from any other of the Arctic Ex- 
peditions since the Dates of the last Returns from 
the same respectively :—Of any Communications 
received at the Admiralty from Mr. Kennedy, of the 
“ Prince Albert” Discovery Ship :—Of Correspond- 
ence from Commander Jnglefield, of the Screw Vessel 
“ Isabel,” reporting his Discoveries and Proceedings 
in the Polar Sea :—Of any Plans or Suggestions of 
Search for Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin and the 
Ships and Crews of his Expedition :—And, of any 
further Correspondence on the subject of the Arctic 
Regions since the last laid before this House in the | 
late Session (in continuation of Arctic Papers, Ses- 
sion 1852). 

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





Several Petitions complaining of undue Elections 
and Returns being offered to be presented, the same 
were delivered in at the Table. 

And one of the said Petitions appearing to relate 
to the lection and Return for a place concerning 
which the House had received a Petition on a former 
day, the same was first read. 

A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of | 
the Borough of Taunton, was read ; setting forth, | 
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an Elector, whose name was on the Register of 
Voters entitled to vote at said Election, did at the 
said Election vote for the said Henry Labouchere 
and the said Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, that 
his vote is not entered or reckoned on the poll in 
favour of the said Henry Labouchere and the said 
Sir Thomas Edward Colebrvoke, but is improperly 
entered and reckoned on the poll for the said Sir 
Thomas Edward Colebrooke and the said Arthur 
Mills, and that the said vote ought to be struck off 
the poll, and not to be reckoned in favour of the 
said Arthur Mills, and to be entered and reckoned 
in favour of the said Henry Labouchere and the said 
Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke; that Abraham 
Stuchey, an Elector, and whose name was on the 
Register, is entered and reckoned on the poll as 
having voted for the said Arthur Miils, whereas, in 
point of fact, he did not vote at all at the said Elec- 
tion, and at the time his alleged vote was recorded 
for the said Arthur Mills, the said Abraham Stuchey 
was wholly incompetent and incapable of voting, or 
of understanding what he was about, and that his 


vote was improperly entered and reckoned on the 
| poll in favour of the said Arthur Mills, and ought 
to be struck off; that Edward Morman, a registered 


Elector of said Borough, and whose name was on 


the Register of Persons entitled to vote for said Bo- 


rough at said Election, tendered his vote at said 
Election for the said Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, 
and would have voted and intended to vote at said 
Election for the said Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, 
but was prevented by force and violence and b 

fraud, committed by or at the imstance and solici- 
tation of some persons being agents and friends and 
committee-men of the said Arthur Mills, and with 
the intent and in order to prevent the vote of said 
Edward Morman being entered and reckoned on 
the poll for said Sir LZhomas Edward Colebrooke, 
and against the said Arthur Mills, and that the 
vote of the said Edward Morman ought to be 
added to and reckoned in favour of the said Sir 
Thomas Edward Colebrooke ; that by reason of the 


sent the Borough of Taunton in Parliament, the Pe-| premises the majority of votes declared by the said 
titioners were registered Electors of said Borough, | Returning Officer at the said Election to be in favour 
entitled to vote and did vote thereat ; that at the said | of the said Arthur Mills was an apparent majority, 
Election the Candidates were the Right honourable | and that the said Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke 
Henry Labouchere, Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, had a majority of votes at the said Election, and 
Baronet, and Arthur Mills, Esquire ; that the said | ought to have been returned as a Member to serve 
Election was held on the Seventh day of July One| in this present Parliament for the said Borough ; 
thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two; that a poll | the Petitioners aver that the conduct of Walter Chor- 
having been demanded, the same was granted and | ley Brannan, a deputy or poll clerk employed by 
proceeded with, and at the close of the said poll the | the Returning Officer to take the poll at said Elec- 
Returning Officers of the said Borough declared the | tion, was partial, improper and culpable, and the 
said Henry Labouchere and Arthur Mills to be duly | Petitioners pray that the same may be inquired into, 
elected as Members to serve in this present Parlia- | with a view to prevent such conduct being repeated 
ment for the said Borough, and to have had at the |at any future Election; and the Petitioners also 
said Election each a majority of votes over the said | allege and charge that the said Election and Return 
Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, and were returned |of Arthur Mills, Esquire, was effected and carried 
accordingly, whereas, in fact and in right, the said Sir | by bribery, corruption and treating, and by great 
Thomas Edward Colebrooke had a majority of votes | intimidation ; that previous to, at, during and after 
over the said Arthur Mills, and ought to have been | the said Election, the said Arthur Mills, by him- 






















returned as the Member duly elected at such Elec- 
tion in the place and stead of the said Arthur 
Mills ; that Francis Davey, an Elector, whose name 


self, his agents, his committee and friends, and b 
many other persons employed in his behalf, did, by 
gifts, presents, money, rewards, and by promises 






was on the Register of Voters entitled to vote at the | and agreements, and securities for money, gilts, em- 
said Election, did at the said Election vote for the , ployment and rewards, and by threats, intimidation, 
said Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, that his vote | promises, undue influence, and other corrupt and 
is not entered or reckoned on the poll for the said |illegal practices, acts and means, corrupt and pro- 
Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, but is improperly |cure divers persons having or claiming to have votes 
omitted therefrom, that his vote ought to be added | atthe said Election, to give their votes in favour of 
to the said poll in favour of the said Sir Thomas \him the said Arthur Mills, or to forbear to give 
Edward Colebrooke ; that John Elworthy, an Elector, | their votes in favour of the said Sir Thomas Edward 
whose name was on the Register of Voters entitled | Colebrooke, Baronet; that the said Arthur Mills, by 
to vote at the said Election, did at the said Election |the said corrupt and illegal practices, was and is 
vote for the said Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, | wholly incapacitated and ineligible to serve in this 
that his vote is not entered or reckoned on the poil | present Parliament for the said Borough, and the 
for the said Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, but is |said Election and Return of the said Arthur Mills 

















improperly omitted therefrom, and that his vote 
ought to be added to the poll in favour of the said 
Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke; that John Thorne, 


were and are wholly null and void; that after the 
teste of the Writ for holding the said Election, and 
before, at and during the said Election, the said 






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Arthur Mills did, by himself and his agents, friends 
and partisans, or by divers ways and means in his 
behalf, or at his charge, directly and indirectly, 
give, present and allow to persons having votes in 
and at the said Election, money, meat, drink, enter- 
tainment and provisions, and did make presents, 
gifts, rewards and entertainment, and did make 
promises, agreements, obligations and engagements 
to give and allow money, meat, drink, provision, 
presents, rewards and entertainments to and for 
persons having votes in and at the said Election, 
and to and for the use, benefit and advantage, em- 
ployment, profit and preferment of such persons, 
to induce such persons to vote at the said Election 
for the said Arthur Mills, or to forbear to vote at 
the said Election for the said Sir Thomas Edward 
Colebrooke, or in order that he the said Arthur Mitls 
might be elected, or for being elected to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said Borough ; that 
by reason of the said last-mentioned corrupt and 
illegal practices, the said Arthur Mills was and is 
wholly incapacitated and ee to serve in this 
present Parliament for the sai Borough, and the 
said Election and Return of the said Arthur Mills 
were and are wholly null and void; that before, 
during and after the said Election, the said Arthur 
Mills did, by himself and his agents, friends and 
partisans, or by or with divers persons, or in divers 
ways and manners, directly or indirectly, give or 
provide, or did cause or did knowingly allow to be 
given or provided, wholly or partly at his expense, 
or did pay wholly or in part divers expenses incurred 
for meat, drink, entertainment and provisions to 
and for divers persons, for the purpose of corruptly 
influencing divers of such persons or divers other 
persons to give their votes in the said Election for 
the said Arthur Mills, or to refrain from giving 
their votes in the said Election for the said Sir 
Thomas Edward Colebrooke, or for the purpose of 
corruptly cet ig SN of such persons or divers 
other persons for having given their votes in the 
said Election for the said Arthur Mills, or for having 
refrained from giving their votes at the said Election 
for the said Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke; that 
by reason of the said last-mentioned corrupt and 
illegal practices, the said Arthur Mills was and is 
wholly incapacitated and ineligible to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said Borough, and the 
said Election and Return of the said Arthur Mills 
were and are wholly null and void; that gross, ex- 
tensive and systematic and open and notorious bri- 
bery, treating and corruption were practised and 
carried on at the said Election by divers persons, 
being friends, supporters and partisans of the said 
Arthur Miils, with a view to the Election of the 
said Arthur Mills, and that the said Election and 
Return of the said Arthur Mills were procured by 
means of such bribery, treating and corruption ; that 
by reason of the last-mentioned corrupt and illegal 
practices, the said Election and Return of the said 
Arthur Mills were and are wholly null and void ; 
that fraud, intimidation and duress were, by the 
agents, friends and managers, and by other persons 
on behalf of the said Arthur Mills, practised upon 
divers persons having votes at the said Election, by 
means whereof many persons who, but for such 
illegal practices, would have voted in favour of the 
said Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, were induced 
aid compelled to vote in favour of the said Arthur 
Mills, or to forbear to give their votes in the said 
Election for the said Sir Thomas Edward Cole- 
brooke; that by reason of the premises the said 
Election and Return of the said Arthur Mills were 
and are wholly null and void; and the Petitioners 
also state and allege that the majority of votes so 
declared by the Returning Officer as aforesaid, in 
favour of the said Arthur Mills, was only an appa- 
rent and colourable majority, inasmuch as the votes 
of divers persons were accepted and recorded on the 
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A. 1852. 


not legally entitled, and had no legal right to vote 
at the said Election, and that the real majority of 
good and legal votes polled at the said Election was 
in favour of the said Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke 
over the said Arthur Mills; that divers persons 
were admitted to vote and did vote at the said Elec- 
tion for the said Arthur Mills who were not en- 
titled by law to vote in the Election for the said 
Rasengh, or to have had their names inserted in 
the List of Voters or upon the Register of Voters 
for the said Borough, such persons not having had 
any qualification in respect of property, occupation, 
or value or residence, or rating or payment o! rates, 
or whose qualification was for other and various 
causes insufficient, or having been respectively sub- 
ject to legal incapacities, and having been unduly 
and improperly retained or inserted in the said re- 
gister in force in the said Borough at the time of 
the said Election, by the express decision of the 
Barrister appointed to revise the Lists of Voters for 
the said Borough from which such register was 
formed ; that at the said Election divers persons 
voted for the said Arthur Mills who were or had 
been either during such Election, or within Six ca- 
lendar months previous thereto, or within Fourteen 
days after it was completed, retained or employed 
at such Election as agents, attorneys, poll-clerks or 
flagmen, or in some other capacity for the purposes 
of such Election, and had, either before, } ae or 
after such Election, accepted, received vor taken 
from the said Arthur Mills, or from some other 
person, for or in consideration of, or with reference 
to, such retainer or employment, a sum or sums of 
money, or retaining fee, offices, places or employ- 
ments, or promises or securities for a sum or sums 
of money, retaining fees, offices, places or employ- 
ments, and that such votes were admitted and en- 
tered on the poll-book as good votes for the said 
Arthur Mills, and ought now to be struck off the 
poll; that at the said Election divers persons voted 
for the said Arthur Mills who were registered as 
Electors for the said Borough, but had become dis- 
qualified as Electors for the said Borough, and 
were incapable of voting at the said Election, on 
the ground of their not having resided ever since 
the Thirty-first day of July One thousand eight hun- 
dred and Fifty-one, to the time of their voting at 
such Election within the said Borough, or the 
ancient boundaries of the said Borough, or the 
place for which they were registered, or within 
the distance thereof required by the Act passed 
in the second year of the reign of his late Ma- 
jesty William the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act to 
amend the Representation of the People in England 
and Wales,” to entitle such persons to be registered, 
or on the ground of their having ceased to reside 
within the said Borough, or within such distance so 
required as aforesaid, during some part of the period 
between the First day of July One thousand eight 
hundred and Fifty-one, and the time of their voting 
at such Election, or on the ground of their not hay- 
ing continued to reside within the said Borough, or 
within such distance so required as aforesaid, at the 
time of their so voting at such Election, and that 
such votes were admitted and entered on the poll- 
book as good votes for the said Arthur Mills, and 
ought now to be struck off the poll; that at the 
said Election divers persons voted for the said Ar- 
thur Mills who at the time of their so voting were 
disqualified from or incapable of voting on the 
ground of legal incapacity under and by virtue of a 
statute or statutes then in force, or were so disqua- 
lified from or incapable of voting on the ground of 
legal incapacity which had arisen subsequently to 
the expiration of the time allowed for making out 
the List of Voters from which the Register of Voters 
in force at the time of the said Election had been 
made, and that such persons were not entitled to 
vote, and ought to be struck off the poll; that at 
the said Election many persons were compelled 





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by violence, threats, intimidation and force, practised 
by friends, agents, partisans, managers, committee- 
men and supporters of the said Arthur Mills to vote 
for the said Arthur Mills, or to forbear to vote for 
the said Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke ; that at the 
said Election many persons were otherwise than 
above stated improperly and illegally admitted and 
reckoned upon the poll in favour of the said Arthur 
Mills, and omitted or excluded from the number of 
votes polled in favour of the said Sir Thomas Edward 
Colebrooke; that many persons were admitted to 
vote and did vote at the said Election for the said 
Arthur Mills, who had asked, received or taken 
money, gifts, employments, offices or rewards, or 
promises or agreements and securities for money, 
gifts, employments, offices or rewards, or who were 
otherwise bribed in order to give their votes at the 
said Election, or to forbear to give their votes at the 
said Election, and the votes so admitted ought to 
be struck off the poll; that many persons were ad- 
mitted to vote and did vote at the said Election in 
favour of the said Arthur Mills, who did, by them- 
selves or by persons employed by them, by gifts and 
rewards, and by promises, agreements and securities 
for gifts and rewards, and by divers illegal practices, 
corrupt and procure, or did offer by gifts and re- 
wards, or by promises, agreements and securities 
for gifts and rewards, and by divers illegal practices, 
to corrupt and procure divers persons having votes 
at the said Election to give their votes in favour of 
the said Arthur Mills, or to forbear to give their 
votes in favour of the said Sir Thomas Edward Cole- 
brooke, and the votes so admitted ought. to be struck 
off the poll; that many persons were admitted to 
vote and did vote at the said Election for the said 
Arthur Mills, who before and after the teste of the 
writ for the said Election, and before, at and during 
the said Election, had corruptly received money, 
meat, drink, entertainment, provisions, presents, 
gifts and rewards, given, presented and allowed, and 
promises, agreements, obligations and engagements 
of and for money, meat, drink, entertainment and 
provisions tu be given, presented and allowed by the 
said Arthur Mills, and by his agents, friends and 
partisang, or by divers ways and means in his be- 
half, or at his charge, to and for such persons, and 
to and for the use, benefit and advantage, employ- 
ment, profit and preferment of such persons, in or- 
der to vote at the said Election for the said Arthur 
Mills, or in order to forbear to vote at the said 
Election for the said Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, 
or in order that he the said Arthur Mills might be 
elected, or for his being elected to serve in this pre- 
sent Parliament for the said Borough, and were 
thereby disqualified and incapacitated from voting 
at the said Blection, and the votes so admitted ought 
to be struck off the poll; that many persons were 
admitted to vote and did vote at the said Election, 
who before and after ihe teste of the said Writ, and 
before, during, at and after the said Election, had 
corruptly received meat, drink, entertainment or 
provision, or promises, agreements, obligations and 
engagements of and for meat, drink, entertainment 
or provision, to give their votes at the said Election 
for the said Arthur Mills, or to forbear to give their 
votes at the said Election for the said Sir Thomas 


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33 


tertainment or provision which the said Arthur Mills 
before, at, during and after the said Election had 
himself, or by his agents and divers persons on his 
behalf, or by or with divers persons, or in divers 
manners, directly or indirectly, given and provided, 
or caused or knowingly allowed to be given and 
provided, wholly or partly at his expense, or the 
expenses incurred for which he did pay or has paid 
to and for such voters, or to and for divers other 
persons, for the purpose of corruptly influencing 
such voters to give their votes at the said Election 
for the said Arthur Mills, or to refrain from giving 
their votes at the said Election for the said Sir 
Thomas Edward Colebrooke, or for the purpose of 
corruptly rewarding such voters for having given 
their votes at the said Election for the said Arthur 
Mills, or for having refrained from having given 
their votes at the said Election for the said Sir 
Thomas Edward Colebrooke, and who were disqua- 
lified and incapacitated from voting at the said 
Election, and the votes so admitted ought to be 
struck off the poll; that many persons were ad- 
mitted to vote and did vote at the said Election in 
favour of the said Arthur Mills who before and 
after the teste of the Writ for the said Election, and 
before, during, at and after the said Election, gave 
to persons having votes at the said Election, money, 
meat, drink, entertainment or provision, or promises, 
agreements, engagements or obligations for money, 
meat, drink, entertainment, provision, present or 
reward, to or for the use, advantage, benefit, enjoy- 
ment, profit and preferment of such persons, in 
order to procure such persons to vote at the said 
Election for the said Arthur Mills, or to forbear to 
vote at the said Election for the said Sir Thomas 
Edward Colebrooke, or in order that the said Arthur 
Mills might be elected, or for his being elected to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough, and the votes of the persons so admitted to 
vote ought to be struck off the poll ; that many per- 
sons were admitted to vote and did vote at the said 
Election for the said Arthur Mills who before, dur- 
ing, at and after the said Election, gave and pro- 
vided, or caused or knowingly allowed to be pro- 
vided, meat, drink, entertainment or provision to 
divers persons for the — of corruptly influenc- 
ing such persons, or divers other persons, to give 
their votes at the said Election for the said Arthur 
Miils, or to refrain from voting at the said Election 
for the said Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, or for 
the purpose of corruptly rewarding such persons, 
or divers other persons, tor having voted at the said 
Election for the said Arthur Mills, or for having 
refrained from voting at the said Election for the 
said Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, and that the 
votes so admitted ought to be struck off the poll ; 
that many persons were admitted to vote and did 
vote at the said Election for the said Arthur Mills 
who before and after the teste of the Writ for the 
said Election, and before, during, at and after the 
said Election, were guilty of corruptly treating, and 
of being corruptly treated, in order to procure the 
Election of the said Arthur Mills, and who were by 
such last-mentioned corrupt practices ee 
and incapacitated from voting at the said Election, 
and the votes so admitted ought to be struck off 


Edward Colebrooke, Baronet, or in order that he the | the poll; that by the ways and means aforesaid, 


said Arthur Mills might be elected, or for his being 
elected a Member in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough; that many persons were admitted to 
vote and did vote at the said Election for the said 
Arthur Mills who had been corruptly influenced to 
give their votes at the said Election for the said 
Arthur Mills, or to refrain from giving their votes 
at the said Election for the said Sir Thomas Edward 
Colebrooke, or who had been corruptly rewarded for 
having given their votes at the said Election for the 
said Arthur Milis, or for having refrained from hav- 
ing given their votes at the said Election for the said 
aa homas Edward Colebrooke, by meat, drink, en- 
OL. 108, 








the said Arthur Mills obtained an apparent majority 
in number of votes over the said Sir Thomas Edward 
Colebrooke, Baronet, whereas in truth and fact the 
said Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, Baronet, had 
a majority of legal votes over the said Arthur Mills, 
and was duly elected a Member to serve in the 
present Parliament for the said Borough, and ought 
to have been returned as such Member ; and pray- 
ing that the House will take the premises into con- 
sideration, and will cause the Return to be amended 
by erasing therefrom the name of the said Arthur 
Mills, and substituting that of the said Sir Thomas 
Edward Colebrooke in its stead, or will declare the 
F 


said 



























































Clitheroe 
Election. 








34 


said Election and Return of the said Arthur Mills 
to be wholly null and void, or will declare that the 
said Election and Return of the said Arthur Mills 
were wholly null and void, and that the said Arthur 
Mills was not duly elected, and ought not to have 
been returned at the said Election, and that the 
said Sir Thomas Edwurd Colebrooke, Baronet, was 
duly elected, and ought to have been returned at 
the said Election, and will cause the Return to be 
amended by erasing the name of the said Arthur 
Miils, and substituting that of the said Sir Thomas 
Edward Colebrooke in its stead, and will give to the 
Petitioners such further and other relief as to the 
House shall seem meet. 


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A. 1852. 


| divers of such persons, and other persons, for having 
given their votes at the said Election for the said 
Matthew Wilson, or for having refrained from giving 
their votes at the said Election for the said John 
Thomas Walshman Aspinall, whereby the said Mat- 
thew Wilson is wholly incapacitated and ineligible 
to serve in this present Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough of Clitheroe, and the said Election and Re- 
turn of the said Matthew Wilson were and are wholly 
null and void ; that gross, extensive and systematic 
corruption, bribery and treating were practised before, 
at and during the said Election by divers persons, 





' Matthew Wilson, with a view to the Election of the 


being friends, supporters and partisans of the said 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the said Matthew Wilson, and that the Election and Re- 
Table. | turn of the said Matthew Wilson were procured by 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant , means of such corruption, bribery and treating, and 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records | that by reason thereof the said Election and Return 
as shall be thought necessary by the several Parties | of the said Matthew Wilson asa Member to serve in 
on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. | this present Parliament for the said Borough of Cli- 
ri theroe were and are wholly null and void ; that after 
Then the names of the places to which the residue the teste of the Writ for holding the said Election, 
of the said Petitions related (being all of them Pe-| and before, at and during the said Election, the 
titions of the last class) were put into the glass at said Matthew Wilson did, by himself, his agents, 
the Table, and drawn by the Clerk in the following managers, friends, partisans and others, on his be- 
order: half or at his charge, directly and indirectly give 
A Petition of the there-undersigned John Master and allow to divers persons who were Electors, or 
Whalley, John Taylor and William Anderson, Elec- claimed to be Electors, of the said Borough, money, 
tors of the Borough of Clitheroe, was read; setting| meat, drink, entertainment, provision, present or 
forth, That the Petitioners were, at and during the last reward, offices and places, ad did make promises, 
Election of a Member to serve in this present Parlia- | agreements, obligations or engagements to give or 
ment for the Borough of Clitheroe, in the county of | allow to such persons, money, meat, drink, enter- 
Lancaster, registered Electors of the said Borough, | tainment, provision, present or reward, offices and 
and now are Electors for the said Borough, and had | places, to and for the use, advantage, benefit, em- 
a right to vote and did vote at the said Election; that | ployment, profit or preferment of such persons, to 
at the said Election Matthew Wilson, Esquire, and induce such persons to vote at the said Election for 
John Thomas Walshman Aspinall, Esquire, were Can- the said Matthew Wilson, or to forbear to vote at 
didates, and that a poll being demanded, the same was | the said Election for the said John Thomas Walsh- 
eranted and proceeded with, and at the close thereof | man Aspinall, or in order that he the said Matthew 
the Election was declared by the Returning Officer to | Wilson might be elected, and for being elected, to 
have fallen upon the said Matthew Wilson, who was | serve in Parliament for the said Borough; that, by 
accordingly returned as the Member duly elected | reason of the said last-mentioned illegal and corrupt 
to serve in this present Parliament for the said Bo-| practices, the said Matthew Wilson was and is wholly 
rough of Clitheroe; that before, at and during the | incapacitated and ineligible to serve in this present 
said Election, the said Matthew Wilson was, by him-| Parliament for the said Borough, and the said Elec- 
self, his agents, managers, friends and partisans, | tion and Return of the said Matthew Wilson were 
guilty of many acts of bribery and corruption, in| wholly null and void ; and praying that the House 
order to corrupt and procure, and did by his said | will take the premises into consideration, and will 
agents, managers, friends and partisans, and by | declare that the said Matthew Wilson was not duly 
other persons employed in his behalf, by gifts, pre-| elected, and ought not to have been returned a 
sents, money, rewards, and by offers of gifts, money | Member to serve in this present Parliament for the 
and rewards, and by promises, agreements and se- said Borough of Clitheroe, and that his Election 
curities for gifts, money and rewards, and by threats, ' and Return are wholly null and void; and that the 
intimidation, undue influence, and by other corrupt ; House will give to the Petitioners such further and 
and illegal practices, acts and means, corrupt and other relief as to the House shall seem meet. 
procure divers persons, having or claiming to have} Ordered, That the said Petition do’lie upon the 
votes at the said Election, to give their votes for him Table. 
the said Matthew Wilson, and to forbear to give, Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
their votes in favour of the said John Thomas Walsh- | or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
man Aspinall; that the said Matthew Wilson, by the shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
said corrupt and illegal practices, was and is wholly the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 
incapacitated and ineligible to serve in this present | 
Parliament for the said Borough, and the said Elec- | 


tion and Return of the said Matthew IVilson were 
and are wholly null and void; that the said Matthew 
Wilson before, during and after the said Election, 
by himself and his agents, friends and partisans, or 
by and with divers persons, and in divers ways and 
means, directly or indirectly, did give and provide, 
and cause or knowingly allow to be given und pro- 
viaed, wholly or partly at his expense, or did pay 
wholly or in part, divers expenses incurred for meat, 
drink, entertainment and provision, for the purposes 
of corruptly influencing divers of such persons, or 
divers other persons, to give their votes at the said 


the Borough of Chatham, was read ; setting forth, 
| That at the last Election ofa Member to serve in this 

= Parliament for the Borough of Chatham, the 
Petitioners were registered Electors of the said Bo- 

rough, and had a right to vote, and did yote, at the 
said Election; that, at the said Election, Sir James 
_ Stirling and Sir John Mark Frederick Smith were the 
Candidates, and a poll being demanded and taken, the 
said Sir John Mark Frederick Smith was, by the Re- 
turning Officer, at the close thereof declared to have 


_ the majority of votes, and to be elected, and was re- 


turned a Member to serve in this present Parliament 


Election for the said Matthew Wilson, or to refrain | for the said Borough of Chatham; that before and 
from giving their votes at the said Election for the | during the said Election, the said Sir John Mark Fre- 
said John Thomas Walshman Aspinall, for the pur- derick Smith was guilty of bribery and corruption, 
pose of corrupting and rewarding, and did corrupt | and did by gifts, presents, money and rewards, and by 
and reward, or allow to be corrupted and rewarded, | promises and agreements for gifts, presents, money 

| and 





























Ek 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of Chatham 
Election. 











16 Vicroriz. 


and rewards, and by contracts and undertakings to 
give and obtain office, place, employment and prefer- 
ment to and for persons having votes at the said 
Election, or to and for other persons, corrupt and 
procure divers persons, having votes at such Elec- 
tion, to vote for him the said Sir John Mark Fre- 
derick Smith, and to forbear to vote for the said Sir 
James Stirling; that before and during the said 
Election the said Sir Johw Mark Frederick Smith, 
by his agents, managers, friends and partisans, was 
guilty of bribery and corruption, and gave and pro- 
mised to give to divers persons, being Electors of 
the said Borough of Chatham, and to divers other 
persons, money, meat, drink, entertainment, provi- 
sion and reward, place, office, employment and pre- 
ferment, in order to corrupt and procure persons 
having votes at the said Election to vote for the said 
Sir John Mark Frederick Smith, and to forbear to 
voie for the said Sir James Stirling; that gross, ex- 
tensive and systematic bribery, and vpen and noto- 
rious treating and corruption, were practised and 
carried on, and threats, intimidation and undue 
influence were used at the said Election by the 
friends, supporters and partisans of the said Sir John 
Mark Frederick Smith, with his knowledge, and on 
his behalf, with a view to the Election of the said 
Sir John Mark Frederick Smith, and the Election 
and Return of the said Sir John Mark Frederick 
Smith were procured by means of such bribery, 
treating and corruption, and by other illegal prac- 
tices ; that the Election and Return of the said Sir 
John Mark Frederick Smith, being procured by the 
means aforesaid, were and are wholly null and void, 
and the said Sir John Mark Frederick Smith is, by 
the said corrupt and illegal practices, wholly inca- 
pacitated and ineligible to sit in this present Par- 
liament for the said Borough of Chatham; and 
praying that the House will take the premises into 
consideration, and will declare that the Election and 
Return of the said Sir John Mark Frederick Smith’ 
for the Borough of Chatham are wholly null and. 
void; and will give to the Petitioners such fur- 
ther and other relief as to the House shall seem 
meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties | 
on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. | 


! 








A Petition of the there-undersigned Jonathan 
Pulleyn and Henry Whytall Walker, Electors of 
the Town and County of the Town of Kingston- 
upon-Hull, was read; setting forth, That the Pe- 
titioners were, at and during the last Election of 





19° Novembris. 





35 


their agents, friends, managers and partisans, re- 
spectively guilty of divers acts of bribery and cor- 
ruptior., in order to corrupt and procure, and did, 
by their respective agents, friends, managers and 
partisans, and by many other persons employed in 
their behalf, by gifts, presents, money and rewards, 
and by offers of gifts, presents, money and rewards, 
and by promises, agreements and securities for 
money, gifts, employment and rewards, and by 
threats, intimidation, promises, undue influence and 
other corrupt and illegal practices, acts and means, 
corrupt and procure divers persons having or claim- 
ing to have votes at the said Election, to give their 
votes in favour of or for them the said Jumes Clay 
and Viscount Goderich, or one of them, or to for- 
bear to give their votes in favour of the said John 
Bramley Moore and Charles Lennox Butler, or one 
of them ; that the said James Clay and Viscount 
Goderich, by the said corrupt and illegal practices, 
were and are, and each of them was and is wholly 
disabled and incapacitated to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said Town and County, and the 
said Election and Return of the said James Clay 
and Viscount Gederich were and are whoily null 
and void; that the said James Clay and Viscount 
Goderich did, by themselves respectively, and by 
their respective friends, agents and others acting 
for and sanctioned by them respectively, give or 
cause and procure to be given, and did promise and 
agree to give, and did know of and consent to the 
giving and procuring to be given, money, gifts and 
rewards, offices and places to divers persons, upon 
certain engagements, contracts and agreements, that 
such persons to whom and whose use and in whose 
behalf such gifts and promises were made, should, 
by themselves and others at their solicitation, re- 
spectively request and command, procure and endea- 
vour to procure the Return of them the said James 
Clay and Viscount Goderich respectively at such 
Election ; that the said James Clay and Visceunt 
Goderich did, by themselves respectively, and by 
their respective agents, friends and others acting for 
them respectively, before, during and after the said 
Election, pay and give and cause and procure to 
be paid and given, in the name of head money or 
under some other rame or pretence, divers sums of 
money and other valuable considerations to divers 
persons entitled to vote at such Election, and to 
other persons on behalf of such persons entitled so 
to vote, and to other persons related to the persons 
entitled so to vote as aforesaid by kindred or affi- 
nity, on account of such persons so entitled to vote 
as aforesaid having voted or having refrained from 
voting, and being about to vote or refrain from vot- 
ing at the said Election; that the said James Clay 
and Viscount Goderich did, by themselves respec- 












































Members to serve in this present Parliament for | tively, and by their respective agents and managers, 
the Town and County of the Town of Kingston- | and by persons employed in their respective behalves 
upon-Hull, registered Llectors of the said Town | before, since and after the said Election was so had 
and County, and claimed to have and had a right | and come to as aforesaid, and since the said Return 
to vote, and did vote, at the said Election; that | was so made as aforesaid, in pursuance of corrupt 








at the said Election, James Clay, Esquire, George| 
Frederick Samuel Robinson, commonly called Vis- 
count Goderich, Johan Bramley Moore, Esquire, 
and Charles Lennox Butler, Esquire, commonly 
called the Honourable Charles Lennox Butler, were 
Candidates to represent the said Town and County | 


agreements entered into before, at and during the 
said Election, paic and caused to be paid, or was 
privy to the payment of divers sums of money to 
each and every one of very many persons, such 
persons being voters or persons related to other per- 
sons being voters by kindred or affinity, and which 








in Parliament ; that a poll having been demanded, | said voters had each and all of them given their 
the same was taken by the Returning Officer for | votes at the said Election for the said James Clay 
the said Town and County, on the Eighth day of| and Viscount Goderich, or one of them, and the 
July One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two ; | Petitioners aver, that the sums of money so paid to 
that the said James Clay and Viscount Goderich! the said voters and persons related to voters by 
were, by the said Returning Officer, declared to have | kindred or affinity were given in pursuance of a 
had a majority of votes at the said Election, and to| corrupt agreement made before, at or during such 
have been duly elected, and were returned as the} Election with the said several voters to whom or on 
Members duly elected to serve in this present Par-| whose behalf or to whose relations they were re- 
liament for the said Town and County of the Town| spectively paid as aforesaid, and were given cor- 
of Kingston-upon-Hull; that before and during the | ruptly and illegally for and in consideration that the 
said Election, the said James Clay and Viscount | said several voters had given their votes and had 
by themselves respectively, and by | voted in favour of the said James Clay and Viscount 

| F2 Goderich, 





Goderich were, 
VoL. 108. 













































































36 19° Novembris. A, 1852. 


Goderich, or one of them, at such Election afore- | 
said, and for and in no other respect whatsoever ; | 
that after the teste of the Writ for holding the said 
Election, and before, at and during the said Elec- 
tion, the said James Clay and Viscount Goderich 
did, by themselves respectively and their respective 
agents, friends and partisans, or by divers ways and 
means on their respective behalves or at their ve- 
spective charge, directly and indirectly give presents, 
and allow to divers persons having votes in and at 
the said Election, money, meat, drink, entertain- 
ment and provision, and did make presents, gifts, 
entertainments and rewards, and did make promises, 
agreements, obligations and engagements to give | 
and allow money, meat, drink, provision, presents, 
rewards and entertainments to and for persons hav- 
ing votes in and at the said Election, and to and for 
the use, benefit and advantage, employment, profit | 





rich were and are wholly null and void ; and praying 
that the House will take the premises into their con- 
sideration, and will declare that the said James Clay 
and George Frederick Samuel Robinson, commonly 
called Viscount Goderich, respectively, were not duly 
elected, and ought not to have been returned, and 
that the Election and Return of the said James Clay 
and Viscount Goderich respectively are wholly null 
and void ; and that the House will afford to the Pe- 
titioners such further and other relief in the premises 
as to the House shall seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records 
as shall be thought necessary by the several Parties 
on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


and preferment of such persons, to induce such per- | A Petition of the there-undersigned Richard Waterford 


sons to vote at the said Election for the said James | Hely Hutchinson, commonly called the Honourable 
Clay and Viscount Goderich, or one of them, or) Richard a Hutchinson, of No. 46, Sackville. © 
to forbear to vote at the said Election for the said | street, in the City of Dublin, a Candidate at the last 

John Bramley Moore and Charles Lennox Butler, | Election of Members to serve in this present Par- 
or in order that they the said James Clay and Vis- | liament for the County of Waterford, in that part 
count Goderich, or one of them, should and might | of the United Kingdom called Jreland, was read ; 
be elected, or for being elected to serve in this pre-| setting forth, That at the last Election of Mem- 
sent Parliament for the said Town and County of| bers to serve in this present Parliament for the 
the Town of Kingston-upon-Hull; that by reason | County of Waterford, which took place in the 


of the said last-mentioned corrupt and illegal prac- | 
tices the said James Clay and Viscount Goderich 
were and are and each of them was and is wholly 
disabled, incapacitated and ineligible to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said Town and 
County, and the said Election and Return of the 
said James Clay and Viscount Goderich were and 
are wholly null and void; that before, during and 
after the said Election, the said James Clay and 
Viscount Goderich respectively did, by themselves 
and their respective agents, friends and partisans, or 
by or with divers persons, or in divers ways and 
manners, directly or indirectly, give or provide, or 
did cause, or did knowingly allow to be given or | 





month of July One thousand eight hundred and 
Fifty-two, Nicholas Power, Esquire, John Esmonde, 
Esquire, and the Petitioner, were Candidates to re- 
present the said County in Parliament, and there 
were no other Candidates at the said Election; that 
at the said Election Thomas Saint John Grant, Es- 

uire, the High Sheriff of the said County, was the 

eturning Officer, and a poll having been demanded, 
the same was taken and proceeded with on Friday, 
the Twenty-third day of July aforesaid, and was 
continued and finally closed on the following day, 
—— the Twenty-fourth day of July last ; that 
on the Monday following, the Twenty-sixth day of 
July, the said Returning Officer declared the state 


provided, wholly or partly at their expense respec-| of the poll, and that the number of votes for the 
tively, or did pay — or in part divers expenses said Nicholas Power were One thousand four hun- 
incurred for meat, drink, entertainment and provi- | dred and four, for the said John Esmonde, One thou- 
sion to and for divers persons for the purpose of | sand two hundred and Sixty-one, and for the Peti- 
corruptly influencing divers of such persons, or | tioner, were One thousand two hundred and Twenty- 
divers other persons, to give their votes im the said | eight, and further declared the said Nicholas Power 
Election for the said James Clay and Viscount | and John Esmonde to have a majority of votes, and 
Goderich, or one of them, or to refrain from giving | to be duly elected, and accordingly returned the 
their votes in the said Election for the said John | said Nicholas Power and John Esmonde as Knights 
Bramley Moore and Charles Lennox Butler, or one | of the Shire duly elected to serve in this present 
of them, or for the purpose of corruptly rewarding Parliament for the said County ; that the majority 
divers of such persons, or divers other persons, for | of votes so declared by the said Returning Officer 
having given their votes in the said Election for the | as aforesaid, in favour of the said John Esmonde, 
said James Clay and Viscount Goderich, or one of | was only an apparent and colourable majority, in- 
them, or for having refrained from giving their | asmuch as the votes of divers persons were accepted 
votes at the said Election for the suid John Bram- | and recorded on the poll in favour of the said John 
ley Moore and Charles Lennox Butler, or one of | Esmonde, who were not legally entitled and had no 
them; that by reason of the last-mentioned and | legal right to vote at the said Election, and the votes 


illegal practices, the said James Clay and Viscount 
Goderich were and are and each of them was and 
is wholly disabled, incapacitated and ineligible to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said Town 
and County, and the said Election and Return of 
the said James Clay and Viscount Goderich were 
and are wholly null and void; that gross, extensive, 
systematic, and open and notorious bribery, treat- 
ing and corruption were practised and carried on 
at the said Election by divers persons, being agents, 
friends, supporters and partisans of the said James 
Ciay and Viscount Goderich respectively, with a 
view to the Election of the said James Clay and 
Viscount Goderich, or one of them, and that the 
said Election and Return of the said James Clay 
and Viscount Goderich were procured by means of 
such bribery, treating and corruption; that by 
reason of the premises and of the last-mentioned 
corrupt and illegal practices, the said Election and 
Return of the said James Clay and Viscount Grode- 





of divers persons duly qualified to vote at the said 
Election, who tendered their votes for the Petitioner, 
were rejected, and that the real majority of good 
and legal votes at the said Election was in favour of 
the Petitioner over the said John Esmonde ; that 
the said Election and Return of the said John Es- 
monde was therefore entirely null and void, and that 
the Petitioner was, in fact, duly elected, and ought 
to have been returned at the said Election; that 
several persons voted at the said Election, and their 
votes were counted on the poll in favour of the said 
John Esmonde, who were not registered as voters 
for the said County, and who had no colour of right 
or title to yote, but who personated and falsely and 
fraudulently represented other persons whose names 
appear upon the Register of Voters for the said 

ounty, but who were at the time of the Election 
either dead or absent from the same, and that all 
such votes ought to be struck off the poll; that 
several persons voted at the said Election, and their 
votes 








16 Vicrori2z. 


votes were counted on the poll in favour of the said 
John Esmonde, who had, within twelve months 
before the said Election, received relief under the 
provisions of certain Acts of Parliament for the re- 
lief of the destitute poor, and all such votes should 
be struck off the poll; that several persons voted 
at the said Election as rent-chargers, freeholders, or 
leaseholders, and their votes were counted on the 
poll in favour of the said John Esmonde, whose 
names appeared on the Register of Voters for the 
said County, but whose qualifications as voters did 
not continue at the time when they voted, but had 
ceased to continue previous to the said Election and 
subsequent to the time of the formation of the Re- 
gister of Voters in force at the said Election, and all 
such votes should be struck off the poll; that 
several persons voted as rent-chargers, freeholders, 
or leaseholders, and their votes were counted on the 

oll in favour of the said John Esmonde, who had 

ecome bankrupt or insolvent since the time of 
making out the List of Voters from which the before- 
mentioned Register was formed, and whose estates 
and interests respectively in the premises in respect 
of which they had respectively been registered were 
then, or had in the interval between the time of their 
registration and the time of voting, legally vested in 
their assignees or other persons, and all such votes 
should be struck off the poll; that several persons 
voted at the said Election, and their votes were 
counted on the poll in favour of the said John Es- 
monde, whose qualification appearing in the Register 
in force at the said Election was the occupation of 
lands, tenements or hereditaments rated as of the 
net annual value of twelve pounds or — who, 
since the expiration of the time of making out the 
List of Voters from which such Register had been 
formed, had been evicted from, or had surrendered, 
assigned or otherwise parted with, the possession 
of the premises in respect of which they were so 
registered, and had ceased to occupy the same, and 
all such votes should be struck of the poll; that 
several persons voted at the said Election, and their 
votes were counted on the poll in favour of the said 
John Esmonde, whose registered qualification was 
the occupation of lands or premises rated as of the 
net annual value of twelve pounds or upwards, who, 
at the time of the formation of the Register in force 
at the said Election, were, under the last rate for the 
then time being, rated as occupiers of premises at 
the net annual value of twelve pounds or upwards, 
but who at the time of the Election were under the 
last rate for the then time being no longer rated as 
the occupiers of premises at the net annual value of 
twelve pounds or upwards, and who at the time of 
voting were not in the occupation of the premises 
in respect of which they had respectively been re- 
gistered, and who had thereby lost their qualifica- 
tion to vote, and all such votes should be struck off 
the poll; that several persons voted at the said 
Election as rated occupiers, and their votes were 
counted on the poll in favour of the said John Es- 
monde, who, by reason of certain incapacities which 
had arisen subsequently to the expiration of the 
time allowed for making out the List of Voters from 
which the register in force at the said Election was 
formed, were not at the time of the said Election 
legally entitled to vote, and all such votes should be 
struck off the poll accordingly ; that several persons 
voted at the said Election, and their votes were 
counted on the poll in favour of the said John Es- 
monde, who, from various legal or other disabilities 
or incapacities, were incompetent and disqualified 
to vote for any Candidate, and the Petitioner sub- 
mits that all such votes should be struck off the 
poll; that several persons who were duly registered 
as voters for the said County, and were in every 
respect entitled and qualified to vote at the said 
Election, came to their respective polling-places and 
tendered their votes in favour of the Petitioner, and 
took or affirmed the several oaths by law prescribed, 

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37 


yet their votes were rejected by the Sheriff or his 
deputies, contrary to law, and the Petitioner sub- 
mits that the votes of all such persons ought to be 
admitted and entered on the poll in his favour ; that 
previous to and at the time of the said Election, 
there prevailed throughout the said County an or- 
ganised and universal system of agitation established 
for the purpose of intimidating and terrifying all 
Electors of the said County who were desirous of 
voting for the Petitioner, and to deter them by fear 
and open force from so voting ; that in consequence 
thereof it was highly dangerous for Electors in- 
tending to vote for the Petitioner to proceed to their 
several polling-places ; that several duly qualified 
Electors of the said County, and more in number 
than sufficient to have turned the majority of votes 
in favour of the Petitioner, and who were resolved 
and had declared their intention of voting for the 
Petitioner, left their several places of abode for the 
purpose of proceeding to their several polling- 
places and voting for the Petitioner; that these 
several persons, while on their way to the said 
ata tee were intercepted and attacked by 
arge numbers of persons assembled for that pur- 
pose ; that some of these Electors were violently 
and forcibly repulsed and driven back, and prevented 
from proceeding to their polling-places and voting 
for the Petitioner, as otherwise they would have 
done, and others of them were forcibly taken into 
houses or other places, and there forcibly detained, 
secreted, locked up, and kept in close custody until 
the close of the poll, and were thereby prevented 
from voting for the Petitioner, which otherwise the 
would have done, and that the votes of all nak 
persons so forcibly prevented from voting as afore- 
said ought to be added to and reckoned upon the 
poll in favour of the Petitioner; that the said vio- 
lence and intimidation and detention were counte- 
nanced and encouraged by the friends and partisans 
of the said John Esmonde, and by divers persons 
in the interest of the said John Esmonde, for 
the purpose of preventing the said Electors from 
voting for the Petitioner; that further, the said 
John Esmonde, by himself, his agents, friends, 
or other persons on his behalf, before and at the 
time of the said Election, was guilty of various cor- 
rupt acts, and employed undue influence and other 
illegal means, and gave or caused to be given divers 
sums of money, gifts or rewards, or promises of 
gifts or rewards, to several persons having or claim- 
ing to have a right to vote at the said Election, in 
order to procure them to vote for the said John Es- 
monde, or to forbear to vote for the Petitioner, and 
in order that the said John Esmonde might be re- 
turned to serve in Parliament for the said County ; 
that by reason of the said several causes and premi- 
ses the Election and Return of the said John Es- 
monde were and are wholly null and void, and the 
Petitioner ought to have been returned instead of 
the said John Esmonde at the said Election to serve 
in the present Parliament for the said County; and 
praying that the House will take the premises and 
the several matters and things above stated into their 
consideration, and remove from the poll the votes of 
such persons as ought not to have oh permitted 
to vote at the said Election, and place upon the poll 
the votes of such persons as were unjustly or forcibly 
prevented from voting, as before mentioned, and will 
declare that the said John Esmonde was not duly 
elected at the said Election as a Knight of the Shire 
to serve in Parliament for the said County, and 
ought not to have been returned thereat, but that 
the Petitioner, the said Richard Hely Hutchinson, 
was duly elected, and ought to have been returned 
at the said Election ; and that the House will direct 
the Return to be amended accordingly, by the sub- 
stitution therein of the name of the Petitioner, the 
said Richard Hely Hutchinson, for that of the said 
John Esmonde, or that the House will declare the 
said last Election of the said John Esmonde as a 
F3 Knight 


































































Stoke-upon- 
Trent Election. 


38 , 19° Novembris. 


Knight of the Shire to serve in Parliament for the 
said County to lave been wholly null and void ; 
and that the House will give to the Petitioner such 
further and other relief in the premises as the jus- 
tice of the case may require, and to the House shall 
seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the learing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned William Tuy- 
lor Copeland, of Cliffe Bank Lodge, Stohe-upon- 
Trent, in the county of Stafford, Esquire, a Candi- 
date at the last Election of Members to serve in this 
present Parliament for the Borough of Stoke-upon- 
Trent, in the county of Stafford, was read ; setting 
forth, That at the said last Election of Members to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said Borough 
of Stoke-upon- Trent, which took place in the month of 
July One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two, 
John Lewis Ricardo, Esquire, Edward Frederick 
Leveson Gower, commonly called the Honourable Ed- 
ward Frederick Leveson Gower, and the Petitioner, 
were Candidates to represent the said Borough in 
Parliament; that a poll having been demanded, the 
same was taken by the Returning Officer for the said 
Borough on the Eighth day of July One thousand 
eight hundred and Fifty-two; that the said John 
Lewis Ricardo and Edward Frederick Leveson Gower 
were by the said Returning Officer declared to have 


had a majority of votes at the said Election, and to 


have been duly elected, and were returned as the 
Members duly elected to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough of Stoke-upon- Trent ; that | 
before and during the said Election, the said John 
Lewis Ricardo and Edward Frederich Leveson Gower, 
were by themselves respectively, and their respective 
agents, friends, managers and partisans, guilty of 
divers acts of bribery and corruption, in order to 
corrupt and procure, and did by their respective 
agents, fiiends, managers and partisans, and by 
many other persons employed in their behalves re- | 
spectively, by gifts, presents, money and rewards, 
and by offers of gifts, presents, money and rewards, 
and by promises, agreements, and securities for | 
money, gifts, employment and rewards, and by 
threats, intimidation, promises, undue influence, and 
other corrupt and illezal practices, acts and means, 
corrupt and procure divers persons having or claim- | 
ing to have votes at the said Election, to give | 
their vutes in favour of or for them the said John | 
Lewis Ricardo and Edward Frederick Leveson | 
Gower, or one of them, or to forbear to give their | 
votes in favour of the Petitioner; that the said John | 
Lewis Ricardo and Edward Frederick Leveson | 
Gower, by the said corrupt and illegal practices, were | 
and are, and each of them was and is wholly dis- | 
abled, incapacitated and ineligible to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said Borough, and the | 
said Election and Return of the said Juhn Lewis | 
Ricardo and Edward Frederick Leveson Gower | 
were and are wholly null and void; that the said | 
John Lewis Ricardo and Edward Frederich Leveson | 
Gower did, by themselves respectively, and their re- | 
spective fiiends, agents, and others acting for and 
sanctioued by them, give, or cause and procure to 
ve given, and did promise and agree to give, and | 
cid know of and consent to the giving and procuring | 
to be given, money, gifis and rewards, offices and | 
places, to divers persons, upon certain engagements, 
contracts and agreements, that such persons to 
whom and to whose use and in whose behalf such 
gifts and promises were made, should, by themselves 
and others at their solicitation, respectively request 
and conmand, procure and endeavour to procure 
the Return of them the said John Lewis Ricardo 
and Edward Frederick Leveson Gower vespectively, 














A, 1852. 


at such Election; that after the teste of the Writ for 
holding the said Election, and before, at and during 
the said Election, the said John Lewis Ricardo 
and Edward Frederick Leveson Gower did, by them- 
selves respectively, and their respective agents, 
friends and partisans, or by divers ways and means 
in their behalves, or at their charge, directly and 
indirectly give, present and allow to divers persons 
having votes in and at the said Election, money, 
meat, drink, entertainment and provision, and did 
make presents, gifts, entertaimments and rewards, 
and did make promises, agreements, obligations 
and engagements to give and allow money, meat, 
drink, provisions, presents, rewards and entertain- 
ments to and for persons having votes in and at the 
said Election, and to and for the use, benefit and 
advantage, employment, profit and preferment of 
such persons, to induce such persons to vote at the 
said Election for the said John Lewis Ricardo and 
Edward Frederick Leveson Gower, or one of them, 
or to forbear to vote at the said Election for the 
Petitioner, or in order that they the said John Lewis 
Ricardo and Edward Frederick Leveson Gower re- 
spectively, should and might be elected, or for being 
elected, to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough; that, by reason of the said last-men- 
tioned corrupt and illegal practices, the said John 
Lewis Ricardo and Edward Frederick Leveson 
Gower were and are, and each of them was and is 
wholly disabled, incapacitated and ineligible to serve 
in this present Parliament for the said Borough, 
and the said Election and Return of the said John 
Lewis Ricardo and Edward Frederick Leveson 
Gower were and are wholly null and void ; that be- 
fore, during and after the said Election, the said 


| John Lewis Ricardo and Edward Frederick Leveson 


Gower did, by themselves respectively, and their re- 
spective agents, friends and partisans, or by or with 
divers persons, or in divers ways and manners, di- 
rectly or indirectly, give or provide, or did cause, or 
did knowingly allow to be given or provided, wholly 
or partly at their respective expense, or did pay 
wholly or in part, divers expenses incurred for meat, 
drink, entertainment and provision, to and for di- 
vers persons, for the purpose of corruptly influencing 
divers of such persons, or divers other persons to 
give their votes in the said Election for the said 
John Lewis Ricardo and Edward Frederick Leveson 
Gower respectively, or to refrain from giving their 
votes in the said Election for the Petitioner, or for 
the purpose of corruptly rewarding divers of such 
persons, or divers other persons, for having given 
their votes in the said Election for the said John 
Lewis Ricardo and Edward Frederick Leveson 
Gower respectively, or for. having refrained from 
giving their votes at the said Election for the Peti- 
tioner; that by reason of the last-mentioned and 
illegal practices the said John Lewis Ricardo and 
Edward Frederick Leveson Gower were and are, 
und each of them was and is, wholly disabled, inca- 
pacitated and ineligible to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the said Borough, and the said Election 
and Return of the said John Lewis Ricardo and 
Edward Frederick Leveson Gower were and are 
wholly null and void; that gross, extensive, sys- 
tematic and open and notorious bribery, treating 
and corruption were practised and carried on at the 
said Election by divers persons, being agents, 
friends, supporters and partisans of the said John 
Lewis Ricardo and Edward Frederick Leveson 
Gower respectively, with a view to the Election of 
the said John Lewis Ricardo and Edward Frederick 
Leveson Gower, and that the said Election and Re- 
turn of the said John Lewis Ricardo and Edward 
I'rederich Leveson Gower were procured by means 
of such bribery, treating and corruption; that by 
reason of the premises and of the last-mentioned 
corrupt and illegal practices, the said Election and 
Return of the said John Lewis Ricardo and Edward 
Frederick Leveson Gower were and are wholly null 
and 





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Hastings 
Election. 





16 VicrorizZ. 19° Novembris. 39 


and void ; and praying that the House will take the | corrupt and procure divers persons having or claim- 
premises into their consideration, and will declare | ing to have votes at the said Election, to give their 
that the said John Lewis Ricardo and Edward Fre-| votes in favour of him the said Musgrave Brisco, 
derick Leveson Gower were not duly elected, and | and of the said Patrick Francis Robertson, or of one 
ought not to have been returned, and that their of them, or to forbear to give their votes in favour 
Election and Return are wholly null and void; and of the said John Ashley Warre and John Locke, or 
that the House will afford to the Petitioner such | one of them; that the said Musgrave Brisco, by the 
further and other relief in the premises as to the said corrupt and illegal practices, was and is wholly 


House shall seem meet. ‘incapacitated and ineligible to be elected and + 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the' serve in this present Parliament for the said Bo- 
Table. | rough, and the said Election and Return of the said 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant | Musgrave Brisco were and are wholly null and 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records | void; that after the teste of the Writ for holding the 
as shall be thought necessary by the several Parties | said Election, and before, at and during the said 
on tlie hearing of the matter of the said Petition. | Election, the said Patrick Francis Robertson did, 

by himself and his agents, friends and partisans, or 

A Petition of the several persons whose names are by divers ways and means in his behalf, or at his 
thereunto subscribed Electors of the Borough of charge, directly or indirectly, give, present and 
Hastings, within the Liberty of the Cinque Ports, allow to persons having votes in and at the said 
who voted at the last Election of Barons or Members Election, money, meat, drink, entertainment and 
to serve in this present Parliament for the said Bo- provision, and did make presents, gifts, rewards and 
rough, was read ; setting forth, That the Petitioners entertainment, and did make promises, agreements, 
were, at the last Election of Barons or Members to obligations and engagements to give and allow 
serve in this present Parliament for the said Borough money, meat, drink, provision, presents, rewards 
of Hastings, Electors of the said Borough, and were and entertainments, to and for persons having votes 
registered as such Electors, and had a right to vote in and at the said Election, and to and for the use, 
for Barons or Members for the said Borough at the | benefit and advantage, employment, profit and pre- 
said Election, and voted thereat; that at the said | ferment of such persons, to induce such persons to 
last Election of Barons or Members to serve in | vote at the said Election for the said Patrick Francis 
Parliament for the said Borough of Hastings, in the | Robertson and the said Musgrave Brisco, or one of 
month of July One thousand eight hundred and_ them, or to forbear to vote at the said Election for 
Fifty-two, Patrick Francis Robertscn, Esquire, Mus- the said John Ashley Warre and John Locke, or 
grave Brisco, Esquire, John Ashley Warre, Esquire, one of them, or in order that he the said Patrick 
and Join Locke the younger, Esquire, were Candi- Francis Robertson might be elected, or for being 
dates to represent the said Borough in Parliament ; | elected, to serve in this present Parliament for the 
that a poll having been demanded, was taken by said Borough; that by reason of the said last-men- 
the Returning Officer for the said Borough on the tioned corrupt and illegal practices, the said Patrick 
Eighth day of July One thousand eight hundred and /’rancis Robertson was and is wholly incapacitated 
Fifty-two; that the said Patrick Francis Robertson, and ineligible to be elected and to serve in this 
Esquire, and Musgrave Brisco, Esquire, were by present Parliament for the said Borough, and the 
the said Returning Officer declared to have had a said Election and Return of the said Patrick Fran- 
majority of votes at the said Election, and to have cis Robertson were and are wholly null and void ; 
been duly elected, and were returned as Members that after the teste of the Writ for holding the said 
or Barons duly elected to serve in this present Par-| Election, and before, at and during the said Elec- 
liament for the said Borough of Hastings; that be- tion, the said Musgrave Brisco did, by himself and 
fore, at and during the said Election, the said Pa- | his ageuts, friends and partisans, or by divers ways 
trick Francis Robertson was, by himself and his and means in his behalf, or at his charge, directly 
agents, friends and managers, guilty of divers acts | or indirectly give, present and allow to persons 
of bribery and corruption, in order to corrupt and having votes in and at the said Election, money, 
procure, and did, by his agents, managers and meat, drink, entertainment and provision, and did 
friends, and by many other persons employed in his | make presents, gifts, rewards and entertainments, 
behalf, by gifts, presents, money, employments, | and did make promises, agreements, obligations 
rewards, and by promises and agreements and secu- | and engagements to give and allow money, meat, 
rities for money, gifts, employment and rewards, drink, provision, presents, rewards and entertain- 
and by threats, intimidation, promises, undue in-| ments to and for persons having votes in and at the 
fluence and other corrupt and illegal practices, acts said Election, and to and for the use, benefit and 
and means, corrupt and procure divers persons advantage, employment, profit and preferment of 
having or claiming to have votes at the said Elec- such persons, to induce such persons to vote at 
tion, to give their votes in favour of him the said the said Election for the said Musgrave Brisco 
Patrick Francis Robertson, and of the said Mus- and Patrick Francis Robertson, or one of them, 
grave Brisco, or of one of them, or to forbear to give or to forbear to vote at the said Election for 
their votes in favour of the said John Ashley Warre the said John Ashley Warre and John Locke, 
and John Locke, or one of them; that the said Pa- or one of them, or in order that he the said Mus- 
trick Francis Robertson, by the said corrupt and | grave Brisco might be elected, or for being elected, 
illegal practices, was and is wholly incapacitated | to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
and ineligible to be elected and to serve in this pre- | Borough; that by reason of the said last-men- 
sent Parliament for the said Borough, and the said tioned corrupt and illegal practices the said Mus- 
Election and Return of the said Patrick Francis | grave Brisco was and is totally incapacitated and 
Robertson were and are wholly null and void ; that | ineligible to be elected and_to serve in this present 
before, at and during the said Election, the said} Parliament for the said Borough, and the said 
Musgrave Brisco was, by himself, and by his agents, | Election and Return of the said Musgrave Brisco 
friends and managers, guilty of divers acts of bribery | were and are wholly null and void; that before, 
and corruption, in order to corrupt and procure, | during and after the said Election the said Patrick 
and did, by his agents, managers and friends, and | Francis Robertson did, by himself and his agents, 
by many other persons employed in his behalf, by | friends and partisans, or by or with divers persons, 
pis, presents, money, employments, rewards, and or in divers ways and manners, directly or indirectly 

y promises and agreements and securities for| give or provide, or did cause, or did knowingly 
money, gifts, employment and rewards, and by | allow to be given or provided, wholly or partly at 
threats, intimidation, promises, undue influence, and | his expense, or did pay wholly or in part divers ex- 
other corrupt and illegal practices, acts and means, | penses incurred for meat, drink, entertainment and 

VoL. 108. F4 provision, 




















































































































40 


provision, to and for divers persons, for the purpose 
of corruptly influencing divers of such persons, or 
divers other persons, to give their votes in the said 
Election for the said Patrick Francis Robertson, or 
to refrain from giving their votes in the said Elec- 
tion for the said John Ashley Warre and John Locke, 
or one of them, and for the purpose of corruptly 
rewarding divers of such persons, or divers other 

ersons, for having given their votes at the said 

lection for the said Patrick Francis Robertson, or 
for having refrained from giving their votes at the 
said Election for the said John Ashley Warre and 
John Locke, or one of them; that by reason of the 
said last-mentioned corrupt and illegal practices the 
said Patrick Francis Robertson was and is wholly 
incapacitated and ineligible to be elected and to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough, and the said Election and Return of the 
said Patrick Francis Robertson were and are wholly 
null and void; that before, during and after the 
said Election, the said Musgrave Brisco did, by 
himself and his agents, friends and partisans, or by 
or with divers persons, or in divers ways and man- 
ners, directly or indirectly give or provide, or did 
cause, or did knowingly allow to be given or pro- 
vided, wholly or partly at his expense, or did pay 
wholly or in part divers expenses incurred for meat, 
drink, entertainment and provision to and for divers 
persons for the purpose of corruptly influencing 
divers of such persons or divers other persons to 

ive their votes in the said Election for the said 
, ens Brisco, or to refrain from giving their votes 
in the said Election for the said John Ashley Warre 
and John Locke, or one of them, and for the pur- 
pose of corruptly rewarding divers of such persons 
or divers other persons, for having given their votes 
in the said Election for the said Musgrave Brisco, 
or for having refrained from giving their votes at 
the said Election for the said John Ashley Warre 
and John Locke, or one of them; that by reason of 
the said last-mentioned corrupt and illegal practices, 
the said Musgrave Brisco was and is wholly incapa- 
citated and ineligible to be elected and to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said Borough, and 
the said Election and Return of the said Musgrave 
Brisco were and are wholly null and void; that 
gross, extensive and systematic and open and noto- 
rious bribery, treating and corruption were practised 
and carried on at the said Election by divers persons, 
being friends, supporters and partisans of the said 
Patrick Francis Robertson and of the said Mus- 
grave Brisco respectively, with a view to the Election 
of the said Patrick Francis Robertson and Musgrave 
Brisco, or one of them, and that the said Election 
and Return of the said Pairickh Francis Robertson 
and Musgrave Brisco, both or one of them, were 
procured by means of such bribery, treating and 
corruption; that by reason of the last-mentioned 


corrupt and illegal practices, the said Election and | 


Return of the said Patrick Francis Robertson and 
Musgrave Brisco, and of each of them, were and 
are wholly null and void; that fraud, intimidation 
and duress were by the agents, friends and mana- 
gers and by other persons on behaif of the said 

atrick Francis Robertson and Musgrave Brisco, or 
one of them, practised upon divers persons having 
votes at the said Election, by means whereof many 
persons who, but for such illegal practices, would 
have voted in favour of the said John Ashley Warre 
and John Locke, or one of them, were induced and 
compelled to vote in favour of the said Patrick 
Francis Robertson and Musgrave Brisco, or one of 
them, and to forbear to vote at the said Election 
for the said John Ashley Warre and John Locke, or 


one of them; that by reason of the premises, the | 


said Election and Return of the said Patrick Fran- 
cis Robertson and Musgrave Brisco, and of each of 
them, were and are wholly null and void ; that the 
majority of votes so declared by the Returning 
Officer as aforesaid in favour of the said Musgrave 





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A. 1852. 


Brisco was only an apparent, seeming and colourable 
majority, and that the real majority of good, legal 


and valid votes polled at the said Election was in 
favour of the said John Ashley Warre over the said 
Musgrave Brisco; that a large number of the votes 
entered and reckoned upon the poll at the said Elec- 
tion in favour of the said Musgrave Brisco were bad, 
illegal and invalid, and ought to be struck off the 
poll; that divers persons were admitted to vote and 
did vote at the said Election for the said Musgrave 
Brisco, who had no sufficient qualification or right 
to vote, and who had been duly objected to at the 
time of the revision of the List of Voters by the 
Revising Barrister in the year One thousand eight 
hundred and Fifty-one, and whose votes ought to be 
struck off the poll; that divers persons voted for 
the said Musgrave Brisco who were or had been, 
either during such Election, or within Six calendar 
months previous thereto, or within Fourteen days 
after it was completed, retained or empioyed thereat 
as agents, attorneys, poll-clerks or flag-men, or in 
some other capacity, for the purpose of such Elec- 
tion, and either before, during or after such Election 
accepted, received or took from the said Musgrave 
Brisco, or from some other person, for or in con- 
sideration of or with reference to such retainer or 
employment, a sum or sums of money or retaining 
fee, offices, places or employments, or promises or 
securities for the same, and that such votes were 
admitted and entered on the poll-book as good votes 
for the said Musgrave Brisco, and ought now to be 
struck off the poll; that divers persons voted for the 
said Musgrave Brisco who were disqualified from 
voting at the said Election on the ground of their 
having received alms or parochial relief, or on the 
ground of their being subject to legal incapacity, 
or on the ground of their not having continued 
ever since the Thirty-first day of July in the year 
One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-one, in which 
year their names were inserted in the Register of 
Voters for the said Borough, down to the time of 
their voting at such Election, to reside within the 
said Borough, or within the distance thereof required 
by law to qualify them to vote at the said Election, 
or who did not at the time of their so voting reside 
within the said Borough, or within the distance so 
required by law, and that such votes were admitted 
and entered on the poll-book as good votes for the 
said Musgrave Brisco, and ought now to be struck 
off the poll ; that many persons were admitted to 
vote and did vote at the said Election for the said 
Musgrave Brisco, who had asked, received or taken 
money, gifts, employments, offices or rewards or 
promises, or agreements and securities for money, 
gifts, employments, offices or rewards, or who were 
otherwise bribed in order to give their votes at the 
said Election, or to forbear to give their votes at 
the said Election, or who had wagered or bet sums 
of money upon, or were otherwise pecuniarily in- 
terested in the result of the said Election and Re- 
‘turn of the said Patrick Francis Robertson and 
| Musgrave Brisco, or one of them, and the votes so 
}admitted ought to be struck off the poll; that many 
| persons were admitted to vote and did vote at the 
| said Election in favour of the said Musgrave Brisco, 
|who had asked, received or taken money, gifts, 
| employments, offices or rewards, or who were other- 
wise bribed to vote at the said Election in favour of 
the said Musgrave Brisco, or to forbear to vote 
at the said Election in favour of the said John Ashley 
Warre, whose votes ought to be struck off the 
poll ; that many persons were admitted to vote and 
did vote at the said Election in favour of the said 
Musgrave Brisco, who did by themselves, or by 
persons employed by them, by gifts and rewards, 
and by promises, agreements and securities for gifts 
and rewards, and by divers illegal practices, corrupt 
and procure, or did offer by gifts and rewards, or 
by promises, agreements and securities for gifts and 
rewards, and by divers illegal practices, to corrupt 
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16 Vicroriz. 


and procure divers persons having votes at the said 
Election, to give their votes in favour of the said 
Musgrave Brisco and Patrick Francis Robertson, 
or one of them, or to forbear to give their votes in 
favour of the said John Ashley Warre, and the votes 
so admitted ought to be struck off the poll; that 
many persons were admitted to vote and did vote 
at the said Election, who before and after the teste 
of the said Writ, and before, during, at and after the 
said Election, had corruptly received meat, drink, 
entertainment or provision, or promises, agreements, 
obligations and engagements of and for meat, drink, 
entertainment or provision, to give their votes at 
the said Election for the said Musgrave Brisco and 
Patrick Francis Robertson, or one of them, or to 
forbear to give their votes at the said Election for 
the said John Ashley Warre and John Locke, or one of 
them, or in order that they the said Musgrave Brisco 
and Patrick Francis Robertson, or one of them, 
might be elected, or for their or his being elected to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough, and who were thereby disqualified and inca- 
pacitated from voting at the said Election, and the 
votes so admitted ought to be struck off the poll ; 
that many persons were admitted to vote and did 
vote at the said Election for the said Musgrave Brisco, 
who, before and after the teste of the said Writ, and 
before, during, at and after the said Election, gave 
and provided, or caused or knowingly allowed to be 
given and provided, meat, drink, entertainment or 
provision to divers persons for the purpose of cor- 
ruptly influencing such persons, or divers other 
persons to give their votes at the said Election for 
the said Musgrave Brisco and Patrick Francis Ro- 
bertson, or one of them, or to refrain from voting 
at the said Election for the said John Ashley Warre, 
or for the purpose of corruptly rewarding such 
persons, or divers other persons for having voted at 
the said Election for the said Musgrave Brisco and 
Patrick Francis Robertson, or one of them, or for 
having refrained from voting at the said Election 
for the said John Ashley Warre, and that the votes 
so admitted ought to be struck off the poll; that 
many persons were admitted to vote and did vote 
at the said Election for the said Musgrave Brisco, 
who, before and after the teste of the Writ for the 
said Election, and before, during, at and after the 
said Election, were guilty of corruptly treating, and 
of being corruptly treated, in order to procure the 
Election of the said Musgrave Brisco and Patrick 
Francis Robertson, or one of them, and who were 
by such last-mentioned corrupt practices disqualified 
and incapacitated from voting at the said Election, 
and the votes so admitted ought to be struck off the 

oll; that divers other persons voted at the said 

lection in favour of the said Musgrave Brisco who 
ought not to have voted thereat, by reason of objec- 
tions other than those hereinbefore stated, and 
whose names ought to be struck off the poll; that by 
the ways and means aforesaid, the said Musgrave 
Brisco obtained an apparent majority in number of 
votes over the said John Ashley Warre, whereas in 
truth and in fact, the said John Ashley Warre had 
a majority of legal votes over the said Musgrave 
Brisco, and was duly elected a Member to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said Borough, and 
ought to have been returned as such Member ; and 
praying that the House will take the premises into 
consideration, and will declare the said Election 
and Return of the said Patrick Francis Robertson 
and Musgrave Brisco to be wholly null and void, 
or will declare the said Election and Return of the 
said Patrick Francis Robertson to be wholly null and 
void, or will declare the said Election and. Return of 
the said Musgrave Brisco to be wholly null and 
void, or will declare the said Election and Return 
of the said Musgrave Brisco to be wholly null and 
void, and that the said Musgrave Brisco was not 
duly elected, and ought not to have been returned 


at the said Election, and that the said John Ashley 
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41 
Warre was duly elected and ought to have been 
returned at the said Election; and will cause the 
Return to be amended by erasing the name of 
Musgrave Brisco, and substituting that of the said 
John Ashley Warre in its stead; and will give to the 
Petitioners such further and other relief as to the 
House shall seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


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A Petition of the there-undersigned William Newry 
Parsons and Robert Stewart, Electors of the Bo- Election. 


rough of Newry, in the counties of Down and 
Armagh, in that part of the United Kingdom 
called Jreland, was read; setting forth, That the 
Petitioners were, at and during the last Election 
of a Member to serve in this present Parliament 
for the said Borough of Newry, registered Elec- 
tors of the said Borough, and claimed to have 
and had a right to vote and did vote at the said 
Election; that at the said Election, William Kirk, 
Esquire, and Edmund Gilling Hallewell, Esquire, 
were Candidates to represent the said Borough in 
Parliament ; that a poll having been demanded, the 
same was taken by the Returning Officer for the 
said Borough on the Sevenieenth day of July One 
thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two ; that the said 
William Kirk was by the said Returning Officer de- 
clared to have had a majority of votes at the said 
Election, and to have been duly elected, and was 
returned as the Member duly elected to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said Borough of 
Newry ; that after the teste of the Writ for holding 
the said Election, and before, at and during the said 
Election, the said William Kirk did, by himself and 
his agents, friends, managers and partisans, or by 
divers ways and means on his behalf, or at his 
charge, directly and indirectly, give, present and allow 
to divers persons having votes in and at the said 
Election, money, meat, drink, lodging, entertain- 
ment, provision and reward, and did make presents, 
gifts, entertainments and rewards, and did make 
promises, agreements, obligations and engagements 
to give and allow money, meat, drink, provisions, 
presents, rewards and entertainments to and for 
persons having votes in and at the said Election, 
and to and for the use, benefit and advantage, em- 
ployment, profit and preferment of such persons, to 
induce such persons to vote at the said Election for 
the said William Kirk, or to forbear to vote at the 
said Election for the said Edmund Gilling Hallewell, 
or in order that he the said William Kirk should and 
might be elected, or for being elected to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said Borough of 
Newry ; that by reason of the said last-mentioned 
corrupt and illegal practices, the said William Kirk 
was and is wholly disabled, incapacitated and in- 
eligible to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough, and the said Election and Return of 
the said William Kirk were and are wholly null and 
void; that before, during and after the said Elec- 
tion, the said William Kirk did, by himself and his 
agents, friends and partisans, or by or with divers 
persons, or in divers ways and manners, directly or 
indirectly give or provide, or did cause or did know- 
ingly allow to be given or provided, wholly or partly 
at his expense, or did pay wholly or in part divers 
expenses incurred for meat, drink, entertainment 
and provisions to and for divers persons, for the pur- 
pose of corruptly influencing divers of such persons, 
or divers other persons, to give their votes in the 
said Election for the said William Kirk, or to re- 
frain from giving their votes in the said Election for 
the said Edmund Gilling Hallewell, or for the pur- 
pose of corruptly rewarding divers of such persons, 
or divers other persons, for having given their votes 

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in the said Election for the said William Kirk, or 
for having refrained from giving their votes at the 
said Election for the said Edmund Gilling Halle- 
well; that by reason of the said last-mentioned and 
illegal practices, the said William Kirk was and is 
wholly disabled, incapacitated and ineligible to serve 
in this present Parliament for the said Borough, 
and the said Election and Return of the said Wil- 
liam Kirk were and are wholly null and void ; that 
before, at and during the said Election, the said 
William Kirk was, by himself, and by his agents, 
friends, managers and partisans, guilty of divers acts 
of bribery and corruption, in order to corrupt and 
procure, and did by his agents, friends, managers 
and partisans, and by many other persons employed 
in his behalf, by gifts, presents, money and rewards, 
and by offers of gifts, presents, money and rewards, 
and by promises, agreements and securities for gifts, 
money, employments and rewards, and by threats, 
intimidations, promises, uncue influence, and other 
corrupt and illegal practices, acts and means, cor- 
rupt and procure divers persons having or claiming 
to have votes at the said Election, to give their votes 
in favour of or for him the said William Kirk, or to 
forbear to give their votes in favour of the said 
William Gilling Hallewell; that the said William 
Kirk, by the said corrupt and illegal practices, was 
and is wholly disabled, incapacitated and ineligible to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough, and the said Election and Return of the said 
William Kirk were and are wholly null and void ; 
that the said William Kirk did, by himself, his 
friends, agents and others acting for and sanctioned 
by him, give or cause and procure to be given, and 
did promise and agree to give, and did know of and 
consent to the giving and procuring to be given, 
money, gifts and rewards, offices and places, to di- 
vers persons, upon certain engagements, contracts 
and agreements that such persons, to whom and to 
whose use and in whose behalf such gifts and pro- 
mises were made, shouid by themselves and others, 
at their solicitation respectively, request and com- 
mand, procure, and endeavour to procure, the Re- 
turn of him the said William Kirk at such Election ; 
that yross, extensive, systematic, and open and no- 
torious bribery, treating and corruption were prac- 
tised and carried on at the said Election by fl 
persons, being friends, agents, supporters and par- 
tisans of the said William Kirk, with a view to the 
Election of the said William Kirk, and that the 
said Election and Return of the said William Kirk 
were procured by means of such bribery, treating 
and corruption ; that by reason of the premises, and 
of the last-mentioned corrupt and illegal practices, 
the said Election and Return of the said William 
Kirk were and are wholly null and void; and pray- 
ing that the House will take the premises into their 
consideration, and will declare that the said William 
Kirk was not duly elected, and ought not to have 


been returned, and that the Election and Return of | 


the said Wiliiam Kirk are wholly null and void, 
and that the House will afford to the Petitioners 
such further and other relief in the premises as to 
the House shall seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of Richard Beare Tooker, of the Mar- 
dyke, in the City of Cork, Esquire, and William 
Prittie Harris, of Lakeview, in the Barony of 
Cork, and County of Cork, Esquire, was read ; set- 
ting forth, That the Petitioners were, at and during 
the last Election of Members to serve in this 
present Parliament for the County of the City of 
Cork, registered Electors of the said County of the 


City, and had a right to vote for Members to serve | vened large meetings in various districts of the City 





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A. 1852. 


in Parliament for said County of the City, and 
did vote at the said Election; that the said last 
Election for two Members to serve in Parliament 
for the said County of the City of Cork was held in 
the said City on Friday the Ninth day of July One 
thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two, and at the 
said Election James Charles Chatterton, Knight of 
the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order, Francis Stack 
Murphy, Esquire, Serjeant-at-law, William Fagan 
and William Lumley Perrier, Esquires, were Can- 
didates to represent the said County of the City in 
Parliament ; that a poll was demanded on behalf of 
the said James Charles Chatterton and William 
Lumley Perrier, and was taken by Francis Bernard 
Beamish, Esquire, the High Sheriff and the Return- 
ing Officer of the said County of the City; that 
the said poll commenced in nineteen booths or 
polling-places within said County of the City, at 
eight o’cluck in the morning of the Twelfth of said 
month of July, and continued in eighteen of said 
bvoths or polling-places until the hour of five o’clock 
in the afternoon of said last-mentioned day, when 
the same finally closed therein, and that the polling 
only continued in the other booth or polling-place, 
called “ Lee Ward, No. 4,” until half-past ten 
o’clock in the morning of the said Twelfth of July, 
when it was adjourned therein (in consequence of 
riots and open violence both in the booth and also 
adjacent to it) until the following morning of the 
Thirteenth of July, when it again commenced, and 
continued therein until five o’clock in the afternoon 
of said last-mentioned day, and then finally closed ; 
and on the Fourteenth of July the said Returning 
Officer declared the state of the poll to be as fol- 
lows: for the said William Lumley Perrier, One 
hundred and ninety-four votes, for the said James 
Charles Chatterton, Eight hundred and ninety-eight 
votes, for the said Francis Stack Murphy, One thou- 
sand two hundred and forty-six votes, for the said 
William Fagan, One thousand two hundred and 
twenty votes ; and the said Returning Officer there- 
upon declared that the said Francis Stack Murphy 
and William Fagan had a majority of votes at the 
said Election, and had been duly elected, and were 
returned as the Members duly elected to serve in 
the present Parliament for the said County of the 
City ; that the majorities of votes thus severally ob- 
tained at the said Election by the said Francis Stack 
Murphy and William Fagan were colourable ma- 
jorities, obtained by violent, illegal, fraudulent and 
outrageous means, and that the Election and Return 
of the said Francis Stack Murphy and William 
Fagan, and each of them, were illegal and void, and 
ought to be set aside as such by the House, and 
that the name of the said James Charles Chatterton 
ought to be substituted in the Return in lieu of the 
said Francis Stack Murphy and William Fagan, or 
one of them, or that the said Election and Return 
ought to be declared null and void, for the reasons 
hereinafter stated ; that at the said Election nine- 
teen separate polling-places were appointed for 
taking the votes at the said Election ; that previous 
to, at and during the said Election an organised and 
connected system of violence, riot and agitation, 
was established and acted on in the said City and 
its neighbourhood by the said Francis Stack Murphy 
and William Fagan, and by their respective friends, 
supporters and agents, for the purpose of intimi- 
dating and terrifying all the electors who should be 
| willing to give their votes at the said Election in 
favour of the said James Charles Chatterton, and in 
order to deter and prevent such electors by force 
and fear from giving their votes for the said James 
Charles Chatterton, and to compel them to give 








their votes, under the influence of force, fear and in- 
| timidation, in favour of the said Francis Stack Mur- 
phy and William Fagan, or one of them ; that divers 
of the Roman Catholic clergy of the City of Cork, 
| previous to, at and during the said Election, con- 


of 


















16 Vicroriz. 


of Cork and neighbouring towns and villages, and 
in their chapels or places of worship, and there 
openly denounced the said James Charles Chatterton, 
and informed those then present, many of whom 
were Electors of the said County of the City, and 
made them believe that the clergy of the Roman 
Catholic Church and their religion were in danger, 
and that their places of worship were about to be 
destroyed ; and the said clergy further informed 


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those then present, and made them believe, that no 
persons professing the Protestant religion ought ‘o 
be admitted into Parliament, and that persons pro- 
fessing the Roman Catholic religion only ought to 
be returned ; and further, that the Electors at the 
said Election and others would be advancing the 
glory of God, and saving their souls, and bringing 
blessings upon their families and properties, by 
voting for the said Francis Stack Murphy and Wil- 
liam Fagan, and were justified in compelling voters, 
otherwise unwilling, to vote in like manner by inti- 
midation and by assault, and by threats and by in- 
jury to their lives, families and properties, and they, 
the said clergy, openly invoked the curse of the 
Almighty upon all who should refuse to vote for the 
said Francis Stack Murphy and William Fagan, and 
stated that the souls of those who voted against the 
said Francis Stack Murphy and William Fagan, or 
who declined to vote for them, would be consigned 
to eternal punishment hereafter; that shortly before 
the dissolution of the late Parliament, and immedi- 
ately upon the same taking place, the Roman 
Catholic clergy in Ireland, and many of those in the 
City of Cork, aided by demagogues, Jesuits and lay 
members of the numerous orders of the Roman 
Catholic religion, held frequent meetings in their 
chapels or places of worship, and other places, and 
there taught and lectured the lower order of Elec- 
tors and the crowds of non-electors of the same 
class, who in large numbers attended such meetings, 
to the effect and in the manner hereinbefore men- 
tioned, and further informed them that if they did not 
vote at the then coming Election for the said County 
of the City for the said Francis Stack Murphy and 
William Fagan (who both profess to be of the Ro- 
man Catholic religion), they would be assaulted, and 
their houses, families and properties should be at- 
tacked and injured, and no person should thereafter 
deal with them in their trade or business; that pre- 
vious to, at and during the said Election, placards of 
an inflammatory nature were extensively posted in 
and about the City of Cork, containing statements 
of the burning of Roman Catholic chapels at Stock- 
port in England, the beating of the Roman Catho- 
lic priests there, the murder of Roman Catholic 
priests there, and insult to Roman Catholic nuns, 
and that all such outrages proceeded from an en- 
couragement of Lord Derby’s administration, and 
the votes of the said James Charles Chatterton in 
Parliament; and other placards also stated that 
the names of those Roman Catholic electors who 
voted for James Charles Chatterton would be 
published, and that another placard contained 
a solemn pledge made by certain Roman Catho- 
lic Electors, made before an altar in a chapel at 
Douglas, in the County of the City of Cork, to vote 
for the said Francis Stack Murphy and William 
Fagan, and a denunciation before God of every Ro- 
man Catholic who at the said Election should vote 
for the said James Charles Chatterton; that the 
Writ of Election for holding said Election for the 
County of the City of Cork was delivered to the 
said Returning Officer, being the High Sheriff of 
the said County of the City, on Sunday, the Fourth 
day of July One thousand eight hundred and Fifty- 
two, and that the said Sheriff immediately fixed 
Friday, the Ninth day of the same month, for the 
nomination of the Candidates, being the earliest day 
he could name for that purpose, and the polling 
consequent upon such nomination on Friday was 
by law fixed, and did in fact take place accordingly 
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43 


on Monday the Twelfth of July last ; that the ap- 
pointment of Monday, the said Twelfth day of July, 
as the polling day for the said Election in said 
County of the City, gave the Roman Catholic clergy 
of the City of Cork an undue advantage at the Elec- 
tion, by enabling them to collect on the Sunday, or 
day previous to the said polling day, within their 
chapels in the said City, the lower order of Electors, 
and that upon Sunday the Eleventh of July, being 
the day previous to the polling at said Election, the 
Roman Catholic priests in the several chapels of 
the City, and in all the neighbouring towns and vil- 
lages, assembled their congregations and swore the 
Electors of the said County of the City upon the 
altars of their churches to vote at the then ensuin 

Election for the said Francis Stack Murphy aol 
William Fagan, and not to vote for the said James 
Charles Chatterton, and that said priests acted all 
through said Election, as well at the nomination as 
at the several polling places, as tally agents for said 
Francis Stack Murphy and William Fagan, by 
which undue and illegal means numerous Electors 
who had previously promised to vote for the said 
James Charles Chatterton, and who were willing and 
anxious to vote for him, and would have otherwise 
have voted for him, were thus deterred and frightened 
from polling for him, and voted for the said Francis 
Stack Murphy and William Fagan ; that on the day 
previous to the polling numerous paupers were taken 
out of the cadlibaian and other public institutions 
of the City, at the instigation of the said Francis 
Stack Murphy and William Fagan, or one of them, 
or their respective agents, friends and supporters, to 
aid the Roman Catholic clergy, and the said Francis 
Stack Murphy and William Fagan, in the works of 
intimidation, riot and assault hereinafter detailed, 
and that a public holiday was proclaimed and given 
by the Roman Catholic priests, and by most of the 
Roman Catholic merchants, shopkeepers and trades- 
men in the City for Monday the Twelfth day of July, 
being the polling day aforesaid, and that (save nm 
very few instances) no work was done by men, 
women or children on that day professing the Ro- 
man Catholic religion in the City of Cork, except in 
the acts of intimidation hereinafter mentioned ; that 
upon the said Twelfth day of July, or shortly pre- 
vious thereto, a vast number of Roman Catholic 
priests, strangers of said City, arrived in the City of 
Cork, and that many thousands of country paupers 
and women of infamous character also assembled, 
so that on the opening of the poll on Monday the 
Twelfth day of July, the streets, lanes and passages 
of the City were crowded by Roman Catholic priests, 
and by men, women and children of the lower order, 
mostly armed with sticks, stones and bludgeons, 
and other offensive weapons, who assembled parti- 
cularly in and about the polling places, in the most 
systematic order, and offered personal violence, out- 
rage and insult of the grossest description to all 
those Electors who came to the polling places to 
vote for the said James Charles Chatterton; that 
many of the Electors who, notwithstanding such 
violent outrage and insult, had succeeded in making 
their way to the said polling places and in voting 
for the said James Charles Chatterton, were, after 
so voting, exposed to every outrage, violence and 
assault, were marked with chalk for the purpose of 
denoting that they had so voted, were beaten, vio- 
lently assaulted, and otherwise injured and put in 
fear of their lives, were pursued to their houses, of 
which the windows and doors were shattered and 
broken, and their families and themselves put in 
grievous danger, and in consequence thereof divers 
other Electors who witnessed the said outrages, or 
heard of the same, were deterred from fear of the 
same to vote at the said Election in favour of the 
said James Charles Chatterton; that, in conse- 
quence of the above riotous, violent and illegal pro- 
ceedings, and of the said threats, denunciations and 





proceedings of the said Roman Catholic priests and 
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44, 


others, it became dangerous in the highest degree 
for the Electors in the interest of the said James 
Charles Chatterton to proceed to the poll to vote in 
favour of the said James Charles Chatterton, and 
that large numbers of the Electors in the interest of 
the said James Charles Chatterton who were wil- 
ling and anxious to vote, and would otherwise have 
voted, for the said James Charles Chatterton, were 
deterred by fears for their personal safety, for the 
safety of their families, for their lives, and for their 
property, from voting as they had intended and had 
wished to have done, and that many Electors who 
were on their way to the poll, and who endeavoured 
to vote for the said James Charles Chatterton, were 
repulsed and driven back, and prevented by the 
violence, outrage and intimidation from going to the 
said polling places and voting for the said James 
Charles Chatterton; that, in consequence of such 
outrage and violent conduct, and also by means of 
such threats, menaces and intimidation, great num- 
bers of Electors were induced and compelled to | 
vote for the said Francis Stack Murphy and William 
Fagan, or one of them, who had intended and 
wished to have voted for the said James Charles 
Chatterton, and not for the said Francis Stack 
Murphy and William Fagan, or either of them, and 
so voted contrary to their wishes and intentions; 
that many voters who had promised to vote for the 
said James Charles Chatterton, and were willing and 
intended to have so voted, were compelled by sys- 
tematic intimidation, established as aforesaid, and 
other unconstitutional means, to abstain from voting | 
for the said James Charles Chatterton, and that | 
mobs armed as before-mentioned, acting upon such | 
previously concerted arrangements, assaulted the 
ersons of such Electors, and dragged them by vio- | 
fenee and against their wills to the poll, and com- 
pelled them, by threats of taking away their lives | 
and of injury to their families, to vote for the said 
Francis Stack Murphy and William Fagan, or one 
of them; that Mr. Walter Morrogh, solicitor, who 
was the Under-sheriff of the said County of the 
City of Cork at said Election, is a Roman Catholic, 
and that he is the partner of Robert Morrogh, of 
said City, also solicitor, and who is also a Roman 
Catholic, and that the said High Sheriff and Re- 
turning Officer of the said County of the City, 
although he attended at said Election, placed the 
sole control and management of said Election in the 
hands of the said Walter Morrogh and Robert Mor- 
rogh; that the said Robert Morrogh took upon him- | 
self the duty of Sheriff or Returning Officer for said 
County of the City, and directed and arranged the 
booths or polling places at the said Election accord- | 














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A. 1852. 


fered until the work of the Election was virtually 
over, and that the justices who did interfere were 
brutally assaulted and wounded, and that large 
mobs of men and women, armed as before-men- 
tioned, accompanied and headed with bands of 
music, flags, ribbons, and marks of distinction, sup- 
plied by the said Francis Stack Murphy and Wil- 
liam Fagan, or their agents, — the streets, and 
went into the polling places during the time of the 
poll, and that all order, arrangement and authority 
was set at defiance at and during the whole time of 
the said Election, and all persons not in the interest 
or in the favour of the said Francis Stack Murphy 
and William Fagan were assaulted and their lives 
threatened ; that a force of military and police was 
stationed in said City, but they were not (although 
upon sworn informations their aid was demanded) 
permitted to assist the said James Charles Chatter- 
ton, his friends and agents, in bringing up and pro- 
tecting the voters in his interest to the poll, and the 
said James Charles Chatterton, his friends and 
agents, were wholly unable to suppress or withstand 
the outrage, violence, intimidation aud assaults upon 
themselves and the voters in the interest of said 
James Charles Chatterton, and that in many of the 
polling places no voter in the interest of the said 
James Charles Chatterton could, without risk of his 
life or grievous bodily harm, proceed to the poll for 
him, and that many voters were dragged from their 
houses undressed and taken in cars, by an infuriated 
mob paid by the said Francis Stack Murphy and 
William Fagan, and compelled by threats end force 
and against their inclination to vote for the said 
Francis Stack Murphy and William Fagan, although 
they had previously promised to vote for, and did 
actually intend to poll for, and in open court stated 
that they meant to support, and would but for such 
violence have voted for, the James Charles Chatter- 
ton; that the situation of the polling places for the 
County of the said City were fixed upon and 


‘arranged by the said Welliam Fagan, one of said 


Candidates at said Election, and by the said Robert 
Morrogh, and were placed in situations where 
crowds of paupers, prostitutes and persons of idle, 
disorderly habits, constantly resorted, and where 
persons above their rank are seldom seen, and that 
the said James Charles Chatterton was never con- 
sulted about said booths or polling places, and 
remonstrated against such places, but such remon- 
strance was not attended to, and in consequence 
the disorderly characters aforesaid assembled in 
great force in and about the polling places, the 
streets convenient to which had been all newly 
stoned with broken lime stones, which furnished 














ing to his own will and pleasure, and also appointed | ready missiles for the mob, and that ample use was 
deputies at the several polling places, and coun- | made of the same against voters, friends and agents 
selled, advised and directed the said High Sheriff | of the said James Charles Chatterton; that the law 



































in the execution of the said Writ of Election, and 
accompanied him wherever he went, sat upon the 
bench with him, and travelled in the public cars | 
about the streets hired by the said Francis Stack | 
Murphy and William Fagan, and placarded with | 
their names, and that the said Robert Morrogh 
assisted the said Returning Officer in checking the | 
totting the poll books, and in making the Return of | 
Mewbers at said Election, and that whilst the said | 
Robert Morrogh so acted, he was the retained, 


| agents of the said James Charles Chatterton, who 


acted at said Election, were assaulted and beaten, 
and prevented from doing their ordinary duty, and 
the agents for detection were not permitted to ap- 
proach the polling places, so that many persons were 
permitted to poll for the said Francis Stack Murphy 
and William Fagan who were not qualified or en- 
titled by law to vote, and who personated persons 
whose names appeared upon the Register; that ap- 
plications were repeatedly made to the Returning 





















































avowed and active agent of the said Francis Stack Officer and his deputies, grounded upon affidavits 
Murphy and William Fagan; that in consequence ,and informations, to adjourn the polling at said 
and by means of the said continued violence, riot Election personally, and that the said Robert Mor- 
and illegal proceeding, the whole City, the inhabit- rogh attended upon said Sheriff as aforesaid, and 
ants thereof, and the property of the citizens who turned into ridicule the affidavits and informa- 
were not supporters of the said Francis Stack Mur- | tions so presented to the Returning Officer ; and the 
phy and William Fagan, were exposed to great dan- | said Returning Officer, acting upon the advice of 
ger; that, although soldiers and police were sta- said Morrogh, absolutely refused to adjourn the 
tioned in the streets, they were wholly insufficient | poll, and that the poll was only adjourned at one 
to protect the peace, and even those present were | polling place out of the nineteen by the deputy 
inactive and useless, as neither the Returning Officer, | himself, in consequence of the polling being inter- 
the mayor, nor the stipendiary magistrate, who | rupted and obstructed by riot and open violence both 
assumed the exclusive power over the force, inter- |in the booth and also adjacent to it, and therefore it 


became 








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became wholly impossible to proceed with the busi- | Returning Officer as aforesaid, were only colourable 
ness of the Election there ; that the proceedings at and apparent majorities, inasmuch as the votes of 
the said Election were so obstructed and disturbed | divers persons were accepted and recorded on the 
that it became the duty of the said Returning poll in favour of the said Francis Stack Murphy and 
Officer or his deputy to have adjourned the taking | William Fagan, or one of them, who were not 
of said poll at the said polling places until the fol- | legally entitled, and had no legal right to vote at 
lowing day, and until such interruption should have | the said Election, and that the real majority of good. 
camk but that the said Returning Officer and his | and legal votes polled at the said Election was in 
deputies neglected and refused to do so; that | favour of the said James Charles Chatterton over 
at the one polling place where the poll was so | the said Francis Stack Murphy aud William Fagan, 
adjourned, the polling was resumed upon the fol-| or one of them; that at the said Election divers 
lowing day, but in consequence of the intimida- | voters who absolutely polled for the said James 
tion and rioting upon the previous day, scarcely | Charles Chatterton at said Election, were illegally 
any voters presented themselves there in the inte-| and improperly entered upon the poll by the Re- 
rest of the said James Charles Chatterton ; and | turning Officer, or his deputies, as having voted for 
the said James Charles Chatterton would not have | the said Francis Stack Murphy and Willam Fagan, 
permitted his inspector to have attended at said | and the names of all such voters should be struck 
polling place upon the second day, but that placards | off the poll of the said Francis Stack Murphy and 
were posted about the town, stating that persons | William Fagan, and should be added to and counted 
who had not polled at the other polling places upon the poll for the said James Charles Chatterton ; 
would be permitted to poll there, and which placards that divers persons were admitted to vote, and did 
and proceedings were wholly illegal, and that the | vote at the said Election, for the said Francis Stack 
said inspector (who was not the same who attended Murphy and William Fagan, or one of them, who 
on the previous day) attended for the purpose of | were not entitled by law to vote on the said Elec- 
watching such proceeding, should it take place ; | tion, or to have their names inserted in the List of 
that in consequence of the proceedings above stated, | Voters, or upon the Register of Voters for the said 
many of the registered Electors for the said City | City, such persons not having had any qualification 
did not vote, and the Petitioners state that, Lut for | in respect of property, occupation, or value, inhabi- 
the system of riot, violence, threats, denunciations | tancy, or residence, or rating, or payment of rates, 
and intimidation above set forth, a majority of votes | or nut having had any such qualifications to vote as 
would have been given at the said Election in favour | those which are respectively annexed to their names 
of the said James Charles Chatterton, and that the | in the said register, or being respectively subject to 
said James Charles Chatterton would, but for the | legal incapacities, and having been unduly and im- 
said riot, violence, threats, denunciations and inti- | properly retained or inserted in the said register in 
midation, have been returned at the said Election | consequence of the express decision of the Assistant 
to serve in Parliament for the said City; that by | Barrister who had revised the Lists of Voters for the 
reason of the premises above stated, the freedom of said City, from which the said register in force at the 
Election has been violated, and no lawful Election | time of the said Election had been made, and that 
of Members for the said County of the City to serve such votes ought now to be struck off the poll; and 
in this Parliament has been had, and that the that divers persons, not being upon the said register, 
Election and Return of the said Francis Stack | were entitled to vote at the said Election, and ought 
Murphy and William Fagan, and of each of them, is | now to be put upon the poll in favour of the said 
null and void; that the Petitioners also humbly | James Charles Chatterton, who had been improperly 
contend that all such votes as were given in favour expunged or omitted from the said register by the 
of the said Francis Stack Murphy and William | express decision of the said Assistant Barrister, who 
Fagan, under the influence of threats and intimida- | had so revised the lists as aforesaid, and who, at the 


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tion, ought to be struck off the poll, and that all the 
votes of the Electors who, but for the said violence, 
riot, threats and intimidation, would have voted for 
the said James Charles Chatterton, ought to be 
added to and put upon the poll in his favour; that 
but for the violent, outrageous proceedings above re- 
ferred to, the said James Charles Chatterton would 
have had a large majority of votes over the said 
Francis Stack Murphy and William Fagan, or one 
of them, and that he would have been and ought to 
have been returned as Member for the said County 
of the City ; that the Corporation of Cork consists 
of sixteen aldermen and forty-eight town councillors, 
making altogether sixty-four members, and that the 
said William Fagan is one of the aldermen of the 
said Corporation, and exercises great influence in 
their body, inasmuch as that every member of said 
Corporation, except sixteen members thereof, are 
supporters of the said Francis Stack Murphy and 
William Fagan, and that the said William Fagan, 
by reason of his corporate influence, obtained the 
use of the worst of the markets for polling places, to 
serve his private purposes; that the said Francis 
Stack Murphy and William Fagan, during the 
sitting of the late Session of Parliament, formed a 
coalition for the mutual conduct of the Election then 
shortly expected,and thatsaid Francis Stack Murphy, 
in open court, and in the presence of said William 
Fagan, stated to the Electors and the public, that he 
had formed such coalition, and in consequence there- 
of joint committees were selected, and joint committee- 
rooms were used by the said Francis Stack Murphy 
and William Fagan at said Election ; that, also, the 
majorities of votes so respectively declared by the 
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said Election, tendered their votes in favour of the 
said James Charles Chatterton, and that such votes 
ought to be added to the said poll in favour of the 
said James Charles Chatterton; that divers persons 
at the said Election voted for the said Francis Stack 
Murphy and William Fagan, or one of them, who 
were registered Electors of the said City, but had 
become disqualified as Electors for the said City, and 
were incapable of voting at the said Election on the 
ground of legal incapacity at the time of their so 
voting under and by virtue of a statute or statutes then 
in force, or on the ground of legal incapacity at the 
time of their said voting, which had arisen subse- 
quently to the expiration of the time allowed for 
making out the List of Voters from which the said 
Register of Voters in force at the time of such 
Election had been formed, and that such votes ought 
to be struck off the poll; that at the said Election 
divers persons voted for the said Francis Stack 
Murphy and William Fagan, or one of them, who 
were, at and during the Eleetion, or within six 
calendar months previous thereto, or within fourteen 
days alter it was completed, retained or employed at 
such Election as agents, poll-clerks, or flagmen, or 
in some other capacity, for the purposes of the Elec- 
tion, and had, either before or during or after the 
said Election, accepted, received, or taken from the 
said Francis Stack Murphy and William Fagan, or 
one of them, or from some other person for and in 
consideration of or with reference to such employ- 
ment, a sum or sums of money, retaining fee, offices, 
places, or employments, or promises, or securities for 
a sum or sums of money, retaining fee, offices, places, 
or employments, and that such votes so entered - 

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the poll ought now to be struck off the same ; that 
divers other persons at the said Election voted for 
the said Francis Stack Murphy and William Fagan, 
or one of them, who at the time were personally dis- 
ualified from so voting, by reason of their then 
holding, or having at some time before the said 
Election held offices, dignities, places, and other 
employments which disqualified them from voting, 
by and under divers statutes then in force, and that 
such votes now entered on the said poll ought to be 
struck off the same; that divers persons at the 
said Election were admitted to vote, and did vote, 
for the said Francis Stack Murphy and William 
Fagan, or one of them, who, since the expiration of 
the time allowed for making out the List of Voters, 
from which the Registration of Voters in force at the 
said Election had been made out, had not resided, 
or had not continued to reside, or had ceased to re- 
side within the said County of the City of Cork, or 
within seven statute miles of the usual place of 
Election therein, or did not at the time of the said 
voting reside within the said County of the City, or 
within seven statute miles of the usual place of 
Election, and that all such persons were not entitled 
to vote at the said Election, and ought to be struck 
off the poll; that divers persons were at the said 
Election admitted to vote, and did vote, for the said 
Francis Stack Murphy and William Fagan, or one 
of them, who had asked, received, or taken money, 
gifts, employments, offices, or rewards, or promises, 
or agreements and securities for money, gifts, em- 
ployments, offices, or rewards, or who were other- 
wise bribed to give their votes at the said Election 
in favour of the said Francis Stack Murphy and 
William Fagan, or one of them, or to forbear to give 
their votes in favour of the said James Charles 
Chatterton, and that the votes so admitted ought to 
be struck off the poll; that divers persons were at 
the said Election admitted to vote, and did vote, 
for the said Francis Stack Murphy and William 
Fagan, or one of them, who did, by themselves or 
by persons employed by them, by money, gifts, em- 
ployments, offices and rewards, and by promises, 
agreements, and securities for money, gifts, em- 
ployments, offices and rewards, and by divers illegal 
and corrupt practices, corrupt and procure divers 
rsons having votes at the said Election, or claim- 
ing to have the same, to give their votes in favour 
of the said Francis Stack Murphy and William 
Fagan, or one of them, or to forbear to give their 
votes in favour of the said James Charles Chatterton, 
and that the votes so admitted ought to be struck off 
the poll; that divers persons at the said Election 
were admitted to vote, and did vote, in favour of the 
said Francis Stack Murphy and William Fagan, or 
one of them, who had, before and after the teste of 
the Writ for the said Election, and before, at, during, 
and after the said Election, were guilty of corruptly 
treating the said voters at the said Election, and of 
being corruptly treated in order to procure the 
Election of the said Francis Stack Murphy and 
William Fagan, or one of them, and in order that 
they might be elected; and that all such voters 
were, by such corrupt practices, disqualified and in- 
capacitated from voting at the said Election, and that 
the votes so admitted ought to be struck off the poll ; 
that divers persons voted at the said Election for the 
said Francis Stack Murphy and William Fagan, or 
one of them, who were registered as Electors of the 
said County of the City, but who were disqualified 
as Electors of the said County of the City, and were 
incapable of voting at the said Election, on the 
ground of their having received alms or parochial 
relief since the — of the time allowed for 
making out the List of Voters, from which the 
Register of Voters in force at the time of the said 
Election has been formed; that such votes were 
admitted and entered on the poll for the said Francis 
Stack Murphy and William Fagan, or one of them, 
and ought to be struck off the said poll; that at the 





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A. 1852. 


said Election many voters were counted on the said 
poll in favour of the said Francis Stack Murphy and 
William Fagan, or one of them, who did not in fact 
vote for them or either of them, but who were per- 
sonated and fraudulently represented by other 
— who had themselves no right so to vote, 

ut who fraudulently tendered their votes, and were 
improperly admitted to vote in the names of the said 
voters so personated, and such names were entered 
in the poll books as good votes for the said Francis 
Stack Murphy and William Fagan, or one of them, 
and ought now to be struck off the poll; that divers 
other persons, not entitled to vote at the said Election, 
personated other persons who were entitled to vote 
and were registered, or who were registered and were 
dead or absent, and were by reason of such fraudulent 
personation admitted to vote for the said Francis 
Stack Murphy and William Fagan, or one of them, 
and that such votes ought to be struck off the poll ; 
that divers persons were admitted to vote, and did 
vote, forthe said Francis Stack Murphy and William 
Fagan, or one of them, who had, since the expiration 
of the time allowed for making out the List of 
Voters, from which the Register in force at the said 
Election had been formed, ceased to occupy the lands 
and premises in respect of which they were respec- 
tively registered, and divers others who so voted did 
not, at the time of the said Election, retain the qua- 
lification annexed to his or their names in the said 
Register, but had parted with the same, and that the 
votes of all such persons ought to be struck off the 
poll ; that by the ways and means aforesaid, the said 
Francis Stack Murphy and William Fagan, and each 
of them, obtained an apparent and colourable ma- 
jority on the poll over the said James Charles Chat- 
terton, and were declared duly elected by the said 
Returning Officer at the suid Election, and were re- 
turned as Members to serve in this Parliament for 
the said County of the City, when, in fact, the said 
James Charles Chatterton had a majority of legal 
votes over the said Francis Stack Murphy and Wil- 
liam Fagan, or one of them, and was duly elected a 
Member to serve in Parliament for the said County 
of the City, and ought to have been returned as such 
Member ; that divers persons were, otherwise than 
as above stated, improperly and illegally admitted 
and returned upon the poll in favour of the said 
Francis Stack Murphy and William Fagan, or 
one of them, and omitted or excluded from the 
number of votes polled in favour of the said 
James Charles Chatterton; that before, during, and 
at the said Election, the said Francis Stack 
Murphy and William Fagan were, by themselves, 
their agents, friends, managers and partisans, guilty 
of many acts of bribery and corruption, and did, by 
gilts, presents, money, rewards, offices and employ- 
ments, and by promises and agreements and securi- 
ties of or for gifts, money, reward, office, place, em- 
ployment, and by threats, intimidation and undue 
influence, and by other corrupt, illegal and uncon- 
stitutional ; practices, acts, means and devices, cor- 
rupt and procure divers persons having or claiming 
to have votes at the said Election to give their votes 
at the said Election for the said Francis Stack 
Murphy ana William Fagan, or one of them, or to 
forbear to give their votes for the said James Charles 
Chatterton ; that the said Francis Stack Murphy 
and William Fagan, and each of them, were and 
are, by the said corrupt, illegal and unconstitutional 
practices wholly disabled and incapacitated and 
ineligible to serve in this Parliament for said County 
of the City, and that the said Election and Return 
of the said Francis Stack Murphy and William 
Fagan was and is wholly null and void ; that the 
said Francis Stack iogle and William Fagan did, 
after the teste of the Writ for holding the said Elec- 
tion, and before and at and during the said Elec- 
tion, by themselves, their friends and agents, by 
divers ways and means, on their behalf and at their 
charge, directly or indirectly, give presents, and 
allow 

















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allow to divers persons having or claiming to have 
votes at the said Election, money, meat, drink, enter- 
tainment or provision, cockades, ribbons and other 
marks of distinction, and did make presents, gifts, 
rewards or entertainments, and promises, agree- 
ments, obligations and engagements for gifts and 
rewards, and did allow money, meat, drink, provi- 
sion, presents, entertainments and rewards, to and 
for the use, advantage, benefit, employment, profit 
or preferment of such persons, in order that they, 
said Francis Stack Murphy and William Fagan, 
might be elected, and for being elected, as Mem- 
bers to serve in the Parliament for the said Count 
of the City; that the said Francis Stack Murphy 
and William Fagan, and each of them, were, by 
reason of such last-mentioned corrupt practices, 
disabled and incapacitated to serve in Parliament 
upon the said Election for the said County of the 
City, and that the Election and Return of the said 
Francis Stack Murphy and William Fagan, and of 
each of them, is thereby null and void ; that before, 
during, at and after the said Election, the said 
Francis Stack Murphy and William Fagan did, by 
themselves, and by their respective agents, friends 
and partisans, or by and with divers persons, or in 
divers ways and manners, directly or indirectly, give 
or provide, or did cause, or did knowingly allow to 
be given or provided, wholly or partly at his or 
their expense, and did pay wholly or in part, divers | 
expenses incurred for meat, drink, entertainment 
and provisions, to and for divers persons for the | 
purpose of corruptly influencing divers of such per- | 
sons, or divers other persons, to give their votes at | 
the said Election for the said Francis Stack Murphy | 
and William Fagan, or one of them, or to refrain 
from giving their votes on the said Election for the 
said James Charles Chatterton, or for the purpose of 
corruptly rewarding divers of such persons or divers 
other persons for having given their votes on the 
said Election for the said Francis Stack Murphy 
and William Fagan, or one of them, and that by 
reason of the said last-mentioned corrupt and illegal 
practices, the said Francis Stack Murphy and Wil- 
liam Fagan, and each of them, were and are wholly 
incapacitated to serve in this present Parliament as 
Members for the said County of the City, and that 
the Election and Return of the said Francis Stack 
Murphy and William Fagan, and each of them, 
were and are wholly null and void; and praying 
that the House will take the premises into consider- 
ation, and will declare that the Election and Return 
of the said Francis Stack Murphy and William 
Fagan were wholly null and void, or that the Elec- 
tion and Return of the said Francis Stack Murphy 
were wholly null and void, or that the Election 
and Return of the said William Fagan were wholly 
null and void, or will declare that the Election and 
Return of the said Francis Stack Murphy and Wil- 
liam Fagan were wholly null and void, and that the 
said Francis Stack Murphy and William Fagan 
were not duly elected, and ought not to have been 
returned, but that the said James Charles Chatter- 
ton was duly elected and ought to have been re- 
turned at the said Election for the said County of 
the City ; and that the House will cause the Return 
to be amended, by erasing the names of the said 
Francis Stack Murphy and William Fagan, and 
substituting instead the name of the said James 
Charles Chatterton, or will declare that the Elec- 
tion and Return of the said Francis Stack Murphy 
were wholly null and void, and that the said Francis 
Stack Murphy was not duly elected, and ought not 
to have been returned at the said Election, and that 
the said James Charles Chatterton was duly elected, 
and ought to have been returned ; and will cause the 
Return to be amended by erasing the name of the 
said Francis Stack Murphy therefrom, and substi- 
tuting in its stead the name of the said James 
Charles Chatterton, or will declare that the Election 
and Return of the said William Fagan were wholly 





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47 


null and void, and that the said William Fagan was 
not duly elected, and ought not to have been re- 
turned at the said Election, and that the said James 
Charles Chatterton was duly elected, and ought to 
have been returned; and will cause the Return to 
be amended by erasing the name of the said Wil- 
liam Fagan therefrom, and substituting the name of 
the said James Charles Chatterton in its stead; and 
will give to the Petitioners such further and other 
relief as to the House may seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Wéilliam Southampton 
Henry Mackey, of Cumberland-place, in the Borough ction. 


and County of the Town of Southampton, Gentle- 
man, and John Russell, of No.7, Saint Mary’s- 
street, in same Borough and County of the Town, 
Broker, being Electors of the said Borough aud 
County of the Town, was read; setting forth, That 
the Petitioners were, at and during the last Elec- 
tion of Burgesses to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the Borough and County of the Town 
of Southampton, and now are, Electors for the 
said Borough and County of the Town, and had 
a right to vote and did vote at the said Elec- 
tion; that Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn, 
Knight, Brodie M‘Ghie Willcox, Alexander Dundas 
Ross Wishart Baillie Cochrane and Augustus Arthur 
Vansittart, Esquires, were respectively Candidates 
at the said Election to represent the said Borough 
and County of the Town, and a poll being thereupon 
demanded, the same was taken on the Eighth da 

of July last; that at the close of the said poll the 
said Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn and 
Brodie M‘Ghie Willcox were declared by the Re- 
turning Officers at the said Election to have had a 
majority of votes, and to have been elected, and 
were accordingly returned as duly elected to serve 
in Parliament for the said Borough and County of 
the Town; that before, during and at the said Elec- 
tion the said Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn 
and Brodie M‘Ghie Willcox were and each of 
them was, by themselves and by their agents, friends, 
managers and partisans respectively, guilty of many 
acts of bribery and corruption, and other illegal 
practices, in order to corrupt and procure, and did 
by such bribery and corruption, and such other 
illegal and corrupt practices as aforesaid, endeavour 
to procure, and did procure, divers persons having 
and claiming to have votes at the said Election to 
give their votes for the said Sir Alerandzr James 
Edmund Cockburn and Brodie M‘Ghie Willcox, or 
one of them, and to forbear to give their votes for 
the said Alexander Dundas Ross Wishart Baillie 
Cochrane and Augustus Arthur Vansittart, or one 
of them, and also before and at and during such 
Election, and for the purposes of such Election, the 
said Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn and 
Brodie M‘Ghie Willcox, by themselves respectively, 
and by their agents and others employed by them 
at such Election, and by friends and others acting 
for and sanctioned by them in that behalf, unlaw- 
fully did give, and cause and procure to be given, 
and did promise and agree to give, and did willingly 
and knowingly consent to the giving and procuring 
to be given, money, gifts, rewards, loans of money, 
offices, places and employments to divers persons 
having and claiming to have votes at such Election 
as aforesaid, upon certain unlawful engagements, 
contracts and agreements, (that is‘to say) that the 
said persons so having or claiming to have such 
votes as aforesaid, and to whom and to whose use 
and in whose behalf such gifts and promises were 
made as aforesaid, should, by themselves and others 





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mand, procure and endeavour to procure, the Re- 
turn of the said Sir Alexander James Edmund Cock- 
burn and Brodie M‘Ghie Willcox respectively at 
such Election; that the said Sir Alerander James 
Edmund Cockburn and Brodie M‘Ghie Willcox did, 
and each of them did, after the teste of the said 
Writ for holding the said Election, and before, at 
and during the said Election, by themselves, their 
agents, friends, partisans and others on their behalf, 
at the costs and charges of them and each of them 
respectively, by divers ways and means, directly and 
indirectly, unlawfully give, present and allow to 
divers persons having and claiming to have votes at 
the said Election, money, meat, drink, entertain- 
ment and provision, and made promises, agreements, 
obligations and engagements to give and allow to 
such persons money, meat, drink, entertainment, 
provision, present and reward to and for the use and 
advantage, benefit, employment, profit and prefer- 
ment of such persons, in order to procure the Elec- 
tion and Return of said Sir Alexander James Ed- 
mund Cockburn and Brodie M‘Ghie Willcox as 
such Members as aforesaid, and also for and in 
consideration of and by way of reward, for the 
Election of the said Sir Alexander James Edmund 
Cockburn and Brodie M‘Ghie Willcox to serve in 
Parliament for the said Borough and County of the 
Town as aforesaid ; that the said Sir Alexander James 
Edmund Cockburn and Brodie M‘Ghie Wilicoz, 
after the teste of the said Writ, and before, during 
and after the said Election, did, and each of them 
did, by themselves respectively, and by and with 
their agents, friends and managers and other per- 
sons, by divers means, directly and indirectly, give 
and provide, and cause and knowingly allow to be 
given and provided, at their and each of their ex- 
pense, either wholly or in part, and did pay wholly 
or in part, divers expenses incurred for meat, drink, 
entertainment and provision, to and for divers per- 
sous, as well having or claiming to have votes at the 
said Election, as others, for the purpose of cor- 
ruptly influencing divers of such persons so having 
or claiming to have such votes at the said Election 
as aforesaid, to give their votes in and at the said 
Election in favour of the said Sir Alexander James 
Edmund Cockburn and Brodie M‘Ghie Willcox, or 
one of them, and to refrain from giving their votes 
in and at the said Election in favour of the said 
Alexander Dundas Ross Wishart Baillie Cochrane 
and Augustus Arthur Vansittart, or one of them, or 
for the purpose of corruptly rewarding divers of the 
said persons for having given their votes in and at 
the said Election in favour of the said Sir Alexander 
James Edmund Cockburn and Brodie M‘Ghie Will- 
coz, or one of them, or for having refrained from 
giving their votes in and at the said Election in 
favour of the said Alexander Dundas Ross Wishart 
Baillie Cochrane and Augustus Arthur Vansittart, 
or one of them; that the said Sir Alexander James 
Edmund Cockburn and Brodie M‘Ghie Willcox did, 
and each of them did, by themselves, their agents, 
friends, managers and others employed by them in 
that behalf respectively, before, during and after the 


said Election pay and give divers sums of money, 
offices, places and employments, and other valuable 
considerations, to divers persons having or claiming 
to have votes at the said Election, or to some per- 
son or persons on their behalf, or to some person or 
persons related to such persons, having and claim- 
ing to have such votes as aforesaid by kindred or 
affinity on account of such persons so having or 
claiming to have such vote as aforesaid, having 
voted in and at the said Election in favour of the 
said Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn and 
Brodie M‘Ghie Willcox, or one of them, or for 
having refrained from voting in aud at the said Elec- 
tion in favour of the said Alerander Dundas Ross 
Wishart Baillie Cochrane and Augustus Arthur 
Vansittart, or one of them, or on account of such 
persons having or claiming to have such votes as 





aforesaid being about to vote, and in consideration 
that they should vote in and at the said Election in 
favour of the said Sir Alexander James Edmund 
Cockburn and Brodie M‘Ghie Willcox, or one of 
them, or on account of their being about to refrain, 
and in consideration that they should refrain from 
voting in and at the said Election in favour of the 
said Alerander Dundas Ross Wishart Baillie Coch- 
rane and Augustus Arthur Vansittart, or one of 
them; that the said Sir Alexander James Edmund 
Cockburn and Brodie M‘Ghie Willcox, by the said 
several hereinbefore mentioned corrupt and illegal 
practices, were and are wholly disabled and inca- 
pacitated and ineligible to serve in Parliament for 
the said Borough and County of the Town, and 
the Return of the said Sir Alerander James Edmund 
Cockburn and Brodie M‘Ghie Willcox was and is 
wholly null and void; and praying that the House 
will take the premises into consideration, and declare 
the said Election and Return of the said Sir Alex- 
ander James Edmund Cockburn and Brodie M‘Ghie 
Willcoz wholly null and void, and give to the Pe- 
titioners such further and other relief as to the 
House shall seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of James Caird, Esquire, Baldoon, wigton 
in the County of Wigton, was read; setting forth, Election. 


That at the last Election of a Member to serve 
in this present Parliament for the Wigton District 
of Burghs, comprehending the Burghs of Wig- 
ton, New Galloway, Stranraer and Whithorn, the 
Petitioner and Sir John M‘Taggart of Ardwell, 
Baronet, were the only Candidates, and the Sheriff 
of the County of Wigton was and acted as Return- 
ing Officer at the said Election; that a poll having 
been demanded at the said Election, the same was 
taken on the Fourteenth day of July last; that the 
number of persons who appeared on the said poll at 
the close thereof as having voted or been allowed to 
vote at the said Election were, for the said Sir John 
M‘Taggart, One hundred and forty, and for the Pe- 
titioner, One hundred and thirty-nine, making ar 
apparent majority of one vote for the said Sir John 
M‘Taggart over the votes given for the Petitioner, 
and thereupon the said Sir John M‘Taggart was by 
the said Returning Officer declared to be duly 
elected, and was returned as Member to serve in 
the present Parliament for the said District of 
Burghs; that such majority was apparent and co- 
lourable only, and was made up by fictitious and 
illegal votes given and allowed at the said Election 
for the said Sir John M‘Taggart, and the real ma- 
jority of good and lawful votes at the said Election 
was given for the Petitioner, who ought to have 
been declared duly elected and returned as Member 
for the said District of Burghs instead of the said 
Sir John M‘Taggart; that various persons were 
illegally and improperly put upon the Registers of 
Voters for the said several Burghs of Wigton, New 
Galloway, Stranraer and Whithorn, made up in pur- 
suance of the provisions of the Act of Parliament, 
second and third William the Fourth, chapter sixty- 
five, or upon one or more of such registers de- 
scribed by characters, titles and descriptions of qua- 
lifications in such registers respectively set forth, 
although such persons did not truly possess the 
characters, titles or descriptions of qualifications for 
or in respect of which they were severally so regis- 
tered; and although certain of such characters, 
titles and descriptions of qualifications were not of 
a kind which confer a legal right to vote, and such 
persons, although having no right to vote owing to 
such mis-description or non-possession as aforesaid, 
nevertheless unduly and illegally were allowed to 
vote 
































16 VictrortzZ. 


vote and did vote for the said Sir John M‘ Taggart 
at the said Election, and the votes of such persons 
were unduly and illegally counted on the poll at the 
said Election for the said Sir John M‘ Taggart, and 
ought to be struck off the poll ; that various persons 
not legally qualified or entitled to be registered or 
to vote were admitted to be registered as voters, 
and did unlawfully vote for the said Sir John 
M‘ Taggart at the suid Election, whose votes ought | 
to be struck off the poll; that various persons who 
had claimed and had been admitted to registration, 
and whose names appeared upon the said Registers 
of Voters in force at the time of the said Election, 
or one or more of such Registers, were not still 
possessed, but were divested wholly or partially of 
the qualifications in respect of which they had so 
claimed and been admitted and registered, or such 
qualifications had since such admission and regis- 
tration undergone such alterations as rendered 
them inadequate, unavailable, null and bad, and 
such persons had ceased to reside within the limits 
or distance required by law, and such persons were 
not entitled to vote, and ought not to have been ad- 
mitted to vote, yet such persons were admitted to 
vote, and did unlawfully vote, for the said Sir John 
M‘ Taggart, and their votes ought to be struck off 
the poll; that various persons who were not quali- 
fied to vote at the said Election, and various persons 
who were personally disqualified from voting, or 
disqualified by statute, were unlawfully admitted to 
vote, and did unlawfully vote at the said Election 
for the said Sir John M‘ Taggart, and the votes of 
all such persons ought to be struck off the poll; 
that various persons who had been registered as 
voters for one or other of the said Burghs, and 
whose names appeared on the said Registers of'| 
Voters, or one or more of such Registers, as pro- 
ptietors or occupants of properties within one or 
other of the said Burghs, but who had become dis- 
qualified and had ceased to be the proprietors or 
occupants, wholly or in part, of the properties for 
or in respect of which they had been so registered, 
or had ceased to hold such property for their own 
benefit, and not in trust for or at the pleasure of 
any other person, did notwithstanding at the said 
Election take the oath of possession put to them in 
terms of the said Act of Parliament when their re- 
spective votes were tendered, and did then and 
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counted on the poll at the said Election for the said 
Sir John M‘ Taggart, and their votes ought to be 
struck off the poll; that various persons claimed 
and were admitted to vote and did vote at the said 
Election for the said Sir John M‘Taggart as being 
upon the said Registers of Voters for the said 
several Burghs, or one or more of such Registers, 
in respect of certain qualifications set forth therein 
of descriptions not known to or recognised in law, 
and which do not in law afford a qualification to 
vote, and in point of fact such persons had no law- 
ful qualifications to vote, nevertheless their votes 
were unduly and wrongfully counted on the poll 
for the said Sir John M‘Taggart, and the names of 
various such persons have, since the said Election, 
been expunged from the Registers by the Registra- 
tion Sheriff and the Appeal Courts, and ought to be 
struck off the poll; that a certain voter, namely, 
John Broadfoot, keeper of weigh-house, Stranraer, 
claimed and was admitted to vote, and did vote, at 
the said Election for the said Sir John M‘ Taggart, 
as being upon the Register for the Burgh of Stran- 
raer, in respect of his being tenant and occupant, 
as set forth in the said Register, of a weigh-house 
and weighing-machine and dwelling-house, whereas 
ithe use or occupancy of such machine is not a 
ground of qualification known to law, and does not 
afford a legal qualification to vote, and, in point of 
fact, the said John Broadfoot had no lawful quali- 
fication of adequate value, nevertheless the vote of 
the said John Broadfoot was unduly and illegally 
counted on the poll for the said Sir John M‘Tay- 
gart, and the name of the said John Broadfoot has 
since the said Election been expunged from the 
Register by the Registration Sheriff and Appeal 
Court, and his vote ought to be struck off the poll ; 
that at certain Registration Courts heretofore held 
in the said county of Wigton, in pursuance of the 
said Act of Parliament, the Sheriff of the said 
county illegally and erroneously refused to admit 
to registration, and rejected or expunged various 
persons who were duly qualified and entitled to be 
registered as voters for one or other of the said 
several Burghs, and to remain on the said Registers 
of Voters, and to vote in the Election of a Member 
for the said District of Burghs, and who claimed to 
be registered as voters for one or other of the said 
several Burghs, and who would have voted for the 
Petitioner at the said Election, and two of such 





still proprietors or occupants respectively of the 
properties for which they were respectively so regis- 
tered, and that they held the same for their own 
benefit, and not in trust for or at the pleasure of any 
other person, and such persons were thereupon ad- 
mitted to vote by means of the oaths so falsely and 
fraudulently sworn by them, and did unlawfully 
vote for the said Sir John M‘ Taggart, and that the 
names of various such persons have since been ex- 
punged from the Registers by the Registration 
Sheriff and Appeal Courts, and that the votes of all 
such persons ought to be struck off the poll; that 
certain persons who at the said Election tendered 
their votes and did vote for the said Sir John 
M‘Taggart, and swore that they were still the pro- 
ptietors or occupants of the properties for which they 
were respectively registered, did, after the teste of 
the Writ for the said Election, fraudulently re-enter 
or obtain false, collusive and colourable possession 
of such properties for the purpose of the said Elec- 
tion, and did falsely and fraudulently swear that | 
they were still such proprietors or occupants, and 
were thereupon admitted to vote by means of such 
oaths, and did unlawfully vote for the said Sir John 
M‘ Taggart, although they were not truly proprie- 
tors or occupants of such properties or in right of 
occupancy thereof, and the votes of all such per- 
sons ought to be struck off the poll; that by false 
swearing and other fraudulent practices various 


persons tendered their votes, under protest, for the 
Petitioner at the said Election, but the said votes 
were excluded in counting the poll, and ought to be 
added to the poll, and the said Sheriff, at certain 
Registration Courts heretofore held as aforesaid, 
illegally and erroneously admitted to registration 
and registered the claims of various persons whose 
claims were bad and objectionable, and who were 
not qualified or entitled to be registered as voters 
or to vote, and who illegally and wrongfully voted 
for the said Sir John M‘ Taggart at the said Elec- 
tion, and also refused to reject or expunge various 
other persons whose claims were bad, objectionable 
and null, and who were not qualified and entitled to 
be registered as such voters, or to remain on the 
said Registers of Voters, or to vote at the said 
Election, and who voted for the said Sir John 
M‘ Taggart at the said Election ; that by such illegal 
and erroneous refusals, and by such illegal and 
erroneous admissions as aforesaid, the represen- 
tation of the said Burghs could not duly and by 
law be carried out, to the great grievance of the 
Electors of the said Burghs, and of the Petitioner, 
and for which said grievance the relief of the House 
is prayed ; that the Sheriffs who formed the Court 
of Appeal under the said Act did in like manner at 
variuus Appeal Registration Courts, heretofore held 
in virtue of the said Act, for the purpose of hearing 
and deciding upon appeals from the decision of the 








persons who had no lawful right to vote illegally 
and wrongfully procured their votes to be taken and | 
Vou, 108, | 


said Sheriff, act illegally and erroneously in reject- 
ing and refusing to admit to registration various 
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persons who were duly qualified and entitled to be 
registered as voters fur one or other of the said 
several Burghs, and to vote in the Election of a 
Member for the said District of Burghs, and who 
claimed to be registered as voters for one or other 
of the said Burghs, and who would have voted for 
the Petitioner at the said Election, and in admitting 
to registration the claims of various persons whose 
claims were bad or objectionable and null, and who 
were not qualified od entitled to be registered as 
such voters, or to vote at the said Election, and 
who voted at the said Election for the said Sir 
John M' Taggart ; that the persons who were so 
illegally and erroneously rejected by the said She- 
riff oe frente Courts were prevented from voting 
for the Petitioner at the said Election, as they 
otherwise would have done; and the persons whose 
claims were so illegally and erroneously admitted 
by the said Sheriff and Appeal Courts were un- 
lawfully allowed to vote and did vote thereat for 
the said Sir John M‘Taggart, and their votes ought 
to be struck off the poll; that by such illegal 
and erroneous refusals, and by such illegal and 
erroneous admissions as aforesaid, the represen- 
tation of the said Burghs could not duly and by 
law be carried out, to the grievance of the Electors 
of the said Burghs and of the Petitioner, and for 
which grievance the relief of the House is prayed ; 
that various votes were erroneously and illegall 

counted on the poll for the said Sir John M‘lag- 
gart, which votes ought to be strack off the poll; 
that various persons duly qualified and entitled to 
vote, and who tendered their votes for the Pe- 
titioner, were erroneously or illegally refused to be 
counted on the poll as voters for the Petitioner, and 
such votes ought to be added to the poll as votes 
for the Petitioner; that before, at and during the 
said Election the said Sir John M‘Taggart was, by 
himself, his agents, managers, friends and _par- 
tisans, guilty of bribery and corruption, and did 
by himself, his agents, managers, friends and _puar- 
tisans, and by other persons employed by him, or 
on his behalf, by gifts, presents, money, rewards, 
or by offers of gifts, places, presents, money and 
rewards, or by promises, agreements and securities 
for gifts, places and rewards, and by corrupt pur- 
chases, and by corrupt sales, or by other corrupt 
and illegal transactions, practices, acts and means, 
corrupt and procure divers persons having or claim- 
ing to have votes at the said Election to give their 
votes for the said Sir John M‘ Taggart, or to for- 
bear to give their votes for the Petitioner; that 
the said Sir John M‘Taggart, by himself, his 
agents, managers, and others employed by him in 
managing and conducting the said Election, and 
by his friends and partisans, and by others acting 
for and sanctioned by him, and by various ways 
and means, after the teste of the Writ for the said 
Election, and before, during and after the said 
Election, and before the Return of the said Sir John 
M‘ Taggart at the said Election, did give and pro- 
vide, or did cause or knowingly allow to be given 
and provided, wholly or partly at his expense, meat, 
drink, entertainment wk provisions for the purpose 
of corruptly influencing various persons having or 
claiming to have votes, to give their votes at the 
said Election for the said Sir John M‘Taggart, or 
to refrain from giving their votes at the said Elec- 
tion for the Petitioner, and for the purpose of cor- 
ruptly rewarding divers persons for giving or re- 
fraining from giving, or for being about to give or 
refrain from giving, or for having given or refrained 
from giving their votes at the said Election; that 
the said Sir John M‘Taggart did, previous to, at 
and during the said Election, by himself, his agents, 
managers and friends and others employed by him 
or on his behalf, give and allow to divers persons 
having or claiming to have votes at the said Elec- 
tion, money, meat, drink, entertainment and pro- 
visions, and did make promises, agreements, obli- 


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A. 1852. 


gations or engagements to give or allow to such 
persons money, meat, drink, entertainment, pro- 
visions, presents or rewards, to and for the use, ad- 
vantage, benefit, employment, profit or preferment 
of such persons, in order that the said Sir John 
M‘Taggart might be elected, and for his being 
elected, as Member for the said District of Burghs ; 
that the Return of the said Sir John M*‘ Taggart 
at the said Election was procured by bribery, treat- 
ing, undue influence, threats and intimidation, and 
by corrupt and illegal practices resorted to and em- 
ployed by the said Sir John M‘Taggart himself, 
and by his agents, managers and others, in his name 
and on his behalf, whereby the said Sir John 
M‘Taggart was and is incapable of being elected 
or sitting in Parliament for the said District of 
Burghs during this present Parliament ; that at the 
said Election various persons voted and were 
reckoned on the poll for the said Sir Joha M‘Tag- 
gart who were bribed to vote for him at the said 
Election, or to forbear to vote for the Petitioner, 
and the votes of such persons were therefore bad, 
illegal and invalid, and ought to be struck off the 
poll; that at the said Election various persons voted 
and were reckoned on the poll for the said Sir John 
M‘ Taggart who had given or offered bribes to per- 
sons having or claiming to have votes at the said 
Election, and such persons who had so given or 
offered bribes were thereby incapacitated and dis- 
qualified from voting at the said Election, and their 
votes ought to be struck off the poll; that by reason 
of the premises the Election and Return of the said 
Sir John M‘ Taggart as Member for the said Dis- 
trict of Burghs are wholly null and void, and the 
Petitioner was duly elected, and ought to have 
been declared duly elected and returned as Member 
for the said District of Burghs instead of the said 
Sir John M‘Taggart; and praying that the House 
will be pleased to take the premises into consider- 
ation, and will find and declare that the said Elec- 
tion and Return of the said Sir John M‘ Taggart 
were and are wholly null and void, and that the 
said Sir John M‘ Taggart was not duly elected, and 
ought not to have been returned at the said Elec- 
tion, and that the Petitioner was duly elected, and 
ought to have been returned at the said Election as 
the Member to serve in Parliament for the said 
District of Burghs, and will order the said Return 
to be amended accordingly by erasing the name of 
the said Sir John M‘ Taggart therefrom, and insert- 
ing the name of the Petitioner in lieu thereof; and 
will give to the Petitioner such further or other relief 
in the premises as to the House shall seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr, Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records 
as shall be thought necessary by the several Parties 
on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of Crofton Moore Vandeleur, of Kil- Clare 
rush, in the County of Clare, Esquire, a Candidate Election. 


at the last Election of Members to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said County of Clare, 
was read; setting forth, That the Petitioner was 
a Candidate at the last Election of Members to 
serve in this present Parliament for the County 
of Clare; that Sir John Forster FitzGerald, 
K.c.B., and Cornelius O’Brien, Esquire, were the 
other Candidates; that a poll having been de- 
manded, the same was granted and proceeded with, 
and Edmond John Armstrong, Esquire, the High 
Sheriff of the said County, officiated thereat as the 
Returning Officer; that at the close of the poll, the 
number of votes in favour of the said several Candi- 
dates was declared by the said Returning Officer to 
be, for the said Sir John Forster FitzGerald, One 
thousand one hundred and fifty-two, for the said 
Cornelius O'’ Brien, One thousand one hundred and 
forty-one, and for the Petitioner, One thousand one 

hundred 































































16 Victroriz. 


hundred and thirty-nine, showing an apparent ma- 
jority of votes in favour of the said Sir John Forster 
FitzGerald and Cornelius O’Brien over the Peti- 
tioner, whereupon the said Returning Officer de- 
clared the said Sir John Forster FitzGerald and 
Cornelius O° Brien to be duly elected and returned 
as duly elected Members to represent the said 
County in this present Parliament; that the said 
majority of votes stated to have been given in favour 
of the said Sir John Forster FitzGerald and Cor- 
nelius O’ Brien, or one of them, was only a colour- 
able and apparent majority, and that the majority 
of good, legal and valid votes at the said Election 
was in favour of the Petitioner, who was in fact duly 
elected thereat, and ought to have been returned as 
one of the Members to serve in Parliament for the 
said County; that at the said Election several per- 
sons who since the revision of the Lists of Voters 
for the said County, in the year One thousand eight 
hundred and Fifty-one, by the Revising Barrister 
appointed to revise such lists, had become dis- 
qualified by parting with or ceasing to occupy the 

roperty in respect of which their names had been 
inserted on the Register of Voters in force at the 
time of such Election, were nevertheless admitted 
to vote at the said Election, and did vote for the 
said Sir John Forster FitzGerald and Cornelius 
O’ Brien, or one of them, and such votes should now 
be struck off the poll accordingly ; that several per- 
sons whose names vere not on the Kegister of Voters 
for the said County at the time of such Election, 
and many persons who falsely and fraudulently per- 
sonated other persons whose names were on the 
said Register, but who did not vote at such Election, 
were improperly admitted to vote at such Election, 
and did vote thereat for the said Sir John Forster 
FitzGerald and Cornelius O’ Brien, or one of them, 
and such votes ought to be expunged from the poll 
accordingly ; that divers other persons who were 
not entitled to vote at the said lection, by reason 
that their names were not on the Register of Voters 
for the said County of Clare, in force at the time of 
the said Election, but who personated other per- 
sons entitled, or claiming to be entitled, to vote at 
the said Election, or who though duly registered 
were dead or absent at the time of such Election, 
were nevertheless allowed and admitted to vote at 
the said Election for the said Sir John Forster Fitz- 
Gerald and Cornelius O’ Brien, or one of them, and 
such votes, being fraudulent and illegal, ought to be 
struck off the poll accordingly ; that many persons 
were admitted to vote at the said Election a second 
time, and did vete for the said Sir John Forster 
Fitz Gerald, although such persons had before voted 
at the same or different polling-booths at the said 
Election for the said Sir John Forster FitzGerald 
and for the said Cornelius O’ Brien, or one of them ; 
that many persons were admitted to vote at the said 
Election a second time, and did vote for the said 
Cornelius O’ Brien, although such persons had _ be- 
fore voted, either at the same or different polling- 
booths, at the same Election for the said Cornelius 
O’ Brien and for the Petitioner, or one of them; 
that many persons whose names were upon the Re- 
gister in force at the time of the said Election, but 
who subsequently to the expiration of the time al- 
lowed for making out the Lists of Voters from which 
the said Register of Voters so in force at the time 
of such Election had been made up, had become 
legally incapable of voting at the said Election, and 
who were legally incapable at the time they so voted 
ayer were nevertheless admitted to vote at 
the said Election, and did vote for the said Sir John 
Forster FitzGerald and Cornelius O’ Brien, or one 
of them, and that such votes ought to be struck off 
the poll accordingly; that many persons who had 
become personally disqualified to vote at such Elec- 
tion by holding disqualifying offices, and by other 
legal incapacities arising under and by virtue of 
divers statutes then in force, were nevertheless ad- 
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51 


mitted to vote thereat, and did vote for the said Sir 


John Forster FitzGerald and Cornelius O’ Brien, 


or one of them, and such votes ought to be expunged 
from the poll accordingly; that, on the taking of 
the said poll, divers persons who were Electors of 
the said County, and entitled to vote at the said 
Election, did actually duly give their votes thereat 
for the Petitioner, but the votes of such persons 
were nevertheless entered on the poll-books by the 
said Returning Officer, or by the poll-clerks em- 
ployed at such Election, in favour of the said Sir 
John Forster FitzGerald and the said Cornelius 
O’ Brien, or one of them, and were improperly and 
unduly reckoned in favour of one or both of the said 
last-mentioned Candidates, by means whereof the 
votes of such persons were wholly lost to the Peti- 
tioner, and such votes ought now to be struck off 
the poll of the said Sir John Forster FitzGerald 
and Cornelius O’ Brien, or one of them, and ought 
to be added to the poll of the Petitioner; that 
divers persons who were duly registered as Electors 
for the said County, and entitled to vote as such at 
the said Election, and who tendered their votes 
thereat for the Petitioner, were, on various illegal 
and absurd pretences, such as a variance or mistake 
in a christian name or other name or names of such 
voters respectively, and on other pretences, refused 
and rejected at the said Election by the said Re- 
turning Officer or his deputies, and were not al- 
lowed to enter their votes for the Petitioner, and 
their votes were not reckoned or counted for the 
Petitioner, whereas such votes ought to have been 
received, and ought now to be added to the poll in 
favour of the Petitioner accordingly ; that divers 
persons were admitted to vote and did vote at the 
said Election forthe said Sir John Forster Fitz- 
Gerald and Cornelius O’ Brien, or one of them, who 
were or had been, either during such Election or 
within six calendar months previous to such Elec- 
tion, or within fourteen days after it was completed, 
employed at such Election as agent, attorney, poll- 
clerk, flag-man, or in some other capacity for the 
purpose of such Election, and had, either before, 
during, or after such Election, accepted or taken 
from the said Candidates, or some or one of them, 
or from some other person, for or in consideratiou 
of or with reference to such employment, a sum or 
sums of money, or a retaining fee, office, place or 
employment, or a promise or security for a sum or 
sums of money, or a retaining fee, office, place or 
employment, and whose votes are therefore utterly 
void, and ought to be struck off the poll accordingly ; 
that before, during and after the said Election, the 
said Sir John Forster FitzGerald did, by himself, 
his agents, friends and partisans, by divers ways 
and means, at his charge and on his behalf, directly 
and indirectly give, promise, present and allow, and 
cause and knowingly allow to be given and pro- 
vided to persons having votes at the said Election, 
money, meat, drink, entertainment, provision and 
reward, and make presents, gifts, rewards and pro- 
mises, agreements and engagements to give money, 
meat, drink, entertainment, provision and rewards 
to and for persons having votes as aforesaid, and to 
and for the use, advantage, benefit, enjoyment, pro- 
fit and preferment of such persons, in order that he 
the said Sir John Forster FitzGerald might be 
elected, or for being elected, a Member to serve in 
Parliament for the said County ; that before, during 
and after the said Election, the said Curnelius 
O’ Brien, by himself, his agents, friends, managers 
and partisans, was guilty of bribery and corruption, 
and did, by gifts, presents, money, rewards and 
provisions, agreements and securities for money, 
gifts and rewards, and by other corrupt illegal and 
improper practices, acts and means, corrupt, procure 
and compel divers persons having, or claiming to 
have, votes at the said Election, to give their votes 
at the said Election for the said Sir John Forster 
FitzGerald and Cornelius O’ Brien, or one of them, 
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and to forbear to give their votes to the Petitioner; 
that the said Sir John Forster FitzGerald did, by 
himself, his agents, friends, partisans and others 
on his behalf, before, during and after the said Elec- 
tion, in divers ways and means, directly and indi- 
rectly, give and provide, and knowingly allow to be 
given and provided, wholly or partly at his expense, 
or did pay wholly or in part for meat, drink, entertain- 
ment and provision to and for divers persons having 
votes at the said Election, for the purpose of corruptly 
influencing such persons, and divers other persons, 
having votes at such Election, to give their votes to 
the said Sir John Forster FitzGerald and Cornelius 
O’ Brien, or one of them, or to refrain from giving 
their said votes at such Election to the Petitioner, 
or for the purpose of corruptly rewarding such per- 
sons, or other persons, for having given or refrained 
from giving their votes at such Election; that many 
ersons were admitted to vote and did vote at the said 
lection for the said Sir John Forster FitzGerald 
and Cornelius O’ Brien, who had been a 
registered, and who claimed to vote in respect of suc 
registration, who were not entitled to vote thereat, 
inasmuch as after the time of their being so respec- 
tively registered, and the time of their said voting, 
they had become respectively disqualified by receiv- 
ing alms or parochial relief, or by reason of their 
having been long after the time of their said respective 
registration, and before and at the said Election, or 
so recently before the said Election as to become 
thereby by law disqualified from voting, employed by 
or under the Postmaster-General, or his deputy, re- 
ceiving, collecting or managing the revenue of the 
Post Office, or by reason of being engaged in col- 
lecting the Customs or Excise, or some other of the 
public taxes in Ireland, or some part thereof, or by 
other legal or personal disqualifications, and whose 
names ought to be struck from the poll; that pre- 
vious to and during the said Election there was es- 
tablished and acted upon, not only in the said 
County but in the surrounding and adjoining dis- 
tricts of the country, an organized and premeditated 
system of excitement, menace, violence, riot and 
outrage, for the purpose of intimidating and pre- 
venting the Electors of the said County who were 
willing and anxious to poll in favour of the Peti- 
tioner from polling for him, and of forcing and com- 
pelling certain of the said Electors to vote for the 
said Sir John Forster FitzGerald and Cornelius 
O’ Brien, or one of them, and that the said system 
of intimidation, violence, riot and coercion, was 
carried on previously to, and during and throughout 
the said Election, and that divers Electors were 
thereby terrified, coerced and prevented from polling 
for the Petitioner, and divers others of the said 
Electors were coerced and compelled, contrary to 
their free-will and intention, and by force and vio- 
lence, and threats and intimidation of various kinds, 
to vote for the said Sir John Forster Fitz Gerald and 
Cornelius O’Brien, or one of them, and that the 
said Election and Return of the said Sir John Forster 
FitzGerald and Cornelius O’Brien ought, by rea- 
son of the premises, to be declared null and void, 
and the votes so given for them, or either of them, 
struck off the poll ; that for many days previous to 
the Election, large and organized mobs and bodies 
of peasantry, in the interest of the said Sir John 
Forster FitzGerald and Cornelius O’Brien, and 
thereto instigated, employed and led by their agents, 
managers and partisans, proceeded by night as well 
as by day to the dwellings of divers Electors who 
were known, or believed to be willing and anxious 
to vote for the Petitioner, and by force, violence 
and menaces, attempted to carry away, and in some 
instances succeeded in carrying away several of the 
Electors, and by force ma violence carried them 
away into distant parts of the country, and kept 
and detained them there by force and violence until 
after the close of the said Election, in order to pre- 
vent them voting, and did thereby prevent them 








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voting at the said Election for the Petitioner; that 
in like manner large and tumultuous mobs of per- 
sons, acting in the interest of the said Sir John 
Forster FitzGerald and Cornelius UO’ Brien, or one 
of them, and being thereto instigated, employed and 
led by them and their agents, managers and parti- 
sans, proceeded to the dwellings of numerous other 
Electors of the said County, and by violence, me- 
naces, tumult and intimidation, so terrified and 
overawed the said Electors as thereby to induce 
them, contrary to their wishes and intentions, and 
out of fear of personal violence were compelled to 
give their votes in favour of the said Sir John For- 
ster FitzGerald and Cornelius O’Brien, or one of 
them, or to forbear from giving their votes in favour 
of the Petitioner, whereby and by means whereof 
the said Election and Return is and ought to be 
declared null and void; that before, at and during 
the said Election, the most open, general and out- 
rageous violence and systematic intimidation were 
carried on by the agents, managers and partisans of 
the said Sir John Forster FitzGerald and Cornelius 
O’ Brien, and by persons employed and directed by 
them, or some of them, and by large mobs and 
bodies of persons hired and paid for the said pur- 
pose, and in the interest of the said Sir John For- 
ster FitzGerald and Cornelius O’ Brien, whereby 
several Electors who were anxious to vote and 
would have voted at the said Election for the Peti- 
tioner, were induced through fear and terror to give 
their votes in favour of the said Sir John Forster 
FitzGerald and Cornelius O’ Brien, or one of them, 
or to abstain from voting for the Petitioner, whereby 
the said Election and Return is null and void ; that, 
for the purpose of carrying on the said intimidation 
and violence, and exciting and causing fear and 
terror in the minds of the Electors of said County, 
large mobs or bodies of persons, being in some part 
voters and inhabitants of the said County, but for 
the most part not being Electors or inhabitants of 
the same, but persons who were induced and em- 
ployed to come, and were led and brought into the 
said County by the said Sir John Forster FitzGe- 
rald and Cornelius O’ Brien, and their agents, friends, 
partisans and managers from various and distant 
districts of the said County of Clare, and the County 
and City of Limerick, and armed with sticks, blud- 
geons and other weapons, were paraded through the 
said County, both by day and night, previous to 
and during and until after the close of the said 
Election, using threats and menaces of violence and 
injury to all such Electors as should vote for the 
Petitioner, and did on several occasions, by actual 
force, violence and intimidation, prevent the Peti- 
tioner and his friends and supporters from canvassing 
the Electors of the said County, and force and com- 
pel him and them to abandon the business of the 
said Electors, in violation of the freedom of Election, 
and contrary to the laws and constitution of this 
realm ; that, by reason of the aforesaid corrupt and 
illegal practices, and violent, riotous and tumultuous 
proceedings, the said Sir John Forster FitzGerald 
and Cornelius O’ Brien were, and are, wholly dis- 
abled and incapacitated and ineligible to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said County of Clare, 
and the Election and Return of the said Sir John 
Forster FitzGerald and Cornelius O’ Brien, or of 
one of them, was and is wholly null and void; and 
praying that the House will take the said premises 
into consideration, and will find and declare the 
said Election and Return of the said Sir John For- 
ster FitzGerald and Cornelius O' Brien, or one of 
them, to be wholly null and void, and will declare 
the Petitioner to have been duly elected a Member 
to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
County of Clare; and that the Return may be 
amended accordingly, or that the House will declare 
that the Election and Return of the said Sir John 
Forster FitzGerald and Cornelius O’ Brien, or one 
of them, is wholly null and void, and will grant such 
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further and other relief in the premises as to the 
House shall seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


Sir William Jolliffe presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Report of the Commissioners 
of Health (Ireland), on the Epidemics of 1846 to 
1850. 

Copy of the Census of Zreland for the year 1851, 
Part [., showing the Area, Population and Number 
of Houses by Townlands and Electoral Divisions, 
—County of Antrim. 

Copy of Report on the Condition and Progress 
of the Queen’s University in Ireland, for the year 
ending June 19, 1852, by the Right honourable 
Maziere Brady, Vice-Chancellor of the University. 

Sir William ae also presented,—Return to 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 15th day of 
this instant November, for a Return showing the 
Total Receipts, Expenditure and Debts, of Turn- 
pike Trusts in England and North Wales, for 
Seventeen years (1834 to 1850 inclusive), under the 
following Heads :—Receipts: Tolls ; Statute Labour 
and Highway Rates; Money borrowed ; other Re- 
ceipts; Total Receipts:— Expenditure: Repairs ; 
Improvements ; Salaries; Law Charges; Interest of 
Debt; Bonded Debt paid off; other Payments; Total 
Expenditure :— Bonded Debt ; and Unpaid Interest. 

Sir William Jolliffe also presented, pursuant to 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of 
Twenty-nine General Orders issued by the Commis- 
sioners for administering the Laws for Relief of the 
Poor in Ireland. 

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


Mr. Speaker called the attention of the House to 
the character of the Petition from the Electors of 
the Borough of Derby, which was presented upon 
the 12th day of this instant November, complaining 
of proceedings with reference to the late Election 
for that Borough, as it contained allegations which 
brought it within the definition of an Election Peti- 
tion, under the provisions of the Act 11 &amp; 12 Vic. 
c. 98, and ought therefore not to have heen received 
by the House without an Indorsement by the Ex- 
aminer of Recognizances. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 12th 
day of this instant November, That the said Petition 
do lie upon the Table, be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Petition be withdrawn. 





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

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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Procedure in the Superior Courts of 
Common Law in Jreland; And that Mr. Solicitor 
General for Ireland and Mr. Attorney General do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That this House be called over upon Monday next : 
—That such Members as shall not then attend be 
sent for in custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms attend- 
ing this House ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 7 — } 147 
Tellers for the Noes, {wr nol ms } 142, 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
VoL. 108. 


19° Novembris. 


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53 


Members. 
Ordered, That Mr. Cowper and Lord Lovaine be 
added to the Committee. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. 


the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


The House was moved, That the Standing Order Standing 
of the House, No. 2, relative to the Appointment Orders- 


of Committees, might be read; and the same was 
read, as followeth : 

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

A Committee was accordingly nominated of the 
Chairman of the Committee of Selection, Sir Robert 
Ferguson, Sir John Yarde Buller, Mr. Aglionby, 
Captain Jones, Mr. Wrightson, Mr. Evelyn Denison, 
Mr. Strutt, Mr. Deedes, Mr. Bramston and Colonel 
Mure. 


The House was moved, That the Standing Order Committee of 
of the House, No. 3, relative to the Appointment Selection. 


of Committees, might be read; and the same was 
read, as followeth : 

“That there shall be a Committee to be designated 
‘The Committee of Selection,’ to consist of the 
Chairman of the Select Committee on Standin 
Orders, who shall be ez officio Chairman hand 
and four other Members, who shall be nominated at 
the commencement of every Session, of which Com- 
mittee Three shall be a Quorum.” 

A Committee was accordingly nominated of Mr. 
Evelyn Denison, Sir John Yarde Buller, Sir Robert 
Ferguson, Mr. Strutt, and the Chairman of the Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of Henry Lambert, Esquire, was de~ New Ross 
hat the Peti- Election. 


livered in, and read ; setting forth, 
tioner, Henry Lambert, Esquire, was a Candidate at 
the last Election of a Member to serve in Parliament 
for the Borough of New Ross; that Charles Gavan 
Duffy, Esquire, was also a Candidate at such Elec- 
tion, and at,the close of the poll was declared by the 
Returning Officer as the Member duly elected ; that 
the said Election was held on the Twelfth day of 
July One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two,jand 
that a poll having been demanded, the same was 
granted and proceeded with on the Fourteenth day of 
July One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two ; 
that at the close of the said poll the Returning Offi- 
cer of the said Borough declared the said Charles 
Gavan Duffy to be duly elected as the Member to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough ; the Petitioner avers that the said Charles 
Gavan Duffy was, at the time of his nomination as 
a Candidate, and at the time of his Election and 
Return as aforesaid, and is now, under or subject to 
a prosecution, at the suit of Her Majesty the Queen, 
for high treason by him committed, true bills of 
indictment for the crime aforesaid having been found 
against the said Charles Gavan Duffy by the grand 
jury of the county of the city of Dublin, at the com- 
mission of oyer and terminer and general gaol deli- 
very for the said city, in the month of February 
One thousand eight hundred and Forty-nine, and 
that the said Charles Gavan Duffy is now bound 
by recognizance to Her Majesty the Queen, to be 
and appear and take his trial for such crime of high 
treason against Her Majesty’s Crown and Dignity ; 
that the said Charles Gavan Duffy, at and before 
such Election, instigated and encouraged individuals 
and mobs of people, by violence and threats and 
intimidation, to prevent the free exercise of their 


‘| votes on the part of many Electors of said Borough, 


and that by such violence, threats and intimidation 
on the part of the said Charles Gavan Duffy and his 
friends, or persons acting for him and on his behalf, 
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54. 


was his Election and Return carried; that, with 
a view to secure the votes of certain Electors of the 
said Borough, the said Charles Gavan Duffy, his 
agents, friends and supporters, immediately before 
the polling day, caused divers of said Electors to be 
kidnapped und locked up and confined in a dwell- 
ing-house within the said Borough, and whilst in 
such confinement and imprisonment the said Electors 
were entertained and treated with meat, drink and 
entertainment, with a view to secure their votes 
for the said Charles Gavan Duffy, and that said 
Electors were brought up to the poll two and 
two, well guarded, as if they were malefactors, 
by the agents, friends and supporters of the 
said Charles Gavan Duffy, in order to give their 
votes at said Election for the said Charles Gavan 
Duffy, and by reason of the said locking up and 
imprisonment and treating, they were forced or im- 
properly influenced to give their votes for the said 
Charles Gavan Duffy ; that the said Charles Gavan 
Duffy was not, at the time of his nomination as a 
Candidate, or at the time of his Election and Re- 
turn as such Member, qualified in respect of estate 
or property, birth, degree, or otherwise, pursuant to 
the provisions of the Act of Parliament of the 1st 
and 2d Victoria, chapter 48, or any other Act now in 
force for regulating the qualification of Members to 
serve in Parliament; that at the time of the said 
Election the said Charles Gavan Duffy was not the 
eldest son or heir apparent of any Peer or Lord of 
Parliament, nor of any person qualified by law to 
serve as a Knight of the Shire, and the said Charles 
Gavan Duffy was not at the time of such Election 
seised of or entitled, for his own use and benefit, of 
and to an estate, legal or equitable, in lands, tene- 
ments or hereditaments of any tenure whatsvever, 
situate, lying or being within the United Kingdom 
of Great Britain and Ireland, or in the rents and 
profits thereof, for his own life, or for the life or lives 
of any other person or persons then living, or for a 
term of years either absolute or determinable on his 
own life, or on the life or lives of any other person 
or persons then living, of which term not less than 
thirteen years were, at the time of his Election, un- 
expired, such estate being of the clear yearly value 
of three hundred pounds over and above all incum- 
brances affecting the same, nor was he at the time 
of his said Election possessed or entitled for his own 
use and benefit, at law or in equity, for his own life 
or for the life or lives of any other person or persons 
then living, or for any term of years, either absolute 
or determinable on his own life or for the life or 
lives of any other person or persons then living, of 
which term not less than thirteen years were, at the , 
time of said Election, unexpired, of or to personal 
estate or effects of any nature or kind soever, 
situate within the said United Kingdom, nor of or 
to the interest, dividends or annual proceeds of any 
such personal estate or effects, such personal estate 
or effects, interest, dividends or annual proceeds 
actually producing the clear yearly income of not 
less than three hundred pounds over and above all 
incumbrances affecting the same, nor did he at the 
time of his said Election possess more than one of 
the said several kinds of qualification hereinbefore 
mentioned, the said several qualifications of or to 
which he was so seised, possessed or entitled, being 
Jointly of sufficient value to qualify a person as a 
Member to serve in Parliament for any Borough 
according to the provisions in the statute in that 
case made and provided, although each of such 
qualifications might, according to the same pro- 
visions, be separately insufficient for that purpose, 
and therefore that the said Charles Gavan Duffy 
was not capable of being elected a Member of the 
House of Commons for said Borough, and was not 
duly qualified as a Member to serve in Parliament 
for the said Borough; that such disqualification of 
the said Charles Gavan Duffy was notorious in the 
said Borough, at the time of the nomination of the 


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A. 1852. 


said Charles Gavan Duffy, and also at the time of 
his Election and Return, and such disqualification 
was also well known to the Electors of the said Bo- 
rough before they gave their votes, and at the time 
of voting ; that notice was given to the Electors 
before they voted of such the disqualification of 
said Charles Gavan Duffy, and they were informed 
and cautioned that if they or any of them voted for 
him, their votes would be thrown away and lost; 
and the Petitioner submits and relies that such votes 
are, in point of fact, thrown away and lost, and 
ought to be struck off the poll, or not reckoned ; 
and the Petitioner submits and relies that, having 
regard to the facts and circumstances aforesaid, the 
Petitioner had the majority of good and valid votes 
at said Election, was duly elected as the Member, 
and ought to have been returned ; and the Petitioner 
further shows, that at or during said Election two 
several requisitions were served on the said Charles 
Gavan Duffy, each requiring him to make a decla- 
ration of his qualification pursuant to the statute in 
such case provided, and the Petitioner is informed 
that the said Charles Gavan Duffy did make two 
several declarations; and Petitioner avers, and, if 
necessary, will prove, that the qualification, as set 
forth in such declarations respectively, is a merely 
colourable, and not real or bond fide qualification, 
as meant and intended by the Act of Parliament in 
such case provided; and further, that such quali- 
fication is insufficient in point of law, and is not a 
compliance with the Act of Parliament, which re- 
quires the Candidate or Member to have a property 
qualification; and praying that his Petition may 
be inquired into, that the Election and Return of 
said Charles Gavan Duffy be set aside, and that the 
Petitioner be declared duly elected, and ought to 
have been returned as the Member duly elected, at 
the said last Election for the Borough of New Ross 
in this Parliament. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 





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The following Papers were laid upon the Table Revenue 


by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 15th day of this instant November, for a 
Return of all Amounts not paid into the Exchequer, 
but deducted for Costs of Collection, or any other 
reste. from the Gross Receipts of the various 

evenue Departments :—And, of all Amounts re- 
ceived by Departments of Expenditure from any 
other source than Parliamentary Grants or Issues 
from the Exchequer, in the year ending 5th January 
1852 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 
98, of Session 1847-8.) 


Return to an Order, dated the 16th day of this G 
instant November, for Returns respecting Grain, ® 


Flour, &amp;c., in continuation, for the years 1849, 1850 
and 1851, of Parliamentary Paper, No. 28, of Ses- 
sion 1852:—And, respecting Grain, Flour, &amp;e., in 
continuation, for the years 1849, 1850 and 1851, of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 362, of Session 1851. 


Departments, 


rain, Flour, 
Cc. 


Return to an Order, dated the 17th day of this Exports and 
instant November, for Accounts of the Total Quan- Imports 


tities and Declared Value of all the Exports from 
the United Kingdom to France, in each year, from 
1848 to 1851, both inclusive, distinguishing British 
and Jrish Produce and Manufactures from Foreign 
and Colonial Merchandise ; and further distin guish- 
ing the Quantity and Value of each Article so ex- 
ported, of which the Declared Value shall have 
amounted in any one year to the Sum of £.3,000 
or upwards, with a Statement of the Rates of Duty 
payable, and of the Produce of the Duties received 
on each of the above Articles in France, during each 
year of the above Period; adding thereto, a Sum- 
mary of the several Total Amounts of the wer 
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and Duties for each year :—And, of the Total Quan- 
tities and the Declared or Official Value, as the case 
may be (as far as the same can be made out), of all 
the Imports from France into the United Kingdom 
in each year, from 1848 to 1851, both inclusive, dis- 
tinguishing the Quantity and Value of each Article 
imported, of which the Declared or Official Value, 
as the case may be, shall have amounted in any 
one year to the Sum of £.3,000 or upwards, with a 
Statement of the Rates of Duty payable and of the 
Produce of the Duties received on each of the 
above Articles in the United Kingdom, during each 
year of the above Period ; adding thereto a Sum- 
mary of the several Total Amounts of the Values 
and Duties in each year (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 609, of Session 1848). 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—A Return of 
the General Rules of the Court of Chancery of the 
7th day of August 1852, the 16th day of October 
1852, and the 23d day of October 1852. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 








Luna, 22° die Novembris ; 
Anno 16° Victoriz Regine, 1852. 


PRAYERS. 

PETITION of Inhabitant Heuseholders of 

the Borough of Derby, was presented, and read ; 
setting forth, That the Petitioners are Inhabitant 
Householders of the Borough of Derby; that at the 
last Election for the said Borough of Derby, Michael 
Thomas Bass, Lawrence Heyworth, and Thomas 
Berry Horsfall, Esquires, were the Candidates; 
that at the said Election an organised system of 
oribery was resorted to, in defiance of the laws of 
the land, and to the great scandal of the Peti- 
tioners; that the Right honourable William Beres- 
ford, a Major in the Army, and a Member of the 
Most honourable Privy Council, and Secretary-at- 
War, and now a Member of the House, was a 
party to such system of bribery, and did himself 
send, or cause to be sent, to the said Borough, 
through one John Frail of Shrewsbury, an agent, 
who was detected and apprehended whilst engaged 
in carrying out the said bribery; that in pursuance 
of some previous arrangement, the said’ Right 
honourable William Beresford wrote to the said 
John Frail a letter in the words following, that is to 
say,—‘‘ A good and safe man, with judgment and 
quickness, is wanted immediately at Derby. I suppose 
that you cannot leave your own place; if not, send 
some one whom you can trustin your place. Let him 
go to Derby on receiving this, and find the County 
Tavern in the centre of the town. Send his card to 
Coz, Brothers and Co., Lead Works, as coming from 
Chester. That will be enough. Yours, W. B.— 
Monday.” That, in conformity with the instruc- 
tions contained in the said letter, the said John 
Frail procured one Thomas Morgan of Shrews- 
bury to proceed to Derby, and the said Thomas 
Morgan accordingly left Shrewsbury on the morning 
of ‘Tuesday the Sixth day of July last, and arrived 
at Derby in the afternoon of the same day, and 
took up his abode at an inn, called the County 
Tavern, in the said town, and forthwith sent his 
card to the Lead Works of Messrs. Cox, with his 
address thereon as of Chester, according to the 
written instructions of the said Major Beresford, 
whereas the said Thomas Morgan was in nowise 
connected with the City of Chester by residence or 
otherwise, and the said address was in all respects 
a false and fictitious address ; that the said Thomas 
Morgan having so sent his card, and having been 
furnished with money through the means of cer- 
tain parties who were aware of the coming of the 
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person by whom such card would be sent, esta- 
blished himself on the day of Election in a certain 
room in the said inn, called the County Tavern; 
that the door of the said room was kept carefully 
guarded by persons stationed thereat for that pur- 
pose, and no person was allowed to have access to 
the said Thomas Morgan except such as were in &amp; 
condition to make a certain signal, and pronounce 
a certain pass-word, previously agreed upon ; but 
all such voters as were willing to receive bribes, and 
had been previously made acquainted with the said 
signal and pass-word, were admitted to the said 
Thomas Morgan, and were by him supplied with 
money as the price of their votes; that the arrange- 
ments made to carry out the said plan and system 
of bribery having been disclosed and become known, 
the plan so organised was brought to light, and in 
the middle of the day of polling the police of the 
said Borough apprehended the said Thomas Morgan, 
who was found alone by the said police in the said 
room at the County Tavern, the door of which was 
guarded by a man who allowed none to enter the 
said room without giving the sign and pass-word 
before mentioned, and which sign and pass-word had 
been disclosed to the said police, the same being to 
place the forefinger of the right hand on the upper 
lip, and say, ‘It’s all right—Radford sent me,” by 
knowledge and use of which sign and pass-word 
the said police obtained admission to the said room ; 
that a sum of Two hundred and sixty-five pounds 
in gold, and a further sum of Forty pounds in bank 
notes, and a memorandum-book in which were en- 
tered names and numbers having reference to the 
names of Electors, and their numbers on the Regis- 
ter of Voters for the said Borough, and the price or 
sum paid to each such name or number, and cards, 
whereon were written, “ Mr. 7. Morgan, Chester,” 
and also the letter thereinbefore mentioned from the 
Right honourable William Beresford to the said 
John Frail of Shrewsbury, were found upon the 
person of the said T’homas Morgan, and in his pos- 
session; that the said letter was enclosed in an en- 
velope which had been sealed (as the impress on the 
seal clearly shows) with a seal of the Carlton Club, 
Pall Mall, in the city of Westminster, of which club 
the said Major Beresford is a member, and which 
envelope was addressed to Mr. John Frail, Clerk of 
the Course, Shrewsbury, and the entire of the writing 
of the said letter, and of the direction on the said 
envelope, have been sworn to and proved to be in 
the handwriting of the Right honourable William 
Beresford, whose initials answer to “ W. B.,” and 

by whom the said letter had been sent to the said 

Mr. John Frail; that the said Thomas Morgan, 
after his said apprehension, was taken before the 
magistrates acting in and for the Borough of Derby, 
by whom, upon the testimony of several witnesses, 

he was committed for trial at the next Assizes for 

the county of Derby, and bail having been accepted, 
the said Thomas Morgan was set at liberty, and re- 

turned to his home at Shrewsbury; that from the 

deposition of Benjamin Fearn, police sergeant, by 

whom the said Zhomas Morgan was apprehended, 

made before the said magistrates on the examination 

of the said Thomas Morgan, it appears that the said 

Thomas Morgan, after his apprehension, fully ad- 

mitted to the said Benjamin Fearn that he had been 

sent by the said John Frail to Derby, who gave him 

the said letter, with instructions to go to the County 

Tavern, and to send his card, as of Chester, to 

Messrs. Cox and Co., and that he had been engaged 

in bribing certain voters of the said Borough of 
Derby, and that the figures in the said book taken 
on the person of the said Thomas Morgan indicated 
the amount of money that he had paid to such 
voters respectively ; the Petitioners submit, there- 
fore, that it is clear that the said Thomas Morgan 
was engaged in bribing the voters of the said Bo- 
rough of Derby, and that it is equally clear that he 
was employed for that purpose through the procure- 
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Petitions. 





Vide Fourth 
Report. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Third 
Report.) 


Courts of 
Common Law 


(Ireland) Bill. 
No. 9. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


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Harbours 
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ment ofthe said Right honourable William Beres- 
ford; that the offence of the said Thomas Morgan, 
and the consequent proceedings as against him, 
are secondary objects to the Petitioners, who are 
satisfied to leave the same to be dealt with by the 
ordinary legal tribunals; but the Petitioners are 
deeply interested in maintaining purity of Elec- 
tion, and in preventing corrupt and illegal prac- 
tices within the Borough of which they are inha- 
bitants, and in avoiding the disgrace which such 
practices bring with them; and the Petitioners ap- 
proach the House, in the confident hope that they 
shall thereby procure the complete detection and 
punishment of the parties by whom the scheme 
was concerted to bribe the Electors of the Borough 
of Derby ; that the said Right honourable William 
Beresford, by whom the said letter, found upon the 
said Thomas Morgan, was written, must have been 
and was fully aware of the purpose for which such 
a man as therein described was wanted at Derby, 
while the directions in the siid letter, for the per- 
son going from Shrewsbury to send his card as 
coming frum Chester, to the Lead Works of Coz, 
Brothers and Co., show that a previous arrangement 
had been made, and a scheme perfected, in relation 
to the objects of the journey, and to the acts of 
the person directed to be sent in pursuance of the 
said letter, which arrangement, scheme and objects 
were known to and concurred in by the said Right 
honourable William Beresford; that such conduct 
is totally at variance with the position held by 
the said Major Beresford as Secretary-at-War, and 
as a Member of the House; that the Petitioners 
are prepared to prove, by ample and sufficient evi- 
dence, the allegations thereinbefore contained; and 


praying the House to institute a full and searching | 


inquiry into the proceedings of the said Right honour- 
able William Beresford, with reference to the last 
Election for the Borough of Derby. 

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


Petitions relating to Afaynooth College Act ;— 
Australian Colonies Transportation ; —Brazilian and 
Spanish Sugars;—Edward Murray ;—and, Pa- 
rochial Schools (Scotland),—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 19th day of this in- 
stant November; and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 

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


Mr. Solicitor General for Jreland presented a Bill 
to amend the Procedure in the Superior Courts of 
Common Law in Jreland: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Friday next ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Henry Herbert have leave of 


absence for a week on urgent business. 


Mr. Stafford presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 12th day of this instant November, for 
Copy of the Report and the Evidence taken before 
the Commission appointed to inquire into the merits 
of the Western Harbours of Jreland, for the purpose 
of Transatlantic Communication. 

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


Several Petitions complaining of undue Elections 
and Returns being offered to be presented, the same 
were delivered in at the Table. 

And the names of the places to which the said 
Petitions related (being all of them Petitions of the 





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A, 1852. 


last class) were put into the glass at the Table, and 
drawn by the Clerk in the following order : 


A Petition of Robert Westley Hall Dare, of Wen- Frome 


nington House, in the Parish of Wennington, in the Election. 


County of Essex, Esquire, a Candidate at the last 
Election of a Member to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the Borough of Frome, in the County 
of Somerset, was read; setting forth, That at the 
said last Election of a Member to serve in this pre- 
sent Parliament for the said Borough, which took 
place in the month of July One thousand eight hun- 
dred and Fifty-two, the Honourable Robert Ed- 
ward Boyle and the Petitioner were Candidates to 
represent the said Borough in Parliament, and there 
were no other Candidates at the said Election; that 
the said Robert Edward Boyle, prior to and at the 
time of, and since the said Election and Return, 
held and enjoyed the office of Secretary of the Most 
Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick, which is an 
office or place of profit under the Crown created 
since the ‘T'wenty-first day of October One thousand 
seven hundred and Five, by reason whereof the said 
Robert Edward Boyle then was and is incapable of 
being elected at the said Election, or of sitting or 
voting as a Member of the House of Commons, by 
virtue of the Statutes in such case made and pro- 
vided ; that James Whalley Dawe Thomas Wickham, 
Esquire, acted as the Returning Officer at the said 
Election, and the said Robert Edward Boyle and 
the Petitioner, and no others, were duly put in nomi- 
nation at the said Election, and a show of hands 
having then taken place, the show of hands was 
declared, by the anid James Whalley Dawe Thomas 
Wickham, to be in favour of the said Robert Edward 
Boyle, but a great number of Electors did then and 
there hold up their hands in favour of the Petitioner ; 
that immediately thereupon, and before the Return- 
ing Officer had declared the majority to be in favour 
of the said Robert Edward Boyle, and also before 
the declaration of the Election, a notice, in the fol- 
lowing form, under the hands of the Petitioner and 
of George Messiter and William Curtis Brand, two 
Electors of the said Borough, who were, and were 
well known to be qualified and registered Electors, 
was publicly, and on the hustings, delivered by the 
Petitioner to the said Returning Officer, and also to 
the said Robert Edward Boule :—“ We, Robert 
Westley Hall Dare, a Candidate to represent the 
Borough of Frome in the Parliament now about to 
be chosen, and the Electors whose names are under- 
signed, do hereby give you public notice, That 
Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Robert Edward 
Boyle, who now offers himself as a Candidate at 
this.present Election, is incapable of being elected, 
or of sitting or voting as a Member of the House of 
Commons in Parliament, inasmuch as he holds the 
ottice of Secretary of the Most Illustrious Order of 
Saint Patrick, which is a new office or place of 
profit under the Crown, within the meaning of an 
Act passed in the sixth year of the reign of * Ma- 
jesty Queen Anne, intituled, ‘ An Act for the Secu- 
rity of Her Majesty’s Person and Government, and 
of the Succession of the Crown of Great Britain: 
in the Protestant Line.’ We further give notice, 
That all votes given in favour of the said Robert 
Edward Boyle at this present Election will (by 
reason of his incapacity aforesaid) be absolutely 
thrown away ; and that the Election and Return of. 
the said Robert Edward Boyle (should such be 
made) will be void to all intents and purposes what- 
soever. Dated this Seventh day of July One thou- 
sand eight hundred and Fifty-two. Signed, R. W. 
Hall Dare. G. Messiter. W.C. Brand.” That 
the Petitioner also at the same time publicly pro- 
duced and showed to the said Returning Officer a 
list of the officers of the Most Illustrious Order of 
Saint Patrick, under the hand of Sir William 
Beetham, the Ulster King-at-Arms, upon which 
said list the effice and name of the said Robert Ed- 
ward Boyle were stated as follows: ‘ Secretary: 
Lieut.-Col. 











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Lieut.-Col. Hon. R. E. Boyle;” and that the Pe-| bert Westley Hall Dare, for that of the said Robert 
titioner also at the same time publicly delivered to| Edward Boyle ; or that the House will declare the 
the said Returning Officer a notice, in which he in- | said Election of the said Robert Edward Boyle, as 
formed him of the circumstances under which he | a Burgess to serve in Parliament for the said Bo- 
disputed the right of the said Robert Edward Boyle | rough, to have been wholly null and void ; and that 
to be elected and returned to serve in Parliament | the House will grant to the Petitioner such further 
for the said Borough; that thereupon both the Pe-| and other relief in the premises as the merits of 
titioner and the said George Messiter protested | the case may require, and to the House shall seem 
against the show of hands being declared in favour | meet. 

of the said Robert Edward Boyle, and against the Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Election of the said Robert Edward Boyle, and | Table. 

claimed and requested that the said Returniug| Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
Officer should declare the Petitioner to have been | rant or Warrants for such persons, papers and re- 
duly elected at the said Election, and to return him | cords as shall be thought necessary by the several 
accordingly, he being the only Candidate at the} Parties on the hearing of the matter of the said 
said Election qualified and capacitated to serve in| Petition. 

this present Parliament for the said Borough; that 












before the said Robert Edward Boyle was declared| A Petition of the there-undersigned John Phil- Norwich 
elected, as hereinbefore mentioned, the said Robert | lips, John Abel, Henry Hindes, Peter Thomas Scott "lection. 


Edward Boyle publicly and in a speech to the| and William Mackley, Electors of the vig ot 
Electors then present, admitted on the said hustings | Norwich, was read; setting forth, That the Peti- 
that he keld the said office ; yet the said Returning | tioners were, at and during the last Election of 
Ofticer declared the show of hands to be in favour | Members to serve in this present Parliament for the 
of the said Robert Edward Boyle, and subsequently | said City of Norwich, registered Electors of the 
declared the said Robert Edward Boyle to be duly | said City, and claim to have and had a right to 
elected to serve in this present Parliament for the | vote and did vote at the said Election; that at the 
said Borough, and the said Robert Edward Boyle | said Election, Samuel Morton Peto, Esquire, Ed- 
was so returned accordingly; that before and at | ward Warner, Esquire, Arthur Richard Wellesley, 
the said Election, and before the said Robert Ed-| then Marquis of Douro, and Lothian Sheffield Dick- 
ward Boyle was declared to be elected, the disqua- | Son, Esquire, were Candidates to represent the said 
lification, incapacity and ineligibility of the said | City in Parliament; that a poll having been de- 
Robert Edward Boyle was a matter of notoriety,| manded, the same was taken by the Returning 
and the same was wel! known to the Electors of the | Officer for the said City, on the Eighth day of July 
said Borough, and those of the said Electors who | One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two; that 
showed their hands in favour of the said Robert | the said Samuel Morton Peto and Edward Warner 
Edward Boyle betore and at the time that they so | were by the said Returning Officer declared to have 
showed their hands in his favour had notice of the | had a majority of votes at the said Election, and to 
same; that the Petitioner humbly submits that the | have been duly elected, and were returned as the 
hands shown of all persons who showed hands in fa- | Members daly elected to serve in this present Par- 
vour of the said Robert Edward Boyle, by reason of | liament for the said City of Norwich; that before, 
the notoricus incapacity, disqualification and ineligi- | at and during the said Election, the said Samuel 
bility of the said Robert Edward Boyle to be elected | Morton Peto and Edward Warner were by them- 
as aforesaid, ought not to have been viewed and | selves respectively, and by their respective agents, 
reckoned at the said Election, and ought now to be | managers, friends and partisans, guilty of divers 
treated as nullities, and that the Petitioner ought | acts of bribery and corruption, in order to corrupt 
by reason of the premises to have been returned as| and procure, and did by their respective agents, 
duly elected to serve in Parliament for the said Bo-| managers, friends and partisans, and by many other 
rough ; that the Petitioner humbly submits further persons employed in their behalf, by gifts, presents, 
that, as the said Returning Officer did not take upon | money and rewards, and by offers of gifts, money 
himself the responsibility of deciding upon the objec- | and rewards, and by promises, agreements and se- 
tion taken as aforesaid as to the capacity and quali- | curities for money, gifts, employment and rewards, 
fication of the said Robert Edward Boyle, the said | and by threats, intimidation, promises, undue in- 
Returning Officer ought, under the above stated | fluence and other corrupt and illegal practices, acts 
circumstances, to have returned the Petitioner as|and means, corrupt and procure divers persons, 
well as the said Robert Edward Boyle, one or other having or claiming to have votes at the said Elec- 
of them, as their respective rights should afterwards | tion, to give their votes in favour of or for them, the 
be determined in due course of law, and thus have | said Samuel Morton Peto and Edward Warner, or 
left the validity of the said objection, and the ques- | one of then), or to forbear to give their votes in fa- 
tion as to which of the said Candidates was eut:tled | vour of the said Marquis of Douro and Lothian 
to be declared duly elected, to be decided by the | Sheffield Dickson, or one of them; that the said 
House ; that under the circumstances hereinbefore | Samuel Morton Peto and Edward Warner, »y the 
set forth, the Election and Return of the said J?o- | said corrupt and illegal practices, were and are, and 
bert Edward Boyle were and are invalid, aud the | each of them was and is wholly disabled and inca- 
Petitioner ought to have been returned at the said | pacitated to serve inthis present Parliament for the 
Election to serve in the present Parliament for the | said City, and the said Election and Return of the 
suid Borough of Frome; and praying that the | said Samuel Morton Peto and Edward Warner were 
House will take the premises into their consideration, | and are wholly null and void; that the said Samuel 
and declare that at the time of the said last Elec-| Worton Peto and’ Edward Warner did, by them- 
tion of a Burgess to serve in this present Parlia-| selves respectively, and by their respective friends, 
ment for the Borough of Frome, the said Robert | agents and others, acting for and sanctioned by 
Edward Boyle was disqualified by law and inca-| them respectively, give, or cause and procure to be 
pable of being elected as such Burgess, and that the | given, and did promise and agree to give, and did 
said Robert Edward Boyle was not duly elected at} know of and consent to the giving and procuring 
the said Election as such Burgess to serve in this} to be given, money, gifts and rewards, offices and 
present Parliament for the said Borough, and ought | places to divers persons upon certain engagements, 
not to have been returned thereat, but that the Pe-| contracts and agreements; that such persons to 
titioner was duly elected and ought to have been| whom and to whose use and in whose behalf such 
returned, and that the House will direct the Return | gifts and promises were made, should by themselves 
to be amended accordingly, by the substitution! and others, at their solicitation respectively, request 
therein of the name of the Petitioner, the said Ro-| and command, procure, and endeavour to procure 
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58 22° Novembris. 


the Return of them the said Samuel Morton Peto 
and Edward Varner respectively at such Election ; 
that after the teste of the Writ for holding the said 
Election, and before, at and during the said Elec- 
tion, the said Samuel Morton Peto and Edward 
Warner did, by themselves respectively, and their 
respective agents, friends and partisans, or by divers 
ways and means in their respective behalves, or at 
their respective charge, directly and indirectly give 
presents, and allow to divers persons having votes 
in and at the said Election, money, meat, drink, 
entertainment and provision, and did make pre- 
sents, gifts, entertainments and rewards, and did 
make promises, agreements, obligations and en- 
gagements -to give and allow money, meat, drink, 
provision, presents, rewards and entertainments, 
to and for persons having votes in and at the 
said Election, and to and for the use, benefit and 
advantage, employment, profit and _preferment 
of such persons, to induce such persons to vote 
at the said Election for the said Samuel Morton 
Peto and Edward Warner, or one of them, or to 
forbear to vote at the said Election for the said 
Marquis of Douro and Lothian Sheffield Dickson, 
or one of them, or in order that they the said Samuel 
Morton Peto and Edward Warner, or one of them, 
should and might be elected, or for being elected, 
to serve in this present Parliament for the said City 
of Norwich; that by reason of the said last-men- 
tioned corrupt and illegal practices the said Samuel 
Morton Peto and Edward Warner were and are, 
and each of them was and is, wholly disabled, in- 
capacitated and ineligible to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said City, and the said Election 
and Return of the said Samuel Morton Peto and 
Edward Warner were and are wholly null and void ; 
that before, during and after the said Election, the 
said Samuel Morton Peto and Edward Warner re- 
spectively did, by themselves and their respective 
agents, friends and partisans, or by or with divers 
persons, or in divers ways and manners, directly or 
indirectly, give or provide, or did cause or did 
knowingly allow to be given or provided, wholly or 
partly at their expense respectively, or did pay 
wholly or in part divers expenses incurred for meat, 
drink, entertainment and provision to and for divers 
persons for the purpose of corruptly influencing 
divers of such persons, or divers other persons, to 
give their votes in the said Election for the said 
Samuel Morton Peto and Edward Warner, or one 
of them, or to refrain from giving their votes in the 
said Election for the said Marquis of Douro and 
Lothian Sheffield Dickson, or one of them, or for 
the purpose of corruptly rewarding divers of such 
persons or divers other persons, for having given 
their votes in the said Election for the said Samuel 
Morton Peto and Edward Warner, or from having 
refrained from giving their votes at the said Election 
for the said Marquis of Douro and Lothian Shef- 
field Dickson, or one of them; that by reason of 
the last-mentioned corrupt and illegal practices, the 
said Samuel Morton Peto and Edward Warner were 
and are, and each of them was and is, wholly dis- 
abled, incapacitated and ineligible to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said City, and the said 
Election and Return of the said Samuel Morton 
Peto and Edward Warner were and are wholly null 
and void; that gross, extensive, systematic and 
open and notorious bribery, treating and corruption 
were practised and carried on at the said Election 
by divers persons being agents, friends, supporters 
and partisans of the said Samuel Morton Peto and 
Edward Warner respectively, with a view to the 
Election of the said Samuel Morton Peto and Ed- 
acard Warner respectively, and that the said Elec- 
tion and Return of the said Samuel Morton Peto 
and Edward Warner respectively were procured by 
means of such bribery, treating and corruption ; 
that by reason of the last-mentioned corrupt and 
illegal practices the said Election and Return of the 





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said Samuel Morton Peto and Edward Warner 
were and ure wholly null and void; that previous 
to the said Election, the Electors in the interest of 
the said Marquis of Douro and Lothian Sheffield 
Dickson were greatly interrupted, insulted and as- 
saulted, and divers of the said Electors who intended 
to vote for the said Marquis of Douro and Lothian 
Sheffield Dickson, and would have voted for them 
but for the said interruption, insults and assaults, 
were, in consequence thereof, deterred and prevented 
from so doing, and many other voters, who would 
have voted for them, were influenced and intimi- 
dated, by threats and violence, to vote for the said 
Samuel Morton Peto and Edward Warner re- 
spectively, in violation of the just freedom of Elec- 
tion, and of the rights of the said Electors, and of 
the said Marguis of Douro and Lothian Sheffield 
Dickson ; that the said violence and intimidation 
were countenanced and encouraged by the friends 
and partisans of the said Samuel Morton Peto and 
Edward Warner respectively, and by divers persons 
in the interest of the said Samuel Morton Peto and 
Edward Warner respectively, for the purpose of 
ans the said Hlectors from voting for the said 

farquis of Douro and Lothian Sheffield Dickson ; 
and that the said violence and intimidation were 
carried on on an organised system ; and that in the 
course thereof, divers Electors in the interest of the 
said Marquis of Douro and Lothian Sheffield Dick- 
son, who intended to vote for them, sustained 
grievous injury and bodily harm ; that the freedom 
of Election has therefore been violated, and no 
lawful Election has been had for citizens to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said City; that 
previous to, at and during the said last Election for 
the said City, an organised system of violence and 
agitation was established and acted upon in the 
said City by the friends, partisans or agents of the 
said Samuel Morton Peto and Edward Warner re- 
spectively, for the purpose of intimidating and terri- 
fying the Electors who should be willing and 
anxious to give their votes at the said Election in 
favour of the said Marquis of Douro and Lothian 
Sheffield Dickson, and in order to deter and prevent 
such Electors by force and fear from giving their 
votes for the said Marquis of Douro and Lothian 
Sheffield Dickson; that for many days preceding 
the nomination of Candidates at the said Election, 
large bodies of persons were riotously and tumul- 
tuously assembled in the streets of the said City, 
who conducted themselves in a violent, riotous and 
outrageous manner towards the said Marquis of 
Douro and Lothian Sheffield Dickson, and towards 
the Electors for the said City, who were known to 
be friends and supporters and in the interest of the 
said Marquis of Douro and Lothian Sheffield Dick- 
son, and that the said Marquis of Douro and Lo- 
thian Sheffield Dickson, and their said friends and 
supporters, and the Electors in their interest, were 
greatly intimidated and kept in terror, and could not 
appear in the streets of the said City without immi- 
nent danger, and that many of the Electors of the 
said City, being known to be friends and supporters 
of the said Marquis of Douro and Lothian Shef- 
field Dickson, were violently assaulted, beaten and 
otherwise injured by many of the said persons being 
so riotously assembled; that during all the time 
aforesaid, the violence of the said persons so tu- 
multuously assembled was countenanced and insti- 
gated by the friends, partisans or agents of the said 
Samuel Morton Peto and Edward Warner respec- 
tively ; that in consequence of the said outrageous 
and violent conduct, and also by means of threats, 
menaces and intimidation, and other illegal and un- 
constitutional means and devices, great numbers of 
the Electors of the said City were induced and 
compelled to vote for the said Samuel Morton Peto 
and Edward Warner, or one of them, who had in- 
tended and were desirous to vote for the said Mar- 
quis of Douro and Lothian Sheffield Dickson, but 








who 





Clo 
Elec 





Clonmel) 
Election, 
















16 Vicroriz. 


22° Novembris. 59 


who were so frightened and intimidated by the said Election, and of his said Return as such Mem- 
threats, menaces and violence made use of by the ber as aforesaid, or at any time at and during the 
friends, partisans, agents and others in the interest | said Election, seised or entitled for his own use or 
of the said Samuel Morton Peto and Edward War-' benefit of or to any estate, legal or equitable, in 
ner respectively, that they dared not to refuse to | lands, tenements or hereditaments, of any tenure 
comply therewith, and so voted contrary to their whatsoever, situate, lying or being within the United 
wishes and intentions; that in consequence of the Kingdoms of Great Britain or Ireland, or in the 
premises there was no freedom of Election at the rents or profits thereof, for his own life or for the 
said last Election for the said City, and a large por-| life or lives of any other person or persons then 


tion of the registered Electors for the said City did | 
not vote thereat ; and the Petitioners are fully per- 
suaded and firmly believe that but for the system of 
outrage and violence hereinbefore set forth, and the 
illegal and unconstitutional practices above detailed, 
a very considerable majority of votes would have 
been given at the said Election in favour of the said 


living, or for a term of years either absolute or de- 
terminable on his own life, or on the life or lives of 
any other person or persons then living, of which 
term not less than thirteen years were at the time 
of the said Election unexpired, such estate being of 
the clear yearly value of not less than three hun- 
dred pounds over and above all encumbrances af- 










Marquis of Douro and Lothian Sheffield Dickson, | fecting the same, nor was the said Cecil John Law- 
and that the said Marquis of Dourv and Lothian less at the time of the said Election, or at the time 
Sheffield Dickson would but for the said violence, | of his said Return as such Member as aforesaid, 
outrage and illegal and unconstitutional practices, | possessed and entitled for his own use and benefit, 
have been returned at the said Election as Citizens | at law or in equity, for his own life, or for the life or 
to serve in this present Parliament for the said | lives of any other person or persons then living, or 
City ; that by reason of the said several causes and | for any term of years either absolute or determina- 
premises the Election and Return of the said Samuel | ble on his own life, or for the life or lives of any 
Morton Peto and Edward Warner respectively were | other person or persons then living, of which term 
and are wholly null and void ; and praying that the | not less than thirteen years were at the time of the 
House will take the premises into their consideration, | said Election unexpired, or of or to personal estate 
















and will declare that the said Samuel Morton Peto| 
and Edward Warner were not duly elected, and ought 
not to have been returned, and that their Election | 
and Return are wholly null and void; and that | 
justice may be done in the premises, and that the | 
House will grant to the Petitioners such further and | 
other relief in the premises as to the House shall ' 
seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of Thomas Henry Barton, of No. 6, 
Fitzwiliiam-square, in the City of Dublin, Esquire, 
a Candidate at the last Election of a Member to 





serve in this present Parliament for the Borough 


or effects, of any nature or kind whatsoever, situate 
within the said United Kingdom, or the interest, 
dividends or annual proceeds of any such personal 
estate or effects, such personal estate or effects, 
interest, dividends or annual proceeds actually pro- 
ducing the clear yearly income of not less than 
three hundred pounds over and above all encum- 
brances affecting the same, nor did the said Cecil 
John Lawless, at the time.of the said Election, and 
of his said Return as such Member as aforesaid, or 
at any time at and during the said Election, possess 
more than one of the several kinds of qualifications 
hereinbefore-mentioned, being jointly sufficient to 
qualify him to serve as Member for the said Bo- 
rough; that the said Cecil John Lawless was not, 
at the time of the said Election and of his said Re- 
turn as such Member as aforesaid, the eldest Son 
or heir apparent of any Peer or Lord of Parliament, 
or of any person qualified by the said Act to serve 






















of Clonmel, in the County of Tipperary, in that, as Knight of the Shire; that at the time of the 
part of the United Kingdom called Jre/and, was said Election, that is to say, on the Fourteenth day 
read ; setting forth, That at the last Election of aj of July last, a request was made in writing to the 
Member to serve in this present Parliament for! said Cecil John Lawlegs, by and on behalf of the 
the said Borough of Clonmel, which took place} Petitioner, that he, the said Cecil John Lawless, 
in the month of July One thousand eight hundred | would make and subscribe a declaration of quali- 
and Fifty-two, the Sate + Cecil John Lawless fication pursuant to the provisions of the anid hen 
and the Petitioner were Candidates to represent the | inbefore-mentioned Act, whereupon a declaration 
said Borough in Parliament, and there were no: was on the said Fourteenth day of July last made 
other Candidates at the said Election; that a poll | and subscribed by the said Cecil John Lawless, in 
having been demanded on behalf of the Petitioner, | the terms following:—“ 1, Cecil Lawless, of Mari- 
the same was taken by the Returning Officer for | ¢énio, in the county of Dublin, do solemnly and 
the said Borough on the Sixteenth day of July One | sincerely declare, that I am, to the best of my eeu: 
thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two; that the| ledge and belief, duly qualified to be elected as a 
said Cecil John Lawless was by the Returning Offi- | Member of the House of Commons, according to the 
cer declared to have had a majority of votes at the; true intent and meaning of the Act passed in the 
said Election, and to have been duly elected, and | second year of the reign of Queen Victoria, intituled, 
was returned as the Member duly elected to serve in |‘ An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Qualifi- 
this present Parliament for the said Borough of! cation of Members to serve in Parliament,’ and that 
Clonmel; that at the time of the said last Election | my qualification to be so elected doth arise out of the 
of a Member to serve in Parliament for the said | lands of Lyons, in the parish of Lyons, barony of South 
Borough, and of his said Return as such Member | Sale, in the county of Kildare, and out of other lands 
as aforesaid, the said Cecil John Lawless was not, situate in the counties of Kildare, Dublin and Li- 
according to the true intent and meaning of the Act | merick, the estates of my father the Right honourable 
passed in the second year of the reign of Queen , Baron Lord Cloncurry, by a rent-charge payable to 
Victoria, intituled, “ An Act to amend the Laws re- | me out of all the foregoing lands, for and during the 
lating to the Qualification of Members to serve in ‘life of my said father Lord Cloncurry ;” and that 
Parliament,” duly qualified to be elected as a Mem- | such declaration was made before Edward Phelan, 
ber to serve in Parliament for the said Borough, and | Esquire, Justice of the Peace of the borough of 
was by reason of his want of such qualification, as| Clonmel; that the said declaration of the said 
is mentioned in the said Act for Members to be | Cecil John Lawless was not such a declaration as 



































elected to serve in Parliament for Boroughs, incapa- 

ble of being elected for the said Borough; that the 

said Cecil John Lawless was not at the time of the 
Vou. 108, 


he was bound to make and subscribe according to 
the provisions of the said Act, and was and is 
invalid and insufficient in law, inasmuch as it does 

12 not 


















60 


not state the particular manne or baronies, parish | 
or parishes, township or townships, precinct or pre- | 
cincts in whieh the lands, or some part or parts of | 
them mentioned in the said declaration are situate ; | 
that the qualification mentioned and described in 
the said declaration is wholly insufficient and in- | 
valid to qualify the said Cecil John Lawless as a | 
Member to serve in Parliament for the said Bo-| 
rough ; that at the time of his said Election and | 
Return, and of making the declaration aforesaid, | 
the said Cecil John Lawless was not seised or en-| 
titled either at law or in equity, and had not such 
an estate for his own use and benefit, in or to the 
lands mentioned in the said declaration, or the rents 
or profits thereof, as is mentioned in the said decla- 
ration, or as would qualify him the said Cecil John 
Lawless to be elected as a Member for the said 
Borough, according to the true intent and meaning 
of the said Act; and that the qualification arising 
out of the said lands mentioned in the said de- 
claration was insufficient to qualify the said Cecil 
John Lawless as a Member to serve in Parliament 
for the said Borough; that the lands mentioned. in 
the said declaration, and out of which the qualifica- 
tion of. the said Cecil John Lawless is therein 
stated to arise, are not of sufficient value, either 
annually or otherwise, to confer a qualification on 
the said Cecil John Lawless to enable him to serve 
in Parliament for the said Borough; that the qua- 
lification mentioned in the said declaration is insuf- 
ficient, both as regards the title of the said Cecil 
John Lawless, and the value of the property de-, 
scribed, to confer a qualification on the said Cecil 
John Lawless to be elected as a Member to serve 
in Parliament for the said Borough ; that the said 
Cecil John Lawless was not at the time of his said 
Election, by reason of his want of qualification, 
capable of being elected as Member for the said 
Borough, and was not qualified to serve in Parlia- 
ment ; and that the Election and Return of the said 
Cecil John Lawless were and are wholly null and 
void ; that at the said Election, the disqualification, 
incapacity and ineligibility of the said Cecil John 
Lawless was a watter of notoriety, both before, at 
and during the polling at the said Election, and the 
same was well known to those of the Electors for 
the said Borough who gave their votes for the said 
Cecil John Lawless both before and at the time they 
so voted for him, and they had received full notice 
of the same at the time of their so voting for the 
said Cecil John Lawless; that public notice of the 
incapacity, disqualification and ineligibility of the 
said Cecil John Lawless to be elected and returned 
to serve in Parliament at the said Election for the 
said Borough, and to sit and vote as Member for 
the suid Borough, and that all votes given in his 
favour at the said Election would, on account of 
such his incapacity, disqualification and ineligibility 
be of no effect, but entirely lost and thrown away, 
was by or on behalf of certain registered Electors 
of the said Borough given personally to the Electors 
far the said Borough, both before and at the time of 
their voting at the said Election in favour of the 
said Cecil John Lawless ; that the Petitioner submits 
that the votes of all persons who voted for the said 
Cecil John Lawless, having notice of the incapacity, 
disqualification and ineligibility of the said Cecil 
John Lawless to be elected as aforesaid, were lost, | 
thrown away, bad and illegal, and ought not to | 
have been received and reckoned at the said Elec- 
tion, and ought now to be struck off the poll; 
that the number of persons (if any such there were) 
who voted for the said Cecil John Lawless at the 
said Election, to whom the incapacity and disqualifi- 
cation of the said Cecil John Lawless were unknown 
at the time of their so voting as aforesaid, was much 
less than the number of voters whose votes were 

od and valid, and were given at such Election for 
the Petitioner, and that the Petitioner ought, by 
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duly elected at such Election to serve in this pre- 
sent Parliament for the said Borough; that the 
Election and Return of the said Cecil John Lawless 
were and are, under the circumstances hereinbe- 
fore set forth, wholly null and void; and praying 
that the House will take the premises into their 
consideration, and declare that at the time of the 
said last Election of a Member to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said Borough of Clonmel, 
the said Cecil John Lawless was disqualified by law, 
and incapable of being elected as such Member, 
and that the said Cecil John Lawless was not duly 
elected at the said Election as such Member, and 
ought not to have been returned thereat, and that 
the Petitioner was duly elected, and ought to have 
been returned, and that the House will direct the 
Return to be amended accordingly, by a substitution 
therein of the name of the Petitioner, the said 
Thomas Henry Barton, for that of the said Cecil 
John Lawless, or that the House will declare the 
said Election of the said Cecil John Lawless to 
have been wholly null and void; and that the House 
will grant to the Petitioner such further and other 
relief in the premises as the merits of the case may 
require, and to the House shall seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall he thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of Derby 


the Borough of Derby, was read; setting forth, 
That at the last Election of Members to serve in 
Parliament for the Borough of Derby, the Peti- 
tioners were registered Electors of the said Bo- 
rough, and had a right to vote and did vote at the 
said Election; that Michael Thomas Bass, Law- 
rence Heyworth and Thomas Berry Horsfall, Es- 
quires, were Candidates at the said Election ; and a 
poll being demanded and taken, Michael Thomas 
Bass and Thomas Berry Horsfall, Esquires, were 
at the close thereof declared by the Mayor and 
Returning Officer of the said Borough to have the 
majority of votes, and to be elected and returned 
to serve as Members in Parliament for the Borough 
of Derby ; that before and at the said Election, the 
said Thomas Berry Horsfall was by himself, his 
agents, friends and managers, guilty of bribery and 
corruption, and did by gifts, presents, money and 
rewards, and by promises, agreements and securities 
for gifts, presents, money and rewards, and by 
other illegal practices, corrupt and procure divers 
persons, being registered Electors of the said Bo- 
rough, to give their votes in favour of the said 
Thomas Berry Horsfall, and to forbear to give them 
in favour of the said Michael Thomas Bass and 
Lawrence Heywood, or one of them ; that strangers 
to the said Borough, and persons having no legal 
connexion therewith, were brought to and remained 
in the said Borough at the said Election by the 
agents, friends, managers and partisans of the said 
Thomas Berry Horsfall, for the purpose of corruptly 
influencing divers Electors of the said Borough; 
and such strangers were supplied with money for 
the purchase of votes, and for the payment of voters 
who should give or agree to give their votes for the 
said Thomas Berry Horsfall, and forbear to give 
them to the said Michael Thomas Bass and Law- 
rence Heyworth, or one of them; and by votes so 
purchased and paid for, or purchased and agreed to 
be paid for, the Return of the said Thomas Berry 
Horsfall was procured; that before, during and 
after the said Election, the said Thomas Berry Hors- 
fall did, by himself, his agents, friends and partisans, 
by divers ways and means, at his charge and on his 
behalf, directly and indirectly give, provide, present 
and allow, and cause and knowingly permit to be 
given, provided, presented and allowed to registered 
. Electors 














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Electors of the said Borough, and to divers other | 
persons, money, meat, drink, entertainment, pro- 
vision and reward, and made promises, agreements 
and engagements to give money, meat, drink, enter- 
tainment, provision and reward to and for persons 
having votes as aforesaid, in order that he the said 
Thomas Berry Horsfall might have the votes of the 
said persons, and might thereby Le elected a Mem- 
ber for the said Borough of Derby ; that gross, no- 
torious, extensive and systematic bribery, treating | 
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Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. : 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors Ennis 
who claimed to have a right to vote, and exercised Election. 


such right by voting at the last Election of a 
Memher to serve in the present Parliament for 


said Election by divers persons, agents, friends,| the Borough of Ennis, was read; setting forth, 


managers and partisans of the said Thomas Berry 
Horsfall, with a view to the Election of the said 
‘Thomas Berry Horsfall, and the Election and Re- 
turn of the said Thomas Berry Horsfal/ were pro- 
cured by means of such bribery, treating and corrup- 
tion; that by reason of the said corrupt and illegal 
practices, the said Thomas Berry Horsfall was and 
is wholly incapacitated and ineligible to sit in this 
present Parliament for the said Borough, and the 
Election and Return of the said Thomas Berry 
Horsfail was and is wholly vull and void; that at 
the said Election divers persons who were not 
legally entitled to vote at the said Election in conse- 
quence of not having been duly placed on the Re- 
gister of klectors in force at the time of the said 
Election, and divers persons who had become dis- 
qualified to vote at the said Election, subsequently 
to having been registered, by legal or personal dis- 
qualifications and incapacities, and divers — 
who had been employed at such Election as Deputy 
Returning Officers, agents, attorneys, poll-clerks, 
check-clerks, flagmen, messengers or in some other 
capacity for the purposes of the Election, and in 
respect of such employment had taken fee or reward, 
or promise or security for such fee or reward, and 
divers persons who had received alms or parochial 
relief, and divers persons who had ceased to reside 
within the said Borough, or within the required 
distance thereof previous to such Election, and divers 
persons who had asked, received or taken money, 
gifts, employment, office or reward, or promise for 
money, gifts, employment, office and rewards, and 
had been otherwise bribed to give their votes at the 
said Election, or who had corruptly received meat, 
drink, entertainment or provision to induce them to 
vote at the said Election ; and divers persons who 
were by some or one of the causes aforesaid, or by 
other causes, legally disqualified from voting at the 
said Election, were admitted to vote and did vote 
for. the said Thomas Berry Horsfall; that at the 
said Election divers persons personated Electors of 
the said Borongh who were not themselves present, 
and divers persons who had by money, gifts and 
rewards, or by promises and agreements for money, 
gifts and rewards corrupted and procured other 
voters of the said Borough to vote for the said 
Thomas Berry Horsfall, and to forbear to vote for 
the said Michael Thomas Bass and Lawrence Hey- 
worth, or one of them, were admitted to vote and 
did vote for the said Thomas Berry Horsfall; that 
by the various ways and means aforesaid, and by 
various other illegal and irregular proceedings, the 
said Thomas Berry Horsfall obtained an apparent 
and colourable majority of votes over the said Law- 
rence Heyworth, whereas the majority of good and 
legal votes was in favour of the said Lawrence Hey- 
worth; anid praying that the House will take the 
premises into their consideration, and declare that 
the Return of the said Thomas Berry Horsfall is 
null and void, and that the said Thomas Berry 
Hforsfall was not duly elected and returned, but that 
the said Lawrence Heyworth was duly elected, and 
ought to have been returned a Member to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Borough of Derby, 
and that the Return ought now to be amended ac- 
cordingly; and that the House will give to the Peti- 
tioners such further and other relief as to the House 
may seem meet. 
- VoL. 108. 


That the Petitioners were, at and during the 
last Election of a Member to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Ennis, registered 
Electors of the said Borough, and did claim to have 
aright to vote, and did exercise such right by voting 
at the said Election ; that the nomination of a Mem- 
ber to serve in the present Parliament for the said 
Borough took place on the Tenth day of July One 
thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two, and the Elec- 
tion of such Member on the Twelfth day of July One 
thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two; that James 
Patrick O’Gorman Mahon, commonly cailed The 
O’ Gorman Mahon, was aCandidate at the said Elec- 
tion to serve as Member for the said Borough in 
this present Parliament, and the Petitioners claim 
and are prepared to show that the said O’ Gorman 
Mahon was duly elected by a majority of the legal 
votes given at the said Election; that at the said 
Election John David FitzGerald, Esquire, was by 
the Returning Officer for the said Borough declared 
to have had a majority of votes, and to have been 
duly elected, whereas, in fact and in truth, the said 
John David FitzGerald had not a majority of votes, 
and was not duly elected, and ought not to have 
been returned as such Member aforesaid, but that 
the said O’Gorman Mahon had « majority of legal 
votes, and was duly elected, and ought to have been 
returned as the Member to serve in the present 
Parliament for the said Borough ; that before, during 
and after the said Election the said John David 
FitzGerald was, by himself and his agents, friends 
and managers, guilty of divers acts of bribery and 
corruption, in order to corrupt and procure, and did, 
by himself, his agents, friends and managers, and 
by many other persons employed in his behalf, by 
gifts, presents, money, rewards, and by promises, 
agreements and securities for money, gifts, employ- 
ments and rewards, and by threats, intimidation, 
promises, undue influence, and other corrupt and 
illegal practices, acts and means, corrupt and pro- 
cure divers persons having or claiming to have votes 
at the said Election, to give their votes in favour of 
him the said John David FitzGerald, and to for- 
bear to give their votes in favour of the said O’ Wor- 
man Mahon; and that the said John David Fitz- 
Gerald, by the said corrupt and illegal practices, 
was and is wholly incapacitated and ineligible to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough, and the said Election and Return of the said 
John David FitzGerald were and are wholly null 
and void; that the said Johu David FitzGerald 
before, during and after the said Election did, by 
himself, his friends, agents and others acting for and 
sanctioned by him, give or cause, and procure to be 
iven, and did promise and agree to give, and did 
es of and consent to the giving and procuring to 
be given, money, goods, gifts and rewards, offices and 
places, to divers persons, upon certain engagements, 
contracts and agreements, that such persons to 
whom and to whose use and in whose behalf such 
money, goods, gifts and rewards, offices and places, 
and promises, engagements, contracts and agree- 
ments were made, should, by themselves and others, 
at their solicitation, respectively request and com- 
mand, procure and endeavour to procure, the Re- 
turn of the said John David FitzGerald at such 
Election, and to prevent the Return of the said 
O’ Gorman Mahon ; a after the teste of the Writ 
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for holding the said Election, and before and during 
the said Election, the said John David FitzGerald 
did, by himself and his agents, friends and partisans, 
or by divers ways and means in his behalf, or at 
his charge, directly and indirectly, give, present and 
allow to persons having votes in and at the said Elec- 
tion, money, meat, drink, entertainment and pro- 
vision, and did make presents, gifts, rewards and 
entertainments, and did make promises, agreements, 
obligations and engagements to give and allow mo- 
ney, meat, drink, provision, presents, rewards and 
entertainments, to and for persons having votes in 
and at the said Election, and to and for the use, 
benefit and advantage, employment, profit and pre- 
ferment of such persons, to induce such persons 
to vote at the said Election for the said John David 
FitzGerald, or to forbear to vote at the said Elec- 
tion for the said O’Gorman Mahon, or in order that 
he the said John David FitzGerald might be 
elected, or for being elected to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said Borough ; and that by rea- 
son of the said last-mentioned corrupt and illegal 
practices, the said John David FitzGerald was and 
is wholly incapacitated and ineligible to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said Borough, and that 
the said Election and Return of the said John David 
Fitz Gerald were and are wholly null and void ; that 
before, during and after the said Election, the said 
John David FitzGerald did, by himself and his 
agents, friends and partisans, or by or with divers 
persons, or in divers ways and manners, directly or 
indirectly, give or provide, or did cause or did 
knowingly allow to be given or provided, wholly 
or partly at his expense, or did pay wholly or in 
part divers expenses incurred for meat, drink, lodg- 
ing, entertainment and provisions to and for divers 
persons, for the purpose of corruptly influencing 
divers of such persons, or divers other persons, to 
give their votes at the said Election for the said John 
David FitzGerald, or to refrain from giving their 
votes at the said Election for the said O’Gorman 
Mahon, or for the purpose of corruptly rewarding 
divers of such persons, or divers other persons, for 
having given their votes at the said Election for the 
said John David FitzGerald, or for having refrained 
from giving their votes at the said Election to the 
said O’ Gorman Mahon ; and that, by reason of such 
illegal practices, the said John David FitzGerald 
was and is wholly incapacitated and ineligible to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough, and that the said Election and Return of the 
said John David FitzGerald were and are wholly 
null and void ; that previous to and during the said 
Election the said John David Fitz Gerald, and his 
avents, friends, committee-men and supporters, or- 
ganised, hired and. retained a number of furious, 
lawless and desperate persons, for the purpose of 
exciting and committing divers riots and assaults, 
and also for the purpose of preventing the Electors 
of the said Borough from being canvassed by the 
said O’Gorman Mahon, and his friends and sap- 
porters; and that money, meat and drink were 
given by the said John David FitzGerald, and by 
his agents, committee-men, friends and supporters, 
to the said furious, lawless and desperate persons, 
for the purpose of preventing the said Electors from 
being canvassed by or voting in favour of the said 
O’ Gorman Mahon; and that before, at and during, 
vnd after the said Election, riots and assaults of a 
most tumultuous and violent description, excited by 
the said John David FitzGerald, and by his agents 
und hired retainers in the said Borough, by means 
of which riots the public peace was broken from 
day to day, and the Electors in the interest of the 
surud O'Gorman Mahon were greatly interrupted, in- 
timidated and assaulted in their attempts to gain 
uccess to and communicate with the said O’Gor- 
man Mahon, and also in going to and in returning 
from the polling places in the said Borough at the 
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intended to vote for the said O’Gorman Makon, 
and would have voted for the said O’Gorman 
Mahon but for the said interruptions, intimida- 
tions, assaults and riots, were, in consequence 
thereof, deterred and prevented from so doing, and 
many other voters who would have voted for the 
said O’Gorman Mahon were influenced and intimi- 
dated by threats and violence to vote for the said 
John David FitzGerald, in violation of the just 
freedom of Election, and of the rights of the said 
Electors, and of the said O’Gorman Mahon, and 
that the said riots and assaults, and the said vio- 
tence and intimidation, were countenanced, encou- 
raged, fomented and paid for by the said John 
David FitzGerald and his agents, friends and par- 
tisans, and by divers persons in the interest of the 
said John David FitzGerald, for the purpose of 
preventing the said Electors from voting for the said 
O’Gorman Mahon, and that the. said violence and 
intimidation, riots and assaults proceeded on an 
organised system, which was planned and sustained 
by bribery and treating, and divers illegal and cor- 
rupt acts, practices and proceedings, and that in the 
course thereof divers Electors in the interest of the 
said O’ Gorman Mahon, some of whom had voted for 
the said O’Gorman Mahon, and others who in- 
tended to vote for the said O’Gorman Mahon, sus- 
tained grievous injury and bodily harm, and that all 
the Electors and voters who were known to be in 
the interest of the said John David FitzGerald, 
had free access to the polling booths at the several 
polling places, and were allowed to poll thereat, 
and leave the same without injury or molestation 
from any person; but the Electors and voters in 
the interest of the said O’Gorman Mahon were, 
during all the time by law allowed for polling, pre- 
vented and obstructed from entering the said poll- 
ing booths, and were prevented from recording their 
votes for the said O’ Gorman Mahon as they other- 
wise would have done; that money, meat, drink 
and entertainment were given by the said John 
David FitzGerald, and by his agents, partisans, 
friends, committee-men and supporters to the said 
band or mob of ruffianly, furious, lawless and des- 
perate persons, for the purpose of preventing the 
said Electors from being canvassed by or voting in 
favour of the said O’Gorman Mahon; that the ma- 
jority of votes so declared by the Returning Officer 
as aforesaid in favour of the said John David Fitz- 
Gerald was only an apparent and colourable ma- 
jority, and that the ate majority of good and legal 
votes polled at the said lection was in favour of 
the said O’Gorman Mahon over the said John J)a- 
vid FitzGerald; that divers persons voted at the 
said Election for the said John David FitzGerald, 
and were reckoned upon the poll at the said Election 
in favour of the said John David FitzGerald, who 
were bribed to vote thereat in favour of the said 
John David FitzGerald, or to forbear to vote for 
the said O’Gorman Mahon; that the votes of such 
persons were, therefore, bad, illegal and invalid, and 
ought to be struck off the poll; that divers other 
persons voted at the said Election for the said John 
David FitzGerald, and were reckoned upon the 
poll at the said Election in favour of the said John 
David FitzGerald, who had given or offered bribes 
to persons having or claiming a right to vote at the 
said Election, and were thereby incapacitated and 
disqualified from voting thereat, and the votes of 
oth persons ought now to be struck off the poll; 
that divers other persons were admitted to vote at 
the said Election, and were reckoned upon the poll 
at the said Election in favour of the said John Da- 
vid FitzGerald, who had been treated, or were 
guilty of treating, and other corrupt practices at and 
before the said Election, so as to disqualify them 
from voting at the same, and the votes of such 
persons ought now to be struck off the poll; that at 
the said Election divers persons voted for the said 
John David FitzGerald who were or had a 
either 






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Boston 
Election. 


16 Vicrorrz. 


either during such Election, or within Six calendar 
months previous thereto, or within Fourteen days 
after it was completed, retained or employed at such 
Election as agents, attorneys, poll-clerks or flagmen, 
or in some other capacity, for the purposes of such 
Election, and had either before, during or after 
such Election, accepted, received or taken from the 
said John David VitzGerald, or from some other 
person, for or in consideration of or with reference 
to such retainer or employment, a sum or sums of 
money, or retaining fee, offices, places or employ- 
ments, and that such votes were admitted and en- 
tered on the poll-books as good votes for the said 
John David FitzGerald, and ought now to be 
struck off the poll ; that at the said Election, divers 
of the Electors for the said Borough were compelled 
by violence, threats, intimidations and force, prac- 
tised by the said John David FitzGerald, and by 
friends, agents, partisans, managers, committee- 
men and supporters of the said John David Fit=- 
Gerald, to vote for the said John David FitzGe- 
rald, or to forbear to vote for the said O’Gorman 
Mahon, and such votes ought now to be struck off 
from the poll, and also the votes of all persons who 
used or practised such violence, threats, intimida- 
tion and force; that the freedom of Election has 
been violated, and no lawful Election has been had 
for a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament 
for the said Borough ; and praying that the House 
will take into consideration the said premises, and 
will declare the said Election and Return of the 
said John David FitzGerald to be wholly null and 
void, and that the said John David FitzGerald 
was not duly elected at the said last-mentioned 
Election, and ought not to have been returned at 
the said Election, but that the said O’ Gorman 
Mahon was duly elected, and ought to have been 
returned ; and will order and direct that the said 
Return of the said John David FitzGerald be 
amended, by erasing the name of the said John 
David FitzGerald therefrom, and by substituting 
therein the name of the said James Patrick O’ Gor- 
man Mahon, commonly called The O'Gorman Ma- 
hon, in lieu thereof; and that the House will make 
such further and other order, and grant such further 
relief in the premises as the House shall deem fit. 

Ordered, t hat the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records 
as shall be thought necessary by the several Parties 
on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned, being regis- 
tered Electors of the Borough of Boston, in the 
County of Lincoln, who had a right to vote, and 
voted at their last Election of Members to serve in 
the present Parliament for the said Borough, was 
read ; setting forth, ‘That the Petitioners were, at 
the last Election of Members to serve in this pre- 
sent Parliament for the said Borough, Electors 
of the said Borough, and were registered as such 
Electors, and had a right to vote for Members 
for the said Borough at the said Election, and 
did vote thereat; that at the said Election of 
Members to serve in Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough, Gilbert Henry Heathcote, Esquire, Benja- 
min Bond Cabbell, Esquire, John Alexander Han- 
key, Esquire, Thomson ete junior, Esquire, and 
William Henry Adams, Esquire, were Candidates, 
and a pol! being demanded and taken, at the close 
thereof the Returning Officer of the said Borough 
declared that the said Gilbert Henry Heathcote had 
Five hundred and forty-seven votes, the said Ben- 
jamin Bond Cabbell, Four hundred and ninety votes, 
the said John Alexander Hankey, Four hundred and 
thirty-seven votes, the said Thomson Hankey the 
younger, One hundred and forty-eight votes, and the 
said William Henry Adams, Eighteen votes, and 
thereupon the said Gilbert Henry Heathcote, Es- 
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quire, and Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esquire, were 
by the said Returning Officer declared duly elected 
as Members to serve in Parliament for the said 
Borough of Boston ; that the said Benjamin Bond 
Cabbell was, by himself and by his agents and others 
employed by him or them respectively in conducting 
his Election, or by friends, and by others acting for 
him, guilty of bribery and corruption, and other 
illegal and corrupt practices, before and at such 
Election, and did by such bribery and corruption, 
and such other illegal and corrupt practices, endea- 
vour to procure, and did procure many of the voters 
at such Election to vote for the said Benjamin Bond 
Cabbell, and to forbear to vote for the said John 
Alexander Hankey and Thomson Hankey, junior, 
or one of them ; that the said Benjamin Bond Cab- 
bell, by himself, his agents, friends and partisans, 
or by divers ways and means vn his behalf, or at his 
charge, directly or indirectly, before and after the 
teste of the Writ for such Election, and before, at 
and during the said Election, did give, present and 
allow to divers persons having votes, or claiming to 
have votes at such Election, money, meat, drivk, 
entertainment and provision, and did make pre- 
sents, gifts, rewards and entertainments, and did 
make promises, agreements, obligations and engage- 
ments, to give and allow money, meat, -drink, pro- 
vision, presents, rewards and entertainments, to and 
for the use, advantage and profit of such persons, 
in order that the said Benjamin Bond Cabbell might 
be returned at such Election; that the said Benja- 
min Bond Cabbell did, by himself and his agents, - 
friends and partisans, or by or with divers persons, 
or in divers ways and manners, directly and indi- 
rectly, give or provide, or did cause and did know- 
ingly allow to be given or provided, wholly or partly, 
at his expense, or did pay wholly or in part divers 
expenses incurred for meat, drink, entertainment 
and provision to and for divers persons, before, 
during and after the said Election, for the purpose 
of corruptly influencing divers of such persons, or 
divers other persons, to give their votes in such 
Election for the said Benjamin Bond Cabbell, or to 
refrain from giving their votes in such Election for 
the said John Alexander Hankey and Thomson 
Hankey, or one of them, or for the purpose of cor- 
ruptly rewarding divers of such persons, or divers 
other persons, for having given their votes at such 
Election for the said Benjamin Bond Cabbell, or for 
having refrained from giving their votes at the said 
Election for the said John Alexander Hankey and 
Thomson Hankey, or one of them ; that the Election 
and Return of the said Benjamin Bond Cabbell was 
procured by means of such bribery and corrup- 
tion, or of such treating aforesaid, and by reason 
thereof the Return of the said Benjamin Bond Cab- 
bell is wholly void ; that in consequence of the open 
and notorious treating on the part of the said Ben- 
jamin Bond Cabbell at such Election, notices, of 
which the following is a copy, were prepared, and 
copies thereof given to the Returning Officer of the 
Borough on the morning of the pull, before the poll 
had commenced, and were posted in conspicuous 
places on the Town Hall, and at all the polling- 
booths, on the morning of the poll, before the poll 
had commenced, and continued so posted up to the 
close of the poll, and copies thereof were also served 
on each voter as he came to the poll ; viz.— We, 
the undersigned Electors of the Borough of Boston, 
in the county of Lincoln, do hereby give you notice, 
that before or during the Election of Members for 
the said Borough which is now taking place, Ben- 
jamin Bond Cabbell, being a Candidate at the said 
Election, did by himself, or by or with some per- 
son or persons, or in some manner, directly or in- 
directly, give or provide, or cause or knowingly 
allow to be given or provided, wholly or partly at 
his expense, or pay wholly or in part, divers ex- 
penses incurred for meat, drink, entertainment or 





provision, to or for divers persons having votes at 
14 the 












Exhibition 
of 1851, 


Drainage of 
Lands (Ire- 
land.) 


No. 10 


Acts of 
Parliament. 


No. 11. 
Turnpike 
Trusts. 


No. 12. 


Revenue 


Departments. 


No. 13. 


Grain, Flour, 
&amp;e. 


No, 14. 


Exports 
and Imports 
(France. ) 


No. 15. 


64 


the said Election, for the purpose of corruptly in- 
fluencing such persons to give or to refrain from 
iving their votes at the said Election. And we do 
Casulay ive you further notice, that the said Ben- 
jamin Bond Cabdbell, having been so guilty of treat- 
ing before or during the said Election, is incapable 
of being elected or sitting in Parliament for the said 
Bocas on the present vacancy ; and therefore we, 
the undersigned, «lo accordingly object to and pro- 
test against the nomination of the said Benjamin 
Bond Cabbell asa Candidate, and against the Elec- 
tion and Return of the said Benjamin Bond Cab- 
bell as a Member to represent the said Borough at 
this Election. And we do hereby give you notice, 
that all votes given in favour of the said Benjamin 
Bond Cabbell at this present Election of Members 
to serve in Parliament for the said Borough will, on 
account of the ineligibility of the said Benjamin 
Bond Cabbell, be of no effect, but entirely lost and 
thrown away. Dated this Eighth day of July One 
thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two. ‘To the 
Mayor of the Borough of Boston, being the Re- 
turning Officer thereof, and to the Electors of the 
said Borough. Harrison Bontoft, John Noble, junior. 
Witness, Luke Bland.” That, for the reason afore- 
said, all the votes given and recorded in favour of 
the said Benjamin Bond Cabbell at the said Election 
were entirely lost and thrown away; and praying 
that the said Benjamin Bond Cabbell may be de- 
clared not duly elected, and that the said Return 
may be amended, and that the name of the said 
Benjamin Bond Cabbell may be erased from the said 
Return, and that the name of the said John Aler- 
ander Hankey or of the said Thomson Hankey may 
be therein inserted in lieu thereof; and that the 
said John Alexander Hankey or the said Thomson 
Hankey way be allowed to take his seat as Member 
for the said Borough in this present Parliament, or 
that the said Return and Election, as far as regards 
the said Benjamin Bond Cabbell, may be declared 
null and void, and the parties put to a new Elec- 
tion ; and that the House will grant such further relief 
to the Petitioners as the nature and merits of the case 
may require, and as to the House may seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


Sir William Jolliffe presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Second Report of the Com- 
missioners for the Exhibition of 1851, to the Right 
honourable Spencer Walpole, &amp;c. &amp;c., one of Her 
Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State. 

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


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Drainage of 
Lands (Jre/and), which was communicated from the 
Lords upen the 16th day of this instant November, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Acts of Par- 
liament, which was presented upon the 19th day of 
this instant November, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Turnpike 
Trusts, which was presented upon the 19th day of 
this instant November, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Revenue 
Departments, which was presented upon the 19th 
day of this instant November, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Grain, Flour, 
&amp;c., which was presented upon the 19th day of this 
instant November, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Exports and 
Imports (France), which was presented upon the 


19th day of this instant November, be printed, 





22° Novembris. 





A. 1852, 


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





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

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Call of Call of the 
the House ; House. 
A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House be now called over :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Land Im- 
to facilitate the Improvement of Landed Property a 
in Ireland by Owners of Settled Estates: And that ‘ 
Mr. Attorney General for Lreland, Mr. Solicitor Ge- 
neral for Jreland and Lord Naas do prepare, and 
bring it in. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill NE a 
to provide Compensation for Improvements made 
by et in Retest And ‘hat Mr. Attorney Gniea 
General for Ireland, Mr. Solicitor General for Jre- 
land and Lord Naas do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Leasing 
to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to wy (Ire- 
Leasing Powers in Jreland: And that Mr. Attorney . 
General for Jreland, Mr. Solicitor General for Jre- 
land and Lord Naas do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Landlord 
to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to = 
Landlord and Tenant in Jreland: And that Mr, “™*"% 
Attorney General for Jredand, Mr. Solicitor General 
for Ireland and Lord Naas do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


| Several Petitiens complaining of undue Elections 


and Returns being offered to be presented, the same 
were delivered in at the Table. 

And two of the said Petitions appearing to relate 
to Elections and Returns for places concerning which 
the House had received Petitions on a former day, 
and on this day, the same were first read. 

A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of Pontefract 
the Borough of Pontefract, in the West Riding of Blection. 
Yorkshire, was read; setting forth, That at the last: 
Election of Members to serve in Parliament for 
the Borough of Pontefract, the Petitioners were, 
| and they now are, registered Electors for the said 
‘Borough, and had a right to vote and did vote 
.at the said Election, and that at the said Elec- 

tion Richard Monckhion Milnes, Esquire, was a Can- 
| ulidate to represent the said Borough in Parliament, 
and that a poll being demanded, the same was 
granted and proceeded with, and at the close thereof 
the said Richard Monckton Milnes was, by the Ke- 
turning Officer of the said Borough, declared to 
have a majority of votes, and to be duly elected and 
returned as one of the Members to serve in this pre- 
| sent Parliament for the said Borough of Pontefract ; 
that before, at, during and after the said Election 
the said Richard Monckton Milnes was, by himself, 
his agents, friends, managers and partisans, guilty 
of many acts of bribery and corruption, and did, by 
himself, his agents, friends, managers and partisans, 
and by other parties employed in his behalf, by. 
gifts, payments, money or rewards, or by promises, 
agreements, obligations and engagements for gilts, 
payments, money or rewards, and by other corrupt 
and illegal practices, acts and meaus, corrupt and 
procure divers persons having or claiming to have 
votes at the said Election, to give their votes for 
him the said Richard Monckton Milnes, or to forbear 


Nor 








. to 


Norwich 
Election, 





22° Novembris. 65 


to give their votes for any other Candidate, and that | aforesaid, money, meat, drink, entertainment and 
the said Richard Monckton Milnes, by himself, his | provision, presents, gifts and rewards, and did make 


16 Vicroriz. 






agents, friends, managers and partisans, before, dur- 
ing and after the said Election, did give or provide, 
or cause or knowingly allow to be given or provided, 
wholly or partly at his expense, or with his know- 


promises, agreements, obligations and engagements 
to give and allow money, meat, drink, provision, 
presents, rewards and entertainments to and for 
divers persons having votes as aforesaid, and to and 







ledge and consent, at the expense of his agents and | for the use and advantage, benefit, employment, 
friends, meat, drink, entertainment or provision to! profit and preferment of such persons, in order that 
and for divers persons, Electors of the said Borough, | he the said Edward Warner should and might be 
for the purpose of corruptly influencing such persons elected, and for his the said Edward Warner's being 
to vote for him the said Richard Monckton Milnes, | elected to serve in Parliament for the said City of 
or to give or to refrain from giving their votes at the | Norwich at the said Election; that before, during 
said Election, or for the purpose of corruptly re- and after the said Election, the said dward Warner 
warding such persons for having voted for him the | did by himself, and by and with divers other persons, 
said Richard Monckton Milnes, or for having for- directly and indirectly, give and provide, and cause 
borne to vote for any other Candidate, whereby the | and knowingly allow to be given and provided, at 
said Richard Monckton Milnes is incapable of being | his the said Edward Warner's expense, meat, drink, 
elected or sitting in Parliament for the said Borough | entertainment and provision to and for divers and 
during the present Parliament ; that gross, notorious, ; very many persons, for the purpose of corruptly in- 
extensive and systematic bribery, treating and cor- | fluencing such persons and others to give their 
ruption was practised before and at the said Election | votes at the said Election for him the said Edward 
by divers persons, being agents, friends, managers, Warner, and for the purpose of corruptly rewarding 
supporters or partisans of the said Richard Monck- | such persons, and the said other persons, for having 
ton Milnes; and that the Election and Return of given their votes at the said Election for him the 
the said Richard Monckton Milnes was procured by | said Edward Warner ; that before, during and after 
means of such bribery and treating, and other cor-| the said Election, the said Edward Warner did, by 
rupt and illegal practices ; and that by reason thereof himself,and by and with divers other persons, directly 
the said Richard Monckton Milnes is wholly inca- and indirectly pay divers sums of money and ex- 
pacitated and ineligible to sit in Parliament for the | penses incurred for meat, drink, entertainment and 
said Borough ; and the said Election and Return of provision to and for divers and very many persons, 
the said Richard Monckton Milnes were and are and for the purpose of corruptly influencing such 
wholly null and void ; and praying that the House | persons and others to give their votes at the said 
will take the premises into their consideration, and Election for him the said Edward Warner, and for 
will dectare that the said Richard Menckton Milnes the purpose of corruptly rewarding such persons, 
was not duly elected, and ought not to have been and the said other persons, for having given their 
returned for the said Borough at the said Election, votes at the said Election for him the said Edward 
and that his Election and Return are wholly nulland Warner; that before, during and after the said 
void ; and that the Petitioners may have such fur- | Election, the said Edward Worner did, by himself, 
ther and other relief as to the House shall seem meet, | and by and with divers other persons, directly and 
and as the nature and merits of the case require. | indirectly give and provide, and cause and know- 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the | ingly allow to be given and provided, at his the said 
Table. Edward Warner’s expense, meat, drink, entertain- 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant | ment and provision to and for divers and very many 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as_ persons, for the purpose of corruptly influencing 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties | such persons and others to refrain from giving their 
on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. | votes at the said Election for the said Marquis of 
Douro and Lothian Sheffield Dickson, or one of 



































A Petition of the there-undersigned John Phil- 
lips, John Abel, Henry Hindes, Peter Thomas Scott 
and William Mackley, Electors of the City of 
Norwich, was read; setting forth, That the Peti- 
tioners were, at and during the last Election of 


them, and for the purpose of corruptly rewarding 
such persons and the said other persons for having 
refrained from giving their votes at the said Elec- 
tion for the said Marquis of Douro and Lothian 
Sheffield Dickson, or one of them ; that before, dur- 










Members to serve in this present Parliament for the | ing and after the said Election the said Edward War- 
said City of Vorwich, registered Electors of the! ner did, by himself, and by and with divers other 
said City, and claimed to have and had a right to | persons, directly and indirectly pay divers sums of 
vote, and did vote, at the said Election; that the money and expenses incurred for meat, drink, en- 
said Election of Members to serve in Parliament for | tertainment and provision to and for divers and 
the said City of Norwich was held at Norwich | very many persons, for the purpose of corruptly in- 
aforesaid, in the month of July now last past, on | fluencing such persons and others to refrain from 
which occasion there were four Candidates for Elec- | giving their votes at the said Election for the said 
tion to serve in Parliament for the said City, namely, | Marquis of Douro and Lothian Sheffield Dickson, or 
Samuel Morton Peto, Esquire, Edward Warner,|one of them, and for the purpose of corruptly re- 
Esquire, Arthur Richard Wellesley, commonly | warding such persons and the said other persons for 
called Marquis of Douro, and Lothian Sheffield having refrained from giving their votes at the said 
Dickson, Esquire ; that at such Election a poll being | Election for the said Marquis of Douro and Lothian 
demanded, was granted by the Returning Officer, | Sheffield Dickson, or one of them; that before and 
and proceeded with on the Eighth day of July last, during the said Election, the said Edward Warner, 
and at the close of such poll the said Samuel Mor- as well by himself, his agents, managers, friends 
ton Peto and Edward Warner were declared by the |and partisans, as by divers other persons employed 
suid Returning Officer to have had a majority of |by him, did by gifts and rewards, and by promises, 
votes at the said Election, and to have been duly! agreements and securities for gifts and rewards, 
elected, and were returned as the Members to serve | corrupt and procure divers and very many persons 
in this pre-ent Parliament for the said City of} to forbear to give their votes at the said Election for 
Norwich; that after the teste of the Writ for the|the said Marquis of Douro and Lothian Sheffield 
said Election, the said Edward Warner did, by | Dickson; that before and during the said Election 
himself and by divers other ways and means on his | the said Edward Warner, by himself and his agents, 
behalf, and at his charge, before the said Election | directly and indirectly did make payment and gift 
to serve in Parliament for the said City, directly and | of divers sums of money and other valuable consi- 
indirectly give, present and allow to divers persons | derations to divers voters at the said Election, and 
having voice and yote in and at the said Election | to divers persons on behalf of such yoters, and to 

VoL. 108. K divers 



























































































A a NL mw 


NS RT NO OI RA eet te 





66 


divers other persons related to such voters by kin- 
dred and affinity, on account of such voters being 
about to vote at the said Election for him the said 





Edward Warner ; that before and during the said | 


Election the said Edward Warner, by himself and 
his agents, directly and indirectly did make pay- 
ment and gift of divers sums of money and other 
valuable considerations to divers voters at the said 
Election, and to divers persons on behalf of such 
voters, and to divers other persons related to such 
voters by kindred and affinity, on account of such 
voters being about to refrain from voting at the said 


Election for the said Marquis of Douro and Lothian 


Sheffield Dickson, or one of them ; that during and 
after the said Election the said Edward Warner, 
by himself and his agents, directly and indirectly, 
did make payment and gift of divers sums of 


money and other valuable considerations to divers | 


voters at the said Election, and to divers per- 


sons on behalf of such voters, and to divers other 


persons related to such voters by kindred and affi- 
nity, on account of such voters having voted at the 
said Election for him the said Edward Warner ; 
that during and after the said Election the said Ed- 
ward Warner, by himself and his agents, directly 
and indirectly, did make payment and gift of divers 
sums of money and other valuable considerations to 
divers voters at the said Election, and to divers per- 
sons on behalf of such voters, and to divers other 
persons related to such voters by kindred and affi- 
nity, on account of such voters having refrained from 
voting at the said Election for the said Marquis of 
Douro and Lothian Sheffield Dickson; that before 
and during the said Election the said Edward War- 
ner, as well by himself, his agents, managers, 
friends and partisans, as by divers other persons, 
regardless of the law, was guilty of gross, extensive 
and systematic, and open and notorious bribery, 
treating and corruption; that the Return of the 
said Edward Warner was procured by the said 
several corrupt and illegal practices, and that the 
said Edward Warner, by the said corrupt and illegal 
practices, was and is wholly disabled and ineapaci- 
tated to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said City of Norwich, and the said Election and 
Return of the said Edward Warner were and are 
wholly null and void; that, previous to the said 
Election, the Electors in the interest of the said Mar- 
quis of Douro and Lothian Sheffield Dickson were 
greatly interrupted, insulted and assaulted, and divers 
of the said Electors who intended to vote for the 
said Marquis of Douro and Lothian Sheffield Dick- 
son, and would have voted for the said Marquis of 
Douro and Lothian Sheffield Dickson but for the 


said interruption, insults and assaults, were in con- | 


sequence thereof deterred and prevented from so 
doing, and many other voters who would have 
voted for the said Marquis of Douro and Lothian 





22° Novembris. A. 1852. 


Electors who should be willing and anxious to give 
their votes at the said Election in favour of the said 
Marquis of Douro and Lothian Sheffield Dickson, 
or one of them, and in order to deter and prevent 
such Electors, by force and fear, from giving their 
votes for the said Marquis of Douro and Lothian 
Sheffield Dickson, or one of them; that for many 
days preceding the nomination of Candidates at 
the said Election, large bodies of persons were 
riotously and tumultuously assembled in the streets 
of the said City, who conducted themselves in a 
violent, riotous and outrageous manner towards 
the said Marquis of Douro and Lothian Sheffield 
Dickson, and towards the Electors of the said City, 
who were known to be friends and supporters and 
in the interest of the said Marquis of Douro and 
Lothian Sheffield Dichson, and that the said Mar- 
quis of Douro and Lothian Sheffield Dickson, and 
their said friends and supporters, and the Electors 
in their interest, were greatly intimidated, and kept 
in terror of their lives, and could not appear in the 
streets of the said City without imminent danger, 
and that many of the Electors of the said City 
being known to be friends and supporters of the 
said Marquis of Douro and Lothicn Sheffield Dick- 
son, were violently assaulted, beaten and otherwise 
injured by many of the said persons being so riot- 
tously assembled ; that during all the time aforesaid, 
the violence of the said persons so tumultuously 
assembled was countenanced and instigated by the 
friends, partisans or agents of the said Edward 
Warner ; that in consequence of the said outrageous 
and violent conduct, and also by means of threats, 
menaces and intimidation and other illegal and 
unconstitutional means and devices, great numbers 
of the Electors for the said Borough were induced 
and compelled to vote for the said Edward Warner 
who had intended and were desirous to vote for the 
said Marquis of Douro and Lothian Sheffield Dick- 
son, or one of them, but who were so frightened 
and intimidated by the threats, menaces and vio- 
lence made use of by the friends, partisans, agents and 
others in the interest of the said Edward Warner, 
that they dared not to refuse to comply therewith, 
and so voted contrary to their wishes and intentions ; 
that in consequence of the premises there was no 
freedom of Election at the said last Election for the 
said City, and a large portion of the registered 
Electors for the said City did not vote thereat, and 
the Petitioners are fully persuaded, and firmly be- 
lieve, that but for the system of outrage aad violence 
hereinbefore set forth, and the illegal and unconsti- 
tutional practices above detailed, a very considerable 
majority of votes would have been given at the said 
Election in favour of the said Marquis of Douro 
and Lothian Sheffield Dickson, or one of them, and 
_that the said Marquis of Douro and Lothian Shef- 
| field Dickson would, but for the said violence, out- 


Sheffield Dickson were influenced and intimidated | rage and illegal and unconstitutional practices, have 
by threats and violence to vote for the said Edward been returned at the said Election as Citizens to 
Warner, one of the other Candidates at the said | serve in this present Parliament for the said City ; 


Election, in violation of the just freedom of Election | 
and of the rights of the said Electors and of the 
said Marquis of Douro and Lothian Sheffield Dick- | 
son; that the said violence and intimidation were | 
carried on on an organized system, and that in the | 
course thereof divers Electors in the interest of the | 
said Marquis of Douro and Lothian Sheffield Dick- | 
soa respectively, who intended to vote for the said | 
Marquis of Douro and Lothian Sheffield Dickson, 
or one of them, sustained grievous injury and bodily | 
harm; that the freedom of Election has, therefore, | 
been violated, and no lawful Election has been had | 
for Citizens to serve in this present Parliament for 
the said City; that previous to, at and during the 
said last Election for the said City, an organized 
system of violence and agitation were established 
and acted upon in the said City by the friends, par- 
tisans or agents of the said Edward Warner, for 
the purpose of intimidating and terrifying all the 





| 


that by reason of the premises the Flection and 
Return of the said Edward Warner were and are 
wholly null and void ; and praying that the House 
will take the premises into theit consideration, and 
will declare that the said Edward Warner was not 
duly elected, and ought not to have been returned, 
and that his Election and Return are wholly null 
and void, and that justice may be done in the pre- 
mises; and that the House will grant to the Peti- 
tioners such further or other relief in the premises 
as to the House shall seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


Then the other Petition was read. 
A Petition 


Tan 
prov 
(Ire 


—— 
lection. 


Tand Im- 
provement 
(Ireland) Bill. 


No. 16, 


16 Victoriz. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of 
the Borough of Tynemouth, was read ; setting forth, 
That at the last Election of Members to serve 
in Parliament for the Borough of Tynemouth, the 
Petitioners were registered Electors of the said 
Borough, and had a right to vote and did vote 
at the said Election; that Ralph William Grey, 
Esquire, and Hugh Taylor, Esquire, were Can- 
didates at the said Election, and a poll being de- 
manded and taken, the said Hugh Taylor was, at 
the close thereof, declared by the Returning Officer 
of the said Borough to have the majority of votes, 
and to be elected and returned to serve as Member 
in Parliament for the Borough of Tynemouth ; that 
before and at the said Election the said Hugh Tay- 
lor was, by himself, bis agents, friends and managers, 
guilty of bribery and corruption, and did, by gifts, 
presents, money and rewards, and by promises, 
agreements and securities for gifts, presents, money 
and rewards, and by other illegal practices, corrupt 
and procure divers persons, being registered Electors 
of the said Borough, to give their votes in favour of 


the said Hugh Taylor, or to forbear to give them in |_ 


favour of the said Ralph William Grey ; that before, 
during and after the said Election, the said Hugh 
Taylor did, by himself, his agents, friends and par- 
tisans, by divers ways and means, at his charge and 
on his behalf, directly and indirectly, give, provide, 
present and aliow, and cause and knowingly permit 
to be given, provided, presented and allowed, to re- 
gistered Electors of the said Borough, and to divers 
other persons, money, meat, drink, entertainment, 
provision and reward, and make promises, agree- 
ments and engagements to give money, meat, drink, 
entertainment, provision and reward to and for per- 
sons having votes as aforesaid, in order that he the 
said Hugh Taylor might have the votes of the said 
persons, and might thereby be elected a Member 
for the said Borough of Tynemouth; that gross, 
notorious, extensive and systematic bribery, treating 
and corruption were practised and carried on before, 
during and after the said Election by divers persons, 
agents, friends, managers and partisans of the said 
Hugh Taylor, with a view to the Election of the said 
Hugh Taylor, and the Election and Return of the 
said Hugh Taylor was procured by means of such 
bribery, treating and corruption ; that the said Hugh 
Taylor was, by his agents, friends and partisans, 
guilty of various other corrupt acts, and did by 
undue influence, and by promises, threats, menaces 
and intimidation, induce, coerce and intimidate di- 
vers Electors of the said Borough of Tynemouth to 
vote for the said Hugh Taylor, in order to procure 
his Return for the said Borough ; that, by reason 
of the said corrupt and illegal practices, the said 
Hugh Taylor was and is wholly incapacitated and 
ineligible to sit in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough, and the Election and Return of the 
said Hugh Taylor were and are wholly null and 
void ; and praying that the House will take the pre- 
mises into their consideration, and will declare that 
the Election and Return of the said Hugh Taylor, 
Esquire, was and is wholly null and void; and 
that the House will give to the Petitioners such 
further and other relief as to the House may seem 
meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant or Warrants for such persons, papers and re- 
cords as shall be thought necessary by the several 
Parties on the hearing of the matter of the said 
Petition. 


Mr. Attorney General for Ireland presented a Bill 
to facilitate the Improvement of Landed Property 
in Ireland by Owners of Settled Estates: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday the 6th day of 
December next; and to be printed. 

Vou. 108. 


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67 


Mr. Attorney General for Jreland presented a Leasing 
Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to yee -_ 
Leasing Powers in Jreland: And the same was area 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second No. 17. 
time upcn Monday the 6th day of December next ; 
and to be printed. 


Mr. Attorney General for Jreland presented a Landlord 
Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to and Tenant 
Landlord and Tenant in Jreland: And the same — —om 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a No. 18. 
second time upon Monday the 6th day of December 
next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Attorney General for Ireland presented a Tenants’ 
Bill to provide Compensation for Improvements Improvements 
en : Compensation 
made by Tenants in Ireland: And the same was (jreland) Bill. 
read the first time ; and ordered to bereadasecond No, 19, 
time upon Monday the 6th day of December next ; 


and to be printed. 
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Martis, 23° die Novembris ; 
Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1852. 


PRAYERS. 


ETITIONS relating to Parliamentary Pa- Publi 
pers ;—Betting Houses ;—Edward Murray; a. 
—and, Ocean Penny Postage,—were presented, and Vide Fourth 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Report. 


Public 


Corn Grinding 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, ieee 


Copies of all Papers, and of any Correspondence 
between the Admiralty and Mr. George Hinton 
Bouill, relative to the fitting up and trials of his 
Patent Machinery for grinding Corn at Deptford ; 
together with the Copies of the Minutes and Report 
of any Inquiry that has taken place by direction of 
the Admiralty relating thereto. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had —— 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of “°"™ 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Petition of Robert Joseph Phillimore, relating 
to the Borough of Tavistock, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he Bridgnorth 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner of ames 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Petition of James Brown Grierson, Thomas Hall 
and George Evans, relating to the Borough of 
Bridgnorth, is unobjectionable. 


That he Lancaster 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, ¢ Election. 


had this day received a Report from the Examiner o 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Petition of Thomas Latham, James Goad and Peter 
Jackson, relating to the Borough of Lancaster, is un- 
objectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also a the House, That he emmy 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner of euetien. 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 

Petition of George Neame, William Plummer and 

George Cooper, relating to the City of Canterbury, 

is unobjectionable. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Clergy 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased (Gerad, 
: “ee. , . (C ) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of all Correspondence between Her 
Majesty’s Government in Canada, or any Member 
thereof, and the Secretary of State for the Colonies, 
on the subject of the Clergy Reserves (in continua- 
tion of Papers presented to Parliament by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command, February 1852). 
Ordered, That the said Address be amen” to 
K 2 er 







































































































Clergy 
Reserves 
(Canada. ) 


Clergy 
Reserves 
(Canada.) 


Colonial 
Expenditure. 


Troops, &amp;c. 
(South 
Africa.) 


Troops 
«Colonies. ) 


Malt. 


68 


Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 


as are of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy 


Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to yive directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns, for every year since 1840, of the 
Amount of the Clergy deeave Fund of Canada, 
formed under the Act 3 &amp; 4 Vic. c. 78, s. 3:—Of 
the Payments made out of the said Fund to the 
Church of England to the Church of Scotland, and 
to any other Religious Sect, under the Act 3 &amp; 4 Vic. 
c. 78, s. 4 and 7:—Of the Payments made out of 
the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom to 
the Church of England and to the Church of Scot- 
land, in Upper Canada, under the Act 3 &amp; 4 Vic. 
c. 78, s.8:—And, of any other Payments made 
out of the Revenue of the United Kingdom to Re- 
ligious Sects in Canada, distinguishing each Sect. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Extent of the Clergy Reserves 
in Canada, the Number of Acres unsold, and their 
probable Value. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the General Abstract of tie 
Colonial Expenditure of Great Britain for the years 
1849-50, 1850-51, and 1851-52 (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No, 627, of Session 1851). 

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


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


to give directions, that there be laid before this | 


House, Returns of the Number of Her Majesty’s 
Troops who have been employed in South Africa 
in each year since 1849-50 :—And, of the General 
Abstract of the Expenditure by Great Britain, on 
account of Suuth Africa, for each year since 1849-50 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 683, 
of Session 1851, and No. 89, of Session 1852). 





23° Novembris. 








A. 1852. 


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


Accounts of the Total Number of Acres of I.and in 
the United Kingdom, under the Cultivation of Hops, 
in the year 1852; distinguishing the Number of 
Acres in each Parish :—Of the Duty on Hops of the 
Growth of the year 1852; distinguishing the Dis- 
tricts, and the Old from the New Duty in each Dis- 
trict :—Of the Quantity of Hops exported from the 
United Kingdom to Foreign Countries, from the 
5th day of January 1852 to the 5th day of January 
1853 ; distinguishing the Countries to which the 
same have been exported, and also the Quantities 
to each Country; also, British from Foreign Hops, 
and the Dates of the years in which the British 
Hops were grown :—Of Foreign Hops imported into 
the United Kingdom, from the 5th day of January 
1852 to the 5th day of January 1853; distinguish- 
ing the Ports where imported, and the Countries 
from whence exported :—And, of the Total Num- 
ber of Pounds Weight of Hops charged with Duty 
in each of the several Cellections in the United 
Kingdom, in the year 1852. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of the Number of Persons in each of 
the several Collections in the United Kingdom, 
licensed as “ Brewers,” ‘ Victuallers,” “to sell 
Beer to be drunk on the Premises,” and “ to sell 
Beer not to be drunk on the Premises;”’ stating 
the Number of each Class who brew their own Beer, 
and the Quantity of Malt consumed by them, par- 
ticularizing each Class in each Collection, from the 
10th day of October 1851 to the 10th day of October 
1852. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Libraries and 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns, showing in what Boroughs in Eng- 
land and Wales Libraries and Museums have been 
formed, under the Act (8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 43), “ for en- 
couraging the Establishment of Museums in large 


Towns,” and under the Act (13 &amp; 14 Vic. c. 65), 


“ for enabling Town Councils to establish Public 
Libraries and Museums;”’ with the Date of their 
Establishment ; the Sum subscribed (if any) to pro- 
mote such Establishment; the Number of Votes 
polled for and against the introduction of the Act; 
the Number of Readers and Visitors admitted 
monthly since the Establishment of such Libraries 
and Museums; the Number of Volumes contained 
in each Library; the Number of Volumes issued 
monthly to Readers in the Library; the Number 
of Volumes issued to Readers out of the Library 
(in cases where there is a Lending Library) ; the 
| Number or Amount (in Books, Specimens of Na- 





Ordered, That the said Address be presented te | tural History, Works of Art, or other objects, or 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are | jn Money) of Donations or Bequests to such Li- 
of Her Majesty’s Most honcurable Privy Council. |braries or Museums; the annual Cost of main- 


| taining such Libraries or Museums ; and the Amount 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented ‘of the Borough Rate appropriated thereto :—And, 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Keturn of the Number of Her Majesty's 


Troops who have been employed in the Colonies of | 


Great Britain in each of the years 1851 and 1852 


showing in what Boroughs such Libraries and Mu- 
seums are in course of formation; with a Report 
of the present state and prospects of the same. 


Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by sach Members of this House as are 


(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No, 566, | of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council, 


of Session 1852). 


Ordered, That the said Address be presented to | 


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


Ordered, Tiat there be laid before this House, an 
Account of the Total Number of Quarters of Malt 


Sir John Pakington presenied,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 30th day of June, 
in the last Session of the last Parliament, for Returns 
of the Names of all Persons of every Denomination 
who were in the Service or Pay of Her Majesty’s 
Coramissioners for Colonial Land and Emigration 


made in the United Kingdom, between the 10th day | on the 1st day of July 1852, with the Amount of 


of October 1851 and the 10th day of October 1852, 


their Salaries, the Date of their Appointment, and 


distinguishing the Quantity made in each Country, | the Hours of Attendance each Day :—Of the Name 


and the Quantity used by Brewers and by Victual- 
fers, and by Retail Brewers. 


and Tonnage of all Vessels or Ships Chartered by 
| the Commissioners, the Owners’ Names, the Price 


paid 





Brewers, &amp;c. 


Museums. 


Emigration. 








At 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Kingston- 
upon-Hull 
Election. 





16 Vicrori2. 23° Novembris. 69 


= or agreed to be paid for the Conveyance and | living, or for a term of years either absolute or de- 
ictualling each Statute Adult, and the Number of terminable on his own life, or the life or lives of 
Statute Adults taken by each Ship for the last Two any other person or persons then living, of which 
years :—And, of all Monies received by the Com-_ term not less than thirteen years were at the time 
missioners under Acts or Votes of Parliament, or! of the said Election unexpired, such estate being 
from the Sale of Colonial Lands, or from any other | of the clear yearly value of not less than three hun- 
Source, for the purpose of Emigration, and how | dred pounds over and above all incumbrances af- 
the same have from time to time been disbursed for fecting the same, nor was the said James Clay at 
the last Two years (being a continuation of a Return , the time of the said Election, or at the time of his 
ordered to be printed by the House of Commons, on | said Return as such Member as aforesaid, possessed 


the 15th day of August 1850). _and entitled for his own use and benefit, at law or 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the) in equity, for his own life or for the life or lives of 
Table. any other person or persons then living, or for any 


term of years either absolute or determinable on 

Ordered, That Mr. Deedes have leave of absence | his own life, or for the life or lives of any other 
for a week, on account of the death of a near re-| person or persons then living, of which term not less 
lation ;—and, Mr. Tatton Egerton a week, on account than thirteen years were at the time of the said 
of ill health. Election unexpired, of or to personal estate or ef- 
|fecis of any nature or kind whatsoever, situate 

Several Petitions complaining of undue Elections | within the said United Kingdom, or the interest, 
and Returns being offered to be presented, the same | dividends or annual proceeds of any such personal 
were delivered in at the Table. estate or effects, such personal estate or effects, 

And one of the said Petitions appearing to relate | interest, dividends or annual proceeds actually pro- 
to the Election and Retuin for a place concerning ducing the clear yearly income of not less than three 
which the House had received a Petition upon a| hundred pounds over and above all incumbrances 
former day, the same was first read, affecting the same, nor did the said James Clay, at 

A Petition of the there-undersigned Charles | the time of the said Election and of his said Return 
Wells and Frederick William Hudson, Electors of | a8 such Member as aforesaid, or at any time at and 
the Town and County of the Town of Kingston- during the said Election, possess more than one of 
upon-Hull, was read; setting forth, That the Peti-| the several kinds of qualifications hereinbefore- 
tioners were, at and during the last Election of mentioned, being jointly of sufficient value to qualify 
Members to serve in this present Parliament for) him to serve as a Member for the said Town and 
the said Town and County of the Town of King-| County ; that the said James Clay was not at the 
ston-upon- Hull, registered Electors of the said | time of the said Election, and of his said Return as 
Town and County, and claimed to have and had | such Member as aforesaid, the eldest son or heir 
a right to vote and did vote at the said Election ; | apparent of any Peer or Lord of Parliament, or of 
that at the said Election, which took place in | @ny person qualified by the said Act to serve as 
the month of July One thousand eight hundred and | Knight of the Shire; that the said James Clay, 
Fifty-two, James Clay, Esquire, George Frederick | during this present Session of Parliament, delivered 
Samuel Robinson, commonly called Viscount Gode- | 1 to the Clerk of the House, at the Table of the 
rich, John Bramley Moore, Esquire, and Charles | House, as by law provided, a paper signed by him 
Lennox Butler, Esquire, commonly called the Ho- | the said James Clay, containing a statement of the 
nourable Charles Lennox Butler, were Candidates | personal estate or effects whereby he made out his 
to represent the said Town and County in Parlia- | qualification, to the purport or effect following ; that 


ment; and there were no other Candidates at the | 's to say :— 


said Election; that a poll having been demanded, | gtatement of the Personal Estate or Effects whereby 
the same was taken by the Returning Otticer for| | make out my qualification as a Member to serve 
the said Borough on the Eighth day of July One| in Parliament, pursuant to the Act of the first 
thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two ; that the and second years of the reign of Her Majesty 
said James Clay and Viscount Goderich were by) Queen Victoria, intituled, “ An Act for amending 
the Returning Officer declared 2 have had a ma- the Laws relating to the Qualification of Members 
jority of votes at the said Election, and to have been so eerve im Pesiieuees.” 

Guly elected, and ag he npmencdieny poe. Saaianaie Note.—If the Member witien in respect of personal 
duly elected to serve in this present Parliament for estate or effects, he must state of what nature and where 
the said Town and County of the Town of Kiug- | situate such personal estate or effects are, and what interest 
ston-upon-Hull; that at the time of the said last | he hath in such personal estate or effects, and upon what 
Election of Members to serve in Parliament for | securities and in whose names the same are vested. 

the said Town and County, and of the Return of the rs: °° 

















What Interest the | Upon what Security, 


said James Clay as one of such Members as afore- Nature of Party hath in eniie chen 
said, he, the said James Clay, was not, according | Personal Estate or Effects, such Names such Personal 
and where situate. Personal Estate Estate or Effects 


to the true intent and meaning of the Act passed 








‘ . . ¢ F or Effects. are vested, 
in the second year of the reign of Queen Victoria, Liieesnorsnossoetetinn 
"en . gene ' 
intituled ; An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Shares in the Great | Absolute. On the security of 
Qualification of Members to serve in Parliament,”| Southern and Wes- the said Railway 
duly qualified to be elected as a Member to serve | _ tern Railway of Jre- and Bank. 
in Parliament fer the said Town and County, and land, Dublin. | 

Shares in the Union In my own name, 





was, by reason of his want of such qualification as| “pony of Australia 
is mentioned in the said Act for Members to be! Oj/d Broad -street, 
elected to serve in Parliament for Boroughs, inca-| London. James Clay. 
pable of being elected for the said Town and County ; | 
that the said James Clay was uot at the time of the | that the qualification mentioned and described in 
said Election and of his said Return as such Member | the said statement was and is wholly insufficient 
as aforesaid, or at any time at and during the said | and invalid to qualify the said James Clay as a 
Election, seised or entitled for his own use or benefit,; Member to serve iu Parliament for the said Town 
of or to any estate, legal or equitable, in lands, } and County ; that, at the time of his said Election 
tenements or hereditaments of any tenure whatso-| and Return, and of making the statement aforesaid, 
ever, situate, lying or being within the United | the said James Clay was not possessed or entitled, 
Kingdom of Great Britain or Ireland, or in the | either at law or im equity, and had not such an in- 
rents or profits thereof, for his own life or for the | terest, for his own use and benefit, in or to the shares 
life or lives of any other person or persons then; mentioned in the said statement, or the interest, 
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oe 


RE RE I URN LMR SO ON an 


Knares- 
borough 
Election. 


70 23° Novembris. 


dividends or annual proceeds thereof, as is men- 
tioned in the said statement, or as would qualify 
him, the said James Clay, to be elected as a Mem- 
ber for the said Town and County, according to the 
true intent and meaning of the said Act; and that 
the qualification arising out of the said shares men- 
tioned in the said statement was insufficient to 
qualify the said James Clay as a Member to serve 
in Parliament for the said Town and County ; that 
the shares mentioned in the said declaration, and 
out of which the qualification of the said James 
Clay is therein stated to arise, are not of sufficient 
value either annually or otherwise to confer a quali- 
fication on the said James Clay to enable him to 
serve in Parliament for the said ‘Town and County ; 
that the qualification mentioned in the said state- 
ment is insufficient and invalid, both as regards the 
title of the said James Clay and the value and 
situation as prescribed by law of the property de- | 
scribed to confer a qualification on the said James 
Clay to be elected as a Member to serve in Parlia- 
ment for the said Town and County ; that the said 
James Clay was not at the time of his said Election, 
by reason of bis want of qualification, capable of 
being elected as Member for the said Town and 
County, and was not qualified to serve in Parliament, 
and that the Election and Return of the said James 
Clay were and are wholly null and void; that the 
Election and Return of the said James Clay were 
and are, under the circumstances hereinbefore set 
forth, wholly null and void; and praying that the 
House will take the premises into their considera- 
tion, and will declare that at the time of the said 
last Election of Members to serve in the present 





A. 1852. 


for the said Borough; that a poll having been de- 
manded was taken by the said Samuel Powell as 
such Returning Officer of the said Borough on the 
Ninth day of July One thousand eight hundred and 
Fifty-two ; that the number of votes, as declared by 
the said Returning Officer at the time when he 
closed the poll, was for the Petitioner, One hundred 
and thirteen, for Joshua Procter Brown Westhead, 
Esquire, One hundred and thirteen, for John Dent 
Dent, Esquire, One hundred and thirteen, and for 
Thomas Collins, Esquire, One hundred and seven, 
being an equal an of votes for the Petitioner 
and for the said Joshua Procter Brown Westhead 
and John Dent Dent; that thereupon the said 
Samuel Powell, as such Returning Officer of the 
said Borough, by « certain indenture, dated the 
Eighth day of July One thousand eight hundred 
and Fifty-two, made his Return that the Petitioner 
and the said Joshua Procter Brown Westhead and 
John Dent Dent were by reason of equality of votes 
duly elected to be Burgesses to serve in the present 
Parliament for the said Borough; that at the hour 
of four o’clock, as shown by the watch of the said 
Returning Officer which he had placed on the table 
as an index to the time, the Petitioner had a majo- 
rity of good and legal votes, as well as a majority 
of the votes actually recorded on the poll, but that 
in consequence of the said poll having been un- 
lawfully kept open by the Returning Officer beyond 
the hour of four o’clock, and of the said Returning 
Officer having after the said hour of four o’clock 
received and allowed the vote of the poll-clerk em- 
ployed at the said Election, and paid for such ser- 
vice, to be received or recorded for the said Joshua 





Parliament for the said Town and County of the 
Town of Kingston-upon-Hull, the said James Clay | 
was disqualified by law and incapable of being | 
elected as one of such Members, and that the said | 
James Clay was not duly elected at the said Election | 
as one of such Members, and ought not to have | 
been returned thereat, and that his Election and 
Return are wholly null and void; and that the| 
House will grant to the Petitioners such further and | 
other relief in the premises as the merits of the. 
case may require, and to the House shall seem | 
meet, | 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant | 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records | 
as shall be thought necessary by the several Parties | 
on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. | 


And one of the said Petitions being a Petition of | 
the second class, was next read. 

A Petition of Basil Thomas Woodd, of Thorpe 
Green, near Boroughbridge, in the County of York, | 
Esquire, was read; setting forth, That the Peti-' 
tioner was a Candidate at the last general Elec- | 
tion to represent, and had a right to be returned 
and elected, and was duly elected to represent 
the Borough of Knaresborough in the present Par- 
liament; that Sir John Henry Lowther, Baronet, 
the High Sheriff of the County of York, being the 
County wherein the said Borough is situated, having 
made and delivered his precept to Samuel Powell, 
the Bailiff, and Returning Officer of the said Bo- 
rough, directing and commanding him to proceed 
t» the Election of two Burgesses to serve in the 
present Parliament for the said Borough of Knares- 
borough, the said Samuel Powell, as such Returning 
Officer, in obedience tu such precept, did on the 
Eighth day of July in the year of our Lord One 
thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two, proceed in 
the Election of two Burgesses to serve in the pre- 
sent Parliament for the said Borough of Knaresbo- 
rough; that at such Election, the Petitioner and 
Joshua Procter Brown Westhead, Esquire, John 
Dent Dent, Esquire, and Thomas Collins, Esquire, 
were Candidates to serve in the present Parliament 





Procter Brown Westhead and John Dent Dent, the 
said Joshua Procter Brown Westhead and John Dent 
Dent obtained a colourable equality of votes with 
the Petitioner, and the Petitioner complains that 
the conduct of the said Returning Officer was illegal, 
and that the vote of the said poll-clerk ought, 
amongst other votes thereinafter-mentioned or re- 
ferred to, to be struck off the poll; that the Peti- 
tioner complains that the said alleged Election 
of the said Procter Joshua Brown Westhead and 
John Dent Dent, or of one of them, was and is an 
undue Election, and that the said Return of the said 
Joshua Procter Brown Westhead and John Dent 
Dent, or of one of them, was and is an undue Re- 
turn to the said Writ, and that the said Joshua Procter 
Brown Westhead and John Dent Dent, or one of 
them, were or was not duly elected Burgesses or a 
Burgess to serve in Parliament for the said Borough, 
and that the Petitioner was duly elected, and that 
the Petitioner and one other person only, or the 
Petitioner alone, ought to have been returned 
as the Burgesses or a Burgess to serve in Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough for the present Parlia- 
ment, or that the Petitioner should have been re- 
turned as undoubtedly elected, and the two other 
Candidates mentioned in the Return as having an 
— of votes as between themselves, and that 
whatever may be the rights of the said Joshua Proc- 
ter Brown Westhead and John Dent Dent, as be- 
tween each other, the Petitioner ought to be allowed 
to take his seat and vote in the present Parliament 
as one of the Burgesses for the said Borough; that 
at the said Election divers persons were admitted 
to vote, and did vote, at the said Election in favour 
of the said Joshua Procter Brown Westhead, and 
divers persons were admitted to vote and did vote 
at the said Election in favour of the said John Dent 
Dent, who were registered as Electors for the said 
Borough, but had become disqualified as Electors 
for the said Borough, and were incapable of voting 
at the said Election, on the ground of their not 
having resided ever since the Thirty-first day of July 
One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-one to the 
time of their voting at such Election within the 
said Borough, or the place for which they were re- 
gistered, or within the distance thereof required by 
the 








16 Vicroriz. 


the Act passed in the second year of the reign of | 
his late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled, | 
“An Act to amend the Representation of the | 
People in England and Wales,” to entitle such per- | 
sons to be registered, or on the ground of their 
having ceased to reside within the said Borough, or | 
within such distance so required as aforesaid, during | 
some part of the period between the Thirty-first 
day of July One thousand eight hundred and Fifty- | 
one, and the time of their voting at such Election, | 
or on the ground of their not having continued to | 
reside within such distance as aforesaid at the time | 
of their so voting at such Election, and that such | 
votes were admitted and entered on the poll-book 
as good votes for the said Joshua Procter Brown 
Westhead and John Dent Dent, or for one of them, 

and ought now to be struck off from the said poll ; | 
that divers persons were admitted to vote, and did | 
vote, at the said Election, for the said Joshua Proc- | 
ter Brown Westhead and John Dent Dent, who | 
were not entitled by law to vote in the said Election | 
for the said Borough, or to have their names in- | 
serted in the List of Voters, or upon the Register | 
of Voters for the said Borough, by reason of their | 
not having had any qualification in respect of pro- | 
perty, occupation or value, or residence, or rating 

or payment of rates, or whose qualification was, for 

other and various causes, insufficient, or who were 
respectively subject to legal incapacities, and whose | 
names had been and were unduly and improperly 
retained or inserted in the said Register, in conse- 
quence of the decision of the Barrister appointed 
to revise the List of Voters for the said Borough, | 
and were and are upon the Register in force at the 
time of the said Election, and that the votes so 
admitted ought to be struck off the poll; that at 
the said Election divers persons voted for the said 
Joshua Procter Brown Westhead, and divers per- 
sons voted for the said John Dent Dent, who were, 
or had been, either during such Election, or within 
six calendar months previous thereto, or within 
Fourteen days after it was completed, employed at 
such Election as agents, attorneys, poll-clerks or 
flagmen, or in some other capacity for the purposes 
of such Election, and had either before, during or 
after such Election, accepted, received or taken from 
the said Joshua Procter Brown Westhead and John 
Dent Dent, or one of them, or from some other per- 
son for or in consideration of, or with reference to, 
such retainer or employment, a sum or sums of 
money or retaining fee, offices, places or employ- 
ment, or promises or securities for a sum or sums of 
money, retaining fees, offices, places or employ- 
ments, and that such votes were admitted and entered 
on the poll-book as good votes for the said Joshua 
Procter Brown Westhead and John Dent Dent, or 
one of them, and ought now to be struck off from 
the poll; that at the said Election many persons 
were bribed, entertained, treated and corruptly in- 
fluenced to give their votes for the said Joshua 
Procter Brown Westhead, and many persons were 
bribed, entertained, treated and corruptly influenced 
to give their votes for the said John Dent Dent, and 
to forbear to give their votes for the Petitioner ; 
that at the said Election many persons were com- 
pelled by violence, threats, intimidation and force, 
practised by friends, agents, partisans, managers, 
committee-men and supporters of the said Joshua 
Procter Brown Westhead and John Dent Dent, or 
one of them, to vote for the said Joshua Procter 
Brown Westhead and John Dent Dent, or to for- 
bear to vote for the Petitioner ; that many persons 
were admitted to vote, and did vote, at the said 
Election for the said Joshua Procter Brown West- 
head, and many persons were admitted to vote, and 
did vote, at the said Election for the said John Dent 
Dent, who were disqualified by reason of their 
having made wagers or bets on the result of the 
said Election, and that the votes so admitted ought 
to be struck off the poll; that many persons were 
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admitted to vote, and did vote, at the said Election 
for the said Joshua Procter Brown Westhead, and 
many persons were admitted to vote, and did vote, 
at the said Election for the said John Dent Dent, 
who had asked, received or taken money, gifts, 
employment, offices or rewards, or promises or 
agreements, and securities for money, gifts, em- 
ployments, offices or rewards, or who were other- 
wise bribed, in order to give their votes at the said 
Election, and the votes so admitted ought to be 
struck off the poll; that many persons were ad- 
mitted to vote, and did vote, at the said Election in 
favour of the said Joshua Procter Brown Westhead, 
and many persons were admitted to vote, and did 
vote, at the said Election in favour of the said John 
Dent Dent, who had asked, received or taken mo- 
ney, gifts, employments, offices or rewards, or pro- 
mises, agreements and securities for money, gifts, 
employments, offices or rewards, or who were other- 
wise bribed or corruptly influenced to vote, at the 
said Election in favour of the said Joshua Procter 
Brown Westhead and John Dent Dent, or one of 
them, or to forbear to vote at the said Election in 
favour of the Petitioner, and that the votes so ad- 
mitted ought to be struck off the poll; that many 
persons were admitted to vote, and did vote, at the 
said Election in favour of the said Joshua Procter 
Brown Westhead, and many persons were admitted 
to vote, and did vote, at the said Election in favour 
of the said John Dent Dent, who did by them- 
selves, or by persons employed by them, by gifts 
and rewards, and by promises, agreements and secu- 
rities for gifts and rewards, and by divers illegal 


| practices, corrupt and procure, or did offer by gifts 


and rewards, and by divers illegal practices to cor- 
rupt and procure divers persons, having votes at the 
said Election, to give their votes in favour of the 
said Joshua Procter Brown Westhead, and to give 
their votes in favour of the said John Dent Dent, 
or to forbear to give their votes in favour of the 
Petitioner, and the votes so admitted ought to be 
struck off the poll; that many persons were ad- 
mitted to vote, and did vote, at the said Election, 
for the said Jushua Procter Brown Westhead, and 
many persons were admitted to vote, and did vote, 
at the said Election for the said John Dent Dent, 
who before and after the teste of the Writ for the 
said Election, and before, at and during the said 
Election, had corruptly received money, meat, 
drink, entertainment, provisions, presents, gifts and 
rewards, given, presented and allowed, and promises, 
agreements, obligations and engagements of and 
for money, meat, drink, entertainment and provi- 
sions, to be given, presented and allowed by the 
said Joshua Procter Brown Westhead and John 
Dent Dent, or by one of them, or by their or his 
agents, friends and partisans, or by divers ways and 
means in their or his power, or at their or his charge, 
to and for such persons, and to and for the use, 
benefit and advantage, employment, profit and pre- 
ferment of such persons, in order to vote at the 
said Election for the said Joshua Procter Brown 
Westhead and John Dent Dent, or for one of them, 
or in order that they, the said Joshua Procter Brown 
Westhead and John Dent Dent, or one of them, 
might be elected, or for their or his being elected 
to serve in this present Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough, and who were thereby disqualified and inca- 
pacitated from voting at the said Election, and the 
votes so admitted ought to be struck off the poll ; 
that many persons were admitted to vote, and did 
vote, at the said Election, who before and after the 
teste of the said Writ, and before, during, at and 
after the said Election, had corruptly received meat, 
drink, entertainment or provision, or promises, 
agreements, obligations and engagements of and for 
meat, drink, entertainment or provision, to give their 
votes at the said Election for the said Joshua Proe- 
ter Brown Westhead and John Dent Dent, or for 
une of them, or in order that they the said Joshua 
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Procter Brown Westhead and John Dent Dent, or 
one of them, might be elected, or for their or his 
being elected Members or a Member in this present 
Parliament for the said Borough, and the votes so 
admitted ought to be struck off the poll; that many 
persons were admitted to vote, and did vote, at the 
said Election for the said Joshua Procter Brown 
Westhead, and many persons were admitted to vote, 
and did vote, at the said Election for the said John 
Dent Dent, who had been corruptly influenced to 
give their votes at the said Election fer the said 
Joshua Procter Brown Westhead and John Dent 
Dent, or for one of them, or to refrain from giving 
their votes at the said Election for the Petitioner, 
or who have been corruptly rewarded for having 
given their votes at the said Election for the said 
Joshua Procter Brown Westhead and John Dent 
Dent, or one of them, or for having refrained from 
giving their votes at the said Election for the Peti- 
tioner, by meat, drink, entertainment or provision, 
which the said Joshua Procter Brown Westhead and 
John Dent Dent, or one of them, had by them- 
selves, or himself, or by their or his agents, and | 
divers persons on their or his behalf, before, during 
and after such Election, or by or with divers per- 
sons, or in divers manners, directly or indirectly 
given and provided, or caused or knowingly allowed 
to be given or provided, wholly or partly at their 
or his expense, before, at and after the said Klec- 
tion, or the expenses incurred for which they or he 
did pay or have or has paid to and for such voters, 
and to and for divers other persons, for the purpose 
of corruptly influencing such voters to give their 
votes at the said Election for the said Joshua Proc- 
ter Brown Westhead or for the said John Dent Dent, 
or to refrain from giving their votes at the said 
Election for the Petitioner, or for the purpose of 
corruptly rewarding such voters for having given 
their votes at the said Election for the said Joshua 
Procter Brown Westhead and John Dent Dent, or 
one of them, or for having refrained from giving 
their votes at the said Election for the Petitioner, 
and who were thereby disqualified and incapaci- 
tated from voting at the said Election, and the votes 
so admitted ought to be struck off the poll; that | 
many persons were admitted to vote, and did vote, | 
at the said Election in favour of the said Joshua 
Procter Brown Westhead, and many persons were | 
admitted to vote, and did vote, at the said Election | 
in favour of the said John Dent Dent, who before 
and during the said Election, and after the teste of 
the Writ for the said Election, and before, during, | 
at and after the said Election, gave to persons hav- | 
ing votes at the said Election, money, meat, drink, | 
entertainment or provision, or promises, agreements, | 
engagements or obligations for money, meat, drink, 
entertainment, provision, present or reward, to or 
for the use, benefit, advantage, enjoyment, profit 
and preferment of such persons, in order to procure | 
such persons to vote at the said Election for the 
said Joshua Procter Brown Westhead and John 
Dent Dent, or for one of them, or to forbear to 
vote at the said Election for the Petiticner, or in 











order that the said Joshua Procter Brown Westhead | 
and John Dent Dent, or one of them, might be | 


elected, or for their or his being elected to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said Borough, and 
the votes of the persons so admitted to vote ought | 
to be struck off the poll; that many persons were 
admitted to vote, and did vote, at the said Election | 
for the said Joshua Procter Brown Westhead, and | 
many persons were admitted to vote, and did vote, | 
at the said Election for the said John Dent Dent, 
who before, at and after the said Election, gave and | 
provided, or caused or knowingly allowed to be | 
provided, meat, drink, entertainment or provision to 
divers persons for the purpose of corruptly in-| 
fluencing such persons or divers other persons to | 
give their votes at the said Election for the said | 


Joshua Procter Brown Westhead and John _— 


| Dent, or for one of them, or to refrain from voting 


at the said Election for the Petitioner, or for the 
purpose of corruptly rewarding such persons or 
divers other persons for having voted at the said 
Election for the said Joshua Procter Brown West- 
head and John Dent Dent, or one of them, or for 
having refrained from voting at the said Election 
for the Petitioner, and that the votes so admitted 
ought to be struck off the poll; that many persons 
were admitted to vote, and did vote, at the said 
Election for the said Jushua Procter Brown West- 
head, and many persons were admitted to vote, and 
did vote, at the said Election for the said Join Dent 
Dent, who, before and after the teste of the Writ 
for the said Election, and before, during, at and 
after the said Election, were guilty of corruptly 
treating, and of being corruptly treated, in order to 
procure the Election of the said Joshua Procter 
Brown Westhead and John Dent Dent, or one of 
them, and which persons were by such last-men- 
tioned corrupt practices disqualified and incapacitated 
from voting at the said Election, and the votes so 
admitted ought to be struck off the poll; that at 
the said Election many persons were admitted to 
vote, and were improperly and illegally reckoned 
upon the poll in favour of the said Joshua Procter 
Brown Westhead, and many persons were admitted 
to vote, and were improperly and illegally reckoned 
upon the poll in favour of the said Juhu Dent Dent, 
who were disqualified or incapacitated from voting, 
or whose votes were illegal on various grounds, 
other and different from those above specifically set 
forth, and that the votes so admitted ought to be 
struck off the said poll; that after the teste of the 
Writ for holding the said Election, and before, at 
and during the said Election, the said Joshua Procter 
Brown Westhead did, by himself and his agents, 
friends and partisans, or by divers ways and means, 
in his behalf or at his charge, directly and indirectly 
give, present and allow to persons having votes in 
or at the said Election, money, meat, drink, lodging, 
entertainment, provision and reward, and did make 
presents, gifts, rewards and entertainments, and did 
make promises, agreements, obligations and engage- 
ments to give and allow money, meat, drink, pro- 
vision, presents, rewards and entertainments to and 
for persons having votes in and at the said Election, 
and to and for the use, benefit and advantage, em- 
ployment, profit and preferment of persons having 
votes as aforesaid, in order to induce such persons 
to vote at the said Election for ihe said Joshua 
Procter Brown Westhead, or for the said Joshua 
Procter Brown Westhead and John Dent Dent, or 
in order that the said Joshua Procter Brown West- 
head, or the said Joshua Procter Brown Westhead 
and John Dent Dent might be elected to serve in 
the present Parliament for the said Borough ; that 
after the teste of the Writ for holding the said 
Election, and before, at and during the said Elec- 


tion, the said John Dent Dent did, by himself and 


his agents, friends and partisans, or by divers ways 
and means, in his behalf or at his charge, directly or 
indirectly, give, present and allow to persons having 
votes in or at the said Election, money, meat, drink, 
lodging, entertainment, provision and reward, and 
did make presents, gifts, rewards and entertain- 
ments, and did make promises, agreements, obliga- 
tions and engagements to give and allow money, 
meat, drink, provision, presents, rewards and enter- 
tainments to and for persons having votes in and at 
the said Election, or to and for the use, benefit, ad- 
vantage, employment, profit and preferment of per- 
sons having votes as aforesaid, in order to wo 
such persons to vote at the said Election for the 
sail John Dent Dent, or for the said John Dent 
Dent and Joshua Procter Brown Westhead, or in 
order that the said John Dent Dent, or the said 
John Dent Dent and Joshua Procter Brown West- 
head, might be elected to serve in the present Par- 
liament for the said Borough ; that before, — 

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23° Novembris. 73 


and after the said Election, the said Joshua Procter the said Borough, namely, Sir Joshua Walmsley, 
Brown Westhead and John Dent Dent did jointly,| Knight, Richard Gardner, Esquire, James Wilde, 
or each of them did severally, by himself, his agents, | Esquire, and Geoffrey Palmer, Esquire; that at 
friends and partisans, or by or with divers other | such Election a poll being demanded, the same was 

rsons, or in divers ways and manners, directly or | granted by the es Officer, and proceeded 
indirectly, give or provide, or did cause or did! with on the Eighth day of July last, and at the close 
knowingly allow to be given or provided, wholly or of such poll the said Sir Joshua Walmsley and 
partly at their or his expense, or did pay, wholly or Richard Gardner were declared by the said Re- 
in part, divers expenses incurred for meat and pro-| turning Officer to have been respectively duly 
visions, to and for divers persons, for the purpose | elected, and were respectively returned as the Mem- 
of corruptly influencing divers of such persons, or | bers to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
divers other persons to give their votes at the said | Borough of Leicester; that before, at and during 


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Election for thesaid Joshua Procter Brown Westhead | 
and John Dent Dent, or one of them, or torefrain from 
giving their votes at the said Election for the Pe- 
titioner, or for the purpose of corruptly rewarding 
divers of such persons, or divers other persons, for 
having given their votes at the said Election for 
the said Joshua Procter Brown Westhead and John 
Dent Dent, or one of them; that by reason of the 
corrupt and illegal practices before mentioned, the 
said Joshua Procter Brown Westhead and John 
Dent Dent were and are, and each of them was and 
is, wholly incapacitated and ineligible to be elected 
and to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
Borough ; that by the ways and means hereinbefore | 
mentioned, particularly by the admission to the poll | 
of aanentins voters as hereinbefore mentioned, | 
the said Joshua Procter Brown Westhead and John 

Dent Dent obtained an apparent equality in num- | 
ber of votes with the Petitioner, whereas, in truth | 
and in fact, the Petitioner had a majority of legal | 
votes, and was duly elected a Burgess to serve in | 





the present Parliament for the said Borough, and 


the Petitioner and at most only one of the other 


the said Election, the said Sir Joshua Walmsley and 
Richard Gardner were by themselves respectively, 
and by their respectiveagents, managers, friends and 
partisans, guilty of bribery and corruption, and did by 
their respective agents, managers, friends and parti- 
sans, and by other persons employed onbehalfof them, 
the said Sir Joshua Walmsley and Richard Gardner 
respectively, by gifts, payments, presents, and 
money and rewards, and by offers and promises of 
gifts, payments, money and rewards, and by pro- 
mises, agreements, and securities for gifts, payments 


and rewards, and by other corrupt and illegal prac- 


tices, acts and means, corrupt and procure divers 
persons having or claiming to have votes at the said 
Election, to give their votes for the said Sir Joshua 
Walmsley and Richard Gardner, or for one of them, 
or to forbear to give their votes in favour of the 
said James Wilde and Geoffrey Palmer, or for one 
of them; that the said Sir Joshua Walmsley and 
Richard Gardner, before, during and after the teste 
of the Writ for the said Election, and before, 
during and after the said Election, did respectively 
give and provide, and cause or knowingly allow 


















Candidates, and no other person, ought to have to be given and provided, meat, drink, entertain- 
been returned as such Burgesses; and for all the, ment, and provision, for the purpose of corruptly 
causes aforesaid, praying that the said Joshua influencing divers persons having or claiming to 






Procter Brown 
one of them, may be declared not duly elected, and 
that the said Return may be amended, and that the 
said indenture in which the said Joshua Procter 
Brown Westhead and John Dent Dent are returned 
as duly elected may be amended, and their names or 
the name of one of them erased from the said Return, 
and that it may be declared that the Petitioner was 
duly elected, and ought to have been returned by the 
said Returning Officer as duly elected to serve for 
the said Borough in this present Parliament, or be 
allowed to take his seat and vote as a Burgess for 
the said Borough in this present Parliament, or that 
the House may grant such further relief in the pre- 
mises to the Petitioner as the merits of the case may 
require, and as to the House may seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records 
as shall be thought necessary by the several Parties 
on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


Then the names of the places to which the residue | 


of the said Petitions related (being all of them Peti- 
tions of the last class) were put into the glass at 
pen Table, and drawn by the Clerk in the following 
order : 

A Petition of Thomas William Dabbs, of the 
Newarke, in Leicester, gentleman, and James Hud- 
son, of South Fields-place, in Leicester aforesaid, ho- 
sier, Electors for the Borough of Leicester, was read; 
setting forth, That the Petitioners were, at and during 
the last Election of Members to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Leicester, registered 
Electors of the said Borough, and claimed to have 
and had a right to vote, and did vote, at the said 
Election ; that the said Election of Members to 
serve in Parliament for the said Borough of Leicester 
was held at Leicester aforesaid, on the Seventh day 
of July last, on which occasion there were four 
Candidates for Election to serve in Parliament for 
VoL, 108, 


esthead and John Dent Dent, or | have voice or vote at the said Election, to give 


or refrain from giving as aforesaid their votes at 
‘the said Election, and for corruptly rewarding 
divers persons for having given or refrained from 
giving as aforesaid their votes at the said Elec- 
tion, whereby the said Sir Joshua Walmsley and 
| Richard Gardner are respectively incapable of being 
elected or sitting in Parliament for the said Bo- 


rough of Leicester during this present Parliament ; 


that gross, extensive, and systematic corruption, 
‘bribery and treating were practised before, at and 
after the said Election by divers persons, being 
‘friends, supporters and partisans of the said Sir 
Joshua Walmsley and Richard Gardner respec- 
‘tively, with a view to the Election of the said Sir 
Joshua Walmsley and Richard Gardner respec- 
tively, and that the Election and Return of the said 
| Sir Joshua Walmsley and Richard Gardner were 
| respectively procured by means of such corruption, 
| bribery and treating, and that by reason thereof the 
| said Election and Return of the said Sir Joshua 
Walmsley and Richard Gardner, and of each of 
them, were and are wholly null and void; that the 
said Sir Joshua Walmsley and Richard Gardner 
did, previous to, at, during and after the said 
Election, by themselves, their respective agents, 
friends and managers, and others on their behalf 
respectively, give and allow to divers persons, 
Electors or claiming to be Electors of the said 
Borough, money, meat, drink, entertainment and 
provisions, and did make promises, agreements, ob- 
| ligations or engagements to give or allow to such 
persons money, meat, drink, entertainment, provi- 
sion, present or reward, to and for the use,advantage, 
benefit, employment, profit or preferment of such 
persons, in order to be elected and for being 
elected to serve in Parliament for the said Borough 
of Leicester, and that by reason of the premises the 
Election and Return of the said Sir Joshua Walms- 
ley and Richard Gardner, and of each of them, 
were and are wholly null and void; and praying 
that it may be declared that the Election and Re- 

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Athlone 
Election. 





74 


null and void, and that the Election and Return of 
the said Richard Gardner are wholly null and void, 
and that neither the said Sir Joshua Walmsley nor 
the said Richard Gardner were duly elected or 
ought to have been returned to sit in Parliament for 
the said Borough ; and that the House will grant to 
the Petitioners such further or other relief in the 
premises as to the House shall seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records 
as shall be thought necessary by the several Parties 
on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Robert 
Bartholomew Lawes, of Kingston Fill, in the 
county of Surrey, Esquire, a Candidate at the last 
Election of a Member to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the Borough of Athlone, in the coun- 
ties of Roscommon and Westmeath, in that part 
of the United Kingdom called Ireland, was read ; 
setting forth, That at the last Election of a Member 
to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
Borough of Athlone, which took place in the month 
of July One thousand eight hundred and Fifty- 
two, William Keogh, Esquire, and the Petitioner 
were Candidates to represent the said Borough in 
Parliament, and there were no other Candidates 


23° Novembris. 
turn of the said Sir Joshua Walmsley are wholly | 





who proceeded to a poll at the said Election ; that 
on the day of the nomination of Candidates at the | 
said Election, and after the Petitioner and the said | 
William Keogh had been nominated as Candidates | 
at the said Election, and a show of hands had been | 
called for, a request was, on behalf of the Peti- | 
tioner, publicly, and on the hustings, made to the | 
said Returning Officer, in the hearing and presence 
of the Electors present at the said nomination, that 
the said Returning Officer would require the said | 
William Keogh to state the particulars of his 
mento to be elected as a Member to serve in | 
arliament for the said Borough ; that a poll having | 
been demanded on behalf of the Petitioner, the same 
was taken by the Returning Officer for the said | 
Borough, on the Twelfth day of July One thou- | 
sand eight hundred and Fifty-two; that the said | 
William Keogh was by the said Returning Officer 
declared to have had a majority of votes at the said | 
Election, and to have been duly elected, and was re- | 
turned as the Member duly elected to serve in this | 
present Parliament for the said Borough of Athlone; 
that at the time of the said last Election of a Mem- 
ber to serve in Parliament for the said Borough, 
and of his said Election and Return as such Mem- 
ber as aforesaid, the said William Keogh was not, 
according to the true intent and meaning of the Act 
passed in the second year of the reign of Queen 
Victoria, intituled, “ An Act to amend the Laws re- 
lating to the Qualification of Members to serve in 
Parliament,” duly qualified to be elected as a Mem- 
ber to serve in Parliament for the said Borough, 
and was by reason of his want of such qualification 
as is mentioned in the said Act for Members to be 
elected to serve in Parliament for Boroughs, in- 
capable of being elected for the said Borough; that 
the said William Keogh was not at the time of the 
said Election, and of his said Keturn as such Mem- 
ber as aforesaid, or at any time at and during the 
said Election, seised or entitled for his own use or 
benefit of or to any estate, legal or equitable, in 
lands, tenements or hereditaments of any tenure 
whatsoever, situate, lying or being within the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain or Ireland, or in the 
rents or profits thereof, for his own life or for the 
life or lives of any other person or persons then 
living, or for a term of years either absolute or deter- 
minable on his own life or on the life or lives of any 
other person or persons then living, of which term 
not less than thirteen years were, at the time of the 








A. 1852. 


said Election, unexpired, such estate being of the clear 
yearly value of not less than three hundred pounds 
over and above all incumbrances affecting the same, 
nor was the said William Keogh, at the time of the 
said Election, or at the time of his said Return as 
such Member as aforesaid, possessed or entitled, for 
his own use and benefit, at law or in equity, for his 
own life or for the life or lives of any other person 
or persons then living, or for any term of years 
either absolute or determinable on his own life or 
for the life or lives of any other person or persons 
then living, of which term not less than thirteen 
years were at the time of the said Election unex- 
pired, of or to personal estate or effects of any 
nature or kind whatsoever situate within the said 
United Kingdom, or the interest, dividends or an- 
nual proceeds of any such personal estate or effects, 
such personal estate or effects, interest, dividends 
or annual proceeds actually producing the clear 
yearly income of not less than three hundred pounds 
over and above all incumbrances affecting the same, 
nor did the said William Keogh at the time of 
the said Election and of his said Return as such 
Member as aforesaid, or at any time at and during 
the said Election, possess more than one of the 
several kinds of qualification hereinbefore mentioned, 
being jointly of sufficient value to qualify him to 
serve as Member for the said Borough; that the 
said William Keogh was not at the time of the said 
Election and of his said Return as such Member as 
aforesaid the eldest son or heir apparent of any 
Peer or Lord of Parliament, or of any person qua- 
lified by the said Act to serve as Knight of the Shire ; 
that at the time of such Election, that is to say, on 
the Ninth day of July last, a request was made to 
the said William Keogh, by and on behalf of the 
Petitioner, such request being in writing and —_ 
by the Petitioner, that he the said William Keogh 
would make and subscribe a declaration of his qua- 
lification pursuant to the provisions of the said here- 
inbefore mentioned Act; that the said Wéilliam 
Keogh did not make and subscribe such declaration 
within twenty-four hours after such request, but 
wilfully refused and neglected so to do; that at the 
time of such Election, that is to say, on the Twelfth 
day of July last, divers requests were duly made to 
the said William Keogh, by and on behalf of divers 
registered Electors who had a right to vote at the 
said Election for the said Borough, that he the said 
William Keogh would make and subscribe a de- 
claration of his qualification pursuant to the pro- 
visions of the oak Act, each of such requests being 
in writing and signed by two or more of the said 
Electors; that the said William Keogh did not 
within twenty-four hours after such requests respec- 
tively, or at any time, make and subscribe such de- 
claration, but wilfully refused and neglected so to 
do; that a declaration was, on or about the said 
Twelfth day of July last, made and subscribed by the 
said William Keogh in consequence of such requests 
as aforesaid, or one of them, to the purport or effect 
following, that is to say: “J, William Keogh, do 
solemnly and sincerely declare that I am, to the best 
of my knowledge and belief, duly qualified to be 
elected as a Member of the House of Commons, ac- 
cording to the true intent and meaning of the Act 
passed in the second year of the reign of Queen 
Victoria, intituled, ‘ An Act to amend the Laws 
relating to the Qualification of Members to serve in 
Parliament ;’” and that such declaration was made 
before Fitzstephen French, Esquire, one of the Jus- 
tices of the Peace for the County of Roscommon ; 
that the said declaration of the said William Keogh 
was not such a declaration as he was bound to make 
and subscribe according to the provisions of the said 
Act, and was and is invalid and insufficient in law, 
inasmuch as it does not state the nature of the qua- 
lification of the said William Keogh in the manner 
required by the said Act, or at all; that divers de- 
clarations were, on or about the said Twelfth a of 

uly 








16 Victoriz. 


July last, made and subscribed by the said William 
Keogh in consequence of the above requests, or 
some of them, but the same were and are respec- 
tively invalid and insufficient in law, and were not, 
and neither of them was, made in the manner and 
to the purport or effect required by the said Act; 
that the quaiifications (if any) mentioned and de- 
scribed in the said declarations, and each of them 
are, and each of them is, wholly insufficient and in- 
valid to qualify the said William Keogh as a Member 
to serve in Parliament for the said Borough; that 
the said declarations so made by the said William | 
Keogh were not, nor was either of them, duly made 
or duly certified unto the High Court of Chancery, 
or to the Court of Queen’s Bench in Jreland, as re- 
quired by the said Act, and that the said William 


23° Novembris. 





Keogh prevented the same from being duly certified, 
and by reason of the premises the said declarations, | 
and the certificates thereof, were illusory and invalid, | 
and were not such as the said Act requires, or made | 
and certified as the Act requires ; that, at the time of 
his said Election and Return and of making the de- 
clarations aforesaid, the said William Keogh was | 
not seised or entitled, either at law orin equity, and 
had not such an estate for his own use and benefit 
in or to the lands, tenements or hereditaments (if 
any) mentioned in the said declarations, or any or 
either of them, or the rents or profits thereof, as 
would qualify him the said William Keogh to be 
elected as a Member for the said Borough according 
to the true intent and meaning of the said Act, and 
that the qualification arising out of the said lands, 
tenements and hereditaments, if any, mentioned in 
the said declarations, or any or either of them, was 
insufficient to qualify the said William Keogh as a 
Member to serve in Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough ; that the lands, tenements and hereditaments, 
if any, mentioned in the said declarations, or any or 
either of them, and out of which the qualification of 
the said William Keogh may be therein stated to 
arise, are not of sufficient value, either annually or 
otherwise, according to the true intent and meaning 
of the said Act of Parliament, to confer a qualifica- 
tion on the said William Keogh to enable him to 
serve in Parliament for the said Borough; that at 
the time of his said Election and Return, and of 
making the declarations aforesaid, the said William 
Keogh had not such an interest in the personal 
estate or effects, if any, mentioned in the said de- 
clarations, or any or either of them, or of any in- 
terest, dividends or annual proceeds of such personal 
estate or effects as would qualify him the said Wil- 
liam Keogh to be so elected as aforesaid; that the 
qualifications, if any, mentioned in the said declara- 
tions, and each of them, are insufficient, both as 
regards the title of the said William Keogh and the 
value of the property described to confer a qualifica- 
tion on the said William Keogh to be elected as a 
Member to serve in Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough ; that the said William Keogh was not at the 
time of his said Election, by reason of his want of 

ualification, capable of being elected as Member 
or the said Borough, and was not qualified to serve 
in Parliament, and that the Election and Return of 
the said William Keogh were and are wholly null 
and void ; that at the said Election the disqualifica- 
tion, incapacity and ineligibility of the said William 
Keogh was a matter of notoriety, both before, at and 
during the polling at the said Election, and the 
same was well known to those of the Electors for the 
said Borough who gave their votes for the said Wil- 
liam Keogh, both before and at the time that they 
so voted for him, and they had received full notice 
of the same at the time of their so voting for the 
said William Keogh ; that notice of the incapacity, 
disqualification and ineligibility of the said William 
Keogh to be elected and returned to serve in Par- 
liament at the said Election for the said Borough, 
and to sit and vote as Member for the said Borough, 
and that all votes given in his favour at the said 





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Election would, on account of such his incapacity, 
disqualification and ineligibility be of no effect, but 
entirely lost and thrown away, was, by or on behalf 
of certain registered Electors of the said Borough 
given personally to the Electors for the said Bo- 
rough both before and at the time of their voting at 
the said Election m favour of the said William 
Keogh; that the Petitioner humbly submits that 
the votes of all persons who voted for the said Wil- 
liam Keogh, having notice of the ry disqua- 
lification and ineligibility of the said Willium Keogh 
to be elected as ments were lost, thrown away, 
bad and illegal, and ought not to have been received 
and reckoned at the said Election, and ought now to 
be struck off the poll; that the number of persons, if 
any such there were, who voted for the said William 
Keogh at the said Election, to whom the incapacity 
and disqualification of the said William Keogh were 
unknown at the time of their so voting as aforesaid, 
was much less than the number of voters whose 
votes were good and valid, and were given at such 
Election for the Petitioner, and that the Petitioner 
ought, by reason of the premises, to have been re- 
turned as duly elected at such Election to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said Borough; that 
the Election and Return of the said William Keogh 
were and are, under the circumstances hereinbefore 
set forth, wholly null and void ; and praying that 
the House will take the premises into their consi- 
deration, and declare that at the time of the said 
last Election of a Member to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said Borough of Athlone, the 
said William Keogh was disqualified by law, and 
incapable of being elected as such Member, and 
that the said William Keogh was not duly elected 
at the said Election as such Member, and ought not 
to have been returned thereat, and that the Peti- 
tioner was duly elected and ought to have been re- 
turned, and that the House will direct the Return to 
be amended accordingly by the substitution therein 
of the name of the Petitioner, the said Robert Bar- 
tholomew Lawes, for that of the said William Keogh, 
or that the House will declare the said Election of 
the said William Keogh to have been wholly null 
and void ; and that the House will grant tu the Pe- 
titioner such further and other relief in the premises 
as the merits of the case may require, and to the 
House shall seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of Edmund O’ Flaherty, Esquire, was pungarvan 
read; setting forth, That at the last Election of a Election. 


Member to serve in Parliament for the Borough 
of Dungarvan, in Ireland, John Francis Maguire 
and the Petitioner were Candidates; that the said 
Election was held on the Twelfth day of July One 
thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two ; that a poll 
having been demanded, the same was granted 
and proceeded with, and at the close of the said 
poll the Returning Officer of the said Borough de- 
clared the said John Francis Maguire duly elected 
as Member to serve in this present Parliament 
for the said Borough, and to have had at the said 
Election a majority of votes over the Petitioner, 
and was returned accordingly, whereas, in fact and 
in right, the Petitioner had a majority of votes 
over the said John Francis Maguire, and ought to 
have been returned as the Member duly elected at 
such Election in the place and stead of the said 
John Francis Maguire; that the Petitioner alleges 
and charges that at the time of the said Election of 
a Member to serve in Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough, and of his said Return as such Member as 
aforesaid, the said John Francis Maguire was not, 
according to the true intent and meaning of the Act 

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passed in the second year of the reign of Queen| and securities for money, gifts, employments and 
Victoria, intituled, “ An Act toamend the Laws re- | rewards, and by threats, intimidation, promises, un- 
lating to the Qualification of Members to serve in | due influence, and other corrupt and illegal prac- 
Parliament,” duly qualified to be elected as a Member | tices, acts and means, corrupt and procure divers 
to serve in Parliament for the said Borough, nor was | persons having or claiming to have votes at the 
the said John Francis Maguire at the time of the|said Election, to give their votes in favour of him 
said last Election, or at the time of his said Return | the said John Francis Maguire, or to forbear to 
as such Member as aforesaid, seised or entitled for | give their votes in favour of the Petitioner; that 
his own use or benefit of or to any estate, legal or | the said John Francis Maguire, by the said corrupt 
equitable, in lands, tenements or hereditaments of | and illegal practices, was and is wholly incapaci- 
any tenure whatsoever, situate, lying or being within | tated and ineligible to serve in this present Parlia- 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain or Ireland, | ment for the said Borough, and the said Election 
or in the rents or profits thereof, for his own life or | and Return of the said John Francis Maguire were 
for the life or lives of any other person or a and are wholly null and void ; that after the teste of 
then living, or for a term of — either absolute | the Writ for holding the said Election, and before, 
or determinable on his own life or on the life or lives | at and during the said Election, the said John Fran- 
of any other person or persons then living, of which ) cis Maguire did, by himself and his agents, friends 
term not less than thirteen years were at the time | and partisans, or by divers ways and means in his 
of the said Election unexpired, such estate being | behalf or at his charge, directly and indirectly give, 
of the clear yearly value of not less than three hun- | present and allow to persons having votes in and at 
dred pounds over and above all incumbrances affect- | the said Election, money, meat, drink, entertainment 
ing the same, nor was the said John Francis Ma- | and provision, and did make presents, gifts, rewards 
guire at the time of the said Election, or at the | and entertainment, and did make promises, agree- 
time of his said Return as such Member as afore-| ments, obligations and engagements to give and 
said, possessed and entitled for his own use and} allow money, meat, drink, provision, presents, re- 
benefit, at Jaw or in equity, for his own life or for} wards and entertainment to and for persons having 
the life or lives of any other person or persons then | votes in and at the said Election, and to and for the 
living, or for any term of years either absolute or de- | use, benefit and advantage, employment, profit and 
terminable on his own life or for the life or lives of | preferment of such persons, to induce such persons 
any other person or persons then living, of which | to vote at the said Election for the said John Svaneh 
term not less than thirteen years were at the time of | Maguire, or to forbear to vote at the said Election 
his said Election unexpired, or of or to personal | for the Petitioner, or in order that he the said John 
estate or effects of any nature or kind whatsoever | Francis Maguire might be elected, or for being 
situate within the said United Kingdom, or the in- | elected to serve in this present Parliament for the 
terests, dividends or annual proceeds actually pro- | said Borough; that by reason of the said last-men- 
ducing the clear yearly income of not less than three | tioned corrupt and illegal practices the said John 
hundred pounds over and above all incumbrances | Francis Maguire was and is wholly incapacitated 
affecting the same, nor did the said John Francis | and ineligible to serve in this present Parliament 
Maguire at the time of the said last Election, or for the said Borough, and the said Election and 
at the time of his said Return as such Member as! Return of the said John Francis Maguire were and 
aforesaid, possess more than one of the several kinds | are wholly null and void; that before, during and 
of qualification hereinbefore mentioned, which were | after the said Election the said John Francis Maguire 
jointly sufficient to qualify him to serve as a Mem- | did, by himself and his agents, friends and partisans, 
ber for the said Borough; that the said John | or by or with divers persons, or in divers ways and 
Francis Maguire was not, at the time of his said | manners, directly or indirectly give or provide, or 
Return as such Member as aforesaid, the eldest son \ did cause, or did knowingly an to be given or 
or heir apparent of any Peer or Lord of Parliament, | provided, wholly or partly at his expense, or did 
or of any person qualified by the last-mentioned | pay wholly or in part divers expenses incurred for 
Act, or by any other Act, to serve as Knight of the | meat, drink, entertainment and provisions to and for 
Shire, and therefore that the said John Francis | divers persons, for the purpose of corruptly in- 
Maguire was uot capable of being elected at the | fluencing divers of such persons or divers other 
said Election a Member of the House for the said | persons to give their votes in the said Election for 
Borough of Dungarvan, and was not duly qualified | the said John Francis Maguire, or to refrain from 
as a Member to serve in Parliament for the said Bo- | giving their votes in the said Election for the Pe- 
rough of Dungarvan, and the said Election and | titioner, or for the purpose of corruptly rewarding 
Return of the said John Francis Maguire were divers of such persons or divers other persons for 
and are wholly null and void ; om the time of | having given their votes in the said Election for the 
the said Election, the said John Francis Maguire | said John Francis Maguire, or for having refrained 
was whollv ineligible and incapacitated to be elected | from giving their votes at the said Election for 
as a Member for the said Borough, by reason that | the Petitioner; that by reason of the said last- 
he the said John Francis Maguire was not at the | mentioned corrupt and illegal practices the said 
time of the said Election duly qualified by seisin | John Francis Maguire was and is wholly incapaci- 
or possession of real or personal estate or effects of | tated and ineligible to serve in this present Parlia- 
such a nature, or to such amount, as was and is by | ment for the said Borough, and the said Election 
law necessary to qualify him to sit and to be elected, | and Return of the said John Francis Maguire were 
and to render him the said John Francis Maguire | and are wholly null and void ; that gross, extensive 
capable of being elected a Member of the te and systematic, and open and notorious bribery, 
for the said Borough, and for the want of such qua- | treating and corruption were practised and carried 
lification, and of the incapacity last aforesaid, the | on at the said Election by divers persons, being 
Election and Return of the said John Francis Ma- | friends, supporters and partisans of the said John 
guire were and are wholly null and void; that the} Francis Ma uire, with a view to the Election of the 
Petitiouer also alleges and charges that the said | suid John Francis Maguire, and that the said Elec- 
Election and Return of John Francis Maguire was | tion and Return of the said John Francis Maguire 
effected and carried by bribery, corruption andj were procured by means of such bribery, treating 
treating, and by great intimidation; that previous | and corruption ; that by reason of the last-mentioned 
to, at, during and after the said Election, the said | corrupt and illegal practices, the said Election and 
John Francis Maguire, by himself, his agents, his | Return of the said John Francis Maguire were and 
committee and friends, and by many other persons | are wholly null and void ; that fraud, intimidation 
employed in his behalf, did, by gifts, presents,} and duress were by the agents, friends and mana- 
money, rewards, and by promises and agreements, | gers, and by other persons on behalf of the = John 

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16 Vicrortz. 


Francis Maguire, practised upon divers persons 
having votes at the said Election, by means whereof 
many persons who but for such illegal practices 
would have voted in favour of the Petitioner, were 
induced and compelled to vote in favour of the said 
John Francis Maguire, or to forbear to give their 
votes in the said Election for the Petitioner; that 
by reason of the premises, the said Election and 
Return of the said John Francis Maguire were and 
are wholly null and void; and the Petitioner also 
states and alleges, that the majority of votes so de- 
clared by the Returning Officer as aforesaid in fa- 
vour of the said John Francis Maguire was only 
an apparent and colourable majority, inasmuch as 
the votes of divers persons were accepted and re- 
corded on the poll in favour of the said John Fran- 
cis Maguire, who were not legally entitled, and had 
no legal right to vote at the said Election, and that 
the real majority of good and legal votes polled at 
the said Election was in favour of the Petitioner 
over the said John Francis Maguire; that divers 
persons were admitted to vote and did vote at the 
said Election for the said John Francis Maguire 
who were not entitled by law to vote in the Election 
for the said Borough, or to have had their names 
inserted in the List of Voters or upon the Register 
of Voters for the said Borough, such persons not 
having had any qualification in respect of property, 
occupation or value, or residence, or rating, or pay- 
ment of rates, or whose qualification was for other 
and various causes insufficient, or having been re- 
spectively subject to legal incapacities, and having 
been unduly and improperly retained or inserted in 
the said Register in force in the said Borough at the 
time of the said Election, by the express decision of 
the Barrister appointed to revise the Lists of Voters 
for the said Borough from which such Register was 
formed ; that at the said Election divers persons 
voted for the said John Francis Maguire who were 
or had been, either during such Election or within 
six calendar months previous thereto, or within four- 
teen days after it was completed, retained or em- 
ployed at such election as agents, attorneys, poll- 
clerks or flag-men, or in some other capacity for the 
purposes of such Election, and had either before, 
during or after such Election accepted, received or 
taken from the said John Francis Maguire, or from 
some other person, for or in consideration of or with 
reference to such retainer or employment, a sum or 
sums of money or retaining fee, offices, places or em- 
ployments, or promises or securities for a sum or sums 
of money, retaining fees, offices, places or appoint- 
ments, and that such votes were admitted and en- 
tered on the poll as good votes for the said John 


Francis Maguire, and ought now to be struck off 


the poll; that at the said Election divers persons 
voted for the said John Francis Maguire who were 
registered as Electors for the said Borough, but 
had become disqualified as Electors for the said 
Borough, and were incapable of voting at the said 
Election, on the ground of their having received 
alms or parochial relief, or on the ground of their 
not being of full age and being subject to legal in- 
capacity, or on the ground of their having ceased to 
hold or occupy the premises for which they were 
respectively registered within the said Borough 
during some part of the period between the registra- 
tion and the time of their voting at such Election, 
or on the ground of their not having continued to 
reside within the said Borough, or within such 
distance so required as aforesaid at the time of their 
so voting at such Election, and that such votes were 
admitted and entered on the poll-book as good votes 
for the said John Francis Maguire, and ought now 
to be struck off from the poll; that at the said 
Election many voters were counted on the said poll 
in favour of the said John Francis Maguire, who 
did not, in point of fact, vote for him, but who were 
personated and fraudulently represented by other 
persons who had themselves no title to vote, but 
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77 


who fraudulently tendered their votes, and were 
improperly admitted to vote, in the names and cha- 
racters of the first-mentioned voters, and such names 
were entered in the poll-book as good votes for the 
said John Francis Maguire, and ought now to be 
struck off the poll; that at the said Election divers 
persons voted for the said John Francis Maguire, 
who at the time of their so voting were disqualified 
from or incapable of voting, on the ground of legal 
incapacity, under and by virtue of a statute or sta- 
tutes then in force, or were so disqualified from or 
incapable of voting, on the ground of legal incapacity, 
which had arisen subsequently to the expiration of 
the time allowed for making out the List of Voters 
from which the Register of Voters in force at the 
time of the said Election had been made, and that 
such persons were not entitled to vote, and ought 
to be struck off the poll; that at the said Election 
many persons were compelled, by violence, threats, 
intimidation and force, practised by friends, agents, 
partisans, managers, committee-men and supporters 
of the said John Francis Maguire, to vote for the 
said John Francis Maguire, or to forbear to vote for 
the Petitioner ; that at the said Election many per- 
sons were otherwise than above stated improperly 
and illegally admitted and reckoned upon the poll 
in favour of the said John Francis Maguire, and 
omitted or excluded from the number of votes 
polled in favour of the Petitioner; that many per- 
sons were admitted to vote and did vote at the said 
Election for the said John Francis Maguire, who 
had asked, received or taken money, gifts, employ- 
ment, offices or rewards, or promises or agreements 
and securities for money, gifts, employments or re- 
wards, or who were otherwise bribed in order to 
give their votes at the said Election, or to forbear 
to give their votes at the said Election, and the 
votes so admitted ought to be struck off the poll; 
that many persons were admitted to vote and did 
vote at the said Election in favour of the said John 
Francis Maguire, who did by themselves, or by 
persons employed by them, by gifts and rewards, 
and by promises, agreements and securities for 
gifts and rewards, and by divers illegal practices, 
corrupt and procure, or did offer, by gifts and re- 
wards, or by promises, agreements and securities 
for gifts and rewards, and by divers illegal prac- 
tices, to corrupt and procure divers persons, having 
votes at the said Election, to give their votes in 
favour of the said John Francis Maguire, or to for- 
bear to give their votes in favour of the Petitioner, 
and the votes so admitted ought to be struck off 
the poll; that many persons were admitted to vote 
and did vote at the said Election for the said John 
Francis Maguire, who before and after the teste of 
the Writ for the said Election, and before, at and 
during the said Election, had corruptly received 
money, meat, drink, entertainment, provisions, pre- 
sents, gifts and rewards, given, presented and 
allowed, and promised agreements, obligations and 
engagements of and for money, meat, drink and 
entertainment and provisions to be given, presented 
and allowed by the said John Francis Maguire, and 
by his agents, friends and partisans, or by divers 
ways and means in his behalf, or at his charge, to 
and for such persons, and to and for the use, be- 
nefit and advantage, employment, profit and pre- 
ferment of such persons, in order to vote at the said 
Election for the said John Francis Maguire, or in 
order to forbear to vote at the said Election for the 
Petitioner, or in order that he the said Join 
Francis Maguire might be elected, or for his being 
elected to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough, and were thereby eo and 
incapacitated from voting at the said Election, and 
the votes so admitted ought to be struck off the 
poll; that many persons were admitted to vote and 
did vote at the said Election, who before and after 
the teste of the said Writ, and before, during, at 
and after the said Election, had corruptly received 

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78 


meat, drink, entertainment or provision, or pro- 
mises, agreements, obligations and engagements 
of and for meat, drink, entertainment or pro- 
vision, to give their votes at the said Election 
for the said John Francis Maguire, or to forbear to 
give their votes at the said Election for the Peti- 
tioner, or in order that he the said John Francis 
Maguire might be elected, or for his being elected 
a Member to serve in this present Parliament for 


the said Borough; that many persons were ad-| 


mitted to vote and did vote at the said Election for 
the said John Francis Maguire, who had been cor- 
ruptly influenced to give their votes at the said 
Election for the said John Francis Maguire, or to 


refrain from giving their votes at the said Election | 


for the Petitioner, or who had been corruptly re- 
warded for having given their votes at the said 
Election for the said John Francis Maguire, or for 


having refrained from having given their votes at 


the said Election for the Petitioner, by meat, drink, 


entertainment or provision, which the said John’ 


Francis Maguire before, at, during and after the 
said Election, had himself, or by his agents and | 
divers persons on his behalf, or by or with divers | 
persons, or in divers manners, directly or indirectly | 
given and provided, or caused or knowingly al-| 
lowed to be given and provided, wholly or partly at | 
his expense, or the expenses incurred, for which he 
did pay or has paid to and for such voters, or to, 
and for divers other persons, for the purpose of cor- 
ruptly influencing such voters to give their votes at | 
the said Election for the said John Francis Ma-| 
guire, or to refrain from giving their votes at the | 
said Election for the Petitioner, or for the purpose | 
of corruptly rewarding such voters for having given 
their votes at the said Election for the said John | 
Francis Maguire, or tor having refrained from | 
having given their votes at the said Election for the 
Petitioner, and who were thereby disqualified and 
incapacitated from voting at the said Election, and 
the votes so admitted ought to be struck off the 
poll; that many persons were admitted to vote and 
did vote at the said Election in favour of the said 
John Francis Maguire, who before and after the 
teste of the Writ for the said Election, and before, 
during, at and after the said Election, gave to per- | 
sons having voices at the said Election, money, | 
meat, drink, entertainment or provision, or promises, 
agreements, engagements or obligations for money, 
meat, drink, entertainment, provision, present ed 
reward, to or for the use, advantage, benefit, enjoy-| 
ment, profit and preferment of such persons, in| 
order to procure such persons to vote at the said 
Election for the said John Francis Maguire, or | 
to forbear to vote at the said Election for the 
Petitioner, or in order that the said John Fran- 
cis Maguire might be elected, or for his bein 
elected to serve in this Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough, and the votes of the persons so admitted 
to vote ought to be struck off the poll; that many 
persons were admitted to vote and did vote at 
the said Election for the said John Francis Ma- 
guire, who before, during, at and after the said 

lection, gave and provided, or caused or know- 
ingly allowed to be provided, meat, drink, enter- 
tainment or provision to divers persons, for the pur- 
pose of corruptly influencing such persons, or divers 
other persons, to give their votes at the said Elec- 
‘ion for the said John Francis Maguire, or to refrain 
from voting at the said Election for the Petitioner, 
or for the a ae of corruptly rewarding such 
persons, or divers other persons, for having voted at 
the said Election for the said John Francis Ma- 
guire, or for having refrained from voting at the 
said Election for the Petitioner, and that the votes 
so admitted ought to be struck off the poll ; that 
many persons were admitted to vote and did vote at 
the said Election for the said John Francis Ma- 
guire, who, before and after the teste of the Writ 
for the said Election, were guilty of corruptly 





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A. 1852. 


treating, and of being corruptly treated, in order to 
procure the Election of the said John Francis Ma- 
guire, and who were by such last-mentioned corrupt 
practices disqualified and incapacitated from voting 
at the said Election, and the votes so admitted 
ought to be struck off the poll; that by the ways 
and means aforesaid, the said John Francis Ma- 


_guire obtained an apparent majority in number of 


votes over the Petitioner, whereas in truth and in 
fact the Petitioner had a majority of legal votes over 
the said John Francis Maguire, and was duly elected 
a Member to serve in this present Parliament for 
the said Borough, and ought to have been returned 
as such Member ; and praying that the House will 
take the premises into consideration, and will de- 
clare the said Election and Retura of the said 
John Francis Maguire to be wholly null and void, 
or will declare that the said Election and Return of 
the said John Francis Maguire were wholly null 
and void, and that the said John Francis Maguire 
was not duly elected, and ought not to have been 
returned at the said Election, and that the Peti- 
tioner was duly elected, and ought to have been re- 
turned at the said Election, and will cause the Re- 
turn to be amended, by erasing the name of the 
said John Francis Maguire, and substituting that 
of the Petitioner in its stead, and will give to the 
Petitioner such farther and other relief as to the 
House shall seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records 
as shall be thought necessary by the several Parties 
on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of the several persons whose names Cockermouth 
are thereunto subscribed, Electors of the Borough Election. 


of Cockermouth, in the County of Cumberland, who 
voted at the last Election of Members to serve 
in this present Parliament for the said Borough, 
was read; setting forth, That the Petitioners were 
at the last Election of Members to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said Borough of Cocker- 
mouth, Electors of the said Borough, and were re- 
gistered as such Electors, and had a right to vote 
for Members for the said Borough at the said 
Election, and did vote thereat; that at the said 
last Election of Members to serve in Parliament 
for the said Borough of Cockermouth, in the 
month of July One thousand eight hundred and 
Fifty-two, Henry Wyndham, Henry Aglionby Ag- 
ree, and Edward Horsman, Esquires, were Can- 
didates to represent the said Borough in Parlia- 
ment; that a poll having been demanded, was 
taken by the Returning Officer for the said Bo- 
rough on the Eighth day of July One thousand 
eight hundred and Fifty-two; that the said Henry 
Wyndham and the said Henry Aglionby Aglionby 
were by the said Returning Officer declared to have 
had a majority of votes at said Election, and to have 
been duly elected, aud were returned as Members 
duly elected to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough of Cockermouth ; that before, at and 
during the said Election, the said Henry Wyndham 
was by himself and his agents, friends and ma- 
nagers, guilty of divers acts of bribery and corrup- 
tion, in order to corrupt and procure, and did by his 
agents, managers and friends, and by many other 
persons employed in his behalf, by gifts, presents, 
money, employments, rewards, and by promises and 
agreements, and securities for money, gifts, employ- 
ments and rewards, and by threats, intimidation, 
promises, undue influence, and other corrupt and 
illegal practices, acts and means, corrupt and pro- 
cure divers persons having or claiming to have 
votes at the said Election, to give their votes in fa- 
vour of him the said Henry Wyndham, or to for- 
bear to give their votes in favour of the said Ed- 
ward Serene and Henry Aglionby Aglionby, or 
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16 Vicroriz. 


one of them; that the said Henry Wyndham, by 
the said corrupt and illegal practices, was and is 
wholly incapacitated and ineligible to be elected 
and to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
Borough, and the said Election and Return of the 
said Henry Wyndham were and are wholly null 
and void ; that after the teste of the Writ for hold- 
ing the said Election, and before, at and during the 
said Election, the said Henry Wyndham did, by 

imself and his agents, friends and partisans, by 
divers ways and means in his behalf, or at his 
charge, directly or indirectly give, present and allow 
to persons having votes in and at the said Election, 
money, meat, drink, entertainment and provision, 
and did make presents, gifts, rewards and entertain- 
ment, and did make promises, agreements, obliga- 
tions and engagements to give and allow money, 
meat, drink, provision, presents, rewards and enter- 
tainments to and for persons having votes in and at 
the said Election, and to and for the use, benefit and 
advantage, employment, profit and preferment of 
such persons, to induce such persons to vote at the 
said Election for the said Henry Wyndham, or to 
forbear to vote at the said Election for the said Ed- 
ward Horsman and Henry Aglionby Aglionby, or 
one of them, or in order that he the said Henry 
Wyndham might be elected or for being elected to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough ; that by reason of the said last-mentioned 
corrupt and illegal practices, the said Henry Wynd- 
ham was and is wholly incapacitated and ineligible 
to be elected and to serve in this present Parliament 
for the said Borough, and the said Election and Re- 
turn of the said Henry Wyndham were and are 
wholly null and void ; that before, during and after 
the said Election, the said Henry Wyndham did by 
himself and his agents, friends and partisans, or by 
or with divers persons or in divers ways and man- 
ners, directly or indirectly give or provide, or did 
cause or did knowingly allow to be given or pro- 
vided, wholly.or partly at his expense, or did pay 
wholly or in part divers expenses incurred for meat, 
drink, entertainment and provision to and for divers 
persons, for the purpose of corruptly influencing 
divers of such persons or divers other persons to 
give their votes in the said Election for the said 
Henry Wyndham, or to refrain from giving their votes 


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in the said Election for the said Edward Horsman | 


and Henry Aglionby Aglionby, or one of them, and 
for the purpose of corruptly rewarding divers of 
such persons or divers other persons for having 
given their votes at the said Election for the said 
Henry Wyndham, or for having refrained from 
giving their votes at the said Election for the said 
Edward Horsman and Henry Aglionby Aglionbdy, 
or one of them; that by reason of the said last- 
mentioned corrupt and illegal practices, the said 
Henry Wyndham was and is wholly incapacitated 
and ineligible to be elected and to serve in this pre- 
sent Parliament for the said Borough, and the said 
Election and Return of the said Henry Wyndham 
were and are wholly null and void ; that gross, ex- 
tensive and systematic, and open and notorious 
bribery, treating and corruption were practised and 
carried on at the said Election by divers persons, 
being friends, supporters and partisans of the said 
Henry Wyndham, with a view to the said Election 
of the said Henry Wyndham, and that the said 
Election and Return of the said Henry Wyndham 
were procured by means of such bribery, treating 
and corruption; that by reason of the last-men- 
tioned corrupt and illegal practices, the said Elec- 
tion and Return of the said Henry Wyndham were 
and are wholly null and void ; that fraud, intimida- 
tion and duress were by the agents, friends and 
managers, and by other persons on behalf of the 
said ) ae Wyndham, practised upon divers per- 
sons having votes at the said Election, by means 
whereof many persons who, but for such illegal 
practices, would have voted in favour of the said 
VoL. 108, 








79 


Edward Horsman and Henry Aglionby Aglionby, 
or one of them, were induced and compelled to vote 
in favour of the said Henry Wyndham, or to forbear 
to vote at the said Election tor the said Edward 
Horsman and Henry Aglionby Aglionby, or one of 
them; that by reason of the premises the said 
Election and Return of the said Henry Wyndham 
were and are wholly null and void; and praying 
that the House will take the premises into consider- 
ation, and will declare the said Election and Re- 
turn of the said Henry Wyndham to be wholly null 
and void, and will give to the Petitioners such fur- 
ther and other relief as to the House shall seem 
meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Thomas Ey- Gloucester 
cott and William Stephens, Electors of the City Plection. 


of Gloucester, and County of the same City, was 
read ; setting forth, That the Petitioners were, at 
and during the last Election of Members to serve 
in this present Parliament for the said City of 
Gloucester, and County of the same City, regis- 
tered Electors of the said City, and claim to have 
and had a right to vote and did vote at the said 
Election ; that at the said Election William Philip 
Price, Esquire, Maurice Frederick Fitz Hardinge 
Berkeley, es Sg commonly called the Honour- 
able Maurice Frederick Fitz Hardinge Berkeley, an 
Admiral in the Royal Navy, and Henry Thomas 
Hope, Esquire, were Candidates to represent the 
said City of Gloucester, and County of the same 
City, in Parliament; that a poll having been de- 
manded, the same was taken by the Returning Of- 
ficer for the said City and County on Thursday, the 
Lighth day of July One thousand eight hundred and 
Fifty-two ; that the said William Philip Price and 
Maurice Frederick Fitz Hardinge Berkeley were by 
the Sheriff of the said City and County (the Return- 
ing Officer) declared to have had a majority of votes 
at the said Election, and to have been duly elected, 
and were returned as the Members duly elected to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said City of 
Gloucester and County of the same City; that be- 
fore and during the said Election, the said William 
Philip Price was, by himself and by his agents, 
friends, managers and partisans, guilty of divers 
acts of bribery and corruption, in order to corrupt 
and procure, and did by his agents, friends, manag- 
ers and partisans, and by many other persons em- 
ployed in his behalf, by gifts, presents, money and 
rewards, and by offers of gifts, presents, money and 
rewards, and by promises, agreements and securities 
for money, gifts, employment and rewards, and by 
threats, intimidation, promises, undue influence, and 
other corrupt and illegal practices, acts and means, 
corrupt and procure divers persons having or claim- 
ing to have votes at the said Election, to give their 
votes in favour of or for him the said William Philip 
Price, or to forbear to give their votes in favour of 
the said Henry Thomas Hope ; that the said William 
Philip Price, by the said corrupt and illegal prac- 
tices, was and is wholly disabled, incapacitated and 
ineligible to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said City of Gloucester and County of the same 
City, and the said Election and Return of the said 
William Philip Price were and are wholly null and 
void ; that the said William Philip Price did, by 
himself, his friends, agents and others, acting for 
and sanctioned by him, give, or cause and procure 
to be given, and did promise and agree to give, and 
did know of and consent to the giving and procuring 
to be given, money, gifts and rewards, offices, em- 
ployments and places, to divers persons, upon cer- 
tain engagements, contracts and agreements, that 

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such persons to whom and to whose use and in 
whose behalf such gifts and promises were made, 
should by themselves and others at their solicitation 
respectively request and command, procure and en- 
deavour to procure the return of him the said Wil- 
liam Philip Price at such Election ; that alter the 
teste of the Writ for holding the said Election, and 
before, at and during the said Election, the said 
William Philip Price did, by himself and by his 
agents, friends and partisans, or by divers ways and 
means in his bebalf, or at his charge, directly and 
indirectly give, present and allow to divers persons 
having votes in and at the said Election, money, 
meat, drink, entertainment and provision, and did 
make presents, gifts, entertainments and rewards, 
and did make promises, agreements, obligations and 
engagements to give and allow money, meat, drink, 
provisions, presents, rewards and entertainments to 
and for persons having votes in and at the said Elec- 
tion, and to and for the use, benefit and advantage, 
employment, profit and preferment of such persons, 
to induce such persons to vote at the said Election 
for the said William Philip Price, or to forbear to 
vote at the said Election for the said Henry Thomas 
Hope, or in order that he the said William Philip 
Price should and might be elected or for being 
elected to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said City of Gloucester and County of the same 
City ; that by reason of the said last-mentioned cor- 
rupt and illegal practices, the said William Philip 
Price was and is wholly disabled, incapacitated and 
ineligible to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said City of Gloucester and County of the same 
City, and the said Election and Returnof the said Wil- 
liam Philip Price were and are wholly null and void ; 
that before, during and after the said Election, the 
said William Philip Price did, by himself and his 
agents, friends and partisans, or by or with divers 
persons, or in divers ways and manners, directly or 
indirectly, give or provide, or did cause, or did 
knowingly allow to be given or provided, wholly or 
partly at his expense, or did pay wholly or in part 
divers expenses incurred for meat, drink, entertain- 
ment and provision to and for divers persons, for 
the purpose of corruptly influencing divers of such 
ersons, or divers other persons, to give their votes 
in the said Election for the said Wi/ltam Philip 
Price, or for the purpose of corruptly rewarding di- 
vers of such persons, or divers other persons, for 
having given their votes in the said Election for the 
said William Philip Price, or for having refrained 
from giving their votes in the said Election for the 
said Henry Thomas Hope; that, by reason of the 
last-mentioned and illegal practices, the said William 
Philip Price was and is wholly disabled, incapaci- 
tated and ineligible to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the said City of Gloucester and County of 
the same City, and the said Election and Return of 
the said William Philip Price were and are wholly 
null and void; that gross, extensive, systematic and 
open and notorious bribery, treating and corruption 
were practised and carried on at the said Election 
by divers persons, being agents, friends, supporters 
and partisans of the said William Philip Price, and 
that the said Election and Return of the said Wil- 
liam Philip Price were procured by means of such 
bribery, treating and corruption ; that by reason of 
the premises, and of the iast-mentioned corrupt and 
Ulegal practices, the said Election and Keturn of 
the said William Philip Price were and are wholly 
nul. and void; and praying that the House will 
take the premises into their consideration, and will 
declare that the said William Philip Price was not 
duly elected, and ought not to have been returned, 
and that his Election and Return are wholly null 
and void; and that the House will afford to the Pe- 
titioners such further and other relief in the premises 
as to the House shall seem meet. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 





Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant or Warrants for such persons, papers and 
records as shall be thought necessary by the several 
Parties on the hearing of the matter of the said 
Petition. 


A Petition of Philip Jocelyn Newton, of Dunleck- Carlow County 
ney, near Bagnalstown, in the County of Carlow, Election. 


and Henry Walters, of Staplestown, near the Town 
of Carlow, in the County of Carlow, Esquires, Elec- 
tors of the said County of Carlow, registered and 
entitled to vote at the late Election of Members to 
serve in Parliament for the said County, was read ; 
setting forth, That the Petitioners were, at and during 
the last Election of Members to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said County of Carlow, fale re- 
gistered Electors of the said Bennie, and had and 
claimed to have had a right to vote and did vote 
for Knights of the Shire to serve in Parliament at 
the said Election for the said County ; that at the 
said Election of a Member to serve in Parliament 
for the said County, which held on the Nine- 
teenth day of July One, seef8and ‘eight hundred and 
Fifty-two, Henry. en (since deceased), William 
Bunbury Mytiiitoch Bunbury, John Ball and John 
Henry Keg were Candidates to represent the said 
County in ‘Parliament ; that after a show of hands 
by the Electors, a poll being duly and in the usual 
manner demanded, the Sheriff of the said County 
proceeded on the Twenty-second and Twenty-third 
days of July to poll the said County; that on the 
Twenty-sixth day of July last, the said Sheriff de- 
clared a majority of votes to be in favour of the 
said John Ball and Henry Bruen, who were there- 
upon returned by the said Sheriff as duly elected to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said County 
of Carlow; that the number of voters which ap- 
peared on the poll at the close thereof, were for the 
said John Ball, Eight hundred and ninety-five ; for 
the said Henry Bruen, Eight hundred and ninety- 
three ; for the said William Bunbury M‘Clintock 
Bunbury, Eight hundred and eighty; and for the 
said John Henry Keogh, Eight hundred and seventy- 
seven, making a majority of the said John Ball over 
the said William Bunbury M‘Clintock Bunbury of 
Fifteen ; that the said majority in favour of the said 
John Ball over the said William Bunbury M‘Clintock 
Bunbury was but colourable, and that the real ma- 
jority of good and legal votes was in favour of the 
said William Bunbury M‘Clintock Bunbury over the 
said John Ball, and that the Return of the said 
John Ball was an undue Return, and was procured 
not only by violence, terror, threats and intimidation, 
but by perjury, bribery, and by the payment and 
promise of payment of sums.of money by and on 
behalf of the said John Ball to Electors, and to 
other persons capable of influencing Electors of 
said County, and of procuring and endeavouring to 
procure voters for the purpose of securing the Return 
of the said John Ball, and by the polling of many 
persons not legally entitled to vote for the said John 
Ball, and by other undue, illegal, corrupt and un- 
constitutional means ; that before and during said 
Election the said John Ball was, by himself and 
his agents, friends and managers, guilty of divers 
acts of bribery and corruption, in order to corrupt 
and procure, and did by os agents, managers and 
friends, and by many other persons employed in his 
behalf, by gifts, presents, money, rewards, and by 
promises, agreements and securities for money, gifts, 
employment and rewards, and by threats, intimida- 
tion, promises, undue influence, and other corrupt 
and illegal practices, acts and means, corrupt and 
procure divers persons, having or claiming to have 
votes at the said Election, to give their votes in fa- 
vour of him the said John Ball, or to forbear to 
= their votes in favour of the said William Bun- 

ury M‘Clintock Bunbury; that the said John Ball, 
by the said corrupt and ihegal practices, was and is 
wholly incapacitated and ineligible to serve in this 
present 












16 Vicroriz. 


present Parliament for the said County, and the said 
Election and Return of the said John Ball were and 
are wholly null and void ; that the said John Ball 
did, by himself, his friends, agents and others acting 
for and sanctioned by him, give or cause and pro- 
cure to be given, and did promise and agree to give, 
and did know of and consent to the giving and pro- 
curing to be given, money, gifts and rewards, offices 
and places to divers persons upon certain engage- 
ments, contracts and agreements ; that such persons 
to whom and to whose use and in whose behaif such 
gifts and promises were made, should, by themselves 
and others, at their solicitation, respectively request 
and command, procure and endeavour to procure, 
the Return of him the said John Baill at such Elec- 
tion ; and that the said John Bail, by himself, his 
agents and managers, and by persons employed in 
his behalf, in pursuance and in furtherance of the 
general bribery and corruption which prevailed at 
the said Election, did give, pay aud deliver to divers 
persons, being voters for the said County at the said 
Election, and to divers persons who could influence 
voters, or who were related by kindred or affinity 
to voters for the said County at the said Election, 
divers sums of money to each and every one of the 
said persons who were voters, or could influence 
voters, or related as aforesaid to voters, in considera- 
tion that all such several voters having a right to 





23° Novembris. 8t 


of the said John Bail; that divers persons were 
admitted to vote and did vote, and were reckoned 
on the poll at the said Election for the said John 
Ball who were not entitled by law to vote in the 
Election for the said County, or to have had their 
names inserted in the List of Voters or upon the 
Register of Voters for the said County, in respect of 
any qualification arising out of property, occupation 
or value, or residence or rating or payment of 
rates, or whose qualification was for other and va- 
rious causes insufficient, or who were respectively 
subject to legal incapacities, and whose names had 
been and were unduly and improperly inserted in 
the said Register in consequence of the decision of 
the Barrister appointed to revise the List of Voters 
for the said County, and that the votes of all such 
persons ought now to be struck off the poll and off 
the Register of Voters for the said County; that 
divers persons duly qualified to vote at the said Elec- 
tion, at the revision of the lists of persons entitled to 
vote in and for the Election of a Member for the said 
County, were improperly expunged or omitted from 
the said Register of Voters in force at the said Elec- 
tion, in consequence of the decision of the Barrister 
who revised the List of Voters from which the said 
Register was formed ; that such persons, being duly 
qualified to be registered and to vote at the said 
Election, duly tendered their votes thereat for the 


vote had given their votes at the said Election in | said William Bunbury M‘Clintock Bunbury, and the 
favour of the said Johu Ball, and for and in no other | votes of such persons were entered as tendered votes 


respect whatsoever ; that before, during and after the 
said Election, the said John Baill did, by himself and 
his agents, friends and partisans, or by or with 
divers persons, or in divers ways and manners, 
directly or indirectly give or provide, or did cause, 
or did knowingly allow to be given or provided, 
wholly or partly at his expense, or did pay wholly 
or in part divers expenses incurred for meat, 
drink, entertainment and provision to and for 
divers persons, for the purpose of corruptly in- 
fluencing such persons, or divers other persons, 
to give their votes in the said Election for the said 
John Ball, or to refrain from giving their votes in 
the said Election for the said William Bunbury 
M‘Clintock Bunbury, or for the purpose of corruptly 
rewarding such persons, or some of them, for having 
given their votes in the said Election for the said 
John Ball, or for having refrained trom giving their 
votes at the said Election for the said William Bun- 
bury M‘Clintock Bunbury, and that, by reason of 
the last-mentioned and illegal practices, the} said 
John Ball was and is wholly incapacitated and in- 
eligible to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said County, and the said Election and Return of 
the said John Ball were and are wholly null and 
void; that gross, extensive, systematic and open 
and notorious bribery, treating and corruption, were 
practised and carried on at the said Election by 
divers persons, being friends, supporters and _parti- 
sans of the said John Ball, with a view to the Elec- 
tion of the said John Ball, and that the said Election 
and Return of the said John Ball were procured 
by means of such bribery, treating and corruption ; 
that, by reason ef the last-mentioned corrupt and 
illegal practices, the said Election and Return of the 
said John Bail were and are wholly null and void ; 
that the majority of votes so declared by the High 
Sheriff, as such Returning Officer as aforesaid, in 
favour of the said John Ball, was only an apparent 
and colourable majority, inasmuch as the votes of 
divers persons were accepted and recorded on the 
poll in favour of the said John Ball, who was not 
jegally entitled, and had no legal right to vote at 
the said Election, and that the real majority of good 
and legal votes polled at the said Election was in 
favour of the said William Bunbury M‘Clintock 
Bunbury over the said John Ball, and the said Wil- 
liam Bunbury M‘Clintock Bunbury was accordingly 


duly elected as Member for the said County, and | 


ought te have been returned as such Member instead 
Vou. 108, 





only, and were not allowed and admitted or reckoned 
on the poll as good votes for the said William Bun- 
bury M‘Clintock Bunbury, and ought now to be 
put upon the poll in favour of the suid William 
Bunbury M‘Clintock Bunbury; that divers other 
persons voted at the said Election for the said John 
Ball, and were reckoned upon the poll at the said 
Election in favour of the said John Ball, who were 
bribed or corruptly induced and _— to vote 
thereat in favour of the said Jokn Ball, or to forbear 
to vote for the said William Bunbury M‘Clintock 
Bunbury ; that the votes of such persons were, there- 
fore, bad, illegal and invalid, and ought to be struck 
off the poll; that divers other persons voted and 
were reckoned upon the poll at the said Election 
for the said John Ball, who had given or offered 
bribes to persons having or claiming a right to vote 
at the said Election, and were by such gifts or offers 
incapacitated and disqualified from voting thereat, 
and the votes cf such persons ought now to be struck 
off the poll; that divers other persons were admitted 
to vote at the said Election, and were reckoned 
upon the poll at the said Election in favour of the 
said John Ball, who had been treated or were 
guilty of treating and other corrupt practices at and 
before the said Election, so as to disqualify them 
from voting at the same, and the votes of such per- 
sons ought now to be struck off the poll; that at 
the said Election many voters were entered and 
counted on the said poll in favour of the said John 
Ball, who did not, in point of fact, vote for him, 
but who were personated and fraudulently repre- 
sented by other persons who had themselves no title 
to vote, but who fraudulently tendered themselves 
as voters for the said County at the said Election, 
and were erroneously and improperly admitted to 
vote thereat in the names and characters of the said 
first-mentioned voters, and such names were entered 
in the poll-books as good votes for the said John 
Bali, and ought now to be struck off the poll; that 
divers other persons voted at the said Election in 
favour of the said John Ball who were not entitled 
to vote thereat, inasmuch as previous thereto, and 
subsequent to their registry, their estates or interests, 
in right of which they had been so registered and 
claimed to vote, had either in the whole or in part 
been sub-let, divided or assigned, surrendered, 
evicted or otherwise determined or diminished, or 
who had become bankrupts or insolvents, or other- 
wise parted with or lost their estates or qualifica- 

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tion, so as not to leave any sufficient qualification 
to vote in said persons at the time of the said Elec- 
tion, and whose votes ought now to be struck off 
the poll ; that several other persons voted and were 
admitted to poll for the said John Ball who were 
not entitled to vote at the said Election, though they 
appeared upon the face of the county books and 
registry to have been regularly registered, who had 
not in fact and truth, either at the time of their said 
registry, or at the time of their so voting, any legal 
title to or interest in the lands and premises in re- 
spect of which they were so registered ; that divers 
other persons voted at the said Election for the said 
John Ball whose names appear upon the Register 
of Voters for the said county, who were not entitled 
to be registered as voters for the same, or to vote at 
the said Election, inasmuch as the lands or premises 
in respect whereof they were so admitted to register, 
were not nor are of sufficient value to entitle them 
to be registered as such voters, or to vote at the 
said Election, and whose votes ought to be struck 
off the poll accordingly ; that previous to and 
during and subsequent to the said Election, many 
persons in the interest of the said John Ball, as well 
by payments and loans of money as by violent 
threats and menaces, and by divers other illegal, 
wrongful and unconstitutional means, illegally in- 
terfered with divers electors for the said County, in 
order to compel and induce them to vote for the 
said John Ball, or to forbear to vote for the said 
William Bunbury M‘Clintock Bunbury, and did, 
in fact, by such means induce, terrify and compel 
many such Electors so to vote or to forbear to vote 
at the said Election; that at the said Election di- 
vers Electors for the said County were compelled by 
violence, threats, intimidation and force, practised 
by the friends, agents, partisans, managers and 
committee-men of the said John Ball, and by others, 
to vote for the said John Ball, or to forbear to vote 
for the said Wiliam Bunbury M‘Clintock Bunbury, 
and such votes ought now to be expunged from the 
poll ; that divers persons who were duly registered 
as Electors for the said County, and entitled to vote 
as such at the said Election, and who tendered their 
votes for the said William Bunbury M‘Clintock 


Bunbury, were on various illegal and frivolous pre- | 


tences, and on account of trifling and unimportant 
variances, mistakes or informalities in their registra- 
tion, refused and rejected at the said Election by 
the Sheriff, or by his deputies, and were not allowed 
to enter their votes for the said William Bunbury 
M‘Clintock Bunbury, and their votes were not 
reckoned or counted, whereas such votes ought then 
to be received, and ought now to be added to the 
poll accordingly ; that many persons whose names 
were upon the Register in force at the time of the 
said Election, but who subsequently and previous 
to the said Election had ceased to be qualified, and 
had become legally incapable of voting at the said 
Election, and whose votes ought now to be struck 
off the poll, were nevertheless admitted to vote 
thereat in favour of the said John Ball; that the 
said John Ball availed himself of the aforesaid acts, 
and accepted and made use thereof during the said 
Election, although he was fully cognizant of the 
said illegal and unconstitutional acts committed by 
the said persons, and of the means resorted to by 
them to control and defeat the freedom of Election; 
that at the said Election many persons were other- 
wise than as above stated improperly and illegally 
admitted and reckoned upon the poll in favour of 
tue said John Ball, or omitted and excluded from the 
number of voles polled in favour of the said William 
Bunbury M‘Clintock Bunbury; that by the above 
and other undue means, the said John Ball obtained 
an apparent and fraudulent majority over the said 
William Bunbury M‘Clintock Bunbury, and was re- 
turned to serve in Parliament for the said County of 
Carlow in violation of the law and freedom of Elec- 
tion, in contempt of the just rights of the Electors 





for the said County, and to the great prejudice of 
the Petitioners; that the said William Bunbury 
M‘Clintock Bunbury had at the said Election, as 
it is submitted will appear upon a fair scrutiny of 
the poll, and of the alleged qualification of the per- 
sons whose votes are entered thereon, a clear and 
decided majority of good and legal votes over the 
said John Ball, and was therefore duly elected 
thereat as a Member to serve in the present Parlia- 
ment for the said County of Carlow, and ought to 
have been returned as such Member accordingly, 
and ought now to be so declared by the House ; 
and praying that upon the grounds and for the 
reasons above stated and set forth, the House will 
take the premises into consideration, and will declare 
the said Election and Return of the said John Ball 
to be wholly null and void, and that the said John 
Ball was not duly elected, and ought not to have 
been returned at the said Election, but that the said 
William Bunbury M‘Clintock Bunbury was duly 
elected, and ought to have been returned thereat ; 
and that the House will cause the Return to be 
amended accordingly, by erasing therefrom the 
name of the said John Ball, and substituting that 
of William Bunbury M‘Clintock Bunbury in lieu 
thereof, and that the votes of the persons improperly 
registered and allowed to poll as aforesaid may be 
struck off the poll, and that the Register of Voters 
for the said County may be duly amended, or that 
the said last Election for the said County, so far as 
respects the Election and Return of the said John 
Ball, may be declared wholly null and void, and 
that a new Writ may be issued for the Election of a 
Member to serve for the same in lieu of the said 
John Ball, and that the House will give to the Pe- 
titioners such further and other relief in the pre- 
mises as to the House shall seem meet, and as the 
merits of the case may require. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrauts for such persons, papers and records 
as shall be thought necessary by the several Parties 
on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of Thomas James Rawson, of Barrow Carlow 
Ville, near the town of Carlow, in the county of Flection. 


Carlow, Esquire, and Thomas Harris Carroll, of 
Dublin-street, in the town of Carlow, in the said 
county of Carlow, Esquire, registered Electors of 
the Borough of Carlow, and entitled to vote at 
the late Election of a Burgess to serve in Par- 
liament for the said Borough, was read ; setting 
forth, That the Petitioners were, at and during 
the last Election of a Member to serve in this pre- 
sent Parliament for the said Borough of Carlow 
registered Electors of the said Borough, and had 
and claimed to have had a right to vote, and did 
vote, for a Burgess to serve in Parliament at the 
said Election for the said Borough ; that at the said 
Election of a Member to serve in Parliament for 
the said Borough, in the month of July One thou- 
sand eight hundred and Fifty-two, John Sadleir and 
Robert Clayton Browne, Esquires, were Candidates 
to represent the said Borough in Parliament; that 
the Sheriff of the County of Carlow, being the Re- 
turning Officer of the said Borough of Carlow, pro- 
ceeded on the Fourteenth day of July to poll the 
Electors of the said Borough ; that on the Fifteenth 
day of July last, the said Sheriff declared a ma- 
jority of votes to be in favour of the said John Sad- 
leir, who was thereupon returned by the said Sheriff 
as duly elected to serve in this present Parliament 
for the said Borough of Carlow; that the number of 
voters which appeared on the poll at the close 
thereof, were for the said John Sadleir, One hundred 
and twelve, and for the said Robert Clayton Browne, 
Ninety-five, making a majority of the said John 
Sadleir over the said Robert Clayton Browne of 
Seventeen ; that the said majority in favour of 4 
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16 Vicroriz. 


said John Sadleir was illegally obtained, and pro- 
cured as thereinafter set forth, and that the said 
Return of the said John Sadleir was an undue Re- 
turn, and was procured not only by violence, terror, 
threats and intimidation, but by perjury, bribery, 
and by the payment and promise of payment of 
sums of money by and on behalf of the said John 
Sadleir to Electors, and to other persons capable of 
influencing Electors of the said County, and of pro- 
curing and endeavouring to procure voters for the 
purpose of securing the Return of the said John 
Sadleir, and by other undue, illegal, corrupt and 
unconstitutional means ; that before and during the 
said Election, the said John Sadleir was, by himself 


and his agents, friends and managers, guilty of | 


divers acts of bribery and corruption, in order to 
corrupt and procure, and did by his agents, managers 
and friends, and by many other persons employed 
in his behalf, by gifts, presents, money, rewards, 
and by promises, agreements and securities for 
money, gifts, employment and rewards, and by 
threats, intimidation, promises, undue influence, 
and other corrupt and illegal practices, acts and 
means, corrupt and procure divers persons having 
or claiming to have votes at the said Election, 
to give their votes in favour of him the said 
John Sadleir, or to forbear to give their votes 
in favour of the said Robert Clayton Browne; 
that the said John Sadleir, by the said corrupt 
and illegal practices, was and is wholly incapa- 
citated and ineligible to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the said Borough, and the said Elec- 
tion and Return of the said John Sadleir were 


and are wholly null and void; that the said John | 


Sadleir did, by himself, his friends, agents and 
others acting for and sanctioned by him, give or 
cause and procure to be given, and did promise and 
agree to give, and did know of and consent to the 
giving and procuring to be given, money, gifts and 
rewards, offices and places, to divers persons, upon 
certain engagements, contracts and agreements, 
that such persons to whom ard to whose use 
and in whose behalf such gifts and promises were 
made, should by themselves and others, at their 
solicitation, respectively request and command, pro- 
cure and endeavour to procure, the Return of him 
the said John Sadleir at such Election; and that 
the said John Sadleir, by himself, his agents and 
managers, and by persons employed in his behalf, 
in pursuance and in furtherance of the general bri- 
bery and corruption which prevailed at the said 
Election, did give, pay and deliver to divers per- 
sons being voters for the said Borough at the suid 
Election, and to divers persons who could influence 
voters, or who were related by kindred or affinity to 
voters for the said Borough at the said Election, 
divers sums of money to each and every one of the 
said persons who were voters, or could influence 
voters, or related as aforesaid to voters, in considera- 
tion that all such severa] voters having a right to 
vote had given their votes at the said Election in 
favour of the said John Sadleir, and for and in no 
other respect whatsoever; that before, during and 
after the said Election, the said John Sadleir did, 
by himself and his agents, friends and partisans, or 
by or with divers persons, or in divers ways and 
manners, directly or indirectly give or provide, or 
did cause or did knowingly allow to be given or pro- 
vided, wholly or partly at his expense, or did pay, 
wholly or in part, divers expenses incurred for 
meat, driuk, entertainment and provision, to and 
for divers persons, for the purpose of corruptly in- 
fluencing divers of such persons, or divers other per- 
sons, to give their votes in the said Election for the 
said John Sadleir, or to refrain from giving their 
votes in the said Election for the said Robert Clay- 
ton Browne, or for the purpose of corruptly reward- 
ing divers of sech persons, or divers other persons, 
for having given their votes in the said Election for 
the said John Sadleir, or for having refrained from 
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giving their votes at the said Election for the said 
Robert Clayton Browne, and that by reason of the 
last-mentioned and illegal practices, the said John 
Sadleir was and is wholly incapacitated and ineli- 
gible to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
Borough, and the said Election and Return of the 
said John Sadleir were and are wholly null and 
void; that extensive, systematic and open and noto- 
rious bribery, treating and corruption were practised 
and carried on at the Election by divers persons, 
being friends, supporters and partisans of the said 
John Sadleir, with a view to the Election of the 
said John Sadleir, and that the said Election and 
Return of the said John Sadleir were procured by 
means of such bribery, treating and corruption ; that 
by reason of the said last-mentioned corrupt and illegal 
practices, the said Election and Return of the said 
John Sadleir were and are wholly null and void ; 
that previous and during and subsequent to the 
said Election, many persons in the interest of the 
said John Sadleir interfered with and influenced, as 
well by payments and loans of money as by threats 
and intimidation and otherwise, divers Electors of 
the said Borough, in an illegal, violent and uncon- 
stitutional manner, in order to compel or induce 
them to vote for the said John Sadleir ; that at the 
said Election divers Electors for the said Borough 
were compelled by violence, threats, intimidation 
and force, practised by the friends, agents, partisans, 
managers and committee-men of the said John Sad- 
leir, and by other persons, to vote for the said John 
Sadleir, or to forbear to vote for the said Robert 
Clayton Browne; that the said John Sadleir availed 
himself of the aforeseid acts, and accepted and 
made use thereof during the said Election, although 
he was fully cognizant of the said illegal and uncon- 
stitutional acts committed by the said persons, and 
of the means resorted to by them to control and 
defeat the freedom of Election; that by the above 
and other undue means the said John Sadleir ob- 
tained a majority over the said Robert Clayton 
Browne, and procured himself to be returned to 
serve in Parliament for the said Borough of Carlow, 
in violation of the law and freedom of Election, and 


'to the great prejudice of the Petitioners, and of the 


said Robert Clayton Browne; and for all the causes 
and reasons aforesaid, praying that the House will 
take the premises into their consideration, and will 
declare the said Election and Return of the said 
John Sadleir to be wholly null and void, and that 
the said John Sadleir was not duly elected, and 
ought not to have been returned at the said Elec- 
tion, and that the said Return and Election of the 
said John Sadleir may be declared null and void, 
and that a new Writ may be issued for the Election 
uf a Member to serve for the said Borough in his 
stead ; and that the House will give ta the Peti- 
tioners such further and other relief in the premises 
as to the House shall seem meet, and as the merits 
of the case may require. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned John Lid- Durham 
ster and George Shaw, Electors of the my of Election. 


Durham, was read; setting forth, That the Peti- 
tioners were, at and during the last Election of 
Members to serve iv this present Parliament for the 
said City of Durham, registered Eleciors of the 
said City, and claimed to have and had a right to 
vote and did vote at the said Election; that the 
said Election commenced on the Seventh day of 
July One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two, 
and that Richard Thompson, Esquire, Mayor of the 
said City, was the Returning Officer, and John Tip- 
lady, Jumes Longstaff, John George Hargreaves and 

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William Brignal were the Deputy Returning Offi- | rights of the said Electors, and of the said Lord 
cers at the said Election; that Thomas Colpitts| Adolphus Frederick Charles William Vane ; that the 
Granger, Esquire (since deceased), William Ather- | said riots and the said violence and intimidation 


ton, Hemies, and Adolphus Frederick Charles Wil-' 
liam Vane, commonly called Lord Adolphus Fre- 
derick Charles William Vane, were the Candidates 
at the said Election, and a poll having been de- 
manded, was granted and proceeded with, and at 
the close thereof, the numbers were declared to be 
as follows; namely, for the said Thomas Colpitts 
Granger, Five hundred and seventy-one; for the | 
said William Atherton, Five hundred and ten; and 
for the said Lord Adolphus Frederick Charles Wit- 


liam Vane, Five hundred and six; and the said | 
Thomas Colpitts Granger and William Atherton | 


were by the said Returning Officer declared to 
have had a majority of votes at the said Election, 


and to have been duly elected, and were returned | 
to serve in this present Parliament for the said City ; 


that the polling at the said Election commenced 
before the said Returning and Deputy Returning 
Officers, at Eight of the clock in the forenoon of 


the Eighth day of July One thousand eight hun- | 
dred and Fifty-two, being the day next following | 
the day fixed for the said Election, but that the poll | 
was finally closed by the said Returning and De- | 


puty Returning Officers, or some or one of them, 
before Four of the clock on the afternoon of the 
same day, notwithstanding the protest and com- 
plaint of the said Lord Adolphus Frederick Charles 


William Vane and his friends; that the poll was | 


prematurely and unlawfully closed by the said Re- 
turning and Deputy Returning Officers, or some or 
one of them, previous to the expiration of the time 
fixed by law, without any sufficient cause for or 
notice of such closing ; that persons entitled by law 
to tender votes, and who claimed to have and had 
a right to vote at the said Election, and who were 
ready to have tendered the same, and to hove voted 
for the said Lord Adolphus Frederick Charles Wil- 
liam Vane, were, by the irregular and undue closing 
of the said poll, and by the other illegal and un- 


constitutional practices hereinbefore set forth, pre- | 


vented from so tendering their votes; that by the 
said improper and unlawful closing of the poll, 


divers persons who were entitled to vote at the said | 


Election, and exceeding in number the majority 
declared to have been polled for the said Welliam 
Atherton, remained unpolled, aud were thereby de- 
prived of the opportunity and right of voting at the 
said Election, and that, by reason of the premises 
aforesaid, the said Election and Return of the said 


William Atherton were and are wholly null and | 


void ; that at the said last Election for the City of 
Durham, four separate polling places, as by law 
required, were duly appointed for taking the votes 
at the said Ejection in the said City ; that is to say, 
two at the Town-hall in the market-place of the 
said City, and two at temporary buildings erected 
in the market-place of the said City; that during 
the said Election riots of the most alarming, tu- 
multuous and violent description took place in the 
said City, by means of which riots the Electors in 
the interest of the said Lord Adolphus Frederick 
Charles William Vane were greatly interrupted, in- 


sulted and assaulted, as well in going to as in| 


returning from the said poiling places in the said 
City at the said Election, and divers of the said 
Eleetors who intended to vote for the said Lord 
Adolphus Irederick Charles William Vane, and 
would have voted for the said Lord Adolphus Fre- 
derick Charles William Vane but for the said in- 
terruption, insults and assaults, were in consequence 
thereof deterred and prevented from so doing, and 
many other voters who would have voted for the 
said Lord Adolphus Frederick Charles William Vane 
were influenced and intimidated, oy threats and 
violence, to vote for the said William Atherton, one 
of the other Candidates at the said Election, in 
violation of the just freedom of Election, and of the 


were countenanced and encouraged by the friends 

and partisans of the said William Atherton, and by 
divers persons in the interest of the said William 
Atherton, for the purpose of preventing the said 

Electors from voting for the said Lord Adolphus 

Frederick Charles William Vane, and for causing 

them to vote for the said William Atherton; that 

the said violence and intimidation were carried on 

on an organised system, and that, in the course 

thereof, divers Electors in the interest of the said 
Lord Adolphus Frederick Charles William Vane, 
some of whom had voted for the said Lord Adol- 
phus Frederick Charles William Vane, and others 
who intended to vote for the said Lord Adolphus 
Frederick Charles William Vane, sustained grievous 
injury and bodily harm, and that whilst all the 
Electors and voters who were known to be in the 
interest of the said William Atherton had free access 
to the polling-booths at the said several polling- 
places before-mentioned, and were allowed to poll 
thereat, and leave the same without injury or moles- 
tation from any person, but many of the Electors 
and voters in the interest of the said Lord Adolphus 
lrederick Charles William Vane were, during all 
the time allowed by law for polling, prevented and 
obstructed from entering the said polling-booths, 
and were forcibly driven away from the said 
booths, and prevented from recording their votes 
| for the said Lord Adolphus Frederick Charles Wil- 
liam Vane, as they otherwise would have done; 

‘that during the said last Election for the said 
City, an organised and unusual system of vio- 

lence and agitation was established and acted 
/upon in the said City, by the friends, partisans 
or agents of the said William Atherton, for the 

purpose of intimidating and terrifying the Elec- 

tors who should be willing and anxious to give 

their votes at the said Election in favour of the 
said Lord Adolphus Frederick Charles !\ illiam Vane, 
and in order to deter and prevent such Electors, by 
force and fear, from giving their votes for the said 
Lord Adolphus Frederick Charles William Vane ; 
that at or about ten minutes to Four of the clock in 
the afternoon of the said Eighth day’of July, large 
bodies of persons surrounded the said polling-booths, 
and became clamorous and outrageous in the highest 
degree, and while certain Electors were on the point 
of entering the said polling-booths, or one of them, 
a body of persons, about thirty in number, and who 
were instigated or countenanced by the friends, par- 
tisans or agents of the said William Atherton, made 
a sudden rush towards the place where the said 
| Electors (who were desirous of recording, and were 
attempting to gain admittance to the said polling- 
booths for the purpose of recording their votes in 
| favour of the said Lord Adolphus Frederick Charles 
| William Vane) were, with a view of hindering by 
physical force their so doing ; that the uproar, tumult 
and confusion which prevailed at this period within 
the polling-booths aforesaid, or some or one of them, 
was so great, that it was impossible for the Electors 
to record their votes therein; that duriugsuch uproar, 
tumult and confusion, and without recording the 
votes of the said Electors, who were then and there 
present, and waiting to vote in favour of the said 
Lord Adolphus Frederick Charles William Vane, 
and previous to the time fixed by law, the Returning 
Officer or Deputy Returning Officers, or one of them, 
improperly and illegally closed the poll at the said 
Election; that before Four of the clock in the 
afternoon of the said Eighth day of July, the two 
| poiling-booths in the said market-place hereinbefore 
| mentioned were wholly or partly broken up and 
destroyed ; that at or about fifteen minutes to Four 
of the clock in the afternoon of the said Eighth day 

of July, being long previous to the expiration of 

the time fixed by law for polling at the said Election, 

a person 








16 Vicroriz. 


a person in the interest of the said Jord Adolphus 
Frederick Charles William Vane, being an Elector, 
went to the booth, No. 1, at the Town-hall, and 
complained to the said Returning Officer on behalf 
of the said Lord Adolphus Frederick Charles Wii- 
liam Vane, that the Electors could not obtain access 
to the poll in No. 4 booth, in the market-place 
aforesaid, and that both he and another Elector 
desired and requested the said Returning Officer to 
adjourn the poll, on the ground that the polling 
could not proceed in consequence of the great in- 
terruption, tumult, confusion and obstruction, both 
by riot and open violence, prevailing both within and 
without the said polling-booth ; that although the 
proceedings at the said Election were obstructed 
and interrupted by riot and open violence, the said 
Returning Officer did not adjourn the taking the 
poll at the said Election, as he was bound by law 
to do, but did finally close the poll contrary to law ; 
that in consequence of the above-mentioned un- 
justifiable and illegal proceedings, it became dan- 
gerous in the highest degree for the Electors in the 
interest of the said Lord Adolphus Frederick Charles 
William Vane to proceed to the poll to vote in favour 
of the said Lord Adolphus I'rederich Charles William 
Vane, and that large numbers of Electors in the 
interest of the said Lord Adolphus Frederick Charles 
William Vane, and who were anxious and resolved 
to vote in his favour at the said Election, were 
deterred by fears for their personal safety, and even 
for their lives, from voting as they had intended and 
were resolved to have done, and many other Elec- 
tors who were on their way to the poll, and who 
endeavoured to vote at the said Election for the said 
Lord Adolphus Frederick Charles William Vane, 
were repulsed and driven back by actual force and 
violence from the said polling-places, and were pre- 
vented from voting for the said Lord Adolphus I’re- 
derick Charles William Vane; that many other of 
the Electors who, notwithstanding such violent and 
illegal obstructions, had succeeded in making their 
way to the said polling-places and in voting for 
the said Lord Adolphus Frederick Charles William 
Vane, were, after so voting, exposed to every descrip- 
tion of, and extremity of, personal outrage, insult 
and violence, and that in consequence thereof, divers 
of the other Electors who witnessed the said out- 
rages, insults and violence were deterred, from the 
fear of the same or similar treatment, from further 
attempting to record their votes in favour of the said 
Lord Adolphus Frederick Charles William Vane; 
that in consequence of the premises, there was no 
freedom of Election at the said last Election for the 
said City, and a large portion of the registered 
Electors for the said City did not vote thereat; and 
the Petitioners are fully persuaded, and firmly be- 
lieve, that but for the system of outrage and violence 
hereinbefore set forth, and the illegal and unconsti- 
tutional practices above detailed, a very cousiderable 
majority of votes would have been given at the said 
Election in favour of the said Lord Adolphus Fre- 


23° Novembris. 


85 


or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


tescue, was read; setting forth, That at the last 
Election of a Member to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Youghal, the Peti- 
tioner was a Candidate, together with Isaac Butt, 
Esquire, to represent the said Borough in this 
present Parliament, and a poll being demanded and 
taken, the said Jsaac Butt was, by the Returning 
Officer of the said Borough, declared to have the 
majority of votes and to be elected, and was returned 
as Member to serve in this present Parliament for 
the said Borough; that the Election of the said 
Isaac Butt was procured by means of bribery and 
other corrupt and illegal practices, and is therefore 
null and void, and ought to be set aside ; that before 
and at the said Election the said Jsaac Butt was, 
by himself, his agents, friends and managers, guilty 
of bribery and corruption, and did, by gifts, presents, 
money and rewards, and by promises and agree- 
meuts for gifts, presents, money and rewards, and 
by other illegal practices, corrupt and procure 
divers persons, being registered Electors of the 
said Borough, to give their votes in favour of the 
said Jsaac Butt; that before, during and after 
the said Election the said Jsaac Buti did, by him- 
self, his agents, friends and managers, and by divers 
ways and means, at his charge and on his be- 
half, directly and indirectly, give, provide, present 
and allow, and cause and knowingly permit to be 
given, provided, presented and allowed to regis- 
tered Electors of the said Borough, and to divers 
other persons, money, meat, drink, entertainment, 
provision and reward, to and for persons having 
votes at the said Election, in order that he the said 
Isaae Butt might have the votes of the said per- 
sons, and might thereby be elected a Member for 
the said Borough of Youghal ; that gross, notorious, 
extensive and systematic bribery, treating and cor- 
ruption were practised and carried on at the said 
Election by the agents, friends, managers and par- 
tisans of the saii Jsaac Butt, with a view to his 
Election, and such bribery, treating and corruption 
influenced the votes of the Electors of the said Bo- 
rough, and procured the majority by which the said 
Isaac Butt was declared to be returned ; that by rea- 
son of such corrupt and illegal practices, the said 
Isaac Butt became and now is wholly ineligible to sit 
in this present Parliament; that the said Zsaac Butt 
was not duly qualified to be elected to sit in Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough of Youghal, and was not 
seised or possessed of real or personal estate suffi- 
cient fora Member of the House of Commons, ac- 
cording to the true intent and meaning of the Act 
of Parliament, known as the first and second Vic- 
toria, chapter forty-eight, and his Election is, there- 
fore, null and void; and praying that the House 
will take the premises into their consideration, and 





derick Charles William Vane, and that the said Lord 
Adolphus Frederick Charles William Vane would, but 
for the said violence, outrage and illegal and uncon- 
stitutional practices, have been returned at the said 
Election as a Citizen to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the said City; that by reason of the 
said several causes and premises, the Election and 
Return of the said Wiliam Atherton were and are 
wholly null and void ; and praying that the House 
will take the premises into their consideration, and 
will declare that the said William Atherton was not 
duly elected, and ought not to have been returned, 
and that his Election and Return are wholly null 
and void, and that justice may be done in the pre- 
mises ; and that the House will grant to the Peti- 
tioner such further or other relief in the premises 
as to the House shall seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 

VoL. 108. 


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will declare that the Election and Return of the said 
Isaac Butt were null and void, and will give to the 
Petitioner such further relief as to the House shall 


seem meet. 


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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Honourable John William For- Youghal 
Election. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of Barnstaple 
the Borough of Barnstaple, was read ; setting forth, “ecto. 


That at the last Election of Members to serve in Par- 
liament for the Borough of Barnstaple, the Petition- 
ers were Electurs of the said Borough, and voted at 
the said Election ; that at the said Election Sir Wi/- 
liam Augustus kraser, Richard Bremridge, uire, 
and Viscount Ebrington were Candidates, and a poll 
being demanded and taken, the said Sir William 





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Message from 
the Lords. 


Indian 
Territories. 


Outrages 
(Treland.) 


Coal Mines. 


Criminal 


and Destitute to communicate to their 


Juveniles, 


86 23°—94° 


Augustus Fraser and Richard Bremridge were de- 
clared by the Returning Officer of the said Borough 
to be elected, and were returned Members to serve 
in Parliament for the said Borough; that the said Sir 
William Augustus Fraser and Richard Bremridge 
were guilty of bribery, treating, and of other corrupt 
and illegal acts, by means of which they procured 
their said Election and Return, and their said Elec- 
tion was and is wholly null and void; that the said 
Sir William Augustus Fraser and Richard Brem- 
ridge, before and at the said Election, did, by them- 
selves, their agents, friends and managers, at their 
charge, with their knowledge, and on their behalf, 
give and allow money, meat, drink, entertainment, 
provision and reward, to and for the use, benefit 





and advantage of Electors of the said Borough, in 
order that such Electors might vote for the said | 
Sir William Augustus Fraser and Richard Brem- | 
ridge, or one of them, and forbear to vote for the ; 
said Viscount Ebrington ; that the said Sir Wi/- 
liam Augustus Fraser and Richard Bremridge, be- 
fore and at the said Election, did, by themselves, 
their agents, friends and managers, give, pay and 


allow, and make promises and agreements to give, 


pay and allow divers sums of money, under various | 
pretexts, for the purpose of corruptly influencin 
Electors of the said Borough to vote for the said 
Sir William Augustus Fraser and Richard Brem- 
ridge, or one of them, and to forbear to vote for | 
the said Viscount Ebrington ; that gross and noto- 
rious bribery, treating, undue influence, intimida- 
tion and other corrupt practices were resorted to at 
the said Election on behalf of the said Sir William | 
Augustus Fraser and Richard Bremridge, and by 
means thereof their said Return was procured ; that 
the said Richard Bremridge was not duly qualified 
to be elected to sit in Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough of Barnstaple, and was not seised or pos- 
sessed of real or personal estate sufficient for a 
Member of the House of Commons, according to 
the true intent and meaning of the Act of Parlia- 
ment, known as the first and second Victoria, chap- 
ter forty-eight; and praying that the House will 
take the premises into consideration, and will de- 
clare the Election and Return of the said Sir Wil- 
liam Augustus Fraser and Richard Bremridge, and 
of each of them, null and void, and will give to the 
Petitioners such further and other relief as to the 
House shall seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 





A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Russed/ : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords request that this House will be pleased 
to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of the 
Report from the Select Committee appointed by this 
House in the last Session of the last Parliament on 
Indian Territories; together with the Minutes of 
Evidence taken before the Committee, and the Ap- 
pendix and Index thereto: And also, 

The Lords request that this House will be pleased 
to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of the 
Report from the Select Committee appointed by this 
House in the last Session of the last Parliament on 
Outrages (Jreland) ; together with the Minutes of 
Evidence taken before the Committee, and the Ap- 
penaix and Index thereto: And also, 

The Lords request that this House will be pleased 
to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of the 
Report from the Select Committee appointed by this 
House in the last Session of the last Parliament on 
Coal Mines; together with the Minutes of Evidence 
taken before the Committee, and the Appendix and 
Index thereto: And also, 

The Lords request that this House will be pleased 
Lordships, a Cupy of the 











Novembris. A. 1852, 


Report from the Select Committee appointed by 
this House in the last Session of the last Parlia- 
ment, to inquire into the present treatment of Cri- 
minal and Destitute Juveniles in the Country, and 





what changes are desirable in their present treat- ews 
ment, in order to supply industrial training, and to poor 
combine reformation with the due correction of Amendi 
Juvenile Crime ; together with the Minutes of Evi- 

dence, and Appendix and Index thereto: And also, 

The Lords request that this House will be pleased Metropolis 

to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of the Water Bills. 

Report from the Committee appointed by this 

House in the last Session of the last Parliament 

on the Metropolis Water Bills; together with the — 


Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee, 
and the Appendix and Index thereto :—And then 
the Messenger withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House will send an answer to 
the said Message by Messengers of their own. 

And the Messenger was again called in, and Mr. 
Speaker acquainted him therewith :—And then he 
again withdrew. 


Mr. Henley presented, pursuant to the directions Joint Stock 
of an Act of Parliament,—Statement of the Licenses Companies. 
granted by the Lords of the Committee of Privy 
Council for Trade, from 4th January 1852 (the date 


| of the last Return) to November 1852, to Joint Stock 


Companies, to hold Lands, Tenements, &amp;c., and spe- 
cifying the Nature and Extent of the Powers con- 
tained in each License, and of the Lands so autho- 
rized to be held, and, in cases of Renewal or Ex- 
tension of such Licenses, showing the Extent of Land 
actually held by the Company at the time of such 
Extension, and the Counties within which such 
Lands are situate. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Commercial 
posed, That it is the opinion of this House, that the Legislation. 
improved condition of the Country, and particularly 
of the Industrious Classes, is mainly the result of 
recent Commercial Legislation, and especially of the 
Act of 1846, which established the tree admission 
of Foreign Corn; and that that Act was a wise, just 
and beneficial measure ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the first word “That” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House acknowledges, with satisfaction, that 
the cheapness af provisions, occasioned by recent 
Legislation, has mainly contributed to improve the 
condition and increase the comforts of the Work- 
ing Classes; and that unrestricted competition 
having been adopted, after due deliberation, as 
the principle of our Commercial System, this 
House is of opinion that it is the duty of the 
Government unreservedly to adhere to that policy 
in those measures of Financial and Administrative 
Reform, which, under the circumstances of the 
Country, they may deem it their duty to intro- 
duce,” instead thereof. 

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


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


Mercurii, 24° die Novembris, 1852: 


Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till 
Thursday next. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Inhabitant House- perby 
holders of the Borough of Derby, praying for a Election 
full and searching inquiry into proceedings with 
reference to the last Election for that Borough, 
which was presented upon the 22d day of this in- 
stant November, be taken into consideration upon 
Monday next; and be printed. 

Ordered, 





West India 
Colonies, &amp;c. 
Loans Act 
Amendment. 


Cockermouth 
Election. 





16 Vicroriz. 


day of this instant November, be taken into consi- 
deration upon Monday next ; and be printed. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend an Act for guaranteeing the interest on 
such Loans, not exceeding Five hundred thousand 
pounds, as may be raised by the British Colonies 
on the Continent of South America, in the West 
Indies and the Mauritius, for certain purposes : 
And that Sir John Pakington and Mr. Hamilton do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of | 


the Borough of Cockermouth was delivered in, and 
read ; setting forth, That the Petitioners were, at and 
during the last Election of Members to serve in 
Parliament for the Borough of Cockermouth, in the 
County of Cumberland, registered Electors of the 
said Borough, and entitled to vote and voted at the 
said Election ; that at the said Election, which took 
place in the month of July One thousand eight 


hundred and Fifty-two, Henry Wyndham, of Cock- | 


ermouth Castle, in the said County, a Lieutenant 
General in Her Majesty’s Army, Henry Aglionby 
Aglionby, of the Nunnery, in the said County, Es- 
quire, and Edward Horsman, of Easthorpe Hall, near 
Southam, in the County of Warwick, Esquire, were 
Candidates and were duly proposed and seconded as 
Candidates to represent the said Borough in Parlia- 


| 


ment, and a poll having been demanded, the same | 


was taken by the Bailiff of the said Borough as the 
Returning Officer thereof, on the Seventh day of 
July One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two ; 
and the said Henry Wyndham and Henry Aglionby 
Aglionby had a majority of votes at the poll, and 
were declared to be duly elected, and were returned 
by the said Bailiff as the Burgesses to serve and be 
for the said Borough in Her Majesty’s Parliament, 
according to the Precept to him directed in that 
behalf; that at the close of the said poll the num- 
ber of votes given for the said several Candidates 
was declared to be as follows; videlicet, for General 


Wyndham, One hundred and sixty ; Henry Aglionby | 
Aglionby, One hundred and fifty-four ; Edward Hors- | 


man, One hundred and forty-seven ; that the canvas 


and all the arrangements and proceedings of the | 


said Henry Aglionby Aglionby and the said Edward 
Horsman, in and about the said Election were carried 
on and managed by them joimtly and on their be- 
half, by and under the direction of one Committee, 
and by agents and others acting for the said two 
Candidates jointly ; that before and during the said 
Election, the said Henry Aglionby Aglionby was, 
by himself and his agents, friends and others acting 
in his behalf, in and about the said Election, guilty 


of divers acts of bribery and corruption, in order | 
to corrupt and procure, and did by his agents, friends | 
| properly voted as aforesaid respectively, should be 


and other persons employed or acting in his behalf, 


by gifts, money and rewards, and by promises, agree- | 


ments and securities for money, gifts, employment 
and rewards, and by threats, intimidation, coercion, 
promises, undue influence and other corrupt and 
illegal practices, acts and means, corrupt and pro- 
cure and unlawfully attempt te corrupt and procure 
divers persons having or claiming to have votes at 


the said Election to give their votes in favour of | 
present Parliament; and that such relief may be 


him the said Henry Aglionby Aglionby, or to for- 
bear to give their votes in favour of the said Henry 
Wyndham ; that before, during and after the said 


23°._24° Novembris. 





87 


Aglionby Aglionby, or to refrain from_giving their 
_ votes in the said Election for the said Henry Wynd- 
ham, and for the purpose of corruptly rewarding 

such persons and divers other persons for having so 

given or refrained to give their votes; that before 


and during the said Election the said Henry 
lionby Aglionby, by himself, his agents, friends 


Ag- 
and 


other persons employed or acting in his behalf, did 
act, aid and assist mm fraudulently and unlawfully 
carrying off from the said Borough to the house or 
houses of the agents and friends of the said Henry 


Aglionby Aglionby and elsewhere, and in un 
fully keeping and detaining there during the 


law- 
said 


Election, and so did prevent from voting divers 
Electors of the said Borough who had promised to 
' vote for the said Henry Wyndham, and would have 
voted for him if not so carried off and prevented, 


and did also act and assist in so fraudulently 


and 


unlawfully carrying off and attempting to detain 
and prevent from voting divers other Electors of the 
said Borough who had promised to vote, and when 
rescued or escaped did vote for the said Henry 
Wyndham ; that by reason of such bribery, treating, 
abduction, coercion and intimidation and other il- 
legal practices aforesaid, the said Henry Aglionby 


Aglionby was and is wholly incapacitated and i 
gible to serve in this present Parliament for the 


neli- 
said 


Borough, and the said Election and Return of the 
said Henry Aglionby Aglionby were and are wholly 
null and void; that a large number of the votes 
entered upon the poll for the said Henry Aglionby 
Aglionby were bad, illegal and invalid ; that divers 


persons were admitted to vote and voted at the 


Election for the said Henry Aglionby Aglionby, 


said 
who 


were not entitled by law to vote,and whose names had 
been improperly retained or inserted in the Register of 
Voters in consequence of the decision of the Barrister 


appointed to revise the Lists of Voters for the 


said 


Borough ; that at the said Election divers persons 


voted for the said Henry Aglionby Aglionby, 


who 


within Six months before, or during or within Four- 
teen days after the said Election, had been and were 
retained or employed as agents or attorneys or in 
some other capacity in or for the purposes of the 


said Election, by means whereof they were 


dis- 


qualified from votmg by and within the meaning of 


the Acts of Parliament in such cases made 
provided, and other persons who were bribed to 


for the said Henry Aglionby Aglionby at the 


Election, and others who voted for bribes and ot 


and 
vote 
said 
hers 


whe had given, offered or promised bribes or rewards 


to persons entitled or claiming to vote, and ot 


hers 


who had been treated or had been guilty of treating 
within the meaning of the Acts of Parliament made 


and provided against bribery and treating at 


the 


Election of Members of Parliament ; and that the 


votes of all such persons having illegally and 


im- 


struck off from the said poll; and praying that the 


House will take the premises into consideration, 


declare that the said Henry Aglionby Aglionby 


and 
was 


| not duly elected, and ought notto have been returned 
for the said Borough ; and that his Election and 


Return were and are null and void, and that he is 
incapable of being elected or sitting in Parliament 


for the said Borough of Cockermouth during 


this 


given to the Petitioners and the other Electors of the 


said Borough as to the House shall seem meet, 


Election, the said Henry Aglionby Aglionby did, by | the circumstances of the case may require. 


himself and his agents and friends, by or with divers | 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon 


persons and in divers manners, directly and indi- | Table. 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
ingly allow to be given and provided, wholly or | or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
partly at his expense, and did pay wholly or in ‘part | shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 


rectly, give and provide, and did cause and know- | 


divers expenses incurred for meat, drink, entertain- 
ment and provision to and for divers Electors of the 
said Borough and other persons, for the purpose of 
corruptly influencing them or other persons to give 
their votes in the said Election for the said Henry 
Vox, 108, 





the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


and 


the 


Sir John Pakington presented a Bill to amend an West India 


Act for guaranteeing the Interest on such Loans, 


exceeding Five hundred thousand pounds, as may 


M4 





Colonies, &amp;e. 
not Loans Act 


be 






































































































Amendment 
Bill. 
No. 20. 


Patent Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


- 


Se 


Public 
Petitions 
«Fourth 
Report.) 


Public 
Petitions. 





Vide Fifth 
Report. 


British 
Muscum. 












































County 
Elections 


Polls Bill. 



































Ships (Navy.) 


88 


be raised by the British Colonies on the Continent 
of South America, in the West Indies and the Mau- 
ritius, for certain purposes: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Friday next; and to be printed. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 15th day of this instant November, for 
Returns of the Name, Class and Rated Number of 
Guns of each Ship and Vessel of War Commissioned, 
and the Date thereof, from the 1st day of January 
1845 to the present Period ; stating the Number of 
Petty Officers and Seamen required to fully man 
each such Ship and Vessel of War, and the Date at 
which each such Ship and Vessel of War completed 
her full complement of such Petty Officers and 
Seamen :—And, of the Name, Class and Rated 
Number of Guns of each Ship and Vessel of War 
paid off, and the Date thereof, from the 1st day of 
January 1845 to the present Period; stating, in 
each case, at what Port paid off, the Number of 
Petty Officers and Seamen discharged, the Period 
each such Ship and Vessel of War had been in 
Commission, and on what Station or Stations em- 

loyed during such Period. 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,--A Return of the Rules 
and Regulations issued by the Commissioners of Pa- 
tents for Inventions (1st of October 1852, 15th of 
October 1852, and 8th November 1852). 


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





Mercuri, 24° die Novembris ; 
Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1852. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
4 mittee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 22d and 
23d days of this instant November, and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Petitions relating to Maynooth College Act, and 
Freedom of Election (Jreland) ;—Post-Horses and 
Carriages ;—and, Civil Bills (Jreland) Act (1851), 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return in reference to an “ Order of the Honourable 
the House of Commons, dated June 22, 1852, fora 
Copy of all Communications made by the Architect 
and Officers of the British Museum to the Trustees, 
respecting the Enlargement of the Building of that 
Institution ; and of all Communications between 
the Trustees and the Treasury on the same Sub- 
ject subsequent to the Period when the Commis- 


sioners upon the Constitution and Management of 


the British Museum presented their Report to Her 
Majesty ”:—Also, of all such Communications of a 
like nature as shall have been omitted in making 
the above Return; and also of all such Communi- 


cations of a like nature as shall have been made | 


subsequent to the above-mentioned date of the 22d 
day of June 1852. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the County Elections Polls Bill; 


23°—24° Novembris. 


A. 1852. 


The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“now ” stand part of the Question :—The said pro- 
posed Amendment was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be committed ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by adding, at the end thereof, the words 
“to a Select Committee.” 

And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there added :—The said proposed Amend- 
ment was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House for Wednesday next. 


mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


tions distinguished from Compensations upon Re- 
duction of Office, payable on the 31st day of March 
1834, and at the present time, in each Public De- 
partment, to Persons who had entered the Public 
Service previously to the 4th day of August 1829, 
with the Total Amount of the same, separating 
therefrom the Amount granied to Persons on Day 
Pay, or who were not pensioned under the Provi- 
sions of the Superannuation Act ; also, distinguish- 
ing the Amount of such Pensions payable out of 
the Consolidated Fund, out of the Revenue or out 
of the Votes of Parliament. 


posed, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Names of such of Her Majesty’s Vessels 





that were constructed for sailing, and have since 
_ been adapted, or are now being altered, for a Screw 
| Propeller ; distinguishing the Number of Guns for 
'which the same were originally constructed, with 
| the Number now fitted or intended to carry, with 
the Amount of Horse Power of each, and stating 
the Nature of the several Alterations which the said 
Vessels required, with the Amount of Tonnage 
before and since such Operations have been or are 
about to be performed :—And the said Motion was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Several Petitions complaining of undue Elections 
and Returns being offered to be presented, the same 
were delivered in at the Table. 

And three of the said Petitions appearing to 
relate to Elections and Returns for places concern- 
ing which the House had received Peiitions on 
former days, the same were first read. 

A Petition of Joshua Procter Brown Westhead, 
and of John Dent Dent, Esquires, was read ; set- 
ting forth, That the Petitioners were Candidates to 
represent the Borough of Knaresborough at the 
last Election of Members to serve in Parliament for 
the said Borough; that at the said Election Basil 
Thomas Woodd and Thomas Collins the younger, 
Esquires, were also Candidates, together with the 
Petitioners, and a poll being had and taken, the Pe- 
| titioners and Basil Thomas Woodd were declared 
| to have an equality of votes, and were, by the Re- 
| turning Officer of the said Borough, declared to be 
returned to serve in Parliament for the said Borough 








And a Motion being made, and the Question | of Knaresborough; that the said Basil Thomas Woodd 


being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 


was not duly elected a Member, and ought not to 
have been returned to serve in Parliament for the 
said 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Superannu- 
Return of the comparative Amount of Superannua- ations. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Navy, 


Knares- 
borough 
Election. 








16 VicTorrzZ. 


said Borough, and the said Return of the said Basil, 
Thomas Woodd was an undue Return, but the Pe-| 
titioners were duly elected, and were entitled to be 
returned as Members for the said Borough in this | 
present Parliament; that the equality of votes which | 
appeared and was declared to exist between the 
said Basil Thomas Woodd and the Petitioners, was 
a colourable and apparent equality, and the Peti- 
tioners had the majority of good and legal votes 
above the said Basil Thomas Woodd; that at the 
said Election divers persons voted for the said Basit 
Thomas Woodd who were and had been employed 
as agents, attorneys, poll-clerks, flag-men, or in some 
capacity for the purposes of such Election, and had 
accepted fee or reward, or promise or security for 
fee or reward in reference to such employment, and | 
whose votes ought therefore to be struck from the 
poll of the said Basil Thomas Woodd; that at the 
said Election divers persons voted for the said Basid 
Thomas Woodd who had been improperly placed on) 
the Register of Voters in force at the said Election, 
by the decision of the Barrister who revised the. 
Lists of Voters at the previous revision, and divers| 
persons who had lost the qualification in respect of) 
which they had been placed on the Register, and | 
had ceased to reside within the said Borough, or! 
within seven miles, and divers persons who had | 
become disqualified by legal or personal disqualifi- | 
cations, and who had no legal right to vote at the, 
said Election, were admitted to vote and did vote 
for the said Basil Thomas Woodd ; that at the said | 
Election the votes of divers persons were improperly 
recorded for the said Basil Thomas Woodd which 
ought to have been recorded for the Petitioners, and 
the votes of divers persons were placed on the poll 
of the said Basil Thomas Woodd which ought not to 
have been so placed, and ought not to have been 
received in consequence of the imbecility of the per- 
sons whose votes are so placed on the poll, and of | 
their inability to declare for whom they intended to 
vote ; that at the said Election divers persons voted 
for the said Basil Thomas Woodd who had been 
bribed to vote for the said Basil Thomas Woodd, 
and to forbear to vote for the Petitioners, and who 
had been corrupted by making bets or wagers on 
the result of the Election, and who had been treated 
and had received money, meat, drink, entertain- 
ment and provision, in order to induce or to reward 
them to vote or for having voted for the said Basil 
Thomas Woodd, and to forbear or for having for- 
borne to vote for the Petitioners; that at the said 
Election divers persons voted for the said Basil 
Lhomas Woodd who were compelled by intimida- 
tion, violence, threats and force to vote for the said 
Basil Thomas Woodd, and divers persons who were 
disqualified from voting, and whose votes were ille- 
gal on various grounds other than therein set forth, 
did vote for the said Basil Thomas Woodd, and 
all such votes ought to be struck off the poll of the 
said Basil Thomus Woodd; that before and at the 
said Election the said Basil Thomas Woodd was by 
himself, his agents, friends and managers, guilty of 
bribery and corruption, and did by gifts, presents, 
money and rewards, and by promises, agreements 
and securities for gifts, presents, money and rewards, 
and by other illegal practices, corrupt and procure 
divers persons, being registered Electors of the said 
Borough, to give their votes in favour of the said 
Basil Thomas Woodd, and to forbear to give them 
in favour of the Petitioners; that before, during 
and after the said Election the said Basil Thomas 
.Woodd did, by himself, his agents, friends and par- 
tisans, in divers ways and means, at his charge and 
on his behalf, directly and indirectly, give, provide, 
present and allow, and cause and knowingly per- 
mit to be given, provided, presented and allowed to 
registered Electors of the said Borough, and to 
divers other persons, money, meat, drink, entertain- 
ment, provision and reward, and make promises, 
agreements and engagements to give money, meat, 





























































94° Novembris. 89 


drink, entertainment, provision and reward, to and 
for persons having votes as aforesaid, in order that 


| the said Basil Thomas Woodd might have the votes 


of the said persons, and might thereby be elected a 
Member for the said Borough ; that gross, notorious 
and systematic bribery, treating and corruption were 
practised and carried on at the said Election by 
divers persons, agents, friends, managers and par- 
tisans of the said Basil Thomas Woodd, with a view 
to the Election of the said Basil Thomas Woodd, 
and the Election and Return of the said Basil 
Thomas Woodd was procured by means of such 
bribery, treating and corruption; that by reason of 
the said corrupt and illegal practices the said Basil 
Thomas Woodd was and is wholly incapacitated and 
ineligible to sit in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough, and the Election and Return of the 
said Basil Thomas Woodd was and is wholly null and 
void; that the said Basil Thomas Woodd did cor- 
ruptly agree and contract with the said Thomas 
Collins the younger, another of the Candidates at 
the said Election, that he should transfer and bring 
over to him the said Basil Thomas Woodd a certain 
number of voters, and should procure them to poll 
for him the said Basil Thomas Woodd, and by such 
corrupt agreement and contract it was arranged 
that the said Thomas Collins should be paid by the 
said Basil Thomas Woodd certain expenses, amount- 
ing to a large sum of money, which said sum of 
money was so paid, and agreed to be paid, as the 
price in consideration of the votes so given to the 
said Basil Thomas Woodd, whereby the equality of 
votes of the said Basil Thomas Woodd with the Pe- 
titioners was procured ; and praying that the said 
Basil Thomas Woodd may be declared not to have 
an equality of votes with the Petitioners, and that 
the Petitioners had the majority of legal votes above 
the said Basil Thomas Woodd, and ought to have 
been declared duly elected, and that the Return 
may be rectified and amended by erasing there- 
from the name of the said Basil Thomas Woodd, 
and that it may be declared that the Petitioners 
were duly elected to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough of Kuzaresborough, and 
that they be allowed to take their seats and vote as 
Members for the said Borough, or that the said 
Election and Return may be declared null and void ; 
and that the House will grant to the Petitioners 
such further and other relief as to the House shall 
seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


last Election of Members to serve in Parliament 
for the said County, was read; setting forth, That 
the Petitioner was a Candidate for the representa- 
tion of the County of Carlow, in that part of the 
United Kingdom called Ireland, at the last Elec- 
tion of Members to serve in Parliament for the said 
County, and was duly proposed and seconded, and 
was duly qualified to be returned at said Election 
and to sit for the said County; that the said Elec- 
tion was fixed for and commenced upon the Nine- 
teenth day of July in the year One thousand eight 
hundred and Fifty-two; that at the said Election 
Henry Bruen, Esquire, then of Oak Park, in the 
County of Carlow, William Bunbury M‘Clintock 
Bunbury, squire, of Lisnevagh, in the County of 
Carlow, John Ball, Esquire, of Stephen’s Green, in 
the City of Dublin, and the Petitioner, were respec- 
tively put in nomination as Candidates to represent 
the said County in this present Parliament; that a 
poll having been demanded at the said Election, the 
N same 





VoL. 108, 


A Petition of John Henry Keogh, of Kilbride, in cariow 
the County of Carlow, in Ireland, a Candidate for County 
the representation of the County of Carlow at the Hlection. 




















90 


same was taken by Sir Clement Wolseley, Baronet, 
High Sheriff of the said County, and oe 9 
Officer for the same, on the Twenty-second an 

Twenty-third days of July in the said year One 
thousand eight adocthe and Fifty-two; that the 
number of persons who appeared on the said poll 
at the final close thereof as having voted or been 
allowed to vote at the said Election were, for the 
said John Ball, Eight hundred and ninety-five ; for 


the said Henry Bruen, Eight hundred and ninety- | 
three ; for the said William Bunbury M‘Clintock | 


Bunbury, Eight hundred and eighty; and for the 
Petitioner, Eight hundred and seventy-seven ; show- 


ing an apparent majority of Sixteen votes for the | 
said Henry Bruen over the Petitioner, and an appa-_ 


rent majority of Three votes for the said William 
Bunbury M‘Clintoch Bunbury over the Petitioner ; 
but that such majority was pe host te only and not 
real, and was made up of fictitious and illegal votes, 

iven and allowed at the said Election for the said 

enry Bruen and the said William Bunbury 
M'‘Clintock Bunbury; that upon such fictitious 
majority of votes given for the said Henry Bruen, 
the said Returning Officer declared the said John 
Ball and the said Henry Bruen duly elected, and 


the said John Ball and Henry Bruen were there- | 


upon returned to serve in this present Parliament 
as Members for the said County; that the real ma- 
jority of good and lawful votes given at the said 
Election was in favour of the said John Ball and 
of the Petitioner; that the colourable and fictitious 
majority of votes appearing to have been given and 
allowed for the said Henry Bruen and the said Wil- 
liam Bunbury M‘Clintock Bunbury over the Peti- 
tioner, was obtained by the polling for them, or one 
or other of them, of divers persons who were either 
not qualified, or who had ceased to be qualified, or had 
become incapacitated or disqualified to vote, or who 
did not vote in the manner prescribed by law, and 
by the omission of the votes of divers persons who 
were duly qualified to vote, and who did duly tender 
their votes for the Petitioner, and whose votes 
were illegally and improperly rejected by the said 
Returning Officer and by the deputies appointed 
by him at the said Election to act in the several 
polling booths ; that divers persons were admitted 
to vote and did vote at the said Election for the said 
Henry Bruen and the said William Bunbury 
M‘Clintock Bunbury, or one or other of them, who 
were not entitled by law to vote in the Election for 
the said County by reason of their names not being 
upon the Register of Voters for the said County, or 
by reason of their not having had any qualification 
in respect of property, occupation, or value, or re- 
sidence, or rating or payment of rates, or whose 
qualifications were for other and divers causes in- 
sufficient, or who were respectively subject to legal 
imeapacities, or whose names 
unduly and improperly retained or inserted in the 
Register of Voters for the said County in conse- 
quence of the decision of the Barrister appointed to 
revise the Lists of Voters for the said County, and 
that the votes of such persons ought now to be 
struck off the poll; that divers other persons voted 
at the said Election for the suid Henry Bruen and 
the said William Bunbury M‘Clintock Bunbury, 
and were reckoned on the poll in favour of them, 
or one or other of them, who were bribed to vote 
at the said Election in favour of the said Henry 
Bruen and the said William Bunbury M‘Clintock 
Bunbury, or to forbear to vote for the Petitioner ; 
that the votes of such persons were therefore bad, 
illegal and invalid, and ought to be struck off the 
poll; that divers other persons voted at the said 
Election for the said Henry Bruen and the said 
William Bunbury M‘Clintock Bunbury, and were 
reckoned on the poll in favour of them, or one or 


other of them, who had given or offered bribes to 
persons having or claiming a right to vote at the 
said Election, and were thereby incapacitated a 





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A. 1852. 


disqualified from voting thereat, and the votes of 
a persons ought now to be struck off the poll ; 
that divers other persons were admitted to vote at the 
said Election, and were reckoned upon the poll at 
the said Election in favour of the said Henry Bruen 
and the said William Bunbury M‘Clintock Bunbury, 
or one or other of them, who had been treated, or were 
guilty of treating and other corrupt practices at and 
before the said Election, so as to disqualify them 
from voting at the same, and the votes of such 
persons ought now to be struck off the poll; that 
divers other persons were admitted to vote and did 
vote at the said Election for the said Henry Bruen 
and the said William Bunbury M‘Clintock Bunbury, 
or one or other of them, who did not duly answer 
the questions prescribed and authorized to be put 
by the said Returning Officer and his said deputies, 
dtendh the said Returning Officer and his said 
deputies were duly required on behalf of the Peti- 
tioner to put the said questions, and that divers 
other persons were admitted to vote and did vote 
at the said Election for the said Heary Bruen and 
‘the said William Bunbury M‘Clintock Bunbury, or 
one or other of them, who did not duly take the 
oaths prescribed and authorized to be administered 
by the said Returning Officer and the said deputies, 
although the said Returning Officer and his said 
deputies were duly required on behalf of the Peti- 
'tioner to administer the said oaths; that divers 
other persons were admitted to vote and did vote 
for the said Henry Bruen and the said William 
Bunbury M‘Clintock Bunbury, or one or other of 
‘them, in a manner contrary to law, and that the 
/votes of such persons ought to be struck off the 
| poll; that on the taking of the said poll, divers per- 
sons who were Electors for the said County, and 
who were entitled to vote at the said Election, did 
duly tender their votes for the Petitioner, or did 
actually give their votes for the Petitioner, but the 
_ votes of such persons were nevertheless not entered 
on the poll-books for the Petitioner by the said 
| Returning Officer, or by his said deputies, or by 
| the poll-clerks employed at the said Election, by 
means whereof the votes of the said persons were 
wholly lost to the Petitioner, and such votes ought 
_now to be added to the poll in favour of the Peti- 
| tioner; that on the taking of the said poll, divers 
persons who were Electors of the said County, and 
entitled to vote at the said Election, did duly give 
their votes thereat for the Petitioner, but the votes 
of the said persons were nevertheless entered on the 
poll-books by the said Returning Officer, or by his 
said deputies, or by the poll-clerks employed at the 
said Election, in favour of the said Henry Bruen or 
the said William Bunbury M‘Clintock Bunbury, 
and were improperly reckoned in favour of the said 
Henry Bruen, or the said William Bunbury 
M‘Clintock Bunbury, and by means whereof the 
votes of such persons were wholly lost to the Peti- 
tioner, and such votes ought now to be struck off 
the poll of the said Henry Bruen, or the said 
William Bunbury M‘Clintock Bunbury, and ought 
to be added to the poll in favour of the Petitioner ; 
that divers persons duly qualified to vote at the 
said Election were unduly and improperly expunged 
or omitted from the Register of Voters in force at 
the said Election, in consequence of the decision of 
the Barrister who revised the List of Voters from 
which the said Register was formed, and that such 
nersons being duly qualified to vote at the said 
Election, duly tendered their votes at the said Elec- 
tion for the Petitioner, and that of the persons so 
tendering their votes for the Petitioner, the votes of 
some were eniered in the poll-books as tendered 
votes only, and were not allowed, or admitted, or 
reckoned on the poll as good votes for the Peti- 
tioner, and that the voles of other persons so ten- 
dered for the Petitioner were unduly and improperly 
rejected and omitted, and were not entered in the 
poll-books as tendered votes, and that, in respect 4 
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all persons so duly qualified as aforesaid, who duly 
tendered their votes for the Petitioner as aforesaid, 
their names ought now to be put upon the poll in 
favour of the Petitioner; that at the said Election 
many persons were, otherwise than as above stated, 
improperly and illegally admitted and reckoned 
upon the poll in favour of the said Henry Bruen 
and the said William Bunbury M‘Clintock Bun- 
bury, or one or other of them, and omitted and 
excluded from the number of votes polled in favour 
of the Petitioner; that after the teste of the Writ 


for holding the said Election, and before, at and | 


during the said Election, the said Henry Bruen and 
the said William Bunbury M‘Clintock Bunbury did, 
by themselves and their agents, friends and par- 
tisans, or by divers ways and means in their behalf, 
or at their charge, directly and indirectly give, . gee 
sent and allow to persons having votes in and at 
the said Election, money, meat, drink, entertain- 
ment and provision, and did make presents, gifts, 
rewards and entertainments, and did make pro- 
mises, agreements, obligations and engagements 
to give and allow money, meat, drink, provision, 
presents, rewards and entertainments to and for 
persons having votes in and at the said Election, 
and to and for the use, benefit and advantage, 
employment, profit and preferment of such persons, 
to induce such persons to vote at the said Election 
for the said Henry Bruen and the said William 
Bunbury M‘Clintock Bunbury, or one or other of 
them, or to forbear to vote at the said Election for 
the Petitioner, or in order that they the said Henry 
Bruen and the said William Bunbury M‘Ciintock 
Bunbury, or either of them, might be elected or for 
being elected to serve in this present Parliament 
for the said County; that by reason of the said last- 
mentioned. corrupt and illegal practices, the said 
Henry Bruen and the said William Bunbury 
M‘Clintock Bunbury were and are wholly incapaci- 
tated and ineligible to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the said County, and the said Election 
and Return of the said Henry Bruen were and are 
wholly null and void; that before, during and after 
the said Election the said Henry Bruen and the said 
William Bunbury M‘Clintock Bunbury did, by them- 
selves and their agents, friends and partisans, or 
by and with divers persons, and in divers ways and 
manners, directly and indirectly, give or provide, or 
did cause or did knowingly allow to be given or 
provided, wholly or partly at their expense, or at 
the expense of one or other of them, or did pay 
wholly or in part divers expenses incurred for meat, 
drink, entertainment and provisions to and for 
divers persons, for the purpose of corruptly influ- 
encing divers of such persons, or divers other 
persons, to give their votes in the said Election 
for the said Henry Bruen and the said William 
Bunbury M‘Clintock Bunbury, or one or other of 
them, or to refrain from giving their votes in the 
said Election for the Petitioner, or for the purpose 
of corruptly rewarding divers of such persons, or 
divers other persons, for having given their votes 
in the said Election for the said Henry Bruen, 
William Bunbury M‘Clintock Bunbury, or one or 
other of them, or for having refrained from giving 
their votes at the last Election for the Petitioner ; 
that by reason of the said last-mentioned corrupt 
and illegal practices, the said Henry Bruen and the 
said William Bunbury M‘Clintock Bunbury were 
and are wholly incapacitated and ineligible to serve 
in this present Parliament for the said County, and 
the Election and Return of the said Henry Bruen 
were and are wholly null and void ; that the Peti- 
tioner is informed, and verily believes, that the said 
Henry Bruen, who was returned as aforesaid as one 
of the Members elected to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the County of Carlow, is lately deceased ; 
but whereas, by the ways and means aforesaid, the 
majority of votes appearing at the poll for the said 
Henry Bruen over the Petitioner was a fictitious 
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91 


and colourable majority, and the majority of votes 
appearing at the = for the said William Bunbury 
M‘Clintock Bunbury was also a fictitious and 
colourable majority, and whereas in truth and in 
fact the Petitioner had a majority of legal votes 
over the said Henry Bruen, and also over the said 
William Bunbury M‘Clintock Bunbury, and was 
duly elected a Member to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the said County, and ought to have 
been returned as one of the Members for the said 
County ; and praying that the House will take the 
premises into their consideration, and will declare 
the said Election and Return of the said Henry Bruen 
to be wholly null and void, and that the said Henry 
Bruen was not duly elected, and ought not to have 
been returned at the said Election, and that the 
Petitioner was duly elected, and ought to have been 
returned at the said Election, and will cause the 
Return to be amended by erasing therefrom the 
name of the said Henry Bruen, and substituting 
that of the Petitioner in lieu thereof, and will give 
to the Petitioner such further and other relief as to 
the House shall seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of William Pool, of No. 74, Friar Derby 
Gate, in the Borough of Derby, auctioneer, was Election. 


read; setting forth, That in consequence of the 
dissolution of the late Parliament, an Election of 
two Members to serve in the present Parliament 
for the said Borough of Derby took place at the 
said Borough on the Eighth day of July last ; that 
the Petitioner claims to have had a right to vote at 
the time of such Election for Members to serve in 
Parliament for the said Borough, and was at such 
time, and has since continued to be, and is still, an 
Elector of and voter for the said Borough, and as 
such had a right to vote, and did vote, for Members 
to serve in Parliament at such Election aforesaid ; 
that at such Election there were three Candidates 
to serve in Parliament for the said Borough, the 
names of whom respectively were Michael Thomas 
Bass, Esquire, Thomas Berry Horsfall, Esquire, 
and Lawrence Heyworth, Esquire; that at such 
Election as aforesaid a poll was demanded, granted, 
and had; that at the close thereof the numbers 
were declared by the Returning Officer for the said 
Borough to be for the said Michael Thomas Bass, 
One thousand two hundred and fifty-two, for the said 
Thomas Berry Horsfall, One thousand and twenty- 
five, and for the said Lawrence Heyworth, One 
thousand and eighteen; that thereupon the said 
Michael Thomas Bass and the said Thomas Berry 
Horsfall were declared to be elected, and were duly 
returned as Members to sit in this present Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough of Derby; that before 
and at and during the said Election, the said 
Michael Thomas Bass, by himself, his agents, 
friends and partisans, and by persons acting for 
him and employed on his behalf, were guilty of open 
and extensive bribery and treating at his expense, 
and corrupt practices, in order to procure persons 
having or claiming to have a right to vote at such 
Election to vote for the said Michael Thomas Bass 
and the said Lawrence Heyworth, in order to pro- 
cure the said Michael Thomas Bass and the said 
Lawrence Heyworth to be returned to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said Borough ; that 
the said Michael Thomas Bass, by himself, his 
agents, friends and partisans, and by persons 
acting for him, and employed on his behalf, before 
and at and during the time of the said Election, 
was guilty of various corrupt acts, and employed 
undue influence, intimidations, and other illegal and 
improper means, and gave, or caused to be given, 

N2 divers 


Bradford 
Election. 


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divers sums of pene made, gave and entered 
into, or caused to made, given and entered 
into, divers gifts, rewards, agreements and engage- 
ments to several persons claiming to have and 
having a right to vote at the said Election, 
and did, by divers ways and means, wholly or 
partly at the expense of the said Michael Thomas 
Bass, and on his behalf, directly and indirectly, give 
and provide, or cause and knowingly allow to be 
given and provided to and for such persons having 
votes at the said Election, meat, drink, entertain- 
ment and provisions, for the purpose of corruptly 
influencing the said persons to vote at the said 
Election for the said Michael Thomas Bass and the 
said Lawrence Heyworth, or to refrain from voting 
for the said Thomas Berry Horsfall, and in order to 
procure the said Michael Thomas Bass and the said 
Lawrence Heyworth to be returned to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said Borough ; that the 
Return of the said Michael Thomas Bass was pro- 
cured by the said several corrupt and unlawful 
practices, or some of them, by reason whereof the 
said Election and Return of the said Michael 
Thomas Bass was and is wholly null and void, and 
the said Michael Thomas Bass is wholly disabled 
and incapacitated to sit and serve in this present 
Parliament for the said Borough of Derby; and 
praying that the House will take the premises into 
their consideration, and will declare the said Election 
and Return of the said Michael Thomas Bass null 
and void, or that the House will afford the Petitioner 
such further and other relief in the premises as to 
the House in its wisdom may seem fit. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records 
as shall be thought necessary by the several Parties 
on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


Then the names of the places to which the residue 
of the said Petitions related (being all of them Peti- 
tions of the last class) were put into the glass at the 
—— and drawn by the Clerk in the following 
order : 

A Petition of the there-undersigned John Rawson, 
of Manningham, in the Borough of Bradford, in 
the County of York, cotton-spmner, and Charles 
Bentley, of Kirkgate, in the Township and Bo- 
rough of Bradford aforesaid, warehouseman, was 
read; setting forth, That at the last Election of 
Members to serve in Parliament for the Borough of 
Bradford, in the County of York, the Petitioners 
were, at and during such Election, registered Elec- 
tors of the said Borough, and had a right to vote, 
and did vote, at the said Election ; that at such Elec- 
tion, Robert Milligan, Esquire, Thomas Perronet 
Thompson, Esquire, and Henry Wickham Wickham, 
isquire, were Candidates to represent the said 
Borough in Parliament; that the said Election 
was holden on the Sixth day of July last past, and 
that a poll having been demanded, the same was 
had and tuken on the Seventh day of the same 
month of July; that at the close of the poll, and 
upon the day sme thereof, the said Robert 
Milligan and Henry Wickham Wickham were de- 
clared duly elected, and accordingly returned as 
Members to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borcugh ; that by an Act which was passed in 
the twenty-second year of the reign of his late 
Majesty King George the Third, intituled, “ An 
Act for restraining any Person concerned it any 
Contract, Commission or Agreement made for the 
Public Service from being elected or sitting and 
voting as a Member of the House of Commons,” it 
is amongst other things enacted, that from and after 
the end of the then present Session of Parliament, 
any person who should directly or indirectly him- 
self, or by any person whatsoever in trust for him, 
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A, 1852, 


take, execute, hold or enjoy, in the whole or in 
part, any contract, agreement or commission made 
or entered into with, under or from the Commis- 
missioners of his Majesty’s Treasury, or of the 
Navy or Victualling Office, or with the Master- 
General or Board of Ordnance, or with any one or 
more of such Commissioners, or with any other 
person or persons whatsoever, for or on account of 
the public service, or should knowingly and wil- 
lingly furnish or provide, in pursuance of any such 
agreement, contract or commission, which he or 
they should have made or entered into as aforesaid, 
any money to be remitted abroad, or any wares or 
merchandise to be used or employed in the service 
of the public, should be incapable of being elected, 
or of sitting, or of voting, as a Member of the House 
of Commons during the time that he should exe- 
cute, hold or enjoy any such contract, agreement 
or commission, or any part or share thereof, or any 
benefit or emolument arising from the same; that 
by the same statute it is amongst other things 
further enacted, that if any person thereby disabled 
or declared to be incapable to sit or vote in Parlia- 
ment, should nevertheless be returned as a Member 
to serve for any county, stewartry, city, borough, 
town, cinque port, or place in Parliament, such 
Election and Return were thereby enacted and 
declared to be void ; that before, at and after the 
time of the said Election, the said Henry Wickham 
Wickham was a contractor within the meaning of 
the said Act, and did directly or indirectly, or by 
some person or persons in trust for him or for his 
use or benefit, or on his account, hold or enjoy in 
whole or in part, or was a partner or participator, 
in certain contracts, agreements or commissions, 
contract, agreement or commission, made or entered 
into with a certain person or certain persons for or 
on account of the public service within the meaning 
of the said Act, and was likewise before and at the 
time of the said Election concerned or otherwise 
interested in certain contracts, agreements or com- 
missions, contract, agreement or commission, for or 
on account of the public service, also within the 
meaning of the said Act; that the said Henry 
Wickham Wickham was, by reason of the whole or 
some one or more of the causes aforesaid, incapable 
of being elected, or of sitting or voting as a Member of 
the House of Commons, and that the Electionand Re- 
turn of the said Henry Wickham Wickham as a Mem- 
ber for the said Borough of Bradford is accordingly 
void ; that upon the close of the poll, the numbers 
for the respective Candidates were found and declared 
to be as follows; that is to say, for the said Robert 
Milligan, One thousand two hundred und sixty-six 
votes ; for the said Henry Wickham Wickham, One 
thousand one hundred and fifty-nine, and for the 
said Thomas Perronet Thompson, One thousand one 
hundred and fifty-three ; that the majority appear- 
ing for the said Henry Wickham Wickham over the 
said Thomas Perronet Thompson was merely colour- 
able, and that the said Thomas Perronet Thompson 
was in truth duly elected, and ought to have been 
returned for the said Borough; that the said Henry 
Wickham Wickham, before, during and after the 
said Election, by himself and his agents, managers, 
friends and partisans, or by and with divers other 
persons, and in divers ways and means, directly or 
indirectly did give and provide, and cause or know- 
ingly allow to be given and provided, wholly or 
partly at his expense, or did pay wholly or in part 
divers expenses incurred for meat, drink, entertain- 
ment and provision, for the purpose of corruptly 
influencing divers of such persons or divers other 
persons to give their votes at the said Election for 
the said Henry Wickham Wickham, or to refrain 
from giving their votes at the said Election for the 
said Thomas Perronet Thompson, for the purpose of 
corrupting and rewarding, and did corrupt and 
reward, or allow to be corrupted and rewarded, 
divers of such persons and other persons for having 
given 





16 VicrortzZ. 


iven their votes at the said Election for the said 

enry Wickham Wickham, or for having refrained 
from giving their votes at the said Election for the 
said Thomas Perronet Thompson, whereby the said 
Henry Wickham Wickham is wholly incapacitated 
and ineligible to serve in this present Parliament 
for the said Borough of Bradford, and the said 
Election and Return of the said Henry Wickham 
Wickham were and are wholly null and void; that 
gross, extensive and systematic corruption and 
treating were practised before, at and during the 
said Election by divers persons, being friends, sup- 
porters and partisans of the said Henry Wickham 
Wickham, with a view to the Election of the said 
Henry Wickham Wickham, and that the Election 
and Return of the said Henry Wickham Wickham 
were procured by means of such corruption and 
treating, and that by reason thereof the said Election 
and Return of the said Henry Wickham Wickham 
‘as a Member to serve in this present Parliament for 
the said Borough of Bradford were and are wholly 
null and void; that after the teste of the Writ for 
holding of the said Election, and before, at and 
during the said Election, the said Henry Wickham 
Wickham did, by himself, his agents, managers, 
friends, partisans, and others in his behalf, or at his 
charge, directly and indirectly give and allow to 
divers persons who were Electors, or claimed to be 
Electurs of the said Borough, money, meat, drink, 
entertainment, provision, present or reward, offices 
and places, and did make promises, agreements, 
obligations, or engagements to give or allow to such 
persons money, meat, drink, entertainment, provi- 
sion, present or reward, offices and places, to and 
for the use, advantage, benefit, employment, profit 
or preferment of such persons, to induce such persons 
to vote at the said Election for the said Henry Wick- 
ham Wickham, or to forbear to vote at the said 
Election for the said Thomas Perronet Thompson, 
in order that the said Henry Wickham Wickham 
might be elected and for being elected to serve in 
Parliament for the said Borough; that by reason of 
the said last-mentioned illegal and corrupt practices 
the said Henry Wickham Wickham was and is 
wholly incapacitated and ineligible to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said Borough, and the 
said Election and Return of the said Henry Wick- 
ham Wickham were and are wholly null and void; 
that many persons voted at the said Election for 
the said Henry Wickham Wickham who had not at 
the time of their so voting the qualification in re- 
spect of which their names were originally inserted 
in the Registers of Voters for the said Borough in 
force at the time of the said Election, having ceased 
to possess or occupy, or having changed or other- 
wise parted with, the whole or part of the same, or 
having received alms or parochial relief, or by not 
residing or having ceased to reside within the said 
Borough, or within the limits prescribed by law in 
that behalf, or who had otherwise ceased at the 
time of the said Election to have the qualification 
in respect of which their names were originally in- 
serted in the said Register, whose votes ought to be 
struck from the poll; that many persons voted at 
the said Election for the said Henry Wickham Wick- 
ham, who were by law incapable of voting thereat, 
by reason of their having during such Election, or 
within six calendar months previous thereto, or 
within fourteen days after the completion thereof, 
been employed as agents, attorneys, poll clerks, poll 
agents, deputy returning officers, or flagmen, or in 
some other capacity at or for the purposes of such 
Election, and by reason of their having either 
before, at, or during or since such Election accepted 
or taken from the said Henry Wickham Wickham, 
or from some other person, for or in consideration 
of or with reference to such employment, certain 
sums of money, retaining fees, offices, places, em_ 
ployments, emoluments or rewards, or promises 0 
‘securities for sums of money, retaining fees, offices 

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24° Novembris. 93 


places, employments, emoluments or rewards; that 
the names of many voters appear upon the poll in 
favour of the said Henry Wickham Wickham who 
did not, in point of fact, vote for him, but were per- 
sonated by persons who fraudulently tendered their 
votes, and were improperly admitted to vote in the 
names and character of the said first-mentioned 
voters, and that the names of many other voters ap- 
pear upon the poll in favour of the said Henry Wick- 
ham Wickham who were dead at the time of the 
said Election, and were personated by persons who 
fraudulently tendered their votes, and were im- 
properly allowed to vote in the names and charac- 
ter of such deceased voters, and that the names of 
all such voters should be removed from the poll 
accordingly; that divers other persons were ad- 
mitted to vote for the said Henry Wickham Wick- 
ham at the said Election who, from various causes 
besides those already mentioned, were not qualified 
to vote thereat, and whose names should conse- 
quently be removed from the poll, and that divers 
persons who were duly registered and entitled to 
vote at the said Election, tendered their votes 
thereat for the said Thomas Perronet Thompson, 
but that the same were refused, and that the votes 
of such persons ought to be added to the said poll 
in favour of the said Thomas Perronet Thompson ; 
and praying that the House will take the premises 
into consideration, and that the Jilection and Re- 
turn of the said Henry Wickham Wickham may be 
declared null and void, and that the said Thomas 
Perronet Thompson may be declared duly elected a 
Member to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Borough of Bradford; and that the House will be 
pleased to grant unto the Petitioners such further 
and other relief in the premises as to the House 
shall seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of Richard Hodgson, of Carham, in Berwick- 


the County of Northumberland, was read; setting upon-Tweed 
Election. 


forth, That at the last Election of two Members to 
serve in Parliament for the Borough and Town of 
Berwick-upon-Tweed, the Petitioner was a Candi- 
date to represent the said Borough in Parliament, 
and Matthew Forster, John Stapleton, and John 
Campbell Renton, Esquires, were three other Can- 
didates to represent the said Borough at the said 
last Election; that a poll was demanded on behalf 
of the Petitioner, and of the said John Campbell 
Renton, and the said poll was taken and held on 
the Seventh day of July last, and, at the close 
thereof, the aforesaid Matthew Forster and John 
Stapleton were, by the Returning Officer of the 
said Borough, declared to have the majority of votes, 
and to be duly elected as Members for the said 
Borough to serve in this present Parliament; that 
before, during, at and after the said Election, the 
said Matthew Forster and the said John Stapleton 
respectively did, by themselves, their agents, friends 
and partisans, and by others, by divers ways and 
means, at their charge, with their knowledge, and 
on their behalf, directly and indirectly give and 
allow to divers persons, Electors of the said Bo- 
rough, their wives and others, money, meat, drink, 
entertainment, provision, present or reward, to and 
for the use, benefit and advantage of such persons, 
in order that they the said Electors might vote, or 
for such Electors having yoted at the said Election 
for the said Matthew Forster and John Stapleton, 
or one of them, or that they would forbear to vote, 
or had forborne to vote for the Petitioner; that 
before, at, during and after the said Election, the 
said Matthew Forster and John Stapleton respec- 
tively did, by themselves, their agents, friends, 

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Guildford 
Election, 


94 


managers and partisans, give, pay or allow, or 
make promises to give, pay or allow to divers per- 
sons divers sums of money, under various pretexts, 
for the purpose of corruptly influencing such per- 
sons or other Electors of the said Borough to vote 
at the said Election for the said Matthew Forster 
and John Stapleton, or one of them, and to forbear 
to vote for the Petitioner, or for the purpose of cor- 
ruptly rewarding divers Electors for having voted 
for the said Matthew Forster and John Stapleton, 
or one of them, and forborne to vote for the 
Petitioner; that before, at, during and after the 
said Election, the said Matthew Forster and John 
Stapleton respectively did, by themselves, their 
agents, friends and managers, and by others on 
their behalf, in divers ways, give and provide, 
or cause and knowingly allow to be given and 
provided, wholly or partly at their expense, or 
with their knowledge and consent, at the expense of 
their agents or friends, meat, drink, entertainment 
and provision, to and for divers persons Electors of 
the said Borough, for the purpose of corruptly 
influencing such Electors to vote forthe said Matthew 
Forster and John Stapleton, or one of them, or to 
refrain from votin br the Petitioner, or for the 
ys mo of corruptly rewarding such Electors for 

aving voted for the said Matthew Forster and 
John Stapleton, or one of them, or for having for- 
borne to vote for the Petitioner; that such meat, 
drink, entertainment and provision was openly and 
notoriously given and provided to induce the 
Electors of the said Borough to vote for the said 
Matthew Forster and the said John Stapleton, and 
to forbear to vote for the Petitioner, or to reward 
the Electors of the said Borough for having voted 
for the said Matthew Forster, or for the said John 
Stapleton, and forborne to vote for the Petitioner; 
that by means of the bribery and treating openly, 
notoriously and systematically carried on before, at 
and during the said Election, divers Electors of the 
said Borough who had promised to vote and would 
have voted for the Petitioner, were induced to vote 
and did vote for the said Matthew Forster and 
John Stapleton, or one of them, and not for the 
Petitioner; that gross, open and systematic bribery, 
treating, and other corrupt and illegal practices 
were carried on at the said Election by the agents, 
friends, managers and partisans of the said Matthew 
Forster and John Stapleton respectively ; and the 
Election of the said Matthew Forster and of the said 
John Stapleton was thereby procured, but such 
Election and Return of the said Matthew Forster 
and of the said John Stapleton was and is, as the 
Petitioner alleges, wholly null and void; and pray- 
ing the House to take the premises into their con- 
sideration, that the Petitioner may be heard by 
himself, his agents, counsel and witnesses, in sup- 
port of his allegations, and that the House will 
declare the said Election and Return of the said 
Matthew Forster and of the said John Stapleton 
respectively to be null and void, and will give such 
further and other relief as to the House shall seem 
meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
tae hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of Thomas Lyon Thurlow, of Bay- 
nard’s Park, near Guildford, in the County of Surrey, 
Esquire, was read; setting forth, 1, That at the 
last Election of two Members to serve in Parliament 
for the Borough of Guildford, in the said County of 
Surrey, Ross Donnelly Mangles, Esquire, James 
Bell, Esquire, Henry Currie, Esquire, and the 
Petitioner, were Candidates to represent the said 
Borough in Parliament; 2, that the said Election 
for the said Borough commenced and was held on 


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A. 1852. 


the Sixth day of July One thousand eight hundred 
and Fifty-two, and that a poll having been de- 
manded, the same was taken by the Returning 
Officer for the said Borough on the Seventh day of 
July One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two ; 
3, that at the close thereof the said Ross Donnelly 
Mangles and the said James Bell were by the said 
Returning Officer declared to have had a majority 
of votes at the said Election, and to have been 
duly elected, and were returned as Members duly 
elected to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough of Guildford; 4, that before, at and 
during the said Election, the said Ross Donnelly 
Mangles and James Bell were respectively, by them- 
selves and their respective agents, friends and 
managers, guilty of divers acts of bribery and cor- 
ruption, in order to corrupt and procure, and did, 
by their said agents, managers and friends, and by 
many other persons employed in their behalf, by 
gifts, presents, money, rewards, and by promises, 
agreements, and securities for money, gifts, employ- 
ments and rewards, and by threats, intimidation, 
romises, undue influence, and other corrupt and 
illegal practices, acts and means, corrupt and pro- 
cure divers persons, having or claiming to have 
votes at the said Election, to give their votes in 
favour of them the said Ross Donnelly Mangles 
and James Beil, or one of them, or to forbear to 
give their votes in favour of the Petitioner, and that 
the said Ross Donnelly Mangles and James Bell, by 
the said corrupt and illegal practices, were and are, 
and each of them was and is, wholly incapacitated 
and ineligible to be elected and to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said Borough, and the 
said Election and Return of the said Ross Donnelly 
Mangles and James Bell, and each or one of them, 
were and are wholly null and void; 5, that after 
the teste of the Writ for holding the said Election, 
and before, at and during the said Election, the 
said Ross Donnelly Mangles and James Bell did, by 
theniselves respectively, and their respective agents, 
friends and partisans, or by divers ways and means, 
in their behalf, or at their charge, directly or in- 
directly give, present and allow to persons having 
votes in and at the said Election, money, meat, 
drink, entertainment and provision, and did make 
presents, gifts, rewards and entertainments, and did 
make promises, agreements, obligations and engage- 
ments to give and allow money, meat, drink, pro-. 
vision, presents, rewards and entertainments, to and 
for persons having votes in and at the said Election, 
and to and for the use, benefit and advantage, em- 
ployment, profit and preferment of such ee 
in order that they the said Ross Donnelly Mangles 
and James Bell, or one of them, might be elected, 
or for their, or one of them, being elected at the 
said Election; 6, that, by reason of the said last- 
mentioned corrupt and illegal practices, the said 
Ross Donnelly Mangles and James Bell were and 
are, and each of them was and is, wholly incapaci- 
tated and ineligible to be elected and to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said Borough, and the 
said Election and Return of the said Ross Donnelly 
Mangles and James Bell, and each or one of them, 
were and are wholly null and void ; 7, that before, 
during and after the said Election, the said Ross 
Donnelly Mangles and James Bell did, by them- 
selves respectively, and their respective agents, 
friends and partisans, or by or with divers persons, 
or in divers ways and manners, directly or indirectly, 
give or provide, or did cause or did knowingly allow 
to be given or provided, wholly or partly at their 
expense respectively, or did jointly or separately 
pay wholly or in part divers expenses incurred for 
meat, drink, entertainment and provisions, to and 
for divers persons, for the purpose of corruptly in- 
fluencing divers of such persons or divers other per- 
sons to give their votes at the said Election for the 
said Ross Donnelly Mangles and James Bell, or one of 
them, or to refrain from giving their votes at the said 
Election 











16 Vicroriz. 


Election for the Petitioner, or for the purpose of cor- | 
ruptly rewarding divers of such persons or such 
other persons for having given their votes at the 
said Election for the said Ross Donnelly Mangles 
and James Bell, or one of them, or for having re- 
frained to give their votes for the Petitioner; 8, 
that by reason of the said last-mentioned corrupt 
and illegal practices, the said Ross Donnelly Man- 
gles and James Bell were and are, and each of them 
was and is, wholly incapacitated and ineligible to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said 
Borough, and the said Election and Return of the 
said ie Donnelly Mangles and James Bell, and 
each or one of them, were and are wholly null and 
void; 9, that gross, extensive and systematic, and 
open and notorious bribery, treating and corrup- 
tion were practised and carried on at the said Elec- 
tion by divers persons, being friends, supporters 
and partisans of the said Ross Donnel/y Mangles 
and James Bell, or of the said Ross Donnelly Man- 
gles, or of the said James Bell, with a view to the 
Election of the said Ross Donnelly Mangles and 
James Bell, or one of them, and that the said Elec- 
tion and Return of the said Ross Dounelly Mangles 
and James Bell, or of the said Ross Donnelly Man- 
gles, or of the said James Bell, were procured by 
means of such bribery, treating and corruption ; 
10, that by reason of the last-mentioned corrupt and 
illegal practices the said Election and Return of the 
said Ross Donnelly Mangles and James Bell, and 
each or one of them, were and are wholly null and 
void; 11, that fraud, intimidation and duress were 
by the agents, friends and managers, and by other 
persons, on behalf of the said Ross ——- Man- 
gles and James Bell, or of the said Ross Donnelly 
Mangles, or of the said James Bell, practised upon 
divers persons having votes at the said Election, by 
means whereof many persons who but for such last- 
mentioned illegal practices would have voted in 
favour of the Petitioner, were induced and com- 
pelled to vote in favour of the said Ross Donnelly 
Mangles and James Bell, or one of them, or to for- 
bear to vote at the said Election in favour of the 
Petitioner; that by reason of the said last-men- 
tioned premises the said Election and Return of 
the said Ross Donnelly Mangles and James Beil, 
and each or one of them, were and are wholly null 
and void; 12, that the majority of votes declared by 
the Returning Officer in favour of the said James | 
Bell was only an apparent and colourable majority, | 
inasmuch as the votes of divers persons were ac- | 
cepted and recorded on the poll in devoar of the said 
James Bell who were not legally entitled, and had 
no legal right to vote at the said Election, and that 
the real majority of good and legal votes polled at 
the said Election was in favour of the Petitioner 
over the said James Bell; 13, that divers persons 
were admitted to vote and did vote at the said 
Election for the said James Bell who were not 
entitled by law to vote in the said Election for the 
said Borough, or to have had their names inserted 
in the List of Voters or upon the Register of Voters 
for the said Borough, by reason of their not having 
had any qualification in respect of property, occu- 
pation, or value, or residence, or rating, or payment 
of rates or taxes, or whose qualification was for 
other and various causes insufficient, or who were 
sg subject to legal incapacities, and whose 
names had been, and were, unduly and improperly 
retained or inserted in the said Register in conse- 
quence of the express decision of the Barrister ap- 
mae to revise the Lists of Voters for the said 
orough in force at the time of the said Election, 
and whose names were, and are, upon the said 
Register in force at the time of the said Election, 
and that the votes so admitted ought to be struck 
off the poll; 14, that divers persons were admitted 
to vote and did vote ut the said Electicn for the 
said James Bell who were not entitled by law to 
vote at the said Election, such persons having been 








VoL. 108. 





24° Novembris. 95 


at the time of their said voting disqualified from or 
incapable of voting on the ground of legal incapa- 
city, under and by virtue of a statute or statutes 
then in force, or having been at the time of their 
said voting so disqualified fiom voting on the ground 
of legal incapacity, which had arisen subsequently 
to the expiration of the time allowed for making out 
the List of Voters from which the Register of Voters 
in force at the time of such Election had been 
formed ; and that the said persons, for the reasons 
aforesaid, were not entitled to vote at the said Elec- 
tion, and that their votes ought to be struck off from 
the said poll; 15, that at the said Election, divers 
persons voted for the said James Bell who were 
registered as Electors for the said Borough, but 
had become disqualified as Electors for the said 
Borough, and were incapable of voting at the said 
Election, on the ground of their not having resided, 
ever since the Thirty-first day of July One thousand 
eight hundred and Fifty-one, to the time of their 
voting at such Election, within the said Borough or 
the place for which they were registered, or within 
the distance thereof required by the Act passed in 
the second year of the reign of his late Majesty a 
William the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act to amen 
the Representation of the People in England and 
Wales,” to entitle such persons to be registered, or 
on the ground of their having ceased to reside within 
the said Borough, or within such distance so re- 
quired as aforesaid, during some part of the period 
between the Thirty-first day of July One thousand 
eight hundred oe Fifty-one, and the time of their 
voting at such Election, or on the ground of their 
not having continued to reside within the said 
Borough, or within such distance so required as 
aforesaid, at the time of their so voting at such 
Election, and that such votes were admitted and 
entered on the poll as good votes for the said James 
Beil, and ought now to be struck off the poll; 16, 
that at the said Election divers persons voted for the 
said James Bell who were or had been, either during 
such Election or within six calendar months previous 
thereto, or within fourteen days after it was com- 
pleted, retained or employed at such Election as 
agents, attorneys, poll-clerks, flagmen, or in some 
other capacity for the purposes of such Election, and 
had either before, during or after such Election, ac- 
cepted, received or taken from the said James Bell, 
or from some other person, for or in consideration 
of, or with reference to, such retainer and employ- 
ment, a sum or sums of money, retaining fees, 
offices, places or employments, and that such votes 
were admitted and entered on the poll as good 
votes fur the said James Bell, and ought now to 
be struck off the poll; 17, that many persons were 
admitted to vote and did vote at the said Election 
in favour of the said James Bell, who had asked, 
received or taken money, gifts, employments, offices, 
or rewards or promises, or agreements and securities 
for money, gifts, employments, offices or rewards, 
or who were other wise bribed or corruptly influenced 
to vote at the said Election in favour of the said 
Ross Donnelly Mangles and James Bell, or one of 
them, or to forbear to vote at the said Election for 
the Petitioner, and that all the votes so admitted 
for the said James Beil ought to be struck off the 
poll; 18, that many persons were admitted to vote 
and did vote at the said Election in favour of the 
said James Bell, who did, by themselves or by per- 
sons employed by them, by gifts, rewards and em- 
ployments, and by promises, agreements and se- 
curities for gifts, rewards and employments, and by 
divers illegal practices, corrupt and procure, or did 
offer by gifts, rewards and employments, or by pro- 
mises, agreements and securities for gifts, rewards 
and employments, and by divers illegal practices, 
to corrupt and procure divers persons, having votes 
at the said Election, to give their votes in favour of 
the said Ross Donnelly Mangles and James Bell, or 
one of them, or to forbear to give their votes in 
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Bye Election. 


96 


favour of the Petitioner, and the votes so admitted 
in favour of the said James Bell ought to be struck 
off the poll; 19, that many persons were admitted 
to vote and did vote at the said Election for the said 
James Bell who had been treated or were guilty of 
treating and other corrupt practices at and before 
the said Election, so as to disqualify them from 
voting at the same, and the votes of such persons 
ought now to be struck off the poll; 20, that at the 
said Election many persons were compelled, by 
violence, threats, intimidation and force, practised 
by friends, agents, partisans, managers, committee- 
men and supporters of the said Ross Donnelly 
Mangles and James Bell, or one of them, to vote 
for the said James Bell, or to forbear to vote for the 
Petitioner, and such votes ought now to be struck 
off the poll ; 21, that divers persons were admitted 
to vote and did vote at the said Election for the 
said James Bell who were disqualified, by reason of 
their having made wagers or bets on the result of 
the said Election, and the votes so admitted ought 
to be struck off the poll; 22, that at the said Elec- 
tion divers voters were counted on the said poll in 
favour of the said James Bell, who did not in point 
of fact vote for him, but who were personated and 
fraudulently represented by other persons who had 
themselves no title so to vote, but who so fraudu- 
lently tendered their votes and voted at the said 
Election, and that such votes ought to be struck off 
the said poll; 23, that the votes of divers persons 
were tendered and refused for the Petitioner which 
ought to have been received and added to the poll 
for the said Petitioner; 24, that divers persons at 
the said Election are entered on the poll as having 
voted in favour of the said James Bell and the Pe- 
titioner, whereas the said persons did in fact vote 
for the said Ross Donnelly Mangles and the Peti- 
tioner, and that such votes so entered in favour of 
the said James Bell ought to be struck off the poll 
of the said James Bell; 25, that, by the ways and 
means aforesaid, the said James Bell obtained an 
apparent majority over the Petitioner, whereas, in 
truth and in fact, the Petitioner had a majority of 
legal votes over the said James Bell, and was duly 
elected a Member to serve in the present Parliament 
for the said Borough, and ought to have been re- 
turned as such Member; and praying that the 
House will take the premises into their considera- 
tion, and will declare the said Election and Return 
of the said Ross Donnelly Mangles and James Bell, 
or of one of them, to be wholly null and void, and 
that the said Ross Donnelly Mangles and James 
Bell, or one of them, were not duly elected, and 
ought not to have been returned at the said Elec- 
tion, and will amend the said Return accordingly, or 
will declare that the Election of the said James 
Bell was null and void, and that the said James 
Bell was not duly elected, and ought not to have 
been returned, and that the Petitioner had a ma- 
jority of legal votes over the said James Bell at the 
said Election, and was duly elected, and ought to 
have been returned at the said Election, and will 
cause the’ Return to be amended by erasing the 
name of the said Jumes Bell therefrom, and sub- 
stituting the name of the Petitioner instead of the 
name ot the said James Bell; and that the House 
will give to the Petitioner such further or other 
relief as under the circumstances the House may 
think meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant or Warrants for such persons, papers and 
records as shall be thought necessary by the several 
Parties on the hearing of the matter of the said 
Petition. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Thomas 
Smith Piz, George Augustus Lamb, Kobert Horton, 
and William Fuller, Electors of the Borough of 


24° Novembris. 











A. 1852. 


Rye, in the County of Sussex, was read; setting 
forth, That the Petitioners were, at and during the 
last Election of a Member to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said Borough of Rye, registered 
Electors of the said Borough, and claimed to have 
had and had a right to vote and did vote at the 
said Election; that at the said Election, William 
Alexander Mackinnon, Esquire, the younger, and 
Richard Curteis Pomfret, Esquire, were Candidates 
to represent the said Borough in Parliament ; that 
a poll having been demanded, the same was taken 
by the Returning Officer for the said Borough on 
the Ninth day of July One thousand eight hundred 
and Fifty-two; that the said William Alexander 
Mackinnon was by the said Returning Officer de- 
clared to have had a majority of votes at the said 
Election, and to have been duly elected, and was 
returned as the Member duly elected to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said Borough of 
Rye; that before and during the said Election, the 
said William Alexander Mackinnon was, by himself 
and his agents, friends, managers and partisans, 
guilty of divers acts of bribery and corruption, in 
order to corrupt and procure, and did by his agents, 
friends, managers and partisans, and by many other 
persons employed in his behalf, by gifts, presents, 
money and rewards, and by offers of gifts, presents, 
money and rewards, and by promises, agreements and 
securities for money, gifts, employments and rewards, 
and by threats, intimidation, promises, undue in- 
fluence and other corrupt and illega! practices, acts 
aud means, corrupt and procure divers persons, 
having or claiming to have votes at the said 
Election, to give their votes in favour of or for 
him the said William Alexander Mackinnon, or to 
forbear to give their votes in favour of the said 
Richard Curteis Pomfret; that the said William 
Alexander Mackinnon, by the said corrupt and ille- 
gal practices, was and is wholly disabled and in- 
capacitated to serve in this present Parliament for 
the said Borough, and the said Election and Re- 
turn of the said Willam Alexander Machinnon were 
and are wholly null and void; that the said Wil- 
liam Alexander Mackinnon did, by himself, his 
friends, agents and others, acting for and sanctioned 
by him, give or cause and procure to be given, and 
did promise and agree to give, and did know of and 
consent to the giving and procuring to be given, 
money, gifts and rewards, offices and places, to 
divers persons, upon certain engagements, contracts 
and agreements, that such persons to whom and 
to whose use and in whose behalf such gifts and 
promises were made, should, by Premed, som and 
others, at their solicitations respectively, request 
and command, procure and endeavour to procure, 
the Return of him the said William Alexander Mac- 
kinnon at such Election; that after the teste of the 
Writ for holding the said Election, and before, at 
and during and after the said Election, the said 
William Alexander Mackinnon did, by himself and 
his agents, friends and partisans, and by divers 
ways and means in his behalf, or at his charge, 
directly and indirectly, give, present and allow to 
persuns having votes in and at the said Election, 
money, meat, drink, entertainment and provision, 
and did make presents, gifts, entertainments and 
rewards, and did make promises, agreements, obli- 
gations and engagements, to give and allow money, 
meat, drink, provisions, presents, rewards and en- 
tertainments to and for persons having votes in and 
at the said Election, and to and for the use, benefit 
and advantage, employment, profit and preferment 
of such persons, to induce such persons to vote at 
the said Election for the said William Alexander 
Mackinnon, or to forbear to vote at the said Elec- 
tion for the said Richard Curteis Pomfret, or in 
order that he the said William Alexander Mackinnon 
should and might be elected, or for being elected 
to serve in this present Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough of Rye; that by reason of the said last-men- 
tioned 





Harwich 
Eection, 





16 Victoria. 


tioned corrupt and illegal practices the said William 
Alexander Mackinnon was and is wholly disabled, 
incapacitated and ineligible to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said Borough; and the said 

Election and Return of the said William Alexander 
Mackinnon were and are wholly null and void; 
that before, during and after the said Election, the 
said William Alexander Mackinnon did, by himself 
and his agents, friends and partisans, or by or with 
divers persons, or in divers ways and manners, di- 
rectly or indirectly give or provide, or did cause or 
did knowingly allow to be given or provided, 
wholly or partly at his expense, or did pay wholly 
or in part divers expenses incurred for meat, drink, 
entertainment and provision to and for divers per- 
sons, for the purpose of corruptly influencing divers 
of such persons or divers other persons to give their 
votes in the said Election for the said William Alez- 
ander Mackinnon, or to refrain from giving their 
votes in the said Election for the said Richard Cur- 
teis Pomfret, or for the purpose of corruptly reward- 
ing divers of such persons or divers other persons 
for having given their votes in the said Election for 
the said William Alexander Mackinnon, or for hav- 
ing refrained from giving their votes at the said 
Election for the said Richard Curteis Pomfret ; that 
by reason of the last-mentioned and illegal practices 
the said William Alexander Mackinnon was incapa- 
ble of being elected, and is wholly disabled, inca- 
pacitated and ineligible to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said Borough, and the said Elec- 
tion and Return of the said William Alexander 
Mackinnon were and are wholly null and void ; that 
gross, extensive, systematic and open and notorious 
bribery, treating and corruption were practised and 
carried on at the said Election by divers persons, 
being agents, friends, supporters and partisans of 
the said William Alexander Machinnon, with a view 
to the Election of the said William Alexander Mack- 
innon, and that the said Election and Return of the 
said William Alexander Mackinnon were procured 
by means of such bribery, treating and corruption ; 
that, by reason of the premises and of the last-men- 
tioned corrupt and illegal practices, the said William 
Alexander Mackinnon was incapable of being elected, 
and the said Election and Return of the said Wil- 
liam Alexander Mackinnon were and are wholly 
null and void; and praying that the House will take 
the premises into their consideration, and will declare 
that the said William Alexander Mackinnon was not 
duly elected at the said last Election as a Member 
to serve in Parliament for the said Borough of Rye, 
and ought not to have been returned thereat, but that 
the said Richard Curteis Pomfret was duly elected, 
and ovght to have been returned, and that the 

House will direct the Return to be amended accord- 

ingly, by the substitution therein of the name of 
Richard Curteis Pomfret for that of the said Wil- 

liam Alexander Mackinnon; or that the House will 

declare the said Election of the said William Alex- 

ander Mackinnon as a Member to serve in Parlia- 

ment for the said Borough to have been wholly null 

and void; and that the House will give to the Peti- 

tioners such further and other relief in the premises 

as to the House shall seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records 
as shull be thought necessary by the several Parties 
on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of 
the Borough of Harwich, was read; setting forth, 
That the Petitioners are registered Electors of the 
Borough of Harwich, and had a right to vote and 
did vote at the last Election of Members to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said Borough; that 
John Bagshaw, George Montagu Warren Peacocke, 
David Waddington, Esquires, and Captain George 
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94° Novembris. 97 


Grout Warburton, were Candidates at the said Elec- 
tion, and a poll being held and taken, the said 
George Montagu Warren Peacocke and David 
Waddington, Esquires, were declared by the Re- 
turning Officer at the said Election to have the ma- 
jority of votes, and to be elected and returned to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough ; that the Election and Return of the said 
George Montagu Warren Peacocke and David 
Waddington, and of each of them, were procured by 
bribery, treating, intimidation, undue influence, and 
other illegal and corrupt means; that the said 
George Montagu Warren Peacocke and David 
Waddington were guilty of bribery and treating at 
the said Election, and did, by themselves, their 
agents, friends and managers, and by others on their 
behalf, by divers ways and means, at their charge, 
and with their knowledge, give and allow to per- 
sons having votes at the said Election, money, 
meat, drink, entertainment, provision and reward, 
in order that such persons might vote or for having 
voted for the said George Montagu Warren Peacocke 
and David Waddington, or one of them ; that before 
and during the said Election the said George Mon- 
tagu Warren Peacocke and David Waddington did, 
by themselves, their agents, friends and managers, 
give, pay and allow, and make promises aud agree- 
ments to give, pay and allow to divers persons, 
places, preferment, office, money, fee and reward, 
in order to procure the votes of divers Electors of 
the said Borough for them the said George Montagu 
Warren Peacocke and David Waddington, or one of 
them ; that notorious and systematic corruption, and 
other unlawful practices, were carried on at the said 
Election by the agents, friends and managers of the 
said George Montagu Warren Peacocke and David 
Waddington, and the Election of the said George 
Montagu Warren Peacocke and David Waddington 
were thereby procured; that the said Election and 
Return were and are wholly null and void; and 
praying that the House will take the premises into 
consideration, and will declare that the Election of 
the said George Montagu Warren Peacocke and 
David Waddington was wholly null and void, and 
will give to the Petitioners such further and other 
relief as to the House may seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


was read ; setting forth, That the Petitioners were 
respectively, at the last Election of Members to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said City of 
Carlisle, Electors of the said City, and were respec- 
tively registered as such Electors, and had a right 
to vote for Members for the said City at the said 
Election, and did vote thereat; that at the last 
Election of Members for the said City of Carlisle, 
in the month of July One thousand eight hundred 
and Fifty-two, William Nicholson Hodgson, Esquire, 
the Right honourable Sir James Robert George 
Graham, Baronet, and Joseph Ferguson, Esquire, 
were Candidates to represent the said City in Par- 
liament, and a poll being demanded and taken, the 
said Sir James Robert George Graham and Joseph 
Ferguson, Esquire, were at the close thereof declared 
to have the majority of votes, and to have been 
elected, and were returned as the Members duly 
elected to serve in this present Parliament. for the 
said City of Carlisle; that before, at and during the 
said Election, the said Sir James Robert George 
Graham and Joseph Ferguson were, by themselves 
respectively, and by their and each of their agents, 
managers, friends and partisans, guilty of divers 
acts of bribery and corruption, in order to corrupt, 








and 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of Carlisle 
the City of Carlisle, in the County of Cumberland, Election. 





a 








98 24° Novembris. 


and did by their and each of their agents, managers, 
friends and partisans, and by many other persons 
employed in their and each of their behalf, by gifts, 
presents, money, employments and rewards, and 
by promises and agreements, and securities of and 
for money, gifts, presents, employments and re- 
wards, and by threats, coercion, intimidation, pro- 
mises, undue influence, and other corrupt and illegal 
practices, acts and means, corrupt and procure 
divers persons having or claiming to have votes at 
the said Election, to give their votes at the said 
Election in favour of them the said Sir James Robert 
George Graham and Joseph Ferguson, or one of 
them, or to forbear giving their votes in favour of 
the said William Nicholson Hodgson; that after the 
offices of Members serving in Parliament for the 
said City of Carlisle became vacant, and after the 
teste of the Writ for holding the said Election, and 
before, at, during and after the said Election, the 
said Sit James Robert George Graham and Joseph 
Ferguson did, by themselves respectively, and by 
their and each of their agents, managers, friends 
and partisans, by divers ways and means in their 
or one of their behalf, or at their or one of their 
charge, give, present and allow to persons having 
votes in and at the said Election, money, meat, 
drink, entertainment and provision, and did make 
presents, gifts, rewards and entertainment, and did 
make promises, agreements, obligations and en- 
gagements to give and allow money, meat, drink, 
provision, presents, rewards and entertainments to 
and for persons having or claiming to have votes 
in and at the said Election, and to and for the use, 
benefit and advantage, employment, profit and 
preferment of such persons, to induce such persons 
to vote at the said Election for the said Sir James 
Robert George Graham and Joseph Ferguson, or one 
of them, or to forbear to vote at the said Election 
for the said William Nicholson Hodgson, in order 
that they the said Sir James Robert George Graham 
and Joseph Ferguson, or one of them, might be 
elected, or for being elected, to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said City of Carlisle ; that before 
and during the said Election, the said Sir James 
Robert George Graham and Joseph Ferguson, by 
themselves, their agents, managers and friends, and 
each of them, by himself, his agents, managers and 
friends, directly and indirectly, did make payments 
and gifts of divers sums of money, employments, 
and other valuable considerations, to divers regis- 
tered voters at the said Election, and to divers per- 
sons on behalf of such voters, and to divers other 
persons related to such voters by kindred and 
affinity, on account of such voters being about to 
vote at the said Election for the said Sir James 
Robert George Graham and Joseph Ferguson, or 
one of them ; that before and during the said Elec- 
tion, the said Sir James Robert George Graham and 
Joseph Ferguson, by themselves, their agents, mana- 
gers and friends, and each of them, by himself, his 
agents, managers and friends, directly and indi- 
rectly, did make payment and gift of divers sums 
of money, employments, and other valuable cou- 
siderations, to divers registered voters at the said 
Election, and to divers persons on behalf of such 
voters, and to divers other persons related to such 
voters by kindred and affinity, on account of such 
voters being about to refrain trom voting at the said 
Election for the said William Nicholson Hodgson ; 
that during and after the said Election, the said 
Sir James Robert George Graham and Joseph 
Ferguson, by themselves, their agents, managers 
and friends, and each of them, by himself, his 
agents, managers and friends, directly and indi- 
rectly, did make payment and gift of divers 
sums of money, employments, and other valuable 
considerations, to divers registered voters at the 
said Election, and to divers persons on behalf 
of such voters, and to divers other persons re- 
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account of such voters having voted at the said 
Election for the said Sir James Robert George 
Graham and Joseph Ferguson, or one of them; 
that during and after the said Election, the said Sir 
James Robert George Graham and Joseph Fer- 
guson, by themselves, their agents, managers and 
riends, and each of them, by himself, his agents, 
managers and friends, directly and indirectly, did 
make payment and gift of divers sums of money, 
employments, and other valuable considerations to 
divers registered voters at the said Election, and 
to divers persons on behalf of such voters, and to 
divers other persons related to such voters by kin- 
dred and affinity, on account of such voters having 
refrained from voting at the said Election for the 
said William Nicholson Hodgson; that before, 
during, and after the said Election, the suid Sir 
James Robert George Graham and Joseph Fergu- 
son did, by themselves, their agents, managers, 
friends ae | partisans, and each of them did, by 
himself, his agents, managers, friends and _parti- 
sans, and by and with divers persons, and in 
divers ways and manners, directly and indirectly 
give and provide, and did cause and knowingly 
allow to be given and provided, wholly or partly 
at their and his expense, and did pay wholly or 
in part divers expenses incurred for meat, drink, 
entertainments and provision to and for divers 
persons, for the purpose of corruptly influencing 
divers of such persons, or divers other persons, to 
give their votes in the said Election for the said Sir 
James Robert George Graham and Joseph Fer- 
quson, or one of them, or to refrain from giving 
their votes in the said Election for the said William 
Nicholson Hodgson, and for the purpose of cor- 
ruptly rewarding divers of such persons, and divers 
other persons, tor having given their votes at the 
said Election for the said Sir James Robert George 
Graham and Joseph Ferguson, or one of them, 
or for having refrained from giving their votes 
at the said Election for the said William Nichol- 
son Hodgson; that gross, extensive and syste- 
matic, and open and notorious bribery, treating 
and corruption were practised and carried on by 
divers persons, being agents, managers, friends, 
supporters and partisans of the said Sir James 
Robert George Graham and Joseph Ferguson, or 
one of them, with a view to the Election and Re- 
turn of the said Sir James Robert George Graham 
and Joseph Ferguson, or one of them, and that 
the said Election and Return of the said Sir 
James Robert George Graham and Joseph Fer- 
guson, and of each of them, were procured by 
means of such bribery, treating and corruption; 
that fraud, intimidation and duress were by the 
agents, friends and managers, and by other persons 
on behalf of the said Sir James Robert George 
Graham and Joseph Ferquson, and on behalf of each 
of them, practised upon divers persons having votes 
at the said Election, by means whereof many persons 
who but for such illegal practices would have voted 
in favour of the said William Nicholson Hodgson 
were induced and compelled to vote in favour of 
the said Sir James Robert George Graham and 
Joseph Ferguson, or one of them, or to forbear 
to vote in the said Election for the said William 
Nicholson Hodgson ; that by the aforesaid corrupt 
and iilegal practices, and by reason of the pre- 
mises, the said Sir James Robert George Graham 
and Joseph Ferguson were and are wholly inca- 
pacitated and ineligible to be elected and to serve 
in this present Parliament for the said City of 
Carlisle, and the said Election and Return of the 
said Sir James Robert George Graham and Joseph 
Ferguson were and are wholly null and void ; and 
praying that the House will take the premises into 
consideration, and declare that the said Sir James 
Robert George Graham and Joseph Ferguson were 
not duly elected and returned for the said City 
of Carlisle, and that the Return of the said Sir 

James 





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16 Vicroriz. 


James Robert George Graham and Joseph Fergu- 
son was and is wholly null and void ; and that the 
House will give the Petitioners such further and 
other relief as to the House may seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant or Warrants for such persons, papers and re- 
cords as shall be thought necessary by the several 
Parties on the hearing of the matter of the said 
Petition. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of 
the Borough of ey in the West Rid- 
ing of the County of York, was read; setting 
forth, ‘That at the last Election of a Member to 
serve in Parliament for the said Borough of Hud- 
dersfield, the Petitioners were registered Electors 
of the said Borough, and had a right to vote 
and did vote at the said Election; that /lil- 
liam Willans and William Rookes Crompton Stans- 
field, Esquires, were Candidates at the said Elec- 
tion to represent the said Borough in Parlia- 
ment, and a poll being demanded and taken, the 
said William Rookes Crompton Stansfield, Esquire, 
was at the close thereof declared by the Return- 
ing Officer of the said Borough to have the 
majority of votes at the said Election, and to be 
elected and returned to serve as Member in Par- 
liament for the said Borough of Huddersfield ; 
that before and at the said Election the said 
William Rookes Crompton Stansfield was, by him- 
self, his agents, friends and managers, guilty of 
bribery and corruption, aud did, by gifts, presents, 
money and rewards, and by promises, agree- 
ments, and securities for gifts, presents, money 
and rewards, and by other illegal practices, cor- 
rupt and procure divers persons, being registered 
Electors of the said Borough, to give their votes 
in favour of the said Wiliam Rookes Crompton 
Stansfield, and to forbear to give them in favour 
of the said William Willans; that before, during 
and after the said Election, the said William 
Rookes Crompton Stansfield did, by himself, his 
agents, friends and partisans, by divers ways and 
means, at his charge and on his behalf, directly 
and indirectly, give, provide, present and allow, 
and knowingly permit to be given, provided, pre- 
sented and allowed to registered Electors of the 
said Borough, and to divers other persons, money, 
meat, drink, entertainment, provision and reward, 
and make promises, agreements and engagements 
to give money, meat, drink, entertainment, pro- 
vision and reward, to and for persons having 


votes as aforesaid, in order that he the said Wil-| 


liam Rookes Crompton Stansfield might have the 
votes of the said persons at the said Election, 
and might thereby be elected a Member to serve in 
Parliament for the said Borough of Huddersfield ; 
that gross, notorious, extensive, and systematic 
bribery, treating and corruption were practised and 
carried on at the said Election, by divers persons, 
agents, friends, managers and partisans of the 
said William Rookes Crompton Stansfield, with 
a view to the Election of the said William 
Rookes Crompton Stansfield, and the Election and 
Return of the said Wéilliam Rookes Crompton 
Stansfield were procured by means of such bribery, 
treating and corruption; that at the said oy ae 
many voters were counted on the said poll in favour 
of the said William Rookes Crompton Stansfield, | 
who did not, in point of fact, vote for him, but who | 
were personated and fraudulently represented by | 
other persons, who had themselves no title to vote, | 
but who fraudulently tendered their votes, and were 
improperly admitted to vote at the said Election, in 
the names and characters of the said first-men- 
tioned voters, and such names were entered on the 
poll-books as good votes for the said Walliam 
Rookes Crompton Stansfield, and ought now to be 
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struck off the poll; that divers other persons who 
were not entitled to vote at the said Election, by 
reason that their names were not in the Register of 
Voters for the said Borough in force at the time of 
the said Election, but who personated other persons 
entitled or claiming to be entitled to vote at the said 
Election, or who, though duly registered, were dead 
or absent at the time of such Election, were never- 
theless allowed and admitted to vote at the said Elec- 
tion for the said Wiliam Rookes Crompton Stansfield, 
and such votes ought now to be struck off the poll; 
that at the said Election divers of the Electors for the 
said Borough were compelled by violence, threats, 
intimidation and force, practised by friends, agents, 
partisans, managers, committee-men and supporters 
of the said William Rookes Crompton Stansfield, 
to vote for the said William Rookes Crompton 
Stansfield, or to forbear to vote for the said William 
Willans at the said Election, and such votes ought 
now to be expunged from the poll; that at the said 
Election divers persons who were not legally en- 
titled to vote at the said Election, in consequence 
of not having been duly placed in the Register of 
Electors in force at the time of the said Election, 
and divers persons who had become disqualified to 
vote at the said Election subsequently to having 
been registered, by legal or personal disqualification 
and incapacities, and divers persons who had been 
employed at such Election as agents, attorneys, 
poll-clerks or flag-men, or in some other capacity 
for the purpose of the said Election, and in respect 
of such employment, had taken fee or reward, or 
promise or security for such fee or reward, and 
divers persons who had received alms or parochial 
relief, and divers persons who had ceased to reside 
within the said Borough, or within the required dis- 
tance thereof previous to such Election, and divers 
persons who had asked, received or takei money, 
gifts, employment, office or reward, or promise for 
money, gifts and rewards, and had been otherwise 
bribed to give their votes at the said Election, or 
who had corruptly received meat, drink, entertain- 
ment or provision to induce them to vote at the 
said Election, and divers persons who were by some 
or one of the causes aforesaid, or by other causes, 
legally disqualified from voting at the said Election, 
were admitted to vote and did vote for the said 
William Rookes Crompton Stansfield at the said 
Election; that by the various ways and means 
aforesaid, and by various other illegal and irregular 
proceedings, the said William Rookes Crompton 
Stansfield obtained an apparent and colourable ma- 
jority of votes over the said William Willans at the 
sail Election, whereas the majority of good and 
legal votes at the said Election was in favour of the 
said William Willans; and the said Return of the 
said William Rookes Crompton Stansfield is illegal, 
and ought to be amended and declared wholly null 
and void ; aud praying that the House will take the 
premises into their consideration, and declare that 
the said William Rookes Crompton Stansfield was 
not duly elected and returned, but that the said 
William Willans was duly eiected, and ought to 
have been returned a Member to serve in this pre- 
sent Parliament for the Borough of Huddersfield, 
and that the Return ought now to be amended 





accordingly ; and that the House will give to the 
Petitioners such further and other relief as to the 
House may seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records 
as shall be thought necessary by the several Parties 
on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 

“= 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Exchequer 


an Account of all Exchequer Bills raised, or autho- Bills. 
rised to be raised, charged on the Aids or Supplies 
of 1853, unprovided for. 


02 Mr. 






















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Mr. Hamilton accordingly presented the said 
Account. 

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


A Petition of the Crystal Palace Company, pray- 
ing that in the case of the intended application for 
the Crystal Palace Estate at Sydenham Bill, the 
Standing Orders, 61, 62 and 183, may be suspended, 
and that the Examiner may be allowed to proceed 
upon the examination of the Petition for the Bill 
above named, upon giving three clear days’ notice 
in the Private Bill Office of his intention so to do ; 
and that he have leave to consider any Memorial 
duly complaining of non-compliance with the Stand- 
ing Orders, provided such Memorial be deposited 
in the Private Bill Office on the day before that 
appointed by him for examining the said Petition, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Western 
Harbours (Jreland), which was presented upon the 
22d day of this instant November, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Emigration, 
which was presented upon the 23d day of this in- 
stant November, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Ships 
(Navy), which was presented upon the 23d day of 
this instant November, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Jovis, 25° die Novembris ; 
Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1852. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That there be laid before this 

House, a Copy of any Memorial which may 
have been presented to the First Lord of the Trea- 
sury, or to Her Majesty’s Government, in the year 
1848, from or on behalf of the Civil Servants of the 
Crown whose Appointments bear date subsequently 
to the 4th day of August 1829, praying for the con- 
version of the Superannuation Assessment levied on 
their Salaries, under the Act 4 &amp; 5 Will. 4, c. 24, 
into a “ Provident Fund” for the Relief of their 
Widows, Orphans and other Relatives; together 
with any Proceedings of the Lords of the Treasury 
thereon. 


Mr. Stafford presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 16th day of this instant November, for 
Copies of all Correspondence between the Admiralty 
and Mr. Scott Russell, on the Subject of, and State- 
ment of, the ultimate Terms and Conditions of the 
Sale effected to the latter of Her Majesty's Screw 
Steamer “ Greenock,” since sold to the Royal Aus- 
tralian Steam Ship Company, under the new Name 
of “ Melbourne :”—And, Report of the Surveyor of 
the Admiralty on the State of this Ship ; also, of any 
Special one which may have been made immediately 
previous to her departure with Her Majesty’s Mails 
for the Australian Colonies. 

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


Petitions relating to Convocation of the Clergy ; 
—Maynooth Coliege Act ;—Carriages ;— Malt ;— 
Poor Rates ;— Edward Murray ;— Martha Wrede ; 
—and, Signor Madiai and his Wife,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Several Petitions complaining of undue Elections 
and Returns being offered to be presented, the same 
were delivered in at the Table. 

And seven of the said Petitions appearing to relate 
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A. 1852. 


the House had received Petitions upon former days, 
the same were first read. 


A Petition of the Honourable John William For- Youghal 
fescue, was read; setting forth, That at the last Plection. 


Election of a Member to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the Borough of Youghal, the Petitioner 
was a Candidate, together with Isaac Butt, to re- 
present the said Borough in this present Parliament, 
and a poll being demanded and taken, the said 
Isaac Butt was, by the Returning Officer of the 
said Borough, declared to have the majority of votes, 
and to be elected, and was returned as Member to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough; that the Election of the said Isaac Butt was 
procured by means of bribery, treating, intimidation, 
undue influence and other corrupt and illegal prac- 
tices, and is therefore null and void, and ought to 
be set aside ; that before and at the said Election, 
the said Jsaac Butt was, by himself, his agents, 
friends and managers, guilty of bribery and cor- 
ruption, and did, by gifts, presents, money and 
rewards, and by promises and agreements for 
gifts, presents, money and rewards, and by other 
illegal practices, corrupt and procure divers persons, 
being registered Electors of the said Borough, to 
give their votes in favour of the said Isaac Butt ; 
that before, during and after the said Election, the 
said Isaac Butt did, by himself, his agents, friends 
and managers, by divers ways and means, at his 
charge and on his behalf, directly and indirectly 
give, provide, present and allow, and cause and 
knowingly permit to be given, provided, presented 
and allowed to registered Electors of the said Bo- 
rough, and to divers other persons, money, meat, 
drink, entertainment, provision and reward to and 
for persons having votes at the said Election, in 
order that he the said Isaac Butt might have the 
votes of the said persons, and might thereby be 
elected Member for the said Borough of Youghal ; 
that gross, notorious, extensive and systematic bri- 
bery, treating and corruption were practised and 
carried on at the said Election by the agents, friends, 
managers and partisans of the said Isaac Butt, with 
a view to his Election, and such bribery, treating 
and corruption influenced the votes of the Electors 
of the said Borough, and procured the majority by 
which the said Isaac Butt was declared to be re- 
turned ; that by reason of such corrupt and illegal 
practices the said Jsauc Bult became and now is 
wholly ineligible to sit in this present Parliament ; 
that the said Jsaac Bult was not duly qualified to 
be elected to sit in Parliament for the said Borough 
of Youghal, and was not seised or possessed of real 
or personal estate sufficient fora Member of the 
House of Commons according to the true intent and 
meaning of the Act of Parliament, known as the first 
and second Victoria, chapter forty-eight; that the 
majority of votes declared in favour of the said Jsaac 
Butt was an apparent and colourable majority only, 
inasmuch as the votes of divers persons were recorded 
on the poll for the said Isaac Butt who were not 
legally entitled to vote, and whose names had been 
improperly placed on the Register of Voters in force 
at the said Election, or who had parted with the 
qualification for which they were so registered, or 
who had ceased to reside within the distance re- 
quired by the Act of Parliament, or who had become 
disqualified legally to vote, and whose votes ought 
to be struck from the poll of the said Isaac Butt; 
that the votes of many persons were recorded in 
favour of the said Isaac Butt who had been em- 
ployed for the purposes of the Election in some 
capacity, and in reference to such employment had 
taken fee or reward, or promise or security for such 
fee or reward, or who had received disqualifying 
alms, and whose votes, by reason of such or some 
other disqualifications, were not legally receivable, 
and ought to be struck from the said poll; that the 
Petitioner will be found to have had the majority of 
good votes, and was therefore entitled to be re- 





turned ; 





Bos 
Elec 


Boston 
Election. 


16 Vicroriz. 


turned; and praying the House to take the pre- 
mises into consideration, and declare the said Elec- 
tion of the said Isaac Butt to be wholly null and void, 
and that the said Isaac Butt was not duly elected, | 
but that the Petitioner was duly elected, and ought 
to have been returned at the said Election as Mem- 
ber for the Borough of Youghal, and will order the 
Return to be amended accordingly, and give to the 
Petitioner such further and other relief as to the 
House shall seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War-| 
rant or Warrants for such persons, papers and re- | 
cords as shall be thought necessary by the several 
Parties on the hearing of the matter of the said 
Petition. 





A Petition of the there-undersigned, being regis- | 
tered Electors of the Borough of Boston, in the | 
County of Lincoln, who had a right to vote and voted | 
at the last Election of Members to serve in the present 
Parliament for the said Borough, was read; setting 
forth, That the Petitioners were, at the last Election | 
of Members to serve in this present Parliament for | 
the said Borough, Electors of the said Borough, and , 
were registered as such Electors, and had a right to 
vote for Members for the said Borough at the said | 
Election, and did vote thereat; that at the said 
Election of Members to serve in Parliament for the 
said Borough, Gilbert Henry Heathcote, Esquire, 
Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esquire, John Alexander 
Hankey, Esquire, Thomson Hankey, junior, Esquire, 
and William Henry Adams, Esquire, were Candi- 
dates, and a poll being demanded and taken, at the 
close thereof the Returning Officer of the said Bo- 
rough declared that the said Gilbert Henry Heath- 
cote, Esquire, had Five hundred and forty-seven 
votes, the said Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esquire, 
had Four hundred and ninety votes, the said John 
Alexander Hankey, Esquire, had Four hundred and 
thirty-seven votes, the said Thomson Hankey, Es- 
quire, had One hundred and forty-eight votes, the | 
said William Henry Adams, Esquire, had Eighteen 
votes, and thereupon the said Gilbert Henry Heath- 
cote, Esquire, and Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esquire, 
were, by the said Returning Officer, declared duly 
elected as Members to serve in Parliament for the 
said Borough of Boston; that the said Gilbert 
Henry Heathcote, by himself, his friends, agents 
and partisans, or by divers ways and means, on his 
behalf or at his charge, directly or indirectly, be- 
fore and after the teste of the Writ for such Elec- 
tion, and before, at and during the said Election, 
did give, present and allow to divers persons having 
votes or claiming to have votes at such Election, 
money, meat, drink, entertainment and provision, 
and did make presents, gifts, rewards and enter- 
tainments, and did make promises, agreements, ob- 
ligations and engagements to give and allow money, 
meat, drink, provision, presents, rewards and enter- 
tainments to and for the use, advantage and profit 
of such persons, in order that the said Gilhert 
Henry Heathcote might be returned at such Elec- 
tion ; that the said Gilbert Henry Heathcote did, 
by himself and his agents, friends or partisans, or by 
or with divers persons, or in divers ways and man- 
ners, directly and indirectly, give or provide, or did 
cause, and did knowingly allow to be given or pro- 
vided, wholly or partly at his expense, or did pay 
wholly or in part divers expenses incurred for 
meat, drink, entertainment and provision, to and 
for divers persons before, during and after the said 
Election, for the purpose of corruptly influencing 
divers of such persons, or divers other persons, to 
give their votes in such Election for the said Gi/- 

ert Henry Heathcote, or to refrain from giving 
their votes in such Election for the said John Alez- 
ander Hankey and Thomson Hankey, or one of them, 
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such persons, or divers other persons, for having 
given their votes at such Election for the said Gil- 
bert Henry Heathcote, or for having refrained from 
giving their votes at the said Election for the said 
John Alexander Hankey and Thomson Hankey, or 
one of them; that the Election and Return of the 
said Gilbert Henry Heathcote was procured by 
means of such treating as aforesaid, and that b 

reason thereof the Return of the said Gilbert Henry 
Heathcote is wholly void; that in consequence of 
the open and notorious treating on the part of the 
said Gilbert Henry Heathcote at such Election, 
notices (of which the following is a copy) were pre- 
pared, and copies thereof given to the Returning 


_ Officer of the Borough on the morning of the poll, 
_ before the poll had commenced, and were posted in 
| conspicuous places on the Town-hall, and at all the 


polling booths on the morning of the poll, before 
the poll had commenced, and continued so posted 
up to the close of the poll, and copies thereof were 
also served on each voter as he came to the poll ; 
videlicet, “ We, the undersigned Electors of the 
Borough of Boston, in the County of Lincoln, do 
hereby give you notice, that before or during the 
Election of Members for the said Borough, which is 
now taking place, Gilbert Henry Heathcote being a 


Candidate at the said Election, did, by himself, or 


by or with some person or persons, or in some man- 
ner, directly or indirectly, give or provide, or cause 
or knowingly allow to be given or provided, wholly 
or partly at his expense, or pay wholly or in part 
divers expenses incurred for meat, drink, entertain- 
ment or provision, to or for divers persons having 
votes at the said Election, for the purpose of cor- 
ruptly influencing such persons to give or to refrain 
from giving their votes at the said Election; and 
we do hereby give you further notice, that the said 
Gilbert Henry Heuthcote, having been so guilty of 
treating before or during the said Election, is inca- 
pable of being elected or sitting in Parliament for 


|the said Borough on the present vacancy; and 


therefore we, the undersigned, do accordingly object 
to and protest against the nomination of the said 
Gilbert Henry Heathcote as a Candidate, and 
against the Election and Return of the said Gilbert 
Henry Heathcote as a Member to represent the 
said Borough at this Election. And we do hereby 
give you notice, that all votes given in favour of the 
said Gilbert Henry Heathcote at this present Elec- 
tion of Members to serve in Parliament for the said 
Borough will, on account of the ineligibility of the 
said Gilbert Henry Heathcote, be of no effect, but 
entirely lost and thrown away. Dated this Eighth 
day of July One thousand eight hundred and Fifty- 
two. Harrison Bontoft, John Noble, junior. Wit- 
ness, Luke Bland. ‘Vo the Mayor of the Borough 
of Boston, being the Returning Officer thereof, and 
to the Electors for the said Borough ;” that for the 
reasons aforesaid, all the votes given and recorded 
in favour of the said Gilbert Henry Heathcote at 
the said Election were entirely lost and thrown 
away; and praying that thesaid Gilbert Henry Heath- 
cote may be declared not duly elected, and that the 
said Return may be amended, and that the name of 
the said Gilbert Henry Heathcote may be erased 
from the said Return, and that the name of the said 
John Alexander Hankey, or of the said Thomson 
Hankey, may be inserted therein in lieu thereof, 
and that the said John Alexander Hankey or the said 
Thomson Hankey may be allowed to take his seat as 
Member for the said Borough in this present Parlia- 
ment, or that the said Return and Election, as far as 
regards the said Gilbert Henry Heathcote, may be 
declared null and void, and the parties put to a new 
Election; and that the House will grant such further 
relief to the Petitioners as the nature and merits of 
the case may require, and as to the House may seem 
meet. 

A Petition of the there-undersigned, being re- 
gistered Electors of the Borough of Boston, in 





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the County of Lincoln, who had a right to vote 
and voted at the last Election of Members to serve 
in the present Parliament for the said Borough, was 
also read ; setting forth, ‘That the Petitioners were, 
at the last Election of Members to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said Borough, Electors 
of the said Borough, and were registered as such 
Electors, and had a right to vote for Members for 
the said Borough at the said Election, and did vote 
thereat ; that at the said Election of Members to 
serve in Parliament for the said Borough, Gilbert 
Henry Heathcote, Esquire, Benjamin Bond Cabbell, 
Esquire, John Alexander Hankey, Esquire, Thomson 
Hankey, junior, Esquire, and William Henry Adams, 
Esquire, were Candidates; and apoll being demanded 
and taken, at the close thereof the Returning Officer 
of the said Borough declared that the said Gilbert 


Henry Heathcote had Five hundred and forty-seven | 


votes, the said Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Four hun- 


dred and ninety votes, the said John Alexander 
Hankey, Four hundred and thirty-seven votes, the | 


said Thomson Hankey the younger, One hundred 
and forty-eight votes, and the said William Henry 
Adams, Eighteen votes; and thereupon the said 
Gilbert Henry Heathcote, Esquire, and Benjamin 
Bond Cabbell, Esquire, were by the said Returning 
Officer declared duly elected as Members to serve 
in Parliament for the said Borough of Boston ; that 
the said Benjamin Bond Cabbell was, by himself, 
and by his agents and others employed by him or 
them respectively in conducting his Election, or by 
friends and by others acting for him, guilty of bri- 
bery and corruption, and other illegal and corrupt 
practices, before and at such Election, and did by 
such bribery and corruption, and such other illegal 
and corrupt practices, endeavour to procure and did 
procure many of the voters at such Election to vote 
for the said Benjamin Bond Cabbell, and to forbear 
to vote for the said John Alexunder Hankey and 
Thomson Hankey, junior, or one of them; that the 
said Benjamin Bond Cabbell, by himself, his agents, 
friends and partisans, or by divers ways and means, 
on his behalf, or at his charge, directly or indirectly, 
before and after the teste of the Writ for such Elec- 
tion, and before, at and during the said Election, did 
give, present and allow to divers persons having 
votes or claiming to have votes at such Election, 
money, meat, drink, entertainment and provision, 
and did make presents, gifts, rewards and entertain- 
ments, and did make promises, agreements, obliga- 
tions and engagements to give and allow money, 
meat, drink, provision, presents, rewards and enter- 
tainments to and for the use, advantage and profit 
of such persons, in order that the said Benjamin 
Bond Cabbell might be returned at such Election ; 
that the said Benjamin Bond Cabbell did, by him- 
self, und his agents, friends and partisans, or by or 
with divers persons, or in divers ways and manners, 
directly and indirectly, give or provide, or did cause 
and did knowingly allow to be given or provided, 
wholly or partly at his expense, or did pay wholly 
or in part divers expenses incurred for meat, drink, 
entertainment and provision to and for divers per- 
sons, before, during and after the said Election, for 
the purpose of corruptly influencing divers of such 
persons, or divers other persons, to give their votes 
in such Election for the said Benjamin Bond Cab- 
bell, or to refrain from giving their votes in such 
Election for the said John Alexander Hankey and 
Thomson Hankey, or one of them, or for the pur- 
pose of corruptly rewarding divers of such persons, 
or divers other persons, for having given their votes 
at such Election for the said Benjamin Bond Cab- 
bell, or for having refrained from giving their votes 
at the said Election for the said John Alexander 
Hankey and Thomson Hankey, or one of them ; that 
the Election and Return of the said Benjamin Bond 
Cabbell was procured by means of such bribery and 
corruption, or of such treating as aforesaid, and that 
by reason thereof the Return of the said Benjamin 





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Bond Cabbell is wholly void ; that in consequence 
of the open and notorious treating on the part of the 
|said Benjamin Bond Cabbell at such Election, no- 
_tices, of which the following is a copy, were prepared, 
_and copies thereof given to the Returning Officer of 
'the Borough on the morning of the poll before the 
poll had commenced, and were posted in conspicuous 
places on the Town-hall, and at all the polling 
booths on the morning of the poll before the poll 
had commenced, and continued so posted up to the 
close of the poll, and copies thereof were also served 
on each voter as he came to poll; viz. “ We, the 
undersigned, Electors of the Borough of Boston, in 
the County of Lincoln, do hereby give you notice, 
that before or during the Election of Members for 
‘the said Borough, which is now taking place, Ben- 
jamin Bond Cabbell, being a Candidate at the said 
Election, did, by himself, or by or with some person 
or persons, or in some manner, directly or indirectly, 
give or provide, or cause or knowingly allow to be 
given or provided, wholly or partly at his expense, 
or pay wholly or in part divers expenses incurred for 
meat, drink, entertainment or provision, to or for 
divers persons having votes at the said Election, for 
the purpose of corruptly influencing such persons to 
give or to refrain from giving their votes at the said 
Election. And we do hereby give you further notice, 
that the said Benjamin Bond Cabbell, having been so 
guilty of treating before or during the said Election, 
is incapable of being elected or sitting in Parliament 
for the said Borough on the present vacancy, and 
therefore we, the undersigned, do accordingly object 
to, and protest against, the nomination of the said 
Benjamin Bond Cabbell as a Candidate, and against 
the Election and Return of the said Benjamin Bond 
Cabbell as a Member to represent the said Borough 
at this Election. And we do hereby give you notice, 
that all votes given in favour of the said Benjamin 
Bond Cabbell at this present Election of Members 
to serve in Parliament for the said Borough will, on 
account of the ineligibility ofthe said Benjamin Bond 
Cuabbell, be of no effect, but entirely lost and thrown 
away. Dated this Eighth day of July One thousand 
eight hundred and Fifty-two. Harrison Bontoft, John 
Noble, junior. Witness, Luke Bland. To the Mayor 
of the Borough of Boston, being the Returning 
Officer thereof, and to the Electors of the said Bo- 
rough ;” that for the reason aforesaid, all the votes 
given and recorded in favour of the said Benjamin 
Bond Cabbell at the said Election were eatirely 
lost and thrown away; and praying that the said 
Benjamin Bond Cabbell may be declared not duly 
elected, and that the said Return may be amended, 
and that the name of the said Benjamin Bond Cab- 
bell may be erased from the said Return, and that 
the name of the said John Alexander Hankey, or of 
the said Thomson Hankey, may be therein inserted 
in lieu thereof; and that the said John Alexander 
Hankey, or the said Thomson Hankey, may be al- 
lowed to take his seat as Member for the said Bo- 
rough in this present Parliament, or that the said 
Return and Election, as far as regards the said 
Benjamin Bond Cabbell, may be declared null and 
void, and the parties put to a new Election; and 
that the House will grant such further relief to the 
Petitioners as the nature and merits of the case may 
require, and as to the House may seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant or Warrants for such persons, papers and re- 
cords as shall be thought necessary by the several 
Parties on the hearing of the matter of the said 
Petitions. 


Plymouth, in the County of Devon, was read ; set- 
ting forth, That the Petitioners were, at and during 


the last Election of Members to serve in this pre- 
sent 





A Petition of the there-undersigned John Butter Plymouth 
and George Mennie, Electors of the Borough of ection. 








16 Vicrorriz. 


sent Parliament for the said Borough of Plymouth, 
registered Electors of the said Borough, and claimed 
to have and had a right to vote and did vote at 
the said Election ; that at the said Election, which 
took place in the month of July One thousand 
eight hundred and Fifty-two, Charles John Mare, 
Esquire, Robert Porrett Collier, Esquire, George 
Thomas Braine, Esquire, and Bickham Escott, 
Esquire, were Candidates to represent the said Bo- 
rough in Parliament; that a pol! having been de- 
manded, the same was taken by the Returning 
Officer for the said Borough, on the Ninth day of 
July One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two ; 
that the said Charles John Mare and Robert Por- 
rett Collier were by the Returning Officer declared 
to have had a majority of votes at the said Election, 
and to have been duly elected, and were returned 
as the Members duly elected to serve in this pre- 
sent Parliament for the said Borough of Plymouth ; 
that at the time of the said last Election of Mem- 
bers to serve in Parliament for the said Borough, 
and of the Return of the said Robert Porrett Collier 
as one of such Members as aforesaid, he the said 
Robert Porrett Collier was not, according to the 
true intent and meaning of the Act passed in the 
second year of the reign of Queen Victoria, inti- 
tuled, “ An Act to amend the Laws relating to the 
Qualification of Members to serve in Parliament,” 
duly qualified to be elected as a Member to serve 
in Parliament for the said Borough, and was, by 
reason of his want of such qualification as is men- 
tioned in the said Act for Members to be elected 
to serve in Parliament for Boroughs, incapable of 
being elected for the said Borough; that the said 
Robert Porrett Collier was not at the time of the 
said Election, and of his said Return as such Member 
as aforesaid, or at any time at and during the said 
Elegtion, seised or entitled for his own use or bene- 
fit of or to any estate, legal or equitable, in lands, 
tenements or hereditaments of any tenure whatso- 
ever, situate, lying or being within the United King- 
dom of Great Britain or Ireland, or in the rents or 
profits thereof, for his own life or for the life or lives 
of any other person or persons then living, or for 
a term of years either absolute or determinable on 
his own life or on the life or lives of any other per- 
son or persons then living, of which term not less 
than thirteen years were at the time of the said 
Election unexpired, such estate being of the clear 
yearly value of not less than three hundred pounds 
over and above all incumbrances affecting the same, 
nor was the said Robert Porrett Collier at the time 
of the said Election, or at the time of his said Re- 
turn as such Member as aforesaid, possessed and 
entitled for his own use and benefit, at law or in 
equity, for his own life or for the life or lives of any 
other person or persons then living, or for any term 
of years either absolute or determinable on his own 
life or for the life or lives of any other person or 
persons then living, of which term not less than 
thirteen years were at the time of the said Election 
unexpired, or of or to personal estate or effects of 
any nature or kind whatsoever, situate within the 
said United Kingdom, or the interest, dividends or 
annual proceeds of any such personal estate or 
effects, such personal estate or effects, interest, divi- 
dends or annual proceeds, actually producing the 
clear yearly income of not less than three hundred 
pounds over and above all incumbrances affecting 
the same ; nor did the said Robert Porrett Collier, 
at the time of the said Election, and of his said 
Return as such Member as aforesaid, or at any time 
at and during the said Election, possess more than 
one of the several kinds of qualification hereinbe- 
fore mentioned, being jointly sufficient to qualify 
him to serve as a Member for the said Borough ; 
that the said Robert Porrett Collier was not at the 
time of the said Election, and of his said Return 
as such Member as aforesaid, the eldest son or heir 


— of any Peer or Lord of Parliament, or of 


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103 


any person qualified by the said Act to serve as 
Knight of the Shire; that the said Robert Porrett 
Collier, during this present Session of Parliament, 
delivered in to the Clerk of the House, at the Table 
of the House, as by law provided, a paper signed 
by him the said Robert Porrett Collier, containing 
a statement of the estate and effects whereby he 
made out his qualification, to the purport or effect 
following, that is to say :— 


Statement of Qualification.—Statement of the Lands, 
Tenements and Hereditaments, or of the interest 
therein or arising therefrom, whereby I make out 
my qualification as a Member to serve in Parlia- 
ment, pursuant to the Act of the first and second 
years of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victo- 
ria, intituled, “ An Act for amending the Laws 
relating to the Qualification of Members to serve 
in Parliament.” 


Note.—If the Member qualifies in respect of lands, tene- 
ments or hereditaments, he must state the barony or baro- 
nies, parish or parishes, township or townships, precinct or 
precincts, and also the county or counties in which such 
lands, tenements or hereditaments are situate, and also the 
estate in the said lands, tenements or hereditaments, or in the 
rents and profits thereof, of or to which he is seised or entitled. 








| 
Barony, Parish, | —* — ds, 
—— ron Hereditaments, or in 
Tee . ed | COUNTY. the Rents or Profits 
H + - ” | thereof, of or to 
poe oy _ which the Party is 
wttunte. seised or entitled. 
Whitchurch and | 
Sampford Spiney | Devon - ~~} Freehold. 
St. George's, Han-| 
over-square - | Middlesex - | Leasehold. 
R. P. Collier. 








Statement of the Personal Estate or Effects whereby 
I make out my qualification as a Member to 
serve in Parliament, pursuant to the Act of the 
first and second years of the reign of Her Ma- 
jesty Queen Victoria, intituled, “ An Act for 
amending the Laws relating to the Qualification 
of Members to serve in Parliament.” 

Note.—If the Member qualifies in respect of personal 
estate or effects, he must state of what nature and where 
situate such personal estate or effects are, and what interest 
he hath in such personal estate or effects, and upon what se- 
curities and in whose names the same are vested. 





What Interest the} Upon what Security, 


Nature of Party hath in and in whose 
Personal Estate or Effects, such Names such Personal 
and where situate. Personal Estate Estate or Effects 
or Effects. are vested, 














Note.—In case the Member qualifies in respect of qualifi- 
cations jointly sufficient, he must make a similar statement 
in respect of each. 


That the qualification mentioned and described 
in the said declaration is wholly insufficient and in- 
valid to qualify the said Robert Porrett Collier as a 
Member to serve in Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough; that at the time of the said Election and 
Return, and of making the declaration aforesaid, 
the said Robert Porrett Collier was not seised or 
entitled, either at law or in equity, and had not 
such an estate for his own use and benefit in or to 
the lands mentioned in the said declaration, or the 
rents or profits thereof, as is mentioned in the said 
declaration, or as would qualify him the said Robert 

O4 Porrett 





104 


Porrett Collier to be elected as a Member for the 
said Borough, according to the true intent and 
meaning of the said Act, and that the qualification 
arising out of the said lands mentioned in the said 
declaration was insufficient to qualify the said Ro- 
bert Porrett Collier as a Member to serve in Par- 
liament for the said Borough; that the lands men- 
tioned in the said declaration, and out of which the 
qualification of the said Robert Porrett Collier is 
therein stated to arise, are not of sufficient value, 
either annually or otherwise, to confer a qualifica- 
tion on the said Robert Porrett Collier to enable 
him to serve in Parliament for the said Borough; 
that the qualification mentioned in the said declara- 
tion is insufficient, both as regards the title of the 
said Robert Porrett Collier and the entire of the 
property described, to confer a qualification on the 
said Robert Porrett Collier to be elected as a Mem- 
ber to serve in Parliament for the said Borough ; 
that the said Robert Porrett Collier was not at the 
time of his said Election, by reason of his want of 
qualification, capable of being elected as Member 
for the said Borough, and was not qualified to serve 
in Parliament, and that the Election and Return 
of the said Robert Porrett Collier were and are 
wholly null and void; that the Election and Re- 
turn of the said Robert Porrett Collier were and 
are, under the circumstances thereinbefore set forth, 
wholly null and void; that before and during the 
said Election the said Robert Porrett Collier was, by 
himself and his agents, friends, managers and par- 
tisans, guilty of divers acts of bribery and corrup- 
tion, in order to corrupt and procure, and did, by 
his agents, friends, managers and partisans, and b 

many other persons employed in his behalf, by 
gifts, presents, money and rewards, and by offers of 
gifts, presents, money and rewards, and by promises, 
agreements and securities for money, gifts, employ- 
ment and rewards, and by threats, intimidation, 
promises, undue influence, and other corrupt and 
illegal practices, acts and means, corrupt and pro- 
cure divers persons having or claiming to have votes 
at the said Election, to give their votes in favour of 
him the said Robert Porrett Collier, or to forbear 
to give their votes in favour of the said Charles John 
Mare; that the said Robert Porrett Collier, by the 
said corrupt and illegal practices, was and is wholly 
disabled, incapacitated and ineligible to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said Borough, and the 
said Election and Return of the said Robert Por- 
re(t Collier were and are wholly null and void ; that 
the said Robert Porrett Collier did, by hinself, his 
friends, agents and others acting for and sanctioned 
by him, give or cause and procure to be given, and 
did promise and agree to give, and did know of and 
consent to the giving and procuring to be given, 
money, gifts and rewards, offices and places to 
divers persons, upon certain engagements, contracts 
and agreements, that such persons to whom and to 
whose use and in whose behalf such gifts and pro- 
mises were made, should by themselves and others, at 
their solicitation respectively, request and command, 
procure and endeavour to procure the return of him 
the said Robert Porrett Collier at such Election ; 
that after the teste of the Writ for holding the said 
Election, and before, at and during the said Elec- 
tion, the said Robert Porrett Collier did, by himself 
and his agents, friends and partisans, or by divers 
ways and means, in his behalf or at his charge, di- 
rectly and indirectly give, present and allow to per- 
sons having votes in and at the said Election, money, 
meat, drink, entertainment and provision, and did 
make presents, gifts, rewards and entertainments, and 
did make promises, agreements, obligations and en- 
gagements to give and allow money, meat, drink, 
provision, presents, rewards and entertainments, to 
und for persons having votes in and at the said 
Election, and to and for the use, benefit and advan- 
tage, employment, profit and preferment of such 
persons, to induce such persons to vote at the said 





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A. 1852. 


Election for the said Robert Porrett Collier, or to 
forbear to vote at the said Election for the said 
Charles John Mare, or in order that he the said 
Robert Porrett Collier might be elected or for heing 
elected to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough; that by reason of the said last-men- 
tioned corrupt and illegal practices, the said Robert 
Porrett Collier was and is wholly incapacitated and 
ineligible to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough, and the said Election and Return of 
the said Robert Porrett Collier were and are wholly 
null and void ; that before,during and after the said 
Election, the said Robert Porrett Collier did by 
himself and his agents, friends and partisans, or by 
or with divers persons, or in divers ways and manners, 
directly or indirectly give or provide, or did cause or 
did knowingly allow to be given orprovided, wholly 
or partly at his expense, or did pay wholly or in part 
divers expenses incurred for meat, drink, entertain- 
ment and provision to and for divers persons, for 
the purpose of corruptly influencing divers of such 
»ersons, or divers other persons, to give their votes 
in the said Election forthe said Robert Porrett Col- 
lier, or to refrain from giving their votes in the said 
Election for the said Charles John Mare, or for the 
purpose of corruptly rewarding divers of such per- 
sons, or divers other persons, for having given their 
votes in the said Election for the said Robert Porrett 
Collier, or for having refrained from giving their 
votes at the said Election for the said Charles John 
Mare; that by reason of the last-mentioned and 
illegal practices, the said Robert Porrett Collier 
was and is wholly disabled, incapacitated and ineli- 
gible to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
Borough, and the said Election and Return of the 
said Fobert Porrett Collier were and are wholly 
null and void ; that by reason of the premises, and 
of the last-mentioned corrupt and illegal practices, 
the said Election and Return of the said Robert 
Porrett Collier were and are wholly null and void ; 
and praying thatthe House will take the premises into 
their consideration, and will declare that at the time 
of the said last Election of Members to serve in the 
present Parliament for the said Borough of P/y- 
mouth, the said Robert Porrett Collier was disquali- 
fied by law, and incapable of being elected as one 
of such Members, and that the said Robert Porrett 
Collier was not duly elected at the said Election as 
one of such Members, and ought not to have been 
returned thereat, and that his Election and Return 
are wholly null and void ; and that the House will 
grant to the Petitioners such further and other relief 
in the premises as the merits of the case may require, 
and to the House shall seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of Peter Norton, of the Borough of Athlone 
Athlone, in Ireland, draper, and of John Norton, of Etectiom 


the same place, draper, was read; setting forth, 
That the Petitioners were, at and during the last 
Election of a Member to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the Borough of Athlone, registered Elec- 
tors ef the said Borough, and had a right to vote at 
the said Election ; that at the said last Election of 
a Member to serve in Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough, in the month of July One thousand eight 
hundred and Fifty-two, William Keogh, Esquire, and 
Robert .B. Lawes, Esquire, were Candidates to re- 
present the said Borough in Parliament; that a poll 
having been demanded, the same was taken by the 
Returning Officer for the said Borough on the Ninth 
day of July One thousand eight hundred and Fifty- 
two; that the said William Keogh was by the said 
Returning Officer declared to have had a majority 
of votes at the said Election, and to have been duly 
elected, 








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elected, and was returned as the Member duly 
elected to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Borough of Athlone; that at the time of the said 
Election of a Member to serve in Parliament for 
the said Borough, and of his said Return as such 
Member as aforesaid, the said William Keogh, Es- 
quire, was not, according to the true intent and 
meaning of the Act passed in the second year of 
the reign of Queen vi 


25° Novembris. 











105 


dred and Fifty-two, at the Election of the said Bo- 
rough, immediately after a poll having been de- 
manded by the said Robert Lawes, the said 
William Keogh was duly required by the Petitioners 
to make and subscribe a declaration of qualification, 
required to be made pursuant to the provisions of « 
certain Act of Parliament passed in the second year 
| of the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled, “ An 





ictoria, intituled, “ An Act to | Act to amend the Laws relating to Qualifications of 


amend the Laws relating to the Qualification of Members to serve in Parliament,” and that on the 
Members to serve in Parliament,” duly qualified to Twelfth day of July One thousand eight hun- 
be elected as a Member to serve in Parliament for | dred and Fifty-two, and some time before the said 
the said Borough, nor was the said William Keogh, | poll had commenced, due notice was publicly given 
Esquire, at the time of the said last Election, or to the Electors of the said Borough of Athlone, that 
at the time of his said Return as such Member as | the qualification ofthe said William Keogh to sit as 
aforesaid, seised or entitled for his own use or benefit, a Member of Parliament, required by the said last- 
of or to any estate, legal or equitable, in lands, tene- | mentioned Act, had been duly questioned, and would 
ments or hereditaments of any tenure whatsoever, | be impeached before aCommittee of the House, there- 
situate, lying or being within the United Kingdom | fore that all votes given to the said William Keogh 
of Great Britain or Ireland, or in the rents or profits | would be thrown away, and the said voters were 
thereof, for his own life or for the life or lives of cautioned to inform themselves of the validity of the 
any other person or persons then living, or for) said William Keogh’s qualitication before they voted ; 
a term of years either absolute or determinable} that the Petitioners further show, that they are in- 
on his own life or on the life or lives of any other| formed, and believe, that the said William Keogh 
person or persons then living, of which term not| did make a declaration as if in compliance with said 
less than thirteen years were at the time of the said | requisition before a Justice of the Peace, but after his 
Election unexpired, such estate being of the clear| Election and Return the said William Keogh ob- 
yearly value of not less than three hundred pounds | tained from the said Justice of the Peace such de- 
over and above all incumbrances affecting the same, | claration or supposed declaration as aforesaid, and 



















nor was the said Williem Keogh, Esquire, at the 
time of the said Election, or at the time of his said 
Return as such Member as aforesaid, possessed and 
entitled for his own use and benefit, at law or in 
equity, for his own life or for the life or lives of any 
other person or persons then living, or for any term 
of years either absolute or determinable on his own 
life or for the life or lives of any other person or 
persons then living, of which term not less than 
thirteen years were, at the time of his said Elec- 
tion, unexpired ; or of or to personal estate or ef- 
fects of any nature or kind whatsoever, situate 
within the said United Kingdom, or the interest, 
dividends or annual proceeds, actually producing 
the clear yearly income of not less than three hun- 
dred pounds over and above all incumbrances al- 


| has destroyed or suppressed the same ; and the Pe- 
| titioners aver that such declaration, nor the making 
| thereof, has not been certified to the High Court of 
| Chancery in Jreland, nor to the Court of Queen’s 
' Bench in Jreland, within three months after the 
| making the same, as directed by the statute in such 
| case made and provided; and the Petitioners submit, 

that the said William Keogh has not complied with 
| the statute of the first and second Victoria, chapter 

forty-eight, and has not made a declaration in the 
/manner and form directed by said Act, and that 
_ therefore the Election and Return of the said Wil- 
| liam Keogh is and are wholly null and void ; and 

the Petitioners aver, that the qualification, if any, 
set forth in such declaration is merely a colourable 
and not a real bond fide qualification, and fur- 














fecting the same; nor did the said William Keogh, | ther: that such qualification is insufficient in point of 
Esquire, at the time of the said last Election, or at | law, and is not in compliance with the Act of Par- 
the time of his said Return as such Member as | liament in such case made and provided ; the Peti- 





aforesaid, possess more than one of the several 
kinds of qualification thereinbefore mentioned, which 
were jointly sufficient to qualify him to serve as 
Member for the said Borough ; that the said Wil- 
liam Keogh, Esquire, was not, at the time of the 
said Election, or at the time of his said Return as 
such Member as aforesaid, the eldest son or heir 
apparent of any Peer or Lord of Parliament, or of 
any person qualified by the last-mentioned Act, or 
by any other Act, to serve as Knight of the Shire, 
and therefore that the said William Keogh was not 
capable of being elected at the said Election a 
Member of the House for the said Borough of Ath- 
lone, and was not duly qualified as a Member to 
serve in Parliament for the said Borough of Ath- 
lone, and the said Election and Return of the said 
William Keogh were and are wholly null and void ; 
that at the time of the said Election the said Wil- 
liam Keogh was wholly ineligible and incapacitated 
to be elected as a Member for the said Borough, 
by reason that he the said William Keogh was not, 
at the time of the said Election, duly qualified by 
seisin or possession of real or personal estate, or 
effects of such a nature, or to such amount, as was 
and is by law necessary to qualify him to sit and to 
be elected, and to render him the said William 
Keogh capable of being elected a Member of the 
House for the said Borough, and for the want of 
such qualification, and of the incapacity last afore- 
said, the Election and Return of the said William 
Keogh were and are wholly null and void; that on 
the Twelfth day of July One thousand eight hun- 
VoL. 108. 


tioners further show, that at or during the said 
| Election a certain other requisition, duly signed as 
required by the statute in such case ont and pro- 
vided, was served upon the said William Keogh, re- 
| quirmg him to make a declaration of his property 
| qualification pursuant to the statute in such case 
made and provided ; and the Petitioners are informed 
that the said William Keogh asserts that he did 
make a declaration in answer to such requisition 
before another Justice of the Peace, but the Peti- 
tioners aver, and will prove, that such declaration, 
if ever so made as alleged, is merely colourable, 
and not a real or bond fide qualification, as is re- 
quired by the Act of Parliament in such case 
made and provided ; and further, that such qualifi- 
cation is insufficient in point of law, and is not in 
compliance with the Act of Parliament, which re- 
quires the Candidates or Members to have property 
—— that at the time of the Election and 
eturn of the said William Keogh, and of his 
making the said declaration as last aforesaid, the 
said William Keogh was not so seised or entitled, 
either at law or in equity, and had not such an 
estate for his own use and benefit in or to the said 
freeholds, leaseholds, houses, tenements, yards and 
premises situate as in the said declaration is men- 
tioned, nor in or to such annuities, moneys, goods 
and chattels, situate, arising and being as in the said 
declaration is mentioned, nor was he so entitled or 
possessed for his own use and benefit to such free- 
holds, leaseholds, houses, tenements, yards and pre- 
mises situate as in the said declaration is mentioned, 
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nor in or to such annuities, moneys, goods and chat- 
tels situate, arising and being as in the said decla- 
ration is mentioned as would qualify him the said 
William Keogh to be elected as a Sl oaher of the 
House for the said Borough of Athlone, according 
to the true intent and meaning of the said Act, inti- 
tuled, “ An Act to amend the Laws relating to the 
Qualification of Members to serve in Parliament ;” 
that the qualification arising out of the freeholds, 
leasehold houses, tenements, yards and premises, 
annuities, moneys, goods and chattels mentioned in 
the said declaration, was insufficient to qualify the 
said William Keogh as a Member to serve in Par- 
liament for the said Borough, and that the said 
William Keogh was not at the time of his said Elec- 
tion and Return, by reason of his said want of quali- 
fication, capable of being elected a Member for the 
said Borough, and was not qualified as a Member 
to serve in Parliament for the said Borough, and 
that the Election and Return of the said William 
Keogh were and are thereby null and void; that 
upon the state of the poll being about to be de- 
clared, and before the Returning Officer made such 
declaration, the said Robert B Lawes objected 
thereto, and protested against the said William 
Keogh, Esquire, being returned as a Member for 
the said Borough, by reason of the said William 
Keogh not being entitled to be so returned for want 
of being duly qualified to be elected as a Member 
of the aeons but the Returning Officer declared 
to the Electors of the said Borough that the said 
William Keogh was elected, subject to the said pro- 
test; that the said declaration so made as aforesaid 
by the said William Keogh was and is vague and 
uncertain, and did not and does not sufficiently 
state the nature of the qualification of the said Wil- 
liam Keogh, and the particulars of the same, as re- 
ape by the provisions of the said Act, and that 
the said declaration is defective and insuflicient, 
and that the said William Keogh did thereby wil- 
fully refuse and neglect to make and subscribe, 
within twenty-four hours after the said request of 
the Petitioners, such a declaration as is required by 
the said last-mentioned Act of Parliament, and 
therefore that the said Election and Return of the 
said William Keogh were and are null and void, and 
that the votes given at the said Election for the said 
William Keogh were thrown away ; that the Peti- 
tioners have been informed, and verily believe, that 
the declaration of qualification delivered in by the 
said William Keogh, Esquire, at the Table of the 
House since the said Election for the Borough of 
Athlone is other than and different from the decla- 
ration of qualification made by him at the said Elec- 
tion as aforesaid; the Petitioners further allege and 
charge that the said Election and Return of Wil- 
liam Keogh, Esquize, was effected and carried by 
gross bribery — corruption and treating, and b 

great intimidation; that the said William Keogh 
was, by himself, his agents, managers and sup- 
porters, guilty of gross and systematic bribery, cor- 
ruption and treating of the Electors of the said Bo- 
rough at former Elections for the same, whereby 
and by means whereof the said William Keogh had 
at the last Election acquired a corrupt influence and 
power over the voters of the said Borough, and 
thereby at the said Election corruptly influenced 
them to vote for him; that such the same systematic 


corrapt bribery and treating was practised by the | 


said William Keogh, his agents, friends and su 
porters, and by means whereof a majority of the 
voters of the said Borough were corruptly influenced 


to give their votes at said Election for the said | 
Will 


illiam Keogh ; that the said William Keogh was, 
by himself, agents, friends, managers and sup- 
porters, guilty of great intimidation, and by speeches, 
acts and conduct, and aided by mobs, terrified, 
alarmed and frightened the was ores and other 
Electors of the said Borough to give their votes for 
him the said William Keogh at the said Election, from 


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A. 1852. 


dread and apprehension of personal violence to them- 
selves and families; and praying that the House 
will be pleased to take the premises into their con- 
sideration, and will declare the said William Keogh, 
Esquire, was not duly elected at the said last Elec- 
tion as a Member for the said Borough of Athlone, 
and ought not to have been returned thereat, or that 
the House will declare the said last Election for the 
said Borough to have been wholly null and void; 
and that the House may make such further order 
and give such further relief in the premises as the 
House shall think fit, and the nature and merits of 
the case may require. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records 
as shall be thought necessary by the several Parties 
on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of Crofton Moore Vandeleur, of Kil- Clare Election, 


rush, in the County of Clare, Esquire, a Candidate 
at the last Election of Members to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said County of Clare, 
was read; setting forth, That the Petitioner was 
a Candidate at the last Election of Members to 
serve in this present Parliament for the County 
of Clare; that Sir John Forster Fitzgerald, «.c.B., 
and Cornelius O’ Brien, Esquires, were the other 
Candidates; that a poll having been demanded, 
the same was granted and proceeded with, and Ed- 
mond John Armstrong, Esquire, the High Sheriff of 
the said County, officiated thereat as the Returning 
Officer; that at the close of the poll the number of 
votes in favour of the said several Candidates was 
declared by the said Returning Officer to be, for the 
said Sir John Forster Fitzgerald, One thousand 
one hundred and fifty-two, for the said Cornelius 
O’ Brien, One thousand one hundred and forty-one, 
and for the Petitioner, One thousand one hundred 
and thirty-nine, showing an apparent ws weg of 
votes in favour of the said Sir John Forster Fitz- 
gerald and Cornelius O’ Brien over the Petitioner ; 
whereupon the said Returning Officer declared the 
said Sir John Forster Fitzgerald and Cornelius 
QO’ Brien to be duly elected and returned as duly 
elected Members to represent the said County in 
this present Parliament ; that the said majority of 
votes stated to have been given in favour of the 
said Sir John Forster Fitzgerald and Cornelius 
O’ Brien, or one of them, was only a colourable and 
apparent majority, and that the majority of good, 
legal and valid votes at the said Election was in 
favour of the Petitioner, who was in fact duly elected 
thereat, and ought to have been returned as one of 
the Members to serve in Parliament for the said 
County; that at the said Election several persons 
who since the revision of the Lists of Voters for the 
said County, in the year One thousand eight hundred 
and Fifty-one, by the Revising Barrister appointed 
to revise such Lists, had become disqualified by 
parting with or ceasing to occupy the property in 
respect of which their names had been inserted on 
the Register of Voters in force at the time of such 
Election, were nevertheless admitted to vote at 
the said Election, and did vote for the said Sir 
John Forster Fitzgerald and Cornelius O’ Brien, or 
one of them, and such votes should now be struck 
off the poll accordingly ; that several persons whose 
names were not on the Register of Voters for the 
said County at the time of such Election, and many 
persons who falsely and fraudulently personated other 
persons whose names were on the said Register, but 
who did not vote at such Election, were improperly 
admitted to vote at such Election, and did vote 
thereat for the said Sir John Forster Fitzgerald and 
Cornelius O’ Brien, or one of them, and such votes 
ought to be expunged from the poll accordingly ; 
that divers other persons who were not entitled to 
vote at the said Election, by reason that their names 
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were not on the Register of Voters for the said | some other capacity, for the purpose of such Elec- 
County of Clare in force at the time of the said Elec- | tion; and had either before, during or after such 
tion, but who personated other persons entitled or | Election, accepted or taken from the said Candidates 
claiming to be entitled to vote at the said Election, | or some or one of them, or from some other person, 
or who, though duly registered, were dead or absent | for or in consideration of or with reference to such 
at the time of such Election, were nevertheless al- employment, a sum or sums of money, or a retaining 
lowed and admitted to vote at the said Election for | fee, office, place or employment, or a promise or se- 
the said Sir John Forster Fitzgerald and Cornelius | curity for a sum or sums of money, or a retaining 
O’ Brien, or one of them, and such votes being frau- | fee, office, place or employment, and whose votes 
dulent and illegal, ought to be struck off the poll are therefore utterly void, and ought to be struck off 
accordingly ; that many persons were admitted to | the poll accordingly ; that before, during and after 
vote at the said Election a second time, and did vote | the said Election, the said Sir John Forster Fitzgerald 


16 Victroriz. 


for the said Sir John Forster Fitzgerald, although 
such persons had before voted at the same or dif- 
ferent polling-booths at the said Election for the said 
Sir Solu Forster Fitzgerald and for the said Cor- 
nelius O Brien, or one of them; that many persons 
were admitted to vote at the said Election a second 
time, and did vote for the said Cornelius O’ Brien, 
although such persons had before voted either at the 
same or different polling-booths at the same Election 
for the said Cornelius O’ Brien, and for the Petitioner, 
or one of them; that many persons whose names 
were upon the Register in force at the time of the 
said Election, but who subsequently to the expiration 
of the time allowed for making out the Lists of 
Voters from which the said Register of Voters so 
in force at the time of such Election had been made 
up, had become legally incapable of voting at the 
said Election, and who were legally incapable at the 


did, by himself, his agents, friends and partisans, by 
divers ways and means, at his charge and on his 
behalf, directly and indirectly give, provide, present 
and allow, and cause and knowingly allow to be 
given and provided, to persons having votes at the 
| said Election, money, meat, drink, entertainment, 
provision and Pere and make presents, gifts, re- 
wards and promises, agreements and engagements to 
give money, meat, drmk, entertainment, provision 
and rewards, to and for persons having votes as afore- 
said, and to and for the use, advantage, benefit, en- 
joyment, profit and preferment of such persons, in 
order that he the said Sir John Forster Fitzgerald 
might be elected, or for being elected a Stephen to 
serve in Parliament for the said County ; that before, 
during and after the said Election, the said Cornelius 
O’ Brien, by himself, his agents, friends, managers and 
| partisans, was guilty of bribery and corruption, and 





time they so voted respectively, were nevertheless | did, by gifts, presents, money, rewards and provisions, 
admitted to vote at the said Election, and did vote agreements and securities for money, gifts and re- 
for the said Sir John Forster Fitzgerald and Cor-| wards, and by other corrupt, illegal and improper 
nelius O’ Brien, or one of them, and that such votes | practices, acts and means, corrupt, procure and com- 
ought to be struck off the poll accordingly ; that | pel divers persons having or claiming to have votes 
many persons who had become personally disqualified | at the said Election, to give their votes at the said 
to vote at such Election by holding disqualifying Election for the said Sir John Forster Fitzgerald and 
offices, and by other legal incapacities arising under Cornelius O’ Brien, or one of them, and to forbear 
and by virtue of divers statutes then in force, were | to give their votes for the Petitioner; that the said 
nevertheless admitted to vote thereat, and did vote Sir John Forster Fitzgerald did, by himself, his 
for the said Sir John Forster Fitzgerald and Cor- | agents, friends, partisans and others on his behalf, 
nelius O’ Brien, or one of them, and such votes ought | before, during and after the said Election, in divers 
to be expunged from the poll accordingly; that on| ways and means, directly and indirectly give and 
the taking of the said poll, divers persons who were | provide, and knowingly allow to be given and pro- 
Electors of the said County, and entitled to vote at| vided, wholly or partly at his expense, or did pay 
the said Election, did actually duly give their votes | wholly or in part for meat, drink, entertainment and 
thereat for the Petitioner, but the votes of such per- | provision, to and for divers persons having votes at 
sons were nevertheless entered on the poll-books by | the said Election, for the purpose of corruptly in- 
the said Returning Officer, or by the poll-clerks em- | fluencing such persons, and divers other persons, 
ployed at such Election, in favour of the said Sir having votes at such Election to give their votes to 
John Forster Fitzgerald and the said Cornelius | the said Sir John Forster Fitzgerald and Cornelius 





O’ Brien, or one of them, and were improperly and 
unduly reckoned in favour of one or both of the said 
last-mentioned Candidates, by means whereof the 
votes of such persons were wholly lost to the Peti- 
tioner, and such votes ought now to be struck off 
the poll of the said Sir John Forster Fitzgerald and 
Cornelius O’ Brien, or one of them, and ought to be 
added to the poll of the Petitioner ; that divers per- 
sons who were duly registered as Electors for the 
said County, and entitled to vote as such at the said 
Election, and who tendered their votes thereat for 
the Petitioner, were on various illegal and absurd 
pretences, such as a variance or mistake in a chris- 
tian name or other name or names of such voters 
respectively, and on other pretences refused and re- 
jected at the said Election by the said Returning 
Officer or his deputies, and were not allowed to enter 
their votes for the Petitioner, and their votes were 


O’ Brien, or one of them, or to refrain from giving 
their said votes at such Election to the Petitioner, or 
for the purpose of corruptly rewarding such persons 
or other persons for having given or refrained from 
giving their votes at such Election ; that many per- 
sons were admitted to vote and did vote at the said 
Election for the said Sir John Forster Fitzgerald and 
Cornelius O’ Brien, who had been respectively regis- 
tered, and who claimed to vote in respect of such 
registration, who were not entitled to vote thereat, 
inasmuch as after the time of their being so respec- 
tively registered and the time of their said voting, 
they had become respectively disqualified by re- 
ceiving alms or parochial relief, or by reason of their 
having been long after the time of their said re- 
spective registration, and before and at the said Elec- 
tion, or so recently before the said Election as to 
have become thereby by law disqualified from voting, 















not reckoned or counted for the Petitioner ; whereas | employed by or under the Postmaster-general or his 
such votes ought then to have been received, and | deputy in receiving, collecting or managing the reve- 
ought now to be added to the poll in favour of the | nue of the Post-office, or by reason of being en- 
Petitioner accordingly ; that divers persons were ad- | gaged in collecting the Customs or Excise or some 
mitted to vote and did vote at the said Election for | other of the public taxes in Jreland, or some part 
the said Sir John Forster Fitzgerald and Cornelius | thereof, or by other legal or personal disqualifica- 
O’Brien, or one of them, who were or had been, | tions, and whose names ought to be struck from the 
either during such Election, or within Six calendar | poll ; that previous to and during the said Election 
months previous to such Election, or within Fourteen | there was established and acted upon, not only in the 
days after it was completed, employed at such Elec- said County but in the surrounding and adjoining 
tion as agent, attorney, poll-clerk, flagman, or in districts of the country, an organized and premedi- 

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108 25° Novembris. A. 1852. 


tated system of excitement, menace, violence, riot 
and outrage, for the purpose of intimidating and pre- 
venting the Electors of the said County, who were 
willing and anxious to poll in favour of the Peti- 
tioner, from polling for him, and of forcing and com- 
pelling certain of the said Electors to vote for the 
said Sir John Forster Fitzgerald and Cornelius 
O’ Brien, or one of them, and that the said system 
of intimidation, violence, riot and coercion was car- 
ried on previously to and during and throughout the 
said Election, and that divers Electors were thereby 
terrified, coerced and prevented from polling for the 


their agents, friends, partisans and managers, from 
various and distant districts of the said County of 
Clare and the County and City of Limerick, and 
armed with sticks, bludgeons and other weapons, 
were paraded through the said County both by day 
and night previous to and during and until after the 
close of the said Election, using threats and menaces 
of violence and injury to all such Electors as should 
vote for the Petitioner, and did on several occasions, 
by actual force, violence and intimidation, prevent 
the Petitioner and his friends and supporters from 
canvassing the Electors of the said County, and 











Petitioner, and divers others of the said Electors | force and compel him and them to abandon the busi- 
were coerced and compelled, contrary to their free- | ness of the said Electors, in violation of the freedom 
will and intention, and by force and violence and |of Election, and contrary to the laws and constitu- 
threats and intimidation of various kinds, to vote for | tion of this realm; that by reason of the aforesaid 
the said Sir John Forster Fitzgerald and Cornelius | corrupt and illegal practices, and violent, riotous and 
O’ Brien, or one of them, and that the said Election | tumultuous proceedings, the said Sir John Forster 
and Return of the said Sir John Forster Fitzgerald | Pitageret and Cornelius O’Brien were and are 
and Cornelius O’ Brien ought, by reason of the pre- | wholly disabled and incapacitated and ineligible to 
mises, to be declared null and void, and the votes so | serve in this present Parliament for the said County 
given for them, or either of them, struck off the poll; of Clare, and the Election and Return of the said 
that for many days previous to the Election, large Sir John Forster Fitzgerald and Cornelius O’ Brien, 
and organise ae and bodies of peasantry, in the | or one of them, was and is wholly null and void ; 
interest of the said Sir John Forster Fitzgerald and | that the said Sir John Forster Fitzgerald was not at 
Cornelius O’ Brien, and thereto instigated, employed | the time of his nomination as a Candidate, or at the 
and led by their agents, managers and partisans, | time of his Election and Return as such Member, 
proceeded by night as well as by day to the dwell- | qualified in respect of estate or property, birth, de- 
ings of divers Electors who were known or believed | gree or otherwise, pursuant to the provisions of the 
to be willing and anxious to vote for the Petitioner, | Act of Parliament of the first and second Victoria, 
and by force, violence and menaces attempted to | chapter 48, or any other Act now in force for regu- 
carry away and in some instances succeeded in car- | lating the qualifications of Members to serve in Par- 
rying away, several of the Electors, and by force and | liament; that at the time of the said Election, the 
violence carried them away into distant parts of the | said Sir John Forster Fitzgerald was not the eldest 
country, and kept and detained them there by force | son or heir apparent of any Peer or Lord of Parlia- 
and violence until after the close of the said Elec- | ment, nor of any person qualified by law to serve as 
tion, in order to prevent them voting, and did thereby | a Knight of the Shire, and the said Sir John Forster 
prevent them voting at the said Election for the Pe- | Fitzyerald was not at the time of such Election 
titioner; that in like manner large and tumultuous | seised of or entitled for his own use and benefit, of 
mobs of persons acting in the interest of the said | or to an estate legal or equitable in lands, tenements 
Sir John Forster Fitzgerald and Cornelius O’ Brien, or hereditaments, of any tenure whatsoever, situate, 
or one of them, and being thereto instigated, em- |lying or being within the United Kingdom of Great 
6 pe and led by them and their agents, managers | Britain and Ireland, or in the rents and profits 
and partisans, proceeded to the dwellings of nume- | thereof, for his own life or for the life or lives of any 
rous other Electors of the said County, and by other person or persons then living, or for a term of 
violence, menaces, tumult and intimidation, so terri- | years either absolute or determinable on his own life 
fied and overawed the said Electors as thereby to | or on the life or lives of any other person or persons 
induce them, contrary to their wishes and intentions, | then living, of which term not less than thirteen 
and out of fear of personal violence, were compelled | years were at the time of his Election unexpired, 
to give their votes in favour of the said Sir John | such estate being of the clear yearly value of Six 
Forster Fitzgerald and Cornelius O’ Brien, or one | hundred pounds over and above all incumbrances af- 
of them, or to forbear from giving their votes in fa- | fecting the same, nor was he at the time of his said 
vour of the Petitioner, whereby and by means | Election possessed or entitled for his own use and 
whereof the said Election and Return is and ought | benefit, at law or in equity, for his own life or for the 
to be declared null and void; that before, at and | life or lives of any other person or persons then 
during the said Election the most open, general and | living, or for on! term of years, either absolute or 
outrageous violence and systematic intimidation were determinable on his own life or on the life or lives of 
carried on by the agents, managers and partisans of | any other person or persons then living, of which 
the said Sir John Forster Fitzgerald and Cornelius | term not less than thirteen years were at the time of 
O’ Brien, and by persons employed and directed by ‘the said Election unexpired, of or to personal estate 
them or some of them, and by large mobs and bodies | or effects of any nature or kind whatsoever, within 
of persons hired and paid for the said purpose and | the said United Kingdom, nor of or to the interests, 
in the interest of the said Sir John Seater Fitz- | dividends or annual proceeds of any such personal 
gerald and Cornelius O’ Brien, whereby several Elec- | estate or effects, such personal estate or effects, in- 
tors who were anxious to vote and would have voted terest, dividends or annual proceeds actually pro- 
at said Election for the Petitioner, were induced ‘ducing the clear yearly income of not less than Six 
through fear and terror to give their votes in favour | hundred pounds over and above all incumbrances af- 
of the said Sir John Forster Fitzgerald and Cornelius | fecting the same, nor did he at the time of the said 
O’ Srien, or one of them, or to abstain from voting | Election possess more than one of the said several 
for the Petitioner, whereby the said Election and | kinds of qualifications hereinbefore mentioned, the 
Return is null and void ; that for the purpose of car- | said several qualifications of or to which he was so 
rying on the said intimidation and violence, and ex- | seised, possessed or entitled, being jointly of suf- 
citing and causing fear and terror in the minds of | ficient value to qualify him to be elected as a Mem- 
the Electors of said County, large mobs or bodies | ber to serve in Parliament for the said County, ac- 
of persons, being in some part voters and inhabitants | cording to the provisions in the said Act in that case 
of the said County, but for the most part not being | made and provided, and therefore that the said Sir 
Electors or inhabitants of the same, but persons who John Forster Fitzgerald was not duly qualified, and 
were induced and employed to come, and were led was not capable of being elected a asker of the 
and brought into the said County by the said Sir House of Commons for the said County, and the 
John Forster Fitzgerald and Cornelius O’ Brien, and said Election and Return of the said Sir — whee 
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Knares- 
borough 
Election. 





16 Vicroriz. 


Fitzgerald is therefore wholly null and void; that 
the declaration made by the said Sir John Forster 
Fitzgerald, and the relative statement or paper signed 
by him referred to in his said declaration, purporting 
to contain a statement of the lands, tenements or 
hereditaments, or other personal estate or effects 
whereby he purported to make out his ya 
and delivered in by him to the Clerk of the House 
of Commons, was and is merely a colourable and 
not a real or bond fide qualification in pursuance of 
and according to the true intent and meaning of the 
said Act of Parliament; and further, that such quali- 
fication is insufficient and invalid in law; and praying 
the House to take the said premises into considera- 
tion, and to findeand declare the said Election and 
Return of the said Sir John Forster Fitzgerald and 
Cornelius O’Brien, or one of them, to be wholly 
null and void, and to find and declare the Petitioner 
to have been duly elected a Member to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said County of Clare, and 
that the Return may be amended accordingly, or 
that the House will declare that the Election and 
Return of the said Sir John Forster Fitzgerald and 
Cornelius O’ Brien, or one of them, is wholly null 
and void, and will grant such further and other 
relief in the premises as to the House shall seem 
meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of Thomas Collins, junior, Esquire, of 
Knaresborough, in the county of York, was read ; 
setting forth, That the Petitioner was, at the last 
Election for Members to serve in Parliament for 
the Borough of Knaresborough, an Elector of the 
said Borough, and voted at the said Election ; that 
the Petitioner was also a Candidate to represent the 
said Borough at the said Election ; that at the said 
Election, Joshua Procter Brown Westhead, John 
Dent Dent, Basil Thomas Woodd and the Peti- 
tioner were respectively Candidates, and that a poll 
being demanded and taken, at the close thereof the 
numbers were for the said three first-named Candi- 
dates, One hundred and thirteen votes each, and for 
the Petitioner, One hundred ard seven votes, where- 
upon the Returning Officer declared the numbers so 
to be, and that the said three first-named Candidates 
were duly elected to serve in the present Parliament 
as Members for the Borough of Knaresborough ; 
the Petitioner alleges that the Borough of Knares- 
borough is entitled to send two Members to serve in 
Parliament and no more, and that the said Return, 
so far as it relates to the said Joshua Procter Brown 
Westhead aud John Dent Dent, was and is a double 
null and void Return ; that divers persons gave votes 
for the said Joshua Procter Brown Westhead and 
John Dent Dent who were not entitled, and ought not 
to have voted, because they had not, ever since the 


Thirty-first day of July One thousand eight hundred. 


and Fifty-one, resided, and at the time of the said 
Election continued to reside within the said Bo- 
rough, or within seven miles thereof; that such 
votes ought now to be struck off the poll; that di- 
vers other persons gave votes to the said Joshua 
Procter Brown Westhead and John Dent Dent, who 
were not entitled, and ought not to have voted, be- 
cause they had at the said Election, or within Six 
calendar months previous thereto, or within Four- 
teen days subsequent therefrom, been employed by 
the said Joshua Procter Brown Westhead and John 
Dent Dent, or one of them, or by some other per- 
‘son, as agents, attorneys, poll-clerks, flagmen, or in 
some other capacity for the purposes of the said 
Election, and received money or promises of money, 
rewards or promises of rewards, for such services as 
aforesaid, and in consideration thereof; that the 
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25° Novembris. 109 


votes of such persons so employed as aforesaid 
ought now to be struck off the poll; the Petitioner 
alleges that by means of the premises, the said 
equality of votes declared by the Returning Officer 
between the said Joshua Procter Brown Westhead, 
John Dent Dent and Basil Thomas Woodd, was only 
an apparent and colourable equality; that Basil 
Thomas Woodd alone had a majority of legal votes, 
and alone ought to have been returned; that the 
number of persons who were entitled to vote and 
did vote for the said Joshua Procter Brown West- 
head and John Dent Dent was and is equal; and 
praying that the House will take the premises into 
their consideration, and will cause the Return to be 
amended by erasing therefrom the names of the said 
Joshua Procter Brown Westhead and John Dent 
Dent, and by declaring that the said Return, so far 
as it relates to the said Joshua Procter Brown West- 
head and John Dent Dent, was and is a double null 
and void Return, and will give to the Petitioner 
such other relief as to the House may seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


Then the names of the places to which the residue 
of the said Petitions related (being all of them Pe- 
titions of the last class), were put into the glass at 
the Table, and drawn by the Clerk n the following 
order : 


rencester, in the county of Gloucester, was read ; 
setting forth, That the Petitioners were, at and dur- 
ing the last Election of a Member to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said Borough of Ciren- 
cester, registered Electors of the said Borough, and 
claimed to have and had a right to vote at the said 
Election ; that at the said Election, which took 
place in the month of July One thousand eight hun- 
dred and Fifty-two, the Honourable George Augus- 
tus Frederick Villiers, commonly called Viscount 
Villiers, Joseph Randolph Mullings, Esquire, and 
Ashley George John Ponsonby, commonly called the 
Honourable Ashley George John Ponsonby, were 
Candidates to represent the said Borough in Par- 
liament; that a poll having been demanded, the 
same was taken by the Returning Officers for the 
said Borough on the Seventh day of July One thou- 
sand eight hundred and Fifty-two; that the said 
Joseph Randolph Mullings and Ashley George John 
Ponsonby weve by the said Returning Officers de- 
clared to have had a majority of votes at the said 











Election, and were returned as the Members duly 
| elected to serve in this present Parliament for the 
| said Borough ; that after the teste of the Writ for 
holding the said Election, and before, at and during 
the said Election, the said Ashley George John Pon- 
sonby did, by himself and his agents, friends and 
partisans, or by divers ways and means, on his be- 
half or at his charge, before his Election, directly 
and indirectly give, present and allow to divers 
persons having voice or vote at the said Election, 
money, meat, drink, entertainment and provision, 
and did make presents, gifts, entertainments and 
rewards, and did make promises, agreements, ob- 
ligations and engagements to give and allow money, 
meat, drink, provisions, presents, rewards and 
entertainments to and for such persons having 
votes at the said Election as aforesaid, and to and 
for the use, benetit and advantage, employment, 
profit and preferment of such persons, to induce 
such persons to vote at the said Election for the 
said Ashley George John Ponsonby, or to forbear to 
vote at the said Election for the said George Augus- 
tus Frederick Villiers or Joseph Randolph Mullings, 
or both of them, in order that he the said Ashley 








P3 George 


A Petition of the undersigned Thomas Slatter Cirencester 
and Daniel Sealy, Electors of the Borough of Ci- Election. 








































































Maldon 
Election. 


110 


George John Ponsonly shouid and might be elected, 
or for his being so elected to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said Borough ; that by reason of 
the said last-mentioned corrupt and illegal practices, 
the said Ashley George John Ponsonby was and is 
wholly disabled, incapacitated and ineligible to 
serve on the said Election in this present Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough, and the said Election 
and Return of the said Ashley George John Pon- 
sonby were and are wholly null and void; that 
before, during and after the said Election, the said 
Ashley George John Ponsonby did, by himself and 
his agents, friends and partisans, or by or with 
divers persons or in divers ways and manners, di- 
rectly or indirectly give or provide, or did cause or 
did eg allow to be given or provided, wholly 
or partly at his expense, or did pay wholly or in 
part, divers expenses incurred for meat, drink, enter- 
tainment and provision to and for divers persons, 
for the purpose of corruptly influencing divers of 
such persons, or divers other persons, to give their 
votes in the said Election for the said Ashley George 
John Ponsonby, or to refrain from giving their votes 
in the said Election for the said George Augustus 
Frederick Villiers or Joseph Randolph Mullings, 
or both of them, or for the purpose of corruptly 
rewarding divers of such persons, or divers other 

rsons, for having given their votes in the said 
Flection for the said Ashley George John Ponsonby, 
or for having refrained from giving their votes at 
the said Election for the said George Augustus 

"rederick Villiers or Joseph Randolph Mullings, or 
both of them; that, by reason of the last-mentioned 
illegal practices, the said Ashley George John Pon- 
~ was and is wholly incapable of being elected 
and of sitting in Parliament for the said Borough 
during this present Parliament, and the said Election 
and Return of the said Ashley George John Pon- 
sonby were and are wholly null and void; that 
gross, extensive, systematic and open and notorious 
treating and corruption were practised and carried 
on at the said Election by divers person:, being 
agents, friends, supporters or partisans of the said 
Ashley George John Ponsonby, with a view to the 
Election of the said Ashley George John Ponsonby, 
and that the said Election and Return of the said 
Ashley George John Ponsonby was procured by 
means of such treating and corruption; that by 
reason of the premises and of the last-mentioned 
corrupt and illegal practices, the said Election and 
Return of the said Ashley George John Ponsonby 
were and are wholly null and void; and praying 
that the House will take the premises into their 
consideration, and will declare that the said Ashley 
George John Ponsonby was not duly elected, and 
ought not to have been returned at the said last 
Election for the said Borough, and that his said 
Election and Return are wholly null and void ; and 
that the House will afford to the Petitioner such 
further and other relief in the premises as to the 
House shall seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant or Warrants for such persons, papers and 
records as shall be thought necessary by the several 
Parties on the hearing of the matter of the said 
Petition. 


A Petition of Edward Hance, of the parish of Saint 
Peter, Maldon, in the county of Essex, gentleman, and 
William Smith, of the said parish of Saint Peter, 
Maldon, in the said county of Essex, carpenter, Elec- 
tors of the Borough of Maldon, in the said county of 
Essex, and who voted at the last Election of Mem- 
bers to serve in Parliament for the said Borough, was 
read ; setting forth, Fhat the Petitioners were, at and 
during the last Election of Members to serve in this 
present Parliament for the Borough of Maldon, re- 
gistered Electors of the said Borough, and had a right 


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A. 1852, 


to vote and did vote at the said Election; that at the 
said last Election of two Members to serve in Par- 
liament for the said Borough, held on the Ninth day 
of July in the year of ssokead One thousand eight 
hundred and Fifty-two, Tavener John Miller, Esquire, 
Charles Ducane, Esquire, Thomas Barrett Lennard, 
Esquire, and Quintin Dick, Esquire, were Candi- 
dates to represent the said Borough in this present 
Parliament ; that a poll having been demanded, the 
same was granted and taken by the Returning 
Officer of the said Borough; that the said Tavener 
John Miller and Charles Ducane were by the said 
Returning Officer declared to have had each of 
them a majority of votes at the said Election, and 
to have been duly elected, and were thereupon re- 
turned by the said Returning Officer as the Mem- 
bers duly elected to serve in this present Parliament 
for the said Borough of Maldon; that before, at 
and during the said Election the said Tavener John 
Miller and Charles Ducane were respectively, by 
themselves, and by their respective agents, mana- 
gers, friends and partisans, guilty of divers acts of 
bribery and corruption, in order to corrupt and 
— and did by themselves respectively, and 

y their respective agents, managers, friends and 
partisans, and by many other persons employed in 
their behalf respectively, by gifts, presents, money, 
rewards, and by promises, agreements and securities 
for money, gifts, employment and rewards, and by 
threats, promises, undue influence, and by other 
corrupt and illegal practices, acts and means, corrupt 
and procure divers persons having or claiming to 
have votes at the said Election, to give their votes 
in favour of them the said Zuvener John Miller and 
Charles Ducane, or one of them, or to forbear to 
give their votes in favour of the said Quintin Dick 
and of the said J’homas Barrett Lennard, or one of 
them; that the said Tavener John Miller and 
Charles Ducane, and each of them, by the said 
corrupt and illegal practices, were and are wholly 
incapacitated and ineligible to serve as Members in 
this present Parliament fur the said Borough ; and 
the said Election and Return of the said Tavener 
John Miller and Charles Ducane, and of each of 
them, were and are wholly null and void ; that after 
the teste of the Writ for holding the said Election, 
and before and at and during the said Election, 
the said Tavener John Miller and Charles Ducane 
did respectively, by themselves and by their respec- 
tive agents, friends and partisans, and by divers 
other ways and means in their behalf, or at their 
charge, directly and indirectly give, present and 
allow to persons having votes at the said Election, 
money, meat, drink, entertainment and provision, 
and did respectively make presents, gifts, rewards 
and entertainments, and did respectively make pro- 
mises, agreements, obligations and engagements to 
give and allow money, meat, drink, provision, pre- 
sents, rewards and entertainments to and for persons 
having votes at the said Election, and to and for the 
use, advantage, benefit, employment, profit and pre- 
ferment of such persons, in order that they the said 
Tavener John Miller and Charles Ducane, and each 
of them, might be elected or for being elected to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough ; that by reason of the said last-mentioned 
corrupt and illegal practices, the said Tavener John 
Miller and Charles Ducane, and each of them, were 
and are wholly disabled and incapacitated and ineli- 
= to serve in this present Parliament for the said 

orough, and the said Election and Return of the 
said Tavener John Miller and Charles Ducane, and of 
each of them, were and are wholly null and void; 
that before, at, during and after the said Election 
the said Zavener John Miller and Charles Ducane, 
did respectively, by themselves and their respective 
agents, friends and partisans, and by and with divers 
persons, and in divers ways and manners, directly 
and indirectly, give and provide, and did cause and 


did knowingly allow to be given and provided, wholly 
or 














16 Victroriz. 


or partly at their expense, and at the expense of 
each of them, and did respectively pay, wholly or in 
part, divers expenses incurred for meat, drink, enter- 
tainment and provision, to and for divers persons, 
for the purpose of corruptly influencing divers of 
such persons, or divers other persons, to give their 
votes in and at the said Election for the said 
Tavener John Miller and Charles Ducane, or for 
one of them, or for the purpose of corruptly reward- 
ing divers of such persons, or divers other persons, 
for having given their votes in and at the said Elec- 
tion for the said Tavener John Miller and Charles 
Ducane, or one of them, or for having refrained from 
giving their votes in and at the said Election for the 
said Quintin Dick and Thomas Barrett Lennard, 
or one of them ; that by reason of the said last- 
mentioned corrupt and illegal practices, the said 
Tavener John Miller and Charles Ducane, and each 
of them, were and are wholly disabled and incapaci- 
tated and ineligible to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough, and that the said Elec- 
tion and Return of the said Tavener John Miller and 
Charles Ducane, and of each of them, were and are 
wholly null and void; and praying that the House 
will take the premises into consideration, and will 
declare the Election of the said Zavener John 
Miller and Charles Ducane to be wholly null and 
void, or will declare the Election and Return of the 
said Tuvener John Miller to be wholly null and void, 
or will declare the Election and Return of the said 
Charles Ducane to be wholly null and void, and will 
ive to the Petitioner such other relief as to the 
Sane shall seem meet. 
A Petition of Thomas Barrett Lennard, of 


No. 9, Hyde Park-terrace, in the County of| 






25° Novembris. 111 


within the said Borough, of the place for which 
they were registered, or within the distance thereof 
required by the Act passed in the second year of the 
reign of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, 
intituled, “ An Act to amend the Representation of 
the People in England and Wales,” to entitle such 
— to be registered, or on the ground of their 
aving ceased to reside within the said Borough, or 
within such distance so required as aforesaid, durin 
some part of the period between the Thirty-first day 
of July One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-one, 
and the time of their voting at such Election, or on 
the ground of their not having continued to reside 
within the said Borough, or within such distance so 
required as aforesaid at the time of their so voting 
at such Election, and that the votes of such per- 
sons were admitted and entered in the poll-books as 
good votes for the said Tavener John Miller and 
ought now to be struck off the poll; that at the 
said Election divers persons voted for the said 
Tavener John Miller, who were or had been, either 
during such Election, or within six calendar months 
previous thereto, or within fourteen days after it was 
completed, retained or employed at such Election, 
as agents, attorneys, poll-clerks or flagmen, or in 
some other capacity for the purposes of such Election, 
and had either before, during or after such Election, 
accepted, received or taken from the said Tavener 
John Miller, or from some other person, for or in con- 
sideration of or with reference to such retainer or 
employment, a sum or sums of money or retaining 
fee, offices, places or employments, or promises or 
| securities for a sum or sums of money, retaining 
| fees, offices, places or employments, and that the 
| votes of such persons were admitted and entered on 





Middlesex, Esquire, who was a Candidate at the| the poll-books as good votes for the said Tuavener 


last Election of Members to serve in this present | 


John Miller, and ought now to be struck off the 


Parliament for the Borough of Maldon, in the | poll; that at the said Election divers persons voted 
County of Essex, and who claims to have had a) for the said Tavener John Miller, and were reckoned 


right to be returned thereat, was also read ; setting 
forth, That the nomination of Members to serve 
in the present Parliament for the Borough of 
Maldon took place on the Ninth day of July 
One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two, at 
which a poll was demanded, and that such poll 
was taken on the Tenth day of July One thou- 
sand eight hundred and Fifty-two; that Charles 
Du Cane, Esquire, Tavener John Miller, Esquire, 
Quintin Dick, Esquire, and the Petitioner, were 
Candidates at such Election to serve as such 
Members, and that the said Charles Du Cane and 
Tavener John Miller were declared to have had a 
majority of votes on the said poll, and to have been 
duly elected, and were returned as the Members 
duly elected to serve in this present Parliament for 
the said Borough of Maldon, but that the said 
Tavener John Miller was not duly elected, and 
ought not to have been returned as one of such 
Members, and that the majority of votes so de- 
clared in favour of the said Tavener John Miller 
over the Petitioner was only an apparent and 
colourable majority, inasmuch as the votes of divers 
persons were accepted and recorded on the said 
poll in favour of the said Tavener John Miller, who 
were not legally entitled, and had no legal right to 
vote at the said Election, and that the real majority 
of good and legal votes polled at the said Election 
was in favour of the Petitioner over the said Tavener 
John Miller; that at the said Election divers per- 
sons voted for the said Tavener John Miller who 
were registered as Electors for the said Borough, 
but had become and were at the time of such 
Election disqualified as Electors of the said Borough, 
and were incapable of voting at the said Election, 
on the ground of their having received alms or 
parochial relief, or on the ground of their being 
subject to some legal incapacity, or on the ground 
of their not having resided, ever since the Thirty-first 
day of July One thousand eight hundred and Fifty- 
one, to the time of their voting at such Election, 


on the poll at the said Election in favour of the said 
Tavener John Miller, who were bribed to vote thereat 
in favour of the said Tavener John Miller, or of 
some Candidate thereat, or to forbear to vote for the 
Petitioner or some other Candidate, or who either 
before, during or after the said Election, asked, 
received or took money, bribes, rewards or employ- 
ments, or were either before, during or after such 
Election, promised money, bribes, rewards or em- 
ployments to vote, or in order to induce such per- 
sons to vote for the said Tavener John Miller, or 
some other Candidate at the said Election, or to 
refuse or forbear to vote for the Petitioner or some 
other Candidate at the said Election, and that the 
votes of all such persons were therefore bad, ille 

and invalid, and ought now to be struck off the poll, 
and that divers persons voted at the said Election for 
the said Tavener John Miller, and were reckoned 
upon the said poll in favour of the said Tavener John 
Miller, who at or before the said Election gave, 
offered or promised bribes, rewards or employ- 
ments, or some bribe, reward or employment, to 
persons or some person having or claiming a right 
to vote at such Election, and were thereby incapaci- 
tated and disqualified’ from voting thereat, and that 
the votes of such persons ought now to be struck off 
the poll; that divers persons voted at the said Elec- 
tion for the said Tavener John Miller, and were 
reckoned on the said poll in favour of the said 
Tavener John Miller, who were, at or before the 
said Election, treated or were guilty of treating and 
other corrupt practices, so as to disqualify them 
from voting at the same, and that the votes of such 
persons ought now to be struck off the poll; that at 
the said Election many voters were counted on the 
said poll in favour of the said Tavener John Miller, 
who did not, in point of fact, vote for him, but who 
were personated and fraudulently represented by 
other persons, who had themselves no title to vote, 
but who fraudulently tendered their votes, and were 
improperly admitted to vote, in the names and 





Vou. 108, 


p4 characters 





ee ge ep eee 





112 


characters of the said first-mentioned voters, and 
such names were entered in the poll-books as good 
votes for the said Yavener John Miller, and ought 
now to be struck off the poll; that divers persons 
who were not entitled to vote at the said Election, 
by reason that their names were not on the Register 
of Voters for the said Borough in force at the time 
of the said Election, but who personated other per- 
sons entitled or claiming to be entitled to vote at the 
said Election, or who, though duly registered, were 
dead or absent at the time of such Election, were 
nevertheless allowed and admitted to vote at the 
said Election for the said Tavener John Miller, and 
such votes ought now to be struck off the poll; that 
many persons were admitted to vote at the said 
Election a second time, and did vote for the said 
Tavener John Miller, although such persons had 
before voted at the said Election, either at the same 
polling booth or elsewhere, during the said Elec- 
tion; that divers persons who voted at the said 
Election for the said Yavener John Miller had 
laid wagers on the result of the said Election, 
and that the votes of such persons ought to be 
struck off the poll; that on the taking of the 
said poll, divers persons who were Electors for 
the said Borough, and entitled to vote at the said 
Election, did actually give their votes thereat for the 
Petitioner, but the votes of such persons were 
nevertheless either not entered on the said poll- 
books for the Petitioner, or were entered for the 
said Tavener John Miller, and were improperly 
reckoned in his favour, by means whereof the votes 
of such persons were wholly lost to the Petitioner, 
and such votes ought now to be added to the poll in 
favour of the Petitioner, and such of such votes as 
were improperly entered for the said Tavener John 
Miller ought me to be now struck off the poll of 
the said Javener John Miller; that at the said Elec- 
tion divers of the Electors of the said Borough were 
compelled, by violence, threats, intimidation and 
force, practised by friends, agents, partisans, mana- 
gers, committee-men, and supporters of the said 

avener John Miller, to vote for the said Tavener 
John Miller, or to forbear to vote for the Petitioner, 
and such votes ought now to be struck off the said 
poll; that divers persons who were duly registered 
as Electors for the said Borough, and entitled to vote 
as such at the said Election, and who tendered their 
votes for the Petitioner, were refused and rejected at 
the said Election by the deputies of the Returning 
Officer, and were not allowed to enter their votes for 
the Petitioner, and their votes were not reckoned or 
counted for the Petitioner, whereas such votes ought 
then to have been received, and ought now to be 
added to the poll accordingly; and that many per- 
sons were admitted to vote at the said Election for 
the said Vavener John Miller who had become dis- 
qualified to vote thereat by holding or by having 
held disqualifying offices or employments; that at 
the said Biesien many persons were otherwise than 
as above stated improperly and illegally admitted, 
and reckoned upon the poll in favour of the said 
Tavener John Miller, and omitted and excluded 
from the number of votes polled in favour of the 
Petitioner ; that before and during the said Election 
the said Tavener John Miller was, by himself and 
his agents, friends and managers, guilty of divers 
acts of bribery and corruption in order to corrupt 
and procure, and did by his agents, managers and 
friends, and by many other persons employed in his 
behalf, by gifts, presents, money rewards, and by 
promises, agreements, and securities for money, gifts, 
employments and rewards, and by threats, intimida- 
tion, promises, undue influence, and other corrupt 


and illegal practices, acts and means, corrupt and 
procure divers persons having or claiming to have 
votes at the said Election, to give their vctes in 
favour of the said Tavener John Miller, or to forbear 
o give their votes in favour of the Petitioner; that 
the said Zavener John Miller did, by himself, his 





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A. 1852. 


friends, agents and others acting for and sanctioned 
by him, give or cause and procure to be given, and 
did promise and agree to give, and did know of and 
consent to the giving and procuring to be given, 
money, gifts and rewards, offices and places 
to divers persons, upon certain engagements, con- 
tracts and agreements, that such persons to whom 
and to whose use and in whose behalf such gifts 
and promises were made should by themselves and 
others at their solicitation, respectively request and 
command, procure and endeavour to procure the 
Return of the said ZVavener John Miller; that 
after the teste of the Writ for such Election, and 
before and during such Election, the said Tavener 
John Miller did, by himself, his friends, agents and 
others employed by him in managing and conduct- 
ing the said Election, give, present or allow to 
persons having votes or claiming to have votes at 
such Election, money, meat, drink, entertainment 
and provisions, and did make presents, gifts, rewards 
and entertainments, and did make promises, agree- 
ments, obligations and engagements to give and 
allow money, meat, drink, provisions, goods, mer- 
chandize, presents, gifts, rewards and entertain- 
ments to and for the use, advantage and profit of 
such persons, in order that the said Tavener John 
Miller might be returned at such Election; that 
before, during and after the said Election, the said 
Tavener John Miller did, by himself, and by and 
with divers persons, directly or indirectly give or 
provide, or did cause or knowingly allow to be 
given or provided wholly or partly at his expense, 
or did pay wholly or in part, divers expenses incurred 
for meat, drink, entertainment or provisions, to or for 
various persons, for the purpose of corruptly influenc- 
ing divers of such persons and divers other persons to 
give their votes at the said Election for the said 
Tavener John Miller, or to refain from giving their 
votes for the Petitioner, or for the purpose of cor- 
ruptly rewarding divers of such persons or divers other 
persons for having voted at the said Election for the 
said Tavener John Miller, or for having refrained 
from voting for the Petitioner; that by reason of 
the bribery, treating and illegal practices, and by 
persons employed by or acting as before-mentioned, 
and by divers other corrupt, unlawful and unwar- 
rantable acts and proceedings before, during and 
subsequent to the said Election, the said Tavener 
John Miller is wholly disabled and incapacitated 
and ineligible to serve in this present Parliament 
for the said Borough of Maldon, and the Return of 
the said Tavener John Miller is wholly null and 
void; and praying that the House will take the 
premises into consideration, and will declare the 
said Election and Return of the said Zavener John 
Miller to be wholly null and void and that the 
said Tavener John Miller was not duly elected, and 
ought not to have been returned at the said Elec- 
tion, and that the Petitioner was duly elected, and 
ought to have been returned at the said Election, 
and will cause the Return to be amended, by erasing 
the name of the said Tavener John Miller, and 
substituting that of the Petitioner in lieu thereof, 
or that the House will declare the Election and 
Return of the said Tavener John Miller wholly nult 
and void; and that the House will make such other 
order and will grant such further or other relief in 
the premises us the House shall deem fit. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records 
as shall be thought necessary by the several Parties 
on the hearing of the matter of the said Petitions. 


A Petition of James Faughnan, of Finalaughta, Leitrim 
of the County of Leitrim, an Elector who had the Election 


_ to vote and voted at the last Election of 
embers to serve in Parliament for the said Count 

of Leitrim, was read; setting forth, That the Peti- 
tioner 





16 Victrorriz. 


tioner is an Elector of the said County of Leitrim, 
and was an Elector of the said County, and had the 
right, and was entitled to vote and did vote at the last 
Election of Members to serve in Parliament for the 
said County; that at such last Election, Hugh 
Lyons Montgomery, Esquire, the Honourable Charles 
S. Clement, and John Brady, Esquire, were re- 
spectively Candidates, and that a poll being de- 
manded the same was granted and proceeded with, 
and at the close of such poll the Returning Officer 
declared the said Hugh Lyons Montgomery and John 
Brady, Esquires, to be respectively duly elected 
Members to serve in the present Parliament for the 
said County of Leitrim; that before, at and during 
the said Election, the said Hugh Lyons Montgomery 
did by his agents, managers, friends and partisans, 
and by other persons employed on behalf of him 
the said Hugh Lyons Montgomery, by gifts, pay- 
ments, presents and money and rewards, and by 
offers and promises of gifts, payments, money and 
rewards, and by promises, agreements and securi- 
ties for gifts, payments and rewards, and by other 
corrupt and illegal practices, acts and means, cor- 
rupt and procure divers persons having or claiming 
to have votes at the said Election to give their votes 
for the said Hugh Lyons Montgomery, or to forbear 
to give their votes in favour of the said Honourable 
Charles S. Clement and John Brady, Esquire, or 
one or either of them; that the said Hugh Lyons 
Montgomery, before, during and after the said 
Election, did give and provide, and cause or know- 
ingly allow to be given and provided, meat, drink, 
entertainment and provision, for the purpose of 
corruptly influencing divers persons to give or 
refrain from giving their votes at the said Election, 
and for corruptly rewarding divers persons for 
having given or refrained from giving their votes at 
the said Election, whereby the said Hugh Lyons 
Montgomery was and is incapable of being elected 
or sitting in Parliament for the said County of 
Leitrim during this present Parliament; that before, 
during and after the said Election the said Hugh 
Lyons Montgomery did, by himself and his agents, 
friends and partisans, or by and with divers persons, 
or in divers ways and means, directly or indirectly, 
give and provide, or did cause or did knowingly 
allow to be given and provided, wholly or partly 
at his expense, or did pay wholly or in part divers 
expenses incurred for meat, drink, entertainment 
and provision to and for divers persons for the 
purpose of corruptly influencing divers of such per- 
sons or divers other persons to give their votes at 
the said Election for the said Hugh Lyons Mont- 
gomery, or to refrain from voting for the said Honour- 
able Charles S. Clement or the said John Brady, 
or for the purpose of corruptly rewarding divers of 
such persons or divers other persons for having given 
their votes at the said Election for the said Hugh 
Lyons Montgomery, or for having refrained from 

iving their votes for the said Honourable Charles 

. Clement or the said John Brady; that by reason 
of the said corrupt and illegal practices the said 
Hugh Lyons Montgomery was and is wholly incapa- 
citated and ineligible to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the said County, and the said Election and 
Return of the said Hugh Lyons Montgomery were and 
are wholly null and void; that gross, extensive, 
systematic, open and notorious bribery, treating and 
corruption were practised and carried on at the said 
Election by divers persons, being friends, supporters 
and partisans of the said Hugh Lyons Montgomery, 
with a view to the Election of the said Hugh Lyons 
Montgomery, and that the said Election and Return 
of the said Hugh Lyons Montgomery were procured 
by means of such bribery, treating and corruption ; 
that by reason of the last-mentioned corrupt and 
illegal practices, the said Election and Return of 
the said Hugh Lyons Montgomery were and are 
wholly null and void ; and praying that the House 
will take the premises into ecnelaation, and will 
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25° Novembris. 113 


declare that the said Election and Return of the said 
Hugh Lyons Montgomery are wholly null and void, 
and that the said Hugh Lyons Montgomery was not 
duly elected to sit in Parliament for the said County 
of Leitrim, and will give to the Petitioner such fur- 
ther and other relief as to the House shall seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of Charles M‘Garel, of Wimpole-street, Cashel 
Cavendish-square, in the parish of Marylebone, and Election. 


county of Middlesex, Esquire, a Candidate at the 
last Election of a Member to serve in Parliament for 
the Borough of Cashel, in the county of Tipperary, 
was read ; setting forth, That the Petitioner was a 
Candidate at the last Election of a Member to serve 
in this present Parliament for the Borough of Cashel, 
in the county of Tipperary, and that Sir Timothy 
0’ Brien, Baronet, was the other Candidate; that 
the said Election was holden on Wednesday the 
Fourteenth day of July last, and Samuel M 

Going, Esquire, the Under-sheriff of the said county, 
officiated thereat as the Returning Officer ; that a 
poll having been demanded by the Petitioner, the 
same was granted and proceeded with, and at the 
close of the poll the majority of votes was declared 
by the said Returning Officer to be in favour of the 
said Sir Timothy O’ Brien, whereupon the said Re- 
turning Officer declared the said Sir Timothy O’ Brien 
to have been duly elected and returned as a Member 
duly elected to serve in this present Parliament for 
the said Borough; that by reason of the illegality 
and informality hereinafter mentioned, the Election 
and Return of the said Sir Timothy O’ Brien was 
and is null and void; that the nomination of Candi- 
dates at the said Election took place on Monday 
the Twelfth day of July last, and the polling was 
appointed by the said Returning Officer to com- 
mence at Eight of the clock of the forenoon of 
Wednesday the Fourteenth day of the said month, 
being the day next but one after that fixed for the 
said Election, as in the statute in that behalf made 
and provided ; that accordingly the Petitioner, ac- 
companied by his agents, and voters in his interest, 
and his supporters and friends, arrived and attended 
at the Sessions-house of the said Borough, where 
the poll was appointed to be taken, before Eight of 
the clock in the forenoon on the said polling day, 
Wednesday the said Fourteenth of July, but by an 
unwarrantable omission, or wilful neglect on the part 
of the said Returning Officer, neither the said Re- 
turning Officer nor any other person or persons in 
his behalf had arrived, or were present at the said 
polling-place till half-past Eight of the clock, or 
thereabouts, of the forenoon of the said day, nor 
were the gates of the court-yard of the said Session- 
house, where the polling was to take place, opened 
till near the hour of Nine of the clock, so that 
the polling of the Petitioner’s voters at the said 
Election was delayed and hindered until the said 
hour of Nine of the clock, before which time several 
voters in the interest of the Petitioner, and who 
were in attendance to tender their votes in his 
behalf, were, from divers causes, compelled to go 
away from the said polling-place without having 
voted or having had an opportunity of voting at the 
said Election; that such a proceeding on the part of 
the said Returning Officer and his deputies was 
illegal, and in direct contravention of the provisions 
of the Act of the fourteenth and fifteenth Victoria, 
chapter 84, now in force in Jreland in relation to Elec- 
tions, whereby it is enacted, that such polling shall 
commence at Eight of the clock in the forenoon of 
the day next but one after the day fixed for such 
Election; that by such illegal conduct and contra- 
vention of the said Act of Parliament on the part 





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County 
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114 25° Novembris. 


of the said Returning Officer, the Election and 
Return of the said Sir Timothy O’ Brien was and is 
wholly null and void ; that before the proper business 
and polling of the said Election commenced, and 
in order, so far as in his power, to observe order and 
regularity in the proceedings, and to prevent the 
said Election being voided by reason of the infor- 
mality and illegal conduct of the said Returning 
Officer, as hereinbefore mentioned, the Petitioner 
served the said Returning Officer with a Protest in 
the following terms: “ To the Sheriff of the County 
of Tipperary, his Under-sheriff, and whom else it 
may concern.—I hereby give you notice, that I pro- 
test against your proceedings in the Election of a 
Representative for the Borough of Cashe/, in the 
said county, the proceedings therein not having 
been commenced or taken in pursuance of the sta- 
tutes now in force, inasmuch as the polling did not 
commence at the hour prescribed by the statute in 
such case made and provided. Dated this Fourteenth 
of July One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two. 
Chas. M‘Garel, one of the Candidates for the said 
Borough of Cashel;” and on the following day, 
namely, the Fifteenth of July, before the said Re- 
turning Officer proceeded to make a declaration of 
the state of the poll, the Petitioner made intimation 
to the Electors, and others then present, of the said 
Protest having been served on the said Returning 
Officer, notwithstanding of all which, he the said 
Returning Officer permitted the polling to com- 
mence and to go on to a close, and made the decla- 
ration of the state of the poll as aforesaid; and 
praying that the House will be pleased to take the 
premises into consideration, and to find and declare 
the Election and Return of the said Sir Timothy 
O’ Brien to be illegal and wholly null and void, and 
to order and direct that a new Writ be issued for the 
Election of a Member to serve in Parliament for the 
said Borough, or to do otherwise in the premises as 
to the House shall seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of Robert Anderson, of Articlave, in 
the County of Londonderry, farmer, was read ; setting 
forth, That the Petitioner was, at and during the last 
Election of Members to serve in this present Paclia- 
ment for the County of Londonderry, a registered Elec- 
tor for the said County, and had a right to vote, and 
did vote, at the said Election for said County ; 
that at the said last Election of Members to serve in 
Parliament for said County, Captain Jones, Tho- 
mas Bateson, Esquire, and Samuel M‘Curdy Greer, 
Esquire, were respectively Candidates to represent 
said County in Parliament, and that a poll having 
been demanded, the same was taken by the Return- 
ing Officer for said County on the Nineteenth day 
of July One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two, 
and that said Captain &gt; ma and Thomas Bateson, 
Esquire, were by the Returning Officer declared to 
have had a majority of votes at said Election, and 
to have been duly elected, and were returned as 
Members to serve in Parliament for the said County; 
and that before and during the said Election, the 
said Captain Jones and Thomas Bateson, Esquire, 
were, by themselves, their agents, friends and ma- 
nagers, guilty of divers acts of bribery and corrup- 
tion, in order to corrupt and procure, and did by 
their agents, managers and friends, and by many 
other persons employed in their behalf, by gifts, 
presents, money and rewards, and promises, agree- 
ments and securities for money, gifts, employments 
and rewards, and by threats, intimidation, promises, 
undue influence and other corrupt and illegal prac- 
tices, acts and means, corrupt and procure divers 
persons having or claiming to have votes at the said 

















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Election for said County, to give their votes in 
favour of them the said Captain Jones and Thomas 
Bateson, Esquire, and to forbear to give their votes 
in favour of the said Samuel M‘Curdy Greer, 
Esquire; that the said Captain Jones and Thomas 
Bateson, Esquire, did, by themselves, their friends, 
agents and others, acting for and sanctioned by 
them, give or cause to be given, and did promise 
and agree to give, and did know of and consent to 
the giving and procuring money, gifts, rewards, 
offices and places, to divers persons, on certain en- 
gagements, contracts and agreements, that such per- 
sons to whom and to whose use and on whose behalf 
such gifts and promises were made, should by them- 
selves and others, at their solicitation, respectively 
request, and command, procure and endeavour to 
procure the Return of them the said Captain Jones 
and Thomas Bateson, Esquire, at such Election; 
that the said Captain Jones and Thomas Bateson, 
Esquire, did by themselves, their agents, friends 
and others acting for them, before and during and 
after the said Election, pay and give, and cause and 
procure to be paid and given, in the name of head 
money, or under some other name or pretence, 
divers sums of money and other valuable considera- 
tions to divers persons entitled to vote at said Elec- 
tion, and to other persons on behalf of said persons 
so entitled to vote, and to other persons related to 
the persons so entitled to vote as aforesaid, on ac- 
count of such persons so entitled to vote as afore- 
said having voted or refrained from voting, and 
being about to vote or refrain from voting at the 
said Election; that the said Captain Jones and 
Thomas Bateson, Esquire, by themselves, their 
agents and managers, and by persons employed on 
their behalf, since and after the said Election was 
so had and come to as aforesaid, and since the said 
Return was so made as aforesaid, in pursuance of 
corrupt agreements entered into before, at and 
during the said Election, paid and caused to be 
paid, or was privy to the payment of divers sums 
of money to each and every one of several hun- 
dred persons, such persons being voters, or persons 
related to other persons being voters by kindred 
or affinity, and which said voters had each and all 
of them given their votes at said Election for the 
said Captain Jones and Thomas Bateson, Esquire, 
and the said Petitioner avers that the sums of mo- 
ney so paid to the said voters and persons related 
to voters by kindred or affinity, were given in pur- 
suance of a corrupt agreement made before, at and 
during such Election with the several voters to 
whom or on whose behalf or to whose relations 
they were respectively paid as aforesaid, and were 
given corruptly or illegally for and in consideration 
that the said several voters had given their votes 
and had voted in favour of the said Captain Jones 
and Thomas Bateson, Esquire, at such Election 
aforesaid, and for and in no other respect whatso- 
ever ; that after the teste for holding the said Elec- 
tion, and before, at and during the said Election, 
the said Captain’ Jones and Thomas Bateson, Esquire, 
did by themselves and their agents, friends and par- 
tisans, or by divers ways and means on their behalf, 
or at their charge, directly and indirectly give, pre- 
sent and allow to persons having votes in and at 
the said Election, money, meat, drink, entertain- 
ment and provision, and did make presents, gifts, 
rewards and entertainments, and did make pro- 
mises, agreements, obligations and engagements to 
give and allow money, meat, drink, provisions, pre- 
sents, rewards and entertainments to and for persons 
having votes in and at the said Election, and to and 
for the use, benefit and advantage, employment, 
profit and preferment of such persons, to induce 
such persons to vote at the said Election for the 
said Captain Jones and Thomas Bateson, Esquire, 
or to forbear to vote at the said Election for the said 
Samuel M‘Curdy Greer, Esquire, or in order that 
they the said Captain Jones and Thomas Bateson, 
Esquire, 





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Election, . 


16 VicToriz. 


Esquire, might be elected, or for being elected to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said County ; 
that by reason of the said last-mentioned corrupt 
and illegal practices, the said Captain Jones and 
Thomas Bateson were and are wholly incapacitated 
and ineligible to serve in this present Parliament for 
the said County, and the said Election and Return 
of the said Captain Jones and Thomas Bateson, 
Esquire, were and are wholly null and void; that 
before, during and after the said Election, the said 
Captain Jones and Thomas Bateson, Esquire, did 
by themselves and their agents, friends and par- 
tisans, or by or with divers persons, or in divers 
ways and manners, directly or indirectly give or 
provide, or did cause, or did knowingly allow to be 
given or provided, wholly or partly at his expense, 
or did pay wholly or in part divers expenses in- 
curred for meat, drink, entertainment and _provi- 
sion, to and for divers persons, for the purpose of 
corruptly influencing divers of such persons, or divers 
other persons, to give their votes in the said Election 
for the said Captain Jones and Thomas Bateson, 
Esquire, or to refrain from giving their votes in the 
said Election for the said Samuel M‘Curdy Greer, 
Esquire, or for the purpose of corruptly rewarding 
divers of such persons, or divers other persons, 
for having given their votes in the said Election 
for the said Captain Jones and Thomas Bateson, 
Esquire, or for having refrained from giving 
their votes at the said Election for the said Samuel 
MM‘ Curdy Greer, Esquire ; that by reason of the last- 
mentioned and illegal practices the said Captain 
Jones and Thomas vlc Esquire, were and are 
wholly incapacitated and ineligible to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said County, and that 
the said Election and Return of the said Captain 
Jones and Thomas Bateson, Esquire, were and are 
wholly null and void; that gross, extensive, sys- 
tematic and open and notorious bribery, treating 
and corruption were practised and carried on at the 
said Election by divers persons, being friends, sup- 
porters and partisans of the said Captain Jones and 
Thomas Bateson, Esquire, with a view to the Elec- 
tion of the said Captain Jones and Thomas Bateson, 
Esquire, and that the said Election and Return of 
the said Captain Jones and Thomas Bateson, Esquire, 
were procured by means of bribery, treating and 
corruption, and by reason of the last-mentioned 
corrupt and illegal practices the said Election and 
Return of the said Captain Jones and Thomas Bate- 
son, Esquire, were and are wholly null and void ; 
and for all the said several causes aforesaid, praying 
that it may be declared that the said Captain Jouns 
and Thomas Bateson, Esquire, were not duly elected, 
and that the said indenture in which the said Cap- 
tain Jones and Thomas Bateson, Esquire, were re- 
turned as duly elected, may be taken off the file, 
and that the same may be cancelled, and their names 
erased from the said Return; and that the said 
Return and Election may be declared null and void, 
and the parties put to a new Election ; and that the 
House may grant such further relief to the Peti- 
tioner as the merits of the case may require, and as 
to the House shall seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records 
as shall be thought necessary by the several Parties 
on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 





A Petition of John Irwin, of Little Newtown, 
Rathgar, in the County of Dublin, land-steward, 
was read; setting forth, that Petitioner was, at 
and during the last Election of Members to serve in 
this present Parliament for the County of Dublin, 
a registered Elector for the said County, and had 
a right to vote at the said Election for said County ; 
that at the said last Election for Members to serve 
in Parliament for said County, James Hans Ha- 

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25° Novembris. 115 


milton, Thomas Edward Taylor, Augustus Craven, 
and John Lentaigne, were ecapostively Candidates 
to represent the said County in Parliament, and 
that a poll having been demanded, the same was 
taken by the Returning Officer for said County 
on the Twenty-second and Twenty-third days of 
July One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two, 
and that said James Hiits Hamilton and Thomas 
Edward Taylor were by the said Returning Offi- 
cer declared to have had the majority of votes 
at said Election, and to have been duly elected, and 
were returned as Members to serve in Parliament 
for the said County, and that before and during the 
said Election the said James Hans Hamilton and 
Thomas Edward Taylor were respectively, by them- 
selves and their agents, friends and managers, guilty 
of divers acts of bribery and corruption, in order to 
corrupt and procure, and did by their agents, ma- 
nagers and friends, and by many other persons em- 
ployed in their behalf, by gifts, presents, money and 
rewards, and promises, agreements and securities 
for money, gifts, employments and rewards, and 
by threats, intimidation and promises, undue in- 
fluence and other corrupt and illegal practices, acts 
and means, corrupt and procure divers persons 
having or claiming to have votes at said Election 
for said County, to give their votes in favour of 
them the said James Hans Hamilton and Thomas 
Edward Taylor, and to forbear to give their votes 
in favour of the said Augustus Craven and John 
Lentaigne ; that the said James Hans Hamilton and 
Thomas Edward Taylor did, for themselves and 
their friends, agents and others acting for and 
sanctioned by them, give or cause to be given, and 
did promise and agree to give, and did know of and 
consent to the giving and procuring to be given, 
money, gifts, rewards, offices and places to divers 
persons on certain agreements, that such to whom 
and to whose use and in whose behalf such gifts 
and promises were made, should by themselves and 
others at their solicitation, respectively request and 
command, procure and endeavour to procure the 
return of them the said James Hans Hamilton and 
Thomas Edward Taylor at such Election ; that the 
said James Hans Hamilton and Thomas Edward 
Taylor did, by themselves and by their agents, 
friends and others acting for them, before and dur- 
ing and after the said Election, pay and give, and 
cause and procure to be paid and given, in the 
name of head money, or under some other name or 
pretence, divers sums of money and other valuable 
considerations, to divers persons entitled to vote at 
said Election, and to other persons on behalf of such 
persons so entitled to vote, and to other persons re- 
lated to the persons so entitled to vote as aforesaid, 
on account of such persons so entitled to vote as 
aforesaid having voted, or refrained from voting, and 
being about to vote or refrain from voting at the said 
Election; that the said James Hans Hamilton and 
Thomas Edward Taylor, by themselves, their agents 
and managers, and by persons employed in their be- 
half since and after the said Election was so had, and 
the said Return was so made as aforesaid, in pursu- 
ance of corrupt agreements entered into before, at 
and during the said Election, paid and caused to be 
paid, or were privy to the payment of divers sums 
of money to each and every one of several hundred 
persons, such persons being voters, or persons re- 
lated to other persons being voters by kindred or 
affinity, and which said voters had each and all of 
them given their votes at the said Election for the 
said James Hans Hamilton and Thomas Edward 
Taylor ; and the said Petitioners aver that the sums 
of money so paid to the said voters and persons 
related to voters as aforesaid, were given in pursu- 
ance of a corrupt agreement made before, at and 
during such Election with said several voters to 
whom or on whose behalf, or to whose relations, 
they were respectively paid as aforesaid, and were 
given corruptly and illegally for and in considera- 

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116 


tion that the said several voters had given their 
votes, and had voted in favour of the said James 
Hans Hamilton and Thomas Edward Taylor at 
such Election aforesaid, and for and in no other 
respect whatsoever; and that the said James 
Hans Hamilton and Thomas Edward Taylor, by 
themselves, their agents and managers, and by 
persons employed in their behalf, since and 
subsequent to said Election, in pursuance and 
in furtherance of the general bribery and cor- 
ruption which soovaied at the said Election, 
did give, pay and deliver to divers persons being 
voters for the said County at the said Election, 
and to divers persons who were related by kindred 
or affinity to voters for the said County at the said 
Election, divers sums of money to each and every 
one of the said persons who were voters, or related 
as aforesaid to voters, in consideration that all such 
several voters having a right to vote had given their 
votes at the said Election in favour of the said 
James Hans Hamilton and Thomas Edward Taylor, 
and for and in no other respect whatsoever ; that 
after the teste for holding the said Election, and be- 
fore, at and during the said Election, the said James 
Hans Hamilton and Thomas Edward Taylor did, 
by themselves, their agents, friends and partisans, or 
by divers ways and means, in their behalf or at their 
charge, directly and indirectly, give, present and 
allow to persons having votes in and at the said 
Election, money, meat, drink, entertainment and 
provision, and did make preseuts, gifts, rewards and 
entertainments, and did make promises, agreements, 
obligations and engagements, to give and allow 
money, meat, drink, provision, presents, rewards and 
entertainments, to and for persons having votes in 
and at the said Election, and to and for the use, 
benefit and advantage, employment, profit and pre- 
ferment of such persons, to induce such persons to 
vote at the said Election for the said James Hans 
Hamilton and Thomas Edward Taylor, or to forbear 
to vote at the said Election for the said Augustus 
Craven and John Lentaigne, or in order that they 
the said James Hans Hamilton and Thomas Edward 
Taylor might be elected, or for being elected to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said County ; 
that before,during and after the said Election, the said 
James Hans Hamilton and Thomas Edward Taylor 
did, by themselves and their agents, friends and 
partisans, or by or with divers persons, or in divers 
ways and manners, directly or indirectly, give or 
provide, or did cause or did knowingly allow to be 
given or provided, wholly or partly at his expense, 
or did pay, wholly or in part, divers expenses in- 
curred for meat, drink, entertainment and provision, 
to and for divers persons, for the purpose of cor- 
ruptly influencing divers of such persons, or divers 
other persons, to give their votes in the said Election 
for the said James Hans Hamilton and Edward 
Thomas Taylor, or to refrain from giving their votes 
in the said Election for the said Augustus Craven 
and John Lentaigne, or for the purpose of corruptly 
rewarding divers of such persons, or divers other 
persons, for having given their votes in the said Elec- 
tion for the said James Haus Hamilton and Thomas 
Edward Taylor, or for having refrained from giving 
their votes at the said Election for the said Augustus 
Craven and John Lentaigne ; that by reason of the 
said several corrupt and illegal practices, the said 
Jiumes Hans Hamilton and Thomas Edward Taylor 
were and are wholly incapacitated and ineligible to 
serve in the present Parliament for the said County, 
and the said Election and Return of the said James 
Haus Hamilton and Thomas Edward Taylor were 
and are wholly null and void ; that gross, extensive, 
systematic and open and notorious bribery, treating 
and corruption, were practised and carried on at the 
said Election by divers persons, being friends, sup- 
porters and partisans of the said James Hans Hamil- 
ton and Thomas Edward Taylor, with a view to the 
Election of the said James Hans Hamilton and 


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A. 1852. 


Thomas Edward Taylor ; and that the said Election 
and Return of the said James Hans Haamilton and 
Thomas Edward Taylor were procured by means of 
such bribery, treating and corruption ; that by reason 
of the last-mentioned corrupt and illegal practices 
the said Election and Return of the said James 
Hans Hamilton and Thomas Edward Taylor were 
and are wholly null and void ; and for all the causes 
aforesaid, praying that it may be declared that the 
said James Hans Hamilton and Thomas Edward 
Taylor were not duly elected, and that the indenture 
in which the said James Hans Hamilton and Tho- 
mas Edward Taylor are returned as duly elected, 
may be taken off the file and cancelled, and their 
names erased from said Return, and that said Re- 
turn and Election may be declared null and void, 
and the parties put to a new Election; and that the 
House may grant such further relief to Petitioners 
as the merits of the case may require, and as to the 
House may seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant or Warrants for such persons, papers and 
records as shall be thought necessary by the several 
Parties on the hearing of the matter of the said 
Petition. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned William Liverpool 
Rathbone the younger, of Liverpool, in the County Election. 


of Lancaster, merchant, and Robert Wilson Ronald, 
of Liverpool, aforesaid, wool-broker, was read ; 
setting forth, That in the last Election to serve in 
Parliament for the Borough of Liverpool, the Peti- 
tioners were registered Electors of the said Borough, 
and had a right to vote and did vote at the said 
Election ; that Edward Cardwell, Joseph Christo- 
pher Ewart, Charles Turner and William Forbes 
Mackenzie, Esquires, were Candidates at the said 
Election, and that a poll was demanded and taken, 
and the said Charles Turner and William Forbes 
Mackenzie, Esquires, were at the close thereof de- 
clared by the Returning Officer of the said Borough 
to have the majority of votes, and to be elected and 
returned to serve as Members in Parliament for the 
Borough of Liverpool; that before and during the 
said Election the said Charles Turner and William 
Forbes Mackenzie were, and each of them respec- 
tively was, by himself, his agents, friends and mana- 
gers, guilty of bribery and corruption, and did re- 
spectively, by gifts, presents, money and rewards, 
and by promises, agreements and securities for gifts, 
presents, money and rewards, and by other illegal 
practices, corrupt and procure divers persons, being 
registered Electors of the said Borough, and en- 
titled to vote at the said Election, to give their votes 
in favour of the said Charles Turner and William 
Forbes Mackenzie, and to forbear to give them in 
favour of the said other Candidates, or one of 
them; that before, during and after the said Election 
the said Charles Turner and William Forbes Mac- 
kenzie, and each of them respectively, did by them- 
selves, their agents, friends and pee by divers 
waysand means, either partly or wholly at their charge 
and on their behalf, directly and indirectly give, pro- 
vide, present and allow, and cause and knowingly per- 
mit to be given, provided, presented and allowed, to 
registered Electors of the said Borough, and persons 
having a right to vote at the said Election, money, 
meat, drink, entertainment, provision and reward, 
and made promises, agreements and engagements to 
give money, meat, drink, entertainments, provisions 
and reward to and for such registered Electors and 
persons having a right to vote as aforesaid, in order 
that the said Charles Turner and William Forbes 
Mackenzie might have and receive the votes of the 
said registered Electors and persons entitled to vote 
at the said Election, and might thereby be elected 
Members to serve in Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough of Liverpool; that gross, notorious, meee" 
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Limerick 
Election, 


16 VicrorizZ. 


and systematic bribery, treating and corruption were 
practised and carried on at the said Election by 
divers agents, friends, managers and partisans of the 
said Charles Turner and William Forbes Mackenzie, 
and by others employed and sanctioned by them, 
with a view to the Election of the said Charles Tur- 
ner and William Forbes Mackenzie, and the Elec- 
tion and Return of the said Charles Turner and 
William Forbes Mackenzie was procured by means 
of such bribery, treating and corruption; that by 
reason of such corrupt and illegal practices the said 
Charles Turner and William Forbes Mackenzie were 
and are, and each of them was and is, wholly inca- 
pacitated and ineligible to sit in this present Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough, and the Election and 
Return of the said Charles Turner and William 
Forbes Mackenzie were and are wholly null and 
void ; that by the various illegal and corrupt prac- 
tices aforesaid, and by coercion, intimidation and 
other illegal and irregular proceedings, the said 
Charles Turner and William Forbes Mackenzie ob- 
tained a colourable majority of votes over the said 
Edward Cardwell and Joseph Christopher Ewart, 
and the Return of the said Charles Turner and Wil- 
liam Forbes Mackenzie is illegal, and ought to be 
declared wholly null and void; and praying that 
the House will take the premises into their consi- 
deration, and declare that the said Charles Turner 
and William Forbes Mackenzie were not. duly elected 
and returned, and that the Return of the said 
Charles Turner and William Forbes Mackenzie was 
and is wholly null and void; and that the House 
will give the Petitioners such further and other re- 
lief as to the House may seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant or Warrants for such persons, papers and re- 
cords as shall be thought necessary by the several 
Parties on the hearing of the matter of the said 
Petition. 


A Petition of Eugene O’ Callaghan, of the City of 
Limerich, tanner, an Elector, who had the right to 
vote and voted at the last Election of Members to 
serve in Parliament for the said City of Limerick, 
was read ; setting forth, That the Petitioner is an 
Elector of the said City of Limerick, and was an 
Elector of the said City, and had the right, and was 
entitled to vote, and did vote, at the last Election 
of Members to serve in Parliament for the said 
City; that at such last Election, James O’ Brien, 
Esquire, Robert Potter, Esquire, and Francis Wil- 
liam Russell, Esquire, were respectively Candidates, 
and that a poll being demanded, the same was 
granted and paolioss. with, and at the close of 
such poll the Returning Officer declared the said 
Robert Potter and Francis William Russell to be 
respectively duly elected Members to serve in the 
present Parliament for the said City of Limerick ; 
that after the teste of the Writ for holding the said 
Election, and before, at and during the said Elec- 
tion, the said Francis William Russell did, by his 
agents, managers, friends and partisans, and b 
other persons employed on behalf of the said Fran- 
cis William Russell, by gifts, payments, presents 
and money and rewards, and by offers and promises 
of gifts, payments, money and rewards, and by 
promises, agreements and securities for gifts, pay- 
ments and rewards, and by other corrupt and illegal 
practices, acts and means, corrupt and procure di- 
vers persons having or claiming to have votes at 
the said Election, to give their votes for the said 
Francis William Russell, or to forbear to give their 
votes in favour of the said James O' Brien; that the 
said Francis William Russell, before, during and 
after the said Election, did give and provide, and 
cause or knowingly allow to be given and provided, 


meat, drink, entertainment and provision, for the 
purpose of corruptly influencing divers persons to 
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25° Novembris. 117 


ive or refrain from giving their votes at the said 

lection, and for corruptly rewarding divers persons 
for having given or refrained from giving their votes 
at the said Election, whereby the said Francis Wil- 
liam Russell is incapable of being elected or sitting 
in Parliament for the said City of Limerick during 
this present Parliament; that before, during and 
after the said Election the said Francis William 
Russell did, by himself and his agents, friends and 
partisans, or by and with divers persons, or in di- 
vers ways and means, directly and indirectly, give 
and provide, or did cause or did knowingly allow 
to be given and provided, wholly or partly at his 
expense, or did pay wholly or in part, divers ex- 
penses incurred for meat, drink, entertainment and 
provision to and for divers persons, for the purpose 
of corruptly influencing divers of such persons or di- 
vers other persons to give their votes at the said 
Election for the said Francis William Russell, or to 
refrain from voting for the said James O’ Brien, or 
for the purpose of corruptly rewarding divers of 
such persons or divers other persons for having 
given their votes at the said Election for the said 
Francis William Russell, or for having refrained 
from giving their votes for the said James O’ Brien ; 
that by reason of the said corrupt and illegal prac- 
tices the said Francis William Russell is wholly in- 
capacitated and ineligible to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said City of Zimerick, and the 
said Election and Return of the said Francis Wil- 
liam Russell were and are wholly null and void; 
that gross, extensive, systematic and open and no- 
torious bribery, treating and corruption were prac- 
tised and carried on at the said Election by divers 
persons, being friends, supporters and partisans of 
the said Francis William Russell, with a view to 
the Election of the said Francis William Russell, 
and that the said Election and Return of the said 
Francis William Russell were procured by means 
of such bribery, treating and corruption; that by 
reason of the last-mentioned corrupt and _ illegal 
practices, the said Election and Returu of the said 
Francis William Russell were and are wholly null 
and void; and praying that the House will take the 
premises into consideration, and will declare that 
the said Election and Return of the said Francis 
William Russell are wholly null and void, and that 
the said Francis William Russell was not duly 
elected to sit in Parliament for the said City of 
Limerich, and will give to the Petitioner such fur- 
ther and other relief as to the House shall seem 
meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant or Warrants for such persons, papers and re- 
cords as shall be thought necessary by the several 
Parties on the hearing of the matter of the said 
Petition. 


That at the last Election of Members to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Borough of Maid- 
stone, the Petitioner was a Candidate, together with 
James Whatman and George Dodd, Esquires, to 
represent the said Borough in this present Parlia- 
ment, and a _ being demanded and taken, the 
said James Whatman and George Dodd, Esquires, 
were, by the Returning Officer of the said Borough, 
declared to have the majority of votes, and to he 
elected, and were returned as Members to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said Borough ; that 
the Election of the said George Dodd was procured 
by means of bribery and other corrupt and illegal 
practices, and is therefore null and void, and ought 
to be set aside ; that before and at the said Election, 
the said George Dodd was, by himself, his agents, 
friends and managers, guilty of bribery and cor- 





ruption, and did by gifts, presents, money and 
Q3 rewards, 


A Petition of William Lee, of Holborough, in the Maidstone 
County of Kent, Esquire, was read; setting forth, Election. 



















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a 


acids nasaecTei ena RARE 





118 25° Novembris. 


rewards, and by promises and agreements for gifts, 
presents, money and rewards, and by other illegal 
practices, corrupt and procure divers persons, being 
registered Electors of the said Borough, to give 
their votes in favour of the said George Dodd; that 
before, se and after the said Election, the said 
George Dodd did, by himself, his agents, friends 
and managers, by divers ways and means, at his 
charge a on his behalf, directly and indirectly, 
Bre, provide, present and allow, and cause and 

nowingly permit to be given, provided, presented 
and allowed, to registered Electors of the said Bo- 
rough, and to divers other persons, money, meat, 
drink, entertainment, provision and reward to and 
for persons having votes at the said Election, in 
order that he the said George Dodd might have 
the votes of the said persons, and might thereby be 
elected a Member for the said Borough of Maid- 
stone ; that gross, notorious, extensive and sys- 
tematic bribery, treating and corruption were 
practised and carried on at the said Election by 
the agents, friends, managers and partisans of the 
said George Dodd with a view to his Election; and 
such bribery, treating and corruption influenced 
the votes of the Electors of the said Borough, and 

rocured the majority by which the said George 

odd was declared to be returned ; that by reason 
of such corruyt and illegal practices, the said George 
Dodd became and now is wholly ineligible to sit in 
this present Parliament ; and praymg that the 
House will take the premises into their considera- 
tion, and will declare that the Election and Return 
of the said George Dodd were null and void, and 
will give to the Petitioner such further relief as to 
the en shall seem meet. 

A Petition of George Burgess, of Maidstone, in the 
County of Kent, gentleman, was also read ; setting 
forth, That the Petitioner was, at and during the last 
Election of a Member to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the Borough of Maidstone, a registered 
Elector of the said Borough, and had a right to 
vote and did vote at the said Election ; that at the 
said last Election of a Member to serve in Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough, in the month of July 
One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two, George 
Dodd, Esquire, James Whatman, Esquire, and 
William Lee, Esquire, were Candidates to represent 
the said Borough in Parliament ; that a poll having 
been demanded, the same was taken by the Re- 
turning Officer for the said Borough on the Seventh 
day of July One thousand eight hundred and Fifty- 
two, and that the said James Whatman and George 
Dodd were by the said Returning Officer declared 
to have had a majority of votes at the said Election, 
and to have been duly elected, and were returned 
as the Members duly desta to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said Borough of Maidstone ; that 
before and during the said Election the said James 
Whaiman, by himself and his agents, friends and 
managers, was guilty of divers acts of bribery and 
corruption, in order to corrupt and agp 5 and did 
by his agents, managers and friends, and by many 
other persons employed in his behalf, by gifts, pre- 
sents, money, rewards, and by promises, agreements 
and securities for money, gifts, employment and 
rewards, and by threats, intimidation, promises, 
undue influence, and other corrupt and illegal prac- 
tices, acts and means, corrupt and procure divers 
»ersons having or claiming to have votes at the said 
Zlection, to give their votes in favour of him the 
said James Whatman, and of the said William Lee, 
or one of them, or to forbear to give their votes in 
favour of the said George Dodd; that the said 
James Whatman, by the said corrupt and illegal 
practices, was and is wholly incapacitated and ineli- 

ible to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
ata and the said Election and Return of the 
said James Whatman were and are wholly null and 
void ; that the said James Whatman did, by himself, 
his friends, agents and others, acting for and sanc- 











A. 1852. 


tioned by him, give or cause and procure to be 
given, and did promise and agree to give, and did 

now of and consent to the giving and procuring to 
be given, money, gifts and rewards, offices and 
places to divers persons, upon certain engagements, 
contracts and agreements that such persons to 
whom or to whose use and to whose behalf such 
gifts and promises were made, should by themselves 
and others at their solicitation respectively, request 
and command, procure and endeavour to procure, 
the Return of him the said James Whatman at 
such Election; that the said James Whatman did, 
by himself, and by his agents, friends and others 
acting for him, before, during and after the said 
Election, pay and give, and cause and procure to 
be 1 my and given, in the name of head-money, or 
under some other name or pretence, divers sums of 
money, and other valuable considerations, to divers 
persons entitled to vote at such Election, and to 
other persons on behalf of such persons entitled so 
to vote, and to other persons related to the persons 
entitled so to vote as aforesaid, by kindred or 
affinity, on account of such persons so entitled to 
vote as aforesaid, having voted, or having refrained 
from voting, and being about to vote or refrain 
from voting at the said Election; that the said 
James Whatman, by himself, his agents and mana- 
gers, and by persons employed in his behalf, since 
and after the said Election was so had and come to 
as aforesaid, and since the said Return was so made 
as aforesaid, in pursuance of corrupt agreements en- 
tered into before,at and during the said Election, paid 
and caused to be paid, or was privy to the payment of 
divers sums of money to each and every one of very 
many persons, such persons being voters, or per- 
sons, related to other persons being voters, by kin- 
dred or affinity, and which said voters had each and 
all of them given their votes at the said Election 
for the said James Whatman; and the said Peti- 
tioner avers, that the sums of money so paid to the 
said voters, and persons related to voters by kin- 
dred or affinity, were given in pursuance of a corrupt 
agreement made before, at and during such Elec- 
tion with the said several voters, to whom or on 
whose behalf or to whose relations they were re- 
spectively paid as aforesaid, and were given cor- 
ruptly! and illegally for and in consideration that 
the said several voters had given their votes and 
had voted in favour of the said James Whatman at 
such Election as aforesaid, and for and in no other 
respect whatsoever ; that before, during and after 
the said Election, the said James Whatman did, by 
himself and his agents, friends and partisans, or by 
or with divers persons, or in divers ways and man- 
ners, directly or indirectly give or provide, or did 
cause, or did knowingly allow to be given or pro- 
vided, wholly or partly at his expense, or did pay 
wholly or in part divers expenses incurred for meat, 
drink, entertainment and provision to and for divers 
persons, for the purpose of corruptly influencing 
divers of such persons or divers other persons to give 
their votes in the said Election for the said James 
Whatman and William Lee, or one of them,’ or to re- 
frain from giving their votes in the said Election for 
the said George Dodd, or for the purpose of cor- 
—_ rewarding divers of such persons, or divers 
other persons for having given their votes in the said 
Election for the said James Whatman and William 
Lee, or one of them, or for having refrained from 
giving their votes at the said Election for the said 
George Dodd; and that by reason of the last-men- 
tioned illegal practices the said James Whatman, 
was and is wholly incapacitated and ineligible to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough, and the said Election and Return of the said 
James Whatman were and are wholly'null and void ; 
and praying that the House will take the premises 
into their consideration, and will declare the said 
Election and Return of the said James Whatman to 
be wholly null and void, and that the said James 
Whatman 











Wexford 
County 
Election. 





16 VicTorizZ.: 


Whatman was not duly elected, and ought not to 
have been returned at the said Election, and will 
give to the Petitioner such further and other relief as 
to the House shall seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records 
as shall be thought necessary by the several Parties 
on the hearing of the matter of the said Petitions. 





A Petition of Michael Dowdall, of the County of 
Weaford, an Elector, who had the right to vote and 
voted at the last Election of Members to serve in 
Parliament for the said County of Wexford, was 
read; setting forth, That the Petitioner is an Elector 
of the said County of Wezford, and was an Elector 
of the said County, and had the right to vote. and 
was entitled to vote, and did vote at the last Elec- 
tion of Members to serve in Parliament for the 
said County; that at such last Election, Patrick 
M‘ Mahon, Esquire, John George, Esquire, Hamilton 
Grogan Morgan, Esquire, the Honourable Robert 
Shapland Carew and Edward Westby Nunn, Esquire, | 
were respectively Candidates, and that a poll being | 
demanded, the same was granted and proceeded 
with, and that at the close of such poll the Return- 
ing Officer declared the said Patrick M‘Mahon and 
John George, Esquires, to be respectively duly elected 
Members to serve in the present Parliament for the 
said County of Wexford ; that before, at and during 
the said Election, the said John George did, by his 
agents, managers, friends and partisans, and by 
other persons employed on behalf of him the said 
John George, by gifts, payments, presents and 
money and rewards, and by offers and promises of 
gifts, payments, money and rewards, and by pro- 
mises, agreements and securities for gifts, payments 
and rewards, and by other corrupt and illegal prac- 
tices, acts and means, corrupt and procure divers 
persons having or claiming to have votes at the 
said Election to give their votes for the said John 
George, or to forbear to give their votes in favour of 
the said Patrick M‘ Mahon, or of the said Hamilton 
Grogan Morgan, or of the said Honourable Robert 
Shapland Carew, or of the said Edward Westby 
Nunn, or of any of them ; that the said John George, 


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119 


Morgan, or the said Honourable Robert Shap- 
land Carew, or the said Edward Westby Nunn, or 
any of them; that by reason of the said corrupt 
and illegal practices, the said John George was and 
is wholly mcapacitated and ineligible to serve in 
the present Parliament for the said County, and the 
said Election and Return of the said John George 
were and are wholly null and void; that gross, ex- 
tensive and open and notorious bribery, treating and 
corruption were practised and carried on at the said 
Election by divers persons, being friends, supporters 
and partisans of the said John Casoms, with a view 
to the Election of the said John George; and that 
the said Election and Return of the said John 
George were procured by means of such treating, 
bribery and corruption; that by reason of the last- 
mentioned corrupt and illegal practices, the said 
Election and Return of the said John George were 
and are wholly null and void ; and praying that the 
House will take the premises into consideration, and 
will declare that the said Election and Return of 





the said John George are wholly null and void, and 
that the said John George was not duly elected to 
sit in Parliament for the said County of Wexford, 
and will give to the Petitioner such further and 
other relief as to the House shall seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant or Warrants for such persons, papers and re- 
cords as shall be thought necessary by the several 
Parties on the hearing of the matter of the said 
Petition. 


forth, That at the last Election of Members to serve 
in Parliament for the Borough of New Windsor, the 
Petitioners were Electors of the said Borough, and 
voted at the said Election ; that Lord Charles Wel- 
lesley, Charles William Grenfell, Sampson Ricardo, 
Esquires, and Captain Bulkeley, were the Candi- 
dates; and a poll being held and taken, the said 
Lord Charles Wellesley and Charles William Gren- 
fell, Esquire, were declared by the Returning Officer 
of the said Borvugh to have the majority of votes, 
and to be elected, and were returned as Members 





before, during and after the said Election, did give 
and provide, and cause or knowingly allow to be 
given and provided, meat, drink, entertainment and 
provision, for the purpose of corruptly influencing 
divers persons to give or refrain from giving their 
votes at the said Election, and for corruptly reward- 
ing divers persons for having given or refrained 
from giving their votes at the said Election, where- 
by the said John George was and is incapable of 
being elected or of sitting in Parliament for the 
said County of Wexford during this present Par- 
liament; that before, during and after the said 
Election, the said John George did, by himself and 
his agents, friends and partisans, or by and with 
divers persons, and in divers ways and means, di- 
rectly or indirectly give and provide, or did cause 
or did knowingly allow to be given and provided, 
wholly or partly at his expense, or did pay wholly 
or in part divers expenses incurred for meat, drink, 
entertainment and provision to and for divers per- 
sons, for the purpose of corruptly influencing divers 
of such persons, or divers other persons, to give 
their votes at the said Election for the said John 
George, or to refrain from voting for the said 
Patrick M‘ Mahon, or of the said Hamilton Grogan 
Morgan, or of the said Honourable Robert Shap- 
land Carew, or of the said Edward Westby Nunn, 
or of any of them, for the purpose of corruptly re- 
warding divers of such persons or divers other 


to serve in Parliament for the said Borough; that 
the said Lord Charles Wellesley was, by himself, 
his agents, friends and managers, guilty of bribery 
|and corruption at the said Election, and did, by 
|gifts, presents, money and rewards, and by pro- 
mises and agreements for gifts, presents, money 
and rewards, and by other illegal practices, corrupt 
and procure divers persons, being registered Elec- 
tors of the said Borough, to give their votes in 
favour of the said Lord Charles Wellesley, or to for- 
bear to give them to the said Sampson Ricardo ; 
| that the said Lord Charles Wellesley did, by himself, 
his agents, friends and managers, by divers ways 
and means, at his charge and on his behalf, di- 
rectly and indirectly give, provide, present and 
allow, and cause and knowingly allow to be given, 
provided, presented and allowed to registered Elec- 
tors of the said Borough, and to other persons, 
money, meat, drink, entertainment, provision and 
reward, to and for persons having votes at the said 
Election, in order that he the said Lord Charles 
Wellesley might have the votes of the said Electors, 
and might thereby be returned a Member for the 
said Borough; that undue influence, intimidation 
and other unlawful practices were resorted to at the 
said Election by the agents, friends and partisans 
of the said Lord Charles Wellesley, in order to ob- 
tain his Election as a Member for the said Bo- 
rough ; that such bribery, treating, undue influence, 
intimidation and other unlawful practices were 





rsons for having given their votes at the said 
Election for the said John George, or for having 
refrained from giving their votes for the said Pat- 
rick M‘Mahon, or the said Hamilton Grogan 


openly, notoriously and systematically used and 
carried on at the said Election by the agents, 
friends, managers and partisans of the said Lord 





Vou, 108. 


Q4 Charles 





A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of New Windsor 
the Borough of Mew Windsor, was read; setting Election. 


Mayo Ekction. 


120 


Charles Wellesley, and the Election and Return of 


the said Lord Charles Wellesley were thereby pro- 
cured; that the Election and Return of the said 
Lord Charles Wellesley were and are wholly null 
and void; an¢ the said Lord Charles Wellesley is 
by the various illegal practices aforesaid incapaci- 
tated to sit in this present Parliament for the said 
Borough ; and praying that the House will take the 
rena into their consideration, and declare the 

lection and Return of the said Lord Charles Wel- 
lesley wholly null and void, and give to the Peti- 
tioners such further and other relief as to the House 
shall seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records 
as shall be thought necessary by the several Parties 
on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of Sir Robert Lynch Blosse, of Alha- 
vallee, in the County of Mayo, Baronet, and Wil- 
liam Kearney, of Bullenville, in the rime | of 
Mayo, Esquire, who at the last Election for Mem- 
bers to serve in Parliament for the County of 
Mayo in Ireland, were Electors of the said County, 
and had a right to vote and did vote at the said 
Election, was read; setting forth, That the Peti- 
tioners were, at and during the last Election of 
Members to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said County of Mayo, registered Electors of the 
said County, and had a right to vote and did vote at 
the said Election ; that at the said last Election of 
Members to serve in Parliament for the said 
County, in the month of July One thousand eight 
hundred and Fifty-two, George Henry Moore, Es- 

uire, George Gore Ouseley Hote, Esquire, and 
p toed M‘Alpine, Esquire, were Candidates to re- 
resent the said County in Parliament; that a poll 
faving been demanded, the same was taken by the 
Returning Officer for the said County; that the 
said George Henry Moore and George Gore Ouse- 
ley Higgins were, by the said Returning Officer de- 
clared to have a majority of votes at the said Elec- 
tion, and to have been duly elected, and were 
returned as the Members duly elected to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said County of 
Mayo ; that the majority thus obtained at the said 
Election by the said George Henry Moore and 
George Gore Ouseley Higgins was obtained by 
violent, outrageous, illegal and unconstitutional 
means and devices, and that the Election of the 
said George Henry Moore and George Gore Ouse- 
ley Higgins, and of each of them, was illegal and 
void, and ought to be set aside by the House, 
and that the said James M‘Alpine had the ma- 
jority of legal votes over the said George Henry 
Moore and George Gore Ouseley Higgins, or one of 
them, and ought to have been returned as the Mem- 
ber to serve in Parliament for the said County of 
Mayo; that previous to and at and during the said 
last Election for the said County, an organized 
system of violence and agitation was established 
and acted upon in the said County by the friends, 
partisans or agents of the said George Henry 
Moore and George Gore Ouseley Higgins, and of 
each of them, for the purpose of intimidating and 
terrifying all the Electors who should be willing to 
give their votes at the said Election for the said 
James M‘ Alpine, and in order to prevent such 
Electors, by force and fear, from giving their votes 
for the said James M‘Alpine ; that the said James 
M‘Alpine, with his agents and friends, was by large 
bodies of persons riotously assembled, and who 
were incited by the said George Henry Moore and 
George Gore Ouseley Higgins, their agents, friends 
or partisans, forcibly and violently detained in a 
hotel in the town of Ce astlebar, on the morning of the 


Twentieth July, the day appointed for the nomina- 
tion of Candidates for the said County of Mayo, and 





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A. 1852. 


was by the violent and outrageous conduct of the 
said persons so assembled and incited, prevented 
from attending at such nomination at the hour 
appointed by the Returning Officer of the said 
ounty, and was so detained in the said hotel until 
the arrival there of a troop of cavalry, which 
enabled him to leave the said hotel, and escorted 
him thence to the place appointed for such nomi- 
nation; that for several days preceding the nomi- 
nation of Candidates at the said Election, and from 
that time until the close of the said Election, and 
during the whole time of polling, large bodies of 
persons were riotously and tumultuously assembled 
in divers parts of the said County, who conducted 
themselves in a violent, riotous and outrageous 
manner towards the said James M‘Alpine, and to- 
wards all those of the Electors for the said County 
who were known to be friends and supporters and 
in the interest of the said James M‘ Alpine, and that 
the said James M‘Alpine and his said friends and 
supporters and the Electors in his interest, were, 
during all the time aforesaid, greatly intimidated 
and kept in terror of their lives, and could not 
appear or move about in the said County without 
imminent danger, and that many of the Electors of 
the said County, being known to be friends and 
supporters of the said James M‘ Alpine, were violently 
assaulted, beaten and otherwise injured by many of 
the said persons being so riotously assembled ; that 
during all the time aforesaid, the violence of the 
said persons so tumultuously assembled was counte- 
nanced and instigated by the friends, partisans or 
agents of the said George Henry Moore and George 
Gore Ouseley Higgins, and of each of them; that 
in consequence of the above riotous, outrageous and 
illegal proceedings, it became dangerous in the 
highest degree for the Electors in the interest of 
the said James M‘Alpine to proceed to the poll to 
vote in favour of the said James M‘ Alpine, and that 
large numbers of the Electors in the interest of the 
said James M‘Alpine, and who were anxious and 
had resolved to vote in his favour at the said Elec- 
tion, were deterred by fears for their personal safety 
and even for their lives from voting as they had in- 
tended and were resolved to have done, and many 
other of the Electors who were on their way to the 
poll, and who endeavoured to vote at the said Elec- 
tion for the said James M‘Alpine, were repulsed 
and driven back by actual force and violence from 
the said polling-booth, and were prevented from 
voting for the said James M‘Alpine; that man 
other of the Electors who, notwithstanding vo 
violence and illegal obstruction, had succeeded in 
making their way to the said polling-places and in 
voting for the said James M‘Alpine, were after so 
voting exposed to every description and extremity 
of personal outrage, insult and violence, and that 
in consequence thereof divers of the said Electors 
who witnessed the said outrages, insults and vio- 
lence, were deterred from the fear of the same or 
similar treatment from further attempting to record 
their votes in favour of the said James M‘Alpine ; 
that in consequence of the said outrageous, riotous 
and violent conduct, and also by means of threats, 
menaces and intimidation, and other illegal and 
unconstitutional means and devices of the agents, 
friends and partisans of the said George Henry 
Moore and George Gore Quseley Higgins, great 
numbers of the Electors for the said County were 
induced and compelled to vote for the said George 
Henry Moore and George Gore Ouseley Higgins, or 
one of them, who had intended and were desirous 
to vote for the said James M‘Alpine, but who were 
so frightened and intimidated by the threats, me- 
naces and violence made use of by the friends, par- 
tisans, agents and others in the interest of the said 
George Henry Moore and George Gore Ouseley Hig- 
gins, that they dared not to refuse to comply there- 
with, and so voted contrary to their wishes and in- 
tentions ; that the Election and Return of the said 
George 





16 VictortzZ. 


George Henry Moore and George Gore Ouseley Hig- 
gins, and the Return of one of them instead of the 
said James M‘ Alpine, was owing to violence, intimi- 
dation and riotous proceedings on the part of the 
friends, partisans, agents and supporters of the said 
George ows Moore and George Gore Ouseley Hig- 
gins, which was intended by them to prevent and 
did prevent great numbers of the said voters of the 
said County from recording their votes for the said 
James M‘Alpine, as they otherwise would have 
done ; that in consequence of the premises and other 
violent, illegal and unconstitutional proceedings on 
the part of the said George Henry Moore and 
George Gore Ouseley Higgins, their friends, parti- 
sans and agent's, there was no freedom of Election 
at the said Election for the said County, anda large 
portion of the registered Electors for the said County 
did not vote thereat, and divers others recorded 
their votes contrary to their intentions, and the Peti- 
tioners are fully persuaded, and firmly believe, that 
but for the system of outrage, intimidation and vio- 
lence thereinbefore set forth, and the illegal and un- 
constitutional practices above detailed, a very con- 
siderable majority of votes would have been given 
at the said Election in favour of the said James 
M'‘ Alpine, and that the said James M‘ Alpine would, 
but for the said violence, outrage and illegal and 
unconstitutional practices, have heen returned at the 
said Election as Knight of the Shire to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said County, and that 
the said James M‘ Alpine had the majority of legal 
votes at the said Election; that extensive and open 
and notorious treating and corruption were practised 
and carried on at the said Election by divers per- 
sons, being friends and partisans and agents of the 
said George Henry Moore and George Gore Ouseley 
Higgins respectively, with a view to the Election of 
the said George Henry Moore and George Gore 
Ouseley Higgins, and that the said Election and 
Return of the said George Henry Moore and 
George Gore Ouseley Higgins, and of each of them, 
were procured by means of such treating and cor- 
ruption; that by reason thereof the said Election 
and Return of the said George Henry Moore and 
George Gore Ouseley Higgins, and of each of them, 
were null and void; that after the teste of the Writ 
for holding the said Election, and before, at and 
during the said Election, the said George Henry 
Moore and George Gore Ouseley Higgins did, by 
themselves respectively, and their respective agents, 
friends and partisans, and by divers ways and 
means, on their behalf and at their charge, and 
otherwise, directly and indirectly give, present and 
allow to divers persons having votes at the said 
Election, money, meat, drink, entertainment and 
provision, and did make presents, gifts, rewards and 
entertainments, and also promises of presents, gifts, 
rewards and entertainmeuts, to and for divers per- 
sons having votes at the said Election, in order to 
be elected, and also for being elected to serve in 
this Parliament for the said County; and that by 
reason of the said corrupt and illegal practices, the 
said George Henry Moore and George Gore Ouseley 
Higgins, and each of them, was and is incapaci- 
tated to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
County, and the said Election and Return of the 
said George Henry Moore and George Gore Ouseley 
Higgins, and of each of them, were and are wholly 
null and void ; that before, during and after the 
said Election the said George Henry Moore and 
George Gore Ouseley Higgins did, by themselves 
respectively, and by and with their respective agents, 
friends and partisans, and other persons, give and 
provide and cause and knowingly allow to be given 
and provided, wholly or partly at their expense, and 
did pay wholly or in part divers expenses incurred 
for meat, drink, entertainment and provision, to and 
for divers persons, for the purpose of corruptly in- 
fluencing some of such persons, and also divers 
others, to give their votes at the said Election to 
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121 


the said George Henry Moore and George Gore 
Ouseley Higgins, or one of them, and also for the 
purpose of corruptly influencing divers others of 
such persons to refrain from giving their votes to 
the said James M‘Alpine at the said Election, and 
for the purpose of corruptly rewarding such persons 
for giving or for having refrained to give their votes 
at the said Election, and that by reason of the said 
corrupt and illegal practices, the said George Hen 
Moore and George Gore Ouseley Higgins and re 
of them was and is incapacitated to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said County, and the 
said Election and Return of the said George Henry 
Moore and George Gore Ouseley Higgins and of 
each of them were and are wholly null and void ; 
that at the time of the said last Election for the 
said County, and of the Return of the said George 
Henry Moore as such Member as aforesaid, the 
said George Henry Moore was not, according to the 
true intent and meaning of the Act passed in the 
second year of Queen V ictoria, intituled “ An Act 
to amend the Laws relating to the Qualification of 
Members to serve in Parliament,” duly qualified to 
be elected as a Member to serve in Parliament for 
the said County, and was by reason of his want of 
such qualification as is mentioned in the said Act 
for Members to be elected to serve in Parliament 
for Counties, incapable of being elected for the said 
County; that such want of qualification was no- 
torious, and was well known at the time of the said 
Election to the Electors of and for the said County ; 
that at the time of such Election a request was 
made to the said George Henry Moore, by and on 
behalf of two registered Electors of the said County, 
such request being in writing and signed by the said 
Electors, that he the said George Henry Moore 
would make and subscribe a declaration of his 
qualification pursuant to the provisions of the last- 
mentioned Act; that the said George Henry Moore, 
in consequence of such request, did make a decla= 
ration, purporting to be a declaration pursuant to the 
said Act, but the said declaration was not duly made 
according to the said Act, or duly certified unto the 
High Court of Chancery or Court of Queen’s Bench 
in Ireland, as required by the said Act; that the 
said George Henry Moore prevented the same from 
being duly certified, and by reason of the premises 
the said declaration and the certificate thereof were 
illusory and invalid, and were not such as the said 
Act requires; and praying that the House will take 
the premises into their consideration, and declare 
the said Election and Return of the said George 
Henry Moore and George Gore Ouseley Higgins re- 
spectively to be wholly null and void, and that the 
said George Henry Muore and George Gore Ouseley 
Higgins respectively were not duly elected, or ought 
not to have been returned at the said Election, and 
that the said James M‘ Alpine was duly elected, and 
ought to have been returned at the said Election, 
and will cause the Return to be amended by erasing 
the names of the sail George Henry Movre and 
George Gore Ouseley Higgins, or one of them, and 
substituting that of the said James M‘Alpine in lieu 
thereof, or that the House will declare that the said 
Election and Return of the said George Henry 
Moore was null and void, and that he was not duly 
elected, that the said Election and Return of the 
said George Gore Ouseley Higgins was null and 
void, and that he was not duly elected, and will give 
to the Petitioners such further and other relief as 
to the House shall seem meet. 
. . aula That the said Petition do lie upon the 
able. 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 





Parish 








A Petition of the there-undersigned Charles Stan- Mallow 
nard Eustace, of No.169, New Bond-street, in the Election. 


122 


Parish of Saint George, Hanover-square, in the 
County of Middlesex, Esquire, a Candidate at the last 
Election of a Member to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the Borough of Mallow, in the County of 
Cork, was read ; setting forth, That at the last Elec- 
tion of a Member to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough of Mallow, Sir Charles 
Denham Orlando Jephson Norreys, Baronet, and 
the Petitioner, were Candidates to represent the 
said Borough in Parliament, and a poll being de- 
manded, the same was granted and proceeded with, 
and at the close thereof the Returning Officer de- 
clarecd the said Sir Charles Denham Orlando Jephson 
Norreys to be duly elected, and he was returned 
accordingly by the said Returning Officer as the 
Member duly elected to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the said Borough of Mallow ; that be- 
fore and during the said Election the said Sir Charles 
Denham Orlando Jephson Norreys was, by himself 
and his agents, friends, managers and partisans, 
guilty of divers acts of bribery and corruption, in 
order to corrupt and procure, and did, by his agents, 
friends, managers and partisans, and by many other 
persons employed in his behalf, by gifts, presents, 
money and rewards, and by offers of gifts, presents, 
money and rewards, and by promises, agreements 
and securities for money, gifts, employment and 
reward, and by threats, intimidation, promises, un- 
due influence and other corrupt and illegal prac- 
tices, acts and means, corrupt and procure divers 
persons, having or claiming to have votes at the 
said Election, to give their votes in favour of him 
the said Sir Charles Denham Orlando Jephson 
Norreys, or to forbear to give their votes in fa- 
vour of the Petitioner; that the said Sir Charles 
Denham Orlando Jephson Norreys, by the said 
corrupt and illegal practices, was and is wholly 
disabled, incapacitated and ineligible to serve 
in this present Parliament for the said Borough, 
and the said Election and Return of the said 
Sir Charles Denham Orlando Jephson Norreys 
were and are wholly null and void; that the said 
Sir Charles Denham Orlando Jephson Norreys did, 
by himself, his friends, agents, and others acting for 
and sanctioned by him, give or cause and procure 
to be given, and did promise and agree to give, and 
did know of and consent to the giving and procuring 
to be given, money, gifts and rewards, offices and 
places to divers persons, upon certain engagements, 
eontracts and agreements, that such persons to 
whom and to whose use and in whose behalf such 
gifts and promises were made, should by themselves 
and others at their solicitation, respectively request 
and command, procure and endeavour to procure, 
the Return of him the said Sir Charles Suslens Or- 
lando Jephson Norreys at such Election ; that after 
the teste of the Writ for holding the said Election, 
and before, at and during the said Election, the 
said Sir Charles Denham Orlando Jephson Norreys 
did, by himself and his agents, friends and partisans, 
or by divers ways and means in his behalf or at his 
charge, directly and indirectly give, present and 
allow to persons having votes in and at the said 
Election, money, meat, drink, entertainment and 
provision, and did make presents, gifts, rewards and 
entertainments, and did make promises, agreements, 
obligations and engagements to give and allow 
money, meat, drink, provision, presents, rewards 
an entertainments to and for persons having votes 
in and at the said Election, and to and for the use, 
benefit and advantage, employment, profit and pre- 
ferment of such persons, to induce such persons to 
vote at the said Election for the said Sir Charles 
Denham Orlando Jephson Norreys, or to forbear to 
vote at the said Election for the Petitioner, or in 
order that he the said Sir Charles Denham Urlando 
Jephson Norreys might be elected, or for being 
elected to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough; that by reason of the said Jast-men- 
tioned corrupt and illegal practices, the said Sir 





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A. 1852. 


Charles Denham Orlando Jephson Norreys was and 
is wholly disabled, incapacitated and ineligible to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said Borough, 
and the said Election and Return of the said Sir 
Charles Denham Orlando Jephson Norreys were and 
are wholly null and void; that before, during and 
after the said Election, the said Sir Charles Denham 
Orlando Jephson Norreys did, by himself and his 
agents, friends and partisans, or by or with divers 
persons, or in divers ways and manners, directly or 
indirectly give or provide, or did cause or did know- 
ingly allow to be given or provided, wholly or partly 
at his expense, or did pay wholly or in part divers 
expenses incurred for meat, drink, entertainment 
and provision to and for divers persons, for the pur- 
pose of corruptly influencing divers of such persons 
or divers other persons to give their votes in the said 
Election for the said Sir Charles Denham Orlando 
Jephson Norreys, or to refrain from giving their votes 
in the said Election for the Petitioner, or for the 
purpose of corruptly rewarding divers of such per 
sons or divers other persons for having given their 
votes in the said Election for the said Sir Charles 
Denham Orlando Jephson Norreys, or for having 
refrained from giving their votes at the said Election 
for the Petitioner; that by reason of the last-men- 
tioned and illegal practices the said Sir Charles 
Denham Orlando Jephson Norreys was and is wholly 
disabled, incapacitated and ineligible to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said Borough, and 
the said Election and Return of the said Sir Charles 
Denham Orlando Jephson Norreys were and are 
wholly null and void; that gross, extensive, syste- 
matic and open and notorious bribery, treating and 
corruption were practised and carried on at the said 
Election by divers persons, being agents, friends, 
supporters and partisans of the said Sir Charles 
Denham Orlando Jephson Norreys, with a view 
to the Election of the said Sir Charles’ Denham 
Orlando Jephson Norreys; and that the said Elec- 
tion and Return of the said Sir Charles Denham 
Orlando Jephson Norreys were procured by means 
of such bribery, treating and corruption; that by 
reason of the premises and of the last-mentioned 
corrupt and illegal practices the said Election and 
Return of the said Sir Charles Denham Orlando 
Jephson Norreys were and are wholly null and void ; 
and praying that the House will take the premises 
into their consideration, and will declare that the 
said Sir Charles Denham Orlando Jephson Norreys 
was not duly elected, and ought not to have beea 
returned, and that his Election and Return are 
wholly null and void; and that the House will give 
to the Petitioner such further and other relief in the 
premises as to the House shall seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records 
as shall be thought necessary by the several Parties 
on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of John Taaffe, of Boyle, in the County 
of Roscommon, Esquire, was read; setting forth, 
That Petitioner was a Candidate at the last Election 
of Members to serve in this present Parliament for 
the County of Siigo to represent said County in this 
present Parliament; that at the said last Election 
for Members to serve in Parliament for said County, 
Richard Swift, Esquire, Sir Robert Gore Booth, 
Baronet, and the Petitioner, John Taaffe, were 
respectively Candidates to represent said County 
in Parliament; and that a poll having been de- 
manded, the same was taken by the Returning 
Officer for said County on the day of 
One thousand eight Lended and Fifty-two; and 
that said Richard Swiftand Sir Robert Gore Booth 
were by the Returning Officer declared to have had 
a majority of votes at said Election, and to have 
been duly elected, and were returned as Members to 
serve 





Sligo County 


Election. 


16 Victoriz. 


serve in Parliament for the said County; and that 
before and during the said Election the said Sir 
Robert Gore Booth was, by himself, his agents, 
friends and managers, guilty of divers acts of bribery 
and corruption, in order to corrupt and procure, 
and did by his agents, managers and friends, and 
by many other persons employed in his behalf, by 
gifts, presents, money and rewards, and promises, 
agreements and securities for money, gifts, employ- 
ments and rewards, and by threats, intimidation, 
romises, undue influence, and other corrupt and 
illegal practices, acts and means, corrupt and pro- 
cure divers persons, having or claiming to have 
votes at the said Election for said County, to give 
their votes in favour of him the said Sir Robert Gore 
Booth, and to forbear to give their votes in favour 
of the Petitioner ; that the said Sir Robert Gore Booth 
did, by himself, his friends, agents, and others acting 
for and sanctioned by him, give or cause to be 
iven, and did promise and agree to give, and did 
now of and consent to the giving and procuring 
money, gifts, rewards, offices and places to divers 
persons, on certain engagements, contracts and agree- 
ments, that such persons to whom and to whose 
use and on whose behalf such gifts and promises 
were made, should, by themselves, and others at 
their solicitation, respectively request and command, 
procure and endeavour to procure the Return of him 
the said Sir Robert Gore Booth at such Election ; 
that the said Sir Robert Gore Booth did, by himself, 
his agents, friends, and others acting for him, before 
and during and after the said Election, pay and give, 
and cause and procure to be paid and given, in the 
name of head-money, or under some other name or 
pretence, divers sums of money and other valuable 
considerations, to divers persons entitled to vote at 
said Election, and to other persons on behalf of said 
persons so entitled to vote, and to other persons re- 
lated to the persons so entitled to vote as aforesaid, 
on account of such persen so entitled to vote as 
aforesaid having voted or refrained from voting, 
and being about to vote or refrain from voting at the 
said Election ; that the said Sir Robert Gore Booth, 
by himself, his agents and managers, and by per- 
sons employed in his behalf since and after the said 
Election was so had and come to as aforesaid, and 
since the said Return was so made as aforesaid, in 
pursuance of corrupt agreements entered into be- 
fore, at and during the said Election, paid and 
caused to be paid, or was privy to the payment of 
divers sums of money to each and every one of se- 
veral hundred such persons, being voters, or persons 
related to other persons by kindred or affinity, and 
which said voters had, each and all of them, given 
their votes at the said Election for the said Sir Ro- 
bert Gore Booth, and the said Petitioner avers, that 
the sums of money so paid to the said voters, and 
persons related to voters by kindred or affinity, were 
given in pursuance of a corrupt agreement made 
before, at and during such Election with the several 
voters to whom or on whose behalf or to whose 
relations they were respectively paid as aforesaid, 
and were given corruptly or illegally for and in con- 
sideration that the said several voters had given 
their votes, and had voted in favour of the said 
Sir Robert Gore Booth at such Election as aforesaid, 
and for and in no other respect whatsoever; that 
after the teste for holding the said Election, and 
before, at and during the said Election, the said Sir 
Robert Gore Booth did, by himself and his agents, 
friends and partisans, or by divers ways and means 
in his behalf or at his charge, directly and indirectly 
give, present and allow to persons having votes in 
and at the said Election, money, meat, drink, enter- 
tainment and provision, and did make presents, gifts, 
rewards and entertainments, and did make promises, 
agreements, obligations and engagements to give 
and allow money, meat, drink, provisions, presents, 
rewards and entertainments to and for persons hav- 
a in and at the said Election, and to and for 
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125 


the use, benefit and advantage, employment, profit 
and preferment of such persons, to induce such 
persons to vote at the said Election for the said Sir 
Robert Gore Booth, or to forbear to vote at the said 
Election for Petitioner, or in order that he the said 
Sir Robert Gore Booth might be elected, or for being 
elected to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said County ; that by reason of the said last-men- 
tioned corrupt and illegal practices, the said Sir 
Robert Gore Booth was and is wholly incapacitated 
and ineligible to serve in this present Parliament for 
the said County, and that the said Election and Re- 
turn of the said Sir Robert Gore Booth was and is 
wholly null and void ; that before, during and after 
said Election the said Sir Robert Gore Booth did, 
by himself and his agents, friends and partisans, or 
by or with divers persons, or in divers ways and 
manners, directly or indirectly give or provide, or 
did cause or did knowingly allow to be given or pro- 
vided, wholly or partly at his expense, or did pay 
wholly or in part, divers expenses incurred for meat, 
drink, entertainment and provisions to and for divers 
persons, for the purpose of corruptly influencing 
divers of such persons, or divers other persons, to 
give their votes in the said Election for the said Sir 
Robert Gore Bosth, or to refrain from giving their 
votes in the said Election for the Petitioner, or for 
the purpose of corruptly rewarding divers of such 
persons, or divers other persons for having given 
their votes in the said Election for the said Sir Ro- 
bert Gore Booth, or for having refrained from giving 
their votes at the said Election for the Petitioner; 
that by reason of the last-mentioned and illegal 
practices, the said Sir Robert Gore Booth was and 
is wholly incapacitated and ineligible to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said County, and that 
the said Election and Return of the said Sir Robert 
Gore Booth was and is wholly null and void; that 
gross, extensive, systematic and open and notorious 
bribery, treating and corruption were practised and 
carried on at the said Election by divers persons, 
being friends, supporters and partisans of the said 
Sir Robert Gore Booth, with a view to the Election 
of the said Sir Robert Gore Booth, and that the 
said Election and Return of the said Sir Robert 
Gore Booth were procured by means of bribery, 
treating and corruption, and by reason of the last- 
mentioned corrupt and illegal practices, the said 
Election and Return of the said Sir Robert Gore 
Booth were and are wholly null and void ; and for 
all the said several causes aforesaid, praying that 
it may be declared that the said Sir Robert Gore 
Booth was not duly elected, and that the said In- 
denture in which the said Sir Robert Gore Booth 
was returned as duly elected may be amended, by 
erasing his name from the said Return, and sub- 
stituting that of the Petitioner, and that the said 
Return and Election of the said Sir Robert Gore 
Booth may be declared null and void ; and that the 
House may grant such further relief to the Petitioner 
as the merits of the case may require, and as to the 
House shall seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of 
the Borough of Linsbury, was read ; setting forth, 
That at the last Election of Members to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Borough of Fins- 
bury, the Petitioners were registered Electors of the 
said Borough, and had a right to vote and did vote 
at the said Election; that at the said Election, 
Thomus Challis, Esquire, Lord Mayor of London, 
Thomas Slingsby Duncombe and James Wyld, were 
Candidates; that a poll being demanded and taken, 
the said Zhomas Challis, Esquire, and Thomas 





R2 Slingsby 


Finsbury 
Election, 





124 


Slingsby Duncombe, were by the Returning Officer 
at the close thereof declared to have the majority 
of votes, and to be elected, and were returned Mem- 
bers to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
Borough of Finsbury; that before and during the 
said Election, the said Thomas Challis was guilty of 
bribery and corruption, and did, by gifts, presents, 
money and rewards, and by promises and agree- 
ments for gifts, presents, money and rewards, and 
by contracts and undertakings to give and obtain 
office, place, employment and preferment to and for 
persons having votes at the said Election, or to and 
for other persons, corrupt and procure divers persons 
having votes at such Election, to vote for him the 
said Thomas Challis, and to forbear to vote for the 
said James Wyld; that before and during the said 
Election, the said Thomas Challis, by his agents, 
managers, friends and partisans, was guilty of bri- 
bery and corruption, and gave and promised to give 
to divers persons being Electors of the said Borough 
of Finsbury, and to divers other persons, money, 
meat, drink, entertainment, provision and reward, 
place, office, employment and preferment, in order to 
corrupt and procure persons having votes at the said 
Election to vote for the said Thomas Challis, and to 
forbear to vote for the said James Wyld; that gross, 
extensive and systematic bribery, and open and 
notorious treating and corruption were practised and 
carried on, and undue influence was used at the said 
Election, by the friends, supporters and partisans of 
the said Thomas Challis, with his knowledge and on 
his behalf, with a view to the Election of the said 
Thomas Challis, and the Election and Return of the 
said Thomas Challis were procured by means of such 
bribery, treating and corruption, and by other illegal 
practices ; that the Election and Return of the said 
Lhomas Challis, being procured by the means afore- 
said, were and are wholly null and void, and the 
said Thomas Challis is, by the said corrupt and il- 
legal practices, wholly incapacitated and ineligible 
to sit in this present Parliament for the said Borough 
of Finsbury ; and praying that the House will take 
the premises into consideration, and will declare 
that the Election and Return of the said Thomas 
Challis for the Borough of Iinsbury are wholly null 
and void, and will give to the Petitioners such further 
and other relief as to the House shall seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records 
as shall be thought necessary by the several Parties 
on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of James Nichols, of No. 11, Greggs- 
lane, in the City of Dublin, cabinet-maker, was 
read; setting forth, That Petitioner was, at and 
during the last Election of Members to serve in this 


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present Parliament for the Borough of Dublin, a 





A. 1852. 


persons employed in their behalf, by gifts, presents, 
money and rewards, and promises, agreements and 
securities for money, gitts, employments and rewards, 
and by threats, intimidation, promises, undue in- 
fluence, and other corrupt and illegal practices, acts 
and means, corrupt and procure divers persons hav- 
ing or claiming to have votes at said Election for 
said Borough to give their votes in favour of them 
the said Edward Grogan and John Vance, and to 
forbear to give their votes in favour of the said John 
Reynolds ; that the said Edward Grogan and John 
Vance did, by themselves and their friends, agents 
and others, acting for and sanctioned by them, give 
or cause to be given, and did promise and agree to 
give, and did know of and consent to the giving and 
procuring to be given, money, gifts, rewards, offices 
and places to divers persons, on certain agreements 
that such persons to whom and to whose use and 
in whose behalf such gifts and promises were made, 
should, by themselves and others, at their solicita- 
tion, respectively request and command, procure aud 
endeavour to procure the return of them the said 
Edward Grogan and John Vance at such Election ; 
that the said Edward Grogan and Juhn Vance did, 
by themselves and by their agents, friends and 
others acting for them, before and during and after 
the said Election, pay and give, and cause and pro- 
cure to be paid and given, in the name of head- 
money or under some other name or pretence, divers 
sums of money and other valuable considerations to 
divers persons entitled to vote at said Election, and 
to other persons on behalf of such persons so entitled 
to vote, and to other persons related to the persons 
so entitled to vote as aforesaid, on account of such 
persons so entitled to vote as afuresaid having voted 
or refrained from voting, and being about to vote or 
refrain from voting at said Election ; that the said 
Edward Grogan and John Vance, by themselves, 
their agents and managers, and by persons employed 
in their behalf since and after the said Election was 
so had, and since the said Return was so made as 
aforesaid, in pursuance of corrupt agreements en- 
tered into before, at and during the said Election, 
paid and caused to be paid, or were privy to the 
payment of divers sums of money to each and every 
one of several hundred persons, such persons being 
voters or persons related to other persons being 
voters by kindred or affinity, and which said voters 
had each and all of them given their votes at the said 
Election forthe said Edward Groganand John Vance; 
and the said Petitioner avers, that the sums of money 
so paid to the said voters and persons related to 
voters as aforesaid were given in pursuance of a cor- 
rupt agreement made before, at and during such 
Election with said several voters, to whom or on 
whose behalf or to whose relations they were re- 
spectively paid as aforesaid, and were given cor- 
ruptly and illegally for and in consideration that 
the said several voters had given their votes and 


registered Elector for the said Borough, and had a| had voted in favour of the said Edward Grogan and 


right to vote and did vote at the said Election for | 


the said Borough ; that at the said last Election for | 


John Vance at such Election aforesaid, and for and 
in no other respect whatsoever, and that the said 


Members to serve in Parliament for the said Bo- | Edward Grogan and John Vance, by themselves, 
rough, Edward Grogan, John Vance and John Rey- | their agents and managers, and by persons em- 


nolds were respectively Candidates to represent said | 
Borough iu Parliament, and that a poll having been 
demanded, the same was taken by the Return- | 
ing Officer for said Borough, on the Tenth day of | 
July Qne thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two, 
and that said Lkdward Grogan and John Vance were | 
by the said Returning Officer declared to have had 
a majority of votes at said Election, and to have 
been duly elected, and were returned as Members 
to serve in Parliament for the said Borough, and 
that before and during the said Election the said 


Edward Grogan and John Vance were respectively, 
by themselves and their agents, friends and mana- 
gers, guilty of divers acts of bribery and corruption, 
in order to corrupt and procure, and did, by their 
agents, managers and friends, and by many other 








ployed in their behalf since and subsequent to such 

Election, in pursuance and in furtherance of the ge- 

neral bribery and corruption which prevailed at the 

said Election, did give, pay and deliver to divers 

persons, being voters for the said Borough at the. 
said Election, and to divers persons who were re- 

lated by kindred or affinity to voters for the said 

Borough at the said Election, divers sums of money - 
tv each and every one of the said persons who were 

voters, or related as aforesaid to voters, in consider- 

ation that all such several voters having a right to 

vote had given their votes at the said Election in 

favour of the said Edward Grogan and John Vance, 

and for and in no other respect whatsoever; that 

after the teste for holding the said Election, and 

before, at and during the said Election, the said ~ 
war 








16 Vicroriz. 


ward Grogan and John Vance did, by themselves 
‘and their agents, friends and partisans, or by divers 
ways and means, in their behalf or at their charge, 
directly and indirectly give, present and allow to 
persons having votes at the said Election, mo- 
‘ney, meat, drink, entertainment and provision, and 
did make presents, gifts, rewards and entertain- 
ments, and did make promises, agreements, obliga- 
tions and engagements, to give and allow money, 


meat, drink, provision, presents, rewards and enter- | 


tainments, to and for persons having votes in and 
at the said Election, and to and for the use, benefit 
and advantage, employment, ape and preferment 
of such persons, to induce such persons to vote at 
the said Election for the said Edward Grogan and 
John Vance, or to forbear to vote at the said Elec- 
tion for the said John Reynolds, or in order that 
they the said Edward Grogan and John Vance 
might be elected or for being elected to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said Borough, and the 
said Election and Return of the said John Vance 
are wholly null and void; that before, during and 
after the said Election the said Edward Grogan and 
John Vance did, by themselves and their agents, 
friends and partisans, cr by or with divers persons 
or in divers ways and manners, directly or indirectly 
give or provide, or did cause or did knowingly allow 
to be given or provided, wholly or partly at his ex- 

nse, or did pay wholly or in part divers expenses 
incurred for meat, drink, entertainment and pro- 
vision to and for divers persons, for the purpose of 
corruptly influencing divers of such persons or di- 
vers other persons to give their votes in the said 
Election for the said Edward Grogan and John 
Vance, or to refrain from giving their votes at the 
said Election for the said John Reynolds, or for 
the purpose of corruptly rewarding divers of such 
persons or divers other persons for having given 
their votes in the said Election for the said Ed- 
ward Grogan and John Vance, or for having re- 
frained from giving their votes at the said Election 
for the said John Reynolds ; that by reason of the 
said several corrupt and illegal practices the said 
Edward Grogan and John Vance were and are 
wholly incapacitated and ineligible to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said Borough, and the 
said Election and Return of the said Edward Gro- 
gan and John Vance were and are wholly null and 
void ; that gross, extensive, systematic and open 
and notorious bribery, treating and corruption were 
practised and carried on at the said Election by di- 
vers persons, being friends, supporters and partisans 
of the said Edward Grogan and John Vance, with 
a view to the Election of the said Edward Grogan 
and John Vance, and that the said Election and 
Return of the said Edward Grogan and John Vance 
were procured by means of such bribery, treating 
and corruption; that by reason of the last-men- 
tioned corrupt and illegal practices the said Elec- 
tion and Return of the said Edward Grogan and 
John Vance were and are wholly null and void ; 
and, for all the causes aforesaid, praying that it 
may be declared that the said Edward Grogan and 
John Vance were not duly elected, and that the In- 
denture in which the said Edward Grogan and John 
Vance are returned as duly elected, may be taken 
-off the file and cancelled, and their names erased 
from said Return, and that said Return and Election 
may be declared null and void, and the parties put 


to a new Election; and that the House may grant 


such further relief to the Petitioner as the merits of 


the case may require, and as to the House may 
seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant or Warrants for such persons, papers and re- 
-cords as shall be thought necessary by the several 
‘Parties on the hearing of the matter of the said 
‘Petition. 

VoL. 108. 


25° Novembris. 
A Petition of Charles Barry Baldwin, of Rock Totnes 


125 


View, Torquay, in the County of Devon, Esquire, 
was read ; setting forth, That at the last Election 
for Members to serve in Parliament for the Borough 
of Totnes, in the said County of Devon, ianeke, 
on the Eighth day of July last, the Right honour- 
able Edward Adolphus St. Maur, commonly called 
Lord Seymour, Thomas Mills, of Russell-square, 
London, in the county of Middlesex, Esquire, and 
the Petitioner, were Candidates to represent the said 
Borough in Parliament ; that the said Election was 
held on the Eighth day of July last, and that a poll 
having been demanded, was granted and proceeded 
with, and that at the close of the said poll the Re- 
turning Officer of the said Borough declared the 
said Right honourable Edward Adolphus St. Maur, 
commonly called Lord Seymour, and Thomas Mills, 
to be duly elected as Members to serve in Parlia- 
meut for the said Borough, and to have had a ma- 
jority of votes over the Petitioner, who were re- 
turned accordingly, whereas in fact and in right the 
Petitioner ought to have been returned as the Mem- 
ber elected at such Election in the place and stead 
of the said Thomas Mills ; that previous to the said 
Election, the managers, agents, magistrates, friends 
or other persons employed or acting on behalf of 
the said Thomas Mills did write, publish and cir- 
culate within the said Borough an infamous, wicked, 
gross, unfounded and malicious libel against the 
character and reputation of the Petitioner to his pre- 
judice, for the purpose of influencing the voters of 
the said Borough, and the Petitioner affirms that, in 
consequence of such infamous, wicked, unfounded 
and malicious libel many of the said voters recorded 
their votes against the Petitioner, and in many in- 
stances other voters refused to vote fur him, and 
thereby caused the said Thomas Mills to have a 
colourable majority of votes at the said Election ; 
that the Petitioner, immediately on the publication 
of such libel, caused an action to be brought in 
Her Majesty’s Court of Exchequer against the 
printer of the said libel, in consequence of his refusal 
to give up or divulge the name or names of the 
author or authors of the said libel, and that the said 
action was trie at Exeter, at the assizes held for the 
said County of Devon, on the Twenty-ninth day of 
July last, before Sir Thomas Joshua Platt, Knight, 
one of the Barons of the said Court, and a special 
jury, when a verdict for One hundred and fift 

pounds damages was given in favour of the Peti- 
tioner, besides the costs; that at the last Election 
for the Return of Members for the said Borough, 
certain attorneys, voters for the said Borough, no- 
minated themselves as law agents for managing and 
conducting the said Election, and stipulated for 
their services on that occasion to receive each of 
them the sum of Twenty-five guineas as a fee or 
reward from the said Thomas Mills, and the Peti- 
tioner is informed, and verily believes, that such prac- 
tice has prevailed on many former occasions at the 
Election of Members for such Borough; that be- 
fore the teste of the Writ for the said Election, and 
during the said Election, the said Thomas Mills was 
by himself, his agents and others, guilty of divers 
acts of bribery and corruption, and did, by himself, 
his agents, friends and managers, and other persons 
employed in his behalf, by gifts, presents, money, 
rewards, and promises and agreements, and secu- 
rities for money, gifts and rewards, and by threats, 
intimidation and promises, and other undue influ- 
ence, and by other corrupt, illegal and improper 
practices, acts and means, attempt to corrupt and 
procure, and did in fact corrupt and procure divers 
persons having or claiming to have votes at the 
said Election to give their votes in favour of the 
said Thomas Mills; that before and during the said 
Election, the said Thomas Mills did, by himself, his 
friends, agents, managers and partisans, by divers 
ways and means, at his charge or on his behalf, 








directly and indirectly give, present and allow to per- 
R3 sons 


Middlesex 
Election. 


126 95° Novembris. 


sons entitled or claiming to be entitled to vote at 
such Election, money, meat, drink, lodging, enter- 
tainments, provisions and rewards, and did make 
presents, gifts, rewards and promises, obligations, 
agreements and engagements to give money, meat, 
drink, provisions, presents, rewards and entertain- 
ment to and for the use, benefit, enjoyment, profit 
and preferment of such persons having votes as 
aforesaid, in order that he the said Thomas Mills 
might be elected to serve in Parliament for the said 
Borough ; that certain persons were wrongfully ad- 
mitted to vote.and voted at such Election for the 
said Thomas Mills who during the said Election 
were employed thereat as agents, attorneys, mana- 
gers, poll-clerks, flagmen, or in some other capacity, 
for the purpose of such Election, and who either 
before, during or after such Election, accepted, took 
or received from the said Thomas Mills, or from 
some other person or persons, with reference to such 
employment, certain sums of money, retaining fees, 
offices, places or employments, or promises or se- 
curities for sums of money, retaining fees, offices, 
places or employment; that by reason of the said 
corrupt and illegal practices, and other the aforesaid 
premises, the said Thomas Mills is wholly incapa- 
citated and ineligible to sit in the present Parliament; 
and praying that the House will take the premises 
into their consideration, and will declare the Elec- 
tion of the said Thomas Mills, Esquire, null and 
void, and will give to the Petitioner such further 
and other relief as to the House shall seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant or Warrants for such persons, papers and 
records as shall be thought necessary by the several 
Parties on the hearing of the matter of the said 
Petition. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned James Mor- 
gan, of No. 10, Theresa-terrace, Hammersmith, in 
the County of Middlesex, and Henry Hampstead, of 
King-street, Hammersmith, aforesaid, Electors of 
the County of Dliddlesex, was read; setting forth, 
That the Petitioners were, at and during the last 
Election of Members to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the said County of Middlesex, registered 
Electors of the said County, and claimed to have 
and had a right to vote and did vote at the said 
Election ; that at the said Election Robert Gros- 
venor, commonly called Lord Robert Grosvenor, 
Ralph Bernal Osborne, Esquire, and John Winston 
Churchill, commonly called the Marquis of Bland- 
ford, were Candidates to represent the said County 
in Parliament; that a poll ~~ been demanded, 
the same was taken by the Returning Officer for the 
said County on the Twentieth and Twenty-first 
days of July One thousand eight hundred and 
Fifty-two; that the said Lord Robert Grosvenor 
and Ralph Bernal Oshorne were by the said Re- 
turning Officer declared to have had a majority of 
votes at the said Election, and to have been duly 
elected, and were returned as the Members duly 
elected to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said County of Middlesex ; that before und during 
the said Election the said Ralph Bernal Osborne 
was, by himself and his agents, friends and managers, 
guilty of divers acts of bribery and corruption, in 
order to corrupt and procure, and did, by his agents, 
managers and friends, and by many other persons 
employed in his behalf, by gifts, presents, money, 
rewards, and by promises, agreements and securities 
for money, gifts, employment and reward, and by 
threats, intimidation, promises, undue influence and 
other corrupt and illegal practices, acts and means, 
corrupt and procure divers persons having or claim- 
ing to have votes at the said Election, to give their 
votes in favour of him the said Ralph Bernal Os- 
borne, or to forbear to give their votes in favour of 


the said Marquis of Blandford; that the said Ralph 








A, 1852. 


Bernal Osborne, by the said corrupt and illegal 
practices, was and is wholly mengaenetet and ineli- 
gible to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said County of Middlesex, and the said Election 
and Return of the said Ralph Bernal Osborne were 
and are wholly null and void; that the said Ralph 
Bernal Osborne did, by himself, his friends, agents 
and others acting for and sanctioned by him, give 
or cause and procure to be given, and did promise 
and agree to give, and did know of and consent to 
the giving and procuring to be given, money, gifts 
and rewards, offices and places to divers persons, 
upon certain engagements, contracts and agree- 
ments, that such persons to whom and to whose 
use and on whose behalf such gifts and promises 
were made, should, by themselves, and others at 
their solicitation, respectively request and command, 
procure, and endeavour to procure, the Return of 
him the said Ralph Bernal Osborne at such Elec- 
tion; that after the teste for holding the said Elec- 
tion, and before, at and during the said Election, the 
said Ralph Bernal Osborne did, by himself and his 
agents, friends and partisans, or by divers ways and 
means int his behalf or at his charge, directly and 
indirectly give, present and allow to persons having 
votes in and at the said Election, money, meat, 
drink, entertainment and provision, and did make 
presents, gifts, rewards and entertainments, and did 
make promises, agreements, obligations and engage- 
ments to give and allow money, meat, drink, pro- 
vision, presents, rewards and entertainments to and 
for persons having votes in and at the said Election, 
and to and for the use, benefit and advantage, em- 
loyment, profit and preferment of such persons, to 
induce nt ersons to vote at the said Election for 
the said Ralph Bernal Osborne, or to forbear to 
vote at the said Election for the said Marquis of 
Blandford, in order that he the said Ralph Bernal 
Osborne might be elected, or for being elected to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said County ; 
that by reason of the said last-mentioned corrupt 
and illegal practices, the said Ralph Bernal Os- 
borne was and is wholly incapacitated and ineligible 
to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
County, and the said Election and Return of the 
said Ralph Bernal Osborne were and are wholly 
null and void; that before, during and after the 
said Election, the said Ralph Bernal Osborne did, 
by himself and his agents, friends and partisans, or 
by or with divers persons, or in divers ways and 
manners, directly or indirectly give or provide, or 
did cause or did knowingly allow to be given or 
provided, wholly or partly at his expense, or did 
pay wholly or in part divers expenses incurred for 
meat, drink, entertainment and provision to and 
for divers persons, for the purpose of corruptly in- 
fluencing divers of such persons or divers other 
persons to give their votes in the said Election for 
the said Ralph Bernal Osborne, or to refrain from 
giving their votes at the said Election for the said 
Marquisof Blandford; that by reason of thelast-men- 
tioned corrupt and illegal practices the said Ralph 
Bernal Osborne was and is wholly incapacitated and 
ineligible to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said County, and the said Election and Return of 
the said Ralph Bernal Osborne were and are wholly 
null and void; that gross, extensive, systematic and 
open and notorious bribery, treating and corruption 
were practised and carried on at the said Election 
by divers persons, being agents, friends, supporters 
and partisans of the said Ralph Bernal Osborne, 
and that the said Election and Return of the said 
Ralph Bernal Osborne were procured by such bri- 
bery, treating and corruption; that by reason of 
the premises and of the last-mentioned corrupt and 
illegal practices the said Election and Return of 
the said Ralph Bernal Osborne were and are gen. 
null and void; and praying that the House will 
take the premises into their consideration, and will 
declare that the said Ralph Bernal Osborne was 








not 





Hereford — 
County 
Election. 





16 Vicroriz. 


not duly elected, and ought not to have been re- 
turned, and that his Election and Return are wholly 
null and void; and that the House will give to the 
Petitioners such further and other relief in the pre- 
mises as to the House shall seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant or Warrants for such persons, papers and re- 
cords as shall be thought necessary * the several 
Parties on the hearing of the matter of the said 
Petition. 





A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of 
the County of Hereford, was read; setting forth, 
That the Petitioners are now and at the last Elec- 
tion of Members to serve in Parliament for the 
County of Hereford were registered Electors for the 
said County, and had a right to vote and did vote at 
such Election; that at the said Election, James 
King King, Thomas William Booker, Esquires, the 
Honourable Charles Spencer Bateman Hanbury 
and George Cornewall Lewis, Esquire, were Candi- 
dates to represent the said County in Parliament, 
and a poll having been demanded, was held and 
taken, and at the close thereof the said James King 
King, Thomas William Booker and the Honourable 
Charles Spencer Bateman Hanbury were returned 
duly elected as Members to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said County of Hereford; that 
at the booths appointed for taking the poll of the 
voters in the district of Ross, the poll was, on the 
second day of polling, interrupted by force and 
violence previous to the hour of four of the clock 
in the afternoon; that the deputies appointed by 
the High Sheriff to take the poll at the booths at 
Ross aforesaid, immrediately and improperly closed 
the poll, and did not continue the poll until the hour 
of four of the clock, nor did — there declare any 
adjournment of the poll; that there was a number 
of voters unpolled in the said Ross district, who 
would have polled for the said George Cornewall 
Lewis, but were not able to do so in consequence of 
the said illegal close of the poll ; that the poll-books 
of the said district of Ross were not delivered or trans- 
mitted sealed up by the Deputy Sheriff to the High 
Sheriff of the County, nor are they now to be found 
among the poll-books; that the said High Sheriff 
of the said County of Hereford declared the ma- 
jority of votes to have been given for the said James 
King King, Thomas William Booker and the Ho- 
nourable Charles Spencer Bateman Hanbury, and 
returned them as representatives of the said County 
of Hereford, he not having the poll-books delivered 
to or produced before him to cast up the numbers 
and make such Return, and such Return was and is 
wholly illegal, null and void; that the votes polled 
for the said James King King, Thomas William 
Booker and Charles Spencer Bateman Hanbury were 
obtained by bribery, treating, undue influence, inti- 
midation and other illegal means practised and car- 
ried on at the said Election by the agents, friends 
and managers of the said James King King, Tho- 
mas William Booker and Charles Spencer Bateman 
Hanbury, and such votes are in consequence thereof 
wholly thrown away, and the Election procured 
thereby is wholly null and void; that by reason of 
the bribery, treating, undue influence and intimida- 
tion used in obtaining the votes of the said Electors, 
and by the improper closing of the poll, and by the 
Return professed to be founded on the poll-books 
illegally made as aforesaid, the Election and Return 
of the said James King King, Thomas William 
Booker and Charles Spencer Bateman Hanbury were 
null and void, and ought to be set aside ; and praying 
that the House will take the premises into conside- 
ration, and will declare the said Election and Return 
of the said James King King, Thomas William Booker 
and the Honourable Charles Spencer Bateman Han- 
bury to be wholly null and void, and will give to the 
OL. 108. 


25° Novembris. 








127 


Petitioners such further and other relief as to the 
House shall seem meet. 

A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of 
the County of Hereford, was also read ; setting forth, 
That the Petitioners are now and at the last 
Election of Members to serve in Parliament for the 
County of Hereford were then registered Electors 
for the said County, and had a right to vote and 
did vote at such Election; that at the said Election, 
James King King, Thomas William Booker, Es- 
5 eee the Honourable Charles Spencer Bateman 

anbury, and George Cornewall Lewis, Esquire, 
were Candidates to represent the said County in 
Parliament, and a poll having been demanded, was 
duly held and taken, and at the close thereof the 
said James King King, Thomas William Booker, 
and the Honourable Charles Spencer Bateman Han- 
bury were returned duly elected as Members to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said Count 
of Hereford; that before, at, during and after the 
said Election, the said James King King, Thomas 
William Booker, and Charles Spencer Bateman 
Hanbury did, by themselves, their agents, friends 
and partisans, and others, by divers ways and 
means, at their charge, with their knowledge, and 
on their behalf, directly and indirectly, give and 
allow to divers persons, Reawn, or claiming to be 
Electors of the said County, money, meat, drink, 
entertainment, provision, present or reward, to and 
for the use, benefit and advantage of such persons, 
in order that the said persons might vote, or for 
such persons having voted at the said Election for 
the said James King King, Thomas William Booker, 
and Charles Spencer Bateman Hanbury; that be- 
fore, at, during and after the said Election, the said 
James King King, Thomas William Booker and 
Charles Spencer Bateman Hanbury did, by them- 
selves, their agents, friends and managers, give, 
pay or allow, or did make promises, agreements, 
obligations and engagements to give, pay or allow to 
divers persons having or claiming to have votes at 
the said Election, divers sums of money under va- 
rious pretexts or pretences, fer the purpose of cor- 
ruptly influencing such persons to give their votes at 
the said Election for the said James King King, 
Thomas William Booker, and Charles Spencer Bate- 
man Hanbury, or for corruptly rewarding such per- 
sons for having voted at the said Election for the 
said James King King, Thomas William Booker and 
Charles Spencer Bateman Hanbury; that before, at, 
during and after the said Election the said James 
King King, Thomas William Booker and Charles 
Spencer Bateman Hanbury did, by themselves, their 
agents, friends, managers and others, in divers ways 
and means, directly or indirectly, give and provide, 
or cause and knowingly allow to be given and pro- 
vided, wholly or partly at their expense, or with 
their knowledge or consent, at the expense of their 
agents or friends, meat, drink, entertainment and 
provision to and for divers persons, for the purpose 
of corruptly influencing such persons to vote for the 
said James King King, Thomas William Booker, 
and Charles Spencer Bateman Hanbury, or to re- 
frain from voting for the said George Cornewall 
Lewis, and for the purpose of corruptly rewarding 
divers persons for having voted at the said Election 
for the said James King King, Thomas William 
Booker and Charles Spencer Bateman Hanbury; 
that notorious and systematic bribery, treating, in- 
timidation, undue influence and other illegal and 
corrupt practices were practised and carried on at 
the said Election by the agents, friends, managers 
and partisans of the said James King King, Thomas 
William Booker and Charles Spencer Bateman Han- 
bury,and the Election of the said James King King, 
Thomas William Booker and Charles Spencer Bate- 
man Hanbury was procured thereby; that by 
reason of the premises the Election and Return of 
the said James King King, Thomas William Booker 
and Charles Spencer Bateman Hanbury were and 

R4 are 








128 


are wholly null and void; and praying that the 
House will take the premises into consideration, 
and will declare the said Election of the said James 
King King, Thomas William Booker and Charles 
Spencer Buteman Hanbury to be wholly null and 
void, and will give to the Petitioners such further 
and other relief as to the House shall seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants fer such persons, papers and records 
as shall be thought necessary by the several Parties 
on the hearing of the matter of the said Petitions. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned George Green- 
halgh, of Bolton-le-Moors, in the county of Lancas- 
ter, Appraiser and General Agent, was read ; setting 
forth, That the Petitioner was, at and during the last 
Election of Members to serve in this present larlia- 
ment for the Borough of Bolton-le-Moors, in the 
county of Lancaster, a registered Elector of the said 
Borough, and had a right to vote and did vote at 
the said Election ; that at the said Election, Tomas 
Barnes, Esquire, Joseph Crook, — Stephen 
Blair, Esquire, and Peter Ainsworth, Esquire, were 
Candidates, and that a poll being demanded, the 
same was granted and proceeded with, and, at the 
close thereof, the Election was declared by the Re- 
turning Officer to have fallen upon the said Thomas 
Barnes and Joseph Crook, who were accordingly re- 
turned as the Members duly elected to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said Borough of Bolton- 
le-Mvors; that before, at and during the said Elec- 
tion, the said Thomas Barnes and Joseph Crook 
were, and each of them was, by themselves, their 
agents, managers, friends and partisans respectively, 
guilty of many acts of bribery and corruption, in or- 
der to corrupt and procure, and did, and each of 
them did, by their said agents, managers, friends and 
partisans, and by other persons employed in their 
behalf, by gifts, presents, money, rewards, and by 
offers of gifts, money and rewards, and by promises, 
agreements and securities for gifts, money and re- 
wards, and by threats, intimidation, undue influence, 
and by other corrupt and illegal practices, acts and 
means, corrupt and procure divers persons having 
or claiming to have votes at the said Election, to 
give their votes to them the said Thomas Barnes and 
Joseph Crook, or one of them, and to forbear to give 
their votes in favour of the said Stephen Blair ; that 
the said Thomas Barnes and Joseph Crook, by the 
said corrupt and illegal practices, were and are wholly 
incapacitated and ineligible to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said Borough, and the said Elec- 
tion and Return of the said Thomas Barnes and Jo- 
seph Crook were and are wholly null and void ; that 
the said Thomas Barnes and Joseph Crook, before, 
during and after the said Election, did, and each of 
them did, by themselves, their agents, friends and 
partisans, or by and with divers other persons, and 
in divers ways and means, directly or indirectly, give 
and provide, and cause and knowingly allow to be 
given and provided, wholly or partly at their and 
each of their expense, or did pay wholly or in part 
divers pom incurred for meat, drink, entertain- 
ment and provision, for the purpose of corruptly in- 
fuencing divers of such persons, or divers other per- 
sons, to give their votes at the said Election for the 
said Zhomas Barnes and Joseph Crook, or one of 
thera, or to refrain from giving their votes at the said 
Election for the said Stephen Blair, for the purpose 
of corrupting and rewarding, and did, and an of 
them did, corrupt and reward, or cause or allow to 
be corrupted e rewarded, divers of such persons, 
and other persons, for having given their votes at 
the said Election for the said Thomas Barnes and 
Joseph Crook, or one of them, or for having refrained 
from giving their votes at the said Election for the 


said Stephen Blair, whereby the said Thomas Barnes 
and Joseph Crook are wholly incapacitated and ine- 


25° Novembris. 


A. 1852. 


ligible to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough of Bolton, and the Election and Return 
of the said Thomas Barnes and Joseph Crook were 
and are wholly null and void; that gross, extensive 
and systematic corruption, bribery and treating were 
practised before, at and during the said Election by 
divers persons, being friends, supporters and parti- 
sans of the said Thomas Barnes and Joseph Crook, 
or one of them, with a view to the Election of the 
said Thomas Barnes and Joseph Crook, and that the 
said Election and Return of the said Thomas Barnes 
and Joseph Crook were procured by means of such 
corruption, bribery and treating, and that by reason 
thereof the said Election and Return of the said T’ho- 
mas Barnes and Joseph Crook as Members to serve 
in this present Parliament for the said Borough of 
Bolton were and are wholly null and void ; that after 
the teste of the Writ for holding the said Election, 
and before, at and during the said Election, the said 
Thomas Barnes and Joseph Crook did, and each of 
them did, by themselves, their agents, managers, 
friends, partisans and others, on their behalf, or at. 
their and each of their charge, directly or indirectly 
give and allow to divers persons who were Electors 
or claimed to be Electors of the said Borough, mo- 
ney, meat, drink, entertainment, provision, present 
or reward, offices and places, and did make promises, 
agreements, obligations or engagements to giye or 
allow to such persons money, meat, drink, entertain- 
ment, provision, present or reward, offices and places, 
to and for the use, advantage, benefit, employment, 
profit or preferment of such persons, to induce such 
persons to vote at the said Election for the said Tho- 
mas Barnes and Joseph Crook, or one of them, or to 
forbear to vote at the said Election for the said Ste- 
phen Blair, or in order that they the said Thomas 
Barnes and Joseph Crook should be elected and for 
being elected to serve in Parliament for the said 
Borough ; that by reason of the last-mentioned illegal 
and corrupt practices, the said 7homas Barnes and 
Joseph Crook were and are wholly incapacitated and 
ineligible to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough, and the said Election and Return of 
the said Thomas Barnes and Joseph Crook were 
wholly null and void ; and praying that the House will 
take the premises into consideration, and declare 
that the said Thomas Barnes and Joseph Crook were 
not duly elected, and ought not to have been returned 
Members to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough of Bolton, and that their Election and 
Return are wholly null and void ; and that the House 
will give to the Petitioner such further and other re- 
lief as to the House shall seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records 
as shall be thought necessary by the several Parties 
on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Charles Barry King’s County 


Baldwin, Esquire, an Elector of the King’s County, 
in that part of the United Kingdom called Jreland, 
was read ; setting forth, That the Petitioner was, at 
and during the last Election of Members to serve in 
this present Parliament for the King’s County, in 
Ireland aforesaid, a registered Elector of the said 
County, and claims to have and had a right to vote 
and did vote at the said Election; that at the said 
Election, which took place in the month of July 
One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two, Patrick 
O’Brien, Esquire, Loftus Henry Bland, Esquire, 
and Thomas Bernard, Esquire, were Candidates to 
represent the said County in Parliament; that a poll 
having been demanded, the same was taken by the 
Returning Officer for the said County, and the said 
Patrick O’Brien and Loftus Henry Bland were, by 


the said Returning Officer, declared to have had a 


majority of votes at the said Election, and to have 
been duly eJected, and were returned as the Members 





duly 





25° Novembris. 129 


duly elected to serve in this present Parliament for|as by day to the dwellings of divers Electors who 
the said King’s County; that before, durmg and’ were known or believed to be willing and anxious to 
after the said Election, the said Patrick O’ Brien | vote for the said Thomas Bernard, and by force, 
and Loftus Henry Bland did, by themselves, their | violence and menaces, attempted to carry away, and 
agents, friends and partisans, by divers ways and | in some instances succeeded in carrying away seve- 


16 VictroriZ. 


means, at their charge an‘! on their behalf, directly | 


and indirectly give, promise, present and allow, and 
cause and knowingly allow to be given and pro- 
vided to persons having votes at the said Election, 
money, meat, drink, entertainment, provision and 
reward, and did make presents, gifts, rewards and 
promises, agreements and engagements to give 
money, meat, drink, entertainment, provision and 
rewards, to and for persons having votes as afore- 
said, and to and for the use, advantage, benefit, en- 
joyment, profit and preferment of such persons, in 


ral of the Electors, and by force and violence car- 
ried them away into distant parts of the country, and 
kept and detained them there by force and violence 
until after the close of the said Election, in order to 
prevent them voting, and did thereby prevent them 
voting at the said Election for the said Thomas Ber- 
nard ; that in like manner large and tumultuous mobs 
of — acting in the interest of the said Patrick 
O’ Brien and Loftus Henry Bland, or one of them, 
and being thereto instigated, employed and led by 





them and their agents, managers and partisans, pro- 


order that they the said Patrick O’ Brien and Lof- | ceeded to the dwellings of numerous other Electors of 
tus Henry Bland might be elected, or for being} the said County, and by violence, menaces, tumult 
elected Members to serve in Parliament for the said | and intimidation, so terrified and overawed the said 
County ; that before, during and after the said Elec- | Electors as thereby to induce them, contrary to their 
tion, the said Patrick O’Brien and Loftus Henry | wishes and intentions, and out of fear of personal 
Bland, by themselves, their agents, friends, managers | violence, were compelled to give their votes in favour 
and partisans, were guilty of bribery and corruption, | of the said Patrick O’Brien and Loftus Henry 
and did, by gifts, presents, money, rewards and pro- | Bland, or one of them, or to forbear from giving 
visions, agreements and securities for money, gifts their votes in favour of the said Thomas Bernard, 
and rewards, and by other corrupt, illegal and im-| whereby, and by means whereof, the said Election 





proper practices, acts and means, corrupt, procure 
and compel divers persons having or claiming to 
have votes at the said Election, to give their votes 
at the said Election for the said Patrick O’ Brien 
and Loftus Henry Bland, or one of them, and to 
forbear to give their votes to the said Thomas Ber- 
nard; that the seid Patrick O’Brien and Loftus 
Henry Bland did, by themselves, their agents, 


friends, partisans and others on their behalf, before, | 
during and after the said Election, in divers ways 


and means, directly and indirectly give and provide, 
and knowingly allow to be given and provided, 
wholly or partly at their —— or did pay, 
wholly or in part, for meat, drink, entertainment and 
provision to and for divers persons having votes at 
the said Election, for the purpose of corruptly in- 


fluencing such persons, and divers other persons | 


having votes at such Election, to give their votes to 
the said Patrick O’ Brien and Loftus Henry Bland, 
or one of them, or to refrain from giving their said 
votes at such Election to the said Thomas Bernard, 
or for the purpose of corruptly rewarding such per- 
sons or other persons for having given or refrained 
from giving their votes at such Election; that pre- 
vious to and during the said Election there was 
established and acted upon, not only in the said 
County, but in the surrounding and adjoining dis- 
tricts of the country, an organized and premeditated 
system of excitement, menace, violence, riot and 
outrage, for the purpose of intimidating and prevent- 
ing the Electors of the said County who were willing 
and anxious to poll in favour of the said Thomas 
Bernard from polling for him, and of forcing and 


compelling certain of the said Electors to vote for , 


the said Patrick O’ Brien and Loftus Henry Bland, 
or one of them, and that the said system of intimi- 
dation, violence, riotand coercion was carried on previ- 
ously to and during and throughout the said Elec- 
tion, and that «divers Electors were thereby terrified, 
coerced and prevented from polling for the said 


Thomas Bernard, and divers others of the said | 


Electors were coerced and compelled, contrary to 
their free-will and intention, and by force and vio- 
lence and threats and intimidation of various kinds, 
to vote for the said Patrick O’Brien and Loftus 
Henry Bland, or one of them, and that the said 
Election and Return of the said Patrick O’ Brien 
and Loftus Henry Bland ought by reason of the 
premises to be declared null and void; that for many 
days previous to the Election large and organised 


. . . 5 
mobs and bodies of peasantry in the interest of the 


said Patrick O’ Brien and Loftus Henry Bland, and 

thereto instigated, employed and led by their agents, 

managers and partisans, proceeded by night as well 
Vou. 108. 


and Return is and ought to be declared null and 
void; that before, at and during the said Election, 
the most open, general and outrageous violence and 
systematic intimidation were carried on by the agents, 
managers and partisans of the said Patrick O’ Brien 
and Joftus Henry Bland, and by persons employed 
and directed by them or some of them, and by large 
mobs and bodies of persons hired and paid for the 
said purpose, and in the interest of the said Patrick 
O’ Brien and Loftus Henry Bland, whereby several 
Electors who were anxious to vote and would have 
voted at the said Election for the said 7'homas Ber- 
nard wereinduced through fear and terror to give their 
votes in favour of the said Patrick O’ Brien and 
| Loftus Henry Bland, or one of them, or to abstain 
from voting for the said Thomas Bernard, whereby 
the said Election and Return is null and void ; that 
for the purpose of carrying on the said intimidation 
and violence, and exciting and causing fear and ter- 
ror in the minds of the Electors of said County, large 
mobs or bodies of persons, being in some part voters 
and inhabitants of the said County, but for the most 
part not being Electors or inhabitants of the same, 
but persons who were induced and employed to come, 
and were led and brought into the said County by 
the said Patrick O’ Brien and Loftus Henry Bland, 
and their agents, friends, partisans and managers, 
from various and distant districts of the said County, 
and armed with sticks, bludgeons and other weapons, 
were paraded through the said County, both by day 
and night, previous to and during and until after 
| the close of the said Election, using threats and me- 
_naces of violence and injury to all such Electors as 
should vote for the said Thomas Bernard, and did 
on several occasions, by actual force, violence and 
intimidation, prevent the said Thomas Bernard and 
his friends and supporters from canvassing the Elec- 
tors of the said County, and force and compel him 
and them to abandon the business of the said Elec- 
tors, in violation of the freedom of Election, and 
contrary to the laws and constitution of this realm ; 
that by reason of the aforesaid corrupt and illegal 
practices, and violent, riotous and tumultuous pro- 
ceedings, the said Patrick O’ Brien and Loftus Henry 
Bland were and are wholly disabled and incapaci- 
tated and ineligible to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the said King’s County, and the Election 
and Return of the said Patrick O’ Brien and Loftus 
Henry Bland, or one of them, was and is wholly 
null and void ; and praying that the House will take 
the premises into their consideration, and will declare 
that the said Putrick O’ Brien and Loftus Henry 
Bland were not duly elected, ani) ought not to have 
been returned, and that their Election and Return 

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130 


are wholly null and void; and that the House will 
give to the Petitioner such further and other relief 
im the premises as to the House shall seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


Hydrographi- | Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Bostland’) Return relative to the Hydrographical Survey upon 


the North-west Coast of Scotland; stating the se- 
veral Surveys or Charts that have been completed 
by the Officers engaged in the Survey; giving the 
Dates when such Surveys or Charts have been re- 
spectively received at the Admiralty, and the Dates 
when any of them have been subsequently published. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 7th day of June, in the last Session of 
the last Parliament, for a Return of the Annual 
Produce of the Duty of Four-pence per Ton on 
Coals brought into the Port of London, payable to 
the Corporation of the City of London, and of the 
Charges thereon and Application of the same, from 
the 3ist day of December 1835 to the 31st day of 
December 1851 (in continuation of Returns which 
appear in Appendix, No. 7, to the Report from the 
Select Committee on Coal Trade, Session 1836). 


Coals (Port of 
London.) 


Coals. 


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A. 1852. 


An Account of Monies received and paid by the Blackfriars 
Chamberlain of the City of London, in respect of Bridge. 
the year ending the 14th August 1851, for lighting, 
watching, cleansing and repairmg Blackfriars Bridge, 
pursuant to Acts 7 Geo. 3, c. 37, 52 Geo. 3, c. 183, 
and 4 Will. 4, c. 118. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the London City 
Chamberlain of the City of London, for the year Police. 
ending on the 25th December 1851, in pursuance 
of the Act 2 &amp; 3 Vic. c. 94, intituled, “ An Act for 
regulating the Police of the City of London.” 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the 
Chamberlain of the City of London, for the year 
1851, in pursuance of the Act 2 &amp; 3 Vic. c. 94, 
for regulating the Police of the City of London, in 
respect of the City Police Superannuation Fund, 
for the Payment of Superannuated and Retiring 
Allowances. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the Mooring 
Chamberlain of the City of Zondon, on account of Chains, &amp;c. 
the year ending 25th July 1851, for defraying the ll 
Costs and Charges of maintaining, repairing, &amp;c. 
the Mooring Chains in the River 7hames, of paying 
the Salaries of the several Harbour Masters, &amp;c., 
and other Expenses of the Harbour Service, pur- 
suant to Act 39 Geo. 3, c. 69,10 Geo. 4, c. 124, 

4&amp;5 Will. 4, c. 32, and 9 &amp; 10 Vic. c. 90. : 

A Statement of the Receipt and Application of Bridge House 
the Surplus Rents and Profits of the Bridge House Pst#tes. 
Estates (after deducting the existing Charges and 
Expenses of Management of the said Estates), from 





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Return to an Order, dated the 15th day of June, in| the 14th August 1850 to the 14th August 1851, 


the last Session of the last Parliament, for a Return of | pursuant to the directions of the Acts 4 Geo. 4, c. 50, 
the Number of Tons of Coals imported into the Port of | 7 Geo. 4, c. 40, and 4 Will. 4, c. 118. 


London during each of the years 1845 to 1851, inclu- | 
sive ; and the Gross and Net Amount received in each | Chamberlain of the City of London, for one year, 


An Account of Monies received and paid by the Thames 
Navigation, 


of those years as Duty on Coals ; distinguishing, also, | ending 29th September 1851, for improving the 
the Quantity of Coals, and the Amount of Dues re-| Navigation of the River Thames, westward of Lon- 
ceived thereon in each of those years for Coals brought | don Bridge, in pursuance of the several Acts of 
Landwise into the City of London and Limits, under | 50 Geo. 3, c. 204, 52 Geo. 3, c. 46, 54 Geo. 3, c. 223, 
existing Acts of Parliament (in continuation of Par-!| 5 Geo. 4, c. 123, and 8 Vice. c. 1. 


liamentary Paper, No. 70, of Session 1846). 

London The following Papers, pursuant to the directions 

Corporation 
Londen 

Bridge, &amp;c. . . , ° . 

” Monies received and paid by the Chamberlain of 


| 
| 
| 


| 


the City of London, in respect of the year ending | Chamberlain of the City of London, for paving, y 


5th January 1852, being the Produce and Applica- | 


tion of the several Duties and Payments constituting 
the Fund called “The London Bridge Approaches or 
Improvement Fund,” for effecting Public Works and 
Improvements in the Metropolis, in pursuance of the 
Provisions of the Acts of Parliament of 10 Geo. 4, 
c. 136, 11 Geo. 4, c. 64,1 &amp; 2 Will. 4, c. 76,1 &amp; 2 





An Account of Monies received and paid by the Sewers. 
Chamberlain of the City of Zondon, for making 


of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon the | and repairing the Sewers of the said City, for the 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—An Account of | year ending 29th September 1851. 


An Account of Monies received and paid by the Paving, 


leansing and 
: 4 - J as ghting. 
cleansing and lighting the said City, for the year 
ending 29th September 1851. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the Wardmotes. 
Chamberlain of the City of London, in respect of 
the Charges of the Ward Clerks, Beadles and other 
Expenses connected with the holding of Wardmotes 


and other Ward Meetings, and for local purposes 


Vice. c. 100, 1 &amp; 2 Vie. c. 101, 8 &amp; 9 Vie. ec. 101, | connected therewith, in the several Wards of the 


11 &amp; 12 Vie. ce. 124, and 13 &amp; 14 Vie. ec. 103. 


City of London, pursuant to the Act 2 &amp; 3 Vic. 


An Account of the Surplus, for the year ending | c. 94, s. 85. 
5th January 1852, of the Fund called “The London | 


Bridge Approaches or Improvement Fund,” for 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Adjournment. 


effecting Public Works and Improvements in the | posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 
Metropolis, and the Appropriation of the same in | 


discharge of Monies raised under the Authority of 
Acts 11 Geo. 4, c. 64,1 &amp; 2 Will. 4, &amp;e. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the 
Chamberlain of the City of London, for the year 
ending 31st December 1851, in relation to a Market 
establishmed for the Sale of Coals, &amp;c., pursuant to 
the Acts 1 &amp; 2 Will. 4,c. 76,1 &amp; 2 Vic. c. 101, and 
8 &amp; @ Vic. c. 101. 

An Account of the Receipt, by the Chamberlain 
of the City of London, of the Duty of One penny 
per ‘Ton on Coals, Culm and Cinders brought into 
the Port of London, &amp;c., made payable by the Act 
of 1 &amp; 2 Will. 4, c. 76, and continued by subse- 
quent Acts; also of the Application of the same 
under the Act 8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 101, and 9 &amp; 10 Vice. 
c. 34, in the creation of a Fund for the execution of 
such Improvements in the Metropolis as Parlia- 
ment may direct and sanction, for one year ending 
31st December 1851. 


Coal Market. 


Coals, &amp;c. 





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said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


ant Right 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Ten 
= and.) 


to provide for the better securing of and regulating ‘!¢! 
the Custom of Tenant Right as practised in the Pro- 
vince of Ulster, and to secure Compensation to Im- 
proving Tenants who may not muke Claim under the 
said Custom, and to limit the Power of Eviction in 
certain cases: And that Mr. Serjeant Shee and 
Colonel Fulke Greville do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Revenue 
Return of the Chamberlains or Receivers employed Pe 
by the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods, — 
&amp;e. in the Collection of Her Majesty’s Revenues of 
every description in Scotland, specifying the Names 


of the Persons so employed, and the Districts in 
which they act, the nature of their Appointments 


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and the Amount of their Emoluments, and how 
paid ; 





Tenant Right 
(Ireland) Bill. 
No, 25. 


Bank Notes 
Bill. 


Commercial 


Legislation. 


Bank Notes 
Bill. 


16 VicToRIiz. 


paid ; also, stating whether they reside within their 
respective Districts, and if not, where they do reside, 
and their Professions or Employments. 


Mr. Serjeant Shee presented a Bill to provide for 
the better securing of and regulating the Custom of 
Tenant Right as practised in the Province of Ulster, 
and to secure Compensation to Improving Tenants 
who may not make Claim under the said Custom, 
and to limit the Power of Eviction in certain cases : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Monday the 6th day 
of December next; and to be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Bank Notes Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Order of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment, which 
upon the 23d day of this instant November was pro- 
posed to be made to the Question, “ That it is the opi- 
“ nion of this House, that the improved condition of 
“ the Country, and particularly of the Industrious 
“ Classes, is mainly the result of recent Commercial 
“ Legislation, and especially of the Act of 1846, which 
“ established the free admission of ForeignCorn; and 
“ that that Act was a wise, just and beneficial mea- 
“ sure ;” and which Amendment was to leave out 
from the first word “ That” to the end of the Ques- 
tion, in order to add the words “ this House acknow- 
“ ledges, with satisfaction, that the cheapness of pro- 
“ visions, occasioned by recent Legislation, has 
“ mainly contributed to improve the condition and in- 
“ crease the comforts of the Working Classes ; and 
that unrestricted competition having been adopted, 
after due deliberation, as the principle of our Com- 
mercial System, this House is of opinion that it is 
the duty of the Government unreservedly to adhere 
to that policy in those measures of Financial and 
Administrative Reform which, under the circum- 
stances of the Country, they may deem it their 
duty to introduce,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the words proposed to be left out, stand part of the 
Question : —The House resumed the said adjourned 
Debate :—- And the said proposed Amendment was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Question, by leaving out from the word “ Coun- 
“try” to the end of the Question, in order to 
add the words “and especially of the Industrious 
“ Classes, is mainly the result of recent Legislation, 
“ which has established the principle of unrestricted 
“ competition, has abolished Taxes imposed for the 
purposes of Protection, and has thereby diminished 
the cost and increased the abundance of the prin- 
* cipal articles of the food of the people,” instead 
thereof. 

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


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 
Veneris, 26° die Novembris 1852: 


‘ Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
ay. 


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The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Bank Notes Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Several Petitions complaining of undue Elections 
and Returns being offered to be presented, the same 
were delivered in at the Table. 

And five of the said Petitions appearing to relate 

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131 


to Elections and Returns for places concerning 
which the House had received Petitions upon former 
days, and upon this day, the same were first read. 


A Petition of the several Persons whose names Bradford 
are thereunto subscribed, being Electors of the Bo- Election. 


rough of Bradford, in the County of York, was read ; 
setting forth, That the Petitioners were, at the last 
Election of Members to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough of Bradford, registered 
Electors of the said Borough, and claim to have and 
had a right to vote and did vote at the said Election ; 
that at the said Election, Henry Wickham Wickham, 
Esquire, Robert Milligan, Esquire, and Lieutenant- 
Colonel Thompson, were Candidates to represent the 
said Borough in Parliament ; that a poll having been 
demanded, the same was taken by the Returning 
Officer for the said Borough on the Seventh day of 
July One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two ; 
that the said Henry Wickham Wickham and Robert 
Milligan were by the said Returning Officer declared 
to have a majority of votes at the said Election, and 
to have been duly elected, and were returned as the 
Members duly elected to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the said Borough of Bradford ; that be- 
fore, at and during the said Election the said Robert 
Milligan was, by himself, his agents, managers, 
friends and partisans, guilty of divers acts of bribery 
and corruption, and did, b his agents, managers, 
friends and partisans, and by other persons em- 
ployed on his behalf, by gifts, presents, money and 
rewards, and by offers of gifts, money and rewards, 
and by promises, agreements and securities for 
money, gifts, employment and rewards, and by other 
illegal practices, acts and means, corrupt and procure 
divers persons having or claiming to have votes at the 
said Election, to give their votes in favour of or for 
him the said Robert Milligan, or to forbear to give 
their votes in favour of the said Henry Wickham 
Wickham; that before, at and during the said Elec- 
tion, the said Robert Milligan did, by himself, his 
agents, friends and partisans, directly and indirectly, 
give presents and allow to divers persons having 
votes in and at the said Election, money, meat, 
drink, entertainment and provision, and did make 
presents, gifts, entertamments and rewards, and did 
make promises, agreements and engagements to give 
money, meat, drink, provision, presents, rewards and 
entertainments to and for persons, to induce such 
persons to vote at the said Election for the said 
Robert Milligan, or to forbear to vote at the said 
Election for the said Henry Wickham Wickham ; 
that by reason of the said corrupt and illegal prac- 
tices the said Robert Milligan was and is wholly 
incapacitated and ineligible to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said Borough ; and the said Elec- 
tion and Return of the said Robert Milligan was 
and is wholly null and void; and praying that the 
House will take the premises into consideration, and 
will declare that the said Robert Milligan was not 
duly elected, and ought not to have been returned, 
and that his Election and Return are wholly null and 
void, and that the Petitioners may have such further 
and other relief in the premises as to the House may 
seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant or Warrants for such persons, papers and 
records as shall be thought necessary by the several 
Parties on the hearing of the matter of the said 
Petition. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of Durham 
the City of Durham, was read; setting forth, That "ecto 


the Petitioners were, at and during the last Election 
of Members to serve in this present Parliament for 
the said City of Durham, registered Electors of the 
said City, and voted at the said Election; that Tho- 
mas Colpitts Granger, Esquire, William Atherton, 
Esquire, and Adolphus Frederick Charles William 


s2 Vane. 


Carlow County 
Election, 





132 
Vane, commonly called Lord Adolphus Frederick 


Charles William Vane, were the Candidates at the 


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A. 1852. 


of the Shire to serve in Parliament at the said 
Election for the said County ; that at the said Elec- 


said Election, and a poll having been demanded, | tion of a Member to serve in Parliament for the said 


was 


said Thomas Colpitts Granger and William Atherton, | July 


roceeded with, and at the close thereof the County, which was held on the Nineteenth day of 


ne thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two, 


were by the Returning Ofticer declared to have had | Henry Bruen (since deceased), William Bunbury 


a majority of votes at the said Election, and to be 
duly elected, and were returned to serve in this pre- 
sent Parliament for the said City; that the polling 
at the said Election was prematurely and unlawfully 

closed by the Returning and Deputy Returning Offi- 

cers, or some or one of them, previous to the expira- | 
tion of the time fixed by law, without any sufficient 

cause for or notice of such closing; that persons 

entitled by law to tender votes, and who claimed to 

have and; had a right to vote at the said Election, 

and who were ready to have tendered the same, and 

to have voted thereat, were, by the irregular and un- 

due closing of the said poll, and by the other illegal 

and unconstitutional practices thereinbefore set forth, 

prevented from so tendering their votes ; that by the | 
said improper and unlawful closing of the poll, divers | 
persons who were entitled to vote at the said Elec- 
tion remained unpolled, and were thereby deprived ' 
of the opportunity and right of voting at the said 

Election, and that, by reason of the premises afore-- 
said, the said Election and Return of the said Tho- 

mas Colpitts Granger and William Atherton were 

and are wholly null and void; that in consequence 

of the above-mentioned illegal proceedings, many 

Electors who were on their way to the poll, and who 

endeavoured to vote at the said Election, were pre- 

vented from voting for the said William Atherton, ' 
and the majority of votes which he would have 

polled was greatly decreased ; that in consequence 

of the premises there was no freedom of Election at 

the said last Election for the said’ City, and a large 

portion of the registered Electors for the said City 

did not vote thereat; that by reason of the said 

several causes and premises the Election and Return 

of the said William Atherton and Thomas Colpitts 

Granger were and are wholly null and void ; that 

the majority of good and legal votes given at the 

said poll for the said Thomas Colpitts Granger was 

not a real and bond fide majority over the said Lord 

Adolphus Frederick Charles William Vane, but that 

a number of bad and illegal votes were improperly 

recorded for the said Thomas Colpitts Granger, 

whilst the said Lord Adolphus Frederick Charles 

William Vane had the real majority above the said 

Thomas Colpitts Granger; that the Return of the 

said Thomas Colpitts Granger was therefore null 

and void, and on scrutiny of the votes before a Com- 

mittee of the House would be found so to be; and 

praying that the House will take the premises 

ito consideration, and will declare that the said 

Thomas Colpitts Granger was not duly elected, but 

that Lord Adolphus Frederick Charles William Vane 

was duly elected, and ought to have been returned | 
a Member to serve for the said City of Durham, and 

will order the Return to be amended accordingly, 
and give to the Petitioners such further and other 
relief as to the House shall seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on | 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of Walter Newton, of Dunleckney, near | 
Bagralstown, in the County of Carlow, Esquire, an 
Elector of the said County of Carlow, registered and | 
entitled to vote at the late Election of Members to | 
serve in Parliament for the said County, was read ; 
setting forth, That the Petitioner was, at and during 
the last Election of Members to serve in this pre- 
sent Parliament for the said County of Carlow, a 


duly registered Elector of the said County, and had | 
and claimed to have had a right to vote for Knights | 


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M‘Clintock Bunbury, John Ball and John Henry 
Keogh, were Candidates to represent the said County 
in Parliament; that after a show of hands by the 
Electors, a poll being duly and in the usual manner 
demanded, the Sheriff of the said County proceeded, 
on the Twenty-second and Twenty-third days of 
July, to poll the said County ; that, on the Twenty- 
sixth day of July last, said Sheriff declared a ma- 
jority of votes to be in favour of the said John Ball 
and Henry Bruen, who were thereupon returned by 
the said Sheriff as duly elected to serve in this pre- 
sent Parliament for the said County of Car/ow ; that 
the number of votes which appeared on the poll at 
the close thereof were, for the said John Pall, Eight 
hundred and ninety-five, for the said Henry Bruen, 
Eight hundred and ninety-three, for the said Welliam 
Bunbury M‘Clintock Bunbury, Eight hundred and 
eighty, and for the said John Henry Keogh, Eight 
hundred and seventy-seven, making a majority of 
the said John Ball over the said Wi/liam Tudlery 
M‘Clintock Bunbury of Fifteen ; that the said ma- 
jority in favour of the said John Ball over the said 
William Bunbury M‘Clintock Bunbury was but co- 
lourable, and that the real majority of good and 
legal votes was in favour of the said William Bun- 
bury M‘Clintock Bunbury over the said John Ball, 
and that the Return of the said John Ball was an 
undue Return, and was procured not only by violence, 
terror, threats and intimidation, but by perjury, 
bribery, and by the payment and promise of payment 
of sums of money, by and on behalf of the said John 
Ball, to Electors and to other persons capable of 
influencing Electors of said County, and of procuring 
and endeavouring to procure voters for the purpose 
of securing the Return of the said John Ball, and 
by the polling of many persons not legally entitled 
to vote for the said John Ball, and by other undue, 
illegal, corrupt and unconstitutional means; that 
before and during the said Election the said John 
Baill was, by himself and his agents, friends and 
managers, guilty of divers acts of bribery and cor- 
ruption, in order to corrupt and procure, and did by 
his agents, managers and friends, and by many 
other persons employed in his behalf, by gifts, pre- 
sents, money, rewards, and by promises, agreements 
and securities for money, gifts, employment and re- 
wards, and by threats, intimidation, promises, undue 
influence, and other corrupt and illegal practices, 
acts and means, corrupt and procure divers persons 
having or claiming to have votes at the said Elec- 
tion, to give their votes in favour of him the said 
John Ball, or to forbear to give their votes in favour 
of the said William Bunbury M‘Clintock Bunbury ; 
that the said John Ba/l, by the said corrupt and 
illegal practices, was and is wholly incapacitated and 
ineligible to serve in this present Parliament for the 


|said County, and the said Election and Return of 


the said John Ball were and are wholly null and 
void; that the said John Ball did, by himself, his 
friends, agents and others acting for and sanctioned 
by him, give or cause and procure to be given, and 
did promise and agree to give, and did know of and 
consent to the giving and procuring to be given, 
money, gifts and rewards, offices and places, to divers 
persons, upon certain engagements, contracts and 
agreements, that such persons to whom and to whose 
use and in whose behalf such gifts and promises 
were made should, by themselves and others, at 
their solicitation, respectively request and command, 
procure and endeavour to procure the Return of 
him the said John Ball at such Election; that the 
said John Ball, by himself, his agents and managers, 
and by persons employed in his behalf, in pursuance 
and in furtherance of the general bribery and cor- 

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ruption which prevailed at the said Election, did give, | 


pay and deliver to divers persons being voters for 


the said County at the said Election, and to divers | 


= who could influence voters, or who were re- 
ated by kindred or affinity to voters for the said 


County at the said Election, divers sums of money 


to each and every one of the said persons who were 
voters, or could influence voters, or related as afore- 
said to voters, in consideration that all such several 


voters having a right to vote had given their votes | 


at the said Election in favour of the said John Ball, 
and for and in no other respect whatsoever ; that be- 
fore, during and after the said Election, the said 
John Ball did, by himself, and his agents, friends and 
partisans, or by or with divers persons, or in divers 
ways and manners, directly or indirectly give or pro- 
vide, or did cause or did knowingly allow to be given 
or provided, wholly or partly at his expense, or did 
pay wholly or in part divers expenses incurred for 
meat, drink, entertainment and provision to and for 
divers persons, for the purpose of corruptly influenc- 
ing such persons, or divers other persons to give their 
votes in the said Election for the said John Ball, or 
to refrain from giving their votes in the said Election 
for the said William Bunbury M‘Clintock Bunbury, 
or for the purpose of corruptly rewarding such per- 
sons, or some of them, for having given their votes 
at the said Election for the said John Ball, or for 
having refrained from giving their votes at the said 
Election for the said William Bunbury M‘Clintock 
Bunbury, and that by reason of the last-mentioned 
and illegal practices, the said John Ball was and is 
wholly incapacitated and ineligible to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said County, and the said 
Election and Return of the said John Ball were and 
are wholly null and void ; that gross, extensive, sys- 
tematic and open and notorious bribery, treating 
and corruption were practised and carried on at the 
said Election by divers persons, being friends, sup- 
porters and partisans of the said John Bail, with a 
view to the Election of the said John Ball, and that 
the said Election and Return of the said John Ball 
were procured by means of such bribery, treating 
and corruption; that by reason of the last-mentioned 
corrupt and illegal practices, the said Election and 
Return of the said John Ball were and are wholly 
null and void ; that the majority of votes so declared 
by the High Sheriff, as such Returning Officer, as 
aforesaid in favour of the said John Ball was only 
an apparent and colourable majority, inasmuch as the 
votes of divers persons were oe and recorded 
on the poll in favour of the said John Ball, who were 
not legally entitled, and had no legal right to vote at 


the said Election, and that the real majority of good | 


and legal votes polled at the said Election was in 
favour of the said William Bunbury M‘Clintock 
Bunbury over the said John Ball, and the said Wil- 
liam Bunbury M‘Clintock Bunbury was accordingly 
duly elected as Member for the said County, and 
ought to have been returned as such Member instead 
of the said John Ball; that divers persons were ad- 
mitted to vote, and did vote, and were reckoned on 
the poll at the said Election for the said John Ball, 
who were not entitled by law to vote in the Election 
for the said County, or to have had their names in- 
serted in the List of Voters or upon the Register of 
Voters for the said County in respect of any quali- 
fication arising out of property, occupation or value, 
or residence, or rating or payment of rates, or whose 
qualification was for other and various causes insuf- 
ficient, or who were respectively subject to legal in- 
capacities, and whose names had been and were un- 
duly and improperly inserted in the said Register in 
consequence of the decision of the Barrister ap- 
pointed to revise the List of Voters for the said 
County, and that the votes of all such persons ought 
now to be struck off the poll and off the Register of 
Voters for the said County ; that divers persons duly 
qualified to vote at the said Election, at the revision 
-of = list of persons entitled to vote in and for the 
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Election of a Member for the said County, were 
improperly expunged or omitted from the said Regis- 
ter of Voters in force at the said Election, in conse- 
uence of the decision of the Barrister who revised 
the List of Voters from which the said Register was 
formed ; that such persons being duly qualified to 
| be registered and to vote at the said Election, duly 
tendered their votes thereat for the said William 
Bunbury M‘Clintock Bunbury, and the votes of such 
persons were entered as tendered votes only, and 
were not allowed and admitted or reckoned on the 
poll as good votes for the said William Bunbury 
M‘Clintock Bunbury, and ought now to be put upon 
the poll in favour of the said William Bunbury 
M‘Clintock Bunbury; that divers other persons 
voted at the said Election for the said John Ball, 
and were reckoned upon the poll at the said Election 
in favour of the said John Ball, who were bribed or 
corruptly induced and procured to vote thereat in 
favour of the said John Ball, or to forbear to vote 
for the said William Bunbury M‘Clintock Bunbury ; 
that the votes of such persons were, therefore, bad, 
illegal and invalid, and ought to be struck off the 
poll; that divers other persons voted and were 
reckoned upon the poll at the said Election for the 
said John Ball who had given or offered bribes to 
ersons having or claiming a right to vote at the said 
lection, and were by such gifts or offers incapaci- 
tated and disqualified from voting thereat, and the 
votes of such persons ought now to be struck off the 
poll ; that divers other persons were admitted to vote 
at the said Election, and were reckoned upon the 
poll at the said Election in favour of the said John 
Ball, who had been treated or were guilty of treating 
and other corrupt practices at and before the said 
Election, so as to disqualify them from voting at the 
same, and the votes of such persons ought now to 
be struck off the poll; that at the said Election 
many voters were entered and counted on the said 
poll in favour of the said John Ball who did not in 
point of fact vote for him, but who were personated 
and fraudulently represented by other persons who 
had themselves no title to vote, but who jraudu- 
lently tendered themselves as voters for the said 
County at the said Election, and were erroneously and 
improperly admitted to vote thereat in the names 
and characters of the said first-mentioned voters, and 
such names were entered in the poll-books as 
good votes for the said John Ball, and ought now 
| to be struck off the poll; that divers other persons 
voted at the said Election in favour of the said John 
Ball who were not entitled to vote thereat, inasmuch 
as previous thereto and subsequent to their registry 
| their estates or interests in right of which they had 
| been so registered and claimed to vote had either in 
_ the whole or in part been sublet, divided or assigned, 
surrendered, evicted or otherwise determined or di- 
minished, or who had become bankrupts or insol- 
vents, or otherwise parted with or lost their estates 
| or qualifications so as not to leave any sufficient 
qualification to vote in the said persons at the time 
of the said Election, and whose votes ought now to 
be struck off the poll; that several other persons 
voted and were admitted to poll for the said John 
Ball who were not entitled to vote at the said Elec- 
tion, though they appeared upon the face of the county 
books and registry to have been regularly registered, 
who had not in fact and truth, either at the time of 
their said registry or at the time of their so voting, any 
legal title to or interest in the lands and premises in 
respect of which they were so registered ; that divers 
other persons voted at the said Election for the said 
John Ball, whose names appear upon the Registry 
of Voters for the said County, who were not entitled 
to be registered as voters for the same, or to vote at 
the said Election, inasmuch as the lands or premises 
in respect whereof they were so admitted to register 
were not nor are of sufficient value to entitle them 
to be registered as such voters, or to vote at the said 
Election, and whose votes ought to be struck off ~ 
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poll accordingly ; that previous to and during and cordingly, by erasing therefrom the name of the said 
subsequent to the said Election, many persons in the | John Ball, and substituting that of William Bunbury 
interest of the said John Ball, as well by payments | M‘Clintock Bunbury in leu thereof, and that the 
and loans of money as by violent threats and me- | votes of the persons improperly registered and allowed 
naces, and by divers other illegal, wrongful and un- | to poll as aforesaid may be struck off the poll, and 
constitutional means, illegally interfered with divers | that the Register of Voters for the said County may 
Electors for the said County, in order to compel and | be duly amended, or that the said last Election for 


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induce them to vote for the said John Ball, or to 
forbear to vote for the said William Bunbury M‘Clin- 
tock Bunbury, and in fact by such means induce, 
terrify and compel many such Electors so to vote or 
to forbear to vote at the said Election; that at the 
said Election divers Electors for the said County 
were compelled by violence, threats, intimidation and 
force, practised by the friends, agents, partisans, ma- 
nagers and committee-men of the said John Ball, 
and by others, to vote for the said John Ball, or to 
forbear to vote for the said William Bunbury M‘Clin- 
tock Bunbury, and such votes ought now to be ex- 
punged from the poll; that divers persons who were 
duly registered as Electors for the said County, and 
entitled to vote as such at the said Election, and who 
tendered their votes for the said William Bunbury 


frivolous pretences, and on account of trifling and 


unimportant variances, mistakes or informalities in | 


their registration, refused and rejected at the said 
Election by the Sheriff or by his deputies, and were 


not allowed to enter their votes for the said William : 


Bunbury M‘Clintock Bunbury, and their votes were 
not reckoned or counted, whereas such votes ought 
then to be received, and ought now to be added to 
the poll accordingly ; that many persons whose 
names were upon the Register in force at the time of 
the said Election, but who subsequently and pre- 
vious to the said Election had ceased to be qualified, 
and had become legally incapable of voting at said 
Election, and whose votes ought now to be struck 
off the poll, were nevertheless admitted to vote 
thereat in favour of the said John Ball; that the 
said John Ball availed himself of the aforesaid acts, 
and accepted and made use thereof during the said 
Election, although he was fully cognizant of the said 
illegal and unconstitutional acts committed by the 
said persons, and of the means resorted to by them 
to control and defeat the freedom of Election; that 
at the said Election many persons were otherwise 
than as above stated improperly and illegally ad- 
mitted and reckoned upon the poll in favour of the 
said John Ball, or omitted and excluded from the 
number of votes polled in favour of the said William 
Bunbury M‘Clintock Bunbury; that by the above 
and other undue means the said John Ball obtained 
an apparent and fraudulent majority over the said 
Willam Bunbury M‘Clintock Bunbury, and was 


the said County, so far as respects the Election and 
| Return of the said John Ball, may be declared 
wholly null and void, and that a new Writ may be 
issued for the Election of a Member to serve for the 
same in lieu of the said John Ball; and that the 
House will give to the Petitioner such further and 
other relief in the premises as to the House shall 
seem meet, and as the merits of the case may require. 
| Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
_the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


| A Petition of the there-undersigned John Delany, Sligo County 
M‘Clintock Bunbury, were on various illegal and | one of the Electors of the County of Sligo, in that Election. 


part of the United Kingdom called Jreland, was 
read ; setting forth, That the Petitioner was, at and 
during the last Election of Members to serve in this 
present Parliament for the County of Sligo, a regis- 
tered Elector of the said County, and claimed to 
‘have and had a right to vote and did vote at the 
said Election; that at the said Election which took 
place in the month of July One thousand eight hun- 
dred and Fifty-two, Sir Robert Gore Booth, Ba- 
ronet, Richard Swift, Esquire, William Richard 
Ormsby Gore, Esquire, and John Taafe, Esquire, 
'were Candidates to represent the said County in 
Parliament; that a poll being demanded, the same 
| was granted and proceeded with, and the said Sir 
Robert Gore Booth and Richard Swift were by the 
Returning Officer for the said County declared to 
have had a majority of votes at the said Election, 
and to have been duly elected, and were returned as 
the Members duly elected to serve in this present 
' Parliament for the said County of Sligo; that before, 
during and after the said Election the said Richard 
Swift did, by himself, his agents, friends and parti- 
sans, by divers ways and means, at his charge 
and on his behalf, directly and indirectly give, 
promise, present and allow, and cause and know- 
ingly allow to be given and provided to persons 
having votes at the said Election, money, meat, drink, 
entertainment, provision and reward, and make pre- 
sents, gifts, rewards and promises, agreements and 
‘engagements to give money, meat, drink, entertain- 


| ment, provision and rewards to and for persons 


returned to serve in Parliament for the said County | having votes as aforesaid, and to and for the use, 
of Carlow, in violation of the law and freedom of advantage, benefit, enjoyment, profit and preferment 
Election, in contempt of the just rights of the Elec- of such persons, in order that he the said Richard 
tors, for the said County, and to the great prejudice | Swift might be elected or for being elected a Mem- 
of the Petitioner; that the said !William Bunbury | ber to serve in Parliament for the said County of 
M‘Clintock Bunbury had at the said Election, as it | Sligo; that before, during and after the said Elec- 
is submitted will appear upon a fair scrutiny of the | tion the said Richard Swift, by himself, his agents, 
poll, and of the alleged qualification of the persons | friends, managers and partisans, was guilty of bri- 
whose votes are entered thereon, a clear and de-|bery and corruption, and did, by gifts, presents, 
cided majority of good and legal votes over the said money, rewards and provisions, agreements and se- 
John Hall, and was therefore duly elected thereat | curities for money, gifts and rewards, and by other 


as a Member to serve in the present Parliament for | 
the said County of Carlow, and ought to have been 
returned as such Member accordingly, and ought 
now to be so declared by the House; and praying 
that, upon the grounds and for the reasons above 
stated and set forth, the House will take the pre- 
mises into consideration, and will declare the said 
Election and Return of the said John Ball to be 
wholly null and void, and that the said John Ball 
was not duly elected, and ought not to have been 
returned at the said Election, but that the said Wi/- 
liam Bunbury M‘Clintock Bunbury was duly elected, 
and ought to have been returned thereat, and that 
the House will cause the Return to be amended ac- 





corrupt, illegal and improper practices, acts and 
means, corrupt, procure and compel divers persons 
having or claiming to have votes at the said Election, 
to give their votes at the said Election for the said 
Richard Swift, and to forbear to give their votes to 
the said William Richard Ormsby Gore; that the 
said Richard Swift did, by himself, his agents, friends, 
partisans and others on his behalf, before, during 
and after the said Election, in divers ways and 
means, directly and indirectly give and provide, and 
knowingly allow to be given and provided, wholly or 
partly at his expense, or did pay wholly or in part 
for meat, drink, entertainment and provision to and 
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for the purpose of corruptly influencing such per- 
sons and divers other persons having votes at such 
Election, to give their votes to the said Richard 
Swift, or to refrain from giving their said votes at 
such Election to the said William Richard Ormsby 
Gore, or for the purpose of corruptly rewarding such 
persons or other persons for having given or refrained 
from giving their votes at such Election ; that pre- 
vious to and during the said Election there was es- 
tablished and acted upon, not only in the said County, 
but in the surrounding and adjoining districts of the 
country, an organised and premeditated system of 
excitement, menace, violence, riot and outrage, for 
the purpose of intimidating and preventing the 
Electors of the said County who were willing and 
anxious to poll in favour of the said William Richard 
Ormsby Gore from polling for him, and of forcing 
and compelling certain of the said Electors to vote 
for the said Richard Swift, and that the said system of 
intimidation, violence, riot and coercion was carried 
on previously to and during and throughout the said 
Election, and that divers Electors were thereby ter- 
rified, coerced and prevented from polling for the 
said William Richard Ormsby Gore, and divers 
others of the said Electors were coerced and com- 
pelled, contrary to their free-will and intention, and 
by force and violence and threats and intimidation 
of various kinds, to vote for the said Richard Swift, 
and that the said Election and Return of the said 
Richard Swift ought, by reason of the premises, to 
be declared null and void; that for many days pre- 
vious to the Election, large and organised mobs and 
bodies of peasantry in the interest of the said Richard 
Swift, and thereto instigated, employed and led by 
their agents, managers and partisans, proceeded by 
night as well as by day to the dwellings of divers 
Electors who were known or believed to be willing 
and anxious to vote for the said William Richard 
Ormsby Gore, and by force, violence and menaces 
attempted to carry away, and in some instances suc- 
ceeded in carrying away several of the Electors, and 
by force and violence carried them away into distant 
parts of the country, and kept and detained them 
there by force and violence until after the close of 
the said Election in order to prevent them voting, 
and did thereby prevent them voting at the said 
Election for the said William Richard Ormsby Gore ; 
that in like manner large and tumultuous mobs of 
persons acting in the interest of the said Richard 
Swift, and being thereto instigated, employed and 
led by them and their agents, managers and par- 
tisans, proceeded to the dwellings of numerous other 
Electors of the said County, and by violence, menaces, 
tumult and intimidation, so terrified and overawed 
the said Electors as thereby to induce them, con- 
trary to their wishes and intentions, and out of fear 
of personal violence, were compelled to give their 
votes in favour of the said Richard Swift, or to for- 
bear from giving their votes in favour of the said 
William Richard Ormsby Gore, whereby and by 
means whereof the said Election and Return is and 
ought to be declared null and void; that before, at 
and during the said Election, the most open, general 
and outrageous violence and systematic intimidation 
were carried on by the agents, managers and par- 
tisans of the said Richard Swift, and by persons 
employed and directed by them, or some of them, and 
by large mobs and bodies of persons hired and paid 
for the said purpose, and in the interest of the said 
Richard Swift, whereby several Electors who were 
anxious to vote and would have voted at the said 
Election for the said William Richard Ormsby Gore, 
were induced through fear and terror to give their 
votes in favour of the said Richard Swift, or to 
abstain from voting for the said William Richard 
Ormsby Gore, whereby the said Election and Return 
is null and void; that for the purpose of carrying on the 
said intimidation and violence, and exciting and caus- 
ing fear and terror in the minds of the Electors of said 
County, large mobs or bodies of persons, being in some 
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part voters and inhabitants of the said county, but 
for the most part not being Electors or inhabitants 
of the same, but persons who were induced and em- 
ployed to come, and were led and brought into the 
said County by the said Richard Swift and his agents, 
friends, partisans and managers, from various and 
distant districts of the said County of Siigo, and 
armed with sticks, bludgeons and other weapons, 
were paraded through the said County, both by day 
and night, previous to and during and until after the 
close of the said Election, using threats and menaces 
of violence and injury to all such Electors as should 
vote for the said William Richard Ormsby Gore, 
and did on several occasions, by actual force, violence 
and intimidation, prevent the. Petitioner and his 
friends and supporters from canvassing the Electors 
of the said County, and force and compel him and 
them to abandon the business of the said Electors 
in violation of the freedom of Election, and contrar 
to the laws and constitution of this realm; that by 
reason of the aforesaid corrupt and illegal practices, 
and violent, riotous and tumultuous proceedings, the 
said Richard Swift was and is wholly disabled and 
incapacitated and ineligible to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said County of Sligo, and the 
Election and Return of the said Richard Swift was 
and is wholly null and void; the Petitioner further- 
more complains and charges, that within the time 
limited by the statute for that purpose, the said 
Richard Swift was required, pursuant to the statute 
in that case made and provided, to make and sub- 
scribe a declaration, setting forth his qualification in 
point of property to entitle him to be returned as a 
Member of Parliament for said County of Sligo ; 
that, in pursuance thereof, the said Richard Swift 
did make and subscribe such declaration, but the 
Petitioner charges that the property therein men- 
tioned is insufficient to entitle him to sit as Member 
for said County, and that therefore the said Richard 
Swift was and is ineligible to be returned at, and sit 
to represent said County in the Parliament; and 
praying that the House will take the premises into 
their consideration, and will declare that the said 
Richard Swift was not duly elected, and ought not 
to have been returned, and that his Election and 
Return are wholly null and void, and that the House 
will give to the Petitioners such further and other 
relief in the premises as to the House shall seem 
meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records 
as shall be thought necessary by the several Parties 
on the hearing of the matter of the said Petitiun. 


A Petition of William Lawder, an Elector of the Leitrim 
County of Leitrim, in that part of the United King- — 


dom called Jreland, was read; setting forth, That 
the Petitioner was, at and during the last Election 
of Members to serve in this present Parliament for 
the County of Leitrim, a registered Elector of thesaid 
County, and claimed to have and had a right to vote, 
and did vote, at the said Election ; that at the said 
Election, which took place in the Month of July 
One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two, Hugh 
Lyons Montgomery, Esquire, John Brady, Esquire, 
and Charles Skeffington Clements, commonly called 
the Honourable Charles Skeffington Clements, were 
Candidates to represent the said County in Parlia- 
ment; that a poll having been demanded, the same 
was taken and proceeded with, and the said Hugh 
Lyons Montgomery and John Brady were by the 
Returning Officer for the said County declared to 
have had a majority of votesatthesaid Election, and to 
have beenduly elected,and were returned as the Mem- 
bers duly elected to serve in this present Parliament 
for the said County of Leitrim ; that at the time of 
the said last Election of Members to serve in Parlia- 
ment for the said County, and of their said Return 

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as such Members as aforesaid, the said John Brady 
was not, according to the true intent and meaning of 
the Act passed in the second year of the reign of 
Queen Victoria, intituled, “ An Act to amend the 
Laws relating to the Qualification of Members to 
serve in Parliament,” duly qualified to be elected as 
a Member to serve in Parliament for the said County, 
and was, by reason of his want of such qualification 
as is mentioned in the said Act for Members to be 
elected to serve in Parliament for Counties, incapable 
of being elected one of the Members for the said 


County; that the said John Brady was not at the 
time of the said Election, and of his said Return as 
one of such Members as aforesaid, or at any time 
at and during the said Election, seised or entitled 
for his own use or benefit of or to any estate, legal 
or equitable, in lands, tenements or hereditaments, 
of any tenure whatsoever, situate, lymg or being 
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain or 
Ireland, or in the rents or profits thereof, for his 
own life or for the life or lives of any other person or 
persons then living, or for a term of years either 
absolute or determinable on his own life or the life or 





lives of any other person or persons then living, of | 
which term not less than thirteen years were at the | 
time of the said Election unexpired, such estate| 
being of the clear yearly value of not less than six 
hundred pounds over and above all incumbrances 
affecting the same, nor was the said John Brady, at 
the time of the said Election, or at the time of his 
said Return as one of such Members as aforesaid, 
possessed and entitled for his own use and benefit, at 
law or in equity, for his own life or for the lives of 
any other person or persons then living, or for any 
term of years either absolute or determinable on his 
own life, or for the life or lives of any other person or | 
persons then living, of which term not less than thir- 
teen years were at the time of the said Election unex- 





pired, or of or to personal estate or effects of any nature 
or kind whatsoever, situate within the said United | 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or the inte- | 


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use and benefit in or to the personal estate or effects: 
mentioned in the said declaration, or the interest, 
dividends or annual proceeds thereof, as is mentioned 
in the said declaration, or as would qualify him the 
said John Brady to be elected as one of the Mem- 
bers for the said County, according to the true intent 
and meaning of the said Act, and that the qualifica- 
tion arising out of the said personal effects and estate 
mentioned in the said declaration was insufficient to 
qualify the said Jukn Brady as one of the Members 
to serve in Parliament for the said County; that the 
personal estate and effects mentioned in the said 
declaration, and out of which the qualification of the 
said John Brady is therein stated to arise, are not 
of sufficient value, either annually or otherwise, to 
confer a qualification on the said John Brady, to 
enable him to serve in Parliament for the said County; 
that the qualification mentioned in the said declara- 
tion is insufficient and invalid, both as regards the 
title of the said John Brady and the value of the 
property described, to confer a qualification on the 
said John Brady to be elected as one of the Members 
to serve in Parliament for the said County; that 
the said John Brady was not, at the time of his said 
Election, by reason of his want of qualification, 
capable of being elected as one of the Members for 
the said County, and was not qualified to serve in 
Parliament, and that the Election and Return of the 
said John Brady were and are wholly null and 
void; that, at the said Election, the disqualification, 
incapacity and ineligibility of the said John Brady 
was a matter of notoriety, both before, at and during 
the polling at the said Election, and the same was well 
known to those of the Electors for the said County 
who gave their votes for the said John Brady, both 
before and at the time that they so voted for him, 
and they had received full notice of the same at 
the time of their so voting for the said John Brady ; 
that the Election and Return of the said John 
Brady were and are, under the circumstances herein- 
before set forth, wholly null and void ; and praying 


rest, dividends or annual proceeds of any such per- | that the House will take the premises into their con- 


sonal estate or effects, such personal estate or effects, 


sideration, and declare that at the time of the said 


interest, dividends or annual proceeds actually pro- | last Election of Members to serve in this present 
ducing the clear yearly income of not less thansixhun- | Parliament for the said County of Leitrim, the said 
dred pounds over and above all incumbrances affect- | John Brady was disqualified by law and incapable 


ing the same, nor did the said John Brady, at the time | 


of the said Election, and of his said Return as one of 
such Members as aforesaid, or at any time at and 
during the said Election, possess more than one of the 
several kinds of qualification hereinbefore mentioned, 
being jointly sufficient to qualify him to serve as one 
of the Members for the said County ; that the said 
John Brady was not at the time of the said Election, 
and of his said Return as one of such Members as 
aforesaid, the eldest son or heir apparent of any 
Peer or Lord of Parliament, or of any person 
qualified by the said Act to serve as Knight of the 
Shire; that at the time of the said Election, a re- 
quest was made in writing to the said John Brady, 
by and on behalf of the Electors for the said County, 
that he the said John Brady would make and sub- 
scribe a declaration of qualification pursuant to the 
provisions of the said hereinbefore mentioned Act, 
whereupon a declaration was made and subscribed 
by the said John Brady; that the said declaration 
of the said John Brady was not such a declaration 
as he was bound to make and subscribe according 
to the provisions of the said Act, and was and is 
in valid and insufficient in law, inasmuch as it does not 
state the particulars of the qualification mentioned 
in the said declaration as required by the said Act ; 
that the qualification mentioned and described in 
the said declaration is wholly insufficient and invalid 
to qualify the said John Brady as one of the Mem- 
bers to serve in Parliament for the said County, and 
at the time of his said Election and Return, and of 
making the declaration aforesaid, the said John 
Brady was not possessed or entitled, either at law or 
in equity, and had not such an interest for his own 





of being elected as one of such Members, and that 
the said John Brady was not duly elected at the 
said Election as one of such Members, and ought 
not to have been returned thereat, and that his Elec- 
tion and Retufn are wholly null and void; and that 
the House will grant to the Petitioner such further 
and other relief im the premises as the merits of the 
case may require, and to the House shall seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant or Warrants for such persons, papers and re- 
cords as shall be thought necessary Y the several 
Parties on the hearing of the matter of the said 
Petition. 


Then the names of the places to which the residue 
of the said Petitions related (being all of them Peti- 
tions of the last class), were put into the glass at the 
Table, and drawn by the Clerk in the following order : 


A Petition of the there-undersigned William Bar- Kildare 
ker, an Elector of the County of Kildare, was Election. 


read; setting forth, That the Petitioner was, at and 
during the last Election of Members to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said County of Kildare, 
a registered Elector of the said County, and had a 
right to vote and did vote at the said Election ; that 
at the said last Election of Members to serve in 
Parliament for the said County of Kildare, William 
Henry Ford Cogan, Esquire, David O’ Connor 
Henchy, Esquire, and Sir Edward Kennedy, Baronet, 
presented themselves to be Candidates to represent 
the said County in Parliament, and that a poll being 
demanded was taken by the High Sheriff « 


turning 


and Re-. 





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16 VicToriz. 
turning Officer for the said County in the month of 


July One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two ; 
that at the close of such poll the said William Henry 
Ford Cogan and David O’Connor Henchy were de- 
clared by the said Returning Officer to have a 
majority of votes, and to be duly elected Members 
to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
County ; that the said Election and Return of the 
said David O’ Connor Henchy were and are invalid 
and illegal, because the said David O’ Connor 
Henchy was not proposed at the said Election by 
any person being a registered Elector, or having a 
voice in the said Election ; that notice of the in- 
eligibility of the said David O’ Connor Henchy was 
duly given to the said Returning Officer and to the 
Electors for the said County, and that all votes 
given in favour of the said David O’ Connor Henchy 
would, on account of such his ineligibility, be of no 
effect, but entirely lost and thrown away; that the 
Petitioner humbly submits that the votes of all per- 
sons who voted for the said David O’ Connor Henchy, 
having notice of the ineligibility of the said David 
O’ Connor Henchy to be awe as aforesaid, were 
lost, thrown away, bad and illegal, and ought not 
to have been received and reckoned at the said 
Election, and ought now to be struck off the poll; 
that the number of persons (if any such there were) 
who voted for the said David O’Connor Henchy at 
the said Election, to whom the ineligibility of the 
said David O’ Connor Henchy was unknown at the 
time of their so voting as aforesaid, was much less 
than the number of voters whose votes were good 
and valid, and were given at such Election for the 
said Sir Edward Kennedy, and that the said Sir 
Edward Kennedy ofght by reason of the premises 
to have been returned as duly elected at such Elec- 
tion to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
County; that the Election and Return of the said 
David O'Connor Henchy were and are, under the 
circumstances hereinbefore set forth, wholly null and 
void ; and praying that the House will take the pre- 
mises into their consideration, and declare that the 
said David O’ Connor Henchy was not duly elected, 
and ought not to have been returned, but that the 
said Sir Edward Kennedy was duly elected, and 
ought to have been returned, and that the House 
will direct the Return to be amended accordingly, 
by the substitution therein of the name of the said 
Sir Edward Kennedy for that of the said David 
O’ Connor Henchy, or that the House will declare 
the said Election of the said Dapid O’ Connor 
Henchy to have been wholly null and void; and 
that the House will grant to the Petitioner such fur- 
ther and other relief in the premises as to the House 
shall seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant or Warrants for such persons, papers and re- 
cords as shall be thought necessary by the several 
Parties on the hearing of the matter of the said 
Petition. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Sir Richard 
George Augustus Levinge, of High Park, in the 
County of Westmeath, Baronet, a Candidate at the 
last Election of Members to serve in Parliament for 
the County of Westmeath, in that part of the United 
Kingdom called Jreland, was read; setting forth, 
That at the said last Election of Members to serve 
in this present Parliament for the said County of 
Westmeath, which took place in the month of July 
One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two, William 
Henry Magan, eacin William Pollard Urquhart, 
Esquire, and the Petitioner, were Candidates to re- 
— the said County in Parliament; that a poll 

aving been demanded, the same was taken by the 

Returning Officer for the said County ; and the said 

William Henry Magan and William Pollard Urqu- 

~— were by the said Returning Officer declared to 
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137 
have had a majority of votes at the said Election, 
and to have been duly elected, and were returned 
as the Members duly elected to serve in this pre- 
sent Parliament for the said County of Westmeath ; 
that before, during and after the said Election thie 
said William Henry Magan and William Pollard 
Urquhart did, by themselves, their agents, friends 
and partisans, by divers ways and means, at their 
charge and on their behalf, directly and indirectly, 
give, promise, present and allow, and cause and know- 
ingly allow to be given and provided, to persons 
having votes at the said Election, money, meat, drink, 
entertainment, provision and reward, and make pre- 
sents, gifts, rewards and promises, agreements and 
engagements to give money, meat, drink, entertain- 
ment, provision and rewards to and for persons hav- 
ing votes as aforesaid, and to and for the use, advan- 
tage, benefit, enjoyment, profit and preferment of 
such persons, in order that they the said William 
Henry Magan and William Pollard Urquhart might 
be elected or for being elected Members to serve in 
Parliament for the said County; that before, during 
and after the said Election the said William Henry 
Magan and William Pollard Urquhart, by them- 
selves, their agents, friends, managers and partisans, 
were guilty of bribery and corruption, and did 
by gifts, presents, money, rewards and _provi- 
sions, agreements and securities for money, gifts and 
rewards, and by other corrupt, illegal and improper 
practices, acts and means, corrupt, procure and com- 
pel divers persons having or claiming to have votes 
at the said Election, to give their votes at the said 
Election for the said William Henry Magan and 
William Pollard Urquhart, or one of them, and to 
forbear to give their votes to the Petitioner ; that the 
said William Henry Magan and William Pollard 
Urquhart did, by themselves, their agents, friends, par- 
tisans and others on their behalf, before, during and 
after the said Election, in divers ways and means, 
directly and indirectly, give and provide, and know- 
ingly allow to be given and provided, wholly or 
partly at their expense, or did pay wholly or in 
part for meat, drink, entertainment and provision, 
to and for divers persons having votes at the said 
Election, for the purpose of rt | influencing 
such persons and divers other persons having votes 
at such Election, to give their votes to the said Wil- 
liam Henry Magan and Wiltiam Pollard Urquhart, 
or one of them, or to refrain from giving their said 
votes at such Election to the Petitioner, or for the 
purpose of corruptly rewarding such persons or other 
persons for having given or refrained from giving 
their votes at such Election; that previous to an 

during the said Election, there was established and 
acted upon, not only in the said County, but in the 
surrounding and aibities districts of the country, 
an organized and premeditated system of excitement, 
menace, violence, riot and outrage, for the purpose of 
intimidating and preventing the Electors of the said 
County who were willing and anxious to poll in fa- 
vour of the Petitioner from polling for him, and of 
forcing and compelling certain of the said Electors 
to vote for the said William Henry Magan and Wil- 
liam Pollard Urquhart, or one of them, and that the 
said system of intimidation, violence, riot and coer- 
cion was carried on previously to and during and 
throughout the said Election, and that divers Elec- 
tors were thereby terrified, coerced and prevented 
from polling for the Petitioner, and divers others of 
the said Electors were coerced and compelled, con- 
trary to their free-will and intention, and by force 
and violence, and threats and intimidation of various 
kinds, to vote for the said William Henry Magan 
and William Pollard Urquhart, or one of them, and 
that the said Election and Return of the said William 
Henry Magan and William Pollard Urquhart ought, 
by reason of the premises, to be declared null and 
void ; that for many days previous to the said Elec- 
tion large and organized mobs and bodies of pea- 
santry in the interest of the said William Henry 
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138 25°—96° Novembris. A. 1852. 


Magan and William Pollard Urquhart, and thereto | mises into their consideration, and will declare that 
instigated, employed and led by their agente, ma- | the said William Henry Magan and William Pollard 
a, Say and partisans, proceeded by nig t as well | Urquhart were not duly elected, and ought not to 
as by day to the dwellings of divers Llectors who | have been returned, and that their Election and Re- 
were known or believed to be willing and anxious to | turn are wholly null and void ; and that the House 
vote for the Petitioner, and by force, violence and will give to the Petitioner such further and other 
menaces attempted to carry away, and in some in- | relief in the premises as to the House shall seem 


stances succeeded in carrying away several of the | 
Electors, and by force and violence carried them | 
away into distant parts of the country, and kept, 
and detained them there by force and violence until | 
after the close of the said Election, in order to prevent | 
them voting, and did thereby prevent them voting at. 
the said Election for the Petitioner ; that in Tike | 
manoer large and tumultuous mobs of persons, acting | 
in the interest of the said William Henry Magan oa 
William Pollard Urquhart, or one of them, and being 
thereto instigated, employed and led by them and 
their agents, managers and partisans, proceeded to 
the dwellings of numerous other Electors of the said 
County, and by violence, menaces, tumult and inti- 
midation so terrified and overawed the said Electors 
as thereby to induce them, contrary to their wishes 
and intentions, and out of fear of personal violence, 
were compelled to give their votes in favour of the 
said William Henry Magan and William Pollard 
Urquhart, or one of them, or to forbear from giving 
their votes in favour of the Petitioner, whereby and | 
by means whereof the said Election and Return is 
and ought to be declared null and void ; that before, 
at and during the said Election, the most open, ge- 
neral and outrageous violence and systematic intimi- 
dation were carried on by the agents, managers 
and partisans of the said William } sa Magan and 
William Pollard Urquhart, and by persons employed | 





meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 





A Petition of James Boyle, of Rostrevor, Grocer, Down 


was read; setting forth, That Petitioner, at and 
during the last Election of Members to serve in this 
present Parliament for the County of Down, was a 
registered Elector for the said County, and had a 
right to vote and did vote at the said Election for 
said County; that at the said last Election for Mem- 
bers to serve in Parliament for said County, Arthur 
Edwin Hill, commonly called Lord Arthur Edwin 
Hill, David Stewart Kerr and William Sharman 
Crawford, were respectively Candidates to represent 
said County in Parliament, and that a poll having 
been demanded, the same was taken by the Return- 
ing Officer for said ry | on the Twenty-third and 
Twenty-fourth days of July One thousand eight 
hundred and Fifty-two, and that said Lord Arthur 
Edwin Hill and David Stewart Kerr were by the 
Returning Officer declared to have had a majority 
of votes at said Election, and to have been duly 
elected, and were returned as Members to serve in 


and directed by them, or some of them, and by large | Parliament for the said County, and that before and 
mobs and bodies of persons hired and paid for the | during the said Election the said Lord Arthur Edwin 
said purpose, and in the interest of the said William Hill and David Stewart Kerr were, by themselves, 
Heury Magan and William Pollard Urquhart, where- | their agents, friends and managers, guilty of divers 


by several Electors who were anxious to vote and 
would have voted at the said Election for the Peti- 
tioner, were induced, through fear and terror, to give 
their votes in favour of the said William Henry Ma- 
gan and William Pollard Urquhart, or one of them, 
or to abstain from voting for the Petitioner, whereby 
the said Election and Return is null and void; that 
for the purpose of carrying on the said intimidation 
and violence, and exciting and causing fear and 
terror in the minds of the Electors of said County, 
large mobs or bodies of persons being in some part 
voters and inhabitants of the said County, but for 
the most part not being Electors or inhabitants of 
the same, but persons who were induced and em- 
2 3 to come, and were led and brought in to the 
said County by the said William Henry Magan and 
William Pollard Urquhart, and their agents, friends, 
partisans and managers, from various and distant 
districts of the said County of Westmeath, and armed 
with sticks, bludgeons and other weapons, were pa- 
raded through the said County both by day and 
night, previous to and during and until after the close 
of the said Election, using threats and menaces of 
violence and injury to all such Electors as should 
vote for the Petitioner, and did, on several occasions, 
by actual force, violence and intimidation prevent 
the Petitioner and his friends and supporters from | 
canvassing the Electors of the said County, and 
force and compel him and them to abandon the busi- | 
ness of the said Electors, in violation of the freedom 
of Election, and contrary to the laws and constitution , 
of this realm; that by reason of the aforesaid cor- | 


rupt and illegal practices, and violent, riotous and , 


tumultuous proceedings, the said William Henry 
Magan and William Pollard Urquhart were and are 
wholly disabled and incapacitated and ineligible to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said County 
of Westmeath, and the Election and Return of the 
said William Henry Magan and William Pollard 


agers, or one of them, was and is wholly null and 
; and praying that the House will take the pre- 


voi 





acts of bribery and corruption, in order to corrupt 
and procure, and did, by their agents, managers and 
friends, and by many other persons employed in 
their behalf, by gifts, presents, money and rewards, 
and promises, agreements and securities for money, 
gifts, employments and rewards, and by threats, in- 
timidation, promises, undue influence and other cor- 
rupt and illegal practices, acts and means, corrupt 
and procure divers persons having or claiming to 
have votes at the said Election for said County, to 
give their votes in favour of them the said Lord 
Arthur Edwig Hill and David Stewart Kerr, and 
to forbear to give their votes in favour of the said 
William Sharman Crawford; that the said Lord 
Arthur Edwin Hill and David Stewart Kerr did, 
by themselves, their friends, agents and others act- 
ing for and sanctioned by him, give or cause to be 
given, and did promise and agree to give, and did 
know of and consent to the giving and procuring 
money, gifts, rewards, offices and places to divers 
persons, on certain engagements, contracts and 
agreements that such persons to whom and to whose 
use and on whose behalf such gifts and promises 
were made, should, by themselves and others at 
their solicitation respectively request and com- 
mand, procure and endeavour to procure the Return 
of them the said Lord Arthur Edwin Hill and David 
Stewart Kerr at such Election; that the said Lord 
Arthur Edwin Hill and David Stewart Kerr did, 
by themselves, their agents and friends, and others 
acting for them, before and during and after the said 
Election, pay and give, and cause and procure to be 
paid and given, in the name of head-money, or under 
some other name or pretence, divers sums of money 
and other valuable considerations to divers persons 
entitled to vote at said Election, and to other per- 
sons on behalf of said persons so entitled to vote, 
and to other persons related to the persons so entitled 
to vote as aforesaid, on account of such persons so 
entitled to vote as aforesaid having voted or refrained 





from voting, and being about to vote or refrain from 
voting 





Election. 








16 VicToriz. 


voting at the said Election; that the said Lord 
Arthur Edwin Hill and David Stewart Kerr, by 
themselves, their agents and managers, and by per- 
sons employed in their behalf since and after the said 
Election was so had and come to as aforesaid, and 
since the said Return was so made as aforesaid, in 
pursuance of corrupt agreements entered into before, 
at and during the said Election, pay and cause to be 
paid, or was privy to the payment of divers sums of 
money to each and every one of several hundred 

rsons, such persons being voters, or — re- 
ated to other persons being voters by kindred or 
affinity, and which said voters had, each and all of 
them, given their votes at the said Election for the 
said Lord Arthur Edwin Hill and David Stewart 
Kerr, and the said Petitioner avers that the sums of 
money so paid to the said voters and persons related 
to voters by kindred or affinity, were given in pur- 
suance of a corrupt agreement made before, at and 
during such Election with the several voters to 
whom or on whose behalf or to whose relations they 
were respectively paid as aforesaid, and were given 
corruptly or illegally for and in consideration that 
the said several voters had given their votes and had 
voted in favour of the said Lord Arthur Edwin Hill 
and David Stewurt Kerr at such Election aforesaid, 
and for and in no other respect whatsoever; that 
after the teste for holding the said Election, and be- 
fore, at and — the said Election, the said Lord 
Arthur Edwin Hill and David Stewart Kerr did, 
by themselves and their agents, friends and partisans, 
or by divers ways and means in their behalf, or at 
their charge, directly and indirectly give, present and 
allow to persons having votes in and at the said 
Election, money, meat, drink, entertainment and pro- 
vision, and did make presents, gifts, rewards and 
entertainments, and did make promises, agreements, 
obligations and engagements, to give and allow 
money, meat, drink, provision, presents, rewards and 
entertainments to and for persons having votes in 
and at the said Election, and to and for the use, be- 
nefit and advantage, employment, profit and prefer- 
ment of such persons, to induce such persons to vote 
at the said Election for the said Lord Arthur Edwin 
Hill and David Stewart Kerr, or to forbear to vote 
at the said Election for the said William Sharman 
Crawford, or in order that he the said Lord Arthur 
Edwin Hill and David Stewart Kerr might be 
elected, or for being elected to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said County ; that by reason of the 
said last-mentioned corrupt and illegal practices, the 
said Lord Arthur Edwin Hill and David Stewart 
Kerr were and are wholly incapacitated and ineligible 
to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
County, and the said Election and Return of the 
said Lord Arthur Edwin Hill and David Stewart 
Kerr were and are wholly null and void; that before, 
during and after the said Election, the said Lord 
Arthur Edwin Hill and David Stewart Kerr did, by 
themselves and their agents, friends and partisans, or 
by or with divers persons, or in divers ways and man- 
ners, directly or indirectly give or provide, or did cause 
or did knowingly allow to be given or provided, wholly 
or partly at his expense, or did pay wholly or in part 
divers expenses incurred for meat, drink, entertain- 
ment and provision to and for divers persons, for the 
purpose of corruptly influencing divers of such per- 
sons or divers other persons to give their votes in 
the said Election for the said Lord Arthur Edwin 
Hill and David Stewart Kerr, or to refrain from 
giving their votes in the said Election for the said 

illam Sharman Crawford, or for the purpose of 
corruptly rewarding divers of such persons or divers 
other persons for having given their votes in the 
said Election for the me rd Arthur Edwin Hill 
and David Stewart Kerr, or for having refrained 
from pring their votes at the said Election for the 
said William Sharman Crawford ; that by reason of 
the last-mentioned and illegal practices, the said Lord 


Arthur Edwin Hill and David Stewart Kerr were 
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139 


and are wholly incapacitated and ineligible to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said County, and that 
the said Election and Return of the said Lord Arthur 
Edwin Hill and David Stewart Kerr were and are 
wholly null and void; that gross, extensive, syste- 
matic and open and notorious bribery, treating nt 5 cor- 
ruption were practised and carried on at the said Elec- 
tion by divers persons being friends, supporters and 
partisans of the said Lord Arthur Edwin Hill and 
David Stewart Kerr, with a view to the Election of 
the said Lord Arthur Edwin Hill and David Stewart 
Kerr, and that the said Election and Return of the 
said Lord Arthur Edwin Hill and David Stewart 
Kerr were procured by means of bribery, treating 
and corruption, and by reason of the last-mentioned 
corrupt and illegal practices the said Election and 
Return of the said Lord Arthur Edwin Hill and 
David Stewart Kerr were and are wholly null and 
void ; and for all the said several causes aforesaid, 
praying that it may be declared that the said Lord 
Arihur Edwin Hill and David Stewart Kerr were 
not duly elected, and that the said indenture in 
which the said Lord Arthur Edwin Hill and David 
Stewart Kerr were returned as duly elected may be 
taken off the file, and that the same may be can- 
celled, and their names erased from the said Return, 
and that the said Return and Election may be de- 
clared null and void, and the parties put to a new 
Election ; and that the House may grant such further 
relief to the Petitioner as the merits of the case may 
require, and to the House shall seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties 
on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


New Sarum, in the County of Wilts, Music-seller, 
was read; setting forth, That at and during the last 
Election of Members to serve in Parliament for the 
City of New Sarum, the Petitioner was and now is 
an Elector of the said City, and had and claimed to 
have a right to vote and did vote at the said Elec- 
tion for the said City; that at the last Election for 
the City of New Sarum, holden at the said City in 
the month of July One thousand eight hundred and 
Fifty-two, William James Chaplin, Esquire, Charles 
Baring Wall, Esquire, Frederick William Slade, 
Esquire, one of Her Majesty’s Counsel learned in 
the law, and Daniel Higford Burr, Esquire, were 
the Candidates; that a poll having been duly de- 
manded and taken, the said William James Chuplin, 
Esquire, and Charles Baring Wall, Esquire, were by 
the Mayor and Returning Officer of the said City 
declared to have a majority of votes, and to be duly 
elected, and were returned as Members to serve for 
the said City in Parliament; that after the dissolu- 
tion of Parliament, and before and during the said 
Election, the said William James Chaplin and 
Charles Baring Wail, or one of them, did, by them- 
selves, their agents, friends, partisans or managers 
on their behalf, by gifts, presents, money, rewards, 
promises, offers, agreements and securities for money, 
gifts and rewards, by intimidation, undue influence 
and other corrupt and illegal practices, acts and 
means, attempt to corrupt and procure, and did 
in fact corrupt and procure divers persons, having 
or claiming to have a right to vote at the said 
Election, to give their votes to the said William 
James Chaplin and Charles Baring Wall, or one 
of them, and to forbear to give their votes to ihe 
said Frederick William Slade or Daniel Higford 
Burr, or one of them; that before and during the 
said Election, the said William James Chaplin and 
Charles Baring Wall, or one of them, by themselves 
their agents, managers, friends, partisans or others 
on their behalf, and at their and each or once of their 
costs and charges, did directly or indirectly give, 








T2 present 


A Petition of Alexander Lucas, of the City of New Sarum 





140 


present and allow, or did promise and agree to give, 
present and allow to persons having or claiming to 
have votes at such Election, money, meat, drink, 
entertainment, provision or rewards, and did make 
—* gifts, rewards and promises to persons so 

aving or claiming to have votes as aforesaid, in 
order that the said William James Chaplin and 
Charles Baring Wall might be returned to serve in 
Parliament for the said City ; that the said William 
James Chaplin did, by himself, his agents, friends, 
managers, partisans or others in his behalf, in antici- 
pation of such dissolution, before, during, at and 
after the said Election, in order to corruptly influence 
divers persons having or claiming to have a right to 
vote for the said City, procure for various persons 
situations, employments and offices of reward and 
emolument, by which corrupt and illegal means the 
said persons and others, being Electors connected 
with or related by kindred or affinity to the persons 
so appointed, were induced to vote and did vote for 
the said William James Chaplin, and did forbear to 
vote for the said Frederick William Slade and Da- 
niel Higford Burr; that the said William James 
Chaplin did, by himself, his agents, friends,“ mana- 
gers or others acting on his behalf, in expectation of 
such dissolution before, at, during and after the said 
Election, procure for and promise to divers persons 
having or claiming to have votes for the said City, 
or being connected with or related in kindred or 
affinity to certain persons having or claiming to 
have votes for such City, situations, employments 
and occupations of emoluments and profit in order 
to corruptly influence, procure and induce such per- 
sons and others, being then Electors of the said 
City, to vote for the said William James Chaplin 
and Charles Baring Wall, or one of them, and to 
forbear to vote for the said Frederick William 
Slade and Daniel Higford Burr, or one of them ; 
that divers persons were admitted to vote and 
did vote at the said Election for the said William 
James Chaplin and Charles Baring Wall, or one of 
them, who were, either before, at or during the said 


Election, or within six calendar months after it was | 
| was infavour of the Petitioner, the said John M‘Clin- 


completed, employed as agent, poll-clerk, flagman, or 
in some such capacity, for the purpose of such Elec- 
tion, in order to induce such persons to vote at such 
Election, and who in reference to such employment 
accepted and took money, retaining fee, office, place 
or emolument; that divers persons were admitted to 
vote, and did vote, for the said William James 
Chaplin and Charles Baring Wall, who at the time of 
the said Election had ceased to occupy the premises 
in respect of which they were registered, and had 
also ceased to reside, either within the boundaries of 
the said City or within seven miles thereof, which 
said persons were induced, by payment or promise of 
money under colour or pretence of travelling ex- 
penses, to attend at the said Election and to vote 
for the said William James Chaplin and Charles 
Baring Wall, or one of them; that by the corrupt 
and illegal means before mentioned, divers persons 
having votes were induced and procured to vote in 
favour of the said William James Chaplin and Charles 
Baring Wall, or one of them, and to forbear from 
voting for the said Frederick William Slade and 
Daniel Higford Burr, or one of them; that the said 
William James Chaplin and Charles Baring Wall, 
by the various corrupt and illegal means as above 
set forth, by virtue whereof their Election for the said 
City of New Sarum was obtained, are wholly disabled 
and incapacitated from serving in this Parliament 
for the said City, and the Election and Return of 
the said William James Chaplin and Charles Baring 
Wall was and is wholly null and void ; and praying 
that the House will take the premisvs into considera- 
tion, and will declare the said Election and Return 
of the said William James Chaplin and Charles 
Baring Wall, or one of them, to be null and void, and 
will grant to the Petitioner such further and other re- 
lief'in the premises as to the House shall seem meet. 


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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant or Warrants for such persons, papers and 
records as shall be thought necessary by the several 
Parties on the hearing of the matter of the said 
Petition. 


A Petition of John M‘Clintock, junior, of Drum- Louth 
car, in the County of Louth, a, one of the Election. 


Candidates at the late Election for Members to serve 
in Parliament for the said —— of Louth, was 
read; setting forth, That the Petitioner, John 
M‘Clintock, junior, was a Candidate at the last Elec- 
tion of Members to serve in this present Parliament 
for the said County of Zouth; that at the said 
Election of a Member to serve in Parliament for the 
said County, which was held on the Sixteenth day of 
July One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two, 
Chichester Daniel Fortescue, Tristram Kennedy and 
the Petitioner were Candidates to represent the said 
County in Parliament; that after a show of hands by 
the Electors, a poll being duly and in the usual 
manner demanded, the Sheriff of the said County 
proceeded on the Nineteenth and Twentieth days of 
July to poll the said County; that on the Twenty- 
second day of July last, the sai:! Sheriff declared a 
majority of votes in favour of the said Chichester 
Daniel Fortescue and Tristram Kennedy, who were 
thereupon returned by the said Sheriff as duly elected 
to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
County of Louth; that the number of voters which 
appeared on the poll at the close thereof were, for 
the said Chichester Daniel Fortescue, One thousand 
one hundred and forty-three, for the: said Tristram 
Kennedy, Nine hundred and Eighty-three, and for 
the Petitioner, Eight hundred and eighty-four, 
making a majority of the said Tristram Kennedy 
over the Petitioner, the said John M‘Clintock, junior, 
of Ninety-nine; that the said majority in favour of 
the said Tristram Kennedy over the Petitioner, the 
suid John M*Clintockh, junior, was but colourable, 
and that the real majority of good and legal votes 
tock, junior, over the said Tristram Kennedy ; and 
that the Return of the said Tristram Kennedy was 
an undue Return, and was procured not only by 
violence, terror, threats and intimidations, but by 
perjury, bribery, and by the payment and es of 
payment of sums of money by and on behalf of the 
said Tristram Kennedy to Electors, and to other 
persons capable of influencing Electors of the said 
County, and of procuring and endeavouring to pro- 
cure voters for the purpose of securing the Return of 
the said Tristram Kennedy, and by the polling of 
many persons not legally entitled to vote for the said 
Tristram Kennedy, and by other undue, illegal, cor- 
rupt and unconstitutional means ; that before and 
during the said Election, the said Tristram Kennedy 
was, by himself and his agents, friends and managers, 
guilty of divers acts of bribery and corruption, in 
order to corrupt and procure, and did by his agents, 
managers and friends, and by many other persons 
=. in his behalf, by gifts, presents, money, 
rewards, and by promises, agreements and securities 
for money, gifts, employment and rewards, and by 
threats, intimidation, promises, undue influence, and 
other corrupt and illegal practices, acts and means, 
corrupt and procure divers persons having or claim- 
ing to have votes at the said Election, to give their 
votes in favour of him the said Zristram Kennedy, 
or to forbear to give their votes in favour of the Pe- 
titioner; that he said Tristram Kennedy, by the 
same corrupt and illegal practices, was and is wholly 
incapacitated aud ineligible to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said County, and the said Election 
and Return of the said Tristram Kennedy were and 
are wholly null and void; that the caid Tristram 
Kennedy did, by himself, his friends, agents and 
others acting for and sanctioned by him, give or es 
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and procure to be given, and did promise and agree | 
to give, and did know of and consent to the giving | 
and procuring to be given, money, gifts and rewards, | 
offices and places to divers persons, upon certain en- 
gagements, contracts and agreements that such per- 
sons to whom and to whose use and in whose 
behalf such gifts and promises were made, should, 
by themselves and others, at their solicitation re- | 
spectively request and command, procure and en- 
deavour to procure, the Return of him the said 
Tristram Kennedy at such Election; that the said 
Tristram Kennedy, by himself, his agents and ma- 
nagers, and by persons employed in his behalf, in 
pursuance and furtherance of the general bribe 
and corruption which prevailed at the said Elec- 
tion, did give, pay and deliver to divers persons, 
being voters for the said County at the said Elec- 
tion, and to divers persons who could influence | 
voters, or who were related by kindred or affinity 
to voters for the said County at the said Elec- 
tion, divers sums of money to each and every) 
one of the said persons who were voters or could | 
influence voters, or related as aforesaid to voters, in | 
consideration that all such several voters having a} 
right to vote had given their votes at the said | 
Election in favour of the said Tristram Kennedy, | 
and for and in no other respect whatsoever ; that | 
before, during and after the said Election, the said | 
Tristram Kennedy did, by himself and his agents, | 
friends and partisans, or by or with divers persons, | 
or in divers ways and manners, directly or indirectly, 
give or provide, or did cause or did knowingly allow 
to be given or provided, wholly or partly at his ex- 
pense, or did pay wholly or in part divers expenses 
imcurred for meat, drink, entertainment and provi- 
sion to and for divers persons, for the purpose of 
corruptly influencing such persons or divers other 
persons to give their votes in the said Election for 
the said Tristram Kennedy, or to refrain from giving 
their votes in the said Election for the Petitioner, 
the said John M‘Clintock, junior, or for the purpose 
of corruptly rewarding such persons, or some of 
them, for having given their votes in the said Elec- 
tion for the said Tristram Kennedy, or for having 
refrained from giving their votes at the said Elec- 
tion for the Petitioner, the said John M‘Clintock, 
junior, and that by reason of the last-mentioned and 
illegal practices, the said Tristram Kennedy was and | 
is wholly incapacitated and ineligible to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said County, and the 
said Election and Return of the said Tristram Ken- 
nedy were and are wholly null and void ; that gross, 
extensive, systematic and open and notorious bri- 
bery, treating and corruption were practised and 
carried on at the said Election by divers persons, 
being friends, supporters and partisans of the said 
Tristram Kennedy, with a view to the Election of 
the said Tristram Kennedy, and that the said Elec- 
tion and Return of the said 7ristram Kennedy were 
procured by means of such bribery, treating and 
corruption; that by reason of the said last-men- 
tioned corrupt and illegal practices, the said Election 
and Return of the said Tristram Kennedy were and 
are wholly null and void; that at the time of the 
said last Election of a Member to serve in Parlia- 
ment for the said County, and of his said Return as 
such Member as aforesaid, the said 7ristram Ken- 
nedy was not, according to the true intent and mean- 
ing of the Act passed in the second year of the 
reign of Queen Victoria, intituled, “ An Act to 
amend the Laws relating to the Qualification of 
Members to serve in Parliament,” duly qualified to 
be elected as a Member to serve in Parliament for 
the said County, nor was the said Tristram Kennedy, 
at the time of the said last Election, nor at the time 
of his said Return as such Member as aforesaid, 
‘ seised or entitled for his own use or benefit of or to 
any estate, legal or equitable, in lands, tenements or 
hereditaments, of any tenure whatsoever, situate, 





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Britain or Ireland, or in the rents or profits thereof, 
for his own life, or for the life or lives of any other 
person or persons then living, or for a term of years, 
either absolute or: determinable on his own life, or 
on the life or lives of any other person or persons 
then living, of which term not less than thirteen 
years were at the time of the said Election unex- 
pired, such estate being of the clear yearly value of 
not less than six hundred pounds over and above 
all mcumbrances affecting the same, nor was the 
said Tristram Kennedy, at the time of the said 
Election, or at the time of his said Return as such 
Member as aforesaid, possessed or entitled for his 
own use and benefit, at law or in equity, for his own 
life, or for the life or lives of any other person or 
persons then living, or for any term of years, either 
absolute or determinable on his own life, or for the 
life or lives of any other person or persons then 
living, of which term not less than thirteen years 
were at the time of his said Election unexpired, or 
of or to personal estate or effects of any nature or 
kind whatsoever, situate within the said United 
Kingdom, or the interest, dividends or annual pro- 
ceeds of any such personal estate or effects, such 
personal estate or effects, interest, dividends or an- 
nual proceeds actually producing the clear yearly 
income of not less than six hundred pounds over 
and above all incumbrances affecting the same, nor 
did the said Tristram Kennedy, at the time of the 
said last Election, or at the time of his said Return 
as such Member as aforesaid, possess more than one 
of the several kinds of qualification thereinbefore- 
mentioned, which were jointly sufficient to qualify 
him to serve as a Member for the said County ; that 
the said Tristram Kennedy was not, at the time of 
the said Election, or at the time of his said Return 
as such Member as aforesaid, the eldest son or heir 
apparent of any Peer or Lord of Parliament, or of 
any person qualified by the last-mentioned Act to 
serve as Knight of the Shire ; that the said Jristram 
Kennedy having been duly required to make and 
subscribe a declaration of qualification, pursuant to 
the provisions of a certain Act of Parliament passed 
in the second year of the reign of Her present Ma- 
jesty, intituled, “ An Act to amend the Laws re- 
lating to the Qualification of Members to serve in 
Parliament,” whereupon a declaration was, on the 
Twenty-first day of July last, made and subscribed 
by the said Tristram Kennedy in the terms follow- 
ing :—“ I, Tristram Kennedy, do solemnly and sin- 
cerely declare, that | am, to the best of my know- 
ledge and belief, duly qualified to be elected as 
a Member of the House of Commons, according to 
the true intent and meaning of the Act saneed in 
the second year of the reign of Queen Victoria, in- 
tituled, ‘ An Act to amend the Laws relating to the 
Qualification of Members to serve in Parliament ;’ 
and that my qualification to be so elected doth arise 
out of lands and tenements situate in Henrietta- 
street, in the parish of Saint Michan’s, and in the 
County of the City of Dublin, and also out of the 
lands and tenements situate in Dominickh-street, in 
the lordship of Saint Mary’s Abbey, in the parish 
of Saint Mary, and in the said County, and out 
of other lands and premises situate in the townland 
of Ruskey and parish of Upper Moville, and barony 
of Innishowen and county of Doneyal; and that 
I am seised of an estate in fee-simple in a por- 
tion of the said several lands and tenements, 
and of an estate for life renewable for ever in 
other portions of said lands and tenements, and 
that I am possessed of an estate, whereof not 
less than thirteen years are unexpired in the re- 
sidue thereof, as hereinafter set forth, all that 
and those the lands and tenements, called the 
Queen’s Inns Chambers Upper, situate in Hen- 
rietta-street aforesaid, held in fee-simple by me; 
all that and those the lands and tenements in Hen- 
rietta-street aforesaid, known as the Queen’s Inn 





lying or being within the United Kingdom of Great 
VoL. 108, 


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known as Nos. 9 and 7 respectively, all in the same 
street, held by me under leases for lives renew- 
able for ever; all that and those the lands and 
premises situate in Upper Dominich-street, in the pa- 
rish of Saint Mary atoresaid, held in fee-simple by 
me; all that the lands and premises known as Shandy 
Hail, situate in the townland of Ruskey, in the pa- 
rish of Upper Moviile, in the barony of Innishowen, 
and county of Donegal, held by me for a term of 
which not less than thirteen years are unexpired, 
and which lands, tenements and premises are of the 
clear yearly value of six hundred pounds sterling, 
and upwards, over and above all incumbrances affect- 
ing the same. Tristram Kennedy. Taken and ac- 
knowledged before me, in Dundalk, in the County of 
Louth, this Twenty-first day of July One thousand 
eight hundred and Fifty-two, in the forenoon of the 
said day, I. De Verdon;” the making of which 


declaration was afterwards certified on the Fifteenth | 


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A. 1852. 


that the votes of all such persons ought now to be 
struck off the poll and off the Register of Voters for 
the said County; that divers persons duly qualified 
to vote at the said Election, at the revision of the 
List of Persons entitled to vote in and for the Elec- 
tion of a Member for the said County, were im- 
property expunged or omitted from the said Register 
of Voters in force at the said Election, in conse- 

uence of the decision of the Barrister who revised 
the List of Voters from which the said Register was. 
formed; that such persons bein duly qualified to 
be registered to vote at the said Skiection duly ten- 
dered their votes thereat for the said John M‘Clin- 
tock, junior, and the votes of such persons were en- 
tered as tendered votes only, and were not allowed. 
and admitted or reckoned on the poll as good votes. 
for the Petitioner, the said John M‘Clintock, junior, 
and ought now to be put upon the poll in favour of 
the Petitioner, the said John M‘Clintock, junior ; 


day of October One thousand eight hundred and | that divers other persons voted at the said Election 
Fifty-two, by R. De Verdon, Justice of the Peace | for the said J'ristram Kennedy, and were reckoned 
for the County of Louth ; that at the time of the said | upon the poll at the said Election in favour of the 


Election and Return, and of making the declaration 
aforesaid, the said Tristram Kennedy was not seised 
or entitled, either at law or in equity, and had not 
such an estate for his own use and benefit in or to 
lands and tenements situate in Henrietta-street, in 
the parish of Saint Michan’s, in the county of the 
city of Dublin, and the other lands, hereditaments 
and premises in the said declaration mentioned and 
specified, as would qualify him the said Tristram Ken- 
nedy to be elected as Member for the said County of 
Louth, according to the true intent and meaning of 
the said Act, and that the qualification arising out of 
the said lands, hereditaments and premises mentioned 
in the said declaration was insufficient to qualify the 
said T'ristram Kennedy as a Member to serve in Par- 
liament for the said County of Louth ; that the lands, 
hereditaments and premises mentioned in the said 
declaration, and out of which the qualification of 
the said J'ristram Kennedy is therein stated to arise, 
are not of sufficient value, either annually or other- 
wise, to confer a qualification on the said Tristram 


Kennedy, to enable him to serve in Parliament for 


the said County of Louth; that the said Tristram | 


Kennedy was not, at the time of his Election, by 
reason of his want of qualification, capable of being 
elected as Member for the said County of Louth, and 
was not qualified to serve in Parliament, and that 
the Election and Return of the said Tristram Keu- 
nedy were and are thereby null and void; that the 
majority of votes so declared by the High Sheriff as 
such Returning Officer as aforesaid in favour of 
the said Tristram Kennedy, was only an apparent 
and colourable majority, inasmuch as the votes of 
divers persons were accepted and recorded on the 
poll in favour of the said Tristram Kennedy who 
were not legally entitled, and had no legal right to 
vote at the said Election, and that the real majority 
of good and legal votes polled at the said Election 
was in favour of the Petitioner over the said Tristram 
Kennedy, and the Petitioner, the said John M‘Clin- 
tock, junior, was accordingly duly elected as Member 
for the said County, and ought to have been re- 
turned as such Member instead of the said Tristram 
Kennedy ; that divers persons were admitted to vote, 
and did vote, and were reckoned on the poll at the 
said Election for the said Tristram Kennedy, who 
were not entitled by law to vote in the Election for 
the said County, or to have had their names inserted 
in the List of Voters, or upon the Register of Voters 
for the said County in respect of any qualification 
arising out of property, occupation, or iets or resi- 
dence, or rating, or payment of rates, or whose qua- 
lification was for other and various causes insufficient, 
or who were respectively subject to legal incapacities, 
and whose names had been and were unduly and 
improperly inserted in the said Register, in conse- 
quence of the decision of the Barrister appointed to 
revise the List of Voters for the said County, and 








said Tristram Kennedy, who were bribed or corruptly 
induced and procured to vote thereat in favour of 
the said Tristram Kennedy, or to forbear to vote for 
the Petitioner, the said John M‘Clintock, junior ; that. 
the votes of such persons were therefore bad, illegal 
and invalid, and ought to be struck off the poll; 
that divers other persons voted and were reckoned 
upon the poll at the said Election for the said T’is- 
tram Kennedy who had given or offered bribes to 
a having or claiming a right to vote at the said 
lection, and were by such gifts or offers incapaci- 
tated and disqualified from voting thereat, and the 
votes of such persons ought now to be struck off’ 
the poll; that } sa other persons were admitted to 
vote at the said Election, and were reckoned upon 
the poll at the said Election in favour of the said 
Tristram Kennedy, who had been treated or were: 
guilty of treating and other corrupt practices at and 
before the said ‘Election, so as to disqualify them 
from voting at the same, and the votes of such 
persons ought now to be struck off the poll; that 
at the said Election many voters were entered and 
counted on the said poll in favour of the said Tristram 
Kennedy, who did not, in point of fact, vote for 
him, but who were personated and fraudulently 
represented by other persons who had themselves. 
no title to vote, but who fraudulently tendered 
themselves as voters for the said County at the said 
Election, and were erroneously and improperly ad- 
mitted to vote thereat in the names and characters of | 
the said first-mentioned voters, and such names were 
entered in the poll-books as good votes for the said 
Tristram Kennedy, and subject now to be struck off 
the poll ; that divers other persons voted at the said 
Election in favour of the said Tristram Kennedy 
who were not entitled to vote thereat, inasmuch as 
previous thereto, and subsequent to their registry,. 
their estates or interests, in right of which they had 
been so registered and claimed to vote, had, either 
in the whole or in part, been sub-let, divided or as- 
signed, surrendered, evicted, or otherwise determined 
or diminished, or who had become bankrupts or in- 
solvents, or otherwise parted with or lost their estates 
or qualifications, so as not to leave any sufficient 
qualification to vote in said persons at the time of the 
said Election, and whose votes ought now to be 
struck off the poll; that several other persons voted 
and were admitted to poll for the said Tristram 
Kennedy, who were not entitled to vote at the said 
Election, though they appeared upon the face of the - 
County books and registry to have been regularly 
registered, who had not, in fact and truth, either at 
the time of their said registry, or at the time of 
their so voting, any legal title to or interest in the 
lands and premises in respect of which they were so 
registered ; that divers other persons voted at the 
said Election for the said Tristram Kennedy whose - 
names appear upon the Register of Voters for ~— 
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.said County, who were not entitled to be registered 
as voters for the same, or to vote at the said Elec- 
tion, inasmuch as the lands or premises in respect 
whereof they were so admitted to register were not 
nor are of sufficient value to entitle them to be regis- 
tered as such voters, or to vote at the said Election, 
and whose votes ought to be struck off the poll ac- 
cordingly ; that previous to and during and subse- 
quent to the said Election, many persons in the in- 
terest of the said Tristram Kennedy, as well by pay- 
ments and loans of money as by violent threats and 
menaces, and by divers other illegal, wrongful and 
unconstitutional means, illegally interfered with divers 
Electors for the said County in order to compel and 
.induce them to vote for the said Tristram ete 
or to forbear to vote for the Petitioner, the said John 
M‘Clintock, junior, and did in fact by such means 
induce, terrify and compel many such Electors to 
vote or to forbear to vote at the said Election; that 
at the said Election divers Electors for the said 
County were compelled by violence, threats, intimi- 
‘dation and force, practised by the friends, agents, 
partisans, managers and committee-men of the said 
Tristram Kennedy, and by others, to vote for the 
said Tristram Kennedy, or to forbear to vote for the 
Petitioner, the said John M‘Clintoch, junior, and 
such votes ought now to be expunged from the poll ; 
that divers persons who were duly registered as Elec- 
tors for the said County, and entitled to vote as such 
at the said Election, and who tendered their votes 
for the Petitioner, the said John M‘Clintock, junior, 
were on various illegal and frivolous pretences, and 
on account of trifling and unimportant variances, 
mistakes or infortnalities in their registration, refused 
and rejected at the said Election by the Sheriff or by 
his deputies, and were not allowed to enter their 
votes or the Petitioner the said John M‘Clintock, 
junior, and their votes were not reckoned or counted, 
whereas such votes ought then to be received, and 
ought now to be added to the poll accordingly ; that 
many persons whose names were upon the Register 
in force at the time of the said Election, but who, 
subsequently and previous to the said Election, had 
ceased to be qualified, and had become legally in- 


capable of voting at said Election, and whose votes 
ought now to be struck off the poll, were neverthe- 
less admitted to vote thereat in favour of the said 
Tristram Kennedy; that the said Tristram Kennedy 
availed himself of the aforesaid acts, and accepted 
and made use thereof during the said Election, al- 
though he was fully cognizant of the said illegal and 
unconstitutional acts committed by the said persons, 
and of the means resorted to by them to control and 
defeat the freedom of Election; that at the said 
Election many sane were otherwise than as above 
stated improperly and illegally admitted and reckoned 
upon the poll in favour of the said Tristram Kennedy, 
or omitted and excluded from the number of votes 
polled in favour of the Petitioner the said John 
M'‘Clintock, junior; that by the above and other 
undue means the said Tristram Kennedy obtained 
an apparent and fraudulent majority over the Pe- 
titioner the said John M‘Clintock, junior, and 
was returned to serve in Parliament for the said 
County, in violation of the law and freedom of Elec- 


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consideration, and will declare the said Election and 
Return of the said 7ristram Kennedy to be wholly 
null and void, and that the said Tristram Kennedy 
was not duly elected, and ought not to have been re- 
turned at the said Election, but that the Petitioner, 
the said John M‘Clintock, junior, was duly elected, 
and ought to have been returned thereat, and that 
the House will cause the Return to be amended ac- 
cordingly, by erasing therefrom the name of the said 
Tristram Kennedy, and substituting that of the Peti- 
tioner, John M‘Clintock, junior, in lieu thereof, and 
that the votes of the persons improperly registered 
and allowed to poll as aforesaid may be struck off 
the poll, and that the Register of Voters for the said 
County may be duly amended, or that the said last 
Election for the said County, so far as respects the 
Election and Return of the said Tristram Kennedy, 
may be declared wholly null and void, and that a 
new Writ may be issued for the Election of a Mem- 
ber to serve for the same in lieu of the said Tristram 
Kennedy, and that the House will give to the Peti- 
tioner such further and other relief in the premises 
as to the House shall seem meet, and as the merits 
of the case may require. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of Norfolk 


the Western Division of the County of Norfolk, was 
read; setting forth, That at the last Election of 
Members to serve in Parliament for the Western Di- 
vision of the County of Norfolk, the Petitioners were 
Electors of the said Division of the said County, and 
voted at the said Election ; that at the said Election 
William Bagge, George William Pierrepont Bentinck, 
and Anthony Hamond, Esquires, were Candidates ; 
and a poll being demanded and taken, the said Wil- 
liam Bagge and George William Pierrepont Bentinck 
were declared by the Returning Officer of the said 
Division of the said County to be elected, and were 
returned Members to serve in Parliament for the said 
Division of the said County ; that the said William 
Bagge and William George Pierrepont Bentinck were 
guilty of bribery, treating, and of other corrupt and 
illegal acts, by means of which they procured their 
said Election and Return, and their said Election 
was and is wholly null and void; that the said Wil- 
liam Bagge and George William Pierrepont Bentinck 
did, by themselves, their agents, friends and ma- 
nagers, at their charge, with their knowledge and on 
their behalf, give and allow money, meat, drink, en- 
tertainment, provision and reward, to and for the 
use, benefit and advantage of Electors of the said 
Division of the said County, in order that such 
Flectors might vote for the said William Bagge and 
George William Pierrepont Bentinck, or one of 
them, and forbear to vote for the said Anthony 
Hamond ; that the said William Bagge and George 
William Pierrepont Bentinck, before and at the said 
Election, did, by themselves, their agents, friends 
and managers, give, pay and allow, and make pro- 


tion, in contempt of the just rights of the Electors} mises and agreements to give, pay and allow divers 


for the said County, and to the great prejudice of 
the Petitioner; that the Petitioner, the said John 
M‘Clintock, junior, had at the said Election, as it is 
submitted will appear upon a fair scrutiny of the poll, 
and of the alleged qualification of the persons whose 
votes are entered thereon, a clear and decided ma- 
jority of good and legal votes over the said Tristram 
Kennedy, and was therefore duly elected thereat as 


a Member to serve in the present Parliament for the | 


said County of Louth, and ought to have been re- 


turned as such Member accordingly, and ought now 

to be so declared by the House; and praying that, 

upon the grounds and for the reasons above stated 

~*~ set forth, the House will take the premises into 
OL, 108. 








sums of money, under various pretexts, for the pur- 
pose of corruptly influencing Electors of the said Di- 
vision of the said County to vote for the said Wil- 
liam Bagge and George William Pierrepont Ben- 
tinck, or one of them, and to forbear to vote for the 
said Anthony Hamond; that gross and notorious 
bribery, treating, undue influence, intimidation and 
other corrupt practices were resorted to at the said 
Election on behalf of the said William Bagge and 
George William Pierrepont Bentinck, and by means 
thereof their said Return was procured ; and praying 
that the House will take the premises into conside- 
ration, and will declare the Election and Return of 
the said William Bagge and George William Pierre- 
T4 


pont 
































































Sh 


Leominster 
Eleetion. 


Hereford 
Election. 


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ont Bentinck null and void, and will give to the 

Petitioners such further and other relief as to the | 
House shall seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of Thomas White, of the Borough of | 
Leominster, in the County of Hereford, Tailor, was | 
read ; setting forth, That at the last Election of| 
Members to serve in Parliament for the Borough of 
Leominster, holden in the said Borough in the month 
of July in the year One thousand eight hundred 
and Fifty-two, the Petitioner had a right to vote and 
did vote at the said Election ; that at the said Election 
George Arkwright, — 0 John George Phillimore, 
Esquire, and John Pollard Willoughby, Esquire, 
were the Candidates to represent the said Borough 
in Parliament; that a poll having been duly de- 
manded and taken, the said George Arkwright | 
and John George Phillimore were declared by | 
the Mayor and Returning Officer to have a ma-| 
jority of votes, and to be duly elected as Men- | 
bers for the said Borough, and were returned as 
such Members; that at and during the said Election 
the said John George Phillimore, by himself, his | 
agents, friends, managers or others on his behalf, | 
did directly or indirectly give or agree to give money, 
meat, drink or other entertainment, in order to cor- 
rupt and procure to be corrupted certain persons 
having or claiming to have a right to vote at such 
Election, and did corrupt and procure to be cor- 
rupted certain persons so having or claiming to have 
votes as aforesaid to vote for the said John George 
Phillimore, and to forbear to vote for the said John 
Pollard Willoughby ; that fraud, intimidation and 
duress were practised by the agents, friends, ma- 
nagers and others acting on behalf of the said John 
George Phillimore upon divers persons having votes 
at such Election, by reason whereof many persons 
who but for such illegal practices would have voted 
for the said John Pollard Willoughby, were induced | 
and compelled to vote for the said John George | 
Phillimore ; that the Election and Return of the said | 
John George Phillimore is by reason of the premises | 
aforesaid wholly null and void; and praying that 
the House will take the premises aforesaid into con- 
sideration, and will declare the said Election and | 
Return of the said John George Phillimore to be 


| 


wholly null and void, and will give the Petitioner | 

such further and other relief in the premises as to the | 
House shall seem fit. | 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant | 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as | 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on | 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of James Frederick Symonds, William 
Aston and Richard Woodhouse, of the City of Here- 
ford, Gentlemen, was read ; setting forth, That at and 
during the last Election of Members to serve in Par- | 
liament for the City of Hereford, the Petitioners were 
and now are Electors of the said City, and had and 
claimed to have a right to vote and did vote at the 
said Election for the said City; that such Election 
was holden at Hereford on Wednesday and Thursday 
the Seventh and Eighth days of July last past, when 
Sir Robert Price, of Foxley, in the County of Here- 
ford, Baronet, Henry Morgan Clifford, of Llantilio 

Cressenny, in the County of Monmouth, Esquire, 
and Captain Augustus William Henry Meyrick, of 
Goodrich Court, m the said County of Hereford, were 
Candidates to represent the said City, and a poll 
having been duly demanded and taken, the said Sir 
Robert Price and Henry Morgan Clifford were by 
the Mayor and Returning Officer of the said City 

















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declared to be duly elected as Members to serve in 
Parliament for the said City, and were returned as 
such Members; that after the dissolution of Parlia- 
ment, and before and during the said Election, the 
said Sir Robert Price and Henry Morgan Clifford 
did, by themselves, their agents, friends, managers, 
partisans and others on their behalf, by gifts, pre- 
sents, money, rewards, promises, offers, agreements 
and securities for money, gifts and rewards, and 
by intimidation, undue influence, and other cor- 
rupt and illegal practices, acts and means, attempt 
to corrupt and procure, and did in fact corrupt and 
procure divers persons having or claiming to have a 
right to vote at the said Election to give their votes 
to the said Sir Robert Price and Henry Morgan 
Clifford, or one of them, and to forbear to give 


their said votes to the said Augustus William Henry 


Meyrick ; that before and during the said Election 
the said Sir Robert Price and Henry Morgan Clif- 


ford, or one of them, by themselves, their agents, 
/managers, friends, partisans or others on their be- 


half, at their and each or one of their costs and 
charges, did directly or indirectly give, present and 
allow, or did promise and agree to give, present and 
allow, to persons having or claiming, to have votes at 
such Election, money, meat, drink, entertainment, 
provision or rewards, and did make presents, gifts, 
rewards and promises to persons so having or claim- 
ing to have votes as aforesaid, in order that the said 
Sir Robert Price and Henry Morgan Clifford might 
be returned to serve in Parliament for the said City ; 
that divers persons were admitted to vote and did 
vote at the said Election for the said Sir Robert 
Price and Henry Morgan Clifford, or one of them, 
who were, either at or during the said Election, or 
within six calendar months after it was completed, 
employed as agent, poll-clerk, flagman, or in some 
other capacity for the purposes of such Election, or 
in order to induce such person to vote at such Elec- 
tion, and who in reference to such ——— ac- 
cepted and took money, retaining fee, office, place 
or emolument; that divers persons were admitted 
to vote and did vote at the said Election in favour 
of the said Sir Robert Price and Henry Morgan 
Clifford, who had no legal right to be registered, 
and who were not duly registered as Electors of the 
said City, and who had been improperly placed on 
the Register, or allowed to remain on the List of 
Voters for the said City ; that divers persons were 
admitted to vote and did vote for the said Sir Ro- 
bert Price and Henry Morgan Clifford, who at the 
time of the said Election had ceased to occupy the 
premises in respect of which they were registered, 
and had ceased to reside either within the boundaries 
of the said City, or within seven miles thereof, which 
said persons were induced to vote by payment or 
promises of money, and to whom either payment 
or promises of money were made to induce such 
persons to attend at the said Election and to vote 
for the said Sir Robert Price and Henry Morgan 
Clifford ; that in violation of the rule of the House, 
which declares that no Peer of the Realm hath a 
right to give his vote in the Election of any Mem- 
ber to serve in Parliament, a Peer of the Realm 
and Lord of Parliament, who had no legal right to 
be registered, but who had been unduly registered 
by persons employed in the making and managing 
of the Rate Books and Electoral Lists of the said 
City, was admitted to vote and did vote for the said 
Sir Robert Price and Henry Morgan Clifford; 
that in open violation of the Resolution of the 
House, which declares it to be a high infringement 
of the liberties and privileges of the Commons of 
the United Kingdom for any Lord of Parliament or 
other Peer or Prelate to concern himself in the 
Election of Members to serve for the Commons in 
Parliament, a Lord of Parliament did, with the 
knowledge and sanction of the said Sir Robert 
Price and Henry Morgan Clifford, concern himself 
at the said Electiun on behalf of the said Sir Ro- 





bert 


Dai 


Dartmouth 
Election, 


16 Vicroriz. 


bert Price and Henry Morgan Ciifford, and did | 
claim to vote and was admitted to vote for the said | 
Sir Robert Price and Henry Morgan Clifford, and | 
his said vote so improperly and unconstitutionally | 
given was by the said Mayor and Returning Officer | 
reckoned with the other votes in favour of the said 
Sir Robert Price and Henry Morgan Clifford ; that 
in defiance of the legislative enactments which de- | 
clare that no person employed in receiving, col- | 
lecting or managing the revenue of the Post-office, | 
or any part thereof, or employed in the distribut- 
ing of stamps, shall be capable of giving his vote | 
at any Election for any county or city during | 
the time he shall hold, or within twelve calendar 
months after he shall cease to hold or execute any | 
of such otlices, divers persons employed in such | 
offices, who had been improperly placed on the 
Register, and who were not legally entitled to be 
registered, were admitted to vote and did vote) 
for the said Sir Robert Price and Henry Mor- 
gan Clifford, many of such persons so legally 
incapacitated from giving such votes having been 
solicited by the said Sir Robert Price and Henry 
Morgan Clifford to vote for them the said Sir 
Robert Price and Henry Morgan Clifford; that 
by the corrupt and illegal means above set forth, 
the Election and Return of the said Sir Robert Price 
and Henry Morgan Clifford is null and void; and 
praying that the House will take the premises afore- 
said into their consideration, and will either declare 
the Return of the said Sir Robert Price and Henry 
Morgan Clifford, or of one of them, to be null and 
void, and that the late Election was a void Election ; 
and that the House will give the Petitioners such 
further and other relief in the premises as to the 
House shall seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records 
as shall be thought necessary by the several Parties 
on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 





A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of 
the Borough of Dartmouth, was read ; setting forth, 
That at the last Election of a Member to serve in 
Parliament for the Borough of Dartmouth, the Peti- 
tioners were registered Electors of the said Borough, 
and hada right to vote and did vote at the said Elec- 
tion; that at the said Election William Schaw Lindsay, 
Esquire, and Sir Thomas Herbert were Candidates, 
and a poll being demanded and taken, the said Sir 
Thomas Herbert was at the close thereof declared 
to have the majority of votes, and to be elected and 
returned as a Member to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the said Borough ; that a majority of 
the Electors of the said Borough had, by distinct 
promises made in person and by writing under their 
own hands, undertaken to vote for the said William 
Schaw Lindsay, in the event of his becoming a 
Candidate to represent the said Borough, and the 
said William Schaw Lindsay having become such 
Candidate, relied upon the said Electors, and upon 
their promises, and upon their written assurances, 
to give their votes in his favour, but at the close 
of the said poll he found that many of the Elec- 
tors who had promised to vote for him had voted 
for the said Sir Thomas Herbert, that others 
had forborne to vote and had been kept away from 
the poll, and that by various ways and means 
the said Sir Thomas Herbert had obtained a ma- 
jority of votes instead of the said William Schaw | 
Lindsay; that the majority of the said Sir Thomus 
Herbert was obtained by illegal and corrupt prac- 
tices, by bribery, treating, intimidation and undue 
influence, and the Return obtained thereby was and 
is wholly null and void, and ought to be set aside ; 
that before and at the said Election the said Sir 
Thomas Herbert was, by himself, his agents, friends 
and managers, guilty of bribery and corruption, and | 

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145 


did by gifts, presents, money and rewards, and by 
promises and agreements for gifts, presents, money 
and rewards, and by other illegal practices, corrupt 
and procure divers persons, being registered Electors 
of the said Borough, to give their votes in favour of 
the said Sir Thomas Herbert, and to forbear to give 
them for the said William Schaw Lindsay; that 
before, during and after the said Election, the said 
Sir Thomas Herbert did, by himself, his agents, 
friends and managers, by divers ways and means, at 
his charge and on his behalf, directly and indirectly 
give, provide, present and allow, and cause and 
knowingly allow to be given, provided, presented 
and allowed to registered Electors of the said Bo- 
rough, and to divers other persons, money, meat, 
drink, entertainment, provision and reward to and 
for persons having votes at the said Election, in 
order that he the said Sir Thomas Herbert might 
have the votes of the said persons, and might thereby 
be elected a Member for the said Borough of Dart- 
mouth, instead of the said William Schaw Lindsay ; 
that undue influence, intimidation and other unlaw- 
ful means were used and resorted to by the agents, 
friends and managers of the said Sir Thomas Her- 
bert, in order to obtain the votes of the Electors of 
the said Borough, and to prevent them from being 
recorded for the said William Schaw Lindsay ; that 
by the various ways and means aforesaid, and by 
the making of corrupt agreements and engagements, 
and by the use and employment of the said several 
illegal and corrupt practices, the said Sir Thomas 
Herbert obtained his Return, but the said Sir Tho- 
mas Herbert was and is wholly ineligible to sit in 
this present Parliament for the Borough of Dart- 
mouth in consequence thereof; and praying that 
the House wiil take the premises into consideration, 
and will declare that the Election and Return of 
the said Sir Thomas Herbert are nuil and void, 
and that the said Sir Thomas Herbert is ineli- 
gible to sit in this present Parliament for the said 
Borough of Dartmouth, and give to the Petitioners 
such further relief as to the House may seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter uf the said Petition. 


A Petition of Henry Sydenham Singleton, of Meath 
Ardagh, in the County of Meath, a voter, and who Election. 


was entitled to vote at the last Election of a Mem- 
ber to serve in Parliament for the County of Meath, 
was read ; setting forth, That an Election for Two 
Members to serve in Parliament for the said County 
of Meath was held in Trim, in the said County, on 
Monday the Nineteenth day of July One thousand 
eight hundred and Fifty-two; that the Petitioner is 
a voter, and was entitled to vote at the last Election 
of a Member to serve in Parliament for the County 
of Meath; that at the said Election Edward Ro- 
theram, Esquire, Sheriff of the said County, was 
and acted as the Returning Officer, and Matthew 
Elias Corbally, Esquire, Henry Grattan, Esquire, 
and Frederick Lucas, Esquire, were severally put in 
nomination as Candidates at the said Election ; that 
at the said Election the poll commenced on Thurs- 
day the Twenty-second day of the same month, and 
at the close thereof the numbers of votes on the said 
poll were declared by the said Returning Officer to 
be Two thousand and four for the said Frederick 
Lucas, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-eight 
for the said Matthew Elias Corbally, and Five hun- 
dred and sixty-five for the said Henry Grattan, and 
thereupon the said Returning Officer declared the 
said Frederick Lucas and Matthew Elias Corbally 
to have obtained a majority of votes at the said 
Election, and he accordingly returned the said Fre- 
derick Lucas and Matthew Elias Corbally as elected 
to serve as Members in tine said County for this 

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146 25°—26° Novembris. 


resent Parliament; that at the time of the said 

lection for Members to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the said County of Meath, the said Fre- 
derick Lucas was not the eldest son or heir appa- 
rent of any Peer or Lord of Parliament, or of any 

rson qualified by law to serve as a Knight of the 

hire, and that at the time of the said Election the 
said Frederick Lucas was not seised or entitled for 
his own use and benefit of or to an estate legal or 
equitable in lands, tenements or hereditaments of 
any tenure whatever, situate, lying or being within 
the said United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, or in the rents or profits thereof, for his 
own life or for the life or lives of any other person 
or persons then living, or for a term of years either 
absolute or determinable on his own life or on the 
life or lives of any other person or persons then 
living, of which term not less than ‘lhirteen years 
were at the time of his said Election unexpired, 
such estate being of the clear yearly value of not 
less than Six hundred pounds over and above all 
incumbrances affecting the same, nor was he the 
said Frederick Lucas at the time of the said Elec- 
tion possessed or entitled for his own use and benetit, 
at law or in equity, for his own life or for the life or 
lives of any other person or persons then living, or 
for any term of years either absolute or deter- 
minable on his own life or for the life or lives of any 
other person or persons then living, of which term 
not less than Thirteen years were at the time of the 
said Election unexpired, of or to personal estate or 
effects of any nature or kind whatsoever, situate 
within the said United Kingdom, nor of or to the in- 
terest, dividends or annual proceeds of any such per- 
sonal estate or effects, such personal estate or effects 
actually producing the clear yearly income of not less 
than Six hundred pounds over and above all incum- 
brances affecting the same, nor did he the said F’rede- 
rick Lucas, at the time of his said Election, possess 
more than one of the said several kinds of qualifica- 
tion hereinbefore mentioned, which said several qua- 
lifications were jointly of sufficient value to qualify 
him the said Frederick Lucas as a Member to 
serve in Parliament for the County of Meath, ac- 
cording to the provisions of the statute in that 
case made and provided, although each of such 
qualifications might, according to the said pro- 
visions, be separately insufficient for that pur- 
pose, and therefore that the said Frederick Lucas 
was not capable of being elected at the said Elec- 
tion a Member of the House for the said County, 
and was not duly qualified as a Member to serve in 
Parliament for the said County, and the said Elec- 
tion and Return of the said Frederick Lucas were 
and are wholly null and void; that at the time of 
the said Election the said Frederick Lucas was 
wholly ineligible and incapacitated to be elected a 
Member for the said County, by reason that he the 
said Frederick Lucas was not at the time of the said 
Election duly qualified by seisin or possession of 
real or personal estate or effects of such a nature 
or to such amount as was and is by law necessary 
to qualify him to sit and to be elected, and to ren- 
der him the said Frederick Lucas capable of being 
elected a Member of the House for the said County, 
and for the want of such qualification, and of the 
incapacity last aforesaid, the Election and Return 
of the said Frederick Lucas were and are wholly 
null and void; that at the nomination of Candidates 
on the said Nineteenth day of July One thousand 
eight hundred and Fifty-two, the said Frederick 
Lucas was duly required by Hugh Dingnan and 
Michael Muldoon, two Electors of and for the said 
County, having a right to vote at the said Election, 
to make the declaration pursuant to the provisions 
of a certain Act passed in the second year of the 
reign of Her Majesty, intituled, “ An Act to amend 
the Laws relating to the Qualification of Members 
to serve in Parliament,” whereupon a declaration 
was made and subscribed by the said Frederick 








A. 1852. 


Lucas in the terms following :—“ I, Frederich Lucas, 
of 21, Hardwickhe-street, Dublin, do solemnly and 
sincerely declare, that I am, to the best of my know- 
ledge and belief, duly qualified to be elected a Mem- 
ber of the House of Commons, according to the true 
intent and meaning of the Act passed in the second 
year of the reign of Queen Victoria, intituled, ‘ An 
Act to amend the Laws relating to the Qualification 
of Members to serve in Parliament,’ and that my 
qualification to be so elected doth arise out of cer- 
tain messuages or tenements, farms and lands, si- 
tuate, lying and being in the parish of Northwood, 
in the Isle of Wight, in the county of Southampton, 
and out of the rents and profits thereof, vested in 
me for a term of Fourteen years, from the Fourth 
day of July One thousand eight hundred and Fifty- 
two, if William George Ward, of Northwood Park, 
in the said Isle of Wight, Esquire, shall so long live, 
as hereunder set forth; that is to say, all those 
several pieces or parcels of land containing by esti- 
mation One hundred and twenty acres, more or less, 
together with the messuage or farm-house and build- 
ings thereto belonging or appertaining, and known 
by the name of Hillis’s Farm, now in the occupa- 
tion of James Alford; and also all those several 
pieces or parcels of land containing by estimation 
Sixty-nine acres, or thereabouts, together with the 
messuage or farm-house and buildings thereto be- 
longing or appertaining, and known’ by the name of 
Duke's Farm, now in the occupation of James Jen- 
kins ; aud also all those several pieces or parcels of 
land containing by estimation Eighty-six acres, to- 
gether with the farm-house and outbuildings thereto 
belonging or appertaining, and known by the name 
of Shinner’s Farm, and now in the occupation of 
William May ; and also all those pieces or parcels 
of land containing by estimation Three hundred 
and twenty acres, or thereabouts, with the messuage 
or farm-house, stables, barns and houses and build- 
ings thereto belonging or appertaining, and known 
by the name of Ren-street Farm, now in the occu- 
pation of Tucker ; and also all those pieces 
or parcels of land, containing by estimation Seventy- 
nine acres, or thereabouts, with the messuage or 
farm-house and outbuildings thereunto belonging, 
known by the name of Farm, now in the 
occupation of Isaac Salter ; and also all those pieces 
or parcels of land, containing by estimation Eighty 
acres, more or less, with the messuage or farm- 
house and outbuildings thereunto belonging or ap- 
pertaining, known by the name of Wrazxall Farm, 
and now in the occupation of William Saunders ; 
and also all those pieces or parcels of land contain- 
ing by estimation One hundred and forty acres, 
more or less, with the messuage or farm-house and 
outbuildings thereon, and thereto belonging or ap- 
pertaining, known as Stagwed/ Farm, now in the 
occupation of James Dunford ; all which said pieces 
or parcels of land, or messuages and tenements and 
premises, are situate and being in the said Isle of 
Wight and county of Southampton ;” that the inca- 
pacity and disqualification of the said Frederick 
Lucas to be elected or to sit and vote as a Member 
for the said County was a matter of public notoriety, 
before, at and during the said Election, and was 
known to the said Edward Rotherham and the Elec- 
tors of the said County, who gave their votes for 
the said Frederick Lucas; that printed notices of 
the incapacity and want of qualification as aforesaid 
of the said Frederick Lucas were affixed on each 
side of the doors of the several Court-houses in the 
said County in which the polling was carried on, 
and also on the several polling-booths in the said 
Court-houses, on some time before the polling com- 
menced, so as to be visible to every Elector as he 
came up to vote, and continued so affixed up to the 
close of the poll; and such notices were also and at 
the same time affixed to several conspicuous places 
in the said County, and continued so affixed up to 
the close of the poll, and that the said notice and 
warning 











16 Vicroriz. 


warning was well known and notorious to all the 
Electors of the County of Meath, both before and 
during the time of the said Election; that at the 
time of the said Election and Return of the said 
Frederick Lucas, and of his making the said decla- 
ration as last aforesaid, the said Frederick Lucas 
was not so seised or entitled, either at law or in 
equity, and had not such an estate for his own use 
and benefit in or to the said messuages, tenements, 
farms and lands, situate as in the said declaration 
mentioned as would qualify him the said Frederick 
Lucas to be elected as a Member of the House for 
the said County of Meath, according to the true 
intent and meaning of the said Act, intituled, “ An 
Act to amend the Laws relating to the Qualification 
of Members to serve in Parliament;” that the 


qualification arising out of the messuages, tene- | 


ments, farms and lands mentioned in the said de- 
claration were insufficient to qualify him the said 
Frederick Lucas as a Member to serve in Parlia- 
ment for the said County of Meath, and that the 
said Frederick Lucas was not at the time of the 
said Election and Return, by reason of his said want 
of qualification, capable of being elected to serve 
in Parliament for the said County, and that the 


Election and Return of the said Frederick Lucas | 


were and are thereby null and void; that the said 
declaration so made as aforesaid by tie said Fre- 
derick Lucas was and is vague and uncertain and 
informal, and did not, and does not sufficiently state 
the nature of the qualification of the said Frederick 
Lucas, and the particulars of the same as required 
by the provisions of the said Act, and that the de- 
claration is defective and insufficient, inasmuch as 


it does not state whether the qualification of the | 


said Frederick Lucas arises from an estate in the 
said messuages, tenements, farms and lands, or from 
an interest in the rents and profits thereof, or whe- 
ther tle same is a legal or equitable estate in said 


messuages, tenements, farms and lands, or a rent- | 


charge issuing thereout; that the said declaration 
was and is vague and uncertain, and calculated to 
mislead, and that the said declaration does not state 
the amount of such qualification, or that the same 
is a qualification of sufficient amount to qualify the 
said Frederick Lucas to be elected as a Member to 
serve in Parliament for a county according to the 


true intent and meaning of the said Act, or whether | 


said qualification is such as said Act requires to 
quality a Member to be elected to serve in Parlia- 
ment for a county or for a borough; and that the 
said I'rederick Lucas did thereby and for the several 
causes aloresaid, wilfully neglect and refuse to make 
and subscribe, within Twenty-four hours after the 
said request of the said Hugh Dingnan and Michael 
Muldoon, such a declaration as is required by the 
said last-mentioned Act of Parliament; and, there- 
fore, that the said Election and Return of the said 
Frederick Lucas were and are null and void, and 
that the votes given at the said Election for the 


said Frederick Lucas were thrown away ; that the 


said Frederick Lucas, by himself, his agents, friends 


and managers, and by persons employed on his | 


behalf, was guilty of the most flagrant acts of inti- 
midation in the course of the said Election ; and by 
illegal threats, violence and menaces, caused seve- 
ral Electors of the said County, through fear of per- 
secution and injury to themselves, their properties 
and their families, to forbear and abstain from 
giving their votes for the said Henry Grattan, and 
im many instances to give their votes for the said 
Frederick Lucas, to the great grievance of the Peti- 
tioner and of his fellow-subjects throughout the 
realm; that many persons were induced and pro- 
cured to vote, and voted at the said Election for 


the said Frederick Lucas by the above illegal means, | 


and the votes of such persons so compelled and in- 
timidated were admitted and entered and reckoned 
on the poll in favour of the said Frederick Lucas, 


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147 


struck off the poll ; that if the various illegal and 
invalid votes of the said Electors of the said Coun 
of Meath, which were then, as the Petitioner sub- 
mits, unduly admitted in favour of the said Frederick 
Lucas, had been rejected, there would have been at 
the close of the said poll a Jarge majority of legal 
votes for the said Henry Grattan over the said 
Frederick Lucas; that by the admission of the said 
bad, illegal and invalid votes of the said persons, 
who, as aforesaid, voted at the said Election for the 
said Frederick Lucas, by the above and other ille- 
gal and unconstitutional means, the said Frederick 
Lucus obtained a colourable and fictitious majority 
| over the said Henry Grattan on the poll taken at 
| the said Election, and was illegally declared to have 
been elected, and was illegally returned to serve in 
Parliament for the said County of Meath, to the 
manifest prejudice and grievance of the Petitioner 
and other Electors of the said County, and of the 
said Henry Grattan, who was, as the Petitioner 
submits, duly elected by a large majority of legal 
votes given for him at the said Election, and ought 
to have been returned thereat as Member to serve 
in Parliament for the said County; and praying 
that the House will be pleased to take the premises 
into their consideration, and will declare that the said 
| Frederick Lucas was not duly elected at the said last 
Election for the said County of Meath, and ought 
not to have been returned thereat, but that the said 
Henry Grattan was duly elected as such Member, 
and ought to have been returned as one of the 
Members to serve in this present Parliament for 
the said County of Meath, and will order and di- 
rect that the Return of the said Frederick Lucas so 
made by the said Sheriif and Returning Officer be 
amended, by erasing the name of the said Frederick 
Lucas therefrom, and by inserting therein the name 
of the said Henry Grattan, or that the House will 
declare the said last Election for the said County 
to have been wholly null and void, so far as regards 
the Election and Return of the said Frederick Lu- 
cas; and that the House may make such further 
order and give such further relief in the premises as 
the House shall think fit, and the nature of the case 
may require. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant or Warrants for such persons, papers and re- 
cords as shall be thought necessary by the several 
Parties on the hearing of the matter of the said 
Petition. 





A Petition of John Patrick Somers, of Cappagh, 
in the County of Sligo, and of the Reform Club, 
London, Esquire, was read ; setting forth, That the 
Petitioner was a Candidate for the representation 
of the Borough of Sligo, in the County of Sligo, in 
Ireland, at the last Election of a Member to serve 
in Parliament for said Borough, and was duly pro- 
posed and seconded, and was quaiified to be re- 
turned and to sit as a Member for the said Borough, 
and therefore claims to have hada right to be returned 
thereat ; that the said Election was fixed for, and 
| accordingly the nomination of the Candidates took 
place on the Twelfth day of July last, and upon that 
occasion Charles Townley, Esquire, and the Peti- 
tioner were the Candidates, and as such were re- 
spectively put in nomination to contest the repre- 
sentation of said Borough in this present Parlia- 
ment; that after the usual show of hands thereat a 
poll was demanded, and the said polling was pro- 
ceeded with on the day next but one after the said 
nomination day, to wit, the Fourteenth July, by the 
| Mayor, as the Returning Officer for the said Bo- 
rough, and on the day next after the close of said 
| polling, to wit, the Fifteenth July, the state of the 
_ poll was duly declared by the said Returning Officer, 
| and the majority of said votes appearing to be in 


and which ought to have been disallowed and | favour of the said Charles Townley, the Returning 


VoL. 108, 





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148 25°—26° Novembris. 


Officer declared him chosen at the said Election to 
represent the said Borough in the present Parlia- 
ment, and has since in accordance with such finding 
returned the Precept to the Sheriff of said County 
of Sligo, by whom the same was duly returned sub- 
sequently into the proper office for that purpose ; 
the Petitioner charges and complains that the Re- 
turn of the said Charles Townley at the said Election 
was obtained and procured by an organised sys- 
tem of agitation, menace, violence, illegal coercion, 
outrage and intimidation, used and exercised by or 
on behalf of the said Charles Townley, or by his 
agents, managers, supporters or partisans, towards 
divers Electors of said Borough, and towards their 
families and households respectively, previous to 
and at and during the said Election, who had pro- 
mised to vote,and otherwise would have voted for the 
Petitioner at said Election, but who being coerced 
and intimidated as aforesaid, either voted for said 
Charles Townley, or abstained from voting for the 
Petitioner ; and the Petitioner further charges and 
complains that the Return of the said Charles Town- 
ley at said Election was procured and obtained by.a 
systematic course of the most unjust, illegal and 
unconstitutional coercion and intimidation practised 
and resorted to previous and at and during said Elec- 
tion by the Roman Catholic bishop and priesthood of 
said Borough in favour and behalf of said Charles 
Townley, and to the prejudice and injury of the Peti- 
tioner, and in utter disregard and defiance of all law 
and freedom of Election towards divers voters, 
members of their congregation, who afterwards 
voted for said Charles Townley at said Election, or 
abstained from voting thereat, but who had pre- 
viously promised or intended to and otherwise would 
have voted for the Petitioner thereat; and that by 
means of misrepresentations and denunciations of 
and against the Petitioner, and otherwise made in 
the most violent manner, and accompanied with 
threats and violent gestures, from time to time pre- 
vious to and during said Election, in the parish 
chapel of said Borough, from the altar, and at 
divers and sundry other public places in and about 
said Borough, the said Roman Catholic bishop and 
priesthood unduly and unconstitutionally coerced, 
intimidated and terrified the said voters and their 
wives and families, and influenced them thereby to 
vote for the said Charles Townley at said Election, 
or to abstain from voting for the Petitioner ; and 
the Petitioner further charges and complains to the 


House, that immediately previous to and at and | 
during the said Election, an organised mob of | 


several hundreds of persons, comprised of the lowest 
and most violent inhabitants, non-electors of the 
said Borough and neighbourhood, were banded 
together in the said Borough, by or on behalf of the 
said Charles Townley, or by his agents, supporters 
or partisans in his behalf; and that during said 
Election, and immediately previous thereto, the said 
mob, by their violent and riotous conduct through- 
out the said Borough, intimidated, coerced and 
frightened in favour of said Charles Townley, and to 
the prejudice and injury of the Petitioner, and in 
utter disregard of the constitutional rights and liber- 
ties of the Electors of said Borough and of the Pe- 
titioner, divers voters who voted for the said Charles 
Townley, or who abstained from voting for the Pe- 
titioner, but who had promised or intended to vote 
and otherwise would have voted for the Petitioner, 
and so intimidated, frightened and terrified the said 
voters themselves, and their wives and households 
respectively, to the end of coercing, and the said 
mob did coerce said voiers to vote for the said 
Charles Townley, or to abstain from voting for the 
Petitioner ; and the Petitioner further charges and 
complains that the said mob so organised, imme- 
diately previous to and during the said Election, 
actually interrupted and interfered with the Peti- 
tioner and his supporters and friends in the most 
pubiic, violent and riotous manner in the course of 











A. 1852. 


his canvass, and upon other occasions, and to such 
an extent, and by personal violence, that the Peti- 
tioner was unable by himself and his friends to 
effect a canvass of said Borough; and that by 
reason of the said premises, and of the said intimi- 
dation and coercion aforesaid, the rights and li- 
berties of the said Electors and the Petitioner were 
illegally affected, and the Election and Return of 
the said Charles Townley was and is wholly null 
and void; the Petitioner further charges and coin- 
plains that the several members of the Roman Ca- 
tholic priesthood of said Borough, or some of them, 
and other Roman Catholic clergymen, immediately 
before and during the said Election, frequently re- 
paired, accompanied by the said mob, to the houses 
of divers voters belonging to their congregation, 
who had previously promised and intended to vote 
for the Petitioner, and otherwise would have voted 
for him, but who afterwards voted for the said 
Charles Townley, or abstained from voting for the 
Petitioner, and attempted to, and did, in fact, by 
various tyrannical and unconstitutional ways and 
means, intimidate, frighten and terrify the said 
voters and their wives and families on the subject of 
said Election in favour of said Charles Townley, 
and to the prejudice and injury of the Petitioner ; 
and that the said priests, or some or one of them, 
at sundry hours of the day, night and sometimes at 
or about midnight, immediately previous to and 
during said Election, accompanied by said mob, 
came to and knocked at the doors of divers of said 
voters’ houses, and compelled the said voters, 
against their will, by threats of punishment in this 
world and in the world to come, and by various 
such other tyrannical and unconstitutional intimida- 
tion and coercion, and under terror for the safety of 
their lives and families, and of destruction to their 
properties, to come away with them, and in some 
instances, namely, at the midnight visits for that 
purpose, to arise from their beds and dress them- 
selves; and that such of the said Electors as were 
so intimidated and coerced, and yielded thereto by 
coming away from their homes previous to the 
polling-day of said Election, were taken to houses 
prepared and made ready for their reception by or 
on behalf of the said Charles Townley, or by his 
agents, managers, supporters or partisans, or some 
of them, and were therein kept and restrained, under 
lock and key, and in charge and custody of door- 
keepers and sentinels, until they were brought up 
from thence to the poll, in order to vote, and were 
by the said priests and mob compelled to vote for 
the said Charles Townley ; aud that by reason of 
such unjust, illegal and unconstitutional ways and 
means and practice as last aforesaid, the said Elec- 
tion and Return of the said Charles Townley was 
and is wholly null and void; and the Petitioner 
further charges and complains, that to such excess 
was the said mob and priestly intimidation and 
coercion carried, that voters who were actually ac- 
companying the Petitioner and his friends on their 
way to the poll on the polling day of said Election, 
in order to vote for the Petitioner, were violently 
and riotously carried away by said mob and priests 
from the company of the Petitioner and his friends, 
and coerced and intimidated to vote, and under 
such coercion did vote for said Charles Townley 
at said Election, and that by reason thereof the 
Return of the said Charles Townley was and is 
wholly null and void ; the Petitioner charges and 
complains furthermore, that the said Election and 
Return so made, and the majority of votes thereat, 
were obtained and procured by unjust, unconstitu- 
tional and illegal means and practices employed 
and resorted to by the said Charles Townley and 
others on his behalf, as hereinafter more particu- 
larly mentioned, and that were it not for such means 
and practices,the Petitioner charges, he would have 
had a majority of votes at said Election, and have 
been returned thereat to serve in this present Par- 
liament ; 





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25°—.26° Novembris. 149 


liament ; to wit, that before, during and after the mises of place or employment, and whose votes the 
said Election, or at some or one of said periods, , Petitioner submits should be struck off the said poll ; 
the said Charles Townley was, by himself or his , that one Edmond Rochford, the Town Clerk of said 
agents, friends, managers, supporters or partisans, | Borough of Sligo, voted in the said majority, who, 
guilty of divers acts of bribery and corruption, in | previous to and atand after said Election, was the paid 
order to procure, and did, by himself or themselves, | Clerk of the Returning Officer of the said Borough, 
by means of gifts, presents, money and rewards, or and acted as such in reference to the said Election, 


by means of promises, offers, agreements or secu- 
rities for such gifts, presents, moneys or rewards, 
attempt to corrupt and procure, and did in fact cor- 
rupt and procure, divers persons having or claiming 
to have a right to vote at the said Election, to vote 
thereat for him the said Charles Townley, or to ab- 
stain from voting for the Petitioner, and the Elec- 
tion and Return of the said Charles Townley were 
procured and effected by the said unjust, unconsti- 
tutional and illegal means as aforesaid ; and that the 
said Charles Towaley, by reason of said corrupt, 


unconstitutional and illegal acts and practices, by | 


means and virtue whereof his said Election and Re- 
turn was procured and effected, was and is wholly 
disabled, mcapacitated and ineligible to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said Borough of Sligo, 
and that by reason of said premises last aforesaid, 
the Election and Return of the said Charles Townley 
is wholly null and void; and the Petitioner further 
charges, that before, during and after the said Elec- 
tion, the said Charles Townley did, by himself or 
by his agents, friends, supporters or partisans, or by 
others on his or their behalf, by divers ways and 
means, directly and indirectly, give or allow, or 
cause to be given or allowed, at his or their charge, 
and on his behalf, to divers persons, Electors or 
claiming to be Electors for said Borough, meat, 
drink and entertainment and provisions, to the in- 
tent and purpose of corruptly influencing such Elec- 
tors to give or refrain from giving their votes in such 


Election, and with the intent or purpose of procuring | 


the Election and Return of the said Charles Towuley 
as Member of Parliament for said Borough; and 
the Petitionér submits, that by reason of the pre- 
mises last aforesaid, by means whereof the Election 
and Return of the said Charles Townley were pro- 
cured and effected, the said Election and Return is 
wholly null and void ; and that the said Charles 


Townley has rendered himself thereby wholly dis- 
abled, ineligible and incapacitated to serve in the | 


present Parliament for the said Borough ; and pray- 
ing the House to take the premises into their con- 
sideration. and to find and declare that the said 
Charles Townley was not duly elected, but that the 
Petitioner was duly elected, and will order that said 


Return be amended in accordance with such finding, | 
or to find and declare that the said Charles Townley | 


was not duly elected at said Election to serve for 


| whose vote the Petitioner submits should be struck 
| off the said poll; that many other persons were ad- 
' mitted to vote and did vote at the said Election for 
| the said Charles Townley, who were bribed or had 
‘received promises of bribes to give such votes at said 
| Election, whose votes the Petitioner submits should 
_be taken off the said poll, and that divers other per- 
|sons included in said majority did vote who had 
been treated immediately before or during the conti- 
‘nuance of the said Election bythe said Charles Town- 
_ley, or by some other person or persons on his behalf, 
and that the votes of such persons so treated should 
be taken off the said poll; that divers other persons 
_were admitted to vote and did vote at said Election 
for the said Charles Townley who had, previous to 
or during the said Election, or since then, actually 
bribed other voters with the corrupt intent of ob- 
taining their votes for the said Charles Townley, or 
of their abstaining from voting for the Petitioner ; 
and other persons voted at said Election in the said 
majority who had, previous to or at and during said 
Election, corruptly treated other voters who voted 
thereat for the said Charles Townley, all which said 
votes the Petitioner submits should be taken off 
the said poll; that other persons included in said 
majority were admitted to vote and did vote for the 
said Charles Townley, who had offered and held out 
promises of bribes to other voters previous to and 
at and during the said Election, with the corrupt 
‘intent of inducing them to vote for the said Charles 
Townley, or to abstain from voting for the Peti- 
tioner, whose votes the Petitioner submits should 
be taken off said poll; that many other persons, 
Electors of the said Borough, voted for the said 
Charles Townley at said Election, or abstained from 
voting for the Petitioner thereat, who had pro- 
mised or intended to vote, and otherwise would have 
voted for the Petitioner, but for the unconstitutional 
and illegal system of gross intimidation, coercion 
and outrage exercised on and against them as in 
this Petition to the House is hereinbefore more par- 
ticularly charged and set forth; and the Petitioner 
‘submits that the names of all said voters having 
voted as last uforesaid for said Charles Townley 
should be struck off said majority, and that their 
names, together with the names of such voters 
'as abstained from voting for the Petitioner as last 
aforesaid, should be put down and counted to 


the Borough of Siigo, and that the said Election and | the Petitioner as his votes at said Election by 
Return of the said Charles Townley was and is a Committee of the House; the Petitioner there- 
wholly null and void ; and that the House will grant | fore charges that by reason of the said several 
to the Petitioner such further and other relief in the | premises aforesaid, the said majority of votes so 
premises, including his costs and expenses of pro-'| declared to have been had by the said Charles 
secuting this Petition, and as to the House shail | Townley was, as aforesaid, only colourable and fic- 
seem meet; the Petitioner furthermore charges and | titious, and that the majority of legal votes having 
complains, that the said majority of votes so de- | been in fact recorded, or should have been recorded, 
clared to have been had by the said Charles Town-| at said Election in favour of the Petitioner, he is 
ley was apparent and coluurable only, inasmuch as | entitled to represent said Borough in this Parlia- 
and because that divers and sundry persons included | ment in the place and stead of the said Charies 
in said majority were udmitted to vote and did vote | Townley, and therefore prays a scrutiny by the 
at the said Election for the said Charles Townley, | House of all such illegal votes as aforesaid, and that 
who, at and during the said Election, or immediately | the said illegal votes may be struck off the poll 

revious thereto, was employed and acted at said | for the said Election for the said Borough, and 

lection as agents, attorneys, poll-clerks, check- | that the Petitioner may have such relief as regards 
clerks, mayor, deputies, or in some other capacity, |such intimidated or coerced voters as to the House 


for the purposes of said Election, and who either 
before, during or after the said Election, accepted 
and took from the said Charles Townley, or from 
some other person or persons in his behalf, or from 
the Returning Officer of the said Borough, or from 


may seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
‘rant or Warrants for such persons, papers and 





some other person for or in consideration of, or in | records as shall be thought necessary by the several 
reference to, such his or their employment, money | Parties on the hearing of the matter of the said 
or promises of money, or security for money, or pro- | Petition. 

VoL. 108. U3 





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Surrey 
(Eastern 
Division) 
Election. 


150 25°—26° Novembris. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Henry Neal- 
son Smith, an Elector of the Eastern Division of the 
County of Surrey, was read; setting forth, That the | 
Petitioner was, at and during the last Election of | 
Members to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Eastern Division of the said County of Surrey, | 
a registered Elector of the said Division, and claimed | 
to have and had a right to vote and did vote at the | 
said Election; that at the said Election, Thomas Al- | 
cock, Esquire, the Honourable Peter John Locke 
King, Edmund Antrobus the younger, Esquire, | 
and Anthony Cleasby, Esquire, were Candidates | 
to represent the said Division in Parliament ; | 
that a poll having been demanded, the same was 
taken by the Returning Officer for the said Division, 
and at the close thereof the said Thomas Alcock 
and Peter John Locke King were by the said Re- 
turning Officer declared to have had a majority of 
votes at the said Election, and to have been duly 
elected, and were returned as the Members duly 
elected to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Eastern Division of the County of Surrey; 
that before and during the said Election the said 
Thomas Alcock and Peter John Locke King were, | 
by themselves respectively, and their respective 
agents, friends and managers, guilty of divers acts 
of bribery and corruption, in order to corrupt and 
procure, and did, by their agents, managers and 
friends, and by many other persons employed in 
their behalf, by gifts, presents, money, rewards, and 
by promises, agreements and securities for money, | 
gifts, employment and rewards, and by threats, in- 
timidation, promises, undue influence, and other cor- | 
rupt and illegal practices, acts and means, corrupt | 
and procure divers persons having or claiming to 
have votes at the said Election, to give their votes 
in favour of them the said Thomas Alcock and | 
Peter John Locke King, ov to forbear to give their | 
votes in favour of the said Edmund Antrobus and | 
Anthony Cleasby ; that the said Thomas Alcock and | 
Peter John Locke King, by the said corrupt and il- 
legal practices, were and are, and each of them was 
and is, wholly disabled, incapacitated and ineligible 
to serve in this present Parliament for the said Di- 
vision, and the said Election and Return of the 
said Thomas Alcock and Peter John Locke King 
were and are wholly null and void; that the said 
Thomas Alcock and Peter John Locke King did, by 
themselves respectively, their respective friends, 
agents and others acting for and sanctioned by them, 
give or cause and procure to be given, and did 
promise and agree to give, and did know of and 
consent to the giving and procuring to be given, 
money, gifts and rewards, oftices and places to divers 
persons, upon certain engagements, contracts and 
agreements, that such persons to whom and to 
whose use and in whose behalf such gifts and pro- 
mises were made should, by themselves, and others 

















at their solicitation respectively, request and com- 
mand, procure and endeavour to procure, the Return 
of them the said Thomas Alcock and Peter John 
Locke King at such Election ; that after the teste 
of the Writ for holding the said Election, and before, 
at and during the said Election, the said Thomas 
Alcock and Peter John Locke King did, by them- 
selves respectively, and their respective agents, 
friends and partisans, or by divers ways and means 
in their behalf or at their charge, directly or indi- 
rectly, give, present and allow to persons having 
votes in and at the said Election, money, meat, 
dr.nk, entertainment and provision, and did make 
presents, gifts, rewards and entertainments, and did 
make promises, agreements, obligations and engage- 
ments to give and allow money, meat, drink, pro- 
vision, presents, rewards and entertainments to and 
for persons having votes in and at the said Election, 
and to and for the use, benefit and advantage, em- 
ployment, profit and preferment of such persons, to 
induce such persons to vote at the said Election for 
the said Thomas Alcock and Peter John Loche King, 





A. 1852. 


or one of them, or to forbear to vote at the said 
Election for the said Edmund Antrobus and Anthony 
Cleasby, or one of them, or in order that they the 
said Zhomas Alcock and Peter John Locke King 
might be elected or for being elected to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said Division ; that 
by reason of the said last-mentioned corrupt and 
illegal practices, the said Thomas Alcock and Peter 
John Locke King were and are, and each of them 
was and is, wholly disabled, incapacitated and ineli- 
gible to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Division, and the said Election and Return 
of the said Thomas Alcock and Peter John Locke 
King were and are wholly null and void; that be- 
fore, during and after the said Election the said 
Thomas Alcockand John Peter Locke King did, by 
themselves respectively, and their respective agents, 
friends and partisans, or by or with divers persons, 
or in divers ways and manners, directly or indi- 
rectly give or provide, or did cause or did knowingly 
allow to be given or provided, wholly or partly at 
his expense, or did pay wholly or in part divers ex- 
penses incurred for meat, drink, entertainment and 
provision to and for divers persons for the purpose 
of corruptly influencing divers of such persons or 
divers other persons to give their votes in the said 
lection for the said Thomas Alcock and Peter John 
Locke King, or one of them, or to refrain from 
giving their votes in the said Election for the said 
Edmund Antrobus and Anthony Cleasby, or one of 
them, or for the purpose of corruptly rewarding 
divers of such persons or divers other persons for 
having given their votes in the said Election for the 
said Thomas Alcock and Peter John Locke King, or 
one of them, or for having refrained from giving 
their votes at the said Election for the said Edmund 
Antrobus and Anthony Cleasby, or one of them ; that 
by reason of the last-mentioned and illegal practices 
the said Thomas Alcock and Peter John Locke King 
were and are, and each of them was and is, wholly 
disabled, incapacitated and ineligible to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said Division, and 
the said Election and Return of the said Thomas 
Alcock and Peter John Locke King were and are 
wholly null and void ; that gross, extensive, syste- 
matic and open and notorious bribery, treating and 
corruption were practised and carried on at the said 
Election by divers persons, being agents, friends, 
supporters and partisans of the said Thomas Alcock 
and Peter John Loche King, with a view to the 
Election of the said Thomas Alcock and Peter John 
Locke King, and that the said Election and Return 
of the said Thomas Alcock and Peter John Locke 
King were procured by means of such bribery, 
treating and corruption ; that by reason of the pre- 
mises and of the last-mentioned corrupt and illegal 
practices, the said Election and Return of the said 
Thomas Alcock and Peter John Locke King were 
and are wholly null and void; and praying that the 
House will take the premises into their consideration, 
and wilideclare that the said Thomas Alcock and Peter 
John Locke King were not duly elected, and ought 
not to have been returned, and that their Election 
and Return are wholly null and void; and that the 
House will give to the Petitioner such further and 
other relief in the premises as to the House shall 
seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records 
as shall be thought necessary by the several Parties 
on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned John Bayley, Tipperary 
an Elector of the County of Tipperary, in that part Election. 


of the United Kingdom called Jreland, was read ; set- 
ting forth, That the Petitioner was, at and during 
the last Election of Members to serve in this present 
Parliament for the County of Tipperary, a registered 








Elector 











16 Vicroriz. 


Elector of the said County, and claimed to have and 
had a right to vote and did vote at the said Election; 
that at the said Election, which took place in the 
month of July One thousand eight hundred and 
Fifty-two, Francis Scully, Esquire, James Sadleir, 
Esquire, and Robert Jocelyn Otway, Esquire, were 
Candidates to represent the said County in Parlia- 
ment; that a poll being demanded, the same was 

ranted and proceeded with, and the said Francis 
Seully and James Sadleir were by the Returning 
Officer of the said County declared to have had a 
majority of votes at the said Election and to have 
been duly elected, and were returned as the Mem- 
bers duly elected to serve in this present Parliament 
for the said County of Tipperary; that at the time 
of the said last Election of Members to serve in 
Parliament for the said County and of their said 
Return, the said Francis Scully,as one of such 
Members as aforesaid, was not, according to the 
true intent and meaning of the Act passed in the 
second year of the reign of Queen Victoria, intituled, 
“ An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Quali- 
fication of Members to serve in Parliament,” duly 
qualified to be elected as a Member to serve in Par- 
liament for the said County; nor was the said 
Francis Scully, at the time of the said last Election, 
or at the time of his said Return as such Member 
as aforesaid, seised or entitled for his own use or 
benefit of or to any estate legal or equitable in lands, 
tenements or hereditaments of any tenure whatso- 
ever, situate, being or lying within the United King- 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, or in the rents 


or profits thereof, for his own life or for the life or | 


lives of any other person or persons then living, or 
for a term of years either absolute or determinable 
on his own or on the life or lives of any other per- 
son or persons then living, of which term not less 
than thirteen years were at the time of the said 
Election unexpired, such estate being of the clear 
yearly value of not less than six hundred pounds 
over and above all incumbrances affecting the same, 
nor was the said Francis Scully at the time of the said 
Election, or at the time of his said Return as such 
Member as aforesaid, possessed and entitled for his 
own use and benefit, at law or in equity, for his own 
life or the life or lives of any other person or persons 
then living, or for any term of years either absolute 
or determinable on his own life or for the life or 
lives of any other person or persons then living, of 
which term not less than thirteen years were at the 
time of the said Election unexpired, or of or to per- 
sonal estate or effects of any nature or kind whatso- 
ever situate within the said United Kingdom, or the 
interest, dividends or annual proceeds of any perso- 


nal estate or effects, such personal estate or eflects, | 


interest, dividends or annual proceeds actually pro- 
ducing the clear yearly income of not less than six 
hundred pounds over and above all incumbrances 
affecting the same ; nor did the said Francis Scully 
at the time of the said last Election, or at the time 
of the said Return as such a Member as aforesaid, 
possess more than one of the several kinds of quali- 
fication thereinbefore mentioned, which were jointly 
sufficient to qualify him to serve as Member for the 
said County ; that the said I'rancis Scully was not 
at the time of the said Election, or at the time of his 
said Return as such Member as aforesaid, the 
eldest son or heir apparent of any Peer or Lord of 
Parliament, or any person qualified by the last- 
mentioned Act to serve as Knight of the Shire; and 
praying that the House will take the premises into 
cousideration, and will declare that the Election 
and Return of the said Francis Scully are wholly null 
and void; and that the House will give to the Peti- 
tioner such further and other relief in the premises 
as to the House shall seem meet. 

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

Order ed, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 

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151 


shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


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








Veneris, 26° die Novembris ; 
Anno 16° Victorie Regine, 1852. 
PRAYERS. 


M 


and 25th days of this instant November; and had 
directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 

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


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had, Durham 
this day, received a Letter from Messrs. Thompson, Election. 


Debenham and Brown, as Agents for Mr. John 
Lidster and Mr. George Shaw, Petitioners against 
the Return for the City of Durham, informing him 
that it is not their intention to proceed with their 
said Petition. 

Also, that he had, this day, received a Letter from 
Mr. James Coppock, as Agent for William Lumley 





and Henry Greenwell, Petitioners against the Re- 
_turn for the City of Durham, informmg him that it 
|is not their intention to proceed with their said Pe- 
| tition :—And the said Letters were read, as follow : 


Sir, 31, Parliament-street, 26 November 1852. 

| As Agents for Mr. John Lidster and Mr. George 
| Shaw, in the matter of their Petition, delivered in 
,on the 23d day of November instant, complaining 
| of an undue Election and Return for the City of 
_ Durham, we hereby beg to inform you that it is 
not intended to proceed with the said Petition. 


We have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your very obedient servants, 
Thompson, Debenham and Brown. 
To the Right honourable the Speaker 
of the House of Commons. 
Sir, 40, Parliament-street, 26 November 1852. 
As Agent for William Lumley and Henry Green- 
well, in the matter of their Petition, delivered in on 
ithe 25th November instant, complaining of an un- 
| due Election and Return for the City of Durham, 
I hereby beg to inform you that it is not intended 





| to proceed with the said Petition. 


[ have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your very obedient, humble servant, 
James Coppock. 


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





| to 


| for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this pre- 
‘sent Parliament for the Borough of Abingdon, in 
‘the room of James Caulfield, Esquire, deceased. 


i 
} 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Bury Saint 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ Edmuad's 
‘for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this pre- "™ 


| to 


sent Parliament for the Borough of Bury Saint Ed- 
'mund, in the room of the Right honourable Sir 
| John Stuart, who, since his Election for the said Bo- 
| rough, hath accepted the office of Vice-Chancellor. 


for the electing of a Citizen to serve in this present 
Parliament for the City of Durham, in the room of 
Thomas Colpitts Granger, Esquire, deceased. 

v4 Ordered, 





R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had — 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 24th Report.) 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Apingdton 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ Writ. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Durham 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ Writ. 






































































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152 26° Novembris. 


Oldham Writ. | Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant | 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make outa new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this pre- 
sent Parliament for the Borough of O/dham, in the 
room of John Duncuft, Esquire, deceased. 


Peterborough Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
7 to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Citizen to serve in this present 

Parliament for the City of Peterborough, in the 


room of the Honourable Richard Watson, deceased. 


Plymouth Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had, 

Election. this day, received a Report from the Examiner of 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Petition of James Shardow, William Hole 
Evans and Samuel Treeby, relating to the Borough 
of P/ymouth, is unobjectionable. 


Public Petitions relating to Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ; 
Petitions. —Maynooth College Act, Freedom of Election 
Vide Sixth (Jreland), Nunneries and Mortmain ;—Nunneries ; 
Report. —- Carriages; — Foreign Silks; — Conical Flour 





A. 1852. 


To be Members of the General Committee of 
Elections for the present Session. 
Given under my hand, this 26th day of No- 
vember 1852. 
Cuarves Snaw Lerevrs, Speaker. 


Ordered, That the said Warrant be printed. 


claimed to be excused from serving on Election Elections. 
Committees, as being upwards of Sixty years of age, 
as followeth : 

Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, the Honourable Hugh 
Arbuthnott, Robert Baynes Armstrong, Esquire, Sir 
Joseph Bailey, William Beckett, Esquire, John Ben- 
bow, Esquire, Admiral Berkeley, Sir George Berkeley, 
John Brocklehurst, Esquire, gee’ Brotherton, Es- 

uire, William Sunnie Lewis William Buck, 
wm tg Sir Charles Merrik Burrell, Henry Negus 
Burroughes, Esquire, Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Es- 
quire, the Honourable Robert Henry Clive, Henry 
Combe Compton, Esquire, Sir Charles Henry Coote, 
Edmund Denison, Esquire, Henry Drummond, Es- 
— the Right honourable Edward Ellice, the 





Mill;—Edward Murray ;—Free Schools ;— Free 
School (Bewdley) ;-—and, Stephen Geary,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
lable. 


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


Savings Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 

au. Returns of the Total Number of Deposit Accounts 
open in Savings Banks in more Names than one on 
the 20th day of November 1852, and the Total 
Amount as the Credit of such Accounts; distinguish- 
ing the Accounts opened before the 20th day of No- 
vember 1844 from those opened since that Date :— 
Showing, year by year, in Totals for each year, when 
such Accounts were first opened, and the Total 
Amount then placed at their Credit :—And, show- 
ing the Distribution of such Accounts, on the 20th 
day of November 1852, into the several Classes set 
forth in the Classification for the Annual Return to 
the 20th day of November 1851. 


Courts of Law Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
and Equity Return of the Names of the several Officers or 
(Ireland.) 
of Law or Equity in Jreland, who, since the year 
1830, have been superannuated or removed from 
their Offices, or permitted to retire therefrom under 


the Provisions of any Act of Parliament; speci-| 


fying the Situation held by each ; the Cause of his 
Removal or Retirement ; the Period of his Service ; 
his Salary; and the Amount of Annual or other 
Compensation. 


Controverted Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That his War- 
miostions. rant for the Appointment of Members to serve on 
No. 26. the General Committee of Elections, was upon the 
Table :—And the said Warrant was read, as fol- 
loweth : 
Pursuant to the provisions of “ The Election Pe- 
titions Act, 1848,” I do hereby appoint, 

The Right honourable Matthew Talbot Baines, 
Member for the Borough of Leeds ; 

The Right honourable Sir John Tro/lope, Ba- 
ronet, Member for the Parts of Kesteven and 
Holland, in the County of Lincoln ; 

John Evelyn Denison, Esquire, Member for 
the Borough of Malton ; 

Robert Palmer, Esquire, Member for the County 
of Berks; 

Thomas Henry Sutton Sotheron, Esquire, Mem- 
ber for the Northern Division of the County 
of Wilts ; 

And William Monsell, Esquire, Member for the 
County of Limerick ; 


Persons holding Situations in the Superior Courts | 


onourable John Edmund Elliott, Sir De Lacy 
| Evans, William Evans, Esquire, Matthew Forster, 
| Esquire, Augustus Eliott Fuller, Esquire, Sir George 
| Goodman, Admiral Gordon, William Ormsby Gore, 
Esquire, the: Right honourable Henry Goulburn, 
| George Hadfield, Esquire, George Granville Har- 
court, Esquire, John Heatheoat, squire, the Right 
honourable John Charles Herries, Sir John Hope, 
Joseph Hume, Esquire, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, 
| Captain Jones, Sir Charles Lemon, the Kight ho- 
'nourable Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis, William 
| Lockhart, Esquire, Sir Ralph Lopes, Honourable 
| Henry Cecil Lowther, Thomas Luce, Esquire, Ho- 
‘nourable General Lygon, John Mackie, Esquire, 
| John Masterman, Esquire, Thomas Philip Maunsell, 
| Esquire, Robert Milligan, Esquire, Joseph Randolph 
| Mullings, Esquire, Joseph Neeld, Esquire, Sir John 
Owen, Charles William Packe, Esquire, Viscount 
Palmerston, Sir George Brooke Pechell, Edward 
William Wynne Pendarves, Esquire, Colonel Powell, 
| Nicholas Maher Power, Esquire, Lord William Pow- 
| lett, Sir Robert Price, Richard Prime, Esquire, 
| David Pugh, Esquire, Edward Royd Rice, Esquire, 
Lord John Russell, Captain Scobell, Richard Spooner, 
| Esquire, William Stansfield, Esquire, Sir George 
| Strickland, Henry William Tancred, Esquire, Tho- 


'mas Thornely, Esquire, Sir William Verner, John 
| Ennis Virian, Esquire, John Henry Vivian, Esquire, 
| Harry Spencer Waddington, Esquire, Admiral Wal- 
| cott, Edmond Wodehouse, Esquire, William Battie 
Wrightson, Esquire. 

The Right honourable Benjamin Disraeli, Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer, having stated, that he could 
not attend Election Committees without material 
inconvenience to the Public Service, during the time 
he may hold the said office ; 

Resolved, That the Right honourable Benjamin 
Disraeli, Chancellor of the Exchequer, be excused 
from serving on Election Committees during the 
time lie may hold the said office. 

The Right honourable Spencer Horatio Walpole 
having stated, that, being one of Her Majesty’s 
Principal Secretaries of State, he could not attend 
Election Committees without material inconvenience 
to the Public Service, during the time he may hold 
the said office ; 

Resolved, That the Right honourable Spencer 
Horatio Walpole, one of Her Majesty’s Principal 
Secretaries of State, be excused from serving on 
Election Committees during the time he may hold 
| the said office. 

The Right honourable Sir John Pakington having 
stated, that, being one of Her Majesty's Principal 
Secretaries of State, he could not attend Electzon 
Committees without material inconvenience to the 
Public Service, during the time he may hold the said 
office; 





Resolved, 


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(ape of Good 
Hope. 


Election 
Expenses. 


Taunton 
Election. 


16 Vicroriz. 


Resolved, That the Right honourable Sir John 
Pakington, one of Her Majesty’s Principal Secre- 


taries of State, be excused from serving on Election | 


Committees during the time he may hold the said 
office. 

Sir Frederic Thesiger, Attorney General, having 
stated, that, being Her Majesty’s Attorney General, 
he could not attend Election Committees without 
materal inconvenience tv the Public Service, during 
the time he may hold the said office ; 

Resolved, That Sir Frederic Thesiger, Her Ma- 
Jesty's Attorney General, be excused from serving 
on Election Committees during the time he may hold 
the said office. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of the Letters Patent of February 
1852, appointing General Cathcart Governor of the 

Jape of Good Hope, and Mr. Darling Lieutenant- 
governor, and the Instructions therewith given :— 
Of any Report received of the Debate in the Legis- 
lative Council on the Draft Constitution Ordinance 
sent out in September 1851 :—Of Constitution Or- 
dinance as amended by the Legislative Council, re- 
ceived in July last:—And, of Petitions received 
relating to the amended Constitution Ordinance, and 
of Petitions for the Dismissal of Mr. Montagu, 
together with any Replies made to such Petitions. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of all Fees, Disbursements or Ex- 
_— charged by any Returning Officer or his 

eputy, or by any Sheriff, Under Sheriff, Sheriff 
Clerk or Sheriff's Officer, Clerk of the Peace or 
Town Clerk, to any Person returned to serve in the 
present Parliament for any County, Division of a 


County, City, Borough, District or Place, or to any | 
Candidate seeking to represent any County, Division | 


of a County, City, Borough, District or Place, in 
the United Kingdom :—And, of all Sums received 
by any Returning Officer or his Deputy, or by any 
Sheriff, Under Sheriff, Sheriff Clerk or Sheriff's Of- 
ficer, Clerk of the Peace or Town Clerk, in respect 
of such Fees, Disbursements or Expenses, from any 
Person so returned, or from any Candidate so seeking 
to represent any County, Division of a County, City, 
Borough, District or Place. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this } 0 as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


A Petition of Richard Turle, of Fore-street, in 
the Borough of Taunton; James Locke, of East- 
street, in the said Borough; Samuel Parsons, of East- 
street, in the said Borough; John Bartlett, of East- 
street, inthe said Borough ; Robert Parsons, of East- 
street, in the said Borough; Arthur Charles Cox, of 


East-street, in the said Borough, and Henry Trood, | 


of Bridge-street, in the said Borough, Electors of the 
said Borough of Taunton, was delivered in, and read; 
setting forth, That at the last Election of Members to 
serve in this present Parliament for the Borough of 
Taunton, the Petitioners were registered Electors for 
the said Borough, and had a right to vote and did 
vote at the said Election; that the Right honourable 
Henry Labouchere, Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, 
Baronet, and Arthur Mills, Esquire, were Candidates 
at the said Election to represent the said Borough 
in Parliament; that the said Election was held on 
the Seventh day of July One thousand eight hun- 
dred and Fifty-two, and a poll having been de- 
manded, the same was afterwards proceeded with, 
and at the close thereof the said Henry Labouchere 
and Arthur Mills were found and declared to have 
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1538 


had the majority of votes, and were returned as the 
Members duly elected to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the said Borough ; that a Petition has 
been presented to the House by Sir Thomas Edward 
Colebrooke, Baronet, complaining of the said Elec- 
tion and Return so far as concerns the said Arthur 
Mills, alleging, among other things, that he the 
said Petitioner had a majority of votes over the said 
Arthur Mills, and that he ought to have been re- 
turned as the Member duly elected in the place of 
the said Arthur Mills, and charging and alleging 
that Francis Davey, and other persons in the said 
Petition named, voted for the Petitioner at the said 
Election, and that their votes were not entered or 
reckoned on the poll for the Petitioner, and that the 
names of other Electors in the said Petition men- 
tioned had been entered on the poll as having voted 
for the said Arthur Mills which ought not to have 
| been so entered, and ought to be struck from the 
Poll, for the reasons in the said Petition stated, and 
' that another voter had been prevented from voting 
for the Petitioner whose vote ought to be reckoned 

| for the Petitioner, and charging that by reason of 
| the premises the majority of votes declared by the 
Returning Officer for the said Arthur Mills was an 
apparent majority, and that the Petitioner had a ma- 
jority of votes at the said Election, and ought to 
have been returned as the Member to serve in Par- 
liament for the said Borough; and praying that the 
House will cause the Return to be amended by 
erasing therefrom the name of the said Arthur 
Milis, and substituting that of the Petitioner in its 
stead, and for such other relief as to the House 
might seem meet; that the allegations in the said 
Petition are, as the Petitioners believe, unfounded 
and incapable of proof, and that the said Petitioner 
had not a majority of good and legal votes at the 
said Election over the said Arthur Mills; that more- 
over the votes of divers persons were given and 
recorded on the poll in favour of the said Sir T’ho- 
mas Edward Colebrooke at the said Election who 
were not legally entitled to vote and had no legal 
right to vote at the said Election, and the names of 
other voters were entered and counted on the poll 
| for the said Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke who did 
| not in point of fact vote for the said Sir Thomas 
| Edward Colebrooke, but who were persunated and 
| fraudulently represented by other persons, and that 
| other persons voted at the said Election for the said 
| Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke whose names were 
|on the Register of Electors for the said Borough, 
but who had become disqualified or were not enti- 
tled to vote at the said Election on the ground of 
their being or having become disqualified from 
various causes, or who had been bribed or corruptly 
influenced to give their votes at the said Election 
for the said Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke; that 
other persons were at the said Election compelled 
by violence, threats and intimidation, and by other 
illegal practices, to give their votes for the said 
Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, or to forbear to 
give their votes for the said Arthur Mills; that 
other persons voted for the said Sir Thomas Edward 
Colebrooke at the said Election who had asked, 
received or taken money, gifts, entertainment, offices 
or rewards, for giving or for having given their votes 
|for him, and others voted for the said Sir Thomas 
Edward Colebrocke who had laid wagers, and been 
otherwise corruptly influenced to give their votes for 
him; that the said Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooie 
had not the majority of legal votes over the said 
Arthur Mills at the said Election ; that the said Sir 
Thomas Edward Colebrooke, by himself, his agents, 
committee, friends and others employed by or acting 
on his behalf on the said Election, were guilty of 
bribe: y and corruption, and other illegal and corrupt 
practices before, at and during the said Election, and 
that previous to, and at and during and after the said 
Election, the said Sir Thomas Kdward Colebrooke, 
by himself, his agents, committee and friends, and 
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154 26° Novembris. A. 1852. 


other persons employed for or acting on his behalf, 
did, by gifts, money, rewards, and by promises and 


agreements for money, gifts, employments and re- 


wards, and by threats, intimidation and promises, 
and other corrupt and illegal practices and means, 
corrupt and procure divers persons having or claim- 
ing to have votes at the said Election, to give their 
votes in favour of the said Sir Thomas Edward Cole- 
brooke, and to forbear to give their votes for the 
said Arthur Mills, and that the said Sir Thomas 
Edward Colebrooke was, by himself and his com- 
mittee, agents, friends and partisans, and divers 
other ways and means on his behalf, guilty of treating, 
and directly and indirectly did give, present and 
allow to divers persons having votes at the said 
Election, money, meat, drink, entertainment and 
provision, after the teste of the Writ for holding 
the said Election, to induce such persons and 
other voters to vote at the said Election for the said 
Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, or to abstain from 
voting for the said Arthur Mills, and also that be- 
fore, during and after the said Election, the said Sir 
Thomas Edward Colebroohe, by himself, his agents, 
friends and partisans, and by and with divers other 
persons, gave and provided, and caused and know- 
ingly allowed to be given and provided, wholly or 
partly at his expense, and paid wholly or in part 
divers expenses incurred for meat, drink, entertain- 
ment and provision to and for divers persons, for 
the purpose of corruptly influencing divers of such 
persons, and divers other persons, to give their votes 
at the said Election for the said Sir Thomas Edward 
Colebrooke, or to refrain from giving their votes at 
the said Election for the said Arthur Mills, or for 
the purpose of corruptly rewarding divers of such 
persons, or divers other persons, for having given 
their votes at the said Election for the said Sir T’ho- 
mas Edward Colebrooke, or for having refrained from 
giving their votes at the said Election for the said 
Arthur Mills; that by reason of such corrupt and 
illegal practices on the part of the said Sir Thomas 
Edward Colebrooke, his agent, committee, friends 
and others acting on his behalf as aforesaid, as well 
as of other corrupt and illegal practices at the said 
Election, the said Sir Thomas Edward Colebroohe 
was and is wholly incapacitated and ineligible to be 
elected or returned, or to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough; and praying the House 
to take the premises into their consideration, and 


that the Petitioners may be admitted as parties to de- | 


fend the said Election and Return of the said Arthur 
Mills, and to oppose the prayer of the said Petition 
of the said Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke; and 
that the House will give such further relief as to the 
House shall seem meet. 

A Petition of Richard Turle, of Fore-street, in the 
Borough of Taunton ; James Loche, of East-street, 
in the said Borough; Samuel Parsons, of East-street, 
in the said Borough; John Bartlett, of East-street, 
in the said Borough; Robert Parsons, of East- 
street, in the said Borough; Francis Wookey, of 
Fore-street, in the said Borough ; John Porter, of 
North-street, inthe said Borough ; Robert Summer- 
hays, of High-street, in the said Borough, and John 
Melhuish, of Fore-street, in the said Borough, was 
also delivered in, and read; setting forth, Tiat 
at the last Election of Members to serve in this 
present Parliament for the Borough of Yaunton, 
the Petitioners were registered Eleciors for the said 
Borough, and had a right to vote and did vote at 
the said Election; that the Right honourable Henry 
Labouchere, Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, Ba- 
ronet, and Arthur Mills, Esquire, were Candidates 
at the said Election to represent the said Borough 
in Parliament; that the said Election was held on 
the Seventh day of July One thousand eight hun- 
dred and Fifty-two, and a poll having been demanded, 
the same was afterwards proceeded with, and at the 
close thereof the said Henry Labouchere and Arthur 
Mills were found and declared to have had the ma- 


jority of votes, and were returned as the Members 
duly elected to serve in this present Parliament for 
the said Borough ; that a Petition has been pre- 
sented to the _ sod by James Billings, William 
Green, Jonathan Payne, Edmund French and Sa- 
muel Newton, claiming to be Electors of the said 
Borough, and entitled to vote at the said Election, 
complaining of the said Election and Return of the 
said Arthur Millis, and praying that the Return 
made at the said Election might be amended, b 

erasing therefrom the name of the said Arthur Mills, 
and substituting the name of the said Sir Thomas 
Edward Colebrooke in its stead, or that the House 
will declare the said Election and Return of the 
said Arthur Mills to be wholly null and void, and 
_that the said Arthur Mills was not duly elected, and 
| ought not to have been returned at the said Elec- 
tion, and that the said Sir Thomas Edward Cole- 
brooke was duly elected, and ought to have been 
returned at the said Election, and that the House 
will be pleased to cause the Return to be amended, 
by erasing the name of the said Arthur Mills, and 
substituting the name of the said Sir Thomas Ed- 
ward Colebrooke in its stead, or that the House will 
| be pleased to give the Petitioners such further re- 
| lief as to the House shall seem meet; that the Pe- 
titioners represent and state, that the allegations in 
the said Petition contained are unfounded and in- 
capable of proof; that the Petitioners represent and 
‘assert, that the said Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke 
had not a majority of legal votes over the said 
Arthur Mills at the said Election, and ought not 
to have been returned at the said Election in the 
place of the said Arthur Mills, and that the ma- 
jority of legal votes at the said Election was in 
favour of the said Arthur Mills over the said Sir 
Thomas Edward Colebrooke; that the Petitioners 
further show, that the said Sir Thomas Edward Cole- 
brooke, by himself and his agents, committee, friends 
and others employed by him or acting on his behalf 
in the said Election, were guilty of bribery and cor- 
ruption, and of other illegal and corrupt practices, 
before and at and during and after the said Election, 
and that previous to, and at and during and after 
the said Election, the said Sir Thomas Edward Cole- 
brooke, by himself, his agents, committee and friends, 
and other persons employed for or acting on his 
behalf, did, by gifts, money, rewards, and by pro- 
mises and agreements for money, gifts, employments 
and rewards, and by threats, intimidation and pro- 
/mises, and by other undue influence and other cor- 
rupt and illegal practices and means, corrupt and 
procure divers persons having or claiming to have 
votes at the said Election, to give their votes in 
|favour of the said Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, 
and to forbear to give their votes to the said Arthur 
Mills, and that the said Sir Thomas Edward Cole- 
brooke was and is wholly incapacitated and ineli- 
gible to serve in the present Parliament for the said 
Borough; that after the teste of the Writ for hold- 
ing the said Election, and before and at and during 
the said Election, the said Sir Thomas Edward Cole- 
brooke did, by himself and his agents, committee, 
friends and partisans, and by divers ways and means, 
in his behalf or at his charge, directly and indirectly 
give, present and allow to persons having votes in 
and at the said Election, money, meat, drink, enter- 
tainment and provision, and did make presents, 
gifts, rewards, and did make promises, agreements, 
obligations and engagements to give and allow 
money, meat, drink, provision, presents, rewards 
and entertainments to and for persons having votes 
in and at the said Election, and to and for the use, 
benefit and advantage, employment, profit and pre- 
ferment of such persons, to induce such persons 
to vote at the said Election for the said Sir Tho- 
mas Edward Colebrooke, and to forbear to vote 
at the said Election for the said Arthur Mills, 
and in order that he the said Sir Thomas Edward 
Colebrooke might be elected to serve in this pre- 
sent 




















16 Victroriz. 


sent Parliament for the said Borough, and that 
by reason of the said last-mentioned corrupt and 
illegal practices, the said Sir Thomas Edward Cole- 
brooke was and is wholly incapacitated and ineli- 
gible to serve in this present Parliament for the said 

orough; that before, during and after the said 
Election, the said Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke did, 
by himself, his agents, friends and partisans, and by 
and with divers persons, and in divers ways and 
manners, directly and indirectly give or provide, 
and did cause and did knowingly allow to be given 
and provided, wholly or partly at his expense, and 
did pay, wholly or in part, divers expenses incurred 
for meat, drink and provision to and for divers per- 
sons, for the purpose of corruptly influencing divers 
of such persons, and divers other persons, to give their 
votes in the said Election for the said Sir Z’homas 
Edward Colebrooke, and to refrain from giving their 
votes in the said Election for the said Arthur Mills, 
and for the purpose of corruptly rewarding divers 
of such persons, and divers other persons, for hav- 
ing given their votes at the said Election for the 
said Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, and for having 
refrained from giving their votes at the said Elec- 
tion for the said Arthur Mills; and that by reason 
of the said last-mentioned corrupt and illegal prac- 
tices, the said Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke was 
and is wholly incapacitated and ineligible to be 
elected or returned and to serve in this Parliament 
for the said Borough ; that extensive bribery, treat- 
ing and corruption were practised and carried on at 
the said Election by and on behalf of the said 
Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, and by divers 
persons being friends, supporters and partisans 
of the said Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, with 
a view to the Election of the said Sir Thomas 
Edward Colebrooke; and that fraud, intimidation 
and duress, and other illegal practices were, by the 
agents, friends and managers, and by other persons 
on behalf of the said Sir Thomas Edward Cole- 
brooke, practised and carried on upon divers per- 
sons having votes at the said Election, by means 
whereof many persons who but for such illegal 
practices would have voted in favour of the said 
Arthur Mills, were induced and compelled to vote 
in favour of the said Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, 
and to forbear to give their votes in the said Elec- 
tion for the said Arthur Mills; that the votes of 
divers persons were accepted and recorded on the 
poll in favour of the said Sir Thomas Edward Cole- 
brooke, who were not legally entitled and had no 
legal right to vote at the said Election, and that 
the real majority of good and legal votes polled at 
the said Election was in favour of the said Arthur 
Mills over the said Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke ; 
that divers persons were admitted to vote and did 
vote at the said Election for the said Sir Thomas 
Edward Colebrooke, who were not entitled by law 
to vote in the Election for the said Borough, or to 
have had their names inserted in the List of Voters 
or upon the Register of Voters for the said Borough, 
by reason of their not having had any qualification 
in respect of property, occupation, value or resi- 
dence, or payment of rates, or whose qualification 
was for other and various causes insufficient, or who 
were respectively subject to legal incapacities, and 
whose names had been and were unduly and im- 
properly retained or inserted in the said Register, in 
consequence of the decision of the Barrister ap- 
ele to revise the List of Voters for the said 

orough, and were and are upon the Register in 
force at the time of the said Election; that at the 
said Election divers persons voted for the said Sir 
Thomas Edward Colebrooke, who were or had been, 
either during such Election or within Six calendar 
months previously thereto, or within Fourteen days 
after it was completed, retained or employed at 
such Election as agents, attorneys, poll-clerks or 
flagmen, or in some other capacity for the purposes 
of such Election, and had, either before, during or 
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155 


after such Election, accepted, received or taken from 
the said Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, or from 
some other person, for or in consideration of or with 
reference to such retainer or employment, a sum or 
sums of money or retaining fee, office, place or 
employment, or promises or securities for a sum or 
sums of money, retaining fees, office, place or em- 
ployment, and that such votes were,admitted and 
entered on the poll-book as good votes for the said 
Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, and ought to be 
struck off the poll; that at the said Election divers 
persons voted for the said Sir Thomas Edward 
Colebrooke who were registered as Electors for the 
said Borough, but had become disqualified as Elec- 
tors for the said Borough, and were incapable of 
voting at the said Election, on the ground of their 
having received alms or parochial relief, or on the 
ground of their not being of full age and being sub- 
ject to legal incapacity, or on the ground of their 
not having resided ever since the Thirty-first day of 
July One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-one, to 
the time of their voting at such Election within the 
said Borough, or the ancient boundaries thereof, or 
the place for which they were registered, or within 
the distance thereof required by the Act passed in 
the second year of the reign of his late Majesty 
King William the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act to 
amend the Representation of the People of England 
and Wales,” to entitle such persons to be registered, 
or on the ground of their having ceased to reside 
within the said Borough or within the ancient boun- 
daries thereof, or within such distance so required 
as aforesaid, during some part of the period be- 
tween the Thirty-first day of July One thousand 
eight hundred and Fifty-one and the time of their 
voting at such Election, or on the ground of their 
not having continued to reside in the said Borough 
or the ancient boundaries thereof, or within such 
distance so required as aforesaid, at the time of 
their so voting at such Election, and that such votes 
were admitted and entered on the poll-book as good 
votes for the said Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, 
and ought to be struck off from the poll; that at 
the said Election divers persons voted for the said 
Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke who at tiie time of 
their so voting were disqualified from or incapable 
of voting, on the ground of legal incapacity, under 
the statute or statutes then in force, or were so dis- 
qualified from or incapable of voting on the ground 
of legal incapacity, which had arisen subsequently 
to the expiration of the time allowed for making out 
the List of Voters from which the Register of Voters 
at the time of the said Election had been made, and 
that such persons were not entitled to vote, and 
ought to be struck off the poll; that at the said 
Election many persons were bribed to give their votes 
for the said Sir Thomas Edward Calieanbé or to 
forbear to give their votes for the said Arthur Mills, 
and others voted at the said Election for the said 
Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke who had laid wagers 
and otherwise disqualified themselves from so voting ; 
that at the said Election many persons were com- 
elled by violence, threats, intimidation and force, 
and other illegal practices practised by friends, 
agents, partisans, managers, committee-men, and 
supporters of the said Sir Thomas Edward Cole- 
brooke, to vote for the said Sir Thomas Edward Cole- 
brooke, or to forbear to vote for the said Arthur 
Mills; many persons were otherwise than above 
stated improperly and illegally admitted and reck- 
oned upon the said poll in favour of the said Sir 
Thomas Edward Colebrooke, and omitted or excluded 
from the number of votes polled in favour of the 
said Arthur Mills; that many persons were ad- 
mitted to vote and did vote at the said Election in 
favour of the said Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, 
who had asked, received or taken money, gifts, em- 
ployments, offices or rewards, or promises or agree- 
ments and securities for money, gifts, employments, 
offices or rewards, or who were otherwise bribed to 
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vote at the said Election in favour of the said Sir 
Thomas Edward Colebrooke, or to forbear to vote at 
the said Election in favour of the said Arthur Mills, 
whose votes ought to be struck off the poll; that 
many persons were admitted to vote and did vote at 
the said Election in favour of the said Sir Thomas 
Edward Colebrooke, who did, by themselves or by 
persons employed by them, by gifts and rewards, 
and by promises, agreements and securities for gifts 
and rewards, and by divers illegal practices, corrupt 
and procure, or did ofter by gilts and rewards, or by 
promises, agreements and securities for gifts and re- 
wards, and by divers illegal practices, to corrupt and 
procure divers persons having votes at the said Elec- 
tion, to give their votes in favour of the said Sir 
Thomas Edward Colebrooke, or to forbear to give 
their votes in favour of the said Arthur Mills, and 
the votes so admitted ought to be struck off the poll ; 
that many persons were admitted to vote and did 
vote at the said Election for the said Sir Thomas 
Edward Colebrooke, who before and after the teste 
of the Writ for the said Election, and before, at and 
during the said Election, had corruptly received 
money, meat, drink, entertainment, provisions, pre- 
sents, gifts and rewards, given, presented and al-' 
lowed, and promises, agreements, obligations and 
engagements of and for money, meat, drink, enter- 
tainment and provisions, to be given, presented and 
allowed by the said Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, 
and by his agents, friends and partisans, or by divers 
ways and means in his behalf, or at his charge, to 
and for such persons, and to and for the use, benefit 
and advantage, employment, profit and preferment 
of such persons, in order to vote at the said Elec- 
tion for the said Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, or 
in order to forbear to vote at the said Flection for 
the said Arthur Mills, or in order that he the said 





Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke might be elected, 
and who were thereby disqualified and incapacitated | 
from voting at the said Election, and the votes =| 
admitted ought to be struck off the poll ; that many | 
persons were admitted to vote and did vote at the | 
said Election for the said Sir Thomas Edward Cole- | 
brooke, who befoie and after the teste of the Writ! 
for the said Election, and before, during, at and | 
alter the said Election, were guilty of corruptly | 
treating, and of being corruptly treated, in order to | 
procure the Election of the said Sir Thomas Edward 
Colebrooke, and who were by such last-mentioned 
corrupt practices disqualified and incapacitated from | 
voting at the said Election, and the votes so admitted | 


ought to be struck off the poll; that by the ways | 


} 


and means aforesaid, the said Sir Thomas Edward | 
Colebrooke had not a majority of legal votes over 


the said Arthur Mills, and was not duly elected nor, 


entitled to be returned; and the said Sir Thomas | 
Edward Colebrooke was and is, by reason of the 
premises, wholly incapacitated and ineligible to be | 
elected and to serve as a Member in the present 
Parliament for the said Borough; and praying the 
House to take the premises into consideration, and| 
that the Petitioners may be admitted as parties to de- | 
fend the said Election and Return of the seid Arthur! 
Mills, and to oppose the prayer of the said Petition | 
of the said James Billings, William Green, Jonathan | 
Payne, Edmund French and Samuel Newton; and 
that the House will give such further relief as to the 
House may seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petitions do lie upon the 
Tabie. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petitions. 


Sir William Jolliffe presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Seventh Annual Report of 
the Board of Supervision for the Relief of the Poor 
in Scotland. 


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





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A.1852. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Screw Screw Steamer 
Steamer “ Greenock,” which was presented upon the “Greenock,” 
25th day of this instant November, be. printed. No. 27. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Coals (Port Coals (Port of 
of London), which was presented upon the 25th day London. ) 
of this instant November, be printed. No. 28, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Coals, which Coals. 
was presented upon the 25th day of this instant No, 29, 
November, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Zondon London 
Corporation, which were presented upon the 25th Corporation, 
day of this instant November, be printed. No. 30. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Courts of 
Reading of the Courts of Common Law (Ireland) tina oa 


Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time after 
the other Orders of the day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second West India 
reading of the West India Colonies, &amp;c., Loans Act eo 
Amendment Bill; Amendment 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time after Bill. 


the other Orders of the day. 


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

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Bank Notes 

mittee on the Bank Notes Bill; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, after the other 

Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 


mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Commercial 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, /sislation. 
upon the 25th day of this instant November, was 
proposed to be made to the Question, “ That it is 
“ the opinion of this House, that the improved con- 
dition of the Country, and particularly of the In- 
dustrious Classes, is mainly the result of recent 
Commercial Legislation, and especially of the Act 
“ of 1846, which established the free admission of 
“ Foreign Corn; and that that Act was a wise, just 
and beneficial measure ;” and which Amendment 
was, to leave out from the word “ Country ” to the 
end of the Question, in order to add the words “ and 
“ especially of the Industrious Classes, is mainly the 
“ result of recent Legislation, which has established 
‘ the principle of unrestricted competition, has abo- 

“ lished Taxes imposed for the purposes of Protec- 
“ tion, and has thereby diminished the cost and 
increased the abundance of the principal articles 


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| “ of the Food of the People,” instead thereof. 


And the Question being again proposed, That 
the words — to be left out stand part of the 
1e House resumed the said adjourned 

Debate. 


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


Sabbati, 27° die Novembris, 1852: 


And the Question being put ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the Yeas, a a Fat } 256. 
Mr. Mackenzie, 336 
Mr, Bateson : } oT 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Qaestion being put, That the words 
“and especially of the Industrious Classes, is 
“ mainly the result of recent Legislation, Pe 

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has established the principle of unrestricted com- 
petition, has abolished Taxes imposed for the 
purposes of Protection, and has thereby dimi- 
nished the cost and increased the abundance of 
the principal articles of the Food of the People,” 
be added instead thereof :—It was resolved in the 
Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the (Sir John Young, 

Yeas, | Viscount Palmerston : 

Tellers for the {The Marquis of Granby, 

Noes, UMr. Frewen ; 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Resolved, That it is the opinion of this House, 
that the improved condition of the Country, and 
especially of the Industrious Classes, is mainly the 
result of recent Legislation, which has established 
the principle of unrestricted competition, has abo- 
lished Taxes imposed for the purposes of Protection, 
and has thereby diminished the cost and increased 
the abundance of the principal articles of the Food 
of the People. 

Resolved, That it is the opinion of this House, 
that this Policy, firmly maintained and prudently 
extended, will, without inflicting injury on any im- 
portant interest, best enable the Industry of the 
Country to bear its burthens, and will thereby most 
surely promote the welfare and contentment of the 
People. 

Resolved, That this House will be ready to take 
into consideration any measures, consistent with 
these principles, which, in pursuance of Her Ma- 
jesty’s gracious Speech and Recommendation, may 
be laid before it. 


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53. 


—_ o. The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(Ireland) pil, Teading of the Courts of Common Law (Ireland) 
Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 
West India The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Colonies, &amp;. reading of the West India Colonies, &amp;c., Loans Act 
ond ll Amendment Bill ; 
Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
apon Monday next. 
Bank Notes The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Bill. mittee on the Bank Notes Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Kitchenand § Ordered, That a Standing Committee be ap- 
Refreshment 


pointed to control the Arrangements of the Kitchen 
and Refreshment Rooms in the Department of the 
Serjeant-at-Arms attending this + sa :—And a 
Committee was appointed of Mr. French, Colonel 
Dunne, Mr. Rich, the Earl of Mulgrave and Mr. 
Hastie. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Rooms (House 
of Commons. ) 


Superannu- 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table 
Sons, 


by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 25th day of this instant November, for 
Copy of any Memorial which may have been pre- 
sented to the First Lord of the Treasury, or to Her 
Majesty's Government, in the year 1848, from or 
on behalf of the Civil Servants of the Crown, whose 
Appointments bear Date so oe to the 4th 
day of August 1829, praying for the Conversion of 
the Superannuation Assessment levied on their 
Salaries, under the Act 4 &amp; 5 Will. 4, c. 24, into a 
“ Provident Fund ” for the Relief of their Widows, 
Orphans and other Relatives; together with any 
Proceedings of the Lords of the Treasury thereon. 

The following Papers, pursuant to the directions 
of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon 
VoL. 108. 


Richmond 
Bridge, 





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157 


the Table by the Clerk of the House,— Richmond 
Bridge: Cash Account for the year 1851. 

The Thirtieth Report of the Commissioners of Woods, 
Her Majesty’s Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Forests, &amp;c. 
Works and Buildings, being the Twenty-fourth 
Annual Report of the said Commissioners. 


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








Lune, 29° die Novembris ; 
Anno 16° Victorie Regine, 1852. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had Petitions 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 26th rete ) 
day of this instant November, and had directed him 
to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Petitions relating to Maynooth College Act ;— Public 
Carriages ;— Malt ;— Poor Law ;—and, Trigono- Petitions. 
metrical Survey of Scotland,—were presented, and yige seventh 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Report. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Friendly 
an Abstract of Returns respecting Friendly Socie- S°ieties. 
ties in England and Wales, during the Five years No. 31. 
ending the 31st day of December 1850. 

Sir William Jolliffe accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 

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


Mr. Secretary-at-War presented, pursuant to the Militia 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Militia Regulations. 
Regulations made by the Secretary-at-War, in pur- No.32. 
suance of the Act 15 &amp; 16 Vic. c. 50. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Lead and 
a Return of Imports and Exports of Lead and Lead Lead Ore. 
Ore (in continuation of former Returns). 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Saint Pancras 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Churches. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Names of the present 
Church Trustees of the Parish of Saint Pancras ; 
the Date of their Appointment; the Number of 
Meetings held during the last Five years; the 
Names of the ‘Trustees attending such Meetings, 
and the Dates thereof; the Number of Meetings, 
and the Dates thereof, appointed to be held, and 
which have been adjourned in consequence of the 
non-attendance or an insufficient attendance of 
Trustees; the Names of the Trustees present in each 
case ; the Dates to which such Meetings were ad- 
journed, and the Business set down for Hearing or 
Consideration at each of the Meetings; the Names 
of all Officers and other Persons who have been 
employed, whether temporarily or otherwise, during 
the last Five years, by the Trustees, setting forth 
the Offices they held, the Date of Appointment, 
and the Amount of Salaries or Remuneration paid : 
—Also, a Tabular Statement of the Sum expended 
in and about the Erection, Fitting and Repair of 
every Church and Chapel, erected by or with the 
sanction of the ‘l'rustees, or under their direction ; 
stating the original Estimate, and the actual Sum 
paid up to the present time; the Amount paid for 
the Building and Works ; the Cost of the Ground 
(if any), and out of what Funds the Money was 
paid, distinguishing the Amount raised by any Rate 





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ne 


2G SR) eR NE TR ee 


Drainage 
(Ireland. ) 


Arterial 


Tr 


Banks. 


Lisburn Writ. 


Hydrogra- 


phical Survey 


(Scotland.) 


Servants and 
Apprentices. 


British 

kKegistered 

Vessels. 
No. 33. 


Imperial Gas- 
Light and Coke 


Company. 


158 29° Novembris. 


or Rates, and the Total Amount of the Rates levied 
since the foundation of the Church Trust :—The 
Return, as to each Church or Chapel, to be given 
separately, and the Principal and Interest Sums to 
be shown separately. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of Correspondence relative to the Brusna 
(Ferbane) Drainage District, under the Drainage 
(Ireland) Acts, 5 &amp; 6 Vic. c. 89, 8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 69, 
9 Vic. c. 4, and 10 &amp; 11 Vic. c. 79. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of General Correspondence, Part L., respect- 
ing Arterial Drainage in Jreland (in addition to the 
Annual Reports of the Commissioners of Public 
Works presented to Parliament) :—Part II. Repay- 
ment of Loans, years 1842 to 1852 inclusive. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of any Banks, being Banks of Issue pre- 
viously to the passing of the Act 7 &amp; 8 Vic. c. 32, 
which have ceased to issue their own Notes, and 
of the Amount of Circulation of such Banks re- 
spectively. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown in Ireland, to make out 
a new Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Borough of Lisburn, 
in the room of Sir James Emerson Tennent, who, 
since his Election for the said Borough, hath ac- 
cepted the office of Steward of Her Majesty’s Manor 
of Northstead, in the County of York. 


Mr. Stafford presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 25th day of this instant November, for a 
Retuin relative to the Hydrographical Survey upon 
the North-west Coast of Scotland; stating the se- 
veral Surveys or Charts that have been completed 
by the Officers engaged in the Survey; giving the 
Dates when such Surveys or Charts have been 
respectively received at the Admiralty, and the 
Dates when any of them have been subsequently 
published. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Number of Summary Con- 
victions in England and Wales, during the first Six 
Months of the year 1852, of Servants and Appren- 
tices, for breaking their Contracts of Service and 
Apprenticeship, or otherwise misconducting them- 
a as Servants or Apprentices :—Of the Number 
of Cases in which Persons so convicted have been 
committed to Prison:—And, of the Number of 
Days of Imprisonment to which such Persons have 
been sentenced, distinguishing the cases of Servants 
from those of Apprentices. 

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


Mr. Henley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Return of British Registered Vessels em- 
Er during the year 1851, not including repeated 

Voyages. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 

Table ; and be printed. 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—A Return of the Con- 





























































A. 1852. 


tingency Fund of the Imperial Gas-Light and Coke 
Company. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Woods, Fo- Woods, 
rests, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 26th day Forests, &amp;. 
of this instant November, be printed. No. 34, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Superannu- Superannu. 
ations, which was presented upon the 26th day of tions. 
this instant November, be printed. No. 35. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Derby 
consideration the Petition of Inhabitant House- Election. 
holders of the Borough of Derby, praying for a full 
and searching inquiry into Proceedings with re- 
ference to the last Election for that Borough, which 
was presented upon the 22d day of this instant No- 
vember :— The House proceeded to take the said 
Petition into consideration: — And the same was 
again read. 

Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
take into consideration the matter of the said Peti- 
tion, and to report thereupon to the House. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Gentle- 
men named on the General Committee of Elections, 
to select a Committee of Five Members, to whom 
the said Petition be referred, and who shall have 
Power to send for persons, papers and records; and 
that the Parties have leave to appear by themselves, 
their counsel or agents. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Blackburn 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of Election. 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Petition of Doctor William Forrest, William Ken- 
worthy, and Benjamin Brierley, relating to the Bo- 
rough of Blackburn, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he Pontefract 
had this day received ny, eon from the Examiner of Election. 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 

Petition of William David Lewis, relating to the 
Borough of Pontefract, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he Great 
had this day received athe from the Examiner of Yarmouth 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the ““"°™ 
Petition of William Torrens M‘Cullagh, relating to 
the Borough of Great Yarmouth, is objectionable. 


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

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


The Courts of Common Law (Jreland) Bill was, Courts of 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- je en —- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for (ae) 
Monday next. 


The West India Colonies, &amp;c. Loans Act Amend- West India 
ment Bill was, according to Order, read a second Colonies, &amp;c. 


time; and committed to a Committee of the whole — 
House, for Friday next. Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Bank Notes 
into a Committee on the Bank Notes Bill; and, Bill 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Mackenzie reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and directed 
him to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Incumbered 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Re- ireland.) 
turn of the Names, Date of Appointment, Salary 
and Allowances of all Officers appointed under the 
provisions of the Incumbered Fistates Act, specify- 
ing any Changes that may have taken place by 
Death, Resignation, Removal, Increase of Salary, 

or 


Vent 
of th 


Post 


Clit 
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Ventilation 
and Lighting 
of the House. 


Post-office. 
No. 36. 


Clitheroe 
Election. 


Chatham 
Election. 


Kingston- 
upon- Hull 
Election. 


Stoke-upon- 





16 Vicroriz. 


or otherwise :—And the said Motion was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That a Standing Committee be appointed 
to confer with the First Commissioner of Works 
upon such measures as may appear necessary for the 
proper Ventilation and —— of this House, and 
that Mr. Stephenson and Mr. Locke be the said 
Committee. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Post- 
office, which was presented upon the 25th day of 
June, in the last Session of the last Parliament, be 
printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Martis, 30° die Novembris ; 
Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1852. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
this day received a Report from the Exa- 
miner of Recognizances, stating that the Recogni- 
zance to the Election Petition of John Master 
Whalley, and others, relating to the Borough of 
Clitheroe, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of George Ely, and others, re- 
lating to the Borough of Chatham, is unobjection- 
able. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of Jonathan Pulleyn and 
Henry Whytell Walker, relating to the Town and 
County of the Town of Kingston-upon-Hull, is un- 
objectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 


Trent Election. had this day received a Report from the Examiner 


Newry 
Election, 


Southampton 
Election. 


Savings 
Banks, 


of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of William Taylor Copeland, 
relating to the Borough of Stoke-upon-Trent, is 
unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of William Parsons and Ro- 
bert Stewart, relating to the Borough of Newry, is 
unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of William Henry Mackey 
and John Russell, relating to the Borough and 
County of the Town of Southampton, is unobjec- 
tionable. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Total Number of Accounts open in 
Savings Banks on the 20th day of November 1852, 
distributed into Classes, arranged according to Pro- 
fessions, Business, Occupation or Calling, as pre- 
scribed by the 32d Section of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 92, 
showing the Total Number in each Class, and the 
Total Sum at the Credit of each Class, on the 20th 
day of November 1852 :—And, of the Total Num- 
ber of Accounts open in Savings Banks on the 20th 
day of November 1852, in more Names than one, 
in which one of the Parties is a Minor, and the 
Total Amount at the Credit of such Accounts on 
that Day ; showing, where practicable, the Number 
of Cases in which such Accounts are open in the 
Names of more Children than one of the same Fa- 
mily, the Numbers in each of such Cases, and the 

VoL, 108. 









































29°.—30° Novembris. 159 


Total Sum at their Credit, on the 20th day of No- 
vember 1852. 


boundary of the City and County of the City of 
Cork, was presented, and read; setting forth, That 
an Election for Members to serve in Parliament 
for the City of Cork was held in said City on Fri- 
day the Ninth day of July One thousand eight 
hundred and Fifty-two, and continued until Wed- 
nesday the Fourteenth of the same month, when 
the present sitting Members were returned for said 
City ; that for some days previous to and during 
the Election, the most inflammatory placards were 
posted and circulated through the City of Cork and 
neighbourhood, tending to endanger the public 
peace, and the safety of life and property of the 
citizens ; that during the said Election the most 
systematic rioting prevailed all through the City 
and neighbourhood, and to such an extent, that 
neither rank, sex nor age were safe from outrages 
of the infuriated mobs who took possession of the 
town, and utterly put an end tou all freedom of 
Election ; that during the said Election many of the 
inhabitants, some of rank and advanced in life, were 
brutally and dangerously assaulted and wounded, 
whilst the houses and property of many others, as 
well as the places of worship of the Established 
Church and dissenting congregations, and the alms- 
houses and schoolhouses connected therewith, were 
attacked and seriously damaged, and that the mobs, 
armed with stones, knives and bludgeons, paraded 
all the public thoroughfares of the City, headed 
with bands of music, and in the evening with lighted 
tar-barrels, and in defiance of all law and order, 
and unchecked by the authorities hereinafter re- 
ferred to, proceeded to destroy the houses and pro- 
perty of such citizens as were opposed to their pro~ 
ceedings, to the serious injury of trade and business, 
and the terror of the peaceable inhabitants in ge- 
neral; that the conduct of the authorities at the 
Election, who took upon themselves the arrange- 
ments for the preservation of the peace, and who 
assumed the command of the military and police 
force in said City during said Election, was most 
disgraceful, and that they neglected their duty, and 
under their own eyes permitted the mobs to attack 
and assault the houses and persons of the citizens 
without ever bringing a single prisoner to justice, 
or dispersing the assemblages of persons engaged 
in such acts of outrage and violence; that unless 





the House shall devise some mode of preventing a 
recurrence of such outrages, the lives and pruper- 
ties of the Petitioners will be endangered at future 
Elections, and freedom of Election will be, as it is 
at present, utterly at end; and praying the House 
to take the case of the Petitioners into considera- 
tion, and to devise some mode of protecting the 
lives and properties of the Petitioners and the in- 
habitants of the City from outrage and destruction, 
and that freedom of Election may be established, 
so that the Petitioners may exercise their right of 
voting without incurring the risk of bodily harm or 
destruction of their property. 

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


to lie upon the Table. 


as followeth : 


Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





x4 Resolved, 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Inhabitants Cork 
and Owners of property within the Parliamentary Election. 


Petitions relating to Ministers’ Money (Jreland) ; Public 
—Education (Jreland) ;— Edward Murray ;—and, Petitions. 
Poor Law, —were presented, and read ; and ordered Vide Seventh 


Mr. Sotheron reported from the Select Committee gianding 
on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; which was read, Orders ; 


Resolved, That in the case of the Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 
Estate at Sydenham Bill, Petition for dispensing Bitte at 
with Standing Orders 61, 62 and 183, the said *7“°*™ 




























ARs Aeaibbae laren. eematere tien 


Seer 














Kafir Tribes. 


Natal. 


Cape of 
Good Hone. 


Ecclesiastical 
Courts. 


Specie and 
Bullion ( Baak 
of England.) 


New Churches, 


160 30° Novembris. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Copies of Correspondence with the Governor of tbe 
Cape of Good Hope relative to the State of the Kafir 
Tribes, and to the recent outbreak on the Eastern 
Frontier of the Colony (in continuation of Papers 
presented February 3, 1852). 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of Correspondence relative to the 
Settlement of Natal (in continuation of Papers pre- 
sented 30 July 1851). 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Copies of Correspondence between the years 1835 
and 1845, relative to the Emigration of tiie Dutch 
Boers from the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, 
their Proceedings in the OrangeTerritory and Nata/, 
and the Establishment of the Settlement of Natal. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return from Brownlow North, Registrar 
of the Ecclesiastical Court or Consistorial and Epis- 
copal Court in the Diocese of Winchester, setting 
forth the Names of all Persons who have been ap- 
pointed or nominated to any Office in that Court; 
stating the Nature of the Office, the Date of Ap- 
pointment or Nomination, the Age of the Person 
or Persons at the time of such Appointment or No- 
mination, whether such Person or Persons perform 
the Duties of the Office in Person or not, or was 
then in or has since taken Holy Orders ; the Name 
or Title of the Person making such Appointment, 
together with the Emoluments and Income of the 
Office, and the several Sources from which such 
Emoluments or Income are derived :—Similar Re- 
turn from Messrs. Gates, as regards the Ecclesias- 
tical Courts in the Diocese of Peterborough :—And, 
similar Return from John Burder, as regards the 
Consistory or Ecclesiastical Courts in the Diocese 
of Saint David's. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns showing the Amount and Value of Specie 
and Bullion in the Bank of England on the 1st day 
of January 1847, distinguishing Gold from Silver, 
Specie from Bullion, and Foreign from British 
Coin :—Of the Amount and Value of Bullion and 
of Foreign Coin purchased by the Bank of England 
during the month of January 1847, distinguishing 
Specie from Bullion, and Gold from Silver :—And, 
similar Returns of the Specie and Bullion in the 
Benk of England on the 1st of the month, and of 
the Purchases made by the Bank of England of 
Specie and Bullion during the month, for each 
month from the Ist day of January 1847 to the 
present time. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Particulars of all Information which has 








A. 1852. 


been received by Her Majesty’s Commissioners a 
pointed to inquire into the practicability and vhs. 
of subdividing Parishes respecting the immediate 
want, as reported by them, for Six hundred new 
Churches, specifying each Place in which such ad- 
ditional Church Accommodation is required, the 
Number of the Population of each, and the Amount 
of Church-room, with the Proportion of Free Sit- 
tings now provided therein. 

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























































Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to Indian 


request that their Lordships will communicate to Territories. ee 
this House, Copy of the Report from the Select - 
Committee appointed by their Lordships in the last | 


Session of the last Parliament, to inquire into the 
operation of the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 85, for the 
better Government of Her Majesty’s Zndian Terri- 
tories: And that Mr. Wilson Patten do carry the 
said Message. 


Dert 

Ordered, That the Return relative to the Hydrogra- Hydrogra- ~ 
phical Survey (Scotland), which was presented upon Phical Survey 
the 29th day of this instant November, be printed. ee: 

oO, . 

Sir John Pakington presented, pursuant to the Van Diemen's 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of an Act 14 Pub 
to enable Persons holding certain Pardons to vote Peti 
at Elections of Members to serve in the Legislative 
Council of Van Diemen’s Land. vi 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, Ministers’ 
That this House will, upon Thursday next, resulve Money 
itself into a Committee, to take into consideration “e!@24) 
the Law relating to the Rate or Tax called Minis- 
ters’ Money, in Jreland, with the view to repeal so 
much thereof as relates to the said Rate or Tax ; 
and further to take into consideration the Act 
3&amp;4 Will. 4, c.37, called the Church Temporali- 
ties Act, for the purpose of amending the same, so 
as to provide thereby a substitute out of the Reve- 
nues of the Ecclesiastieal Commissioners as a pro- 
vision for the Protestant Ministers in certain corpo- 
rate towns in Jreland, in liew of the annual Sums 
now received by them under and by virtue of the 7 
Act 17 &amp; 18 Car. 2, c. 7. 

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

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the Mr. Fagan, \ 


Yeas, (Mr. Serjeant Murphy: J via 
Tellers for the ee Mackenzie, 1140 
Noes, Lord Henry Lennox: Jf" 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a poor-rate 
Return of the Number of Poor-rate Collectors who Collectors. 
have been dismissed by orders of the Poor Law 
Commissioners, or the Commissioners for adminis- 
tering the Laws for the Relief of the Poor in Jre- 
land, since the passing of the Act 1 &amp; 2 Vic. ¢. 56, 
specifying the Name of the Union in which such 
Collector was acting at the time of his dismissal. 


The Bank Notes Bill was, according to Order, Bank Notes | 
read the third time. Bill. 3 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Hamilton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Freight Money 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated —, 
the 17th day of this instant November, for a Return” 
of the several Sums of Freight Money received by 
the Treasurer of Greenwich Hospital since the 17th 


day 








Public 

Petitions 
(Seventh 
Report. ) 


Derby 
Election. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Eighth 


Report. 
Poor Law. 


Indian 


Territories. 


Trade and 


Navigation. 


Freight Mone 
Greenwich 6 


ital.) 


No. 38. 





16 Vicroriz. 


day of February 1851, with the Date of such Pay-| 
ments, and whether on Public or Private Account ; 
also, the Name of the Ship or Vessel in which the 
Treasure was conveyed, and of the Captain or Offi- 
cer commanding the same. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Mercurii, 1° die Decembris ; 
Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1852. 


PRAYERS. 


M®. Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 29th 
and 30th days of Hovenben last, and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Ordered, That the Gentlemen named on the 
General Committee of Elections, who were instructed 
to select a Committee of Five Members to take into 
consideration the matter of the Petition of Inhabitant 
Householders of the Borough of Derby, have leave 
to sit this day, during the Sitting of the House. 


30° Novembris.—1° Decembris. 








A Petition relating to Ministers’ Money (Ireland), 
was aa and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Order issued by the Poor Law Board, 
dated the 25th day of August 1852, for regulating 
the Administration of Out-door Relief, addressed to 
110 Unions :—Of all Applications, whether by Me- 
morial, Petition, Resolution or Letter, addressed 
by such Boards of Guardians, or any or either of 
them, to the Poor Law Board, respecting the said 
Order :—Of all Letters or Papers addressed to the 
said Boards of Guardians, or any or either of them, 
in answer to such Application: — And, of any 
amended Order which the Poor Law Board have 
substituted for the said Order of the 25th day of 
August last. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported, That he had carried 
to the Lords the Message of this House of the 30th 
day of November last, requesting that their Lord- 
ships would communicate to this House, a Copy of 
the Report from the Select Committee appointed by 
their Lordships in the last Session of the last Par- 
liament, to inquire into the operation of the Act 
3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 85, for the better Government of 
Her Majesty’s Indian Territories; and that the 
Lords had communicated a printed Copy of the Re- 

ort from the Select Committee of the House of 
sar appointed to inquire into the Operation of the 
Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 85, for the better Government of 
Her Majesty’s Jndian Territories ; and to report their 
Observations thereon to the House; and to whom 
were referred the Petitions of G. J. Gordon, re- 
specting Education in India, and of C. H. Cameron, 
respecting the Establishment of Universities in In- 
dia; and to whom were also referred several Papers 
and Documents relative to the subject-matter of the 
ae ly :—And he delivered the same in at the 

able. 


Mr. Henley presented, by Her Majesty's Com- 
mand,—&lt;Accounts relating to Trade and Naviga- 
tion, month ended 5th Aes 1852, and Ten 
months ended 5th November 1852. 

‘ — That the said Accounts do lie upon the 
able. 


Money (Greenwich pe which was presented 
— the 30th day of November last, be printed. 
OL. 108. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Freight 


161 





The following Paper was laid upon the Table by British 


dated the 24th day of November last, for a Return 
in reference to an Order of the Honourable the 
House of Commons, dated June 22, 1852, for a 
Copy of all Communications made by the Architect 
and Officers of the British Museum to the Trus- 
tees, respecting the Enlargement of the Building 
of that Institution; and of all Communications 
between the ‘Trustees and the Treasury on the same 
subject, subsequent to the Period when the Com- 
missioners, upon the Constitution and Management 
of the British Museum, presented their Report to 
Her Majesty :—Also, of all such Communications 
of a like nature as shall have been omitted in 
making the above Return; and also of all such 
Communications of a like nature as shall have been 
made subsequent to the above-mentioned date of 
the 22d day of June 1852. 


mittee on the County Elections Polls Bill; 
And a Motion me made, and the Question 


being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
hair ; 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
‘ this House will, upon this day six months, resolve 
“ itself into the said Committee,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question: 
—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair. 

The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee. 

(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
PREAMBLE postponed. 
CuauseE, N° 1, amended, and agreed to. 
Crause, N° 2 (Regulating polling at Elections for 
Knights of the Shire). 
Amendments made. 
In p- 2, 1. 28, proposed to fill the blank with 
“ Four.” 
Afterwards proposed to fill the blank with 
“ Five.” 
Question, That “‘ Four” be there inserteda—— 
put, and negatived. 
“ Five”’ inserted. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
Preamble amended, and agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Wilson 
Patten reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Friday 
next, and be printed. 


mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Copies of the several Applications that have been 
made to the Board of Admiralty, the Hydrographer 
and the Astronomer Royal, since 1849, for pecu- 
niary Rewards on account of Improvements made 
in Chronometers :—And, List of the several Chrono- 
meters that have been placed on the Government 
Trials at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, ar- 
ranged in their order of merit, and distinguishing 
those Chronometers that have been purchased by 














Y the 





the Clerk of the House,—Return # an Order, Museum. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- County 
Elections 
Polls Bill. 


No. 39. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- guppiy. 


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

















































Ships (Navy.) 


Screw Steamer 


“ Greenock.” 


Railways, &amp;c. 
No. 40. 


Derby 
Election. 


Mint. 





162 


the Board of Admiralty, with the Prices awarded 
for them (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 585, of Session 1849). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of all Vessels that have been purchased for 
the Royal Navy since the date of the last Return 
(9th July 1851), stating from whom purchased, the 
Price paid, and the Tonnage of each, distinguishing 
the Amount paid for the Hull and the Stores :—And, 
of Her Majesty's Ships and Vessels that have been 
sold since the ist day of January 1850, stating to 
whom sold, the Price paid, and the Tounage of 
each, distinguishing the Amount paid for the Hull 
and the Stores, stating when and by whom built, 
and whether constructed of Wood or Iron; distin- 
guishing separately Steam Vessels, and the Power 
of their Engines. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of Reports received at the Admiralty from 
Commander Wolrige, of Her Majesty’s Ship “ Jn- | 
flexible,” relative to the “ Melbourne,” (late Her 
Majesty’s Screw Steamer “ Greenock’’), now be- 
longing to the Royal Australian Steam Ship Com- 





1°—2° Decembris. 





pany, having put into Lisbon in a defective condi- 
tion :—And, of all Reports from Commander PaAil- | 
limore, R.N., Admiralty Agent on board the “ Mei- | 
bourne.” 


Mr. Henley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Map of England and Wales, showing the 
Railways, Canals and Inland Navigatio ns. 

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


Mr. Baines reported from the Gentlemen named 
on the General Committee of Elections, who were 
instructed to select a Committee of Five Members to 
take into consideration the matter of the Petition 
of Inhabitant Householders of the Borough of 
Derby ; That they have selected a Committee of 
Five Members accordingly, viz.:—Mr. Goulburn, 
Lord Harry Vane, Viscount Barrington, Sir Wil- 
liam Molesworth, Mr. Deedes. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Accounts of all Gold, Silver and Copper 
Monies of the Realm, coined at the Royal Mint, 
from the 1st day of January 1848 to the 31st day 
of December 1852, specifying the Weight, Number 
of Pieces, and Value of each Denomination of 
Money coined yearly, and the Total Value of the 
respective Coinages in each year, and in the whole 
Period :—And, of the Amount of Gold and Silver 
Coin melted by the Bank of England, in each year 
during the same Period (in continuation of Parlia 
mentary Paper, No. 601, of Session 1848). 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 2° die Decembris ; 
Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1852. 


PRAYERS. 


~~ M® Speaker acquainted the House, That he 


had this day received a Report from the 
Examiner of Recognizances, stating that the Re- 
cognizance to the Election Petition of John Best, 


relating to the Borough of Kidderminster, is un- 
objectionable. 











A. 1852. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he ha® Boston 
this day received a Letter from Messrs. Fearo™ Election. 


and Clabon, as Agents for Harrison Bontoft and 
others, informing him that it is not the intention of th® 
said Parties to proceed with their Petition, presented 
on the 22d of November last, complaining of the 
Return for the Borough of Boston :—And the said 
Letter was read, as followeth: 

: 21, Great George-street, Westminster, 

Sir, 1st December 1852. 

As Agents for Harrison Bontoft, Luke Bland, 
Robert Harrison and James Fox, in the matter of 
their Petition, delivered in on the 22d day of No- 
vember last, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Borough of Boston, we hereby beg 
to inform you that it is not intended to proceed with 
the said Petition. 

We have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your very obedient Servants, 
Fearon and Clabon. 


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


A Petition of George Charles ray Fitzhar- Gloucester 


County 
onourable ~n 


dinge Berkeley, commonly called the 


George Charles Grantley Fitzhardinge Berkeley, a hivision) 
Candidate at the last Election of Members to serve Election. 


in this present Parliament for the Western Division 
of the County of Gloucester, was presented, and 
read ; setting forth, That the Petitioner was a Can- 
didate for the Representation of the Western Divi- 
sion of the County of Gloucester at the last Election 
of Members to serve in this present Parliament for 
that Division of the said County ; that at that Elec- 
tion bribery and the grossest intimidation, both by 
Peers towards their tenantry, and in treating and 
money, by the agents of Captain Robert Nigel Fitz- 
hardinge Kingscote, were put in force against the 
Petitioner ; that certain persons, ri way persons 
of the names of Long, Sage, Partington, Thompson, 
Jones, Rogers, Corsham and Hickes, were the agents 
of Captain Robert Nigel Fitzhardinge Kingseote ; 
that they opened public-houses and beer-shops for 
undue treating, and gave away colours, clothes and 
money for the purchase of votes, inciting a mob of 
evil-disposed persons to a breach of the peace, and 
to assault and intimidate voters in the Petitioner’s 
interest from coming to the poll; that these agents, 
as well as others, on the first day of polling for the 
said Division of the said County, addressed the 
people in the vicinity of Bridge Gate, one of the 
polling-places for the said Division of the said 
County, and did then and there cause a mob to take 
violent possession of the polling-booth, to drive away 
the voters of the Petitioner, and to compel all such 
voters as they found in the booth to vote against 
the Petitioner, and for Captain Robert Nigel Fitz- 
hardinge Kingscote, holding bludgeons and stones 
over their heads to compel them to vote under fear 
for their lives; that a mob so incited, paid, treated 
and bribed, not only took such violent possession 
of the booths, but the same persons assaulted and 
robbed the magistrates who endeavoured to quell 
the riot ; and attacking nine police officers who were 
present, they beat them, leaving one on the ground 
for dead, and driving the others away ; that the mi- 
litary having been called out, and a fresh riot being 
expected on the second day of polling for the said 
Division of the said County, and a great majority 
having been, by the means before stated, improperly 
obtained throughout the said Division of the said 
County for Captain Robert Nigel Fitzhardinge 
Kingscote, and it being impossible, under such eir- 
cumstances, to carry on the contest to any fair test, 
the Petitioner resigned, feeling convinced that under 
the above circumstances, if proved, the Return of 
Captain Robert Nigel Fitzhardinge Kingscote would 
be void ; that twenty-one of the rioters having been 
thereafter captured by the police, were committed 





by 


Pub 


Vid 


Ho 








Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Eighth 
Report. 


Benefices, &amp;c. 


Benefices. 


ed 


Controverted 
tions, 


16 Vicroriz. 


by the magistrates, and tried and convicted of as- 
saults at the last Gloucester Quarter Sessions, and 
sentenced to various terms of imprisonment, thus 
affording tangible evidence of a portion of the facts 
therein complained of ; under all the circumstances, 
the Petitioner prays that the House will grant the 
most full and searching inquiry into the matter, and 
reassure the voters of the Western Division of the 
County of Gloucester, that the House will never per- 
mit the rights and suffrages of Electors to be so 
thwarted and trampled under foot. 

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


Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers ;— 
Parliamentary Representation; — Crystal Palace 
(Sydenham) ;—Marriages in the Colonies ;—Pilot- 
age, Light Dues, &amp;c.;—Repayment of Advances 
(Ireland) ;—Mercantile Laws ;— Municipal Elec- 
tions ;—and, Sheriffs’ Courts ( Scotland),—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Abstract, showing the Total Number of 
Benefices and Glebe Houses, the Number of Resi- 
dent and the Number and Classes of Non-resident 
Incumbents, also the Number of those who are Non- 
resident, but are performing the Duties of their re- 
spective Parishes, in each Diocese in England and 
Wales, according to the latest Returns which have 
been made to Her Majesty in Council by the re- 
spective Archbishops and Bishops, in pursuance of 
the Act 1 &amp; 2 Vic. c. 106, s. 53. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Abstract, showing the Net Annual Value of 
the several Benefices in which the Incumbents were 
Non-resident in each Diocese in England and Wales, 
according to the latest Returns made to Her Majesty 
in Council by the respective Archbishops and Bi- 
shops, in pursuance of the provisions of the Act 
1 &amp; 2 Vic. c. 106, s. 53 (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 364, of Session 1850). 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return, showing, in columns, the Net Amount 
received annually from the Sale of Parliamentary 
Papers, printed by Order of the House of Commons ; 
distinguishing the Amount received for whole Sets 
of Papers, and the Amount for Miscellaneous Pa- 
pers; and showing the Amount in each year, com- 
mencing in 1844, specifying the Increase’or Decrease 
in each year respectively ; and in one Sum, the Total 
Net Receipt, to the end of the year 1851 (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 226, of Ses- 
sion 1844), 


The Right honourable Matthew Talbot Baines, the 
Right honourable Sir John Trollope, John Evelyn 
Denison, Esquire, Thomas Henry Sutton Sotheron, 
Esquire, and William Monsell, Esquire, being five of 
the Members appointed by Mr. Speaker to serve on 
the General Committee of Elections, and not ob- 
pete to by the House, severally took the following 

ath : 

I do swear, that I will truly and faithfully 
perform the duties belonging to a Member of 
the General Committee of Elections, to the 
best of my judgment and ability, without fear 
or favour. go help me God, 

Vou, 108. 


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163 


Then the Petitions severally complaming of undue 
Elections and Returns (except the Petitions com- 
plaining of undue Elections and Returns for the 
City of Durham and the Borough of Great Yar- 
mouth, and the Petition of registered Electors of 
the Borough of Boston, complaiming of an undue 
Election and Return for that Borough, which was 
presented upon the 22d day of November last), were 
referred to the said Committee. 

Ordered, That the corrected Alphabetical List of 
Members to serve on Election Committees, be re- 
ferred to the said Committee. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, at One of the clock. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Dock Yards, 
Copies of any Letters or Orders sent to the Dock &amp;. 


Yards during the year 1852, directing that the 
Names of the Artificers recommended for Promo- 
tion should be sent direct to the Secretary of the 
Admiralty, instead of being previously submitted for 
the Opinion of the Surveyor of the Navy, as had 
been the established Rule :—Of any Letters or Or- 
ders rescinding the former Order, and directing that 
the Names of those Men recommended for Promo- 
tion were to be submitted to the Surveyor of the 
Navy as formerly :—And, of the Instructions given 
to the Committee directed to assemble for the pur- 
pose of inquiring into the building of Steam Ships, 
Steam Engines, and the Power of Steam as applica- 
ble to Naval purposes. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table Chicory. 


by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 15th day of November last, for Copies 
of all the Minutes of the Treasury, respecting 
Chicory, since 1840; and relating to the Sale of 
Chicory with Coffee:—Return of the Number of 
Memorials presented to the Chancellor of the Ex- 
chequer and to the Lords of the Treasury, for and 
against the rescinding of the new Treasury Minute 
relating thereto, stating from whom, and the Num- 
ber of Signatures to each Memorial :—And, Copies 
of Instructions, if any, issued to the Commissioners 
of Inland Revenue respecting that Treasury Order ; 
and, of the Orders given by the Commissioners of 
Inland Revenue for the Prevention of the admixture 
of Chicory with Coffee :— Also, an Estimate of the 
additional Expense to be incurred in carrying out 
those measures. 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions Assessed 
ofan Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Txes- 


Table by the Clerk of the House,—Copies of all 
Cases which have been stated and signed by Commis- 
sioners acting in the execution of the Acts relating 
to the Assessed Taxes, subsequent to the 9th day of 
February last, being the Date of a like Return 
made under the directions of the same Act in the 
last Session of Parliament. 


Sir William Jolliffe presented, by Her Majesty’s Census of 
Command,—Copy of the Census of Jreland for the Teland. 


year 1851 :—Part I. Showing the Area, Population 
and Number of Houses, by Townlands and Electoral 
Divisions,—County of Donegal. 


Sir William Jolliffe also presented,—Return to NewChurches. 


an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 30th day of 
November last, for Particulars of all Informa- 
tion which has been received by Her Majesty’s 
Commissioners appointed to inquire into the prac- 
ticability and mode of subdividing Parishes re- 
specting the immediate want, as reported by them, 
for Six hundred new Churches, specifying each 
Place in which such additional Church Accommo- 
dation is required, the Number of the Population of 
each, and the Amount of Church-room, with the 
Proportion of Free Sittings now provided therein. 

hs haa That the said Papers do lie upon the 

able. 





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164 


Indian Ordered, That the Paper relative to Indian Ter- 
Territories. ritories, which was communicated from the Lords 
No. 41. upon the Ist day of this instant December, be 
printed. 
a Ordered, That the Return relative to the British 
.— Museum, which was presented upon the !st day of 
0.42. this instant December, be printed. 
Parliamentary Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
Electors. to regulate the times of Payment of Rates and 


Buddhism. 


Cork Election. 


Tonian Islands. 


Railway and 
Canal Bills. 


Commens 
Inclosure, 


Parliamentary 


Electors Bill. 
No. 43, 


Commons 
Inclosure Bill. 


No. 44. 


Taxes by Parliamentary Electors: And that Sir De 
Lacy Evans and Sir ste Shelley do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That there be laid before this House, Copies 
of all the Correspondence respecting B ism 
and the Buddhist Priests, laid before the Select 
Committee on Ceylon Affairs, and not — by 
the Committee in the Appendix to their Reports:— 
And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn, 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Petition of the there-undersigned 
Inhabitants and Owners of property within the Par- 
liamentary Boundary of the City and County of 
the City of Cork, ry eg of Proceedings with 
reference to the late Election for that City, which 
was presented upon the 30th day of November last, 
be printed :—And the said Motion was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of the Correspondence between Sir 
John Pakington, Baronet, Secretary for the Colo- 
nies, and Sir Henry Ward, Lord High Commis- 
sioner of the Jonian Islands, since February 1852, 
when Sir John Pakington assumed office, including 
the Correspondence with the banished Members of 
the Legislative Assembly of the Zonian Islands re- 
specting the Terms proposed to them for their 
Liberation from Exile :—And, of the Protest by the 
Members of the Legislative Assembly respecting the 
Prorogation of the newly-elected Assembly at its 
first Meeting (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 567, of Session 1852). 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed, to 
consider the principle of Amalgamation as applied 
to Railway or Railway and Canal Bills, about to 
be brought under the consideration of Parliament: 
—And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands, in pur- 
suance of a Special Report of the Inclosure Com- 
missioners for England and Wales: And that Sir 
William Jolliffe and Mr. Secretary Walpole do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Sir De Lacy Evans presented a Bill to regulate 
the times of Payment of Rates and Taxes by Par- 
liamentary Electors: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next, and to be printed. 


Sir William Jolliffe presented a Bill to authorize 
the Inclosure of certain Lands, in pursuance of a 
Special Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for 

ngland and Wales: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
To-morrow, and to be printed. 





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A. 1852. 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Monies in the 


an Account of Monies in the Exchequer or re- Exchequer, 
maining to be raised, on the 27th day of November No. 45, 
1852, to complete the Aids granted by Parliament 
for the Service of the years 1851 and 1852. 

Mr. Hamilton accordingly presented the said 
Account. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Veneris, 3° die Decembris ; 
Anno 16° Victorie Regine, 1852. 


PRAYERS. 

M R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had Petitions 

examined the Petitions presented upon the 1st and eon) 
2d days of this instant December ; and had directed °° 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Mr. Baines reported from the General Committee Controverted 
of Elections ; That they had selected the following Elections. 
Twelve Members to be the Chairmen’s Panel, an 
to serve as Chairmen of Election Committees for 
the present Session :— 

The Honourable Edward Pleydell Bouverie, Tho- 

mas William Bramston, Esquire, the Honourable 
Francis Charteris, William Deedes, Esquire, Edward 
Divett, Esquire, James Milnes Gaskell, Esquire, 
Lord Robert Grosvenor, Henry Arthur Herbert, 
Esquire, the Honourable Edwin Lascelles, Sir Wil- 
liam Molesworth, Henry Ker Seymer, Esquire, the 
Right honourable Edward Strutt. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Petitions relating to New Zealand Company ; — Public 
Advertisements ;—-Advertisements and Newspapers; Petitions. 
—Paper, Newspaper Stamps and Advertisements ;— yj ae Ninth 
Taxation ;—Tithe Rent-charge ;—Civil Service Su- Report. 
perannuation Fund ;~— Edward Murray ;—and, She- 
riffs’ Courts (Scotland),—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had, Clare 
this day, received a Letter from Messrs. Law, Holmes Election. 
and Co., as Agents for Crofton Moore Vandeleur, 
Esquire, informing him that it is not bis intention 
to proceed with his Petition, presented on the 19th 
day of November last, against the Return for the 
County of Clare:—And the said Letter was read, 


as followeth : ? 


Sir, Fludyer-street, Westminster, 3 Dec. 1852. 

As Agents for Crofton Moore Vandeleur, Esquire, 
in the matter of his Petition delivered in on the 
19th day of November last, complaining of an un- 
due Election and Return for the County of Clare, 
we hereby beg to inform you that it is not intended 
to proceed with the said Petition. 

We have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your very obedient servants, 


Law, Holmes, Anton and Turnbull. 


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


the said Petition to the 
lections, was read, and 


The Order for referrin 
General Committee of 


discharged. 


Sir William Jolliffe presented, by Her Majesty’s tnclosure 
Command,—Inclosure Commission : Copy of Spe- Commission. 
cial Report of the Commissioners, 1852. 

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


Colonel Dunne presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- ordnance. 
mand,—Supplementary Estimate of the Office of wo, 4g, 
Ordnance, tor the year 1852-53. 


Ordered, 


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and / 


Fa 


Fe 








Institutions 


with Science 
and Art. 


No. 47. 


Duke of 
Wellington. 


No, 48. 


Public Health 
Act. 


Election. 


Derby 
Election. 


Pontefract 
Election. 


Cambridge 
Ekection. 


Election. 





16 Victorrz. 


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


Mr. Hamilton presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—An Estimate of the Sum proposed to be 
voted in the year 1852-3, towards the urchase of 
Land at Kensington Gore for a New National Gal- 
lery and Institutions connected with Science and 
Art, in aid of the Funds already appropriated 
thereto by Her Majesty’s Commissioners for the 
Exhibition of 1851. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in 
the year 1852-3, to defray the Charge for the 
Funeral of the late Duke of Wellington. 

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


Lord John Manners presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copies of Pro- 
visional Orders for the application of the Public 
Health Act to the following places :—The Borough 
of Wakefield, the District of El/and, the District of 
Wallasey, the Parish of Dudley, the District of 
Barnsley, the Borough of Dorchester, the Town of 
Brighthelmstone, and the District of Welshpool. 
™ + apg That the said Paper do lie upon the 

able. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had, 
this day, received a Report from the Examiner of 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Election Petition of Robert Westley Hall Dare, 
Esquire, relating to the Borough of Frome, is un- 
objectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
had, this day, received a Report from the Examiner of 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Election Petition of James Peet and others, relat- 
ing to the Borough of Derby, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
had, this day, received a Report from the Examiner of 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Election Petition of James Rhodes and others, relating 
to the Borough of Pontefract, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
had, this day, received a Report from the Examiner of 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Election Petition of William Henry Apthorpe and 
others, relating to the Borough of Cambridge, is 
unobjectionable. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of the 
Borough of Leicester, was delivered in, and read ; set- 
ting forth, That the Petitioners were, at and during 
the last Election of Members to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Leicester, registered 
Electors for the said Borough, and had a right to 
vote and did vote at the said Election; that the said 
Election of Members to serve in Parliament for 
the said Borough of Leicester was held at Leicester 
aforesaid, on the Seventh day of July last, on which 
occasion Sir Joshua Walmsley, Knight, Richard 
Gardner, Esquire, James Plaisted Wilde, Esquire, 
and Geoffrey Palmer, Esquire, were Candidates for 
Election to serve in Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough ; that at such Election a poll being demanded, 
the same was granted by the Returning Officer, and 
proceeded with on the Eighth day of July last, and 
at the close of such poll, the said Sir Joshua Walms- 
ley and Richard Gardner were declared by the said 
Returning Officer to have been respectively duly 
elected, and were respectively returned as the Mem- 
bers to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough of Leicester ; that the Petitioners have 
been informed that a Petition has been presented to 
the House by Thomas William Dabbs, of the Newarke, 
in Leicester, Gentleman, and James Hudson, of South 
Fields-place, in Leicester aforesaid, Hosier, both of 
them claiming to be and to have been at the time 
VoL. 108. 


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105 
of the said Election, Electors for the said Borough 
of Leicester, complaining of the Return of the said 
Sir Joshua Walmsley, and of the Return of the said 
Richard Gardner, alleging that they the said Sir 
Joshua Walmsley and Richard Gardner were each 
and both of them, by themselves, their agents, 
friends and partisans, “ guilty of bribery and cor- 
ruption,” and that gross, extensive and systematic 
corruption, bribery and treating were practised 
before, at and after the said Election, by divers per- 
sons, being friends, supporters and partisans of the 
said Sir Joshua Walmsley and Richard Gardner, 
with a view to the Election and Return of the said 
Sir Joshua Walmsley and Richard Gardner respec- 
tively, and that the Election and Return of the said 
Sir Joshua Walmsley and Richard Gardner were 
respectively procured by means of such corruption, 
bribery and treating, and that by reason thereof the 
said Election and Return of the said Sir Joshua 
Walmsley and Richard Gardner, and of each of 
them, were and are wholly null and void, and pray- 
ing that the Return of the said Sir Joshua Walmsley 
and the Return of the said Richard Garduer may 
be declared null and void, and that the House will 
grant such further and other relief as to the House 
shall seem meet; that the Petitioners believe that 
the allegations contained in the aforesaid Petition 
are all and each of them totally without foundation, 
and that the said Sir Joshua Walmsley and Richard 
Gardner had at the said Election a majority of 
legal votes, and were each and both of them duly 
elected and returned as Members to serve in Par- 
liament for the said Borough of Leicester; and 
praying that the House will allow each and all of 
them to be admitted as parties to defend the Elec- 
tion and Return of the said Sir Joshua Walmsley 
and Richard Gardner, and to oppose the prayer of 
the Petition of the said Thomas William Dabbs 
and James Hudson, and will grant to the Petitioners 
such other relief in the premises as to the House 
shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the General Committee of Elections. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records 
as shall be thought necessary by the several Parties 
on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of William Torrens M‘Cullagh, of Great 
Yarmouth 
Election. 


No. 23, Cadogan-place, Esquire, was presented, and 
read ; setting forth, That the Petitioner was a Can- 
didate at the last Election of Members to serve in 
the present Parliament for the Borough of Great 
Yarmouth, and claims to have been duly elected as 
one of the Members for the said Borough ; that on 
the Twelfth day of November last past, the Petitioner 
presented his Petition, complaining of the Election 
and Return of Sir Edmund Henry Knowles Lacon, 
Baronet, and Charles Edmond Kumbold, Esquire, 
and that the said Election was procured by a system 
of bribery, treating and corruption; that the said 
Petition, when presented, bore the following en- 
dorsement: “ I hereby certify that the recognizance 
required by the Election Petitions Act, 1848, in re- 
spect of this Petition, has been entered into and re- 
ceived by me, with the affidavits thereunto annexed, 
pursuant to the said Act. Given under my hand 
this Twelfth day of November One thousand eight 
hundred and Fifty-two. G.K. Rickards, Examiner 
of Recognizances ;” that on the Twenty-third day of 
November last past, a statement of objection to the 
recognizances ettered into by the sureties for the 
Petitioner was received by ‘os Mies of Recogni- 
zances, and a notice was put up in the office of the 
said Examiner of Recognizances, appointing Twelve 
o’clock, on the Twenty-sixth day of November, as the 
time for hearing such objection ; that the said objec- 
tion was in the following terms: ‘ In the House of 
Commons. In the matter of the Petition of William 
Torrens M‘Cullagh, complaining of an undue Elec- 

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tion and Return for the Borough of Great Yarmouth. 
Statement of the ground of objection to the recog- 
nizance entered into in the above matter on the 
Thirtieth day of October One thousand eight hun- 
dred and Fifty-two. That the recognizance has not 
been duly entered into, inasmuch as the persons 
entering into the same are not thereby bound for 
the payment of all costs and expenses, which under 
the provisions of the Election Petitions Act 1848 
may become payable by the person who has sub- 
scribed the said Petition to one of the sitting Mem- 
bers complained of in the said Petition singly, in 
the event of such costs and expenses being recover- 
able by him from the Petitioners under the provisions 
of the said Act. Witness our hands this Twenty- 
third day of November One thousand eight hundred 
and Fifty-two. Thompson, Debenham and Brown, 
Agents for the said Sir Edmond Henry Knowles 
Lacon, Baronet, one of the sitting Members ;”’ that 
the ground relied upon in this statement was the 
following: that the recognizance bound the parties 
to the sitting Members, which it was contended 
would not secure costs to one only, if such should 
be given ; that on the afternoon of the day on which 
the Examiner received the statement of objection 
in the Great Yarmouth case, he reported to the 
Speaker that the recognizance was unobjectionable 
in the case of the Bridgnorth Election Petition, the 
said last-mentioned recognizance being expressed 
precisely in the same form, words and letters as that 
adopted in the case of the Great Yarmouth Petition ; 
that the Examiner of Recognizances having heard 
the parties on both sides, on the said Twenty-sixth 
day of November adjourned the same indefinitely ; 
that the Examiner sent for the parties on Monday the 
Twenty-ninth day of November, when he pronounced 
the recognizance in the case of the Great Yarmouth 
Election Petition to be on the grounds stated ob- 
jectionable ; that a report to the same effect was, on 
the same day, made to the Speaker; that two Re- 

orts have thus been made by the Examiner on two 
Zlection Petition recognizances, expressed in pre- 
cisely the same form of words, and the one pro- 
nounced unobjectionable, while the other is pro- 
nounced objectionable ; that the House is thus pro- 
ceeding to try the Bridgnorth Election Petition 
upon a form of recognizance which, in the case of 
the Great Yarmouth Petition, has been pronounced 
invalid, and that all inquiry in the latter case is 
precluded on a form of recognizance, which has been 
reported to be valid in the Bridgnorth case ; that 
before the Examiner gave his said decision, his at- 
tention was called to the 14th section of the Elec- 
tion Petitions Act 1848, which provides that as 
soon as any statement of objection is received by 
the Examiner of Recognizances, he shall put up an 
acknowledgment thereof in some conspicuous part 
of his office, and shall appoint a day for hearing 
such objection, not less than Three nor more than 
Five days from the day on which he received such 
statement ; that it was submitted to the Examiner 
that he was strictly bound by the said clause, and 
firstly, that inasmuch as the receipt of the statement 
of objection in this case was acknowledged on the 
Twenty-third day of November, and also inasmuch 
as the expression “day” in an Act of Parliament, 
means, and by all courts of law is uniformly con- 
strued to mean, clear days, the requirements of the 
statute from which alone the Examiner derived his 
authority to act in this case had not been complied 
with ; and further, that as in law no waiver can 
confer jurisdiction where the required authority does 
not exist, the Examiner could not proceed with pro- 
priety ; that a list of decided cases was at the same 
time tendered to the Examiner, which establish in 
the clearest and most decisive manner the points last 
referred to, but that the Examiner refused to look at 
the said list, or to consider the said cases, and pro- 
ceeded to declare that the recognizance as already 
stated was objectionable; that the Petitioner submits, 


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A, 1852. 


and is prepared to show, that the proceedings of the 
Examiner of Recognizances in the case of the Great 
Yarmouth Election Petition, from the time when the 
said Examiner, on the Twenty-third day of Novem- 
ber, appointed the hour of Twelve o’clock on the 
Twenty-sixth day of November, for hearing the 
statement of objection in the said case, down to 
and including the Report made by the said Exami- 
ner to the Speaker in this case, on the Twenty- 
ninth day of November, were by him directed and 
carried on without any legal authority, and are ut- 
terly void and of no effect; that in the case of the 
Great Yarmouth Election Petition, the recognizances 
ought to be declared unobjectionable; that in this 
case the solvency and respectability of the sureties 
have not been and cannot be called in question, and 
that it would be a grievance much to be complained 
of and deplored, if a Petition entered into in all 
good faith, and with unobjectionable securities, com- 
plaining that the Election and Return of two Mem- 
bers of the House was procured by bribery and cor- 
ruption, should be stopped in the Rene upon a mi- 
nute technicality which in no way affects the points 
that really demand investigation and redress ; and 
praying that the premises may be taken into consi- 
deration, and that the House will be pleased to 
make such order therein as the justice of the case 
and the rights of the Petitioner may require, and 
that the Petitioner may have such further and other 
relief as, under the circumstances, may seem meet. 

. Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 

able. 


Mr. Stafford presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Navy. 
mand,—Supplementary Estimate of Her Majesty’s No, ag, 
Navy, for the year 1852-53. 

Supplemental Estimate for the necessary Ex- 

penses of Steam Machinery for Naval purposes, 

during the year ending 5th April 1853. 

Ordered, That the said Estimates do lie upon the 

Table ; and be printed. 


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


Mr. Stafford presented,—Return to an Order, Mr. Robert 
dated the 16th day of November last, for Copies of Burns. 
further Papers, including the Correspondence of 
Captain Mani, R.N., relating to the Murder of 
Mr. Robert Burns, and the Capture of the Schooner 
“ Dolphin.” 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Chicory, Chicory. 
which was presented upon the 2d day of this instant No. 50. 
December, be printed. 


which was presented upon the 2d day of this instant No. 51. 


December, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- West India 
mittee on the West India Colonies, &amp;c., Loans Act pry 
Amendment Bill ; pee mea 

Resolved, That this House will, after the other Bill. 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 


mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into County 
consideration the County Elections Polls Bill, as Le pill 
amended in the Committee ; " ‘ 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
after the other Orders of the day. 


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

Ordered, That the Account of all Exchequer Bills referred : 
raised, or authorized to be raised, charged on the Exchequer 
Aids or Supplies of 1853, unprovided for, which was Bills. 
presented upon the 24th day of November last, be 








referred to the Committee. 
Ordered, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to New Churches, New Churches. 


Suppli 


West 
Colon 


Amen 
Bill. 


Coun! 


Polls 
N 


of th 


Pub 
Petit 
(Nin 
Rep 





Monies in the 
Exchequer. 


Exchequer 
Bills. 


Supplies. 


Commons 
Inclosure Bill, 


West India 
Colonies, &amp;c. 
Loans Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


County 


Elections 
Polls Bill. 


No. 52. 


Military Order 
of the Bath. 


Public 


Petitions 


(Ninth 


Report.) 








16 Vicrortz. 


Ordered, That the Account of Monies in the Ex- 
chequer, or remaining to be raised, on the 27th day 
of November 1852, to complete the Aids granted 
by Parliament for the Service of the years 1851 and 
1852, which was presented upon the 2d day of this 
instant December, be referred to the Committee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 

1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventeen 
millions seven hundred and forty-two thousand five 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to pay 
off and discharge Exchequer Bills charged on the 
Aids of 1853, unprovided for. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two mil- 
lions, be granted to Her Majesty, to discharge the 
like amount of Supplies granted for the Service of 
the year 1852, or any preceding year. 


Resolutions to be reported. 


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

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

Mr. Wilson Patten also acquainted the House, 
that he was directed to move, That the Committee 
may have leave to sit again, 

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





The Commons Inclosure Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the West India Colonies, &amp;c. 
Loans Act Amendment Bill; and, after some time 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and 
Mr. Wilson Patten reported, That the Committee 
had gone through the Bill, and directed him to re- 
port the same, without Amendment. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the County Elections Polls Bill, as 
amended in the Committee: The Bill was re-com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House :~-The 
House immediately resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson Patten 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Wednesday 
next; and be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Fees payable by Officers of 
the Army and Navy in the different Grades of the 
Military Order of the Bath. 

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


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 





Luna, 6° die Decembris ; 
Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 18 52. 


PRAYERS. 

M R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had 

examined the Petitions presented upon the 3d day 
of this instant December ; and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
VoL, 108. 


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Bis 7 lene sis ae ae 
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Mr. Baines reported from the General Committee 
of Elections ; That they had divided into Five Panels 
the List of Members to serve on Election Com- 
mittees. 

Whereupon the Clerk decided by lot, at the Table, 
the order of the said Panels, and distinguished each 
of them by a number, denoting the order in which 
they were respectively drawn, as follows :— Panel A. 
No. 1; C. No. 2; D. No. 3; B. No. 4, and E. 
No. 5. 

Ordered, That the said Panels be printed. 


Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers ; — 
Maynooth College Act ;—Nunneries ;—Advertise- 
ments ;—Advertisements and Newspaper Stamps ; 
—Newspaper Stamps ;— Paper, Newspaper Stamps 
and Advertisements ;— Repayment of Advances 
(Lreland) ; County and Borough Directories ;— 
and, Tenant Right (Jreland) Bill,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Merthyr Tydvil, in 
the room of Sir Josiah John Guest, Baronet, de- 
ceased. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Houses assessed to the 
Inhabited House Duty, in the year ending the 5th 
day of April 1852, in each County in England and 
in Scotland, showing also the Amount of the In- 
habited House Tax charged thereon; also, the 
Amount of Window Tax assessed in each of the 
same Counties, in the year ended the 5th day of 
April 1851, and the Amount given up by the substi- 
tution of the House Tax for the Window Tax. 

Mr. Hamilton accordingly presented the said 
Return. 

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


Ordered, That the Supplementary Estimate of 
the Office of Ordnance for the year 1852~53, be re- 
ferred to the Committee of Supply. 

Ordered, That the Estimate of the Sum proposed 
to be voted in the year 1852-3, towards the Pur- 
chase of Land at Kensington Gore for a new Na- 
tional Gallery and Institutions connected with 
Science and Art, inaid of the Funds already appro- 
priated thereto by Her Majesty’s Commissioners for 
the Exhibition of 1851, be referred to the said Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Estimate of the Sum required 
to be voted in the year 1852-3, to defray the Charge 
for the Funeral of the late Duke of Wellington, be 
referred to the said Committee. 

Ordered, That the Supplementary Estimate of 
Her Majesty’s Navy, for the year 1852-53, be re- 
ferred to the said Committee. 

Ordered, That the Supplemental Estimate for 
the necessary Expenses of Steam Machinery for 
Naval purposes, during the year ending 5th April 
1853, be referred to the said Committee. 


The House was moved, That the Petition of the 
Honourable George Charles Grantley Fitzhardinge 
Berkeley, complaining of bribery and intimidation 
at the last Election for the Western Division of 
the County of Gloucester, and praying for inquiry, 
which was presented upon the 2d day of this instant 
December, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

And it appearing that the Petition comes within 
the description of a Petition the Proceedings upon 
which are regulated by the Election Petitions Act, 
1848, and the time for presenting such Petitions 
having elapsed ; 

Ordered, That the Order, That the said Petition do 


lie upon the Table, be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Petition be withdrawn. a 
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Controverted 
Elections. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Tenth 
Report. 


Merthyr 
Tydvil Writ. 


House and 
Window 
Duties. 


0. 54 


Ordnance, 


Institutions 
connected 
with Science 
and Art. 


Duke of 
Wellington, 


Navy. 


Gloucester 
County 
(Western 
Division) 
Election, 


















































































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Publie Health 
Aet. 


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Sir William Jolliffe presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—An Abstract of the General Statements 
of the Income and Expenditure of the several Turn- 
pike Trusts in England and Wales, from 1st Ja- 
nuary 1850 to 31st December 1850, inclusive, pur- 
suant to the Act3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 80. 

* Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


Lord John Manners presented, pursuant to the 
directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Copy of 
Report to the General Board of Health on a Pre- 
liminary Inguiry into the Sewerage, Drainage and 
Supply of Water, and the Sanitary Condition of the 
Inhabitants of the Borough of Wakefield, in the 
County of York, by William Ranger, Esquire, Su- 
perintending Inspector. 

Copy of Report to the General Board of Health 
on a Preliminary Inquiry into the Sewerage, Drainage 
and Supply of Water, and the Sanitary Condition of 
the Inhabitants of the Township of Elland-cum- 
Greetland, in the County of York, by William Ran- 
ger, Esquire, Superintending Inspector. 

Copy of Report to the General Board of Health 
on a further Inquiry into the Sewerage, Drainage and 
Supply of Water, «nd the Sanitary Condition of the 
Inhabitants of the Township of El/and-cum-Greet- 
land, in the County of York, by William Ranger, Es- 
quire, Superintending Inspector. 

Copy of Report to the General Board of Health 
on a Preliminary Inquiry into the Sewerage, Drain- 
age and Supply of Water, and the Sanitary Con- 
dition of the Inhabitants of the Township of Poul- 
ton-cum-Seacombe, in the Parish of Wallasey, Hun- 
dred of Wirrall, and County of Chester, by Robert 
Rawlinson, Esquire, Superintending Inspector. 

Copy of Report of the General Board of Health 
on a further Inquiry as to the Boundaries which may 
be most advantageously adopted for the purposes of 
the Public Health Act 1848, in the Township of 
Poulton-cum-Seacombe, in the Parish of Wallasey, 
Hundred of Wirrall,and County of Chester, by Ro- 
bert Rawlinson, Esquire, Superintending Inspector. 

Copy of Report to the General Board of Health 
on a Preliminary Inquiry into the Sewerage, Drain- 
age and Supply of Water, and the Sanitary Condition 
of the Inhabitants of the Parish of Dudley, in the 
County of Worcester, by William Lee, Esquire, Su- 
perintending Inspector. 

Copy of Report to the General Board of Health 
on a Preliminary Inquiry into the Sewerage, Drain- 
age and Supply of Water, and the Sanitary Con- 
dition of the fchabitents of the Town of Barnsley, 
in the County of Yerk, by William Ranger, Esquire, 
Superintending Inspector. 

Copy of Report to the General Board of Health 
on a Preliminary Inquiry into the Sewerage, Drain- 
age and Supply of Water, and the Sanitary Con- 
dition of the Inhabitants of the Borough of Dor- 
chester and the outlying part of the Parish of Ford- 
ington, in the County of Dorset, by Robert Rawlin- 
son, Esquire, Superintending Inspector. 

Copy of Report to the General Board of Health 
on a further Inquiry as to the Boundaries which may 
he most advantageously adopted for the purposes of 
the Public Health Act 1848, in the Borough of 
Dorchester, in the County of Dorset, by Robert 
Rawlinson, Esquire, Superintending Inspector. 

Copy of Report to the General Board of Health 
ou a Preliminary Inquiryinto the Sewerage, Drainage 
and Supply of Water, and the Sanitary Condition 
of the Inhabitants of the Town of Brighton, by 
Edward Cresy, Superintending Inspector. 

Copy of Report to the General Board of Health 


ona Prelimimary Inquiry into the Sewerage, Drain- 
age and Supply of Water, and the Sanitary Con- 
dition of the Inhabitants of the Parish and Town of 
Pool or Welshpool, by George Thomas Clark, Su- 
perintending Inspector. 

Copy of Report to the General Board of Health 









A. 1852. 


on a further Inquiry, held in the Town and Parish of 
Welshpool, in the County of Montgomeryshire, by 
Geo. T. Clark, Esquire, Gepdehelian Inspector. 

Copies of Provisional Orders for the Application 
of the Public Health Act 1848, to the following 
Places :—Borough of Wakefield, District of Elland, 
District of Wallasey, Parish of Dudley, District of 
Barnsley, Borough of Dorchester, Town of Bright- 
helmstone, District of Welshpool. 

Copies of all Memorials forwarded to the General 
Board of Health, with respect to the Reports of the 
Superintending Inspectors on the under-mentioned 
Towns :— Wakefield, Elland-cum-Greetland, Walla- 
sey, Barnsley, Brighton, Welshpool. 

. _— That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had, Waterfora 
on the 4th instant, received a Report from the Exa- County 
miner of Recognizances, stating that the Recogni- ae 
zance to the Election Petition of Richard ely 
Hutchinson, commonly called the Honourable Rich- 
ard Hely Hutchinson, relating to the County of 
Waterford, is unobjectionable. 





Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he Wigton 
had, on the 4th instant, received a Report from the Election. 
Examiner of Recognizances, stating that the Recog- 
nizance to the Election Petition of James Caird, Es- 
quire, relating to the Wigton District of Burghs, is 
unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he Kingston- 
had, on the 4th instant, received a Report from the — 
Examiner of Recognizances, stating that the Recog- “°°"™ 
nizance to the Election Petition of Charles Wells 
and Frederick William Hudson, relating to the Town 
and County of the Town of Kingston-upon-Hull, is 
unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he Knares- 
had, on the 4th instant, received a Report from the a 
Examiner of Recognizances, stating that the Recog- _ 
nizance to the Election Petition of Basil Thomas 
Woodd, Esquire, relating to the Borough of Knares- 
borough, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he Cockermouth 
had, on the 4th instant, received a Report from the Election. 
Examiner of Recognizances, stating that the Recog- 
nizance to the Election Petition of Thomas Thomp- 
son and others, relating to the Borough of Cocker- 
mouth, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That ine Gloucester 
had, on the 4th instant, received a Report from the Election. 
Examiner of Recognizances, stating that the Recog- 
nizance to the Election Petition of Thomas Eycott 
and William Stephens, relating to the City of Glou- 
cester and County of the same City, is unobjec- 
tionable. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Militia. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Quota of Militia Men for 
each County in England and Wales for the year 
1852; of the Number of Volunteers for the Militia 
who have been enrolled in each County ; and, of 
the Number who have attended for Training and 
Exercise (so far as the same can be furnished from 
the Returns received at the Home Office). 

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


A Petition of Henry Cary and Thomas Stoyle, both Cariow County 
of the town of Carlow, in the County of Carlow, Election. 
Electors of the County of Carlow, was delivered in, 

and read; setting forth, That at the last Election of 

Members to serve in this present Parliament for the 
County of Carlow, the Petitioners were registered 
Electors for the said County, and had a right to _ 

an 

















16 Victroriz. 


Election, which was held on the Nineteenth day of July 


- One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two, Henry 


Bruen, Esquire, since deceased, William Bunbury 
M‘Clintock Bunbury, Esquire, John Ball, Esquire, 
and John Henry Keogh, Esquire, were Candidates 
to represent the said County in Parliament; that 
after a show of hands at the said Election, a poll 
was duly demanded, and such poll was proceeded 
with on the Twenty-second and Twenty-third days 
of July One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two, 
and on the Twenty-sixth day of the same month, 
the Sheriff declared the majority of votes to be in 
favour of the said John Ball and the said Henry 
Bruen, who were thereupon returned by the said 
Sheriff as Members duly elected to serve in this pre- 
sent Parliament for the said County of Carlow ; 
that a Petition has been presented to the House by 
the said John Henry Keogh, as one of the Candi- 
dates at the said Election, alleging that the said 
Petitioner was such Candidate, and was duly pro- 
posed and seconded, and duly qualified to be re- 
turned at the said Election, and to sit in Parliament 
for the said County, and after stating the holding of 
the said Election and poll as hereinbefore mentioned, 
and after stating the number of voters polled at the 
said Election, and that the Returning Officer de- 
clared the said John Ball and Henry Bruen duly 
elected, and that they were thereupon returned to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said County 
as aforesaid, it is by the said Petitioner alleged, that 


the real majority of good and lawful votes given at) 


the said Election was in favour of the said John 
Ball and of the Petitioner ; that, after stating a va- 
riety of objections to the votes given for the said 
Henry Bruen and William Bunbury M‘Clintock 
Bunbury, or one of them, at the said Election, and 
alleging that the votes of other persons given for 
the said Petitioner at the said Election had been 
omitted to be entered on the poll for the said Peti- 
tioner, and were improperly reckoned thereon for 
the said Henry Bruen and William Bunbury 
M‘Clintock Bunbury, and that other persons duly 
qualified to vote at the said Election, but whose 
names had been duly expunged or omitted from the 
Register of Voters in force at the time of the Election, 
had tendered their votes for the Petitioner at the 
said Election, but that their votes had not been 
reckoned for the Petitioner; and also alleging di- 
vers other objections to the poll; and after alleging 
and charging divers acts of bribery and treating, 
and other corrupt practices, on the part of the said 
Henry Bruen and William Bunbury M‘Clintock 
Bunbury, their agents, friends and partisans, for the 
purpose of corruptly influencing divers persons to 
give their votes for the said Henry Bruen and Wil- 
liam Bunbury M‘Clintock Bunbury, or one or other 
of them, and to refrain from giving their votes for 
the said Petitioner, and for other corrupt and illegal 
objects in the said Petition mentioned; and also 
alleging that the said Henry Bruen was lately dead ; 
but that by the ways and means aforesaid, the ma- 
jority of votes appearing at the poll for the said 
Henry Bruen was a fictitious and colourable ma- 
jority, and that the Petitioner had a majority of 
legal votes over the said Henry Bruen at the said 
Election, and also over the said William Bunbury 
M‘Clintock Bunbury, and was duly elected, and 
ought to have been returned as one of the Members 
to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
County, the said Petition prays that the House will 
declare the said Election and Return of the said 
Henry Bruen to be wholly null and void, and that 
the said Henry Bruen was not duly elected, and 
ought not to have been returned at the said Election ; 


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and did vote at the said Election ; that at the said | 


allegations and charges contained in the said Peti- 
tion are, as the Petitioners believe, unfounded and 
incapable of proof, and that the said Petitioner had 
not a majority of good and legal votes at the said 
Election over the said Henry Bruen and William 
Bunbury M‘Clintock Bunbury, or either of them ; 
that the votes of divers persons given and recorded 
on the poll in favour of the said Petitioner at the 
said Election were not good and valid votes, and 
that divers persons voted at the said Election for 
| the said Petitioner, and were counted on the poll 
for him, who had no right to vote at the said Elec- 
| tion, and that other persons who had so voted, and 
| whose names were counted on the poll for the Peti- 
tioner, had before the said Election become disqua- 
lified from voting at the said Election from various 
‘causes, and that divers other objections existed 
| against the votes of other persons who had voted 
‘for the said Petitioner at the said Election, and 
| whose votes were counted on the poll on his behalf, 
| and that the votes of divers persons who had voted 
| or who had a right to vote, and who tendered their 
| votes for the said Henry Bruen and William Bun- 
bury M*Clintock Bunbury, or one of them, were 
not entered on the poll, or were not counted for 
them or him; that the said Petitioner was, by him- 
| self, his agents, committee, partisans and friends, 
‘and others employed for or acting on his behalf at 
the said Election, guilty of bribery and corruption, 
and treating and other illegal and corrupt practices, 
before, at and during the said Election, in order 
to corrupt and procure divers persons having or 
claiming to have votes at the said Election, to 
give their votes in favour of the said Petitioner, 
and to corrupt and procure divers other persons 
having or claiming to have votes at the said Elec- 
tion, to forbear to give their votes for the said 
Henry Bruen and William Bunbury M‘Clintock 
Bunbury, or one of them, at the said Election ; 
that by reason of such corrupt and illegal prac- 
tices on the part of the said Petitioner, his agents, 
committee, partisans, friends and others acting on 
his behalf as aforesaid, as well as other corrupt and 
illegal practices on his and their part or parts 
at the said Election, the said Petitioner was and 
is wholly incapacitated and ineligible to be elected 
or returned as a Member to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said County of Carlow; that 
at the time of the said last Election of a Mem- 
ber to serve in Parliament for the said County, the 
said John Henry Keogh was not, according to the 
true intent and meaning of the Act passed in the 
second year of the reign of Queen Victoria, intituled, 
“ An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Quali- 
fication of Members to serve in Parliament,” duly 
— to be elected as a Member to serve in 

arliament for the said County, nor was the said 
John Henry Keogh at the time of the said last 
Election seised or entitled for his own use or benefit 
of or to any estate, legal or equitable, in lands, 
tenements or hereditaments, of any tenure whatso- 
ever, situate, lying and being within the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain or Ireland, or in the 
rents or profits thereof, for his own life or for the 
life or lives of any other person or persons then 
living, or for a term of years either absolute or de- 
termimable on his own life, or on the life or lives of 
any other person or persons then living, of which 
term not less than thirteen years were at the time of 
the said Election unexpired, such estate being of 
the clear yearly value of not less than Six hundred 
pounds over and above all incumbrances affecting the 
same, nor was the said John Henry Keogh, at the 
time of the said Election, possessed of or entitled 
for his own use and benefit, at law or in equity, for 














and that the Petitioner was duly elected, and ought 
to have been returned ; and that the House will cause | 
the Return to be amended by erasing therefrom the | 
name of the said Henry Biuen, and substituting the 
name of the Petitioner in lieu thereof; that the 


his own life or for the life or lives of any other person 
or persons then living, or for any term of years either 
absolute or determinable on his own life or for the 
life or lives of any other person or persons then living, 
of which term not less than thirteen years were at 





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170 


the time of his said Election unexpired, or of or to 
personal estate or effects of any nature or kind what- 
soever, situate within the said United Kingdom, or 
the interest, dividends or annual proceeds of any such 
personal estate or effects, such personal estate or 
effects, interest, dividends or annual proceeds actu- 
ally producing the clear yearly income of not less 
than Six boned pounds over and above all incum- 
brances affecting the same, nor did the said John 
Henry Keogh, at the time of the said last Election, 
possess more than one of the several kinds of qualifi- 
cation hereinbefore-mentioned, which were jointly 
sufficient to qualify him to serve as a Member for the 
said County; that the said John Henry Keogh was 
not at the time of the said Election the eldest son 
or heir apparent of any Peer or Lord of Parliament, 
or of any person qualified by the last-mentioned Act 
to serve as Knight of the Shire; that, on the Nine- 
teenth day of July last, previous to said Election, 
and immediately after a poll having been demanded, 
the said John Henry Keogh was required, by notice 
in a signed by William Duckett and Robert 
Gray Watson, two registered Electors, having a 
right to vote at the said last Election for the County 
of Carlow, to make and subscribe a declaration of 
qualification, pursuant to the provisions of a certain 
Act of Parliament passed in the second year of the 
reign of Her present Majesty, intituled, “‘ An Act to 
amend the Laws relating to the Qualification of 
Members to serve in Parliament;” that the said 
John Henry Keogh did not, within twenty-four 
hours after the said request so made to him, or at 
all, at any time, make and subscribe such declara- 
tion, but wilfully refused and neglected so to do; 
that the declaration of the said John Henry Keogh, 
if any may have been made by him, was not such a 
declaration as he was bound to make and _ subscribe 
according to the provisions of the said Act, and was 
and is invalid and insufficient in law, and does not 
state the nature of the qualification of the said John 
Henry Keogh in the manner required by the said 
Act, or at all; that the alleged qualification, if any, 
of the said John Heury Keogh is wholly insufficient 
and invalid to qualify him the said John Henry 
Keogh as a Member to serve in Parliament for the 
said County; that no declaration made by the said 
John Henry Keogh, nor the making thereof, has 
been duly made or duly certified into the High 
Court of Chancery in /reland, or to the Court of 
Queen’s Bench in Jreland, within three months 
after the muking thereof, or at all, as required by 
the said Act and the Statute in that case made and 
provided; that the said John Henry Keogh pre- 
vented the declaration (if any made by him) from 
being duly certified ; the Petitioners submit that the 
said John Henry Keogh has not complied with the 
statute of the first and second Victoria, chapter 
forty-eight, and has not made any declaration, or a | 
declaration in the manner and form required by | 
said Act; that the said John Henry Keogh was not, 
at the time of the said Election, by reason of his | 
want of qualification, and by reason of his not having | 
complied with the request so made to him as afore- | 
said, qualified to serve in Parliament, and that the | 
Election and Return of the said John Heury Keogh | 
would, under such circumstances, have been wholly | 
null and void; that before any poll had taken place, | 
and also during the days of polling, due notice was | 
publiely given, in writing, to the High Sheriff, the 
Returning Officer, and also to the Electors of the | 
said County of Carlow, that said John Henry Keogh | 
hac not any sufficient qualification by freehold, | 
copyhold estate or otherwise, entitling him to be 
elected or to sit in Parliament as a Knight of the | 
Shire for the said County of Carlow, and that all | 
votes given at the said Election for the said John 
Henry Keogh would be utterly lost and thrown 
away; that at the said Election the disqualification, | 
incapacity and ineligibility of the said John Henry | 
Keogh was a matter of notoriety, both before, at | 


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A. 1852. 


and during the polling at the said Election, and the 
same was well known to the Electors of the said 
County who gave their votes for the said John 
Henry Keogh, both before and at the time that 
they so voted for him, and they had received full 
notice of the same at the time of their so voting for 
the said John Henry Keogh; that notice of the in- 
pcg disqualification and a of the said 
John Henry Keogh to be elected and returned to 
serve in Parliament at the said Election for the said 
County, and to sit and vote as a Member for the said 
County, and that all votes given in his favour at the 
said Election would, on account of such incapacity, 
disqualification and ineligibility, be of no effect, but 
entirely lost and thrown away, was given personally 
to the Electors for the said County before and at 
the time of their voting at the said Election in fa- 
vour of the said John Henry Keogh; that the Peti- 
tioners submit, that the votes of all persons who 
voted for the said John Henry Keogh, having uotice 
of the incapacity, disqualification and ineligibility of 
the said John Henry Keogh to be elected as afore- 
said, were lost, thrown away, bad and illegal, and 
ought not to have been received and reckoned at 
the said Election, and ought now to be struck off 
the poll of the said John Henry Keogh; that the 
number of persons, if any such there were, who 
voted for the said John Henry Keogh at the said 
Election, to whom the incapacity and disqualifica- 
tion of the said John Henry Keogh were unknown 
at the time of their so voting as aforesaid, was much 
less than the number of voters whose votes were 
good and valid, and were given at said Election for 
the said Henry Bruen and William Bunbury 
M‘Cliniock Bunbury; that before the state of the 
poll was declared by the Returning Officer, a pro- 
test against said John Henry Keogh being returned 
as a Member for said County, by reason of his not 
having made a declaration pursuant to the statute 
in that case made and provided, and pursuant to 
the requisition in writing for that purpose herein- 
before stated, was duly served on the said Returning 
Officer ; and praying that the House will be pleased 
to take the premises into their consideration, and 
that they may be admitted as parties to defend the 
said Election and Return, and to oppose the prayer 
of the said Petition of the said John Henry Keogh; 
and that the House will give to the Petitioners such 
further or other relief as to the House shall seem 
meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
General Committee of Elections. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Revenue 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated Collectors 
the 25th day of November last, for a Return of the (Scotland) 


Chamberlains or Receivers employed by the Com- 
missioners of Her Majesty’s Woods, &amp;c. in the Col- 
lection of Her Majesty’s Revenues of every descrip- 
tion in Scotland, specifying the Names of the Per- 
sons so employed, and the Districts in which they 
act, the Nature of their Appointments and the 
Amount of their Emoluments, and how paid; also, 
stating whether they reside within their respective 
Districts, and if not, where they do reside, and their 
Professions or Employments. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Trade Trade and 
and Navigation, which were presented upon the Navigation. 


1st day of this instant December, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Mr. Robert Mr. Robert 
Burns, which was presented upon the 3d day of this Burns. 


instant December, be printed. 


A Petition of Thomas Collins, Junior, Esquire, of Knares- 
Knaresborough, in the county of York, was delivered 
in, 








ee 


wt 


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Supply ; 


Exchequer 
Bills, 


Supplies. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Supply. 


Seamen and 
Marines. 


Steam 
Machinery. 


Wages, &amp;e. 





16 Vicroriz. 


in, and read ; setting forth, That the Petitioner, at | 
the last Election for the Borough of Knaresborough, 
was an Elector of the said Borough, and voted at 
the said Election; that at the said Election, Basil 
Thomas Woodd was a Candidate, and was, at the 
close of the poll, declared by the Returning Officer 
duly elected to serve in the present Parliament for 
the Borough of Knaresborough ; that the Petitioner 
has been informed, that Joshua Procter Brown 
Westhead and John Dent Dent, both of them claim- 
ing to have been Candidates to represent the said 
Borough at the said Election, have presented a 
Petition to the House, complaining of the Return 
of the said Basil Thomas Woodd, and stating that 
the said Basil Thomas Woodd was not duly elected, 
and ought not to have been returned to serve in 
Parliament for the said Borough, but that they 
the said Joshua Procter Brown Westhead and John 
Dent Dent were duly elected for the said Borough 
as Members thereof ; that the Petitioner believes 
that the allegations contained in the aforesaid 
Petition of the said Joshua Procter Brown West- 
head and John Dent Dent are all and each of 
them totally without foundation, and that the said 
Basil Thomas Woodd was duly returned as Member 
for the said Borough, and that the said Joshua 
Procter Brown Westhead and John Dent Dent were 
not, nor was either of them, duly elected as Mem- 
bers or Member for the said Borough at the said 
Election; and praying that the House will allow 
him to be admitted asa party to defend the Return 
of the said Basil Thomas Woodd, and to oppose the 
prayer of the Petition of the said Joshua Procter 
Brown Westhead and John Dent Dent, and will 
grant to the Petitioner such other relief as to the 
House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
General Committee of Elections. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records 
as shall be thought necessary by the several Parties 
on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee 
of Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 
follow : 


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171 


rines, which will come in course of payment to 
the 31st day of March 1853; also of Clothing, 
Necessaries and Barrack Stores for the additional 
Marines. 

4, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Medicines 
thousand two hundred pounds, be granted to Her and Medical 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of Medicines and **** 
Medical Stores for additional Seamen and Marines, 
which will come in course of payment to the 31st 
day of March 1853. 


5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- Victuals. 
seven thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
Charge of Victuals to additional Seamen and Ma- 

-rines, which will come in course of payment to the 
31st day of March 1853. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventy Royal 
thousand eight hundred and twenty-five pounds, be Artillery. 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
which will probably be incurred, to the 31st day of 
March 1853, for the Levy Money, Maintenance and 
Clothing of Men, to be raised for the purpose of 
augmenting the Royal Regiment of Artillery, in- 
cluding the Purchase of One thousand Horses. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five Forage. 
thousand one hundred and thirty-three pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, for detraying the Charge 
which will probably be incurred, to the 31st day of 
March 1853, in providing Forage for One thousand 
Horses. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Ammunition. 
thousand seven hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge which will pro- 
bably be incurred, to the 31st day of March 1853, 
for additional Labour in making up Ammunition. 


9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fourteen Ordnance. 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for de- 
fraying the Charge which will probably be incurred, 
to the 31st day of March 1853, for the Purchase of 
heavy Iron Ordnance, and for Projectiles, &amp;c. 

10. Resolved, That aSum, not exceeding One hun- Institutions 
dred and fifty thousand pounds, be granted to Her connected 
Majesty, towards defraying, in the year 1852-53, the Wit? Science 
Purchase of Land at Kensington Gore for Institu- 
tions connected with Science and Art, in aid of the 





1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven- 
teen millions seven hundred and forty-two thousand | 
five hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
pay off and discharge Exchequer Bills charged on 
the Aids of 1853, unprovided for. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
millions, be granted to Her Majesty, to discharge | 
the like amount of Supplies granted for the Service 
of the year 1852, or any preceding year. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into a Committee to consider of | 
Ways and Means for raising the Supply granted to | 
Her Majesty. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself | 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That Six thousand five hundred addi- | 
tional Men be employed for the Sea Service, to the 
31st day of March 1853, including One thousand | 
five hundred 1 Marines. | 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- | 
dred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, | 
for the necessary Expenses of Steam Machinery for 
Naval purposes, during the year ending on the 5th | 
day of April 1853. | 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventy- | 
three thousand nine hundred and _seventy-one | 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 





Charge of Wages to additional Seamen and Ma- 
Vou. 108. 


Funds already appropriated thereto by Her Majes- 
ty’s Commissioners of the Exhibition of 1851. 


11. Motion made, and Question proposed, That Duke of 
a Sum, not exceeding Eighty thousand pounds, be Wellington. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, in the year 
1852-53, the Charge for the Funeral of Field Marshal 
the Duke of Wellington. 
Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That the Chairman do report Progress, and 
ask leave to sit again:—Motion, by leave, with- 
drawn. 
Original Question put, and agreed to. 


Resolutions to be reported. 


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

Ordered, That the Report be received To-mor- 
row. 

Mr. Wilson Patten also acquainted the House, 
that he was directed to move, That the Committee 
may have leave to sit again. 

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


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Hastings 
this day ‘received a Report from the Examiner of lection. 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of Nelson Andrews and others, 
relating to the Borough of Hastings, is objec- 
tionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he Carliste 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner Election. 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 

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the 











Knares- 
borough 
Election. 


Carlow County 


Election. 


Derby 
Election. 


Bradford 
Election. 


Rye Election. 


Huddersfield 
Election. 


Boston 
Election. 


Boston 
Election. 


Cirencester 
Election. 


Maldon 
Election. 


Limerick 
Election. 


Maidstone 
Election. 


New Windsor 


Election, 


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A. 1852. 


the Election Petition of Robert Perring and others, another, relating to the Borough of New Windsor, 
relating to the Borough of Carlisle, is objec- is unobjectionable. 


tionable. | 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he Mallow 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he | had this day received a Report from the Examiner Election. 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 


of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 


the Election Petition of Charles Stannard Eustace, 


the Election Petition of Joshua Procter Brown |relating to the Borough of Mallow, is unobjec- 


Westhead and John Dent Dent, relating to the Bo- tionable. 
Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he King’s County 


rough of Knaresborough, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he had this day received a Report from the Examiner Election. 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 


of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 


the Election Petition ot Charles Barry Baldwin, 


the Election Petition of John Henry Keogh, relating relating to the King’s County, is unobjectionable. 


to the County of Carlow, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he Bradfora 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he had this day received a Report from the Examiner Election. 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to to the Election Petition of Joseph Marshall and 
the Election Petition of William Pool, relating to another, relating to the Borough of Bradford, is 


the Borough of Derby, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he | 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of John Rawson and another, 
relating to the Borough of Bradford, is unobjec- 
tionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of Thomas Smith Fix, relating 
to the Borough of Rye, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he | 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of Frederick Schwann, relating 
to the Borough of Huddersfield, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he , 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of Harrison Bontoft and 
others, relating to the Borough of Boston, is unob- 
jectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of Harrison Bontoft and 
others (No. 2), relating to the Borough of Boston, is 
unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he ' 


of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of Thomas Slatter and another, 


tionable. | 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to | 
the Election Petition of Thomas Barrett Lennard, | 
relating to the Borough of Maldon, is unobjec- 
tionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 


| unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he Leominster 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner Election. 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of Thomas White, relating to 
the Borough of Leominster, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he Dartmouth 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner Election. 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of Charles Chalker and another, 
relating to the Borough of Dartmouth, is unobjec- 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he Taunton 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner Election. 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of James Billings and others, 
relating to the Borough of Taunton, is unobjec- 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Tenants’ Im- 
reading of the Tenants’ Improvements Compensa- Provements 
tion (Jreland) Bill; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next :— 


Compensation 
(Ireland) Bill. 


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


Martis, 7° die Decembris, 1852: 


The said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner | this day. 


: us The Order of the day being read, for the second Land Im- 
relating to the Borough of Cirencester, is unobjec- | reading of the Land Improvement (Ireland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


provement 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Leasing 
reading of the Leasing Powers (Jreland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


Powers 
(Ireland) Bill. 


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


had this day received a Report from the Examiner reading of the Landlord and ‘Tenant (Lreland) Bill; #4 Tenant 


of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to | 


lating to the City of Limerick, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he | 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner | 
of Recognizances, stating ihat the Recognizance to | 
the Election Petition of George Burgess, relating to’ 


the Borough of Maidstone, is unobjectionable. | 


| 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he | m 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner | Bill; 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to | 


the Election Petition of William Henry Banks and next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





cogn 8 Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
the Election Petition of Eugene O'Callaghan, re-| this day. 


(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Tenant Right 
reading of the Tenant Right (Zreland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Courts of 
ittee on the Courts of Common Law (Zreland) Common Law 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


The 





West 
Colon 


Amer 
Bill. 


Come 
Inclo! 


New: 
Stam 


Dise 
Catt! 


Gen 
of I 








16 Vicroriz. 


West India The West India Colonies, &amp;c. Loans Act Amend- 
Colonies, &amp;c. ment Bill was, according to Order, read the third 
ant ll time. 
7 ‘ Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Hamilton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Commons Inclosure Bill ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson Patten re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill; and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


Commons 
Inclosure Bi 


Newspaper Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
Stamp Duties. tg amend the Law relating to the Stamp Duties 
upon Newspapers: And that Mr. Attorney General 
and Mr. Solicitor General do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of a Special Commission issued by 
the Dutch and Belgian Governments, relative to 
the Cause and Treatment of the Fatal Disease of 
Pleura-pneumonia in Cattle, with an Abstract of 
the Experiments made by Dr. Williams, of Haselt, 
and communicated to the Belgian Government ; 
and, Copy of a Report of each Commission. 

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


House Duty Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 

(Inns of Court Return of the Amount of House Duty charged on 

and Chancery-) ¢he Occupants of Chambers in the several Inns 
of Court and Inns of Chancery, distinguishing the 
Sums charged in respect of each Inn respectively. 


Disease in 
Cattle. 


Railway and § Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 

Canal Bills. — t¢ consider the principle of Amalgamation as applied 
to Railway, or Railway and Canal Bills, about to 
be brought under the consideration of Parliament, 
and to consider the principles which ought to guide 
the House in Railway Legislation. 

General Board Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

of Health, to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the General 
Board of Health: And that Lord John Manners 
and Mr. Hamilton do prepare, and bring it in. 

Land Tax Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 

— to appoint additional Commissioners for executing 

’ the Acts for granting a Land Tax and other Rates 

and Taxes: And that Mr. Hamilton and Sir Wil- 
liam Jolliffe do prepare, and bring it in. 

Stamp Duties Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 

— for itself into a Committee, to consider of substituting 

* Stamp Duties for Fees on passing Letters Patent 

for Inventions. 

General Board Lord John Manners presented a Bill to confirm 


of Health Bill. certain Provisional Orders of the General Board of 


No. 56. Health: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Friday next, 
and to be printed. 

ant Tax Mr. Hamilton presented a Bill to appoint addi- 
ety’ Numer” tional Commissioners for executing the Acts for 
Bill. granting a Land Tax and other Rates and Taxes: 

No.57, And the same was read the first time; and ordered 


to be read a second time upon Monday next, and 
to be printed. 


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


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173 


Martis, 7° die Decembris; 


Anno 16° Victorie Regine, 1852. 


PRAYERS. 
Ab ETITION of the there-undersigned Elec- Huddersfield 
tors of the Borough of Huddersfield, in the Election. 
West Riding of the county of York, was delivered ” 
in, and read ; setting forth, That at the last Election 
of a Member to serve in this present Parliament for 


‘the Borough of Huddersfield, in the West Riding of 


the county of York, the Petitioners were registered 
Electors for the said Borough, and had a right to 
vote and did vote at the said Election; that William 
Rookes Crompton Stansfield and William Willans, 
Esquires, were Candidates at the said Election to 
represent the said Boroughin Parliament ; that the 
said Election was held in the month of July One 
thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two, and a poll 
having been demanded, the same was afterwards 
proceeded with, and at the close thereof the said 
William Rookes Crompton Stansfield, Esquire, was 
found and declared to have had a majority of votes, 
and was returned as the Member duly elected to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough ; that a Petition has been presented to the 
House by Frederick Schwann, Charles Henry Jones 
and William Shaw, claiming to be Electors of the 
said Borough, and entitled to vote at the said Elec- 
tion, complaining of the said Election and Return of 
the said William Rookes Crompton Stansfield, and 
praying that the House will declare that the said 
William Rookes Crompton Stansfield was not duly 
elected and returned, but that the said William Wil- 
lans was duly elected, and ought to have been re- 
turned a Member to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough of Huddersfield, and that 
the Return ought now to be amended accordingly, 
and that the House will give the Petitioners such 
further relief as to the House may seem meet ; that 
the Petitioners represent and state that the allega- 
tions in the said Petition contained are unfounded, 
and incapable of proof; that the Petitioners repre- 
sent and assert that the said William Willans had 
not a majority of legal votes over the said William 
Rookes Crompton Stansfield at the said Election, and 
ought not to have been returned at the said Election 
in the place of the said William Rookes Crompton 
Stansfield; and that the majority of legal votes at 
the said Election was in favour of the said William 
Rookes Crompton Stansfield over the said William 
Willans ; that the Petitioners show, that the said 
William Willans, by himself, and his agents, com- 
mittee, friends, and others employed by him, or act- 
ing on his behalf in the said Election, were guilty 
of bribery and corruption, and of other illegal and 
corrupt practices, before and at and during and 
after the said Election; and that previous to and at 
and during and after the said Election the said 
William Willans, by himself, his agents, committee 
and friends, and other persons employed for or act- 
ing on his behalf, did, by gifts, money, rewards, and 
promises and agreements for money, gifts, emolu- 
ments and rewards, and by threats, intimidations 
and promises, and by other undue influence, and 
other corrupt and illegal practices and means, cor- 
rupt and procure divers persons having or claiming 
to have votes at the said Election, to give their 
votes in favour of the said William Willans, and to 
forbear to give their votes to or in favour of the said 
William Rookes Crompton Stansfield, and that the 
said William Willaxs is wholly incapacitated and 
ineligible to serve in the present Parliament for the 
said Borough; that after the teste of the Writ for 
holding the said Election, and before and at and 
during the said Election, the said William Willaus 
did, by himself, and his agents, committee, friends 
and partisans, and by divers ways and means in his 
behalf, or at his charge, directly and indirectly, give, 
present, and allow to persons having votes m und 

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Ce ae nnanesen 


‘nefit and advantage, employment, profit and prefer- 


174 


at the said Election, money, meat, drink, entertain- 
ment and provision, and did make presents, gifts 
and rewards, and did make promises, agreements, 
obligations and engagements to give and allow mo- 
ney, meat, drink, provisions, presents, rewards and 
entertainments to and for persons having votes in 
and at the said Election, and to and for the use, be- 


ment of such persons, to induce such persons to vote 
at the said Election for the said William Witllans, 
and to forbear to vote at the said Election for the 
said William Rookes Crompton Stansfield, and in 
order that he the said William Willans might be 
elected to serve in the present Parliament for the 
said Borough, and that, by reason of the said last- 
mentioned corrupt and illegal practices, the said 
William Willans is wholly incapacitated and ineligible | 
to serve in this present Parliament for the said Bo-| 
rough; that Belore, during and after the said Elec- 
tion, the said William Willans, by himself, his 
agents, friends and partisans, and by and with divers | 
persons, and in divers ways and manners, directly 
and indirectly, did give or provide, and did cause, 
and did knowingly allow to be given or provided, 
wholly or partly at his expense, and did pay wholly 
or in part, divers expenses incurred for meat, drink | 
and provision, to and for divers persons, for the pur- | 
pose of corruptly influencing divers of such persons | 








7° Decembris. A. 1852. 


Barrister appointed to revise the List of Voters for 
the said Borough, and were and are upon the Re- 
gister in force at the time of the said Election ; that 
at the said Election divers persons voted for the said 
William Willans, who were or had been either 
during such Election, or within Six calendar months 
previously thereto, or within Fourteen days after it 
was completed, retained or employed at such Elec- 
tion as agents, attorneys or poll-clerks, or in some 
other capacity for the purposes of such Election, 
and had either before or during or after such Elec- 
tion accepted, received or taken from the said Wil- 
liam Willans, or from some other person for or in 
consideration for or with reference to such retainer 
or employment, a sum or sums of money or retain- 
ing fee, office, place or employment, or promises or 
securities for a sum or sums of money, retaining 
fees, office, place or employment, and that such 
voters were admitted and entered on the poll-book 
as good votes for the said William Willans, and 
ought to be struck off the poll; that at the said 
Election divers persons voted for the said William 
Willans who were registered as Electors fur the 
said Borough, but had become disqualified as 


Electors of the said Borough, and were incapable 


of voting at the said Election, on the ground of their 
having received alms or parochial relief, or on the 
ground of their not being of full age and being sub- 


and divers other persons to give their votes in the | ject to legal incapacity, or on the ground of their 


said Election for the said William Willans, and to | 
refrain from giving their votes at the said Election | 
for the said William Rookes Crompton Stansfield, 
and for the purpose of corruptly rewarding divers | 
of such persons, and divers other persons, for having | 
given their votes at the said Election for the said _ 
William Willans, and for having refrained from 
giving their votes at the said Election for the said 
William Rookes Crompton Stansfield; and that, by | 
reason of the said last-mentioned corrupt and illegal | 
practices, the said William Willans was and is 
wholly incapacitated and ineligible to be elected or 
returned and to serve in this Parliament for the said 
Borough ; that extensive bribery, treating and cor- 
ruption were practised and carried on at the said | 
Election, by and on behalf of the said William 


Willans, and by divers persons, being friends, sup- | 


porters and partisans of the said William Willans, | 
with a view to the Election of the said William | 


Willans, and that fraud, intimidation and duress, 


and other illegal practices, were by the agents, | 
friends and managers, and by other persons on be- | 


half of the said William Willans, practised and 
carried on upon divers persons having votes at the 
said Election, by means whereof many persons, who 
but for such illegal practices would have voted in 
favour of the said William Rookes Crompton Stans- 
field, were induced and compelled to vote in favour 


not having resided ever since the Thirty-first day of 
July One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-one, to 
the time of their voting at the said Election within 
the said Borough, or the place for which they were 
registered, or within the distance thereof required by 
the Act passed in the second year of the reign of 
his late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled, 
“ An Act to amend the Representation of the People 
of England and Wales,” to entitle such persons to 
be registered, or on the ground of their having 
ceased to reside within the said Borough, or within 
such distance so required as aforesaid, durmg some 
part of the period between the Thirty-first day of 
July One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-one 
and the time of their voting at such Election, or on 
the ground of their not having continued to reside 
in the said Borough, or within such distance so re- 
quired as aforesaid at the time of their so voting at 
such Election, and that such votes were admitted 
and entered on the poll-books as good votes for the 
said William Willans, and ought to be struck off 
from the poll; that at the last Election divers per- 
sons voted for the said William Willans. who at the 
time of their so voting were disqualified from or in- 
capable of voting, on the ground of legal incapacity 
under the statute or statutes then in force, or were 
disqualified from or incapable of voting on the 
ground of legal incapacity, which had arisen subse- 


of the said William Willans, and to forbear to give , quently to the expiration of the time allowed for 
their votes in the said Election for the said William | making out the List of Voters, from which the Re- 
Rookes Crompton Stansfield ; that the votes of divers | gister of Voters at the time of the said Election had 
persons were accepted and recorded on the poll in | been made, and that such persons were not entitled 
favour of the said William Willans who were not | to vote, and ought to be struck off the poll; that at 
legally entitled, and had no legal right to vote at | the said Election many voters were counted on the 


the said Election; and that the real majority of | 


good and legal votes polled at the said Election was 
in favour of the said William Rookes Crompton 
Stansfield over the said William Willans ; that di- 
vers persons were admitted to vote and did vote at 
the said Election for the said William Willans, who 
were not entitled by law to vote for the said Bo- 


said poll in favour of the said William Willans, who 
did not, in point of fact, vote for him, but who were 
personated and fraudulently represented by other 
persons who had themselves no title to vote, but 
who fraudulently tendered their votes, and were im- 
properly admitted to vote in the names and cha- 
racters of the said first-mentioned voters, and such 





rough, or to have their names inserted in the List of | names were entered in the poll-book as good votes 
Voters or upon the Register of Voters for the said | for the said William Willans, and ought now to be 
Borough, by reason of their not having had any struck off the poll; that at the said Election many 
qualification in respect of property, occupation, | persons were bribed to give their votes for the said 
value, or residence or payment of rates, or whose | William Willans, or to forbear to give their votes for 
qualification was for other and various causes insuf- | the said William Rookes Crompton Stansfield, and 
ficient, or who were respectively subject to legal in- | others voted at the said Election for the said Wi/- 
capacities, and whose names had been and were | liam Willans, who had laid wagers and otherwise 
unduly and improperly retained or inserted in the | disqualified themselves from so voting; that at the 
said Kegister, in consequence of the decision of the said Election many persons were compelled, by 

threats, 











16 Victroriz. 


threats, intimidation and force, and other illegal 
practices, practised by friends, agents, partisans, 
managers, commitiee-men and supporters of the 
said William Willans, to vote for the said William 
Willans, or to forbear to vote for the said William 
Rookes Crompton Stansfield; many persons were 
otherwise than above stated improperly and illegally 
admitted and reckoned upon the said poll in favour 
of the said William Willans, and omitted or ex- 
cluded from the number of votes polled in favour 
of the said William Rookes Crompton Stansfield ; 
that many persons were admitted to vote and did 
vote at the said Election in favour of the said Wil- 
liam Willans, who had asked, received or taken 
money, gifts, employments, offices or rewards, or who 
were otherwise bribed to vote at the said Election in 
favour of the said William Willans, or to forbear io 
vote at the said Election in favour of the said William 
Rookes Crompton Stansfield, whose votes ought to be 
struck off the poll ; that many persons were admitted 
to vote and did vote at the said Election in favour 
of the said William Willans, who did, by themselves 
or by persons employed by them, by gifts and re- 
wards, and by promises, agreements and securities 
for gifts and rewards, and by divers illegal practices, 
corrupt and procure divers persons having votes 
at the said Election, to give their votes in favour of 
the said William Willans, or to forbear to give their 
votes in favour of the said William Rookes Cromp- 
ton Stansfield, and the votes so admitted ought to be 
struck off the poll; that many persons were ad- 
mitted to vote and did vote at the said Election for 
the said William Wiilans, who before and after the 
teste of the Writ for the said Election, and before, 
at and during the said Election, had corruptly re- 
ceived money, meat; drink, entertainment, provisions, 
presents, gifts and rewards, given, presented and al- 
lowed, and promises, agreements, obligations and 
engagements of and for money, meat, drink, enter- 
tainment and provisions to be given and presented 
and allowed by the said William Willans, and by 
his agents, friends and partisans, or by divers ways 
and means in his behalf, or at his charge, to:and for 
such persons, and to and for the use, benefit and 
advantage, employment, profit and preferment of 
such persons, in order to vote at the said Election for 
the said William Willans, or in order to forbear to 
vote at the said Election for the said Wélliam Rookes 
Crompton Stansfield, or in order that the said Wii- 
liam Willans might be elected, and who were thereby 
disqualified and incapacitated from voting at the 
said Election, and the votes so admitted ought to be 
struck off the poll; that many persons were ad- 
mitted to vote at the said Election for the said Wil- 
liam Willans, who before and after the teste of ‘the 
Writ for the said Election, and before, during, at and 
upon the said Election, were guilty of corruptly 
treating, and of being corruptly treated, in order to 
procure the Election of the said William Willans, 
and who were by such last-mentioned corrupt prac- 
tices disqualified and incapacitated from voting at 
the said Election, and the votes so admitted ought 
to be struck off the poll ; that before, at and during 
the said Election, gross intimidation was threatened 
and practised by the agents, friends and supporters 
of the said William Willans, and by persons in his 
interest and acting on his behalf, and with a view to 
secure his Return, upon persons having votes at the 
said Election, in order to coerce or influence such 
persons to vote for the said William Willans, or to 
forbear to vote for the said William Rookes Cromp- 
ton Stansfield; and that by reason of such intimi- 
dation several persons were influenced or coerced to 
vote for the said William Willans, or to forbear to 
vote for the said William Rookes Crompton Stans- 
field, and the Petitioners are prepared to show that 
several voters who voted for the said William Rookes 
Crompton Stansfield have, in consequence thereof, 
suffered in their trade, business or occupation in 
pursuance of or in consequence of an illegal combi- 
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175 


nation of persons acting on behalf or in the interest 
of the said William Willans; that many persons 
were admitted to vote and did vote at the said Elec- 
tion in favour of the said William Willans, who did, 
by themselves or by persons employed by them, in- 
timidate and coerce divers persons having votes at 
the said Election, to give their votes in favour of the 
said William Willans, or to forbear to give their 
votes in favour of the said William Rookes Cromp- 
ton Stansfield, and the votes so admitted ought to be 
struck off the poll; that by the ways and means 
aforesaid, the said William Willans had not a ma- 
jority of legal votes over the said William Rovkes 
Crompton Stansfield, and was not duly elected nor 
entitled to be returned; and the said William Wil- 
lans was and is, by reason of the premises, wholly 
incapacitated and ineligible to be elected and to 
serve as a Member in the present Parliament for 
the said Borough ; and praying that the House will 
take the premises into consideration, and that the 
Petitioners may be admitted as parties to defend the 
said Election and Return of the said William Rookes 
Crompton Stansfield, and to oppose the prayer of 
the said Petition of the said Frederick Schwann, 
Charles Henry Jones and William Shaw ; and that 
the House will give such further relief as to the 
House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
General Committee of Elections. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant or Warrants for such persons, papers and 
records as shall be thought necessary by the several 
Parties on the hearing of the matter of the said 
Petition. 


Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers ;— 
Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ;—Jewish Disabilities ; 
— Maynooth College Act ;—Maynooth College Act 
and Freedom of Election (Jreland) ; —Advertise- 
ments and Newspaper Stamps ;— Newspaper Stamps; 
—Accidents in Coal Mines;—Danish Claims ;— 
and, Tenant Right (Jreland) Bill,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Election Petition of William Lawler, relating to the 
County of Leitrim, is unobjectionable. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Tenth 
Report. 


Leitrim 
Election. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he Middlesex 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner Election. 


of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of James Morgan and Henry 
Hampstead, relating to the County of Middlesex, is 
unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That, in pur- 
suance of the Act 42 Geo. 3, for regulating the 
Trials of Elections or Returns of Members to serve 
in Parliament, he had received from Christopher 
Fitzsimon, Esquire, Clerk of the Crown and Hana- 
per in Jreland, a List of Barristers, who have 
consented to act as Commissioners for the purposes 
of the said Act. 

Ordered, That the said List he deposited in the 
Office of the Clerk of this House. 


Controverted 
Elections 
(Ireland.) 


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


Returns, showing the Total Number of Paupers in 
receipt of Relief, on the 1st day of July 1851 and 
the 1st day of July 1852 respectively, in 607 Unions 
and Parishes in England and Wales :—Of the Num- 
ber of Adult Able-bodied Paupers relieved during 
the same Periods ; together with a Return showing 
the Causes of Relief upon which the Adult Able- 
bodied were relieved :—And, showing the Amount 
of Money expended for the In-maintenance and Out- 
door Relief in 607 Unions and Parishes in England 
and Wales, during the half-years ended at Michael- 
mas 1851 and Michaelmas 1852 respectively. 


z4 ir 


No. 58. 











































Pontefract 
Election. 


Public Income 


and Expen- 
diture. 


Funded and 
Unfunded 


vebt. 


Capture of 


Bruné, &amp;c. 





176 


Sir John Trollope accordingly presented the said 
Returns. 

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


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had, 
this day, received a Letter from William Clough 
and William Wood, as Agents for James Rhodes 
and others, Petitioners against the Return for the 
Borough of Pontefract, informing him that it is 
not intended to proceed with their said Petition: 

Also, that he had, this day, received a Letter from 


Messrs. Thompson, Debenham and Co., as Agents | P 


for Wiiliam David Lewis, Esquire, also a Petitioner 
against the Return for the Borough of Pontefract, 
informing him that it is not intended to proceed with 
the said Petition :—And the said Letters were read, 


as follow: 


To the Right honourable Charles Shaw Lefevre, | 


Speaker of the House of Commons, and to 

Richard Monckton Miines, Esquire, Sitting 

Membe: of Parliament for the Borough of 
Pontefract. 

We, the undersigned, William Clough and Wil- 

liam Wood, Agents for James Rhodes of Pontefract, 

in the County of York, Surgeon, Edward Tier of 


Tanshelf, in the Borough of Pontefract, School- | 


master, and Samuel Walker of Carleton, in the said 
Borough of Pontefract, Gentleman, the persons 
who recently signed and caused to be presented to 
the House of Commons a Petition, complaning of 
the undue Election and Return of the said Richar 
Monckton Milnes as a Member of Parliament for 
the said Borough, do hereby give Notice to you an 
each of you, that it is not intended to proceed with 
the said Petition. 
Dated this 4th day of December 1852. 
Wm. Clough. 
Wm. Wood. 


Sir, 31, Parliament-street, 7th Dec. 1852. 
As Agents for William David Lewis, Esquire, in 
the matter of his Petition, delivered in on the 17th 
day of November last, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Pontefract, 
we hereby beg to inform you that it is not intended 
to proceed with the said Petition. 
We have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your very obedient servants, 
Thompson, Debenham and Brown. 
To the Right honourable the Speaker 
of the House of Commons, 
The Order for referring the said Petitions to the 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and 
discharged, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Net Income and Expenditure of the 
United Kingdom, for the years ending the 5th day 
of April 1851 and 1852 respectively (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 62, of Session 1851). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Total Amount of the Funded and 
Unfunded Debt of the United Kingdom, stating the 
Date and Amount of each Increase or Decrease, if 
any, during the years ending the 1st day of Janu- 
ary 1850, 1851 and 1852 (in continuation of Parlia- 
inentary Paper, No. 54, of Session 1849). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this. House, 
Copies of Despatches, with their Enclosures, from 
Rear Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane to the Admiralty, 
dated the 13th day of August 1845 and the 9th day 
of July 1846, reporting the Attack on and the Capture 
of the City of Bruné :—Of the Despatches of Cap- 
tain Wallage, Commander of the Honourable East 
India Company’s Steamer “ Nemesis,” dated Singa- 
pore, the 24th day of April 1848, and the Corre- 





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A, 1852. 


spondence therein, to the Comptroller of Steam 
Vessels :—And, of a Despatch from the Govern- 
ment at Madras, Marine Department, to the Court 
of Directors, dated the 5th day of September 1851, 
respecting Piracy in the Eastern Archipelago. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Coloured Seed 
Lights System of Signals, which was presented upon tito 
the 1st day of July in the last Session of the last No 59 


Parliament, be printed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Parliamentary 
osed, That a Select Committee be appointed to **P*T 
inquire into the expediency of distributing, gratis, 
under certain regulations, a selection from the Re- 
ports and Returns printed by Order of the House 
| of Commons, amongst the Literary and Scientific 
| Institutions and Mechanics’ Institutes throughout 
| the United Kingdom ; 

' An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
| Question, by adding at the end thereof, the words 

“ and to inquire whether any alteration should be 
|“ made in the mode in which such documents are 
| “ sold to make them more accessible to the com- 
'“ munity.” 

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

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
_ to inquire into the expediency of distributing, gratis, 
| under certain regulations, a selection from the Re- 
ports and Returns printed by Order of the House 
'of Commons, amongst the Literary and Scientific 
Institutions and Mechanics’ Institutes throughout 
the United Kingdom ; and to inquire whether any 
alteration should be made in the mode in which 
such documents are sold to make them more acces- 
sible to the community. 





A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- London, 
posed, That there be laid before this House, Copies ye 
ofall applications made bythe London, Liverpool and 4 merican 


North American Screw Steam Ship Company to the Screw Steam 


dence between the said Company and Board of 
Trade on the subject thereof; and of all Letters, 
Memorials and other Communications received by 
the Board of Trade from other Persons, Companies 
and Associations relating to such application :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill oe Rates 
to establish County Financial Boards for the assess- 47" Esve™ 
ing of County Rates, and for the administration of 
County Expenditure in England and Wales: And 
that Mr. Milner Gibson and Mr. Barrow do pre- 


pare, and bring it in, 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Messrs. Win- 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased s4te -? 
to give directions, that there be laid before this — 
House, Copies of any Papers or Correspondence 
respecting the Expulsion of Messrs. Wingate and 
Smith from the Austrian Dominions (in continuation 
of Papers presented in the last Session of the last 
Parliament). 

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





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Carlingford 
| Copy of the Report to the Admiralty, on the re- Bay: 
| moval of the Bar in Carlingford Bay, with a view 
| to its being available as a Harbour of Refuge. 
Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee Supply ; 
of Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 
follow : 
| 4. Resolved, That Six thousand five hundred ad- Seamen and 
| ditional Men be employed for the Sea Service, - BMastaes. 
’ the 


Board of Trade for a Charter ; and of all Correspon- Ship Company. 


Steal 
Macl 


Wag 


Medi 


Stor 


Vict 


Roy: 
Arti 


Fors 


Am 


Ord 


Ins 
con 
Sci 
Ar 


Du 
We 








Steam 
Machinery. 


Wages, &amp;c. 


Y 


Medicines 
and Medieal 


Stores. 


Victuals, 


Royal 
Artillery. 


Forage. 


Ammunition. 


Ordnance. 


Institutions 


connected with 


Science and 
Art, 


Duke of 
Wellington. 


Tenants’ 

Improvements 
Compensation 
(Ireland) Bill. 


16 Vicroriz. 7°—8° Decembris. 177 


the 31st day of March 1853, including One thou- _The Yeas to the Right ; 
sand five hundred a The Noes to the Left. 
2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Mr. Brotherton 
hundred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Ma-| “sllers for the Yeas,| My, Taylor : ; - 
jesty, for the necessary Expenses of Steam Machi-. ow Francis Scully, 
pate for Naval mann dung the year ending on Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Roche: . } = 
the 5th day of April 1853. | So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventy-' And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
three thousand nine hundred and_seventy-one proposed, That the Debate be adjourned till Wed- 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the nesday the 15th day of this instant December ; 
Charge of Wages to additional Seamen and Ma- A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
rines, which will come in course of payment to the posed, ‘That this House do now adjourn :—And the 
31st day of March 1853 ; also, of Clothing, Neces-| said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
saries and Barrack Stores for the additional Ma- drawn. 
rines. ; _ Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Wed- 
4, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One’ nesday the 15th day of this instant December. 
thousand two hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of Medicines and) The Land Improvement (Ireland) Bill was, ac- Land Im- 
Medical Stores for additional Seamen and Marines, ' cording to Order, read a second time; and com- Provement 
which will come in course of payment to the 31st} mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Mon- “elan¢) Sill. 
day of March 1853. | day next. 
5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- | ; 
seven thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine; The Leasing Powers (Jreland) Bill was, accord- eee 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the | ing to Order, read a second time ; and committed to land) Bill. 
Charge of Victuals to additional Seamen and Ma- | a Select Committee. 
rines, which will come in course of payment to the | 
8ist day of March 1853. | The Landlord and Tenant (Jredand) Bill was, ac- Landlord 
6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventy | cording to Order, read a second time; and com- Sreland) Bill 
thousand eight hundred and twenty-five pounds, be | mitted to a Select Committee. . 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge | P ; 
which will probably be incurred, to the 31st day of The Tenant Right (Zreland) Bill was, according Tenant Right 
March 1853, for the Levy Money, Maintenance and _ to Order, read a second time; and committed to a (Ireland) Bill. 
Clothing of Men, to be raised for the purpose of Select Committee. 
augmenting the Royal Regiment of Artillery, inclu- ' 
ding the Purchase of One thousand Horses. | The Commons Tnclosure Bill was, according to Commons = 
7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five | Order, read the third time. Inclosure Bill. 
thousand one hundred and thirty-three pounds, be; Resolved, That the Bill do pass. | 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge Ordered, That Sir William Jolliffe do carry the 
which will probably be incurred, to the 31st day of | Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
March 1858, in providing Forage for One thousand | 
Horses. The House, according to Order, resolved itself Stamp Duries 
8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two | into a Committee on Stamp Duties on Patents for seine nt 
thousand seven hundred pounds, be granted to Her | Inventions. ; 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge which will pro-| (In the Committee.) 


bably be incurred, to the 31st day of March 1853, Resolved, That the several Fees and Stamp Du- 
for additional Labour in making up Ammunition, ties made payable by the Patent Law Amendment 
9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fourteen Act, 1852, shall be charged by Duties of Stamps, as 


thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for ‘ ( 
defraying the Charge which will probably be in- | oe aca eee ieee 


curred, to the 31st day of March 1853, for the Par- | Resoluti thoes ted 
chase of heavy Iron Ordnance, and for Projectiles, | esolution to be reported. 
&amp;e 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Sir William 
Jolliffe reported, That the Committee had come to 
a Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and fifty thousand pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, towards defraying, in the year 1852-53, 
the Purchase of Land at Kensington Gore, for In- 


stitutions connected with Science and Art, in aid of} Wy. Afenle d. te Her Maiexv’s Com- a 
, : y presented, by Her Majesty s Com- Slave Trade. 
the Funds already appropriated thereto by Her Ma-| and,—Class (A.) Copy of Correspondence with 


jesty’s Commissioners of the Exhibition of 1851. the British Commissioners at Sierra Leone, Havana, 


11. Resolved, That aSum, not exceeding Eighty | the Cape of Good Hope, Jamaica, Loanda and the 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to| Cape Verde Islands; and, Reports from British 
defray, in the year 1852-53, the Charge for the! Vice-Admiralty Courts, and from British Naval 
Funeral of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington. | Officers, relating to the Slave Trade, from April 1, 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, | 1851, to March 31, 1852. 
were agreed to. _ Class (B.) Copy of Correspondence with British 

Ministers and Agents in Foreign Countries, and 

The Order of the day being read, for the second | With Foreign Ministers in England, relating to the 
reading of the Tenants’ Improvements Compensation , Slave Trade, from April 1, 1851, to March 31, 1852. 
(Ireland) Bill; Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

And a Motion being made, and the Question be- , Table. 
ing proposed, That the Bill be now read a second) wy Barrow presented a Bill to establish County County Rates 
time :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; ' Financial Boards for the assessing of County Rates, #24 Expen- 
And the House having continued to sit till after, and for the Administration of County Expenditure ssapondianans 


Twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; in England and Wales: And the same was read the No. 60. 
Mercuri. 8° die Decembris. 1852: first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
’ ’ ai ‘upon Wednesday next, and to be printed. 
A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the Debate be now adjourned ; | The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Parliamentary 
The House divided. the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated Pap-rs. 


VoL. 108. AA the 










































Ag PNET AA ct ta Rn Anant 


Committees. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Tenth 
Report. ) 


Pablic 
Petitions. 


Vide Eleventh Wines ;— Dick Bequest (Parochial Schoolmasters 


Report. 


Controverted 
Elections. 


Electors and 


polling-places 


(Scotland. ) 


Parliamentary 


Jiiectors Bill. 


A Member 
takes the 
Oaths. 


178 


the 2d day of this instant December, for a Return, 
showing, in Columns, the Net Amount received an- 
nually from the Sale of Parliamentary Papers printed 
by Order of the House of Commons; distinguishing 
the Amount received for whole Sets of Papers, and 
the Amount for Miscellaneous Papers ; and show- 
ing the Amount in each year, commencing in 1844, 
specifying the Increase or Decrease in each year 
respectively; and, in one Sum, the Total Net Re- 
ceipt, to the end of the year 1851 (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 226, of Session 1844). 
And then the House, having continued to sit 

till half an hour after One of the clock on 
Wednesday morning, adjourned till this day. 





Mercurii, 8° die Decembris ; 
Anno 16° Victorie Regine, 1852. 


PRAYERS. 


O# DERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 6th and 7th days of 
this instant December, and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Petitions relating to Maynooth College Act, and 
Freedom of Election (Jreland); — Jamaica ; — 


in Scotland);— Edward Murray ;— and, Ocean 
Penny Postage,—were — and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Robert Palmer, Esquire, one of the Members ap- 
pointed by Mr. Speaker to serve on the General 
Committee of Elections, and not objected to by the 
House, took the following Oath : 


I do swear, that I will truly and faithfully 
perform the duties belonging to a Member of 
the General Committee of Elections, to the best 
of my judgment and ability, without fear or 
favour. So help me God. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to yive directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return showing the Number of Electors 
and the Number of Polling-places in each County 
in Scotland. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Parliamentary Electors Bill ; 


A Member was sworn. 


And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. ; 

7 , Sir De Lucy Evans, - 

Tellers for the Yeas, io alias Shelley : \ 67 
Mr. Frewen, 
Mr. Spooner : } ; 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon this day six months” be added at the end of 
the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Tellers for the Noes, 03. 


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Then the main Question, so amended, being put; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day six months. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the County Electioas Polls Bill, 
as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Ordered, That the Account of Monies in the Ex- 
chequer, or remaining to be raised on the 27th day 
of November 1852, to complete the Aids granted 
by Parliament for the Service of the years 1851 and 
1852, which was presented upon the 2d day of this 
instant December, be referred to the Committee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 

(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That, towards making good the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of ‘Two millions, 
a part of the Sum now remaining in the Exchequer 
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Jre- 
land, or remaining to be received on the 27th day 
of November 1852, to complete the Aids granted 
by Parliament for the Service of the year 1852, and 
of antecedent years, be applied to the Service of the 
year 1858. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson 
Patten reported, That the Committee had come to 
a Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Mr. Wilson Patten also acquainted the House, 
that he was directed to move, That the Committee 
may have leave to sit again. 

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


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

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


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee 
on Stamp Duties on Patents for Inventions, a Re- 
solution ; which was read, as followetk : 

Resolved, That the several Fees and Stamp Duties 
made payable by the Patent Law Amendment Act, 
1852, shall be charged by Duties of Stamps, as well 
as a Fee of 2d. per folio for Office Copies of Docu- 
ments. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Ha- 
milton and Mr, Henley do prepare, and bring it in. 


County 
Elections 
Polls Bill. 


Ways and 
Means ; 


Account 
relative to 
Monies in the 
Exchequer 
referred. 


Transfer of 
Aids, 


Supply. 


Stamp Duties 
on Patents 


for Inventions. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of Finsbury 


the Borough of Finsbury, was delivered in, and read ; 
setting forth, That at the last Election of Members 
to serve in this present Parliament, the Petitioners 
were respectively registered Electors for the said Bo- 
rough, and had a right to vote and did vote at the 
said Election; that the Right honourable Thomas 
Challis, Lord Mayor of London, Thomas Slingsby 


Electionv. 


Duncombe, and James Wyld, Esquires, were Candi- 


dates at the said Election to represent the said Bo- 


rough in Parliament; that the said Election was 
held on the Seventh day of July One thousand eight 
hundred and Fifty-two, and that a poll having been 
demanded, the same was afterwards proceeded with, 
and at the close thereof the said Thomas Challis 
and Thomas Slingsby Duncombe were found and de- 
clared to have had the majority of votes, and were 
returned as the Members duly elected to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said Borough ; that 





a Petition 


Bolte 
Elec! 


Bolton 


Election. 


16 Vicroriz. 


a Petition has been presented to the House by Wil- 
liam Mason, Thomas Holland and William Bestow, 


claiming to be Electors of the said Borough, and | 


entitled to vote at the said Election, complaining of 


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179 


| believe, will defend their seats in the present Parlia~ 


ment as Members of the said Borough ; and pray- 
ing the House to admit them severally and respec- 
tively to defend the Return of the said sitting Mem- 


the said Election and Return of the said Thomas | bers, Thomas Barnes, Esquire, and Joseph Crook, 
Challis, and praying that the House would declare | Esquire, respectively, and to oppose the prayer of 
the Election and Return of the said Thomas Chal-|the Petition of the said George Greenhalgh, to- 


lis for the said Borough of Finsbury wholly null 
and void, and would give to the Petitioners such 
further and other relief as to the House should seem 
meet ; that the Petitioners humbly show and repre- 
sent to the House, that the allegations contained in 
the said Petition are, as the Petitioners verily be- 
lieve, unfounded in fact, and incapable of proof; 
and praying that they may be admitted as parties, 
together with the said Thomas Challis, to defend the 
said Election and Return of the said Thomas Chal- 
lis, and to oppose the prayer of the said Petition of 
the said William Mason, Thomas Holland and Wil- 
liam Bestow ; and that the House will give such 
further relief as to the House may seem meet, 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
General Committee of Elections. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records 
as shall be thought necessary by the several Parties 
on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Thomas Tho- 
masson, Cotton Spinner, Richard Stockdale, Draper, 
John Harwood, Corn-merchant, and Henry Mar- 
riott Richardson, Solicitor, all of the Borough of 
Bolton, in the County of Lancaster, was delivered 
in, and read; setting forth, That the Petitioners 
were, at and during the last Election of Members to 
serve in this present Parliament for the Borough of 
Bolton, in the County of Lancaster, severally and 
respectively registered Electors of the said Borough, 
and severally and respectively had a right to vote, 
and severaily and respectively did vote at the said 
Election; that at the close of the said Election the 
Returning Officer in that behalf duly declared that 
Thomas Barnes, Esquire, and Joseph Crook, Esquire, 
were duly elected Members to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said Borough, and thereupon the 
said Thomas Barnes, Esquire, and Joseph Crook, 
Esquire, were returned as such Members accord- 
ingly ; that, since the said Return, the said Mem- 
bers so duly declared elected, have respectively 
taken their seats as the Members of the said Bo- 
rough for this present Parliament, and are now the 
sitting Members thereof; that the Petitioners have 
learnt that a Petition signed George Greenhalgh, 
and purporting to be the Petition of the said George 
Greenhalgh, a registered Elector of the said Bo- 
rough, having a right to vote and did vote at the 
said Election, has been presented to the House, 
praying that the said Election of the said Thomas 
Barnes, Esquire, and Joseph Crook, Esquire, may 
be declared null and void, on the ground of bribery, 
corruption, threats, intimidation, undue influence and 
other illegal and corrupt practices on the part of the 
said Thomas Barnes, Esquire, and Joseph Crook, 
Esquire, or one of them, committed or otherwise by 
the agents, managers, friends and partisans of the 
said Thomas Barnes, Esquire, and Joseph Crook, 
Esquire, or one of them, committed ; that the Peti- 
tioners severally and respectively deny the truth of 
such allegations, and all and every of them, in 
the said Petition of the said George Greenhalgh, 
severally and respectively set forth therein ; that the 
Petitioners severally and respectively believe that 
the said sitting Members were duly elected, without 
being, either by themselves, agents or friends, guilty 
of any of the allegations contained in the Petition 
of the said George Greenhalgh, and the Petitioners 
feel aggrieved at the averments contained in such 
last-named Petition against the Return of the said 
Thomas Barnes, Esquire, and Joseph Crook, Es- 
quire, who, the Petitioners are informed, and verily 
Vou. 108. 


gether with the said Thomas Barnes, Esquire, and 
Joseph Crook, Esquire. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
General Committee of Elections. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of John James Joseph Sudlow the Her Majesty's 
younger, and A/fred Valentine Gunnell, of 18, Great | renee ll 
George-street, Westminster, Parliamentary Agents ; r 
praying that in the case of the intended applica- 
tion for Her Majesty’s Theatre Association Bill, the 
Standing Orders 61, 62 and 183 may be suspended, 
and that the Examiner may be allowed to proceed 
upon the examination of the Petition for the said 
Bill, upon giving Three clear days’ notice in the 
Private Bill Office of his intention so to do; and 
that he may have leave to consider any Memoriai 
duly complaining of non-compliance with the Stand- 
ing Orders, provided such Memorial be deposited in 
the Private Bill Office on the day before that ap- 
pointed by him for examining the said Petition, was 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Hamilton presented a Bill to substitute Stamp Stamp Duties 

Duties for Fees on passing Letters Patent for In- 0 Patents for 
, 73 2 . Inventions 

ventions, and to provide for the Purchase for the pi) 
public use of certain Indexes of Specifications: yg) 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Friday next; and to 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Revenue Revenue 
Collectors (Scotland), which was presented upon Collectors 


a .os &gt; (Scotland.) 
the 6th day of this instant December, be printed. No.€2. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Parliamen- Parliamentary 
tary Papers, which was presented upon the 7th day Papers. 
of this instant December, be printed. No, 63. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





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Anno 16° Victorie Regine, 1852. 


PRAYERS. 
N R. Speaker acquainted the House, That he Tynemouth 
1 had yesterday received a Report from the Election. 
Examiner of Recognizances, stating that the Recog- 
| nizance to the Petition of Thomas Dixon Hadaway 
and others, against the Return for the Borough of 
Tynemouth, is unobjectionabie. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he Cockermouth 
had yesterday received a Report from the Examiner Plection. 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance 
to the Petition of Joseph Martin, junior, against 
the Return for the Borough of Cockermouth, is un- 
objectionable, 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he Athlone 
had yesterday received a Report from the Examiner lection. 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Petition of Robert Bartholomew Lawes, against 
the Return for the Borough of Athlone, is unob- 
jectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he pungarvan 
had yesterday received a Report from the Examiner Election. 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Petition of Edward O’ Flaherty, against the Re- 

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New Ross 
Election. 


Youghal 
Election. 


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turn for the Borough of Dungarvan, is unobjec- 
tionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner of 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Election Petition of Henry Lambert, Esquire, relating 
to the Borough of New Ross, is unobjectionable. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of 
the Borough of Youghal, in the county of Cork, in 
that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Jreland called Jreland, was delivered in, and 
read; setting forth, That the last Election for the 
Borough of Youghal was held by the High Sheriff 
of the county of Cork, the Returning Officer for the 
said Borough, on Monday the Twelfth day of July 
last past; that on said occasion, two Candidates 
were proposed to represent the said Borough, viz. 
Isaac Butt, Esquire, the now sitting Member, and 
John William Fortescue, Esquire, commonly called 
the Honourable John William Fortescue; that the 
polling for the said Election took place on Wed- 
nesday the Fourteenth day of July last past, when 
One hundred and eleven votes were given for the 
said Isaac Butt, and One hundred and nine votes 
for the said John William Fortescue; and that on 
Thursday the Fifteenth day of July last past, the 
said High Sheriff declared the said Isaac Butt duly 
elected to serve in Parliament for the said Borough, 
and the said Jsaac Butt was then and there re- 
turned accordingly; that the Petitioners had a 
right to vote at the said Election, and did vote 
thereat for the said Zsaac Butt; that the Petitioners 
have been informed that the said John William For- 
tescue has presented two Petitions to the House, 
one on the Twenty-third day of November last past, 
and another on the Twenty-fifth day of November 
last past; that in the first of said Petitions the said 
John William Fortescue only prays that the said 
Return of the said Zsaac Butt may be declared null 
and void, but that in the second of said Petitions 
he prays that the House may further declare that 
the said John William Fortescue may be declared 
to have been duly elected, and that he ought to 
have been returned for the said Borough of Youghal, 
and may order the Return for the said Borough to 
be amended accordingly ; that so far as the said 
John William Fortescue only petitioned to have the 
said Election declared null and void, the Petitioners 
did not deem it necessary to approach the House, 
but were willing to leave to the said Zsaac Butt his 
own defence against allegations more immediately 
affecting him, although the Petitioners believe such 
allegations to be untrue and unfounded ; but that 
with reference to said Petition so presented to the 
House on the said Twenty-fifth day of Novem- 
ber, and in which the said John William Fortescue 
seeks to be declared the sitting Member for the said 
Borough, the Petitioners humbly submit that such 
Petition is altogether frivolous and vexatious, and 
the Petitioners show unto the House that so far 
from the said John William Fortescue having the 
majority of good and valid votes at the said Elec- 
tion, as untruly alleged by the said Petition, the 
majority of good and valid votes for the said Jsaac 
Butt was in truth and reality much greater than that 
declared by the said High Sheriff; the Petitioners 
humbly show unto the House that of the One hun- 
dred and nine votes so given and received as afore- 
said at the said Election for the said John William 
Fortescue, a very large number were those of per- 
sons who had no legal right to vote, or were dis- 
qualified from voting at the said Election; that 
several of said votes so given for the said John 
Willian Fortescue were given by persons registered 
as treemen of the Town of Youghal, and who since 
their registration had ceased to reside within seven 
miles of the polling-place of the said Town, and 
who at the time of the said Election and of their 
voting were not resident within seven miles of 








A. 1852. 


the polling-place of the said Borough, as required 
by the law to enable them to vote, and who were 
by reason of such their non-residence incapable of 
legally voting at said Election; that several others 
of the said persons who voted for the said John 
William Fortescue were persons who had been pre- 
vious to the said Election, or during the same, em- 
ployed by the said John William Fortescue or his 
agents, or as acting for him in some other capacity 
during the Election, and who had been paid or 
promised sums of money for said employment, and 
that the votes of the said persons, although ten- 
dered and received for the said John William For- 
tescue, were illegal and void; that several others of 
the persons who voted for the said John William 
Fortescue, and who were registered as voters for the 
said Borough, had, subsequent to their registration, 
ceased to possess the qualification in respect of 
which they were so registered, and were not at the 
time of the Election, or of their voting, duly quali- 
fied to vote at the said Election; that several per- 
sons voted at the said Election for the said John 
William Fortescue as rated occupiers, who were not 
at the time of said Election occupiers of any pre- 
mises within the said Borough, in respect of which 
they were rated in the last rate for the time being, 
made under the Acts for the relief of the destitute 
poor in Ireland, to the annual value of Eight pounds, 
or upwards, and who therefore had no right to vote at 
said Election, and who were not otherwise qualified to 
vote at the said Election ; that several persons voted 
at the said Election for the said John William For- 
tescue, who were corruptly induced so to vote by 
bribes and sums of money, or promises of sums of 
money given or made to them by the said John Wil- 
liam Fortescue, or his agents, or by some other per- 
sons in his interest, and that the votes of said per- 
sons were illegal and void ; that several persons voted 
at the said Election for the said John William Fur- 
tescue who were corruptly induced so to vote by 
promises of employments or situations made to 
them, or to their near relatives, by the said John 
William Fortescue and his agents, in order to in- 
fluence their votes, and in consideration of their 
votes being given for the said John William For- 
tescue at the said Election; that at the said Elec- 
tion, several of the Electors of the said Borough 
were compelled by violence, threats, intimida- 
tion and force, practised by the friends, agents 
and partisans of the said Juhn William Fortescue, 
to vote for the said John William Fortescue; and 
that some of said Electors openly declared, at 
the time of voting, that they voted under com- 
pulsion, and that all the said votes were null and 
void ; the Petitioners further’ show unto the House, 
that the said John William Fortescue and his agents 
did, both before and during the said Election, give 
large sums of money to several of the Electors of 
the said Borough, in order corruptly to influence 
them to vote for the said John William Fortescue, 
and that to several other Electors of the said Bo- 
rough, and to their wives and children, the said John 
William Fortescue, and his agents, did promise sums 
of money, and securities for money, and the pro- 
curing of places, situations, employments and emo- 
luments for themselves or their near relations, in 
order corruptly to influence the said Electors to 
vote for the said John William Fortescue at the said 
Election; that the said John William Fortescue 
and his agents did, during the said Election, and 
before the said Election, and after the issuing of the 
Writ under which said Election was held, illegally 
and corruptly provide meat, drink and entertain- 
ment for several of the Electors of the said Borough, 
at the expense of him the said John William For- 
tescue, in order corruptly, and by illegal means, to 
influence the votes of the said Electors, and in order 
to procure the Return of the said John William For- 
tescue for the said Borough; that the said John Wil- 
liam Fortescue was, by both himself and his agents, 
guilty 





Maldon 
Election. 


16 VicrorizZ. 


guilty of bribery and treating at the said Election, 
and was also guilty of other corrupt, illegal and 
violent practices, in order to obtain votes for him 
the said John William Fortescue at the said Elec- 
tion; that by reason of such bribery and treating, 
and other corrupt and illegal practices, the said 
John William Fortescue was wholly disqualified 
and incapacitated from being elected or returned for 
the said Borough, and is now disqualified and 
incapacitated from sitting in this present Parlia- 
ment; that the said John William Fortescue had 
not the majority of legal votes at the said Elec- 
tion, and that even if he had, he was, by reason 
of such his corrupt practices, wholly disqualified by 
law from being elected or returned at the said 
Election, and that the prayer of the said Peti- 
tioners, that he may be declared the Sitting 
Member for the said Borough, is frivolous and 
vexatious; and praying the House, pursuant to the 
statute in such case made and provided, to admit 
the Petitioners to oppose the prayer of the said Pe- 
tition so presented to the House by the said John 
William Fortescue on the Twenty-fifth day of Novem- 
ber last past, and that the Petitioners may be heard 
by themselves, their counsel, agents and witnesses, 
and that the Petitioners may have such other relief 
as to the House may seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the General Committee of Elections. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of James Francis Tomlinson, of Mal- 
don, in the county of Essex, Surgeon, was delivered 
in, and read ; setting forth, That the Petitioner had 
a right to vote at the last Election of Members to 
serve in this present Parliament for the Borough of 
Maldon, in the county of Essex, and did vote at 
such Election for Charles DuCane, Esquire, and 
Taverner John Miller, Esquire, who were elected 
and returned to serve for the said Borough in this 
Parliament ; that two Petitions have been presented 
to the House, one from Edward Hance and William 
Smith, complaining of an undue Election and Re- 
turn of the said Charles DuCane and Taverner John 
Miller, and the other from Thomas Barrett Len- 
nard, Esquire, complaining of an undue Electionand 
Return of the said Taverner John Miller, and pray- 
ing, amongst other things, that it may be declared 
that the said Thomas Barrett Lennard was duly 
elected, and ought to have been returned at the said 
Election to serve in this Parliament for the said 
Borough ; that the allegations of the said Petitions 
are untrue, and cannot be sustained, and that the 
said Charles DuCane and Taverner John Miller had 
a majority of legal votes over the said Thomas Bar- 
rett Lennard, and were duly chosen, elected and 
returned to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough; that before and during the said 
Election, the said Thomas Barrett Lennard and 
Quintin Dick, Esquires, both of whom were Candi- 
dates at the said Election, by themselves, their 
agents, managers, friends, partisans and persons 
employed on their behalf, were guilty of bribery and 
corruption, and did, by gifts, presents, money, re- 
wards and promises, agreements, and securities for 
money, gifts aiid rewards, and by intimidation, un- 
due influence, and other corrupt and illegal prac- 
tices, acts and means, corrupt, induce, compel 
and procure divers persons having or claiming to 
have votes at such Election, to give their votes at 
the said Election in favour of the said Thomas 
Barrett Lennard and Quintin Dick, and to forbear 
to give their votes at such Election in favour of the 
said Charles DuCane and Taverner John Miller ; 
that before and during and after the said Election 
the said Thomas Barrett Lennard and Quintin Dick, 
so being such Candidates, did, by themselves, their 
Von. 108, 


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1é1 


agents, managers, partisans and friends, and by and 
with other persons, give and provide, and did cause 
and knowingly allow to be given and provided, 
wholly or partiy at their expense, and did wholly or 
partly pay for meat, drink, entertainment and pro- 
vision to and for Electors of the said Borough having 
votes at the said Election, and to and for other per- 
sons, for the purpose of corruptly.influencing per- 
sons then being such Electors, and having such votes, 
to give their votes to the said Thomas Barrett Len- 
nardand Quintin Dick, or to refrain from giving their 
votes at such Election to the said Charles DuCane 
and Taverner John Miller, and for the purpose of 
corruptly rewarding persons for having given or for 
having refrained from giving their votes at such 
Election ; that before and during the said Election, 
and after the teste of the Writ for the Election of 
Members to serve in this Parliament for the said 
Borough, the said Thomas Barrett Lennard and 
Quintin Dick did, by themselves, their agents, par- 
tisans and friends, and by other persons on their be- 
half and at their charge, give, present, make and 
allow to persons having votes at the said Election, 
money, meat, drink, entertainment and provision, 
presents, gifts and rewards, and promises, agree- 
ments, obligations and engagements to give and 
allow money, meat, drink, provision, present, enter- 
tainment and reward, to and for the use, benefit, ad- 
vantage, profit or preferment of such persons, in 
order that they the said Thomas Barrett Lennard 
and Quintin Dick might be elected to serve in this 
Parliament for the said Borough ; that by reason of 
the said several corrupt and illegal practices, the 
said Thomas Barrett Lennard and Quintin Dick 
were and are disabled and incapacitated from 
serving and ineligible to serve in this Parliament 
for the said Borough; and praying that he may be 
admitted as a party to defend the Return of the 
said Charles DuCane and Taverner John Miller as 
Members to serve in this Parliament for the said 
Borough, and that he may be heard by bimself, his 
counsel, agents and witnesses, to oppose the prayer 
of the said Petition of Edward Hance and William 


Thomas Barrett Lennard. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 





General Committee of Elections. 

| Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 





the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
that part of the Message from the Lords of the 
23d day of November last, wherein their Lordships 
request that this House will communicate to their 
Lordships, Copy of Report from the Select Com- 
mittee appointed by this House in the last Session 
of the last Parliament on Jndian Territories ; toge- 
ther with the Minutes of Evidence taken before the 
Committee, and the Appendix and Index thereto. 

Ordered, That a printed Copy of the said Report 
be communicated to the Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships: And that Mr. Wilson Patten do deliver 
the same. 


c. 90, for granting Duties of Customs, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into a Committee, to consider so much 
of the said Act as relates to the Duties on Tea. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Reports of the Commissioners in Lu- 
nacy, and the Evidence presented by them last year 
to the Home Office, as to the state and management 
of Bethlehem Hospital, and of all Correspondence 

AA3 thereon :— 





Smith, and also the prayer of the said Petition of 





Indian 
Territories. 


The House was moved, That the Act 8 &amp; 9 Vic. Tea Duties. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented oe 
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Gloucester 
County 
(Western 
Division) 
Election. 


Boston 
Election. 


182 Y” Decembris. 


thereon:-—And, of the Observations of the Governors 
of Bethlehem Hospital upon the Report of the Com- 
missioners in Lunacy to the Secretary of State. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this fens as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


A Petition of the Honourable George Charles 
Grantley Fitzhardinge Berkeley, complaining of 
bribery and intimidation at the last Election for the 
Western Division of the County of Gloucester, and 
praying for inquiry, was brought up, and read: And 
it appearing that the Petition contained Charges 
which brought it within the provisions of the Elec- 
tion Petitions Act 1848 ; and the time for presenting 
such Petitions having elapsed ; 

Ordered, That the Petition be withdrawn. 


A Petition of the several Persons whose names are 
thereunto subscribed, was delivered in, and read; 
seiting forth, That at the last Election of Members to 
serve in this present Parliament for ihe Borough of 
Boston, the Petitioners were registered Electors for 
the said Borough, and had a right to vote and did vote 
at the said Election; that at the said Election of 
Members to serve in Parliament for the said Borough, 
Gilbert Henry Heathcote, Esquire, Benjamin Bond 
Cabbell, Esquire, John Alexander Hankey, Esquire, 
Thomson Hankey, Junior, Esquire, and William 
Henry Adams, Esquire, were Candidates, and a poll 
being demanded and taken, at the close thereof the 
Returning Officer of the said Borough declared that 
the said Gilbert Henry Heathcote, Esquire, and 
Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esquire, had a majority of 
votes at the said Election, and were duly elected 
as Members to serve in Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough of Boston; that a Petition has been pre- 
sented to the House by Iarrison Bontoft, Robert 
Harrison, George Colton and Luke Bland, claiming 





to be Electors of the said Borough, and entitled to 


vote at the said Election, complaining of the said | 





A. 1852. 


further alleging that the Election and Return of the 
said Gilbert Henry Heathcote was procured by 
means of such treating as aforesaid, and praying 
that the said Gilbert Henry Heathcote might be de- 
clared not duly elected, and that the said Return 
might be amended, and that the name of the said 
Gilbert Henry Heathcote might be erased from the 
said Return, and that the name of the said John 
Alexander Hankey or of the said Thomson Hankey 
might be inserted therein in lieu thereof, and that 
the said John Alexander Hankey or the said Thomson 
Hankey might be allowed to take his seat as Mem- 
ber for the said Borough in this present Parliament, 
or that the said Return and Election, as far as re- 
garded the said Gilbert Henry Heathcote, might be 
declared null and void, and the parties put to a new 
Election, and that the House would grant such 
further relief to the Petitioners as the nature and 
merits of the case might require, and as to the 
House might seem meet; that the Petitioners re- 
present and state that the allegations contained in 
the said Petition are, as the Petitioners believe, 
wholly unfounded and incapable of proof; that 
moreover the Petitioners represent and assert that 
the said John Alexander Hankey and Thomson 
Hankey were, and each of them was, by themselves 
and himself, their and his several agents, friends, 
partisans and others, employed for them and him 
in acting on their and his behalf respectively, guilty 
of treating, and directly and indirectly did, and each 
of them did give, present and allow to divers per- 
sons having votes at the said Election, money, meat, 
drink, entertainment and provision, after the teste 
of the Writ for holding the said Election, to induce 
such persons and other voters to vote at the said 
Election for the said John Alexander Hankey and 
Thomson Hankey, or one of them, or to abstain from 
voting for the said Gi/bert Henry Heathcote; and 
also, that before, during and after the said Election 
the said John Alexander Hankey and Thomson Han- 
hey did, and each of them did, by themselves aud 


Election and Return of the said Gilbert Henry | himself, their and his agents, friends, partisans and 


Heathcote, alleging, among other things, that he 
the said Gilbert Henry Heathcote, by himself, his 
friends, agents and partisans, or by divers ways 
and means on his behalf or at his charge, directly 
or indirectly, before and after the teste of the Writ 
for such Election, and before, at and during the 
said Election, did give, present and allow to divers 
persons having votes or claiming to have votes at 
such Election, money, meat, drink, entertainment 
and provision, and did make presents, gifts, rewards 
and entertainments, and did make promises, agree- 
inents, obligaticns and engagements, to give and 
allow money, meat, drink, provision, presents, re- 
wards and entertainments, to and for the use, ad- 
vantage and profit of such persons, in order that the 
suid Gilbert Henry Heathcote might be returned at 
such Election ; and further alleging, that the said 
Gilbert Henry Heathcote did, by himself and _ his 
agents, friends or partisans, or by or with divers 
persons, or in divers ways and manners, directly 
and indirectly give or provide, or did cause and did 


knowingly allow to be given or provided, wholly or | 





others acting for them and him, or on their and his 
behalf respectively, give and provide, and cause and 
knowingly allow to be given and provided, wholly or 
partly at their expense, or the expense of one of 
them, and paid wholly or in part divers expenses 
incurred for meat, drink, entertainment and _pro- 
vision to and for divers persons, for the purpose of 
corruptly influencing divers of such persons and di- 
vers other persons to give their votes at the said 
Election for the said John Alexander Hankey and 
Thomson Hankey, or one of them, or to refrain from 
giving their votes at the said Election for the said 
Gilbert Henry Heathcote, or for the purpose of cor- 
ruptly rewarding divers of such persons or divers 
other persons for having given their votes at the 
said Election for the said John Alexander Hankey 
and Thomson Hankey, or one of them, or for having 
refrained from giving their votes at the said Elec- 
tion for the said Gilbert Henry Heathcote ; that by 
reason of such corrupt and illegal practices on the 
part of the said John Alexander Hankey and Thom- 
son Hankey respectively, their several friends, 


partly at his expense, or did pay wholly or in part; agents, partisans and others acting for them or on 


divers expenses incurred for meat, drink, entertain- 
ment and provision, to and for divers persons, be- 
tore, during and after the said Election, for the 
yurpose of corruptly influencing divers of such per- 
sous or divers other persons to give their votes in 
such Election for the said Gilbert Henry Heath- 
cote, or to refrain from giving their votes in such 
Election for the said John Alexander Hankey and 
Thomson Hankey, or one of them, or for the pur- 
pose of corruptly rewarding divers of such persons 
er divers other persons for having given their votes 
at such Election for the said Gilbert Henry Heath- 
cote, or tor having refrained from giving their votes 
at the said Election for the said John Alexander 
Hankey and Thomson Hankey, or one of them, and 


their behalf as aforesaid, as well as of other corrupt 
and illegal practices at the said Election, the said 
John Alexander Hankey and Thomson Hankey were 
and are, and each of them was and is, wholly in- 
capacitated and ineligible to be elected or returned 
or to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
Borough; and praying the House to take the pre- 
mises into their consideration, and that they may be 
admitted as parties to defend the said Election and 
Keturn of the said Gilbert Henry Heathcote, and to 
oppose the prayer of the said Petition of the said 
Harrison Bontoft, Robert lurrison, George Colton 
and Luke Bland ; and that the House will be pleased 
to give such further relief in the premises as to the 
House may seem meet. 





Ordered, 


Pee 





Court of 
Session 
(Scotland. ) 


Sheriff Courts 


(Scotland, ) 


16 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the General Committee of Elections. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records 
as shall be thought necessary by the several Parties 
on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return to show, in Columns,—1. The 
Number and Names, and the Dates of the Appoint- 
ments respectively, of the Judges at present com- 
prising the Court of Session in Scotland, with the 
Amount of Salaries respectively of each Judge; 
also, the Name and the Amount of the yearly Salary 
and Emoluments, if any, of the Clerks of the said 
Judges respectively :—2. The Number and Names 
of the Judges who have been allowed to retire from 
the above Courts under Superannuations for Life, 
stating the Causes assigned therefor ; and the Dates 
of the said Superannuations respectively of each 
Judge now on the Superannuation List ; also, Copies 
of the Forms required by Law, and of the Certifi- 
cates necessary in support of the Applications made 
by Judges of the above Courts to be superannuated, 
and the Authority on which the Superannuations of 
Judges are granted :—3. Copies of the Forms and 
Certificates in virtue of which the Judges now su- 
perannuated were transferred to that List :—4. The 
yearly Amount of Superannuation Allowances now 
payable to each of the Judges on the present Su- 
perannuation List, with the Date of the Commence- 
ment of the Payment of the said Annuity :—5. 
Copy or Extract of the Laws which regulate or fix 
the Number of Judges required to constitute the 
Court of Session to be not less than Thirteen in 
Number :—6. Whether any and what Extension has 
been made in the Sittings of the Court of Session 
in virtue of the Act 1 &amp; 2 Vic. c. 36, s. 10 and 11, 
and by what Authority made, and a Copy of the 
said Authority :—7. Copy of Section 10 of the said 
Act, and a List of the Causes on the Rolls of each 
Division respectively of the Inner House of the 
Court of Session on the 12th day of November of 
each year since the passing of the said Act, with 
the Date of the Reclaiming Note in each such 
Cause ; and also, a List of such of the said Causes 
as remained on the said Rolls undecided on the 12th 
day of November following, each _ respectively : 
—s. And, the Total Amount of the Salaries paid to 
each Judge of the Court of Session from and after 
the 29th day of July 1839; stating the Amount of 
such Salaries that was added according to Sections 
10 and 11 of the said Act, in each year since that 
Date, and the Aggregate of the same, stating what 
the Amount would have been without the Amount 

aid under the said Sections of the said Act. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return to show, in Columns,—1. The 
Name, Residence, Date of Appointment, Salary, and 
all Fees, Emoluments or other Sources of Income, 
accruing in each year to each Sheriff Depute re- 
spectively ; stating also the Amount of Deductions 
therefrom, if any, in each of the last five years, up 
to the 31st day of December 1851 :—2. The Num- 
ber of Courts held in each County in each year of 
the above Period, the Dates of holding said Courts, 
the Length of each Sitting, and the Number of 
Causes heard and decided im the above Period at 
each Sitting of the Court by each Sheriff Depute 
respectively ; distinguishing the ordinary Civil 
Courts, the Small Debt Courts and the Criminal 
Courts ; and also distinguishing, in regard to these 


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183 


last Courts, the Number of Cases tried with the aid 
of a Jury:—3. The Number of Ordinary Civil 
Causes decided in each Sheriff Court in each 
year; distinguishing those concluding for Payment 
of Money from other Causes, and specifying the 
Number of those Causes with pecuniary Conclusions 
in which the Amount was respectively under £. 25, 
between £.25 and under £.50, and above £. 50; 
together with the Expense of Taxed Costs in each 
Class :—4. The Number of Interlocutors separately 
appealed from, distinguishing those in the prepara- 
tion of the Cause, and on points of Evidence from 
those on the Merits; the Number of the Sheriffs 
Substitutes Interlocutors which have been affirmed, 
and the Number which have been reversed or altered 
by the Sheriff Depute, distinguishing as above ; the 
Average Expense of each such Appeal, and the 
Average Period of Time elapsing between the Date 
of the Appeal and that of the Decision by the She- 
riff Depute thereon:—5. The Number of Causes 
in which the Judgments of the Sheriffs Depute 
have been brought under the Review of the. Court 
of Session, together with the Number of such 
Causes in which the Judgments have been affirmed, 
and the Number in which the Judgments have been 
reversed or altered; specifying whether such Af- 
firmants, Reversal or Alteration, were in accordanc? 
with the Original Judgment of the Sheriff Substi- 
tutes :—6. The Number of Appeals to the House of 
Lords in Cases originating in the Sheriff Courts, and 
the results, in ak of these years :—7. Return of 
the Sheriffs Substitutes now in Office, in each 
County of Scotland ; stating the Name, Residence 
and Date of Appointment of each, and distinguishing 
those who are Advocates:—8. The Salaries, Fees, 
Emoluments and other Sources of Income (if any) ; 
stating also the Amount of Deductions therefrom 
of each of the said Sheriffs Substitutes in each 
year :—9. The Number of Small Debt Courts held 
annually by each Sheriff Substitute in each County ; 
distinguishing those held in Circuit, with the Amount 
of Allowance for Expenses, the Amount of Expen- 
diture, and the distance travelled in attending the 
Circuit Courts :—10. The Number of Interlocutors 
pronounced in Ordinary Civil Cases in each year by 
each Sheriff Substitute; distinguishing those in the 
preparation of the Cause and in points of Evidence 
from those on the Merits; also, an Account or De- 
scription of Business performed under the Bankrupt 
and Cessio Acts, the Poor Law Acts, and as Com- 
missary, by each Sheriff Substitute ; also, a Return 
of the Nature and Extent of Duties performed, and 
the Time taken up by Sheriff Substitutes actin 

under the Police Acts:—11. The Number of Smal 
Debt Causes decided in each year by each Sheriff 
Substitute, distinguishing those tried in Circuit 
Courts :—12. The Amount, in Value, of such Causes, 
distinguishing the Number below ¢£. 5, and also, as 
far as is possible, the Number in which the Excess 
of Debt over £.8. 6s. 8d. has been abandoned :— 
13. The Number of Small Debt Causes which have 
been remitted by each Sheriff Substitute from his 
Small Debt Court to his Ordinary Roll, in each 
year:—14. The Number of Causes in the Ordinary 
and Small Debt Courts respectively, in each year, 
in which Decree in Absence has been given :—15. 
The Number of Criminal Cases decided in each 
year, by each Sheriff Substitute in each County, 
and the Total Number so decided ; distinguishing 
the Number of said Criminal Cases decided with 
the aid of a Jury:—16. The Number of Cases ap- 
pealed to Justiciary Circuit Court from each Sheriff 
Court in each County in each of the above years ; 
distinguishing the Number affirmed, reversed or 
altered, respectively :—17. The,Number of Criminal 
Cases decided in each Sheriff ‘Court, which have 
been brought under the Review of the High Court 
of Justiciary, distinguishing the Number affirmed, 
reversed or altered respectively :—18. And, the 
Number of Days, and the Number of Hours in each 





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Census of 
ireland. 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland. ) 


County Rutes. 


Dock Yards, 
&amp;e. 


Consolidated 
Annuities 


(Ireland. ) 


184 


Day, in which the Sheriff Depute has sat in the 
Registration Court and Appeal Registration Court 
in each County, and the Amount of Fees received 
by each respectively in each of the five years. 

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


Sir William Jolliffe presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of the Census of Jreland tor the 
year 1851 :—Part I., showing the Area, Population 
and Number of Houses by Townlands and Electoral 
Divisions,— County of Donegal. 

Copy of the Census of Ireland for the year 1851: 
—Part I. showing the Area, Population and Num- 
ber of Houses by Townlands and Electoral Divi- 
sions,—County of Down. 

Copy of the Census of Jreland for the year 1851: 
—Part I. showing the Area, Population and Num- 
ber of Houses by Townlands and Electoral Divi- 
sions,—County of Fermanagh. 

Copy of the Census of Jreland for the year 1851: 
—Part I. showing the Area, Population and Num- 
ber of Houses by Townlands and Electoral Divi- 
sions,—County of Londonderry. 

Sir William Jolliffe also presented, pursuant to 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of 
General Orders made by the Lord High Chancellor 
of Ireland. 

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


Mr. Hamilton presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 16th day of November 
last, for Returns of the Expenditure of the Grants 
made by Parliament in the year 1851, in aid of 
County Rates; distinguishing the Proportion paid 
for Expenses of Prosecutions and for Conveyance 
of Convicts; showing the Amount paid by each 
County, Borough and Liberty, and the Total Amount 
in that year (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 507, of Session 1850) :—And, of the Charge for 
the Maintenance of Prisoners in each County, 
Borough and Liberty, in the year 1851. 

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


Mr. Stafford presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 2d day of this instant December, for 
Copies of any Letters or Orders sent to the Dock 
Yards during the year 1852, directing that the 
Names of the Artificers recommended tor Promo- 
tion should be sent direct to the Secretary of the 
Admiralty, instead of being previously submitted for 
the Opinion of the Surveyor of the Navy, as had 
been the established Rule :—Of any Letters or 
Orders rescinding the former Order, and directing 
that the Names of those Men recommended for 
Promotion were to be submitted to the Surveyor of 
the Navy as formerly :—And, of the Instructions 
given to the Committee directed to assemble for 
the purpose of inquiring into the Building of Steam 
Ships, Steam Engines and the Power of Steam as 
applicable to Naval purposes. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Memorial addressed to the 
Poor Law Commissioners in Jreland from the 
Board of Guardians of the Ballyvaughan Union, in 
the County of Clare, in reference to the Consoli- 
dated Annuities in Jreland, dated the 13th day of 
September 1851. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 


' of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


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A. 1852. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of all Correspondence which has 
taken place between the Board of Admiralty, the 
General Screw Steam Shipping Company, and the 
General Post Office, relating to the Application of 
that Company for the Substitution of Southampton for 
Plymouth as the Port of Departure for the Steamers 
which carry the Mails to the Cape of Good Hope 
and India :—Of all Official Papers which have been 
forwarded to or sent from the Board of Admiralty, 
within the last Six Months, in reference to the Ac- 
commodation which the Port of Plymouth affords 
for Ships of the Size and Length employed by that 
Company in the Conveyance of these Mails, and of 
the Replies thereto :—And, of all Reports connected 
with the Subject which have been received by the 
Board of Admiralty during the year 1852. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of Warrant of the Lord Lieutenant, ap- 
ere Commissioners of Inquiry into Fairs and 

farkets in Ireland :—And, of Letter of Instructions 
to the Commissioners (27th September 1852). 

Lord Naas accordingly presented the said Paper. 

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


Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers ;— 
Crystal Palace (Sydenham);— Maynooth College 
Act, and Freedom of Election (Jreland) ;—Nun- 
neries ; — British Colonies ;— East India ; —Ja- 
maica ; — Advertisements ; — Advertisements and 
Newspaper Stamps ;—Coflee ;— Newspaper Stamps ; 
—Paper, Newspaper Stamps and Advertisements ; 
—Mercuntile Laws ;—- Parochial Schools ( Scotland); 
— Poor Law; — Postage (International) ;— and, 
Tenant Right (Ireland) Bill,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Francis Mowatt, of Devonshire- 
place, in the County of Middlesex, Esquire, was 
presented, and read ; setting forth, That an Action 
is now pending in Her Majesty’s Court of Queen’s 
Bench, wherein the Petitioner is Plaintiff and the 
Right honourable the Baron Londesborough is De- 
fendant, and that the said Action is appointed for 
Trial at the Guildhall of the City of London, on 
Monday the Thirteenth day of December instant ; 
that the Petitioner is advised and believes, that it 
is material for the Petitioner’s case that he should 
produce in evidence on the said Trial, the Report of 
the Committee of the House upon the Bill of the 
Dover and Deal Railway, Cinque Ports, Thanet 
and Coast Junction; and praying that the Peti- 
tioner may be allowed the attendance of the proper 
Officer of the House to produce the Journal of the 
House, containing the Report of the said Committee 
on the said Bill. 

Ordered, That leave be given to the proper Officer 
to attend accordingly. 


Mr. Henley a. pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament,—Report of the Lords of 
the Committee of Privy Council for Trade on the 
Abandonment of the Undertaking of the Oldham 
Alliance Railway Company. 

Ordered, That thesaid Paper do lie upon the Table. 


The following ~— was laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 7th day of this instant December, for 
Returns of the Net Income and Expenditure of the 
United Kingdom, for the years ending the 5th day 
of April 1851 and 1852 respectively (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 62, of Session 





1851). 
Ordered, 
a 


Mail Steamers 
(Cape of Good 


ope an 
India.) 


Sug 


Fairs and 
Markets 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 64. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Eleventh 
Report, 


Dover and 
Deal Railway 
Bill (1846-7.) 


Railways 
Abandonment. 


Public Income 
d Expen- 
diture. 


Journal to be 
printed. 


Sligo County 
Election. 


Sugar, &amp;c. 


Great 
Yarmouth 
Election. 





16 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That the Journal of this House, from 
the end of the last Session of the last Parliament, to 
the end of the present Session, with an Index to 
the 108th Volume, be printed. 

Ordered, That 1,250 Copies of the said Journal 
and Index be printed, by the appointment and under 
the direction of Sir Denis Le Marchant, the Clerk 
of this House. 

Ordered, That the said Journal and Index be 
printed by such person as shall be licensed by Mr. 
Speaker, and that no other person do presume to 
print the same. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
this day received a further Report from the Ex- 


aminer of Recognizances, stating that the Recogni- | 8" 


zance to the Petition of John Taaffe, relating to the 
County of Sligo, is unobjectionable. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of Reports made by the Board of Inland 
Revenue in 1848 and 1849, in reference to the re- 
fining of Sugar in Bond :—And, Return of the 
Quantities of Sugar, Molasses and Rum, and the 
Amount of Duties received thereon, in the year 
oe 5th day of July 1852; also, of the Ave- 
rage Price per wt. of Muscovado Sugar, exclu- 
sive of Duty, from the London Gazette; and the 
Average Prices per Cwt. of Havannah Sugar (ordi- 
ouey Tale exclusive of Duty, from the London 
Mercantile Prices Current for that year (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 296, of Session 
1852). 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of the 
Borough of Great Yarmouth, was presented, and 
read ; setting forth, That the Petitioners are Electors 
entitled to vote in the Election of Members of Par- 
liament for the. Borough of Great Yarmouth, and are 
the persons who entered into the recognizance to the 
Petition of William Torrens M‘Cullagh, Esquire, 
complaining of an undue Return at the last Election 
for the said Borough, which Petition was presented 
to the House on the Twelfth day of November last 
past; that the Petitioners have learned, with sur- 
prise and regret, that the said recognizance has been 
reported to the House to be objectionable, upon the 
ground that the Petitioners did not bind themselves, 
or did not mean to bind themselves, by the said re- 
cognizance, in the sums of Two Saved and fifty 
— each, for the payment of such costs as might 

ecome payable to one of the sitting Members singly ; 
whereas the Petitioners did intend to bind them- 
selves, and are well advised that in point of fact and 
law they have bound themselves, in the sum of Two 
hundred and fifty pounds each, for the payment of 
whatever costs and expenses could become payable 
by the Petitioners under the statute to one or other 
of the sitting Members ; that the Petitioners entered 
into the said recognizance upon public grounds, and 
because they felt that great injustice would be done to 
the constituency of the said Borough, if the charges 
of bribery, treating and corruption complained of 
in the Petition, and which the Petitioners believe to 
be true, were not fully inquired into by the House; 
that the Petitioners humbly submit that no techni- 
cality such as that urged, and which in point of fact 
consists of the addition of a single letter to a single 
word, ought to suffice to preclude inquiry into sub- 
jects of such grave importance as charges impeaching 
the right of two Members to sit in the House; and 
praying that the House will take the premises into 
their serious consideration, with the view of pro- 
viding such means as to the House may seem fit 
for redressing the grievance of which the Petitioners 
complain, and preventing the recurrence of like cases 
in future. 

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

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Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Election 
to inquire into the operation of the Act 11 &amp; 12 Vic. Petition Re- 
c. 98, as regards Recognizances, and to report their “&amp;"*"* 
opinion whether it is expedient to amend that Act. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Poor Law. 
Copy, of any Information that can be obtained by 
the Poor Law Board, as to Relief out of the Poor 
Rate to Parties on the ground of being “ out of 
Work,” or in aid of Wages; stating the THevhen of 
such Parties, and the Amount of such Relief, in 
any of the Unions in England and Wales, 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented National 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to Sery- 
ive directions, that there be laid before this House, 

a List of the Names and Official Designations of the 
Trustees or Commissioners for the Management of 
the National Gallery, stating by whom appointed, 
and the Dates of Appoinument :—Copies of the In- 
structions under which they conduct their Duties as 
Trustees :—Of the Minutes of the Trustees, from 
the 5th day of February 1847 to the 1st day of No- 
vember 1852, with the Names of all the Trustees 
— at each Meeting :—And, of the Orders and 

nstructions to the Keeper of the Gallery respecting 
the cleaning of the Pictures, and any directions 
in respect to their Arrangement, and of any Docu- 
ments relating thereto (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 40, of Session 1847). 

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


The Select Committee on Railway and Canal Railway and 

Bills was nominated of Mr. Henley, Mr. Hume, Mr. Canal Bills. 
William Gladstone, Mr. Labouchere, Mr. Strutt, 
Mr. Wilson Putten, Colonel Mure, Captain Jones, 
Mr. Deedes, Mr. Monckton Milnes, Mr. Evelyn De- 
nison and Mr. Laffan; with Power to send for per- 
sons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Colonel Dunne reported from the Committee of Ways and 
Ways and Means, a Resolution; which was read, Means; 
as followeth: 

Resolved, That, towards making good the Supply Transfer of 
granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Two millions, Aids. 

a part of the Sum now remaining in the Exche- 

uer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Belend, or remaining to be received on the 27th day 
of November 1852, to complete the Aids granted 
by Parliament for the Service of the year 1852, and 
of antecedent years, be applied to the Service of the 
year 1853. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Ha- 
milton and Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, To- Stamp Duties 
morrow, resolve itself into a Committee to consider ©” Patents for 
of authorizing the Purchase of Indexes of Specifica- —— of 
tions under the Patent Law Amendment Act, 1852; Indexes of 

Mr. Henley, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- Specifica- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been aa 
informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, re- 
commends it to the consideration of the House. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


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Publie 
Petitions 
‘Eleventh 


Report.) 


Norwich 
ction. 


Wexford 
County Elec- 
tion, 


Leitrim 
Election. 


Meath 
Election. 


Mayo 
Election. 





Barnstaple 
Election. 


Berwick- 
upon- Tweed 
Election. 


Hereford 
Election. 


Hereford 
County 
Election. 





Veneris, 10° die Decembris ; 
Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1852. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Thornély reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had 


examined the Petitions presented upon the 8th and 


9th days of this instant December; and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Election Petition of John Phillips and others, re- 
lating to the City of Norwich, is unobjectionable. 

Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the second Election Petition of John Phillips and 
others, relating to the City of Norwich, is unob- 
jectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of Michael Dowdall, relating 
to the County of Wezford, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner 
ot Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of James Faughnan, relating 
to the County of Leitrim, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of Henry Sydenham Singleton, 
relating to the County of Meath, is unobjection- 
able. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
had this day received a Keport from the Examiner 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of Sir Robert Lynch Blosse, 
Baronet, and William Kearney, Esquire, relating to 
the County of Moyo, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
had this day received a Report from the Fxaminer 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of Robert Budd and others, 
relating to the Borough of Barnstaple, is unob- 
jectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of Richard Hodgson, relatin 
to the Borough and Town of Berwich-upon-7i wes j 
is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of Jumes Frederick Symonds 
and others, relating to the City of Herefurd, is 
unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of Archer Clive and another, 
relating to the County of Hereford, is unobjection- 
able. 

Mr. Speaker also py aoe the House, That he 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner of 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Election Petition of John Martin and others, also 
relating to the County of Hereford, is unobjection- 
able. 


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Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he Maidstone 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner of flection. 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Election Petition of William Lee, Esquire, relating 

to the Borough of Maidstone, is unobjectionable. 


Petitions relating to Financial Measures ;—In- Public 
habited House Duty ;—Inhabited House Duty, In- Petitions. 
come Tax, Probate and Legacy Duties, and Property vide Tweltth 
and Assessed Taxes ;—Inhabited House Duty, Pro- Report. 

rty Tax, and Probate and Legacy Duties ;—Inha- § 

ited House Duty and Malt Tax ;—Malt and Hops; 
—Newspaper Stamps ;—Property Tax ;—Tax Asses- 
sors and Collectors ;—Christmas Gifts to Postmen ; 
—Edward Murray ;—General Board of Health ;— 
and, Signor Madiai and his Wife,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers,— 
were also presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 


Mr. Sotheron reported from the Select Committee Standing 
on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; which was read, Orders; 
as followeth : 

Resolved, That in the case of Her Majesty’s Her Majesty's 
Theatre Association Petition for dispensing with ——, 
Standing Orders, Nos. 61, 62 and 183, the said - 
Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Outrages 
that part of the Message from the Lords of the (Ieland.) 
23d day of November last, wherein their Lordships 
request that this House will communicate to their 
Lordships, Copy of Report from the Select Com- 
mittee appointed by this House in the last Session 
of the last Parliament on Outrages (Jreland) ; to- 

ether with the Minutes of Evidence taken before the 
Jommittee, and the Appendix and Index thereto. 

Ordered, That a Brinted Copy of the said Re- 
port be communicated to the Lords, as desired by 
their Lordships: And that Mr. Wilson Patten do 
deliver the same. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Coal Mines. 
that part of the Message from the Lords of the 
23d day of November last, wherein their Lordships 
request that this House will communicate to their 
Lordships, Copy of Report from the Select Com- 
mittee —— by this House in the last Session of 
the last Parliament on Coal Mines; together with 
the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee, 
aud the Appendix and Index thereto. 

Ordered, That a Printed Copy of the said Re- 
port be communicated to the Lords, as desired by 
their Lordships: And that Mr. Wilson Patten do 
deliver the same. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Criminal 
that part of the Message from the Lords of the and Destitute 
23d day of November last, wherein their Lordships _ 
request that this House will communicate to their 
Lordships, Copy of Report from the Select Com- 
mittee appointed by this House in the last Session 
of the last Parliament, to inquire into the present 
treatment of Criminal and Destitute Juveniles in the 
Country, and what changes are desirable in their 
present treatment, in order to supply industrial train- 
ing, and to combine reformation with the due cor- 
rection of Juvenile Crime; together with the Minutes 
of Evidence, and Appendix and Index thereto. 

Ordered, That a Printed Copy of the said Re- 
port be communicated to the Lords, as desired by 
their Lordships: And that Mr. Wilson Patten do 
deliver the same. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Metropolis 
that part of the Message from the Lords of the Water Bills 
23d day of November last, wherein their Lord- 
ships request that this House will communicate to 
their Lordships, Copy of Report from the Com- 





mittee 


Shipping. 
No. 65. 


Adjournment, 


Chronometers. 


Derby 
Election. 


Post-office 
Receiving 
Houses, &amp;c. 





16 VicTroriz. 


mittee appointed by this House in the last Session 
of the last Parliament on the Metropolis Water 
Bills ; together with the Minutes of Evidence taken 
before the Committee, and the Appendix and Index 
thereto. 

Ordered, That a Printed Copy of the said Re- 
port be communicated to the Lords, as desired by 
their Lordships: And that Mr. Wilson Patten do 
deliver the same. 


Mr. Henley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Statement of the Number and Tonnage of 
Sailing and Steam Vessels of each Nation which 
entered Inwards and cleared Outwards with Car- 
goes at Ports in the United Kingdom, distinguishing 
the Colonial and Foreign Trades, and including 
their repeated Voyages for the Six Months from 
5th April to 10th October-1852. 

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


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


Mr. Stafford presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 1st day of this instant December, for 
Copies of the several Applications that have been 
made to the Board of Admiralty, the Hydrographer 
and the Astronomer Royal, since 1849, for pecu- 
niary Rewards on account of Improvements made 
in Chronometers :—And, List of the several Chro- 
nometers that have been placed on the Government 
Trials at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, ar- 
ranged in their order of Merit, and distinguishing 
those Chronometers that have been purchased by 
the Board of Admiralty, with the Prices awarded 
for them (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 585, of Session 1849). 

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


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the 
Derby Election have leave to sit To-morrow, not- 
withstanding the adjournment of the House. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Post-office Receiving 
Houses in London, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, 
Liverpool and Manchester, respectively ; the Num- 
ber of Collections daily from each Receiving House, 
and the proportion the Pupulation of each of these 
Places, as per last Census, bears to each Receiving 
House; whether general Post-office Business can 
be transacted at all these Receiving Houses, and, 
if not, the Number in each Place at which that can 
be transacted ; showing the proportian the Popula- 
tion of each Place bears to every such Receiving 
House or Branch Office; the Number of Offices in 
each Place at which Money Order Business can 
be transacted, and the proportion the Population of 
each Place bears to every such Office; the Average 
Number of Letters delivered daily in each of the 
above-mentioned Towns; also the Number of Letter 
Carriers in each Town to deliver these Letters, and 
also the Number of Deliveries daily in each Town: 
—And, of the Name of every one employed in the 
Post-office of Glasgow; the Number of years 
each Person has been in the Service ; Salary of each, 
and Sums, if any, derived from Fees, stating the 
nature of such Fees; Nature of the Duties per- 
formed by each; whether there is a Scale of Sala- 
ries for Length of Service, and, if so, the Particulars 
of it; showmg the highest Salary that can be ob- 
tained by Length of Service only, and the ‘Time to 
be served to obtain that Salary; whether there is a 
Superannuation Allowance ; Gross Revenue of the 
Office for each of the last Ten years, including 
Amount of Postage Stamps sold through the Stam 
Office; Number of Letters for one week of eac 
Month in each year for a like Period; Number and 
Amount of Money Orders paid and issued in each 

VoL. 108, 


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of the last Ten years; also the Commission in each 
year; Number of Clerks employed in each year, 
distinguishing the Number engaged in each De- 
partment. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Population, 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased ! 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Returns, showing the Population and Number of 
Inhabited Houses, according to the Census of 1851, 
of Counties, Parliamentary Divisions of Counties, 
Cities and Boroughs, in England and Wales, distin- 
guishing the separate Population and Number of 
Inhabited Houses in each, with the Total of each 
County and Parliamentary Division of a County, 
including Cities and Boroughs, and the Number of 
Representatives returned to Parliament; also, as 
regards Cities and Boroughs, the Number of Houses 
rated to the Relief of the Poor, the Number of 
Houses and Occupancies valued at £.10 Rent, and 
upwards, and the Number of £.10 Householders 
and Occupiers on the Register of Electors ; also, 
the Gross Number of Electors on the Register of 
each County, or Parliamentary Division of a County, 
City and Borough, according to the Registration of 
1851-2 :—And, showing the Number of Electors 
polled at the General Election 1852 (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 591, of Session 1834). 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this Bows as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to County County Rates. 


Rates, which was presented upon the 9th day of 
this instant December, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Dock Yards, Dock Yards, 


nhabited 
Houses, &amp;c. 


No. 66. 


&amp;c., which was presented upon the 9th day of this ~~ 


instant December, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Public In- Public Income 


come and Expenditure, which was presented upon #24 Expen- 


the 9th day of this instant December, be printed. 


ture. 
No. 68. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- ways and 


mittee of Ways and Means ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ;—— 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blount : 
Mr. Speaker, 


without any Amendment: And also, 


Means. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


The Lords have agreed to the Bank Notes Bill, a. Notes 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Oaths in 


relating to the Appointment of Persons to admi- Chancery Bill 


nister Oaths in Chancery, and to Affidavits made 
for purposes connected with Registration ; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— 
And then the Messenger withdrew. 





And the Question being put, That Mr. Speaker 
do now leave the Chair :—It was resolved in the 
Affirmative. 

The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Conuunittee. 

(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That, to- Inhabited 
wards raising the Supply granted to Her Majesty, Houses. 


from and after the 5th day of April 1853, the Duties 
granted and made payable by the Act 14 &amp; 15 Vic. 
¢c. 36, upon Inhabited Dwelling-houses in Great 
Britain, according to the Annual Value thereof, 
shall cease and determine, and in lieu thereof there 
shall be granted and made payable upon all such 
Dwelling-houses the following Duties (that is to 
say) :— 

ja proposed, to leave out from the word 
“ That” to the end of the Question, in order to add 


the words “ in lieu of the increase of the Tax on Real Property. 


“ Houses proposed in the said Resolution, Real 
BB2 “ Property 














































































Tea Duties. 


Stamp Duties 


on Patents 


for Inventions 


Bill. 


Stamp Duties 


on Patents 


for Inventions 


[Purchase of 
Indexes of 
Specifica- 
tions. ] 


General Board 





188 


‘¢ Property shall be made to pay the same Probate 
“ and Legacy Duties as are now payable on Per- 
“* sonal Property,” instead thereof. 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Question. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Question again proposed, That, towards raising 
the Supply granted to Her Majesty, from and after 
the 5th day of April 1853, the Duties granted and 
made payable by the Act 14 &amp; 15 Vic. c. 36, upon 
Inhabited Dwelling-houses in Great Britain, ac- 


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cording to the Annual Value thereof, shall cease | 


and determine, and in lieu thereof there shall be 


granted and made payable upon all such Dwelling- | 


houses the following Duties (that is to say) :— 
Question proposed, That those words stand part 
of the proposed Resolution ; 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





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


Sabbati, 11° die Decembris 1852 : 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson 
Patten reported, That the Committee had made 
Progress in the matter to them referred ; and that 
he was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Commit- 
tee on the Tea Duties ; 

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


The Stamp Duties on Patents for Inventions Bill 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on Stamp Duties on Patents for 
Inventions [Purchase of Indexes of Specifications]. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Commissioners of Patents for 
Inventions be authorized, with the consent of the 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, to pur- 
chase certain Indexes of Specifications of Letters 
Patent for a Sum not exceeding £.1,000, and to 
pay the Purchase-money for the same out of any 
Monies in their hands, which lave arisen from Fees 
received in respect of Letters Patent under the Patent 
Law Amendment Act, 1852. 

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Wilson 
Patten reported, That the Committee had come to 
a Resolution. 

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


The General Board of Health Bill was, according 


of Health Bill. tg Order, read a second time; and committed to a 


Supply. 


County 
Elections 
Polls Bill. 


Poor Rates 
(Ireland. ) 


Committee of the whole House, for Monday the 
14th day of February next. 


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

Resolved, ‘That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itseif into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the County Elections Peclls Bill; 

Ordered, That the Biijl be read the third time 
upon Tuesday next. 


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


A. 1852. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Amount of the last two Rates 
struck for each Electoral Division in the several 
Poor Law Unions of the County of Clare; specify- 
ing, in each case, how much was required to meet 
the Charge in respect of the Consolidated Annuities 
due from such Electoral Division. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account, showing how often in each year, from 
1800 to the present time, the Payment of the Hop 


Duties has been deferred, and to what Periods, and 








upon what Securities, as well as the Total Weight 
of Hops charged with Duty in each of such years. 


Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and 
Means do sit upon Tuesday and Thursday next. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 29th day of November last, for a Return 
of any Banks, being Banks of Issue previously to 
the passing of the Act 7 &amp; 8 Vic. c. 32, which have 
ceased to issue their own Notes, and of the Amount 
of Circulation of such Banks respectively. 


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





Lune, 18° die Decembris ; 
Anno 16° Victorie Regine, 1852. 


PRAYERS. 

M®* Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had 

examined the Petitions presented upon the 10th day 
of this instant December; and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


The House was moved, That the Standing Orders 
uf the House, Nos. 59, 60 and 156, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Standing Orders be re- 

ealed. 

Ordered, That, excepting in the case of a Railway 
Bill (for which see No. 60), a Sum not less than 
One-twentieth part of the amount required to be sub- 
scribed (see No. 52) shall, previously to the 15th day 
of January, be deposited with the Court of Chancery 
in England, if the work is intended to bedone in 
England ; or with the Court of Chancery in England, 
or the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, if such work 
is intended to be done in Scotland; and with the 
Court of Chancery in Ireland, if such work is in- 
tended to be done in Jreland. (See Appendix C.) 

Ordered, That in the case of Railway Bills, a Sum 
not less than One-tenth part of the amount required 
to be subscribed (see Nos, 52 and 56) shall, pre- 
viously to the 15th day of January, be deposited 
with the Court of Chancery in England, if the Rail- 
way is intended to be made in England ; or with the 
Court of Chancery in England, or the Court of Ex- 
chequer in Scotland, if such Railway is intended to 
be made in Scotland; and with the Court of Chan- 
cery in Jreland, if such Railway is intended to be 
made in Ireland. 

Ordered, That all Petitions praying that any of 
the Sessional or Standing Orders of the House re- 
lating to Private Bills may be dispensed with, and 
all Petitions for the re-insertion of Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills in the General List of Petitions, and all 
Petitions opposing the same, be presented to this 
House 


Hop Duties, 


Ways and 
Means. 


Banks 


Public 

Petitions 
(Twelfth 
Report. ) 


Private Bills. 





Contr 
Electi 


Inco 


Mail 
Calc 
Aus 


Au 
Isla 


Ber 





Controverted 
Elections. 


Income Tax. 


Mails to 
Calcutta and 
Australia. 


Auckland 
Islands. 


Benefices, &amp;c. 


Bencfices, 





16 Vicroxriz. 


House by depositing the same in the Private Bill 
Office ; and every such Petition so deposited shall 
stand referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 

Ordered, That the said Orders be Standing Orders 
of this House. 


Mr. Baines reported from the General Committee 
of Elections; That they had selected the following 
days for the appointment of the Select Committees 
to try the matter of the Petitions complaining of un- 
due Elections and Returns for the following places : 


13° Decembris. 





Tavistock - - 
; On Monday the 14th of 
—- north - | February 1858, from Pa- 
ancaster - ° | nel No. 1 
Canterbury - - ceiaas 
Blackburn - _ Wednesday the 16th of 
Clitheroe -  -\ February 1853, from Pa- 
Chatham - «f nel No. 1. 
Peta _ i On Monday the 21st of 
Sou wd February 1853, from Pa- 
ampton - | 1 No. 2 
Kidderminster -) ™ 0% 
Frome - -)QOn Wednesday the 23d of 
Cambridge - : February 1853, from Pa- 
Waterford County) nel No. 2. | 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. | 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 
a Return of the Number of Exemptions from Income | 
Tax allowed to the Receivers of Dividends from the | 
Public Funds, showing how many of the said Ex- | 
emptions are allowed in respect of Dividends under | 
£.25, £.50, £.100 and £.150 per annum respec- | 
tively. | 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Reports of the Surveyors and Engi- | 
neers appointed by the Admiralty to inspect and | 
report upon the Ships employed by the General | 
Screw Steam Company to carry the Mails to Cal- 
cutte, and upon those employed by the Australian | 
Steam Navigation Company to carry the Mails to | 
Australia ; stating the Tonnage of these Ships, their | 
Horse Power, the Average Speed with and against | 
Tide, the Speed required by their respective Con- | 
tracts, the Armament they are reputed to carry in | 
case of need, and their general Dimensions. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of Correspondence (if any) relating 
to the absence of Mr. Enderby from the Auckiand 
Islands :—And, of the Lease or Charter granted in 
respect of the Auckland Islands by the British Go- 
vernment. 

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


Sir William Jolliffe presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 2d day of this in- 
stant December, for an Abstract, showing the Total 
Number of Benefices and Glebe Houses, the Num- 
ber of Resident and the Number and Classes of Non- 
resident Incumbents, also the Number of those who 
are Non-resident, but are performing the Duties of 
their respective Parishes, in each Diocese in England 
and Wales, according to the latest Returns which 
have been made tv Her Majesty in Council by the 
respective Archbishops and Bishops, in pursuance 
of the Act 1 &amp; 2 Vic. c. 106, s. 53. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
2d day of this instant December, fur an Abstract, 
showing the Net Annual Value of the several Bene- 
fices in which the Incumbents were Non-resident in 
each Diocese in England and Wales, according to 
the latest Returns made to Her Majesty in Council 
by the respective Archbishops and Bishops, in pur- 






189 


suance of the Provisions of the Act 1 &amp; 2 Vic. c. 106, 
s. 53 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 
364, of Session 1850). 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the militia. 


6th day of this instant December, for a Return of 
the Quota of Militia Men for each County in Eng- 
land and Wales for the year 1852; of the Number 
of Volunteers for the Militia who have been enrolled 
in each County; and, of the Number who have at- 
tended for Training and Exercise (so far as the same 
can be furnished from the Returns received at the 
Home Office). 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Bethlehem 
9th day of this instant December, for Copies of all Hospital. 


Reports of the Commissioners in Lunacy, and the 
Evidence presented by them last year to the Home 
Office, as tothe State and Management of Bethlehem 
Hospital, and of all Correspondence thereon :—And, 
of the Observations of the Governors of Bethlehem 
Hospital upon the Report of the Commissioners in 
Lunacy to the Secretary of State. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Chronome- Chronometers. 


ters, which was presented upon the 10th day of this 
instant December, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Banks, which Banks. 


was presented upon the 10th day of this instant De- 
cember, be printed. 


Petitions relating to Ballot ;—Drogheda Borough ; Public 
—Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ;— Maynooth College Petitions. 
Act, and Freedom of Election (Jreland) ;—Inhabited yjao Thir. 
House Duty ;—Inhabited House Duty, and Malt and teenth Report. 


Hops ; -- Newspaper Stamps ;— Paper, Newspaper 
Stamps, and Advertisements; — Clerk of Enrol- 
ments ;— Edward Murray ;—Italy ;—Ocean Penny 
Postage ;— Poor Law;— Roman States ;— and, 
Tenant Right (Jreland),—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers,— 
were also presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 


A Petition of Nelson Andrews, of No. 6, Verulam- Hastings 
place, Saint Mary Magdalen, within the Borough of Election. 


Hastings, Gentleman ; Henry Phillips, of the Com- 
mercial-road, Saint Clement, within the said Bo- 
rough, Tailor ; and James Dowsett, of No. 38, High- 
street, Saint Clement, within the said Borough, Shoe- 
maker, was presented, and read ; setting forth, That 
at the last Election of Members or Barons to serve 
in Parliament for the said Borough of Hastings, the 
Petitioners had a right to vote and did vote thereat ; 
that on the Nineteenth day of November One thou- 
sand eight hundred and Fifty-two, Six days before 
the expiration of the time fixed by the House for 
the presentation of Election Petitions, the Peti- 
tioners presented to the House their Petition, com- 
plaining of the Election and Return of Patrick 
Francis Robertson and Musgrave Brisco, Esquires, 
as Members or Barons to serve in the present Pavr-- 
liament for the said Borough, and alleging, amongst 
other things, that the said Election and Return 
were procured by treating and corruption ; and that 
the said Musgrave Brisco had nota majority of legal 
votes at the said Election, and ought not to have 
been returned thereat; that, previously to the pre- 
sentation of the said Petition, /ames Emary, Charles 
Valentine Levett, Charles William Chandler, and 
William Barham, as sureties for the Petitioners, 
entered into a recognizance in the several sums of 
Two hundred and fifty pounds each, before one of 
Her Majesty’s Justices of the Peace for the said 
Borough ot Hastings, conditioned, amongst other 
things, to be void on the payment by the Petitioners, 
or any of them, of all costs and expenses which 
should become payable by the Petitioners under 








VoL. 108. 





BBS “ The 








190 


“The Election Petitions Act, 1848,” to any witness 
summoned in the Petitioners’ behalf, or to the sittin 

Members or other party complained of in the sai 

Petition ; and that each of the said sureties, before 
the same justice, and at the time of entering into 
the said recognizance, made and swore an affidavit 
of his sufficiency, as required by the said Act; and 
the said recognizance, certified under the hand of 
the said justice, with the said affidavits thereunto 
annexed, were, before the presentation of the said 
Petition, received by the Examiner of Recogni- 
zances appointed under the said Act; and the said 
Petition when presented was duly indorsed by a 
certificate under his hand, as required by the said 
Act; that, on the morning of the Thirtieth day of 
November One thousand eight hundred and Fifiy- 
two, being the eleventh day after the presentation 
of the said Petition, and the fifth day after the 
time for the reception by the House of Election Pe- 
titions had expired, two statements of objections to 
the recognizance entered into by the said sureties 
for the Petitioners were made by the same agents, 
but for and on behalf of the said sitting Members 
separately, each such statement of objections to the 
recognizance being on the following grounds :— 
firstly, that the same is invalid ; secondly, that the 
same was not entered into with the affidavit there- 
unto annexed, as required by “The Election Peti- 
tions Act, 1848 ;” thirdly, that the recognizance has 
not been duly entered into, inasmuch as the persons 
entering into the same are not thereby bound in the 
several sums of Two hundred and fifty pounds each 
for the payment of all costs and expenses which, 
under the provisions of “The Election Petitions 
Act, 1848,”" may have become payable from the 
persons who have subscribed the said Petition to 
one of the sitting Members complained of in the 
said Petition singly, in the event of such costs and 
expenses being recoverable by him from the Peti- 
tioners under the provisions of the said Act; that 
the said several objections came on for hearing be- 
fore the said Examiner on Monday the Sixth day of 
December One thousand eight hundred and Fifty- 
two, being the day appointed by him for that pur- 
pose, and the only ground relied upon in support of 
the said objections was, that the recognizance bound 
the said sureties to pay only the joint costs of the 
said sitting Members, and did not secure costs to 
one only, if such one should alone become entitled ; 
and that the said Examiner, after hearing one of the 
said agents and also counsel for the Petitioners, de- 
cided that the said recognizance was objectionable, 
inasmuch as it was not in the form or to the effect 
set forth in the Schedule to the said Act, with such 
alterations as might be necessary to adapt such form 


13°—14° Decembris. 





to the circumstances of the case; that a report that 
the said recognizance was objectionable was on the 
same day made to the Speaker ; that the said recog- 
nizance Is in the exact words of the said form set 
forth in the said Schedule, with the exception that the 
plural term “ Members” (there being two Members 
complained of),and not the singular term “ Mem- 
ber”? was used, and the Petitioners submit that if 
costs should have been found payable to the said 
sitting Members jointly, or to each or either of the | 
sitting Members singly, and a certificate were given | 
by the Speaker under the 98th section of the said 
Act, such certificate would be conclusive evidence 
of the validity of the said recognizance, and that 
the said sureties could not evade or avoid the respon- 
sibility of paying to the Members or to any one of 
them all the costs so certified ; that the Petitioners 
are prepared to prove that the said sureties and each 
of them when they entered into the said recogni- 
zance intended and were ready and willing to be 
bound for the due payment of all costs and expen- 
ses which in any event should become payable under 
“ The Election Petitions Act, 1848,” to every person 
and party who might be entitled to such costs ; that 
in this case the solvency and responsibility of the 











A. 1852. 


said sureties have not been and cannot be called in 
question ; that if any notice of objection to the re- 
cognizance on a mere technicality had been given 
before the time for presenting Petitions had expired, 
the Petitioners would have presented another Peti- 
tion to the like effect, and would have procured a 
recognizance to be entered into by solvent and suf- 
ficient sureties in any form which might have been 
deemed conclusively binding within the terms of 
the said Act; that in this case the recognizance 
entered into ought to be declared unobjectionable ; 
and that the most ample security required by law, 
under the Speaker’s certificate, would be given in 
the form in which the said recognizance has been 
so entered into, to both and each of the sitting Mem- 
bers; that it would be a grievance if a Petition pre- 
sented in good faith, with sureties of acknowledged 
sufficiency, and capable of being firmly bound under 
the form of recognizance entered into, complaining of 
an Election and Return of two Members of the 
House, on the grounds of treating and corruption, 
should be stopped upon a minute technicality, which 
in no way affects the questions as investi- 
gation and redress ; and praying that the House will 
take the premises into consideration, and will be 
pleased to make such order therein as the justice of 
the case may require; and will give to the Peti- 
tioners such further and other relief as under the 
circumstances may seem meet. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Ways and Means. 


(In the Committee.) 


Question again proposed, That, towards raising 
the Supply granted to Her Majesty, from and after 
the 5th day of April 1853, the Duties granted and 
made payable by the Act 14 &amp; 15 Vic. c. 36, upon 
Inhabited Dwelling-houses in Great Britain, ac- 
cording to the Annual Value thereof, shall cease 
and determine, and in lieu thereof, there shall be 
granted and made payable upon all such Dwelling- 
houses the following Duties (that is to say). 

Question again proposed, That those words stand 
part of the proposed Resolution ; 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





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


Martis, 14° die Decembris 1852 : 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson 
Patten reported, That the Committee had made 
Progress in the matter to them referred ; and that 
he was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ways and 
M 


I 


Cans ; 


nhabited 


Houses. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Tea Duties. 


mittee on the Tea Duties ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee Stamp Duties 


on Stamp Duties on Patents for Inventions [Pur- 
chase of Indexes of Specifications], a Resolution ; 
which was read, as followeth : 


on Patents 


for Inventions 


Purchase of 
ndexes of 


Resolved, That the Cummissioners of Patents for — 


Inventions be authorized, with the consent of the 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, to pur- 
chase certain Indexes of Specifications of Letters 
‘Patent for a Sum not exceeding One thousand 
pounds, and to pay the Purchase-money for the 
same out of any monies in their hands which have 
arisen from Fees received in respect of Letters 
Patent under the Patent Law Amendment Act, 1852. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 


was agreed to. 
Ordered, 











Stamp: 
on Pate 
Invent! 
Bill. 


Courts 
Comm 
(Irelar 


Land | 
provel 
(Irelai 


comm 
ers’ N 
Bill. 


Suppl 


Cash 
Elect 


Clare 


Knai 
boro 
Elec 


New 
Elec 


Sur 
(Ea 
Div 
Elec 


‘Tip 
Ele 


Fin 
Lle 











stamp Duties 
on Patents for 
Inventions 

Bill. 


Courts of 
Common Law 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Land Im- 
provement 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Land Tax 
Commission- 
ers’ Names 
Bill. 


Supply. 


Cashel 
Election. 


Clare Election, 


Knares- 
borough 
Election. 


New Sarum 
Election, 


Surrey 

(Eastern 
Division) 
Election, 


‘Tipperary 
Election, 


Finsbury 
Election, 


Public 
Business, 





16 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Stamp Duties on Patents for Inven- 
tions Bill, That they have Power to make provision 
therein, pursuant to the said Resolution. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Stamp Duties on Patents 
for Inventions Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Wilson Patten reported, That the Committee had 
gone through the Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Courts of Common Law (Jre/and) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 
14th day of February next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Land Improvement (Jreland) Bill ; 

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


The Land Tax Commissioners’ Names Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday the 14th day of February next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of Charles M‘Garel, relating 
to the Borough of Cashe/, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of Crofton Moore Vandeleur, 
relating to the County of Clare, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of Thomas Collins, junior, Es- 
quire, relating to the Borough of Knaresborough, is 
unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of Alexander Lucas, relating 
to the City of New Sarum, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of Henry Nealson Smith, re- 
lating to the Eastern Division of the County of 
Surrey, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of John Bayly, relating to the 
County of Tipperary, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of William Mason and others, 
—— to the Borough of Finsbury, is unobjection- 
able. 


Ordered, That Orders of the day have precedence 
of Notices of Motions this day, and upon Thursday 
next. 

VoL. 108. 





13°—14° Decembris. 191 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Rill Designs Act 
to extend the Provisions of the Designs Act, 1850, Extension. 
and ‘to give protection from Piracy to persons ex- 

hibiting new Inventions in the Great I ohumisiel Ex- 

hibition of 1853: And that Lord Naas and Mr. 

Attorney General for Ireland do prepare, and bring 

it in. 


Ordered, That the Knights of Shires and other Land Tax 
Members of this House, do prepare Lists fairly Commission- 
written of the Names of Commissioners for exe- — 
cuting the Acts for granting a Land Tax for the re- 
spective Counties, Cities and Places for which there 
have been used to be Commissioners, and that the 
Christian and Surnames of the said Commissioners 
be written at length. 


Lord Naas presented a Bill to extend the Pro- Designs Act 
visions of the Tisiges Act, 1850, and to give pro- Extension 
tection from Piracy to persons exhibiting new In- 

ventions in the Great Industrial Exhibition of 1853: N°®-71- 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Friday next; and to 
be printed. 


Sir John Pakington presented, by Her Majesty's Vonvict 
Command,—Copy of further Correspondence on Discipline 
the subject of Convict Discipline and Transportation outa. 
(mm continuation of Papers presented April 30th 
1852). 

Sir John Pakington also presented,—Return to an Sugar Grow- 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 16th day of No- ing Colonics. 
vember last, for Copies or Extracts of Despatches 
relative to the condition of the Sugar Growing Colo- 
nies (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 

624, Part I. (British Guiana), of Session 1851). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Military Order 
3d day of this instant December, for a Return of o the Bath. 
the Fees payable by Officers of the Army and Navy 
in the different grades of the Military Order of the 
Bath. 

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


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





Martis, 14° die Decembris ; 
Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1852. 


PRAYERS. 
M®. Speaker acquainted the House, That he Clonmel 
had this day received a Report from the P!ection. 
Examiner of Recognizances, stating that the Re- 
cognizance to the Election Petition of Thomas 
Henry Barton, relating to the Borough of Clonmel, 
is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he Carlow 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner ct". 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of Thomas James Rawson and 
another, relating to the Borough of Carlow, is un- 
objectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he Youghal 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner Election. 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of the Honourable John Wil- 
liam Fortescue, relating to the Borough of Youghal, 
is unobjectionable. 

Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the second Election Petition of the Honourable 
John William Fortescue, relating to the Borough of 
Youghal, is unobjectionable. 








BB4 Mr. 



















































































SR I 


——-—- 


os a ee 


Kildare 
Election. 


Bolton 
Election. 


Down 
Election. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Four- 
teenth Report. 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission 
(Ireland.) 


Borneo. 


Inhabited 
House Duty. 





192 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of William Barker, relating 
to the County of Ki/dare, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of George Greenhalgh, relating 


14° Decembris. 





A. 1852. 


| 1851; each Return to state whether it is customary 
| to collect the Duty half-yearly for the two Quarters 
due the 20th day of June and the 20th day of Sep- 
tember, and the 20th day of December and the 
20th day of March, or quarterly, as due; and also, 
when Notice is given of that Quarter due immedi- 
ately preceding the 5th day of January (viz. the 
20th day of December), whether such Notice states 
| that the Tax is for two Quarters due Lady-day, or 









to the Borough of Bolton, is unobjectionable. om 5th day of April. 

Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he | Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Occupicrs 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner | Return of the Number of Occupiers valued at £, 6 (Ireland.) 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to jand under, in each Electoral Division in every Union 
the Election Petition of James Boyle, relating to \'"" Ireland. 


the County of Down, is unobjectionable. | Ordered, That Birmingham be added to the List Post-office 


Petitions relating to the University of London ;— of Places which are included in the Returns ordered Betting 
New Zealand Company ;— Advertisements ;—Finan- | 0” Friday the 10th day of December, respecting ae 
cial Measures;—Inhabited House Duty ;—Inhabited | Post-office Receiving Houses, &amp;c. 
House Duty, Land Tax and Probate Duty ;—Inha- | :' . 
bited House Duty, Malt and Property Tax;—Inha- | The following Papers were laid upon the Table by Scinde. 
hited House Duty, and Malt and Hops ;—Inhabited | the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 

House Duty and Malt ;—Inhabited House Duty, | the 16th day of November last, for Copies of the 
Malt and Hops, Property Tax, and Soap and Paper; | Evidence and Report of a Commission appointed to 
—Newspaper Stamps ;—Paper, Newspaper Stamps | 


inquire into a certain Charge preferred against his 
and Advertisements;-- Deferred Annuities ;-- Edward Highness Meer Ali Morad, Ameer of Upper Scinde, 
Murray ;—Poor Law ;—and, ‘Tenant Right (Ireland) of having made fraudulent Alterations in the Treaty 
Bill,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie \of Normahar, concluded between his Highness and 
pon the Table. | the late Meer Koostun Khan; and of all Minutes 
Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers,— | #nd Correspondence on the Indian Records con- 
were also presented, and read ; and referred to the | Nected with the Charge. ; 
Select Committee on Parliamentary Papers. _ Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of this Capture of 
‘instant December, for Copies of Despatches, with Bruné, &amp;. 
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to , their Enlcosures, from Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to | Cochrane to the Admiralty, dated the 13th day of 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, | August 1845 and the 9th day of July 1846, re- 
a Return, stating in detail, the Disbursements of'| porting the Attack on and the Capture of the City 
the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for Lreland, and | of Bruné :—Of the Despatches of Captain Wallage, 
specifying the Salaries paid to each Commissioner, |Commander of the Honourable East India Com- 
Secretary, Treasurer and Clerks, with the Number, pany’s Steamer “ emesis,” dated Singapore, the 
of Days and Hours of Attendance at the Board, for | 24th day of April 1848, and the Correspondence 
one year, ending the 1st day of August 1852. | therein, to the Comptroller of Steam Vessels :— 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to And, ofa Despatch from the Government at Madras, 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are'| Marine Department, to the Court of Directors, 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. | dated the 5th day of September 1851, respecting 
| Piracy in the Eastern Archipelago. 
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented} The following Paper, pursuant to the directions Bridlington 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased ' of an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Piers and 
to give directions, that there be laid before this | Table by the Clerk of the House,—Abstract of the 4tbour. 
House, Copies of a Letter from Viscount Pal-| General Annual Account of the Commissioners of 
merston, dated between January and April 1850, to} Bridlington Piers aiid Harbour, from the 26th day 
Sir James Brooke, conveying the Approval, by the | of July 1851 to the 26th day of July 1852. 
Queen’s late Government, of the Measures taken | , 
against the Pirates of Serebas, and directing Sir | 
James Brooke to repeat them when necessary :—Of Xc., which was presented upon the 13th day of this 
a Despatch from Sir James Brooke to the Earl of |instant December, be printed. 


ER dated _ wor ro Ad end ber a td Ordered, That the Return relative to Benefices, Benefices. 
the Chief ; Bs a pen ‘Subic aaa ae “% which was presented upon the 13th day of this No. 72. 
the Chiefs of Buitulu, on the Subject of the Anti-| i) rant December, be printed. 


mony Mines :— Of two Notes addressed by the late 
Ordered, That the Return relative to the Militia, Militia. 


Mr, Burns to his Employer Mr. Nicol, on the Sub- ( 
ject of leaving the Bintulu River; also, a third En- which was presented upon the 13th day of this in- No. 74. 
stant December, be printed. 


closure from Mr. St. John:—Of Sir James Brooke’s 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Bethlehem Bethlehem 


=e O TD 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Benefices, Benefices, Xe. 
No. 72. 


Despatch to the Earl of Malmesbury, dated the 23d 


day of November 1852, with an Enclosure :—And eee . ospital. 
y. . - ~ &gt;| Hospital, which was presented upon the 13th di P 
of Sir James Brooke’s Letter to the Earl of Malmes- ap P P *Y No. 75. 


: f this instant December, b inted. 
bury, dated the 11th day of October 1852, with pea aly 


three Enclosures, containing Correspondence be- 
tween Sir James Brooke and the Sultan and Rajahs 
of Borneo. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Sugar Sugar Grow- 
Growing Colonies, which was presented upon the 8g Colones. 
13th day of this instant December, be printed. No. 7, 


Message from 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior : 
= P the Lords. 


Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the West India Colo- West India 
nies, &amp;c. Loans Act Amendment Bill, without any Colonies, &amp;c. 


Loans Act 
Amendment: And also, ‘Amendment 


Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Commons [nclo- Commons 
sure Bill, without any Amendment :—And then the Inclosure Bill. 
Messenger withdrew. 

The 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Persons who had not paid 
the Inhabited House Duty, due prior to the 5th day 
of January 1852, on or before the 20th day of July ; 
also, what portion of these Persons had not paid 
the same Tax due prior to the 5th day of October 








Ways and 
Means. 


* Tea Duties. 


Stamp Duties 
on Patents for 


Inventions 
Bill. 


County 
Elections 
Polls Bill. 


Parish Con- 
stables. 


Postal Com- 
munication , 
&amp;c. (India. ) 


Parliamentary 


‘apers, 


Hops. 





16 Vicroriz. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Ways and Means. 


(In the Committee.) 


Question again proposed, That, towards raising 
the Supply granted to Her Majesty, from and after 
the 5th day of Apri] 1853, the Duties granted and 
made payable by the Act 14 &amp; 15 Vic. c. 36, upon 
Inhabited Dwelling-houses in Great Britain, ac- 
cording to the Annual Value thereof, shall cease and 
determine, and in lieu thereof, there shall be granted 
and made pavable upon all such Dwelling-hcuses 
the following Duties (that is to say) :— 

Question again proposed, That those words stand 
part of the proposed Resolution ; 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





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


Mercurii, 15° die Decembris, 1852: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson 
Patten reported, That the Committee had made 
Progress in the matter to them referred; and that 
he was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Tea Duties ; 

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


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Stamp Duties on Patents for 
Inventions Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the County Elections Polls Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Wednesday the 16th day of February next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Laws relating to the Appointment and 
Payment of Superintending and Parish Constables, 
onl to dispense with the Services of High Consta- 
bles and Petty Constables in certain cases: And 
that Mr. Deedes and Colonel Clifford do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Report by the Commission appointed 
to Inquire into Postal Communication in India ; to- 
gether with Copies of any Despatches from the 
Court of Directors to India authorizing new Regu- 
lations and an uniform Rate of Postage in India : 
—And, of any Report from Bengal respecting Tele- 
graphs, and of any Despatches from the Court of 
Directors sanctioning the Establishment of Electric 
Telegraphs in India, 


The Select Committee on Parliamentary Papers 
was nominated of Mr. Tufnell, Mr. Ewart, Mr. Cam 
ming Bruce, Mr. Fortescue, Mr. Brotherton, Sir 
Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Drummond, Mr. Head- 
lam, Mr. Walter, Mr. Stirling, Mr. Monckton Milnes, 
Colonel Mure, Mr. Hutt, Mr. Byng and Mr. Michell ; 
with Power to send for persons, papers and records. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Acres of Land under 
Cultivation for Hops, and Amount of Duty charged 
in each Collection, in each year from 1837 to 1853 
inclusive, showing the Average Amount of Duty 
per Acre in each Collection ; also showing whether 
the Acres in the Sussex, Hereford or Worcester Col- 
lections are according to Statute, or any Local or 

VoL, 108, 





14°—15° Decembris. 








193 


Customary Admeasurement ; and distinguishing the 
Amount of the old Duty only (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 151, of Session 1852). 








Mr. Deedes presented a Bill to amend the Laws Parish Con- 


relating to the Appointment and Payment of Super- 
intending and Parish Constables, and to dispense 
with the Services of High Constables and Petty 
Constables in certain cases: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Wednesday the 16th day of February 
next ; and to be printed. 


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











Mercurii, 15° die Decembris ; 
Anno 16° Victorie Regine, 1852. 


PRAYERS. 


stables Bill. 
No. 77. 


M ®: Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
y 


mittee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 13th day 
of this instant December; and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, ‘Vhat the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Petitions 
(Thirteenth 
Report.) 


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit Committees 


this day, during the sitting of the House. 


A Petition of the several Persons whose names Bury Saint 


are thereunto subscribed, being Electors of the Bo- 
rough of Bury Saint Edmund's, in the county of 
Suffolk, was delivered in, and read; setting forth, 
That the Petitioners were, at the last Election of a 
Member to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough of Bury Saint Edmund's, Electors of the 
said Borough, and had a right to vote for a Member 
for the said Borough at the said Election, and did 
vote thereat ; that at the said Election of a Member 
to serve in this present Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough of Bury Saint Edmund's, in the month of 
December One thousand eight hundred and Filty- 
two, James Henry Porteus Oakes, Esquire, and 
Joseph Alfred Hardcastle, Esquire, were Candidates 
to represent the said Borough in this present Par- 
liament; that a poll having been demanded, such 
poll was taken on the Third day of December One 
thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two, and at the 
close thereof the said James Henry Porteus Oakes 
was declared by the Returning Officer of the said 
Borough to have had a majority of votes at the said 
Election, and was returned as a Member duly 
elected to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough of Bury Saint Edmuna’s; that tire 
Election of the said James Henry Porteus Oakes 
was procured by corrupt and unlawful practices, 
and in defiance of the law, and tinat the Election of 
the said James Henry Porteus Oakes was not a 
free, open and pure Election; that after the teste of 
the Writ for holding the said Election, and before, 
at and during the said Election, the said James 
Henry Porteus Oakes did, by himself and his 
agents, friends and partisans, by divers ways and 
means, on his behalf or at his charge, directly or 
indirectly give, present or allow to persons having 
votes at the said Election, money, meat, drink, en- 
tertainment or provision, and made promises, agree- 
ments, obligations or engagements to give money, 
meat, drink, provision, presents, rewards or enter- 
tainment to and for persons having votes at the said 
Election, and to and for the use, benefit and advan- 
tage, employment, profit and preferment of such 
persons, in order that such persons should vote for 
the said James Henry Porteus Oakes at the said 
Election, or should refrain from voting thereat for 
the said Joseph Alfred Hardcastle, and that he the 

cc said 


Edmund's 
Election. 





194. 


said James Henry Porteus Oakes might be elected 
at such Election to serve in this present Parliament 
for the said Borough; that, by reason of the said 
corrupt or illegal practice, the said James Henry 
Porteus Oakes was and is wholly incapacitated and 
ineligible to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough, and the said Election and Return of 
the said James Henry Porteus Oakes were and are 
wholly null and void ; that before, during and after 
thesaid Election, the said James Henry Porteus Oakes 
did, by himself and his agents, friends and partisans, 
in divers ways, directly and indirectly give and pro- 
vide, and did cause and did knowingly allow to be 
given and provided, wholly or partly at his expense, 
and did pay wholly or in part divers expenses in- 
curred for meat, drink, entertainment and provision 
to and for persons having votes at the said Election, 
for the purpose of corruptly influencing such per- 
sons or divers other persons to give or to refrain 
from giving their votes in the said Election, and for 
the purpose of corruptly rewarding such persons or 
divers other persons for having given, or for having 
refrained from giving, their votes at the said Elec- 
tion; that by reason of the said last-mentioned cor- 
rupt or illegal practices, the said James Henry 
Porteus Oakes was and is wholly incapacitated and 
ineligible to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough, and the said Election and Return of 
the said James Henry Porteus Oakes were and are 
wholly null and void; that before, at and during 
the said Election, the said James Henry Porteus 
Oakes was, by himself and his agents, friends and 
managers, guilty of divers acts of bribery and cor- 
ruption, in order to corrupt or procure, and did, by 
himself and his agents, manegers and friends, and by 
many other persons employed in his behalf, by means 
of gifts, presents, money, rewards, and by means of 
promises and agreements and securities for money, 
gifts, employments and rewards, and by means of 
threats, intimidations, promises, undue influence 
und other corrupt and illegal practices, acts and 
means, corrupt and procure divers persons having 
or claiming to have votes at the said Election to 
give their votes in favour of the said James Henry 
Porteus Oakes, or to forbear to give their votes for 
the said Juseph Alfred Hardcastle; that the said 
James Henry Porteus Oakes, by the said last-men- 
tioned corrupt and illegal practices, was and is 
wholly incapacitated and ineligible to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said Borough, and the 
said Election and Return of the said James Henry 
Porteus Oakes were and are wholly null and void ; 
that extensive and notorious bribery, treating and 
corruption were practised and carried on at the said 
lection by divers persons being friends, supporters 
and partisans of the said James Henry Porteus 
Oakes, with a view to the Election of the said James 
Henry Porteus Oakes, and that the said Election 
and Return of the said James Henry Porteus Oakes 
was procured by means of such bribery, treating 
and corruption, and the said Election and Return 
of the said James Henry Porteus Oakes was and is 
wholly null and void; that divers persons, being 
Electors of the said Borough, were, by the agents, 
friends and managers, and by other persons on be- 
half of the said James Henry Porteus Oakes, ab- 
ducted and carried away, cooped up and confined, 
and thereby prevented from voting at the said Elec- 
tion; that the said James Henry Porteus Oakes, by 
reason of the thereinbefore premises, and also by 
reascn of the extensive and notorious bribery and 
treating, and corrupt and illegal means practised by 
him, or by persons employed by or acting for him 
and on his behalf, before, at and during’ and subse- 
quent to the said Election, is wholly disabled, inca- 
pacitated and ineligible to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the said Borough of Bury Saint Ed- 
mund’s, and the Return of the said James Henry 
Porteus Oakes was and is wholly null and void; 
that fraud, intimidation and duress were by the 





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agents, friends and managers, and by other persons 








A. 1852. 


on behalf of the said James Henry Porteus Oakes, 
| practise] upon divers persons having votes at the said 
| Election, by means whereof many persons who, but 
| for such illegal practices, would have voted in favour 
| of the said Joseph Alfred Hardcastle, were induced 
|and compelled to vote in favour of the said James 
Henry Porteus Oakes, or to forbear to give their 
votes in the said Election for the said Joseph Alfred 
Hardcastle; that by reason of the premises the said 
Election and Return of the said James Henry Por- 
teus Oukes were and are wholly null and void ; and 
praying that the House will take the premises into 
their consideration, and that it may be declared 
that the said lection and Return of the said James 
Henry Porteus Oakes are wholly null and void ; and 
that the House will grant the Petitioners such fur- 
ther and other relief in the premises as to the House 
shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the General Committee of Elections. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties 
on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the several Seizures made, and of the 
Prosecutions for Breach of the Laws relating to 
Tobacco, between the 5th day of January 1850 and 
the 5th day of January 1852; distinguishing those 
in Great Britain from those in Ireland ; specifying 
the Places where, and the Names of the Persons 
prosecuted, or from whom the Seizures were made ; 
the Quantities and Kinds of Goods seized ; the pre- 
cise nature of the Offences charged, or for which 
the Seizures were made; the results of the Exami- 
nations of the Goods by Analysis or otherwise, 
where seized for Adulteration; whether any and 
what Judicial Proceedings were taken in each case ; 
the result of such Proceedings, whether convicted 
or otherwise; Amount of Fine paid or Imprison- 
ment suffered ; whether the Goods seized were con- 
demned or restored (so far as relates to the Excise 
Branch of Inland Revenue, and in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 323, of Session 1850). 


Petitions relating to Financial Measures ;—Inha- 
bited House Duty, and Malt ;—Stamp Acts ;—and, 
Consolidated Annuities (Ireland) Act,—were pre- 


Table. 

Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers,— 
were also presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Scinde, 
which was presented upon the 14th day of this in- 
stant December, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
upon Tuesday the 7th day of this instant December, 
That the Tenants’ Improvements Compensation (fre- 
land) Bill be now read a second time; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 


A Member was sworn. 


And the Question being put:—It was resolved 
in the Affirmative :—The Bill was accordingly read 
a second time; and committed to a Select Com- 
mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the County Rates and Expenditure Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Land Improvement (Jreland) Bill ; 
Resolved, 





Tobacco. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Four- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the teenth Report. 


Scinde. 
No, 73. 


Tenants’ Im- 
provements 
Compensation 
(Ireland) Bill. 


A Member 
takes the 
Oaths. 


County Rates 
and Expendi- 
ture Bill. 


Land Im- 
provement — 
(Ireland) Bill. 


SupP 


— oe, 


Supply. 


West India 
Mail Packets, 
&amp;e. 


Inhabited 
House Duty. 


Totnes 
Election. 


Carlow County 


Election. 


Oldham 
Election. 


Royal Assent 
to Bills, 


16 VicTrorizZ. 


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


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

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns by the Royal Naval Officer in Charge of 
the Mails on Board the Outward-bound Royal 
Mail West India Packets, Peninsular and Oriental, 
East India and Peninsular and Oriental, Lisbon, 
Gibraltar, &amp;c. Packets, for each Month in the years 
1848, 1849, 1850, 1851 and 1852, as far as known, 
of the shortest and longest Passages between South- 
ampton Docks, or the Buoys and Moorings off the 
same, and the Edystone, due North :—And, of De- 
tentions of Mails for the same Period, whether from 
Fogs, taking the Ground, Fouling or other accident, 
specifying the Nature of the same, and the Places 
where they occurred. 


And it being Six of the clock, Mr. Speaker ad- 
journed the House till To-morrow, without putting 
the Question. 














Jovis, 16° die Decembris ; 
Anno 16° Victorie Regine, 1852. 


PRAYERS. 
H E House being informed, That the Sheriffs of 
the City of London attended at the door, the 
were called in; and at the bar presented, —A Peti- 
tion of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons 
of the City of London, in Common Council assem- 
bled :—And then they withdrew. 
And the said Petition, praying that the House will 
not sanction any addition whatever to the House 
Tax, was read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 


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the Royal Assent to the said Bills: Which Bills are 


as follow : 


Forging and Counterfeiting Bank Notes: 


‘est Indies, and the Mauritius, for certam purposes : 


closure Commissioners for England and Wales. 


of Inhabitant Householders of the Borough of 
Derby, praying for a full and searching inquiry into 
proceedings with reference to the last Election for 
that Borough, which was presented upon the 22d 
day of November last, and to report thereupon tu 
the House, have Power to report their Observations 
thereupon, together with the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before them. 
Mr. Goulburn reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee; That they had examined Witnesses, and 
had heard Counsel in support of the Petition, as 
well as on behalf of the Right honourable William 
Beresford, Secretary-at-War, and a Member of the 
House, and had agreed to a Report, which they had 
directed him to make to the House, together with the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them ; and the 
Report of the Committee is as followeth : 

Your Committee have to report with respect to the 


y | specific allegations contained in the Petition referred 


to them ; 

That the evidence which they have taken has 
satisfied them that a plan for an organized system of 
bribery existed in the Borough of Derby at the last 
Election. 

That the Right honourable William Beresford 
wrote a letter to one John Frail, of Shrewsbury, 
in the following terms : 

“ A good and safe man, with judgment and 


this day received a Report from the Examiner of |“ quickness, is wanted immediately at Derby. I 


Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Election Petition of Charles Barry Baldwin, re- 
lating to the Borough of Totnes, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of Walter Newton, relating to 
the County of Carlow, is unobjectionable. 


A Petition of Mortimer Grimshaw, complaining 
of bribery, intimidation and coercion at the last 


‘ 


“ 


suppose that you cannot leave your own place; 
if not, send some one whom you can trust in your 
place; let him go to Derby on receiving this, and 
find the County Tavern, in the centre of the town. 
“ Send his card to Coz, Brothers &amp; Co., Lead 
“ Works, as coming from Chester. That will be 


&lt;&lt; ”? 
enough. 
8 “ Yours, 


“ Monday.” (signed) “W.B.” 


That in consequence of such letter, one Thomas 
Morgan, of Shrewsbury, was sent to Derby by the 
said John Frail, and acting on instructions there 


“ 
“ 
“ 


Election for the Borough of Oldham, was brought | received, was subsequently detected and appre- 
up, and read :—And it appearing that the said Peti- | hended at Derby, while engaged in carrying out the 


tion came under the Election Petitions Act 1848, 


plan of the organized system of biibery proved be- 


and was not indorsed by the Examiner of Recog- | fore your Committee to have existed. 


nizances ; 
Ordered, That the Petition be withdrawn. 
A Message by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentleman 


Usher of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 


Your Committee do not find sufficient evidence 
to satisfy their minds that the “ arrangement, scheme 
and objects,” as referred to in the Petition, “ were 
known to and concurred in by the Right honourable 
William Beresford ;” but your Committee are of 


The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s opinion that the equivocal expressions of his letter 
Commission for declaring Her Royal Assent to seve- ought at least to have suggested to him the idea of 


ral Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire the 
immediate attendance of this Honourable House in 
the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. 
Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :— And being returned ; 
Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her 


Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House of 


Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal 


the improper use to which that letter might be and 
was applied, and they find in its terms a reckless 
indifference to consequences, which they cannot too 
highly censure. 

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





was read, giving, declaring and notifying the Royal | the Crown, Clerk of the Peace, Crown Solicitor, 


Assent to the several Public Bills therein mentioned ; 


and that the Lords, thereby authorized, had declared 
VoL. 108. 


Sessions Crown Prosecutor, Treasurer and Grand 
Jury Secretary, for each County, County of a City 
| cc2 or 


An Act to amend an Act of the first year of King Bank Notes 
George the Fourth, for the further Prevention of 51. 


An Act to amend an Act for guaranteeing the In- West India 
terest on such Loans, not exceeding Five hundred _ 
thousand Pounds, as may be raised by the British Amendment 
Colonies on the Continent of South America, in the Bill. 


Act 


An Act to authorize the Inclosure of certain Commons _ 
Lands, in pursuance of a Special Report of the In- Inclosure Bill. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed Derby 
to take into consideration the matier of the Petition Election. 


No. 78. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a county 
Rewrn of the Names, Age, Date of Appointment, Officers 
Salaries, Fees and Allowances, of every Clerk of (Ieeland.) 


onies, &amp;c. 






























































eee 









(Treland.) 


Convicts and 
Convicted 
Misdemean- 
ants. 


Education 
(Ireland.) 


Lunacy. 


Public 
Pctitions. 
Vide Four- 
teenth 
Report. 


196 


or County of a Town in Ireland, from the 31st day 
of March 1845 to the 31st day of March 1852 ; such 
Return to specify every County in which the Duties 
of Olerks ot the Crown or Peace have been per- 
formed by Deputy, also the Name and Amount of 
Salary and Allowances paid to any such Deputy. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Name, Age, Date of Appointment, 
Salary, Fees and Allowances of every Stipendiary 
or Resident Magistrate in Jreland, together with the 
Name of the County or District in which he acts, 
and a Statement of any previous Services, Civil or 


Military. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of all Convicts confined in the 
several County Gaols in Jre/and, on the 1st day of 
November 1852 ; specifying the Date of Conviction, 
Age and Period of Sentence of each Convict :—Of 
all Convicts confined in the several Government 
Depét Prisons in Jreland, the same Date; speci- 
fying the Period of Transportation, Date of Con- 
viction, and Age of each Convict; distinguishing 
those Convicts whose Sentences have been com- 
muted to Imprisonment, and the extent of such com- 
muted Punishment:—Of all Misdemeanants con- 
victed and undergoing Punishment in the several 
County Gaols upon the 1st day of November 1852 ; 
specifying Date of Couviction and extent of Punish- 
ment :—Showing the entire Cost of maintaining 
each Convict and convicted Misdeweanant confined 
in the several County Gaols in Jreland, for Five years, 
ending the 31st day of December 1851, as paid out 
of the County Rates:—Of all Sums repaid to 
Counties in /reland from the Consolidated Fund, 
for the Support of Convicts during the said Period : 
—And, of all Sums paid out of the Consolidated 
Fund to reimburse the several Counties in England 
and Wales, for the Maintenance of Convicts and 
convicted Misdemeanants confined in the several 
Gaols during said Period ; such Return to specify 
the Number in each Class, and the Average Cost 
per Head. 

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


Sir William Jolliffe presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Eighteenth Report of the 
Commissioners of National Education in Ireland 
(for the year 1851), with Appendices: Vol. I. 

Copy of Eighteenth Report of the Commissioners 
of National Education in Jreland (for the year 1851), 
with Appendices: Vol. II. 

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


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Copy of Report to the 
Lord Chancellor, under the 8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 100, s. 88, 
of the Number of Visits made, the Number of Pa- 
tients seen, and the Number of Miles travelled by 
the several Commissioners in Lunacy, during the 
Six Months ending on the 4th August 1852. ° 


Petitions relating to Elections ;— Parliamentary 
Representation ; — Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ;— 
Financial Measures; —Inhabited House Duty ;—In- 
habited House Duty and Property Tax ;—Inhabited 
House Duty and Malt ;—Malt ;— Malt and Hops ; 
—Paper, Newspaper Stamps and Advertisements ;— 
Stamp Acts ;— British Fisheries ;—Coasting Trade ; 
— Edward Murray ;-—Poor Law ;—Roman States ; 
—and, Sheriffs’ Courts ( Scotland),—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers,— 
were also presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 





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A. 1852. 


A Petition of registered Voters and Inhabitants Barnstaple 
of the Borough of Barnstaple, in the County of Election. 
Devon, was presented, and read ; setting forth, That 
it is a matter of notoriety that corrupt practices at 
Elections of Members of Parliament for the Borough Hi 
of Barnstaple have extensively prevailed for a series 
of years, of which the Journals of the House con- 
tain evidence in the records of an inquiry instituted 
upon Petition so long since as the year One thou- 
sand eight hundred and Nineteen; that long expe- 
rience has amply demonstrated that, except under a 
very rare combination of circumstances, a Candidate 
for the representation of Barnstaple has no chance 
whatever of success without having recourse to bri- 
bery ; that the lamentable consequences of these 
disgraceful practices have been witnessed in a wide- 
spread demoralization of the inhabitants, and in the 
encouragement of drunkenness, perjury and their at- 
tendant vices, which are propagated with fatal 
aggravation from generation to generation ; that the 
Petitioners, long impressed with the existence of 
these evils, and sensible that the perversion of the 
political influence of the Borough must be a fre- 

uent concomitant of them, have yet deplored the 
difficulty which has hitherto baffled the hopes of 
having them s0 investigated and brought to light 
as to enable an efficient remedy to be applied; that 
Parliament has shown its sense of these evils and 
its desire to repress them by passing an Act of the 
late Session, the fifteenth and sixteenth Victoria, 
under which facilities are afforded for the institution 
of official inquiry in Boroughs in which corrupt F 
practices are alleged to exist; and praying that 
the House will be pleased to pray Her Majesty to 
issue Her Royal Commission that inquiry may be 
made into the corrupt practices which they have 
alleged and do allege to prevail in the Borough of 
Barnstaple, and to apply such a remedy for the evils 
they complain of as to the discretion of the House 
may seem expedient, 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
General Committee of Elections. 


I 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Chronometers. f 
Copies of any further Applications to the Board of 
Admiralty, for Rewards for Improvements in Chro- 
nometers, received since the Date of the Return or- 
dered on the 1st day of December. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Port of 
Copy of any Memorials ur other Documents laid Shields. 
before Her Majesty’s Treasury, suggesting an Ex- 


tension of the Boundaries of the Port of Shields. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Poor Law. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
Hou-e, a Return, from each of the Poor Law Unions 
in England, Wales and Ireland, showing what 
kinds of en, if any, are carried on in the 
respective Workhouses, or on Land attached to 
them ; the Number of Adult able-bodied Persons, 
Male and Female, who appeared on the Books as 
Recipients of Relief on the 1st day of July 1852, 
and the Proportion of them engaged by the direc- 
tions of the Guardians in Handicraft and Agricul- 
tural Industry; the Classification of the Inmates of 
each Workhouse, and the Number of them engaged 
in Industrial Pursuits; and, whether all the Arti- 
cles produced are used in the Workhouses, and, if 
not, how the Surplus is disposed of. 

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


Ordered, That tliere be laid before this House, a Letter 
Return of the Number and Place of Date of al] Carriers. 
Memorials addressed to the Postmaster-general, 
against the New Regulation prohibiting the Solici- 
tation of Christmas Gifts or other Gratuities by 
Letter 








Houses. 


16 VicrorizZ. 


Letter Carriers, with Copies of such Memorials; 
omitting those which, in their Claims or Language, 
are a mere repetition of each other. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns, in Columns, of—1. The Number of Houses 
in every County in England and Wales charged to 
the Window Duties in 1851; 2. The Gross Amount 
charged thereon in 1851; 3. The Number of Houses 
charged to House Duty in the year ending April 
1852; 4. The Amount of Duty thereon; 5. The 
Number of Houses above £.10 and under £.20 
charged by Property Tax Commissioners, and, if 
not so charged, chargeable to Poor Rate; 6. The 
probable Amount of Duty thereon at 9d. and 1s. 6d. 
according to the respective Classes of Shops and 
Dwelling-houses; 7. The Amount which would be 
raised by doubling the Amount in Column 4, and 
adding the Amount in Column 6; such Return 
to be given exclusive of any Cities and Boroughs 
returning Members to serve in Parliament, and any 
other Towns containing more than 5,000 Inhabi- 
tants :—Like Return as relates to each City and 
Borough returning Members to serve in Parliament, 
and other Towns containing more than 5,000 Inha- 
bitants in each County, with the Total Amounts of 
such Cities, Boroughs and Towns in each County ; 
each County to be grouped with the Cities, Bo- 
roughs and Towne situate within the same :—And, 
like Returns for Scotland. 


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


Emigrant 
Ships. 


Tuscany, 


Loans (Public 
Works). 


Returns showing the Total Number of Paupers who 
have become chargeable on any Parishes and 
Unions in England and Wales, under the Operation 
of the Poor Removal Act of 1846, and of the subse- 

uent Acts relating to that Enactment, for the last 

hree years :—And, of the Amount of Money ex- 
pended for the [n-maintenance and Out-door Relief 
of such irremovable Poor in the said Unions and 
Parishes, for the same Period. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, in Tabular Form, of all Vessels belonging 
to the United Kingdom cleared Outward with Pas- 
sengers at the Custom-houses of Great Britain 
and Ireland, from the 16th day of June to the 31st 
day of December 1852 (both days inclusive), under 
Inspection of Emigrant Officers (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 542, of Session 1852); 
showing Name of Ship, Owner or Owners, Compo- 
sition of Crews, Emigrants of each Class, in manner 
of preceding Return; with the Totals from each 
Port for the whole year 1852. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Address presented to Her 
Majesty by the Secretary of State for the Home 
Department, relating to the Persecutions in Tus- 
cany. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Balances still outstanding on the 10th 
day of October 1852, on all Loans granted by the 
Commissioners appointed by the Act 57 Geo. 3, 
c. 34, and subsequent Acts; distinguishing the 
Amount then due on Loans granted out of Monies 
produced by the issue of Exchequer Bills, from 
Loans granted out of Monies issued from the Con- 
solidated Fund; together with a Statement of the 
Amounts received on each of these Classes in each 
since the said Act, showing what Amount has 

en repaid in each year on account of Interest, and 
what Amount on account of the Capital of the Loan 
repayable by Instalment or otherwise; and an Es- 

VoL. 108. 





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197 


timate, so far as it can be prepared, of the Amount 
of Interest and Capital which will probably be re- 
paid in each of the next Ten years. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed 
to consider the principle of Amalgamation as ayplied 
to Railway, or to Railway and Canal Bills, about to 
be brought under the consideration of Parliament, 
and to consider the principles which ought to guide 
the House in Railway Legislation, have Power to 
report their Opinion thereupon from time to time. 

Mr. Henley reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee, That they had considered the matters to 
them referred ; and had agreed to the following Re- 
solution : 

Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Com- 
mittee, that all Railway Bills introduced into the 
House during the present Session should, as a 
general rule, be made integral in themselves, and 
that the greatest caution should be exercised in 
admitting into them, otherwise than by specific 
enactment, provisions which repeal, continue or ex- 
tend the Powers of former Acts; and that the atten- 
tion of Committees on Private Bills should be di- 
rected to this point. 

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


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 


this day received a Report from the Examiner of 


Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Election Petition of Thomas Osborn Springfield and 
another, relating to the Western Division of the 
County of Norfolk, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of John Stephens and others, 
relating to the Borough of Harwich, is unobjec- 
tionable. 


Mr. Spexker also acquainted the House, That he 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of John Butter and George 
Mennie, relating to the Borough of Plymouth, is un- 
objectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, ‘That he 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of James Nicholls, relating to 
the City of Dublin, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
had this day received a Revort from the Examiner 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of John Irwin, relating to the 
County of Dublin, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of Robert Anderson, relating 
to the County of Londonderry, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Stafford presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 19th day of November 
last, for Copies of any Correspondence received at the 
Admiralty from Sir Edward Belcher’s Squadron, de- 
tailing the Proceedings thereof since leaving Green- 
hithe, and from any other of the Arctic Expeditions 
since the Dates of the last Returns from the same 
respectively :—Of any Communications received at 
the Admiralty from Mr. Kennedy, of the “ Prince 
Albert” Discovery Ship :— Of Correspondence from 
Commander Inglefield, of the Screw Vessel ‘‘ Isabel,” 
reporting his Discoveries and Proceedings in the 
Polar Sea:—Oft any Plans or Suggestions of Search 
for Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin and the Ships 
and Crews of his Expedition :—And, of any further 

cc3 Correspondence 





Railway and 

Canal Bills 

(First Report.) 
No. 79. 


Norfolk 
( Western 
Division) 


Election. 


Harwich 
Election. 


Plymouth 
Election. 


Dublin 
Election. 


Dublin County 
Election. 


Londonderry 
County 
Election. 


Arctic 
Expeditions. 


Capture of 
Bruné, &amp;c. 


Stamp Duties 
on Patents for 
Inventions 
Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Inhabited 
Houses, 


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Correspondence on the subject of the Arctic Regions, 
since the last laid before this House in the late 
Session (in continuation of Arctic Papers, Session 
1852). 

Further Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of 
this instant December, for Copies of wy yo 
with their Enclosures, from Rear-Admiral Sir Tho- 
mas Cochrane to the Admiralty, dated the 13th day of 
August 1845 and the 9th day of July 1846, reporting 
the Attack on, and the Capture of the City of Bruné : 
—Of the Despatches of — Wallage, Com- 
mander of the Honourable East India Company’s 
Steamer “ Nemesis,” dated Singapore, the 24th day 
of April 1848, and the Correspondence therein, to 
the ales of Steam Vessels :—And, of a De- 
spatch from the Government at Madras, Marine 
Department, to the Court of Directors, dated the 
5th day of September 1851, respecting Piracy in the 
Eastern Archipelago. 

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


The Stamp Duties on Patents for Inventions Bill 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, Vhat Mr. Hamilton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Ways and Means. 
(in the Committee.) 


Question again proposed, That, towards raising 


the Supply granted to Her Majesty, from and after | 


the sth day of April 1853, the Duties granted and 
made payable by the Act 14 &amp; 15 Vic. c. 36, upon 
Inhabited Dwelling-houses in Great Britain, ac- 
cording to the annual value thereof, shall cease and 
determine, and in lieu thereof there shall be granted 
and made payable upon all such Dwelling-houses 
the following Duties ; (that is to say). 

Question again proposed, That those words stand 
part of the proposed Resolution ; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question proposed, 
That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave 
to sit again :—Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question, by leave, withdrawn. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That, to- 
wards raising the Supply granted to Her Majesty, 
from and after the 5th day of April 1853, the Duties 
granted and made payable by the Act 14 &amp; 15 Vie. 
c. 36, upon Inhabited Dwelling-houses in Great 
Britain, according to the annual value thereof, shall 
cease and determine, and in lieu thereof there shall 
be granted and made payable upon all such Dwelling- 
houses the following Duties ; (that is to say) 

For every Inhabited Dwelling-house which, with 
the household and other offices, yards and gar- 
dens therewith occupied and charged, is or shall 
be worth the rent of ‘len pounds, or upwards, 
by the year, 

Where any such Dwelling-house shall be 
occupied by any person in trade who shall 
expose to sale and sell any goods, wares 
or merchandize in any shop or warehouse, 
being part of the same Dwelling-bouse, 
and in the front and on the ground or base- 
ment story thereof ; 

And also where any such Dwelling-house 
shall be occupied by any person who shall 
be duly licensed by the laws in force to 
sell therein by retail beer, ale, wine or 
other liquors, although the room or rooms 
thereof in which any such liquors shall be 
exposed to sale, sold, drunk or consumed, 
shall not be such shop or warehouse as 
aforesaid ; 

And also where any such Dwelling-house 
shall be a Farm-house occupied by a tenant 








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or farm servant, and bond fide used for the 
purposes of husbandry only, 

There shall be charged for every Twenty 
shillings of such annual value of any 
such Dwelling-house, the sum of One 
shilling. 

And where any such Dwelling-house shall 
not be occupied and used for any such 
purpose and in manner aforesaid, there 
shall be charged for every Twenty shillings 
of such annual value thereof, the sum of 
One Shilling and Sixpence. 

Amendment proposed : After the words “ annual 
“ value of any such Dwelling-house” to insert the 
words “a sum not exceeding.” 
Question proposed, That those words be there in- 
serted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 
Original Question put ; 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the { Mr. Mackenzie, Lose 
Yeas, LMr. Bateson: eg nag 
Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, Lees 
Noes, Mr. Grenville Berkeley: {°-”* 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





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


Veneris, 17° die Decembris 1852 : 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson 
Patten reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 





gress in the matter to them referred; and that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Tea Duties ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the County Rates and Expenditure Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Land Improvement (Jreland) Bill; 

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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend an Act of the fifteenth year of Her present 
Majesty (New Forest Deer Removal), as regards the 
Publication of Claims, and the preferring and deli- 
vering Objections thereto: And that Mr. Hamilton 
and Sir William Jolliffe do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That Mr. Hume be discharged from fur- 
ther attendance on the Select Committee on Railway 
and Canal Bills. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bright be added to the Com- 


mittee. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of all the Parishes in England and 
Wales into which or through any portion of which 
any Public Railway passes, showing the whole 
Length or Mileage of Railway in each Parish, the 
Total Acreage of each Parish, and the Acreage of 
the Land occupied by the Railway, the Gross 
Amount of Poor’s Rate collected in each Parish in 
each of the years 1851 and 1852, and the Amount 
contributed by Railway Property to the Poor’s Rate 
of each Parish in each of the same years; stating 
also the Name or Title of the Railway Company by 
which such Amount in each Parish has been con- 
tributed ; the Parishes to be arranged alphabetically 

in 








Tea Duties, 


County Rates 
and Expendi- 
ture Bill. 


Land Im- 
provement 
(Ireland) Bill, 


New Forest 
Deer Removal 
Act Amend- 
ment. 


Railway and 
Canal Bills, 


Railways. 














Pe 








Peterborough 
Election. 





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199 


in each County, and the Particulars with regard to | Election and Retern of the said George Hammond 


each County to form a separate Table, with a General | Whalley were and are wholly null and void; that 
Table or Summary of the whole. | hefore, during and after the said Election, the said 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to | George Hammond Whalley did, by himself and his 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are | agents, friends and partisans, or by er with divers 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. | persons, or in divers ways and manners, directly or 
| Indirectly give or provide, or did cause or did know- 

A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of | ingly allow to be given or provided, wholly or partly 
the City or Borough of Peterborough, was delivered | at his expense, or did pay wholly or in part divers 
in, and read ; setting forth, That at the last Election | expenses incurred for meat, drink, entertainment and 
of a Member to represent the City or Borough of} provision, to and for divers persons, for the purpose 
Peterborough in Parliament, in the room of the) of corruptly influencing divers of such persons, 
Honourable Richard Watson, the Petitioners were | or divers other persons, to give their votes in the 


registered Electors of the said City or Borough, en- 
titled to vote and did vote thereat; that at the said | 
Election, George Hammond Whalley, Esquire, and | 
George Cornewall Lewis, Esquire, . ere Candidates; 
that a poll being demanded, same was granted and | 
proceeded with, and at the close of the said poll the | 
Returning Officer of the said City or Borough declared | 
the said George Hammond Whalley to be duly elected | 
as a Member to serve in this present Parliament ed 
the said City or Borough, and to have had at the! 
said Election a majority of votes over the said George | 
Cornewall Lewis, and was returned accordingly, | 


said Election for the said George Hammond Whalley, 
or to refrain from giving their votes in the said 
Election for the said George Cornewal! Lewis, or for 
the purpose of corruptly rewarding divers of such 
persons, or divers other persons, for having given their 
votes in the said Election for the said George Ham- 
mond Whalley, or for having reframed from giving 
their votes at the said Election for the said George 
Cornewall Lewis; that by reason of the said last- 
mentioned corrupt and illegal practices, the said 
George Hummond Whalley was and is wholly in- 
capacitated and ineligible to serve in this present 


whereas, in fact and in right, the said George Corne-| Parliament for the said City or Borough, and the 
wali Lewis had a majority of votes over the said | said Election and Return of the said George Ham- 
George Hammond Whalley, and ought to have been | mond Whalley were and are wholly null and void ; 
returned as the Member duly elected at such Elec- | that gross, extensive and systematic and open and 
tion, in the place and stead of the said George Ham- | notorious bribery, treating and corruption were 
mond Whalley; the Petitioners allege and charge | practised and carried on at the said Election by 
that the said Election and Return of George Ham- | divers persons being friends, supporters and parti- 


mond Whalley was effected and carried by bribery, | 
corruption and treating, and by great intimidation; | 
that previous to, at and during and after the said | 
Election, the said George Hammond Whalley, by 
himself, his agents, committee and friends, and b 
many other persons employed on his behalf, did, by 
gifts, presents, mohey, rewards, and by promises and 
agreements and securities for money, gifts, employ- 
ment and rewards, and by threats, intimidation, pro- 
mises, undue influence, and other corrupt and illegal 
practices, acts and means, corrupt and procure 
divers persons having or claiming to have votes at 
the said Election, to give their votes in favour of 
him the said George Hammond Whalley, or to for- 
bear to give their votes in favour of the said George | 
Cornewall Lewis; that the said George Hammond 
Whalley, by the said corrupt and illegal practices, 
was and is wholly incapacitated and ineligible to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said City or 
Borough, and the said Election and Return of the 


sans of the said George Hammond Whalley, with a 
view to the Election of the said George Hammond 
Whalley, and that the said Election and Return of 
the said George Hammond Whalley were procured 
by means of such bribery, treating and corruption ; 
that by reason of the last-mentioned corrupt and 
illegal practices the said Election and Return of the 
said George Hammond Whalley were and are wholly 
null and void ; that fraud, intimidation and duress, 
were, by the agents, friends and managers, and by 
other persons on behalf of the said George Hammond 
Whalley, practised upon divers persons having votes at 
the said Election, by means whereof many persons 
who but for such illegal practices would have voted in 
favour of the said George Cornewall Lewis, were in- 
duced and compelled to vote in favour of the said 
George Hammond Whalley, or to forbear to give their 
votes in the said Election for the said George Corne- 
wall Lewis; that by reason of the premises the said 
Election and Return of the said George Hammond 


said George Hammond Whalley were and are wholly , Whalley were and are wholly null and void ; and 
null and void; that after the teste of the Writ for| the Petitioners also state and allege that the ma- 
holding the said Election, and before, at and during | jority of votes so declared by the Returning Officer 
the said Election, the said George Hammond | as aforesaid in favour of the said George Hammond 
Whalley did, by himself and his agents, friends and | Whalley was only an apparent and colourable ma- 
partisans, or by divers ways and means, in his be- jority, inasmuch as the votes of divers persons were 
half or at his charge, directly and indirectly give, accepted and recorded on the poll in favour of the 
present and allow to persons having votes i: and | said George Hammond Whalley, who were not le- 
at the said Election, money, meat, drink, en-| gally entitled and had no legal right to vote at the 
tertainment and provision, and did make presents, | said Election, and that the real majority of good 
gifts, rewards and entertainment, and did make | and legal votes polled at the said Election was in 
promises, agreements, obligations and engage- | favour of the said George Cornewall Lewis over the 
ments to give and allow money, meat, drink, | said George Hammond Whalley ; that divers per- 
provision, presents, rewards and _ entertainments | sons were admitted to vote and did vote at the said 
to and for persons having votes in and at the | Election for the said George Hammond Whalley, 





said Election, and to and for the use, benefit and 
advantage, employment, profit and preferment of 
such persons, to induce such persons to vote at the | 
said Election for the said George Hammond Whalley, | 
or to forbear to vote at the said Election for the said 
George Cornewall Lewis, or in order that he the said 
George Hammond Whalley might be elected or for 
being elected to serve in this present Parliament for 
the said City or Borough; that by reason of the 
last-mentioned corrupt and illegal practices, the said 
George Hammond Whalley was and is wholly incapa- 
citated and ineligible to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the said City or Borough, and the said 
VoL. 108, 





who were not entitled by law to vote in the Election 


for the said City or Borough, or to have had their 
names inserted in the List of Voters or upon the 
Register of Voters for the said City or Borough, 
such persons not having had any qualification or 
right in respect of property, occupation or value, or 
residence or rating, or payment of rates, or whose 
qualification was for other and various causes insuf- 
ficient, or having been respectively subject to legal 
incapacities, and having been unduly and impro- 
perly retained or inserted in the said Register in 
force in the said Town at the time of the said Elec- 
tion, by the express decision of the Barrister ap- 

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200 16°—17° Decembris. A. 1852. 


pointed to revise the Lists of Voters for the said otherwise than above stated improperly and illegally 
City or Borough from which such requisition was admitted and reckoned upon the poll in favour of the 
formed ; that at the said Election divers persons | said George Hammond Whalley, and omitted or ex- 
voted for the said Georve Hammond Whalley, who | cluded from the number of votes polled in favour of 
were or had been, either during such Election, or | the said George Cornewall Lewis ; that many persons 
within six calendar months previous thereto, or with- | were admitted to vote and did vote at the said Elec- 
in fourteen days after it was completed, retained or | tion for the said George Hammond Whalley who had 
employed at such Election as agents, attorneys,|asked, received or taken money, gifts, employ- 
ne tape or flag-men, or in some other capacity | ments, offices or rewards, or promises or agreements 
or the purposes of such Election, and had either} and securities for money, gifts, employments, 
before, during or after such Election accepted, re-| offices or rewards, or who were otherwise bribed in 
ceived or taken from the said George Hammond | order to give their votes at the said Election, or to 
Whalley, or from some other person, for or in con- | forbear to give their votes at the said Election, and 
sideration of or with reference to such retainer or| the votes so admitted ought to be struck off the 
employment, a sum or sums of money or retaining | poll ; that many persons were admitted to vote and 
fee, offices, places or employments, or promises or | did vote at the said Election in favour of the said 
securities for a sum or sums of money, retaining fees, | George Hammond Whalley who did, by themselves, 
offices, places or employments, and that such votes| or by persons employed by them, by gifts and 
were admitted and entered on the poll-books as| rewards, and by promises, agreements and securi- 
good votes for the said George Hammond Whalley, | ties tor gifts and rewards, and by divers illegal 
and ought now to be struck off the poll; that at the | practices, corrupt and procure, or did offer by gifts 
said Election divers persons voted for the said George | and rewards, or by promises, agreements and secu- 
Hammond Whalley who were registered as Electors | rities for gifts and rewards, and by divers illegal 
for the said City or Borough, but had become dis- | practices, to corrupt and procure divers persons, 
qualified as Electors for the said City or Borough, | having votes at the said Election, to give their votes 
and were incapable of voting at the said Election, | in favour of the said George Hammond Whalley, or 
on the ground of their having received alms or pa- | to forbear to give their votes in favour of the said 
rochial relief, or on the ground of their not being of | George Cornewall Lewis, and the votes so admitted 
full age, and being subject to legal incapacity, or on | ought to be struck off the poll; that many persons 
the ground of their not having resided ever since the | were admitted to vote and did vote at the said 
Thirty-first day of July One thousand eight hundred | Election for the said George Hammond Whalley, 
and Fifty-one, to the time of their voting at such | who before and after the teste of the Writ for the 
Election, within the said City or Borough, or the | said Election, and before, at and during the said 
ancient boundaries of the said City or Borough, or the | Election, had corruptly received money, meat, 
place for which they were registered, or within the | drink, entertainment, provisions, presents, gifts and 
distance thereof required by the statute in such case | rewards, given, presented and allowed, and promises, 
provided, to entitle such persons to be registered, or | agreements, obligations and engagements of and 
on the ground of their having ceased to reside within | for money, meat, drink, entertainment and _pro- 
the said City or Borough, or within such distance | visions to be given, presented and allowed by the 
so required as aforesaid, during some part of the | said George Hammoud Whalley, and by his agents, 
period between the First day of July One thousand | friends and partisans, or by divers ways and means 
eight hundred and Fifty-one, and the time of their | in his behalf, or at his charge, to and for such per- 
voting at such Election, or on the ground of their | sons, and to and for the use, benefit and advantage, 
not having continued to reside within the said City | employment, profit and preferment of such persons, 
or Borough, or within such distance so required as! in order to vote at the said Election for the said 
aforesaid, at the time of their so voting at such | George Hammond Whalley, or in order to forbear to 
Election, and that such votes were admitted and en- | vote at the said Election for the said George Corne- 
tered on the poll-book as good votes for the said | wail Lewis, or in order that he the said George Ham- 
George Hammond Whalley, and ought now to be , mond Whalley might be elected or for his being 
struck off from the poll; that at the said Election | elected to serve in this present Parliament for the 
divers persons voted tor the said George Hammond | said City or Borough, and were thereby disqualified 
Whalley, who at the time of their so voting were | and incapacitated from voting at the said Election, 
disqualified from or incapable of voting on the; and the votes so admitted ought to be struck off 
ground of legal incapacity, under and by virtue of | the poll; that many persons were admitted to vote 
a statute or statutes then in force, or were so dis-| and did vote at the said Election who before and 
qualified from or incapable of voting on the general | after the teste of the said Writ, and before, during, 
ground of legal incapacity, which had arisen sub-| at and after the said Election, had corruptly re- 
= to the expiration of the time allowed for | ceived meat, drink, entertainment or provision, or 
making out the List of Voters from which the Reyis- | promises, agreements, obligations and engagements 
ter of Voters in force at the time of the said Elec-| of and for meat, drink, entertainment or provision, 
tion had been made, and that such persons were not | to give their votes at the said Election for the said 
entitled to vot», and ought to be struck off the poll; ; George Hammond Whalley, or to forbear to give 
that at the said Election many voters were counted | their votes at the said Election for the said George 
on the said poll in favour of the said George Hammond | Cornewall Lewis, or in order that he the said George 
Whalley who did not in point of fact vote for him, | Hammond Whalley might be elected or for his 
but who were personated and fraudulently repre- | being elected a Member in this present Parliament 
sented by other persons, who had themselves no title | for the said City or Borough; that many persons 
to vote, but who fraudulently tendered their votes, | were admitted to vote and did vote at the said Elec- 
and were improperly admitted to vote in the names | tion for the said George Hammond Whalley, who 
and characters of the said first-mentioned voters, | had been corruptly influenced to give ther votes at 
and such names were entered in the poll-book as|the said Election for the said George Hammond 
good votes for the said George Hammond Whalley, | Whalley, or to refrain from giving their votes at the 
and ought now to be struck off the poll; that atthe | said Election for the said George Cornewall Lewis, 
said Election many persons were compelled, by vio- | or who had been corruptly rewarded for having 
lence, threats, intimidation and force practised by | given their votes at the said Election for the said 
friends, agents, partisans, managers, committee-men | George Hammond Whalley, or for having refrained 
and supporters of the said George Hammond Whal- | from having given their votes at the said Election 
ley, to vote for the said George Hammond Whalley, |for the said George Cornewall Lewis, by meat, 
or to forbear to vote for the said George Cornewall | drink, entertainment or provision, which the said 
Lewis; that at the said Election many persons were | George Hammond Whalley, before, at, during and 
after 






































16 Vicroriz. 


after the said Election, had himself, or by his agents 
and divers persons on his behalf, or by or with 
divers persons, or in divers manners, directly or in- 
directly given and provided, or caused or knowingly 
allowed to be given and provided, wholly or partly at 
his expense, or the expenses incurred for which he 
did pay or has paid to and for such voters, or to and 
for divers other persons, for the purpose of corruptly 
influencing such voters to give their votes at the 
said Election for the said George Hummond Whal- 
ley, or to refrain from giving their votes at the 
said Election for the said George Cornewall Lewis, 
or for the purpose of corruptly rewarding such voters 
for having given their votes at the said Election for 
the said George Hammond Whalley, or for having 
refrained from having given their votes at the said 
Election for the said George Cornewall Lewis, and 
who were thereby disqualified and incapacitated 
from voting at the said Election, and the votes so 
admitted ought to be struck off the poll; that many 
persons were admitted to vote and did vote at the 
said Election in favour of the said George Hammond 
Whalley, who before and after the teste of the Writ 
for tiie said Election, and before, during, at and 
after the said Election, gave to persons having voices 
at the said Election, money, meat, drink, entertain- 
ment or provision, or promises, agreements, engage- 
ments or obligations for money, meat, drink, enter- 
tainment, provision, present or reward, to or for 
the use, advantage, benefit, enjoyment, profit and 
preferment of such persons, in order to procure such 
persons to vote at the said Election for the said 
George Hammond Whalley, or to forbear to vote at 


the said Election for the said George Cornewoll | 


Lewis, or in order that the said George Hammond 
Whalley might be elected, or for his being elected 
to serve in this Parliament for the said City or Bo- 


rough, and the votes of the persons so admitted to | 


vote ought to be struck off the po!] ; that many per- 
sons were admitted to vote and did vote at the said 
Election for the said George Hammond Whalley, 
who before, during, at and after the said Election, 
gave and provided, or caused or knowingly allowed 
to be provided, meat, drink, entertainment or pro- 
vision to divers persons, for the purpose of corruptly 
influencing such persons or divers other persons to 
give their votes atthe said Election for the said George 
Hammond Whalley, or to refrain from voting at the 
said Election for the said George Curnewall Lewis, 
or for the purpose of corruptly rewarding such per- 
sons or divers other persons for having voted at the 
said Election for the said George Hammond Whal- 
ley, or for having refrained from voting at the said 
Election for the said George Cornewall Lewis, and 
that the votes so admitted ought to be struck off 
the poll; that many persons were admitted to vote 
and did vote at the said Election for the said 
George Hammond Whalley, who before and after 
the teste of the Writ for the said Election, and be- 
fore, during, at and after the said Election, were 
guilty of corruptly treating, and of being corruptly 
treated, in order to procure the Election of the 
said George Hammond Whalley, and who were by 
such last-mentioned corrupt practices disqualified 
and incapacitated from voting at the said Election, 
and the votes so admitted ought to be struck off 
the poll; that by the ways and means afvresaid, the 
said George Hammond Whalley obtained an appareut 
majority in number of votes over the said George 
Cornewall Lewis, whereas in truth and in fact the 
said George Cornewall Lewis had a majority of legal 
votes over the said George Hammond Whalley, and 
was duly elected a Member to serve in the present 
Parliament for the said City or Borough, and 
ought to have been returned as such Member; 
the Petitioners further allege and state that, at 
the time of the said Election of a Member to 
serve in Parliament for the said City or Bo- 
rough, and of his said Return as such Member 
as aforesaid, the said George Hammond Whalley, 
Vou, 108. 





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201 


Esquire, was not, according to the true intent 
and meaning of the Act passed in the second year 
of the reign of Queen Victoria, intituled, ‘‘ An Act 
to amend the Laws relating to the Qualification of 
Members to serve in Parliament,” duly qualified to 
be elected as a Member to serve in Parliament for 
the said City or Borough, nor was the said George 
Hammond Whalley, at the time of the said last 
Election, or at the time of his said Return as such 
Member as aforesaid, seised or entitled for his own 
use or benefit of or to any estate, legal or equitable, 
in lands, tenements or hereditaments, of any tenure 
whatsoever, situate, lying or being within the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain or Ireland, or in the 
rents or profits thereof, for his own life, or for the 
life or lives of any other person or persons then 
living, or for a term of years either absolute or 
determinable on his own life, or on the life or lives 
of any other person or persons then living, of which 
term not less than thirteen years were at the time of 
the said Election unexpired, such estate being of 
the clear vearly value of not less than three hun- 
dred pounds over and above all incumbrances affect- 
ing the same, nor was the said George Hammond 
Whalley, at the time of the said Election, or at the 
time of his Return as such Member as aforesaid, 
possessed and entitled for his own use and benefit, 
at law or in equity, for his own life, or for the life or 
lives of any other person or persons then living, or 
for any term of years either absolute or determinable 
on his own life, or for the life or lives of any other 
person or persons then living, of which term not 
less than thirteen years were at the time of his said 
Election unexpired, or of or to personal estate or 
effects of any nature or kind whatsoever, situate 
within the said United Kingdom, or the interest, 
dividends or annual proceeds actually producing 
the clear yearly income of not less than three han- 
dred pounds over and above all incumbrances 
affecting the same, nor did the said George Ham- 
mond Whalley, at the time of the said last Election, 
or at the time of his said Return as such Member as 
aforesaid, possess more than oue of the several kinds 
of qualification hereinbefore mentioned, which were 
jointly sufficient to —_— him to serve as Member 
for the said City or Borough ; that the said George 
Hammond Whalley was not, at the time of the said 
Election, or at the time of his said Return as such 
Member as aforesaid, the eldest son or heir apparent 
of any Peer or Lord of Parliament, or of any per- 
son qualified by the Jast-mentioned Act, or by any 
other Act, to serve as Knight of the Shire, and 
therefore that the said George Hammond Whalley 
was not capable of being elected at the said Elec- 
tion a Member of the House for the said City or 
Borough of Peterborough, and was not duly quali- 
fied as a Member to serve in Parliament for the said 
City or Borough of Peserborough, and the said 
Election and Return of the said George Hammond 
Whalley were and are wholly null and void; that 
at the time of the said Election the said George 
Hammond Whalley was wholly ineligible and inca- 
pacitated to be elected as a Member for the said 
City or Borough, by reason that he the said George 
Hammond Whalley was not at the time of the said 
Election duly qualified by seisin or possession of 
real or personal estate or effects of such a nature or 
to such amount as was and is by law necessary to 
qualify him to sit and to be elected, and to render 
him the said Georye Hammond Whalley capable of 
being elected a Member of the House for tne said 
City ur Borough, and for the want of such qualifi- 
cation, and of the incapacity last aforesaid, the 
Election and Return of the said George Hammond 
Whalley were and are wholly null and void; and 
praying that the House will take the premises into 
consideration, and will declare the said Election 
and Return of the said George Hammond Whalley 
to be wholly null and void, or will declare that the 
said Election and Return of the said George Ham- 

DD mond 


202 


mond Whalley were wholly null and void, and that | 
the said George Hammond Whalley was not duly 
elected, and ought not to have been returned at the 
said Election, and that the said George Cornewall 
Lewis was duly elected, and ought to have been 
returned at the said Election: and will cause the 
Return to be amended by erasing the name of the 
said George Hammond Whalley, and substituting 
that of the said George Cornewall Lewis in its stead ; | 
and will give to the Petitioners such further and 
other relief as to the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petiticn be referred to the 
General Committee of Elections. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records 
as shall be thought necessary by the several Parties 
on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


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

New Forest Mr. Hamilton presented a Bill to amend an Act 
Deer Removal of the fifteenth year of Her present Majesty (New 
Act Amend- Forest Deer Removal), as regards the Publication 





t Bill. 4 alee : 
"fhe cod of Claims, and the preferring and delivering Objec- 
"tions thereto: And the same was read the first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills; and be printed. 
And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before Four of the 
clock on Friday morning, adjourned till Mon- 
day next. 
Lune, 20° die Decembris ; 
Anno 16° Victorie Regine, 1852. 
PRAYERS. 
Public M R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
ee “ mittee on Public Petitions; That they had 
ey "examined the Petitions presented upon the 14th, 


15th and 16th days of this instant December ; 
and had directed him to make a Report thereof to 
the House. 

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


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Election Petition of Richard Beare Tooker and an- 
other, relating to the City of Cork, is unobjection- 


able. 


Cork Election. 


Carlow Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 

County had this day received a Report from the Examiner 

a. of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance 
to the Election Petition of Philip Jocelyn Newton 
and another, relating to the County of Carlow, is 
unobjectionable. 

Danis Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 

Election. had this day received a Report from the Examiner 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of James Mahow and another, 
relating to the Borough of Ennis, is unobjection- 
able. 

Liverpool Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 

Hlection. had this day received a Report from the Examiner 


of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of Wéilliam Rathbone the 
younger and another, relating to the Borough of 
Liverpool, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
had this day, received a Report from the Examiner 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of Sir Richard George Augus- 
tus Tevinge, Boronet, relating to the County of 
Westmeath, is unobjectionable. 


Westmeath 
Election. 


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A. 1852. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he Sligo Election, 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of John Patrick Somers, 
relating to the Borough of S/igo, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he Sligo County 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner Election. 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of John Delany, relating to 
the County of Sligo, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he routh 
had this day received a Report {rom the Examiner Election. 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the lection Petition of John M‘Clintock, junior, 
relating to the County of Louth, is unobjectionable. 


Ordered, That in the case of the New Forest New Forest 
Deer Removal Act Amendment Bill, the Examiner yey an 
of Petitions for Private Bills have leave to sit and aan Bil, P 
proceed forthwith. 


Ordered, That all Railway Bills introduced into Railway Bills, 

the House during the present Session, as a general 
rule, be made integral in themselves, and that the 
greatest caution be exercised in admitting into 
them, otherwise than by specific enactment, Provi- 
sions which repeal, continue or extend the Powers 
of former Acts; and that the attention of Com- 
mittees on Private Bills be directed to this point. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Anatomy. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Number and Name of each 
Inspector of Schools of Anatomy, and the District 
under his Inspection, from August 1832 to this 
Date :—Of the Amount of Salary and other Money 
Payments paid to each Inspector, and for what 
purpose, from August 1832 to this Date :—Of the 
Number of Visits made by each Inspector to the 
several Schools of Anatomy within his District; 
specifying the Name of the School, and Date of each 
Visit, from August 1832 to this Date:—Of the 
Number of Subjects sent to Schools of Anatomy; 
specifying the Number to each, and Date when 
sent, from August 1832 to this Date:—Copies of 
each Inspector’s Report to the Home Office of all 
Contraventions of the Anatomy Act by Teachers or 
Students of Anatomy, from August 1882 to this 
Date; and also (if any) what Proceedings have 
been taken thereon :—Of the Report of the Com- 
mission appointed by the Home Office, about Fe- 
bruary 1840, to inquire into the working of the 
Anatomy Act :—And, of the Report of the Commis- 
sion appointed by the Home Office, about Decem- 
ber 1841, to inquire into the working of the Ana- 
tomy Act, including the Investigation of the Charges 
against Dr. Somerville, the late Government In- 
spector of Schools of Anatomy. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Tewkesbury 
Copies of any Communications addressed in the Union. 
Months of January and February 1851, by the 
Board of Guardians of the Tewkesbury Union to 
the Poor Law Board, and of all Replies addressed 
to the Guardians by the Poor Law Board, on the 
Subject of a proposed Reduction in the Salaries of 
some of the Officers in that Union; together with 
Copies of any Representations on the same Subject 
received by the Poor Law Board from any Officers 
of that Union. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Committals 
Return relative to Committals (Jreland), to the Ireland.) 
latest possible Period (in continuation of Parlia- 








mentary Paper, No. 78, of Session 1839). 
Resolved, 








Coroners. 


16 VicrortiZ. 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, First, a Return, as nearly as may be, from 
each County Coroner, of the Number of Inquisitions 
held by him in virtue of his office, during the last 
Twelve years, beginning with the year 1841, speci- 
fying the Number of such Inquisitions in each year, 
and in each quarter of every year; the Sex, Age 
and Station in life of the Subjects of Inquisition, 
and of the cause of Death, where that has been | 
ascertained, distinguishing such as have been so 
by post mortem Examination ; and the Number of 
“Sudden” Deaths (properly so considered) in- 
quired into by the said Coroner; and whether in 
any such cases Medical Aid had been obtained im- 
mediately before Death ;—Secondly, a Return from 
the Secretary of State for the Home Department, of 
all the Annual Returns made to him by the Borough 
Coroners, under the Municipal Reform Act 5 &amp; 6 
Will. 4, of all Inquests of Death held by them, 
specifying, as far as that may be accomplished from 
such Returns, the several particulars required by 
Return (First), both Returns to be made in accord- 
ance with the annexed Tabulated Form : 





Years. of 


in each 
Year. 





Total | 
Number | 


Inquests | 


Number of Inquests according to three 


| Total Classes of Society. 


| Num- 
! ber in 

each 
Quar- 
| ter. 





Industrial 
and 
Working 
Class. 


| 
Quarter. 


Middle 
Claas. 


Upper 
Class. 





ToraLs. 


| 








| 
| 
i 


| 


| | 
| ! M.| F.| M.| F. | M.| F.[M.| F.] 1 




















Years. 


Accidental 
Death.* 


Violent 


Sudden | = ’ 
Death.¢ | Medical Aid had before Death. 


Death. 





M. 


| F. M. | F. | 


| 
| 


F. M. 


| 


| 


| 


| 
| 





Number of Inquests of Death according 


Number 


to Disease. of Ver- 


Re- 





Years, 





| | 
IM. F. 


| 


Apoplexy.} of the 


Old 
Age. 


dicts of 

*€ Visita- 
tion of 
God.” 


Seat, | Suicides. 
sions 


or Fits. 


| Disease , 
Palsy. marks. 
| Heart. 


| 
M. | F. | M. iF. 


| 





M.| F.|M.| F.| M.| F. 








| 
| } 
| | | 

















* Such as falls, drowning, suffocation, railway and carriage accident. 
+ Such as poison, assassination, strangulation. 


Piracy 
(Eastern 
Archipelago. ) 


Letter 
Carriers, 


And, a distinct Table of the Number of Deaths in 
each Age (where that could be ascertained) that 
came under the consideration of the said County and 
Borough Coroners during the same Twelve years, 
without reference to any particular year or quarter. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of all Correspondence with Her Ma- 
jesty's Government, since the 23d day of November 
1852, respecting Piracy in the Eastern Archipelago, 
and the Proceedings of Sir James Brooke. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return showing the Rate of Wages paid to Letter 


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VoL, 108, 


203 


Carriers in the United Kingdom, arranging in Clas- 
ses those Places in which Uniformity of Rate exists ; 
and showing in what Places there is a departure 
from such Uniformity; to what Places the Regula- 
tion of the Post-oftice prohibiting the Receipt of 
‘“ Christmas Gifts” does or does not extend; in 
what cases Emoluments are received from Private 
Boxes, Bags or other Sources, in addition to the 
ordinary Salary ; and in what Places Letter Carriers 
are entitied to Superannuation Allowances, and what 
is the Rate of such Allowances. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of Durham 
the City of Durham, was delivered in, and read ; Election. 


setting forth, That the Petitioners were, at and 
during the last Election of Members to serve in this 
present Parliament for the City of Durham, regis- 
tered Electors of the said City, and voted at the 
said Election ; that at an Election on the Seventh 
day of July One thousand eight hundred and Fifty- 
two, Thomas Colpitts Granger, Esquire (since de- 
ceased), William Atherton, Esquire, and Adofphus 
Frederick Charles William Vane, commonly cailed 
Lord Adolphus Frederick Charles Wiillium Vane, 
were the Candidates, anda poll having been de- 
manded, was held and taken, and at the close 
thereof the said Thomas Colpitts Granger and Wit- 
ham Atherton were, by the Returning Officer of the 
said City, declared to have had a majority of votes, 
and to have been duly elected, and were returned to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said City; 
that hefore and at the said last-mentioned Election, 
the said Lord Adolphus Frederick Charles William 
Vane was, by himself, his agents, managers, friends 
and partisans, guilty of bribery, treating and cor- 
ruption, and did, by gifts, presents, money and 
rewards, and by promises and agreements for gifts, 
presents, money and rewards, and by other illegal 
practices, corrupt and procure divers persons, being 
registered Electors of the said City, to give their 
votes in favour of the said Lord Adolphus Fre- 
derick Charles William Vane, or to forbear to give 
them to the said other Candidates, or one of them; 
that the said Lord Adolphus Frederick Charles 
William Vane did, by himself, his agents, friends 
and managers, by divers ways and means, at his 
charge and on his behalf, directly and indirectly, 
give, provide, present and allow, and cause and 
knowingly permit to be given, provided, presented 
and allowed to registered Electors of the said City, 
and to other persons, money, meat, drink, enter- 
tainment, provision and reward to and for persons 
having votes at the said Election, in order that he 
the said Lord Adolphus Frederick Charles William 
Vane might have the votes of the said Electors ; 
that undue influence, intimidation and other unlaw- 
ful practices were resorted to at the said Election by 
the agents, friends and partisans of the said Lord 
Adolphus Frederick Charles William Vane, in order 
to endeavour to obtain his Election as a Member 
for the said City ; that such bribery, treating, undue 
influence, intimidation and other unlawful practices, 
were openly, notoriously and systematically used 
and carried on atthe said Election by the agents, 
friends, managers and partisans of the said Lord 
Adolphus Frederick Charles William Vane; that by 
reason of the premises, the said Lord Adolphus 
Frederick Charles William Vane was and is wholly 
ineligible and incapacitated to sit in this present Par- 
liament; that the said Thomas Colpitts Granger 
having departed this life since his said Election, a 
new Writ was by the House ordered to be issued for 
the Election of a Member to serve in Parliament 
for the said City, which Election was accordingly 
held on the First day of December instant ; that at 
the said last-mentioned Election, the said Lord 
Adolphus Frederick Charles William Vane, notwith- 
standing his ineligibility, was a Candidate together 
with Henry Fenwick, Esquire, and a poll being de- 


manded and taken, the said Lord Adolphus Frederick 


DpD2 Charles 





New Churches 


Consolidated 
Annuities 
(Ireland. ) 


New Forest 
Deer Removal 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Silver Coins, 
&amp;e. 


204 


Charles William Vane was at the close thereof de- 
clared by the Returning Officer to have the ma- 
jority of votes, and to be elected, and was returned 
as a Member to serve in this present Parliament for 
the said City; that the Election and Return of the 
said Lord Adolphus Frederick Charles William Vane 
were procured by means of bribery, treating, intimida- 
tion, undue influence, and by other corrupt and illegal 
practices, whereby the freedom of election was pre- 
vented, and the choice of the Electors was controlled 
and dictated ; that such bribery, treating and other 
corrupt and illegal practices were carried on openly, 
notoriously and systematically by the agents, friends, 
managers and partisans of the said Lord Adolphus 
Frederick Charles William Vane, with a view to his 
Election and Return, and his said Election and Re- 
turn ought therefore to be set aside; and praying 
that the House will take the premises into conside- 
ration, and declare that the said Lord Adolphus 
Frederick Charles William Vane was and is wholly 
ineligible to sit in this present Parliament for the 
said City of Durham, and that he was not duly 
elected, and that his Election and Return were and 
are wholly null and void; and will give to the Peti- 
tioners such further and other relief as to the House 
shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
General Committee of Elections. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers aud records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Sums expended under the direction 
of the Commissioners for Building Churches, since 
the 26th day of March 1840, distinguishing the 
Amount contributed by the Public from that raised 
by Local Rate, Subscription, Loan, or other sources ; 
stating the several Churches and Chapels, the 
Amount expended on each, and the extent of Ac- 
commodation in Pews and Free Sittings :—Of all 
Sums advanced on Loan by the Church Building 
Commissioners, and which are now due or in the 
course of Payment :—Of any Sums now disposable 
by the Commissioners for Building Churches, of 
the Number of Churches and Chapels in which the 
Stipends of Ministers have been settled since the 
above-mentioned Date, the estimated Rental of the 
Pews therein, and the Net Average Stipend of each 
Minister :—And, of the Total Amount provided by 
Parliament to be expended by the Commissioners 
for Building Churches (being partially in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 262, of Session 
1840). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of a Memorial addressed to the First Lord 
of the Treasury, dated the 3d day of October 1851, 
from the Board of Guardians of the Union of Bally- 
vaughan, in the County of Clare, in reference to the 
Consolidated Annuities in Jreland. 


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A. 1852. 


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


Lord Stanley presented,—Return to an Address Messrs. Win- 
to Her Majesty, dated the 7th day of this instant gate and 
December, for Copies of any Papers or Correspon- —. 
dence respecting the Expulsion of Messrs. Wingate 
and Smith from the Austrian Dominions (in con- 
tinuation of Papers presented in the last Session of 
the last Parliament). 

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


Sir John Pakington presented,— Return to an Vancouver's 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 17th day of June Island. 
in the last Session of the last Parliament, for a Re- 
turn made since 1849, by the Hudson’s Bay Com- 
pany to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, in 
conformity with the Grant of Vancouver's Islund to 
the said Company, of the Acres of Land sold, and 
the Number of Colonists settled in the said Island, 
and of all Monies which have been received by the 
said Company for the Purchase of such Lands; and 
also from all Payments which may have been made 
to them for or in respect of Coal or other Minerals 
obtained in the said Island, together with the 
Amount applied to Colonization and Improvement 
of the Island. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Customs 
16th day of November last, for a Return of the Duties 
Duties payable, under Colonial Enactments, on (Cavan) 
Goods imported into the British Colonies (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 667, of Ses- 
sion 1851). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Clergy 
23d day of November last, for Copies of all Cor- ag 
respondence between Her Majesty’s Government in sematemeeee 
Canada, or any Member thereof, and the Secretary 
of State for the Colonies, on the subject of the 
Clergy Reserves (in continuation of Papers pre- 
sented to Parliament by Her Majesty’s Command, 
February 1852). 

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


Sir William Jolliffe presented, by Her Majesty’s Census of 
Command,—Copy of the Census of Zre/and for the Ireland. 
year 1851 :—Part I., showing the Area, Population 
and Number of Houses, by Townlands and Electo- 
ral Divisions,—County of Monaghan. 

Copy of the Census of Ireland for the year 1851 : 

—Pairt I., showing the Area, Population and Num- 
ber of Houses, by Townlands and Electoral Divi- 
sions,—County of Tyrone. 

Sir William Jolliffe also presented,—Return to Tuscany. 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 16th day of 
this instant December, for Copy of the Address 
presented to Her Majesty by the Secretary of State 
for the Home Department, relating to the Persecu- 
tions in Tuscany. 

Return to an Order, dated the 30th day of No- Poor-rate 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from | vember last, for a Return of the Number of Poor- Collectors. 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, | rate Collectors who have been dismissed by Orders 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing | of the Poor Law Commissioners, or the Commis- 
Orders in the case of the Mew Forest Deer Removal | sioners for administering the Laws for the Relief of 


Act Amendment Bill. 


the Poor in Jreland, since the passing of the Act 


Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Resoived, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be Jaid before this 


| 


House, a Copy of the Correspondence which has | 
taken place between the Lords of the Treasury, the 


Secretary of State for the Colonial Department, the | 


' 


Governors of the British West India Colonies, and 
the Directors of the Colonial Bank, relating to the 
Circulation of British Silver and other Coins in 
these Possessions. 


| 





in which such Collector was acting at the time of his 
dismissal. 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


| Table. 


Ordered, that the Returns relative to the Capture Capture o. 
of Bruné, &amp;c., which were presented upon the 14th Bruné, &amp;e. 
and 16th days of this instant December, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Arctic Arctic _ 
Expeditions, which was presented upon the 16th Expeditions. 
day of this instant December, be printed. 


No. 81. 


No. 82. 
Petitions 





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Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Fifteenth 
Report. 


Adjournment. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Tea Duties. 


County Rates 
and Expen- 
diture Bill. 


Land Im- 
provement 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Designs Act 
Extension Bill. 


Supply. 


Iron Ordnance. 


16 Victroriz. 





Petitions relating to Ballot ;—Reverend Gregory 
Bateman, Mm. a.;— Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ;— 
Maynooth College Act ;—Maynooth College Act, 
and Freedom of Election ;—Nunneries ;—Wew Zea- 
land ;—Advertisements ; —County Rates and Ex- 

enditure Bill; —Financial Measures ;—Inhabited 
ene Duty ;— Inhabited House Duty, and Malt ;— 
Malt ;—Malt and Hops ae Stamps ;— 
Poor Rates ;—Wines;— David Hill ;— Edward 
Murray ;—Ocean Penny Postage ;—Poor Law ;— 
Roman States ;—and, William Stewart Sheridan, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Petitions relating toParliamentary Papers,—were 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 


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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Tea Duties ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the County Rates and Expenditure 


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Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time | 
upon Wednesday the 23d day of February next. | 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Land Improvement (Jreland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 16th day of February next, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Designs Act Extension Bill; 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 16th day of February next. 


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

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


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That there be laid before this House, Returns 
of the Unappropriated Iron Ordnance in Store at 
Woolwich and the Outports, for the Land and Sea 





Service ; distinguishing the Serviceable, Unservice- 
able and Obsolete :—And, showing the Number of 
lron Ordnance condemned as Unserviceable in each | 
year since 1848, and how disposed of, and, if sold, 
the Price received for the same (in continuation of 
Returns Nos. 108 and 109, Appendix to Report 
of Select Committee on Orduance Expenditure 
1849) :— 


And Notice being taken, that Forty; Members 
were not present:—The House was told by Mr. 
Speaker ; and Forty Members not being present, 
and it being then alter Four of the clock :—The 
House was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without a 
Question first put, till Thursday next. 





VoL. 108. 





205 


Jovis, 23° die Decembris ; 
Anno 16° Victorie Regine, 1852. 


PRAYERS. 


S' R Robert Harry Inglis reported from the Select public 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had Petitions 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 20th cy 
day of this instant December; and had directed : 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Petitions relating to Church of Zreland ;—Finan- Public 
cial Measures ;— Repayment of Advances (Jreland); Petitions. 
—Copyholds ;—Cork Pier ;—and, Edward Murray, yiae Six. 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon teenth Report. 
the Table. 

Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers,— 
were also presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 


Ordered, That the Standing Committee on the Kitchen and 
Kitchen and Refreshment Rooms (House of Com- Refreshment 
mons), have Power to report their Observations pg ath 
thereupon from time to time. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Arterial 
Continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 186, re- em 
lative to Arterial Drainage (Jreland), presented agd (Heland.) 
March 1852, to the present Date. 


Mr. Stafford presented,—-Return to an Order, Chronometers. 
dated the 16th day of this instant December, for 
Copies of any further Applications to the Board of 
Admiralty, for Rewards for Improvements in Chro- 
nometers, received since the Date of the Return 
ordered on the 1st day of December. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Sir John Pakington presented by Her Majesty’s Cape of Good 
Command,—Further Papers relative to the Esta- Hope- 
blishment of a Representative Assembly at the 
Cape of Good Hope (in continuation of Papers pre- 
sented to Parliament by Her Majesty’s Command, 

February 5th and June 28th 1850, May 19th 1851, 
and February 3d 1852). 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


| Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Amount received as Excise Duties 
on Hops, and the Expenses incurred in the Collec- 
tion thereof, in the years 1847, 1848, 1849, 1850 
and 1851 respectively. 


Hops. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. 
the House this day, adjourn till To-morrow, at 
Two of the clock. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Postal Com- 
the Clerk of the Hou-e,—Return to an Order, dated munication, 
the 14th day of this instant December, for Copies de. (India.) 
ot the Report by the Commission appointed to in- 
quire into Postal Communication in Jndia; together 
with Copies of any Despatches from the Court of 
Directors to India, authorizing New Regulations 
aud an unifurm rate of Postage in India :—And, of 
any Report from Bengal respecting Telegraphs, and 
of any Despatches from the Court of Directors 
sanctioning the Establishment of Electric Tele- 
graphs in Jndia. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Vancouver’s Vancouver's 
Island, which was presented upon the 20th day of Island. 
this instant December, be printed. No, 83. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Customs Customs 
Duties (Colonies), which was presented upon the 
20th day of this instant December, be printed. 
DD3 


Duties 
( Colonies.) 


Ordered, No. 84. 





Clergy 
Reserves 
(Canada. ) 


No. 85. 


Tuscany. 


No. 86. 


Message trom 


the Lords. 


Stamp Duties 
&gt;, . . . 
on Patents for Patents for Inventions Bill, without any Amend- 


Inventions 
Bill. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Sixteenth lie upon the Table. 


Report. 


Adjournment. 


Chronometers. 


No. 69. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Tea Dutics. 


Supply. 


Bury Saint 
Edmund's 
Election. 


Peterborough 


Election. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Report. 


20) 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Clergy Re- 
serves (Canadu), which was presented upon the 
20th day of this instant December, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Tuscany, 
which was presented upon the 20th day of this in- 
stant December, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





QR —————————EZ_—O—e 


Veneris, 24° die Decembris ; 
Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1852 
PRAYERS. 
A MESSAGE from the Lords, by Mr. Senior : 


Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Stamp Duties on 


ment :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Petitions relating to Church of England ;—and, 
Malt,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 


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


23°—-94°—27° Decembris. 





Ordered, That the Return relative to Chrono- 
meters, which was presented upon the 23d day of 
this instant December, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; | 

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

The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| 
mittee on the Tea Duties ; 

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


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

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


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. | 
,ance to Mr. John Hay, as late one of the Assistant Session 
__... | Clerks in the Inner House of the Court of Session 


| 


Monday | the Establishment of Electric Telegraphs in India. 





A. 1852. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table House Duty 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, (Inns of Cour; 
dated the 6th day of this instant December, for a "4 Chancery.) 
Return of the Amount of House Duty charged on 
the Occupants of Chambers in the several Inns of 
Court and Inns of Chancery, distinguishing the 
Sums charged in respect of each Inn respectively. 

Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of this Funded ana 
instant December, for a Return of the Total Amount Unfunded 
of the Funded and Unfunded Debt of the United 2° 
Kingdom, stating the Date and Amount of each 
Increase or Decrease, if any, during. the years 
ending the 1st day of January 1850, 1851 and 1852 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 54, of 
Session 1849). 

Return to an Order, dated the 16th day of this Loans (Public 
instant December, for a Return of the Balances Works.) 
still outstanding on the 10th day of October 1852, 
on all Loans granted by the Commissioners ap- 
pointed by the Act 57 Geo. 3, c. 34, and subsequent 
Acts; distinguishing the Amount then due on Loans 
granted out of Monies produced by the issue of 
Exchequer Bills, from Loans granted out of Monies 
issued trom the Consolidated Fund; together with 
a Statement of the Amounts received on each of 
these Classes in each year since the said Act, show- 
ing what Amount has been repaid in each year on 
account of Interest, and what Amount on account 
of the Capital of the Loan repayable by Instalment 
or otherwise ; and an Estimate, so far as it ean be 
prepared, of the Amount of Interest and Capital 
which will probably be repaid in each of the next 
Ten years. 

Further Return to an Order, dated the 14th day postal Com- 
of this instant December, for Copies of the Report munication, 


_ by the Commission appointed to inquire into Postal ©¢- (India.) 


Communication in India; together with Copies of 
any Despatches from the Court of Directors to 
India, authorizing new Regulations and an uniform 


| Rate of Postage in India :—And, of any Report 


from Bengal respecting Telegraphs, and of any 
Despatches from the Court of Directors sanctioning 


The following Papers, pursuant to the directions Register of 


of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon Entails, &amp;c. 
| the Table by the Clerk of the House,—Copy of War- Scotland.) 


rant granting Compensation to Mr. William Pitt 


| Dundas for loss of Fees sustained by him as Keeper 


of the Register of Entails, &amp;c. in Scotland, year 
ending 15th November 1851. 
Copy Warrant granting a Compensation Allow- Court of 


(Scotland.) 


| in Scotland. 


Luna, 27° die Decembris ; 
Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1852. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Speaker acquainted the House, That he 


had this day received a Report from the | 





Ordered, That the Return relative to Postal Postal Com- 
Communication, &amp;c. (India), which was presented municetioe, 
&gt; she. &amp;c. (India.) 

upon the 23d day of this instant December, be No.87. 


printed, 


Sir William Jolliffe presented, by Her Maiesty’s Factories. 


Examiner of Recognizances, stating that the Re- | Command,—Copy of Reports of the Inspectors of 


cognizance to the Election Petition of Henry Brad- 
dock and others, relating to the Borough of Bury 
Saint Edmund, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of William Richardson and 
others, relating to the City of Peterborough, is un- 
objectionable. 


Petitions relating to Clergy Reserves (Canada) ; 
—and, Financial Measures,—were presented, and 
VideSixtcenth read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to Parliamentary Papers, was 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 





| Factories, for the half-year ending 31st October 


1852. 

Copy of Report of Inquiry into the Composition gugar Beet 
and Cultivation of the Sugar Beet in Ireland, and (Ireland. 
its application to the Manufacture of Sugar, made 
to the Right honourable the Chief Commissioner of 
Works by the Director of the Museum of Jrish In- 
dustry. 

Sir William Jolliffe also presented,—Return to Consolidated 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 9th day of Annuities 
this instant December, for Copy of the Memorial (!rel#né.) 
addressed to the Poor Law Commissioners in Ireland 
from the Board of Guardians of the Ballyvaughan 
Union, in the County of Clare, in reference to the 
Consolidated Annuities in Jreland, dated the 13th 
day of September 1851. 

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





Ordered, 





Lond 


Tivel 


Oxf 
Unit 
Wri 


Wilt 


Divi 
Wri 


Car 


Hal 


Sor 











London Writ. 


Tiverton Writ. 


Oxford 


University 


Writ. 


Wilts 


(Southern 
Division) 


Writ. 


Carlisle Writ. 


Halifax Writ. 


Southwark 


Writ. 


Leeds Writ. 


Nottingham 
Writ, 





16 Vicrortz. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Citizen to serve in this present 
Parliament for the City of London, in the room of 
the Right honourable John Russell, commonly called 
Lord John Russell, who, since his Election for the 
said City, hath accepted the office of one of Her 
Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough.of Tiverton, in the room 
of the Right honourable Henry John Temple Vis- 
count Palmerston, who, since his Election for the 
said Borough, hath accepted the office of one of 
Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State. 


Ordered, That Mr. S;,eaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the University of Ozford, in the room 
of the Right honourable William Ewart Gladstone, 
who, since his Election for the said University, hath 
accepted the office of Chancellor and Under Trea- 
surer of Her Majesty’s Exchequer. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve 
in this present Parliament for the Southern Division 
of the County of Wilts, in the room of the Right ho- 
nourable Sidney Herbert, who, since his Election for 
the said Division of the said County, hath accepted 
the office of Her Majesty’s Secretary-at-War. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Citizen to serve in this present 
Parliament for the City of Car/is/e, in the room of 
the Right honourable Sir James Robert George Gra- 
ham, Barouet, wio, since his Election for the said 
City, hath accepted the office of First Commissioner 
for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 


for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present | 
Parliament for the oem of Halifax, in the room | 


of the Right honourable Sir Charles Wood, Baronet, 
who, since his Election for the said Borough, hath 
accepted the office of President of the Board of 
Control for the Affairs of India. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Southwark, i the 
room of Sir William Molesworth, Baronet, who, -ince 
his Election for the said Borough, hath accepted 
the office of Chief Commissioner of Works. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Leeds, in the room 
of the Right honourable Matthew Talbot Baines, 
who, since his Election for the said Borough, hath 
accepted the office of President of the Poor Law 
Board. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Nottingham, in the 
room of the Right honourable Edward Strutt, who, 
since his Election for the said Borough, hath ac- 
cepted the office of Chancellor of the Duchy of 
Lancaster. 

Vo. 108, 


27°—28° Decembris. 





207 


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


to the Clerk of the Crown in Jreland, te make out 
a new Writ for the electing of a Knight of the Shire 
to serve in this present Parliament for the County 
of Cavan, in the room of Sir John Young, Baronet, 
who, since his Election for the said County, hath ac- 
cepted the office of Chief Secretary to the Lord 
Lieutenant of Ireland. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Marlborough 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ Writ. 


for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Mar/borough, in the 
room of the Kight honourable Ernest Augustus 
Charles Brudenell Bruce, commonly called Lord 
Ernest Bruce, who, since his Election for the said 
Borough, hath accepted the office of Vice-Cham- 
berlaia of Her Majesty’s Household. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Scarborough 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ Writ 


for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Scarborough, in the 
room of the Right honourable George Augustus 
Constantine Phipps, commonly called Earl of Mul- 
grave, who, since his Election for the said Borough, 
hath accepted the office of Treasurer of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Housenold. 


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


to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Hertford, in the room 
of William Francis Cowper, Esquire, commonly 
called the Honourable William Francis Cowper, who, 
since his Election for the said Borough, hath ac- 
cepted the office of one of the Commissioners for 
executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the 
United Ringdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 


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


to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Morpeth, in the room 
of Edward George Granville Howard, Esquire, com- 
monly called the Honourable Edward George Gran- 
ville Howard, who, since his Election for the said 
Borough, hath accepted the office of Steward of 
Her Majesty’s Manor of Northstead. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Martis, 28° die Decembris; 
Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1852. 
PRAYERS. 


ETITIONS relating to Maynooth College Public 

Act ;—Paper ;—Parwchial Schools ( Scotland) ; spenepinen 
—Roman States;—and, Signor Madiai and _his VideSixteenth 
Wite,—were presented, and read; and ordered to Report. 


lie upon the Table. 


A Petiticn of Henry John Garrett, of Grove Cot- Lisburn 
tage, near Lisburn, in the County of Autrim, Linen- Election. 


buyer, and David Beatty, of Bow-street, Lisburn, 
in the townland of Lisneygarvey, in the County of 
Antrim, lanner, Electors of the Borough of Lisburn, 
situate partly in the County of Antrim, and partly 
in the County of Down, in that part of the United 
Kingdom called Zreland, was delivered in, and read ; 
setting forth, That the Petitioners were, at and 
during the last Election of a Member to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Borough of Lisburn, 
registered Electors of the said Borough, and claimed 
to have and had a right to vote and did vote at the 
said Election ; that the said Election of a Member 
to serve in Parliament for the said Borough of Lis- 
burn was held at Lisburn aforesaid on the Eighth 
day of December One thousand eight hundred and 
Fifty-two, on which occasion there were two Candi- 

pDp4 dates 





208 


dates for Election to serve in Parliament for the said 
Borough, namely, the Right honourable John Inglis, 
and Roger Johnson Smyth, in that at such 
Election a poll being demanded, the same was 
granted by the Returning Officer, and proceeded 
with on the Tenth day of December One thousand 
eight hundred and Fifty-two, and at the close of 
such poll, the said Roger Johnson Smyth was de- 
clared by the said Returning Officer to have been 
duly elected, and was returned as the Member to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said Borough 
of Lisburn; that at the time of the said Election of 
a Member to serve in this present Parliament for 
the said Borough of Lisburn, the said Roger John- 
son Smyth was not the eldest son or heir apparent 
of any Peer or Lord of Parliament, or of any per- 
son qualified by the statute in that case made and 
provided to serve as Knight of the Shire, and that 
at the time of the said Election the said Roger John- 
son Smyth was not seised or entitled for his own use 
and benefit cf or to an estate, legal or equitable, in 
lands, tenements or hereditaments, of any tenure 
whatever, situate, lying and being within the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or in the 
rents and profits thereof, for his own life or for the 
life or lives of any other person or persons then 
living, or for a term of years either absolute or de- 
terminable on his own life or on the life or lives of 
any other person or persons then living, of which 
term not less than thirteen years were at the time of 
his said Election unexpired, such estate being of the 
clear yearly value of not less than three hundred 
pounds over and above all incumbrances affecting 
the same, nor was he at the time of the said Election 
possessed or entitled for his own use and benefit, at 
law or in equity, for his own life or for the life or 
lives of any other person or persons then living, or 
for any term of years either absolute or determinable 
on his own life or for the life or lives of any other 
person or persons then living, of which term not less 
than thirteen years were at the time of the said Elec- 
tion unexpired, of or to the personal estate or effects 
of any nature or kind whatsoever, situate within the 
said United Kingdom, nor of or to the interest, divi- 
dends or annual proceeds of any personal estate or 
effects, such personal estate or effects, interest, divi- 
dends and annual proceeds, actually producing the 
clear yearly income of not less than three hundred 
pounds over and above all incumbrances affecting 
the same, nor did he at the time of his said Election 
possess more than one of the said several kinds of 
qualification hereinbefore mentioned, which said 
several qualifications were jointly of sutticient value 
to quality him the said Roger Johnson Smyth as a 
Member to serve in Parliament for any Borough, 
according to the provisions of the statute in that 
case made and provided, although each of such 
qualifications might, according to the said pro- 
visions, be separately insufficient for that purpose, 
and therefore that the said Roger Johnson Smyth 
was not capable of being elected at the said Election 
a Member for the said Borough of Lisburn, and was 
not duly qualified as a Member toservein Parliament 
for the said Borough of Lisburn, and the said Elec- 
tion and Return of said Roger Johnson Smyth were 
and are wholly null and void ; that at the time of 
the said Election the said Roger Johnson Smyth was 
wholly ineligible and incapacitated to be elected as 
a Member for the said Borough, by reason that he 
the said Roger Johnson Smyth was not at the time 
of the said Election duly qualified, by seisin or pos- 
session, of real or personal estate or effects of such 
a nature or to such amount as was and is by law 
necessary to qualify him to sit and to be elected, 
and to render him the said Roger Johnson Smyth 
capable of being elected a Member of the House 
for the said Borough, and for the want of such quali- 
fication and of the incapacity last aforesaid, the 
Elect on and Return of the said Roger Johnson 
Smyth was wholly null and void ; that previous to 





98° Decembris. 








A. 1852. 


and at the time of said Election, there prevailed 
throughout the said Borough an organized and uni- 
versal system of agitation, established for the purpose 
of intimidating and terrifying all Electors of the 
said Borough who were desirous of voting for the 
said John Inglis, and to deter them by fear and 
open force from so voting; that in consequence 
thereof, it was highly dangerous for Electors in- 
tending to vote for the said John Inglis to proceed to 
their several polling places, and that several duly 
qualified Electors of the said Borough, and more 
in number than sufficient to have turned the majority 
of votes in favour of the said John Inglis, and who 
were resolved to vote and had declared their inten- 
tion of voting for the said John — were on the 
day immediately before the day of polling for the 
said Election, and on the said day of polling, forci- 
bly and against their will and consent taken out 
of their dwelling-houses, and forcibly and against 
their will and consent carried off and taken away 
into other houses or other places, and there forcibly 
detained, secreted, locked up and kept in close 
custody until the close of the poll, and were thereby 
prevented from voting for the said John Inglis, 
which otherwise they would have done; and that 
the votes of all such persons so forcibly carried off 
and taken away, and so forcibly prevented from 
voting as aforesaid, ought to be added to and rec- 
koned upon the poll in favour of the said John 
Inglis ; and that the said carrying away, violence 
and detention was committed, countenanced and 
encouraged by the friends and partisans of the 
said Roger Johnson Smyth, and by divers persons. 
in his interest, for the purpose of preventing the 
said Electors from voting for the said John Inglis ; 
that several duly qualified Electors of the said Bo- 
rough, who were resolved to vote and had declared 
their intention of voting for the said John Inglis, 
left their several places of abode for the purpose of 
proceeding to their several polling places and voting 
for the said John Inglis; that these several persons, 
while on their way to the said polling places, were 
intercepted and attacked by large numbers of per- 
sons assembled for that purpose ; that some of these 
Electors were violently and forcibly repulsed and 
driven back, and prevented from proceeding to their 
polling places and voting for the said John Inglis, 
as otherwise they would have done; and others of 
them were forcibly taken into houses or other places, 
and there forcibly detained, secreted, locked up and 
kept in close custody until the close of the poll, and 
were thereby prevented from voting for the said John 
Inglis, which otherwise they ould have done; and 
that the votes of all such persons so forcibly pre- 
vented from voting as aforesaid ought to be added to 
and reckoned upon the pollin favour of the said John 
Inglis ; that the said violence, intimidation and de- 
tention were countenanced and encouraged by the 
friends and partisans of the said Roger Johnson 
Smyth, and by divers persons in the interest of the said 
Roger Johnson Smyth, for the purpose of preventing 
the said Electors from voting for the said John 
Inglis ; that before, at and during the said Election, 
the said Roger Johnson Smyth was, by his agents, 
managers, friends and partisans, guilty of bribery 
and corruption, and that the said Aoger Johnson 
Smyth, by his agents, managers, friends and par- 
tisans, and by other persons employed on his behalf, 
did, by gifts, payments, presents and money and 
rewards, and by offers and promises of gifts, pay- 
ments, money and rewards, and by promises, agree- 
meats and securities for gifts, payments and rewards, 
and by other corrupt and illegai practices, acts and 
means, corrupt and procure divers persons having 
or claiming to have votes at the said Election to 
give their votes for the said Roger Johnson Smyth, 
or to forbear to give their votes in favour of the said 
John Inglis; that the said Roger Johnson Smyth, 
before, during and after the teste of the Writ for 
the said Election, and before, during and after “— 
sal 














Ceylon. 
No. 88, 








16 Vicroriz. 


said Election, did give and provide, and cause or 
knowingly allow to be given and provided, meat, 
drink, entertainment and provision, for the purpose 
of corruptly influencing divers persons having or 
claiming to have voice or vote at the said Election, 
to give or refrain from giving, as aforesaid, their 
votes at the said Election, and for corruptly reward- 
ing divers persons for having given or refrained 
from giving, as aforesaid, their votes at the said 
Election, whereby the said Roger Johnson Smyth is 
incapable of being elected or sitting in Parliament 


for the said Borough of Lisburn during this present | 


Parliament; that gross, extensive and systematic 
corruption, bribery and treating were practised be- 
fore, at and after the said Election, by divers per- 
sons being friends, supporters and partisans of the 
said Roger Johnson Smyth, with a view to the Elec- 
tion of the said Roger Johnson Smyth, and that 
the Election and Return of said Roger Johnson 
Smyth was procured by means of such corruption, 
bribery and treating; and that by reason thereof 
the said Election and Return of the said Roger 





Johnson Smyth were avd are wholly null and void ; 
that the said Roger Johnson Smyth did, previous to, | 
at, during and alter the said Election, by himself, 
his agents, friends and managers, and others on his 
behalf, give and allow to divers persons, Electors 
or claiming to be Electors of the said Borough, 
money, meat, drink, entertainment and provisions, 
and did make promises, agreements, obligations or | 
engagements to give or allow to such persons, | 
money, meat, drink, entertainment, provision, pre- 
sent or reward, to and for the use, advantage, benefit, 
employment, profit or pyeferment of such persons, | 
in order to be elected and for being elected to serve | 
in Parliament for the said Borough of Lisburn, and 
that by reason of the premises the Election and 
Return of the said Roger Johnson Smyth was and 
is wholly null and void; that at the said Election 
divers persons voted for the said Roger Johnson 
Smyth who were or had been either during such 
Election, or within six calendar months previous 
thereto, or within fourteen days after it was com- 
pleted, retained or employed at such Election as 
agents, attorneys, poll-clerks or flagmen, or in some 
other capacity, for the purposes of such Election, 
and had either before, during or after such Election, 
accepted, received or taken from the said Roger 
Johnson Smyth, or from some other person, for or 
in consideration of or with reference to such re- 
tainer or employment, a sum or sums of money or 
retaining fees, offices, places or employment, or 
promises or securities for a sum or sums of money, 
retaining fee, offices, places or employment; and 
that such voters were admitted and entered on 
the poll-books as good votes for the said Roger 
Johnson Smyth, and ought now to be struck off the 
poll; and praying that it may be declared that the 
Election and Return of the said Roger Johnson 
Smyth is wholly null and void, and that the said 
Roger Johnson Smyth ought not to have been re- 
turned to sit in Parliament for the said Borough ; 
and that the House will grant to the Petitioners 
such further or other relief in the premises as to 
the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the General Committee of Elections. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records 
as shall be thought necessary by the several Parties 
on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


Sir John Pakington presented,—Return to several 
Addresses to Her Majesty, dated the 3d day of April, 
and, the 31st day of July 1851, for an Account of the 
Expenses, stated under separate Heads, incurred 
on the Commission appointed to inquire, in Ceylon, 
into the alleged Forgery of Documents, purporting 
to have been those signed by Captain Watson, of 
the Ceylon Rifles : ——«—And, for a Return, show- 





Vou. 108. 








28°—24° Decembris. 209 


ing the Total Expenses of the Ceylon Committee, 
specifying separately the principal Heads of Ex- 
enditure, and the Amount of each, including the 
ixpense of the Royal Commission for Inquiry into 
the Conduct of Captain Watson before the Com- 
mittee. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Troops 
23d day of November last, for a Return of the (Colonies.) 
Number of Her Majesty’s Troops who have been 
employed in the Colonies of Great Britain, in each 
of the years 1851 and 1852 (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 566, of Session 1852). 

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


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Tewkesbury 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated Union. 
the 20th day of this instant December, for Copies 
of any Communications addressed in the Months of 
January and February 1851, by the Board of Guar- 
dians of the Tewkesbury Union to the Poor Law 
Board, and of all Replies addressed to the Guardians 
by the Poor Law Board, on the subject of a pro- 
posed Reduction in the Salaries of some of the 
Officers in that Union; together with Copies of any 
representations on the same subject received by the 
Poor Law Board from any Officers of that Union. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Funded and Funded ani 
Unfunded Debt, which was presented upon the 27th —" 
day of this instant December, be printed. "No 94 


_ Ordered, That the Return relative to Loans ( Pub- Loans (Public 
lic Works), which was presented upon the 27th day Works.) 
of this instant December, be printed. No. 89. 


Ordered, ‘That the Return relative to Postal Com- Postal Com- 
munication, &amp;c. (India), which was presented upon PUmcation, 


the 27th day of this instant December, be printed. ™_ may 
A No. 87. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Consolidated Consolidated 
Annuities (/re/end), which was presented upon the Annuities 
27th day of this instant December, be printed. nd), 

oO, . 

The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Tea Duties. 
mittee on the Tea Duties; 

Resolved, ‘That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 16th day of February next, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Mercuri, 29° die Decembris ; 
Anno 16° Victorie Regine, 1852. 


PRAYERS. 


ESOLVED, That this House will, at the Adjournment. 
rising of the House this day, adjourn till Fri- 
day next, at Two of the clock. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Wolverhamp- 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ ton Writ. 
for the electing cf a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Wolverhampton, in 
the room of Charles Pelham Villiers, Esquire, com- 
monly called the Honourable Charles Pelham Vil- 
liers, who, since his Election for the said Borough, 
hath accepted the office of Her Majesty’s Judge 
Advocate General. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Aylesbury 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ Writ. 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Aylesbury, in the 
room of Richard Bethell, Esquire, who, since his 
Election for the said Borough, hath accepted the 
office of Her Majesty’s Solicitor General. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Oxford Writ. 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
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Leith Writ. 


Duntfriesshire 


Writ. 


Gloucester 
Writ. 


Limerick 


County Writ. 


Brighton 
Writ. 


Southampton 
Writ. 


Carlow Writ. 


Controverted 
Elections. 


No. 91. 


210 29°-—3 1° 


for the electing of a Citizen to serve in this present | Members to serve on the said Committee in their 
Parliament for the City of Ozford, in the room of | place, was upon the Table :—And the said Warrant 
Sir William Page Wood, who, since his Election for | was read, as followeth : 

the said City, hath accepted the office of Vice- 


Chancellor. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Commissioner to serve in this 
present Parliament for the Leith District of Burghs, 
in the room of James Moncrieff, Esquire, who, since 
his Election for the said District of Burghs, hath 
accepted the office of Lord Advocate of Scot/and. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Comuissioner to serve in this 
present Parliament for the Shire of Dumfries, in 
the room of the Right honourable Archibald William 
Douglas, commonly called Viscount Drumlanrig, 
who, since his Election for the said Shire, hath ac- 
cepted the office of Comptroller of Her Majesty's 
Household. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Citizen to serve in this present 
Parliament for the City of Gloucester, in the room 
of Rear-Admiral Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge 
Berkeley, commonly called the Honourable Maurice 
Frederick Fitzhardinge Berkeley, who, since his 
Election for the said City, hath accepted the oftice 
of one of the Commissioners for executing the office 
of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown in Ireland, to make out 
a new Writ for the electing of a Knight of the 
Shire to serve in this present Parliament for the 
County of Limerick, in the room of William Monsell, 


Esquire, who, since his Election for the said County, | 


hath accepted the office of Clerk of the Ordnance. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant | 


to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Brighton, in the 
room of A/fred Hervey, Esquire, commonly called 
Lord Alfred Hervey, who, since his Election for the 
said Borough, hath accepted the office of one of the 
Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High 
Treasurer of Great Britain, and Treasurer of the 
Exchequer of Zreland. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Town and County of the Town 
of Southampton, in the room of Sir Alexander James 
Edmund Cockburn, who, since his Election for the 


said Town and County of the Town, hath accepted | 


the office of Her Majesty’s Attorney General. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant | 


to the Clerk of the Crown in Jreland, to make out 
a new Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve 
in this present Parliament for the Borough of Car- 


low, in the room of John Sadleir, Esquire, who, | 


since his Election for the said Borough, hath ac- 
ceptea the office of one of the Comnussioners for 
executing the office of Lord High Treasurer of 


Great Britain, and ‘Treasurer of the Exchequer of | 


Treland. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That two 
vacancies having occurred in the General Committee 
of Elections by two of the Members cf that Com- 
mittee having ceased to be Members of the House, 
his Warrant for the Appointment of two other 





Decembris. A. 1852. 


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

The Right honourable Sir Francis Thornhill 
Baring, Baronet, Member for the Borough 
of Portsmouth ; and Chichester Fortescue, Es- 
quire, Member for the County of Louth ; 

To be Members of the General Committee of 
Elections for the present Session, in the place of the 
Right honourable Matthew Talbot Baines, and Wil- 
liam Monsell, Esquire. 








Given under my hand, this 29th day of Decem- 
ber 1852. Su 


C. 8S, Lerevre, Speaker. 
Ordered, That the said Warrant be printed. 


Sir William Jolliffe presented,—Return to an Ad- Metropolitan 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 16th day of No- Burials Act. 
vember last, for Lists of the Burial-grounds or ¥ 
Grave-yards which have been closed by virtue of 
the Powers contained in the Act passed during the 
last Session of Parliament, intituled, “ An Act to 
| amend the Laws concerning the Burial of the Dead 
|in the Metropolis :”—Of the Applications which 





have been made to the Secretary of State for the ; 
|Home Department, to recommend the closing of 
| Grave-yards, under the Provisions of the same Act ; 


/and of the Applications to him for permission to 
open Cemeteries or Burial-grounds within the Dis- 
| trict defined by the same Act ; stating in what cases 
| permission has been granted, and in what refused - 
| —And, Copies or Extracts of all Correspondence 
| which has taken place between the Home Office 
-and any Parish or Company, with respect to the 
closing of any Grave-yard or Burial-ground, or the 
opening of any new Cemetery or Burial-ground, 
and ot all Evidence laid before the Secretary of 
State for the Home Department in relation thereto. 

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


_ Ordered, That the Return relative to Troops (Colo- Troops ‘ 
nies), which was presented upon the 28th day of (Colonies.) M 
this instant December, be printed. No. 92. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Tewkesbury Tewkesbury 
Union, which was presented upon the 28th day of Union. 
this instant December, be printed. No. 93. 






The Order of the day being read, for tlie Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 
| Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 








The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
_mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
| Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 








And then the House adjourned till Friday next. 















| Veneris, 31° die Decembris ; 





Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1852. 








PRAYERS. 
IT ESOLVED, That this House will, at the Adjournment. 
rising of the House this day, adjourn till Thurs- 
day the 10th day of February next. 







| Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Haddington- 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ shire Writ. 
for the electing of a Commissioner to serve in this 
present Parliament for the Shire of Haddington, in 
the room of Francis Wemyss Charteris, Tepciee, 
commonly called the Honourable Francis Wemyss 
Charteris, who, since his Election for the said Shire, 
hath 












Lichfield Writ. 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Public 
Petitions. 


16 VicTroriz. 


hath accepted the office of one of the Commissioners 
for executing the office of Lord High Treasurer of 
Great Britain, and Treasurer of the Exchequer of 
Ireland. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Citizen to serve in this present 
Parliament for the City of Lichfield, in the room of 
the Honourable Alfred Henry Paget, commonly 
called Lord Alfred Henry Paget, who, since his 
Election for the said City, hath accepted the office of 
Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal to Her Majesty. 


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

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
1ith day of February next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
11th day of February next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


A Petition relating to Parliamentary Papers, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 


VideSixteenth Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 


Report. 
Income Tax. 
No. 95. 


Hop Duties. 
No. 96, 


Sugar, &amp;c. 
No. 97. 


Consolidated 
Annuities 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 98. 


Metropolitan 
Burials Act. 


No. 99. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by 


the Clerk of the House,— Return to an Order, dated | 


the 13th day of this instant December, for a Return 
of the Number of Exeniptions from Income Tax 
allowed to the Receivers of Dividends from the 
Public Funds, showing how many of the said Ex- 
emptions are allowed, in respect of Dividends under 
£.25, £.50, £.100, and £.150 per Annum respec- 
tively. 

Return to an Order, dated the 10th day of this 
instant December, for an Account showing how often 
in each year, from 1800 to the present time, the 
Payment of the Hop Duties has been deferred, and 
to what Periods, and upon what Securities, as well 
as the Total Weight of Hops charged with Duty in 
each of such years. 

Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of this in- 
stant December, for Copies of Reports made by the 
Board of Inland Revenue in 1848 and 1849, in re- 
ference to the refining of Sugar in Bond :—And, 
Return of the Quantities of Sugar, Molasses and 
Rum, and the Amount of Duties received thereon, 
in the year ending the 5th day of July 1852; also, 
of the Average Price per Cwt. of Muscovado Sugar, 
exclusive of Duty, from the London Gazette ; and 
the Average Prices per Cwt. of Havannah Sugar (or- 
dinary Yellow), exclusive of Duty, from the London 
Mercantile Prices Current for that year (in continua- 
tion of Parliameutary Paper, No. 296, of Session 
1852). 

Return to an Order, dated the 20th day of this 
instant December, for a Copy of a Memorial ad- 
dressed to the First Lord of the Treasury, dated 
the 3d day of October 1851, from the Board of 
Guardians of the Union of Ballyvaughan, in the 
County of C/are, in reference to the Consolidated 
Annuities in Jreland. 

Ordered, That the said Returns be printed. 


Ordered, Vhat the Return relative to the Metro- 
politan Burials Act, which was presented upon the 
29th day of this instant December, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till Thursday 
the 10th day of February next. 


VoL. 108. 


31° Decembris.—10° Februari. 


211 


Jovis, 10° die Februari ; 
Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Forfarshire 
Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make Writ 
out a new Writ for the electing of a Commissioner 
to serve in this present Parliament for the Shire of 
Forfar, in the room of Lauderdale Maule, Esquire, 
commonly called the Honourable Lauderdale Maule 
who, since his Election for the said Shire. hath 
accepted the office of Surveyor General of the 
Ordnance. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the Petitions 
Petitions presented from the 23d to the 31st days of Geon&gt; 
December last, and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 

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


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Durham 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of Election. 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Election Petition of Richard William Garth and 
another, relating to the City of Durham, is unob- 
jectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he Lisburn 





had this day received a Report from the Examiner Flection. 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 

the Petition of Henry John Garrett and another, 
relating to the Borough of Lisburn, is unobjec- 
tionable. 





Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had fast Surrey 
| this day received a Letter from Messrs. Thompson, Election. 
Debenham and Co., as Agents for Mr. Henry Neal- 
son Smith, informing him that it is not his intention 
to proceed with his Petition, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Eastern Division'‘of the 
County of Surrey: 
And another Letter from the same Parties, as King’s County 
| Agents for Charles Barry Baldwin, Esquire, in- Election. 
| forming him that it is not his intention to proceed 
with his Petition, complaining of an undue Election 
|}and Return for the Aing’s County :—And the said 
| Letters were read, as follow: 


Sir, 31, Parliament-street, 10th Feb. 1853. 
As Agents for Mr. Henry Nealson Smith, in the 
matter of his Petition, delivered in on the 25th day 
of November last, complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the Eastern Division of the County 
of Surrey, we hereby beg to inform you that it is 
not intended to proceed with the said Petition. 


We have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your very obedient servants, 
Thompson, Debenham and Brown. 
To the Right honourable the Speaker 
of the House of Commons. 
Sir, 31, Parliament-street, 10th Feb. 1853. 
As Agents for Charles Barry Baldwin, Esquire, 
in the matter of his Petition, delivered in on the 
25th day of November last, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the King’s County in Ire- 
land, we hereby beg to inform you that it is not 
intended to proceed with the said Petition. 


We have the honour to be, Sir, 


Your very obedient servants, 
Thompson, Debenham and Brown. 


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


The Order for referring the said Petitions to the 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and 
discharged. 








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212 10° Februari. 


Blyth and A Petition of the Blyth and Tyne Railway Com- 

Tyne Railway. pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the ee 
and Tyne — Company to construct Branches 
to Morpeth and Tynemouth, in the County of North- 
umberland, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 


WhittleDean A Petition of the Whittle Dean Water Company, 

Waterworks. for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Act relating 
to the Whittle Dean Water Company, and to enable 
such Company to maintain additional Works for 
better supplying with Water the Inhabitants of the 
Boroughs of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Gateshead, 
and certain places adjacent and near thereto, in the 
Counties of Northumberland and Durham, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Blackett, Mr. Beau- 
mont and Mr. Hutt. 


Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne 
Improvement. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the Borough of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for the more effectual Improve- 
ment of the Borough of Newcastle-upon- Tyne, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Blackeit and Mr. | 
Headlam. 


Salford A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 

Extension and of the Borough of Salford, in the County Palatine 

item | Lancaster, for leave to bring in a Bill for the ex- 
tension of the Boundaries of the Municipal Borough 
of Salford, and otherwise improving thesaid Borough, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a_ Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 


ingly, by Mr. Brotherton and Mr. William Brown. | 


Manchester A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
Division of the Borough of Salford, for leave to bring in a 
Stipendiary ‘ a 


Magistrate, Bill to amend the Acts of the fifty-third year of 
King George the Third, and of the eighth year of 
Her present Majesty, for providing a Stipendiary 
Magistrate for the Division of Manchester, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought 
in accordingly, by Mr. Brotherton and Mr. Hey- 


wood. 


Bury Water- A Petition of the Bury Waterworks Company, 

works. for leave to bring in a Bill for better supplying with 
Water the Town of Bury and the several Townships 
of Tottington-Higher-End, Tottington-Lower- End, 
Walmersley-cum-Shuttleworth, Bury, Eltonand Heap, 
all in the Parish of Bury; the several Townships of 
Pilkington and Prestwich, both in the Parish of 
Prestwich-cum- Oldham ; the Parish of Radcliffe and 
the Township of Little Lever, in the Parish of Bol- 
ton-le-Moors, all in the County Palatine of Lan- 
caster, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Sheffield A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Waterworks. Sheffield Waterworks, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for enabling the Company of Proprietors of the 
Sheffield Waterworks to extend their Works, and to 
obtain a further Supply of Water from the Rivers 
Rivelin and Loxley, and their Tributaries, and for 
consolidating the Acts relating to such Company, 


was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to | 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Roebuck and Mr. 


Brotherton. 


Menchester A Petition of the Manchester and Southport Rail- | 
and Southport way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for ena- 
Railway. . . = 


bling the Manchester and Southport Railway Com- 
pany to alter the Line of their Railway, and to con- 
struct certain Branches therefrom, and to abandon 
portions of their Undertaking; and for extending 
the periods for the Purchase of Lands and Comple- 
tion of Works, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 




















































A. 1853. 


accordingly, by Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Thicknesse and 


Mr. Barnes. 


A Petition of Proprietors of the Central Market Leeds Central 
at Leeds, in the County of York, for leave to bring Market. 
in a Bill for incorporating the Leeds Central Market 


Company, and for establishing and .extending the 


Market, was — and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Baines 
and Sir George Goodman. 


A Petition of the Great Western Railway Com- Birmingham 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for providing ad- = — 
ditional Station accommodation at Birmingham, in ma a a 
connexion with the Birmingham and Oxford Junc- Wolverhamp. 
tion Railway, and for laying down the Broad Gauge fon and Dud- 

; ‘ ny? © A ° &gt;~ ley and Great 

on a portion of the South Staffordshire Railway, Western 
and enabling the Great Western Railway Company Railways. 
to use a portion of such Railway, and of the Oxford, 
Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway, and for 
making better Provision with reference to the joint 
Station at Wolverhampton, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Viscount Barrington 
and Lord Norreys. 


A Petition of the South Wales Railway Company, South Wales 
for leave to bring in a Bill for authorizing the South a . 
Wales Railway Company to construct new Railways ceeanienes 
to Pontypool, and in the Forest of Dean, and for 
granting further Powers with reference to their Mon- 
mouth Branch, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Yalbot and Mr. John Henry 


Vivian. 


A Petition of Price’s Patent Candle Company, for Price’s Patent 
leave to bring in a Lill to limit the liability of the a Com- 


| Shareholders of Price's Patent Candle Company, 


and to increase the Capital and extend the Powers 
of the Company, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Raikes Currie, Mr, G/yn and Mr. Masterman. 


A Petition of Persons, whose Names are thereunto Worcester 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making — 
a Railway from Worcester to Hereford, with certain ““™*™ 
Branches therefrom ; for making Arrangements with 
the Midland and London and North Western Railwa 
Companies, and for other purposes, was tee | 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Laslett and Mr. John Lewis 
Ricardo. 


A Petition of the Great Western Railway Com- Devon and 
pany, and the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company, Perse Rail- 
for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Great ““” 
Western Railway Company and the Bristol and 
Exeter Railway Company, to construct and maintain 
a Railway from Stoke Canon, on the Bristol and 
Exeter Railway, to Maiden Newton, on the Line of 
the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway, with 
Branches to Sidmouth and Bridport, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Viscount Barrington and Mr. Francis 
Berkeley. 


A Petition of the London and North Western Rail- London and 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable — 
the London and North Western Railway Company (Nerthamp- 
to construct a Railway from Northampton to Market ton, &amp;c.) 
Harborough, with a Branch therefrom, all in the 
County of Northampton, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by General Anson and 
Mr. Glyn. 


A Petition of the London and North Western Rail- London and 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable ee 
the London and North Western Railway Company (Tring and 


to Oxford.) 





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to construct a Railway from near Tring to Oxford, 
with a Branch at Oxford, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by General Anson and 
Mr. Giyn. 


London and 
oo way Company, for leave to bring ina Bill for enabling 
icrewe to the London and North Western Railway Company to 
Shrewsbury.) construct a Railway from Crewe to Shrewsbury, and 

other Works in connexion with their Undertaking, 


and for other purposes relating thereto, was presented, 


A Petition of the London and North Western Rail- | 


10° Februarie. 





213 


A Petition of Promoters of the Undertaking there- Norwich and 
after mentioned, for leave to bring ina Bill for mak- Spalding 
ing a Railway from Spalding to Sutton Bridge and “””*™ 

isbeach, with running Powers over the East An- 
glian, the Worfolk and Eastern Union Railways to 
Norwich, was presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Blackburn Railway Company, Blackburn 
for leave to bring in a Bill for extending the Time P*ilway. 
for the Purchase of certain Lands, and for the Com- 





|pletion of Works on the Blackburn Railway, was 


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


in accordingly, by General Anson and Mr. Glyn. 


London and ; I Stel 
North Western way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for con- 
Railway Ses a 
ham Branch. . . 
, Western Railway Company, with reference to the 


construction of their Oldham Branch, and for making | 


an alteration in such Branch, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by General Anson and 


Mr. Glyn. 


London and A Petition of the London and North Western Rail- 
North Western way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable 
war the London and North Western Railway Company 
to construct Branches to Stourbridge, and to form a 
Junction with the Ozford, Worcester and Wolver- 
hampton Railway in the Township of Upper Swin- 


Anson and Mr. Glyn. 


London and A Petition of the Zondon and North Western Rail- 

North Western way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable 

and Bucking- bad ‘ 

heashiee the London and North Western Railway Company 

Railways. to make a Railway to connect the Buckinghamshire 
Railway with the Oxford, Worcester and Wolver- 
hampton Railway, and to confer certain other Powers 
with respect to the last-mentioned Railway, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought 
in accordingly, by General Anson and Mr. Glyn. 


Hull and 

—* 

ailway, . . ° . 
. a Company for making a Railway from Kingston- 


brought in accordingly, by Mr. Wilson Patten and 


al ; Mr. Pilkington. 
A Petition of the London and North Western Rail- | 


A Petition of the Blackburn Gas-Light Company, Blackburn 


ferring additional Powers on the London and North | for leave to bring in a Bill to extend the limits of the Gas- 


Blackburn Gas-Light Company’s Act for the supply 





of Gas, and to authorize the raising of a further Sum 
of Money, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Wilson Patten and Mr. Pil- 
kington. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the City of London, London and 
or Subscribers to the Railway thereinafter mentioned, Finsbury 
Set ‘tn heleee 4 Bill for Sie I t Improvements 
for leave to bring in a Bill for making Improvements and Railway, 
in the City of London and Borough of Finsbury, and &amp;c. 


for authorizing the Construction of a Line of eee | 


, . ‘and Stations connected therewith, was presented, 
ford, in the County of Worcester, and for other pur- | and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 


poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was or-| accordingly, by Sir James Duke and Mr. Thomas 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by General | Duncombe. 


A Petition of the Town of Dudley Gas-Light Com- Dudley Gas. 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for lighting with 
Gas the Town of Dudiey, and the Suburbs thereof, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Foley and Mr. 
Benbow. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Cambridge Water- Cambridge 
works Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for sup- Waterworks. 





| plying the University and Borough of Cambridge, 


;and the Neighbourhood thereof, with Water, was 


upon-Hull to or near to: Withernsea, in Holderness, 


with a Branch therefrom, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Lord Hotham, Mr. 
Marshall and Mr. Clay. 
Leeds Gas, A Petition of the Leeds Gas-Light Company, for 
leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the Leeds Gas- 
Light Company to raise a further Sum of Money, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; and 





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A Petition of Persons, whose Names are thereunto | presented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill to incorporate | mittee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act there- Leeds and 
inafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill to — 
amend and extend the Provisions of the Act relating — ~ 
to the Leeds and Whitehall Turnpike Roads, and to 
create a further Term therein, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Edmund Denison 
and Mr. Cobden. 


A Petition of Persons, whose Names are thereunto Darlington 


a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by | subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a 4nd Barnard 


Mr. Baines and Sir George Goodman. 


Carmarthen 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
Markets, 2 


of the Borough of Carmarthen, for leave to bring in 
a Bill to enable the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the Borough of Carmarthen to provide and main- 
tain a new Cattle Market-place and Slaughter-houses, 
to amend the Act for regulating the existing Markets 
in the said Borough, and for other purposes, was 
nes ag, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 

rought in accordingly, by Mr. Davies and Mr. 
Morris. 


Newport, 


po A Petition of the Newport, Abergavenny and He- 


and Herefora 7/074 Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill 
ailway to authorize the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford 
(Swansea, &amp;c.) Railway Company to extend their Railway to Swan- 
sea, and to purchase the Oystermouth Railway, was 
presented, and read ; and solensed to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 
VoL. 108. 





Castle Rail- 
way. 


Railway from the Stockton and Darlington Railway, 
near Darlington, to or near to Barnard Castle, both 
in the County of Durham, and for making Arrange- 
ments with the Stockton and Darlington Railway 
Company, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Cayley, Mr. Octavius Duncombe 
and Mr. Headlam. 


A Petition of the Sunderiand Dock Company, for sunderland 
leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Sunderland Dock. 
Dock Act, 1846, and the Sunderland Dock Amend- 
ment Act, 1849, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Hudson and Mr. 

Dighy Seymour. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Promoters, Llanidloes 
for leave to bring in a Bill for making a Railway 274 Newtown 
P ! ilway. 
from Lianidloes, in the County of Montgomery, to 
EE3 Newtown, 








214 10° Februari. A. 1853. 


Newtown, in the same County, to be called “The! A Petition of the Governor and Company of the New River 
Llanidloes and Newtown Railway,” and for other ; New River, brought from Chadwell and Amwell to Company. 
urposes, was presented, and read ; and referred to , London, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 





the Select Committee on Standing Orders. |Governor and Company of the New River further 
= oe to improve their Supply of Water to the Metropolis, 
——_ A Petition of the Gorbals Gravitation Water | was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 


Water (Ne: 1.) Company, and of Persons thereunto subscribing, for | Commaittes on. Standing Orders. 
leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Gorbals Gravi- | 
tation Water Company’s Acts; to authorize the ex- | 
tension of their Works and the construction of New 
Works; for supplying with Water so much of the 
City of Glasgow, Suburbs and places adjacent as 
are situated to the North of the River Clyde, and 
also the Royal Burgh of Jenfrew, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read ; and referred to oe : 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders. | A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Swansea Vale 

| Swansea Vale Railway, and of Suitors for the Bill Railway. 


Poole Harbour A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- | thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for 


and Port. esses of the Town and County and Borough of | the Construction and Maintenance of certain Railways 
Poole, and of Persons thereunto subscribing, being | in the Vale of Swansea, in the County of Glamor- 
Trustees under the Act thereinafter mentioned, for | ga”, to be called “The Swansea Vale Railway,” was 
leave to bring in a Bill to repeal an Act of the presented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
twenty-ninth year of his late Majesty King George | mittee on Standing Orders. 
the Second, relating to the Harbour and the Town 
and County of Poole, and to make other Provisionsin| A Petition of the Sunderland Corporation Gas Sunderland 
relation to the said Harbour, was presented, and Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Gas. 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Stand- | Sunderland Corporation Gas Company to raise a 
ing Orders. further Sum of Money, and to amend and enlarge 


: ae | the Provisions of the Act relating to such Company, 
Evesham A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- | was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 


Bridge. gesses of the Borough of Evesham, in the County of | he Incas teccenccedieniie. tee Wie. Slesien ceel Ue 
Worcester, for leave to bring in a Bill for empowering | Diaby Ser aie By ’Y . ‘ 
the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough | — , 
of Evesham, in the County of Worcester, to build’ 
and maintain a Bridge over the River Avon in the 
said Borough, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Sir //enry Willoughby and Mr. 
Grenville Berkeley, 


A Petition of the there-undersigned, for leave to Plymouth, 
bring in a Bill for making a Railway from the Bo- see, 
rough of Plymouth to Tavistock, in the County of ang oy 
_ Devon, was presented, and read; and referred to the Devon Rail. 


| Select Committee on Standing Orders. way. 





A Petition of the Nottingham Gas-Light and Nottingham 
| Coke Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for lighting &amp;4*: 
with Gas the Town of Nottingham, and certain Pa- 

rishes and Places adjacent thereto, was presented, 

‘and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 

accordingly, by Mr. Strutt and Mr. Walter. 

Great A Petition of Persons, whose Names are thereunto | 

- ner oogaay subscribed, being a quorum of the Directors of the) A Petition of the Aberdeen Railway Company, for Aberdeen 

Jemetery ‘ ~ ; ce . | : ‘ 2 J da : : 

Association. Great Extra-mural Cemetery Association, for leave | leave to bring ina Bill to enable the Aberdeen Rail- Railway. 
to bring in a Bill for making and maintaining a | way Company to raise further Monies ; to authorize 
Cemetery in the Parish of Willesden, in the County | the Abandonment of the authorized Road to the 
of Middlesex, was presented, and read; and a Bill | Quays through the Station at Aberdeen, and the 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Lord | formation of another Road in lieu thereof; to extend 
Robert Grosvenor and Mr. Masterman. the Time for the compulsory Purchase of Lands and 

| for the Completion of the Aberdeen Station ; to alter, 
Wigan Water- A Petition of the Local Board of Health for the | amend and extend the Acts relating to the Company, 
— and ~~ Borough of Wigan, for leave to bring in a Bill for |and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
‘ supplying the Borough of Wigan, in the County | and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 

Palatine of Lancaster, with Water ; for the better | by Admiral Gordon and Mr. George Thompson. ~ 
regulation of the Police therein, and for other pur- | 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was or- | 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Colonel Lind- | the p 


wtig. romoters of the Undertaking thereinafter men- Company. 
say and Mr. Thickhnesse. 


tioned, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 
Nerote \ dixvarw . . - 
Stockport A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- | Crystal Palace Company to divert certain Roads, 


. ‘ee. : and to purchase Lands, and for other purposes re- 
Improvement. vesses of the Borough of Stockport, for leave to! purchase Lands, and pnd. 


bring in a Bill for amending the Provisions of exist- oe hen tye ? Me | ao and — 
ing Local Acts relating to the Borough of Stockport ee ee 
5 © oP : ’) by Mr. Laing and Mr. Geach. 

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

be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Kershaw and | o. . , ; 

Mr. John Benjamin Smith. | A Petition of the East Lancashire Railway Com- Kost See " 

| pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the East aa tie 1) 
*,* , ‘ . at . . » yy . M4 rr rT ‘ ‘a : hd . ; 2, 5 

Great A Petition of Suitors for the Bill thereinafter | Lancashire Railway Company to extend their Rail- (Clifton to 
Wellington mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for constructing | Way from Clifton to Salford, to increase their Salford. ) 
Pier. and maintaining a Pier, Landing-place and Prome- | Capital, and to contract with neighbouring Com- 


nade at Great Yurmouth, in the County of Norfolk, | pames, was presented, and read; and a Bill was or- 

to ve called “ The Great Yarmouth Wellington Pier,” dered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. William 

was presented, and read; and a bill was ordered to | Brown and Mr. Cheetham. 

be brought in accordingly, by Sir Edmund Lacon, | 

Mr. Rumbold and Mr. David Waddington. | A Petition of the East Lancashire Railway Com- East Lan- | 

| pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the East anne 

Kilkenny A Petition of the Kilkenny and Great Southern Lancashire Railway Company to extend their Rail- Telatpert, 
and Great | and Western Railway Company, for leave to bring | way to Southport and Rainford ; and to enter into &amp;c.) 


Southern and . ; . &gt;: , Ce 
Western in a Bill to confer further Powers upon the Kilkenny Arrangements with the Saint Helen’s Canal and 


Railway, and Great Southern and Western Railway Com- | Railway Company, was presented, and read ; and a 
y, was presented, and read ; and referred to the | Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 


Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. William Brown and Mr. Cheetham. 
A Petition 


A Petition of the Crystal Palace Company, being Crystal Palace 


































od, 
els Ie eee 









Wat 


Bri 


B 





Irwell Valley 
Waterworks. 


Great North- 
ern Railway 
(No. 1.) 


Bristol Gas 

and Bristol 
and Clifton 

Gas Companies 
Amalgama- 
tion. 


Bristol Gas. 


Rossendale 
Waterworks. 


Tondon and 
North Western 
Railway (Saint 
Alban’s, &amp;c.) 


Great North- 
ern Railway 
(Bedford. ) 


Bristol Water- 
works, 


Warrington 
and Altrine. 
ham Junction 
Railway 
(Stockport, ) 





16 Vicroriz. 10° Februarize. Q15 


A Petition of Promoters of the Jrwell Valley| A Petition of the Saint Helen’s Canal and Rail- Saint Helens 
Waterworks, for leave to bring in a Bill for supply-| way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable we and 
ing with Water several Townships and Places in the | the Saint Helen’s Canal and Railway Company to 
Parishes of Whalley, Bury, Radcliffe, Prestwich-cum-| extend their Railway to Rainford, and to enlarge 
Oldham and Bolton-le-Moors, in Lancashire, was | their Stations at Sutton, and for other purposes re- 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be| lating to the Company, was presented, and read ; 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr.| and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 

Heywood and Mr. Frederick Peel. by Mr. William Brown and Mr. Greenall. 





A Petition of the Great Northern Railway Com- | 


A Petition of Commissioners acting in the exe- Severn 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Acts 


'cution of the Acts thereinafter mentioned, for leave Navigation. 
relating to the Great Northern Railway Company, | to bring in a Bill for making certain Improvements 

to authorize an Increase of Capital, and the Con-| in the River Severn, and for amending the Acts re- 

struction of a Cut from the Stamford Canal, and | lating thereto, was presented, and read; and a Bill 

for other purposes, was presented, and read; and was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir 

a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by | John Pakington, Mr. Spooner and Mr. Price. 

Mr. Edmund Denison and Mr. Astell. 


| A Petition of Commissioners for carrying the Teignmouth 
A Petition of the Bristol Gas-Light Company | Act first thereinafter recited into execution, for leave so - 
and the Bristol and Clifton Gas-Light Company, | to bring in a Bill for the Maintenance and Regula- fear ty ia 
for leave to bring in a Bill to unite into one Com- tion of the Harbour of Teignmouth, and the Navi- 
pany the Bristol Gas-Light Company and the Bris-| gation of the River Teign, and for other purposes, 
tol and Clifton Gas-Light Company, and to enable | was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
the united Companies to raise further Capital, was | be brought in accordingly, by Sir John Yarde Buller, 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be | Sir Ralph Lopes and Mr. Moffatt. 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Henry Berkeley and | 


Mr. Henry Gore Langton. | A Petition of the West Cornwall Railway Com- West Cornwall 
| pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the West Railway. 
A Petition of the Bristol Gas-Light Company, | Cornwall Railway Company to make certain new 
for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Bristol Gas- | Railways, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
Light Company to increase their Capital, and to ex-| read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
tend the Limits of their Supply, and for amending | cordingly, by Mr. Pendarves and Captain Laffan. 
and consolidating the Acts relating to that Com- 
pany, was presented, and read; and a Bill was or-| A Petition of Persons carrying on business in co- Bangor 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Henry partnership, under the style or firm of the Bangor Waterworks. 
Berkeley and Mr. Henry Gore Langton. Wana Company, for leave to bring in a Bill 
| for better supplying the Inhabitants of Bangor with 
A Petition of Promoters of the Undertaking Water, was presented, and read; and a Bill was or- 
thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill | dered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir Richard 
for better supplying with Water the Town or Village | Bulkeley and Mr. Bulkeley Hughes. 
of Bacup, and the Neighbourhood thereof, in Lan- | 
cashire, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Wilson 
Patten and Mr. Heywood. 





A Petition of the East Zondon Waterworks Com- East London 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the Waterworks. 
| East Zondon Waterworks Company to furnish a 
| better supply of Water, and to execute further Works, 


A Petition of the London and North Western | 24 for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
enable the London and North Western Railway | PY Mr. Masterman and Sir James Duke. 


Company to construct Branch Railways to Suainé| 


Alban’s and to Amersham, and for other purposes, | A Petition of the Ambergate, Nottingham, and — 


, : : * . 
was presented, and read; anda Bill was ordered to | Boston and Eastern Junction Railway Company, for and Boston 


be brought in accordingly, by General Anson and | leave to bring in a Bill to authorize Traffic Arrange- and Eastern 
Mr. G lyn : ments between the Ambergate, Nottingham, and Bos- Junction Rail- 


ton and Eastern Junction Railway Company, and WY (No. 1.) 


A Petition of the Great Northern Railway Com- | ae ge rs ee Comenen vse Pam 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the} ouoht in accordincly, by Mr. Strutt and Mr 
Great Northern Railway Company to make a Branch | yy, 77,,, casted ; ; 
from their Railway to Bedford, was presented, and | ; 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 


accordingly, by Mr. Edmund Denison and Mr. 
Astell. 


| 

| &lt;A Petition of the “Ambergate, Nottingham, and Ambergate, 

| Boston and Eastern Junction Railway Company, Nottingham, 

‘2 b rc : : and Boston 

| for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the forma- gnq Eastern 

- ‘tion of a Station at Vottingham, and other Works Junction &amp;ail- 

A Petition of the Bristol Waterworks Company, | hy the Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston and way (Notting- 

for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the Brisiol| Kastern Junction Railway Company; the Abandon- am, &amp;c.) 

Waterworks Company to raise an additional Sum of | ment of a portion of the original Line; and certain 

Money by Loan ; and for further amending “ The | Arrangements as to the Capital of the said Company, 

Bristol Waterworks Act, 1846,” was presented, and ‘and for other purposes, was presented, and a ; 


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


cordingly, by Mr. Henry Berkeley and Mr. Heury | by Mr. Sérutt and Mr. Walter. 
Gore Langton. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Wolverhamp- 


gesses of the Borough of Wolverhampton, in the t°% Markets 


A Petition of the Warrington and Altrincham | and Fairs, &amp;e. 


Junction Railway Company, for leave to bring in a; County of Stafford, for leave t» bring in a Bill for 
Bill to enable the Warrington and Altrincham Junc- 
tion Railway Company to extend their Railway to 
Stockport, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Greenall 
and Mr. Edward Egerton. 

VoL, 108. 


the further Improvement of the Borough of Wo/ver- 
hampton, and for regulating the Markets therein, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Charles Villiers and Mr. Thornely. 

EE4 A Petition 















10° Februari. A. 1853. 


216 

A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the| Company’s Act, passed in the second year of the 
Norfolk Estuary, for leave to bring in a Bill to} reign of Queen Victoria, and to make other Provi- 
amend the Norfolk Estuary Act, 1846, and the’ sions in lieu thereof, was presented, and read; and 
Norfolk Estuary Amendment Act, 1849, was pre-| a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be| Mr. Townley Parker and Sir George Strickland. 
brought in accordingly, by Lord Stanley and Mr. | 
Bagge. | 

A Petition of the Redruth and Chasewater Rail- | 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable 
the Redruth and Chasewater Railway Company to 
construct new Works, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Sir Charles Lemon and 
Mr. Pendarves. 


Norfolk 
Estuary. 


A Petition of the Eastern Counties Railway Com- Rattan Cute. 
any, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the wa A 
Redken Counties Ruiner Company to construct a inees 

_ Railway from the Line of the Northern and Eastern 
Railway, near Stratford, to Woodford and Loughton, 
and to repeal certain Provisions of their existing 
Acts, and to grant further Powers to the said Com- 
| pany for capitalizing their Debt, and for other pur- 
| poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was or- 
ie dered to be brought in accordingly, by Lord Alfred 
London Docks. A Petition of the London Dock Company, for | Paget and Mr. David Waddington. 
leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the London Dock | 


Redruth and 
Chasewater 
Railway. 


Company to make a new Entrance to their Docks | 
from the River Thames, and other Works, and to | 
augment their Capital Stock, and for other purposes 
connected with the said Docks, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 


cordingly, by Sir William Clay and Mr. Masterman. 


A Petition of Persons, whose Names are there- 
unto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for sup- 


Cambridge 
University 
and Town 
Waterworks. 
thereto, with Water, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 


Mr. Goulburn, Mr. Wigram, Mr. Kenneth Macaulay 
and Mr. Astell. 


Eastern Coun- 
ties Railway 
(North Wool- 
wich, &amp;c.) : ; : : 2 4 
Branch Railways from the North Woolwich Line of 
the Eastern Counties Railway to Ham Creek and 
the River Thames, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Lord Aljred Paget and 
Mr. David Waddington. 


A Petition of the Birkenhead, Lancashire and 
pee Cheshire Junction Railway Company, for leave to 
Junction Rail- bring in a Bill to authorize the Birkenhead, Lanca- 
way (Poulton- shire and Cheshire Junction Railway Company to 
cum-Seacombe, make Railways to Seacombe and to Liscard, and to 
~ enter into arrangements with other Companies, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to brought in accordingly, by Sir 
Philip Egerton, and Mr. Tollemache. 


Birkenhead, 
Lancashire, 


Midland 
Railway 
(Leicester and 
Hitchin. ) 


A Petition of the Midland Railway Company, for 
leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Midland Rail- 
way Company to make a Line of Railway from near 
Lewester to the Great Northern Railway, near J/it- 
chin, with Branches, in lieu of the Line of Railway and 
Branches authorized by “ The Midland Railways Ex- 
tension to Hitchin, Northampton and Huntingdon 
Ruilway Act, 1847,” and “The Midland Railways 
Extension to Hitchin, Yorthampton and Huntingdon 
Railway (Wellingborough Deviations) Act, 1848,” 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Whitbread, Mr. 
Farnham and Mr. Bass. 


South Eastern A Petition of the South Eastern Railway Com- 


Railway pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the 
(Lewisham, D i) : 


Croydon and 
Bromley.) through Lewisham to Croydon and Bromley, and 
for other purposes, and of which the short Title is 
“ The South Eastern Railway (Lewisham, Croydon 
and Bromley) Act, 1853,” was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Sir Edmund Filmer and Mr. James MacGregor. 


A Petition of the Preston Gas Company, for 
leave to bring in a Bill to repeal the Preston Gas 


Preston Gas. 


plying the Inhabitants of the University and Bo-, 
rough of Cambridge, and other Places adjoining | 


A Petition of the Eastern Counties Railway Com- | 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the) 
Eastern Counties Railway Company to construct 


South Eastern Railway Company to make Railways | 


A Petition of the South Eastern Railway Com- South Eastern 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the South (Bentiy, E 
Eastern Railway Company to extend the earding, tension, Re.) 
| Guildford and Reigate Railway to the Great West- 


‘ern Railway at Reading, and for other purposes, 
_was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 


be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Mangles and Mr. 
James MacGregor. 


A Petition of the South Eastern Railway Com- South Eastern. 
| pany» for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the South Railway 
~ ° thea: S a (Strood to 
_ Eastern Railway Company to make a Railway from jfaidstone.) 
| Strood to Maidstone, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Sir Edmund Filmer and 
Mr. James MacGregor. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned, for leave to Limerick 
bring in a Bill for making a Railway from Limerick 274 Foynes 
o © , Railway. 
to Foynes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in Peng by Mr. Mon- 
| sell, Mr. Wyndham Goold and Mr. Francis Wiiliam 


| Russell. 


| A Petition of Inhabitants and Burgesses of the Limerick 
Borough of Limerick, for leave to bring in a Bill to Corporation. 
amend the Acts for the Regulation of Municipal 
Corporations in Jreland, so far as relates to the 

Borough of Limerick, was presented, and read; and 

a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 

Mr. Francis William Russell, Mr. Monsell and Mr. 
Wyndham Goold. 


A Petition of Commissioners appointed by and Plymouth 


acting in execution of an Act passed in the fifth year Improvement. 


of his Majesty King George the Fourth, for improv- 
ing the Borough of Plymouth, in the County of 
Devon, for leave to bring in a Bill for the Improve- 
ment of the Borough of Plymouth, and for other pur- 
poses, and the short Title of which is “The Plymouth 
Improvement Act, 1853,” was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Mare and Mr. Collier. ; 


A Petition of Persons there-undersigned, for leave Rogerstown. 
to bring in a Bill for inclosing, draining and reclaim- closure. 
ing the Estuary of Rogerstown, was presented, and 

read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. James Hamilton, Mr. Hamilton 
and Mr. Grogan. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses fteading 
of the Borough of Reading, in the County of Berks, Market. 
for leave to bring in a Bill for establishing a Corn 
_ Exchange and regulating the Markets in the Borough 
of Reading, and for other purposes, and of which 
the short Title is “The Reading Corporation Mar- 
kets Act, 1853,” was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Robert Palmer, Mr. Keating and Mr. Francis 
Pigott. 





A Petition 








Tn. 


ent. 





Preston 
Waterworks. 


l and 
Layton with 
Warbrick 
Improvement. 


Lowestoft 
Water, Gas 
and Market. 


Ormskirk Gas. 


Killaloe Junc- 
tion Railway 


.) 


South Eastern 
enon 

r an 
Whitstable, 
&amp;c.) 


British Elec- 
tric Telegraph 
Company. 


Cork Muni- 


oa Corpora- of the Borough of Cor 





16 Vicrorriz. 


A Petition of the Local Board of Health for the 
Borough of Preston, in the County Palatine of Lan- 
caster, for leave to bring in a Bill for better supply- 
ing with Water the hesseat of Preston, in the 
County of Lancaster, and for authorizing the Local 
Board of Health for the a of Preston afore- 
said to purchase the Preston Waterworks, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Sir George Stricklund 
and Mr. Townley Parker. 


A Petition of the Local Board of Health for the 
Township of Layton with Warbrick, in the County 
of Lancaster, for leave to bring in a Bill for better 
lighting, watching and otherwise improving the 
Town of Blackpool and the rest of the Township of 
Layton with Warbrick, in the County Palatine of 
Lancaster, and for other purposes, and of which the 
short Title is “The Blackpool Improvement Act, 
1853,” was presented, and read; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Heywood 
and Mr. Zownley Parker. 


A Petition of Persons, whose Names are thereunto 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for providing 
Waterworks and Gasworks for the Town of Lowes- 
toft, in the County of Suffolk, and for regulating the 

arket there, and for other purposes, of which the 
short Title is “The Lowestoft Water, Gas and Mar- 
ket Act, 1853,” was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Sir Edward Gooch, Sir FitzRoy Kelly and Mr. 


Peto. 


A Petition of the Ormskirk Gas-Light Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for incorporating the 
Ormskirk Gas-Light Company, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Wiliam Brown and Mr. Turner. 


A Petition of the Limerick, Ennis and Killaloe 
Junction Railway Company, for leave to bring in a 
Bill to enable the Limerick, Ennis and Killaloe Junc- 


wer to sell, tion Railway Company to lease their ye 


and for other purposes, was presented, and read; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. John Fitzgerald, Sir John Fitzgerald and 
Mr. Cornelius O' Brien 


A Petition of the South Eastern Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for vesting in the 

uth Eastern Railway Company the Undertakings 
of the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway Company 
and the South Eastern and Continental Steam Packet 
Company, and for other purposes, and of which the 
short Title is “ The South Eastern Railway (Can- 
terbury and Whitstable, and Steam Packets) Act, 
1853,” was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir Edmund 
Filmer and Mr. James MacGregor. 


A Petition of the British Electric Telegraph Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for repealing and 
amending an Act seul in the thirteenth and four- 
teenth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, 
called “ The British Electric Telegraph Company's 
Act, 1850,” was presented, and a. and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Cod- 
bold and Mr. Farrer. 


A Petition of the a Aldermen and Burgesses 
, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for the more equal Division of the Borough of Cork 
into Wards, and to provide for the better Constitution 
and Regulation of the Municipal Corporation of the 
said Borough, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr.Serjeant Murphy, Mr. Fagan and 
Mr. Maguire. 
VoL, 108. 


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217 


A Petition of the om Waterworks Company, Cardiff 
for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the Cardiff Waterworks. 
Waterworks Company to raise further Money, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Sir George Tyler, Mr. Henry ion and mags 


A Petition of the South Eastern Railway Com- South Eastern 
pany: for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the South |e 
astern Railway Company to make a Railway from Railway to the 
the North Kent Line of the South Eastern Railway, Thames, &amp;c.) 
in the Parish of Charlton, to Blackwall Point, in the 
Parish of Greenwich, with a Pier in connexion there- 
with; and to establish a Steam or other Communi- 
cation between such Pier and Blackwall, in the 
County of Middlesex ; and for reviving the Powers 
of the said Company for taking Lands and Buildings 
for the purpose of enlarging their London Bridge 
Station on the North side thereof, and for widening 
the said London and Greenwich Railway, and for 
extending, for a further period, such Powers, and 


also all Powers of the said Company for enlarging 
the said Station on the North side thereof, and for 


widening and enlarging the said Railway, and for 


other purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be og in accordingly, by Sir £d- 


mund Filmer and Mr. James MacGregor. 


A Petition of Shareholders in the Ambergate, Not- Ambergate, 
tingham and Boston and Eastern Junction Railway Nottingham, 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the eee end 
Amberyate, Nottingham and Boston and Eastern Junction Rail- 
Junction Railway Company to complete the Pur- y Gale, &amp;e.) 
chase of the Nottingham Canal and the Grantham 
Canal, and to lease or transfer their Railway and the 
said Canal to the London and North Western Rail- 
way Company, the Midland Railway Company and 
the Great Northern Railway Company, one or more 
of them, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Electric Telegraph Company of Electric 
Ireland, for leave to bring in a Bill for incorporating ———_ 
and regulating the Electric Telegraph Company of Ireland. 
Ireland, and for better enabling the Company to 
establish and work Telegraphs in Scotland and 
Ireland, and between those Countries, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 

ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Cairns 

and Mr. George Butt. 


of 


A Petition of some of the Parties who are Suitors Peebles 
to the Bill thereunto annexed, for leave to bring in Railway. 
a Bill for making a Railway from the Hawick 
Branch of the North British Railway, near to the 
Eskbank Station, to the Royal Burgh of Peebles, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Sir Graham Montgo- 
mery and Mr. Mackenzie. 


A Petition of the Corporation of the London As- London 
surance, and the Corporation of the Zondon Assur- 45s¥rance. 
ance of Houses and Goods from Fire, for leave to 
bring in a Bill to consolidate the Stock and Powers 
of the Corporation of “ The London Assurance of 
Houses and Goods from Fire,” with the Stock and 
Powers of the Corporation of “ The London Assur- 
rance,” and to confer on the last-named Corporation 
the Powers of “ The London Assurance Loan Com- 
pany,” and to give additional Powers to “ The Lon- 
don Assurance,” was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Masterman and Mr. Gregson. 


A Petition of Subscribers to the Undertaking East Grinsted 
thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill Railway. 
for making a Railway from the London, Brighton 
and South Coast Railway, to or near to the Town of 
East Grinstead, in the County of Sussex, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 





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brought in accordingly, by Mr. Laing and Sir George 
Brotke Pechell. ath 7 

Cheltenham A Petition of Subscribers for carrying into effect 

———,. the Undertaking thereinafter mentioned, for leave to 

way. bring in a Bill for making a Railway from the Mid- 
land Railway, near Cheltenham, to the Oxford, Wor- 
cester and Wolverhampton Railway, near Oxford, 
with a Station at Cheltenham, and certain other 
Lines of Railway connected therewith, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Craven Berkeley, Sir 
William Codrington and the Marquis of Worcester. 


A Petition of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lin- 
colnshire Railway Company, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for altering and extending the Line of the 
Barnsley Branch of the Manchester, Sheffield and 
Lincolnshire Railway Company ; for extending the 
Time for the Completion of certain Works at Shef- 
field ; for amending the Acts relating to the said 
Company, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Turner and Mr. Geach. 


10° Februariz. 


A, 1853. 


referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 


A Petition of the Right honourable 7omas Earl London ana 
of Macclesfield and the Right honourable Robert Mid Western 
John Lord Carington, and of Subscribers for carry- “" “*™ 
ing into effect the Undertaking thereinafter men- 
tioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a 
Railway from the Oxford, Worcester and Wolver- 
hampton Railway, near Oxford, to the London and 
South Western Scho, near Brentford, and to the 
London and North Western Railway, near Willesden, 
with Branches to Aylesbury, and to the Bucking- 
hamshire Railway at Oxford, to be called “ The 
London and Mid Western Railway,” was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Portadown and Dungannon Rail- Portadown 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to extend ®»4 Dungan- 
and amend the Powers and Provisions of “ The Por- 2" Railway. 
tadown and Dungannon Railway Act, 1847,” and to 
grant certain Powers to other Companies, with 
reference thereto, was presented, and read; and a 





Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 


Worcester 
and Hereford 
Junction 
Railway. 


A Petition of the Great Western Railway Com- 

any, and the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton | 
tailway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
making a Railway from the Oxford, Worcester and 
Wolverhampton Railway, near Worcester, to the He- 
reford, Ross and Gloucester Railway, the Shrews- 
bury and Hereford Railway, and the Newport, Aber- 
gavenny and Hereford Railways, at or near Hereford, 
with a Branch to Ledbury, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Sir John Pakington and Mr. Booker. 


London, 
Brighton and 
South Coast 
Railway. 


A Petition of the London, Brighton and South 
Coast Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill 
to enable the London, Brighton and South Coast 
Railway Company to enlarge their Station at London 
Bridge, and their Goods Station at Brighton, and to 
make a Branch Railway to the Crystal Palace, and | 
for converting the Debenture Debt of the London, | 
Brighton and South Coast Railway Company into | 
Stock or Shares, and for other purposes, was pre- | 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be | 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Laing and Sir George | 
Brooke Pechell. 





Bangor and 
€aernarvon 
Railway. 


A Petition of the Bangor and Caernarvon Rail- 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to autho- 
rize the Sale or Lease of the Bangor and Cuernarvon 
Railway to the Chester and Holyhead Railway Com- 
pany, was presented, and read; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Peto, 
Mr. Kinnaird and Mr. Jackson. 


Monkland 


A Petition of the Monk/and Railways Company, 
Railways. 7 


for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Monkland 
Railways Company to make certain Railways in the | 
vicinity of Bathgate, and to the Monkland Iron and 
Steel Works, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a-Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. William Lockhart and Mr. 
Forbes. 


Lord Claud Hamilton and Mr. Stuart Knoz. 


A Petition of Persons, whose Names are thereunto Severn Valley 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a Railway. 
Railway from the Ozford, Worcesterand Wolverhamp- 
ton Railway, near Hartlebury, inthe County of Wor- 
cester, to join the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway 
within the Borough of Shrewsbury, in the County of 
Salop, with Branches, to be called “ The Severn 


| Valley Railway,” and for other purposes, was pre- 


sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Colonel Forester and Sir 
Thomas Winnington. 


A Petition of Persons, whose Names are thereunto South Devon 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a 804 Tavistock 
Railway from the South Devon Railway, near Piy- a 
mouth, to Tavistock, with a Branch, to be called 
“The South Devon and Tavistock Railway,” and 
for other purposes, and of which the short Title is 
“The South Devon and Tavistock Railway Act, 

1853,” was presented, and read ; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir John 
Yarde Buller and Mr. Tufuell. 


A Petition of the Devonport Gas and Coke Com- Devonport 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for increasing the ** 
Capital, and extending the Powers of the Devonport 
Gas and Coke Company, and for other purposes, 
and of which the short Title is “The Devonport 
Gas and Coke Act, 1853,” was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Sir John Yarde Buller and Mr. Tufueil. 


A Petition of Inhabitant Ratepayers of the parish Whitechapel 
of Saint Mary, Whitechapel, in the county of Mid- Improvement. 
dlesex, for leave to bring in a Bill for the better 


paving, repairing, lighting, cleansing, watering, re- 


_gulating and improving such parts of the Parish of 


Saint Mary, Whitechapel, in the County of Mid- 
dlesex, as are not within the Liberties of Her Ma- 





Lough Foyle 
and Lough 
Swilly Drain- 


jesty’s Tower of London and the City of London; 


A Petition of Persons, whose Names are thereunto | and for paving, repairing, watering and regulating 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the certain parts of other Parishes and Places adjoining, 


age and Recla- Acts relating to the Drainage ani Embankment of | and for removing and preventing Nuisances, An- 


mation. 


certain Lands in Lough Swilly and Lough Foyle, in | noyances and Obstructions therein; and for raising 


the Counties of Donegal and Londonderry, was pre- | Money for the Relief, Maintenance and Employ- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be | ment of the Poor within the said Parish; and for 
brought in accordingly, by Sir Robert Ferguson and | raising Money for repairing the Church of the said 


Mr, Clay. 


Londonderry, A Petition of the Londonderry and Coleraine 


Coleraine and : : , : 
my eg Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 


tion Railway. authorize an Extension of the Londonderry and 
Coleraine Railway, was presented, and read; and 


| Parish, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir William 
Clay, Lord Robert Grosvenor and Mr. Butler. 


A Petition of the Right honourable Francis Eger- Runcorn A 
ton Earl of Ellesmere, for leave to bring in a Bill West™ c 





for 





en ee 








Staffordshire 
Potteries 
Waterworks. 


Ardrossan 
Railway. 


Wimbledon 
and Croydon 
Railway. 


Woodford — 
Railway. 


East and West 


India Docks 
and Birming- 
ham Junction 
Railway. 


Glasgow 


Improvement. 


Wildmore Fen, 


and East and 
West Fens 
Highways, 


16 VicrorizZ. 


for making a Canal from the Francis Dock, con- | 
nected with the Duke of Bridgewater's Canal at | 
Runcorn, in the County of Chester, to join the | 
Weston Canal or River Weaver Navigation at or 
near Weston Point, in the same Parish, and to be 
called “ The Runcorn and Weston Canal,” was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Tatton Egerton and | 
Mr. Cornwall Legh. 


A Petition of the Staffordshire Potteries Water- 
works Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to con- 
solidate and amend “ The Staffordshire Potteries 
Waterworks Act, 1847,” and “ The Staffordshire 
Potteries Waterworks Extension Act, 1849,” and to 
extend the Provisions and enlarge the Powers 
thereof, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Leve- 
son Gower and Mr. Child. 








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219 


dered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Christo- 
pher and Mr. Stanhope. 


A Petition of the Trustees of the River Zee, for Lee River 
leave to bring in a Bill to consolidate and amend the Trust. 


Acts relating to the Navigation of the River Zee, in 
the Counties of Hertford, Essex and Middlesex ; to 
authorize further Improvements in the Navigation, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read; 
and a Bill was ordered to be — in accordingly, 
by Mr. Cowper, Mr. Halsey and Sir Henry Meuz. 


A Petition of Commissioners for executing the Swaffham and 
Acts thereinafter mentioned, and of Persons whose arene 
Names are thereunto subscribed, being Owners of ©™™™*8* 


Estates and Occupiers of Lands and ‘lenements and 
Inhabitants within the District of the Fen Lands 
and Low Grounds lying in the South Level therein- 
after mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill to alter 
and amend three several Acts passed in the reign of 








A Petition of the Ardrossan Railway Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for vesting the Ardrossan 
Railway in the G/asgow and South Western Rail- 
way Company, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Colonel Blair and Mr. 
Craufurd. 


A Petition of Persons, whose Names are thereunto 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a 
Railway from Wimbledon to Croydon, in the County 
of Surrey, to be called “ The Wimbledon and Croy- 
don Railway,” and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Locke King and Mr. Mangles. 


A Petition of Persons, whose Names are thereunto 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a 
Railway from the East and West India Docks and 
Birmingham Junction Railway, at Hackney Wick, to 
Woodford, in the County of Essex, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Mangles and Mr. Warner. 


A Petition of the Kast and West India Docks 
and Birmingham Junction Railway Company, for 
leave to bring in a Bill to dissolve the East and West 
India Docks and Birmingham Junction Railway 
Company, and to incorporate the Shareholders thereof 
into a new Company, and to consolidate the several 
Provisions relating to the said dissolved Company 
into one Act, and to enable the said Company thereby 
incorporated to raise additional Capital, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by General 
Anson and Mr. Mangles. 


A Petition of the Magistrates and Council of the city 
of Glasgow, and Members of the Police and Statute 
Labour Committee of the said Magistrates and Coun- 
cil, for leave to bring ina Bill for the Improvement of 
the City of Glasgow ; for amending the Acts relating 
to the Police and Statute Labour of the said City, 
and for other purposes in relation thereto, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Alexander Hastie, 
Mr. M' Gregor and Sir James Anderson. 


A Petition of the Reverend Henry Holdsworth, of 
Fishtoft, in the county of Lincoln, Clerk, the Reve- 
rend George Coltman, of Stickney, in the said county 
of Lincoln, Clerk, Justices of the Peace for the Parts 
of Lindsey and Holland, ,in the said county, and 
Frederick Lyon Hopkins, of Boston, in the said 
county of Lincoln, Esquire, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for the better Maintenance and Repair of the 
Highways in Wildmore Fen and the East and West 
Fens, in the County of Zincoln, and for other pur- 
poses, and of which the short Title is “ The Wild- 
more Fen and the East and West Fens Highways Act, 
1853,” was presented, and read; and a Bill was or- 

Vor. 108, 


King George the Third, for draining and preserving 
certain Fen Lands and Low Grounds lying in the 
South Level, part of the Great Level of the Fens, 
| commonly called Bedford Level, and in the County 
of Cambridge, between the River Cam, otherwise 
Grant, West, and the Hardlands of Bottisham, 
Swaffham Bulbeck and Swaffham Prior, East, and 
for other purposes therein mentioned, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Yorke and Mr. Ball. 





County Rates and Expenditure Bill ;— Newspaper 
| Stamps ;—Paper, Newspaper Stamps, and Advertise- 
ments ;—Repayment of Advances (/reland) ;—Ter- 
minable Annuities ;—Christmas Gifts to Postmen ;— 
General Board of Health Bill ;—Signior Madiai and 
his Wife ;— Poor Law ;— Post-office Messengers and 
| Stampers ;— Roman States ;—and, Sub-Arches ( Zon- 
don),— were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers, were 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
'Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 


| 


County of Lanark, in Scotland, Esquire, a Candi- 
date at the last Election of a Burgess to serve in the 
present Parliament for the Borough and County of 
the Town of Southampton, was delivered in, and 
read ; setting forth, That at the Election of a Bur- 
gess to serve in Parliament for the Borough and 
County of the Town of Southampton, held at South- 
ampton on the Fifth day of January One thousand 
eight hundred and Fifty-three, the Petitioner was a 
Candidate for the representation of the said Bo- 
rough and County of the Town, and was duly pro- 
posed and seconded, and was duly qualified to be 
returned at the said Election, and to sit for the said 
Borough ; that at the said Election Sir Alexander 
James Edmund Cockburn, Knight, was also a Can- 
didate for the representation of the said Borough 
and County of the Town, and put in nomination as 
a Candidate to represent the said Borough and 
County of the Town in this present Parliament ; that 
the said Sir Alerander James Edmund Cockburn, at 
and previous to the teste of the Writ for holding the 
said Election, and during the continuance thereof, 
had been, was, and still is disqualified from and in- 
capable of being so elected a Burgess to serve in 
Parliament for the said Borough and County of the 
Town, or to sit and vote in the House of Commons 
of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland as such Burgess for the said 
Borough and County of the Town, for that he the sai:| 
Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn. theretofore; 
to wit, at a former Election for Burgesses to serve 

FF2 in 





Petitions relating to Ballot ;—Dundee Burgh ;— Public 
Elective Franchise, &amp;c.;— Crystal Palace (Syden- Petitions. 
ham) ;— Maynooth College Act;— New Zealand y;3. Seven- 
Company ;—Attorneys’ Certificates ;—Carriages ;—- teenth Report. 


A Petition of Alexander Dundas Ross Wishart Southampton 
Baillie Cochrane, of Lamington House, in the Election. 


220 


in this present Parliament for the said Borough and 
County of the Town, which said Election was held 
on or about the Eighth day of July One thousand 
eight hundred and Fifty-two, was a Candidate to 
represent the said Borough and County of the Town, 
together with Brodie M‘Ghie Wilcox, Esquire, and 
also the Petitioner and Augustus Arthur Vansittart, 
Esquire, and being such Candidate as aforesaid, be- 
fore and during and at the said Election, was guilty 
of corrupt bribery, and also of ye contrary to 
the laws and usage of Parliament, and also contrary 


10° Februari. 





to the statutes of this realm in that case made and 
provided, and did by himself and his agents, and by 
means of divers and very many unlawful and corrupt 
gifts, promises, recompensesand rewards, corrupt, and 
also did by the means aforesaid unlawfully and cor- 
ruptly procure divers persons, having and claiming to 
have votes at the said Election, to give their votes for 
the said Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn and 
Brodie M‘Ghie Wilcox, or one of them, and to for- 
bear to give their votes for the Petitioner and the 
said Augustus Arthur Vansittart, or one of them; 
that the said Sir A/exander James Edmund Cockburn, 
before and at and during the said Election, and for 
the purposes thereof, by himself, and by his agents 
and others respectively employed by him at the said 
Election, and acting for and sanctioned by him in 
that behalf, did unlawfully give, and cause and pro- 
cure to be given, and did promise and agree to give, 
and did willingly and knowingly consent to the 
giving and gy to be given, divers moneys, 
gifts, rewards, loans of money, offices, places and 
ees to divers persons having and claiming 
to have votes at such Election as aforesaid, upon 
certain unlawful engagements, contracts and agree- | 
ments, and by way of: corrupt and unlawful induce- 
ment, that is to say, that the said persons so having 





or claiming to have such votes as aforesaid, and to 
whom and to whose use and in whose behalf such | 
gifts and promises were made as aforesaid, should, | 
by themselves and others at their solicitation re- 
spectively, request and command, procure and en- 
deavour to procure, the Return of the said Sir A/ex- 
ander James Edmund Cockburn and Brodie M‘Ghie 
Wilcox respectively at such Election; that the said 
Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn did, after | 
the teste of the Writ for holding the said last-men- 
tioned Election, and before, at and during the said 
last-mentioned Election, by himself, his agents and 
others, on his behalf, and with his knowledge, con- 
sent and allowance, and at his costs and charges, 
by divers ways and means, directly and indirectly, 
unlawfully and corruptly give, present and allow to 
divers persons having and claiming to have votes at 
the said Election, divers money, meat, drink, enter- 
tainment and provision, and also did make to and 
with such persons divers corrupt promises, agree- 
ments, obligations and engagements, to give and 
allow to them money, meat, drink, entertainment, | 
provision, presents and rewards, to and for their’ 
several use and advantage, benefit, employment, 
profit and preferment, for the purposes of and in 
order to procure the Election and Return of the said | 
Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn and Brodie ' 
M‘Ghie Wilcox as such Members as aforesaid, and | 
also for and in consideration of and by way of re- 
ward for the Election of the said Sir Alexander 
James Edmund Cockburn and Brodie M‘Ghie Wil- 
coz to serve in Parliament for the said Borough and 
County of the Town as aforesaid ; that the said Sir 
Alexander James Edmund Cockburn did, after the 
teste of the said Writ, and before, during and after 
the said Election, by himself, and by and with his 
agents, friends and managers, and other persons, b 
divers means, directly and indirectly, unlawfully and 
corruptly give and provide, and cause and know- 
ingly allow divers meat, drink, entertainment and 
provisions to be given and provided at his expense, 
and to and for divers persons, as well having or 
claiming to have votes at the said Election, as also 





A. 1853. 


others, and did also pay divers unlawful expenses 
incurred for such meat, drink, entertainment and 
provisions aforesaid, for the purpose of ans | in- 
fluencing divers of such persons so having or claim- 
ing to have such votes at the said Election as afore- 
said, and inducing them to give their votes in and at 
the said Election in favour of the said Sir A/exander 
James Edmund Cochburnand Brodie M‘ Ghie Wilcoz, 
or one of them, and to refrain from giving their votes 
in and at the said Election in favour of the Petitioner 
and the said Augustus Arthur Vansittart, or one of 


them, and also for the purpose of corruptly reward- 


ing divers of the said persons for having given their 
votes in and at the said Election in favour of the 
said Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn and 
Brodie M‘Ghie Wilcox, or one of them, or from 
having refrained from giving their votes in and at 
the said Election in favour of the Petitioner and the 
said Augustus Arthur Vansittart, or one of them; 
that the said Sir Alezander James Edmund Cock- 
burn did, by himself, his agents, friends, managers 
and others, employed by him in that behalf, sake, 
during and after the said Election, pay and give, 
and did also promise to pay and give, divers sums of 
money, offices, places and employments, and other 
valuable considerations, as well to divers persons 
having and claiming to have votes at the said Elec- 
tion, as also to divers other persons related to them 
by kindred or affinity, for them and on their behalf, 
by way of recompense and reward to them for having 
voted in and at the said Election in favour of the 
said Sir Alerander James Edmund Cockburn and 
Brodie M‘Ghie Wilcox, or one of them, or on ac- 
count of the said persons being about to vote, and 
as an inducement that they should vote, in and at 
the said Election in favour of the said Sir Alexander 
James Edmund Cockburn and Brodie M‘Ghie Wil- 
cox, or one of them, or as an inducement that they 
should refrain from voting in and at the said Elec- 
tion in favour of the Petitioner and the said Augustus 
Arthur Vansittart, or one of them; that, by reason 
of the several hereinbefore mentioned corrupt and 
unlawful acts, the said Sir Alexander James kdmund 
Cockburn became and was disqualified from being 
elected and returned at the said Election as a Mem- 
ber to serve in Parliament for the said Borough and 
County of the Town, or to sit or vote in the said 
Parliament as such Member, but also by virtue of a 
certain statute passed in the forty-third year of our 
late Sovereign Lord George the Third, was also dis- 
gualified, incapacitated and disabled from being re- 
elected for, or sitting and voting in Parliament as 
Member for, the said Borough and County of the 
Town at any future vacancy or other Election, during 
the continuance of this present Parlianrent; that 
nevertheless the said Sir Alexander James Edmund 
Cockburn, together with the said Brodie M‘Ghie 
Wilcox, were declared duly elected to serve in Par- 
liament as Members for the said Borough and 
County, and proceeded to take their seats and to 
vote as such Members; that a Petition was duly 
presented to the House against the Return of the 
said Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn and 
Brodie M‘Ghie Wilcox, by William Henry Mackey 
and John Russell, being two of the Electors of the 
said Borough and County of the Town aforesaid, 
and who were duly qualified respectively to vote, 
and who did respectively vote at the said Election ; 
that the said Petition, among other things, charged 
that the said Sir Alexander James Edmund Cock- 
burn had been guilty, by himself and his agents, of 
bribery and treating at the said Election, and prayed 
the House to declare the said Election and Return 
void; that the said Petition was received by the 
House, but that no Committee has as yet been ap- 
pointed to inquire into the merits thereof; that the 
said Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn con- 
tinued to sit and vote as such Member as aforesaid 
until the time that he accepted the office of Her 
Majesty’s Attorney General for England, i 
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16 Vicroriz. 


about the Twenty-ninth day of December One thou- 
sand eight hundred and Fifty-two; that by reason 
thereof he vacated his seat in Parliament as Member 
for the said Borough and i the Town afore- 
said, and a new Election for a Member to serve in 
Parliament in the place and stead of the said Sir 
Alexander James Edmund Cockburn, in and for the 
Borough and County aforesaid, was held at South- 
ampton on the Fifth day of January One thousand 
eight hundred and Fifty-three, at which Election the 
Petitioner and the said Sir Alerander James Edmund 
Cockburn were again Candidates as hereinbefore men- 
tioned ; that the ineligibility and incapacity of the said 
Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn, as having 
been guilty of such bribery and treating as aforesaid, 
was before and at and during the said Election 
matter of public notoriety in the said Borough and 
County of the Town, and was well known to the 
Returning Officers and also to the Electors of the 
said Borough and County of the Town, who voted 
for the said Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn, 
for that at the time and place of the said Election 
for the said Borough and County of the Town of 
Southampton (that is to say), the Election of the 
Fifth day of January One thousand eight hundred 
and Fifty-three, both before the nomination of the 
Candidates, and also before the taking of the poll, a 
notice under the hand of the Petitioner was on be- 
half of the Petitioner publicly delivered to the said 
Returning Officers at the said last-mentioned Elec- 
tion, in the words and figures or to the effect follow- 
ing (that is to say) :—‘ Borough of Southampton 
Election.—I hereby give you notice, that Sir Alex- 
ander James Edmund Cockburn, who now offers 
himself a Candidate to represent the Borough of 
Southampton at the Election of a Member to serve 
in Parliament for this Borough, now here holden, is 
disqualified and incapacitated from being elected or 
returned to serve in Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough during the present Parliament, by reason that 
the said Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn, 
before and at the Election of Members for the said 
Borough, held on the Eighth day of July last, by 
himself and his agents, did give and promise to 
divers persons money, rewards and employments for 
procuring his Election thereat, and did also give 
meat, drink and entertainment to divers persons 
having votes at such last-mentioned Election, in 
order to be elected thereat, and was also guilty of 
other corrupt practices to procure his said Election, 
contrary to the statutes in such cases made, and that 
a Petition has been duly presented to the House of 
Commons, praying that such last-mentioned Election 
may, on the grounds aforesaid, be declared null and 
void, and the said Sir A /erander James Edmund Cock- 
burn become and be declared disqualified and incapa- 
citated to be elected or returned for the said Borough, 
and that such Petition is still pending ; and I hereby 
give further notice, that all votes which shall be given 
at this present Election in favour of the said Sir A/lez- 
ander James Edmund Cockburn will, on account of the 
said disqualification, ineligibility and incapacity, be al- 
together thrown away and lost, and that in the event of 
— returning him as a Member for the said Borough, 

shall, in the manner by law prescribed, claim to have 
been elected, and that I ought to have been returned 
in his stead. Dated at Southampton, the Fifth day 
of January One thousand eight hundred and Fifty- 
three. (Signed) Alexander Buillie Cochrane. To 
the Mayor and Bailiffs of the Borough of Southamp- 
ton, the Returning Officers of the said Borough ;” 
that a further notice was also given to each voter who 
polled at the said last Election for the said Borough 
and County of the Town of Southampton, on the 
Sixth day of January One thousand eight hundred 
and Fifty-three, for the said Sir Alexander James 
Edmund Cockburn, at the time and place of polling, 
and at the time of his tendering his vote, and before 
each such voter so polled, in the words and figures or 
to = effect following (thatis to say) :—“ Southampton 

OL. 108. 





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221 


Election.--Sir,--Take notice, that Sir Alexander James 
Edmund Cockburn, who now offers himself a Candi- 
date to represent this Borough in Parliament at the 
Election now holden, is disqualified and incapacitated 
from being elected or returned to serve in Parliament 
for the Borough of Southampton, on the ground that 
at the Election for the same Borough, held on the 
Eighth day of July last, the said Sir Alexander James 

mund Cockburn, by himself or his agents, did give 
and promise to divers persons, money, rewards, meat, 
drink and entertainment, and used other corrupt prac- 
tices to procure his Election thereat, contrary to the 
statutes in such cases made, and that a Petition upon 
the grounds aforesaid has been presented to the 
House of Commons, praying that such last-mentioned 
Election may be rr void, and that such Petition 
is now pending; and take notice, that in case you 
vote for Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn at 
this present Election, your vote will be altogether 
thrown away. (Signed) Edward Corwell, Agent for 
Alexander Baillie Cochrane, Esquire. Dated at 
Southampton, January Fifth, One thousand eight hun- 
dred and Fifty-three ;” that the Returning Officers 
for the said Borough and County of the Town, not- 
withstanding the notice of the disqualification and 
incapacity of the said Sir Alexander James Edmund 
Cockburn thereinbefore mentioned, and so as afore- 
said given to them and every of them by and on be- 
half of the Petitioner, received and recorded the 
votes of all persons who tendered their votes for the 
said Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn, and at 
the close of the poll declared the said Sir Alexander 
James Edmund Cockburn to have a majority of legal 
votes, and that he was duly elected and returned to 
serve in Parliament for the said Borough and County 
of the Town; that the majority of the said Sir 
Alexander James Edmund Cockburn at the said Elec- 
tion was made up and did consist of the votes of per- 
sons who gave their votes at the said Election for 
the said Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn 
after the publication of the said several hereinbefore 
mentioned notices, and after the voters had respec- 
tively received notice of his said disqualification, as 
stated in the said notices, and that if the votes so 
given for the said Sir Alexander James Edmund 
Cockburn had been excluded from the poll, the Peti- 
tioner would have had a majority of legal votes in 
his favour at the said Election, and in fact that the 
Petitioner had a majority of legal votes at the said 
Election, and ought to have been returned instead of 
the said Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn ; 
and praying that the House will take the premises 
into their consideration, and will declare that the 
said Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn, by 
reason of the said several corrupt acts of bribery 
and treating by him hereinbefore alleged and charged 
to have been done and committed at the time and 
place and in manner thereinbefore mentioned, was 
not duly elected at the said last Election as a Bur- 
gess to serve in Parliament for the said Borough 
and County of the Town of Southampton, and ought 
not to have been returned thereat, but, on the con- 
trary, was altogether by law disqualified, disabled 
and incapacitated from being elected as such Burgess 
as aforesaid, and also that the Petitioner had a ma- 
jority of legal votes at the last Election, was duly 
elected and ought to have been returned, and that 
the House will direct the Return to be amended ac- 
cordingly by the substitution therein of the name of 
the Petitioner for that of the said Sir Alezander James 
Edmund Cockburn, or that the House will declare 
the said last Election of the said Sir Alexander James 
Edmund Cockburn as a Burgess to serve in Parlia- 
ment for the same Borough and County of the Town 
of Southampton, to have been wholly null and void; 


and that the House will give to the Petitioner such 
further and other relief as to the House shall seem 
meet. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
General Committee of Elections. 
FF3 


Ordered, 


222 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant or Warrants for such persons, papers and re- 
cords as shall be thought necessary by the several 
Parties on the hearing of the matter of the said 
Petition. 


County Courts. Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Returns from every County Court throughout Eng- 
land and Wales, established under the Act 9 &amp; 10 
Vic. c. 95, of,—1. The Total Number of Plaints en- 
tered in each Court from the ist day of January to 
the 31st day of December 1852, both days inclusive: 
— Of the Total Number of Plaints entered in each 
Court above £.20, and not exceeding £. 50, from the 
ist day of January 1852 to the 31st day of Decem- 
ber 1852, both days inclusive :—Of the Total Num- 
ber of Plaints entered in each Court during the last- 
mentioned period, by Consent of Parties, under the 
17th section of the Act 13 &amp; 14 Vie. c. 61 :—2. Of 
the Total Number of Causes tried by each Court 
from the 1st day of January 1852 to the 31st day of 
December 1852, both days inclusive :—Of the Total 
Number of Causes tried by each Court, from the 1st 
day of January 1852 to the 31st day of December 
1852, both days inclusive, above £.20 and not ex- 
ceeding £.50: —Of the Total Number of Causes 
tried by each Court during the last-mentioned period, 
by Consent of Parties, under the 17th section of the 
Act 13 &amp; 14 Vie. c.61 :—38. Of the Total Number of 
Appeals under the last-mentioned Act, pending on 
the 1st day of January, and the Total Number made 
from the ist day of January to the 31st day of De- 
cember 1852, both days inclusive, from the Decisions 
of each Court, and whether such Decisions were 
confirmed or reversed, and the Number of Appeals 
dropped or remaining undecided on the 31st day of 
December 1852 :—4. Of the Total Number of Days 
that each Court has sat, from the 1st day of January 
to the 81st day of December 1852, both days inclu- 
sive, and the Average Number of Hours comprised 
in each Sitting :—5. Of the Total Amount of Monies 
for which the Plaints were entered in each Court 
during the last-mentioned period :—6. Of the Total 
Amount of Monies, exclusive of Costs, for which 
Judgment has been obtained in each Court during 
the same period, and also the Amount of such 
Costs :—7. Of the Total Amount of Monies paid into 
each Court during the same period, in satisfaction 
of Debts sued for, without proceeding to Judgment : 
—8. Of the Gross Total Amount of Fees received 
in each Court during such period, distinguishing the 
Amount of Fees for each Officer, and on account of 
the General Fund :—9, The Gross Total Amount of 
Monies received in each Court to the credit of 
Suitors, and the Amount paid out to Suitors :—10. 
Of the Total Number of Causes tried in each Court 
during the same period, with the assistance of a Jury, 
specifying the Number of such Causes in which a 

erdict has been given in favour of the Party re- 
quiring a Jury to be summoned :—11. Of the Total 
Number of Executions issued by the Clerk of each 
Court during the same period, against the Goods of 
Defendants :—12. Of the Total Number of Warrants 
of Commitment issued by the Clerk of each Court 
during the same period, and the Number of Persons 
actually taken to Prison under such Warrants :— 
13. And, of the Total Amount received by the ‘Trea- 
surer of each Court on account of the General Fund 
of such Court, from the 1st day of January 1852 to 
the 31st day of December 1852, inclusive, and the 
Payments made thereout during such period, as given 
in the Balance Sheets rendered to the Commissioners 
of Her Majesty’s Treasury, according to Article 48 
of Treasurer’s Instructions ; together with the Sums 
therein stated to have been received of or paid to 
Her Majesty's Paymaster General. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 





10° Februariz. 








A. 1853, 


as are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy 
Council. 


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


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Persons ca- 
pitally convicted in England and Wales, from the 
year 1838 to 1852, both inclusive; specifying the 
Offences and Sentences, and whether and how carried 
into effect, by Execution or otherwise. 

Ordered, That the said Address be 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this 
of Her 


resented to 
ouse as are 
ajesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Wine and 
Accounts of the Number of Gallons of Foreign Spirits. 


Wine Imported, of the Quantities upon which Duty 
has been paid for Home Consumption, and the Quan- 
tities Exported; also, the Quantities retained for 
Home Consumption, after deducting the Amount 
exported subsequently to the Payment of Duty, for 
the year ended the 5th day of January 1853, dis- 
tinguishing Cape, French, Portugal, Spanish, Madeira, 
Rhenish, Canary, Fayal, Sicilian, and other Sorts ; 
together with the Quantities of each Sort remaining 
in Bond, on the 5th day of January 1853, distin- 
guishing London from the Country :—And, of the 
Number of Proof Gallons of Rum, distinguishing 
West India, East India and Foreign, also oa laneky, 
Geneva and other Foreign, Colonial or Jersey Spirits 
Imported ; of the Quantities upon which Duty has 
been paid for Home Consumption, the Quantities 
Exported, and the Quantities Shipped as Stores, 
and used by the Navy, for the year ended the 5th 
day of January 1853; together with the Quantities 
of each Sort remaining in Bond on the 5th day of 
January 1853, distinguishing London from the 
Country (in continuation of ‘Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 427, of Session 1852). 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s Greece. 


Command,—Copy of Treaty, relative to the Succes- 
sion to the Crown of Greece, signed at London, No- 
vember 20, 1852. 


Copy of Convention between Her Majesty and Chile. 


the Republic of Chile, for the Reciprocal Abrogation 
of Differential Duties, signed at Santiago de Chile, 
May 10, 1852. 

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


Sir James Graham presented, pursuant to an Ad- Navy. 


dress to Her Majesty,—Navy Estimates for the year 
1853-54. 

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


No. 100, 


Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Poor Law. 


mand,—Copy of Fifth Annual Report of the Poor 
Law Board, 1852. 


Copy of the Census of Ireland for the year 1851 : Census of 


—Part II. Returns of Agricultural Produce in 1851. 


Treland. 


Copy of the Report of the President of the Queen’s Col- 
Queen's College, Cork, for the Academic year of lese (Cork.) 


1851-52. 


Copy of Third Report of the Registrar General Marriages 
of Marriages in Jreland, under the Provisions of the (Ieland.) 


Act 7 &amp; 8 Vie. c. 81. 


Mr. Fitzroy also presented,—Return to an Address Mint. 


to Her Majesty, dated the 1st day of December last, 
for Accounts of all Gold, Silver and Copper Monies 
of the Realm, coined at the Royal Mint, from the 
lst day of January 1848 to the 31st day of Decem- 
ber 1852, specifying the Weight, Number of Pieces, 
and Value of each denomination of Money coined 
yearly, and the Total Value of the respective Coin- 
es in each year, and in the whole period :—And, 
of the Amount of Gold and Silver Coin melted by 
the Bank of England, in each year during the ome 
peri 





— 


QOo-w 




















en ae 


National 
Gallery. 


Population, 
Inhabited 
Houses, &amp;c. 


Port of Dublin. 


Stipendiary 
Magistrates 
(Ireland. ) 


Court of 
Session 
(Scotland.) 


Dublin 
Metropolitan 
Police. 


Common Law 
ocedure Act. 





16 VictorizZ. 





riod (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 

o. 601, of Session 1848). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
9th day of December last, for List of the Names 
and Official Designations of the Trustees or Com- 
missioners for the management of the National 
Gallery, stating by whom appointed, and the Dates 
of + ee :—Copies of the Instructions under 
which they conduct their Duties as Trustees :—Of 
the Minutes of the Trustees, from the 5th day of 
February 1847 to the 1st day of November 1852, 
with the Names of all the Trustees present at each 
Meeting :—And, of the Orders and Instructions to 
the Keeper of the Gallery respecting the cleaning of 
the Pictures, and any directions in respect to their 
Arrangement, and of any Documents relating thereto 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 40, of 
Session 1847). 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
10th day of December last, for Returns, showing 
the Population and Number of Inhabited Houses, 
accoraing to the Census of 1851, of Counties, Par- 
liamentary Divisions of Counties, Cities and Bo- 
roughs, in England and Wales, distinguishing the 
separate Population and Number of Inhabited 
Houses in each, with the Total of each County and 
Parliamentary Division of a County, including Cities 
and Boroughs, and the Number of Representatives 
returned to Parliament; also, as regards Cities and 
Boroughs, the Number of Houses rated to the Re- 
lief of the Poor, the Number of Houses and Occu- 
pancies valued at £.10 Rent, and upwards, and the 
Number of £.10 Householders and Occupiers on 
the Register of Electors; also the Gross Number of 
Electors on the Register of each County, or Parlia- 
mentary Division of a County, City and Borough, 
according to the Registration of 1851-2:— And, 
showing the Number of Electors polled at the Ge- 
neral Election, 1852 (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. ‘591, of Session 1834). 


Return to an Order, dated the 15th day of No- 
vember last, for Accounts of all Receipts and Dis- 
bursements by the Corporation, for preserving and 
improving the Port of Dublin, from the 1st day of 
January 1850 up to the latest period to which the 
same have been made up; distinguishing the same 
under different heads, and under what Authority :— 
And, of all Monies borrowed, by Debentures or 
otherwise, under the Authority of the Act 26 Geo. 3, 
c. 19, and of the Act 32 Geo. 3, c. 35, or of any 
other Act; the Rate of Interest at which the same 
was borrowed ; what part of the same has been paid | 
off; and the Annual Amount of Interest payable on| 
the subsisting Debt or Debts (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 57, of Session 1851). 

Return to an Order, dated the 16th day of De-| 
cember last, for a Return of the Name, Age, Date | 
of Appointment, Salary, Fees and Allowances of 
every Stipendiary or Resident Magistrate in Jreland, | 
together with the Name of the County or District in | 
which he acts, and a Statement of any previous Ser- 
vices, Civil or Military. 

Mr. Fitzroy also presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of several Acts of Parliament,—A Return | 
of the Number of Causes instituted and decided in | 


the Court of Session in Scotland, between the Ist | 
day of January 1852 and the Ist day of January | 
1853, showing the Number of Causes ready for 
Judgment, but not disposed of, at the last of these | 


Dates. | 


An Account of all Monies received and expended | 
on account of the Dublin Metropolitan Police, from | 
1st January to 31st December 1852, both days in- 
clusive. 

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





Mr. Solicitor General presented, pursuant to the 
ar of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Rules, 
OL. 108. 





10° Februari. 








223 


Orders and lations under the Common Law Pro- 
cedure Act, Hilary Term, 1853. 

Ordered, ‘Vinat the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by Post-office 


— (Glasgow and 
ouse,— Further Return to an Edinburgh.) 


the Clerk of the 
Order, dated the 24th day of May in the last Session 
of the last Parliament, for a Return of the Number 
of Persons employed in the Post-office, Glasgow ; 
distinguishing the Number in each Class, with their 
respective Salaries; also, the average daily Number 
of Teen and Letters received and despatched :— And, 
similar Return for the Post-office, Edinburgh. 


Return to an Order, dated the 15th day of Novem- Superannu- 
ber last, fora Return of all Abatements made under *4°28- 


a Treasury Minute, dated the 4th day of August 
1829, and pursuant to the Act 4&amp;5 Will. 4, c. 24, 
s. 27, from the Salaries of all Persons who have en- 
tered the Public Service since the said 4th day of 
August 1829, from the commencement of the system 
of Abatement up to the latest date, distinguishing the 
Amount abated in each Department in each year :— 
And, Return, in the same form, of all Sums paid for 
Retired Allowances, Superannuations or Compensa- 
tions granted under section 10 of the Act 4&amp;5 
Will. 4, c.24, distinguishing the Grants made upon 
Abolition of Office from the other Allowances. 


Return to an Order, dated the 17th day of Novem- Irish and 


ber last, for a Return of the Amount of Money Scotch 
fl Fisheries. 


granted in each year for promoting the Jrish Fis 
eries, to the 31st day of December 1851 :—A like 
Return of Money granted for promoting the Scotch 
Fisheries:—And, Return of the Amount of said 
Grants now unappropriated (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 341, of Session 1845). 


Return to an Order, dated the 24th day of Novem- Superannu- 
ber last, for a Return of the Comparative Amount of #tious. 


Superannuations, distinguished from Compensations 
upon Reduction of Office, payable on the 31st day 
of March 1834, and at the present time, in each 
Public Department, to Persons who had entered the 
Public Service previously to the 4th day of August 
1829, with the Total Amount of the same; sepa- 
rating therefrom the Amount granted to Persons on 
Day Pay, or who were not pensioned under the pro- 
visions of the Superannuation Act ; also, distinguish- 
ing the Amount of such Pensions payable out of the 
Consolidated Fund, out of the Revenue, or out of the 
Votes of Parliament. 


Return to an Order, dated the 1st day of Decem- poor Law. 


ber last, for Copies of the Order issued by the Poor 
Law Board, dated the 25th day of August 1852, for 
regulating the administration of Out-door Relief, 
addressed to 110 Unions :—Of all Applications, whe- 
ther by Memorial, Petition, Resolution or Letter, 
addressed by such Boards of Guardians, or any or 
either of them, to the Poor Law Board, respecting 
the said Order :—Of all Letters or Papers addressed 
to the said Boards of Guardians, or any or either of 


| them, in answer to such Application :—And, of any 


amended Order which the Poor Law Board have 


substituted for the said Order of the 25th day of 


August last. 


Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of De- Hops. 


cember last, for a Return of the Number of Acres 
of Land under cultivation for Hops, and Amount of 
Duty charged in each Collection, in each year from 
1837 to 1853, inclusive; showing the Average 
Amount of Duty per Acre in each Collection ; also, 
showing whether the Acres in the Sussex, Hereford or 
Worcester Collections are according to Statute, or 
any Local or Customary Admeasurement, and dis- 
tinguishing the Amount of the old Duty only (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 151, of 
Session 1852.) 


Return to an Order, dated the 16th day of De- Emigrant 
cember last, for a Return, in tabular form, of all Ships. 


Vessels belongin 


to the United Kingdom, cleared 
Outward with 


assengers at the Custom-houses of 
PF4 Great 








Naval Receipt 
and Expen- 
diture. 


Lunacy. 


Transfer of 
Aids Bill. 


Transfer of 
Aids Bill. 


Edinburgh 
Waterworks. 


Holme 
Reservoirs. 


Public Income 
and Expen- 
diture. 

No, 101. 


Public Income 
and Expen- 
diture. 


No. 101. 





224 10° Februariz. A. 1853. 


Great Britain and Ireland, from the 16th day of 
June to the 31st day of December 1852 (both days 
inclusive), under inspection of Emigrant Officers (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 542, of 
Session 1852); showing Name of Ship, Owner or 
Owners, Composition of Crews, Emigrants of each 
Class, in manner of preceding Return; with the Totals 
from each Port for the whole year 1852. 

Return to an Order, dated the 23d day of De- 
cember last, for a Return of the Amount received as 
Excise Duties on Hops, and the Expenses incurred 
in the Collection thereof, in the years 1847, 1848, 
1849, 1850 and 1851 respectively. 

The following Papers, pursuant to the directions 
of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon 
the Table by the Clerk of the House,—Copy of an 
Account of the Naval Receipt and Expenditure, for 
the year ended the 31st March 1852. 

An Account of all Monies received and paid by 
the Secretary of the Commissioners in Lunacy, and 
of Charges and Expenses incurred under or by virtue 
or in execution of the Act 8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 100, s. 34, 
during the year ending on 31st July 1852. 


Ordered, That Mr. Wilson be added to the Gen- 
tlemen appointed to prepare and bring in the Transfer 
of Aids Bi. 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to apply a Sum of 
Money to the Service of the year One thousand 
eight uated and Fifty-three: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time To-morrow. 


A Petition of the Edinburgh Water Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Edinburgh 
Water Company to raise a further Sum of Money, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and we ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Cowan and Sir John Hope. 


A Petition of Commissioners of the Holme Reser- 
voirs, for leave to bring in a Bill for the adjustment 
of the Debts of the Commissioners of the Holme 
Reservoirs, and of the Interest due thereon, and for 
enabling them to restore and repair their Reservoirs, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Stansfield and Mr. Edmund Denison. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Net Public Income of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Treland, in the 
year ended the 5th day of January 1853 (after 
abating the Expenditure thereout defrayed by the 
several Revenue Departments), and of the actual 
Issues or Payments within the same period, exclu- 
sive of the Sums applied to the Redemption of the 
Funded or paying off Unfunded Debt; and, of the 
Advances and Repayments for Local Works, &amp;e. : 
—And, of the Balances of the Public Money re- 
maining in the Exchequer on the 5th day of January 
1852; the Amount of Money raised by Additions to 
the Funded or Unfunded Debt in the year ended 
the 5th day of January 1853 ; the Money applied 
toward the Redemption of the Funded or paying off 
Unfunded Debt; the Total Amount of Advances 
and Repayments on account of Local Works, &amp;c., 
with the Difference accruing thereon; and the 
Balances in the Exchequer on the 5th day of 
January 1853. 

Mr. Wilson accordingly presented the said Ac- 
counts. 

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


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Public 
Income and Expenditure, which were presented 
upon the 11th day of November last, be re-printed. 








Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Bradfora 
this day received a Letter from Robert Baxter, as Election. 
Agent for Joseph Marshall and John Greenwood, in- 
forming him that it is not their intention to proceed 
with the Petition against the Return for the Borough 
of Bradford : 

Also, that he had received a Letter from R. H. 
Wyatt, the Agent for John Rawson and Charles 
Bentley, informing him that it is not their intention 
to proceed with their Petition against the Return 
for the Borough of Bradford :—And the said Letters 
were read, as follow : 

. 3, Park-street, Westminster, 
Sir, 10 February 1853. 

As Agent for Joseph Marshall and John Green- 
wood, in the matter of their Petition, delivered in on 
the 25th day of November last, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of Brad- 


ford, l have the honour to inform you that it is not 


intended to proceed with the said Petition. 


I have the honour to be, 
Sir, 
Your very obedient servant, 
Robert Baxter. 
To the Right honourable the Speaker 
of the House of Commons. 


; 28, Parliament-street, Westminster, 
Sir, 10 February 1853. 

As Agent for John Rawson and Charles Bentley, 
in the matter of their Petition, delivered in on the 
24th day of November last, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Bradford, 
I hereby beg to inform you that it is not intended to 
proceed with the said Petition. 

I have the honour to be, 
Sir, 
Your very obedient humble servant, 
R. H. Wyatt. 
To the Right honourable the Speaker 
of the House of Commons. 

The Order for referring the said Petitions to the 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- 
charged. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of the Carlow 
Borough of Carlow, was delivered in, and read ; Election. 
setting forth, That the Petitioners were, at the last 
Election of a Member to serve in Parliament for the 
said Borough of Carlow, Electors of the said Bo- 
rough, and had a right to vote and did vote at the 
said Election ; that at the said Election John Sadleir 
and John Alexander, Esquires, were Candidates to 
represent the said Borough in Parliament ; that a 
poll being demanded and held, the majority of votes 
was declared to be in favour of the said John Alex- 
ander, who was thereupon returned as duly elected 
to serve in this present Parliament for the said Bo- R 
rough of Carlow; that the said majority in favour 
of the said John Alexander was illegally obtained, 
and the said Return of the said John Alexander was 

rocured by intimidation, bribery, treating and other 
illegal, corrupt and unconstitutional means ; that 
before and during the said Election the said John 
Alexander was, by himself, his agents, friends and 
managers, guilty of bribery and corruption, and did 
by his agents, managers and friends, and by other 
persons in his behalf, by gifts, presents, money, re- 
wards, and by promises, agreements and securities 
for money, gifts and rewards, and by threats, inti- 
midation, en undue influence, and other cor- 
rupt and illegal practices, corrupt and procure divers 
ersons having or claiming to have votes at the said c 
lection, to give their votes in favour of him the said V 
John Alexander, or to forbear to give their votes in 
favour of the said John Sadleir ; that the said John 
Alexander, by himself, his agents and managers, and 
by persons employed in his behalf, did give, pay and 
deliver to divers persons, being voters for the said 
Borough at the said Election, and to divers —— 
who 


amcor 








Llanidloes 


and Newtown 
Railway. 


Londonderry, 
Coleraine and 
Belfast Junc- 
tion Railway. 


Cambridge 
Waterworks, 





16 VicTrortiz. 


who could influence voters, or who were related by 
kindred or affinity to voters for the said Borough at 
the said Election, divers sums of money, in consi- 
deration that all such several voters had forborne to 
vote for the said John Sadleir, or had given their 
votes for the said John Alexander ; that before, dur- 
ing and after the said Election, the said John Alex- 
ander did, by himself, his agents, friends and parti- 
sans, directly or indirectly, give or provide, or cause 
or knowingly allow to be given or provided, wholly 
or partly at his expense, or pay, wally or in part, 
divers expenses incurred for meat, drink, entertain- 
ment and provision to and for divers persons, for the 
purpose of corruptly influencing persons to give their 
votes in the said Election for the said John Alex- 
ander, or to refrain from giving their votes for the 
said John Sadleir, or for the purpose of corruptly 
rewarding divers persons for having given their votes 
in the said Election for the said John Alexander, or 
for having refraimed from giving their votes for the 
said John Sadleir ; that extensive, systematic, open 
and notorious bribery, treating and corruption were 
practised and carried on at the said Election, with a 
view to the Election of the said John Aleaander, and 
the said Election and Return of the said Juhn Alex- 
ander were procured by means of such bribery, 
treating and corruption; that at the said Election 
divers Electors for the said Borough were compelled, 
by violence, threats, intimidation and force practised 
by the friends, agents, partisans, managers and com- 
mittee-men of the said John Alexander, and by other 
persons, to vote for the said Johu Alexander, or to 
forbear to vote for the said John Sadleir ; that by 
the above and other undue and unlawful means, the 
said John Alexander obtained a majority over the 
said John Sadleir, and procured himself to be re- 
turned to serve in Parliament for the said Borough 
of Carlow ; that such Election and Return were and 
are wholly null and void, and the said John Alexan- 
der is incapacitated to sit in Parliament ; and praying 
that the House will take the premises into considera- 
tion, and declare the said Election and Return of the 
said John Alexander to be wholly null and void, and 
that the said John Alexander was not duly elected, 
and ought not to have been returned at the said 
Election ; and that the House will give to the Peti- 
tioners such further and other relief in the premises 
as to the House shall seem meet, and the nature of 
the case may require. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
General Committee of Elections. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for the L/anidloes and 
Newtown Railway Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Londonderry, 
Coleraine and Belfast Junction Railway Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Cambridge 
Waterworks Bill. 

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

VoL. 108. 


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995 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Newport, 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Abergavenny 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- nama 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Newport, ounien, &amp;e.) 
Abergavenny and Hereford Railway (Swansea), &amp;c. 

Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 


Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Kilkenny 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, «24 Great 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- Southern and 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Kilkenny Railway. 
and Great Southern and Western Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 


Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Swansea Vale 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 8*4y- 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders m the case of the Petition for the Swansea 
Vale Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,-—Report from Norwich _ 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, *"4 Spalding 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- ““""*” 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Norwich 
and Spalding Railway Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Ambergate, 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Nottingham, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- °"4 foster. 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Ambergate, Junction Rail- 
Nottingham and Boston and Eastern Junction Rail- ¥#y (Sale, &amp;c.) 
way (Sale, &amp;c.) Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from New River 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Company. 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for the New River 
Company Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Poole Harbour 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, and Port. 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Poole Har- 
bour and Port Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Glasgow 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, WteTworks. 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Glasgow 
Waterworks Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Blyth and 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Tyne Railwey. 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Blyth and 
Tyne Railway Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Bury Water- 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, ¥ers- 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Bury Water- 
works Bill. 

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


GG Mr. 





10°—11° Februari. A. 1858. 


226 


Gorbals Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Junction Railway Company, and for other purposes, 
Water Cio? ) one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, | was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
‘in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- | be a in accordingly, by Mr. Hamilton and Mr. 

ders in the case of the Petition for the Gorbals Gra- | Hans Hamilton. 

vitation Water (No. 1) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select | A Petition of Provisional Directors of the pro- 
Committee on Standing Orders. [owes Boston and Midland Counties Railway and 
| ock Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
Plymouth, Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from | making a Railway from the Great Northern Railway 
Tavistock, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, | at Boston, in the County of Lincoln, to the Amber- 


| in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- | gate, Nottingham and Boston and Eastern Junction 


Devon Rail- ders in the case of the Petition for the —, | Railway at Barrowby, in the same County, with a 
way. Tavistock, Okehampton and North Devon Railway | Branch, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
Bill. read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 


Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select | accordingly, by Mr. Christopher and Mr. Francis 
Committee on Standing Orders. Berkeley. 
| 


London and Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from | A Petition of the Caledonian Railway Company 
Mid-Western one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, | and the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company, 
ey. in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- | for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the Joint 

ders in the case of the Petition for the London and | Working and Management of the Undertakings o 


Boston and 
Midland Coun- 
ties Railway 
and Dock. 


Caledonian 
and Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 
Railways, 


Mid-Western Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Malton and Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Driffield Junc- one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
ie respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Malton and 

Driffield Junction Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 

Committee on Standing Orders. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Veneris, 11° die Februarii ; 
Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 
Wolverhamp- N R. Thornely presented a Bill for the further 
ton Markets 1 Improvement of the Borough of Wolverhamp- 
= Fairs, &amp;c. ton, and for regulating the Markets therein, and for 
; other purposes: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Wexford A 

Junction Rail- Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 

oy: Irish South Eastern Railway Company to make a 
Railway to Wexford, with Branches to Enniscorthy 
and New Ross, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Grogan and Mr, John Fitzgerald. 

Manchester, A Petition of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lin- 


Sheffield and colashire Railway Company, for leave to bring in a 

— Bill to authorize the creation of Preference Stock by 

(Alteration of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway 

Capital. ) Company, in lieu of Debentures, and the Reduction, 
Division and Consolidation into Stock of the Man- 
chester and Lincoln Union Shares of the said Rail- 
way, was presented, and read; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Turner 
and Mr. Geach. 


Leominster A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 


the Caledonian Railway Company and of the Edin- 
burgh and Glasgow Railway Company, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. William Lockhart, 
Mr. Cowan and Mr. Archibald Hastie. 


A Petition of the Caledonian Railway Company, Caledonian 
for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Caledonian me ‘ 
Railway Company to make a Branch Railway from &gt; “ 
the Polloc and Govan Railway to the Goods Station Govan Rail- 


of the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway at Way: &amp;c-) 





| 
A Petition of the Zrish South Eastern Railway | 


| Glasgow, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. William 
| Lockhart and Mr. Baird. 

| 
_inafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for ¥° 
| more effectually repairing the Roads from Warmin- 

| ster, and from Frome to the Buth Road, and other 

' Roads connected therewith, in the Counties of Wilts 

| and Somerset, called or known by the name of ‘‘ The 
Black Dog Road Trust,” was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 


iby Mr. Miles and Mr. Knatchbull. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act there- Bleck Dog 
ad, 


A Petition of Promoters of the Undertaking there- Brighton, 

| after-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for better Hove and 
supplying with Water the Parishes of Brighton, eal 
| Hove and Preston, in the County of Sussex, was 

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

| brought in accordingly, by Sir George Brooke Pe- 

chell and Lord Alfred Hervey. 


A Petition of the Severn and Wye Railway and Severn and 
Canal Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable be yea 
the Severn and Wye Railway and Canal Company eer 

| to improve their Railway and Harbour, and to con- 

| struct certain Branches, was presented, and read ; 

/and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 


_by Mr. Hale and Mr. Henry Gore Langton. 


A Petition of the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Shrewsbury 
'Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to consolidate ” 
/and amend the Acts relating to the Shrewsbury and ; 


Chester Railway Company, and to grant further 


’ 4 . y | . 
Markets and of the Borough of Leominster, in the County of | Powers to the said Company, and for other purposes, 


Fairs. Hereford, for leave to bring in a Bill for the Im- 
provement or Removal of the present Markets, for 
the Establishment of New Markets, and for regulat- 
ing the Markets and Fairs in the Borough of Leo- 
minster, an'l for the Erection of Slaughter-houses 
therein, and for other purposes relating to the said 
Borough, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Ark- 
wright and Mr. Phillimore. 


Dublin and 
Belfast Junc- 
tion Railway, 


A Petition of the Dublin and Belfast Junction 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Acts relating to the Dublin and Belfast 





_ was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
| be brought in accordingly, by Sir Philip Egerton and 
| Mr. John Tollemache. 


A Petition of the Most noble Augustus Frederick Her Majesty's 
| Duke of Leinster, the Most honourable Ulich John pon 

Marquis of Clanricarde, Charles Barry Baldwin and “*""™ 
Frederick Lucas, for leave to bring in a Bill for in- 
corporating a Company, by the name of “ Her Ma- 
jesty’s Theatre Association,” and for enabling such 
Company to purchase Her Majesty’s Theatre in the 
Haymarket, and to carry on the business of such 
Theatre, and for other purposes, was presented, “yg 
read ; 








Boke 


—_—os 


ant Gh ont ote Ott oe 


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16 Vicroriz. 


read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Phinn and Mr. Henry Baring. 


11° Februariz. 





227 


A Petition of Suitors for the Bill thereinafter-men- Great Yar. 
tioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for supplying the ™°ut® Water- 
Inhabitants of the Town of Great Yarmouth, — 


A Petition of the there-undersigned, for leave to| adjacent Places, with Water, was presented, and 


read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Sir Edmund Lacon, Mr. Rumbold anil 


A Petition of the Most honourable Brownlow Stamford and 


and of several other Per- Essendine 


| ° ° 
| Cecil Marquis of Ezeter, Railway. 


sons, whose Names are thereunto subscribed, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for making a Railway from 
Stamford Baron, in the County of Northampton, to 


Tralee and 

Killarney bring in a Bill for making a Railway from Tralee | 

ated to Killarney, was presented, and read; and a Bill | 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr.| Mr. Peto. 
Henry Herbert, Mr. Valentine Browne and Mr. | 
O’ Connell. 

London and A Petition of the London and North Western Rail- 

— way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for ena-_ 

(Shrewsbury bling the London and North Western Railway Com- 


to Newtown.) pany to construct a Railway from Shrewsbury to | 


Newtown, with a Branch to Oswestry, and for au- 
thorizing Arrangements with respect to the use by 
them of the Joint Station at Shrewsbury, and the 


Railways communicating therewith, and for other | 
purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was, 


ordered to be brought in accordingly, by General 
Anson and Mr. Glyn. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the Borough of Great Grimsby, being the local 
Board of Health of such Borough as well as the 


Great Grimsby 
Improvement. 


the Great Northern Railway at Essendine, in the 
of Rutland, and a Branch therefrom, and 
for other —_ connected therewith, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Herries and Sir 
Frederic Thesiger. 


Count 


| Mr. Strutt presented a Bill for lighting with Gas Nottingham 


the Town of Nottingham, and certain Parishes and © Bill. 


Municipal Corporation thereof, for leave to bring in| 


a Bill for the Improvement and Regulation of the 
Borough of Great Grimsby, in the County of Lin- 
coln; for better supplying the Inhabitants thereof 
with Water; for providing a new Burial-ground ; 
for enlarging the Market-place ; for making an out- 
fall for the Sewers of the Town, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Heneage 
and Mr. Geach. 


Caledonian A Petition of the Caledonian Railway Company, 
Railway for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Caledonian 
(Monnectiné — Railway Company to make certain Branch Railways 
Edinburgh and other Works, in the Counties of Lanark and 


and Glasgow 


enfrew, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
1 tony ol Renfrew, ai other purposes, was } ed, 


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


Pendleton, A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for 
Swinton, &amp;¢. more effectually repairing and improving several 
Road. = - 


Roads leading to and from the Town of Salford, 
through Pendleton, and other Places therein-men- 
tioned, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, and 
several other Roads therein-mentioned, and _ for 
making and maintaining certain Diversions or new 
Lines of Roads to communicate therewith, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for more effectually repairing and 
improving several Roads leading to and from the 
Town of Salford, through Pendleton, and other 
Places, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 


brought in accordingly, by Mr. Brotherton and Mr. | 


Heywood. 


Oldham Cor- 
poration and 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the Borough of Uldham, and of the O/d- 


Oldh ‘ : ; 
and — ham Gas-Light and Waterworks Company, for leave 
works, to bring in a Bill for enabling the Mayor, Aldermen 


and Burgesses of the Borough of Oldham, in the 
County Palatine of Lancaster, to purchase and 
maintain Gasworks and Waterworks, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Cod- 
bett, Mr. William Foz and Mr. Brotherton. 


Barnsley 


a A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Waterworks, . 


Barnsley Waterworks, for leave to bring in a Bill | 


to confer further Powers on the Company of Pro-| 
prietors of the Barnsley Waterworks, was presented, | 


and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in| 
accordingly, by Mr. Edmund Denison and Mr. Fitz- 
william. 

VoL. 108. 


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


Mr. Strutt presented a Bill to authorize Traftic Ambergate, 
Arrangements between the Ambergate, Nottingham Nottingham, 
5 : “we : and Boston 
and Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway Com- anq Eastern 
pany, and the Great Northern Railway Company : Junction Rail- 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered ual (No. 1) 
to be read a second time. 


Mr. Strutt presented a Bill to authorize the for- Ambergate, 
mation of a Station at Nottingham, and other W orks, Nottingham, 
by the Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston, and *%4 Boston 
Eastern Junction Railway Company ; for the Aban- Junction 
donment of a Portion of the original Line ; and cer- Railway (Not- 
tain Arrangements as to the Capital of the said rc Se.) 
Company, and for other purposes: And the same — 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 


second time. 


Mr. Cowper presented a Bill to consolidate and Lee River 
amend the Acts relating to the Navigation of the Trust Bill 
River Zee, in the Counties of Hertford, Essex and 
Middlesex; to authorize further Improvements in 
the Navigation, and for other purposes: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Mr. Knox presented a Bill to extend and amend Portadown and 
the Powers and Provisions of “ The Portadown and te 
Dungannon Railway Act, 1847,” and to grant cer- eo 
tain Powers to other Companies with reference 
thereto: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Blackett presented a Bill to amend the Act Whittle Dean 
relating to the Whittle Dean Water Company, and — 
to enable such Company to maintain additional ~"” 
Works, for better supplying with Water the Inha- 
bitants of the Boroughs of MNewcastle-upon-Tyne 
and Gateshead, and certain Places adjacent and near 
thereto, in the Counties of Northumberland and Dur- 
ham: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Blackett presented a Bill for the more effec- Neweastle- 
tual Improvement of the Borough of Newcastle- — , 
aianoill . oven.en 

upon- Tyne: And the same was read the first time ; a —_ 


and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Spooner presented a Bill to authorize the London Docks 
London Dock Company to make a new Entrance to Bill. 
their Docks from the River Thames, and other 
Works, and to augment their Capital Stock, and for 
other purposes connected with the said Docks: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 


Mr. 


| to be read a second time. 


GGa2 










Severn 
Navigation 
Bill. 


London, 
Brighton and 
South Coast 
Railway Bill. 


Thames Haven 
Dock and 
Railway. 


Worcester 
and Hereford 
Railway Bill. 


London and 
North Western 
Railway 
(Northampton, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Manchester 
Division 
Stipendiary 
Magistrate 
Bill. 


Salford 
Extension and 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Great 
Yarmouth 
Wellington 
Pier Bill. 


London 
Assurance 
Bill. 


Glasgow 
Improvement 
Bill. 


228 11° Februariz. A, 1853. 


Mr. Spooner presented a Bill for making certain! Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the London and 
Improvements in the River Severn, and for amend-| Zondon and North Western Railway Company to oe Western 
ing the Acts relating thereto: And the same was | construct a Railway from near Tring to Oxford, with (Trine ana 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second a Branch at Oxford, and for other purposes: And Oxford) Bill, 
time. _the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 

| read a second time. 
Mr. Spooner presented a Bill to enable the Lon- | 


don, Brighton and South Coast Railway Company Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for enabling the London ana 
to enlarge their Station at London Bridge, and their Zondon and North Western Railway Company to North Western 


Goods Station at Brighton, and to make a Branch | construct a Railway from Crewe to Shrewsbury, and Railway 


rep A to the Crystal Palace, and for converting | other Works in connexion with their Undertaking, antl 


the Debenture Debt of the London, Brighton and | and for other purposes relating thereto: And the Bill 
South Coast Railway into Stock or Shares, and for | same was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
other purposes: And the same was read the first | a second time. 

time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


| 

| Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for conferring ad- London ana 
A Petition of the Thames Haven Dock and Rail- | ditional Powers on the London and North Western North Western 

way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to autho-| Railway Company, with reference to the Construc- (Olne, 

rize the Abandonment of a portion of the Under- ‘tion of their Oldham Branch, and for making an Branch) Bill. 

taking of the Thames Haven Dock and Railway | Alteration in such Branch, and for other purposes : 

Company, and to reduce the Capital of the said Com-| And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 

pany, and to enable the Company to sell Lands not to be read a second time. 

required, and for other purposes, was presented, and | 

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


cordingly, by Mr. Peto and Mr. Phinn. | Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the South Eastern 


| South Eastern Railway Company to make a Railwa (Noth Kent 
|from the North Kent Line of the South Eastern Raitway to the 


Mr. Br otherton presented a Bill for making a | Railway, in the Parish of Charlton, to Blackwall Thames, &amp;c.) 
Railway from Worcester to Hereford, with certain Point, in the Parish of Greenwich, with a Pier in Bill 


Branches therefrom ; for making Arrangements with 
the Midland and London and North Western Rail- 


way Companies, and for other purposes : 


connexion therewith; and to establish a Steam or 


| other Communication between such Pier and Black- 
And the wall, in the County of Middlesex ; and for reviving 


same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read | the Powers of the said Company for taking Lands 


a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Lon- 
don and North Western Railway Company to con- 
struct a Railway from Northampton to Market Har- 
borough, with a Branch theretrom, all in the County 
of Northampton, and for other purposes: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to amend the 


Acts of the fifty-third year of King George the Third, | 


and of the eighth year of Her present Majesty, for 
providing a Stipendiary Magistrate for the Division 
of Manchester: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for the Extension 
of the Boundaries of the Municipal Borough of Sa/- 
ford, and otherwise improving the said Borough, and 
for other purposes : 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for constructing 
and maintaining a Pier, Landing-place and Prome- 
nade at Great Yarmouth, in the County of Norfolk, 
to be called “The Great Yarmouth Wellington Pier :” 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to consolidate the 
Stock and Powers of the Corporation of “The Zon- 
don Assurance of Houses and Goods from Fire,” 
with the Stock and Powers of the Corporation of 
“ The London Assurance,” and to confer on the last- 
named Corporation the Powers of “ ‘The London As- 
surance Loan Company,” and to give additional 
Powers to “The London Assurance :” And_ the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for the Improve- 
ment of the City of Glasgow, for amending the Acts 
relating to the Police and Statute Labour of the 
said City, and for other purposes in relation thereto : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 





And the same was read the first | 


and Buildings for the purpose of enlarging their 
London Bridge Station on the North side thereof; 
and for widening the said London and Greenwich 
Railway ; and for extending for a further period such 


| Powers, and also all Powers of the said Company 
| for enlarging the said Station on the North side 
thereof ; and for widening and enlarging the said Rail- 
_way, and for other purposes: And the same was 
| read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 


| time. 

Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for enabling the South Eastern 
South Eastern Railway Company to make Railways + oe 
through Lewisham to Croydon and Bromley, and oasiie ont 
| for other purposes, and of which the short Title is Bromley) Bill 
'“The South Eastern Railway (Lewisham, Croydon 
/and Bromley) Act, 1853 :” And the same was read 
'the first time; and ordered to be read a second 

time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the London and 
London and North Western Railway Company to —— 
construct Branches to Stourbridge, and to form a (Stourbridge, 
Junction with the Oxford, Worcester and Wolver- &amp;c.) Bill. 
hampton Railway, in the Township of Upper Swin- 
ford, in the County of Worcester, and for other pur- 
poses: And the same was read the first time; and 


ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to incorporate a Hull and 
Company for making a Railway from Kingston-upon- veg 
Hull to or near to Withernsea in Holderness, with a“ **Y °* 
Branch therefrom, and for other purposes: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize the Leeds Gas 
Leeds Gas-Light Company to raise a further Sum of Bill. 
Money, and for other purposes: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for extending the Blackburn 
Time for the Purchase of certain Lands, and for the Bway om. 
Completion of Works on the Blackburn Railway : 

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





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Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to extend the 
Limits of the Blackburn Gas-Light Company’s Act 
for the Supply of Gas, and to authorize the raising 
of a further Sum of Money, and for other purposes : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Blackburn 
Gas Bill. 


London and Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 
North WesterD 7 ondon and North Western Railway Company to 


Peaint Alban’s, construct Branch Railways to Saint Alban’s and to 
&amp;e.) Bill. Amersham, and for other purposes: And the same 


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


Leeds Central 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for incorpo- 
Market Bill. 


rating the Leeds Central Market Company, and for 
establishing and extending the Market: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Manchester Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for enabling the 
and Southport Manchester and Southport Railway Company to 
Railway Bill. siter the Line of their Railway, and to construct 
certain Branches therefrom, and to abandon Por- 
tions of their Undertaking, and for extending the 
Periods for the Purchase of Lands and Completion 
of Works, and for other purposes: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 
Birmingham Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for providing 
and Oxford additional Station accommodation at Birmingham, 
Junction, and . A ; “ey ‘ 
Birmingham, in connexion with the Birmingham and Oxford 
Welverhamp- Junction Railway, and for laying down the Broad 
ton an 


Gauge on a portion of the South Staffordshire Rail- 
way, and enabling the Great Western Railway 
Company to use a portion of such Railway, and of 
the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway ; 
and for making better provision with reference to 
the Joint Station at Wolverhampton, and for other 
purposes: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Dudley and 
Great Western 
Railways Bill. 


South Wales § Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for authorizing 

(on eath) the South Wales Railway Company to construct 

Bill, New Railways to Pontypool and in the Forest of 
Dean, and for granting further Powers with refer- 
ence to their Monmouth Branch, and for other pur- 
poses: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 

Price’s Patent © Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to limit the Lia- 

Candle Com- hility of the Shareholders of Price’s Patent Candle 

_— Company, and to increase the Capital and extend 
the Powers of the Company: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 

Woodford Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a 

Railway Bill. Railway from the Bast and West India Docks and 
Birmingham Junction Railway at Hackney Wick to 
Woodford, in the County of Essex: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 

Lough Foyle Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to amend the 


and Lough 
Swilly Drain. 
age and 
Reclamation 
Bill, 


Acts relating to the Drainage and Embankment of 
certain Lands in Lough Swilly and Lough Foyle, in 
the Counties of Donegal and Londonderry: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


South Devon Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a 
d £ 


ay ravistock Railway from the South Devon Railway, near Ply- 
ye mouth, to Tavistock, with a Branch, to be called 
“The South Devon and Tavistock Railway,” and for 
other purposes: And the same was aan the first 

time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 
Gerport Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for increasing the 


Capital and extending the Powers of the Devon- 
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port Gas and Coke Company, and for other pur- 
poses: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a Wimbledon 
Railway from Wimbledon to Croydon, in the County 224 Croydon 
of Surrey, to be called “ The Wimbledon and Croy- ee 
don Railway,” and for other purposes : And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a Severn Valley 
Railway from the Ozford, Worcester and Wolver- Railway Bill. 
hampton Railway, near Hartlebury, in the County of 
Worcester, to join the Shrewsbury and Chester Rail- 
way, within the Borough of Shrewsbury, in the 
County of Salop, with Branches, to be called “The 
Severn Valley Railway,’ and for other purposes : 

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


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Devon and 
Great Western Railway Company and the Bristod Dorset Rail- 
and Exeter Railway Company to construct and *Y Bill 
maintain a Railway from Stoke Canon, on the Bris- 
tol and Exeter Railway, to Maiden Newton, on the 
Line of the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway, 
with Branches to Sidmouth and Bridport : And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Monkland 
Monkland Railways Company to make certain Rail- Railways Bill. 
ways in the vicinity of Bathgate, and to the Monk- 
land Iron and Steel Works, and for other purposes : 

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


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to dissolve the East and West 
East and West India Docks and Birmingham Junc- 4a Docks 
Gane Bites Ato; te the SI and Birming- 
ion Railway Company, and to incorporate the Share- ham Junction 
holders thereof into a new Company, and to con- Railway Bill. 
solidate the several Provisions relating to the said 
Company into one Act, and to enable the said Com- 
pany hereby incorporated to raise additional Capital, 
and for other purposes: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a Darlington 
Railway from the Stockton and Darlington Railway, #4 Barnard 
near Darlington, to or near to Barnard Castle, both oy a 
in the County of Durjam, and for making arrange- 
ments with the Stockton and Darlington Railway 
Company, and for other purposes: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for incorporating Fleetric 

and regulating the Electric Telegraph Company of Telegraph 
7 2 PB Company of 

Ireland, and for better enabling the Company to favnd Bill 

establish and work Telegraphs in Scotland and Jre- 

land, and between those Countries, and for other 

purposes: And the same was read the first time; and 

ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to amend and Leeds and 
extend the Provisions of the Act relating to the Whitehall 
Leeds and Whitehall Turnpike-roads, and to create ®*“* _ 
a further Term therein, and for other purposes : And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a Peebles 
Railway from the Hawick Branch of the North Railway Bill. 
British Railway, near to the Estbank Station, to the 
Royal Burgh of Peebles: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Aberdeen 
Aberdeen Railway Company to raise further Monies; Railway Bill. 
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Carmarthen 
Markets Bill. 


Redruth and 
Chasewater 
Railway Bill. 


West Cornwall 


Railway Bill. 


Bangor 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


South Eastern 


Railway 
(Strood to 
Maidstonc) 
Bill. 


South Eastern 
Railway (Can- 


terbury and 
Whitstable, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


South Eastern 


Railway 


(Reading Ex- 


tension, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


Bangor and 
Caernarvon 


Railway Bill. 


Staffordshire 


Potteries 
Waterworks 
sill. 


Limerick, 
Ennis and 


Killaloe June- 
tion Railway 
(Power to sell, poses : 


&amp;c.) Bill. 


Lowestof¢ 
Water, Gas 
and Market 
Bill. 


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to authorize the Abandonment of the authorized 
Road to the Quays through the Station at Aberdeen, 
and the formation of another Road in lieu thereof; 
to extend the Time for the compulsory Purchase of 
Lands, and for the Completion of the Aberdeen Sta- 
tion ; to alter, amend and extend the Acts relating 
to the Company, and for other purposes: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the | 


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1. 18553. 


‘the Market there, and for other purposes; of which 
the short Title is “ The Lowestoft Water, Gas and 
Market Act, 1853:” And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


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





Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for incorporating Ormskirk Gas 
the Ormskirk Gas-Light Company: And the same Bill 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Edinburgh 


Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Edinburgh Water Company to raise a further Sum Waterworks 


Carmarthen, to provide and maintain a new Cattle 


of Money, and for other purposes: And the same 


Market-place and Slaughter-houses; to amend the | was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 


Act for regulating the existing Markets in the said 
Borough, and for other purposes: And the same 


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


second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 
Redruth and Chasewater Railway Company to con- 
struct new Works, and for other purposes: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time. | 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 


new Railways, and for other purposes: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for better supply- 
ing the Inhabitants of Bangor with Water: And 
the same was read the first time: and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 
South Eastern Railway Company to make a Rail- 
way from Strood to Maidstone, and for other pur- 
poses: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for vesting in the 
South Eastern Railway Company the Undertakings 
of the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway Com- 
pany and the South Eastern and Continental Steam 
Packet Company, and for other purposes; and of 
which the short Title is “ The South Eastern Rail- 
way (Canterbury and Whitstable,and Steam Packets) 
Act, 1853:” And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 
South Eastern Railway Company to extend the 
Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway to the 
Great Western Railway at Reading, and for other 
purposes : 1 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize the 
Sale or Lease of the Bangor and Caernarvon Rail- 
way to the Chester and Holyhead Railway Com- 
pany: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to consolidate 
and amend “ The Staffordshire Potteries Water- 
works Act, 1847,” and “ The Staffordshire Potteries 
Waterworks Extension Act, 1849,” and to extend 
the Provisions and enlarge the Powevs thereof: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 

Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Li- 


7 


merich, Ennis and Killaloe Junction Railway Com- | 


pany to lease their Undertaking, and for other pur- 


ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for providing 
Waterworks and Gasworks for the Town of Zowes- 
tofi, in the County of Suffolk, and for regulating 





second time. 


Lil, 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for the Adjust~ Holme Reser. 


ment of the Debts of the Commissioners of the Voirs Bill. 


Holme Reservoirs, and of the Interest due thereon ; 
and for enabling them to restore and repair their 
Reservoirs, and for other purposes: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for the better Whitechapel 
West Cornwall Railway Company to make certain | paving, repairing, lighting, cleansing, watering, re- Improvement 


_gulating and improving such parts of the Parish of 
Saint Mary, Whitechapel, in the County of Mid- 
'dlesex, as are not within the Liberties of Her Ma- 
| jesty’s Tower of London and the City of London ; 
and for paving, repairing, watering and regulating 
certain parts of other Parishes and Places adjoin- 
ing, and for removing and preventing Nuisances, 
Annoyances and Obstructions therein ; and for rais- 
ing Money for the Relief, Maintenance and Employ- 
ment of the Poor within the said Parish; and for 
raising Money for repairing the Church of the said 
Parish: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Ul. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for enabling the Sheffield 
Company of Proprietors of the Sheffield Water- acca 


works to extend their Works, and to obtain a further 
Supply of Water from the Rivers Rivelin and Lox- 
ley, and their Tributaries ; and for consolidating the 
Acts relating to such Company: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making Im- London and 


provements in the City of London and Borough of 
Finsbury ; and for authorizing the Construction of 


Finsbury 
Improvements 
and Railway, 


a Line of Railway and Stations connected therewith : &amp;c. Bill. 


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


And the same was read the first time ; | 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for establishing Reading 


a Corn Exchange and regulating the Markets in the 
Borough of Reading, and for other purposes ; and of 
which the short Title is “The Reading Corporation 
Markets Act, 1853: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for g 
Canal from the Francis Dock, connected with the 
Duke of Bridgewater's Canal at Runcorn, in the 
County of Chester, to join the Western Canal or 
| River Weaver Navigation, at or near Western Point, 
/in the same Parish, and to be called “The Runcorn 
and Western Canal:” And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


| 


| Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a Rail- 


way from the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhamp- 


‘and Gloucester Railway, the Shrewsbury and Here- 
|ford Railway, and the Newport, Abergavenny and 
Hereford Railway, at or near Hereford, with Branch 
to Ledbury : And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. - 
r. 


Market Bill. 


making a Runcorn and 
Weston Canal 
Bill. 


Worcester 
and Hereford 
. &lt; “ : Junction 
And the same was read the first time; and ton Railway, near Worcester, to the Hereford, Ross Railway Bill. 





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Preston Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for better sup- 
Waterworks lying with Water the Borough of Preston, in the 
= County of Lancaster, and for authorizing the Local 
Board of Health, for the Borough of Preston afore- 
said, to purchase the Preston Waterworks: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 
Manchester, Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for altering and 
Shefleld and extending the Line of the Barnsley Branch of the 
— *¢ Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Com- 
(Barnsiey) pany, for extending the Time for the Completion of 
Bill certain Works at a for amending the Acts 
relating to the said Company, and for other pur- 
poses: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 
Dudley Gas Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for lighting with 
Bill. Gas the Town of Dudley, and the Suburbs thereof : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 
Blackpooland Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for better lighting, 
= watching and otherwise improving the Town of 
cent ae and the rest of the;Township of Layton- 
with- Warbrick, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, 
and for other purposes, and of which the short Title 
is “The Blackpool Improvement Act, 1853 :” And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 
Plymouth Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for the Improve- | 
_— ment of the Borough of Plymouth, and for other | 
purposes, and the short Title of which is “The P/y- 
mouth Improvement Act, 1853:”’ And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a| 
second time. 
Cork Muni- Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for the more | 
= equal Division of the Borough of Cork into Wards, | 


and to provide for the better Constitution and Re-| 
gulation of the Municipal Corporation of the said | 
Borough, and for other purposes: And the same | 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a/| 
second time. 


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for capitalizing their Debt, and for other purposes : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Eastern Coun- 
Eastern Counties Railway Company to construct ties Railway 
Branch Railways from the North Woolwich Line of oe pe 
the Eastern Counties Railway to Ham Creek and Bill.’ 
the River Thames, and for other purposes : And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 


read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making and Great Extra- 
maintaining a Cemetery in the Parish of Willesden, oe 
in the County of Middlesex: And the same was ia 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for the better Wildmore Fen, 

Maintenance and Repair of the Highways in Wild- and East and 
: est Fens 

more Fen and the East and West Fens, in the pichways Bill. 
County of Lincoln, and for other purposes, and o 
which the short Title is “The Weldmore Fen and 
East and West Fens Highways Act, 1853 :” And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for vesting the Ardrossan 
Ardrossan Railway in the Glasgow and South West- Railway Bill. 
ern Railway Company, and for other purposes: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a Cheltenham 
Railway from the Midland Railway, near Chelten- and Oxford 
ham, to the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton hg aa 
Railway, near Oxford, with a Station at Cheltenham, 
and certain other Lines of Railway connected there- 


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


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize the Bristol Water- 
Bristol Waterworks Company to raise an addi- Works Bill 
tional Sum of Money by Loan; and for further 
amending the Bristol Waterworks Act, 1846: And 


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


Preston Gas 


Bill. Preston Gas Company’s Act passed in the second | 
year of the reign of Queen Victoria, and to make 
other Provisions in lieu thereof: And the same was | 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second | 
time. 

Midland Rail- Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the | 

bo aeeuee Midland Railway Company to make a Line of Rail- | 

nd Hitchin) Teteeny tn nine Meat 

Bill. way from near Leicester to the Great Northern | 
way near Hitchin, with Branches, in lieu of the Line | 
of Railway and Branches authorized by “The Mid- | 
land Railways Extension to Hitchin, Northampton | 
and Huntingdon Railway Act, 1847,” and “The | 
Midland Railways Extension to Hitchin, North-. 
ampton and Huntingdon Railway (Wellingborough | 
Deviations) Act, 1848:” And the same was read | 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 

Eteahond, Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize the 

and Cheshire Dérhenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Rail- | 

Junction way Company to make Railways to Seacombe and | 

ae, to Liscard, and to enter into Arrangements with | 

acombe " Other Companies, and for other purposes: And | 

&amp;c.) Bill, | the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 


read a second time. 
Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the | 
*Y Eastern Counties Railway Company to construct a | 
Railway from the Line of the Northern and Eastern 
Railway, near Stratford, to Woodford and Loughton ; 
and to repeal certain Provisions of their existing Acts ; 
and to grant further Powers to the said Company | 
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ties Railw 


( Woodford 
an 
Bi eshton) 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to repeal the | 


read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the London and 
London and North Western Railway Company to North Western 


. ‘ ‘ d Bucki 
make a Railway to connect the Buckinghamshire iin 


| Railway with the Oxford, Worcester and Wolver- Railways Bill. 


hampton Railway, and to confer certain other Powers 
with respect to the last-mentioned Railway: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Warrington 


Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway Com- 24 aReilway 
pany to extend their Railway to Stockport: And (Stockport) 


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

Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the East Lan. 
East Lancashire Railway Company to extend their aaty 
Railway from Clifton to Salford, to increase their (Giitton to 
Capital, and to contract with neighbouring Com- Salford) Bill. 
panies: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Crystal Palace 
Crystal Palace Company to divert certain Roads, Company Bill 
and to purchase Lands, and for other purposes re- 
lating to the Company: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Saint Helen’s 
Saint Helen’s Canal and Railway Company to ex- Canal and. 
Ps ‘ A - Railway Bill. 
tend their Railway to Rainford, and to enlarge their 
Stations at Sutton, and for other purposes relating 
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time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 








































Bristol Gas Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 
=. Bristol Gas-Light Company to increase their Ca- 
pital, and to extend the limits of their Supply; and 
for amending and consolidating the Acts relating to 
that Company: And the same was read the first 
time ; a ordered to be read a second time. 

Bristol Gas Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to unite into one 
= — Company the Bristol Gas-Light Company and the 
Gas Companies Bristol and Clifton Gas-Light Company, and to 
Amalgamation enable the united Companies to raise further Capital : 
Bill. And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 

to be read a second time. 


Great Northe Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to amend the 
ae er 4 Acts relating to the Great Northern Railway Com- 
(No. 1) Bill. 5 . é . a 
pany, to authorize an Increase of Capital, and the 
construction of a Cut from the Stamford Canal, and 
for other pa sae And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Great North- Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize the 
ern Railway | Great Northern Railway Company to make a Branch 
( Bedford) Bill. ~ : : p : 
from their Railway to Bedford: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 


time. 


Rossendale Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for better supply- 
cca, ing with Water the Town or Village of Bacup, and 


the Neighbourhood thereof, in Lancashire: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Irwell Valley 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for supplying 

. r ry . Ags 
with Water several Townships and Places in the 
Parishes of Whalley, Bury, Radcliffe, Prestwich- 
cum-Oldham, and Bolton-le-Moors, i Lancashire: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


East Lan- 
cashire Rail- 
way (No. 2) 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 
East Lancashire Railway Company to extend their 


(Southport, Railway to Southport and Rainford; and to enter 

&amp;c.) Bill. into Arrangements with the Saint Helen’s Canal and 
Railway Company: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 

Evesham Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for empowering 


Bridge Bill. the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough 


of Evesham, in the County of Worcester, to build and 
maintain a Bridge over the River Aron, in the said 
Borough, and for other purposes: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 




















Stockport Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for amending the 

~ : a provisions of existing Local Acts relating to the Bo- 

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

Rogerstown Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for inclosing, 





lnclosure Bill. draining and reclaiming the Estuary of Rogerstown : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 







Wigan Water- 


11° Februari. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for supplying the 
Borough of Wigun, in the County Palatine of Lan- 
caster, with Water; for the better Regulation of the 
Police therein, and for other purposes: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 





works and 
Police Bill. 














Teignmouth Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for the Mainte- 
we a fey nance and Regulation of the Harbour of Teignmouth 
ouke ‘Bill, and the Navigation of the River eign, and for other 





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















A. 1853. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a Rail- Limerick 
way from Limerick to Foynes: And the same was wd Foynes 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second ““"¥*Y Bill. 
time. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned, for leave to Leamington, 
bring in a Bill for making a Railway from the Zon- Warwick and 
don and North Western Railway, in the Parish of a 
Milverton, in the County of Warwick, to Stratford- Railway, 
upon-Avon, in the same County, with Branches, to 
be called the “ Leamington, Warwick and Stratford- 
upon-Avon Railway,” was presented, and read ; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Glyn and Mr. Geach. 


A Petition of Landowners and Ratepayers of the New Ross 
Counties of Wexford and Kilkenny, for leave to bring (tee) Bridge. 
in a Bill for the Purchase of the Bridge and Ferry 
over the River Nore at New Joss, and for main- 
taining the same free of Toll, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. J/‘Mahon, Mr. 

George and Mr. Duffy. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act there- High Ham and 
inafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill to re- A8hcottRoads. 
new the Term and continue the Powers of an Act 
passed in the seventh year of the reign of his Ma- 
jesty King George the Fourth, intituled, “An Act 
for more effectually repairing and improving the 


| Roads leading from Picks Hill, near the Town of 


Langport Eastover, in the County of Somerset, 
through High Ham, Ashcott, and other Places, to 
Meare, in the said County,” was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ve 
by Mr. Moody, Mr. IVilliam Gore Langton and Mr. 
Pinney. 


Mr. Fitzgerald presented a Bill for repealing and British Elee- 
amending an Act passed in the thirteenth and four- tric Telegraph 
ae : . ; ; Company Bill. 
teenth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, 
called “The British Electric ‘Telegraph Company’s 
Act, 1850 :” And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Henry Bruce presented a Bill to authorize Cardiff Water- 
the Cardiff Waterworks Company to raise further ¥orks Bill 
Money, and for other purposes: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Spooner presented a Bill for making a Rail- EastGrinstead 
way from the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Bill 
Railway to or near to the Town of East Grinstead, 
in the County of Sussex: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 





Mr. Spooner presented a Bill for enabling the East East London 
London Waterworks Company to furnish a better Waterworks 
Supply of Water, and to execute further Works, " 
and for other purposes : And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of the Westminster Improvement Com- Westminster 
missioners, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend and Improvements. 
enlarge the Powers and Provisions of “'The West- 
minster Improvement Act, 1845,” “ The Westminster 
Improvement Act, 1847,” and “ The /Vestminster Im- 
provement Act, 1850 ;” to extend the Time for the 
compulsory Purchase of Lands; to authorize fur- 
ther Improvements in the City of Westminster, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Sir Edward Dering and Mr. Spooner. 


Mr. Hudson presented a Bill to enable the Sun- Sunderland 
derland Corporation Gas Company to raise a further &amp;4s Bill 
Sum of Money, and to amend and enlarge the 


Provisions of the Act relating to such Company: 
And 





ee. ee rT 








Sunderland 
Dock Bill. 


Cambridge 
University 
and Town 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Norfolk 


Estuary Bill. 


Glasgow 
Waterworks. 


Public 
Petitions. 





Vide Seven- 
teenth Report. 


Isle of Wight 
Railway. 


Inclosure 
Commission. 


Tithe 
Commission. 


Copyholds 
Commission. 


Specie and 


Bullion (Bank the Clerk of the House, 


of England ) 


16 Vicroriz. 


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


Mr. Hudson presented a Bill to amend “ The Sun- 
derland Dock Act, 1846,” and “ The Sunderland 
Dock Amendment Act, 1849,” and for other pur- 
poses: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Sir Robert Harry Inglis presented a Bill for sup- 
plying the Inhabitants of the University and Borough 
ot Cambridge, and other Places adjoining thereto, 
with Water: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Colonel Knox presented a Bill to amend “ The 
Norfolk Estuary Act, 1846,” and “ The Worfolk Es- 
tuary Amendment Act, 1849: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Glasgow Waterworks, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
consolidate and amend the Acts relating to the Glas- 
gow Water Company, and to enable that Company 
to execute additional Works, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 


Petitions relating to the Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ; 
—Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Act ;—Maynooth 
College Act ;— Numneries ; — Auséralian Colonies 
(Postal Communication) ;—Cape of Goud Hope ;— 
Attorneys’ Certificates ;—County Rates and Expen- 
diture Bill ;—Stamp Acts ;—Tea ;—Assurance Com- 
panies ;—Christmas Gifts to Postmen ;—Commission 
of the Peace (Lancaster County) ;—General Board 
of Health Bill ; — Letter Carriers (Manchester) ;— 
Poor Law ;—and, Wages,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered. to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers,— 
were also presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 

Petitions relating to the Court of Judicature (Bom- 
bay); — and, Indian Territories, — were also pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Indian Territories. 


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

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


Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Inclosure Commission: Copy of Eighth 
Annual Report of the Commissioners, 1853. 

Copy of the Report of the Tithe Commissioners 
to Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Home 
Department, dated 31 January 1853. 

Copy of the Eleventh Report of the Copyhold 
Commissioners to Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary 
of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the 
Act 4 &amp; 5 Vic. ¢. 35, s. 3. 

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


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by 
Return to an Order, dated 
the 30th day of November last, for Returns, show- 
ing the Amount and Value of Specie and Bullion 
in the Bank of England on the 1st day of January 
1847, distinguishing Gold from Silver, Specie from 
Bullion, and Foreign from British Coin :—Of the 
Amount and Value of Bullion and of Foreign Coin 

urchased by the Bank of England during the 
Month of January 1847, distinguishing Specie from 
Bullion, and Gold from Silver :—And, similar Re- 

Von. 108. 





11° Februariz. 








233 


turns of the Specie and Bullion in the Bank of Eng- 
land on the 1st of the Month, and of the Purchases 
made by the Bank of England of Specie and Bul- 
lion during the Month, for each Month from the 1st 
day of January 1847 to the present time. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Mint, Mint. 
which was presented upon the 10th day of this in- No, 103, 
stant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the National National 
Gallery, which was presented upon the 10th day of Gallery. 
this instant February, be printed. No. 104, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Port of Port of 
Dublin, which was presented upon the 10th day of Dublin. 
November last, be printed. No. 105. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Population, Population, 
Inhabited Houses, &amp;c., which was presented upon [habited 


the 10th day of this instant February, be printed. \s** 6 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Stipendiary Stipendiary 
Magistrates (/reland), which was presented upon 7 re 
the 10th day of this instant February, be printed. ( aa 

Ordered, That the Return of all Abatements made Superannua- 
under Treasury Minute relative to Superannuations, ""S- 
which was presented upon the 10th day of this instant No. 108. 
February, te printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Zrish and Irish and 
Scotch Fisheries, which was presented upon the 10th eee 
day of this instant February, be printed rani 
y ‘Maal . No. 109, 
Ordered, That the Return of the Comparative Superannua- 
Amount of Superannuations, distinguished from Com- ts. 
pensations, upon Reduction of Office, which wes Ne. 110. 
presented upon the 10th day of this instant February, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Poor Law, Poor Law. 
which was presented upon the 10th day of this in- No.111. 
stant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return of the Number of Acres Hups. 
of Land under cultivation for Hops, which was pre- No. 112. 
sented upon the 10th day of this instant February, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Emigrant Emigrant 
Ships, which was presented upon the 10th day of Ships. 
this instant February, be printed. No. 113. 


Ordered, That the Return of the Amount received Hops. 
as Excise Duties on Hops, which was presented upon No. 114, 
the 10th day of this instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Naval Re- Naval Receipt 
ceipt and Expenditure, which was presented upon ont Expendi- 
the 10th day of this instant February, be printed. No _ 

i e 5 


Mr. Osborne presented,—Return to an Address Mail Steamets 
to Her Majesty, dated the 9th day of December (Cpe of Good 
last, for Copies of all Correspondence which has ind) 
taken place between the Board of Admiralty, the 
General Screw Steam Shipping Company, and the 
General Post-office, relating to the application of 
that Company for the substitution of Southampton 
for Plymouth as the Port of Departure for the 
Steamers which carry the Mails to the Cape of Good 
Hope and India : —Of all Official Papers which have 
been forwarded to or sent from the Board of Admi- 
ralty, within the last Six months, in reference to the 
Accommodation which the Port of P/ymouth affords 
for Ships of the Size and Length employed by that 
Company in the Conveyance of these Mails, and of 
the Replies thereto :— And, of all Reports connected 
with the subject which have been received by the 
Board of Admiralty during the year 1852. 

Return to an Order, dated the 1st day of De- screwS:eam 
cember last, for Copies of Reports received at the “ Greenock.” 
Admiralty from Commander Wolrige, of Her Ma- 

Hu jesty’s 


Mails to 


Calcutta and 


Australia, 


Trade and 
Navigation. 


Clergy 
Reserves 
(Canada. ) 


Auckland 
Islands. 


Swaffham and 


Rottisham 


Drainage Bill. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Dissenters’ 
Places of 
Worship. 


234 


6] 


jesty’s Ship “ Inflexible,” relative to the “ Melbourne, 
(late Her Majesty’s Screw Steamer “ Greenock,”) 
now belonging to the Royal Australian Steam Ship 
Company, having ee into Lisbon in a defective 
condition :—And, of all Reports from Commander 
Phillimore, R.n., Admiralty Agent on board the 
“ Melbourne.” 

Return to an Order, dated the 13th day of De- 
cember last, for Copies of the Reports of the Sur- 
veyors and Engineers appointed by the Admiralty 
to inspect and report upon the Ships employed by 
the ~ sedi Screw Steam Company to carry the 
Mails to Calcutta, and upon those employed by the 
Australian Steam Navigation Company to carry the 


11° Februari. 








A. 1 85 3 s 
ying the particular Returns from which each County 
meny 


sis was compiled ; ae ishing permanent 
Places of Wenhighen those of a ne soup cha- 
racter, and also distinguishing disused Places from 
those which are still existing :—And, Statement of 
the Total Number of Places of Meeting for Religious 
Worship certified to the Registrar-General under the 
aforesaid Act, up to the 1st day of January 1853 ; 
distinguishing the Total Number of Places so certi- 
fied in each of the Six preceding months by each 
Religious Denomination. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of all Correspondence, Reports and Papers 





Mails to Australia; stating the Tonnage of these | relative to the case of a Blind Pauper, named John 


Ships, their Horse-power, the average Speed with 


Ince, as to his Treatment in the Great Boughton 


and against Tide, the Speed required by their re- | Union ; as to his Treatment and Sojourn in the House 
spective Contracts, the Armament they are reputed | of Industry, within the City of Chester; and as to 


to carry in case of need, and their general Dimen- 
sions. 

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


Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 


mand,—Accounts relating to Trade and Navigation, 


his Removal from the Parish of Saint John’s, within 
| the said City of Chester, to the Township of Alder- 
sey; within the Great Boughton Union, which may 
be in the possession of, or which can be obtained by, 
‘the Poor Law Board :—And, for the Amount of 
Costs of removing the said Pauper, John Ince, and 
of the Costs of the Appellants and Respondents in 


Customs Duties and Tonnage of Vessels, year ended | trying an Appeal touching the said Removal, in the 


5th January 1853. 

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

Mr. Peel presented, by Her Majesty's Command, 
—Further Papers relative to the Clergy Reserves in | 
Canada (in continuation of Papers presented to Par- | 
liament by Her Majesty’s Command, 23d February | 
1852.) 

Mr. Peel also presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 13th day of December 
last, for Copies of Correspondence (if any) relating 
to the absence of Mr. Enderby from the Auckland 
Islands :—And, of the Lease or Charter granted in 
respect of the Auckland Islands by the British Go- 
vernment. 


| Court of Quarter Sessions for the said City of Chester. 


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

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

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


The Transfer of Aids Bill was, according to Order, 


Great 
Boughton 
Jnion, 


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


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Transfer of 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the read a second time ; and committed to a Committee Aids Bill 


Table. 

Mr. Edward Ball presented a Bill to alter and | 
amend three several Acts passed in the reign of King 
George the Third, for draining and preserving cer- 
tain Fen Lands and Low Grounds lying in the South | 
Level, part of the Great Level of the Fens, commonly | 
called Bedford Level, and in the County of Cam- | 
bridge, between the River Cam, otherwise Grant, | 
West, and the Hardlands of Bottisham, Swaffham | 
Bulbeck and Swaffham Prior, East, and for other 


purposes therein mentioned : And the same was read : 


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


Ordered, That Mr. Henry Baring have leave of 
absence for three weeks, on account of a domestic 
affliction ;—and, Earl Grosvenor till Easter, on ac- 
count of ill health. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
List of the Returns made to the Registrar-General 
of Births, Deaths and Marriages, pursuant to an Act 
passed in the last Session of Parliament, to amend | 
the Law relating to the certifving and registering | 
Places of Religious Worship of Protestant Dissent- 
ers; preceded by Copies of the Forms and Instruc- 
tions issued by the Registrar-General for the Prepa- 
sation, Revision and Completion of the same; and 
showing, in connexion with each Return, the Total 
Number of certified Places comprised therein, the | 


Period over which it extends, by whom the Return | 
was made, and the mode in which it was afterwards 
tested and verified :—Analysis and Summary of the 
said Returns; showing, decennially, the Number of 
Places certified in each County of England and 
Wales by each Religious Denomination, and speci- 








| of the whole House, for Monday next. 
A Motion being made, That this House will, upon 
consider of authorizing Advances out of the Con- 


Britain and Ireland, to discharge Money borrowed 
for Metropolitan Improvements on the security of 
the Crown Estates, and certain other Monies charged 
upon the London Bridge Approaches Fund ; 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command, acquainted the House, that Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the subject-matter 
of this Motion, recommends it to the consideration 
of the House. 

Resolved, Vhat this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House was moved, That the Act 1 &amp; 2 Vic. 


c. 106, to abridge the holding of Benefices in Plu- Benefices, &amp;e. 


rality, and to make better provision for the Residence 
of the Clergy, might be read; and the same was 
read. ° 

The House was also moved, That the Act 13 &amp; 14 
Vic. c. 98, to amend the Law relating to the holding 
of Benefices in Plurality, might be read; and the 


same being read ; 


Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into a Committee to consider the said 


_Acts:—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
| the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resoived, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
alter and amend two Acts of Her present Majesty, 
so far as relates to the Union of Benefices, and 
the 


Metropolitan 


_Monday next, resolve itself into a Committee, to Improvements 


(Repayment 
out of Conso- 


| solidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great jidated Fund.) 


Union of 


D 


Cc 








Railway and 
Canal Bills. 


Kitchen and 
Refreshment 
Rooms (House 
of Commons. ) 


Carlisle Canal 
and Port 
Carlisle Rail- 
way. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Seventeenth 
Report.) 


Dundee 
Waterworks. 


Controverted 
Eicctions, 


jected to by the House, severally took the following 


11°—14° 


the better securing the Residence of the Clergy, and | 
also to promote and allow the building of Churches | 
and Chapels in certain cases. 


Resolution to be reported. 


16 Vicror iz. 





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

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. James Wilson accordingly reported a Resolu- 
tion ; which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, Tirat the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
alter and amend two Acts of Her present Majesty, 
so far as relates to the Union of Benefices, and for 
the better securing the Residence of the Clergy, and 
also to promote and allow the building of Churches 
and Chapels in certain cases :—And he moved the | 
House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: | 
And that Mr. Frewen and Mr. Greenall do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


| 


Ordered, That Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, 
Mr. Strutt and Mr. Cardwell be added to the Select 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


Ordered, That the Earl of Mulgrave be added to 
the Standing Committee on the Kitchen and Refresh- 
ment Rooms (House of Commons.) 


A Petition of the Carlisle Canal Company, for 
leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the Abandon- 
ment of the Carlisle Canal, and the making of a 
Railway in lieu thereof, from the Mewcastle-upon- 
Tyne and Carlisle Railway, at Carlisle, to Port Car- 
lisle; to repeal the Acts relating to the Carlisle 
Canal and Docks, and to re-incorporate the Com- 
pany ; to authorize the raising of a further Sum of 
Tienes, and to confer additional Powers, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Marshall and Mr. Ferguson. 





And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 








Lune, 14° die Februarii ; 
Anno 16° Victorie Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 
M Rk. Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
LVI. mittee on’ Public Petitions ; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 10th and 
11th days of this instant February ; and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

(Ordered, ‘Vhat the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of the Dundee Water Company, for 
leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Dundee Water 
Company to construct additional Works for obtaining 
a further Supply of Water, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Duncan and Mr. 
Kinnaird. 


The Right honourable Sir Francis Thornhill 
Baring, Baronet, and Chichester Fortescue, Esquire, 
being the Members appointed by Mr. Speaker to 
serve on the General Committee of Elections, in the 
place of the Right honourable Matthew Talbot 
Baines and William Monsell, Esquire, and not ob- 


Oath :— 
I do swear, that I will truly and faithfully 
perform the duties belonging to a Member of 
the General Committee of Elections, to the best 





of my judgment and ability, without fear or 
favour. So help me God. 
Vou. 108. 


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





Februarva. 235 

A Petition of Provisional Directors of the Wel- Wulington 
lington and Severn Junction Railway, for leave to and Severn _ 
bring in a Bill for making a Railway from Welling- Junction ~—_ 
ton to Coalbrookdale, and an Extension to the River ~— 
Severn, all in the County of Sa/op, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Clive 
and Mr. Ormsby Gore. 


A Petition of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Shrewsbury 

and Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Companies, for #°4 Birming- 
gate , “eli. -7 7. ham and 

leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the Consolidation ghrewsbury 
into one Undertaking of the Shrewsbury and Bir- and Chester 
mingham and Shrewsbury and Chester Railways, and Railway Com- 
the union into one Company of the two Companies, mag 
to which the said Railways respectively belong, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Clive and Sir Philip 
Egerton. 





A Petition of Inhabitants and Burgesses of the Limerick 


Borough of Limerick, for leave to bring in a Bill for Improvement. 


the Improvement of the Borough of Limerick, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Potter, Mr. Francis 
William Russell, Mr. Monsell and Mr. Wyndham 
Goold. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned, for leave to Poulnasherry 
bring in a Bill for inclosing, draining and reclaiming Mclosure. 
the Estuary of Poulnasherry, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. George and Mr. Grogan. 


A Petition of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail- Edinburgh 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable and Glasgow 
the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company to “™ ss 
connect their Line at Glasgow, by Branches, with 
the Caledonian Railway, and to extend their Station 
at Cow/airs, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 

Cowan and Mr. Baird. 


A Petition of the Cork and Bandon Railway Com- Cork and 
Bandon 


Acts relating to the Cork and Bandon Railway Com- Ralteng. 


: pany; to authorize them to construct Extension and 


ranch Railways, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Viscount Bernard and 


Mr. Roche. 


A Petition of some of the Parties who are Suitors Crieff Junc- 
for the Bill thereunto annexed, for leave to bring in tion Railway. 
a Bill for making a Railway from the Scottish Cen- 
tral Railway, near Loaninghead, to the Town of Crieff, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Stirling and Mr. 

Kinnaird. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Londonderry 
gesses of the Borough of Londonderry, for leave to Improvement. 
bring in a Bill to authorize the Reclamation of Waste 
Lands near the City of Londonderry, and the forma- 
tion of Streets thereon, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Sir Robert Ferguson and 
Mr. Bateson. 


A Petition of Commissioners for executing the Burton-upon- 
Act thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Trent Im- 
Bill for more effectually improving the Town of Bur- PFOYe™*™* 
ton-upon- Trent, in the County of Stafford, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought 
in accordingly, by Mr. Adderley and Mr. Child. 


A Petition of the Newry and Enniskillen Railway Newry and 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Enniskillen 
Newry and Enniskillen Railway Company to extend ““'"*” 
their Railway in the Town of Newry, to reduce their 
Capital, and for other purposes, was presented, and 


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236 


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


Birkenhead, A Petition of the London and North Western 
Lancashire Railway Company, and of the Birkenhead, Lan- 
and Cheshire 


Junction Rail. cashire and Cheshire Junction Railway Company, 

way (Powers for leave to bring in a Bill for a Lease of the Under- 

to lease, &amp;¢.) taking of the Birkenhead, Luncashire and Cheshire 
Junction Railway Company, to the London and 
North Western Railway Company, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by General 
Anson and Mr. Glyn. 





A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the Borough of Liverpool, for leave to | 
bring in a Bill for amending the provisions of cer-| 
taint Acts of Parliament relating to the Civil Court of | 
Record of the Borough of Liverpool, and the pro- | 
cess, practice and mode of pleading in the said 
Court, and for extending the jurisdiction thereof, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to | 
be brouyht in accordingly, by Mr. Yuruer and Mr. 
Mackenzie. 


Liverpool 
Borough 


Court. 


uive A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- | 
og ore gesses of the Borough of Liverpool, for leave to bring | 
Acts. in a Bill to regulate Buildings in the Borough of | 


Liverpool, and to make further Provisions for the | 
Sanitary Regulation and General Improvement of 
the said Borough, and for establishing a Police Su- | 
perannuation Fund, was presented, and read ; and | 


a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by | 
Mr. Turner and Mr. Mackenzie. 


Liverpool 


i 


Cornwall 


A Petition of the Cornwall Railway Company, 
Railway. 


for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Cormwall 
Railway Company to construct Branch Railways to | 
the Quays or Wharfs at Truro, and for other pur- | 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was or- | 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Ennis, 


Vivian, Mr. Robartes and Mr. Crowder. | 


| 


Plymouth A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses | 
Waterworks. of the Borough of Plymouth, for leave to bring in a | 
Bill for enabling the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- | 
gesses of the Borough of P/ymouth to improve their | 
Waterworks, and to provide a better Supply of Water 
to Plymouth and its neighbourhood, and for other | 


purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 


ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir John | 
Yarde Buller and Sir Thomas Acland. 
Leeds, Brad- A Petition of the Leeds, Bradford and Halifax | 
ford and Junction Railway Company, for leave to bring ma 


tive Railway. Bill to enable the Leeds, Bradford and Halifax 
Junction Railway Company to construct certain 
Branch Railways in the West Riding of the County | 
of York, and for other purposes, was presented, and | 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- | 
cordingly, by Mr. Baines and Sir George Goodman, 


14° Februari. 





A. 1853. 


ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Alex- 
ander Hastie and Mr. Bouverie. 


A Petition of the Swansea Valley Railway Com- swansea 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for extending the Valley 
Periods for the Purchase of Lands and Completion *#!way. 
of Works on the Swansea Valley Railway ; for con- 
ferring further Powers on the Swansea Valley Rail- 
way Company, and also on the South Wales Railway 
Company, with reference to that Undertaking, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 


| Mr. Yalbot and Mr. John Henry Vivian. 


A Petition of the Local Board of Health within newsbury 
and for the District of Dewsbury, in the Township of Heckmond- 
Dewsbury, in the West Riding of the County of — —_ 
York, for leave to bring ina Bill for enabling the ne ea 
Local Board of Health for the District of Dewsbury 
to construct Waterworks, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; anda Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Edmund Denison 
and Mr. Cobden. 


A Petition of Commissioners for carrying into Rochdale 
effect the Act thereinafter mentioned, for leave to Improvement, 
bring in a Bill for amending an Act passed in the 


seventh and eighth years of the reign of Her Ma- 


jesty Queen Victoria, for the Improvement of the 
Town of Rochdale, in the County Palatine of Lan- 
caster, and for providing a Cemetery for such Town, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Bright and 
Mr. Miall. 


A Petition of the Llanelly Railway and Dock ranelly 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling Railway and 
the Llanelly Railway and Dock Company to make “°™ 
certain new Railways, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Viscount Emlyn and 


Mr. Davies. 


A Petition of Commissioners for executing the Stafford 
Act thereinafter mentioned, and others, some of the Shire Hall. 
Trustees thereby appointed, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for enlarging and improving the Shire Hall of 
the County of Stafford, removing the Markets at 
the back of the Hall, and providing other Market 
accommodation in lieu thereof; erecting Rooms and 
Offices for the Town Council of Stafford, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 


Adderley, Mr. Child and Mr, Wise. 


A Petition of the Monmouthshire Railway and Monmouth- 
Canal Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for om mw aed 
enabling the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal ““° ~“"™™ 
Company to make new Railways, and for other pur- 
yoses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Octavius 





Manchester A Petition of Inhabitants of the Boroughs of 
and Salford == Manchester and Salford, and the adjoining Town- | 
Education. ‘ &gt; 


ships of Pendleton, Pendlebury and Broughton, in 


Y Jolati 4 tor {nr leaay . ° ° ; 
the County I alatine of Laneuster, for leave to bring ' authorize the Amalgamation of the Malton and 


in a Bill for promoting Education in the Municipal 
Poroughs of Manchester and Salford, and in the 
contiguous Townships of Broughton, Pendleton and 
Pendlebury, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
William Brown and Mr. Bretherton. ie 


Glasgowand A Petition of the Glasgow and South Western 


South Western Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
enable the Glasgow and South Western Railway 
Company to make certain Railways in the Counties 
of Dumfries, Cumberland and Ayr, and for other 


purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 


Railway. 


Morgan and Mr. Crawshay Bailey. 


A Petition of the Malton and Driffield Junction Malton and 


Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to )riffield 
, " Junction 


sw nai 
Driffield Junction Railway Company with, or a aetie 
Lease of the Undertaking of the said Company to, 

the York, Newcastle and Berwick, York and North 
Midland, and Leeds Northern Railway Amalgamated 
Companies, and for other purposes, was presented, 

'and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 





A Petition of Persons, whose Names are there- Isle of Wight 
unto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for Railway. 
making a Railway from Ryde to Ventnor and to 
West Cowes, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 








A Petition 





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Tynemouth 
ae and 
Morpeth and 
Shields Direct 
Railway. 


East Kent 
Railway. 


Stamford and 
Essendine 
Railway Bill. 


Oldham Cor- 
poration and 
Oldham Gas 
and Water- 
works Bill. 


Leamington, 
Warwick and 
Stratford- 
upcn-Avon 
Railway Bill. 


Pendleton, 
Swinton, &amp;e. 
Road Bill. 


Boston and 
Midland Coun- 
ties Railway 
and Docks 
Bill. 


Thames Haven 
k and 
Railway Bill. 


Carlisle Canal 
and Port Car- 
lisle Railway 
Bill. 


Black Nog 
Road Bill, 





16 Vicroriz. 


A Petition of Persons, whose Names are there- 
unto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
making and maintaining a Dock at Zynemouth, and 
a Railway from Tynemouth to Morpeth, with 
Branches, in the County of Northumberland, was 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of Directors of the East Kent Railway, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for making a Railway 
from Strood to Canterbury, with Branches to Fa- 
versham Quays and Chiiham, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Stand- 
ing Orders. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a 
Railway from Stamford Baron, in the County of 
Northampton, to the Great Northern Railway at [s- 
sendine, in the County of Rutland, with a Branch 
therefrom, and for other purposes connected there- 
with: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for enabling the 
Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of 
Oldham, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, to 
purchase and maintain Gasworks and Waterworks, 
and for other purposes: And the same was read the 


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


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a 
Railway from the London and North Western Rail- 
way, in the Parish of Mi/‘verton, in the County of 
Warwich, to Stratford-upon- Avon, in the same 
County, with Branches, to be called “ The Leaming- 
ton, Warwick and Stratford-uwpon- Avon Railway :” 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for more effec- 
tually repairing and improving several Roads leading 
to and from the Town of Sa/ford, through Pendleton 
and other places, in the County Palatine of Lan- 
caster: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a 
Railway from the Great Northern Railway at boston, 
in the County of Lincoln, to the Ambergate, Not- 
tingham, and Boston and Eastern Junction Railway 
at Barrowby, in the same County, with a Branch, 
and for other purposes: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize the 
Abandonment of a portion of the Undertaking of 
the Thames Haven Dock and Railway Company, | 
and to reduce the Capital of the said Company ; and | 
to enable the Company to sell Lands not required, 
and for other purposes: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize the 
Abandonment of the Carlis/e Canal, and the making 
of a Railway in lieu thereof, from the Newcastle- 
upou-Tyne and Carlisle Railway at Carlisle to Port 
Carlisle; to repeal the Acts oo ant to the Carlisle 


14° Februariz. 





237 


| Black Dog Road Trust :” And the same was read 


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


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for better supply- Brighton, 
ing with Water the Parishes of Brighton, Hove and Hove and 
Preston, in the County of Sussex: And the same iroos 

“ aterworks 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a gill, 


second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Se- Severn and 
vern and Wye Railway and Canal Company to im- Wye Railway 
prove their Railway and Harbour, and to construct = 
certain Branches, and for other purposes relating to 
the Company: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for the Improve- Leominster 
ment or Removal of the present Markets, for the Markets and 
Establishment of new Markets, and for regulating —— 
the Markets and Fairs in the Borough of Leominster, 
and for the Erection of Slaughter-houses therein, and 
for other purposes relating to the said Borough : And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for enabling the London and 
London and North Western Railway Company to North Western 
construct a Railway from Shrewsbury to Newtown, wn 

. : es ry 

with a Branch to Oswestry, and for authorizing Ar- to Newtown) 
rangements with respect to the use by them of the Bill. 
Joint Station at Shrewsbury, and the Railways com- 
municating therewith, and for other purposes: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Ca- Caledonian 
ledonian Railway Company to make certain Branch — i. 
Railways and other Works in the Counties of Lanark oe 
and Renfrew, and for other purposes: And the same Edinburgh 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 2M4 Glasgow 


‘ Railway, Xe. 
second time. i. — 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Caledonian 
Caledonian Railway Company to make a Branch a ‘ 
Railway from the Polloc and Goran Railway to ae mena 
the Goods Station of the Giasgow, Paisley and Govan Kail- 
Greenock Railway at Glasgow: And the same was W*Y; &amp;¢-) Bill 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to confer further Barnsley 
Powers on the Company of Proprietors of the Barns- Waterworks 
ley Waterworks: And the same was read the first B#! 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 





Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize the Caledonian 
Joint Working and Management of the Undertakings #4 Edinburgh 
. ’ . her a= &gt; und Glasgow 
of the Caledonian Railway Company and of the Raiways Bill. 
Kdinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company : And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 

read a second time. 


A Petition of the Life Association of Scotland, for Life Associa 
leave to bring in a Bill for incorporating the Life As- Fin, of Sevt- 
sociation of Scotland; for enabling the said Associa- “"" 








Canal and Docks, and to re-incorporate the Com- | tion to sue and be sued ; to take and hold Property, 
pany i to authorize the raising of a further Sum of and for other purposes relating to the said Associa- 


Money, and to confer additional Powers, and for 
other purposes: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for more effec- 
tually repairing the Roads from Warminster and 
from Frome to the Bath Road, and other Roads 
connected therewith, in the Counties of Wilts and 
Somerset, called or known by the name of “ The 
VoL. 108. 





tion, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Cowan and 
Mr. Dunlop. 

Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to amend the Acts Limerick Cor- 
for the Regulation of Municipal Corporations in Zre- poration Bill 
land, so far as relates to the Borough of Limerick: 

And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 
HH 3 





Mr. 





238 14° Februari. 


Wexford Mr. Brotherton presente:| a Bill to enable the 

Railway Bill Trish South Eastern Railway Company to make a 
Railway to Wexford, with Branches to Enniscorthy | 
and New Ross: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 

Tralee and Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a Rail- | 

a aan way from Tralee to Killarney: And the same was 

d read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 

time. 

_ Majesty's Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for incorporating 

eatre Asso- " &gt; 66 o 5 am 

ciation Bill, Company, by the name of “ Her Majesty’s Theatre 
Association,” and for enabling such Company to 
purchase Her Majesty’s Theatre in the Haymarket, 
and to carry on the business of such Theatre, and for 
other purposes: And the same was read the first 
time ; a ordered to be read a second time. 

Shrewsbury Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to consolidate and 


Railway Bill. amend the Acts relating to the Shrewsbury and Ches- 


ter Railway Company, and to grant further Powers 
to the said Company, and for other purposes: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


GreatGrimsby Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for the Improve- 

~ (ccc, ment and Regulation of the Borough of Great 
Grimsby, in the County of Lincoln; for better sup- 
plying the Inhabitants thereof with Water ; for pro- 
viding a new Burial-ground ; for enlarging the Mar- 
ket-place ; for making an outfall for the Sewers of 
the Town, and for other purposes: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 

Manchester, Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize the 

a Creation of Preference Stock by the Manchester, 


Railway Sheffield and Lincolushire Railway Company, in 

(Alteration of lieu of Debentures, and the Reduction, Division and 

Capital) Bill. (© nsolidation into Stock of the Manchester and Lin- 
coln Union Shares of the said Company: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


High Ham Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to renew the 

and Ashcott §=‘Term and continue the Powers of an Act passed in 

Roads Bill. * nee : : 
the seventh year of the reign of his Majesty King 
George the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for more 


effectually repairing and improving the Roads leading | 


from Picks Hil/, near the Town of Langport East- 
over, in the County of Somerset, through High Ham, 
Ashcott, and other places, to Meare, in the said 
County :” And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 

New Ross Mr. Serjeant Shee presented a Bill for the Pur- 

es Bridge chase of the Bridge and Ferry over the River Nore, 
at New Ross, and for maintaining the same free of 
Toll, and for other purposes : And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 

Dublin and Mr. French presented a Bill to amend the Acts re- 

cong se lating to the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway 

Bill. Company, and for other purposes: And the same 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Westminster = Mr. Scholefield presented a Bill to amend and en- 
Improvements 


Bill. large the Powers and Provisions of “ The Westmin- 
ster Improvement Act, 1845 ;” “ The Westminster 





A. 1853. 


Mr. Scholefield presented a Bill for supplying the Great Yar. 
Inhabitants of the Town of Great Yarmouth, and — ae 
adjacent places, with Water: And the same was" - 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


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


one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, P°¢ks and 


: ; , ‘ oO »:_” Morpeth 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Shields Fell 


Orders, in the case of the Petition for the Tynemouth Railway. 
Docks, and Morpeth and Shields Direct Railway 
Bill. 

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


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

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


Petitions relating to Church of Rome ;— Eccle- Public 
siastical Titles Assumption Act ;— Maynooth College Petitions. 
Act ;—Nunneries ;— Universities (Scotland) ;— At- Vide 
torneys’ Certificates ;—County Rates and Expendi- Eighteenth 
ture Bill; — London Bridge Approaches Fund ; — Report. 
Terminable Annuities ; — Christmas Gifts to Post- 
men ; — General Board of Health Bill ; — National 
Gallery ;—Poor Law ;—and, Railway Companies, 

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

A Petition of Colonel Frith ;—and, Petitions re- 
lating to Indian Territories,—were also presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Indian Territories. 

Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers,-—were 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented,— Return to an Order, dated County 
the 16th day of December last, for a Return of the en 
Names, Age, Date of Appointment, Salaries, Fees (out) 
and Allowances, of every Clerk of the Crown, Clerk 
of the Peace, Crown Solicitor, Sessions Crown Prose- 
cutor, Treasurer and Grand Jury Secretary, for each 
County, County of a City or aoe of a Town in 
Ireland, from the 31st day of March 1845 to the 
81st day of March 1852; such Return to specify 
every County in which the Duties of Clerks of the 
Crown or Peace have been performed by Deputy ; 
also the Name and Amount of Salary and Allow- 
ances paid to any such Deputy. 

Mr. Fitzroy also presented, pursuant to the di- Poor Laws 
'rections of an Act of Parliament,—Copies of Six- (lreland.) 
‘teen General Orders issued by the Commissioners 
for administering the Laws for Relief of the Poor in 
| Treland. 
| Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
| Table. 
| The following Paper was laid upon the Table by New 
| the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated Churches. 
‘the 20th day of December last, for Accounts of the 
| Sums expended under the direction of the Commis- 
_sioners for Building Churches, since the 26th day of 

March 1840, distinguishing the Amount contri- 
buted by the Public from that raised by Local Rate, 
| Subscription, Loan, or other Sources ; stating the 
_several Churches and Chapels, the Amount expended 
'on each, and the extent of Accommodation in Pews 
| and Free Sittings :—Of all Sums advanced on Loan 





Improvement Act, 1847;” and “ The Westminster | by the Church Building Commissioners, and which 
Improvement Act, 1850;” to extend the Time for | are now due or in the course of Payment :—Of any 
the compulsory Purchase of Lands; to authorize |Sums now disposable by the Commissioners for 
further Improvements in the City of Westminster, | Building Churches, of the Number of Churches and 
and for other purposes: And the same was read | Chapels in which the Stipends of Ministers have 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second | been settled since the above-mentioned Date, the 
time. ‘estimated Rental of the Pews therein, and the Net 

Average 








Court of 
Session 
(Scotland. ) 


Sheriff Courts 
(Scotland. } 


Trade and 
Navigation. 


No. 117 


Specie and 


Bullion (Bank 


of England.) 
No. 118. 


Screw Steamer 
oe ” ’ , bd 
Greenock.” Steamer “ Greenock,” which was presented upon the | 


No. 119. 


Mail Steamers 
(Cape of Good 
Hope and 
India.) 

No, 120. 


Mails to 
Calcutta and 
Australia. 


No. 121. 
Auckland 
Islands. 

No. 122. 


Controverted 
Elections. 


Controverted 
Elections, 


Metropolitan 
and City 
Police. 


16 Vicroriz. 


Total Amount 


14° Februari. 


Average Stipend of each Minister :—And, of the 
rovided by Parliament to be ex- 






239 


ber of Persons taken into Custody by the Metropolitan 
Police, and the Results in each year, from 1849 to 





pended by the Ganinke for Building Churches | 1852, inclusive :—And, similar Return from the City 


(being 


— 


of several Acts of 


a 
No. 262, of Session 1840). 


e following Papers, pursuant to the directions 
arliament, were also laid upon 


rtially in continuation of Parliamentary | of Zondon Police (all in continuation of Parliamen- 


| tary Paper, No. 133, of Session 1849). 


the Table by the Clerk of the House,—Copy of Act Returns of the Balances to the Credit of every 


of Sederunt, extending the Winter Session 1852-3, 


| Bankrupt’s Estate to which an Official Assignee has 


of the first Division of the Court of Session, to the |been appointed ; distinguishing the Amount in the 


Ist day of April. 


|hands of the Official Assignee, and of the Account- 


Copy of Act of Sederunt, as to Proofs in Sheriff ant in Bankruptcy, respectively, together with the 


Courts. 


| Name of such Official Assignee, on the 30th day of 
April, on the 30th day of June, on the 30th day of 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Trade and | September, and on the 31st day of December 1851 
Navigation, which were presented upon the 11th day |and 1852:—And, of every Estate in Bankruptcy 


of this instant February, be printed. 


printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Screw 


11th day of this instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Mail Steam- 
ers (Cape of Good Hope and India), which was pre- 
sented upon the 11th day of this instant February, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Mails to 
Calcutta and Australia, which was presented upon 
the 11th day of this instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Auck- 
land Islands, which was presented upon the 11th 
day of this instant February, be printed. 


Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections ; That they had appointed the 
following Members to serve on the Chairmen’s Panel 
for the present Session : 

The Right honourable Robert Vernon Smith, the 
Honourable William Owen Stanley, and George 
Alexander Hamilton, Esquire. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections; That they had appointed the 
following days for the Election Committees to be 
chosen from Panel No. 3: 

Wigton Burghs 
Kingston onl 


Tuesday the 1st of March, 


Gloucester - -{ at Two o’clock. 
Derly- - - 

are " “| Wednesday, 2d March, at 
Huddersfield - e Two o'clock. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of Officers of the Metropolitan and City 
Police charged with Offences before Magistrates in 
each year, from 1849 to 1852, inclusive; specifying 
the Rank of the Officer, his Age, the Time he has 
been in the Force, the Nature of his Offence, whether 
convicted or not, the Punishment awarded, and 
whether he was retained in the Service ; Total Num- 
ber of Men who have been dismissed, fined, sus- 
pended or degraded by the Police Commissioners 
during the same period, and the Number who have 
resigned their Appointments during the same period : 


— Similar Return of the City of London Police | 


Force :—Return, from each Division of the Metro- 
politan Police, of the Number of Robberies com- 
mitted, the Value of the Property stolen, and the 
Value of the Property recovered, for each year from 
1849 to 1852, inclusive :—Similar Return from the 
City of London Police Force :—Return of the Num- 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Specie and 
Bullion (Bank of England), which was presented 
upon the 11th day of this instant February, be | 


under charge of Official Assignees on the 31st day 
‘of December 1852; detailing the Name of the 
Bankrupt, the Date of the Commission, Fiat or Pe- 


‘tition; the Balance in the hands of the Official 
Assignee, the Balance in the hands of the Account- 
‘ant in Bankruptcy, and the Amount of any Exche- 


_quer Bills belonging to each Bankrupt’s Estate. 


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


Returns by each of the Official Assignees of the 
Court of , Ae wrod and of the Courts of Bank- 
|ruptcy for the Country Districts, showing the Names 
of every Bankrupt or firm of Bankrupts (with the 
‘Date of the Commission, Fiat or Petition), under 
whose Estate or Estates any Remuneration whatever 
has been allowed to the said Official Assignee, from 
the 1st day of January 1851 to the 31st day of De- 
cember 1852, both days inclusive ; together with the 
Date of such Allowance, and its Amount, distinguish- 
ing the Remuneration awarded for the Examination 
,of Balance Sheets or Accounts ; for the Collection of 
Debts; for the realisation of Property; for Petty 
| Expenses, distinguished under the Heads of Post- 
ages, Stationery and Sundries; for the Travelling 
Expenses of the said Official Assignee or his Clerks ; 
and for the Distribution of Assets among the Cre- 
ditors, specifying the Number of such Creditors ; 
the Amount of Assets upon which the above Remu- 
‘neration has been allowed; the Amount divirle«t 
|among Creditors for which the above Remuner:tion 
has been made; the Rate of Dividend; and any 
Balances remain‘ng to the Credit of such Estate on 
\the 31st day of December 1852:— And, of the 
_per-centages paid under the 54th section of the Act 
12 &amp; 13 Vie. c.106, to the Chief Registrar's Fund 
upon every Bankrupt’s Estate, from the 1st day of 
January 1851 to the 31st day of December 1852, 
distinguishing the Amounts paid at each Audit, and 
also distinguishing the Amounts paid at each Rate of 
_per-centage; and, where there are joint and sepa- 
‘rate Estates under one Bankruptcy, distinguishing 
the Amounts paid in respect of each Estate. 


| 


Returns showing the Number of Paupers of all 
Classes in receipt of Relief, on the 1st day of Ja- 
nuary 1852 and the 1st day of January 1853, in 608 
Unions, &amp;e. in England and Wales ;—And, of the 
Number of Adult Able-bodied Paupers in receipt of 
Relief, on the 1st day of January 1852 and the 1st 
day of January 1853 ; together with a Return show- 
jing the Causes of Relief upon which the Adult Able- 
bodied were relieved. 


with the Petition complaining of an undue Election 
‘and Return for the City of Gloucester :—And the 
same was read, as followeth : 


Sir, 31, Parliament-street, 14th Feb. 1853. 


As Agents for Mr. Thomas Eycott and Mr. Wil- 
liam Stephens, in the matter of their Petition deli- 
vered in on the 23d day of November last, com- 





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HHuH4 


plaining 














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


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


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Gloucester 
received Notice, that it is not intended to proceed Election. 


Middlesex 
Election. 


Norwich 
Election. 


Kidderminster 


tection 


240 


plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
City of Gloucester, and County of the same City, 
we hereby beg to inform you that it is not intended 
to proceed with the said Petition. 


We have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your very obedient servants, 
Thompson, Debenham and Brown. 
To the Right honourable the Speaker 
of the House of Commons. 

The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- 
charged. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
received Notice, that it is not intended to proceed 
with the Petition complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the County of Middlesex :—And the 
same was read, as followeth : 

Sir, 31, Parliament-street, 14th Feb. 1853. 

As Agents for Mr. James Morgan and Mr. Henry 
Hampstead, in the matter of their Petition delivered 
in on the 25th day of November last, complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the County of 
Middlesex, we hereby beg to inform you that it is 
not intended to proceed with the said Petition. 


We have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your very obedient servants, 
Thompson, Debenham and Brown. 


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


14° Februariz. 





A. 1853. 


The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- 
charged. 


received Notice, that it is not intended to 
with the Petitions complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the Borough of Youghal :—And the 
same was read, as followeth : 
Sir, 40, Parliament-street, 14th Feb. 1853. 

As Agent for the Honourable John Fortescue, in 
the matter of his two Petitions delivered in to the 
House of Commons, complaining of an undue Elec- 
tion and Return for the Borough of Youghal, I hereby 
beg to inform you that it is not intended to proceed 
with the said Petitions. 


I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your very obedient servant, 
James Coppock. 
To the Right honourable the Speaker 
of the House of Commons. 


The Order for referring the said Petitions to the 


General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- 
charged. 


with the Petition complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the County of Down :—And the same 
was read, as followeth : 





The Order for referring the said Petition to the 


Sir, 40, Parliament-street, 14th Feb. 1853. 
As Agent for James Boyle, in the matter of his 


eT: a a es cl a | ne : . a . 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- | Petition delivered in on the 25th day of November 


charged. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, ‘That he had 
received Notice, that it is not intended to proceed 
with the Petitions complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the City of Norwich :—And the same 
was read, as followeth : 


Sir, 31, Parliament-street, 14th Feb. 1853. 
As Agents for Mr. John Phillips, Mr. John Abel, 
Mr. Henry Hindes, Mr. Peter Thomas Scott and 


Mr. William Mackhley, in the matter of their Petitions | 


delivered in on the 22d day of November last, com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
City of Vorwich, we hereby beg to inform you that 
it is not intended to proceed with the said Petitions, 
or either of them. 
We have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your very obedient servants, 
Thompson, Debenham and Brown. 


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


The Order for referring the said Petitions to the | 


General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- 
charged. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
received Notice, that it is not intended to proceed 
with the Petition complaining of an undue Election 
and Return tor the Borough of Kidderminster :— 
And the same was read, as followeth : 


Sir, 31, Parliament-street, 14th Feb. 1853. 


As Agent for John Best, Esquire, in the matter of 


nis Petition delivered in on the 16th day of Novem- 
ber last, complaining of an undue Election and Re- 
turn for the Borough of Kidderminster, we hereby 
beg to inform you that it is not intended to proceed 
with the said Petition. 


We have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your very obedient servants, 
Thompson, Debenham and Brown. 


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





| last, complaining of the Election and Return for the 
| County of Down, I hereby beg to inform you that it 
| is not intended to proceed with the said Petition. 


I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your very obedient servant, 
James Coppock. 
| The Right honourable the Speaker 
of the House of Commons. 





The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
| General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- 


charged. 


| received Notice, that it is not intended to proceed 


and Return for the Western Division of the County 
of Norfolk :—And the same was read, as followeth : 


Sir, 40, Parliament-street, 14th Feb. 1853. 

As Agent for Thomas Osborne Springfield, and 
another Petitioner, in the matter of their Petition 
delivered in on the 25th day of November last, com- 
— of the Election and Return for the Western 

ivision of the County of Norfolk, | hereby beg to 
inform you that it is not intended to proceed with the 
said Petition. 


I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your obedient servant, 
James Coppock. 


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


The Order for referring the said Petition to the 


General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- 
charged. 


into a Committee on the General Board of Healt 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson Patten 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Friday 
next; and be printed. 

The 





Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Youghal 
roceed Election. 













Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Down Elec- 
received Notice, that it is not intended to proceed 4. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Norfolk 
( Western Di- 
with the Petition complaining of an undue Election tion.” -_ 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself General Sat 
h of Health Bill. 


No. 123. 





Courts of 
Common Law 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Land Tax 
Commission 
ers’ Names 
Bill. 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means, 


Transfer of 
Aids Bill. 


Metropolitan 
Improvements 
(Repayment 
out of Conso- 
lidated Fund.) 


Sheriff Courts 
(Scotland. ) 


Office of 
Examiner 
(Court of 
Chancery.) 


Coal Duties 
(Metropolis. ) 


Coals 
(London. ) 


16 Vicroriz. 14°—15° 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Courts of Common Law (Jreland) 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesda 
the 23d day of this instant February, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Land Tax Commissioners’ Names 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 11th day of April next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


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

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 





Februaria. 941 


throughout the Produce of the 8d. the 4d. and the 
1d. Duties, with the respective Application thereof ; 
also specifying the Sums charged on the Produce of 
the Coal Duties in force previously to the Act 1 &amp; 2 
Will. 4, c. 76 (Local and Personal), and remaining 
Unpaid on the 31st day of December .1831; the 
Sums subsequently so charged, specifying the Acts 
of Parliament by Authority of which they have been 
raised, and the purposes for which the Money was 
expended ; the several Annual Payments of Interest 
on the said Sums; the several Annual Payments in 
liquidation of the Principal Sums so raised; the 
Amount of the Principal Sums respectively charged 
on the several Coal Duties, and remaining due at the 
Date of making up the Return; the Amount (if any) 
of any further Sum authorized by Act of Parlia- 
ment to be raised, but not yet raised, upon the Coal 
Duties. 

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





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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Transfer of Aids Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Wilson Patten reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Metropolitan Improvements 
(Repayment out of Consolidated Fund). 


(In the Committee.) 
Resolved, That the several Sums of Money which 
f 


have been borrowed in pursuance of various Acts of | 


Parliament, on the security of the Land Revenues of 
the Crown, and certain other Monies charged on the 


London Bridge Approaches Fund, for the purpose | 


of Metropolitan Improvements, shall, with the In- 
terest thereon, be charged upon and made payable 
out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Ring- 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson 
Patten reported, That the Committee had come toa 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to facilitate Procedure in the Sheriffs’ Courts of 
Scotland: And that the Lord Advocate and Mr. 
Edward Ellice do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for further regulation of the Office of Examiner of 
the Court of Chancery: And that Mr. Solicitor 
General and Mr. Attorney General do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the operation of the Laws under 
which Dues or Taxes are levied on the introduction 
of Coals into the Metropolis and the neighbourhood, 
the mode of Collection, and the Expenditure of such 
Dues or Taxes. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Sums annually paid as Duty 
on Coals brought into the City or Port of London, 
since the 31st day of December 1831, distinguishing 

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Ordered, That Sir John Pakington be added to Criminal and 


'the Select Committee on Criminal and Destitute oe 


Children. 


dren. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Leitrim 
‘received Notice, that it is not intended to proceed Flection. 


with the Petition complaining of an undue Election 
‘and Return for the County of Leitrim:—And the 


/ same was read, as followeth : 
| 


2, Storey’s Gate, Westminster, 
Sir, Feb. 14th, 1853. 


| As Agent for Mr. William Lawder, in the matter 
of his Petition delivered in on 25th November last, 


complaining of the undue Election and Return of 


| John Brady, Esquire, one of the Members for the 
| County of Leitrim, I beg to acquaint you that it is 
_not intended to proceed with the said Petition. 


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


R. Mosse. 


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


The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- 
charged. 


Union of Benefices, and for fhe better securing the 
Residence of the Clergy, and also to promote and 
allow the Building of Churches and Chapels in cer- 
tain cases: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wed- 
nesday the 2d day of March next; and to be 
printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Martis, 15° die Februarii ; 
Anno 16° Victorie Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 


A Southport Railway Company, 
bring in a Bill to reduce and regulate the Tolls pay- 
able in respect of Traffic passing between Liverpool 
and certain Places on the Liverpoo/, Crosby and 
Southport Railway, and the Tolls payable to the 
Lancashire and Yorkshire and East Lancashire Rail- 
way Companies, in respect of Traffic to and from 
the last-mentioned Railway, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. William Brown 
and Mr. Cheetham. ' 
I 





A Petition 


Mr. Frewen presented a Bill to alter and amend two Union of 
Acts of Her present Majesty, so far as relates to the Benefices Bill. 


No. 124. 


PETITION of the Liverpoo?, Crosby and Liverpool, 


for leave to Croshy ana 
Southport 


Railway. 


242 


Burford, A Petition of Trustees for executing the several 
Leachlade A . . er bei : 
and Swindon cts thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to ring in a 
Roads. 


Bill for more effectually repairing and grees , 
the Road from Burford, in the County of Oxford, 
to Leachlade, in the County of Gioucester, the Road 
from thence through Highworth to the Cricklade 
and Swindon Turnpike-road, in the County of Wilts, 
and the Bridge on the said Roads across the River 
Isis or Thames, at or near the Town of Leachlade 
aforesaid, and for granting a further Term in the 
said Roads and Bridge, and for other purposes, was 
resented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
Loushe in accordingly, by Mr. Henley and Colonel 
North. 


Great West- A Petition of the Great Western, Shrewsbury and 


ern, Shrews- errs ss : % 
bury and Bir- Birmingham, and Shrewsbury and Chester Railway 


mingham, and Companies, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize 


Shrewsbury ‘Traffic Arrangements between the Great Western, 
ne the Shrewsbury and Birmingham, and the Shrews- 
Beaneniee bury and Chester Railway Companies, was presented, 
(Traffic Ar- and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
rangement.) accordingly, by Viscount Barrington and Sir Philip 
Egerton. 
Londonderry, A Petition of Persons, whose Names are thereunto 
“1 subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a 
Railway. Railway from Enniskillen to Sligo, with a Branch 
therefrom, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir Robert 
Ferguson, Mr. Bateson and Mr. Montgomery. 
Harwich A Petition of Promoters of the Undertaking 
— and thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 


for reclaiming from the Sea certain Lands near Har- 
wich; for constructing Docks and a Pier on such 
Lands, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. David Waddington and Mr. Cob- 
bold. 


Eastern Union A Petition of the Eastern Union Railway Com- 


Railway. pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Eastern 
Jnion Railway Company to redeem their Preference 
Shares, and to amalgamate with certain other Rail- 
way Companies, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 

Cobbold and Mr. Cayley. 
Newport, A Petition of the Newport, Abergavenny and Here- 
Abergavenny ford Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill 
Railway to authorize a: Deviation at Hereford of the New- 
(Hereford, port, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway, and to 


=) amend the Acts relating to that Railway, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was mon er to be 
brought in accordingly, by Colonel Clifford and Sir 
Robert Price. 


Wellington Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a 
—— Railway from Wellington to Coalbrookdale, and an 


Railway Bill, Extension to the River Severn, all in the County of 
Salop, and for other purposes: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Cornwall Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 


Railway Bill. Cornwall Railway Company to construct Branch 


° ¥ : 
Railways to the Quays or Wharfs at Truro, and for 
other purposes : And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Shrewsbury Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize the 
and Birming- Consolidation into one Undertaking of the Shrews- 
ham and wer &gt; 

Shrewsbury 4ury and Birmingham and Shrewsbury and Chester 


and Chester Railways, and the union into one Company of the 


Railway two Companies to which the said Railways respec- 
Companies . : “ 
Amalgama- tively belong: And the same was read the first time ; 
tion Bill. and ordered to be read a second time. 





15° Februariz. 














A. 1853. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for amending the Liverpool 
Provisions of certain Acts of Parliament relating to Pvaseny 
the Civil Court of Record of the Borough of Liver- rae 
pool, and the Process, Practice and Mode of Plead- 
ing in the said Court, and for extending the Juris- 
diction thereof: And the same was read. the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a Crieff June. 
Railway from the Scottish Central Railway, near tion Railway 
Loaninghead, to the Town of Crieff: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for incorporating Life Asso. 
the Life Association of Scotland; for enabling the ciation of 
said Association to sue and be sued, to take and 5°tand Bill. 
hold Property, and for other purposes relating to the 


‘said Association: And the same was read the first 


time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for enabling the Lianelly 
Llanelly Railway and Dock Company to make cer- Railway and 
. : . Dock Bill. 
tain new Railways, and for other purposes: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 

read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for more effec- Burton- 
tually improving the Town of Burton-upon- Trent, “pon-Trent 
Improvement 


in the County of Stafford: And the same was read pj 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Newry ana 
Newry and Enniskillen Railway Company to extend a 
their Railway in the Town of Newry, to reduce their **”*Y ®" 
Capital, and for other purposes: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for amending an Rochdale 
Act passed in the seventh and eighth years of the Improvement 
reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, for the Im-™ 
provement of the Town of Rochdale, in the County 
Palatine of Lancaster, and for providing a Cemetery 
for such Town: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize the Londonderry 
Reclamation of Waste Lands near the City of Lou- —_——— 
donderry, and the formation of Streets thereon, and = ° 
for other purposes: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for extending the Swansea 
Periods for the Purchase of Lands and Completion = 
of Works on the Swansea Valley Railway, for con- %*? °™ 
ferring further Powers on the Swansea Valley Railway 
Company, and also on the South Wales Railway Com- 
pany, with reference to that Undertaking, and for 
other purposes: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a sécond time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for enabling the Dewsbury, 
Local Board of Health for the District of Dewsbury ——— 
to construct Waterworks, and for other purposes : Batley Water 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered Bill. 


to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Leeds, Leeds, Brad- 
Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway Company td ant 


° : P lifax June- 
to construct certain Branch Railways in the West _ Rattwey 
Riding of the County of York, and for other pur- Bill. 
poses: And the same was read the first time; and 


ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Edinburgh 
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company to con- 84 Glasgow 
nect their ‘Line at Glasgow, by Branches, with the 
Caledonian Railway, and to extend their Station at 
Cowlairs: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Railway Bul. 


Mr. 





wee dre 





Poulnasherr, 
Inclosure Bill. 


Limerick 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Dundee 
Waterworks 


Bill. 


City of Dublin 
Steam Packet 


Company. 


Castlemaine 
Estuary 
Reclamation 
and Maine | 
and Laune 
Navigation. 


Wakefield 
Market. 


Monmouth- 
shire Railway 
and Canal Bill. 


Tavistock 
Election. 


Bridgnorth 
Election. 


Lancaster 
ection. 





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15° Februari. 





243 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for inclosing, | them by the House relating thereto :—Right honour- 
draining and reclaiming the Estuary of Poulnasherry : | able Colonel Forester, John Fergus, Esquire, Thomas 


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


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for the Improve- 
ment of the Borough of Limerick : And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Duncan presented a Bill to enable the Dundee 
Water Company to construct additional Works for 
obtaining a further Supply of Water, and for other 
purposes: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read, a second time. 





A Petition of the City of Dublin Steam Packet 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the 
Acts relating to the City of Dublin Steam Packet | 
Company, and for other purposes, was presented, | 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in | 
accordingly, by Mr. Grogan, Mr. Willcox and Mr. 
George. | 

A Petition of the Persons, whose Names are there- | 
unto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for re- | 
claiming, inclosing and appropriating certain parts 
of the Harbour or Estuary of Castlemaine, and the | 
Creeks of Carragh and Rossbehy, and for improving | 
the Navigation of the said Harbour and the Rivers | 
Maine and Laune, in the County of Kerry, was pre- | 
sented, and read; anda Bill was ordered to be | 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Henry Herbert, Mr. | 
O’ Connell and Sir ohn Hope. | 


| 

A Petition of the Wakefield Borough Market | 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the | 
Wakefield Borough Market Company to raise a | 
further Sum of Money, was presented, and read ; | 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 


by Mr. Sandars and Mr. Cobden. 


Somers Cocks, Esquire, William Scholefield, Esquire ; 
Chairman, Edward Divett, Esquire. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- Canterbury 
mittee of Elections, the Names of the Members of Election. 
the Select Committee appointed to try and determine 
the matter of the Petition, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the City of Canterbury, to 
which they had annexed the Petition referred to them 
by the House relating thereto:—William Ewart, 
Esquire, Sir Jumes Buller East, Baronet, Austen 
Henry Layard, Esquire, Richard Malins, Esquire ; 
Chairman, Henry Ker Seymer, Esquire. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Eust and West India Docks and East and West 
Birmingham Junction Railway Company, praying a 
that provision may be made in the East and West hiv, Junction 
India Docks and Birmingham Junction Railway Bill, Railway. 
for enabling the Petitioners to raise a further Capital of 
Two hundred and fifty thousand pounds by shares, 
and Eighty-three thousand three hundred and thirty- 
three pounds by mortgage or debentures ; and that 
for that purpose, they may be permitted to substitute 
certain other clauses for clauses numbered 18, 21, 23 
and 24 in the printed Bill now before the House, and 
to make such other Amendments as may be necessary 
to carry out the object aforesaid, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Resolved, That no Railway or Canal Bill, containing Railway and 
any Powers of Amalgamation, Lease, Working Ar- ana! Bills. 
rangements, or other combination of interest, between 
different Companies, be read a second time before 
the 14th day of March next, unless the Parties in- 


| terested in promoting such Bill shall elect to proceed 


with the same on the terms of striking out in Com- 


mittee all such Powers aforesaid. 


Mr. Gwyn presented a Bill for enabling the Mon- | 
mouthshire Railway and Canal Company to make | 
new Railways, and for other purposes: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 





| 


Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections, the Names of the Members of | 
the Select Committee appointed to try and determine | 
the matter of the Petition, complainmg of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Tavistock, 
to which they had annexed the Petition referred to | 
them by the House relating thereto :— Loftus Tot- | 
tenham Wigram, Esquire, Marmaduke Wyvill, Es- | 
quire, George Arkwright, Esquire, Thomas Chambers, 
Esquire; Chairman, Lord Robert Grosvenor. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- | 


mittee of Elections, the Names of the Members of 
the Select Committee appointed to try and determine 
the matter of the Petition, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Bridgnorth, 
to which they had annexed the Petition referred to 


them by the House relating thereto :—Honourable 
P. J. Locke King, William Francis Knatchbull, 
Esquire, Frederick Dundas, Esquire, Sir Henry Wil- 
loughby, Baronet; Chairman, Honourable Edward 
Pleydell Bouverie. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections, the Names of the Members of 
the Select Committee appointed to try and determine 
the matter of the Petition, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Lancaster, 


to which they had annexed the Petition referred to 
VoL. 108. 











Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to British and 
request that their Lordships will communicate to this Foreign 
House, a Copy of the Table showing the Amount of P°st#8*: 
Postage, British and Foreign, chargeable on Letters 
posted in London, addressed to the several Cities in 
Europe mentioned, and weighing from a quarter of 
an ounce to ten ounces inclusive: And that Mr. 
Heywood do carry the said Message. 


Petitions relating to Church of England ;—Church Public 

of England and Ireland in the Colonies ;—Crystal Petitions. 
Palace (Sydenham) ;— Maynooth College Act;— vise 
British Colonies (Postal Communication) ;—Attor- Nineteenth 
neys’ Certificates ;—Black Dog Turnpike Trust ;— Report. 
Carriages ;—County Rates and Expenditure Bill ;-— 
Paper, Newspaper Stamps and Advertisements ;— 
Christmas Gifts to Postmen ;— Edward Murray ;-— 
Ocean Penny Postage ;—Queen’s Bench Prisoners’ 
Fund ;—and, Sheriff Courts (Scvtland),—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers,—were 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 


Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number and Tonnage of Sailing Ves- 
sels registered at each of the Ports of Great Britain 
and Jreland, including the Isle of Man and the 
Channel Islands; distinguishing those under and 
those above Fifty Tons’ Register, on the 31st day of 
December 1852 :—Similar Return of Steam Vessels 
and their Tonnage:—Return of the Number and 
Tonnage of Vessels that entered and cleared Coast- 
wise, at each of the Ports of Great Britain and Jre- 
land, Isle of Man and — Islands ‘including 

II2 their 


Shipping. 




































































Foreign 
Shipping. 


Sugar, &amp;c. 


244. 


their repeated Voyages), distinguishing Steam from 
Sailing Vessels, between the 31st day of December 
1851 and the 31st day of December 1852 :—Like 
Return from and to the Colonies; further distin- 
guishing British from Foreign Vessels; also from 
and to Foreign Ports; also distinguishing British 
from Foreign Vessels :—Return of the Number and 
Tonnage of Sailing Vessels registered at each of the 
Ports of the Colonies of the United Kingdom respec- 
tively ; distinguishing those under and those above 
Fifty Tons’ Register, on the 31st day of December 
1852 :—Similar Return of Steam Vessels, and their 
Tonnage :—Returns of the Number of Vessels, with 
their ‘Tonnage (distinguishing Steam from Sailing 
Vessels), that were built and registered, distinguish- 
ing Timber from Iron Vessels ; also, a similar Return 
of Vessels sold and transferred ; also, a similar Re- 
turn of Vessels wrecked; also, a similar Return of 
Vessels broken up in the year 1852 :—Of the Num- 
ber of Colonial-built Vessels, and their Tonnage, re- 
gistered at each of the Ports of the United Kingdom 
in the year 1852; distinguishing the Number and 
‘Tonnage of each Colony respectively :—Similar Re- 
turn of the Number of Foreign-built Vessels, and 
their Tonnage :—And, Return of the Shipping em- 
ployed in the Trade of the United Kingdom, exhi- 
biting the Number and ‘Tonnage of Vessels that en- 
tered Inwards and cleared Outwards (including their 
repeated Voyages), separating British from Foreign 
Vessels, also Steam from Sailing Vessels, and distin- 
guishing the Trade with each Country, in the year 
1852 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 
218, of Session 1852). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Sums paid out of the Consolidated 
Duties of Customs, under the Act 59 Geo. 3, ¢. 54, 
and subsequent Orders of the Right honourable the 


15° Februari. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Foreign 
Return of the mere J of Foreign Sugar entered for Sugar. 





A. 1853. 


Home Consumption during each year, from 1831 to 
1852 inclusive; distinguishing Refined from Unre- 
fined, and also the several Places from whence 
such Sugar was imported (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 29, of Session 1852). 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return showing the Number of Immi- 
grants and Liberated Africans admitted into each of 
the British West India Colonies, as well as the 
Places from whence they were introduced, for each 
year since 1847 :—And, similar Return for Mauritius 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 231, 
of Session 1852). 

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


Returns showing the Total Number of Gallons of 
Proof Spirits distilled in England, Scotland and Ire- 
land respectively ; distinguishing the Quantities pro- 
duced from Malt, from a mixture of Malt and Un- 
malted Grain, and from a mixture of Sugar or Mo- 
lasses with Unmalted Grain, or from Sugar or from 
Molasses ; showing also, the Total Quantity of each 
Sort in the United Kingdom, for the year ending the 
5th day of January 1853 :—Of the Number of Gal- 
lons of Proof Spirits (distinguishing the Sorts) on 
which Duty was paid for Home Consumption in 
each of the three Kingdoms, with the Rate per Gallon, 
and the Amount of such Duty ; also, the Total Num- 
ber of Gallons and Duty in the United Kingdom, 





Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, in 
the year 1851, for the difference of Rates and Charges 
due to Corporations, Companies or Individuals, for 
Foreign Vessels which, wth Treaties of Reciprocity 
or otherwise, are admitted into the Ports of the 
United Kingdom at same Rates of Charge as J3ritish 
Vessels ; specifying each of the several Rates, and on 
what account the same was paid, whether for Light 
Dues, Dock Dues, Dues on Ships or Merchandize, 
Pilotage or otherwise :— Also, the Total Amount 
(under the Reciprocity Treaties) paid to each Corpo- 
ration, Company or Individual, in each year, up to 
the 31st day of December 1852 (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 98, of Session 1852). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Tabular Return, showing the Quantities of Sugar of 
the several Sorts imported into the United Kingdom, 
and the Quantities retained for Home Consumption, 
together with the Rates of Duty charged thereon, 
and the Net Revenue accruing therefrom, in each 
year, from 1800 to 1852 inclusive ; followed by a 
Comparative Statement of the Average Prices of 
British Plantation and Foreign Sugar (ordinary Yel- 
low Havannah), for the same series of years :—Ac- 
count of the Imports into the United Kingdom of 
Sugar, Molasses, Rum, Coffee, Cocoa and Cotton, 
from the West Indies, British Guiana, the Mauri- 
tius and British Possessions in Jndia, for the years 
1831 to 1852 inclusive ; distinguishing the Quantities 
imported from each Colony and each Possession in 
each year :—Similar Account of the Quantities of 
Foreign Sugar imported, stating from whence, and 
the Quantities from each Place or Country :—And, 
Account of the Quantity of Refined Sugar and Sugar 
Candy imported into the United Kingdom in the 
years 1848, 1849, 1850, 1851 and 1852 respectively ; 
stating the Quantity retained for Home Consumption ; 
the Rates of Duty paid, and the Quantity exported 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 442, 
of Session 1852). 


for the year ending the 5th day of January 1853 :— 
| Showing, under separate heads, the Number of Gal- 
_lons of Proof Spirits, distinguishing the Materials 
| from which made, imported into each Kingdom from 
/each of the others respectively, stating also, the 
| Rate per Gallon, and the Total Amount thereof (in 
each case), and what portion of such Duty was paid 
on removal of the Spirits from Bond, and what after 
their arrival in England; also, what portion was 
‘actually warehoused under Excise Lock, distinguish- 
ing Malt from Grain _— in England, for the year 
ending the 5th day of January 1853 :—Of the Total 
Number of Gallons of Proof Spirits permitted out of 
Distillers’ Stocks in England, and the Total Number 
\of Proof Gallons of Bri/ish Brandy and Spirits of 
| Wine permitted out of Rectifiers’ Stocks in England 
for Home Consumption ; also, the Total Quantity of 
Proof Gallons of Rum received into Rectifiers’ Stocks 
for Rectification in England, Scotland and Ireland, 
for the year ending the 5th day of January 1853 :-— 
Of the Total Number of Proof Gallons of Spirits dis- 
tilled in England, Scotland and Ireland ; distinguish- 
ing the Quantities in each Country delivered, Duty 
paid, direct from Distillers’ Stocks, from the Quan- 
tities put into Bond, for the year ending the 5th day 
of January 1853 (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 232, of Session 1852):—Of the Total 
Number of Proof Gallons of British Compounds and 
Spirits of Wine permitted from Rectifiers’ Stocks in 
England, Scotland and Ireland, for Exportation to 
Foreign Ports under Drawback, for the year ending 
the 5th day of January 1852 and 1853 :—And, of 
the Total Number of Gallons of Spirits in Bonded 
Stores in England, Scotland and Jreland respec- 
tively, on the 5th day of January 1853 (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 232, of Session 
1852). 


parts, in the years 
e Quantities sent to 
the 


ported to the Colonies and Forei 
1851 and 1852; distinguishing 








Inco 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Immigrants 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 84 Liberated 


ricans, 


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


Por 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a British 
Return of the Number of Gallons of British Spirits ex- Spirits 


























































16 Vicroriz. 15° Februari. 245 


the respective Places of Export (in continuation of | County Police Rate; 6. Borough Rate; 7. Borough 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 324, of Session 1852). Watch Rate; 8. Lighting and Watching Rate; 9. 
Land Tax; Total :—The Return as to the Poor’s 
Income Tax. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a| Rate to distinguish the Amount assessed, during the 
Return showing the Number of Persons charged to | year ended at Lady-day 1852, respectively on, 
the Income Tax for the years ended the 5th day of 1. Land, including Farm-buildings; 2. Houses, in- 
April 1851 and 1852, under Schedule (D.); dis-| cluding Warehouses, Factories, &amp;c.; 3. ‘Tithes and 
tinguishing the Number charged in each of the fol- Commutation Rent-charge ; 4. Coal Mines ; 5. Sale- 
lowing Classes ; viz. under £.150 a year; £.150 a able Underwoods; 6. Canals; 7. Railways; 8. All 
year and under £.200; £.200 and under £.300;/ other descriptions ; Total assessed for Poor's Rate 
£.300 and under £.400; £.400 and under £. 500 ; |(the proportion for the other Taxes to be ascertained 
£.500 and under £.600; £.600 and under £.700; | by the rule of proportion applicable to the Poor’s 
£.700 and under £.800; £. 800 and under £. 900; | Rate). 
£.900 and under £.1,000; £.1,000 and under| Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
£.2,000; £.2,000 and under £.3,000; £.3,000 and | Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
under £. 4,000; £. 4,000 and under £. 5,000; £.5,000 | of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 
and under £.10,000 ; £.10,000 and under £.50,000 ; | 
£. 50,000 and upwards; and the Amounts of Tax! Reso/ved, That an humble Address be presented Colonial 
received from each Class :—Similar Return, under , to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Postage. 
Schedule (E.), to £.5,000 a year and upwards — | to give directions, that there be laid before this 
And, Return showing the Net Amount of Property | House, Copies of Correspondence between Sir John 
and Income Tax for the same years, classed under Pakington and the Postmaster-General, in the year 
the several Schedules (in continuation of Parliamen- 1852, in reference to a Reduction in the Rates of 
tary Paper, No. 480, of Session 1852). Colonial Postage. 
: Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Poor's Rate. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
Returns showing the Amount expended out of the | of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 
Poor’s Rate in each County in England and Wales, 
during the year ended the 25th day of March 1852, | Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Juvenile 
in payment of the following Charges, arranged in| to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Offenders. 
two Classes, marked (A.) and (B.); viz.: | to give directions, that there be laid before this 
Class (A.) House, a Return showing the Numbers of Children 
saat /committed for Trial, committed under the Juvenile 
1. The Salaries of Poor Law Officers. Offenders’ Act, and convicted, in each County in 
2. The Cost of Maintenance of Lunatic Paupers | England and Wales, divided into the Circuits of the 
m Asylums. Judges, with a Summary of the Number convicted 
3. Vaccination Fees. eae | either under the Juvenile Offenders’ Act or by Courts 
4. The Expenses on account of the Registration | o¢ Law, for the last three years. 
Act ; —_ Fees to Clergymen, and Regis- | Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
trar’s outlay for Register-offices, Books and | yy ¢, Majesty, by such Members of this ta as are 








Forms. hele “ ‘ . 
' of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 
5. The Expenses under the Parochial Assess- | Jesty y 
ments Act for Surveys, Valuations, &amp;c. | Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Coal Mines. 


6. The Expenses in respect of Parliamentary | ¢g Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
or Municipal Registration, and Cost of the | to give directions, that there be laid before this 





Jury Lists. | House, a Return of the Number of Accidents in 
Class (B.) | Coal Mines during the years 1850, 1851 and 1852, 
1. The Cost of the In-maintenance of Paupers. | specifying each - ticular Accident ; the Number of 
2. The Cost of Out-relief. Lives lost in each case; the Cause of the Accident ; 
3. The Expenses of the Emigration of Poor whether the Mine was inspected by the proper Go- 
Persons. vernment Inspector before the Accident took place ; 
4. The Cost of extra Medical Relief and Fees. | and the Coroner's Jury’s Verdict. 
5. The Burial of Paupers. Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
6. All other Expenses immediately connected | Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
with the Relief of the Poor. of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


7. The Cost of Proceedings at Law or in Equity. | ; ' 
8. The Expenses of Constables, and the Cost , Ordered, That Mr. Davies have leave of absence Leave of 
ot Proceedings before Justices. | for a week, on account of the death of a near rela Absence. 
9. Expenses not comprehended under any of | tion ;—Lord Naas a week, on account of illness in his 
the foregoing Heads, and paid out of the | family ;-—and, Lord Moreton six weeks, on account 
Poor’s Rate :— | of illness in his family. 
And, showing the Amount now owing by each Union | Datel 
or Parish not in Union, in England and Wales, in| Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty S$ Spaic. 
respect of Money borrowed and charged on the | Command, — Copy of Correspondence with Her 
Poor-rates, for the purpose of defraying the Cost of | Majesty’s Minister at Madrid, respecting the 25th 
building or altering the Workhouse of such Union | Article of the Royal Spanish Decree of November 
or Parish; the Names of the Parties to whom the | 17th, 1852. ; 
Money is owing ; the Rate per centum of Interest paid | Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
on the Loan, and the Amount per annum payable in , Table. 


res t of Principal and Interest. 
ee ee nee cee a | Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Canterbury 


Local Rates, Resolved, That an humble Address be presented ‘to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased A*se¢iatioa. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously leased | to give directions, that there be laid before this 
to give directions, that there be laid before this en 'House, a Copy of Correspondence between the 
a Return of the Amount assessed or raised in each | Colonial Office and the Canterbury Association 
County in England and Wales, during the year ended | since the Date of the Charter of Incorporation of 
at Lady-day 1852, or at such other period as the | that Body. 
Account of the Rate is usually made up, in respect of | | Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
the following Local Rates: 1. Poor’s Rate; 2. High-| Her Majesty, by such Members of this Seuss as are 
way Rate; 3. Church Rate; 4. County Rate; 5.| of Her Majesty’s Most _— Privy Council. 
OL. 108. 3 Sir 








General Board 


of Health, 


British 
Colonies. 


Cape of Good 


Hope. 


Metropolitan 
Police. 


Sale and 
Purchase of 
Land. 


Clergy 
Reserves 
(Canada. ) 


County 
Officers 
(Ireland.) 


No. 116. 


New Churches. 


No. 125. 


Grand Jury 





246 


Sir William Molesworth presented, pursuant to | 


the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of 
Orders in Council applying the Public Health Act 
to Halstead, Keswick, Clevedon. 

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


Mr. Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
—Further Reports made, for the year 1851, to the 
Secretary of State having the Department of the 
Colonies ; in continuation of the Reports annually 
made by the Governors of the British Colonies, 
with a view to exhibit generally the past and present 
state of Her Majesty’s Colonial Possessions, trans- 
mitted with the Blue Books fur the year 1851:— 
Part I1.—Canada, New Brunswick, New South 
Wales, Victoria, Van Diemen’s Land (in continua- 
tion of the Papers presented to Parliament by Her 
Majesty’s Command, June 1852). 

Mr. Peel also presented,—-Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 26th day of November last, 
for Copies of the Letters Patent of February 1852, 
appointing General Cathcart Governor of the Cape 
of Good Hope, and Mr. Darling Lieutenant Go- 
vernor, and the Instructions therewith given :—-Of 
any Report received of the Debate in the Legisla- 
tive Council on the Draft Constitution Ordinance 
sent out in September 1851 :—Of Constitution Ordi- 
nance as amended by the Legislative Council, re- 
ceived in July last:—And, of Petitions received re- 
lating to the amended Constitution Ordinance, and 
of Petitions for the dismissal of Mr. Montagu ; to- 
gether with any Replies made to such Petitions. 

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


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of 
an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Accounts showing the 
Sums received and expended for the purposes of the 
Metropolitan Police, Police Superannuation Fund, 
and Police Courts, in the year ended 31st December 
1852. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to facilitate the Sale and Purchase of Land: And 
that Mr. Drummond and Mr. Headlam do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
authorize the Legislature of the Province of Canada 
to make provision concerning the Clergy Reserves 
in that Province, and the Proceeds thereof : And that 
Mr. Peel, Lord John Russell and Sir William 


Molesworth do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to County 
Officers (Jreland), which was presented upon the 
14th day of this instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, Vhat the Return relative to New 
Churches, which was presented upon the 14th day 


of this instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


Cess (Ireland.) to revive certain Ti emporary® Provisions relating to 


Criminal and 


Destitute 
Children. 


Transfer of 
Aids Bill. 


~ 


the Collection of Grand Jury Cess in Jreland: And 
‘* &gt; 

that Sir John Young and Viscount Palmerston do 

prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That Mr. Secretary-at-War, Mr. Baines, 
Mr. Cowper and Mr. Monsell be added to the Select 
Committee on Criminal and Destitute Children. 


The House,. according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Transfer of Aids Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 





15°—16° Februari. 











A. 1853. 


Mr. Wilsun reported from the Committee on Me- Metropolitan 


tropolitan Improvements (Repayment out of Con- Tmprovements. 


solidated Fund), a Resolution; which was read, as out a 


followeth : solidated 

Resolved, That the several Sums of Money which F¥4-) 
have been borrowed in pursuance of various Acts of 
Pailiament, on the Security of the Land Revenues 
of the Crown, and certain other Monies charged on 
the London Bridge Approaches Fund, for the pur- 
of Metropolitan Eequovonanta, shall, with the 

nterest thereon, be charged upon and made payable 
out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom 
of Great Britain and Ireland. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Biil be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. 
Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Wilson do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Solicitor General presented a Bill for making Office of 
further provision for the execution of the Office of +, amar 
Examiner of the High Court of Chancery: And tne oman 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be Bill. 
read a second time upon Friday next; and to be No. 126. 


printed. 


Mr. Drummond presented a Bill to facilitate the Sale and 
Sale and Purchase of Land: And the same was a of 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second ; 
time upon Tuesday the 1st day of March next; and 
to be printed. 


No. 127, 


Sir John Young presented a Bill to revive certain Grand Jury 
Temporary Provisions relating to the Collection o 
Grand Jury Cess in Jreland: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time To-morrow ; and to be printed. 


No. 128. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Mercurii, 16° die Februarii ; 
Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had Petitions 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 14th day a 
of this instant February; and had directed him to _ 
make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


The Names of the five Menibers appointed to try Tavistock 
and determine the matter of the Petition, complain- Election. 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
of Tavistock, were called over; and being come to 
the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Petition relative to the said 
Election be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, at Twelve o'clock, in one of the Committee 
Rooms of the House. 


The Names of the five Members appointed to try Bridgnorth 
and determine the matter of the Petition, complain- Election. 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
of Bridgnorth, were called over :—And Frederick 
Dundus, Esquire, not appearing within one hour 
after the meeting of the House ; 

The House was moved, That the 69th section of 
the Act 11 &amp; 12 Vic. c. 98, to amend the Law for the 
trial of Election Petitions, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That Frederick Dundas, Esquire, Mem- 
ber for Orkney, having been appointed to serve as 
one of the Members of the Select Committee to try 
and determine the matter of the Petition, complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Bridgnorth, 


f Cess (Ireland) 
Bill. 


BE 


Ca 


meee PO 


— oo et ee 


Lia oh oe et 











Lancaster 
‘Election. 


Canterbury 
Election. 


Northern 
Railway. 


‘Castlemaine 
Estuary 
Reclamation 

and Maine 
and Laune 
Navigation 
Bill. 


Londonderry, 
Enniskillen 
-and Sligo 
Railway Bill. 


Burford, 
Teachlade 
and Swindon 
Roads Bill. 


Wakefield 
Market Bill. 


Liverpool, 
Crosby and 
Southport 
Railway Bill. 








16 Vicroriz. 


Bridgnorth, and not having attended in his place 
within one hour after Four o'clock this day, being 
the day appointed for the swearing of the said 
Committee, be taken into the custody of the Ser- 
jeant-at-Arms attending this House. 


The Names of the five Members appointed to try 
and determine the matter of the Petition, complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Lancaster, were called over; and being come to the 
Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition relative to the said 
Election be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, at Twelve o'clock, in one of the Committee 
Rooms of the House. 


The Names of the five Members appointed to try 
and determine the matter of the Petition, complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the City of 
Canterbury, were called over; and being come to 
the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition relative to the said 
Election be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, at half an hour after Twelve o'clock, in one 
of the Committee Rooms of the House. 


A Petition of the Leeds Northern Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for increasing and 
otherwise regulating the Capital and borrowing 
Powers of the Leeds Northern Railway Company, 
for defining and adjusting the rights and interests of 
the several classes of Shareholders therein, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Beckett and Sir George Goodman. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for reclaiming, 
inclosing and appropriating certain Parts of the 
Harbour or Estuary of Castlemaine, and the Creeks 
of Caragh and Rossbehy; and for improving the 
Navigation of the said Harbour, and the Rivers 
Maine and Laune, in the County of Kerry: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a Rail- 
way from Ennishillen to Sligo, with a Branch there- 
from: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for more effectually 
repairing and maintaining the Road from Burford, in 
the County of Oxford, to Leachlade, in the County 
of Gloucester, the Road from thence through High- 
worth to the Cricklade and Swindon Turnpike-road, 
in the County of Wilts, and the Bridge on the said 
Roads across the River Jsis or Thames, at or near 
the Town of Leachlade aforesaid; and for granting 
a further Term in the said Roads and Bridge, and 
for other purposes: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize the 
Wakefield Borough Market Company to raise a 
further Sum of Money: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Oliveira presented a Bill to reduce and regu- 
late the Tolls payable in respect of Traffic passing 
between Liverpool and certain places on the Liver- 
pool, Crosby and Southport Railway, and the Tolls 
payable to the Lancashire and Yorkshire and East 
Lancashire Railway Companies, in respect of Traffic 
to and from the a Railway, and for 
other purposes: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 

VoL. 108. 


16° Februariz. 








247 


A Petition of Persons, whose Names are there- Lough Foyle 
unto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for and Lough 
making a Railway from Lough Swilly, in the County Railway. 
of Donegal, tothe River Foyle, near the City of Lon- 
donderry, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir Robert 
Ferguson, Mr. Bateson and Mr. Clay. 


The Aberdeen Railway Bill was read a second Aberdeen 
time; and committed. Railway Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston and Ambergate, 
Eastern Junction Railway (Nottingham, &amp;c.) Bill ae 
was read a second time; and committed. pony ena 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be referred to the Com- Junction Rail- 
mittee of Selection. ba Ore) BL 

The Bangor Waterworks Bill was read a second Bangor 
time ; and committed.  eaiaaaay 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ~~ 


mittee of Selection. 


The Blackburn Gas Bill was read a second time ; Blackburn 
and committed. Gas Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Blackburn Railway Bill was read a second Blackburn 
time ; and committed. Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Blackpool and Layton-with-Warbrick Im- Blackpool and 


provement Bill was read a second time; and com- L@yton-with- 
mitted Warbrick 


Improvement 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bill. 


mittee of Selection. 


The Bristol Gas Bill was read a second time; and Bristol 
committed. Gas Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Bristol Gas and Bristol and Clifton Gas Bristol Gas 
Companies Amalgamation Bill was read a second — na 
time ; and committed. Gas Gem 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- panies Amal- 
mittee of Selection. gamation Bill. 


The Bristol Waterworks Bill was read a second Bristol 
time ; and committed. — 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The British Electric Telegraph Company Bill was British 
read a second time; and committed. oe " 
Ordered, ‘That the Bill be referred to the Com- Gaupana Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 


The Cambridge University and Town Waterworks Cambridge 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. peer y oom 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Waterworks 
mittee of Selection. Bill. 

The Cardiff Waterworks Bill was read a second Cardiff 
time; and committed. oo 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- _ 
mittee of Selection. 


The Carmarthen Markets Bill was read a second Carmarthen 
time ; and committed. Markets Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Cork Municipal Corporation Bill was read a Cork Muni- 
second time; and committed. pa rae 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ‘ 
mittee of Selection. 


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Crystal Palace 
Company Bill. 


Devonport 
Gas Bill. 


Dudley Gas 
Bill. 


Eastern Coun- 


ties Railway 
(North Wool- 


wich, &amp;c.) Bill. 


Eastern Coun- 


ties Railway 
(Woodford 


and Loughton) mitted. 
Bill. 


East London 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Edinburgh 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Electric 
Telegraph 
Company of 
Ircland Bill. 


Evesham 
Bridge Bill. 


Glasgow 
Improvement 
Bill. 


yreat Extra. 
mural Ceme- 
tery Associa- 
tion Bill. 


Great North- 
ern Railway 


(No. 1) Bill, 


Great North- 
ern Railway 
(Bedford 
Branch) Bill. 


Great Yar- 
mouth 
Wellington 
Vier Bill. 


Holme Reser- 
voirs Bill, 


Irwell Valley 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Teds and 
Whitehall 
Roads Bill. 


248 


The Crystal Palace Company Bill was read a 
second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Devonport Gas Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Dudley Gas Bill was read a second time ; 


and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


The Eastern Counties Railway (North Woolwich, 
&amp;c.) Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Eastern Counties Railway (Woodford and 
Loughton) Bill was read a second time; and com- 





Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ' 
mittee of Selection. 


The East Zondon Waterworks Bill was read a se- | 
cond time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | 
mittee of Selection. 


The Edinburgh Waterworks Bill was read a se- | 
cond time; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | 
mittee of Selection. 


The Electric Telegraph Company of Jreland Bill 
was read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Evesham Bridge Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | 


mittee of Selection. 


16° Februariz. 


The Leeds Central Market Bill was read a second Leeds Centra 
time ; and committed. 


' mitted. 


| Branch) Bill was read a second time; and com- XN 
| mitted. 





The Glasgow Improvement Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Great Extra-mural Cemetery 
Association Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Great Northern Railway (No. 1) 
Bill be read a second time ‘To-morrow. 


The Great Northern Railway (Bedford Branch) 
Bill was read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Great Yarmouth Wellington Pier Bill was 
read a second time ; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Holme Reservoirs Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The IJrwell Valley Waterworks Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


The Leeds and Whitehall Roads Bill was read a 
second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


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A. 1853. 





Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


The Leeds Gas Bill was read a second time ; and Leeds Gas Bil, 
committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


The Lee River Trust Bill was read a second time ; Lee River 
and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Market Bil, 


Trust Bill 


The London and North Western Railway (Crewe London ana 


to Shrewsbury) Bill was read a second time; and North Western 
committed. rn 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Shrewsbury) 
mittee of Selection. Bill. 


The London and North Western Railway (orth- London and 


ampton, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second time ; and com- se 


rth Western 
( yee 
sNOrt 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- &amp;c.) Bi 


mittee of Selection. 


The London and North Western Railway (Oldham London ane 


iY, 


orth Western 
Railway 
i (Oldbam 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Branch) Bill 


| mittee of Selection. 


The London and North Western Railway (Saint London and 


mittee of Selection. 


ailway 
(Saint Alban's, 


| Alban’s, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second time; and NorthWestern 
committed. - 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- &amp;c.) Bill 


The London and North Western Railway (Stowr- London and 


bridge, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second time; and com- oa 


mitted. 


1 Western 
lway 
: (Stourbridge, 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- &amp;c.) Bill. 


| mittee of Selection. 


The London and North Western Railway (Tring London and 


and Oxford) Bill was read a second time ; and com- — Western 
ailway 


. Tri d 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- t xfonl) Bill 


mitted. 


mittee of Selection. 


The Zondon Assurance Bill was read a second London 


time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill 


be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The London Docks Bill was read a second time ; london Docks 
Bill. 


and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Lough Foyle and Lough Swilly Drainage and Lough Foyle 


Assurance Bill. 


Reclamation Bill was read a second time ; and com- #"4 Lough 


mitted. 


mittee of Selection. 


The Lowestoft Water, Gas and Market Bill was army 


and Market 


read a second time; and committed. 


age and 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Reclamation 
Bill. 


ater, 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- gin. 


mittee of Selection. 


Swilly Drain- 


The Manchester and Southport Railway Bill was Manchester 


read a second time; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Manchester Division Stipendiary Magistrate Manchest 
division 
Stipendiary 


Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 


and Southport 
Railway Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- yjacistrate 
mittee of Selection. 


The 


Bill. 






ao sz 


Ss Crt 


wos 


laos! 


oat 








rn 


ill. 


oks 


le 





Monkland 
Railways Bill 


Norfolk 
Estuary Bill. 


Nottingham 
Gas Bill. 


Ormskirk 
Gas Bill. 


Plymouth 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Preston 
Gas Bill. 


Preston 
Waterworks 


Price’s Patent 
Candle Com- 


pany Bill. 


Reading 
Market Bill. 


Redruth and 
Chasewater 
Railway Bill. 


Rogerstown 
Inclosure Bill. 


Rossendale 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Runcorn and 
Weston Canal 
Bill, 


Salford Ex- 
oe and 
Mprovement 
Bil. 


Severn Navi- 
gation Bill, 


Severn Valley 
way Bill, 





16 VicToriz. 


The Monkland Railways Bill was read a second 
* time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Norfolk Estuary Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Nottingham Gas Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Ormskirk Gas Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Plymouth Improvement Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Preston Gas Bill was read a second time; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Preston Waterworks Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Price’s Patent Candle Company Bill was read a 
second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Reading Market Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Redruth and Chasewater Railway Bill was 
read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Rogerstown Inclosure Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 
Ordered, ‘That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


The Rossendale Waterworks Bill was read a se- 
cond time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Runcorn and Weston Canal Bill was read a 
second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Salford Extension and Improvement Bill was 
read a second time; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Severn Navigation Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Severn Valley Railway Bill was read a second 
time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection, 
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16° Februariz. 249 


The Sheffield Waterworks Bill was read a second Sheffield 
time ; and committed. Waterworks 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- _ 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the South Eastern Railway (Can- Soath Eastern 
terbury and Whitstable, &amp;c.) Bill be read a second B4i!way (Can- 
: terbury and 

time To-morrow. Whitstable, 
&amp;e.) Bill. 
The South Eastern Railway (North Kent Railway South Eastern 
to the Thames, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second time ; Raiiway 
d 4 (North Kent 
and committed. Railway to the 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Themes, &amp;e.) 
] 


mittee of Selection. Bi 


The South Eastern Railway (Strood to Maidstone) South Eastern 

Bill was read a second time; and committed. poe pa 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Maidstone) 
Bill. 


mittee of Selection. 


The Staffordshire Potteries Waterworks Bill was Staffordshire 
read a second time; and committed. 5 nan . 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- — : 
mittee of Selection. 


The Stockport Improvement Bill was read a se- Stockport 
cond time ; and committed. Improvement 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- _ 
mittee of Selection. 


The Sunderland Dock Bill was read a second Sunderland 
time ; and committed. Dock Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Sunderland Gas Bill was read a second time ; Sunderland 
and committed. Gas Bill. 
Ordered, ‘that the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 4 


The Warrington and Altrincham Railway (Stock- Warrington 
port) Bill was read a second time ; and committed. and Altrine- 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- (Stockport) 
mittee of Selection. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Whitechapel Improvement Bill Whitechapel 
be read a second time upon Friday next. Tmpeovement 
Bill. 
The Whittle Dean Waterworks Bill was read a whittle Dean 
second time ; and committed. Waterworks 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bi 
mittee of Selection. 


The Wigan Waterworks and Police Bill was read wigan Water- 
a second time; and committed. works and 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Police Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 


The Wildmore Fen and East and West Fens High- Wildmore Fen 
ways Bill was read a second time; and committed. {yl Past and 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- yichwe Be 

P - : Highways Bill, 
mittee of Selection. 


The Wolverhampton Markets and Fairs, &amp;c. Bill Wolverhamp- 
was read a second time; and committed. ton Markets 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ~~ flee = 
mittee of Selection. 


The Woodford Railway Bill was read a second Woodford 
time ; and committed. Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Cheltenham and Oxford Union Railway Bill Cheltenham 
was read a second time ; and committed. = pons 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- way Bill. q 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned, for leave to Adel Beck 
bring in a Bill for making and maintaining Reservoirs *¢servoirs. 
KK for 
















































































North British 
Railway. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Nine- 
teenth Report. 


Poor Relief. 


Duchy of 
Lancaster. 


No, 129. 


Cape of Good 
Hope. 
No. 130. 


Metropolitan 
Police. 


No. 131. 


County 
Elections Polls 
Bill. 


950 16° Februari. 


for supplying Water to Mills and Manutfactories on 
the Adel Beck, in the West Riding of the County of 
York, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Beckett 
and Sir George Goodman. 


A Petition of the North British Railway Com- 
any, for leave to bring in a Bill to confirm certain 
reference Shares created by the North British Rail- 

way Company, and to make better provision for the 
Payment of the Debts of the said Company, and to 
stop up a Road leading through the Company’s Sta- 
tion at Edinburgh, and make a Footpath in lieu 
thereof, and for other purposes, was seg and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Cowan and Mr. Dunlop. 


Petitions relating to Church of England and Ire- 
land in the Australian Colonies ;—Churchwardens’ 
Election ; — Ecclesiastical Courts ;— British Colo- 
nies (Postal Communication) ;—Attorneys’ Certifi- 
cates;— County Rates and Expenditure Bill; — 
Paper, Newspaper Stamps and Advertisements ;— 
Repayment of Advances (Jreland) ; — Christmas 
Gifts to Postmen ;—Copyholds ;—and, Poor Law, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers,—were 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 


Mr. Baines presented,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 14th day of this instant February, for Returns 
showing the Number of Paupers of all classes in re- 
ceipt of Relief on the 1st day of January 1852, and 
the 1st day of January 1853, in 608 Unions, &amp;c. in 
England and Wales :—And, of the Number of Adult 
Able-bodied Paupers in receipt of Relief, on the 1st 
day of January 1852 and the Ist day of January 1853 ; 
together with a Return, showing the Causes of Relief 
upon which the Adult Able- bodied were relieved. 

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


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Duch 


‘ 
“ 





of Lancaster, which were presented upon the 29t 
day of March, in the last Session of the last Par- | 


liament, be printed | 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Cape of | 
Good Hope, which was presented upon the 15th day 
of this instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Metro- 
politan Police, which was presented upon the 15th 
day of this instant February, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the County Elections Polls Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read the third time ; | 

he Amendments following were proposed to be | 

made to the Question; riz. To leave out the word | 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ now 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the ¢ Lord Robert Grosvenor, \ 129 


” 


Yeas, \ Mr. Elliot: 
Tellers for the{ Colonel Sibthorp, l os 
Noes, \ Mr. Spooner : | ieee: 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time :— The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill (No 
Poll shall be taken in any licensed public-house or 
beer-house, nor on the premises thereof, or. in any 








A, 1853. 


room or booth connected therewith): And the said 
Clause was brought up, and read the first time. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time :—And the said Motion and Clause were se- 
verally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in p. 2, 1. 15, by leaving out the words “ day 
“ next but one,” and inserting the words “ follow- 
ing day,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Bill :—The 
said proposed Amendment was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Lord Robert Grosvenor do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Parish Constables Bill was, according to Parish Con. 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Se- stables Bill, 
lect Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Land 
into a Committee on the Land Improvement (Jre- Improvement 
land) Bill. (Ireland) Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 


graph. 
reamble postponed. 

Cuiausss, N° 1 to N° 12, with Amendments to se- 
veral of them, agreed to. 

Cuiause, N° 13 (Commissioners may have the Plan 
of Works proposed inspected). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 8, 1. 9, to leave out 
the words “ if they shall think fit.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to be 
left out stand part of the Clause :—Amendment, by 
leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 8, 1.22: After 
the word “ modify” to insert the words “ with the 
“ consent of such applicant.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 

Cuiauses, N° 14 to N° 46, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Schedule (A.), agreed to. 

Schedules (B.) and (C.), disagreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitzro 
reported, That the Committee had gone throug 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Friday the 
25th day of this instant February. 


The Designs Act Extension Bill was, according to Designs Act 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Extension Bill. 
Committee of the whole House for To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Tea Duties. 
mittee on the Tea Duties; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of sappy 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday: 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Transfer of Aids Bill was, according to Order, Transfer of 
read the third time. Als 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to apply the Sumi of Two Millions 
; to 











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16 Vicrortz. 


to the Service of the year One thousand eight hun- 
dred and Fifty-three. 

Ordered, Vhat Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Grand Jury The Grand Jury Cess (Zreland) Bill was, accord- 
ay (Ireland) ing to Order, read a second time; and committed 
“a to a Committee of the whole House for To-morrow. 


Francesco and 


- Mr. Secretary-at-War presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Rosa Madiai. 


Command,—Copy of Correspondence respecting the 
case of Francesco and Rosa Madiai, 1851-1853. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 
Elections. Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to limit the time for proceeding to Election in Coun- 
ties and Boroughs in England and Wales, and for 
polling at Elections for the Universities of Oxford 
and Cambridge, and for other purposes: And that 
Mr. George Butt and Mr. Mullings do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Cruelty to 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
Animals. 


to amend an Act for the more effectual prevention 
of Cruelty to Animals: And that Mr. Thomas Dun- 
combe, Sir John Shelley and Sir Benjamin Hall do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Valuation Act 
Amendment 
(Ireland) Bill 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend an Act relating to the Valuation of rateable 
* Property in [reland: And that Sir John Young and 
Viscount Palmerston do prepare, and bring it in. 

Sir Jolin Young accordingly presented the said 
Bill: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time : 
-—The Bill was accordingly read a second time ; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House. 

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

The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson Patten 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third time : 
—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir John Young do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Elections Bill. Mr. Georye Butt presented a Bill to limit the 


No, 132. time for proceeding to Election in Counties and Bo- 
roughs in England and Wales, and for polling at 
Elections for the Universities of Oxford and Cam- 
bridge, and for other purposes: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Wednesday the 13th day of April next; 
and to be printed. 
vam _ Mr. Thomas Duncombe presented a Bill to amend 
= ill. an Act for the more effectual prevention of Cruelty 
No. 133. to Animals: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wed- 
nesday the 9th day of March next; and to be 
printed. 
pridgnorth The House was moved, That the 70th Section of 


the Act 11 &amp; 12 Vic.c. 98, to amend the Law for 
the Trial of Election Petitions, might be réad; and 
the same being read ; 

And Mr. Frederick Dundas not having been 
brought into the House during the sitting of the 
House, the Swearing of the Committee to try and 
determine the matter of the Petition, complaining 
of the Election and Return for the Borough of 
Bridgnorth, was adjourned till To-morrow, at Four 
o'clock. 

Von. 108, 





16°—17° Februarit. 





251 
The Midland Railway (Leicester and Hitchin) Bill Midland 
was read a second time; and committed. Railway 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Genin) Bul 
mittee of Selection. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 17° die Februari ; 
Anno 16° Victorie Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Robert Palmer reported from the General Blackburn 
Committee of Elections, the Names of the Election. 

Members of the Select Committee appointed to try 

and determine the matter of the Petition, complaining 

of an undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Blackburn; to which they had annexed the Petition 
referred to them by the House relating thereto :— 
Viscount Chelsea, Archibald Hastie, Esquire, Colonel 
Boldero, Charles William Grenfell, Esquire ; Chair- 

man, William Deedes, Esquire. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the General Clitheroe 
Committee of Elections, the Names of the Members Election. 


of the Select Committee —— to try and de- 
termine the matter of the Petition, complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the Borough of 


Clitheroe; to which they had annexed the Petition 
referred to them by the House relating thereto :— 
William Hutt, Esquire, Captain G/adstone, Wynd- 
ham Goold, Esquire, Sir William Smijth, Baronet ; 
Chairman, James Mi/nes Gaskell, Esquire. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the General Chatham 
Committee of Elections, the Names of the Members Election. 


|of the Select Committee appointed to try and de- 


termine the matter of the Petition, complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the soon of 
Chatham ; to which they had annexed the Petition 
referred to them by the House relating thereto :— 
Charles Newdigate Newdegate, Esquire, James Hey- 
wood, Esquire, Mr. Alderman Thompson, Apsley Pel- 
latt, Esquire; Chairman, Thomas William Bramston, 
Esquire. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the General Controverted 
Committee of Elections ; That they had named days Elections. 
for the appointment of Select Committees from Panel 

No. 4 on the Election Petitions following : 


Boston - - - 

Cirencester - -| Tuesday, 8th March, at 
Maldon - - - | Two o'clock. 
Limerick - - =) 

—— - | Wednesday, 9th March, 
Leominster - at Two o'clock. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the General Controverted 
Committee of Elections ; That they had selected six Elections. 
additional Members to serve as Chairmen of Election 
Committees for the present Session ; viz. :— Robert 
Ingham, Esquire, Right honourable Henry Labou- 
chere, William Miles, Esquire, Right honourable Sir 
John Somerset Pakington, Baronet, Lord Seymour, 

Right honourable Spencer Horatio Walpole. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Serjeant-at-Arms informed the House, That he Bridgnorth 
had taken Frederick Dundas, Esquire, into his cus- Election. 


tody :— 
Whareupen Sir Henry Willoughby stated, that he 
was requested by Mr. j atom to say that he had 


been detained by illness in-Paris, and regretted that 

the Bridgnorth Election Committee had been pre- 

vented from being sworn by his absence. 
K K 2 


Ordered, 


252 17° Februari. A. 1853. 


Ordered, That Frederick Dundas, Esquire, be dis- 
charged out of the custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms 
attending this House, without payment of his Fees. 


Bridgnorth The Names of the five Members appointed to try 
Election. and determine the matter of the Petition, complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Bridgnorth, were called over; and being come to 
the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 
Ordered, That the Petition relative to the said 
Election be referred to the Committee. 
Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, at Eleven o'clock, in one of the Committee 
Rooms of the House. 


Worcester Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
County —_—_ to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
( Western Di- fi ; ‘cht of the Shi noisy: 
vision) Writ, for the electing of a Knig it of the Shire to serve in 
this ae Parliament for the Western Division of 
the County of Worcester, in the room of Henry Beau- 
champ Lygon, Esquire, commonly called the Honour- 
able Henry Beauchamp Lygon, now Earl Beauchamp, 


called up to the House of Peers. 


Shipley and A Petition of a Quorum of the Trustees for exe- 

Bramley Koad. outing the Act for making a Turnpike-road from 
Shipley to Bramley, together with certain Branches 
therefrom, in the West Riding of the County of 
York, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend an Act 
passed in the seventh year of the reign of King 
George the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for making a 
Turnpike-road from Shipley to Bramley, together 
with certain Branches therefrom, in the West Riding 
of the County of York,” was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Milligan and Mr. Wickham. 


Allendale A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for 
making and maintaining a Turnpike-road leading out 
of the Alston Turnpike-road at Branch End, in the 


Road. 


County of Northumberland, through Catton, Allen- 
dale Town, and Allenheads, to Cows Hill, in the 
County of Durham, with several Branches _there- 
from, for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal the Act 
for maintaining the ‘Turnpike-road leading out of the 
Alston Turnpike-road at Branch End, in the County 
of Northumberland, through Catton, Al/endale Town, 
and Allenheads, to Cows Hill, in the County of Dur- 
ham, and to make other Provisions in lieu thereof, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Liddell and Mr. 
Headlam. 


Nantwich and A Petition of Trustees of the Nantwich and 

Woore Road. Woore Turnpike-road, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
repeal the Act relating to the Nantwich and Woore 
Turnpike-road, and to make other Provisions in lieu 
thereof, was presented, and read; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir Philip 
Egerton and Mr. Yollemache. 


Chard A Petition of the Chard Railway Company, for 

Railway. leave to bring ina Bill to revive and amend the 
Powers of the Acts relating to the Chard Railway 
Company, to regulate the Capital of the Company, 
and to enable them to extend their authorized Rail- 
way into Tuunton, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Miles and Mr. Moody. 


Warrington A Petition of the Wurringtonand Altrincham Junc- 
wey a tion Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill 
Kailway (War- to enable the Warrington and Altrincham Junction 
rington, &amp;c.) Railway Company to make Deviations and Branches 


at Warrington and a Station at Manchester, and to 


pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the East- ties Railway 
ern Counties Railway Company to make Railways SS Eeningtree 
from the Eastern Union Railway at Manningtree to &amp;c.) 7 
Harwich, witha Pier at Harwich in connexion with 
such Railways, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Lord A/fred Paget and 
Mr. David Waddington. 


A Petition of the London and North Western London ana 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to ng West. 
enable the Shrewsbury and Birmingham, and the ia 
Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Companies to Birmingham, 

nt Leases of their Undertakings to the Londun 2" Shrews- 
and North Western Railway Company, was pre- Chester Rait 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be ways (Powers 
brought in accordingly, by General Anson and Mr, *® lease, &amp;c.) 


Glyn. 


A Petition of Trustees of Deeping Fen General Deeping Fen 
| Works of Drainage, for leave to bring in a Bill to Prainage. 
enable the Trustees of Deeping Fen General Works 

of Drainage to improve the Outfall into the River 

Welland, and for other purposes, was presented, and 

read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Sir John Trollope and Lord Burghley. 


A Petition of the London and North Western rondon ana 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to North West- 
enable the London and North Western Railway a 
Company to take on Lease the Undertakings of the Birmingham, 
Shrewsbury and Birmingham, and the Shrewsbury 4nd Shrews. 
and Chester Railway Companies, or either of those ay 
Undertakings, was presented, and read; and a Bill ways (Power 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by General to lease.) 


Anson and Mr. Glyn. 





A Petition of the City of Norwich Waterworks Norwich 

| Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to alter and Waterworks. 

amend the provisions of “The City of Norwich Water- 

| works Act, 1850,” and to grant further Powers to 

the Company thereby incorporated, was presented, 

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

accordingly, by Mr. Peto and Mr. Warner, 

| A Petition of Persons, whose Names are thereunto Wakefield 

subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for discharging S°k¢ Mills. 

the Inhabitants of the Townships of Wakefield, Al- 
verthorpe-with-Thornes, Horbury, Stanley-with- 
Wrenthorpe, Sandal Magna and Crigglestone, in the 
Parishes of Wakefield and Sandal Magna, in the 

| West Riding of the County of York, from the custom 

of grinding Corn, Grain and Malt at certain Corn- 

' mills, in the said Townships of Wakefield and Hor- 

| bury and Parish of Sandal Magna, and for making 

| Compensation to the Proprietors of the said Mills, 

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

| be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Sandars and Mr. 

John George Smyth. 


| A Petition of the York, Newcastle and Beririck, York, New- 
| York and North Midland and Leeds Northern Rail- ¢@stle and, 

. &gt; . A . - Berwick, York 
_way Companies, for leave to bring in a Bill to dis- ang North 
‘solve the York and North Midland and Leeds Midland and 
Northern Railway Companies, and to vest their eg — 
Undertakings in the York, Newcastle and Berwick ae 
' Railway Company, to be thenceforth called “ The (Au:algama- 
‘North Eastern Kailway Company,” and to alter 4 &amp;e.) 
the Constitution of that Company, and to sanction 

‘certain Arrangements as to a part of the Capital 

Stock to be transferred to such Company, and for 

other purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 

was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 

John George Smyth, Mr. Milner, Mr. Headlam and 


Sir George Goodman. 


use certain neighbouring Railways, was presented, | 


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


| A Petition of the South Wales ore | Company, South Wales 


r lailway 
outh Wales (Pembroke, 


A Petition of the Eastern Counties Railway Com- Eastern Coun. 


~~ 


entice Gat Gh GO. Os 


ee 


accordingly, by Mr. Wilson Patten and Mr. Gree- | for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 
nall. Railway Company to extend the Pembroke _ of &amp;c.) 
their 








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16 Victorriz. 


their Railway to Pennar Mouth,and to make a Devia- 
tion in their said Pembroke Line and new Branches, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 


by Mr. Yalbot and Mr. John Henry Vivian. 


South Shields A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 

Improvement. of the Borough of South Shie/ds, in the County of 
Durham, for leave to bring in a Bill for the better 
Improvement and Regulation of the Borough of 
South Shields, in the County of Durham, the ‘Esta- 
blishment of a Cemetery therein, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Plymouth Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for enabling the 
Waterworks Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of 
Plymouth to improve their Waterworks, and to pro- 
vide a better Supply of Water to Plymouth and its 


Neighbourhood, and for other purposes: And the 


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


read a second time. 


Cityof Dublin Mr, Brotherton presented a Bill to amend the 
Steam Packet Acts relating to the City of Dublin Steam Packet 
Company Bill. 
Company, and for other purposes: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Newport, Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize a 
Abergavenny Deviation at Hereford of the Newport, Abergavenny 
and Hereford : 

and Hereford Railway, and to amend the Acts re- 


Railway . . 

(Hereford, &amp;c.) lating to that Railway: And the same was read the 
Bill first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 
Birkenhead, Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for a Lease of 
Lancashire ¢ the Undertaking of the Birkenhead, Lancashire and 


Junction Rail. Cheshire Junction Railway Company to the London 

way (Powers and North Western Railway Company, and for other 

_ &amp;c.) purposes: And the same was read the first time ; 
” and ordered to be read a second time. 


Eastern Union Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 

Railway Bill. Eastern Union Railway Company to redeem their 
Preference Shares, and to amalgamate with certain 
other Railway Companies, and for other purposes : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Harwich Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for reclaim- 
sg ing from the Sea certain Lands near Harwich ; for 
er Bill. 5 ‘ . 
constructing Docks and a Pier on such Lands, and 
for other purposes : And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 
Great West- Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize 
omtne Traffic Arrangements between the Great Western, 


mingham, and the Shrewsbury and Birmingham and the Shrewsbury 


Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Companies: And the same was 
and Chester read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
Railway Com. .. 4 

panies (Traffic time. 

aneement) 

Adel Beck Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making and 
aL 


maintaining Reservoirs for supplying Water to Mills 
and Setntotion on the Adel Beck, in the West 
Riding of the County of York: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Xorth British 
Way Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to confirm cer- 
tain Preference Shares created by the North British 
Railway Company ; and to make better provision 
for the Payment of the Debts of the said Company ; 
and to stop up a Road leading through the Com- 
pany’s Station at Edinburgh, and make a Footpath 
in lieu thereof, and for other purposes: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 

Vou. 108. 


17° Februari. 





253 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a Lough Foyle 
Railway from Lough Swilly, inthe County of Done- 4nd Lough 
gal, to the River Foyle, near the City of London- Swilly Rail- 
derry: And the same was read the first time; and — 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to consolidate the Cork and 
Acts relating to the Cork and Bandon Railway Com- Bandon Rail- 
pany ; to authorize them to construct Extension and *Y Bi 

ranch Railways, and for other purposes: And the 
same was read the first tivae; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


A Petition of Burgesses of the Borough of Saint Saint Ives 
Ives, in the County of Cornwall, and other Persons (Cornwall) 
interested in the Port and Harbour of Saint Ives #*tou™ 
aforesaid, for leave to bring in a Bill for the Improve- 
ment of the Harbour of Saint Ives, in the County of 
Cornwall, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Pen- 
darves and Captain Laffan. 


A Petition of Acting Commissioners of Westport Westport Port 


|Harbour, and Landowners and Ratepayers of the 4 Harbour. 


County of Mayo, or Inhabitant Householders of 

Westport, in the County of Mayo, for leave to bring 

in a Bin for improving and maintaining the Port and 

Harbour of Westport, in the County of Mayo, was 

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

i in accordingly, by Mr. Richard Fox and Mr. 
otter. 


A Petition of the Belfast and Ballymena Rail- Belfast ana 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable Ballymena 
the Belfast and Ballymena Kailway Company to” 
make a Railway from Randalstown to Cookstown, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 


by Mr. Macartney and Captain Pakenham. 


A Petition of Trustees for carrying into effect the Gravesend 
Act thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a = em 
Bill for more effectually repairing the Road from ==" 
Gravesend to Wrotham, and trom thence to Borough 
Green, all in the County of Kent, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Sir Edmund Fi/mer and Mr. William 
Masters Smith. 


A Petition of the Wardens of the New Bridge of Rochester 
Rochester, in the County of Kent, and the Com- 2™48e- 
monalty of the Lands contributory to the repair and 
support of the same Bridge, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for extending the Time granted by “The Itoches- 
ter Bridge Act, 1846,” for the Completion of such 
Bridge, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir Edmund 
Filmer and Mr. William Masters Smith. 


A Petition of the North and South Western Junc- North and 

tion Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill aera 
for enabling the North and South Western Junction pte ohinmee 
Railway Company to construct a Branch to near smith.) 
Hammersmith, and to raise additional Capital, and 
for other purposes ; and of which the short Title is, 
“The North and South Western Junction Railway 
Act, 1853,” was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Mangles and Mr. Glyn. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Bradford 
gesses of the Borough of Bradford, in the County Corporation 
of York, and of Owners and Occupiers of Land and ¥***T*Fk* 
Buildings and Ratepayers within the said Borough, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for better supplying with 
Water the Borough of Bradford, in the County of 
York, and for other purposes connected with the said 
Borough, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Mild- 
gan and Mr. Wickham. 





KK3 The 

































































Great Extrae The Great Extra-mural Cemetery Bill was, ac-| 


mural Ceme- 


tery Associa- 


tion Bill. 


Great North- 


ern Railway 
(No. 1) Bill. 


Stafford Shire 


Hall Bill. 


Clergy 
Reserves 


(Canada) Bill. 


No. 134. 


Poor Relief, 
&amp;c. (Metro- 
polis. ) 


South Shields 
Improvement, 


Message from 


the Lords. 
British and 
Foreign 
Postage. 


East India. 


254 


cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Great Northern Railway (No. 1) Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Adderley presented a Bill for enlarging and 
improving the Shire Hall of the County of Stafford, 
removing the Markets at the back of the Hall, and 
providing other Market accommodation in lieu 
thereof; erecting Rooms and Offices for the Town 
Council of Stafford, and for other purposes: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Peel presented a Bill to authorize the Legis- 
lature of the Province of Canada to make Provision 
concerning the Clergy Reserves in that Province, and 
the Proceeds thereof: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return showing the Amount of Property 
assessed to the Relief of the Poor for the year ending 
on the 25th day of March 1853, in each Parish of 
every County, Division of a County, City or Borough 
comprised within the Metropolitan Police District, 
and contributing to the payment of the Metropolitan 
Police Rate; showing, in parallel Columns, the 
Amount of Rental on which the Metropolitan Police 
Rate is assessed in each such Parish, and the Popu- 
lation and Number of Houses therein, according to 
the Census of the year 1851. 


Ordered, That the said Address be presented to | 


Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for the South Shields 
Improvement Bill. 

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


A Message from the Lords, by Sir George Rose : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords communicate to this House, a Return 
of the Cost of Transmission by Post, from London 
to the principal Towns of Europe, of Letters weighing 
from a quarter of an ounce to ten ounces inclusive, 
pursuant to Message of Tuesday last:—And then 


the Messenger withdrew. 


The following Papers, pursuant to the directions 
of several Acts of Parliament, were laid upon the 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—Resolutions of 
the Court of Directors of the East India Company, 
being the Warrants or Instruments granting any 
Pension. 

Resolutions of the Court of Directors of the 
East India Company, being the Warrants or In- 
struments granting any Salary or Gratuity. 

An Account of Allowances, Compensations, Re- 
munerations and Superannuations granted to Officers 
and Servants of the East India Company, in the 
year 1852, there having been no Allowances of this 
Nature granted to Officers or Servants of the Board 
of Commissioners for the Affairs of Jndia within 
the same Period. 

Particulars of all Compensations, Superannua- 


17° Februarii. 








A. 1853. 


tions and Allowances ted by the Court of — 
Directors of the East India Company, and con- Ca 
firmed by the Board of Commissioners for the ke. 
Affairs of. India, between the 1st January and 31st 


December 1852, under the Authority of the Act of 
the 3d &amp; 4th Will. 4, c. 85, s. 7. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Order, dated Occupiers 
the 14th day of December last, for a Return of the (Ieland.) 


Number of Occupiers valued at £.6 and under, in _ 
each Electoral Division in every Union in Jreland. 

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

Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Relief, Poor Relief; 
which was presented upon the 16th day of this in- No, 135, 
stant February, be printed. | 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Drunkenness, Drunkenness, &gt; 
which was presented upon the 29th day of June, in No. 136, Bil 


the last Session of the last Parliament, be printed. 


Petitions relating to Baron Lionel Nathan de Public 
Rothschild ; —Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ;—Jewish Petitions. 
Disabilities ;— Maynooth College Act, and Freedom yige 
of Election (Zreland) ;—County Rates and Expendi- Twentieth 
ture Bill ;—Hops ;—Paper, Newspaper Stamps and Report. A 
Advertisements ;— Property and Income Tax ;—Re- 
payment of Advances (Jre/and);—Terminable An- 
nuities ;— Christmas Gifts to Postmen ; — Courts of 
Law and Equity ;—Signor Madiai and his Wife ; 
— Edward Moree: — Poor Law; —and, Tenant 
Right (Jreland) Bill,— were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. Ki 
Petitions relating to the Amalgamation of Rail- Ri 
ways and Canals ;—and, the Great Western Railway, 
—were also presented, and read; and referred to ni: 
the Select Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 
Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers,—were 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Hops. 
That the Excise Duty on Hops is impolitic and un- 
just, and ought to be repealed ; 
The House divided. | 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for thef Mr. Frewen, 
Yeas, Mr. Bass : 
Tellers for the = Hayter, 
Noes, Mr. Grenville Berkeley : 
So it passed in the Negative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was 
em, That an humble Address be presented to 
ajesty, that She will be graciously pleased to take 
such steps as Her Majesty may deem most fitting, 
for bringing under the notice of his Imperial High- 
ness the Grand Duke of Tuscany, the strong feelings 
prevailing among a large number of Her Majesty’s 
subjects, in consequence of the persecution, now B 
actively begun in Tuscany, of those who secretly or E 
openly profess principles held by Her Majesty in 
common with the majority of Her Majesty’s sub- 
jects in this United Kingdom, which persecution ap- 
pears likely to increase in intensity, through the De- 
cree lately promulgated, which re-enacts the penalty 
of Death against the so-called depravers of the Re- 
ligion of the State :—And the said Motion was, wit 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 


ro- Religious 
er Principles 


ete he | 


The Select Committee on Coal Duties (Metropolis), Coal Duties c 
was nominated of Sir John Shelley, Mr. Masterman, (Metropolis.) I 
Sir Benjamin Hall, Mr. Miles, Mr. Lowe, Mr. Ker 
Seymer, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Sir William Jol- 
liffe, Mr. Headlam, Mr. Deedes, Sir James Duke, 

r. Vernon, Mr. Ewart, and Sir Henry Meuz, with 
Power to send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 

Ordered, 





Education 
(Manchester 
and Salford, 
&amp;e.) 


Designs Act 
Someien Bill. 


Grand Jury 
Cess (Ireland) 
Bill. 


Army 
Estimates. 


No, 187. 


Kitchen and 
Refreshment 
Rooms (House 
of Commons) 
(First Report.) 


No. 138. 


Navy 
Estimates, 


Public 
Petitions 
(Nineteenth 
Report. ) 


Blackburn 
Etection. 


Clitheroe 
Election, 








16 Vicroriz. 17%— 28” 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the state of Education in the Munici- 
pal Boroughs of Manchester and Salford, and in the 
contiguous Townships of Broughton, Pendleton and 
Pendlebury, and whether it is advisable to make any 
further provision, and in what manner, for the Edu- 
cation of the Inhabitants within such Boroughs and 
Townships. 





The House, according to Order, resolved itseli 
into a Committee on the Designs Act Extension Bill ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson Patten reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Grand Jury Cess (Ireland) 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Wilson Patten reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


Mr. Secretary-at-War presented, pursuant to an 
Address to Her Majesty,—Estimates of Effective 
and Non-effective Army Services, from 1st April 
1853 to 31st March 1854. 

Ordered, That the said Estimates be referred to 
the Committee of Supply; and be printed. 


The Earl of Mulgrave reported from the Standing 
Committee appointed to control the Arrangements 
of the Kitchen and Refreshment Rooms, in the De- 

artment of the Serjeant-at-Arms attending this 

ouse; That they had made Progress in the matters 
to them referred, and directed him to make a Re- 
port thereof to the House. 

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


Ordered, That the Navy Estimates for the year 
1853-54, be referred to the Committee of Supply. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Veneris, 18° die Februarii ; 
Anno 16° Victorie Regine, 1853. - 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
4A mittee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 15th and 
16th days of this instant February, and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The Names of the Five Members appointed to try 
and ‘determine the matter of the Petition, complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
of Blackburn, were called over; and being come to 
the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition relative to the said 
Election be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, at Twelve o’clock, in one of the Committee 
Rooms of the House. 


The Names of the Five Members appointed to try 
and determine the matter of the Petition, complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
of Clitheroe, were called over; and being come to 
the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition relative to the said 
Election be referred to the Committee. 

VoL. 108, 








Februaritz. 255 


Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, at One o'clock, in one of the Committee 
Rooms of the House. 


ing of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
of Chatham, were called over; and being come to 
the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition relative to the said 
Election be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, at Eleven o'clock, in one of the Committee 
Rooms of the House. 


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

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 


in the case of the Petition for the Edinburgh, Perth 
and Dundee Railway Bill. | 

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


Mr. Monsell presented, pursuant to an Address 
to Her Majesty,—Estimates of Effective and Non- 
effective Ordnance Services, for the year 1853-54. 

Ordered, That the said Estimates be referred to 
the Committee of Supply ; and be printed. 





A Petition of Trustees acting in execution of the 
Act thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a 
Bill to authorize the opening of a Diversion of the 
Wakefield and Sheffield Turnpike-road, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. £d- 
;mund Denison and Mr. Cobden. 





A Petition of the Electric Telegraph Company, 
for leave to bring ina Bill for granting further 
Powers to “The Electric Telegraph Company,” and 
to enable such Company to amalgamate with or pur- 
|chase the Undertakings of other Electric Telegraph 
Companies, and to make Arrangements for the work- 
| ing of their respective Telegraphs, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 
ingly, by Mr. John Lewis Ricardo and Mr. Peto. 





A Petition of the Victoria (London) Dock Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend “ The 
Victoria (London) Docks Act, 1850,” and for autho- 
rizing the Construction of additional Docks and 
other Works, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Stephenson and Mr. Peto. 





A Petition of the Australian Agricultural Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to amend an Act passed 
in the fifth year of the reign of his Majesty King 
George the Fourth, for granting certain Powers and 
Authorities to the Australian Agricultural Company, 
and to alter the Capital of the said Company, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
ponent in accordingly, by Mr. Eliot and Mr. Mar- 


tin Tucker Smith. 


A Petition of the Waveney Valley Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 
Waveney Valley Railway Company to extend their 
Railway from Bungay to Beccles, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Cobbold and Mr. Hawkins. 

KK4 A Petition 





one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, in —_ 
respect of non-compliance with the Standing Orders, 





The Names of the Five Members appointed to try Chatham 
and determine the matter of the Petition, complain- Blection. 


Great Western 
and City 
Junction 
Railway. 


Edinburgh, 
erth and 


Railway. 


Ordnance 
Estimates. 


No. 139. 


Wakefield and 
Sheffield Road. 


Flectric 


Telegraph 
Company. 


Victoria 
(London) 
Docks, 


Australian 
Agricultural 
Company. 


Waveney 


ley 
Railway. 





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Forth and A Petition of Persons thereunto subscribing, for 

Clyde Junc- eave to bring in a Bill for making a Railway, com- 

tion Railway. encing by a Junction with the Scottish Central Rail- 
way at Stirling, and terminating by a Junction with 
the Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway 
at Alexandria, to be called “The Forth and Clyde 
Junction Railway,” was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Forbes and Mr. Smollett. 

Gorbals A Petition of the Gorbals Gravitation Water 

Gravitation 


Company, and of Persons thereunto subscribing, for 
leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Gorbals Gra- 
vitation Water Company’s Acts; to authorize the 
Extension of their Works to supply the Royal Burgh 
of Renfrew and Suburbs and other places with 
Water, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Bouverie and Mr. Alexander 
Hastie. 


Water (No. 2.) 


London and A Petition of the Zondon and North Western 
North Western Railway Company, and of the North Staffordshire 


roe oe «A Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 

Railways. | amalgamate the North Staffordshire Kailway Com- 
pany with the Zondon and North Western Railway 
Company, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by General 
Anson, Mr. Glyn, Mr. Ricardo and Mr. Child. 

Lands A Petition of the thereunder-signed, for leave to 


— bring in a Bill for incorporating the Lands Improve- 
—_ ment Company, and to afford facilities for the Im- 
provement of Land by enabling the Company to 
issue transferable Mortgage Debentures, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr, Mudlings, Mr. Milner 

Gibson and Earl Jermyn. 


A Petition of Subscribers to the Undertaking 
thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway from Chichester to Bognor, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Lord Henry Lennox 
and Mr. John Abel Smith. 


Bognor 
Railway. 


Edinburgh, A Petition of the Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee 


—_o Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
Railway. sanction certain Arrangements between the Edin- 


burgh, Perth and Dundee Railway Company, and 
certain Classes of the Creditors thereof, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the Borough of Ludlow, in the County of 
Salop, for leave to bring in a Bill for constructing a 
Market for the Sale of Cattle and other Animals in 
the Borough of Ludlow, in the County of Salop, was 
presented, and read : and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 


Ludlow Cattle 
Market and 
Slaughter- 
houses. 


Dean Forest, 


A Petition of Provisional Directors of the pro- 
Monmouth, 


posed Forest of Dean, Monmouth, Usk and Ponty- 


T 

Seanad pool Railway, for leave to bring in a Bill for making 

Railway. a Railway from the Newport, y , toate and Here- 
ford Railway, in the Parish of Llanvihangel Ponty- 
moyle, in the County of Monmouth, to the South 
Vales Railway, in the Parish of Awre, in the County 
of Gloucester, with Branches to Monmouth Gas- 
works and Foxes Bridge, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 

Stoke-upon- Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 

— ilee- received Notice, that it is not intended to proceed with 


the Petition complaining of an undue Election and 


Return for the Borough of Stoke-wpon- Trent :—And 
the same was read, as followeth: 





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A. 1853. 


Sir, 31, Parliament-street, 18th Feb. 1853. 
As Agents for William Taylor Copeland, Esquire, 
in the matter of his Petition delivered in on the 19th 
day of November last, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Stoke-upon- 
Trent, we hereby beg to inform you that it is not 
intended to proceed with the said Petition. 


We have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your very obedient Servants, 
Thompson, Debenham and Brown. 


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


The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- 
charged. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to repeal the Act Allendale 
for maintaining the Turnpike-road leading out of the Road Bill 
Alston Turnpike-road at Branch End, in the County 
of Northumberland, through Catton, Allendale Town, 
and Allenheads, to Cows Hill, in the County of Dur- 
ham, and to make other Provisions in lieu thereof : 

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


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for the Improve- Saint Ives 
ment of the Harbour of Saint Jves, in the County of (Cornwall) 
Cornwall: And the same was read the first time ; ##fbour Bill. 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to repeal the Act Nantwich and 
relating to the Nantwich and Woore Turnpike-road, Woore Road 
and to make other Provisions in lieu thereof: And Bi 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton — a Bill for enabling the North and 
North and South Western Junction Railway Com- yn 
pany to construct a Branch to near Hammersmith, eo . 
and to raise additional Capital, and for other pur- mersmith) 
poses: And the same was read the first time; and Bill 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the London and 
Shrewsbury and Birmingham, and the Shrewsbury North West 
and Chester Railway Companies to grant Leases of bury and Bit 
their Undertakings to the London and North Western mingham and 
Railway Company: And the same was read the first Shrewsbury 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. Po Sa 
‘ coy NB a 
ease, &amp;c. 

Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the London and 
London and North Western Railway Company to North West- 
take on Lease the Undertakings of the Svtediaty ou and Br 
and Birmingham and the Shrewsbury and Chester mingham and 
Railway Companies, or either of those Undertakings : ry awn 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered ean 
to be read a second time. (Bower. te 

ease) Bill. 

Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to revive and Chard _ 
amend the Powers of the Acts relating to the Chard Railway Bill 
Railway Company; to regulate the Capital of the 
Company ; and to enable them to extend their autho- 
rized Railway into Tuunton: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 


time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable “The Deeping Fen 
Trustees of Deeping Fen General Works of Drain- Drainage Bill. 
age” to improve the Outfall into the River Welland, 
and for other purposes : And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Warrington 
Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway Com- 274 Altrine- 
pany to make Deviations and Branches at Warring- — 
ton, and a Station at Manchesier, and to use certain (Warrington, 
neighbouring Railways: And the same was read the &amp;c-) Dill. 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second -" 

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Eastern Coun- Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 

ties Railway Eastern Counties Railway Company to make Rail- 

a ways from the Eastern Union Railway at Manning- 

&amp;c.) Bill. tree to Harwich, with a Pier at Harwich in con- 
nexion with such Railways, and for other purposes : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 

Liverpool Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to regulate Build- 

ey _ ings im the Borough of Liverpool, and to make fur- 

— pil, ther Provisions for the Sanitary Regulation and 
General Improvement of the said Borough, and for 
establishing‘ a Police Superannuation Fund: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 

Shipley and Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to amend an Act 

ed Road passed in the seventh year of the reign of King 

George the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for making a 

Turnpike-road from Shipley to Bramley, together 
with certain Branches theretrom, in the West Riding 
of the County of York :”’ And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 

Norwich Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to alter and amend 

Waterworks 


the Provisions of “ The City of Norwich Waterworks 
Act, 1850,” and to grant further Powers to the Com- 
pany thereby incorporated : And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 

resented a Bill to dissolve the 


York, New- Mr. Brotherton 


cog York and North Midland and Leeds Northern Rail- 
and North Way Companies, and to vest their Undertakings in 


Midland and the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway Company, 
leeds North« to he thenceforth called “The North Eastern Rail- 


Ww ae 

tert way Company,” and to alter the Constitution of that 

(Amalgama- Company, and to sanction certain Arrangements as 

tion, &amp;c.) Bill. to a part of the Capital Stock to be transferred to 
such Company, and for other purposes: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 


a second time. 


Glasgow and = Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 
Raves Bu Glasgow and South Western Railway Company to 


make certain Railways in the Counties of Dumfries, 
Cumberland and Ayr, and for other purposes: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


South Wales 
Railway 
(Pembroke, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 
South Wales Railway Company to extend the Pem- 
broke Line of their Railway to Pennar Mouth, and to 
make a Deviation in their said Pembroke Line, and 
new Branches, and for other purposes: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Wakefield 


Be — Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for discharging 


the Inhabitants of the Townships of Wakefield, Al- 
verthorpe-with-Thornes, Horbury, Stanley-with- 
Wrenthorpe, Sandal Magna and Crigglestone, in the 
Parishes of Wakefield and Sandal Magna, in the 
West Riding of the County of York, from the custom 
of grinding Corn, Grain and Malt at certain Corn 
Mills, in the said Townships of Wakefield and Hor- 
bury, and Parish of Sandal Magna, and for making 
Compensation to the Proprietors of the said Mills : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Manchester 
and Salford 
Education Bill, 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for promoting 
Education in the Municipal Boroughs of Manchester 
and Salford, and in the contiguous Townships of 
Broughton, Pendleton and Pendlebury: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 

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257 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for better sup- 
plying with Water the Borough of Bradford, in the 
County of York, and for other purposes connected 
with the said Borough: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Bradford 
Corporation 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Mr. O'Flaherty presented a Bill to enable the Belfast and 
Belfast and Ballymena Railway Company to make Ballymena 
a Railway from Randalstown to Cookstown, and for Bailway Bill 
other purposes: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Members of the Provisional Com- Eainburgh 
mittee of, and Subscribers to a Company, to be called High-street 
“ The Edinburgh High-street Railway Station Access Suotion Oat 
and Sanitary Improvement Company,” for leave to 
bring in a Bill for making a Road or Street from 
the South end of Waverley Bridge Road, adjoining 
the General Railway Station at Princes-street, to the 
High-street, in the City of Edinburgh, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Sir John Hope and Mr. Cowan. 


Mr. Masters Smith presented a Bill for extending Rochester 
the Time granted by “The Rochester Bridge Act, Bridge Bill. 
1846,” for the 7 ee: WR of such Bridge: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Mr. Masters Smith presented a Bill for more Gravesend 
effectually repairing the Road from Gravesend to 2nd Wrotham 
Wrotham, and from thence to Borough Green, all in ent 
the County of Kent: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Potter presented a Bill for amr and Westport Port 
maintaining the Port and Harbour of Westport, in re 
the County of Mayo: And the same was read the 

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


Ordered, That Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Wandle Water 
Petitions for Private Bills, have leave to make a 2nd Sewerage. 
Special Report in respect of the Petition for the 
Wandle Water and Sewerage Bill. 


Mr. Sotheron laid on the Table,—Special Report Wandle Water’ 
from Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions 224 Sewerage. 
for Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition 
for the Wandle Water and Sewerage Bill, the Agent 
for certain Memorialists, complaining of non-com- 
ee with the Standing Orders, has stated to the 

xaminer that the attendance of the Clerk of the 

Peace for the County of Surrey, with the several 
documents relating to the said Bill (including the 
sealed-up copy ‘of the Plan and Section), which, in 
compliance with the Standing Orders of the House, 
were deposited with him on or before the 30th day of 
November last, is essential to enable the Memorial- 
ists to establish their case before the Examiner ; and 
that it has been proved that the attendance of the 
said Clerk of the Peace, with such documents, can- 
not be procured without the intervention of the 
House ; and that the Examiner has adjourned the 
further hearing of the case until To-morrow, at Eleven 
o'clock. 
Ordered, That the Clerk of the Peace for the 
County of Surrey do attend the said Examiner To- 
morrow, at Eleven o’clock, and bring with him the 
said documents. 


Resolved, That so much of Standiag Order, No. Railway and 
160, as requires that there shall be no more than ‘en ©222! Bills. 
days between the first and second reading of any 

Private Bill, be suspended as to all Railway and 

Canal Bills; but thaf no such Bill be read a second 

time later than the 14th day of March next, except 

by special Order of the House. 





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2. Resolved, That in the case of the New Forest 
Deer Removal Act Amendment Bill, the Standing | 
Orders ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties 
be permitted to proceed with their Bill, on proving | 
before the Committee thereon that the notices have | 
been inserted for three successive weeks in a county | 
newspaper. 


New Forest 
Deer Removal 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Llanidloes 
and Newtown 


and Newtown Railway Petition, the Standing Orders | 
Railway. ; : 


ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties be | 
permitted to proceed with their Bill, provided the | 
same be presented not later than three clear days | 
after the presentation of this Report, and that an 
amended Section be deposited in the Private Bill 
Office. 

4. Resolved, That in the case of the Londonderry, 
Coleraine and Belfast Junction Railway Petition, the 
Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; that | 
the Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, 
provided the same be presented not later than three 
clear days after the presentation of this Report, and 
that application in writing be made to the Owners 
and Lessees on the Loop ioe. 

5. Resolved, That in the case of the Cambridge 
Waterworks Petition, the Standing Orders ought to 
be dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to | 
proceed with their Bill, provided the same be 


Londonderry, 
Coleraine and 
Belfast Junc- 
tion Railway. 





Cambridge 
Waterworks. 


sentation of this Report ; and that the Powers sought | 
to prevent the emptying of drainage, sewage or other 
impurities into the River Cam or Grant, by Clauses 
23 and 24, be limited to that part of the river which | 
is situated between Newnham and Grantchester 
Mills; and that the words which give any power to 
any other Corporation, Commissioners, Board, or 
person, to carry into effect any contracts with refer- 


3. Resolved, That in the case of the Llanidloes| W#Y Bill, which was this day made from the Select 
i Committee on Standing Orders, might be read ; and 


|of the Petition for the Cambridge Waterworks 


| supplying the University 

















ence thereto, be omitted. 
Kilkennyand 6, Resolved, That in the case of the Kilkenny and 
Great South- : 
ern and West- 
ern Railway. 
the Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, 
provided the same be presented not later than three 
clear days after the presentation of this Report ; and 
that the words “and all persons having, through or 
under them, the right to use the Railways, or either 
of the Railways of the Company,” be omitted from 


Clause 34. 


Swaffham and The Swaffham and Bottisham Drainage Bill was 7. Resolved, That in the case of the Norwich and Norwich and 
! Bottisham 7 read a second time ; and committed. Spalding Railway Petition, the Standing Orders Spalding 
| a Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-| ought to be dispensed with ; that the Parties be per- “*""*7 
mittee of Selection. mitted to proceed with their Bill, provided the same 
be presented not later than three clear days after the 
Teignmouth The Teignmouth Harbour and Teign Navigation | presentation of this Report ; and that the words “and . 
Telge New. Bill was read a second time; and committed. all persons having, through or under them, the right C 
gation Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-| to use, with engines and carriages, the Railways au- @ 
mittee of Selection. thorized by the said Bill,” be omitted from Clause 28. J 
That the Committees on this and the five pre- R 
Whitechapel The Whitechapel Improvement Bill was, according | ceding Bills do report to the House how far such 
to Order, read a second time; and committed. Orders have been complied with, on the Report of 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | the Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 8. Resolved, That in the case of the Blyth and Blyth and 
Tyne Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought TY¢ Railway. 
Stockton A Petition of the Stockton Dock Committee, under | to be dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted 
Dock. the common seal of the T’ees Conservancy Commis- | to proceed with their Bill, provided the same be pre- 
| sioners, for leave to bring in a Bill for the Construc- | sented not later than three clear days after the pre- 
tion, Maintenance and Regulation of a Dock at} sentation of this Report. 
. Stockton, and of which the short Title is “The| 9. Resolved, That in the case of the Bury Water- Bury Water- 
Stockton Corporation Dock Act, 1853,” was pre-| works Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be works. 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be} dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to 
brought in accordingly, by Lord Harry Vane and | proceed with their Bill, provided the same be pre- 
Mr. Farrer. sented not later than three clear days after the pre- 
sentation of this Report. 
Standing Mr. Sotheron reported from the Select Committee 10. Resolved, That in the case of the Tynemouth Tynemouth 
Orders ; on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; which} Docks and Morpeth and Shields Direct Railway —— nop 4 
were read, as follow : Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed Shields Direct 
National 1. Resolved, That in the case of the National As-| With; that the Parties be permitted to proceed with Railway. 
eee surance and Investment Association Petition for leave | their Bill, provided the Same be presented not later ! 
Association. to deposit a Petition for a Bill, the Standing Orders | than three clear days after the presentation of this 
ought not to be dispensed with. | Report. 


The second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, 


| eighth, ninth and tenth Resolutions, being read a 
/second time, were agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Lianidloes 


of the Petition for the Z/anidloes and Newtown Rail- and Newtown 
Railway. 


the same being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway from Léanidloes, in the County 


| of Montgomery, to Newtown, in the same County, to 
be called “ The Llanidloes and Newtown Railway,” 


and for other purposes: And that Mr. Williams 
Wynn, Mr. Pugh and Mr. Whalley do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in ~~ Cambridge 


ill, Waterworks. 
which was this day made from the Select Committee 
on Standing Orders, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
and Borough of Cambridge, 
and the Neighbourhood thereof, with Water: And that 


pre-| Mr. Scott, Sir John Shelley and Mr. Hutchins do 
sented not later than three clear days after the pre-| Prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re 
of the Petition for the Norwich and Spalding 
way Bill, which was this day made from the Select - 
Committee on Standing Orders, might be read ; and 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, ‘That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
making a Railway from Spalding to Sutton Bridge 
and Wisbeach, with running Powers over the East 
Anglian, the Vorfulk and Eastern Union Railways, 


spect Norwich and 
Tail Spalding 
ailway. 


Great Southern and Western Railway Petition, the | t© Norwich: And that Sir John Trollope and Lord 
Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; that | 


Burghley do prepare, and bring it in. 


ilkenny and 
reat South- 
and West- 


| The House was moved, That the Report in respect K 
| of the Petition for the Ai/kenny and Great Southern &amp; 
and Western Railway Bill, which was this day made &amp;™ 
from the Select Committee on Standing Orders, might 
be read ; and the same being read ; 

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











Londonderry, 
Coleraine 

and Belfast 
Junction 
Railway. 


Blyth and 
Tyne Railway. 


—~ Aeoae 


Tynemouth 
Dock and 
Morpeth and 
Shields Direct 
Railway. 


Arterial 
Drainage 
(Ireland.) 


Diplomatic 
Service. 








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confer further Powers upon the Kilkenny and Great! Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Paupers, &amp;c. 
Southern and Western Railway Company: And that Returns of the Total Number of Paupers in receipt (freland.) 
Mr. Serjeant Shee, Mr. John Greene and Mr. Michael | of Relief in each Province in Ireland, at the close of No. 140. 


Dunne do prepare, and bring it in. the first week (ending Saturday) of January 1849-50, 
1851, 1852 and 1853 :—And, of the Amount of Poor- 

The House was moved, That the Report in respect | Tate lodged, and of the Expenditure for the Relief of 

of the Petition for the Londonderry, Coleraine and | the Poor in Ireland, during the year ended the 29th 

Belfast Junction Railway Bill, which was this day day of September 1852, in comparison with the same 

made from the Select Committee on Standing Orders, | for the preceding year. _ : 

might be read ; and the same being read ; - Sir John Young accordingly presented the said 
Ordered, ‘that leave be given to bring in a Bill | Returns. 7 ; : 

to authorize an Extension of the Londonderry and| Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 

Coleraine Railway: And that Sir Robert Ferguson, Table; and be printed. 

Mr. Bateson and Mr. Clay do prepare, and bring | 


it in. | The Right honourable William Ewart Gladstone, Controverted 
Chancellor of the Exchequer, having stated that he Elections. 


The House was moved, That the Report in — could not attend Election Committees without ma- 
of the Petition for the Blyth and Tyne Railway Bill, terial inconvenience to the Public Service, during 
which was this day made from the Select Committee | the time he may hold the said office ; 
on Standing Orders, might be read; and the same, Ordered, That the Right honourable William 
being read ; Ewart Gladstone, Chancellor of the Exchequer, be 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to | excused from serving on Election Committees during 
enable the Blyth and Tyne Railway Company to the time he may hold the said office. 
construct Branches to Morpeth and Tynemouth, in 
the County of Northumberland, and for other pur- 
poses : And that Sir George Grey and Mr. Beaumont 
do prepare, and bring it in. : 
sincitniin P — Maynooth College Act, and Freedom of Election 
The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Bury Waterworks Bill, which 
psa _ oy rnegee Se the Page on ‘ey Gifts to Postmen ;—Ocean Penny Postage ;—and, 
wae: 4: rders, Mgnt DE read ; and the same bens ' Poor Law,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
; , es +» ¢_| to lie upon the Table. 
b = on oo ett ~~ F — Bill 7 Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers,—were 
re "sueaal Sowuliies ~ “Tottington ‘Hig wh en: q.| also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
: a oe 5 a aen.” | i Parli tary P \ 
Tottington- Lower- End, Walmersley-cum-Shuttle- | CES ae eye 
worth, Bury, Elton and Heap, all in the Parish of. 
Bury ; the several Townships of Pilkington and 


(Ireland) ; — Terminable Annuities ; — Christmas 


Petitions relating to Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ; Public 
_—Ecclesiastical Courts ;—Maynooth College Act ; Petitions. 
7 : Vide 
(Ireland) ;—Nunneries ;—Malt and Hops ;—Pro- Twentieth 
perty and Income Tax ;—Repayment of Advances Report. 


The following Papers, pursuant to the directions Bank of 


Prestwich, both in the Parish of Prestwich-cum-| of several Acts of Parliament, were laid upon the England. 


Oldham; the Parish of Radcliffe, and the Township Table by the Clerk of the House,—An Account 
of Little Lever, in the Parish of Bolton-le-Moors,| of the Amount of all Exchequer Bills or Treasury 
all in the County Palatine of Lancaster: And that Bills, and other Government Securities, which have 
Mr. Brotherton and Mr. Peel do prepare, and bring been purchased by the Governor and Company of 
it in. \the Bank of England, or on which any Sum or 

Sums have been lent and advanced for the Public 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect | Service by the Governor and Company of the said 
of the Petition for the Tynemouth Dock and Mor-| Bank, in the year ending the 5th day of January 
peth and Shields Direct Railway Bill, which was | 1853, showing what Amount of such Bills, before 
this day made from the Select Committee on Stand-| the making up of this Account, has been paid off 
ing Orders, might be read; and the same being | and discharged, and the Amount of such Exchequer 
read ; Bills or Treasury Bills, or other Government Secu- 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill | rities, which was in the hands of the Governor and 
for making and maintaining a Dock at Vy ynemouth, Company of the said Bank on the 5th day of Janu- 
and a Railway from Tynemouth to Morpeth, with | ary 1853 aforesaid. 

Branches, in the County of Northumberland: And| An Account of the Amount of Balances of Sums 
that Sir George Grey and Mr. Macartney do pre-| issued for the Payment of Dividends due, and not 
pare, and bring it in. demanded, and for the Payment of Lottery Prizes 

or Benefits which had not been claimed, and which 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a|Temained in the hands of the ore — — 
Copy of the Instructions issued by the Treasury to| Pany of the Bank of England, on the thereunder- 


: ‘ei SWE : ‘mentioned Days, being those next before the issue 
Richard Griffith, Sir William Cubitt and Mr. Rendel, | fin die Rashannes cf Money for the Payment of 


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

a; . An Account of the Receipt and Expenditure of 
q | £-3,012,099. 9s. 1d. in one year, from the 5th January 
1852 to 5th January 1853, by the Commissioners 
appointed by the 26th Geo. 3, for the Reduction of 
the National Debt. 


Civil Engineers, appointed to inquire into the Ar- 
terial Drainage in /reland. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presente 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously please 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Names of all Persons em- 
_ in the Diplomatic Service as Ambassadors, 

voys, Ministers, Chargé d’ Affaires, Secretaries of 


Legation, or Secretaries of Embassy, Paid Attachés, | Ordered, That the Return relative to Occupiers Occupiers 
or Unpaid Attachés, the Countries where so em-j (Jyeland), which was presented upon the 17th day of (Ireland. ) 


ployed, and Dates of Appointment to the Diplomatic | this instant February, be printed. 


rvice. 


No. 141. 


Ordered, That the said Address be presented Ordered, That the Return relative to British and British and 
to Her Majesty, by such Members of this House | Foreign Postage, which was communicated from the ease 
as are of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy | Lords upon the 17th day of this instant February, be No. 142. 


Council. printed. 
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Supply. 


Seamen and 
Marines. 


Wages to d°. 


Victuals ford’. 


Designs Act 


Extension Bill. 


Grand Jury 


Cess (Ireland) 
2 


General Board 
of Health Bill. 


Office of Exa- 
miner (Court 
.of Chancery ) 
Bill. 


260 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, 
Yeas, {M r. Grenville Berkeley: 
Tellers for the Mr. Hume, } 98 
Noes, Lord Dudley Stuart: . 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative: —The House 
accordingly resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That Forty-five thousand five hun- 
dred Men be employed for the Sea Service for the 
ear ending the 31st day of March 1854, remap 
Twelve thousand five hundred Royal Marines an 
Two thousand Boys. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
million seven hundred and thirty-six thousand two 
hundred and thirty-six pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of Wages to Seamen 
and Marines, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1854. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six hun- 
dred and fifteen thousand four hundred and twenty- 
six pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the Charge of Victuals to Seamen and Marines, in 
Her Majesty’s Fleet, which will come in course of 
a during the year ending on the 31st day of 

arch 1854. 


Resolutions to be reported. 


1 
f 164. 





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


Sabbati, 19° die Februarii, 1853: 


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

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

Mr. Wilson Patten also acquainted the House, 
that he was directed to move, That the Committee 
may have leave to sit again. 

esolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Designs Act Extension Bill, as 
amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Grand Jury Cess (Jreland) 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the General Board of Health Bill, as 
amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Office of Examiner (Court of Chan- 
cery) Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being pean, That the word 
“ now”’ stand part of the Question :—The said pro- 





18°—19°—-21° Februariz. 





A, 1853. 


posed Amendment was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second time ; 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways ana 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That Mr. Wilson be discharged from Indian 
further attendance on the Select Committee on Jn- Territories. 
dian Territories. 

Ordered, That Lord John Russell, Sir Charles 
Wood, Sir George Grey, Sir Thomas Maddock, Mr. 
Fortescue, Mr. Cardwell, Mr. Elliot and Mr. Lowe, 
be added to the Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Slave Trade 
for carrying into effect the Treaty with the Republic (New Gra- 
of New Granada, for the Suppression of the Slave ™ ~ 
Trade: And that Lord John Russell and Viscount 
Palmerston do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Slave Trade 
for carrying into effect the Engagements with the oie) 
Chief of Sohar, in Arabia, for the Suppression of 
the Slave Trade: And that Lord John Russell and 


Viscount Palmerston do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That Mr. Alderman Cubitt be added to Coal Duties 
the Select Committee on Coal Duties (Metropolis), (Metropolis. ) 


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


The Oaths in Chancery Bill was read the first Oaths in 


time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon Chancery Bill. 


Friday next; and to be printed. No. 143. 
Ordered, That the New Forest Deer Removal Act New Forest 


Amendment Bill be read a second time upon Tues- Deer Removal 
day next. Act — 
r ment. 


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





Luna, 21° die Februari ; 


Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1853. 





PRAYERS. 


M R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
4 mittee on Public Petitions; That they had &gt; omer 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 17th and Geport.) 
18th days of this instant February; and had di- 
rected him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Maidstone 
received Notice, that it is not intended to proceed Election. 
with the Petition complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the Borough of Maidstone :— And the 
same was read, as followeth : 


Sir, 46, Chancery-lane, 19 Feb, 1853. 
As Agents for Mr. George Burgess, in the matter 
of his Petition delivered in on the 25th day of No- 
vember last, complaining of the undue Election and 
Return of James Whatman, Esquire, for the Borough 
of Maidstone, we hereby beg to inform you that it is 
not intended to proceed with the said Petition. 


We have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your obedient humble servants, 
Bower and Son. 
To the Right honourable the Speaker 
of the House of Commons. 


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The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- 


charged. 
southampton Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
Election. this day received a Report from the Examiner of 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizances to 
the Election Petition of Alexander Dundas Ross 
Wishart Baillie Cochrane, relating to the Borough of 
Southampton, in the County of the same Town ;— 
Carlow and, of Edward Flood and Matthew Byron, relating 
Election. to the Borough of Carlow, are unobjectionable. 
Message from A Message fom the Lords, by Sir George Rose : 
the Lords. __ Mr. Speaker, 
Transfer of The Lords have agreed to the Transfer of Aids 
Aids Bill. Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 
Valuation Act The Lords have agreed to the Valuation Act 
parent Amendment (Jreland) Bill, without any Amendment : 
(Ireland) ©". —And then the Messenger withdrew. 
Staines, Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Wokingham one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
~ Woking in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
unction Pr e,° a O ae 
Railway. ders in the case of the Petition for the Staines, Wo- 
hingham and Woking Junction Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 
Banbridge, Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
cos aa one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
junction: respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
Railway. ders in the case of the Petition for the Banbridge, 
Dublin, Newry and Belfast Junction Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 
Westminster © Mr, Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Dadlings of one of the Examiners of Petitions fur Private Bills, 
the Working in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
Classes.) ders in the case of the Petition for the Westminster 
Improvements (Dwellings of the Working Classes) 
Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 
Bermondsey Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Regulation. — one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Bermondsey 
Regulation Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 
East Anglian © Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Railways. one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for the East Anglian 
Railways Bill. 
Ordered, ‘Vhat the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 
Dean Forest, © Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
— one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
Pontypool in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
Railway, ders in the case of the Petition for the Dean Forest, 
Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 
xailow Cattle- Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
aoe one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
houses, in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Ludlow Cattle- 
market and Slaughter-houses Bill. 
Ordered, ‘That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 
Wen A Petition of Trustees acting in the execution of 
worthand the Act thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in 


Potton Road, 


a Bill to repeal an Act of the seventh year of the 
reign of King George the Fourth, for making and 


91° Februari. 


261 


maintaining a Turnpike-road from Wimpole to Wrest- 
lingworth and Potton, and to make other Provisions 
in lieu thereof, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of Persons, whose Names are there- Staines, 
unto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for Wokingham 
making a Railway from Staines to Wokingham and - Weking 

“ar unction 
Woking, was presented, and read; and referred to Railway, 


the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of Persons, whose Names are thereunto Great Westerm 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a and City June- 
Railway from the Great Western Railway at Pad- tio Railway. 
dington, to the East and West India Docks and 
Birmingham Junction Railway at Kentish Town, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Haslingden and Haslingden 
Rawtenstall Waterworks Company, for leave to bring 2nd Rawten- 
in a Bill for better supplying with Water the Towns *l) Water- 
and Villages of Haslingden, Rawtenstall and New- ' 
church, and the Townships of Haslingden, Higher 
Bovths, Lower Booths, Mevebion and Hapton, in 
the Parish of Whalley; the Townships of Cowpe 
Lench, New Hall, Hey and Hall Carr and Totting- 
ton-Higher-End, in the Parish of Bury; and the 
Extra-parochial places of Hen Heads and Dunnock- 
shaw, all in the County Palatine of Lancaster, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. William Brown and 
Mr. Peel. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Acts West Harptry 

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

to repeal the Acts for repairing the Roads from West 

Harptry, to the Bath and Welis Turnpike-road, at 
Marksbury, and other Roads therein-mentioned, in 

the County of Somerset, and to make other Provisions 

in lieu thereof, was presented, and read; and a Bill 

was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 

Miles and Captain Scobell. 


A Petition of the Birkenhead Dock Company, for Birkenhead 
leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Acts relating to Dock Com- 
the Birkenhead Dock Company, and to enable that °*"™ 
Company to make a Railway for their Works, and 
for other purposes; and of which the short Title is 
“The Birkenhead Dock Company’s Act, 1853,” 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Sir Philip Egerton, 

Mr. Tollemache, Mr. Cornwall Legh and Sir Joseph 
Bailey. 


A Petition of Suitors for the Bill thereinafter- Saint Ives and 
mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a West Cornwall 
Railway from the Town of Saint Ives to the West }uyction 

: 2 engl ailway, 
Cornwall Railway, at or near Saint Erth, with a 
Branch therefrom, and for making Arrangements with 
the West Cornwall Railway Company, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Pendarves and Captain Laffan. 


A Petition of Directors of the United Guarantee United 

and Life Assurance Company, for leave to bring in a Guarantee and 
Bill to confer additional Powers upon “ The United LV” 
Guarantee and Life Assurance Company,” and to 
authorize the Acceptance by Government and Public 
Functionaries, and Courts of Justice, of the Guaran- 
tee Policies of that Company, in respect of Offices 
or Situations created or recognized by Act of Parlia- 
ment, was presented, and read; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Swift 
and Mr. Hamilton. 


A Petition of William Tite, John Sharland and Bideford 


William Cory, three of the Promoters of the Bide- ee 
ailway. 


ford Extension Railway Company, for leave to bring 
in a Bill for making a Railway from the North Devon 
Railway at Fremington Pill to Bideford, to be called 
“The Bideford Extension Railway,” was presented, 








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and 


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262 


and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Chaplin and Mr. Hutchins. 





A Petition of Trustees acting in execution of the 
Act thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a 
Bill to repeal an Act for making and maintaining a 
Road from the top of Hunts Bank, in the Town of 
Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, to join the 
Manchester and Bury Turnpike-road in Pilkington, 
in the same County, and to substitute other Pro- 
visions in lieu thereof, was presented, and read ; and | 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by | 
Mr. Brotherton and Lord Moreton. 


Manchester 
and Bury 
Road. 


Madras Rail- A Petition of the Madras Railway Company, for 

way Company. Jeave to bring in a Bill for incorporating the Madras 
Railway Company, and for other purposes connected 
therewith, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Mangles | 
and Mr. Robertson. 


Salisbury A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Citi- 
Waterworks. zens of the City of Salisbury, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for enabling the Local Board of Health for the 
City of Salisbury to construct Waterworks, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 


Chaplin and Mr. Baring Wall. 


York Drainage 
and Sanitary 
Improvement 
and Foss 
Navigation. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens 
of the City of York, in their corporate capacity, and 
also as the Local Board of Health of the said City, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Mayor, 
Aldermen and Citizens of the City of York to pur- 
chase the Undertaking of the Foss Navigation Com- 
pany, and to execute Works for the Sanitary Im- 
provement of the said City ; to alter the Tolls taken 
in the Cattle Markets and Fairs of the City, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
John George Smyth and Mr. Milner. 

Newport, A Petition of the London and North Western and 
Abergavenny 





Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway Com- 
and Hereford : j . 
Railway (Sale 


panies, for leave to bring in a Billto enable the Vew- | 


iS . Standing 
or Lease, &amp;c.) port, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway Company | Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


to purchase certain Undertakings, and to unite their | 


own Undertaking with that of the London and North 


} 


21° Februari. 





A. 1853. 


Arrangements with respect to the working and use 
by the said Railway Company of the said Canal, or 
for the leasing thereof to the said Railway ey: 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Price and General Anson. 


A Petition of the Zondon and North Western London ana 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to North Westen 
enable the London and North Western Railway (qoatpeoo, 
Company to construct a Railway from near Welling- Dale, &amp;c.) 
ton to Coalbrook Bal: and Ironbridge, witha Branch 
to the Hadley Station of the Shropshire Union Rail- 
way, all in the County of Salop, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by General Anson 
and Mr. Glyn. 


A Petition of the South Staffordshire Railway South 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to extend the — 
Time for the Purchase of Lands and the Completion “””*™ 
of Works authorized by “The South Staffordshire 
Railway Act, 1847,” and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by General Anson and Mr. 

Charles Forster. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Manchester 
of the Borough of Manchester, for leave to bring in Improvement. 
a Bill to authorize the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the Borough of Manchester to make cer- 
tain new Streets, and to amend the Acts relating to 
the said Borough, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought 
in accordingly, by Mr. Milner Gibson, Mr. Bright 
and Mr. Brotherton. 


A Petition of the East Anglian Railways Company, East Anglian 
for leave to bring in a Bill for constructing a Railway Railways. 
and Landing-places within the Borough of King’s 
Lynn, for regulating the Share Capital of the East 
Anglian Railways Company, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and referred to the 


A Petition of the South Wales Railway Company, South Wales 


Western Railway Company, was presented, and read; | for leave to bring in a Bill for granting further Railway 


and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, | Powers in reference to the leasing and selling the 
by Colonel Clifford, Sir Robert Price and General | Undertaking of the South Vales Railway Company 


Anson. 


West London 


A Petition of Previsional Directors of the West 
Waterworks. 


London Waterworks Company, for leave to bring in 


a Bill for the better supplying with Water certain | 


parts of the Western Districts of the Metropolis, in 
the County of Middlesex, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Lord Robert Grosvenor and Lord Dudley Stuart. 


Great Western, A Petition of the Great Western, Shrewsbury and 


Sens Birmingham, and Shrewsbury and Chester Railway 
—h and Companies, for leave to bring in a Bill to autho- 
Shrewsbury ize the consolidation into one Undertaking of 
and Chester the Great Western, the Shrewsbury and Birming- 
Railway Com- j P 1 | Shr “sb ‘ d Ch sath R: il — | 
panies Amal. /“@m, and the Shrewsbury and Chester Railways, anc 
gamation, the union into one Company of the three several 
Companies, to whom the said Railways respectively 
belong, and also to authorize the Appropriation of 
certain Revenues for securing Dividends to the two 
last-mentioned Companies, prior to such union and 
consolidation, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Viscount 
Barrington and Sir Philip Egerton. ~ — 
Herefordshire A Petition of the Zondon and North Western 
pee mg Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
i London enabling the London and North Western Railway 
and North Company, and the Company of Proprietors of the 
yestern 


Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal, to make 


Railway. 


(Power to 


|to the Great Western Railway Company, and autho- 


| 


'rizing Working Arrangements between the said Com- 


| panies; for authorizing a Lease or Purchase by the 





| 





South Wales Railway Company of the Undertakings 
of the Liynvi Valley Railway Company and the 
Llanelly Railway and Dock Company, or Working 
Arrangements between the said Companies, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Talbot and Mr. Davies. 


Mr. Divett, from the Select Committee appointed Lancaster 
to try and determine the matter of the Petition, Blec#™ 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Lancaster, informed the House, 

That the Committee had determined, 

That Robert Baynes Armstrong, Esquire, is not 
duly elected a Burgess to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the Borough of Lancaster. 

That the last Election for the said Borough of 
Lancaster, so far as regards the Return of the said 
Robert Baynes Armstrong, Esquire, is a void Election. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Mr. Diveté further informed the House, That the 
Committee had agreed to the follow Resolutions : 

That Robert Baynes Armstrong, Esquire, was, by 
his agents, guilty of bribery and treating at the last 
Election for the said Borough of Lancaster, 7m 

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That it was proved to the Committee, that Joseph 
Sharpless was bribed with £.5; William Whiteside 
with £.5; Charles Parsons Mawson with £.5; Jo- 
seph Hadwen with £.2; Thomas Bond with £.2; 
and John Garth with 20s. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Minutes Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
ordered. before the Committee be laid before this House. 


21° Februari. 


263 


Mr. Brotherton presented 2 Bill to enable the Blyth and 
Blyth and Tyne Railway Company to construct — Railway 
Branches to Morpeth and 7y:emouth, in the County 
of Northumberland, and for other purposes: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for better supply- Bury Water- 


d ing with Water the Town of Bury and the several Vs Bil. 
tern Townships of Tottington-Higher-End, Tottington- 


Tavistock Lord Robert Grosvenor, from the Select Com- 


Election. mittee appointed to try and determine the matter of 
the Petition of Robert Joseph Philiimore, complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
of Tavistock, informed the House, That the Com- 
mittee had determined, 

That Samuel Carter, Esquire, not being qualified 
according to the Provisions of the Act of the 1 &amp; 2 
Vic. c. 48, intituled, “ An Act to amend the Laws 
relating to the Qualification of Members to serve in 
Parliament,” is not duly elected a Burgess to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Borough of Tavistock. 

That Robert Joseph Phillimore, Esquire, is duly 
elected, and ought to have been returned a Burgess 
to serve in this present Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Ordered, That the Clerk of the Crown do attend 
this House To-morrow, with the last Return for the 
Borough of Tavistock, and amend the same by 
rasing out the name of Samuel Carter, Esquire, and 
inserting the name of Robert Joseph Phillimore, 
Esquire, instead thereof. 


Clerk of the 
Crown to 
attend. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for the Construc- 
tion, Maintenance and Regulation of a Dock at Stock- 
ton, and of which the short Title is “The Stockton 
Corporation Dock Act, 1853 :” And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Stockton 
Dock Bill. 


Wakefield 
and Sheffield 
Road Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize the 
opening of a Diversion of the Wakefield and Shef- 
Jield Turnpike-road, and for other purposes: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for granting 
further Powers to “The Electric Telegraph Com- 
pany,” and to enable such Company to make Ar- 
rangements for the working of Telegraphs adjoining 
their Works: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Electric 
Telegraph 
Company Bill. 


Waveney 
Valley Rail- 
way Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 
Waveney Valley Railway Company to extend their 
Railway from Bungay to Beccles: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a 
Railway from Chichester to Bognor: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 


second time. 


Bognor 
Railway Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a 
Railway from Spalding to Sutton Bridge and Wis- 
beach, with running Powers over the East Anglian, 
the Norfolk and Eastern Union Railway to Nor- 
wich; And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Norwich and 
Spalding 


Railway Bill. 


Victoria 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to amend “ The 
(London) 
Docks Bill, 


Victoria (London) Dock Act, 1850,” and for autho- 
rizing the Construction of additional Docks and 
other Works, and for other purposes: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 

Von. 108, 





Lower-End, Walmersley-cum-Shuttieworth, Bury, 
Elton and Heap, all in the Varish of Bury; the 
several Townships of Pilkington and Prestwich, 
both in the Parish of Presiwich-cum-Oldham; the 
Parish of Radcliffe ; and the Township of Little Lever, 
in the Parish of Bolton-le-Moors, all in the County 
Palatine of Lancaster: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for increasing and Leeds North- 
otherwise regulating the Capital and Borrowing $7, 8!w4y 
Powers of the Leeds Northern Railway Company. 
for defining and adjusting the Rights and Interests of 
the several classes of Shareholders therein, and for 
other purposes: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to amalgamate London and 
the North Staffordshire Railway Company with the North Western 
London and North Western Railway Company : And Staffordshire 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be Railways Bill, 


read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for incorporating Lands - 
the Lands Improvement Company, and to afford Company Bill 
facilities for the Improvement of Land, by enabling 
the Company to issue transfereble Mortgage Deben- 
tures: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Elliot presented a Bill to amend an Act Australian 
: ‘ ; ery 

passed in the filth year of the reign of his Majesty 
King George the Fourth, for granting certain Powers 
and Authorities to the Australian Agricultural Com- 
pany, and to alter the Capital of the said Company : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Sir John Hope presented a Bill for making a Road Edinburgh 
or Street from the South End of Waverley Bridge pon com a 
Road, adjoming the General Railway Station at Station, &amp;c. 
Princes-street, to the High-street in the City of Edin- Bill. 
burgh: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Sir Robert Ferguson | jena a Bill to authorize Londonderry, 
an Extension of the Londonderry and Coleraine —— and 
Railway : And the s ead the first time ; and tion Railway 

ailway : And the same was r e firs ; tion Railway 


ordered to be read a second time. Bill. 


A Petition of the Furness Railway Company, for Furness 
leave to bring in a Bill for confirming certain Agree- ®4way- 
ments entered into between the Furness Railway 
Company and John Abel Smith, Esquire, and for 
enabling the Furness Railway Company to raise a 
further Sum of Money, and for authorizing the Con- 
version of the Borrowed and Preferential Share 
Capital of the Furness Railway Company into a 
Stock not exceeding Four pounds ten shillings per 
centum, and for amending the Acts relating to the 
said Company and Pile Pier, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Cavendish and Mr. Malins. 


Sir George Grey presented a Bill for making and Tynemouth 
maintaining a Dock at Tynemouth, and a Railway name agp a 
from Tynemouth to Morpeth, with Branches, in the Shields Direct 
County of Northumberland: .And the ‘same was Railway Bill. 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


LL4 A Petition 





264 


Lordon and A Petition of the London and North Western 
me | ae pg Railway Company, and of the Midland Railway 
Railway Com- Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for the Amal- 


panies Amal- gamation of the London and North Western and the 


91” Kebruariz. 








gamation. 


Llanidloes 


and Newtown 
Railway Bill. 


Bermondsey 
Regulation. 


Barnsley 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Black Dog 
Road Bill. 


Brighton, 
Hove and 
Preston 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Burford, 
Leachlade 
and Swindon 
Roads Bill. 


Burton- 
upon-Trent 


Improvement 


Bill. 


Caledonian 
Railway 


(Branch from 


Polloc and 
Govan Rail- 


way, &amp;c.) Bill. 


Caledonian 
Railway 
(Connecting 
Branch with 
Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 


Railway, &amp;¢.) 


Castlemaine 
Estuary 


Reclamation 


Midland Railway Companies, and for other pur- 
poses, and of which the short Title is “The London, 
Midland and North Western Railways Amalgama- 
tion Act, 1853,” was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by General 
Anson, Mr. Glyn, Mr. Barrow and Mr. Price. 


Mr. Barrow presented a Bill for making a Rail- 
way from Lianidloes, in the County of Montgomery, 
to Newtown, in the came County, to be called “The 
Llanidloes and Newtown Railway,” and for other 
purposes: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Inhabitant Householders of the 
Parish of Saint Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, in 
the County of Surrey, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
the better regulation of the Parish ot Bermondsey, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


The Barnsley Waterworks Bill was read a second 
time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Black Dog Road Bill was read a second 
time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Brighton, Hove and Preston Waterworks 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Burford, Leachlade and Swindon Roads Bill 
was read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Burton-upon-Trent Improvement Bill was 
read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Caledonian Railway (Branch from Polloc 
and Govan Railway, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Caledonian Railway (Connecting Branch with 
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, &amp;c.) Bill was read 
a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Castlemaine Estuary Reclamation and Maine 


and Laune Navigation Bill was read a second time ; 


and Maine and and committed. 


Laune Navi- 
gation Bill. 


Dewsbury, 
Heckmond- 


wike and Bat- 
ley Water Bill. 


Dublin and 


Belfast Junc- 


tion Railway 
Bill. 


Dundee 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Dewsbury, Heckhmondwike and 
Eatley Water Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 


The Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Bill 
was read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Dundee Waterworks Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 














A. 1853. 


The Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill was Edinburgh 
read a second time; and committed. and Glasgow 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- *#iway Bil, 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Great Grimsby Improvement Great Grimsby 
Bill be read a second time To-morrow. improvement 


The Great Yarmouth Waterworks Bill was read Great Yar. 
a second time ; and committed. Sous Bu 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That Her Majesty’s Theatre Association Her Majesty's 
Bill be read a second time To-morrow. Theatre Asso. 
ciation Bill, 
The Leominster Markets and Fairs Bill was read Leominster 
a second time; and committed. —e and 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to ‘the Com- *“"* Bi 
mittee of Selection. 


The Life Association of Scotland Bill was read a Life Associa- 
second time; and committed. tion of Scot- 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- cand Bal. 

mittee of Selection. 


The Limerick Corporation Bill was read a second Limerick 
time ; and committed. en 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Limerick Improvement Bill was read a second Limerick 
time ; and committed. eee 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-~ 
mittee of Selection. 


The Liverpool Borough Court Bill was read a Liverpool 
second time; and committed. Borcugh 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-°™* 3 
mittee of Selection. 


The Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway Liverpool, 
Bill was read a second time; and committed. we - 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Railway Bill, 
mittee of Selection. 


The Llanelly Railway and Dock Bill was read a Lianelly 
second time ; and committed. a + 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


The London and North Western Railway (Shrews- London and 
bury to Newtown) Bill was read a second time; an 


committed. (Shrewsbury 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- to Newtown) 
mittee of Selection. Bill. 


Railway 


The Londonderry, Enniskillen and Sligo Railway Londonderry, 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. a 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- xajway Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 


The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Rail- Manchester, 


way (Alteration of Capital) Bill was read a second aa 
time ; and committed. Railway 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- (Alteration of 
mittee of Selection. Capital) Bill. 


The Newcastle-upon-Tyne Improvement Bill was Newcastle- 
read a second time ; and committed. upon-Tyne ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- re 
mittee of Selection. 


The New Ross (Free) Bridge Bill was read a second New Ross . 
time ; and committed. (Free) Bridge 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- &gt;!” 
mittee of Selection. 


The Oldham Corporation and Oidham Gas and Oldham = 
Waterworks Bill was read a second time; and com~ Pritt Gas 
mitted. and Water- 


Ordered, works Bill. 


d North Western: 





Pend 
Swin 
Roac 


Poul 
luck 


Rocl 
Imp 
Bill. 


Sain 
Can. 
Rail 


Shr 


Tra 
Kil 
Rai 








Pendleton, 
Swinton, &amp;c. 
Road Bill. 


Poulnasherry 
Inclosure Bill. 


Rochdale 
Improvement 


Saint Helen’s 
Canal and 


Railway Bill. 


Shrewsbury 
and Chester 
Railway Bill. 


Thames Haven 
Dock and 
Railway Bill. 


Tralee and 
Killarney 
Railway Bill. 


Wakefield 
Market Bill. 


Wellington 
and Severn 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Westminster 
Improvements 


Wexford 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Ayrshire 

and Galloway 
(Smithstown 
and Dalmel- 
lington) Rail- 
Way, 


Westminster 
mprovements 
(Dwellings of 
the Working 
Classes. ) 


Nuneaton, 

Hinckley and 

Leicester 
ilway, 





16 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Pendleton, Swinton, &amp;c. Road Bill was read 
a second time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


The Poulnasherry Inclosure Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Rochdale Improvement Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, Vhat the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Saint Helen’s Canal and Railway Bill was 
read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Bill was 
read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Thames Haven Dock and Railway Bill was 
read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Tralee and Killarney Railway Bill was read 
a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, ‘Yhat the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Wakefield Market Bill was read a second 
time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Wellington and Severn Junction Railway Bill 
was read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Westminster Improvements Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Wexford Junction Railway Bill 


be read a second time To-morrow. 


A Petition of the Ayrshire and Galloway ( Smiths- 
town and Dalmellington) Railway Company, for leave 
to bring in a Bill to authorize the Extension of the 
Railway already partly executed between Smiths- 
town and Dalmellington, in the County of Ayr, to 
Dalmellington, and to the Glasgow and South 
Western Railway near Ayr, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Colonel Blair and Mr. Bouverie. 


A Petition of Promoters, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for the Incorporation of the Westminster Asso- 
ciation for improving the Dwellings of the Working 
Classes, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of Provisional Directors of the Wun- 
eaton, Hinckley and Leicester Railway Company, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for making a Railway from 
the London and North Western ( Trent Valley) Rail- 
way at Nuneaton, to the Midland Railway at Wigs- 
ton Magna, near Leicester, to be called “ The Nun- 
eaton, Hinckley and Leicester Railway,” and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
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91° Februari. 







































265 


ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Bulkeley 
Hughes, Mr. Brotherton and Mr. Phinn. 


A Petition of Directors for making the a 
thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 


was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of Promoters, for leave to bring in a Spalding 
Improvement. 


Bill for paving, lighting, watching, draining, sup- 
plying with Water, cleansing, regulating and other- 
wise improving the Town and Parish of Spalding, in 
the County of Lincoln, for making a Cemetery, for 
erecting a Corn Exchange and Market-house therein, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 


by Sir John Trollope and Lord Burghley. 


Mr. Ker Seymer, from the Select Committee ap- Canterbury 
pointed to try and determine the matter of the Peti- Election. 


tion of certain Electors, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the City of Canterbury, in- 
formed the House, That the Committee had de- 
termined, 

That Henry Plumptre Gipps, Esquire, is not duly 
elected a Citizen to serve in this present Parliament 
for the City of Canlerbury. 

‘That the Honourable /Jenry Butler Johnstone is 
not duly elected a Citizen to serve in this present 
Parliament for the City of Canterbury. 

That the last Election for the said City is a void 
Election. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Mr. Ker Seymer further informed the House, That 
the Committee had agreed to the following Reso- 
lutions : 

That the said Henry Plumptre Gipps and the said 
Henry Butler Johnstone were (by their Agents) 
guilty of bribery at the last Election for the said 


City. 

That it was proved to the Committee, that Edwin 
Hayward was bribed with £.4 ; John Gardiner, £.1 ; 
Henry White, £.5; and Charles White, £.3 ; and that 
William Bradley, Henry Augustus Thomas, William 
Newing, William Pickering, James Pearce, William 
Lemar, Charles Henry Brown and William Collin- 
son, were bribed by means of colour tickets of the 
value of 10s. each. 

That it was not proved that these acts of bribery 
were committed with the knowledge and consent of 
the said Henry Plumptre Gipps and the said Henry 
Butler Johnstone. 

That the Committee find that a system of corrup- 
tion, by means of colour tickets, prevailed at the last 
Election on behalf of the sitting Members, and at 
previous Elections for the City of Canterbury gene- 
rally. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Minutes 


before the Committee be laid before this House. 


A Message by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of the Royal Asseut 


Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent to seve- 
ral Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire the 
immediate attendance of this Honourable House in 
the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. 

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

Mr. Speaker reported, ‘That the House, at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her 
Majestv’s Commission, had been at the House of 
Peers, where a Commission under the, Great Seal 

MM was 


Banbridge, 
pate ed 
? ‘ ‘¢ d Belfast 
for making a ig from Banbridge, to join the ee . 


Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway at Scarvagh, Railway. 


















266 


was read, giving, declaring and notifying the Royal 
Assent to the several Bills therein mentioned ; and 
that the Lords, thereby authorized, had declared the 
Royal Assent to the said Bills: Which Bills are as 
follow : 

An Act to apply the Sum of Two Millions to the 

Service of the year One thousand eight hundred and 
Fifty-three : 
Stamp Duties An Act to substitute Stamp Duties for Fees on 
on Patents for passing Letters Patent for Inventions, and to provide 
— for the Purchase for the Public Use of certain In- 
dexes of Specifications : 

An Act to amend an Act relating to the Valuation 
of Rateable Property in Jreland. 


21° Februari. A. 1853. 


Mr. Cardwell presented, by. Her Majesty’s Com- Trade ana 
mand,—Accounts relating to Trade and Navigation, Nvigation. 
Month ended 5th January 1853, and Twelve Months No. 102, Nav 
ended 5th January 1853: Quantities of the several blis 
Articles charged with Duties of Excise in the years al 
ended 5th January 1851, 1852 and 1853. 

Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the 

Table ; and be printed. 


Transfer of 
Aids Bill. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Bank Bank of Na 
of England, which were presented upon the 18th E9sland. blis 
day of this instant February, be printed. No. 145. Ab 


Valuation Act 
Greliand) Bil. Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Courts of 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Co™™on Law. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Twenty- 


first Report. 


Court of 
Chancery. 


Prisons. 


Prisons 
(Scotland. ) 


Poor Rates 
(Clare. ) 


County 
Officers 
(Ireland. ) 


Turnpike 
Trusts 
(Ireland. ) 


Ordered, That Mr. Pugh have leave of absence 
for ten days, on urgent business. 


Petitions relating to Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ; 
—Ecclesiastical Courts; — Jewish Disabilities ; — 
Maynooth College Act ; — Nunneries; — Attorneys’ 
Certificates ;—County Rates and Expenditure Bill ; 
— Distillery Laws ;—Financial Measures ;—Legacy 
Duty ;—Paper, Newspaper Stamps, and Advertise- 
ments ;—Post Horses and Carriages ;—Repayment 
of Advances (/reland) ; — Soap ;—Terminable An- 
nuities ;—Christmas Gifts to Postmen ;—Great Wes- 
tern Railway; — Signor Madiai and his Wife; — 
Lieutenant Samuel Smith; — and, Tidewaiters, — 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers,—were 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of 
an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Court of Chancery : Copy 
Order for Payment of Superannuation Allowance to 
Edward Dod Colville, Esquire, of £.3,000 per annum. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Seventeenth Report of the Inspectors 
— under the Provisions of the Act 5 &amp; 6 
Will. 4, c. 38, to visit the different Prisons of Great 
Britain :—II1. Northern and Eastern District. 

Copy of Seventeenth Report of the Inspectors ap- 
pointed under the Provisions of the Act 5 &amp; 6 Will. 4, 
c. 38, to visit the different Prisons of Great Britain : 
—IV. Scotland. 

Copy of Fourteenth Report of the General Board 
of Directors of Prisons in Scotland. 

Mr. Fitzroy also presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 10th day of December 
last, for a Return of the Amount of the last two 
Rates struck for each Electoral Division in the se- 
veral Poor Law Unions of the County of Clare; 
specifying, in each case, how much was required to 
meet the Charge in respect of the Consolidated 
Annuities due from such Electoral Division. 

Further Return to an Order, dated the 16th day 
of December last, for a Return of the Names, Age, 
Date of Appointment, Salaries, Fees and Allowances, 
of every Clerk of the Crown, Clerk of the Peace, 
Crown Solicitor, Sessions Crown Prosecutor, Trea- 
surer and Grand Jury Secretary, for each County, 
County of a City, or County of a Town in Jreland, 
from the 3ist day of March 1845 to the 31st day 
of March 1852, such Return to specify every County 
in which the Duties of Clerks of the Crown or 
Peace have been performed by Deputy, also the 
Name and Amount of Salary and Allowances paid 
to any such Deputy. 

Mr. Fitzroy also presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Abstract of the 
General Statements of the Income and Expenditure 
of Turnpike Trusts in Ireland, from 1st January to 
31st December 1851. 

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





to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Salaries awarded by the 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury to the 
several Officers and Persons under the Act 15 &amp; 16 
Vic. c. 73 (Courts of Common Law), with the Names 
of the said Officers and Persons, and a Description 
of the Offices held by them respectively; and a 
Statement of the Documents or Proofs upon which 
such Salaries were awarded ; also, the Table of Fees 
sanctioned and allowed by the Judges of the Courts 
of Common Law under the said Act. 

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


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of any Communication from Thomas 
Cubitt, Esquire, to the Right honourable Sir William 
Molesworth, Baronet, on the Subject of Battersea 
Park ; together with a Copy of any Reply, and of 
any Reference to the Treasury thereon, and of any 
Answer or Minute of Treasury which may have 
respect thereto. 

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


Coast of England, stating the several Surveys or 
Charts that have been completed by the Officers 
engaged in the Survey, giving the Dates when such 
Surveys or Charts have been respectively received at 
the Admiralty, and the Dates when any of them 
have been me Arete published :—Similar Return 
for the Coast of [reland :—And, similar Return for 
the Coast of Scotland. 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Engagement entered into by 
Syed Syf bin Hamood, Chiet of Sohar, for the Abo- 
lition of the African Slave Trade in his Ports, 22d 
May 1849. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred and thirty-seven thousand two hundred and 
forty-five seul, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 
fray the Salaries of the Officers and the Contingent 
Expenses of the Admiralty Office, which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1854. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
four thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine Ee s, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of 
the Officers and the Contingent Expenses of the 
several Scientific Departments of the Navy, — 

wi 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Battersea 


ark. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Hydrographi- 
Return relative to the Hydrographical Survey on the ¢@! Survey. 


African 
Slave Trade. 


Supply. 


Admiralty 
Office. 


Scientific 
Departments 
of the Navy- 


me 


iJ4n- 6 A | 


—— ne 


i. thee hae 





Naval Esta- 
blishments 
at Home. 


Naval Esta- 
blishments 
Abroad. 


Wages to 
Artificers, &amp;c. 
at Home. 


Wages to 
Artificers, &amp;c. 
Abroad. 


Naval Stores. 


New Works. 


Medicines 
and Medical 
Stores. 


Naval 
Miscellaneous 
Services. 


Half-Pay 
(Navy and 
Marines.) 


Military 
Pensions and 
Allowances, 


Civil Pensions 
and Allow- 
ances. 


Freight of 
Ships, &amp;c, 





16 VicrorizZ. 


will come in course of payment during the year ending 
on the 31st day of March 1854. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred and thirty-four thousand two hundred and thirty 

unds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
Salaries of the Officers and the Contingent Expenses 
of Her Majesty’s Naval Establishments at Home, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1854. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
two thousand seven hundred and sixty-four pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of 
the Officers and the Contingent Expenses of Her 
Majesty’s Naval Establishments Abroad, which will 
come in course ‘of payment during the year ending 
on the 31st day of March 1854. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six hun- 
dred and eighty-three thousand six hundred and forty- 
eight pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the Charge of Wages to Artificers, Labourers, and 
others employed in Her Majesty’s Naval Establish- 
ments at Home, which will come in course of pay- 
ment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1854. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
five thousand five hundred and sixty-six pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Wages to Artificers, Labourers, and others pre, 
in Her Majesty’s Naval Establishments Abroad, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1854. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One mil- 
lion twenty-three thousand and eleven pounds, be 
er to Her Majesty, to defray the ) man of 

aval Stores for the Building, Repair and Outfit of 
the Fleet, the Purchase of Steam Machinery, and 
for other purposes connected therewith, which will 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
on the 31st day of March 1854. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two hun- 
dred and fifty-six thousand nine hundred and forty- 
eight pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the Charge of New Works, Improvements and Re- 
pairs in the Naval Establishments, which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1854. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
six thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of Medicines and Medical Stores, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1854. 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty- 
seven thousand four hundred and twenty-seven 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
Charge of divers Naval Miscellaneous Services, which 
will come in course of payment during the year ending 
on the 31st day of March 1854. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six hun- 
dred and eighty-seven thousand five hundred and 
seventy-five pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of Half-Pay, Reserved Half-Pay, 
and Retirement to Officers of the Navy and Royal 
Marines, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1854. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four 
hundred and eighty-three thousand one hundred and 
thirty-four pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of Military Pensions and Allow- 
ances, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1854. 

13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred and forty-eight thousand three hundred and 
ninety-four pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the nan of Civil Pensions and Allowances, 
which will come in course of payment: during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1854. 

14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred and fifty-two thousand nine hundred and fifty 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
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267 


Charge for the Freight of Ships, and for the Victual- 
ling and Conveyance of Troops and Stores on account 
of the Army and Ordnance Departments, which will 
come in course of oe? during the year ending 
on the 31st day of March 1854. 


Resolutions to be reported. 


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

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Mr. Wilson Patten also acquainted the House, 
that he was directed to move, That the Committee 
may have leave to sit — 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 


next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Clergy , 
reading of the Clergy Reserves (Canada) Bill ; wince 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon cen 
Monday next. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee Supply ; 
of Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. Resolved, That Forty-five thousand five hun- Seamen and 
dred Men be employed for the Sea Service for the Marines. 
— ending the 31st day of March 1854, including 

welve thousand five. hundred Royal Marines and 
Two thousand Boys. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One mil- Wages to d’. 
lion seven hundred and thirty-six thousand two hun- 
dred and thirty-six pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to defray the Charge of Wages to Seamen and 
Marines, which will come in course Ses during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1854. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six hun- Victuals for a’. 
died and fifteen thousand four hundred and twenty- 
six pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the Charge of Victuals to Seamen and Marines, in 
Her Majesty’s Fleet, which will come in course of 
payment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1854. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Marine 
for the Regulation of Her Majesty’s Royal Marine Mutiny. 
Forces while on Shore: And that Mr. Wilson Patten, 

Sir James Graham and Mr. Osborne do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 
Martis, 22° die Februarii, 1853: 
The Grand Jury Cess (Zreland) Bill was, according Grand Jury 
to Order, read the third time. pay (Ireland) 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Wilson Patten do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Office of Exa- 
into a Committee on the Office of Examiner (Court pp A ome 
of Chancery) Bill. Bill. . 


* (In the Committee.) 


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

Preamble postponed. 

Cuavse, No. 1, amended, and agreed to. 


Cuiause, N° 2 (Qualification of Examiner). 

An Amendment made. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the {oar Hayter, ] 99 
Yeas, Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J ‘~ 
Tellers for the fMr. Mullings, l ge 
Noes, UMr. Murrough : hae 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 
_ | Mr. 





MM 2 

































































A ES A ET 























Ways and 
Means, 


Newspaper 
Stamps. 


Navy. 


Sheriff Courts 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


No, 144. 


Clergy 
Reserves 
(Canada. ) 


Metropolitan 
Improvements 
(Repayment 


out of Consoli- 


dated Fund) 
Bill. 


No. 146, 


Cambridge 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Pilotage. 


Slave Trade 


(New Granada) into effect the Treaty between Her Majesty and the 


Bill. 
No. 147, 


Slave Trade 
(Sohar, in 
Arabia) Bill. 


No, 148. 





268 Q1°—29° 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson 
Patten reported, That the Committee had made 
Progress in the Bill; and that he was directed to 
move, That the Committee may have leave to sit 

in. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Return 
of the Number of Newspaper Stamps, at One Penny, 
issued to Newspapers in England, Ireland, Scotland 
and Wales, for 1851 and 1852, specifying each News- 
paper by Name, and the Number of Stamps issued 
in each of the above years to each Newspaper (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 42, of 
Session 1842) :—And the said Motion was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That there be laid before this House, Copies 
of the Report of, and Evidence taken by a Com- 
mittee appointed by the late Board of Admiralty on 
the subject of Manning the Navy :—And the said 
Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to facilitate 
Procedure in the Sheriff Courts in Scot/and: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Thursday the 10th day of 
March next ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to request that their Lordships will communicate to 
this House, a Copy of the Opinion of the Judges in 
1840, on questions submitted to them relative to the 
construction to be put upon the Clauses in the Act 
31 Geo, 3, c. 31, referring to the Canadian Clergy 
Reserves: And that Lord John Manuers do carry the 
said Message. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill 
to authorize Advances out of the Consolidated Fund 
to discharge Monies borrowed on the security of the 
Land Revenues of the Crown, for the purpose of 
Metropolitan Improvements, and providing for the 
Payment of such Advances, and of certain Monies 
charged on the London Bridge Approaches Fund: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Friday next; and to 
be printed. 


Mr. Grenville Berkeley presented a Bill for sup- 
plying the University and Borough of Cambridge, 
and the neighbourhood thereof, with Water: And the 


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


a second time. 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into a Committee to consider the Acts relating 
to Pilotage. 


Lord John Russell presented a Bill for carrying 


Republic of New Granada, for the Suppression of 
the Slave Trade: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Friday next ; and to be printed. 


Lord John Russell presented a Bill for carrying 
into effect the engagement between Her Majesty and 
Syed Syf bin Homocd, the Chief of Sohar, in Arabia, 
for the more effectual Suppression of the Slave Trade: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Friday next ; and to 


be printed. 


Februariz. 





A. 1853. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Fast and 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, West India 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Orders a al 
in the case of the Petition for additional Provision Junction 
inthe East and West India Docks and Birmingham Railway Bil, 
Junction Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 


Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Wimpole, 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Wrestling- 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Orders por 74 a 
in the case of the Petition for the Wimpole, Wrest- 

lingworth and Potton Road Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 


Committee on Standing Orders. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before One of the 
clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned till 


this day. 








Martis, 22° die Februarii; 
Anno 16° Victorie Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 


HE Clerk of the Crown, attending, according Tavistock 
to Order, amended the Return for the Borough Election. 
of Tavistock, by rasing out the name of Samuel 

Carter, Esquire, and inserting the name of Robert 

Joseph Phillimore, Esquire, instead thereof. 


A Petition of Provisional Directors of the Shrews- shrewsbury, 
bury, Lronbridge and Bridgnorth Railway, for leave Ironbridge 
to bring in a Bill for making Railways from the oor + 
Shiffnall and Madeley Branch of the Shrewsbury a 
and Birmingham Railway, in the Parish of Madeley, 

in the County of Salop, to the Towns of Ironbridge 

and Bridgnorth, and to Lightmoor, and for other 

purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 

ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Clive 

and Mr. Whitmore. 


A Petition of Provisional Directors of the Mont- Montgomery- 
gomeryshire Railway, for leave to bring in a Bill for shire Railway. 
making a Railway from the Town of Oswestry, in 
the County of Salop, to the Town of Newtown, in 
the County of Montgomery, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Ormsby Gore and 
Sir Watkin Williams Wynn: 


A Petition of the Newport, Abergavenny and Newport, 
Hereford Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Abergavenny 
Bill to authorize the Newport, Abergavenny and oe hema 

er y (Taff 
Hereford Railway Company to make Deviations on Vale.) 
their Extension to the Zaff Vale Railway, and to 
make certain short Branches, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Stand- 
ing Orders. 


A Petition of Directors of the English and Austra- English and 
lian Copper Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for Australian 
incorporating the English and Australian Copper CoPPet C™ 

P s e . g an us " I I pany. 
Company, for enabling such Company to raise ad- 
ditional Capital, and to take an Assignment of cer- 
tain Letters Patent, was presented, and read ; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Wodehouse and Mr. Burroughes. 


A Petition of the Newport, Abergavenny and Newport, 
Hereford Railway Company, for leave to bring in a ary meres 
Bill to authorize the Newport, Abergavenny and Sane ‘ 
Hereford Railway Company to extend their Railway (Brecon.) 
to Brecon, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Colonel 
Clifford and Mr. Price. 

A Petition 











Sou 


way 


Gal 


iti mit aie ee ed 


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South Wales 
Mineral Rail- 
way. 


Galway 
Harbour. 


London and 
South Western, 
and London, 
Brighton and 
South Coast 
kailway Com- 
panies Amal- 
gamation. 


Galway 
Improvement. 


Birkenhead 
Dock 
Trustees. 


Caledonian 
Railway 
(Revival of 
Powers, &amp;c.) 


Upton Saint 
Leonard’s, 
Birdlip and 
Brimpsfield 
Roads, 


Alston Roads. 


Gorbals 

Gravitation 
ater (No, 2 

Bill, ¢ ) 





QO 
99 


16 Vicrorrz. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Undertaking 
thereafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
making a Railway from the South Wales Railway at 
Britonferry to Glyncorrwg, in Glamorganshire, and 
other Railways in connexion therewith, to be called 
“The South Wales Mineral Railway,” was _pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Yalbot and Mr. 
Gwyn. 


A Petition of the Galway Harbour Commissioners, 
for leave to bring ina Bill for making a Pier and 
Breakwater in the Bay of Galway, and tor conferring 
additional Powers on the Galway Harbour Com- 
missioners, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 


accordingly, by Mr. O’ Flaherty and Mr. Blake. 


A Petition of the Zondon and South —e 
and London, Brighton and South Coast Railway 
Companies, for leave to bring in a Bill for autho- 
rizing the Amalgamation of the London and South 
Western, and the London, Brighton and South 
Coast Railway Companies, and for other purposes, | 





South Western, and the London, Brighton and. 
South Coast Railways Amalgamation Act, 1853,” | 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Sir George Brooke 
Pechell and Mr. Laing. 


A Petition of the Galway Town Commissioners, | 
for leave to bring in a Bill for better paving, drain- 
we cleansing, lighting, watching, supplying with 

ater, regulating in regard to Markets, and other | 
purposes ; for making new Streets, and otherwise im- | 
proving the Town of Galway, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. O’ Flaherty and Mr. Blake. 





A Petition of Trustees of the Birkenhead Docks, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for authorizing Arrange- | 
ments between the Trustees of the Birkenhead | 
Docks, and other Parties, and for other purposes, | 
and of which the short Title is “The Birkenhead | 
Docks Act, 1853,” was presented, and read; and a) 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by | 
Sir De Lacy Evans and Mr. Headlam. | 


A Petition of the Caledonian Railway Company, | 
for leave to bring in a Bill to continue certain of the | 
Powers of the Caledonian Railway (Dumfriesshire | 
and Cumberland Branches) Act, 1847, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. William Lockhart 
and Mr. Baird. 


A Petition of Persons living on or near the Lines 
of Road thereinafter-mentioned, Suitors for the Bill 
thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for making Turnpike-roads from Upton Saint Leo- 
nard’s to Brimpsfield and Birdlip, n the County of 
Gloucester, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by the Mar- 
quis of Worcester and Sir William Codrington. 


A Petition of Trustees acting in the execu- 
tion of the Act thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to 
bring in a Bill to repeal the Act for repairing the 
Alstor Turnpike-roads, and to make other Provisions 
in lieu chereof, was presented, and read; and a Bill 


Februariz. 





was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Beaumont and Mr. Charles Howard. 
! 
Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to amend the | 
Gorbals Gravitation Water Company’s Acts; to 
authorize the Extension of their Works: to supply 
the Royal Burgh of Renfrew and Suburbs, and 
other places, with Water, and for other purposes : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 
VoL. 108. 








269 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a 
Railway, commencing by a Junction with the Scot- 
tish Central Railway at Stirling, and terminating by 
a Junction with the Caledonian and Dumbartonshire 
Junction Railway at Alexandria, to be called “The 
Forth and Clyde Junction Railway :” And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 
London and North Western Railway Company to 
construct a Railway from near Wellington to Coal- 
brook Dale and Ironbridge, with a Branch to the 
Hadley Station of the Shropshire Union Railway, 
all in the County of Salop, and for other purposes : 


And the same was read the first time; and ordered 


to be read a second time. 





Forth and 
ClydeJunction 
Railway Bill. 


London and 
NorthWestern 
Railway 
(Coalbrook- 
Dale, &amp;c.) Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the York Drainage 


Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of York 


to purchase the Undertaking of the Foss Navigation 


Company, and to execute Works for the Sanitary 


and Sanitary 
Improvement 
and Foss 
Navigation 


Improvement of the said City; to alter the Tolls Bi 


Nally bs, and for taken in the Cattle Markets and Fairs of the City, 
and of which the short Title is “The London and | and for other purposes : And the same was read the 


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


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize the 


Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of 


Manchester to make certain new Streets, and to 
amend the Acts relating to the said Borough, and 
for other purposes: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to extend the 
Railway Act, 1847,” and for other purposes: And 


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


Manchester 
Improvement 


South Staf- 


| Time for the Purchase of Lands and the Completion fordshire 
of Works authorized by “The South Staffordshire 


Railway Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for better sup- Haslingden 


plying with Water the Towns and Villages of Has- 
lingden, Rawtenstall and Newchurch, and the Town- 
ships of Haslingden, Higher Booths, Lower Booths, 
Newchurch and Hapton, in the Parish of Whalley ; 
the Townships of Cowpe Lench, New Hall, Hey and 


| Hall Carr, and Tottington-Higher-End, in the Pa- 


rish of Bury; and the Extra-parochial Places of Hen 
Heads and Dunnockshaw, all in the County Palatine 
of Lancaster: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize the 
Extension of the Kailway already partly executed 
between Smithstown and Dalmellington, in the County 
of Ayr, to Dalmellington, and to the Glasgow and 
South Western Railway near Ayr: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 
Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway Com- 
pany to purchase certain Undertakings, and to unite 
their own Undertaking with that of the London and 
North Western Kailway Company: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to amend the 
Acts relating to the Birkenhead Dock Company, 
and to enable the Company to make a Railway for 
their Works, and for other purposes, and of which 
the short Title is “The Birkenhead Dock Company’s 
Act, 1853: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


and Rawten- 
stall Water- 
works Bill. 


Ayrshire and 
Galloway 
(Smithstown 
and Dalmel- 
lington) 
Railway Bill, 


Newport, 
Abergavenny 
and Hereford 
Railway (Sale 
or Lease, &amp;e.) 
Bill. 


Birkenhead 
Dock Uom- 
pany Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a Saint Ives and 
Railway from the Town of Saint Ives to the West West Cornwall 
Cornwall Railway, at or near Saint Erth, with a 
Branch 


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Junction 
Railway Bill. 



































970 22° Februari. 


Branch therefrom, and for making Arrangements 
with the West Cornwall Railway Company: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


West London Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for the better sup- 


Waterworks lying with Water certain parts of the Western Dis- 


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


Salisbury Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for enabling the 

_ Local Board of Health for the City of Salisbury to 
construct Waterworks, and for other purposes: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Bideford Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a 

Extension == Railway from the North Devon Railway at Freming- 

Railway Bil. 15, Pill to Bideford, to be called “The Bideford 
Extension Railway:” And the same was read the 
first time; and le to be read a second time. 


Furness Mr. Turner presented a Bill for confirming cer- 

Railway Bill. tain Agreements entered into between the Fur- 
ness Railway Company and John Abel Smith, Es- 
quire, and for enabling the Furness Railway Com- 
pany to raise a further Sum of Money, and for 
authorizing the Conversion of the Borrowed and 
Preferential Share Capital of the Furness Railway 
Company into a Stock not exceeding Four pounds 
ten shillings ner centum, and for amending the Acts 
relating to the said Company and Pile Pier: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Whitehaven A Petition of the Whitehaven and Furness Junction 

and Furness Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 

se mi enable the Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway 
Company to make Branch Railways, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Alder- 
man Thompson and Mr. Hildyard. 


London and Mr. Barrow presented a Bill for the Amalgamation 


vey of the London and North Western and the Midland 
Railway Com- Railway Companies, and for other a and of 


panies Amal- which the short Title is “'The London, Midland and 

gamation Bill. North Western Railways Amalgamation Act, 1853 :” 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Kilkenny and 
Great South- Powers upon the Ki/kenny and Great Southern and 
ern and 4 

Western Western R 
Railway Bill. the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Scottish A Petition of the Scottish Central Railway Com- | 
+ eamell pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Scot- 
” tish Central Railway Company to convert their 
Mortgage and Bond Debt into Debenture Stock, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Forbes and Mr. 

Dunlop. 
Ballymena, A Petition of Directors for making the Railway 


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

vo Porcrush for making a Railway from Ball to Portrusi 

and Portrush for making a Railway from Ballymena to Portrush, 

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

Railway. be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Macartney and 
Mr. Davison. 


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

Abergavenny one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, in 

and Hereford . ‘ . . ' 

Railway (Taff Tespect of non-compliance with the Standing Orders 

Vale.) in the case of the Petition for the Newport, Aberga- 
venny and Hereford Railway (Taff Vale) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 

Committee on Standing Orders. 


Adel Beck Ordered, That the Adel Beck Reservoirs Bill be 
—— read a second time upon Monday next. 


tricts of the Metropolis, in the County of Middlesex : 


Colonel Greville presented a Bill to confer further | 





ailway Company: And the same was read | 











A. 1858. 


The Harwich Docks and Pier Bill was read a se- Harwich 
cond time ; and committed. ey 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ’ 


mittee of Selection. 


The High Ham and Ashcott Roads Bill was read High Ham 
a second time; and committed. = Ata 

Ordered, That the Bil! be referred to the Com- &gt; oo. 
mittee of Selection. 


The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway London, 
Bill was read a second time; and committed. agen and 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Railway Bil 


mittee of Selection. 


The Lough Foyle and Lough Swilly Railway Bill Lough Foyle 
was read a second time ; and committed. rant aed 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- way Sn 
mittee of Selection. 


The Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway Newport, 
(Hereford, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second time; and ay ene 
committed. Railway — 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- (Hereford, 


mittee of Selection. &amp;c.) Bill. 


The North British Railway Bill was read a second North British 
time ; and committed. Railway Bill. 
Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Plymouth Waterworks Bill was read a second Plymouth 
time ; and committed. Waterworks 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- om. 
mittee of Selection. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Dewsbury, 
reading of the Dewsbury, Heckmondwike and Batley Heckmond- 
Water Bill; Batley" Water 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being Bill. 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 

he Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. "To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 


-| words “ upon this day six months.” 


And the Question being put, That the word “now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


” _ { Mr. Cobden 
Tellers for the Yeas,’ sir John Shelley : }a10. 
Tellers for the Noes,{ Mr a } 68. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time : 
—The Bill was accordingly read a second time ; and 
committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second GreatGrimsby 
reading of the Great Grimsby Improvement Bill ; ce 
And a Motion being made, and the Question -_ 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 
The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; vic. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “upon this day six months.” 
And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“now” stand part of the Question :—The said pro- 
posed Amendments were, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 
Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second time ; 
and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
The 































Sevs 


=&gt; m5 S me 





Her Majesty's 
Theatre 
Association 
Bill. 


New Forest 
Deer Removal 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Wexford 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Standing 
‘Orders H 


Glasgow 
Waterworks. 


Newport, 
Abergavenny 
and Hereford 
Railway 


16 Vicroriz. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of Her Majesty’s Theatre Association Bill ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Phinn, 
Yeas, Mr. Milnes: 
Tellers for the {Sir George Brooke Pechell, 
Noes, UMr. Hutchins : 
So it passed in the Negative. 


79. 
hi 170. 


The New Forest Deer Removal Act Amendment 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; 
and committed to a Select Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Wexford Junction Railway Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,’ and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the - “i 

r. Grogan, 
Tellers for the Yeas! uty pg 


Tellers for the Noes, to eg Ms 


} 87. 
} 79. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time : 
—The Bill was accordingly read a second time ; and 
committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Sotheron reported from the Select Committee 
on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; which were 
read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Glasgow Wa- 
terworks Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be 
dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to 
proceed with their Bill, provided the same be pre- 
sented not later than three clear days after the pre- 
sentation of this Report; and that they prove before 
the Committee on the Bill that application in writing 
has been made to the Owners, Lessees and Occupiers 
referred to in the Report of the Examiner, and that 
an amended Plan and Section be deposited in the 
Private Bill Office. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Newport, 
Abergavenny and Hereford Railway (Swansea, &amp;c.) 
Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 


(Swansea, &amp;c.) with; that the Parties be permitted to proceed with 


Ambergate, 
Nottingham 
and Boston 
and Eastern 


Junction Rail- 
way Company 


(Sale, &amp;c,) 





their Bill, provided the same be presented not later 
than three clear days after the presentation of this 
Report ; and that amended Plans, Sections and 
Books of Reference be deposited in the Private Bill 
Office, and an amended portion of the Plan be depo- 
sited with the Parish Clerk of Ystradgunlais; and 
that application in writing be made to the Aberdare 
Canal Company, showing the manner in which their 
property will be affected. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Ambergate, 
Nottingham and Boston and Eastern Junction Rail- 
way Company (Sale, &amp;c.) Petition, the Standing Or- 
ders ought to be dispensed with ; that the Parties be 
permitted to proceed with their Bill, provided the 
same be presented not later than three clear days 
after the presentation of this Report ; and that Clause 
19, and all provisions which enable the Great North- 
ern, the London and North Western, and the Midland 
Railway Companies, or any of them, to create new 
VoL. 108. 


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271 


Shares or Stock for the purchase of the Ambergate, 
Nottingham and Boston and Eastern Junction Rail- 
way, be omitted from the Bill. 

4. Resolved, That in the case of the Swansea Vale swansea Vale 
Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be Railway. 
dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to 
proceed with their Bill, provided the same be pre- 
sented not later than three clear days after the pre- 
sentation of this Report, and that amended Plans and 
Sections be deposited. 

That the Committees on this and the three preced- 
ing Bills do report how far such Orders have respec- 
tively been complied with on the Report of the Bill. 

5. Resolved, That in the case of the Gorbals Gra- Gorbals 
vitation Water Company (No. 1) (Amendment of Gravitation 
Acts, &amp;c.) Petition, the Standing Orders ought not Water (No. 1.) 
to be dispensed with. 

The first, second, third and fourth Resolutions, 
being read a second time, were agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Edward Ball presented a Bill for paving, light- Spalding 

ing, watching, draining, supplying with Water, cleans- Improvement 
ing, regulating and otherwise improving the Town and ~ * 
Parish of Spalding, in the County of Lincoln ; for 
making a Cemetery ; for erecting a Corn Exchange 
and Market-house therein, and for other purposes : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Mr. Edward Ball presented a Bill for making a Nuneaton, 
Railway from the London and North Western ( Trent oe and 
Valley) Railway at Nuneaton, to the Midland Rail- xojway Bil 

: y Bill. 
wav at Wigston Magna, near Leicester, to be called 
“The Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester Railway,” 
and for other purposes: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect swansea Vale 
of the Petition for the Swansea Vale Railway Bill, Railway. 
which was this day made from the Select Committee 
on Standing Orders, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the Construction and Maintenance of certain Rail- 
ways in the Vale of Swansea, in the County of Gla- 
morgan, to be called “The Swansea Vale Reilway:” 

And that Sir George Tyler, Mr. Hussey Vivian and 
Mr. Austin Bruce do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Newport, 
of the Petition for the Newport, Abergavenny and Abergavenny 
Hereford Railway (Swansea, &amp;c.), Bill, which was iiver ~ 
this day made from the Select Committee on Standing (Swansea, &amp;c.) 
Orders, might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to authorize the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford 
Railway Company to extend their Railway to Swan- 
sea, and to purchase the Oystermouth Railway : And 
that Colonel Clifford and Mr. Price do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Ambergate, 
of the Petition for the Ambergate, Nottingham and Nottingham 
Boston and Eastern Junction Railway (Sale, &amp;c.), Bill, {iq Fastern 
which was this day made from the Select Committee Junction Rail- 
on Standing Orders, might be read; and the same ¥*¥ (Sale, 
being read ; e) 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enable the Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston and 
Eastern Junction Railway Company to complete the 
Purchase of the Nottingham Canal and the Grantham 
Canal, and to lease or transfer their Railway, and the 
said Canals, to the London and North Western Rail- 
way Company, the Midland Railway Company and 
the Great Northern Railway Company, one or more 
of them: And that Lord Robert Clinton and Mr. 

Barrow do prepare, and bring it in. 
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972 22° Februari. A. 1853. 


Newry Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com-| by the Treasury to Richard Griffith, Sir William 
lection. mittee of Elections, the Names of the Members of} Cubitt and Mr. Rendel, Civil Engineers, appointed 
the Select Committee appointed to try and determine | to inquire into the Arterial Drainage in Jredand. 
the matter of the Petition, complaining of an undue| The following Papers, pursuant to the directions of Queen Anne's 
Election and Return for the Borough of Newry; to | several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon the Bounty, 
which they had annexed the Petition referred to them | Table by the Clerk of the House,—An Account of 
by the House relating thereto :—Henry Danby Sey-| all Receipts and Disbursements by the Governors of 
mour, Esquire, Charles Aaron Moody, Esquire, Wil-| Queen Anne’s Bounty, during the year ending on the 
liam Laslett, Esquire, George William John Repton, | 31st day of December 1851. 
Esquire ; Chairman, Honourable Edwin Lascelles. The General Account of the Receipts and Dis- Arundel Port, 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. | bursements of the Monies which have been received C 
and paid by the Commissioners of Arundel Port, Ce 
Southampton = Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- | since the 31st day of December 1851, up to and a 
eaten, mittee of Elections, the Names of the Members of | including the 31st day of December 1852. 

the Select Committee appointed to try and determine 
the matter of the Petition, complaining of an undue 





Ordered, That the Paper relative to Turnpike Turnpike 
Election and Return for the Borough of Southamp- | yeaa ype — an —— d pon Cie Stat (rcland.) 
ton; to which they had annexed the Petition referred | Gay of this instant February, be printed. No. 149, 
to them by the House relating thereto :—Sir John! Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Rates Poor Rates 
Walsh, Baronet, Honourable Henry Bouverie Brand, (Clare), which was presented upon the 21st day of (Clare.) 
Lord Hotham, John Benjamin Smith, Esquire ; | this instant February, be printed. No. 150. 
Chairman, Henry Arthur Herbert, Esquire. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. | Ordered, That the Return relative to County Of- County 
'ficers (Jreland), which was presented upon the 21st Mfficers 
Canterbury The following Papers, pursuant to Orders, were | day of this instant February, be printed. Goctend.) 
Election. laid upon the Table by the Clerk of the House,— | No, 116, 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select! Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Canterbury 
Committee on the Canterbury Election Petition, | before the Select Committee on the Canterbury Elec- Election. 
Lancaster Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select tion Petition, which were presented this day, be No. 151. 
Election. Committee on the Lancaster Election Petition. | printed. 7 
Yourts of Law The following Papers were also lai ) &gt; Table | 
tnd Fasity” by the Clerk. of the House, Return to an Order, ,OPdered, That no Writ be issued for the City of Canterbury 
(Ireland. ) é ,, Canterbury, before Monday the 4th day of April Writ. 


dated the 26th day of November last, for a Return 
: next. 


of the Names of the several Officers or Persons hold- 
ing Situations in the Superior Courts of Law or 
Equity in Jreland, who, since the year 1830, have 
been superannuated, or removed from their Offices, 
or permitted to retire therefrom under the Provisions 
of any Act of Parliament; specifying the Situation | 
held by each; the Cause of his Removal or Retire- Ordered, That no new Writ be issued for the Lancaster Bi 
ment; the Period of his Service; his Salary; and, Borough of Lancaster, before Monday the 4th day Writ. 
the Amount of Annual or other Compensation. of April next. 
Dissenters’ Return to an Order, dated the 11th day of this | 
— of instant February, for List of the Returns made to 
— the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Mar- 
riages, pursuant to an Act passed in the last Ses- 
sion of Parliament, to amend the Law relating to 
the certifying and registering Places of Religious 
Worship of Protestant Dissenters; preceded by 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Lancaster 
| before the Select Committee on the Lancuster Elec- Election. 
tion Petition, which were presented this day, be No. 152. 
printed, 


| Ordered, That Mr. Fuller have leave of absence Leave of 
| for a fortnight, on account of illness in his family. Absence. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be p:esented Emigrant 

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

'to give directions, that there be laid before this 

Copies of * memeeunge emtiedn aia | House, Copies of the Reports received from the 

-opies of the J orms and Instructions issued by | Colony of Victoria, and of any Report furnished by In 
the Registrar General for the preparation, revision | Ges Cicdetied Seed ek Emigration Commissioners, 
pb &lt;a etm —" pee | relative to the Mortality on board the migrant 
2X10 ’ et turn, “3 aii or ere | one. gg "2 « Th 2? 66 . &gt;) v 
tified Places comprised therein, the Period over which | “y Bouruduf,” “ Wanata,” “ Marco Polo,” and 


: iconderoga.” 
it exte nds, by Ww hom the Return was made, and the | Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Mode in which it was afterwards tested and verified : 


: : | Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
—Analysis and Summary of the said Returns ; : ; 


: ‘ ? : MS &gt; of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 
showing, decennially, the Number of Places certified | Jest) ’ 


in each County of Lngland and Wales by each Re-| The Order made upon the 16th day of December Convicts and Pt 


= . . . . . . . ° ° Pe 
ligious Denomination, and specifying the particular | last, for presenting to Her Majesty an humble Ad- mal 
Returns from which each County Analysis was com- | dress, that She would be graciously pleased to gnts, Vi 


piled ; distinguishing permanent Places of Worship | give directions, that there be laid before this House, set 
trom those of a temporary character, and also dis- | Returns of all Convicts confined in the several 
tincuishing disused Places from those which are still | County Gaols in Ireland, on the 1st day of November 
existing :—And, Statement of the Total Number of | 1852; specifying the Date of Conviction, Age and 
Places of Meeting for Religious Worship certified to | Period of Sentence of each Convict :—Of all Convicts 
the Registrar General under the aforesaid Act, up to | confined in the several Government Depot Prisons in 
the 1st day of January 1853 ; distinguishing the Total Ireland, the same Date; specifying the Period of 
Number of Places so certified in each of the Six pre- | ‘Transportation, Date of Conviction, and Age of each 


ceding Months by each Religious Denomination. _| Convict ; distinguishing those Convicts whose Sen- bh 
Letter Return to an Order, dated the 16th day of Decem- | tences have been commuted to Imprisonment, and , 
Carriers. ber last, for a Return of the Number and Place of the extent of such commuted Punishment :--Of all 

Date of all Memorials addressed to the Postmaster ,Misdemeanants convicted and undergoing Punish- 

General, against the new Regulation prohibiting the ment in the several County Gaols upon the 1st day 

solicitation of Christmas Gifts or other Gratuities by | of November 1852 ; specifying Date of Conviction Pa 

Letter Carriers, with Copies of such Memorials; | and extent of Punishment:—Showing the entire Ww 

omitting those which, in their Claims or Language, | Cost of maintaining each Convict and convicted 

are a mere Repetition of each other. | Misdemeanant confined in the several County Gaols 
Arterial Return to an Order, dated the 18th day of this |in Jreland, for Five years, ending the 31st day of Ms 
are, instant February, for Copy of the Instructions issued | December 1851, as paid out of the County Rates :— Co 


(Ireland.) | Of 





Convicts and 
Convicted 
Misdemean- 
ants. 


Sir James 
Brooke. 


International 
Copyright. 


Public 
Petitions, 

Vide Twenty- 
second Report. 


Office of 
Speaker, 


Payment of 
Wages, 


Maynooth 
College, 


16 Vicroria. 29°_93° 


Of all Sums repaid to Counties in Ireland from the 
Consolidated Fund, for the Support of Convicts 
during the said Period: —And, of all Sums paid 
out of the Consolidated Fund to reimburse the several 
Counties in England and Wales, for the Maintenance 
of Convicts and convicted Misdemeanants confined 
in the several Gaols during said Period ; such Return 
to specify the Number in each Class, and the Average 
Cost per Head, was read, and discharged. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Returns of all Convicts sentenced to Transportation, 
confined in the several County Gaols in Jre/and, on 
the 1st day of November 1852 ; specifying the Date 
of Conviction, Age and Period of Sentence of each 
Convict :—Of all other Prisoners convicted by a 
Jury, and undergoing Punishment in the several 
County Gaols in Treland, on the 1st day of November 
1852 ; specifying the Date of Conviction and Extent 
of Punishment :—Showing the entire Cost of main- 
taining all Convicts and all other Prisoners con- 
victed by a Jury confined in the several County Gaols 
in Ireland, for five years ending on the 31st day of 
December 1851, out of County Rates :—Of all Sums 
repaid to Counties in Jre/and from the Consolidated 
Fund, for the Maintenance of Convicts, during the 
same Period:—And, of all Sums paid out of the 
Consolidated Fund to reimburse the several Counties 
in England and Wales, for the Maintenance of Con- 
victs and convicted Misdemeanants confined in the 
several Gaols during the same I’eriod ; such Return 
to specify the Number in each Class, and the Average 
Cost per Head. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copy of further Correspondence of the Fo- 
reign Office with Sir James Brooke, relative to Mr. 
Hume’s Letter to the Earl of Ma/mesbury, of the 10th 
day of December 1852. 

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


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Accession of the Dukes of 
Anha/t to the Convention concluded 13 May 1846, 
between Great Brituin and Prussia, for the esta- 
blishment of International Copyright; signed at Berlin, 
February 8, 1853. 

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


Petitions relating to Maynooth College Act ;—and, 
Paper, Newspaper Stamps and Advertisements,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition relating to Parliamentary Papers, was 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 

A Petition relating to Indian , was also 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Indian Territories. 





Ordered, That.a Select Committee be appointed 
to consider the best means of providing for the exe- 
cution of the Office of Speaker, in the event of Mr. 
Speaker’s unavoidable absence by reason of illness, 
or of other cause. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
secure the Payment of Wages without Stoppages : 
And that Sir Henry Halford, the Marquis of Granby 
and Mr. Packe do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That this House do resolve itself into a Com- 
VoL. 108. 





Februari. 273 


mittee, to consider the Act 8 &amp; 9 Vic.c. 25, being 
an Act to amend two Acts passed in Jre/and for the 
better Education of Persons professing the Roman 
Catholic Religion, and for the better Government of 
the College established at Maynooth for the Educa- 
tion of such Persons, and also an Act passed in the 
Parliament of the United Kingdom for amending the 
said two Acts, commonly called the last Maynooth 
Act, with a view to the repeal of those Clauses of 
the said Act which provide Money Grants in any 
way to the said College ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ consider” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ all enactments now in force, whereby the Revenue 
“ of the State is charged in aid of any ecclesiastical 
“ or religious purposes whatsoever, with a view to 
“ the repeal of such enactments,” instead thereof. 

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


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


Mercurii, 23° die Februarii, 1853: 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
day. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Public-houses 
for the better Regulation of Public-houses in Sco¢- (Scotland. 


land: And that Mr. Mackenzie, Mr. Cumming Bruce 
and Mr. Forbes do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to in- Expiring 
quire what Temporary Laws of a Public and General «8 


Nature are now in force, and what Laws of the like 
nature have expired since the last Report upon the 
subject ; and an what Laws of the like nature are 
about to expire at particular Periods, or in conse- 
quence of any contingent public event; and to re- 
port the same, with their Observations thereupon, to 
the House:—And a Committee was appointed of 
Mr. Wilson, Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Attorney Ge- 
neral, Mr. Osborne, Mr. Freshfield, Mr. Hume, Mr. 
Aglionby, Sir John Young, Mr. Fitzroy, Mr. Hayter, 
Mr. Peel and Mr. Cardwell; with Power to send for 
persons, papers and records. 
Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That Mr. Fortescue be discharged from Indian _ 
further attendance on the Select Committee on Jn- Tettitories. 


dian Territories. 
Ordered, That Mr. John Fitzgerald be added to 
the Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Education 
Summaries from the Returns of the Commissioners (Iteland.) 


of National Education in Jre/and, for the year 1851, 
—of, 1. Total Number of School Fees received by 
the Teachers of National Schools in the year 1851 ; 
2. Total Number of Schools in which the Amount of 
School Fees received in the year 1851 was under 
£.5; 3. Total Number of Schools the Teachers of 
which received no Income from School Fees in the 
year 1851; 4. Total Amount of Local Contributions 
(not School Fees) towards the Payment of ‘Teachers’ 
Salaries in the year 1851; 5. Total Number of 
Schools which received no Aid from Local Contribu- 
tions (not School Fees) in the year 1851; 6. Total 
Number of Schools the Teachers of which received 
neither School Fees nor any other Local Contribu- 
tion; 7. Total Number of Schools without a Dwelling 
Rent-free for the Teacher; 8. Total Number of 
Teachers whose Total Income from their Schools, in 
the year 1851, was under £.20; 9. Total Number 
of Teachers trained in the Training Schools since 
they were first opened, distinguishing Male from 
Female; 10. Total Number of Teachers employed 
in National Schools in the year 1851, who had been 
trained, distinguishing Male from Female ; 11. Total 
Number of Teachers employed in the year 1851, 





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nex 































































Printing. 


Library of the 
House. 


Mr. Harwood. 


Borneo. 


Piracy 
( Eastern 
Archipelago.) 


Supply. 


Admiralty 
Office. 


Scientific 
Departments 
of the Navy. 


Naval Esta- 
blishinents 
at Home. 


Naval Esta- 
blishments 
Abroad, 


Wages to 
Artificers, &amp;c. 
at Home. 


274 


who had not been trained, distinguishing Male from 
Female. 


Ordered, That Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, 
Mr. Strutt and Sir John Young be added to the 
Select Committee on Printing. 


Ordered, That Lord John Russell, Sir Charles 
Wood, Sir James Graham, Sir John Young, the Lord 
Advocate, Mr. Secretary-at-War and Mr. Chancellor 
of the Exchequer be added to the Standing Com- 
mittee on the Library of the House. 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Correspondence respecting the 
Arrest of Mr. Harwood by the Austrian Authorities, 
1852-1853. 

Lord John Russell also presented,—Return to se- 
veral Addresses to Her Majesty, dated the 14th and 
20th days of December last, for Copies of a Letter 
from Viscount Palmerston, dated between January 
and April 1850, to Sir James Brooke, conveying the 
approval, by the Queen’s late Government, of the 
Measures taken against the Pirates of Serebas, and 
directing Sir James Brooke to repeat them when ne- 
cessary :—Of a a from Sir James Brooke to 
the Earl of Malmesbury, dated the 31st day of July 
1852, enclosing a Letter addressed by Mr. Cruikshank 
to the Chiefs of Bintulu, on the subject of the Anti- 
mony Mines :—Of two Notes addressed by the late 
Mr. Burns to his Employer, Mr. Nicol, on the subject 
of leaving the Bintulu River; also, a third Enclosure 
from Mr. Saint John :—Of Sir James Brooke’s De- 
spatch to the Earl of Malmesbury, dated the 23d day 
of November 1852, with an Enclosure :—And, of Sir 
James Brooke's Letter to the Earl of Ma/mesbury, 
dated the 11th day of October 1852, with three En- 
closures, containing Correspondence between Sir 
James Brooke and the Sultan and Rajahs of Borneo : 
And, for Copies of all Correspondence with 
Her Majesty’s Government since the 23d day of 
November 1852, respecting Piracy in the Eastern Ar- 
chipelago, and the Frscsalians of Sir James Brooke. 

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





Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee 
of Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred and thirty-seven thousand two hundred and 
forty five pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 
fray the Salaries of the Officers, and the Contingent 
Expenses of the Admiralty Office, which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1854. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
four thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine senile 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of 
the Officers, and the Contmgent Expenses of the se- 
veral Scientific Departments of the _— which will 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
on the 31st day of March 1854. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred and thirty-four thousand two hundred and thirty 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
Salaries of the Officers, and the Contingent Expenses 
of Her Majesty’s Naval Establishments at Home, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 81st day of March 1854. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
two thousand seven hundred and sixty-four pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of 
the Officers, and the Contingent Expenses of Her 
Majesty’s Naval Establishments Abroad, which will 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
on the 31st day of March 1854. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six hun- 
dred and eighty-three thousand six hundred and 
forty-eight pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 


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A. 18538. 


defray the Charge of Wages to Artificers, Labourers 
and others employed in Her Majesty’s Naval Esta- 
blishments at Home, which will come in course of 
rep during the year ending on the 31st day of 

arch 1854. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- Wages to 
five thousand five hundred and sixty-six pounds, be @ttificers, &amp;. 

nted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of ~ 

ages to Artificers, Labourers and others employed 
in Her Majesty's Naval Establishments Abroad, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1854. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One mil- Naval Stores, 
lion twenty-three thousand and eleven pounds, be 
ey to Her Majesty, to defray the Seca of 

aval Stores for the Building, Repair and Outfit of 
the Fleet, the Purchase of Steam Machinery, and for 
other purposes connected therewith, which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1854. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two hun- New Works. 
dred and fifty-six thousand nine hundred and forty- 
eight pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the Charge of New Works, Improvements and Re- 

airs in the Naval Establishments, which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1854. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- Medicines 
six thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to nd Medical 
defray the Charge of Medicines and Medical Stores, °"™ 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1854. 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty- Naval 
seven thousand four hundred and _ twenty-seven so mga 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to rm fn _— 
Charge of divers Naval Miscellaneous Services, which 
will come in course of payment during the year end- 
ing on the 31st day of March 1854. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six hun- Half-Pay 
dred and eighty-seven thousand five hundred and (Navy and 
seventy-five pounds, be granted to Her ery, “5 seme 
defray the Charge of Half-Pay, Reserved Half-Pay, 
and Retirement to Officers of the Navy and Royal 
Marines, which will come in course of ee em during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1854. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four Military 
hundred and eighty-three thousand one hundred and —o 
thirty four pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of Military Pensions and Allow- 
ances, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1854. 

13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- Civil Pensions 
dred and forty-eight thousand three hundred and 4 — 
ninety-four pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to" 
defray the Charge of Civil Pensions and Allowances, 
which will come in course of — during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1854. 

14. Resolved, ‘That a Sum, not exceeding One Freight of 
hundred and fifty-two thousand nine hundred and hips &amp;e 
fifty pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the Charge for the Freight of Ships, and for the Vic- 
tualling and Conveyance of Troops and Stores on 
account of the Army and Ordnance Departments, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1854. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Pilotag 


Public- 
(Scotlat 
No. 


Comm: 


Public 
Petitic 
(Twen 
Report 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Office of 
a Committee on the Office of Examiner (Court of (court of 
Chancery) Bill. Chancery) 
Bill. 

No. 153. 


Newry 
Electic 
(In the Committee.) 


Crause, N° 3 (Payment of Salaries and Retiring 
Pensions). 

Amendment proposed in p. 2, 1. 31: After the 
word “ the” to msert the word “ then.” 

Question proposed, That the word “ then ” be there 
inserted. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 
Motion 
































16 Vicrori2z. 22° 93° 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit 
again. 

Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed in p.2, ls.32 and 33: 
To leave out the words “and doubts have arisen re- 
“ specting the construction thereof.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to be 
left out, stand part of the Clause. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendments made. 

Proposed in p. 3, 1.11: To fill the blank with 
“ ‘Twenty.” 

Afterwards proposed to fill the blank with “ Thirty.” 

Question put, That the blank be filled with 
“ Twenty.” 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the ; Mr. Hayter, lsy 
Yeas, (Mr. Grenville Berkeley: f°" 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Mullings, 20. 


Noes, Mr. Butt: 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 

Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit 
in. 

Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson 
Patten reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Friday 
next ; and be printed. 


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

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


Mr. Mackenzie presented a Bill for the better Regu- 
lation of Public-houses in Scotland: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Wednesday the 2d day of March 
next; and to be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
half an hour after One o 
nesday morning, adjourned till this day. 








Mercurii, 23° die Februarii ; 
Anno 16° Victorie Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave to 
sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Thorne/y reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 21st day of this instant 


February ; and had directed him to make a Report | P 


thereof to the House. 
Ordered, ‘That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The Names of the five Members appointed to try 
and determine the matter of the Petition, complaining 
of an undue Election and Keturn for the Borough of 
Newry, were called over; and being come to the 
Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition relative to the said 
Election be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, at Eleven o’clock, in one of the Committee 
Rooms of the House. 

VoL. 108. 


the clock on Wed-| Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Scottish 


| Scottish Central Railway ree ag 


| friesshire and Cumberland Branches) Act, 1847 : And 


Februarzz. Q75 


The Names of the five Members appointed to try Southampton 
and determine the matter of the Petition, ees Election. 
of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
of Southampton, were called over; and being come 
to the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition relative to the said 
Election be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, at Twelve o'clock, in one of the Committee 
Rooms of the House. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Halifax 
_ of the Borough of Halifax, in the West aon 
iding of the County of York, for leave to bring in ment. ited 
a Bill for the Improvement of the Borough of Hali- 
fax, and for other purposes, and of which the short 
Title is “ The Halifux Improvement Act, 1853,” was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
‘brought in accordingly, by Sir Charles Wood, Mr. 
| Crossley and Mr. Edmund Denison. 





| A Petition of Provisional Directors of the Wandle Wandle Water 
| Water and Sewerage Company, for leave to bring in *™4 Sewerage. 
ja Bill for the better supplying with Water certain 
parts of the Metropolis, South of the Thames and 

places adjacent, was presented, and read ; and re- 
| ferred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


| A Petition of John Cropper, of Bacup, in the Bacup 
| County Palatine of Lancaster, Gentleman; Watson Waterworks. 
Scatcherd, of Morley, in the County of York, Gentle- 
|man; and William Teall, Wakefield, in the Count 
of York, Ironfounder, for leave to bring in a Bill 
|for better supplying with Water the Town of 
| Bacup, in the Parish of Whalley, in the County 
Palatine of Lancaster; and the Townships of Clh- 
|viger and New Church, in the said Parish and 
| County ; and the Township of Spotland, in the Parish 
| of Rochdale, in the said County, was presented, and 
|read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Brotherton and Mr. Milner Gib- 
| $On. 


A Petition of Subscribers for carrying into effect Weston- 
the Undertaking thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to —— 
. &lt; nn a - ‘ , Waterworks. 
bring in a Bill for supplying with Water the Town of 
Weston-super-Mare, in the County of Somerset, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Miles and Mr. Knatch- 
bull. 





ntral 


to convert their Railway Bill 


| Mortgage and Bond Debt into Debenture Stock . 
| And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
| to be read a second time. 

| Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to continue cer- Caledonian 
Railway 
(Revival of 


. Powers, &amp;c.) 
| the same was read the first time; and ordered to be Bill. 


read a second time. 


| tain of the Powers of the Caledonian Railway ( Dum- 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize the Newport, 
Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway Com- Abergavenny 
. : ae ’ and Hereford 
pany to extend their Railway to Swansea, and to Railway 
urchase the Oystermouth Railway: And the same (Swansea, &amp;c.) 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a Bill. 


second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a Rail- South Waies 
way from the South Wales Railway at Britonferry Mineral | 
“ , -/ Railway Bill. 
to Glyncorrwg in Glamorganshire, and other Rail- 
| ways in connexion therewith, to be called “The South 
Wales Mineral Railway :” And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 





Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Am- Ambergate, 
bergate, Nottingham and Boston, and Eastern Junc- —— 
tion Railway Company, to complete the Purchase of and Eastern 
the Nottingham Canal and the Grrantham Canal, and Junction Rail 
to lease or transfer their Railway and the said ¥® (Sale, 


“ &amp;c. ) Bill. 
NN2 Canals _ 

















276 


Canals to the Zondon and North Western Railway 
Company, the Midland Railway Company, and the 
Great Northern Railway Company, one or more of 
them: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Newport, Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize the 
sera, Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway Com- 


Railway pany to extend their Railway to Brecon: And the 
(Brecon) Bill. same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Alston Roads Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to repeal the Act 

am. for repairing the A/ston Turnpike-roads, and to make 
other Provisions in lieu thereof: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


23° Februarii. 








A. 1853. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Westport Port and Harbour Biil was read a Westport Port 
second time; and committed. and Harbour 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bil 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That Mr. [en/ey be added to the Select Standing 
Committee on Standing Orders. Orders. 


A Petition of the Ribble Navigation Company, for Ribble Nayi- 
leave to bring in a Bill to repeal an Act passed in 8tion. 
the first year of the reign of Her present Majesty, 
intituled, “An Act to repeal an Act passed in the 
forty-sixth year of the reign of his Majesty King 
George the Third, for improving the Navigation of 
the River Ribble, in the a Palatine of Zancas- 
ter, and for the further Improvement of the Naviga~ 
tion of the said River ;” and an Act passed in the 
seventh year of the reign of Her said Majesty, inti- 
tuled, “ An Act to enable the Ribble Navigation 
Company to raise a further Sum of Money, and to 
enable the Owners of reclaimed Lands to pay a Sum 
in gross in lieu of the Annual Rents ;” and so much 
of an Act passed in the Session of Parliament held 
in the eighth and ninth years of the reign of Her 
said Majesty, intituled, “ An Act for enabling the 
North Union Railway Company, and the Kibble Na- 





Whitehaven Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 
and Furness Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway Company 
Railway. pil. to make Branch Railways, and for other purposes : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 
Madras Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for incorporating 
nn pip, the Madras Railway Company, and for other pur- 
poses connected therewith: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 
Allendale The Allendale Road Bill was read a second time ; 
Road Bill. ~~ and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | 
mittee of Selection. 
Belfast and The Belfast and Ballymena Railway Bill was read 
Ballymena 4 second time ; and committed. 


Railway Bill. 


mittee of Selection. 


Chard The Chard Railway Bill was read a second time ; | 
Railway Bill. ond committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Cork and The Cork and Bandon Railway Bill was read a 
a Bill. second time ; and committed. 
Sitesi Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Deeping Fen The Deeping Fen Drainage Bill was read a second 


Drainage Bill. time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


The Gravesend and Wrotham Road Bill was read 
a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Gravesend 
and Wrotham 
Road Bill. 


Nantwich The Nantwich and Woore Road Bill was read a 
ebony second time ; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


North and The North and South Western Junction Railway 


re Hammersmith) Bill was read a second time; and 
way(Ham- committed, 

mersmith ) Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
Bill. mittee of Selection. 

Rochester Ordered, That the Rochester Bridge Bill be read 
Bridge Bil. 4 second time To-morrow. 

Saint Ives The Saint Ives (Cornwal/) Harbour Bill was read 
(Cornwall) 


Harbour Bil. ®@ second time ; and committed. 


mittee of Selection. 


Shipley and The Shipley and Bramley Road Bill was read a 


— Road second time ; and committed. 





Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | 


vigation Company, to make a Branch or connexion 
Railway from the North Union Railway to the Vic- 
toria Quay in Preston, and for amending and en- 
larging the Powers and Provisions of the several 
Acts relating to such Railway and Navigation re- 
spectively,” as relates to the Ribble Navigation Com- 
pany, and to make provisions in lieu thereof, was 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-| presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 


| brought in accordingly, by Mr. Wilson Patten and 
Mr. Townley Parker. 


| Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Wandle Water 
|one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 24 Sewerage. 
lin respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Waudle Water 
and Sewerage Bill. 

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


A Petition of the Great Western Railway Com- Great Western 
|pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the Railway 
Great Western Railway Company to construct addi- oars 
tional Lines and Works, or for conferring further 

Powers on them in reference to the Henley and Ux- 

bridge Lines, and other parts of their Undertaking 

at Acton, Chippenham and Reading, and for other 

purposes, was presented, and read ; and referred to 

the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 





Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,— Report from Great Western 
‘one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Railway 
|: : ; : : (Henley.) 
‘in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
| ders in the case of the Petition for the Great Western 
Railway ( Henley) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
| Committee on Standing Orders. 
_ Petitions relating to Parliament ;—University of Public 
_ London ;—Clergy Reserves ( Canada) Bill ;—Crystal aeageasin 
| Palace (Sydenham) ;— Ecclesiastical Courts ;—E¢- vide Twenty- 
| clesiastical Titles Assumption Act ;—Jewish Disa- second Report. 
bilities ; —Maynooth College Act ;—Maynvoth Col- 
lege Act, and Freedom of Election (/rel snd) ;— 
_Nunneries ;—County Rates and Expenditure Bill ; 
| —Malt ;—Soap ;—Terminable Annuities ;—Atmos- 
pheric Influences ;—Christmas Gifts to Postmen ;— 
Ocean Penny Postage ;—Piracy (Coast of .\/o/0cco) ; 
—Poor Law ;— and, Railway Companies, — were pre- 


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

| Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers, —were 
_also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
| Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 


Mr. 


&gt; 


—- sO 





United 
Guarantee 
and Life 
Assurance — 
Company Bill. 


Swansea Vale 
Railway Bill. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Church 
Districts. 


Clergy 
Reserves 
(Canada. ) 


Courts of Law 
and Equity 
(Ireland. ) 

No. 155. 
Dissenters’ 


Places of 
Worship. 


No. 156. 
Queen Anne’s 
Bounty. 

No. 157. 


Letter 
Carriers. 


No. 158. 


Controverted 
Elections, 


Carlow 
Election, 


16 VicrorizZ. 


Mr. Swift presented a Bill to confer additional 
Powers upon the United Guarantee and Life Assur- 
ance Company, and to authorize the Acceptance by 
Government and Public Functionaries, and Courts 
of Justice, of the Guarantee Policies of that Com- 
pany in respect of Offices or Situations created or 
recognized by Act of Parliament : And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Swift presented a Bill for the Construction 
and Maintenance of certain Railways in the Vale of 
Swansea, in the County of Glamorgan, to be called 
“ The Swansea Vale Railway :” And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Ordered, That Viscount Bernard have leave of 
absence till Easter, on urgent business. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there he laid before this 
House, a Return from Archbishops and Bishops of 
all Districts assigned by the Archbishops or Bishops 
of the several Dioceses in England and Wales to 
Churches built and consecrated under the second 
Section of the Act 1 &amp; 2 Will. 4, c. 38. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of—1. A Letter recently written by 
the Lord Bishop of Quebee to the Duke of Newcas- 
tle, on the subject of the Clergy Reserves in Canada : 
—2. Of the Draft Despatch from Sir John Paking- 
ton to the Earl of E/gin, which was prepared for 
Transmission by the Mail of Friday, December 16th, 
in reply to his Lordship’s Despatch of September 
22d, forwarding an Address to the Queen from the 
Legislative Assembly of Canada, on the subject of 
the Clergy Reserves. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Courts of 
Law and Equity (Ireland), which was presented upon 
the 22d day of this instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Dissenters’ 
Places of Worship, which was presented upon the 
22d day of this instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Queen 
Anne’s Bounty, which was presented upon the 22d 
day of this instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Letter Car- 
riers, which was presented upon the 22d day of this 
instant February, be printed. 


Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- | 


mittee of Elections ; That they had named days for 
the appointment of Select Committees from Panel 
No. 5, on the Election Petitions following : 


Dartmouth - - 
Taunton - — 15th March, at 
Leicester - - | Two o'clock. 
Tynemouth - - 
I- a 
Cochermouth | Wednesday, 16th March, 
Athlone ° - T ; 
D aia s | at Two o'clock. 
ungarvan 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Thomas James Rawson, of Barrow 
Ville, in the Borough of Carlow, in the County of 
Carlow, Esquire, and Thomas Harris Carroll, of 

Vou. 108. 


23° Februariz. 


277 
Dublin-street, in the said Borough of Carlow, Es- 
quire, registered Electors of the Borough of Carlow 
aforesaid, and entitled to vote at the last Election of 
a Member to serve in Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough, was delivered in, and read; setting forth, 
That at the Election of a Member to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said Borough of Car- 
low, held in the month of July last, John Sadleir, 
Esquire, and Robert Clayton Brown, Esquire, were 
Candidates to represent the said Borough in Parlia- 
ment, and the said John Sadleir was, at the said 
Election, returned as duly elected to serve in Parlia- 
ment for said Borough; that the number of votes 
polled for the said John Sadleir at that Election was 
One hundred and twelve, and for the said Robert 
Clayton Brown, Ninety-five, leaving a majority of 
Seventeen votes in favour of the said John Sadleir ; 
that the Petitioners, being Electors of the said Bo- 
rough, and entitled to vote at the said last-mentioned 
Election, presented a Petition to the House in due 
time, and after the proper and usual recognizance 
had been entered into in conformity to the Act of 
Parliament in that behalf, and thereby alleged and 
charged, as the Petitioners believed and believe the 
fact to be, that the majority of the votes at the said 
Election in favour of the said John Sadleir was ille- 
gally obtained and procured, as in the said Petition 
set forth, and that the Return of the said John Sad- 
leir was an undue Return, and was obtained not only 
by violence, terror, threats and intimidation, but by 
perjury, bribery, and by the payment and promise of 
payment of sums of money by and on the behalf of 
the said John Sadleir to Electors, and to other per- 
sons capable of influencing Electors, and of procuring 
and endeavouring to procure votes for the purpose of 
securing the Return of the said John Sadleir, and al- 
leging and charging that before and during the said 
Election the said Juin Sadleir was, by himself and 
his agents, friends and managers, guilty of divers 
acts of bribery and corruption, in order to corrupt 
and procure, and did, by his agents, managers and 
friends, and by many other persons and friends em- 
ployed on his behalf, by gifts, presents, money, re- 
wards, and by promises, agreements and securities 
for money, gifts, employment and rewards, and by 
threats, intimidation, promises, undue influence, and 
other corrupt and illegal practices, acts and means, 
corrupt and procure divers persons having or claim- 
ing to have votes at the said Election, to give their 
votes in favour of him the said John Sadleir, or to 
forbear to give their votes in favour of the said 
Robert Clayton Brown ; and that the said Peti- 
tion contained divers other allegations and charges 
of bribery and corruption and corrupt practices 
by and on the part of the said John Sadleir, his 
agents, friends and other persons employed on his 
behalf, and further alleged that the said John Sad- 
feir, by the said corrupt and illegal practices, was 
incapacitated and wholly ineligible to serve in the 
present Parliament for the said Borough; and the 
said Petition prayed the House to take the premises 
into their consideration, and to declare the Election 
and Return of the said John Sadleir to be wholly 
/null and void, and that the said John Sadleir was 
not duly elected and ought not to have been returned 
| at the said Election, and that the House would give 
| to the Petitioners such further and other relief in the 
| premises as to the House should seem meet ; that the 
' Petitioners’ said Petition was received, and ordered 
' to remain on the Table of the House, and the same 
| was afterwards in due course referred to the General 
_Committee of Elections ; that, pending the said Pe- 
tition, and before any Select Committee had been 





| chosen to try the said Petition, the said John Sad- 


leir was appointed to the office of one of the Lords 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, whereby, 
and by his acceptance of the said office, the seat of 
the said John Sadleir became vacant, and a new 
Writ for the Election of a Member to serve in Par- 
liament for the said Borough in his room was issued ; 

NN3 that, 











978 23° Februari. 


that, under the said last-mentioned Writ, an Elec- 
tion of a Member to serve in Parliament for the said 
Borough of Carlow took place on the Seventeenth 
day of January last, and at which the said John 
Sadleir again became a Candidate to represent the 
said Borough in Parliament, in opposition to John 
Alexander, of Milford, in the said County of Car- 
low, Esquire; that the said John Alexander had a 
majority of votes at the said last-mentioned Election, 
and he was thereupon declared to be duly elected a 
Member to serve in Parliament for the said Borough, 
and was duly returned as such Member accordingly; 
that a Petition has since been presented to the 
House by Edward Flood and Matthew Byrne, 
alleged to be Electors of the said Borough, and to be 
entitled to vote and to have voted at the said Elec- 
tion, alleging that the majority of votes at the said 
last-mentioned Election in favour of the said John 
Alexander was illegally obtained, and that the Re- 
turn of the said John Alexander was procured by 
illegal, corrupt and unconstitutional means, therein 
more particularly specified and set forth, and_pray- 
ing, among other things, that the House would de- 
clare the said Election and Return of the said John 
Alexander to be wholly null and void ; that the Pe- 
titioners humbly represent to the House, that the said 
John Sadleir, having been, by himself and his 
agents, guilty of bribery and corruption and other 
illegal practices at the said first-mentioned Elec- 
tion, as alleged in their former Petition first 
above-mentioned, was wholly incapable to be a 
Candidate or to be returned at the said last Elec- 
tion, and was wholly disqualified and ineligible to 
sit in this present Parliament for the said Borough ; 
that the Petitioners are desirous and, as_ the 

believe, able to establish the facts alleged in their 
first-mentioned Petition, and to prove that the said 
John Sadleir was, by himself and his agents, guilty 
of the bribery and the other corrupt and illegal 
practices therein charged, whereby the said John 
Sadleir became, and was and is disqualified and 
ineligible to serve in this present Parliament for 
the said Borough, or to be a Candidate for the 
same; that at such last-mentioned Election, the 
said John Sadleir, notwithstanding his disqualifica- 
tion and incapacity to be returned or sit in Parlia- 
ment on the said last-mentioned vacancy for the said 
Borough, became and was a Candidate to represent 
the said Borough as well as the said John Alexander ; 
that immediatel upon the said John Alexander and 
the said John Sudleir being nominated as such Can- 
didates, and before a show of hands was called for, 
a notice under the hands of certain Electors of the 
said Borough was, on behalf of such Electors, 
publicly delivered to the said Returning Officer, 
which said notice was in the words or to the purport 
and effect following (that is to say):—“ To John 
Beauchamp Brady, Esquire, High Sheriff of the 
County of Carlow, and Retuniog Officer of the Bo- 
rough of Carlow.—Sir,—Inasmuch asa Petition has 
been presented to the House of Commons against 
the Return of John Sadleir, Esquire, at the Election 
of the Borough of Carlow, held on the Twelfth day 
of July now last past, upon the grounds of bribery 
and corruption; and as the said John Sadilcir is now 
a Candidate at the present Election, we, the under- 
signed Electors of the said Borough, on our own 
behalf, and on behalf of the constituency of said 
Borough, do hereby protest against, and caution you, 
as the High Sheriff and Returning Officer of the 
said Borough, not to put the said John Sadleir in 
nomination at the present Election, and not to receive 
any vote or votes of any Elector or Electors thereat, 
inasmuch as the said John Sadleir is, upon the afore- 
said grounds of bribery and corruption at the last 
Election aforesaid, ineligible and incapable of being 
elected or sitting in the present Parliament, and we 
do hereby further caution you as such Returnin 

Officer as aforesaid, that all votes given for the said 
John Sadleir at this present Election will be utterly 











A. 1853. 


void, lost and thrown away, and caution you, that 
any Election or Return of the said John Sadleir 
would be in direct violation of law, and such Elec- 
tion and Return, if made, null and void. Dated this 
Seventeenth day of January One thousand eight 
hundred and Fifty-three—Ay. Cary, Thomas Ri- 
chardson, Eiectors of the Borough of Carlow ;” that 
nevertheless the said John Sadleir was put in nomi- 
nation by the said Returning Officer on the said Seven- 
teenth day of January last, and a poll having been 
duly demanded, the same took place on the Nine- 
teenth day of January last ; that at the said last-men- 
tioned Election, the disqualification, incapacity and 
ineligibility of the said John Sadleir was a matter of 
notoriety both before, at and during the polling at the 
said Election, and the same was well known to those 
of the Electors for the said Borough who gave their 
votes for the said John Sadleir, en and at the 
time they so voted for him, and they had received 
full notice of the same at the time of their so voting 
for the said John Sadleir ; that in addition to the 
public notice of such incapacity of the said John 
Sadleir, so given as aforesaid, at the time of the 
nomination of the Candidates at said last-mentioned 
Election, public notice of the incapacity, disqualifi- 
cation and ineligibility of the said John Sadleir to 
be elected and returned to serve in Parliament at the 
said last-mentioned Election for the said Borough, 
and to sit and vote as a Member for the said Bo- 
rough, and that all votes given in his favour at the 
said last-mentioned Election would, on account of 
such his incapacity and ineligibility, be of no effect, 
but entirely lost and thrown away, was, by and on 
behalf of certain registered Electors of the said Bo- 
rough, given personally and otherwise through the 
public post-office in the Town and Borough of Car- 
low, to the Electors for the said Borough, both be- 
fore and at the time of their voting at the said last- 
mentioned Election, in favour of the said John Sad- 
leir ; that the Petitioners humbly submit, that the 
votes of all persons who voted for the said John Sad- 
/eir, having notice of the incapacity and disqualifica- 
tion of the said John Sadleir to be elected as afore- 
said, were lost, thrown away, bad and illegal, and 
ought not to have been received at the said Election : 
that the said John Sadleir, his agents, friends and 
others acting on his behalf, were also guilty of bribery, 
corruption, intimidation.and other corrupt and illegal 
practices at the last Election for the said Borough, 
and that the said Jo/n Sadleir was thereby also dase 
ualified and incapable of being returned tor and to 
sit in this present Parliament as Member for the said 
Borough ; that the said John Alexander was not, by 
himself or his agents, at the said last Election for the 
said Borough, guilty of any of the corrupt or illegal 
practices alleged against him, and them or any of 
them, in the said Petition, signed by the said Edward 
Flood and Matthew Byrne, but was legally and 
rightfully elected and returned thereat as Member to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said Borough ; 
and praying that they may be heard by them- 
selves, their counsel, agents and witnesses, to prove 
the matters and things herein alleged before any Se- 
lect Committee which may be appointed to try and 
determine the allegations of the said Petition of the 
said Edward Flood and Matthew Byrne, and the 
merits of the said last Election for the said Borough 
of Carlow, and that the Petitioners may be admitted, 
together with the said John Alexander, the sitting 
Member for the said Borough, as parties to defend 
the Election and Return of the said John Alexander 
for the same, and to oppose the prayer of the said 
Petition of the said Edward Flood and Matthew 
Byrne; and that the House will give such further or 
other relief in the premises to the Petitioners as to 
the House may seem meet. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
General Committee of Elections. 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant or Warrants for such persons, papers and 
records 





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County Rates 
and Expen- 
diture 


Courts of 
Common Law 
« Ireland) Bill. 


No. 159. 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Maynooth 
College. 


16 Vicroriz. 


records as shall be thought necessary by the several 
Parties on the hearing of the matter of the said 
Petition. 


The County Rates and Expenditure Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time ; and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Courts of Common Law 
(Ireland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Baines 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


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

Resolved, Vhat this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate on the Amendment which was 
yesterday proposed to be made to the Question, 
“ That this House do resolve itself into a Committee 
“ to consider the Act 8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 25, being ‘ An 
“ Act to amend two Acts passed in Jreland for the 
better Education of Persons professing the Roman 
Catholic Religion, and for the better Government 
of the College established at Maynooth for the 
Education of such Persons, and also an Act passed 
“in the Parliament of the United Kingdom for 
“ amending the said two Acts,’ commonly called the 
“ last Maynooth Act, with a view to the repeal of 
those Clauses of the said Act which provide mone 
grants in any way to the said College ;” and whic 
Amendment was, to leave out from the word “ con- 
“ sider” to the end of the Question, in order to add 
the words “all enactments now in force, whereby 
“ the Revenue of the State is charged in aid of any 
“ ecclesiastical or religious purposes whatsoever, 
with a view to the repeal of such enactments,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the Ques- 
- :—The House resumed the said adjourned De- 

ate. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the Debate be now adjourned :—It passed 
in the Negative. 

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

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


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Tellers for the Noes, \Mr. Monsell « i 192. 


So it passed in the Negative. 
And it being Six of the clock, Mr. Speaker ad- 


journed the House till To-morrow, without putting 
the Question. 


Vou. 108. 


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279 


Jovis, 24° die Februarit; 
Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 
OR? ERED, That the Select Committee on the Southampton 
Southampton Election Petition have leave to sit Election. 
this day till Five of the clock, during the sitting of 
the House. 


Mr. Henry Arthur Herbert, from the Select Com- Southampton 

mittee appointed to try and determine the matter of Election. 
the Petition of William Henry Mackey and another, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the vot | of Southampton, informed the House, 
That it having been stated to the Committee by the 
Counsel for the Petitioners that the evidence of a 
certain witness is material in proof of their case, but 
that the attendance of such witness, who is at pre- 
sent abroad, could not conveniently be procured 
before Saturday the 5th day of March next, the 
Committee had instructed him, with the consent of 
the Counsel for the sitting Members, to apply to the 
| House for leave to adjourn till Eleven of the clock 
| on Saturday the 5th day of March next, in order to 
afford an opportunity for the attendance of such 
| witness before the Committee. 

Ordered, That leave be given to the Committee 
to adjourn accordingly, till Saturday the 5th day of 
March next, at Eleven o’clock. 





A Petition of Directors for making the Railway West London 
| thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill and Crystal 

for making a Railway to the Crystal Palace, with — —_ 

Branches to the London, Brighton and South Coast 

Railway, and to the London and South Western 

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

| ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Geach 

;and Mr. Miller. 


A Petition of the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Hereford, Ross 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to =~ mal 
enable the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway (Monmouth. ) 
| Company to construct Railways to Monmouth, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Booker and Mr. Mullings. 


A Petition of the Great Western Railway Com- Great Western 
pany, for leave to bring ina Bill to confer on the a ais 
Great Western Railway Company certain Powers in over Shrews- 
reference to the use of the Shrewsbury and Bir- bury and Bir- 
mingham, the Shrewsbury and Chester, the Shrews- ieee) 
bury and Hereford, the Birkenhead, Lancashire and ” 
Cheshire Junction, and the Chester and Holyhead Kail- 
ways, and the Birkenhead Docks; and to the laying 
down additional Rails on such Railways, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Vis- 
count Barrington and Sir Philip Egerton. 


A Petition of the Great Western, Shrewsbury and Birkenhead, 
Birmingham, and Shrewsbury and Chester lKiailway Lancashire 
Companies, for leave to bring in a Bill for a Lease — hiee 
of the Undertaking of the Birkenhead, Lancashire Great Western, 
and Cheshire Junction Railway Company to the Shrewsbury 
Great Western, the Shrewsbury and Birmingham $24 Birming- 
and the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Companies, shrewsbury 
or to the Great Western Railway Company, and 4nd Chester 
either of the said last-mentioned Companies; and Railways. 
for the Amalgamation in a certain event of the said 
Undertaking with the Undertakings of the said 
three last-mentioned Companies, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented. and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought. in accordingly, by Viscount 
Barrington and Sir Philip Egerton. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Glasgow 
of the Petition for the Glasgow Waterworks Bill, Waterworks. 
which, upon the 22d day of this instant February, was 
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280 


made from the Select Committee on Standing Orders, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, ‘That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to consolidate and amend the Acts relating to the 
Glasgow Water Company, and to enable that Com- 
= to execute additional Works: And that Mr. 

illiam Lockhart and Colonel Mure do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Limerick, A Petition of the Limerick, Ennis and Killaloe 
Song Sl Junction Railway Company, for leave to bring in a | 


tion Railway. Bill to authorize the Abandonment of a portion of 
the Undertaking of the Limerick, Ennis and Kitlaloe 
Junction Railway Company, and the Construction of | 
a new Line of Railway in lieu of a portion of the | 
Line to be abandoned, and to revive, in respect of a 
portion of the said Undertaking, the Powers of the 
said Company for the compulsory Purchase of Lands; 
and to extend, in respect of the same portion of the 
said Undertaking, the Powers of the said Company 
for constructing Works; and to amend and repeal 
portions of the Act relating to the said 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. John Fitzgerald, Sir John Fitzgerald and 
Mr. Cornelius O’ Brien. 








North and A Petition of Persons, whose Names are thereunto 
South Western subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a 
(Hampstead : : 5 . 

and City Railway from the London and North Western Rail- 
Junction ) | at Willesden, to the East and West India Docks 
many. and Birmingham Junction Railway, with a Branch 


to the North and South Western Junction Railway, 
to be called “ The North and South Western Hamp- | 
stead and City Junction Railway,” and for other | 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 

ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Mangles 

and Mr. John Lewis Ricardo. 


Upton Saint Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making Turn- 


Leonard's, pike-roads from Upton Saint Leonard's to Brimps- 

Birdlip and &gt; ons 8 ‘ ’ 

Brimpsfield field and Birdlip, in the County of Gloucester : And 

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

West Harptry Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to repeal the Acts 

Road Bill. 


for ne the Roads from West Harptry to the 
Bath and Wel/s Turnpike-road at Marksbury, and 
other Roads therein mentioned, in the County of | 
Somerset, and to make other Provisions in lieu 
thereof: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Darenth Val- 


; A Petition of Promoters, for leave to bring in a 
ley Railway. 


Bill for making a Railway from Dartford, mm the 
County of Kent, to Furningham, in the same County, 
to be called “The Darenth Valley Railway,” and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 


Scholefield and Mr. Whatley. 


South Staf- 
fordshire 
Waterworks. 


A Petition of Subscribers to the Undertaking 
thereinafter-mentioned, and Inhabitants of the Dis- 
trict thereinafter described, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for the supplying with Water the Inhabitants of 
Lichfield, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Dudley, and other 
Places, in the Southern parts of the County of 
Stafford, and in certain parts of the County of Wor- 
cester, adjacent thereto, was presented, and _ read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by General Anson and Viscount Lewisham. —_ 


| 





Oxford, Wor- 
cester and 
Wolverhamp- 
ton Railway 


A Petition of the Oxford, Worcester and Wolver- 
hampton Railway Company, for leave to bring in a 
Bill to regulate the Construction and Use of the 


(Wolverhamp- Wolverhampton Station by the Oxford, Worcester and 
Wolverhampton, the Great Western and Shrewsbury 
and Birminaham Railway Companies, and to extend 
the Time limited for the Completion thereof, and also 
the Time limited for the compulsory Purchase of the 


ton Station, 
&amp;c.) 


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A. 1853. 


Land required for such Station, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Captain Rushout and Mr. Oliveira. 


A Petition of Subscribers to the i 
thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bil 
for making a Railway from Paddington to Battle 





Bayswater, 
Paddington 
and Holborn 
Bridge Rail- 


Bridge, in the County of Middlesex, was presented, way. 


and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Thomas Duncombe and Mr. 
Peto. 


Mr. Oliveira presented a Bill to repeal an Act Ribble Navi- 
assed in the first year of the reign of Her present tion Bill 


lajesty, intituled, “ An Act to repeal an Act passed 
in the forty-sixth year of the reign of his Majesty King 
George the Third, for improving the Navigation of 
the River Ribble, in the County Palatine of Lan- 
caster, and for the further Improvement of the Navi- 
gation of the said River ;” and an Act passed in the 
seventh year of the reign of Her said Majesty, in- 
tituled, “ An Act to enable the Ribble Navigation 
Company to raise a further Sum of Money, and to 
enable the Owners of reclaimed Lands to pay a Sum 
in gross in lieu of the Annual Rents ;” and so much 
of an Act passed in the Session of Parliament held 
in the eighth and ninth years of the reign of Her 
said Majesty, intituled, “ An Act for enabling the 
North Union Railway Company, and the Kibble 
Navigation Company, to make a Branch or Con- 
nexion Railway trom the North Union Railway to 
the Victoria Quay, in Preston, and for amending and 


| enlarging the Powers and Provisions of the several 


Acts relating to such Railway and Navigation re- 
spectively,” as relates to the Ribble Teotaytion 
Company, and to make Provisions in lieu thereof : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Mr. Crossley presented a Bill for the Improvement Halifax 


of the Borough of Halifax, and for other purposes, be 


and of which the short Title is “ The Halifux Im- 
provement Act, 1853:” And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


aterworks 
d Improve- 


ment Bill. 


Mr. O’ Flaherty presented a Bill for better paving, Galway 
draining, cleansing, lighting, watching, supplying a 


with Water, regulating in regard to Markets, and 
other purposes, for making new Streets, and other- 
wise improving the Town of Galway: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. O'Flaherty presented a Bill for making a Pier Galway 


and Breakwater in the Bay of Galway, and tor con- 
ferring additional Powers on the Galway Harbour 
Commissioners, and for other purposes: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to Le read 
a second time. 


Mr. Spooner presented a Bill for supplying with Weston-super- 
Mare Water- 


~ works Bill. 


Water the Town of Weston-super-Mare, in the County 
of Somerset: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


The Order made upon the 22d day of this instant 
February, That Mr. Thamian and Mr. Darison do 
me and bring in the Ballymena, Bal/ymoncy, 
Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway Bill, was 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That Mr. Macartney, Captain Paken- 
ham and Mr. Davison do prepare, and bring in the 


Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for better sup- 
Pyne with Water the Town of Bacup, in the Parish 
of Whalley, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, 
and the endies of Cliviger and Newchurch, in 
the said Parish and County, and the Township of 
Spotland, 


Harbour Bill. 


Ballymena, 
Ballymoney, 


Coleraine 


and Portrush 


Junction 


Railway. 


Bacup Water- 


works Bill. 


Bla 
Ele 





Ballymena, 
Ballymoney, 
Coleraine 

and Portrush 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Stafford Shire 
Hall Bill. 


Rochester 
Bridge Bill. 


Blackburn 
Election, 


Frome 
Election, 


Cambridge 
Election. 





16 Vicrori2. 


Spotland, in the Parish of Rochdale, in the said 
County: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Macartney presented a Bill for making a 
Railway from Ballymena to Portrush: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


The Stafford Shire Hall Bill was read a second 


24° Februari. 





time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | 
mittee of Selection. 


ford; to which they had annexed the 


The Rochester Bridge Bill was, according to Order, | 
read a second time ; and committed. | 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | 
mittee of Selection. | 

Mr. Deedes, from the Select Committee appointed | 
to try and determine the matter of the Petition of | 
Dr. William Forrest and others, complaining of an | 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of Black- | 
burn, informed the House, That the Committee had | 
determined, 

That William Eccles, Esquire, is not duly elected 
a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for 
the Borough of Blackburn. 

That the last Election for the said Borough, so 
far as regards the Keturn of the said William Eccles, 
Esquire, is a void Election. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Mr. Deedes further informed the House, That the 
Committee had agreed to the following Resolutions : 

That the said William Eccles, Esquire, was, by 
his agents, guilty of bribery at the last Election for 
the said Borough. 

That it was proved to the Committee, that George 
Clark was bribed by the promise of an outlay of 
£.5 for the benefit of his son John Clark, keeper of 
the Bird-in-hand Beer-shop ; Richard Rawcliffe 
with £.1; George Gordon witha promise of £.5 for 
the use of a room as a committee-room; Thomas 
Morris by an order for beer to the amount of £. 2, 
and by the receipt of two tickets for more beer to be 
given away at his house; 7’homas Bond by the con- 
sumption of meat and liquors in his house on the 
polling day to the amount of £.37; James Hindle 
by having money spent in his house to the amount 
of £.47; but it was not proved by evidence before 
the Committee that the said acts of bribery were 
committed with the knowledge or consent of the 
said William Eccles. 

The Committee further find, that treating to some 
extent was practised at the last Election for the said 
Borough by the agents and friends of the said Wil- 
liam Baie; put it was not proved by evidence 
that the said William Eccles was cognizant of the 
same. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections, the Names of the Members of 
the Select Committee appointed to try and deter- 
mine the matter of the Petition, complaining of an 
undue Election and Keturn for the Borough of 
Frome ; to which they had annexed the Petition re- 
ferred to them by the House relating thereto :— 
John Thomas Devereux, Esquire, Samuel Irton, Es- 
quire, Granville Edward Harcourt Vernon, Es- 
quire, Lord Claud Hamilton; Chairman, G'eorge 
Alexander Hamilton, Esquire. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- | 

mittee of Elections, the Names of the Members of 

the Select Committee appointed to try and deter- 

mine the matter of the Petition, complaining of an | 

undue Election and Return for the Borough of Cam- | 
Vor. 108. 





281 


bridge; to which they had annexed the Petition 


referred to them by the House relating thereto :— 
Robert Charles Hildyard, Esquire, Sir Juhn Villiers 
Shelley, Baronet, Honourable Joceline William 
Percy, Sir Richard Williams Bulkeley, Baronet ; 
Chairman, Right honourable Robert Vernon Smith. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- Waterford 
mittee of Elections, the Names of the Members of County 


the Select Committee appointed to try and deter- 
mine the matter of the Petition, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the County of Water- 
Petition re- 
ferred to them by the House relating thereto, and 
the Lists delivered in by either party :—George 
Poulett Scrope, Esquire, Honourable Colonel Lind- 
say, Viscount Monck, Colonel Harcourt ; Chairman, 
Honourable William Owen Stanley. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- Controverted 


mittee of Elections the amended Panels. 
Ordered, That the said Panels be printed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Roche have leave of absence Leave of 


for a month, on urgent business. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, East India. 


Copies of all Despatches, Minutes, or other Docu- 
ments (not already laid before Parliament), relating 
to the attempts of Diackjee Dadajee to bribe the 
Bombay Government and its Servants :—Of all other 
Reports, Letters or Papers received subsequently to 
the year 1840, on the subject of the alleged Corrup- 
tion of Officers in the Political, Revenue or Judicial 
Departments under the Bombay Government, and 
not already laid before Parliament :—Of all Keports 
or Replies (not already laid before Parliament) re- 
turned by Political, Revenue or Judicial Officers of 
the Bombay Government, to the Circular Letters on 
the subject of Khutput (illicit influence), addressed 
to them by the said ead in May 1850; with 
the Dates on which they were received by the Bom- 
bay Government, the Indian Government, the Court 
of Directors, and the Board of Control respectively : 
—Of all Correspondence and Papers (not already 
laid before Parliament) on the subject of the said 
Circular Letters, or the said Reports or Replies, on 
the belief of the Natives in the Corruptibility of the 
Bombay Government or its subordinate Officers, or 
the means of eradicating the same :—Of all Corres- 
pondence and Papers (not already laid before Parlia- 
ment) on the subject of the Conduct of the Bombay 
Government in “ arresting in limine” some of Colonel 
Outram’s most important Investigations of Official 
Corruption, as described in the Political Letter of the 
Court of Directors of the 23d day of June 1852 
‘Parliamentary Paper, No. 560, of Session 1852, 
page 17), or on the subject of the Charges against 
Colonel Outram, contained in Minutes of the Bom- 
bay Government or its Members, of labouring under 
“ monomania” (Parliamentary Paper, No. 560, of 
Session 1852, page 1285), and of being actuated by 
“rancorous personal feelings” (Parliamentary !’a. 
per, No. 560, of Session 1852, page 913), in his con- 
duct of certain of those Inquiries which the Vourt 
of Directors afterwards éalbiee to have been con- 
ducted with a “ zeal, energy, ability and success,” en- 
titling him to Credit (Parhamentary laper, No. 560, 
of Session 1852, page 27):—Of all Documents on 
the Records of the Jndia House, showing, or tending 
to show, the views of individual Directors in reference 
to Colonel Outram’s Kemoval from Office, or in re- 
ference to the ‘l'reatment he received from the Bom- 
bay Government, or in reference to the probable conse - 
quences of his Kemoval, orimreference to the Measures 
by which these consequences might be best averted: — 
Ofall Documents tending toshow what Measures have 
been taken by the Bou:buy Government, or ordered by 
the Court of Directors, for the purpose of eradicating 

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Post- office. 


Tithe Com- 
mission. 


West India 


Mail Steamers. 


Public Works 
(Bengal, &amp;c.) 


Hops. 


282 


the belief in the Corruptibility of High Officials, which 
has been declared to exist at Baroda by Colonel Out- 
ram, and also by Mr. W. E. Frere, the Commissioner 
despatched by Lord Falkland’s Government to re- 
port on certain allegations made by Colonel Outram, 
and who furnished a Report dated the 22d day of 
October 1851 (Parliamentary Paper, No. 560, of 
Session 1852, page 1013), and by other Public Ser- 
vants :—And, of all Documents tending to show if 
any or what Measures have been taken to effect the 
Removal of, or convey Censure to, the Minister and 
other Members of the Guicowar’s Durbar, pro- 
nounced guilty by the Bombay Government of having 
laboured to thwart Colonel Outram’s Legitimate and 
Official Inquiries, and to interpose difficulties in the 
way of his doing justice to oppressed Individuals en - 
titled by Guarantee to British Protection (Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 560, of Session 1852, p. 17, 
and p. 411). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return showing the Number of Prosecutions insti- 
tuted by the Post-office during the last five years, 
and the Number of Convictions thereunder, and 
specifying the Offices held in each instance by the 
Party prosecuted, and the Amount of Salary at- 
tached to such Office, and the Costs of such Prose- 
cutions. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Re- 
turns of all Agreements for the Commutation of Tithes, 
which have been confirmed by the Tithe Commis- 
sioners in the several Counties of England and Wales, 
from the 1st day of January 1852 to the 1st day of 
January 1853; specifying, im each case, the Amount 
of Kent-charge agreed to be paid in lieu of Tithes, 
and showing whether the same be payable to Appro- 
priators, Impropriators or Clerical Incumbents :—Of 
all Awards for the Commutation of Tithes which have 
been confirmed by the Tithe Commissioners in the 
several Counties in Enyland and Wales, trom the 1st 
day of January 1852 to the 1st day of January 1853 ; 
specifying also, in each case, the Amount ot Rent- 
charge awarded to be paid in lieu of Tithes, and 
showing whether the same be payable to A ppropria- 
tors, Impropriators, or Clerical Incumbents :—And, 
of all Apportionments of Rent-charges which have 
been confirmed by the Tithe Commissioners, from 
the ist day of January 1852 to the 1st day of Ja- 
nuary 1853 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 433, of Session 1852). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, in Tabular Form, for the years 1851 and 1852, 
stating the Date at which each Royal Mail West 
India Steamer became due at Southampton, the 
Date at which each Steamer actually arrived there, 
and the Number of Days which elapsed in each 
case between the two Dates; also, for the same 
Period, the Dates at which each of these Steamers 
ought, according to Contract, to have arrived at and 
departed from Saint Thomas's, Demerara and Cha- 
gres, and the Dates at which they actually did arrive 
and depart in each case. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


Copies of the Reports of the several Commissioners | 


on Public Works at Bengal, Madras and Bombay, 
in the year 1851-2 ; of the Minutes of the Members 
of the Government thereon, and of any Orders or 
Despatches of the Court of Directors relating 
thereto. 


The following Paper, pursuant to Order, was laid 
upon the Table by the Clerk of the House,—Return 


24° Februariz. 





A. 1853. 
in each Parish: —Of the Duty on Hops of the Growth 


of the year 1852 ; distinguishing the Districts, and the 
Old from the New Duty in each District :—-Of the 
Quantity of Hops exported from the United Kingdom 
to Foreign Countries, from the 5th day of January 
1852 to the 5th day of January 1853; distinguishing 
the Countries to which the same have been exported, 
and also the Quantities to each Country ; also, British 
from Foreign Hops, and the Dates of the years in 
which the British Hops were grown :—Of Foreign 
Hops imported into the United Kingdom, from the 
5th day of January 1852 to the 5th day of January 
1853 ; distinguishing the Ports where imported, and 
the Countries from whence exported :—And, of the 
Total Number of Pounds Weight of Hops charged 
with Duty in each of the several Collections in the 
United Kingdom, in the year 1852. 


the Table by the Clerk of the House,—An Account 





of all Sums advanced during the year ending 5th Ja- 
nuary 1853, for granting Relief to the several Islands 
| of Antigua, Saint Kitts, Nevis, Dominica and Mont- 
| serrat, and of all Sums repaid by reason of such Ad- 
vances, with the Interest paid thereon during the 
same period. 


Fund, up to and for 31st December 1852. 


India Railway Company,” and for other purposes 
connected therewith, was presented, and read ; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Sir Thomas Maddock, Mr. Stephenson and Mr. 


Laing. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Tinney: 
Mr. Speaker, 


to them on 13th April 1840, relative to the Clergy 
Reserves (Canada) Act, as desired by this House :— 
And then the Messenger withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Paper be printed. 





' Petitions relating to Parliamentary Oaths ;—Par- Public 

| liamentary Oaths and Religious Tests ;—University Petitions. 

of London ;—Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ;—Eccle- yiae Twenty- 
siastical Titles Assumption Act ;—Jewish Disabili- third Report. 


ties ;—Maynooth College Act:—Attorneys’ Certifi- 
cates ;— County Rates and Expenditure Bill; — 
Malt ;—Paper, Newspaper Stamps and Advertise- 
ments ;—Property and Income Tax ;—Repayment 
of Advances (Jrefand);—Christmas Gifts to Post- 
men; — Juvenile Crime; — Edward Murray ; — 
Piracy (Coast of Morocco) ;—Poor Law ; —and, 
Public Health Act,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to Hindoos ;—and, Indian Terri- 
| tories,—were also presented, and read; and referred 
' to the Select Committee on Jndian Territories. 

Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers,—were 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 








of Norwich, was presented, and read; setting forth, 
| That the Petitioners were, at and during the last 
Election of Members to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment forthe City of Norwich, registered Electors of 
| the said City, and claim to have and had a right to vote 
and did vote at the said Election; that, at the said 





to an Order, dated the 23d day of November last, for | Election, Samuel Morton Peto, Esquire, Edward 
Accounts of the Total Number of Acres of Land in | 
the United Kingdom, under the Cultivation of Hops, 
in the year 1852 ; distinguishing the Number of Acres 





Warner, Esquire, Arthur Richard Wellesley, then 
| Marquis of Douro, and Lothian Sheffield Dickson, 
| Esquire, were Candidates to represent the said City 

in 


The following Papers, pursuant to the directions West India 
of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon Islands Relief. 


An Account showing the Receipts and Disburse- Irish Repro- 
ments on account of the Jrish Reproductive Loan — Loan 


A Petition of Persons thereunto ae for Upper India 
leave to bring ina Bill for incorporating “'The Upper ®#lway. 


Message from 
the Lords. 
The Lords communicate to this House, a Copy of Clergy 


ini ; ions Reserves 
the Opinions of the Judges on Questions propounded (Canada) Act. 


A Petition of the several Persons, whose Names Norwich 
are thereunto subscribed, being Electors of the City E'ection- 














16 Vicrortie#. 


in Parliament, and a poll having been taken, the 
said Samuel Morton Peto and Edward Warner were 
by the Returning Officer declared to have had a 
majority of votes, and to have been duly elected, 
and were returned as Members for the said City; 
that the Petitioners, on the Twenty-second day of 
November last, presented two Petitions to the House, 
in the one of which they complained of the Return 
of the said Samuel Morton Peto and Edward Warner 
jointly, and in the other of the said Edward Warner 
alone, on the ground of the corrupt and illegal prac- 
tices which were resorted to at the said Election ; 
and praying the House to take the said Petitions into 
consideration, and to declare the Election and eturn 
of the said Samuel Morton Peto and Edward War- 
ner, or, at any rate, of the said Edward Warner, to 
be null and void; that the recognizances were duly 
entered into in respect of the said Petitions, and the 
said Petitions were referred by the House to the 
General Committee of Elections; that the Petition- 
ers have been since engaged in the preparation of 
their case, and they were ready at the proper time to 
substantiate, before a Committee of the House, the 
charges set forth in their said Petitions ; and they 
confidently believe that an investigation of the said 
Petitions would have resulted in the unseating of 
one or both of the present Members; that, much to 
the mortification and surprise of the Petitioners, they 
last week learnt from the public prints, that the Right 
honourable the Speaker had received a letter from 


the agent or agents for the Petitions withdrawing | 


the further prosecution thereof, and that thereupon 
the House had discharged the Order referring the 
said Petitions to the General Committee of Elec- 
tions ; that the Petitioners beg leave to assure the 
House, that the withdrawal of the said Petitions has 
taken place without the knowledge or consent of the 
Petitioners, who feel themselves greatly aggrieved 
thereby ; that the said Petitions appear to have been 
withdrawn upon a Notice which the Right honourable 
the Speaker had received from Messrs. Thompson, 
Debenham and Brown, as agents for the Petitioners ; 
that the Petitioners never gave to the said Messrs. 
Thompson, Debenham and Brown any license or 
authority to abandon their Petitions, as it was the 
intention of the Petitioners to prosecute the said Pe- 
titions, feeling assured, from the evidence which they 
were prepared to adduce, that the charges in the said 
Petitions would have been fully proved; that the 
Petitioners humbly submit to the House, that justice 
cannot be done to the Petitioners unless the said 
Petitions are reinstated upon the List of Election 
Petitions now before the House; and praying 
that the Resolution of the House, discharging 
the Order for referring the said Petitions to the 
General Committee of Elections, may be rescinded ; 
or that the Petitioners may have such other relief in 
the premises as to the House shall seem meet. 

A Petition of Lothian Sheffield Dickson, of 10, 
Stanhope-terrace, Hyde Park- Gardens, in the 
County of Middlesex, was aiso presented, and read ; 
setting forth, That the Petitioner feels himself much 
aggrieved bv the withdrawal of the Petitions against 
the sitting Members for the City of Norwich, such 
Petitions having been withdrawn without the know- 
ledge or consent of the Petitioners or their local 
agent; the Petitioner humbly begs to state that 
this withdrawal is a great injustice to those Peti- 
tioners and to the Petiticner, who was surety for 
the due and proper prosecution of the said Petitions; 
in the humble opinion of the Petitioner, the same is 
a breach of the privileges of the House by a Mr. 
Henry E. Brown, a Parliamentary Agent, of 31, 
Parhament-street, emploved by the Petitioners and 
their local agent; and the Petitioner has every 
reason to believe, and feels he shall be able to prove 
to the House, that the said Henry E. Brown has 
acted in this unjustifiable manner for the sake of 
party purposes, thereby sacrificing the interests of 
the Petitioner and the other Petitioners in favour of 

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the sitting Members for the City of Norwich ; and 
praying to. be heard at the Bar of the House in 
support of the foreguing allegations. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon 
the Table; and to be printed. 


Mr. Lascelles, from the Select Committee ap- Newry 
pointed to try and determine the matter of the Pe- Election. 


tition of William Parsons and Robert Stewart, com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Newry, informed the House, That the 
Committee had determined, 

That William Kirk, Esquire, is duly elected a 
Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Borough of Newry. 

And the said Determination was ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Mr. Lascelles further informed the House, That 
the Committee had agreed to the following Reso- 
lution: 

That, having examined the agents on both sides, 
in order to ascertain the circumstances under which 
the said Petition was withdrawn, the Committee are 
of opinion that the circumstances attending the 
forbearance to prosecute the charges contained in 
the Petition do not appear to call for any special 
remark with reference to such forbearance. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented New South 
Wales, &amp;c. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of the Despatch from Sir John Pa- 
hington to the Governors of New South Wales, 
Victoria and South Australia, dated 15th Decem- 
ber 1852, and his Despatch to the Lieutenant 
Governor of Van Diemen’s Land, dated 14th De- 
cember 1852. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Jewish 


That this House do resolve itself into a Committee Disabilities. 


to take into consideration certain Civil Disabilities 
affecting the Jews; 
The Hbuse divided. 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the {a r. Hayter, Le 
Yeas, Mr. Grenville Berkeley: 5 _ 
Tellers for the (Sir Robert Harry Inglis, } 
Noes, Mr. Mackenzie: 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee:—The House 
accerdingly resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That it is expedient to remove all 
Civil Disabilities at present existing affecting Her 
Majesty’s Subjects of the Jewish persuasion, in like 
manner and with the like exceptions as are pro- 
vided with reference to Her Majesty's Subjects pro- 
fessing the Roman Catholic Religion. 

2. Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to 
move the House, That leave be given to bring ina 
Bill upon the said Resolution. 


Resolutions to be reported. 


205. 





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


Veneris, 25° die Februarii, 1853: 


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

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

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284 


Mr. Wilson Patten accordingly reported several 
Resolutions ; which were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That it is expedient to remove all 
Civil Disabilities at present existing affecting Her 
Majesty’s Subjects of the Jewish persuasion, in like 
manner and with the like exceptions as are pro- 
vided with reference to Her Majesty’s Subjects pro- 
fessing the Roman Catholic Religion. 

2. Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to 
move the House, That leave be given to bring in a 
Bill upon the said Resolution :—And he moved the 
House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Mr. Wilson Patten, Lord Johu Russell 
and Viscount Palmerston do prepare, and bring 


it in. 
New Trials Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
i to make further provision for the granting of New 
Trials in Criminal Courts: And that Mr. Butt and 
Mr Ewart do prepare, and bring it in. 
Leasing Ordered, That the Leasing Powers (Jreland) ; 
a . Landlord and Tenant (Jreland) ; Tenant Right (Jre- 


lord and Tenant ‘and); and, Tenants Compensation (Ireland) Bills 


(Ireland); be committed to the same Committee. 
faiete Ordered, That the Committee do consist of 


and, Tenants Thirty Members. 

Compensation Sir John Young, Viscount Palmerston and Mr. 

(Ireland) Bills. Serjeant Shee were nominated Members of the said 
Committee. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Lord Naas be one other Member of 
the said Committee :—And a Debate arising there- 
upon ; 

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


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

venue Office. for enabling the Commissioners of Inland Revenue 
to dispose of certain property in the City of London : 
And that Mr. Wilson and Mr. Chancellor of the 
Exchequer do prepare, and bring it in. 

Election The Select Committee on Election Petition Re- 

Petition Re- ¢ognizances was nominated of Mr. Milner Gibson, 

cognizances, 


Lord John Russell, Mr. Phinn, Mr. Walpole, Sir 
I’rederic Thesiger, Mr. Stuart Wortley and Mr. 
Goulburn; with Power to send for persons, papers 


and records. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That Mr. Hayter and Colonel Boldero 
eeeay be added to the Standing Committee on the Kitchen 
of Commons.) 2nd Refreshment Rooms (House of Commons). 


Kitchen and 


County Elec- 
tions Polls 
(Scotland), 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to limit the Time of taking the Poll in Counties at 
Contested Elections of Members to serve in the 
Commons’ House of Parliament for Shires in Scot- 
land to one day, and to provide for the increase 
or alteration of Polling-places : And that Mr. Elliot 
and Viscount Drumlaurig do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Criminal Ordered, That Viscount Drumlanrig and Mr. 
—— John Ball be added to the Select Committee on 
woeaeees Criminal and Destitute Children. 


Office of 


The Select Committee on the Office of Speaker 
Speaker. 


was uvominated of Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Lord 
John Russell, Mr. Disraeli, Sir George Grey, Mr. 
Goulburn, Mr. Edward Ellice, Mr. Wilson Patten, 
Mr. Macaulay, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Hume, Mr. Ha- 
milton, Mr. Bramston, Mr. Freshfield, Mr. Baines 
and Sir Frederic Thesiger ; with Power to send for 
persons, papers and records. 
Ordered, Vhat Five be the Quorum. 


Maynooth 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
College. : 


the further Proceeding on the Amendment, which, 





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A. 1853. 


upon Wednesday last, was proposed to be made to 
the Question, “ That this House do resolve itself into 
“ a Committee, to consider the Acts &amp; 9 Vie. c. 25, 
“‘ being ‘ An Act to amend two Acts passed in Jre- 
‘* land, for the better Education of Persons pro- 
“ fessing the Roman Catholic Religion, and for the 
“ better Government of the College established at 
“ Maynooth for the Education of such Persons, and 
“ also an Act passed in the Parliament of the United 
“ Kingdom for amending the said two Acts,’ com- 
“ monly called the last Maynooth Act, with a view 
“ to the repeal of those Clauses of the said Act 
“ which provide Money Grants in any way to the 
“ said College ;” and which Amendment was, to 
leave out from the word “consider” to the end of 
the Question, in order to add the words “ all enact- 
‘* ments now in force, whereby the Revenue of the 
“ State is charged in aid of any ecclesiastical or 
“ religious purposes whatsoever, with a view to the 
‘* repeal of such enactments,” instead thereof :—The 
House resumed the said further Proceeding. 

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

Then the main Question, so amended, being prc- 
posed, That this House do resolve itself into a Com- 
mittee, to consider all enactments now in force, 
whereby the Revenue of the State is charged in aid 
of any ecclesiastical or religious purposes whatso- 
ever, with a view to the repeal of such enactments : 
—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Wed- 
nesday next. 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill for enabling the Inland Re- 
Commissiouers of Inland Revenue to dispose of Bill. Office 
certain Property in the City of London: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be No. 161. 
read a second time this day ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Elliot presented a Bill to limit the Time of County Flee- 
taking the Poll in Counties at Contested Elections (eentinods 
of Members to serve in the Commons’ House of pin. ‘ 
Parliament for Shires in Scotland to one day, and No. 162. 
to provide for the increase or alteration of Polling- 
places: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday the 


10th day of March next; and to be printed. 


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








—————_———SSSSee = = 





Veneris, 25° die Februarii ; 
Anno 16° Victorie Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 


\ R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
i mittee on Public Petitions; That they had Petitions 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 22d and pSeeny st 
23d days of this instant February ; and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


A Petition of the there-undersigned Promoters, Chatham and 
for leave to bring in a Bill for making a Railway peer omar 
from Chatham, to join the South Eastern Railway ee 
at Chilham, with a Branch therefrom to Furersham 
Creek, to be called “ The Chatham and Canterbury 
Local Railway,” was presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Midland Great Western Rail- Grand Canal 
way of Ireland Company, for leave to bring in a Purchase. 
Bill to enable the Midland Great Western Railway 
of Ireland Company to purchase the Grand Canal, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition 





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16 Vicrori2. 


gain’ Mar- A Petition of Ratepayers of the Parishes of Saint 
garet and ne Margaret and Saint John the Evangelist, in the 
Pvangelist, City of Westminster, for leave to bring in a Bill for 


Westminster, the appointment and regulation of Vestries and ap- 


Vestries. pointment of Auditors of Accounts in the Parishes of 
Saint Margaret and Saint John the Evangelist, 
Westminster, was presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 

Saint George’s A Petition of Directors, Subscribers to and Pro- 

Harbour. moters of the Undertaking thereinafter referred to, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for the construction and 
maintenance of a Harbour at Llandudno, in the 
County of Carnarvon, was presented, and read ; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, b 
Sir Richard Bulkeley, Mr. Mostyn and Mr. Bulkeley 
Hughes. 

Copper Miners A Petition of the Governor and Company of the 

— Copper Miners of England, for leave to bring in a 

; Bill to alter and amend the Provisions of *‘ ‘The Go- 
vernor and Company of Copper Miners Act, 1851,” 
and to confer further Powers on the said Company, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Glyn and Mr, 
Masterman. 

Shipley Gas. A Petition of the Shipley Gas-Light Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the Shipley 
Gas-Light Company to raise a further Sum of 
Money, and for extending the limits of their existing 
Act to the adjoining Township of Baildon, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Milligan and Mr. 
Wickham. 

Birkenhead, Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for a Lease of 

ee the Undertaking of the Birkenhead, Lancashire and 

Junction, Cheshire Junction Railway Company to the Great 

Great Western, Western, the Shrewsbury and Birmingham, and the 

poy ar A Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Companies, or to 

ham and the Great Western Railway Company, and either of 
ny the said last-mentioned Companies; and for the 

Railways Bill Amalgamation, in a certain event, of the said Under- 
taking with the Undertakings of the said three last- 
mentioned Companies, and for other purposes: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 

Great Western Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to confer on the 

Railway G “oe 2 ’ as, 

(Power to run Great Western Railway Company certain Powers in 

over Shrews- reference to the use of the Shrewsbury and Birming- 

pe Bir- ham, the Shrewsbury and Chester, the Shrewsbury 

— and Hereford, the Birkenhead, Lancashire and 


Bill. Cheshire Junction, and the Chester and Holyhead 
Railways, and the Birkenhead Docks ; and to the 
laying down of additional Rails on such Railways, 
and for other purposes : And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


aunt Western, Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize the 
ery ~=Consolidation into one Undertaking of the Great 

and Birming- ry “et. 

ham,and Western, the Shrewsbury and Birmingham, and the 

par power Shrewsbury and Chester Railways, and the Union 

Railway Com. into one Company of the three several Companies 

panies Amal. to whom the said Railways respectively belong, and 


gamation Bill. also to authorize the appropriation of certain RKeve- 
nues for securing Dividends to the two last-men- 
tioned Companies, prior to such Union and Consoli- 
dation: And the same was read the first time; and 


ordered to be read a second time. 


— Wales Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for granting fur- 
(Powerto ther Powers in reference to the leasing and selling 


the Undertaking of the South Wales Railway Com- 
pany to the Great Western Railway Company, and 
authorizing Working Arrangements between the said 
Companies ; for authorizing a Lease or Purchase by 
the South Wales Railway Company of the Under- 
takings of the Liynvi Valley Railway Company 
Vou. 108. 


purchase 
Bil asc, &amp;c.) 


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285 
and the Llanelly Railway and Dock Company, or 


Working Arrangements between the said Compa- 
nies, and for other purposes: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for enabling the Herefordshire 
London and North Western Railway Company, and ye sn 
the Company of Proprietors of the Herefordshire — tendon . 
and Gloucestershire Canal, to make Arrangements and North — 
with respect to the working and use, by the said Western Rail- 
Railway Company, of the said Canal, or for the" 
leasing thereof to the said Railway Company, and 
for other purposes : And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for incorporating Upper India 
“ The Upper India Railway Company,” and for Railway Bill. 
other purposes connected therewith : And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be reada 
second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize the Limerick, 

Abandonment of a portion of the Undertaking — and Kil- 
° . ° ° ; . aloe Junction 

the Limerick, Ennis and Killaloe Junction Railway Railway Bill. 
Company, and the Construction of a new Line of 
Railway in lieu of a portion of the Line to be aban- 
doned ; and to revive, in respect of a portion of the 
said Undertaking, the Powers of the said Company 
for the compulsory Purchase of Lands, and to ex- 
tend, in respect of the same portion of the said 
Undertaking, the Powers of the said Company for 
constructing Works, and to amend and repeal por- 
tions of the Act relating to the said Company, and 
for other purposes : And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Hereford, Ross 
Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway Company 2%4 Gloucester 
7 we : Railway (Mon- 
to construct Railways to Monmouth, and for other mouth) Bill. 
purposes: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to consolidate Glasgow 
and amend the Acts relating to the Glasgow Water Waterworks 
Company, and to enable that Company to execute 
additional Works: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a secend time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a Montgomery- 
Railway from the Town of Oswestry, in the County Shire Railway 
of Salop, to the Town of Newtown, in the County 
of Montgomery, and for other purposes: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making Rail- Shrewsbury, 
ways from the Shiffavll and Madeley Branch of the Trenbridge and 
lien ry saree ictinen: im tian Sanka Bridgnorth 
Shrewsbury an irmingham Railway, in the Parish Railway Bill. 
of Madeley, in the County of Salop, to the Towns 
of Ironbridge and Bridgnorth, and to Lightmore, 
and for other purposes: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 


time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a Darenth 
Railway from Dartford, in the County of Kent, to a 
Farningham, in the same County, to be called “ The “*” 
Darenth Valley Railway,” and for other purposes: 

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


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to repeal an Act Manchester 
for making and maintaining a Road from the top of and Bury 
Hunt’s Bank, in the Town of Manchester, in the Reed BE. 
County of Lancaster, to join the Manchester and 
Bury Turnpike-road, in Pilkington, in the same 
County, and to substitute other Provisions in lieu 
thereof: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


003 Mr. 















286 


South Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for the supply- 
Staffordshire ing with Water the Inhabitants of Lichfield, Wal- 


— sall, Wolverhampton, Dudley and other places in 
the Southern parts of the County of Stafford, and in 
certain parts of the County of Worcester, adjacent 
thereto: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 

West London §=6Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a 

= Railway to the Crystal Palace, with Branches to 

way Bill. the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, 
and to the London and South Western Railway : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 

Bayswater, Mr. Oliveira presented a Bill for making a Rail- 

pie = soll way from Paddington to Battle Bridge, in the 

Bridge Kail. County of Middlesex: And the same was read the 

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


North and 
South Western 
( Hampstead 


Mr. Oliceira presented a Bill for making a Rail- 
way from the London and North Western Railway, 
and City at Willesden, to the East and West India Docks 
Junction) and Birmingham Junction Railway, with a Branch 
Railway Bill. +4 the North and South Western | shore Railway, 
to be called “The North and South Western, Hamp- 
stead and City Junction Railway,” and for other 
purposes: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


English and 
Australian 
Copper Com- 
pany Bill. 


Mr. Oliveira presented a Bill for incorporating 
the English = Australian Copper Company ; for 
enabling such Company to raise additional Capital, 
and to take an Assignment of certain Letters Pa- 
tent: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Oxford, Wor- Mr. Oliveira presented a Bill to regulate the 
cesterand = Construction and Use of the Wolverhampton Station 
Wolverhamp- 


ton Railway by the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton, the 
(Wolverhamp- Great Western and Shrewsbury and Birmingham 
ton Station, Railway Companies; and to extend the Time 


—— limited for the Completion thereof; and also the 
Time limited for the compulsory Purchase of the 
Land required for such Station: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 

Bedale and A Petition of Persons, whose Names are thereunto 

iallvay subscribed, being Suitors for the Bill thereinafter 


mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a 
Railway from Bedale to Leyburn, in the North Riding 
of the County of York, to be called “The Bedale and 
Leyburn Railway,” and for other purposes, and of 
which the short Title is “ The Bedale and Leyburn 
Railway Act, 1853,” was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Cayley, Mr. Octavius Duncombe and Mr. Wyvill. 


London and A Petition of Directors, Subscribers to and Pro- 

Westminster moters of the Undertaking thereinafter referred to, 

Lailwey. for leave to bring in a Bill for making a Railway 
alony and above the Channel of the Thames from 
London Bridge to Westminster Bridge, was pre- 
sented, aud read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Masterman and Mr. 
Oliveira. 


Frome The Names of the Five Members appointed to 
Ekcction. try and determine the matter of the Petition, com- 


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plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Cambridge, were called over; and 
being come to the Table, they were sworn by the 
Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition relative to the said 
Election be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, at Twelve o’clock, in one of the Committee- 
rooms of the House. 


The Names of the Five Members appointed to Waterford 
try and determine the matter of the Petition, com- + need 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the ~~” 
County of Waterford, were called over :— 

Whereupon Sir John Trollope informed the House, 

That, since the appointment of the Committee, one 
of its Members, Colonel Harcourt, was desirous of 
being excused from serving, on account of the 
death of his brother. 

And an Affidavit of the death of Colonel Henry 
Vernon Harcourt, being delivered in, and read ; 

Resolved, That the attendance of Colonel Har- 
court on the Waterford County Election Committee 
be dispensed with. 

Ordered, That the Committee be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Petition be referred back to 
the General Committee of Elections. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Chatham and 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Canterbury 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 4° Railway. 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Chatham and 
Canterbury Local Railway Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,— Report from Grand Canal 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Purchase. 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Grand Canal 
Purchase Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Saint Margaret 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 24 Saint John 
: : : . the Evangelist, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- westminster, 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Saint Mar- Vestries. 
garet and Saint John the Evangelist, Westminster, 

Vestries Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 

Committee on Standing Orders. 


The Bradford Corporation Waterworks Bill was Bradford 
read a second time ; and committed. ee 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- pin 


mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Sotheron reported from the Committee Committee of 
of Selection; That they had formed into Groups Cniret Report.) 
certain Private Bills which, in their opinion, it is No. 163 
expedient to submit to the same Committee ; and si 
had agreed to report the same to the House. 

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


Petitions relating to Parliamentary Oaths ;—Uni- Public 


penis of an undue Election and Return for the| versity of London ;— Crystal Palace (Sydenham); Petitions. 


orough of Frome, were called over; and being 
cone to the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition relative to the said 
Election be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, at Eleven o’clock, in one of the Committee- 
rooms of the House. 


The Names of the Five Members appointed to 
try and determine the matter of the Petition, com- 


Cambridge 
Election. 








— Ecclesiastical Courts ;—Ecclesiastical Titles As- yjge Twenty- 


‘sumption Act ;— Maynooth College Act ; — May- third Report. 


nooth College Act, and Freedom of Election (Jre- 
land) ;—Universities (Scotland) ; — Attorneys’ Cer- 
tificates; — Coal Duties (County of Hertford) ;— 
County Rates and Expenditure Bill ;—Paper, News- 
paper Stamps and Advertisements ;— Post Horses 
and Carriages ;— Property and Income Tax ; — 
Terminable Annuities ;—Unstamped Periodicals ;— 
Christmas Gifts to Postmen ;—Coffee ;—Dogs ;— 
Intoxicating 





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New Trials 
(Criminal 
Cases) Bill. 


No. 164. 


Battersea 
Park. 


Coffee and 
Chicory. 


No. 165. 


Sandhurst 
College, 


Exports to 


Turkey, &amp;¢, 


Highland 
Emigrants, 


Public 
Petitions, 


No. 166, 





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Intoxicating Liquors ;—Ordnance Survey of Scot- 
land ;— Poor Law ;—and, Sheriffs Courts (Scotland), 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions relating to the Great Western Railway; 
—and, the Great Western and Bristol and Exeter 
Railway Companies,—were also presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Railway 
and Canal Bills. 

A Petition relating to Indian Territories, was 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Jndian Territories. 

Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers,—were 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 


Mr. Butt presented a Bill to make further Pro- 
vision for the granting of New Trials in Criminal 
Courts: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Wednesday 
the 16th day of March next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Wilson presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 21st day of this instant Fe- 
bruary, for Copy of any Communication from Tho- 
mas Cubitt, Esquire, to the Right honourable Sir 
William Molesworth, Baronet, on the subject of Bat- 
tersea Park; together with a Copy of any Reply, 
and of any reference to the Treasury thereon, and 
of any Answer or Minute of Treasury, which may 
have respect thereto. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of a Treasury Minute, dated the 25th day of 
February 1853, rescinding the Minute of the 27th 
day of July 1852, and laying down fresh Regula- 
tions for the Sale of Coffee mixed with Chicory. 

Mr. Wilson accordingly presented the said Paper. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Gentlemen Cadets at the Royal 
Military College at Sandhurst, classified as follows : 
—Number of Sons of Civilians; Number of Sons 
of Officers of the Army ; Number of Sons of Officers 
of the Navy ; Number of Orphans of Officers of the 
Army; Number of Orphans of Officers of the Navy: 
—Of the Amount paid to that Establishment yearly 
by the Gentlemen Cadets: —Of the Amount paid 
yearly by the Officers of the Senior Department :— 
And, Total Annual Cost of that Establishment. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Quantities and Declared Value of the 
different Articles, being the Manufacture of Great 
Britain and Ireland, exported to Turkey in 1851; 
similar Return with regard to Russia ; and, similar 
Return with regard to Austria (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 273, of Session 1852). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Expenditure caused by the repairing, 
fitting for Sea, building Berti, finding Water Casks, 
Galleys, Provisions, Medical Comforts, ventilating 
the Ship, Pay to Officers and Crew, Provisions for 
ditto, and every other Expense incurred by the 
Conveyance of the Highland Emigrants sent out in 
Her Majesty’s Ship “ Hercules,” from the time she 
was first commissioned at Chatham until the date 
at which she will probably land the Emigrants in 
Australia ; also, the Time occupied in effecting the 
above Outfit. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Petitions presented in 
each of the Five years ending 1788-9, 1804-5, 
1814-15, showing the Average of each Period of 
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287 


Five years ; also, of the Number of Petitions pre- 
sented and printed in each of the Five years ending 
1852, and the Average of that Period :—Of the 
Number of Petitions presented and printed in each 
of the Five years ending 1837, 1842, 1847 and 1852, 
with the Total Number of Signatures in each year, 
showing the Average Number of Petitions presented 
and printed, and Signatures, for each Period of Five 
years :—Abstracts of the Sums paid for Printing, 
Folding, &amp;c., of Petitions printed in each of the 
Five years ending 1832, showing the Total and the 
Average Expense: — And, of the Sums paid for 
Printing, Folding, &amp;c. Reports, and Appendixes and 
Indexes to Reports on Public Petitions, from 1833 
to 1852 inclusive, showing the Total and Average 
Expense of each Period of Five years. 

Mr. Brotherton accordingly presented the said 
Returns. 

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


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


Return of all Guano imported into the United King- 
dom, in the years 1851 and 1852; distinguishing 
the Quantities imported from each Country respec- 
tively. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. 


the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- gupply. 


mittee of Supply ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, ‘hat Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That ” to 


the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ 


“* tions, that there be laid before this House, Copies 
“ or Extracts of Communications which may have 
“ passed in reference to hostilities in Ava, and in 
relation to the annexation of any portion of the 
“ Burmah Territory to the British Empire in the 
“ East,” instead thereof. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Number of Land Forces, not Land Forces. 


exceeding One hundred and two thousand two hun- 
dred and eighty-three Men (exclusive of the Men 
employed in the Territorial Possessions of the East 
India Company), Commissioned and Non-commis- 
sioned Officers included, be maintained for the Ser- 
vice of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, from the 1st day of April 1853 to the 31st 
day of March 1854, inclusive. 


2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three Charge of d’. 


millions six hundred and twenty-five thousand seven 
hundred and eighty-three pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Her Majesty’s 
Land Forces in the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, and on Foreign Stations (ex- 
cepting India), which will come in course of payment 
from the Ist day of April 1853 to the 31st day of 
March 1854, inclusive. 


3. Resolved, ‘Vhat a Sum, not exceeding One hun- General Staff 
dred and sixty-two thousand eight hundred and Officers, &amp;c. 


ninety-seven pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
for defraying the Charge of General Staff Otticers 
and Officers of the Hospitals, serving with Her Ma- 
jesty’s Forces in the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, and on Foreign Stations (ex- 
cepting Jndia), which will come in course of pay- 
Oo4 ment 





an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, Hostilities in 
that She will be graciously pleased to give direc- Ava. 


Public 
Military 
Departments, 


Royal Military 


College. 


Royal Military 


Asylum, &amp;c. 


Volunteer 
Corps. 


Rewards for 
distinguished 
services. 


Pay of General 


Officers. 


Full Pay for 
Reduced 
and Retired 
Officers. 


Half-Pay 

to Reduced 
and Retired 
Officers. 


Half-Pay to 
Foreign 
Officers, &amp;c. 


Widows’ 
Pensions. 


Compassionate 


List. 


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ment from the Ist day of April 1853 to the 31st | 
day of March 1854, inclusive. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ninety- 
eight thousand four hundred and sixty-four pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of Allowanves and Coutingent Expenses of the 
several Public Departments of Her Majesty’s Land 
Forces, which will come in course of payment from 
the 1st day of April 1853 to the 31st day of March 
1854, inclusive. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixteen 
thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of the Royal Military College, which will come in 
course of payment from the 1st day of April 1853 
to the 3ist day of March 1854, inclusive. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighteen 
thousand and twenty pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, for defraying the Charge of the Royal Military 
Asylum and Hibernian Military School, which will 
come in course of payment from the Ist day of April 
1853 to the 31st day of March 1854, inclusive. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighty- 
eight thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
for defraying the Charge of Volunteer Corps, which 
will come in course of payment from the 1st day of 
April 1853 to the 31st day of March 1854, in- 
clusive. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty 
thousand two hundred and fifty pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Al- 
lowances as Rewards for distinguished Services, of 
Allowances to Officers of Her Majesty’s Garrisons, 
including the Garrison of the Tower of London; and 
of Allowances to Serjeants as Rewards for distin- 
guished or metitorious Service, which will come in | 
course of payment from the 1st day of April 1853 
to the 31st day of March 1854, inclusive. 

9. Resolved, That aSum, not exceeding Fifty-five 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
defraying the Charge of the Pay of General Officers 
of Her Majesty’s Forces, which will come in course 
of payment from the Ist day of April 1853 to the 
31st day of March 1854, inclusive. 

10. Lesolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
defraying the Charge of Full Pay for Reduced and 
Retired Officers of Her Majesty’s Forces, which 
will come in course of payment from the 1st day of 
April 1853 to the 31st day of March 1854, in- 
clusive. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
hundred and fifty-eight thousand pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Half- 
Pay and Military Allowances to Reduced and Ke- 
tired Officers of Her Majesty’s Land Forces, which 
will come in course of payment from the 1st day of 
April 1853 to the 31st day of March 1854, in- 
clusive. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
four thousand six hundred and twenty-eight pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of Half-Pay and Reduced Allowances of Disbanded 
Foreign Corps, of Pensions to wounded Foreign 
Officers, and of the Allowances to the Widows and 
Children of deceased Foreign Officers, which will 
come in course of payment from the 1st day of 
April 1853 to the 31st day of March 1854, in- 
elusive. 

13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred and seventeen thousand six hundted and thirty- 
seven pouncs, be granted to Her Majesty, for de- 
fraying the Charge of Pensions to be paid to Widows 
of Officers of Her Majesty’s Land Forces, which 
will come in course of payment from the 1st day 
of April 1853 to the 3ist day of March 1854, in- 
clusive. 

14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventy- 
nine thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to 


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A. 1853. 


ances on the Compassionate List, of Allowances as 
of Her Majesty’s Royal Bounty, and of Pensions, 
Gratuities and Allowances to Officers for Wounds, 
which will come in course of payment from the Ist 
day of April 1853 to the 31st day of March 1854, 
inclusive. 

15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- Chelsea ana 
eight thousand one hundred and forty-nine pounds, Kilmainham 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge a. 
of Chelsea and Kilmainham Hospitals, and the In- 
Pensioners thereof, which will come in course of 
payment from the 1st day of April 1853 to the 31st 
day of March 1854, inclusive. 

16. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Out-Pension. 
million two hundred and thirty-five thousand eight * — 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for ~°*P!**) &amp;. 
defraving the Charge of the Out-Pensioners of Chel- 
sea Hospital, of Pensions granted to discharged 
Negro Soldiers, of Pensioners from Hanoverian Corps 
which served with the British Army in 1793, 1794, 
and 1795, and of the Military Organization of Out- 
Pensioners, which will come in course of payment 
from the 1st day of April 1853 to the 31st day of 
March 1854, inclusive. 

17. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- Superann- 
six thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, tions. 
for defraying the Charge of Allowances, Compen- 
sations and Emoluments, in the nature of Superan- 
nuation or Retired Allowances, to Persons formerly 
belonging to Public Departments, which will come 
in course of payment from the 1st day of Aprii 1853 
to the 31st day of March 1854, inclusive. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





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

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

Mr. Wilson Patten also acquainted the House, 
that he was directed to move, That the Committee 
may have leave to sit again. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second Metropolitan 
reading of the Metropolitan Improvements (Repay- — 
ment out of Consolidated Fund) Bill; lary mel 

And a Motion being made, and the Question dated Fund) 
being put, That the Bill be now read a second Bill. 
time ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, 7 102 

Yeas, UMr. Grenville Berkeley: Jf °° ~™ 

Tellers for the f Mr. Blackett, l 55 

Noes, UMr. John George Phillimore: { _ 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—-The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Office of Exa- 
consideration the Office of Examiner (Court of pry ee 
Chancery) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; Bill. 

Ordered, That the Billi be taken into consideration 
upon Monday next. 


The Oaths in Chancery Bill was, according to Oaths in sn 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Chancery &gt; 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Slave Trade 
reading of the Slave Trade (New Granada) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The 








(NewG ranada) 
ill. 








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16 Vicroriz. 


Slave Trade The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(soe) Bill reading of the Slave Trade (Sohar, in Arabia) 
Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 
General Board The House, according to Order, proceeded to 


of Health Bill. take into consideration the General Board of Health 
No. 167. Bill, as amended in the Committee; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


Designs Act 


; The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Extension Bill. 


consideration the Designs Act Extension Bill, as 
amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Monday next. 


LandImprove- The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
ay land) consideration the Land Improvement (Jreland) Bill, 
as amended in the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Monday the 7th day of March next. 


County Rates The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
and Expendi- into a Committee on the County Rates and Expen- 
ture Bill. _ : . ; ‘ 
No. 168 diture Bill ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
: * Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson Patten 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 
16th day of March next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

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


Ways and 
Means. 


Inland Re- The Inland Revenue Office Bill was, according to 
venue Office 


Bill. Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Education The Select Committee on Education (Manchester 
pie pray and Salford, &amp;c.) was nominated of Mr. Milner 


&amp;e.) Gibson, Mr. Peto, Mr. Bright, Lord John Russell, 
Mr. Pellatt, Sir George Grey, Mr. Ker Seymer, 
Mr. Christopher, Mr. Miles, Mr. Bowyer, the Mar- 
= of Blandford, Mr. Macaulay, Mr. Cobden, Mr. 
illiiam Fox and Mr. Brotherton; with Power to 
send for persons, papers and records. 
Ordered, That Vive be the Quorum. 


Commons Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
ey authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands, in pursu- 
(Ao. 2.) . 6 
ance of a Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for 
England and Wales: And that Viscount Palmerston 
and Mr. Fitzroy do prepare, and bring it in. 
ye Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- 
rders, 


mittee on Standmg Orders, several Resolutions ; 
which were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Hust and West 
india Docks India Docks and Birmingham Junction Railway 
ham Junction Bill Petition for additional Provision, the Standing 
Railway Bill Orders ought to be dispensed with ; that the Par- 
ties be permitted to introduce their additional Pro- 
vision, if the Committee on the Bill shall think fit, 
provided that the further sum of Three thousand 


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to proceed with their Bill, provided the same be 
presented not later than three clear days after. the 
presentation of this Report ; and that the statement 
and subdivision of the scales on the Plans and Sec- 
tions deposited be amended, and that fresh applica- 
tions be made to the Owners, Lessees and Occupiers 
of the lands delineated on pages 5 and 7 of the said 
Plans and Sections. 

That the Committees on this and the preceding 
Bill do report how far such Orders respectively have 
been complied with on the Report of the Bill. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Plymouth, Plymouth, 
Tavistock, Okehampton and North Devon Railway Tavistock, 
Petition, the Standing Orders ought not to be dis- Okehampton 
pensed with. Devon Rail- 

The first and second Resolutions, being read a WF: 
second time, were agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented a Bill to authorize the Commons 
Inclosure of certain Lands, in pursuance of a Re- closure 
. &lt;ot (No. 2) Bill. 
port of the Inclosure Commissioners for England No. 169 
and Wales: And the same was read the first time; ~°" ~~" 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next; and to be printed. 


The House was moved, That the Copy of Treaty Slave Trade 
between Her Majesty and the Republic of New Gra- (New Granada, 
nada, for the Suppression of the Slave Trade, signed oo. - 
at Bogota, April 2d, 1851, which was presented [Granting 
upon the 20th day of February, in the last Session Bounties. } 
of the last Parliament, might be read; and the 
same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Copy of 

Engagement entered into by Syed Syfbin Hamood, 
Chief of Sohar, for the Abolition of the African 
Slave Trade in his Ports, 22d May 1849, which 
was presented upon the 21st day of this instant Fe- 
bruary, might be read; and the same being read ; 

And a Motion being made, That this House will, 
upon Monday next, resolve itself into a Committee, 
to consider of granting Bounties on Slaves and 
Slave Ships captured in pursuance of the said 
Treaty and Engagement ; 

Lord John Russell, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 

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


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 








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Anno 16° Victoriez Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Thorne/y reported from the Select Com- Public 


mittee on Public Petitions; That they had Petitions _ 
(Twenty-third 


examined the Petitions presented upon the 24th and Report.) 


25th days of this instant February; and had di- 
rected him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


The Order for reading a second time the Amber- Ambergate, 
gate, Nottingham and Boston and Eastern Junction a 
Railway (Sale, &amp;c.) Bill, was read, and discharged. ang fastern 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. Junction Rail- 

way (Sale, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the Ambergate, 





seven hundred and fifty pounds, in order to make 
up the required proportion of the additional amount 
of Capital now proposed to be raised, be deposited 
with the Court of Chancery. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the New River | 
Company Petition, the Standing Orders ought to 
be dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted 
VoL. 108. 


New River 
Company. 





Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of poy 
the Petition for leave to bring in the Ambergate, and Bastern 
Nottingham and Boston and Eastern Junction Rail- Jenetion Rail- 
way (Sale, &amp;c.) Bill, might be read; and the same as)” sce. ) 
being read ; fam 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the Ambergate, Nottingham and apes 

PP an 





New River 
Company. 


Great London 
Drainage. 


Scottish Mid- 
Jand Junction 
Railway. 


Imperial 
Continental 
Gas. 


Sunderland 
Dock Bill. 


London ( Wat- 
ford) Spring 
Water Com- 
pany. 


Chorley 
Improvement. 


Oxford, Wor- 
cester and 
Wolverhamp- 
ton Railway 
(Extension of 
‘Time, &amp;c.) 


290 


and Eastern Junction Railway Company to complete 


the Purchase of the Nottingham Canal and the | 


Grantham Canal, and to lease or transfer their Rail- 
way and the said Canals to the London and North 
Western Railway Company, the Midland Railway 
Company, and the Great Northern Railway Com- 
pany, one or more of them: And that Lord Robert 
Clinton and Mr. Barrow do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

Ordered, That the Bill be presented and read the 


first time To-morrow. 


28° Februartz. 





A. 1853. 


raising of certain Sums of Money by Preferential 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,— Report from London (Wat. 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, in £4) Spring 
respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- iaaaae 
ders in the case of the Petition for the London ( Wat- 
ford) ye, aa Company Bill. 

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





The House was moved, That the Report from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of 
the Petition for the Mew River Company Bill, might | 
be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the Governor and Company of the New 
River further to improve their Supply of Water to 
the Metropolis: And that Mr. Vernon Smith and 
Sir John Johnstone do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of Persons thereunto subscribing, for 
leave to bring in a Bill to afford means for effectually 
draining the Metropolis, to preserve the Thames from 
the impurities at present passing into it, by diverting 
them into Tunnel Sewers; and to collect all the 
produce of the Sewers for agricultural purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Drummond and 
Mr. Milner Gibson. 


A Petition of the Scottish Midland Junction Rail- 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable 
the Scottish Midland Junction Railway Company 
to make Branch Resilways to Blairgowrie and 
Kirriemuir ; and to amend the Acts relating to such 
Company, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Colonel Maule and Mr. Stirling. 


A Petition of Directors of the Imperial Conti- 
nental Gas Association, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for consolidating the several Classes of Shares in 
the Imperial Continental Gas Association, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Masterman and Mr. 
John Lewis Ricardo. 


A Petition of the Sunderland Dock Company, 
praying that provision may be made in the Sunder- 
land Dock Bull for giving Power to the Dock Com- 
pany to enter into agreement as to using parts of 
the Dock by certain Parties, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


A Petition of Directors, Subscribers to and Pro- 
moters of the Undertaking thereinafter referred to, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for supplying the Cities 
of London and Westminster and Suburbs, and other 
Places, with pure Spring Water, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 


A Petition of Inhabitants and Ratepayers of the 
Parish of Chorley, in the County of Lancaster, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for the Improvement of the 
Farish of Chorley, in the County of Lancaster, was 


presented, and read; and referred to the Select | 


Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Oxford, Worcester and Wolver- 
hampton Railway Company, for leave to bring in a 
Bill to extend the Periods limited for completing 
and for purchasing Lands for the Strat/ord-upon- 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Chorley 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 1™provement, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Chorley Im- 
provement Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Oxford, Wor. 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, ° ade 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- ,,, Railway 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Oxford, Wor- (Extension of 
cester and Wolverhampton Railway (Extension of Time &amp;c.) 
Time, &amp;c.) Bill. 

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


A Petition of the Midland Railway Company, Midland 
for leave to bring in a Bill to empower the Midland Railway 
‘ , : (Amendment 
Railway Company to create new Shares, or to grant o¢ acts, ge.) 
Annuities for the Extinguishment of their Debeuture 
Debt, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
| vend ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 


cordingly, by Mr. Price and Mr. Geach. 





Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for the construc- Saint George's 
tion and maintenance of a Harbour at Llandudno, !*rbour Bill 
|in the County of Carnarvon: And the same was 
| read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
| time. 


| Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to alter and Copper Miners 
amend the Provisions of “ The Governor and Com- ma 
| pany of Copper Miners Act, 1851,” and to confer sie 
| further Powers on the said Company: And the 

same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 

read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a Bedale and 
Railway from Bedale to Leyburn, in the North sa 
Riding of the County of York, to be called “ ‘The “” "” 
Bedale and Leyburn Railway,” and for other pur- 
poses, and of which the short Title is “ The Bedale 
and Leyburn Railway Act, 1853 :” And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for authorizing Birkenhead 
Arrangements between the Trustees of the Birken- Dock Trustees 
head Docks and other Parties, and for other pur- al 
poses, and of which the short Title is “ The Bir- 
kenhead Docks Act, 1853:” And the same was 
read the first time; und ordered to be read a second 
time. 





Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for enabling the Shipley Gas 
| Shipley Gas-Light Company to raise a further Sum - 
| of Money, and for extending the limits of their ex- 
|isting Act to the adjoining Township of Baildon: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
| to be read a second time. 





Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a London and 
Westminster 


Avon and Kingswinford Branches of the Oxford, | Railway along and above the Channel of the Thames °° "pai. 
Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway, and to 
extend such respective Branches; to construct a 
Branch Railway to Stourbridge, and to authorize the 





from London Bridge to Westminster Bridge: And way Bill. 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
|read a second time. 

The 














Al 


eet 











16 VictorizZ. 


Alston Roads The Alston Roads Bill was read a second time ; 
Bill. and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 





The Australian Agricultural Company Bill was 


Australian 


agrees read a second time ; and committed. 

Company ™™ Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

Blyth and The Blyth and Tyne Railway Bill was read a 


oy Railway second time ; and committed. | 
al Ordered, ‘That the Bill be referred to the Com- | 
mittee of Selection. 


Bognor The Bognor Railway Bill was read a second time ; 
Railway Bill. ond committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Bury Water- The Bury Waterworks Bill was read a second 
works Bil. time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Cambridge The Cambridge Waterworks Bill was read a | 


Waterworks gecond time ; and committed. 
Bill Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


City of Dublin Ordered, That the City of Dublin Steam Packet 


Steam Packet Company Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 
Company Bill. 


Edinburgh The Edinburgh High-street and Railway Station, 
High-street c¢, Bill was read a second time; and committed. 
and Railway 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


Station, &amp;c. , ’ ; 
Bill. mittee of Selection. 


Electrie The Electric Telegraph Company Bill was read a 

Telegraph ~— second time ; and committed. 

Company Bill. "Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

Gorbals The Gorbals Gravitation Water (No. 2) Bill was 

Gravitation read a second time; and committed. 


oe % Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Haslingden The Haslingden and Rawtenstall Waterworks 

ant tewien- Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 

works Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

Kilkenny and The Kilkenny and Great Southern and Western 


Great Southern : ; i : in 
pm Railway Bill was read a second time; and com 


Railway Bill, mitted. 7 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Lands Im- Ordered, That the Lands Improvement Company 

provement . F 1, 

Company Bill, Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 

peel The Liverpool Sanitary and other Local Acts 

other cst. Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 

Acts Bill, Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

Lianidloes The Lilanidloes and Newtown Railway Bill was 


d)} ; . 
Railway Bil read a second time; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


London and The London and North Western Railway (Coal- 
} — brook Dale, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second time ; and 
(Coalbrook committed. 

Dale, &amp;c.) Bil Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Londonderry Ordered, That the Londonderry Improvement 


rapro : i 
Bil, “"* Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 


28° Februarzz. 





291 


The Londonderry, Coleraine and Belfast Junction Londonderry, 
Railway Bill was read a second time; and com- Coleraine 
mitted. ee 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Railway Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 


The Madras Railway Company Bill was read a Madras Rail- 
second time; and committed. way Company 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bi 


mittee of Selection. 


The Manchester Improvement Bill was read a Manchester 
second time; and committed. Improvement 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 2 
mittee of Selection. 


The Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Rail- Newport, 
way (Brecon) Bill was read a second time; and Abergavenny 
committed. and Hereford 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- (Brecon) Bill 
mittee of Selection. 


The Norwich and Spalding Railway Bill was Norwich and 
read a second time; and committed. Spalding 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ¥4ilway Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Salisbury Waterworks Bill be Salisbury 


read a second time To-morrow. — 
ui 


The Scottish Central Railway Bill was read a se- Scottish 
cond time; and committed. Central Rail- 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- “*” — 

mittee of Selection. 


The Spalding Improvement Bill was read a se~ Spalding 
cond time; and committed. Jmprovement 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bi! 
mittee of Selection. 


The Stockton Dock Bill was read a second time; stockton Dock 
and committed. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Swansea Vale Railway Bill was read a se~ Swansea Vaie 
cond time; and committed. Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Tynemouth Docks and Morpeth and Shields Tynemouth 


Direct Railway Bill was read a second time; and Docks and 
committed. pa oo Lonel 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Railway Bill. 


mittee of Selection. 


The Victoria (London) Docks Bill was read a se- victoria 
cond time ; and committed. (London) 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Pecks Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 


The Wakefield and Sheffield Road Bill was read Wakefield 
a second time; and committed. and Sheffield 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ®0*4 Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 


The Wakefield Soke Mills Bill was read a second Wakefield 
time; and committed. Soke Mills 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 2 
mittee of Selection. 


The Waveney Valley Railway Bill was read a se- Waveney 
cond time; and committed. Valley Rail- 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ¥9% 5#- 

mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the West London Waterworks West London 
Bill be read a second time To-morrow. Waterworks 





VoL. 108. 


PP2 The ™. 
































































292 28° Februariz. A. 1853. 


Whitehaven The Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway | a Burgess to serve in this present. Parliament for 


= Bill was read a second time; and committed. the Borough of Bridgnorth. 
Railway Bill, Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-| That the last Election for the said Borough. is a 


mittee of Selection. void Election, so far as regards the Return of the 
said Sir Robert Pigot. 
And the said Determinations were ordered to be 


YorkDrainage The York Drainage and Sanitary Improvement cotendt in tin Seninnhisall dike Minis. 


and Sanitary and Foss Navigation Bill was read a second time ; 


Im sevemant ond aemdiedl Mr. RBouverie further informed the House, That o- 
and Foss ‘ , _| Sir Robert Pigot was, by his agents, guilty of 
Revigntice Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com bribery at the last Election. (Ca 


mittee of Selection. That it was proved to the Committee that Joseph 





’ , . _| Mason was bribed with the payment of £.10, but Cle 
= Reck The Adel Beck Reservoirs Bill was, according! that it was not proved that such bribery was com- Res 
Bl ~—séto’ Order, read a second time; and committed. ‘mitted with the knowledge or consent of Sir Robert o 

. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | Pigot. 
mittee of Selection. | Thatinasmuch as, in the opinion of the Committee, 


; : ... | the allegations of bribery by Henry Whitmore, Es- 
Catheree Mr. Milnes Gaskell, from the Select Committee | quire, or his agents. peo by the Hs ee “awl 
— appointed to try and determine the matter of the | the said Committee in the cases of William Milner, 


Petition of John Master Whalley, John Taylor and Thomas Milner, Joseph Taylor Pinner, John Bishop, 


William Anderson, Electors, complaining of an Un-| William Bradley, Joseph Mason, Francis Page, 
due Election and Return for the Borough of Cli-| George Brown, William Roberts, Benjamin Tipton, 
therve, informed the House, That the Committee had Benjamin Spilsbury, George Reese, weve made with- 
unanimously ans ome, emit duly elected | Ut, 22Y reasonable or prebable ground, the Com- 

Phat Mathew Wilson, Esquire, is not duly elected inittee have ordered that all costs and expenses 


a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for incurred by reason of such unfounded allegations Pu 
the Borough of Clitheroe. : : shall be paid by the Petitioners and their sureties Pe 

That the last Election for the said Borough is @/ to the said Henry Whitmore, Esquire. e 
void Election. | Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. fou 


And the said Determinations were ordered to be | 
entered in the Journals of this House. Ordered. That the Select C satel , 

Mr. Milnes Gaskell further informed the House, | rdered, That the Select Committee appointed to ey Fg 
That the Committee had unanimously agreed to the | consider the principle of Amalgamation as applied — 
follawine Resolutions : to Railway, or Railway and Canal Bills, about to Rerort.) 

aes, oe ee be brought under the consideration of Parliament , 

That Mathew Wilson, Esquire, was, by his agents, | an 7 . -,? No.170. 
guilty of bribery and treating at the last Election | and to consider the principles which ought to guide 
for the Borough of Clitheroe, but that it was not 


‘the House in Railway Legislation, have Power to 
proved that such bribery and treating had been com- | 


report the Minutes of tie Evidence taken iefore 
mitted with the consent or knowledge of the said | them from time to time. ie 
Mathew Wilson. iia | Mr. Cardwell reported from the said Select Com- 
Committee that Mittee; That they had made further Progress in 
|the mutters to them referred; and directed him 
| to report the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
hem. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


That it has been proved to the 
Henry Taylor was bribed with the sum of £. 30. 

That extensive and systematic treating, together 
with other corrupt and illegal practices, prevailed 
at the last Election for the said Borough. 

That violent and tumultuous proceedings appear | 
to have taken place at the said Election, and that 
hired bands of men, armed with sticks and bludgeons, | 
were introduced into the said Borough, for purposes 
of undue influence and intimidation. 





The Order made upon the 20th day of December Committals 
last, That there be laid before this House, a Return Ireland.) 
relative to Committals (Zreland), to the latest pos- 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. | sible period (in coutinuation of Parliamentary Paper, ( 
Minutes Ordered, That the Minutes of the Bvidence taken | No. 78, of Session 1839), was read, and discharged. ’ 
ordered. before the Committee be laid before this House. ; 
| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Lunatics. 
Frome Mr. Hamilton, from the Select Committee ap-_ Return, showing the Number of Lunatics against 
Election. pointed to try and determine the matter of the Pe- | whom Commissions of nanan are now in force ; I 
tition, complaining of an undue Election and Return Total Amount of Incomes ; Sums allowed for Main- : 
for the Borough of Frome, informed the House, | ?@N"ce ; Amount of Income; Allowance for Main- ( 
= "e 


That the Committee had determined, _ tenance according to Scalesof Income; also, Amount 

That Colonel the Honourable Robert Edward °% per-centage, 1839 to 1852, on Lunatics’ Incomes 
Boyle having, at the time of the last Election, held | received under the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 36, and 
an office of profit under the Crown, created since | Payments made thereout (in continuation of Par- 


the 25th day of October 1705, is not duly elected a liamentary Paper, No, 378, of Session 1839). 


Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the . 
Borough of Frome. Ordered, That Colonel Harcourt have leave of Leave of 


That the lust Election for the Borough of Frome | absence fur a week, on account of the death of a Absence. 


is a void Election. near relation. 
And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
a entered in the Journals of this House. Mr. Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, Australia. 
—Further Papers relative to the recent Discovery 
Bridgnorth Mr. Beuverie, from the Select Committee ap-| of Gold in Australia (in continuation of Papers pre- 


Election. pointed to try and determine the matter of the Pe- | sented to Parliament, 14th June 1852). 


tition of certain Electors, complaining of an undue} Mr. Peel also presented,—Keturn to an Address Clergy 
Election and Retura for the Borough of Bridgnorth, | to Her Majesty, dated the 23d day of November Reserves 
ale aan . . / ‘ (Canada. ) 
informed the ILouse, That the Cummittee had deter- | last, for Returns, for every year since 1840, of the 

mined, Amount of the Clergy Keserve Fund of Canada, 

That Henry Whitmore, Esquire, is duly elected a} formed under the Act 3 &amp; 4 Vic. c. 78, s. 3:—Of 
Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the | the Payments made out of the said Fund to the 
Borough of Bridgnorth. Charch of England, to the Church of Scotland, and 

That Sir Robert Pigot, Baronet, is not duly elected | to aay other Religions Sect, under the Act 3 &amp; 4 
Vie. 








Clergy 
Reserves 
(Canada. ) 


Clergy 
Reserves 
(Canada.) 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Twenty- 
fourth Report. 


Public-houses 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Presbyterian 
urch 
(Ireland.) 


Frome Writ. 





16 Vicroriz. 


Vic. c. 78, ss. 4 and 7:—Of the Payments made 
out of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- 
dom to the Church of England, and to the Church 
of Scotland, iu Upper Canada, under the Act 3 &amp; 4 
Vic. c. 78, s. 8 :—And, of any other Payments made 
out of the Revenue of the United Kingdom to Reli- 
gious Sects in Canada, distinguishing each Sect. 
Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
23d day of November last, for a Return of the 
Extent of the Clergy Reserves in Canada, the Num- 
ber of Acres unsold, and their probable Value. 
Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
23d day of this instant February, fur Copies of—1. 


A Letter recently written by the Lord Bishop of 
Quebec to the Duke of Newcast/e, on the subject of 


the Clergy Reserves in Canada:—2. Of the Draft 


Despatch from Sir John Pakington to the Earl of 


Elgin, which was prepared for Transmission by the 
Mail of Friday, December 16th, in reply to his Lord- 
ship’s Despatch of September 22d, forwarding an Ad- 


dress to the Queen from the Legislative Assembly of 


Canada, on the subject of the Clergy Reserves. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions relating to Parliamentary Oaths ; — 
University of London ;—Crystal Palace (Sydenham); 
—Lord’s Day ;— Maynooth College Act ;-—Attor- 
neys’ Certificates ;—County Rates and Expenditure 
Bill ;—Malt ;—Paper, Newspaper Stamps and Ad- 
vertisements ;—Post Horses and Carriages ;—Re- 
payment of Advances (Jreland);—Terminable An- 
nuities ;—Wines ; —Christmas Gifts to Postmen; 
—Clerks of Petty Sessions (Jreland) ;—Factories ; 
—Free Schools ; — Metropolitan Police Force ;— 
Ocean Penny Postage ;—Poor Law ;—Poor Law 
(Ireland) ;—and, Public Houses and Beer Shops, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition relating to Jndian Territories, was also 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Jndian Territories. 

Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers,—--were 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 

A Petition relating to Railway Companies, was 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 





The Order for readiug a second time, upon Wed- 
nesday next, the Public-houses (Scot/and) Bill, was 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 9th day of March next. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of any Correspondence between the 
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in 
Ireland, or any Committee of the same, or Doctors 
of Divinity of the said Church and the Irish Go- 
vernment, relative to the Endowment of a Presby- 
terian College, or Theological Professors either in 
connexion with Queen’s College or otherwise, or 
for a Grant of any Sum of Money for Buildings, or 
of any Memorial from the same Parties to the Lrish 
Government, or Replies thereto, between the 1st day 
of January 1844 and the Ist day of March 1853: 
—And, of any Correspondence between the Lords 
of the Treasury or Her Majesty’s Government and 


the same Parties, or of any Memorials to Her Ma- 
jesty’s Government, and Replies thereto, on the | 


same subject, between the same dates. 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
VoL. 108. 


28° Februariz. 








293 


for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Frome, in the room 
of Lieutenant Colonel the Honourable Robert Boyle, 
whose Election has been determined to be void. 


A Petition of the several Persons, whose Names Milford Haven 


are thereunto subscribed, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for constructing and maintaining Docks and 
other Works at or near to Milford Haven, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Vis- 
count Emlyn and Sir John Owen. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table Children in 
Workhouses, 


by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 15th day of June, in the last Session of 
the last Parliament, for a Return of the Number of 
Children in the Workhouses of the several Unions 
and Parishes in England and Wales, on the 25th 
day of March 1851; distinguishing, 1. Illegitimate 
Children whose Mothers are in the Workhouse ; 2. 
Illegitimate Children whose Mothers are not in the 
Workhouse; 3. Children of Widows who are in 
the Workhouse; 4. Children of Widows who are 
not. in the Workhouse; 5. Children of Widowers 
who are in the Workhouse; 6. Children of Wi- 
dowers who are not in the Workhouse; 7. Children 
whose Father and Mother are Dead; 8. Children 
deserted by Father; 9. Children deserted by Mo- 
ther; 10. Children deserted by both Parents; 11. 
Children whose Father is transported or suffering 
Imprisonment for Crime; 12. Children whose Re- 
sidence in the Workhouse is caused by the Bodily 
or Mental Infirmity of Father or Mother; 13. 
Children of Able-bodied Parents who are in the 
Workhouse; 14 Children of Able-bodied Parents 
who are not in the Workhouse; 15. Children not 
falling within any of the foregoing Classes ; distin- 
guishing, also, the Number of each Class capable of 
entering upon Service, and the Number of Boys 
and Girls respectively under Three years old, Three 
years old and under Seven, and Seven years old 
and upwards (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 170, of Session 1851). 





The following Paper, pursuant to the directions Court of 


of an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Chancery. 


Table by the Clerk of the House,—A Return from 
the Accountant General of the High Court of Chan- 
cery, showing the state of the several Funds in his 
name, called ‘‘ The Suitcrs’ Fund ” and “ The 
Suitors’ Fee Fund,’ and the Charges upon the 
same respectively. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented, pursuant to the directions Turnpike 


of an Act of Parliament,—Account of the Turnpike- Roads _ 
es. 


roads in South Wales in 1852, together with the 
Estimates for 1853. 


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


The Orders of the day being read ; 


after the Notice of Motion relative to the Norwich 
Election Petitions. 


Orders of the 
Ordered, That the said Orders be postponed til] P#¥- 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Norwich 


to inquire into the circumstances under which the 
Petitions against the Return of the sitting Members 
for the City of Norwich have been withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Petitions of Electors of Wor- 
wich ;—and, Lothian Sheffield Dickson, which were 
presented upon the 24th day of this instant Febru- 
ary, be referred to the Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply. 


into the Committee of Supply. 
(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Number, not exceeding Seven- Ordnance Mi- 
teen thousand five hundred and ninety-eight Men, !it#ry Corps. 


PP3 Commissioned 





Election 
Petitions. 


Pay &amp;c. of 


Ordnance Mi- 


litary Corps. 


Commissariat 
and Barrack 
Supplies, &amp;c. 


Ordnance 
Office. 


Ordnance 
Establish- 
nents. 


Wages. 


Ordnance 
Stores. 


Ordnance 
Works and 
Repairs. 


Scientific 


Branch of the 


Ordnance. 


Non-effective 
Ordnance 
Services. 


Leasing 
Powers (Ire- 
land) ; Land- 


294 


Commissioned and Non-commissioned Officers in- 
cluded, composing the several Ordnance Military 
Corps, be maintained for Her Majesty’s Service at 
Home and Abroad, from the 1st day of April 1853 
to the 31st day of March 1854, inclusive. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight 
hundred and seven thousand five hundred and seven 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the | 
expense of the Pay, Allowances and Contingencies 
of the Ordnance Military Corps, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending the 31st 
day of March 1854. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
hundred and seventy-three thousand two hundred 
and seventeen pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray the expense of Commissariat and Barrack 
Supplies for Her Majesty’s Forces, Great Coats for 
the Army, and Clothing for the Militia, &amp;c., which 
will come in course of payment during the year 
ending the 31st day of March 1854. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventy- 
three thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense 
of the Ordnance Office, which will come in course of 
— during the year ending the 31st day of 

arch 1854. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two hun- 
dred and ninety-one thousand six hundred and fifty- 
seven pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the expense of the Establishments at Home and 
Abroad, which will come in course of gore 
during the year ending the 31st day of March 
1854. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred and forty-one thousand four hundred and 
thirty-seven pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the expense of Wages at Home and Abroad, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending the 31st day of March 1854. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
hundred and seventy-one thousand six hundred and 
ninety-seven pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the expense of Ordnance Stores for Land and 
Sea Service, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending the 31st day of March 
1854. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six hun- 
dred and ninety-five thousand six hundred and 
fifty-five pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the expense of Works, Buildings and Repairs 
at Home and Abroad, which will come in course of 

ayment during the year ending the 31st day of 
larch 1854. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred and twenty-seven thousand two hundred and 
thirteen pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 
fray the expense of the Scientific ca which 
will come in course of payment during the year 
ending the 31st day of March 1854. 

10, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and seventy-one thousand two hundred and 
fifteen pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 
fray the expense of Non-eftective Services, Military 
and Civil, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending the 31st day of March 

1854. 

Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Wi/son 
Putten reported, That the Committee had come to 
several Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Mr. Wilson Patten also acquainted the House, 
that he was directed to move, That the Committee 
may have leave to sit again. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 


28° Februarii. 


upon Thursday last, That Lord Naas be one other lord and Te. 
ember of the Select Committee on the Leasing To (Ireland); 
Powers (/reland) ; Landlord and Tenant (Jreland) ; (ireland 
Tenant Right (Jreland); and, Tenants Compensation and, Tenants 


ompensation 
(Ireland) Bills, 


A. 1853. 


(Ireland) Bills ; 

And the Question being again 
House resumed the said adjourned 
And the Question being put ; 

Ordered, That Lord Naas be one other Member 
of the said Committee. 

Then Mr. Lucas, Sir Robert Ferguson, Mr. Kirk, 
Mr. Henry Herbert, Mr. Roche, Mr. John Fitzgerald, 
Mr. Fagan, Mr. Robert Phillimore, Mr. Sadleir, 
Viscount Monck, Mr. Walpole, Colonel Greville, 
Mr. Napier, Mr. Duffy, Mr. Davison, Mr. Bright, 
Mr. Drummond, Mr. Mackenzie, Mr. Dunlop, Mr. 
Vernon, Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Pollard-Urquhart, Mr. 
Fortescue, Lord Claud Hamilton, Mr. Whiteside, 
and Mr. Grogan, were nominated other Members of 
the said Committee. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


roposed :—The 
ebate. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee Supply. 


of Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 
follow : 


1. Resolved, Vhat a Number of Land Forces, not Land Forces, 


exceeding One hundred and two thousand two hun- 
dred and eighty-three Men (exclusive of the Men 
employed in the Territorial Possessions of the East 
India Company), Commissioned and Non-commis- 
sioned Officers included, be maintained for the Ser- 
vice of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, from the 1st day of April 1853 to the 31st 
day of March 1854, inclusive. 


millions six hundred and twenty-five thousand seven 
hundred and eighty-three pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Her Majesty’s 
Land Forces in the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, and on Foreign Stations (ex- 
cepting India), which will come in course of payment 
from the 1st day of April 1853 to the 31st day of 
March 1854, inclusive. 


3. Resolved, Vhat aSum, not exceeding One hun- General Staff 


dred and sixty-two thousand eight hundred and 
ninety-seven pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
for defraying the Charge of General Staff Officers 
and Officers of the Hospitals, serving with Her Ma- 
jesty’s Forces in the United Kingdom of Greai 
Britain and Ireland, and on Foreign Stations (ex- 
cepting Jndia), which will come in course of pay- 
ment from the 1st day of April 1853 to the 31st day 
of March 1854, inclusive. 


4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ninety- 
eight thousand four hundred and sixty-four pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of Allowances and Contingent Expenses of the 
several Public Departments of Her Majesty's Land 
Forces, which will come in course of payment from 
the 1st day of April 1853 to the 31st day of March 
1854, inclusive. 


thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of the Royal Military College, which will come in 
course of payment from the 1st day of April 1853 
to the 31st day of March 1854, inclusive. 


6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighteen Royal Military 


thousand and twenty pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, for defraying the Charge of the Royal Militar 
Asylum and //ibernian Military School, which will 
come in course of payment from the Ist day of April 
1853 to the 31st day of March 1854, inclusive. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighty- 
eight thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
for defraying the Charge of Volunteer Corps, which 
will come in course of payment from the 1st day of 
April 1853 to the 31st day of March 1854, in- 








clusive. 
8. Resolved, 


2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three Charge of d°. 


Officers, &amp;e. 


Public 
Military 
Departments 


5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixteen Royal Military 


College. 


Asylum, &amp;c. 


Volunteer 
Corps. 














2 = et 








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28° Februari. 295 


Rewards for 8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty | nuation or Retired Allowances, to Persons formerly 
distinguished t¢hoysand two hundred and fifty pounds, be granted | belonging to Public Departments, which will come 
aT to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Al-| in course of payment from the 1st day of April 1853 
lowances as Rewards for distinguished Services, of | to the 31st day of March 1854, inclusive. 
Allowances to Officers of Her Majesty’s Garrisons,| The fourteen first Resolutions, being read a second 
including the Garrison of the Tower of London ; and | time, were agreed to. 
of Allowances to Serjeants as Rewards for distin-| ‘Ihe fifteenth Resolution, being read a second 
guished or meritorious Service, which will come in | time; 
course of payment from the 1st day of April 1853; Anda Motion being made, and the Question being 
to the 31st day of March 1854, inclusive. _ put, That the said Resolution be postponed ; 
PayofGeneral 9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty-five, The House divided. 
Officers. thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for; The Yeas to the Right; 
defraying the Charge of the Pay of General Officers| The Noes to the Left. 
of Her Htajesty’s Forces, which will come in course| ‘Tellers for the ( Mr. Vance, } - 
of payment from the Ist day of April 1853 to the Yeas, \ Mr. Grogan: y 
31st ae of March 1854, inclusive. Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, Lang 
Full Pay for 10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty Noes, The Earl of Mulgrave: § ‘ 
Reduced j thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for So it passed in the Negative. 
iva defraying the Charge of Full Pay for Reduced and| Resolved, That this House doth agree with the 
Retired Officers of Her Majesty’s Forces, which | Committee in the said Resolution. 
will come in course of payment from the 1st day of | Then the subsequent Resolutions, being read a 
April 1853 to the 31st day of March 1854, in-| second time, were agreed to. 
clusive. 
Half-Pay 11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three; Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Mutiny. 
to Reduced = hundred and fifty-eight thousand pounds, be granted for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the 
—— to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Half- better payment of the Army and their Quarters: 
Pay and Military Allowances to Reduced and Re-| And that Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Secretary-at-War 
tired Officers of Her Majesty's Land Forces, which | and the Judge Advocate do prepare, and bring it in. 
will come in course of payment from the 1st day of | ; 
April 1853 to the 31st day of March 1854, in-| The House, according to Order, resolved itself Slave Trade 
clusive. | into a Committee on the Slave Trade (New Granada mere a 
Stal Pay to 12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- ; and Sohar, in Arabia) [granting Bounties. ] Arabia) 
— four thousand six hundred and twenty-eight pounds, | : : [granting 
Officers, Se be oranted to Her Majesty, for Ahaging the Chamap | nie Cemeneny eee. 
of Half-Pay and Reduced Allowances of Disbanded| 1. Resolved, ‘That a Bounty of Five pounds be 
Foreign Corps, of Pensions to wounded Foreign | paid out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Officers, and of the Allowances to the Widows and | Kingdom of Great Aritain and Ireland, for every 
Children of deceased Foreign Officers, which will , Slave seized on board any Ship, and also Bounties 
come in course of payment from the 1st day of upon the Tonnage of any Ship captured and con- 
April 1853 to the 31st day of March 1854, in- demned for Traffic nm Slaves, under the Treaty and 
clusive. | Engagement between Her Majesty and the Republic 
ane 13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- | of New Granada, and Her Majesty and the Chief 
ensions. 


dred and seventeen thousand six hundred and thirty- 
seven pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for de- 
fraying the Charge of Pensions to be paid to Widows 
of Officers of Her Majesty’s Land Forces, which 
will come in course of payment from the 1st day 
of April 1853 to the 31st day of March 1854, in- 
clusive. 


Compassionate 14, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventy- 
st, 


of Her Majesty’s Royal Bounty, and of Pensions, 
Gratuities and Allowances to Officers for Wounds, 
which will come in course of payment from the 1st 


nine thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to, 
Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Allow- | 
ances on the ety ene gy List, of Allowances as | 


of Sohar, in Arabia. 

2. Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury of the said United Kingdom be 
authorized to pay, out of the said Consolidated Fund, 
any Costs, Damages and Expenses attending Sei- 

zures of Ships detained, but not condemned, for the 
violation of any Act for carrying into effect the said 
Treaty and Engagement. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





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

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


day of April 1853 to the 31st day of March 1854, | 


inclusive. 
Chelsea and 15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
——- eight thousand one hundred and forty-nine pounds, | 


be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge | 
of Chelsea and Kilmainham Hospitals, and the In- 
Pensioners thereof, which will come in course of | 
payment from the 1st day of April 1853 to the 31st | 
day of March 1854, inclusive. 

pay &gt; al 16. Aesolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
Hospital, &amp;e, Million two hundred and thirty-five thousand eight | 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for | 
defraying the Charge of the Out-Pensioners of Chel- 
sea Hospital, of Pensions granted to discharged 
Negro Soldiers, of Pensioners from Hanoverian Corps | 
which served with the British Army in 1793, 1794, 
and 1795, and of the Military Organization of Out- 
Pensioners, which will come in course of payment 
from the ist day of April 1853 to the 31st day of 
March 1854, inclusive. 

17. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
six thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
for defraying the Charge of Allowances, Compen- 
sations sal iishenasia, in the nature of Superan- 

VoL. 108. 


Superannu. 
Ations, 





| The Order of the day being read, for the second Clergy 
reading of the Clergy Reserves (Canada) Bill; Reserves 


: Canada) Bil 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon (nas 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Pilotage. 
mittee on Pilotage ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Courts of 
mittee on the Courts of Common Law (Lreland) (enymon — 
Bill - (Ireland) Bill. 

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


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Office of Exa- 
into consideration the Office of Examiner (Court of peg a 
Chancery) Bill, as amended in the Committee; and yiii. 1d 
an Amendment was made to the Pill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 3, 1. 11, by leaving out the first word 
“ such.” 

pp4 And 










































Oaths in 
Chancery Bill. 


Slave Trade 
Bill. 


Slave Trade 
(Sohar, in 
" cs Bill. 


Designs Act 
Extension 
Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Inland 
Revenue 


Office Bill. 


Commons 
Inclosure 
(No 2) Bill. 


Parish 
Constables 
Bill. 


Divorce Bills. 


(New Granada) 


And the Question being put, That the word 
“ such” stand part of the Bull; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for was oe Hayter, lier 
Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave: JS°~ 

Tellers for the/ Mr. Mullings, l 61 
Noes, Mr. Newdegate : | hn 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 3, 1. 12, by leaving out the word 
“ Twenty,” and by inserting the words “ Twenty- 
“ five” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ Twenty” stand part of the Bill:—The said pro- 
posed Amendment was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Then another Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Ordered, Vat the Bill be read the third time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Oaths in Edansore Bill; 

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


The Slave Trade (New Granada) Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time ; and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Thursday 
next. 





The Slave Trade (Sohar, in Arabia) Bill was, ac- | 


cording to Order, read a second time ; and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Thursday | 


next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Designs Act Extension Bill, as 
amended in the Committee; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

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





The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Inland. Revenue Office Bill ; | 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- | 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson Patten reported, 
‘That the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
directed him to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


The Commons Inclosure (No. 2) Bill was, accord- | 
ing to Order, read a second time ; and committed to | 
a Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 





The Select Committee on the Parish Constables | 
Bill was nominated of Mr. Deedes, Mr. Lascelles, | 
Colonel Clifford, Lord Lovaine, Mr. Edward Eger- 
ton, Mr. Wrightson, Lord Hotham, Mr. Fitzroy, | 
Mr. Langston, Mr. Henley, Sir John Duckworth, 
Mr. Robert Palmer, Mr. Moody, and the Earl of | 
March. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


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


28° Februarit.— 1° Martzz. 





A. 1853. 


Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty's Com- Railway 
mand,—A Return of the Number and Nature of the Accidents. 


Accidents and the Injuries to Life and Limb which 
have occurred on all the Railways in Great Britain 
and Jreland, from the 1st January to the 30th June 
1852, together with the Number of Passengers con- 
veyed during that Period (in continuation of the 
Return of Accidents for the preceding Half-year, 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 335, of the first Session 
of 1852). 


No. 171. 


Mr. Cardwell also presented,— Return to an Railways, 


Order, dated the 12th day of March, in the last Ses- 
sion of the last Parliament, for Returns, showin 

for each Railway Company the Amount of Capital 
and Loan which the Company has been authorized 
to raise by Acts passed previous to and in 1851; the 
Amount of Share Capital actually paid up on the 
31st day of December 1851, separating that which 
does not receive, or is not entitled to receive, an 

Preferential Dividend or Interest from that which 
bears a Preferential Dividend or Rate of Interest ; 
and stating the Amount of each Class of such Pre- 
ferential Capital, with the Rate of Interest or Divi- 
dend it is entitled to receive, the Amount due on 
Debentures, Loan Notes, or any other Interest-bear- 
ing Securities, on the 31st day of December 1851, 
the Rates of Interest payable thereon, and the Sums 
to which such Rates of Interest are applicable ; the 
Total Amount the Company retained Fone, at the 
end of 1851, to raise, either on existing Shares, or by 
creating new Shares, or by Loans; the Length of 
Line open for Traffic on the 31st day of December 
1851, distinguishing Single and Double Portions; 
the Length of Line in course of Construction at the 
end of 1851; the Length of Line each Company is 
authorized to construct, but which was not com- 
menced on the 31st day of December 1851; and, 
consequently, the ‘Total Length for which each Com- 
pany has obtained Powers :—Of the Amalgamation 
of Railway Companies which has been effected either 


‘by Purchase, Lease or otherwise, during 1851; 


stating the Nature of such Amalgamation, and the 
Date on which it commenced, with the Act of Par- 
liament under which it was effected:—And, from 
each Railway Company, showing the Length of each 
Line, or part of a Line or Branch Line, for which 
the Powers granted by Parliament for the compul- 
sory Purchase of the Land required for their Con- 
struction had been allowed to expire, previous to 
the 31st day of December 1851, without the exer- 
cise of such Powers; and the Capital appropriated 
by Parliament for the Construction of such Lines 
or Branch Lines (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 623, of Session 1851). 

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


No. 172. 


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


Returns, showing for each Railway Company the 
Amount of Capital and Loan which the Seawemy 
has been authorized to raise by Acts passed previous 
to and in 1852; the Amount of Share Capital ac- 
tually paid up on the 31st day of December 1852, 
separating that which does not receive, or is not en- 
titled to receive, any Preferential Dividend or Interest 
from that which bears a Preferential Dividend or 


| Rate of Interest; and stating the Amount of each 


Class of such |’referential Capital, with the Rate of 
Interest or Dividen: it is entitled to receive, the 


Amount due on Debentures, Loan Notes, or any 


other Interest-bearing Securities, on the 31st day of 
December 1852, the Rates of Interest payable 
thereon, and the Sums to which such Rates of In- 
terest are applicable ; the Total Amount the Com- 


Marts, \° dle Marti, 1088: | pany retained Powers, at the end of 1852, to raise, 

The Select Committee on Divorce Bills was nomi- | either on existing Shares, or by creating new Shares, 
nated of Mr. Sotheron, Sir John Yarde Buller, Sir or by Loans; the Length of Line open for ‘Traffic 
John Pukington, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Headlam, Mr. lon the 31st day of December 1852, distinguishing 
Bonham Carter, Mr. Robert Phillimore and Mr. | Single and Double Portions; the Length of Line in 
Vernon Smith. course’ of Construction at the end of 1862; the 
Length 






























































Public Income Qydered, That there be laid before this House, | 
and Expen- 


diture, &amp;c. 


Railways, 





98° Februari 


Length of Line each Company is authorized to con- 
struct, but which was not commenced on the 31st 
day of December 1852 ; and, consequently, the Total 
Length for which each Company has obtained Pow- 
ers :—Of the Amalgamation of Railway ming, pe 
which has been effected either by Purchase, Lease, 
or otherwise, during 1852; stating the Nature of 
such Amalgamation, and the Date on which it com- 
menced, with the Act of Parliament under which it 
was effected :—And, from each Railway Company, 
showing the Length of each Line, or part of a Line 
or Branch Line, fur which the Powers granted by 
Parliament for the compulsory Purchase of the Land 
required for their Construction had been allowed to 
expire, previous to the 31st day of December 1852, 
without the exercise of such Powers ; and the Capital 
appropriated by Parliament for the Construction of | 
such Lines or Branch Lines (in continuation of Par- 

liamentary Paper, No. 172, of Session 1853). 


16 Vicroriaz. 


Accounts of the ‘lotal Amount of the Public Income ! 
and Expenditure for the years 1822-1852 inclusive, 
showing, for each year—1. The Amount received 
into the Exchequer: 2. The Revenue, distinguished 
as—1. Ordinary ; 2. Extraordinary: 3. The Total 
Expenditure therefrom: 4. The Expenditure under 
the several Heads—1. Charge of Debt; 2. Other 





—1° Marti. 


Martis, 1° die Martii ; 
Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 
PETITION of the Zondon and North West- London and 


ern Railway Company, for leave to bring in a pete th ogg 
Bill to enable the inde at North Western Rail- — Blackwall 
way Company to purchase the Haydon-siuare Railways. 
Branch of the London and Blackwall Railway, and 
to acquire and hold certain Lands and Buildings at 
or near the Terminus of the said Branch Railway, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by General Anson and Mr. Glyn. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to empower the Midland Rail- 
Midland Railway Company to create New Shares, ¥#Y (Amend- 
ax ‘ -? ment of Acts, 
or to grant Annuities, for the extinguishment of their go.) Bill, 
Debenture Debt, and for other purposes: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 


a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Scottish Mid- 
Scottish Midland Junction Railway Company to a Ley 
make Branch Railways to Blairgowrie and Kirrie- mee 
muir, and to amend the Acts relating to such Com- 


pany, and for other purposes: And the same was 





Charges on Consolidated Fund; 3. Charge for Army, 
&amp;c. Services ; 4. Charge for Miscellaneous Services : 
5. The Surplus ; or, 6. Deficiency of Income com- | 
pared with Expenditure: 7. The Amount of Taxes | 
repealed or reduced, distinguishing the principal | 
Items: 8. Of the Taxes imposed: 9. Total Capital 
of Debt, Funded and Unfunded: 10. Capital of 
Debt—1. Funded; 2. Exchequer Bills; 11. Ba-| 
lances in the Exchequer at the close of the year :—- 
Of the Value of the Imports into, and of the Ex-| 
ports from the United Kingdom, during each of the 
same years, calculated at the Official Rates of Valua-_ 
tion, and distinguishing the Amount of the Produce 
and Manufactures of the United Kingdom exported | 
from the Value of Foreign and Colonial Merchan- | 
dize exported ; also, stating the Amount of the Pro- 
duce and Manufactures of the United Kingdom ex- | 

orted therefrom, according to the Real or Declared 

alue thereof:—Of the Tonnage, ye apo 
British from Foreign, and giving the Total of each | 
(both entered Inwards and cleared Outwards), in | 
each of the same years :—Also, the Total British and 
Total Foreign Tonnage, Inwards and Outwards to- 
gether, in each of the same years :—Of the Tonnage, 
entered Inwards and cleared Outwards, respectively, 
exclusive of Ships in Ballast ; distinguishing British 
from Foreign:—Also, the Total British Tonnage, 
and the Total Foreign Tonnage, Inwards and Out- 
wards together, exclusive of Ships in Ballast in 
each of the same years :—Of the Number and Ton- 
nage of Ships built and registered in the Ports of 
the United Kingdom in each of the same years :— 
And, of the Number of Men employed in navigating 
British Ships, in each of the same years. 





Ordered, That the Petitions of Magistrates and 
Town Council of Brechin ;—Merchants, Traders, | 
and others, Inhabitants of Arbroath ;—and, Mer- 
chants, Traders and others, Inhabitants of the Town | 
of Brechin, against the amalgamation of Railway | 
Companies, which were presented upon the 14th day | 
of this instant February, be referred to the Select | 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 





And then the House, having continued to sit till | 


a quarter of an hour after Twelve of the clock | 
on Tuesday morning, adjourned till this day. | 





Von. 108. 





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


' time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the New River 
Governor and Company of the New River further to Company Bill. 
improve their Supply of Water to the Metropolis: 

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


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for consolidating Imperial 
the several Classes of Shares in the Imperial Conti- _—— 
nental Gas Association: And the same was read the °** 3! 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Ambergate, 

Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston, and Eastern Nttingham 
: ‘ and Boston 

Junction Railway Company to complete the Purchase ana Eastern 
of the Nottingham Canal and the Grantham Canal, Junction Rail- 
and to lease or transfer their Railway, and the said (Ne oe 
Canals, to the London and North Western Railway ‘ones 
Company, the Midland Kailway Company, and the 
Great Northern Railway Company, one or more of 
them: And the same was read the first time. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Bacup Waterworks Bill was read a second Bacup Water- 
time ; and committed. works Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


“The Galway Harbour Bill was read a second Galway _ 

time ; and committed. Harbour Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. 


The Galway Improvement Bill was read a second Galway 
time ; and committed. —~ cama 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Halifux Waterworks and Improvement Bill Walifax 
was read a second time; and committed. he a 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- jient Bil 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Manchester and Salford Edu- Manchester 
cation Bill be read a second time upon Tuesday the #"¢ Salford | 
3d day of May next. Education Bill. 


The Norwich Waterworks Bill was read a second Norwich Wa 
time ; and committed. terworks Bili. 
Qa Ordered, 





Ribble Navi- 
gation Bill. 


City of Dublin 


Steam Packe 
Company B 


Lands Im- 
provement 
Company Bil 


Londonderry 


—_— reading of the Londond: 


Salisbury 
Waterworks 
Bill 


West London 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Waterford 
County 
Election. 


Cambridge 
Election. 


aL reading of the City of 


298 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Ribble Navigation Bill be read 
a second time To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Dublin Steam Packet Com- 
pany Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day six months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 


, reading of the Lands Improvement Company Bill ; 


Ordered, ‘\ hat the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Improvement Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 


morrow. 


The Salisbury Waterworks Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the West London Waterworks Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Sir John Shelley, 

Tellers for the Yeas, Si" “Beniamin Hall : 


Mr. Barrow, 


Tellers for the Noes, { Mr. Bland : 


} 99. 


} 93. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second time ; 
and committed. 

Ordered, Vhat the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. , 


Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections, the Names of the Members of 
the Select Committee appointed to try and determine 
the matter of the Petition, complaining of an undue 
lection and Return for the County of Waterford ; 
to which they had annexed the Petition referred to 
them by the House, and the Lists delivered in b 
either Party:—John Lewis Ricardo, Esquire, Sir 
Henry Halford, Baronet, William Marshall, Es- 
quire, William Hodgson Barrow, Esquire ; Chairman, 
Honourable William Owen Stauley. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Vernon Smith, from the Select Committee ap- 
pointed to try and determine the matter of the Peti- 
ticn of Electors. complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the Borough of Cambridge, informed 
the House, That the Committee had unanimously de- 
termined, 

That Kenneth Macaulay and John Harvey Astell, 
te were not duly elected Burgesses to serve 
in this present Parliament for the Borough of Cam- 
bridge. 

That the last Election for the said Borough is a 
void Election. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of the House. 





1° Marti. 





A. 1853. 


Mr. Vernon Smith further informed the House, 
That the Committee had agreed to the following 
Resolutions ; 

That Kenneth Macaulay and John Harvey Astell, 
Esquires, were, by their agents, guilty of bribery at 
the last Election. 

That it was proved that Charles Nurrish was 
bribed by the payment of £.10; Joseph a by 
£.6.10s.; Henry Mansfield by £.10 ; George Rich- 
ardson by £.10; John Sharman by £.10; Thomas 
Butcher by £.5; William Baker by £.4; John 
Hawks by £.10; Thomas Lee by £.7, and £.1 in 
furniture. 

That Samuel Long, Joseph Steam, William — 
William Peak, William Gilbert and William War- 
rington, were engaged in bribing at the last Election, 
but that it was not proved that such bribery was 
committed with the knowledge and consent of the 
sitting Members. 

That there is reason to believe that corrupt prac- 
tices have extensively prevailed at the last Election 
for the said Borough of Cambridge. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Edie taken 
before the Committee be laid before this House. 


Ordered, That Mr. Hawkins have leave of ab- 
sence for two months, on account of ill health ;— 
and, Lord Edwin Hill a fortnight, on account of 
illness in his family. 


Ordered, That there be luid before this House, a 
Return from the Metropolitan Commissioners of 
Sewers, of Copies of any Letters addressed to J. J. 
Morewood, Esquire, and Resolutions in reference to 
the Great ‘eal Drainage Scheme by the Metro- 
politan Commissioners of Sewers :—Copies of any 
Reports which have been made by Mr. y san Simp- 
son or others, in reference to the Victoria-street 
Sewer :—And, Statement of the original Estimates 
of that Sewer, the Contract Price, and the ultimate 
Cost of Constructions, and an Account of all Mo- 
nies which may have been expended in the Repairs 
of that Sewer, up to the present time ; together with 
an Account of all Claims for Compensation for 
Damage done or otherwise ; -setting forth the Names 
of the Claimants, the Amount demanded, the Amount 
paid, the manner in which such Claims have been 
settled, and Copy of all Correspondence in reference 
to such Claims. 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of 
an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—A Statement of the Amount 
paid by Orders of the Lord Chancellor, the Vice- 
Chancellor and Commissioners, and transferred and 
paid out as Dividends, from the 31st day of Decem- 
ber 1851 to 1st January 1853; also showing the 
Balances on the following Accounts, standing to the 
Credit of Richard Clarke, Esquire, the Accountant 
in Bankruptcy, on the 1st day of January 1853 ; 
viz., 1st. The General Cash Account of Bankrupts’ 
Estates; 2d. The Bankruptcy Fund Account; 3d. 
The Unclaimed Dividend Account; 4th. The Chief 
Registrar’s Account; together with an Appendix to 
the last-named Account, of the Payments made 
therefrom, showing to whom made, and whether as 
Salaries, Compensations, Annuities, Services, ‘lravel- 
ling or other Expenses or Allowances. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Military Military Order 


Order of the Bath, which was presented upon the 
13th day of December last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Hops, which 
was presented upon the 24th day of February last, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Jrish 


Reproductive Loan Fund, which was presented upon 7 
the 24th day of February last, be printed. 





Ordered, 


Minutes 
ordered. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Metropolitan 
Commission 
of Sewers. 


Bavkruptcy. 


of the Bath. 
No. 176. 


Hops. 

No. 177. 
Trish Repre- 
ductive Loan 

und. 


No. 178. 








an 


Battersea 
Park. 


No. 179. 


Clergy 
Reserves 
(Canada. ) 


No, 173. 


Clergy 
Reserves 
(Canada. ) 


No. 174. 


Clergy 
Reserves 
(Canada. ) 


No. 175. 


Children in 
Workhouses. 


No. 180. 


Court of 
Chancery. 
No, 181. 


Turnpike 
Roads (South 
Wales.) 


No, 182. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Twenty- 
fifth Report. 


Limerick 
Election. 





16 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Battersea 
Park, which was presented upon the 25th day of 
February last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return of the Amount of the 


Clergy Reserve Fund in Canada, which was pre- 
sented upon the 28th day of February last, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return of the Extent of Cler 
Reserves in Canada, which was presented upon the 


28th day of February last, be printed. 


Ordered, ‘That the Copies of the Letter and 
Despatch relative to Clergy Reserves in Canada, 
which were presented upon the 28th day of Fe- 
bruary last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Children in 
Workhouses, which was presented upon the 28th day 
of February last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Court of 
Chancery, which was presented upon the 28th day 
of February last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Turnpike- 
roads (South Wales), which were presented upon the 
28th day of February last, be printed. 


Petitions relating to Parliamentary Oaths ;—Uni- 
versity of London ;—Church of England ;—Clergy 
Reserves (Canada) Bill ;—Crystal Palace (Syden- 
ham); — Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Act ;— 
Marriage ;— Maynooth College Act ;—Nunneries ;— 
mag Certificates ;—County Rates and Expen- 


diture Bill ;—Paper, Newspaper Stamps and Adver- 
tisements ;—Repayment of Advances (/reland);— 





Terminable Annuities ;—Christmas Gifts to Postmen ; 
— County Courts ;— Oaths ir Chancery Bill; — 
Ocean Penny Postage ;—Oflice of Examiner (Court 
of Chancery) Bill ;—Sheriffs’ Courts (Scotland) ;— 
and, Spirits,-- were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the ‘Table. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
this day received notice from Messrs. Wilkinson, Gur- 
ney and Stevens, as Agents for Mr. Eugene O’ Cal- 
laghan, the Petitioner against the Return for the City 
of Cork, that it is not intended to proceed with his 
Election Petition. 

The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- 


charged. 

Mr. Speaker subsequently acquainted the House, 
That he had discovered an error, by the substitution 
of Cork for Limerick, in the Notice which he received 
from his Secretary, stating that Mr. Eugene O’ Cal- 
laghan had withdrawn his Petition against the Re- 
turn for the City of Cork, upon which the House 
had discharged the Order for referring the said Peti- 
tion to the General Committee of Elections. 

Whereupon the Letter from Messrs. Wilkinson, 
Gurney and Stevens, Agents for Eugene O’ Callaghan, 
was read, as followeth : 

Nicholas-lane, London, 
Sir, Ist March 1853. 

As Agents for the Petitioner, Mr. Eugene O° Cal- 
laghan, upon the Petition presented against the Re- 
turn for the City of Limerich, we beg to inform you 
that it is not the intention of the Petitioner to pro- 
ceed with his Petition, and on his behalf we beg to 
withdraw the same. 

We are, Sir, 
Your most obedient servants, 
Wilkinson, Gurney and Stevens. 


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


Ordered, That the Proceedings of the House of 
this day, in respect of the Cork Election Petition, 
be null and void. 

The Order for referring to the General Committee 
VoL, 108. 


1°—2° Martiz. 














299 


of Elections the Petition of Eugene O'Callaghan, 
——s of an undue Election and Return for 
the City of Limerick, was read, and discharged. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Probate and 


That, in the opinion of this House, Real Pro 
should be made to pay the same Probate and Le- 
gacy Duties as are now payable on Personal Pro- 
rty ; 
mT ie House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the {Mr. William Williams, 71 
Yeas, (Sir John Shelley: | 
Tellers for the ; Mr. Hayter, } 124 
Noes, \ Mr. Grenville Berkeley : ; 
So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Ship 
to inquire into the Petition of M. Bonacich, relative “ Novello.’ 


to the improper seizure of the “ Novello,” and to re- 
port how far he is entitled to Compensation from the 
British Government. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Letter 
posed, That it appears to this House, from the nu- Carriers. 


merous Petitions presented during the present Ses- 
sion by the Letter Carriers of Great Britain and 
Treland, that, considering the responsible and arduous 
nature of their employment, the amount of their 
official salaries is generally insufficient, and that 
their complaints of its inadequacy merit the attention 
of Her Majesty’s Government :—And the said Mo- 
tion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Ecclesiastical 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed for Courts. 


the purpose of inquirmg whether the Ecclesiastical 
Courts might not be advantageously abolished, their 
jurisdiction over all matters not purely Ecclesiastical 
transferred to other existing tribunals, and new 
Courts established for the purpose of dealing speedily 
and effectually with matters purely Ecclesiastical ; 
and whether the jurisdiction of the Court of Admi- 
ralty might not be advantageously transferred to 
local tribunals ; 


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


Mercurii, 2° die Martti, 1853: 


The said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Bridgnorth 
posed, That the Evidence taken before the Election Election. 


Committee for Bridgnorth be laid on the Table; and 
that the Writ for the said Borough be suspended 
until Monday the 4th day of April next :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Minutes 
before the Select Committee on the Bridgnorth Elec- ordered. 


tion Petition be laid before this House. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Bridgnorth 
posed, That the Writ forthe Borough of Bridynorth Wtt- 


be suspended till Tuesday the 15th day of this in- 
stant March :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be a:!journed till Thurs- 
day next. 


Ordered, That Mr. Freshfield be added to the Divorce Bills, 


Select Committee on Divorce Bills. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Sale and 


reading of the Sale and Purchase of Land Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 


Q@Q2 Mr. 











Supply. 


Ordnance Mi- 


litary Corps. 


Pay, &amp;c. of 


Ordnance Mi- 


litary Corps. 


Commissariat 


and Barrack 
Supplies, &amp;c. 


Ordnance 
Office. 


Ordnance 
Establish- 
ments. 


Wages, 


Ordnance 
Stores. 


Ordnance 
Works and 
Repairs. 


Scientific 


Branch of the 


Ordnance. 


Non-effective 
Ordnance 
Services. 


Slave Trade 
(New Granada, 
and Sohar, in 
Arabia) 
{granting 
Bounties. ] 








300 1°—-2° Martii. A. 1853. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee Slave seized on board any Ship, and also Bounties 
of Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as, upon the Tonnage of any Ship captured and con- 
follow : demned for Traffic in Slaves, under the Treaty and 

1. Resolved, That a Number, not exceeding Seven- Engagement between Her Majesty and the Republic 
teen thousand five hundred and ninet veight Men, of New Granada, and Her Majesty and the Chief of 
Commissioned and Non-commissioned Officers in- Sohar, in Arabia. 
cluded, composing the several Ordnance Military 2. Resolved, ‘Y\iat the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
Corps, be maintained for Her Majesty's Service at jesty’s Treasury of the said United Kingdom be au- 
Home and Abroad, from the Ist day of April 1853 | thorized to pay, out of the said Consolidated Fund, 
to the 31st day of March 1854, inclusive. any Costs, Damages and Expenses attending seizures 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight of Ships detained, but not condemned, for the viola- 
hundred and seven thousand five hundred and seven tion of any Act for carrying into effect the said 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the ‘lreaty and Engagement 
expense of the Pay, Allowances and Contingencies _—The first Resolution, being read a second time, 
of the Ordnance Military Corps, which will come in was agreed to. 
course of payment during the year ending the 31st The subsequent Resolution, being read a second 
day of March 1854. | time ; 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three An Amendment was made thereunto, by inserting 
hundred and seventy-three thousand two hundred after the word “condemned” the words “ and which 
and seventeen pounds, be granted to Her Majesty,| “ shall have been lawiully awarded.” 
to defray the expense of Commissariat and Barrack Resolved, Vhat this House doth agree with the 
Supplies for Her Majesty’s Forces, Great Coats for Committee in the said Resolution, so amended, 
the Army, and Clothing for the Militia, &amp;c., which “ That the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s ‘Trea- 
will come in course of payment during the year sury of the said United Kingdom be authorized to 
ending the 31st day of March 1854. pay, out of the said Consolidated Fund, any Costs, 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventy- Damages and Expenses attending seizures of Ships 
three thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine pounds, detained, but not condemned, and which shall have 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense been lawfully awarded, for the violation of any Act 
of the Ordnance Office, which will come in course of for carrying into effect the said Treaty and Engage- 
ame age during the year ending the 31st day of, ment.” 

arch 1854. Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 

5. Lesolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two hun- mittee on the Slave Trade (New Granada) Bill, and 
dred and ninety-one thousand six hundred and fifty- to the Committee on the Slave Trade (Sohar, in 
seven pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray , Arabia) Bill, That they have Power to make Pro- 
the expense of the Establishments at Home and | vision in the said Bills, pursuant to the said Reso- 
Abroad, which will come in course of payment lutions. 
during the year ending the 31st day of March 1854. | 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One. enue 
hundred and forty-one thousand four hundred and | Order, read the third time. 
thirty-seven pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to Resolved, I hat the Bill do pass. " 
defray the expense of Wages at Home and Abroad, | Ordered, ‘Vhat Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 
which will come in course of payment during the the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
year ending the 31st day of March 1854. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three) , € , 
hundred and seventy-one thousand six hundred and | ™S Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better Pay- 
ninety-seven pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to | ment of the Army and their Quarters: And the same 
defray the expense of Ordnance Stores for Land and | W@8 read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
Sea Service, which will come in course of yayment | second time this day. 
during the year ending the 31st day of March | 
1854. | 


. solved, Thi S rt exceeding Six -| . : 
8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six hun- | 5, Shore: And the same was read the first time ; 
dred and ninety-five thousand six hundred and 


: : 
fifty-five pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to. and ordered to be read a second time this day. 


defray the expense of Works, Buildings and Repairs | 





The Inland Revenue Office Bill was, according to Inland Re- 


venue Office 
Bill. 


Mr. Secretary-at-War presented a Bill for punish- Mutiny Bill. 


Sir James Graham presented a Bill for the Regu- Marine 
lation of Her Majesty's Royal Marine Forces while Mutiny Bill. 


Viscount Palmerston presented a Bill for the Re- Jewish 


at Home and Abroad, which will come in course of jie¢ of Her Majesty's Subjects professing the Jewish Disabilities 


ar ape ptae the year ending the 31st day o Religion: And the same was read the first time ; 
March 1854. and ordered to be read a secon time upon Friday 


9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One jn. 11th day of this instant March; and to be 
hundred and twenty-seven thousand two hundre printed 


and thirteen pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the expense of the Scientific Branch, which 


No, 183. 


Mr. Wilson reported from the Committee ap- Expiring 


will come in course of payment during the year pointed to inquire what ‘Temporary Laws of a public “ws. 


ending the 31st day of March 1854. and general nature are now in force, and what Laws 
10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One of the like nature have expired since the last Report 
hundred and seventy-one thousand two hundred and upon the subject ; and also, what Laws of the like 
fifteen pounds, be granted to ller Majesty, to de-| nature are about to expire at particular periods, or 
fray the expense of Non-effective Services, Military! jn consequence of any contingent public event ; and 
and Civil, which will come in course of payment | to report the same, with their Observations there- 
during the year ending the 31st day of March | upon, to the House; That they had considered the 
1804. : _ | Matters to them referred, and directed him to make 
rhe said Resolutions, being read a second time, q Report thereof to the House. 
were agreed to. _ Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
" _ and be printed. 
Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee | 
on Slave Trade (New Granada, and Sohar, in Ara- | 


No. 184. 


Viscount Palmerston presented,— Return to an Sir James 


bia) [granting Bounties], several Resolutions ; which, Address to Her Majesty, dated the 22d day of Fe- Brooke. 


were read, as follow : 'bruary last, for Copy of further Correspondence of 
1. Resolved, That a Bounty of Five pounds be! the Foreign Office with Sir James Brooke, relative 
_ out of the Consolidated Fund of the United to Mr. Monte Letter to the Earl of Malmesbury, of 

&lt;ingdom of Great Britain and Lreland, for every the 10th day of December 1852. 
Ordered, 








ao et ee 








16 Vicroria. 1°...” 


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


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
half an hour after One of the clock on Wed- 
nesday morning, adjourned till this day. 





In pursuance of the directions of an Act passed in 
the twenty-fourth year of the reign of his late Ma- 
jesty King George the Third, intituled, “ An Act to 
repeal so much of two Acts made in the tenth and 
fifteenth years of the reign of his present Majesty, 
as authorizes the Speaker of the House of Com- 
mons to issue his Warrants to the Clerk of the 
Crown for making out Writs for the Election of 
Members to serve in Parliament, in the manner 
therein-mentioned, and for substituting other Provi- 
sions for the like purposes ;” 

I do hereby nominate and appoint the Right ho- 
nourable Robert Grosvenor, commonly called the 
Right honourable Lord Robert Grosvenor, Thomas 
Henry Sutton Sotheron, Esquire, John Wilson Pat- 
ten, Esquire, and Thomas Williaon Bramston, Es- 
quire, being Members of the House of Commons, or 
any one or more of them, to issue Warrants to the 
Clerk of the Crown, in cases in the said Act specified. 

Given under my hand and seal, the First day of 
March One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-three. 


C. S. Lerevre, Speaker. (t.s.) 


To the Clerk of the 
House of Commons. 











Mercurii, 2° die Martii ; 
Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 


Committees, QF DERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Public Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
a. on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
fourth Report.) Petitions presented upon the 28th day of February 
last, and had directed him to make a Report thereof 
to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
Darenth Val- The Darenth Valley Railway Bill was read a se- 


aaa cond time ; and committed. 
: Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Glasgow The Glasgow Waterworks Bill was read a second 
aarentee time ; and committed. 
; Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Manchester The Manchester and Bury Road Bill was read a 
ete second time; and committed. 
. Ordered, Vhat the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
South Staf. The South Staffordshire Waterworks Bill was 
a read a second time; and committed. 
Bill, Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Upton Saint = The Uptun Saint Leonard’s, Birdlip and Brimps- 
Birdlip a2 , field Roads Bill was read a second time; and com- 
Brimpsfielg ™itted. 
Roads Bill, Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Weston- super. 
Mare Water. 
works Bill, 


The Weston-super-Mare Waterworks Bill was read 
a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

VoL. 108. 








Marti. 


301 


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


reading of the Londonderry Improvement Bill ; Improvement 
Ordered, Vhat the Bill be read a second time upon 2" 
Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Ribble Navi- 
reading of the Ribble Navigation Bill ; gation Bill. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, ‘That the Bill be now read a second time ; 
he Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 
And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question 





A Member was sworn. A Menber cies 


the Oaths, 

The Names of the five Members appointed to try Waterford 
and determine the matter of the Petition, complaining County 
of an undue Election and Return for the County of Micction. 
Waterford, were called over ; and being come to the 
Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition and Lists relative to 
the said Election be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, Vhat the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, at Eleven o’clock, in one of the Committee 
Rooms of the House. 





And the Question being again proposed, That the Ribble Navi- 
word “ now” stand part of the Question :—The said s@tion Bill. 
proposed Amendments were, with leaveof the House, 
withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time : 

—The Bill was accordingly read a second time; 
and committed. 

Ordered. That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Lynvyi Valley 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Railway. 
in respect of non-compliance with the Pf Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Liynvi Valley 
Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Kingston- 
received Notice that it is not intended to proceed with upon-Hull 
plese ay 3 Election. 
one of the Petitions complaining of an undue Elec- 
tion and Return for the Borough of Kingston-upon- 
Hull :—And the same was read, as followeth : 


31, Parliament-street, Westminster, 
Sir, Ist March 1853. 

As Agents for Charles Wells and Frederick Wii- 
liam Hudson, in the matter of their Petition, deli- 
vered in on the 23d day of November last, complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the Town 
and County of the Town of Kingston-upon-Hull, 
we hereby beg to inform you that it is not intended 
to proceed with the said Petition. 

We have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your very obedient servants, 
Thompson, Debenham and Brown. 


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


The Order for referring the said Petition to the 


General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- 
charged. 


A Petition of the Ziynvi Valley Railway Com- Llynvi Valley 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for amending the ®#!way- 
Acts reliting to the L/ynvi Valley Railway Com- 
pany, and for authorizing the Company to make di- 
versions in and improve their Line of Railway, and 
construct a new Branch, and for better regulating 
the Harbour of Porth Cawl, and the Rates leviable 
thereat, and for amalgamating the Undertaking with 
the South Wales Railway an the Bridgend Railway, 
or either of them, and for other purposes, was pre- 





QQ3 sented, 





















































Bradford 
Waterworks. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Twenty- 


fifth Report. 


Cambridge 
Election. 


Bridgnorth 
Election. 


Clitheroe 
Election. 


Foreign 
Shipping. 


Duchy of 
Cornwall. 


Cambridge 
Election. 


No. 185. 


Union of 


Benefices Bill. 


Maynooth 
College. 


302 2° Marti. 


sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Bradford Waterworks Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to make further Provision 
for supplying with Water the Borough of Bradford 
and certain Places in the Neighbourhood thereof, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Wickham and 
Mr. Edmund Denison. 


Petitions relating to Parliamentary Oaths; — 
Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ;— Maynooth College 
Act ;— Repayment of Advances (/reland);—and, 
Christmas Gifts to Postmen ;— were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to Parliamentary Papers, was 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 


The following Papers, pursuant to Orders, were 
laid upon the ‘lable by the Clerk of the House,— 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select 
Committee on the Cambridge Election Petition. 

Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select 
Committee on the Bridgnorth Election Petition. 

Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select 
Committee on the Clitheroe Election Petition. 

‘The following Paper was also laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 15th day of February last, for a Return of 
the Sums paid out of the Consolidated Duties of Cus- 
toms, under the Act 59 Geo. 3, c. 54, and subsequent 
Orders of the Right honourable the Lords Commis- 
sioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, in the year 1851, 
for the difference of Rates and Charges due to Cor- 
porations, Companies or Individuals, for Foreign Ves- 
sels, which, under Treaties of Reciprocity or otherwise, 
are admitted into the Ports of the United Kingdom 
at the same Rates of Charge as British Vessels ; 





A. 1858. 


of any ecclesiastical or religious purposes whatsoever, 
with a view to the repeal of such enactments ; 
And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 
And the Question being put ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Scholefield, } 68 
Yeas, | Sir John Shelley : ; 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Hayter, \o62 
Noes, \ Mr. Grenville Berkeley : : 
So it passed in the Negative. 
































Wa: 
Mes 


Ere 


Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- Wigton 
mittee of Elections, the Names of the Members of Election. Mi 
the Select Committee appointed to try and deter- M 
mine the matter of the Petition, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the District of Wigton 
Burghs; to which they had annexed the Petition Se 
referred to them by the House relating thereto, and G 
the Lists of Voters delivered in by either Party :— 
Lord Charles Pelham Clinton, Martin Tucker Smith, 
Esquire, Isaac Butt, Esquire, Robert Lowe, Esquire ; 
Chairman, William Miles, Esquire. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- Kingston- € 
mittee of Elections, the Names of the Members of 'pon-Hull ' 
the Select Committee appointed to try and deter- ee 
mine the matter of the Petition complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Kingston-upon-Hull; to which they had annexed 
the Petition referred to them by the House relating I 
thereto :—Raikes Currie, Esquire, Richard Davi- 
son, Esquire, Honourable Bony Fitz Hardinge 
Berkeley, William Bagge, Esquire ; Chairman, Right 
honourable Henry Labouchere. 

Ordered, 'That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


ome 


Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- Derby 





specifying each of the several Rates, on what account 


the same was paid, whether for Light Dues, Dock | 


Dues, Dues on Ships or Merchandize, Pilotage, or 
otherwise : —Also, the Total Amount (under the Re- 
ciprocity Treaties) paid to each Corporation, Com- 
pany or Individual, in each year, up to the 31st day 
of December 1852 (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 98, of Session 1852). 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of 
an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—An Account of the 
Receipts and Disbursements of the Duchy of Corn- 
wall, in the year ended on the 31st December 1852. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Select Committee on the Cambridge 
Election Petition, which were presented this day, be 
printed, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Union of Benefices Bill ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, ‘I hat the Bill be now read a second time ; 
The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. ‘to leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 
And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question :—The said pro- 
osed Amendments and Motion were severally, with 
foes of the House, withdrawn. 
Ordered, ‘That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate on the main Question, as amended, 
which was proposed upon the 24th day of February 
last, That this House do resolve itself into a Com- 
mittee, to consider all enactments now in force, 
whereby the Revenue of the State is charged in aid 





mittee of Elections, the Names of the Members of Election. 
the Select Committee appointed to try and deter- 
| mine the matter of the Petitions complaining of an 
‘undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Derby; to which they had annexed the Petitions 
referred to them by the House, and the Lists of 
Voters delivered in by either Party :— William Stir- 
ling, Esquire, William Mordaunt Edward Mitner, 
Esquire, James Banks Stanhope, Esquire, Honourable 
Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird; Chairman, Robert 
Ingham, Esquire. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- Dungarvan 
mittee of Elections ; That they had changed the day Election. 
for choosing a Select Committee to try and deter- 
mine the matter of the Petition, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of Dun- 
garvan, trom Wednesday the 16th day of March 
instant to ‘Tuesday the 12th day of April next, the 
application having been made by both Parties; the 
sitting Member being Mayor of the City of Cork, 
and obliged in such his capacity as Mayor to attend 
the Judges of Assize, being associated in Commission 
with the said Judges at the ensuing Assizes for 
Cork, and the Petitioner being High Sheriff of the 
County of the Town of Ga/way, and as such obliged 
to attend at the ensuing Assizes of that Town. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 







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

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







The Order of the dav being read, for the Com- Courts of 
mittee on the Courts of Common Law (Jreland) Bill; —* 4 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday - 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 














The 














16 VicrorizZ. 9? GP 








Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

Means. mittee of Ways and Means; 

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

Sale and The Order of the day being read, for the second 

puiese reading of the Sale and Purchase of Land Bill; 

land Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 16th day of this instant 
March. 

Mutiny Bil. © The Mutiny Bill was, according to Order, read a 
second time; and committed to a Committee of the 
whole House for To-morrow. 

Marine The Marine Mutiny Bill was, according to Order, 

Mutiny Bill. read a second time; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House for To-morrow. 

Select Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 

Committees. Return of the Number of Select Committees ap- 
pointed since November 1852, distinguishing each, 
and showing the Names of the Members serving on 
each ; also the Number of Days on which each 
Committee has sat, and the Name of each Member 
attending. 

Clitheroe Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do not issue his War- 

Writ. rant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new 
Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this 
ng Parliament for the Borough of Clitheroe, 

efore Monday the 11th day of April next. 

Norwich The Select Committee on the Vorwich Election 

— Petitions was nominated of Mr. Thomas Duncombe, 

: Mr. Walpole, Mr. Drummond, Mr. Rolt, and Mr. 
Hadfield; with Power to send for persons, papers 
and records. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 
Jovis, 3° die Martii ; 
Anno 16° Victorie Regine, 1853. 
PRAYERS. 

Standing R. Sotheron reported from the Select Com- 

Orders. mittee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; 
which were read, as follow: 

Woodford 1. Resolved, That in the case of the Woodford 

Railway Bill. Railway Petition for dispensing with Standing Or- 
ders 105 and 166, the said Standing Orders ought to 
be dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to 
be heard upon the Petition of Lord Welles/ey against 
the Bill, notwithstanding the same shall have been 
deposited later than seven clear days after the second 
reading of the Bill. 

amt 2. Resolved, That in the case of the Zondon and 

— North Western Railway (Northampton, &amp;c.) Peti- 

(Northampton, tion for dispensing with Standing Order 105, the 

&amp;e.) Bill. said Standing Order ought to be dispensed with ; 
that the Parties be permitted to be heard upon the 
Petition of 4. H.H. Hungerford against the Bill, 
notwithstanding the same shall have been deposited 
later than seven clear days after the second reading 

” of the Bill. 

saat Kent 3. Resolved, That in the case of the East Kent 

aa Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be 
dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to 
proceed with their Bill, provided the same be pre- 
sented not later than three clear days after the pre- 
sentation of this Report ; and that they prove before 
the Committee on the Bill, that amended Plans and 
Sections have been deposited. 
sow and 4. Resolved, That in the case of the Malton and 
ten Railway Driffield Junction Railway Petition, the Standing 


Orders ought to be dispensed with ; that the Parties 
be permitted to proceed with their Bill, provided the 


same be presented not later than three clear days 
VoL. 1U8. 





Martit. 


} 


303 
after the presentation of this Report ; and that they 
te before the Committee on the Bill, that the 

otices have been published for three successive 
weeks in the Newspapers, and once in the London 
and Edinburgh Gazettes. 

5. Resolved, That in the case of the Zondon and London and 
Mid-Western Railway Petition, the Standing Orders Mid-Westera 
ought to be dhipenal with; that the Parties be per- osmaies 
mitted to proceed with their Bill, provided the same 
be presented not later than three clear days after the 
presentation of this Report; and that they prove 
before the Committee on the Bill, that they have 
amended the lists of Owners, Lessees and Occupiers 
deposited in the Private Bill Office. 

That the Committees on this and the two preceding 
Bills do report to the House how far such Orders 
respectively have been complied with, on the Report 
of the Bill. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Mr. Sotheron reported from the Committee of Committee of 
Selection; That they had formed into additional yn 
Groups certain other Private Bills, which in their Report.) 
cpinion it is expedient to refer to the same Com- yy ig¢. 
mittee; and had agreed to report the same to the ) 
House. 

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


Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- Guildford 
mittee of Elections, the Names of the Members of =ection. 
the Select Committee appointed to try and determine 
the matter of the Petition complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Guildford ; 
to which they had annexed the Petition referred to 
them by the House relating thereto, and the Lists of 
Voters put in by either Party :— William Jackson, 
Esquire, Right honourable Robert Adam Christo- 
pher, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Esquire, Honour- 
able William Ernest Duncombe; Chairman, Lord 
Seymour. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- Rye Election. 
mittee of Elections, the Names of the Members of 
the Select Committee appointed to try and determine 
the matter of the Petition complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Rye ; to 
which they had annexed the Petitions referred to 
them by the House relating thereto, and the List of 
Voters put in on the part of the Sitting Member :— 
Colonel Knox, James Moncrieff, Esquire, Robert 
Charles Tudway, Esquire, Matthew Elias Corbally, 
Esquire; Chairman, Right honourable Sir John So- 
merset Pakington, Baronet. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- Huddersfield 
mittee of Elections, the Names of the Members of Election. 
the Select Committee appointed to try and determine 
the matter of the Petition complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Hudders- 
field ; to whichthey had annexed the Petitions referred 
to them by the House relating thereto :— George 
Tomline, Esquire, James MacGregor, Esquire, Tho- 
mas Alexander Mitchell, Esquire, Frederick William 
West, Esquire; Chairman, Right honourable Spencer 
Horatio Walpole. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Boston 
received Notice, that it is not intended to proceed lection. 
with one of the Petitions complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Boston :— 


' And the same was read, as followeth :— 


21, Great George-street, Westminster, 
Sir, 8d March 1853. 


As Agents for Harrison Bontoft, Robert Harrison, 





George Colton and Luke Bland, m the matter of their 
ead Petition 











Wigton 
Election. 


Kingston- 
upon-Hull 
Election. 


Derhy 
Election. 


Great North- 
ern Railway 
(No. 1) Bill. 


London and 


Mid- Western 


Railway. 


304 


Petition delivered in on the 25th day of November 
last, complaining of the undue Election and Return 
of Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esquire, for the Borough 


$° Marti. 





A. 1853. 
Mr. Henley and Mr. Du Pre do prepare, and bring 


it in. 








of Boston, we beg to inform you that it isnot intended | |The House was moved, That the Report from the East Kent = 
to proceed with the said Petition. Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of Railway. Je 
Welawe the heem-teta te, ee “wap the oo Kent — Bill, might be Ra 
. _ read; and the same being read ; 
Your very obedient humble Servants, | Ordered, That leave wae to bring in a Bill for 
Fearon and Clabon. | making a Railway from Strood to Canterbury, with 
To the Right honourable the Speaker Branches to Faversham Quays and Chilham: And 
aiapimepnaeinmen: meee that Sir Edward Dering, Mr. Deedes and Sir Tho- 
The Order for referring the said Petition to the mas Maddock do prepare, and bring it in. 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- | : 
charged. Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to afford means Great London Bi 
for effectually draining the Metropolis; to preserve Urainage Bill. 
The Clerk proceeding to call the Names of the the Thames from the Impurities at present passing 
five Members appointed to try and determine the | into It, by diverting them into Tunnel Sewers ; and . 
matter of the Petition complaining of an undue Elec- | to collect all the produce of the Sewers for agri- v 
tion and Return for the District of Wigton Burghs ; cultural purposes: And the same was read the first 
Sir John Trollope informed the House, That Lord | time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 
Charles Clinton was in such a state of health as to 
be unable to attend in his place to be sworn. Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to make further Bradford 
Whereupon Mr. Jay, a Surgeon, was called in, and Provision for supplying with Water the Borough of Waterworks 
examined in relation to the health of Lord Charles | Bradford, and certain Places in the Neighbourhood C 
Clinton. | thereof: And the same was read the first time; and ‘ 
Resolved, That the attendance of Lord Charles | ordered to be read a second time. 
Clinton on the Wigton Election Committee be dis- . ; ; 
pensed with. Ordered, That there be laid. before this House, Post-office. , 
Ordered, That the Committee be discharged. Returns, as nearly as can be estimated, of the Num- 
Ordered, That the Petition be referred back tothe ber of chargeable Letters delivered in the United 
General Committee of Elections. Kingdom in the year immediately preceding the first 
_— Reduction of ween on the Sth day of 
ww : ecember 1839, and for each complete year subse- 
The Names of the five Members appointed to try uent thereto; also, for the first year, dan Manes 


and determine the matter of the Petition, complaining | 
of an undue Election and Return for the Borough of | 
Kingston-upon-Hull, were called over; and being 
come to the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition relative to the said 
Election be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, at half after Twelve o'clock, in one of the 
Committee Rooms of the House. 


of Franks, and for the last year, and up to as late a 
period as practicable, the Number of Letters for 
each week in which they were counted :—Showing 
‘the Gross and Net Post-oftice Revenue, and the 
Cost of Management, for the United Kingdom, for 
the year ending the 5th day of January 1838, and 
for each subsequent year, excluding from the Ac- 
, count, whether of Gross Revenue or Cost of Manage- 
ment, any Advances that may have been made by 
the English or Lrish Post-office, and Advances to 
the Money Order Office ; also, disregarding in the 
Return for each year any old Debts written off, or 
Postage remitted, or any other Deductions which 
relate to previous years:—Of the Payments made 
by the Post-oftice during the year ending the 5th 
day of January 1838, and each subsequent year, for 
the said Election be referred to the Committee. the Conveyance of the Mails by Railway in the 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- | United Kingdom; distinguishing in each instance 
morrow, at Eleven o'clock, in one of the Committee | the Payments for Work done within the year from 
Rooms of the House. Payments for Work done in previous years : —Of 
'the Number and Amount of Money Orders issued 
and paid in the United Kingdom during the year 
ending the 5th day of January 1840, and each 
subsequent year:--And, of the Expense of the 
Money Order Office, and the Amount received for 
Commission, during the year ending the 31st day of 
Decembcr 1852. 


The Names of the five Members appointed to try 
and determine the matter of the Petitions, com- 
em. | of an undue Election and Return for the 

orough of Derby, were called over; and being 
come to the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petitions and Lists relative to 





A Petition of the Great Northern Railway Com- 
pany, and of the East Lincolnshire Railway Com- 
pany, praying that Provision may be made in the 
Great Northern Railway (No. 1) Bill, for the con- 
version of Shares of the East Lincolnshire Railway 
into Great Northern Railway Shares ; for regulating 
the exchange of Certificates ; for providing security 
for Interest ; for prohibiting certain Votes, and for | Retenitinaiamiiin dh ~ i 
dissolving the East Lincolashire Railway Company, | “oe i — the a anoums mo unissued = 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Exami- | we we it of the ee a er or the Advance om 
nese of Petitions for Peete Bits. oans for Public Works in Great Britain and Tre- 

‘and, on the 5th day of January 1851 ; together with 
| all further Sums since placed to their Credit (under 

The House was moved, That the Report from the | the several Acts of Parliament passed for that pur- 
Seiect Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of pose), up to the sth day of January 1853 :—Of the 
the Petition for the London and Mid-Western Rail- Amount advanced to Borrowers, and contracted to 
way Bill, might be read ; and the same being read; | be advanced, between the 5th day of January 1851 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for | and the 5th day of January 1853, with the Dates of 
making a Railway from the Oxford, Worcester and such Advances, the Objects thereof, and how repaid, 
Wolverhampton Railway, near Oxford, to the London the Rates of Interest, Amount of Interest paid, and 
and South Western Railway, near Brentford, and | Principal repaid: — And, Abstract, showing the 
to the London and North Western Railway, near Total of Principal and Interest paid into Her Ma- 
Willesden, with Branches to Aylesbury and to the jesty’s Exchequer on account of Loans advanced by 


Buckinghamshire Railway at Oxford, to be called | the Commissioners, under the Act 57 Geo. 3, c. 34, 


“ The London and Mid-Western Railway :” And that and subsequent Acts, ending the 5th day of January 
1853 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, ee 
ores. 



















Roscrea and 
Parsonstown 
Junction 
Railway. 


Glasgow 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Payment of 
Wages Bill. 


No. 188. 


16 Vicroni&amp;. 3° Martz. 305 


1853 (in part continuation of Parliamentary Paper, | order of the Admiralty, by Captain Waddington, in 
No. 512, of Session 1851). | 1851. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned, for leave to 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Property Tax 


bring in a Bill for making a Railway from the Great | Return (in addition to the Return of Property as- (Metropolis.) 


sessed to the Relief of the Poor in each of the Me- 

| tropolitan Parishes, ordered to be laid before this 
sonstown Junction Railway,” and for other purposes, | House on the 17th day of February last), showing 
was presented, and read; and a bill was ordered to | the Property Tax Assessment in each such Parish, 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Henry Herbert | under Schedule A., for the year ending the 5th day 
and Mr. Wyndham Goold. of April 1853. 


Southern and Western Railway, near Roscrea, to 
Parsonstown, to be called “The Roscrea and Par- 





The Order for referring the Glasgow Improvement | Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Post-office. 


Bill to the Committee of Selection, was read, and , Accounts of the Gross and Net Post-office Revenue, 
discharged. | including the Income derived from Foreign and Co- 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. \lonial Postage, and the Cost of Management, for 
\the year ending January 1853 :—Of the Charges of 

Sir Henry Halford presented a Bill to secure the | Management for the United Kingdom, under the 
Payment of Wages without Stoppages: And the | different Heads, for the year ending January 1853 : 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be |—Of the Payments made by the Post-office for the 
read a second time upon Wednesday the 16th day Conveyance of Mails by Railway within the United 
of this instant March; and to be printed. | Kingdom during the year ending January 1853, dis- 


= . . . . r 
tinguishing, in each instance, Payments for Work 


Church Estates Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- done within the year from Payments for Work done 


Commissivn. 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission. 


Tithe 
Commission, 


Friendly 
Societies 
(Ireland. ) 


Foreign 
Shipping. 
No, 189, 


Duchy of 
Cornwall. 


No. 190, 


Royal Terrace 

er, Milton- 
next-Graves- 
end, 


River Tivy. 





mand,—Copy of Second General Report from the |!" previous years :—Of P ayments out of the Post- 
Church Estates Commissioners; with an Appendix | office Revenue other than Charges of Management : 
(under 14 &amp; 15 Vic. c. 104, s. 10). —Of the Expense of the Money Order Office, and 
Copy of Fifth General Report from the Ecclesias- | the Amount received for Commission, during the 
tical Commissioners for Exg/and ; with an Appendix | Y°@t ending January 185% :—-And, of the Amount 
(under 13 &amp; 14 Vie. c. 94, s. 26). es by each of the Public Departments, under the 
Mr. Fitzroy also presented,—Return to an Order, | Tead of Postage, for the year ending January 
dated the 24th day of February last, for Returns of 1853. 
all Agreements for the Commutation of Tithes, 
which have been confirmed by the Tithe Commis- 


sioners in the several Counties of England and Copies of Correspondence between DP. Kelly, Esquire, Be 
s s ; g li ¥ . f W, le ] | l C oa sl *( Ireland. ) 
ist | Solicitor of Waterford, and the Commissioners of ‘ 


Wales, from the 1st day of January 1852 to the 1st | . ‘ ; 
day of January 1853; specifying, in each case, the | Charitable Bequests in Jreland, from the 2d day of 
Amount of Rent-charge agreed to be paid in lieu of | March 1850 to the 31st day of March 1851, both 
Tithes, and showing whether the same be payable to | inclusive ; and also, Copies of Correspondence be- 
Appropriators, Impropriators or Clerical Incumbents: | wee Mr. Broderick, of the Religious Community 
—Of all Awards for the Commutation of Tithes | °f Christian Brethren, and the Lords of the Trea- 
which have been confirmed by the Tithe Commis- | S"'Y&gt; between March and September 1851, both in- 
sioners in the several Counties in England and Wales, | Clusive, concerning a certain Legacy and Annuity 
from the ist day of January 1852 to the 1st day left by a Mr. John Flannery, of Dungarvan, for cer- 
of January 1853; specifying also, in each case, | ain Charitable Uses, and touching the Embezzle- 
the Amount of Rent-charge awarded to be paid in | ments of a portion of said Monies by E. W. Matthews, 
lieu of Tithes, and showing whether the same be | ® Government Official connected with the Accounts 
payable to Appropriators, Impropriators or Clerical of the Commissioners of Charitable Bequests in Jre- 
Incumbents :—And, of all Apportionments of Rent- land. 

charges which have been confirmed by the Tithe 
Commissioners, from the 1st day of January 1852 
to the 1st day of January 1853 (in continuation of | 








Ordered, That there be laid before this louse, Charitable 


quests 


Petitions relating to Parliamentary Oaths ;-—Uni- Public 
versity of London ;—Clergy Reserves (Canada) Bill ; Petitions. 


Parliamentary Paper, No. 433, of Session 1852). | —Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ;— Maynooth College Vide Twenty- 


Mr. Fitzroy also presented, pursuant to the direc- | °° 
tions of an Act of Parliament,— Abstract and Report, | ill ;—Horse Races ;—-Property and Income Tax ; 
by the Registrar of Friendly Societies, of the Annual | —Christmas Gifts to Postmen ;— Education ;—J u- 
Returns of the Friendly Societies in Sreland. venile Crime ;—and, Office of Examiner (Court of 


Ordered, Viat the said Papers do lie upon the | Chancery) Bill,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
Table. | dered to lie upon the Table. 


| Petitions relating to the Ex-Rajah of Coorg ;-— 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Foreign | and, Rajah of Sattara,—were also presented, and 
Shipping, which was presented upon the 2d day of read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Jndian 
this instant March, be printed. ' Territories. ; 
. ; | Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers,—were 
Ordered, That the Account relative to the Duchy of | also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Cornwall, which was presented upon the 2d day of |Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 
this instant March, be printed. | A Petition relating to the Amalgamation of Rail- 
| ways and Canals, was also presented, and read ; and 
The following Paper, pursuant to the directions | referred to the Select Committee on Railway and 
of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table by | Canal Bills. 
the Clerk of the House,—A Copy of the Receipts | 
and Applications of the Sums of Money received by 


Act ;—Jamaica ;—County Rates and Expenditure fifth Report. 


Ordered, That there |e laid before this House, t1yaro- 


the Commissioners of the Royal Terrace Pier, Mi/-| Returns of the several Surveys made of all Parts of graphical 


ton-next-Gravesend, for the year ending the 31st 
December 1852. 'which have been lodged in the Hydrographic Office 
of the Admiralty, but which have not yet been pub- 
lished ; the Extent of each Survey, the Date when 
it was begun, when finished, by whom surveyed, and 
the reason why the same has not been engraved and 
published :—Of the several Surveys of the Coasts 

RR and 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of Report on Encroachments on the Bed of 
the River Tivy, between Cardigan and Llechryd, and 
the Survey of a Portion of that River made, by 
VoL. 108. 





the Coasts and Waters of the United Kingdom, 5“*"* 





Eastern 
Archipelago. 


Metropolitan 
Improvements. 
No. 187. 


Local Acts. 
No. 191. 


Ships (Navy. ) 


Trade and 
Navigation. 


No. 192. 


306 3°—4° 


and Waters of the United Kingdom, now in pro- | 
gress, stating by whom conducted, the Force — 
in each, when begun, and when it is expected they | 
will be completed; or if any such Surveys have 
been discontinued, the reason why, and the Date at, 
which they were so etational 


:—Of the Money | 





Mariii. A. 1853. 


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


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blount : Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to Law of 


expended in the actual Coast Surveys of the United | alter and amend an Act of the fifteenth year of Her Evidence 


Kingdom for the benefit of Navigation, during the 
last Twenty years, compared with the Amount ex- 
pended upon the Ordnance Survey of the Inland 
arts of the United Kingdom during the same 
-eriod :—And, of the several portions of the Coasts 
and Waters of the United Kingdom, of which no 
accurate Survey exists, or of which no Survey has 
been made during the last Fifty years. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane’s De- 
spatches to the Lords of the Admiralty, with their 
Enclosures: ist. No. 76, dated the 10th day of 
April 1845; 2d. No. 130, the 21st day of July 1845 ; 
3d. No. 95, the 30th day of May 1846 :—And, of 
the Instructions from the Lords Commissioners of 
the Admiralty to Captain Bethune, R. N., of the 1st 
day of November 1844, to inquire into the state of 
Coalfields in the Eastern Archipelago. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of all Monies borrowed or guaranteed on 
the security of the Land Revenues of the Crown for 
the purpose of Metropolitan Improvements, and of 
all Monies charged on the London Bridge Approaches 
Fund for the like purpose, which Monies it is pro- 
posed to pay out of the Consolidated Fund to the 
Amount not exceeding £.1,220,000 :—Of the various 
Amounts of such Monies; the Date when, the specific 
purpose for which each such Amount was borrowed 
or guaranteed ; the Rates of Interest on each Amount ; 
the Arrears of Interest now due; and the Amount 
of Interest paid by the Department of Woods, &amp;c., 
and to be repaid to that Department :—And, of the 
various Items composing the Total Income of the 
London Bridge Approaches Fund ; of the Sources of 
the Income; of the Periods at which such Sources 
of Income will expire; of the Amount of the In- 
cumbrances on the said Fund ; the specific Cause of 
each Incumbrance ; of the Rate of Interest of each 
Incumbrance ; and of the Arrears of Interest now 
due. 

Mr. Wilson accordingly presented the said Ac- 
counts. . 

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


Mr. Osborne presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Reports from the Admiralty relative to Ap- 
plications for Local Acts. 

Mr. Osborne also presented,— Return to an Order, 
dated the Ist day of December last, for Returns of 
all Vessels that have been purchased for the Royal 
Navy since the date of the last Return (9th July 
1851}, stating from whom purchased, the Price paid, 
and the Tonnage of each, distinguishing the Amount 
paid for the Hull and the Stores :—And, of Her 
Majesty’s Ships and Vessels that have been sold 
since the Ist day of January 1850, stating to whom 
sold, the Price paid, and the Tonnage of each, dis- 
tinguishing the Amount paid for the Hull and the 
Stores, stating when and by whom built, and whether 
constructed of Wood or Iron; distinguishing sepa- 
rately Steam Vessels, and the Power of their 
Engines. 

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


Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Accounts relating to Trade and Navigation, 
Month ended 5th February 1853, and Month ended 
5th February 1851 and 1852. 





. : ; (Se 
present Majesty, for amending the Law of Evidence — 


-in Scotland, to which the Lords desire the concur- 
‘rence of this House :—And then the Messenger 
| withdrew. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Montenegro, 
posed, That an humble Address be presented to Hex 

Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to give 
directions, that there be laid before this House, Copies 

or Extracts of any Communications addressed by 

the Austrian or Turkish Governments to the British 
Government on the subject of the question of Mont- 

enegro, and of any Replies thereto :—And the said 

Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Judges 
exclude certain Judicial Officers from being Members Exclusion, 
of the House of Commons: And that Lord Hotham 
and Mr. Hume do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Import Duties. 
That this House will, at an early period, take into 
its consideration the Duties that are strictly protective 
in the existing Tariff on Articles of Import into this 
Country, both of Manufactures and Agricultural 
Produce, with the view of speedily repealing the 
same, as affecting unfairly every interest in the 
Country ; 
The -_ divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the {Mr. Hume, 


1 101 

Yeas, UMr. William Williams:  § , 
Tellers for the {Mr. Hayter, 1 i590 
Noes, \The Earl of Mulgrave : : ae 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Crown 

Copies of the Treasury Minute of 1842, relating to oe 
the Appointment of Crown Solicitors in Zreland ; the pone 
Treasury Minute or Minutes relating to the newly- 
appointed Crown Solicitor for the Leinster Circuit, 
his Salary and Allowances; and of the Warrant, 
Order and other Documents making such new Ap- 
pointment :—And, of the several Minutes or War- 
rants for the Appointment of Crown Solicitors on 
the Home and Connaught Circuits, in respect of 
Vacancies occurring in or since 1842. 


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


Veneris, 4° die Martti, 1853: 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Fisheries 
for the Improvement of the Jrish Fisheries; And (Ieland.) 
that Mr. M‘Mahon, Mr. Serjeant Shee and Mr. 

O’ Connell do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a_ Bill Burghs 
to provide for the supplying of Vacancies, in Town (Scotland.) 
Councils of Burghs in Scotland, consequent on null 
or irregular Elections: And that Mr. Dunlop, the 
Lord Advocate and Mr. Kinnaird do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill mney - 
to amend the Law concerning the certifying and Ccctnresion. 
registering of Places of Religious Worship in Lvg- 
land: And that Viscount Palmersion and Mr. Fitzroy 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Cathedral si 
to make Provision concerning the future Regulation APP 
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307 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Marine 







of certain Appointments connected with Cathedral | ine 
and Collegiate Churches: And that Viscount Pal-|into a Committee on the Marine Mutiny Bill; Mutiny Bill. 
merston and Mr. Secretary-at-War do prepare, and | and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
bring it in. sumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson Patten reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill. 
Blackburn A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
nee posed, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken be- | mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 
fore the Select Committee on the Blackburn Elec- 
tion Petition be laid before this House:—And a| Mr. Wilson presented,— Further Return to an Metropolitan 
Debate arising thereupon ; | Order, dated the 3d day of this instant March, for Improvements. 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Mon- | Accounts of all Monies borrowed or guaranteed on No. 187. 
day next. the Security of the Land Revenues of the Crown for 
. the purpose of Metropolitan I|mprovements, and of 
Blackburn A Motion was made, and the Question being pro-| all Monies charged on the London Bridge Ap- 
Writ. posed, That the Writ for the Borough of Blackburn | proaches Fund for the like purpose, which Monies 
be suspended until Tuesday the 15th day of this | it is proposed to pay out of the Consolidated Fund 
instant March :—And a Debate arising thereupon; | to the Amount not exceeding £. 1,220,000 :—Of the 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Mon- | various Amounts of such Monies ; the Date when, 
day next. | the specific purpose for which each such Amount was 
| borrowed or guaranteed; the Rates of Interest on 
Bridgnorth A Motion was made, and the Question being pro-| each Amount; the Arrears of Interest now due; 
Election. posed, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken be-| and the Amount of Interest paid by the Depart- 
fore the Select Committee on the Bridgnorth Elec- | ment of Woods, &amp;c., and to be repaid to that De- 
tion Petition, which were presented on the 2d day of partment:—And, of the various Items composing 
this instant March, be printed :— And a Debate | the Total Income of the London Bridge Approaches 
arising thereupon ; | Fund; of the Sources of the Income ; of the Pe- 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Mon- | riods at which such Sources of Income will expire; 
day next. 'of the Amount of the Incumbrances on the said 
Fund ; the specific Cause of each Incumbrance ; “of 
Cambridge Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do not issue his War- | the Rate of Interest of each Incumbrance; and of 
Wait. rant to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new | the Arrears of Interest now due. 
Writ for the electing of two Burgesses to serveinthis| _ Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
present Parliament for the Borough of Cambridge | Table ; and be printed. 
before Monday the 11th day of April next. 
Mr. M‘ Mahon presented a Bill for the In:prove- Fisheries 
Slave Trade The House, according to Order, resolved itself; ment of the /riskh Fisheries: And the same was ‘{reland) Bill. 
oy Granada) into a Committee on the Slave Trade (Vew Granada) | read the first time ; and ordered to be read asecond No. 193 


Slave Trade 
(Sohar, in 
Arabia) Bill. 


Commons 
Inclosure 


(No. 2) Bill, 


Bridgnorth 
Writ. 


Mutiny Bill, 





Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson Patten 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee om the Slave Trade (Sohar, in 
Arabia) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson 
Patten reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Commons Inclosure (No. 2) 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson Patten 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Questicn proposed 
upon the 1st day of this instant March, That the 
Writ for the Borough of Bridgnorth be suspended 
till Tuesday the 15th day of this instant March ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 


time upon Wednesday next; and to be printed. 


Viscount Palmerston presented a Bill to amend Places of Reii. 
the Law concerning the certifying and registering ¢io"s Worship 
of Places of Religious Worship in Exgland: And joe" 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to... 
be read a second time upon Monday next; and tobe — 
printed. 


14. 


Lord Hotham presented a Bill to exclude certain Judges 
Judicial Officers from being Members of the House Exclusion Bill. 
of Commons: And the same was read the first time; No. 1965. 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wednes- 
day the 16th day of this instant March; and to be 
printed. 


Viscount Palmerston presented a Bill to make Cathedral 
Provision concerning the future Regulation of cer- Appointments 
tain Appointments connected with Cathedral and Bull. 
Collegiate Churches: And the same was read the No. 196. 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


And then the House, havine continued to sit 
till One of the clock on Friday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 





Veneris, 4° die Martii; 
Anno 16° Victorie Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Thornely reported from tne Select Com- Public 


Ordered, ‘hat the Debate be further adjourned mittee on Public Petitions; That they had Petitions 
. : vite ee ( Twenty- fifth 
till Monday next. examined the Petitions presented upon the 1st, 2d Report.) 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Mutiny Bill; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Wilson Patten reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 

VoL. 108. 








and 3d days of this instant March; and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a East Kent 
Railway from Strood to Canterbury, with Branches ®*!way Bill. 
to Faversham Quays and Chilham: And the same 
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308 


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


Roscrea and Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a Rail- 
— way from the Great Southern and Western Railway, 
uncti 


Railway Bil, near Roscrea, to Parsonstown, to be called “ The 
. Roscrea and Parsonstown Junction Railway,” and 
for other purposes: And the same was read the first 

time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


London and Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Lon- 

North Western don and North Western Railway Company to purchase 

ne _— the Haydon-square Branch of the London and Black- 

Railways Bill. wall Railway, and to acquire and hold certain Lands 
and Buildings at or near the Terminus of the said 
Branch Railway, and for other purposes : And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Milford Haven Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for constructing 


Docks Bill. and maintaining Docks and other Works at or near 
to Milford Haven, and for other purposes: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 

London and Mr. Oliveira presented a Bill for making a 


Mid-Western Railway from the Oxford, Worcester and Wolver- 

ay hampton Railway, near Oxford, to the London and 
South Western Railway, near Brentford, and to the 
London and North Western Railway, near Willesden, 
with Branches to Aylesbury and to the Buchingham- 
shire Railway at Oxford, to be called “The London 
and Mid-Western Railway :?”’ And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


English and Ordered, That the English and Australian Copper 


once el Company Bill be read a second time upon Monday 
e ° : J 

pany Bill. next. 

United The United Guarantee and Life Assurance Com- 


bo grace and nany Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 
Guneeng il. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The West Harptry Road Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


West Harptry 
Road Bill. 


Guildford 


The Names of the five Members appointed to try 
Llection. 


and determine the matter of the Petition, complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Guildford, were called over ; and being come to the 
Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition and Lists relative to 
the said Election be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, at half after Eleven o’clock, in one of the 
Committee Rooms of the House. 


Huddersfield 


The Names of the five Members appointed to try 
Election. 


and determine the matter of the Petition, complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Huddersfield, were called over; and being come to 
the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition relative to the said 
Election be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 

morrow, at Eleven o'clock, in one of the Committee 
Rooms of the House. 
Rye Election. | The Names of the five Members appointed to try 
and determine the matter of the Petition, complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Rye, were called over ; and being come to the Table, 
they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition and List relative to the 
said Election be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 





4° Martz. 





A. 1853. 


morrow, at Twelve o’clock, in one of the Committee 
, ? 


Rooms of the House. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the Malton ana 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of Driffield June. 
the Petition for the Malton and Driffield Junction " Railway. 
Railway Bill, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
authorize the Amalgamation of the Malton and 
Driffield Junction Railway Company with, or a Lease 
of the Undertaking of the said Company to, the 
York, Newcastle and Berwick, York and North Mid- 
land and Leeds Northern Railway Amalgamated 
Companies, and for other purposes: And that Mr. 

Cayley and Mr. Evelyn Denison do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Mr. Sotheron reported from the Select Committee Standing 
on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; which were Orders. 
read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Isle of Wight Isle of Wight 
Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be Railway. 
dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to 
proceed with their Bill, provided the same be pre- 
sented not later than three clear days after the pre- 
sentation of this Report; and that they prove before 
the Committee on the Bill, that amended Plans, Sec- 
tions and Books of Reference have been deposited. 

2. Resvlved, Vhat in the case of the Staines, Wo- Staines, 
kingham and Woking Junction Railway Petition, the Wokingham 
Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; that y mth a 
the Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, Railway. 
provided the same be presented not later than three 
clear days after the presentation of this Report ; and 
that a Clause be inserted in the Bill, restraining the 
Company from taking a Field, No. 14 on the Plan, 
in the Parish of Wokingham, without the consent in 
writing of George Henry Crutchley, the Owner 
thereof; and that the Parties prove before the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, that amended Plans, Sections and 
Books of Reference have been deposited. 

3. Resolved, Vhat in the case of the Dean Forest, Dean Forest, 
Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway Petition, the Monmouth, 
Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; that sented 
the Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, Railway. 
provided the same be presented not later than three 
clear days after the presentation of this Report ; and 
that they prove before the Committee on the Bill, 
that amended Plans and Sections have been de- 
posited. 

That the Committees on this and the two preceding 
Bills do report to the House how far such Orders 
have respectively been complied with on the Report 
of the Bill. 

4. Resolved, That in the case of the Poole Har- Poole Harbour 
bour and Port Petition, the Standing Orders ought aud Port. 
not to be dispensed with. 

5. Resolved, That in the case of the Great Western Great Western 
and City Junction Railway Petition, the Standing poe Seem 
Orders ought not to be dispensed with. saceaieatiiads 

6. Resolved, That in the case of the Edinburgh, Edinburgh, 
Perth and Dundee Railway Petition, the Standing Perth and i 
Orders ought to be dispensed with ; that the Parties oa — 
be permitted to proceed with their Bill, provided the ~~ 
same be presented not later than three clear days 
after the presentation of this Report. 

The first, second, third and sixth Resolutions, 
being read a second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the Staines, 


S 2 i Standine Orders. in res Wokingham 
elect Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of and Woking 


the Petition for the Staines, Wokingham and Woking Junction 
Junction Railway Bill, might be read ; and the same Railway. 
being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway from Staines to Wokingham 
and Woking: And that Mr. Walter, Mr. Drummond 
and Mr. Evelyn do prepare, and bring it in. 





Mr. 














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16 Vicrorte. 


Ambergate, Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,— Report from one 
Nottingham, of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, That 
~ oo in the case of the Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston 


Junction Rail- and Eastern Junction Railway (Sale, &amp;c.) (No. 2) 
way SS Bill, the Standing Orders have been complied with. 
(No. 3) Bull Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Burghs (Scot- 
Jand) Bill. 


No. 197. 


Mr. Dunlop presented a Bill to provide for the 
supplying of Vacancies in Town Councils of Burghs 
in Scotland, consequent on null or irregular Elections : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 16th 
day of this instant March; and to be printed. 


Waterford 
County 
Election. 


Mr. Owen Stanley, from the Select Committee 
appointed to try and determine the matter of the 
Petition, complaining of an undue Election and Re- 
turn for the County of Waterford, informed the 
House, That the Committee had determined, 

That John Esmonde, Esquire, is duly elected a 
Knight of the Shire to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the County of Waterford. 

And the said Determination was ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Mr. Owen Stanley further informed the House, 
That the Committee had altered the poll taken at 
the last Election, by striking off the names of Patrick 


Brien, Roger Ryan and James Hayes (numbered 16 


on the poll-book of the Barony of Decies Without), 
as not having had a right to vote at such Election. 
Ordered, ‘That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Report of the Master of the Work- 
house of the Union of Callan, in the County of 
Kilkenny, relating to the death of Patrick Kelly, 
who died on the 19th day of August 1852, in 
the said Workhouse; of the Resolutions of the 
Board of Guardians on the subject; of the Evi- 
dence taken by the District Poor Law Inspector 
on the Inquiry held by him into the circumstances 
attending the death of Patrick Kelly; of the Re- 
port and Observations addressed to the Poor Law 
Commissioners on the subject of the said Inquiry, 
and of their Minutes and Letters thereon :—And, 
of all Correspondence between the Poor Law Com- 
missioners and the Reverend John Walton, Ro- 
man Catholic Chaplain of the said Workhouse, com- 
mencing in September 1852, and ending in February 
1853; of the Sealed Order of the Commissioners for 
the Dismissal of the said Chaplain; of the Chap- 
lain’s Reply thereto ; of the Resolutions of the Board 
of Guardians relating to the Dismissal of the Chap- 
lain; of all Communications addressed by ex-officio 
and elected Guardians to the Poor Law Commis- 
sioners on the subject; of all Letters addressed by 


Callan Union 
Workhouse. 


the Poor Law Commissioners to the Board of Guar- | 
dians, to the Chaplain, and to other Parties, on the , 


same subject; of the Reports and Observations of 
the District Inspector, and his explanation to the 
Commissioners of his having omitted from his Re- 
port certain Evidence given by the Master of the 
said Workhouse on the inquiry relating to the death 
of Patrick Kelly; of all Minutes of the Poor Law 
Commissioners on that subject; of the Names of 
the Guardians who voted for the Dismissal of the 
Chaplain on the 9th day of February 1853 ; and, of 
the Entries of the Attendance of each of them at 
the Meetings of the Board of Guardians during Six 
months preceding that date. 


English 
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4° Marti. 





.| his Age, the Time he has been in the Force, the Na- 


.| Punishment awarded, and whether he was retained 





309 


Mr. Peel presented,—Return to an Address to Canterbury 
Her Majesty, dated the 15th day of February last, 488¢ci#tion. 
for Copy of Correspondence between the Colonial 
Office and the Canterbury Association since the date 
of the Charter of Incorporation of that Body. 

Mr. Peel also presented, pursuant to the directions Barbados. 
of several Acts of Parliament,— Barbados: Copy of 
an Act to repeal certain Duties of Customs levied 
under an Act of the Imperial Parliament, intituled, 

An Act to regulate the Trade of British Possessions 
Abroad. 

Montserrat: Copy of an Act to repeal the Duties Montserrat. 
of Customs imposed upon Articles imported into this 
Island, by an Act passed in the Session of Parlia- 
ment holden in the eighth and ninth years of the 
reign of Her present Majesty, intituled, An Act to 
regulate the Trade of the British Possessions 
Abroad. 

Virgin Islands, Tortola: Copy of an Act to re- Virgin Islands, 
peal the Duties of Customs imposed upon Articles Tortola. 
imported into the Virgin Islands, by an Act passed 
in the Session of Parliament holden in the eighth 
land ninth years of the reign of Her present Ma- 
| jesty, intituled, An Act to regulate the Trade of the 
| British Possessions Abroad. 
| Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


























































| 
| 


| Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to Cork Im- 

request that their Lordships will communicate to this provement 

| House, a Copy of the Minutes of the Evidence taken *#! (1852) 
before the Select Committee appointed by their 

_ Lordships in the last Session of the last Parliament, 

| to whom the Cork Improvement Bill was referred : 

| And that Mr. French do carry the said Message. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to Indian 
request that their Lordships will give leave to Vis- Territories. 
count Hardinge and Viscount Gough to attend to be 
examined as Witnesses before the Select Committee 
appointed by this House to inquire into the opera- 
tion of the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 85, for effecting an 
Arrangement with the East India Company, and for 
the better Government of Her Majesty's Indian 
Territories till the 30th day of April 1854: And that 
Sir James Hogg do carry the said Message. 





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





| Ordered, That the Return relative to the Tithe Tithe 
Commission, which was presented upon the 3d day Commission, 
of this instant March, be printed. No. 198. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Ships (Navy), Ships (Navy.) 
which was presented upon the 3d day of this instant No. 199. 
March, be printed. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Metropolitan 
| the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated — City 
the 14th day of February last, fora Return of Officers?” 

of the Metropolitan and City Police charged with 

Offences before Magistrates, in each year from 1849 

to 1852 inclusive ; specifying the Rank of the Officer, 


ture of his Offence, whether convicted or not, the 


in the Service; Total Number of Men who have 
| been dismissed, fined, suspended or degraded by the 
| Police Commissioners during the same Period, and 
| the Number who have resigned their Appointments 
‘during the same Period :—Similar Return of the 





imber 
(Navy. ) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a | City of London Police Force :—Return, from each 
Return of the Number of Loads of English Oak | Division of the Metropolitan Police, of the Number 
Timber contracted for by the Admiralty in each | of Robberies committed, the Value of the Property 


year from the 1st day of January 1840 to the 1st | stolen, and the Value of the Property recovered, for 
day of January 1853; the Price at which each Load each year from 1849 to 1852 inclusive :—Similar 


was contracted for; and the Names of the Parties: Return from the City of London Police Force: — 
with whom the several Contracts were made, Return of the Number of Persons taken into custody 
VoL, 1n8, RR3 by 












Assessed 
Taxes (Scot- 
jand.) 


Court of 
Session 
(Scotland) 


Teind Court 
(Scotland.) 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Twenty- 


sixth Report. 


Cork Im- 
provement 
Bill (1852.) 


Clergy 
Reserves 


(Canada) Bill. 


310 


by the Metropolitan Police, and the Results, in each 


4°-—5° Martz. 





A. 1853. 


Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time: 


ear from 1849 to 1852 inclusive:—And, similar |—The Bill was accordingly read a second time, and 
turn from the City of Zondon Police (all in con- | committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 


tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 133, of Ses- | 
sion 1849). 

The following Papers, pursuant to the directions | 
of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon | 
the Table by the Clerk of the House, —Assessed | 
Taxes ( Scotland) :— Return of Cases decided by the 
Judges, since the last Account was laid before Par- | 
liament. 

Copy of ‘Treasury Warrant, granting Compensa- | 
tion Allowances to James Denham, and others, As- 
sistant Clerks in the Outer House of the Court of. 
Session (Scotland), year 1852. 

Copy of Warrant, granting a Compensation Allow- 
ance of £.66. 5s. 5d.to Mr. William Shiell, one of 
the Assistant Clerks in the Inner House of the Court 
of Session (Scotland), year 1852. 

Copy of Warrant, granting a Compensation Al- 
lowance.of £. 166. 17s. to Mr. John Barron, Depute 
Clerk of the Teind Court in Scotland, year 1852. 


Petitions relating to Elective Franchise (Dublin) ; | 
—Parliamentary Oaths ;—University of London ;— | 
Clergy Reserves (Canada) Bill; — Crystal Palace | 
(Sydenham) ;—.Maynooth College Act ;—Maynooth | 
College Act, and Freedom of Election (Jreland) ;— | 
Universities (Scotland) ;— Attorneys’ Certificates ;— | 
County Rates and Expenditure Bill ;—Indentures of | 
Apprenticeship ;—Property and Income Tax ;—Re- 
payment of Advances (Jreland) ;—Soap ;—Termi- 
nable Annuities ;— Beer-houses ;—Charles Thomas 
Bourke ;—Christmas Gifts to Postmen ; — Copy- 


Friday next. 


The General Board of Health Bill was, according General Board 
to Order, read the third time; and Amendments °f Health Bil), 
were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to confirm and extend certain Pro- 
visional Orders of the General Board of Health for 
the Towns of Wakefield, Elland, Wallasey, Dudley, 

Barnsley, Dorchester and Welshpool. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson Patten do carry the 

Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Office of Examiner (Court of Chancery) Bill Office of Exa- 
was, according to Order, read the third time. ~ (Court 
Resolved, ‘Vhat the Bill do pass. Bill ee 
Ordered, That Mr. Solicitor General do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Metropolitan 
into a Committee on the Metropolitan Improvements Improvements 
(Repayment out of Consolidated Fund) Bill; and, na 7 el 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed lidated Fund) 
the Chair; and Mr. Wilson Patten reported, That Bill. 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. No. 200. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 


mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Oaths in 


holds ;—County Courts ;—Education (Management | into a Committee on the Oaths in Chancery Bill ; Chancery Bill. 


Clauses) ; — Factories ;—Juvenile Crime ;— Edward | and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
&gt; . ° . . 
Poor Law ;— | sumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson Patten reported, 





Murray ;—Ocean Penny Postage ; 


No. 201. 


Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill;—and, Spirits,—were | That the Committee had gone through the Bill. 


yresented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the | 
lable. 

Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers,—were | 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select | 
Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 

Mr. French reported, That he had carried to the | 
Lords the Message of this House of this day, request- | 
ing that their Lordships would communicate to this | 
House, a Copy of the Minutes of the Evidence taken | 
before the Select Committee appointed by their | 
Lordships in the last Session of the last Parliament, | 
to whom the Cork Improvement Bill was referred ; | 
and that their Lordships had communicated the | 
Minutes of Evidence taken before the Select Com- | 
mittee appointed by the Lords in the last Session of | 
Parliament on the Cork Improvement Bill, and de- | 
sire that the same may be returned to them. | 

The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Clergy Reserves (Canada) Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, ‘That the Bill be now read a second time ; 

the Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“now” stand part of the Question ; 


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


Sabbati, 5° die Martii, 1853: 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, 
Yeas, \Mr. Grenville Berkeley : 
Tellers for the (Mr. Mackenzie, 
Noes, \ Viscount Mandeville , 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


275. 


} 192, 








Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


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

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Ways and 
into the Committee of Ways and Means. Means. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That, towards making good the Supply Consolidated 
granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Eight millions ¥¥"4. 
be granted out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. : 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson 
Patten reported, That the Committee had come to a 
Resolution. 

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

Mr. Wilson Patten also acquainted the House, 
that he was directed to move, That the Committee 
may have leave to sit again. 

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


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Slave Trade 
into consideration the Slave Trade (New Granada) oor 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. ‘ 

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


g¢ to Order, proceeded to take Slave Trace 


The House, accordin 
(Sohar, in 


into consideration the Slave Trade ( Sohar, in Arabia) irabia) Bill 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 


Monday next. 


The 





Co 
Inc 
(N 








16 VicrorizZ. 


The Commons Inclosure (No. 2) Bill was, accord- 


Commons 
Inclosure , ing to Order, read the third time. 
(No.2) BU. "Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Fitzroy do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and désire their concurrence. 
Mutiny Bill. | The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 


into consideration the Mutiny Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 

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


Marine The House, according to Ordes, proceeded to 
yutiny Bil. take into consideration the Marine Mutiny Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


Suitors’ Fee A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 

Fund (Court posed, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 

ey) turn of the Amount of the Suitors’ Fee Fund Ac- 

qumeey count, of the Court of Chancery in [reland, in each 
year from its commencement in 1836, and Payments 
made thereout in each year, and the present Surplus 
thereof in each year:—And the said Motion was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


The Law of Evidence (Scotland) Bill was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Friday the 18th day of this instant March; 
and to be printed. 


Law of Evi- 
dence (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


No. 202. 


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





Lune, 7° die Martii ; 
Anno 16° Victorie Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 
QRPE RED, That the Select Committee on 
the Chatham Election Petition have leave to 
sit this day till Six of the clock, during the sitting of 
the House. 


Chatham 
Election. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 4th day of this instant 
March, and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 

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


Public 

Petitions 
{Twenty -sixth 
Report. ) 


Wigton 
Election. 


Mr. Sotheron reported from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections, the Names of the Members of 
the Select Committee appointed to try and determine 
the matter of the Petition complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the District of Wigton 
Burghs, to which they had annexed the Petition re- 
ferred to them by the House, and the Lists of Voters 
put in by either Party :—Melville Portal, Esquire, 
David Morris, Esquire, Edward Ball, Esquire, 
Honourable Charles Wentworth George Howard; 
Chairman, William Miles, Esquire. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Standing 


~ Mr. Sotheron reported from the Select Committee 
rders, 


on Stunding Orders, several Resolutions; which 
were read, as follow: 

Wandle Water 14. 
and Sewerage. Water and Sewerage Petition, the Standing Orders 
; ought not to be dispensed with. 

South Shields 2. Resolved, That in the case of the South Shields 
“provement. Tmprovement Petition, the Standing Orders ought 
to be dispensed with; that the parties be permitted 
to proceed with their Bill, provided the same be pre- 
sented not later than three clear days after the 
presentation of this Report; and that they prove 
before the Committee on the Bill that amended Lists 

VoL. 108. 





4° 5°— 7° Martiz. 


Resolred, That in the case of the Wandle| 





311 


of Owners, Lessees and Occupiers have been deposited 
in the Private Bill Office. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the East Anglian East Anglian 
Railways Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be Railways. 
dispensed with; that the parties be permitted to 
proceed with their Bill, provided the same be pre- 
sented not later than three clear days after the 

resentation of this Report; and that they prove 

fore the Committee on the Bill that an amended 
declaration in lieu of a Subscription Contract has been 
deposited in the Private Bill Office. 

4. Resolved, That in the case of the Newport, Newport, 
Abergavenny and Hereford Railway ( Taff Vale) Pe- Abergavenny 

es 5 , . and Hereford 
tition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed Raitway 
with; that the Parties be permitted to proceed (Taff Vale.) 
with their Bill, provided the same be presented not 

later than three clear days after the presentation of 

this Report; and that they prove: before the Com- 

mittee on the Bill that amended Plans and Sections 

have been deposited. 

‘That the Committees on this and the two pre- 
ceding Bills do report to the House how far such 
Orders have respectively been complied with, on the 
Report of the Bill. 

5. Resolved, That in the case of the Great West- Great Western 
ern Railway (Henley) Petition, the Standing Orders wenle?. ) 
ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties be 
permitted to proceed with their Bill, provided the 
same be presented not later than three clear days 
after the presentation of this Report. 

6. Resolved, ‘Vhat in the case of the Saint Mar- Saint Mar- 
garet and Saint John the Evangelist, Westminster, 8°" = athe 
Vestries Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be gvangelist, 
dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to Westminster, 
proceed with their Bill, provided the same be pre- V¢sttes. 
sented not later than three clear days after the pre- 
sentation of this Report. 

7. Resolved, That in the case of the Zondon London 
(Watford) Spring Water Company Petition, the Nd sg A 
Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with; that Gangs. 
the Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, 
provided the same be presented not later than three 
clear days after the presentation of this Report. 

The second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh 
Resolutions, being read a second time, were agreed 
to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Boston 
received Notice, that it is not intended to proceed lection. 
with one of the Petitions complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Boston :— 

And the same was read, as followeth : 


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


21, Great George-street, Westminster, 
Sir, 7th March 1853. 

As Agents for Harrison Bontoft, Robert Harri- 
son, George Colton and Luke Bland, in the matter 
of their Petition delivered in on the 25th day of 
November last, complaining of the undue Election 
and Return of Gilbert Henry Heathcote, Esquire, 
for the Borough of Boston, we beg to inform you 
that it is not intended to proceed with the said Pe- 
tition. 

We have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your very obedient humble Servants, 
Fearon and Clabon. 


The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- 
charged. 


Lord Seymour, from the Select Committee ap- Guildford 
pointed to try and determine the matter of the Peti- Election. 
tion of Thomas Lyon Thurlow, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Guildford, informed the House, That the Com- 
mittee had determined, 

That Ross Donnelly Mangles and James Bell, 

RR4 Esquires, 








Esquires, are duly elected Burgesses to serve in this 
present Parliament for the Borough of Guildford. | 

And the said Determination was ordered to be! 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Lord Seymour further informed the House, That 
the Committee had agreed to the following Reso- 
lution : 

That the allegations of bribery and treating con- 
tained in the Petition were made without any rea- 
sonable ground, and are frivolous and vexatious. 
h The Committee have thereupon ordered that all 
costs and expenses of and relating to the said alle- 
gations shall be forthwith paid by the Petitioner and 
his surety to the said Ross Donnelly Mangles and 
James Bell, Esquires. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





























































Minutes Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken | 
ordered. before the Committee be laid before this House. | 
Manchester Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken | 
Corporation 4+ the Town-hall, Manchester, before the Surveying 
Waterworks » ae 5 


(Power to sell Officers appointed under the Preliminary Inquiries | 
to Manchester Act, together with the Reports from such Surveying 
Wetsrworks) _ Officers, respecting the Manchester Corporation 
and, Manches- Waterworks (Power to sell to Manchester and Sal- | 
terand Salford ford Waterworks) Bill, 1847; and, the Manchester | 
p evngncemn and Salford Waterworks Acts Amendment Bill, | 

- 1847, and the Petitions from Broughton, Pendlebury 


ment Bills \ 
(1847), and ~=and Pendleton, which were presented upon the 12th 


a Extension of Municipal Boundaries Bill, be referred 


to the Committee on the Sa/ford Extension and Im- 
provement Bill. 


Portsmouth 
Railway. 


A Petition of Promoters of a Railway from Ha- 
vant to Godalming, and of a Railway from Godal- 
ming to Shalford, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
making a Railway from Havant, in the County of 
Southampton, to Godalming, in the County of Surrey, 
with an Extension from Godalming to Shalford, m 
the same County, to be called “ The Portsmouth 
Railway,” and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of 
the Petition for the Jsle of Wight Railway Bill, might 
be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway from Ayde to Ventnor and to 
West Cowes: And that Colonel Harcourt, Mr. 
Massey, Mr. Scott and Mr. Laing do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Isle of Wight 
Railway. 


London The House was moved, That the Report from the 
socket Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of 
ec *,* » r . ‘ . 

Company. the Petition for the Loudon ( Watford) Spring Water 


Company Bul, might be read ; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordere/, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for supplying the Cities of London and Westminster 
and Suburbs, and other Places, with pure Spring 
Water: And that Sir De Lacy kvans and Mr. Cab- 
bell do prepare, and bring it in. 


Dean Forest, =The House was moved, That the Report from the 


Monmouth, — Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of 
Usk and &gt; ad as : sy , 

Pontypool the Petition for the Dean Forest, Monmouth, Usk 
Railway. and Pontypool Railway Bill, might be read; and 


the same being read ; 


for making a Railway from the Newpo:t, Aberga- 
venny and Hereford Railway, in the Parish of Lian- 
vihangel Pontypool, in the County of Monmouth, to 
the South Wa/es Railway, in the Parish of Awre, in 
the County of Gloucester, with Branches to Mon- 
mouth Gas Works and Fozes Bridge, and for other 





| 312 7 Martiz. 


Salford day of March in the last Session of the last Parlia- 

Borough . : . . . a 
Extension of ment, praying that certain Standing Orders might | 
Municipal be dispensed with, in the case of the Petition for | 
Boundaries Jeave to deposit a Petition for the Sa/ford Borough | 


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


A. 1853. 


eu And that the Marquis of Worcester and 
Ir. Crawshay Bailey do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the Saint Mar. 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of g¥et and 
the Petition for the Saint Margaret and Saint John tn the 
the Evangelist, Westminster, Vestries Bill, might be Westminster, 
read ; and the same being read ; Vestries. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the Appointment and Regulation of Vestries and 
Appointment of Auditors of Accounts, in the Pa- 
rishes of Saint Margaret and Saint John the Evan- 
gelist, in the City of Westminster: And that Sir De 
Lacy Evans and Sir John Shelley do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the South Shields 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of !™Pprovement, 
the Petition for the South Shields Improvement Bill, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the better Improvement and Regulation of the 
Borough of South Shields, in the County of Durham ; 
the Establishment of a Cemetery therein, and for 
other purposes: And that Viscount Seaham and Mr. 

Ingham do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the Newport, 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of Abergavenny 
the Petition for the Newport, Abergavenny and Here- = Aaaeggaa 
ford Railway (Taff Vale) Bill, might be read; and (Taff Vale.) 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to authorize the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford 
Railway Company to make Deviations on their Ex- 
tension to the Zuff Vale Railway, and to make cer- 
tain short Branches : And that Colonel Clifford and 


Sir Robert Price do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Brothertun presented a Bill to authorize the Malton and 
Amalgamation of the Malton and Driffield Junc- Vritfield June- 
tion Railway Company with, or a Lease of the Un- Ba —— 
dertaking of the said Company to, the York, New- 
castle and Berwick, York and North Midland, and 
Leeds Northern Railway Amalgamated Companies, 
and for other purposes : And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a Staines, 
Railway from Staines to Wokingham and Woking : pet a 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered {0° (.0s"8 


: Junction 
to be read a second time. Railway Bill, 


The House was moved, That the Report from the Edinburgh, 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of Verth and y 
the Petition for the Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee =— _ 
Railway Bill, might be read; and the same being ~ 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to sanction certain Arrangements between the Edin- 
burgh, Perth and Dundee Railway Company, and 
certain Classes of the Creditors thereof: And that 
Mr. “Ldward Ellice and Mr. Fergus do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Copper Miners in England Sopa — 
: . ‘ ; 1 ms inglane 
Company Bill be read a second time To-morrow. Caumeng Bill. 
The Midland Railway (Amendment of Acts, &amp;c.) Midland Rail- 
Bill was rea! a second time; and committed. pod he yond 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- &amp;e.) Bill. 


mittee of Selection. 


The Scottish Midland Junction Railway Bill was Scottish Mid- 
read a second time ; and committed. land —— 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- a 
mittee of Selection. 


The Shipley Gas Bill was read a second time ; Shipley Gas 
and committed. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
The 








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pa! 


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Fl 








English and 
_ 
Copper Com- 
pany Bill. 


Lands Im- 
provement . 
Company Bill. 


New Forest 
Deer Removal 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Kingston- 
upon- Hull 
Flection. 


Minutes 
ordered, 


Great North. 
ern Railway 
(No. 1) Bill. 


Sunderland 
Dock Bill, 


Port smouth 
Railwa y. 


16 Vicroriz. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the English and Australian Copper Com- 
pany Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday the 18th day of this instant March. 


The Lands Improvement Company Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted. ‘ 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


The Select Committee on the New Forest Deer Re- 
moval Act Amendment Bill was nominated of Mr. 
Wilson, Sir William Molesworth, Mr. Compton, Mr. 
Hayter, Lord Henry Cholmondeley, and Five Mem- 
bers to be added by the Committee of Selection. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Mr. Labouchere, from the Select Committee ap- 
pointed to try and determine the matter of the Peti- 


complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull of James Clay, 
Esquire, and George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 
commonly called Viscount Goderich, informed the 
House, That the Committee had determined, 

That the said James Clay, Esquire, and Viscount 
Goderich, were not duly elected Burgesses to serve 
in this present Parliament for the Borough of King- 
ston-upon- Hull. 

That the last Election for the said Borough is a 
void Election. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Mr. Labouchere further informed the House, That 
the Committee unanimously had agreed to the fol- 
lowing Resolutions : 

That the said James Clay, Esquire, and Viscount 
Goderich, were, by their agents, guilty of bribery 
and treating at the last Election. 

That it was not proved that the acts of bribery or 
treating were committed with the knowledge or con- 
sent of the sitting Members. 


That John Walker was actively engaged as an 


: ~ptaas- : above allegations, this Committee think it their duty 
agent in carrying into effect a most extensive system ne 


of bribery and treating at the last Election. 
That there is reason to believe that corrupt prac- 
tices have extensively prevailed at the last Election 


for the Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull. 


That the Committee also found, that there is reason |donment of the trial of the said charges of bribery 


|appeared to this Committee to be sufficient to justify 


to believe that a system has existed in the Borough 
of Kingston-upon-Hull of bribing the poorer class 


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313 


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


Sir John Pakington, from the Select Committee Rye Election. 


‘appointed to try and determine the matter of the 


Petition of Electors of the Town and Port of Rye, 
in the County of Sussex, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the said Town and Port of 
Rye, informed the House, That the Committee had 





determined, 
That William Alexander Mackinnon, Esquire, is 


‘not duly elected a Baron to serve in this present Par- 


liament for the Town and Port of Rye. 
That the last Election for the said Town and Port 


3 oan 
lis a void Election. 


And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 
Sir John Pakington further informed the House, 


|That the Committee had agreed to the following 


' Resolutions : 


| 
| 


of voters in great numbers, by a payment of about | 


30s. a head at the last and former Elections. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


} 
| 


| 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 


before the Committee be laid before this House. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for additional Pro- 
vision in the Great Northern Railway (No. 1) Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for additional Pro- 
vision in the Sunderland Dock Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—-Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Portsmouth 
Railway Bill. 

Vot. 108. 





| 


tion of Jonathan Pulleyn and Henry Whytall Walker, | 


That William Alexander Mackinnon, Esquire, was, 
by his agents, guilty of treating at the last Election 
for the said ‘own and Port. 

That on the first day of the sitting of this Com- 
mittee, the said William Alexander Mackinnon, Es- 
; by his Counsel, declared, that being unable to 
disconnect his agents with treating which took place 
at a dinner given to certain of the Electors of the 
Town and Port of Rye on July 2d, 1852, he was 
satisfied that the Committee must come to the deci- 
sion that his Election was void on the ground of 
treating, and therefore that he should no longer de- 
fend his seat. 

That there have been submitted to this Committee 
a list of ten Electors of the ‘Town and Port of Rye, 
who are alleged to have received bribes at the last 
Election for the said Town and Port, and a list of 
persons who are charged with giving the said bribes, 
and also a list of 29 public-houses and beer-houses 
at which treating is alleged to have taken place in 
the interest of the said William Alexander Mackhin- 
non, Esquire, between the 1st day of June and the 
Ist day of August 1852. 

That, considering the nature and extent of the 


to recommend that further inquiry and investigation 
shall be made regarding the bribery at the said Elec- 
tion in the manner prescribed in 5 &amp; 6 Vic. c. 102, 
s. 2 


That the reasons alleged by Counsel for the aban- 


such abandonment, and they therefore have not felt 
it necessary to examine the sitting Member, or the 
Candidate, or their Agents, under the powers given 
by the 1st section of the said Act. 

That it is the opinion of this Committee, that if it 
shall be the pleasure of the House to act upon the 
above recommendation for further inquiry, no new 
Writ ought to be issued for the said Town and Port 
until the result of such inquiry shall have been re- 
ported to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Petitions relating to Parliamentary Oaths ;—Uni- Public 
versity of London ;—Church of Ireland ;—Crystal Petitions. 
Palace (Sydenham) ;—Ecclesiastical Titles Assump- yjjo Twenty- 
tion Act ;--Jewish Disabilities ;— Maynooth College seventh Re- 
Act ;—Nunneries ;— Universities (Scotland) ;— At- Pott. 
torneys’ Certificates ;— Land Tax ;—Repayment of 
Advances (/reland);—LEdward Murray ;—Ocean 
Penny Postage ;—-Office of Examiner (Court of 
Chancery) Bill ;— Public Health Act; — Roman 
States ;—Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill ;— Spirits ;— 
and, Tenant Right (/reland) Bill,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the ‘Table. 

Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers,—were 





_also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 


Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 


ss Ordered, 








$14 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account of the Quantities of Cheese imported into 
the several Ports of Great Britain, in each month 
of the year 1852, distinguishing the European, United 
States and Colonial Produce ; and of all European 
Cheese, exclusive of British Cheese, exported from 
England in the year 1852 (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 412, of Session 1852). 


Cheese. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Report lately made by Mr. Black, in 
obedience to the Order of the Master of the Rolls, 
upon the state of the Rolls and Records now lying 


in Chester Castle. 


Rolls and Re- 
cords (Chester 
Castle.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Storekeepers, Deputy Storekeepers, 
Clerks, and others attached to the several Ordnance 
Establishments abroad, for the year ending January 
1853; stating Pay and Allowances of every Descrip- 
tion, and all Contingent or other Charges for each 
Establishment, with a Summary of the Numbers of 
each Class, and of the entire Charge incurred :—Of 
the Commissariat Officers, Clerks and subordinate 
Persons employed at the several Stations in the year 
ending January 1853, stating their Rates of Pay and 
Allowances of every Description ; the Total Charge 
for each Station, with a Summary of the entire 
Charge :—And, of the several Stations abroad where 
there are Establishments for Naval and for Victualling 
Stores, stating the Pay and Allowances of the Store- 
keepers, Agent Victuallers, Clerks, or other Persons 
in charge of the Stores ; distinguishing Stations 
where the Naval and Victualling Stores are under 
one Storekeeper, and also where the Depots of Vic- 
tualling Stores are in charge of the Commissaries. 


Ordnance. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of a Letter, bearing date the 31st day of Janu- 
ary 1853, from Mr. Howell, Secretary to the City of 
Dublin Steam Packet Company, to Sir Charles Tre- 


Postal Inter- 
course with 
Treland. 


velyan, relative to a proposed Improvement of the 
Postal Intercourse between England and Ireland. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland.) 


Ordered, Vhat there be laid before this House, 
Summaries of Returns, showing, by Counties, the 
Total Number of Paupers (In-door and Out-door) 
in receipt of Relief on the Ist day of January 1852 
and the ist day of January 1853, in the Unions in 
Ireland, specitying the Increase or Decrease in the 
latter as compared with the former Period (in the 
same form as Parliamentary Paper, No. 135, of Ses- 
sion 1853) :—Of Returns, showing the Number of 
Adult Able-bodied Paupers (Male and Female), ex- 
clusive of Vagrants, in receipt of Relief on the 1st 
day of January 1852, and the Ist day of January 
1853, in the Unions in Jreland, showing the Increase 
in the latter as compared with the former Period (in 
the same form as Parliamentary Paper, No. 135, of 
Session 1853) :—And, Return, showing the Number 
of Adult Able-bodied Paupers relieved in all the 
Unions in Jreland, on the 1st day of January 1852 
and the 1st day of January 1853, comprised in the 
Return, No. 2, but classed according to the Causes 
of Relief, showing, for Out-door Poor, 1. The Num- 
ber of Persons permanently disabled from Labour by 
reason of Old Age, Infirmity or Bodily or Mental 
Defect ; 2. By Widows having two or more Legi- 
timate Children dependent on them; 3. Persons 
being disabled from ree by reason of severe Sick- 
ness or serious Accident; and for In-door Poor, 1. 
Married Couples, distinguishing Males and Females ; 
2. Other Males; 3. Other Females; with Totals. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account of all Sums levied in and issued to each 
Union in Jreland, under the Act 12 Vic. ¢. 24, in 
each of the years 1851 and 1852, showing, in co- 
lumns, for each Union, the County, the Name of the 
Union, the Sum levied in 1851; the Sum issued in 
1851; the Sum levied in 1852; the Sum issued in 


Rate in Aid 
(Ireland. ) 


7° Martiz. 





A. 1853. 


1852; with a Summary, by Provinces, and the Ba- 
lance (if any) on hand on the 31st day of December 
1852. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Consolidatea 
Account of Amount of Rates reserved and paid in Annuities 
Ireland, on account of Consolidated Annuities, in “*!@"4) 
1851 and in 1852, showing, in columns, the County, 
the Name of each Union, the Instalment ordered to 
be reserved in 1851; the Amount remitted in 1851; 
the Amount paid in 1851, and the part of the Instal- 
ment, if any, remaining due and unpaid on the 31st 
day of December 1851 ; also, the Instalment ordered 
to be reserved in 1852; the Amount paid in 1852, 
and the Amount of the Instalments, if any, due on 
the 31st day of December 1852; with a Summary by 
Provinces. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Lighthouse 
Copy of the Estimate of Expense of Erection, and (Guernsey.) 
of Expense of Maintenance, of an Iron Lighthouse on 
the West end of the Island of Guernsey, obtained by 
the Admiralty from Mr. Alexander Gordon (to com- 
plete the Copies ordered by this House 22d April 1852, 
and ordered to be printed 16th November 1852). 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Lighthouses 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (C*lonies.) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Statement of what Measures have been 
adopted respecting the Erection, Management and 
Superintendence of Lighthouses in the British Colo- 
nies and Possessions (in continuation of Parliament- 
ary Papers of Session 1852). . 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Private Bills 
Return of the Number of Bills for which Petitions (London.) 
have been presented by the Corporation of London, 
in each year since the 1st day of October 1837, set- 
ting forth the Name and Title of each Bill, and dis- 
tinguishing the cases in which the Petitions for the 
Bills were referred to the Select Committee on Stand- 
ing Orders in consequence of non-compliance with 
those Orders. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Election 
Return of the Number of Petitions against the Re- Petitions. 
turn of any Member or Members elected to sit in 
Parliament for any County, Riding, Division of a 
County, City, Borough, Town, Cinque Port or Place 
returning Ade to sit in Parliament, presented 
since the 29th day of January 1833, complaining 
that such Return was void on the ground that bri- 
bery, treating or corrupt practices had prevailed at 
such Election, such Return to state in what manner 
such Petition was disposed of; and, in case of the 
Committee nominated to determine the allegations of 
any Petition having reported that the Members or 
Member petitioned against had, by themselves or 
their agents, been guilty of bribery or treating at 
such Election, or that corrupt practices had prevailed 
thereat, or at any previous Election, such Return to 
state the Resolutions of the Committee, as reported 
to the House, in full. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by Bankruptcy. 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 14th day of February last, for Returns of the 
Balances to the credit of every Bankrupt’s Estate to 
which an Official Assignee has been appointed ; dis- 
tinguishing the Amount in the hands of the Official 
Assignee, and of the Accountant in Bankruptcy re- 
spectively, together with the Name of such Official 
Assignee, on the 30th day of April, on the 30th day of 
June, on the 30th day of September, and on the 31st 
day of December 1851 and 1852 :—And, of every 
Estate in Bankruptcy under charge of Official As- 


signees on the 31st day of December 1852; detailing 
the 








Bankruptcy. 


Electors and 
Polling-places 
(Scotland.) 


Pilotage. 


Blackburn 
Election, 





16 Vicrori2z. 


the Name of the Bankrupt; the Date of the Com- 
mission, Fiat or Petition ; the Balance in the hands | 
of the Official Assignee ; the Balance in the hands 
of the Accountant in Bankruptcy ; and the Amount 
of any Exchequer Bills belonging to each Bankrupt’s 
Estate. 

Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of Febru- | 
ary last, for Returns, by each of the Official Assig- | 
nees of the Court of Bankruptcy, and of the Courts 
of Bankruptcy for the Country Districts, showing 
the Names of every Bankrupt or firm of Bankrupts | 
(with the Date of the Commission, Fiat or Petition), | 
under whose Estate or Estates any Remuneration 
whatever has been allowed to the said Official Assig- 
nee, from the Ist day of January 1851 to the 31st 
day of December 1852, both days inclusive ; toge- | 
ther with the Date of such Allowance, and its | 
Amount, distinguishing the Remuneration awarded | 
for the Examination of Balance Sheets or Accounts ; | 
for the Collection of Debts; for the Realization of 
Property ; for Petty Expenses, distinguished under | 
the heads of Postages, Stationery, and Sundries ; for | 
the Travelling Expenses of the said Official Assignee | 
or his Clerks; and for the Distribution of Assets | 
among the Creditors, specifying the Number of such | 
Creditors ; the Amount of Assets upon which the 
above Remuneration has been allowed ; the Amount 
divided among Creditors for which the above Remu- 
neration has been made; the Rate of Dividend ; and | 
any Balances remaining to the credit of such Estate 
on the 31st day of December 1852 :—And, of the 
per-centages paid under the 54th Section of the Act 
12 &amp; 13 Vic. c. 106, to the Chief Registrar’s Fund | 
upon every Bankrupt’s Estate, from the Ist day of 
January 1851 to the 31st day of December 1852, 
distinguishing the Amounts paid at each Audit, and 
also distinguishing the Amounts paid at each Rate | 
of per-centage, and where there are joint and separate 
Estates under one Bankruptcy, distinguishing the 
Amounts paid in respect of such Estate. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented,—-Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 8th day of December last, 
for a Return, showing the Number of Electors and 
the Number of Polling-places in each County in 
Scotland. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on Pilotage. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill, 


further to amend the Law relating to Pilotage. 
Resolution to be reported. | 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Wilson | 
Patten reported, That the Committee had come to a’ 
Resolution. . 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. | 

Mr. Wilson Patten accordingly reported a Reso-_ 
lution ; which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move | 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
further to amend the Law relating to Pilotage :—And | 
he moved the House accordingly. | 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill : 
And that Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Cardwell and Sir 
James Graham do prepare, and bring it in. | 

The Order of the day being read, for resuming | 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon | 
the 3d day of this instant March, That the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before the Select Committee 
on the Blackburn Election Petition be laid before this 
House. 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

VoL. 108. 





7°—8° Marti. 





315 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 


| “ in all cases when the Seat of any Member has been 


“ declared void by an Election Committee on the 


grounds of ae treating, no Motion for the 
issuing of a new Writ shall be made without pre- 
vious notice being given in the Votes,” instead 
thereof. 

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


“ 
“ 
“ 


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


Martis, 8° die Martii, 1853: 


The said proposed Amendment was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Select Committee on the Blackburn Elec- 
tion Petition be laid before this House. 


Ordered, That in all cases when the Seat of any 
Member has been declared void by an Election Com- 
mittee on the grounds of bribery or treating, no Mo- 
tion for the issuing of a new Writ shall be made 
without Seven days’ previous notice being given in 
the Votes. 


Mr. Bramston, from the Select Committee ap- 
pointed to try and determine the matter of the Peti- 
tion of certain Electors, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Chatham, 
informed the House, That the Committee had de- 
termined, 

That Sir John Mark Frederick Smith is not duly 
elected a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament 
for the Borough of Chatham. 

That the last Election for the said Borough is a 
void Election. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Mr. Bramston farther informed the House, ‘I hat 
the Committee had agreed to the following Resolu- 
tions : 

That it was proved to the Committee that Joseph 
Greathead, an Elector of Chatham, had been bribed 


| by a situation as a Letter-carrier in the Post-office, 


obtained for his son, Charles Greathead, by Sir John 
Mark Frederick Smith. 

That it was proved before the Committee that a 
large number of the Electors are employed in Her 
Majesty’s Dock-yard and other Public Departments 
at Chatham, and that they are under the influence of 
the Government for the time being; and it appears 


_ that there is no instance of a Candidate being elected 


for this Borough who has not had the support of the 
Government. 

Under these circumstances, it will be for the House 
to determine, whether the right of returning a Mem- 
ber should not for the future be withdrawn from the 
Borough of Chatham. 

That it is the opinion of this Committee that there 
are strong grounds for believing that Siephen Mount, 
in giving his Evidence before the Committee, has been 
guilty of wilful and corrupt perjury. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the E-vidence taken 
before the Committee be laid before this House. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon 
the 3d day of this instant March, That the Writ for 
the Borough of Blackburn be suspended until Tues- 
day the 15th day of this instant March ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

The 


ss2 


New Writs. 


Minutes 
ordered. 


New Writs. 


Chatham 
Election. 


Minutes 
ordered, 


Blackburn 
Vrit. 



















































Bridgnorth 
Election. 


No. 203. 


Bridgnorth 
Writ. 


Metropolitan 


Improvements 


(Repayment 
out of Conso- 


lidated Fund) 


Bill. 


Designs Act 


316 7°—8° 2 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon 
the 3d day of this instant March, That the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before the Select Committee 
on the Bridgnorth Election Petition, which were pre- 
sented upon the 2d day of this instant March, be 
printed ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon 
the 1st day of this instant March, That the Writ for 
the Borough of Bridgnorth be suspended until Tues- 
day the 15th day of this instant March ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Metropolitan Improvements (Repay- 
ment out of Consolidated Fund) Bill; 

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


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 


Extension Bill. into consideration the Designs Act Extension Bill, as 


Cathedral 


Appointments 


Bill. 


Land Im- 
provement 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Places of Reli- 
gious Worship 


Registration 
Bill. 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Consolidated 
Fund, 


amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


The Cathedral Appointments Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Land Improvement (/reland) Bill, 
as amended in the Committee :—The Bill was re- 
committed to a Committee of the whole House :— 
The House immediately resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 

(In the Committee.) 

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

Preamble postponed. 

Crauses, N° 1 to N° 20, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 21 (Lands chargeable by Certificate 
contingently on execution of the Works). 

Amendment proposed in p. 12, 1. 8: To leave out 
from the word “ Act” to the end of the Clause. 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to be 
left out, stand part of the Clause ; 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson 
Patten reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Places of Religious Worship Regis- 
tration Bill; : 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 21st day of this instant March. 


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

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


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee 
of Ways and Means, a Resolution; which was read, 
as followeth : 

Resolved, That towards making good the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Eight millions 


Mar tii. 



























A. 1853. 


be granted out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Mr. Wéilson Patten, Mr. 
Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Wilson do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; _ 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Slave Trade (New Granada) Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Slave Trade (Sohar, in Arabia) Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, ‘Vhat the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Mutiny Bill was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

Resolved, Vhat the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Secretary-at-War do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Marine Mutiny Bill was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for empowering the Sheriff and Commissary of Ber- 
wickshire to hold Courts at Dunse, and for other 
purposes: And that the Lord Advocate and Mr. 
Scott do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That Sir Joseph Bailey be added to the 


Select Committee on the Parish Constables Bill. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to indemnify such Persons in the United Kingdom 
as have omitted to qualify themselves for Oftices and 
Employments, and to extend the Time limited for 
those purposes respectively : And that Mr. Fitzroy 
and Viscount Palmerston do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
to amend and explain the Copyhold Acts: And 
that Mr. Attorney General and Mr. Solicitor General 
do prepare, and bring it in. 

Mr. Fitzroy presented a Bill to indemnify such 
Persons in the United Kingdom as have omitted to 
qualify themselves for Offices and Employments, 
and to extend the Time limited for those purposes 
respectively : And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time this day. 


Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Lighthouses, 


mand,—Copy of Letter from His Royal Highness 
Prince Albert to Mr. Cardwell, 15 February 1853, 
relating to the Trinity House, future Management 
of Revenues derived from Lighthouses, Beaconage, 
Buoyage Dues and Ballastage Rates. 

Copy of Answer of Mr. Cardwell to His Royal 
Highness Prince Albert, to the Trinity House pro- 
posal as to Dues on Shipping. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns (in a Tabular Form) of all National Schools 
in Ireland which have been erected by the Commis- 
sioners adjoining to or within the Precincts of Roman 
Catholic Chapels, Nunneries or Monastic Institu- 
tions 


Ways and 
Means. 


Slave Trade 


(New Granada) 
Bill. 


Slave Trade 
(Sohar, in 
Arabia) Bill, 


Mutiny Bill. 


Marine 
Mutiny Bill. 


Sheriff and 
Commissary 
Courts (Ber- 
wickshire. ) 


Parish 
Constables 
Bill. 


Indemnity. 


Copyholds. 


Indemnity 
Bill. 


&amp;e. 


National 
Schools 
(Ireland. ) 


, no he | 








7°—8° 


tions of any kind; the Sums contributed by the Com- 
missioners for their Erection; and the Sums raised 
by Local Contributions for the same purpose re- 
spectively :—And, of all National Schools in Lreland 
adjoining to or within the Precincts of Roman 
Catholic Chapels, Nunneries or Monastic Institutions 
of any kind, to which the Commissioners have con- 
tributed Assistance towards the fitting up of the 
Schools, and the Amount raised by Local Contribu- 
tions for the same purpose respectively. 


16 VicroriZ. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
One of the clock on Tuesday morning, ad- 
journed till this day. 


Martis, 8° die Marti: 


Anno 16° Victoriz Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 

Wigton HE Names of the five Members appointed to 

sein. try and determine the matter of the Petition, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the District of Wigton Burghs, were called over ; 
and being come to the Table, they were sworn by 
the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition and Lists relative to 
the said Election be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, at half after Eleven o’clock, in one of the 
Committee Rooms of the House. 

East Anglian © The House was moved, That the Report from the 

Railways. Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of 
the Petition for the East Anglian Railways Bill, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for constructing a Railway and Landing-places 
within the Borough of King’s Lynn; for regulating 
the Share Capital of the East Anglian Railways 
Company, and for other purposes: And that Lord 
Alfred Paget and Mr. David Waddington do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 

Great Western The House was moved, That the Report from the 
(Henle! Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of | 
™Y) the Petition for the Great Western Railway (Hen- | 
ley) Bill, might be read ; and the same being read ; — 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill | 
for enabling the Great Western Railway Company | 
to construct additional Lines and Works, or for | 
conferring further Powers on them in reference to | 
the Henley and Uxbridge Lines and other parts of | 
their Undertaking at Acton, Chippenham and Read- 
ing, and for other purposes: And that Viscount 
Barrington and Lord Norreys do prepare, and bring | 
it im. 

Dean Forest, Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a | 
—— Railway from the Newport, Abergavenny and Here- | 
Pratypool ford Railway, in the Parish of Llanvihangel Ponty- | 
Railway Bill, pool, in the County of Monmouth, to the South | 
Wales Railway, in the Parish of Awre, in the | 
County of G/oucester, with Branches to Monmouth | 
Gas-Works and Foxes Bridge, and for other pur- | 
poses: And the same was read the first time; and | 
ordered to be read a second time. | 
| 
sania Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for supplying the | 
Sea ee Cities of London and Westminster and Suburbs, 
er . ~ ¢ . | 
Company Bill, 20d other Places, with pure Spring Water: And | 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be | 
read a second iime. 
Agrport, Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize the | 
and Herefoet Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway Com- 
ailwa pany to make Deviations on their Extension to the 
ny Vale) Taff Vale Railway, and to make certain short 


Branches: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 
VoL. 108, 








Martit. 317 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to sanction cer- Edinburgh, 
tain Arrangements between the Edinburgh, Perth Perth and | 
&gt; ; - Dundee Rail- 
and Dundee Railway Company, and certain Classes way pin. 
of the Creditors thereof: And the same was read the 


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


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for the better Im- South Shields 
provement and Regulation of the Borough of South provement 
Shields, in the County of Durham; the Establish-~ 
ment of a Cemetery therein, and for other purposes : 

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


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a Isle of Wight 
Railway from Ryde to Ventnor, and to West Cowes : Railway Bill. 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


The Bradford Waterworks Bill was read a se- Bradford 
cond time; and committed. — 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-~ 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Great London Drainage Bill Great London 
be read a second time To-morrow. Drainage Bill. 


Ordered, That the Upper India Railway Bill be Upper India 
read a second time upon Tuesday the 12th day of Railway Bill. 
April next. 


The Copper Miners in England Company Bill Copper Miners 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and i England | 
; 5 Company Bill. 
committed. 
| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 





| The Londonderry Improvement Bill was, accord- Londonderry 
|ing to Order, read a second time ; and committed. Improvement 
| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. 


| 
| 


‘rough Court Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported the Liverpool Bo- Liverpool 
Borough Court 
Bill. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee London 
on the London Assurance Bill; That they had exa- Assurance 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble ao 
the Bill, and amended the same, to correct some 
inaccuracies in the recital of some of the Acts; and 
had found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Mallow 
received Notice, that it is not intended to proceed Election, 
with the Petition complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the Borough of Mallow :—And the 
same was read, as followeth: 

31, Parliament-street, Westminster, 
Sir, 7th March 1853. 

As Agents for Charles Stannard Eustace, Esquire, 
in the matter of his Petition delivered in on the 
25th day of November last, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Mallow, we hereby beg to inform you that it is not 
intended to proceed with the said Petition. 


We have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your a obedient servants, 
Thompson, Debenham and Brown. 


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


The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- 
charged. 


ss3 Mr. 








Local Acts. 
No. 191. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Twenty- 


eighth Report. ngoth College Act ;—Attorneys’ Certificates ;— Malt ; 


Cambridge 
Election. 


Llublic Income 


and Expen- 
diture. 





318 


Mr. Osborne presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- | 
mand,—Further Reports from the Admiralty rela- | 
tive to Applications for Local Acts. | 

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


| 
| 
| 

Petitions relating to Parliamentary Oaths ;—Uni- 
versity of London ;—Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ;— | 
Ecclesiastical Courts ;—Jewish Disabilities ;— May- | 
—Property and Income Tax ;— Repayment of Ad- | 
vances (Ireland) ; — Soap ; —Copyholds ;— Ocean 
Penny Postage ; —- Office of Examiner (Court of 
Chancery) Bill ;—Registration of Births, Deaths and 
Marriages (Ireland) ;— Roman States ;—and, Sheriff 
Courts (Scotland) Bill,—were presented, aud read ; | 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers, — were 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 


| 
} 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the Borough of Cambridge, was presented, and | 
read ; setting forth, That at the last Election of Bur- | 
gesses to serve in Parliament for the said Borough, 
Kenneth Macaulay, Esquire, and John Harvey Astell, | 
Esquire, were returned as duly elected ; that a Peti- 
tion of Electors, complaining of the said Return, 
having been procured by bribery and corrupt prac- 
tices, was duly presented to the House, and a Select 
Committee of the House was thereupon appointed to | 
try the merits of the said Petition ; that the inquiry 
by the said Select Committee was, on the third day 
of the sitting of such Committee, terminated by the 
said Kenneth Macaulay and John Harvey Astell 
declining further to defend their seats, whereupon 
the said Committee resolved that the said Election 
was a void Election, that the said Kenneth Macaulay 
and John Harvey Astell were, by their agents, guilty 
of bribery at the said Election, and that there is rea- 
son to believe that corrupt practices extensively pre- 
vailed at the said Election; that such Resolutions 
were duly reported to the House; that the Peti- 
tioners are satisfied that corrupt practices did exten- 
sively prevail at the said Election, and the Petitioners 
submit to the House that a more complete and | 


thorough investigation into the manner in which | 
the said Election was conducted is imperatively re- 
quired; and praying the House to take such steps 
as to the House may seem fit, with a view to the | 
issuing of a Commission of Inquiry into the existence | 
of corrupt practices at the said Election, or that the | 
House will adopt such other measures with respect | 
to such corrupt practices as the House may deem | 
expedient. ; 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 


an Account of the Public Income and Expenditure | 
of the United Kingdom, in the years ending the | 
5th day of January 1851, 1852 and 1853; distin- | 
guishing the actual Payments for the Expenses in- 
curred in the Collection and Management of the 
Revenue ; for the Charges of the Public Debt (the 
Terminable Annuities being valued by Estimate) ; 
for the Expenses of the Civil Government; the Al- 


8° Marti. 





A. 1853. 


Account (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 845, of Session 1852). 


Ordered, That Mr. Maxwell have leave of absence Leave of 
till Easter, on urgent business. Absence. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Intoxicating 
Return of the Number of Retail and Wholesale Liquors 
Houses licensed for the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors, ©°°#!#24.) 
in each Parish in Scotland, for the year ending the 
10th day of October 1852. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Mr. R. ¢, 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Copy Woods. 
of Letter, dated December 1852, from the Honour- 
able Francis Scott to the Earl of Derby, late First 
Lord of the Treasury, transmitting an Answer from 


| Mr. R. C. Woods, Deputy Sheriff of Singapore, re- 


lative to the attempt of Sir James Brooke to procure 
the dismissal of Mr. Woods from his Official Ap- 
pointments at Singapore :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- London Bridge 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Return Approaches 
of the Total Amount, in pounds, shillings and pence, *™"* 
of the Annual Income of the “ London Bridge Ap- 
proaches Fund,” from the 1st day of January, or 
any period of the year at which the account of such 
Income is made out, in the years 1842 to 1852 in- 
clusive, from all Sources whatever:—And the said 
Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Mr. Peel presented,—Return to an Address to Colonial 
Her Majesty, dated the 15th day of February last, Postage. 
for Copies of Correspondence between Sir John No. 204. 
Pakington and the Postmaster General, in the year 
1852, in reference to «a reduction in the Rates of 
Colonial Postage. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Emigrant 
22d day of February last, for Copies of the Re- Ships. 
ports received from the Colony of Victoria, and of No. 205. 


any Report furnished by the Colonial Land and 


Emigration Commissioners, relative to the mortality 
on board the Emigrant Ships “ Bouruduf,” “ Wa- 


| nata,” ** Marco Polo,” and “ Ticonderoga.” 


Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 


Table; and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Traffic with 
Return of the Annual Number of Passengers passing France. 
between this Country and France, beginning with 
the year 1842 ; showing the Ports of Embarkation 
and Disembarkation ; and the Annual Value of Ex- 
ports and Imports to and from France, during the 
same Period. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Address Ecclesiastical 
to Her Majesty, dated the 14th day of December Chekad) 
last, for a Return, stating, in detail, the Disburse- , 
ments of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for Ire- 
land, and specifying the Salaries paid to each Com- 
missioner, Secretary, Treasurer and Clerks, with the 
Number of Days and Hours of attendance at the 
Board, for one year, ending the 1st day of August 
1852. 

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





lowances to the Royal Family, and to his Majesty | 


the King of the Belgians ; the Establishment of the 
Lord Lieutenant of Zreland; the Expenses of the 
two Houses of Parliament, and the Civil Depart- 
ments; the other Peusions on the Consolidated 
Fund, on the Gross Revenue, and the Civil List ;— 
also, the Payments for the Administration of Justice, 
Diplomatic Expenses, and on account of the Sums 
voted for the Army, Navy, Ordnance and Miscel- 
laneous Services, also Public Works, Bounties, Post- 
office, the Quarantine and Warehouse Establish- 
ments, and all other Payments not coming under 
any of the foregoing Heads ; with an Appendix show- 
ing the several Items composing each Head of the 





The following Papers, pursuant to Orders, were Blackburn 
‘laid upon the ‘Table by the Clerk of the House,— Election. 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select 
Committee on the Blackburn Election Petition. 

Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select Kingston- 
Committee on the Kingston-upon-Hull Election Pe- — 
tition. 

Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select Chatham 
Committee on the Chatham Election Petition. Election. 

The following Paper was also laid upon the Table Rolls and Re 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, =—" 
dated the 7th day of this instant March, for a Copy 
of the Report lately made by Mr. Black, in_obe- 


dience to the Order of the Master of the Rolls, 
upon 








4 





ter 


Canterbury 
Association. 


No, 206. 


Electors and 
Polling-places 
(Scotland.) 


No. 207. 


Lighthouses, 
&amp;e. 
No. 298. 


Railways. 


Joint Stock 
Companies. 


Sheriff Courts 
(Scotland) 
(No. 2.) 


National 
Gallery. 


Probates of 
Wills and 
Grants of Ad- 
ministration, 


Leominster 
Election. 


Assurance 
Associations. 


16 VicrorizZ. 


upon the state of the Rolls and Records now lying 
in Chester Castle. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Canter- 
bury Association, which was presented upon the 4th 
day of this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Electors and 
Polling-places (Scotland), which was presented upon 
the 7th day of this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Lighthouses, 
&amp;e., which was presented upon the 7th day of this 
instant March, be printed. 


Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Memorandum relative to the Mea- 
sures which have been adopted in France and Bel- 
gium, relative to the effecting of a means of Com- 
munication between the Guards and Drivers of 
Trains, whilst in motion upon Railways, and also 
between the Passengers and the Guards ; and Sug- 
gestions as to the means which may be adopted with 
a view to attaining this object in the United King- 
dom. 

Mr. Cardwell also presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—Report by the 
Registrar of Joint Stock Companies to the Lords of 
the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, for the 
year 1852. 

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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the more speedy and effectual Administration of 
Justice in the Sheriff Courts in Scotland: And that 
Mr. Craufurd and Sir James Anderson do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the Management of the National 
Gallery ; also to consider in what mode the Collec- 
tive Monuments of Antiquity and Fine Art, pos- 
sessed by the Nation, may be most securely pre- 
served, judiciously augmented, and advantageously 
exhibited to the Public. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to prevent the necessity of obtaining several Probates 
of the same Will, and several Grants of Adminis- 
tration in respect of the Estate and Effects of any 
deceased Person ; and to make certain Amendments 
in the Law of Evidence in respect to the Proof of 
Wills, and of Probates and Grants of Administra- 
tion: And that Mr. Hadfield, Mr. Cowan and Mr. 
Brown do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
received Notice, that it is not intended to proceed 
with the Petition complaining of an undue Election 
and Keturn for the Borough of Leominster :—And 
the same was read, as followeth : 


Sir, Chancery-lane, 8th March 1853. 
As Agent for Thomas White, in the matter of his 
Petition delivered in on the 25th day of November 
last, complaining of an undue Election and Return 
of John George Phillimore, Esquire, for the Borough 
of Leominster, 1 beg to inform you that it is not 
intended to proceed with the said Petition. 


I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your obedient humble servant, 
G. P. Cooke. 
To the Right honourable the Speaker 
of the House of Commons. 

The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- 
charged. 


Ordered, That. a Select Committee be appointed 
to take into consideration the subject of Assurance 
Associations. 





8° Martii. 319 


The Select Committee on the Ship “ Novello” Ship 

was nominated of Mr. Muniz, Lord Stanley, Sir “ Novello.” 
Francis Baring, Mr. Spooner, Mr. Cowper, Mr. 
Archibald Hastie, Mr. Ker Seymer, Mr. Price and 

Colonel Boldero ; with Power to send for persons, 

papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum, 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Reporters and 
to inquire if the Reporters and Strangers may be Strangers. 
allowed to remain in the House during Divisions, 

excepting on special occasions ; and, if possible, to 

devise some plan by which the t:me allowed between 

the Divisions being declared and the doors being 

closed shall be correctly and _ satisfactorily de- 

termined. 


Ordered, That the Report and Minutes of Pro- Kingston- 
ceedings, together with the Minutes of the Evidence upon-Hull 
taken before the Select Committee on the Kingston- "!¢ct™- 
upon-Hull Election Petition, which were presented ®- 209. 
this day, be printed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do not issue his War- Kingston- 
rant for a new Writ for the Borough of Kingston- upon-Hull 
upon-Hull before Tuesday the 12th day of April next. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Tayistock 
before the Select Committee on the Tavistock Elec- Election. 
tion Petition, be laid before this House. 


Ordered, That the Report and Minutes of Pro- Chatham 
ceedings, together with the Minutes of the Evidence Election. 
taken before the Select Committee on the Chatham No.210. 
Election Petition, which were presented this day, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do not issue his War- Chatham 
rant fora new Writ for the Borough of Chatham W™- 
till the 11th day of April next. 


The Designs Act Extension Bill was, according Designs Act 
to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Cathedral 
into a Committee on the Cathedral Appointments _— 
Bill ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker o 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson Patten re- 

—“ That the Committee had gone through the 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The Indemnity Bill was, according to Order, read Indemnity 
a second time; and committed to a Committee of Bill 
the whole House, for To-morrow. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- Sale and 
nesday the 16th day of this instant March, the Sale Purchase of 
and Purchase of Land Bill, was read, and dis- —_ 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 17th day of this instant March. 


Mr. Cardwell presented a Bill further to amend Pilctage Bill. 
the Law relating to Pilotage: And the same was No. 211. 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Hadfield presented a Bill to prevent the neces- Probates of 
sity of obtaining several Probates of the same Will, Wills and 
and several Grants of Administration in respect of bee he Soong 
the Estate and Effects of any deceased Person, and Bill. 
to make certain Amendments in the Law of Evidence No, 212. 
in relation to the Proof of Wills, and of Probates 
and Grants of Administration: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Wednesday the 6th day of April next; 
and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





VoL. 108, 


ss4 


Extension Bill. 


























































rae scant ee 








9” Martii. A, 1853. 


The Amendments following were proposed to be 


2992, O° 7]) fo) ° , é 
Mercurii, 9° die Marti ; made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 


Anno 16° Victoria Regina, 1853. “now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “upon this day six months.’ 
PRAYERS. And the Question being put, That the word “now” 


Crystal Palace vy aeeone Barrington reported from the/ stand part of the Question ; 

Company Bill. Committee on Group A. of Private Bills;| The House divided. 
That in the case of the Crystal Palace Company The Yeas to the Right; 
Bill, they had examined the allegations contained in The Noes to the Left. 


the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, Tellers for the {Mr. Milner Gibson, 7} 

by striking out that part of the Preamble which re- Yeas, {Mr Cobden : ieee 
lates to the apportionment of Parochial Rates ; and Tellers for the (Mr. Thomas Duncombe, 

had found the same, as amended, to be true; and Noes, Sir Benjamin Hall: f 7 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments! So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

thereunto. Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 





Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. | time: —The Bill was accordingly read a second 
| time ; and committed. 


Public Mr. Thornely reported fiom the Select Com-| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
ac. mittee on Public Petitions; That they had exa-| mittee of Selection. 
seventh mined the Petitions presented upon the 7th day of | 
Report.) this instant March, and had directed him to make Petitions relating to Parliamentary Oaths ; — Public 
a Report thereof to the House. | Jewish Disabilities; — Maynooth College Act ;— Petitions. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | Maynooth College Act and Nunneries ;—Univer- Vide Twent 
and be printed. _ sities (Scot/and) ;—Attorneys’ Certificates ;—Paper, eighth es. 


| Newspaper Stamps and Advertisements ;—Repay- 


Great Western Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for enabling the | ment of Advances (Jreland) ;—Soap ;—Arbitration ; 
(Healey) pi. Great Western Railway Company to construct ad- '— Christmas Gifts to Postmen; — Intoxicating 
ditional Lines and Works, or for conferring further Liquors ;—Edward Murray ;—Public Health Act; 
Powers on them in reference to the Henley and |—and, Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill,—were pre- 
Uxbridge Lines, and other parts of their Under- | sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
taking at Acton, Chippenham and Reading, and for| A Petition relating to Indian Territories, was also 
other purposes: And the same was read the first | presented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. ' mittee on Indian Territories. 
East Anglian Mr, Brotherton presented a Bill for constructing} Mr, Wilson presented a Bill to apply a Sum of Consolidated 
megs OE. Railway and Landing-places within the Borough | Money out of the Consolidated Fund to the Ser- Fund Bill. 
of King’s Lynn; for regulating the Share Capital | yice of the year One thousand eight hundred and 
of the East Anglian Railways Company, and for Fifty-three: And the same was read the first time ; 
other purposes: And the same was read the first | and ordered to be read a second time To-morrow. 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


i 
| 


Mr. Secretary-at-War presented,—Return to an Sandhurst 


Committees. Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit | Order, dated the 25th day of February last, for Re- College. 
this day, during the sitting of the House. | turns of the Gentlemen Cadets at the Royal Mili- 
| tary College at Sandhurst, classified as follows :— 
Sunderland A Petition of the Sunderland Dock Company, Number of Sons of Civilians; Number of Sons of 
Dock Bill, praying that provision may be made in the Sunder- | Officers of the Army; Number of Sons of Officers 


land Dock Bill for imposing a penalty on persons | of the Navy; Number of Orphans of Officers of 
depositing Ballast on the East side of the Dock, the Army; Number of Orphans of Officers of the 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Exa-! Navy :-—Of the Amount paid to that Establishment 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. | yearly by the Gentlemen Cadets :—Of the Amount 
; aid yearly by the Officers of the Senior Department: 

Southampton Mr. Henry Arthur Herbert reported from the | deans age Aes ‘ ne 

Election. Select Committee appointed to ra and determine | ~——- org og : a : _ Pg poy 
the matter of the Petition of William Henry Mackey | . “paca teiacalaataiaaa titan ei 

. 4? | Table. 

complaining of an undue Election for the Borough | 

and County of the Town of Southampton ; That Ro- 


“ : : : mee Ordered, That the Return relative to the Ecclesias- Ecclesiastical 
bert Edmund Bower had misbehaved in refusing to 


ive Evid sarge the m ne,’ tical Commission (Jreland), which was presented need) 
give Evidence before the Committee, and that he, | yoon the sth day of this instant March, be printed. ‘ 


the Chairman, had, by direction of the Committee, No, 213. 
by Warrant under his hand, committed the said Ordered, That the Return relative to Rolls and Rolls and Re- 
Robert Edmund Bower to the custody of the Ser-) Recorils (Chester Castle), which was presented upon £otds (Chester 


jeant-at-Arms, to await the pleasure of the House. | the 8tli day of this instant March, be printed. era 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. No, 214, 
Ordered, Tnat the Return relative to Railways, Railways. 
Cork Im- Ordered, That the Minutes of Evidence taken be- | which was presented upon the 8th day of this instant No, 215. 


provement — fore the Select Committee appointed by the Lords | March, be printed. 


Bill (1852.) . “ee . a 
in the last Session of Parliament, on the Cork Im- . ‘ = 
: : 4 € i rele y Ss . int § 
provement Bill, which were communicated upon the | Ordered, That the I — relative to Joint Stock io. 
4th day of this instant March, be referred to the Com- re ap te — rg peer upon the 8th day No. 216 
mittee on the Cork Municipal Corporation Bill. eens ee yee 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Chatham 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Borough. 
to vive directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Number of Voters in the 

| Borough of Chatham :—Of the Number of Voters 
Great London The Order of the day being read, for the second | for the Borough of Chatham in the Employment of 
Drainage Bill. reading of the Great London Drainage Bill ; Government: —Of the Number of Voters in the 
And a Motion being made, and the Question! Employment of Government who voted at the last 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second | Election for the Borough of Chatham ;—And, of 
time ; the Number who voted for each Candidate. 

Ordered, 


New River The New River Company Bill was read a second | 
Company Bill. tine; and committed. | 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | 

mittee of Selection. 





Po 
co 


—— 


ee ee 


—— -~ 2 bel be 





Brewers, &amp;c. 


Malt. 


Postal Inter- 
course with 
Ireland. 


Guildford 
Election. 


Tavistock 
Election. 


Cruelty to 
Animals Bill. 


Public-houses 
(Seotiand ) 
Bill. 


Courts of 
Common Law 
(Ireland ) Bill. 


Metropolitan 
mprovements 
Repayment 

= of Conso- 

Idated Fund 

Bill, ) 





16 VicrortzZ. 


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


The following Papers were laid upon the Table, 
by the Clerk ef the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 23d day of November last, for an Account 
of the Number of Persons in each of the several 
Collections in the United Kingdom licensed as 
“ Brewers,” “ Victuallers,” “to sell Beer to be 
drunk on the Premises,” and “to sell Beer not 
to be drunk on the Premises ;” stating the Num- 
ber of each Class who brew their own Beer, and 
the Quantity of Malt consumed by them, particu- 
larizing each Class in each Collection, from the 10th 
day of October 1851 to the 10th day of October 
1852. 

Return to an Order, dated the 23d day of No-| 
vember last, for an Account of the Total Number of | 
Quarters of Malt made in the United Kingdom, be-' 
tween the 10th day of October 1851 and the 10th | 


day of October 1852, distinguishing the Quantity’ . 


made in each Country, and the Quantity used by | 
Brewers and by Victuallers, and by Retail Brewers. | 

Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of this in-| 
stant March, for Copy of a Letter, bearing date the | 
31st day of January 1853, from Mr. Howell, Se-| 
cretary to the City of Dublin Steam Packet Com- 
pany, to Sir Charles Trevelyan, relative to a pro- 
posed Improvement of the Postal Intercourse be- 
tween England and Ireland. 

The following Papers, pursuant to Orders, were 
also laid upon the Table by the Clerk of the House, | 
—Minntes of the Evidence taken before the Select | 
Committee on the Guildford Election Petition. 

Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select 
Committee on the Tavistock Election Petition. 





The Order of the day being read, for the second | 
reading of the Cruelty to Animals Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question | 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second | 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. ‘Ic leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “upon this day six months.’ 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“now ” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the {Mr. Thomas Duncombe, 17 

Yeas, LMr. Aglionby : asa 

Tellers for the (Mr. Grenville Berkeley, 91 

Noes, | Mr. Charteris: : 

So it passed in the Negutive. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“upon this day six months” be added at the end 
of the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirma- 
tive. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; | 

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


The Public-houses (Scotland) Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 
20th day of April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Courts of Common Law (Ireland) 
Bill; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Metropolitan Improvements (Repay- 
ment. out of Consolidated Fund) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, after the other 





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9° Martiz. 321 


Orders of the day and the Notices of Motions, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Land Im- 


into a Committee on the Land Improvement (Zre- Piroland) Bill 


lend) Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Cxrause, N° 22, agreed to. 

Crauseg, N° 23 (Limits of authorization). 

Amendment proposed in p. 12, 1.31: After the 
word “ Act ” to insert the words “ in respect of the 
“ classes of improvement marked in Clause 8 of 
“ this Act, by the Numbers 1, 2, 4, 6, 8.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

An Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Criausss, N° 24 to N° 35, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Cuause, N° 36 (Commissioners empowered to fix 
increased rent of tenants). 

Au Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
Clause, to add the following words: “ Provided al- 
“ ways, That the said increased rent to be so fixed 
by the said Commissioners of Public Works in 
Ireland, shall not exceed the sum of Five pounds 
annually for each One hundred pounds so laid 
out under the provisions of this Act; and that 
the tenant in occupation, if he feels himself ag- 
grieved by the decision of the said Commissioners 
of Public Works, may appeal to the Assistant 
Barrister at Quarter Sessions, in all cases when 
the said increased rent shall not exceed Fifty 
pounds a year; or in cases when the increased 


the Superior Courts of Law in Jreland, whose 


“ decision in each case shall be deemed final and 


|&lt; conclusive.” 


Question proposed, That those words be there 
added. 

Amendment proposed to the said proposed 
Amendment: To acd the words “ unless otherwise 
‘“* gereed upon by landlord and tenant.” 

Question proposed, That those words be added 
to the proposed Amendment :—Amendment to pro- 
posed Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed to the said pro- 
posed Amendment: After the word “ Act” to insert 
the words “ unless otherwise agreed upon by laud- 
“ Jord and tenant.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment to proposed Amendment, 
and proposed Amendment, severally, by leave, with- 
drawn. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cuausses, N° 37 to N* 46, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Schedule amended, and agreed to. 

Clause (That whenever any nmprovements of the 
class enumerated under Clause 8 have been made 
by a tenant in occupation, and the said tenant is 
desirous of swirendermg his holding to his landlord, 
on his receiving the value of his improvements esti- 
mated in the same manner as the improvements 
contemplated under this Act, and the landlord ts 
willing to give the tenant the value of his impreve- 
ments so estimated, the landlord be empowered 
under this Act to borrow money to pay the tenant 
for the said improvements)——brought up, and 
read 1°, 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause be read a second time :— Motion and Clause, 
by leave, withdrawn. 


Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson 
TT Patten 

















rent exceeds Fifty pounds a year, then to one of 































































Cirencester 
Election. 


Maldon 
Election. 


Controverted 
Elections. 


Controverted 
Elections. 


Controverted 
Elections. 


322 


Patten reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill. | 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Friday 
next. 


Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections, the Names of the Members of 
the Select Committee appointed to try and de- 
termine the matter of the Petition complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Cirencester ; to which they had annexed the Peti- 
tion referred to them by the House relating thereto: 
—Honourable Eliot Thomas Yorke, Colonel Fergu- 
son, George Henry Vansittart, Esquire, Sir John 
Hanmer, Baronet; Chairman, Honourable Edwin 
Lascelles. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections, the Names of the Members of 
the Select Committee appointed to try and determine 
the matter of the Petitions complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Ma/don ; 
to which they had annexed the Petitions referred to 
them by the House relating thereto, and the Lists of 
Voters put in by two of the Parties :— Thomas Phinn, 
Esquire, Right honourable George Bankes, Sir Henry 
R. Ferguson Davie, Baronet, Henry George Liddell, 
Esquire; Chairman, Lord Robert Grosvenor. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections; That they had selected the 
following Members to serve on the Chairmen’s 
Panel; namely, the Right honourable Sir George 
Grey, Baronet, Thomas Emerson Headlam, Esquire, 
Sir Benjamin Hall, Baronet, and Lord Harry Vane, 
in the room of Lord Seymour, Honourable Edward 
Pleydell Bouverie, the Right honourable Robert 
Vernon Smith, and the Right honourable Henry 
Labouchere, who have served upon one Election 
Committee, and claimed exemption during the re- 
mainder of the present Session. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections; That they had changed the 
days for choosing the Select Committees from Panel 
No. 5, from Tuesday the 15th March, and Wednes- 
day the 16th March, to Tuesday the 5th April, and 
Wednesday the 6th April next, as the adjournment 
of the House takes place on the 18th March in- 
stant, and great inconvenience and expense to Parties 
might arise if Committees should sit during the said 
adjournment ; and the General Committee have ac- 
cordingly appointed the days following for choosing 
the Select Committees from Panel No. 5: 


a rf “| Tuesday, 5th April, at 
aunion - - Two o'clock 
Leicester - - -| _ 
es ¢ ~| Wednesday, 6th April, 
ockermouth - ©) ot fen aebek 
Athlone - - -| : epuae 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections ; That they had named days for 
the appointment of Select Committees on the Elec- 
tion Petitions following : 

Dungarvan - - 
New Ross - -|Tecndey, 12th April, 


Wexford - ° - 7 from Panel No. 1. 
Leitrim - - - 

— Ae oc “| Wednesday, 13th April, 
Barastaple  - J from Panel No. 1. 





9° Martiz. 











A, 1853. 


Berwich-on-Tweed -» 


Hereford - -|Tuesday, 19th April, 

Hereford County -{ from Panel No. 2. 

Maidstone - -) 

Cashel - - = : 
Wednesday, 20th April, 

Knaresborough =|Weinenoy, cots Apri 


New Sarum - 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Ingham, from the Select Committee appointed Derby 


to try and determine the matter of the Petitions, 
of certain Electors, complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the Borough of Derby, informed the 
House, That the Committee had determined, 

That Michael Thomas Bass, Esquire, is duly 
elected a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament 
for the Borough of Derby. 

That Thomas Berry Horsfall, Esquire, is not duly 
elected a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament 
for the Borough of Derby. 

That Lawrence Heyworth, Esquire, was duly 
elected, and ought to have been returned a Burgess 
to serve in this present Parliament for the Borough 
of Derby. 

That the Petition of William Pool, so far as it 
regards the Return of Michael Thomas Bass, Es- 
quire, was frivolous and vexatious. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Mr. Ingham further informed the House, That 
they had altered the poll taken at the last Election, 
by striking off the Names of William Harris, Wil- 
liam Morley, John Blake, Robert Walcup, Richard 
Walcup, Francis Radford, Thomas Taylor, Henry 
Needham, John Swann, Charles Cockaigne, William 
Oliver, Francis Staley, Edward Cockaigne and Henry 
Sharrack, it having been proved that they had re- 
ceived money for the purpose of influencing their 
votes at the last Election. 

Mr. Ingham further informed the House, That 
the Committee had agreed to the following Reso- 
lutions : 

That Thomas Berry Horsfall, Esquire, was, by his 
agents, guilty of bribery at the last Election, but 
that it has been proved to the satisfaction of the 
Committee, that such bribery was altogether with- 
out the concurrence or privity of the said Thomas 
Berry Horsfall. 

That it was proved to the Committee, that Wil- 
liam Harris was bribed with £.3; William Morley 
with £.2, and a supplementary payment of £.1, made 
subsequent to the Election ; John Blake with £.2 ; 
Robert Walcup with £.2; Richard Walcup with £.2 ; 
Francis Radford with £.2; Thomas Taylor with £.2 ; 
Henry Needham with £.2; Francis Staley with £.2 ; 
Charles Cochaigne with £.2 ; Edward Cochaigne with 
£.2; William Oliver with £.1; John Swann with 

162; Henry Sharrack with £.2. 

That Thomas Morgan seems to have been the 
person principally engaged in the above-mentioned 
acts of bribery, and the funds for such purpose ap- 
pear to have been furnished to Morgan, through the 
intervention of a person named Thomas Lund. That 
George Clayton, John Ford and Alfred Ackermann, 
were likewise engaged in various acts of bribery and 
corruption. 

That it has been proved as to several of the above 
Parties, that at former Elections they have received 
money for their votes, and the Committee have rea- 
son to believe that such corrupt practice has been 
prevalent in the Borough ; and they desire to state 
their opinion, that Parties once reported to the 
House as guilty of bribery, should be disqualified 
for the future from exercising any Parliamentary 
franchise. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Clerk of the 


Ordered, That the Clerk of the Crown do attend a to 


this House To-morrow, with the last Return for the 





Borough of Derby, and amend the same, by rasing 
out 


Election, 





— i. 





Minutes 
ordered. 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Cathedral 
Appointments 
Bill. 


Indemnity 
Bill. 


Public Health 
Act, &amp;c. 








16 Vicroriz. 


out the name of Thomas Berry Horsfall, Esquire, 
and inserting the name of Lawrence Heyworth, Es- 
quire, instead thereof. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Committee be laid before this House. 


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

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

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


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Cathedral Appointments Bill, 
as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, Vhat the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Indemnity Bill; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Wilson Patten reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of all Places which have petitioned the 
General Board of Health for the application of the 
Public Health Act, 1848, with the Dates when such 
Petitions were received, distinguishing the Towns 
where Provisional Orders have been confirmed, and 
where Orders in Council have been issued, with the 
Dates of such Provisional Orders and Orders in 
Council, stating whether an original or an amended 
Order, with the Dates of any such amended Orders 
that have been issued to such ‘Towns :-—Of the Towns 
that have been struck out of the Schedules of the 
several confirmatory Bills in Parliament, with the 
Dates when they were so struck out, distinguishing 
those Towns whose Provisional Orders have subse- 
quently been confirmed by Parliament :—Of the 
Names of any Places to which Inquiries have been 
directed with the view to the application of the 
Public Health Act, without any Petition for the 
same, from one-tenth or more of the Inhabitants 
rated to the Relief of the Poor within such Places : 
—Of the Places which have sent Memorials to the 
General Board, complaining of the manner in which 
the Public Health Act has operated, or of the manner 
in which it is proposed by the General Board to 
apply the same to their Town ; with the Number of 
Petitions for the Amendment of the said Act which 
have been presented to this House :—Of any Re- 
presentations as to the expediency of increased 
Powers beyond those possessed by the General 
Board, either under the.Public Health Act or the 
Diseases Prevention Act:—Of the Amounts of 
Loans for which Rates have been mortgaged on 
application from the Local Boards for the execution 
of Works under the Public Health Act, and of the 
proportions of Private and Improvement Works of 
House Drainage or Water Supply which have been 
executed compulsorily or voluntarily, and the 
Average Expense of such Works, and also the 
Average Expense and Rate of Expense in the pound 
of the Works for the Supply of Water, and the 
Drainage of each of the Towns, for the execution 
of which Rates have been mortgaged under the 
sanction of the General Board of Health :—Of the 
Expenses of applying the Public Health Act by 
Provisional Order, and Order in Council, with the 
Total Amount expended in the application of the 
said Act, distinguishing the Expenses of each Pre- 
liminary Inquiry, and of the Printing and Publica- 
VoL, 108. 


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323 


tion of the several Reports and Statements sanc- 
tioned by the Board in relation thereto :—And, of 
the Average Expense of Acts for Local or Private 
Improvement, or of Waterworks Acts, as taxed by 
the Taxing Oiticer of the House during the last 
Three years. 


The House was moved, That the Report which Southampton 





was this day made from the Select Committee on Election. 


the Southampton Election Petition, might be read ; 
and the same was read, as followeth : 

“ Mr. Henry Arthur Herbert reported from the 
Select Committee appointed to try and determine the 
matter of the Petition of William Henry Mackey, 
complaining of an undue Election for the Borough 
and County of the Town of Southampton ; That Ro- 
bert Edmund Bower had misbehaved, in refusing to 
give Evidence before the Committee ; and that he, 
the Chairman, had, by direction of the Committee, 
by Warrant under his hand, committed the said Ro- 
bert Edmund Bower to the custody of the Serjeant- 
at-Arms, to await the pleasure of the House.” 

Resolved, That the said Robert Edmund Bower 
do, for his said offence, stand committed to the 
custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms attending this 
House. 

Ordered, That the Serjeant-at-Arms attending this 
House do bring the said Robert Edmund Bower, 
from time to time, to the Select Committee appointed 
to try the Southampton Election Petition, as often 
as may be required by the said Committee; and 
that Mr. Specie do issue his Warrants accord- 
ingly. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Louth 
received Notice, that it is not intended to proceed Election. 


with the Petition complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the County of Louth :—And the same 
was read, as followeth : 
London, 30, Bedford-row, 
Sir, 9th March 1853. 

As Agents for John M‘Clintock, junior, Esquire, 
in the matter of his Petition, delivered in on the 
25th of November last, complaining of the un- 
due Election and Return of Tristram Kennedy, Es- 
quire, for the County of Louth, we beg to inform 
you that it is not intended to proceed with the said 
Petition. 

We have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your most obedient humble servants, 
Stephens and Hadow. 


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


The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- 
charged. 


Ordered, That Sir William Jolliffe be added to 
the Select Committee on the WVorwich Election Pe- 
titions. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Cases in which Bills for 
Murder or Manslaughter against Police, Yeomen, 
or Military, have been presented to Grand Juries in 
Ireland, since the year 1820; specifying, in each 
case, whether the Bill was found true or ignored ; 
and also specifying the Locality in which the loss of 
Life took place, and the Number of Persons killed ; 
and also whether the Parties against whom Bills 
have been found have been convicted or acquitted 
by the Petty Jury. 


Ordered, That the Report and Minutes of Pro- 
ceedings, together with the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before the Select Committee on the 
Blackburn Election Petition, which were presented 
upon the 8th day of this instant March, be printed. 

TT2 The 


Norwich 
Election 


Petitions. 


Bills for 


Murder (Ire- 


land), &amp;e. 


Blackburn 
Election. 


No. 217. 








524. 9°— 10° 


eieepeeien The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Repayment mittee on the Metropolitan Improvements (Repay- 
out of Conso- ment out of Consolidated Fund) Bill; 

rae, And a Motion being made, and the Question 


being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 


Chair :— 


And it being Six of the clock, Mr. Speaker ad- | 


journed the House till To-morrow, without putting 
the Question. 





Jovis, 10° die Martii ; 


Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 
Derby HE Clerk of the Crown, attending according 
Election. to Order, amended the Return for the Borough 


of Derby, by rasing out the name of Thomas Berry 
Horsfall, Esquire, and inserting the name of Law- 
rence Heyworth, Esquire, instead thereof. 
| 
Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the General | 
Committee of Elections, the Names of the Members 
of the Select Committee appointed to try and de- 
termine the matter of the Petition, complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the ec of 
New Windsor ; to which they had annexed the Peti- 
tion referred to them by the House relating thereto : 


New Windsor 
Election. 





Marti. A, 185%, 


| Mr. Sotheron reported from the Committee of Committee of 
Selection; That they had formed into additional Selection 
Groups several Private Bills, which, in their opinion, (thie Report.) 
it is expedient to submit to the same Committee, ® 218. 
and had agreed to report the same to the House. 

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

Pe 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Exeter Town 
before the Committee on the Exeter Town Dues Bill, Dues Bill 
in Session 1840, be referred to the Committee on the ‘84° 
Teignmouth Harbour and Teign Navigation Bill. 


Vi 
nil 


Ordered, That no Railway or Canal Bill, con- Railway ana 
taining any Powers of Amalgamation, Lease, Work- Canal Bills, 
ing Arrangement, or other combination of interest be- 
tween different Companies, be read a second time be- 
fore the 11th day of April next, unless the Parties in- 
terested in promoting such Bill shall elect to pro- 
ceed with the same on the terms of striking out in 
Committee all such Powers aforesaid. 


The Names of the five Members appointed to try Cirencester 
and determine the matter of the Petition, com- Election. 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Cirencester, were called over ; and being 
come to the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. — 

Ordered, That the Petition relative to the said 
Electiou be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 





—Charles Lennox Cumming Bruce, Esquire, Ho- 
nourable George Henry Cavendish, Lord Lovaine, | 
Charles Cowan, Esquire; Chairman, James Milnes | 
Gaskell, Esquire. 

Ordered, hat the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Redruth and 
Chasewater 
Railway Bill. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported the Redruth and 
Chasewater Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

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


South Eastern Ordered, That the South Eastern Railway (Canter- 


-noeene, bury and Whitstable, &amp;c.) Bill be read a second time 
and Whitstable, upon Monday next. 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Ordered, That Mr. Bonham Carter be added to 
the Committee of Selection. 


Committee of 
Selection. 





Price’s Patent 
Candle Com- 
pany Bill. 


The Order for referring to the Committee of Se- 
lection Price’s Patent Candle Company Bill, was 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for leave 
to bring in Price's Patent Candle Company Bill, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to increase the Capital and extend the Powers of 
Price’s Patent Candle Company, and to consolidate 
the Acts relating to the Company: And that Mr. 
Raikes Currie, Mr. Glyn and Mr. Masterman do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Price’s Patent 
Candle Com- 
pany (No. 2.) 


Baroda and 
Central India 
Railway 
Company. 


Saint Margaret 
and Saint John 
the Evangelist, 


Westminster, 
Vestries Bill. 


Salford 
Extension 
and Improve- 
ment Bill. 


A Petition of Suitors for the Bill thereinafter- 
mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for incorpo- 
rating “The Baroda and Central Jndia Railway 
Company,” and for other purposes connected there- 
with, was presented, and read; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Kennedy 
and Mr. Swift. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for the Appoint- 
meat and Regulation of Vestries, and Appointment 
of Auditors of Accounts, in the Parishes of Saint 
Margaret and Saint John the Evangelist, in the City 
of Westminster: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Viscount Barrington reported the Salford Exten- 
sion and Improvement Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 








morrow, at Eleven o’clock, in one of the Committee 
Rooms of the House. 


“Ak 


The Names of the five Members appointed to try Maldon 


‘and determine the matter of the Petitions, com- Election, 


plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough ef Maldon, were called over; and being 
come to the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. © 

Ordered, That the Petitions and Lists relative to 
the said Election be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, at T'welve o’clock, in one of the Committee 
Rooms of the House. 


The following Paper, pursuant to Order, was laid Derby 
upon the Table by the Clerk of the House,—Minutes Flection 
of the Evidence taken before the Select Committee 
on the Derby Election Petition. 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of Soane’s 
an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table Museum 
by the Clerk of the House,—A Statement of the 
Funds of the Museum of the late Sir John Soane, 
on the 5th of January 1853. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Derby 
before the Select Committee on the Derby Election Election. 
Petition, which were presented this day, together No. 219, 
with the Minutes of Proceedings, be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Aggregate Amount of Principal and 
Compound Interest, from the Ist day of July 1845 
up to January 1853, upon the Sum of £. 256,908, 
being the Total Amount uf Principal and Interest, 
or the Value of the Claims upon the Consolidated 
Fund by the Proprietors of Private Lighthouses, up 
to the Date of their Purchase by the Trinity Board, 
under the Act of 1836, and paid from the Lighthouse 
Dues, up to the 30th day of June 1845, and the 
Tota! of Principal Sum and Interest (in continuation 
of No.7 E. Appendix to Lighthouse Report, Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 607, of Session 1845). 


Lighthouses. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 2 Mr. Robert 
Copy of Letter from Captain Massie, R. N., to the Buras. 
Resident Councillor at Singapore, dated the 11th 
day of December 1851, relating to the Murder of 
Mr. Robert Burus on board of the “ Dolphin.” 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Mr.R.C.Woods. 
Copy of Letter, dated December 1852, from the 
Honourable Francis Scott to the Earl of Derby, 

late 





Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Twenty- 
ninth Report. 


Blackburn 
Writ. 


Bridgnorth 
Election. 


16 Vicrori2z. 


late First Lord of the Treasury, transmitting an 
Answer from Mr. R. C. Woods, Deputy Sheriff of 
Singapore, relative to the attempt of Sir James 
Brooke to procure the Dismissal of Mr. Woods from 
his Official Appointments at Singapore. 


Petitions relating to Ballot ; — Parliamentary 
Oaths ;— University of London ;—Church Rates ;— 
Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ;—Jewish Disabilities ; 
— Maynooth College Act ;—Maynooth College Act, 
and Freedom of Election (Jreland) ;—Nunneries ; 
— Universities (Scotland) ;—Attorneys’ Certificates ; 
—Carriages ;—County Rates and Expenditure Bill ; 
—Poor Rates ;—Property and Income Tax ;—Re- 
a og of Advances (Ireland) ;—Soap ;— Termi- 
nable Annuities ;—Christmas Gifts to Postmen ;— 
County Courts ;—Mines ;—Ocean Penny Postage ; 
—Payment of Wages Bill;—Poor Law ;—Public- 
houses (Scotland) Bill ;—Railway and Marine Night 
Signals ;— Registration of Births, Deaths and Mar- 
riages (Ireland) ;—Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill ; 
—Spirits ;— and, Tenant Right (Jreland) Bill,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition relating to Zndian Territories, was also 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Jndian Territories. 

Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers,— 
were also presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 


A Petition of Thomas Crooke Ainsworth, of the 
Borough of Blackburn, in the County of Lancaster, 
Gentleman, an Elector of the said Borough, was 
presented, and read ; setting forth, That by an Act 
of Parliament passed in the second and third years 
of the reign of his late Majesty King William the 
Fourth, c. 45 (commonly called the Reform Act), 
the right of electing and returning two Members 
to Parliament was transferred to, and conferred 
upon, the Borough of Blackburn, in the County of 
Lancaster; that the said Borough contains Fifty 
thousand inhabitants, and more than One thousand 
three hundred Electors, occupiers of houses or 
buildings of the clear annual value of not less than 
Ten pounds; that by a Vote of the House, the 
issuing of a Writ for the Election of one of such 
Members has been suspended fur an indefinite 
period, and the said One thousand three hundred 
Electors, and the said Fifty thousand inhabitants, 
are thereby deprived of the aforesaid right; that 
the Petitioner views with alarm the suspension of 
the rights and privileges of the people, the disfran- 
chisement of large constituencies, the arbitrary nu- 


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325 


the said Honourable Frederick Cadogan, Two hun- 
dred and eighty-four; that it having been ascer- 
tained that gross and systematic bribery and treat- 
ing and other illegal practices took place and were 
resorted to at such Election, James Brown Grierson 
and certain other Electors of the said Borough 
petitioned the House against the Election and Re- 
turn of the said Henry Whitmore, Esquire, and Sir 
Robert Pigot, Baronet ; that such Petition was in due 
course referred to a Select Committee of the House, 
who, having been engaged for Eight days in the 
hearing thereof, resolved and reported to the House 
that the said Henry Whitmore, Esquire, was duly 
elected, but that the said Sir Robert Pigot was not 
duly elected, and that he was, by his agents, guilty 
of bribery at such Election ; that it was proved that 
Joseph Mason was bribed with the payment of Ten 
pounds, but that it was not proved that such bri- 
bery was committed with the knowledge or consent 
of the said Sir Robert Pigot ; that during the hear- 
ing of the said Petition, it was, as the Petitioners 
submit, from the evidence given before the said Se- 
lect Committee, abundantly shown that not only at 
the last Election for the said Borough, but for se- 
veral past Elections, gross and systematic bribery 
and treating and other illegal practices took place 
and were had recourse to, for the purpose of cor- 
ruptly influencing the constituency of the said Bo- 
rough, and that not only m several instances had 
such bribery been committed by payments and 
offers of money and rewards, but also by payments 
or other arrangements made for the payment, liqui- 
dation or satisfaction of the bills of the keepers of 
several public-houses and beer-shops, who, at the 
Election for the said Borough in the year One 
thousand eight hundred and Forty-seven, and at 
previous Elections, had opened their houses for the 
purpose of corrupily treating and entertaining the 
Voters of the said Borough, looking forward to a 
future Election and to their own voting thereat as 
the means of enabling them to procure payment 
and satisfaction of their accounts so previously in- 
curred ; that at the last Election for the said Bo- 
rough, nearly all the public-houses and beer-shops 
in the said Borough were open houses in the in- 
terest of the said Henry Whitmore and Sir Robert 
Pigot, or of one of them, at which Voters were en- 
tertained with meat and drink without themselves 
having paid or having to pay for the same; and 
that, at the last several previous Elections for the 
said Borough, systematic treating had prevailed 
principally by the opening of public-houses and 
beer-shops for the free entertaiment of Voters ; 
that intimidation and other improper practices were 


merival reduction of the House of Commons, and | resorted to at the several past Elections for the said 
the nullification of an Act of Parliament by a Vote | Borough, for the purpose of corruptly influencing 
of the House ; and praying the House forthwith to| the Electors in the exercise of their franchise ; that 


issue a Writ for the Election of a Member of Par- 
liament for the Borough of Blackburn. 

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


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors and 
Inhabitants of the Borough of Bridgnorth, in the 
County of Salop, was presented, and read ; setting 
forth, That the population of the Borough of 
Bridgnorth is about Seven thousand in number, 
and that, at the last Election of Members of Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough, the number of Electors 
on the Register entitled to vote at such Election 
was Seven hundred and seventeen; that at such 
Election, which took place on the Seventh and 
Eighth days of July last, Henry Whitmore, Esquire, 
Sir Robert Pigot, Baronet, and the Honourable 
Freaerick Cadogan, were the Candidates ; that the 
said Henry Whitmore, Esquire, and Sir Robert 
Pigot, Baronet, were returned as duly elected ; the 
numbers polled having been for the said Henry 
Whitmore, Four hundred and fcrty-two, for the said 
Sir Robert Pigot, Three hundred and sixty, and for 

Vor. 108. 








the Petitioners are anxious for the purity of Elec- 
tions of Members of the House, and are deeply 
sensible of the disgrace which for years past has 
attached to the said Borough by reason of the bri- 
bery, treating and other illegal practices which have 
extensively prevailed at the several Elections tliere- 
at, and which has considerably increased by the 
proceedings at the said last Election; that the 
present and increasing debasement of the consti- 
tuency of the said Borough calls, as the Peti- 
tioners submit, for the immediate interposition of 
the Legislature ; that, in the opinion of the Peti- 
tioners, the present state of the constituency of the 
said Borough is such that a free, fair and proper 
representation thereof in Parliament cannot at 
present be obtained, and they therefore submit to 
the House the necessity of appointing a Commis- 
sion to inquire into the present state of the consti- 
tuency of the said Borough, and into the bribery, 
treating and other corrupt practices which have 
extensively prevailed at the last and several previ- 
ous Elections of Members of Parliament for the 
same, and to report thereon; and that, until the 

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326 


report of such Commission shall have been laid 
before the House, no Writ may issue for the Elec- 
tion of a Member to serve in Parliament for the 
said Borough in the place of the said Sir Robert 
Pigot, Baronet ; and praying the House to take 
such steps as may be necessary for the appointment 
of a Commission to inquire into the present state of 
the constituency of the said Borough of Bridgnorth, 
and into the matters thereinbefore alleged and com- 
plained of, and to report thereon, and that, until the 
report of such Commission shall have been laid 
before the House, no Writ may issue for the Elec- 
tion of a Member to serve in Parliament for the said 
Borough in the place of the said Sir Robert Pigot, 
Baronet ; and that the House will take such other 
proceedings and give such other relief to the Peti- 
tioners as to the House may seem meet, and the 
circumstances thereinbefore detailed may require. 

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


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the Cam- 
bridge Union, was presented, and read ; setting forth, 
That at the last Election of Burgesses to serve 
in Parliament for the said Borough of Cambridge, 


Cambridge 
Election. 


10° Martii. 





A. 1858. 


this House, to attend their Lordships to be sworn, in 
order to his being examined as a witness before the 
Select Committee appointed by their Lordships in 
the present Session of | Parliament, to inquire into the 
operation of the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 85, for the 
better Government of Her Majesty’s Indian Terri- 
tories :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House will send an answer to 
the said Message, by Messengers of their own. 

And the Messenger was again called in; and Mr. 
Speaker acquainted him therewith :—And then he 
again withdrew. 





And the Question being put, That leave be given to Attorneys and 
bring in a Bill to repeal the Attorneys and Solicitors’ Solicitors’ Cen. 
Annual Certificate Duty ; cate Duty. 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the (Lord Robert Grosvenor, 

Yeas, Mr. Cowan : f 

Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 

Noes, (The Earl of Mulgrave: 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative: And that 


Lord Robert Grosvenor and Sir Frederic Thesiger 


Kenneth Macaulay, Esquire, and John Harvey As- | do prepare, and bring it in. 


tell, Esquire, were returned as duly elected; that, 


a Petition of Electors, complaining of the said Re- 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Oaths, 


turn, having been procured by bribery and corrupt | posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to in- 
practices, was duly presented to the House, and a quire into the subject of Oaths, and the operation of 
Select Committee of the House was thereupon ap- the Act 1 &amp; 2 Will. 4, c. 4, and the Act 5 &amp; 6 Will. 4, 
pointed to try the merits of the said Petition; that c. 62, for the substitution of Declarations in lieu of 
the inquiry by the said Select Committee was, on Oaths in the Customs, Excise, Public Offices, and 
the third day of its sitting, terminated by the said Corporations named in the said Acts, and the ad- 
Kenneth Macaulay and John Harvey Astell declining | vantage of extending the principle of those Acts to 
further to defend their seats, whereupon the said the Courts of Law; and further to inquire into the 
Committee resolved that the said Election was a Oaths now taken by Members of Parliament at the 
void Election, that the said Kenneth Macaulay and Table of the House, with the view of substituting 
John Harvey Astell were, by their agents, guilty of one uniform Declaration for Members of all Religious 
bribery at the said Election, and that there is reason Persuasions, and to report thereon from time to time : 
to believe that corrupt practices extensively prevailed —And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
at the said Election; that such Resolutions were withdrawn. 


duly reported to the House ; that the Petitioners are 
satistied that corrupt practices did extensively pre- 


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


vail at the said Election; and the Petitioners sub- for the better Prevention and Punishment of aggra- — 
mit to the House that a more complete and thorough | vated Assaults upon Women and Children, and for 
investigation into the manner in which the said Elec- | preventing Delay and Expense in the administration 

tion was conducted is imperatively required ; and the | of certain parts of the Criminal Law: And that Mr. 
Petitioners are satisfied that practices of this cha- , it=roy and Viscount Palmerston do prepare, and 

racter are, by demoralizing the lower orders of | bring it in. 


society, calculated greatly to increase the mass of 
patperism ; and praying the House to take such 
steps as to the House may seem fit, with a view to 
the issuing of a commission of inquiry into the 
existence of corrupt practices at the said Election, 
or that the House will adopt such other measures 
with respect to such corrupt practices as the House 
may deem expedient. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Sandhurst 
College, which was presented upon the 9th day of 
this instant March, be printed. 


Sandhurst 
College. 
No. 220. 


Brewers, &amp;c. 
No. 221. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Brewers, &amp;c., 
which was presented upon the 9th day of this instant 
March, be printed. 


Malt. Ordered, That the Return relative to Malt, which 
Was presented upon the 9th day of this instant March, 


Le printed. 


Attorneys and 
Solicitors’ Cer- 
tificate Duty. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to repeal 
the Attorneys and Solicitors’ Annual Certificate 
Duty—— 


Message from 
the Lords. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior : 

Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords request, that this House will be pleased 
give leave to Sir Thomas Herbert, a Member of 


Indian 
Territories. to 


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A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Indian _ 
That the Select Committee on Jndian Territories do Tertitories. 
consist of Thirty-three Members ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


ae ae &gt; { Mr. French, i 
Tellers for the Y e85)) Mr, Maguire: ji 20. 
a oe ,... {Mr. Hayter, - 
Tellers for the Noes, ‘The Earl of Mulgrave :f 95. 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Public Health 
Return of all Cases in which either of the Superin- Act 
tending Inspectors of the General Board of Health 
have been employed as the Engineers in carrying 
out the Works which have been executed under the 
Authority of the Public Health Act, 1848. 


The House was moved, That the fourth of the Chatham 
Resolutions, which upon the 7th day of this instant Election. 
March were reported from the Select Committee ap- 
pointed to try and determine the matter of the Peti- 
tion, complaining of an undue Election and Return 
for the Borough of Chatham, might be read; and 
the same was read, as followeth : 

“ That it is the opinion of this Committee, that 
there are strong grounds for believing that Stephen 
Mount, in giving his evidence before the Committee, 
has been guilty of wilful and corrupt perjury.” 
Ordered, 








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Comm 


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Select 


Committees. 


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eT. 


Admiralty 


Court. 


Absconding 
Debtors. 
(Ireland. ) 


Assurance 
Associations. 


Sheriff Court 
(Scotland) 


Bill. 


County Elec. 
tions Polls 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Consolidated 
Fund Bill. 


Cathedral 
pypointments 
ul, 





16 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That Mr. Attorney General be directed 
to prosecute Stephen Mount for wilful and corrupt 

rjury, in giving his evidence before the Chatham | 
Election Committee. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 
Returns of the Number of Select Committees on | 
Public Business during each Session of the last Par- | 
liament, specifying the subject-matter of each Com- | 
mittee, the Dates of its first Appointment and last | 
Sitting, together with the Number of its Sittings ; | 
also, the Number of Days on which it may have | 
been adjourned in consequence of a Quorum of Mem- | 
bers not having attended :—Of the Names of the) 
Members of the above Committees, showing the’ 
Number of Committees on which each Member 
served during each Session :—Similar Return of the 
Number, Duration, &amp;c. of Committees on Private 
Business, and of the Members serving :— And, simi- | 
lar Return for Election Committees. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Actions or Suits in the 
High Court of Admiralty of England for each of 
the Six years preceding the passing the Act 3 &amp; 4 Vie. | 
c. 65, “to improve the Practice and extend the Juris- | 
diction of the High Court of Admiralty in England,” 
and for each of the Six years preceding Christmas 
1852 inclusive, specifying the nature of each Action 
or Suit, and whether Personal or against the Ship, 
distinguishing Foreign from British Ships; and in 
cases of Damage, whether single or cross Actions ; 
and in cases of Possession or Bottomry Bonds, whe- 
ther involving Claims in Equity; and in cases of 
Wages, whether involving Claims of Masters and 
Seamen against Bankrupt Owners of Ships. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
facilitate the more speedy Arrest of Absconding 
Debtors in Jreland: And that Mr. Napier, Mr. | 
Davison and Mr. Cairns do prepare, and bring it in. | 

The Select Committee on Assurance Associations | 
was nominated of Mr. Wilson, Mr. Cardwe/l, Mr. | 
Henley, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Glyn, Mr. Sotheron, | 
Mr. Matthew Forster, Mr. Danby Seymour, Mr. 
Thomas Chambers, Mr. Mullings, Mr. Freshfield, 
Mr. Geach, Mr. John Abel Smith, Mr. Cowan and 
Mr. John Ball; with Power to send for persons, 
papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday the 18th day of this instant March. 


The County Elections Polls (Scotland) Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Wed- 
nesday the 13th day of April next. 


The Consolidated Fund Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


The Cathedral Appointments Bill was, according 
to Order, read the third time. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill (And 
whereas by the Laws now in force any two or more 
Benefices, or one or more Benefice or Benefices, 
and one or more Spiritual Sinecure Rectory or Rec- 
tories, Vicarage or Vicarages, in the same Parish, or 
contiguous to each other, and of which the aggregate 
population does not exceed one thousand five hun- 
dred persons, may be united by Order of Her Ma- 
jesty in Council, after such inquiry and notice, and 
with such consent and upon such certificate as is 
provided for in an Act passed in the first and second 
years of the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled, 
“An Act to abridge the holding of Benefices in 
VoL. 108. 


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397 


plurality, and to make better provision for the Resi- 
dence of the Clergy,” without any reference to the 
yearly value of the said Benefices, and it is desirable 


|to alter and amend the said Law: Be it therefore 


enacted, That after the passing of this Act the said 
provision of the said Act (except in the case of an 
Benefices situate in any city or town where it shall 
appear desirable to the Bishop of the diocese to pull 
down and remove one or more Churches) shall only 
extend and be applicable to and for the union of the 
two Benefices, or one Benefice and one Spiritual 
Sinecure Rectory or Vicarage, the aggregate yearly 
value of which does not exceed P 
and the Church (or if there are more than two, then 
the Churches which are the furthest from each 
other) shall be within one mile and a half of one 
another by the nearest road, and the annuai value of 
one of the said Benefices or Spiritual Sinecure Rec- 
tory or Vicarage shall not exceed ‘ 
or the population of one of them shall not exceed 
one hundred persons according to the last Census 
taken by the authority of any Act of Parliament : 
Provided always, That nothing herein contained 
shall be construed to alter the provisions of the 
twenty-sixth section of the said recited Act for 
annexing isolated places to the contiguous Parishes, 
or making them separate Benefices) :—And the said 
Clause was brought up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the | Mr. Frewen 7 93 
Yeas, Mr. Turner: 2 
Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 1 65 
Noes, {the Earl of Mulgrave: jf ~* 


So it passed in the Negative. 

Resolved, ‘Vhat the Bill do pass. 

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


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Indemnity 
into consideration the Indemnity Bill, as amended Bill. 


in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. : 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Metropolitan 


further Proceeding on the Question proposed upon 
the 9th day of this instant March, That Mr. Speaker 


do now leave the Chair [for Committee on the Me- jidated Fund) 
tropolitan Improvements (Repayment out of Conso- Bill. 


lidated Fund)] Bill; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said further Proceeding. 

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

The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson Patten 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented a Bill for the better Pre Aggravated 
vention and Punishment of aggravated Assaults Assaults Bill. 
upon Women and Children, and for preventing Delay No. 223. 


and Expense in the administration of certain parts 
of the Criminal Law: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Fisheries (Jreland) Bill be Fisheries 
read a second time upon Wednesday the 13th day (Ireland) Bill. 


of April next. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


TT4 





Public 
Petitions 


(Vide Twenty- 
eighth Report.) 


Jewish 
Disabilities 
Bill. 


Sunderland 
Gas Bill. 


Dudley Gas 
Bill. 


Blackburn 
Gas Bill. 


Whittle Dean 


( Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne) 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Comunittees. 


Railway and 
Canal Bills, 


Glasgow and 


South Western 


Railway Bill 


Glasgow and 


South Western 


Railway 
(No. 2.) 





11° Marti. A. 1853. 


‘ . - | A Petition of the Victoria (London) Docks Com- Victoria 
Veneris, 11° die Marti ; _pany, praying that provision may be made in the 41) Docks 
Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1853. | ictora (London) Docks Bill to repeal the Victoria _ 
(London) Dock Act, 1850, and to re-enact its pro- 
PRAYERS. | visions in the said Bill, was presented, and read ; 
M R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Pri- 
4 mittee on Public Petitions; That they had | vate Bills. 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 8th and | 
9th days of this instant March; and had directed; Mr. Miles, from the Select Committee appointed wigton 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. to try and determine the matter of the Petition of Election. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | James Caird, Esquire, complaining of an undue 

and be printed. Election and Return for the District of Wigton 
_.. | Burghs, informed the House, That the Committee 

The House being informed, That the Sheriffs of | had determined, 
the City of London attended at the door, they were, That Sir John M‘ Taggart, Baronet, is duly elected 
called in; and at the Bar presented,—A Petition of | 2 Commissioner to serve in this present Parliament 
the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the | for the District of Wigton Burghs. 

City of London, in Common Council assembled:—j| And the said Determination was ordered to be 
And then they withdrew. | entered in the Journals of this House. 

And the said Petition, praying the House to pass | 
the Bill for the Relief of Her Majesty’s Subjects | 
professing the Jewish Religion, was read; and or- | 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


The Names of the five Members appointed to try New Windsor 
and determine the matter of the Petition, complain- Election, 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the Bo- 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported the Sunderland Gas rough of New Windsor, were called over; and 
Bill, with Amendments. being come to the Table, they were sworn by the 


2? ¢ . , Clerk. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Graton, ‘Ves: tee Belliien edetive to ts wid 

Mr. Wilson Patten reported the Dudley Gas Bill, | Election be referred to the Committee. 
with Amendments. | Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. | morrow, at Twelve o'clock, in one of the Committee 

' Rooms of the House. 

Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee | 
on the Blackburn Gas Bill; That they had examined | The Imperial Continental Gas Bill was read a se- Imperial 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, cond time; and committed. Continental 
and amended the same, by inserting in the third | Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Ges Bil 
paragraph the words “ out of the profits of the Com- | mittee of Selection. 
pany,’ in order to show more clearly out of what 
funds the Company had constructed some of the Ordered, That the London and Westminster London and 
Works ; and found the same, as amended, to be true ; | Thames Railway Bill be read a second time upon Westminster 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- | Monday next. Fo men Bill. 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. The Saint George's Harbour Bill was read a se- Saint George's 
cond time ; and committed. Harbour Bib. 

Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
on the Whittle Dean‘ Newcastle-upon- Tyne) Water- | mittee of Selection. 
works Bill; That they had examined the allegations 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and made one | Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Lisburn 
verbal Amendment therein, to correct an inaccuracy ; | received Notice, that it is not intended to proceed Election. 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; and | with the Petition complaining of an undue Election 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments | and Return for the Borough of Zisburn :—And the 
thereunto. sume was read, as followeth : 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





4, New Palace-yard, Westminster, 
Sir, 11th March 1853. 

As Agent for Henry John Garrett and David 
| Beatty, in the matter of their Petition delivered in 
on the 28th day of December last, complaining of an 
a os : . {undue Election and Return for the Borough of Lis- 
Ordered, That so much of Standing Order, N % | burn, Uhereby bee to inform you that it . not in- 
160, as requires that there shall be no more than Ten | tanded to proceed with the said Petition. 
days between the first and second reading of any | 
Private Bill, be suspended, as to all Railway and | 
Canal Bills; but that no such Bill be read a second | 
time later than Monday the 11th day of April next, 


except by special Order of the House. | To the Right honourable the Speaker 
7 of the Honse of Commons, 


Ordered, That all Committees on unopposed Pri- 
vate Bills have leave to sit this day till Five of the 
clock, during the sitting of the House. 





I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your very obedient servant, 


William Bryden. 


The Order for reading a second time the Glasgow — The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
and South Western Railway Bill, was read, and , General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- 
discharged. charged. 

Ordered, Vhat the Bill be withdrawn. | 
| Mr. Sotheron reported from the Select Committee Standing 

The House was moved, That the Petition for | on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; which were Orders. 
leave to bring in the Glasgow and South Western | read, as follow : 

Railway Bill, might be read; and the same being | 1. Ltesolved, That in the case of the Zondon and London and 
read ; South Western Railway (Basingstoke and Salisbury ora were 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill Branch) Petition for leave to deposit a Petition for (Basimeotoke 
to enable the Glasgow and South Western Railway ja Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed and Salisbury 
Company to make certain Railways in the County | with; that the Parties be permitted to deposit their Branch.) 
of Ayr, and for other purposes: And that Mr. | Petition accordingly. 

Alexander Hastie and Mr. Bouverie do prepare,| 2. Resolved, That in the case of the Leeds Gas Leeds Gas 
and bring it in. (No. 2) Petition for leave to deposit a Petition for a (N% 2) 


Bill, 








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16 Vicroriz. 
Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; | 


that the Parties be permitted to deposit their Petition 
accordingly. 
Whitechapel 3. Resolved, That in the case of the Whitechapel 
Improvement Tmprovement Petition of Hugh Parneiland T. B. 7. 
=. Willaume, for dispensing with Standing Orders 105 
, pensing with Standing | 
and 166, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 
with; that the Parties be permitted to be heard upon 
their Petition against the Bill, notwithstanding the 
same shall have been deposited later than seven clear 
days after the second reading of the Bill. 

4, Resolved, That in the case of the Sunderland 
Dock Petition for additional Provision, the Standing 
Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 

5. Resolved, That in the case of the Great Northern 
Railway (No. 1) Petition for additional Provision, 
the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; 
that the Parties be permitted to introduce their ad- } 
ditional Provision, if the Committee on the Bill shall 
think fit, provided that the further progress of the 
Bill be suspended until the time that shall be fixed by 
the House for proceeding with Amalgamation Bills. 

6. Resolved, That in the case of the Chatham and 

fanterbury Local Railway Petition, the Standing 
Orders ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties 
be permitted to proceed with their Bill, provided the | 
same be presented not later than three clear days | 
after the presentation of this Report ; and that they | 
prove before the Committee on the Bill, that amended | 
Sections have been deposited. 

7. Resolved, That in the case of the Ludlow Cattle 
Market and Slaughter-houses Petition, the Standing 
Orders ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties | 
be permitted to proceed with their Bill, provided the | 
same be presented not later than three clear days | 
after the presentation of this Report ; and that they 
prove before the Committee on the Bill, that the Lists 
of Owners, Lessecs and Occupiers have been de- | 
posited in the Private Bill Office. 

8. Resolved, That in the case of the Llynvi Valley | 
Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought to | 
be dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to 
proceed with their Bill, provided the same be pre- 
sented not later than three clear days after the. 
presentation of this Report; and that the Powers 
for making a Railway commencing at or near to a 
place called Garnlwyd, twelve chains or thereabouts 
west of the Railway, leading from the main line of 
the Railway to the Maesteg Iron-works, and termi- 
nating eight chains or thereabouts west of the said 
Railway to the said Iron-works, be omitted from the 
Bill; and that the Parties prove before the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, that amended Plans, Books of 
Reference, and Lists of Owners, Lessees and Occu- 
piers have been deposited. 

That the Committees on this and the two preceding 
Bills do report to the House how far such Orders 
respectively have been complied with, on the Report 
of the Bill. 

9. Resolved, That in the case of the Bermondsey 
Regulation Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be 
dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to 
proceed with their Bill, provided the same be pre- 
sented not later than three clear days after the pre- 
sentation of this Report. 

Westminster 10. Resolved, That in the case of the Westminster 

Improvements Improvements (Dwellings of the Working Classes) 

es Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 

Classes.) - With; that the Parties be permitted to proceed with 
their Bill, provided the same be presented not later 
than three clear days after the presentation of this 
Report. 

The first, second, third, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, 
ninth and tenth Resolutions, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sunderland 
Dock Bill. 


Great North- 
ern Railway 
(No. 1.) Bill. 


Chatham and 
Canterbury 
Local Railway. 





Ludlow Cattle- 
Market and 
Slaughter- 
houses. 





Llynvi Vailey 
Railway. 


Bermondsey 
Regulation. 


Ludlow Cattle The House was moved, That the Report from the 
mer and Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of 
houses, ~=—s the. Petition for the Ludlow Cattle Market and 


11° Marti. 


329 


Slaughter-houses Bill, might be read ; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for constructing a Market for the Sale of Cattle and 
other Animals im the Borough of Zudlow, in the 
County of Sa/op: And that Viscount Newport and 
Mr. Clive do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Select Com- cjitheroe 
mittee on the Clitheroe Election Petition, together Election. 
with the Minutes of Proceedings and Minutes of the No. 224, 
Evidence, be printed. 


Lord Robert Grosvenor presented a Bill to repeal Attorneys 
the Attorneys and Solicitors’ Annual Certificate Duty : #"4 Solicitors 

j ; Certificate 

And the same was read the first time ; and ordered puty Bill. 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 13th Ny, 995, 


day of April next ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Bounty to 
Return of the Average Amount of Levy Money or Recruits. 
Bounty paid or allowed to each Recruit at or after his 
Enlistment into the Cavalry, Infantry and Artillery 
Corps respectively ; and also, the Average Expense 
of each such Recruit, under the heads of Travelling, 
Marching Money, Cost of Conveyance, and other 
Expenses ; and showing the Total Cost of each such 
Recruit under every species of Charge. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Drunkenness, 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased &amp;c. 
» give directions, that there be laid before this 

House, a Return of the Number of Persons, dis- 
tinguishing Males and Females, taken into Custody 
for Drunkenness and for Disorderly Conduct by the 
Police Force in each City and Town ; stating, if any, 
the alteration that was made in the Bounds of the 
City or Town, in the United Kingdom, having a 
Population of 10,000 Souls and upwards, according 
to the Census of 1851, in each year from 1841 to 
1851, both inclusive (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 136, of Session 1853). 

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


Resolved, 'Yhat an humble Address be presented Water Rates. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return showing the Amount of Water Rates 
authorized to be charged for Domestic Service in the 
under-mentioned Towns; also, stating whether the 
Supply is furnished by a Municipal Body or by a 
Water Company; whether the Service be on the in- 
termittent or on the constant system; the Number of 
Houses supplied, the Date of the Act by which the - 
Rates are fixed, and the mean quantity of Water per 
House supplied daily for domestic use :—Bath, Bir- 
mingham, Bolton, Bury, Coventry, Hull, Liverpool, 
Salford, Sheffield, Nottingham, Manchester, Edin- 
burgh and Glasgow. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Water Rates. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return showing the Rates authorized to be 
charged by the under-mentioned Water Companies 
under their last Acts for Domestic Service; also, 
stating whether the Acts provide that the Service 
shall be constant or intermittent, the Number of 
Houses supplied, and the mean quantity of Water 
per House supplied daily for domestic use :—New 
River, East Loudon, Chelsea, Grand Junction, West 
Middlesex, Kent, Southwark, and Vauxhall and 
Lambeth. 

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





Vou, 108, 


UU Resulvec, 















Comuittals, 
&amp;e. 


Barbadoes, &amp;c. 


Offices in the 
Colonies. 


Southampton 
Election. 


Bridgnorth 
Election. 


Adjournment. 


Ionian Islands, 
No. 226. 


330 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Tabular Returns of the Number of Commit- 
tals for Crime in Ireland, during each of the years 
from 1841 to 1852 inclusive :—Of the Number of 
Committals in England and Wales, for each year of 
the same Period :—And, in each case, of the Num- 
ber of accused Persons unable to read or write, and 
their Centesimal Proportion to the whole. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of any Despatch from 
the Governor of Barbadoes, respecting the admission 
of Her Majesty's Ship “ Dauntless” to free pratique in 
that Island :—And, Copy of a Letter from Dr. Gavin 


to the Under Secretary for the Colonies, dated Nas- | 


sau, January 1853, stating certain facts in connexion 
with Yellow Fever on board the Steam Packet ‘* Esk”’ 
while at Nassau. 

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


Mr. Peel presented, pursuant to the directions of 
an Act of Parliament,—A Return of all Persons 


holding Offices in the Colonies, who have been ap-| Private Bills have leave to sit To-morrow, notwith- (Group B.) 


pointed thereto subsequent to the passing of an 
Act of Parliament of the 54th year of his late Ma- 


11° Martiz. 





A. 1853. 


And, of the Protest by the Members of the Legislative 
Assembly respecting the Prorogation of the newly- 
elected Assembly at its first Meeting (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 567, of Session 1852). 

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


&gt; 


Nunneries ;—Universities (Scotland) ;— Attorne 
Certificates ;~ County Rates and Expenditure Bill; 
—Mines ;~—Paper, Newspaper Stamps and Adver- 
_tisements ;—Property and Income ‘|! ax ;—Repay- 
ment of Advances (Jreland); -—'‘Terminable An- 
nuities;— Armaments (England aud France);— 
Billeting of Soldiers (Scotland);—Chnstmas Gifts 
to Postmen ;—County Courts ;-—Factories ;— Ocean 
Penny Postage ;— Poor Law; — Sheriff Courts 
(Scotland) Bill; — Spirits; —and, Tenant Right 
(Jreland) Bill, and Tenants’ Compensation (Jreland) 
3ill,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to the Bristol and Exeter and 
Great Western Railway Companies, was also _pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Railway and Canal Bills. 

Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers,—were 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 


| 


| 








Ordered, That the Committee on Group B. of 


| standing the adjournment of the House. 


Petitions relating to Parliamentary | Oaths ;— Public 
University of London ;—Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ; Petitions. 
—Jewish Disabilities ;— Maynooth College Act ;— Vide Twenty. 
yS ninth Report, 













— = oD 








om Tt am 7 

















Private Bills 





jesty King George the Third, c. 61, and who are! The Order of the day being read, for the second Jewish | 
not at present in the execution of the Duties of reading of the Jewish Disabilities Bill ; Disabilities : 
ea Bill. 


their respective Offices, so far as regards the Depart- 
ment of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for the 
Colonies. 

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


A Petition of Robert Edmund Bower, a Prisoner 


in the custody of the House, for refusing to take an | 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
| time ; 
| The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,’ and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ now” 





Oath before the Select Committee appointed to try | 
the validity of the Southampton Election, and also | 
for refusing to take the legal Affirmation, was pre- 

sented, and read; setting forth, That for the last | 
seven or eight years, he has been under the conviction | 


stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 


that Oaths are forbidden in the New Testament, and | Pelle rs for the f Mr. Hayter, lo63. 
. : : wali ‘ Yeas, Mr. Grenville Berkeley: § 
the legal Affirmation requires him to belong to one of | Tellers for thef Mr. Mackenzie ‘ 

three Sects, to neither of which he has connected | — ee ee ee 212. 
Noes, (Colonel Taylor : J 


himself; and praying the House either to let him 
make an Affirmation before the said Committee, 
which shall be binding on his conscience, or to set 
him at liberty from his present Confinement. 
Ordered, That Robert Edmund Bower be dis- 
charged out of the custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms 


| 

| So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

| Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time : 
'—The Bill was accordingly read a second time; and 
/committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 


| Monday next. 


attending this House, without payment of his fees; | The House, according to Order, resolved itself Consolidated 
and that Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant accord- | into a Committee on the Consolidated Fund Bill; Fu4 Bill. 


ingly. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Electors of Bridg- 


north, which was presented upon the 10th day of | 
this instant March, praying for inquiry into the state | 


of the Constituency of that Borough, be printed. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of the 


and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson Patten reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
3 








; nex 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Metropolitan 


House this day, adjourn till Monday next. take into consideration the Metropolitan Improve- yen 
. . ° aymen 

. ments (Repayment out of Consolidated Fund) Bill, pany aoe 

Mr. Peel presented,— Return to an Address to Her | ag amended in the Committee. lidated Fund) 


Majesty, dated the 2d day of December last, for 
Copies of the Correspondence between Sir John Pa- 
hington, Baronet, Secretary for the Colonies, and Sir 





Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon Bil 


| Monday next. 


Henry Ward, Lord High Commissioner of the lonian | The House, according to Order, proceeded to Land Im- 
Islands, since February 1852, when Sir John Paking- take into consideration the Land Improvement (Jre- provement 


ton assumed Office, including the Correspondence 
with the Banished Members of the Legislative As- 
sembly of the Jonian Islands respecting the Terms 


proposed to them for their Liberation from Exile :— Monday next. 


land) Bill, as amended in the Committee; and an 
Amendment was made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 


The 





(Ireland) Bill 








Clergy 
Reserves 
(Canada) Bill. 


Oaths in 
_ Chancery Bill. 


That the Committee had made Progress in the Bill ; 


Indemnity 
Bill. 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Combination 
of Workmen. 


Nolyhead and 
Kingstown 
Mails, 


Tavistock 
Election. 


No, 227. 


Chatham and 
Canterbury 
Local Railway. 


Sheriff Courts 
(Scotland ) 
(No, 2) Bill. 


No, 228, 


Indian 
Territories, 





16 Vicroriz. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Clergy Reserves (Canada) Bill; 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Oaths in Chancery Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson Patten reported, 


and that he was directed to move, That the Com- 
mittee may have leave to sit again. 

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


The Indemnity Bill was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

Resolved, ‘That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fitzroy do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

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


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


Sabbati, 12° die Martii, 1853: 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend and explain an Act passed in the sixth 
~ of George the Fourth, to repeal the Laws re- 
ating to the Combination of Workmen, and to make 
other Provisions in lieu thereof: And that Mr. 
Drummond and Mr. Thomas Duncombe do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Names of the Vessels belonging to the 
City of Dublin Steam Packet Company conveying 
the Mails from Holyhead to Kingstown, the Date of 
each Vessel’s sailing from Holyhead to Kingstown 
and Kingstown to Holyhead, and the Name of the 
Officer in Charge, from the 1st day of March 1852 
to the 1st day of March 1853. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Select Com- 
mittee on the Tavistock Election Petition, together 
with the Minutes of Proceedings and Minutes of the 
Evidence, be printed. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of 
the Petition for the Chatham and Canterbury Local 
Railway Bill, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway from Chatham to join the 
South Eastern Railway at Childam, with a Branch 
therefrom to Faversham Creek, to be called “ The 
Chatham and Canterbury Local Railway:” And 
that Mr. Brotherton, Colonel Freestun and Colonel 
Harcourt do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Craufurd presented a Bill for the more speedy | 
and effectual Administration of Justice in the Sheriff 
Courts in Scotland: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 6th day of April next; and to be| 
printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


11°—12°—14° Martiz. 





33 | 


this House will give leave to Sir Thomas Herbert, a 
Member of this House, to attend their Lordshi 
be sworn, in order to his being examined as a 
ness before the Select Committee appointed by their 


= to 
rit- 


Lordships in the present Session of Parliament, to 


inquire into the operation of the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, 
c. 85, for the better government of Her Majesty's 
Indian Territories. 


And Sir Thomas Herbert, being present in his 
place, declared that he was willing, with leave of the 
House, to go to the House of Lords, as desired by 
their Lordships. 

Resolved, That Sir Thomas Herbert have leave to 
go to the House of Lords, as desired by their Lord- 
ships, if he think fit. . 

Ordered, ‘Vhat a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to acquaint them that this House hath given leave 
to Sir Thomas Herbert to go to the House of 
Lords, as desired by their Lordships, if he think 
fit: And that Mr. Wilson Patten do carry the said 


| Message. 


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


Lune, 14° die Marti ; 
Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
A mittee on Public Petitions; That they had oe 
° Hes wenty- 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 10th and ninth Report.) 
11th days of this instant March, and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee Edinburgh 
on the Edinburgh Waterworks Bill ; that the Parties Waterworks 
promoting the same had appeared before them, and ou 
stated that it was not their intention to proceed with 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee Ormskirk Gas 
on the Ormskirk Gas Bill; That they had examined Bil. 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and amended the same, by striking out the 
Townships of Scarisbrick and Halsall, as the pro- 
posed lighting of these Towns was abandoned by 
the Promoters of the Bill; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true ; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported the Lowestoft Water, Lowestoft 


Gas and Market Bill, with Amendments. poses be 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. ji) ” 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported the Bangor Water- Bangor 
works Bill, with Amendments. a 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. - 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported the Carmarthen Mar- Carmarthen 
kets Bill, with Amendments. Markets Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Eastern Counties Railway Com- Eastern Coun- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for authorizing Ar- = — 
rangements between the Eastern Counties Railway Railways, &amp;c.) 
Company, and all or any of the Norfolk, the Eastern 
Union, the East Anglian and the Newmarket Rail- 
way Companies, for the Amalgamation of their re- 
spective Undertakings, and for other purposes, and 
of which the short Title is “The Eastern Counties 





the Message from the Lords, of the 10th day of this 
instant March, wherein their Lordships request that 
VoL, 108, 





and the Norfolk, the Eastern Union, the East Anglian 
and the Newmarket Railways Act, 1853,” was pre- 
uuU2 sented, 











oo 











332 14° Marti. 


sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Lord A/fred Paget and 
Mr. David Waddington. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of 
the Petition for the Llynvi Valley Railway Bill, might 
be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for amending the Acts relating to the “ Liwmvi Valley 
Railway Company,” and for authorizing the Com- 
pany to make diversions in and improve their Line 
of Railway, and construct a New Branch, and for 
better regulating the Harbour of Porth Cavwl, and 
the Rates leviable thereat, and for amalgamating the 
Undertaking with the “South Wales Railway,” and 
the “ Bridgend Railway,” or either of them, and for 
other purposes: And that Sir Robert Price and Mr. 
Morris do prepare, and bring it in. 


Llynvi Valley 
Railway. 


Price's Patent Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to increase the 
Candle Com- Capital and extend the Powers of Price's Patent 
pany (No. 2) 


Bill Candle Company, and to consolidate the Acts relating | 


to the Company: And the same was read the first 
time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Glasgow and Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 
ee Glasgow and South Western Railway Company to 
(No. 2) Bill. make certain Railways in the County of Ayr, and 
for other purposes: And the same was read the first 
time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Baroda and Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for incorporating 

a “ The Baroda and Central Jndia Railway Company,” 

Company Bill. and for other purposes connected therewith : And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Ludlow Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for constructing a 


Cattle Market Market for the Sale of Cattle and other Animals in 


and Slaughter- 


houses Bill, the Borough of Ludlow, m the County of Salop: 


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


Chatham and 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a 
Canterbury 


Railway from Chatham to join the South kastern 
Bill. Railway at Chilham, with a Branch therefrom to 
Faversham Creek, to be called “The Chatham and 
Canterbury Local Railway :” And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Ballymena, 
Ballymoney, 
Coleraine and 
Portrush 
Junction Rail- 
way Bill. 


The Order for reading a second time the Bally- 
mena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction 
Railway Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ballymena, The House was moved, That the Petition for leave 

Ballymoney, to bring in the Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine 

Coleraine and &gt; EK... ee Bil coal 

Tastee and Portrush Junction Railway Bill, might be read ; 

Junction Rail- and the same being read ; 

way (No. 2.) Ordered, ‘That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway from Ballymena to Portrush : 
And that Mr. Macartney, Captain Pakenham and 


Mr. Davison do prepare, and bring it in. 


Private Bills 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group A. of 
(Group A ) 


Private Bills have leave to sit this day till Five of 
the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Crystal Palace ‘The House proceeded to take into consideration 

in Crystal Palace Company Bill, as amended in 
~ the Committee. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 

posed, That the Bill be re-committed, for the purpese 

of inserting the object, nature and terms of the agree- 








A. 1853. 


ment entered into on the 22d day of June 1852, be- 
tween the Crystal Palace and the London and 
Brighton Railway Companies, referred to in the said 
Bill ; and that it be an Instruction to the Committee, 
that they have Power to make Provision accord- 
ingly :—And the said Motion was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 

| Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


| 














The House proceeded to take into consideration Liverpool 
the Liverpool Borough Court Bill, as amended in aaa Court 
| the Committee. - 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration London 
| the London Assurance Bill, as amended in the Com- en 
° 1 


| mittee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Carlisle Canal and Port Carlisle Railway Carlisle Canal 
Bill was read a second time; and committed. and Port 


| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- a 


' mittee of Selection. 


| 
| 
| 


| Ordered, That the East Anglian Railways Bill be Fast Anglian 
read a second time To-morrow. Railways Bill. 


The East Kent Railway Bill was read a second East Kent 
time ; and committed. ~ Railway Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Railway Bill Edinburgh, 


was read a second time ; and committed. —— “ a 
| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- way Bill, - 


| mittee of Selection. 








Ordered, That the Isle of Wight Railway Bill be Iste of Wight 


'read a second time To-morrow. Railway Bill, 


| Ordered, That the London and Mid-Western Rail- London ana 


way Bill be read a second time To-morrow. Mid- Western 
a Railway Bill. 


Ordered, That the London (Watford) Spring Water London (Wat- 
. ford) Spring 
Water Com- 
pany Bill. 
Ordered, That the South Eastern Railway ( Read- South Eastern 
|ing Extension, &amp;c.) Bill be read a second time To- (ientine Ex 
| morrow. tension, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


/Company Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 





| The South Shields Improvement Bill was read a South Shields 

| second time; and committed. Improvement 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- _ 

mittee of Selection. 


The West London and Crystal Palace Railway Bill West London 
was read a second time ; and committed. Pty or 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- way Bill. 


mittee of Selection. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second London and 
reading of the London and Westminster Thames Rail- } cen 
way Bill ; way Bill, 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question :—The said pro- 
posed Amendments and Motion were severally, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 4th day of April next. 





The Order of the day being read, for the second South Eastern 
reading of the South Eastern Railway (Canterbury oo ame = 
and Whitstable, &amp;c.) Bill ; Whiterable, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon &amp;c.) Bill 


Monday the 11th day of April pext. 
Mr. 













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Del 
(Ire 


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Bil 


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Absconding 
Debtors 
(Ireland ) Bill. 


No, 229. 


Stockport 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Sunderland 
Dock Bill. 


Australian 


Colonies. 


Clergy 
Reserves 
(Canada.) 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Reigate Union, 


General Board 


of Health, 


Poor Relicf 
(Ireland.) 


No. 230, 





16 Vicroriz. 


Mr. Napier presented a Bill to facilitate the more 
speedy Arrest of Absconding Debtors in Ireland : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday next ; and 
to be printed. 


Viscount Barrington reported the Stockport Im- 
provement Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of the Petition for additional Pro- 
vision in the Sunderland Dock Bill, the Standing 
Orders have been complied with. 


Mr. Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Command,— 
Further Papers relative to the Alterations in the Con- | 
stitutions of the Australian Colonies (in continuation | 
of Papers presented Ist July 1852). 

Mr. Peel also presented,—Further Return to an | 


Address to Her Majesty, dated the 23d day of No- | 


vember last, for Returns, for every year since 1840, 
of the Amount of the Clergy Reserve Fund of 


Canada, formed under the Act 3 &amp; 4 Vie. c. 78, | 
s. 3:—Of the Payments made out of the said Fund | 
to the Church of England, to the Church of Scot- | 


land, and to any other Religious Sect, under the 
Act 3 &amp; 4 Vie. c. 78, 8.4 &amp; 7:—Of the Payments 
made out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom to the Church of England and to the 
Church of Scotland, in Upper Canada, under the 
Act 3 &amp; 4 Vie. c. 78, s. 8:—And, of any other Pay- 
ments made out of the Revenue of the United King- 
dom to Religious Sects in Canada, distinguishing 
each Sect. 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Kerrison have leave of absence 
for a month, on account of the death of a near rela- 
tive; and, Mr. Loftus Bland a fortnight, on account 
of ill health. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of so much of the Correspondence which has 
recently taken place between Mr. J. B. Budgett, 
Medical Officer of the Reigate Union, and the Poor 
Law Board, and the Board of Guardians of that 
Union, as relates to the alleged prevalence of the 
Truck System in the Union. 


14° Marti. 


333 


the Poor Law Valuation; and, showing the Num- 
bers on the Relief Lists at the close of the respec- 
tive Quarters, the Workhouse Accommodation, and 
the Weekly Mortality per Thousand Inmates. 

Sir John Young accordingly presented the said 
Return. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of a Report made to the Secretary 
of State for the Home Department by Captain Hay, 
one of the Commissioners of Metropolitan Police, 
on the Operation of the Common Lodging-house 
Act. 

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





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of all Correspondence between the Board of 


.| Admiralty and Sir Baldwin Walker, relative to the 


' withdrawal from him of the Appoimtments of Master 
| Smiths and other Officers in the Dockyards. 


| Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
|to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
'to give directions, that there be laid before this 
| House, Returns of the Number of Justices in the 
, Commission of the Peace for each County in Eng- 
land and Wales :—Of the Number of such Justices in 
each County who have qualified to act:—And, of 
|the Number in each County of Boards of Guardians 
‘under the Poor Law Amendment Act, or Unions of 
| Parishes under the Act 22 Geo. 3, c. 83, or Boards 
of Guardians of the Poor acting under any Local 
| Act for the Relief of the Poor in any Single Parish 
or United Parishes. 
|__ Ordered, ‘That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
| of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


| Copies of the Admiralty Order of the 27th day of 
| February 1847, on the Subject of Dockyard Pro- 


/motions (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 67, of Session 1852-3):—Of the Admiralty 
'Cireular of the 26th day of September 1849, di- 
recting that all Reports and Correspondence on the 


Subject of Vacancies, Promotions or Changes of 
; , ‘the Officers and Workmen of the Dockyards should 
R —! a — be — _— this a. | be forwarded through the Surveyor’s Department : 
eturns oF the Mebdtor and Ureaitor Account OF all | __Of all Correspondence during the year 1852, be- 
Monies received by the General Board of Health | = Y . 
from any Source, and of the Monies paid by them | the Navy, in reference to the Resignation of his 
since the Creation of the Board in 1848; and, of | Office :— And, in case such Correspondence shell 
se er gg — nero ap « - ype not be in the Office, that the Surveyor should he 
me he Pre 0 of to aaa Mas — wets ble directed to furnish Copies of any Letter or Letters 
ake L 1s | Boa r the So. te E mney a ak then ‘addressed by him to the Secretary or the First Lord 
from Local boards; and the ivet Expenses Of the | of the Admiralty on such Subject. 
Board of Health during each year, apart from the | y ’ 
Expenses of any Service specified as Extraordinary : | Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 


—And, of the Number of Letters and Documents | Copy of the Report of Captain Veitch to the Board 
received, and of the several Descriptions of Business | of Admiralty, on the Subject of Ramsgate Har- 
transacted, and of the Number of Boards held. | bour. : 


| 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House,a| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Return for the Four Provinces in Jre/and, showing | Returns, in a Tabular Form, in addition to the 
the Amount of Ordinary Expenses incurred in the | Information moved for on the 1st day of April 1852, 
Relief of the Poor during the Quarter ended the | of the Average Rate in the Pound of each whole 
31st day of December, in the years 1848, 1849, | Union, calculated on the Annual Value of Rateable 
1850, 1851 and 1852 respectively; distinguishing | Property in 1852:—Of the Amount of the Esti- 


tween the Board of Admiralty and the = urveyor of 


the Cost of In-maintenance, of Out-relief, and the 
Total Amount of other Expenses, including Esta- 
hlishment and Salaries of Officers; showing also, 
ae Amount of Poor Rate collected during the same 
Periods, the Amount remaining in course of Collec- 
tion at the close of the Periods, and the Amount of 
VoL. 108. 








mates of the Annual Value of Real Property in each 
Parish, as assessed to the Property Tax in April 
1815:—Of the Amount of the Estimates of the 
Annual Value of Real Property in each Parish, as 
assessed to the Property Max in April 1852 :—Of 
the Increase or Decrease (in Columns) of Annual 
tu3 Value 





Common 
Lodging-house 
ct. 


Dockyard 
Appointments, 


Justices of the 
Peace, &amp;c. 


Dockyard 
Promotions, 


Ramsgate 
Harbour, 


Poor Law. 



































































ee 

































































Printing. 


| 


Year. 


Title of Report or Paper, Size and 


334. 14° Martzaz. 


Value in each Parish, between April 1815 and April 
1852:—And, of the Average Rate in the Pound of 
the Expenditure of each whole Union for the Re- 
lief of the Poor, in the year ending Lady-day 1852, 
calculated on the Annual Value of the Real Pro- 
perty as assessed to the Property Tax in April 
1852. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Cost of Printing Reports of Commis- 
sioners, and of Papers presented by Command, de- 
livered to the two Houses of Parliament in each 
year, 1846 to 1852 inclusive; showing the Total 
Number of Copies of each Report or Paper printed ; 
the Number delivered to the two Houses of Parlia- 
ment; the Number reserved for Sale; the Number 
of additional Copies of each circulated (distinguishing 
the Expense of Printing such additional Copies) ; 
and the Number remaining in Store (in continuation 
of Returns contained in the Appendix to the Report 
of the Select Committee on Printing, of Session 
1847-48) ; viz. 


Expense 
of Printing the 
Additional 
Copies. 


Cost of 


= Number of Copies. 
Printing. 








Number of Pages. 
Total Number of Copies printed. 
Houses of Parliament. 
Additional Copies for 
Remaining in Store. 


Reserved for Sale to 
Circulation. 


Delivered to the two 
the Public. 


Printing. 
Paper. 
Printing. 
Paper 








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The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 


Exclusion Bill. nesday next, the Judges Exclusion Bill, was read, 


Receipt 
Stamps. 


Private Bills 
(London. ) 


Bankruptcy. 


and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 13th day of April next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Stamps for Receipts, at 
each Rate, issued to the Public by the Office of In- 
land Revenue, and its Distribution throughout the 
United Kingdom (in continuation of a Return made 
on the 5th April 1850) up to the present Period, or 
to the latest Period to which the Accounts have been 
made up; showing the Gross Amount of Revenue 
derived from such Stamps, the Expense of distribu- 
ting the same, and the Amount allowed thereon as 
Discount to Purchasers. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 7th day of this instant March, for a Return of 
the Number of Bills for which Petitions have been 
presented by the Corporation of London, in each year 
since the Ist day of October 1837, setting forth the 
Name and Title of each Bill, and distinguishing the 
Cases in which the Petitions for the Bills were re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders, 
in consequence of non-compliance with those Orders. 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of 
an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Returns of the Official 
Assignees of the Court of Bankruptcy, showing the 
Total Amounts of their Receipts and Payments for 
the year ending the 31st December 1852, upon 
every Estate under their Charge as such Official As- 
signees; and also, the Balances appearing by their 
Books to be then in the Bank of England, standing 
to the credit of the Accountant in Bankruptcy of 





A. 1853. 


every such Estate ; and also the Balances of every 
such Estate then in the hands or under the power or 
control of such Official Assignees; together with 
Returns showing the several Sums allowed to them 
as Official Assignees for Remuneration and for Petty 
Expenses, under every Estate under their Charge, 
during the year 1852. 


Petitions relating to Ballot ;--Parliamentary Oaths; Public 
—University of London ;—Bishops ;—Crystal Palace Petitions. 
(Sydenham) ;—Jewish Disabilities ;—Maynooth Col- Vide Thirticth 
lege Act ;— Universities (Scotland) ;— West India Report.) 


Mails ; — Attorneys’ Certificates ; — Carriages ; — 
Mines ; — Ministers’ Money (Jreland) ; — Paper, 
Newspaper Stamps and Advertisements ;— Repay- 
ment of Advances (Jreland) ;—'Tea ;—Terminable 
Annuities ;— Unstamped Periodicals ;—Factories ;— 
Metropolis Water Supply ;—ZEdward Murray ;— 
Poor Law (Jreland) ;—Prisoners’ Fund (Jreland) ;— 
—Public-houses (Scotland) Bill ; — Registration of 
Births, Deaths and Marriages (Jre/and) ;—Sherifts’ 
Courts (Scotland) ;—Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill; 


-| —Spirits ;—Tenants’ Compensation (Jreland) Bill; 


—and, Tenant Right (Zreland) Bill, —were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to Indian Territories, was also 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Indian Territories. 

Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers,—were 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of the Rye Election. 


Borough of Rye, was presented, and read; setting 
forth, That at the last general Election for a Member to 
serve in Parliament for the Borough of Rye, Wi/liam 
Alexander Mackinnon, Esquire, and Richard Curteis 
Pomfret, Esquire, were Candidates ; that William 
Alexander Mackinnon, “squire, was elected by a ma- 
jority of Thirty-two ; that a Petition was presented to 
the House complaining of the return as corrupt and 
illegal, and that bribery and treating prevailed to a 
large extent at such contested Election ; that the said 
Petition was duly recognizanced and tried before a 
Select Committee of the House; that the Committee 
assembled on Saturday the fifth instant, and, having 
sat a short time, the sitting Member, by his counsel, 
admitted that treating had prevailed, and that he 
declined to defend his seat; that the Committee 
after this continued to examine witnesses, and then 
came to the following Resolutions: “that William 
Alexander Mackinnon was not duly elected to serve 
in Parliament; that the last Election was a void 
Election ; and that Mr. Mackinnon was, by his 
agents, guilty of treating; that on the first day of 
sitting, Mr. Mackinnon announced that, being unable 
to disconnect himself with the treating which, by his 
agents, took place at a dinner of certain Electors of 
Rye on the Second day of July One thousand eight 
hundred and Fifty-two, he was satisfied the Com- 
mittee must come to the decision that the last Elec- 
tion was void on the ground of treating, and there- 
fore he could no longer defend his seat; that there 
had been submitted to the Committee a list of Ten 
Electors of Aye, who are alleged to have received 
bribes at the last Election, and a list of persons who 
are charged with giving the said bribes ; also a list 
of Twenty-nine public-houses and beer-houses at 
which treating is alleged to have taken place be- 
tween the First day of July and First day of August 
One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two; that, 
considering the nature and extent of the above alle- 
gation, the Committee think it their duty to recom- 
mend that a further inquiry and investigation should 
be made regarding the bribery and treating at the 
said Election, in the manner prescribed by the 5 &amp; 6 
Vic. c. 106, s. 7; that the reason alleged by Mr. 
Mackinnon’s counsel for the abandonment of the 
trial of the charges of bribery and treating appeared 
to the Committee to justify such abandonment, and 





therefore 











eth 


English 
Oak Timber 
(Navy. ) 


‘Consolidated 
Fund Bill. 


Metropolitan 
Improvements 
(Repayment 
out of Conso- 
lidated Fund) 
Bill. 


Clergy 
Reserves 
(Canada) Bill. 


Jewish 
Disabilities 
Bill, 


Pilotage Bill. 





10 Vicroriz. 


therefore they have not felt it necessary to examine 
the sitting Member, the Candidate or their agents, 
under the powers of the first section of the said Act ; 
that it is the opinion of this Committee, if it should 
be the pleasure of the House to act upon the 
recommendation of the said Committee, no new 
Writ should be issued for the Borough of Rye until 
the result of such inquiry should be reported to the 
tiouse ;” that the Petitioners believe, and are tho- 
roughly assured, that constant, continuous and grie- 
vous bribery, intimidation and corrupt practices 
have prevailed not only at the last Election but all 
preceding Elections ; that the Petitioners are anxious 
that the _ “seem should investigate such an unconsti- 
tutional and immoral system of Election thus long 
prevalent in the said Borough; that the Petitioners 
believe if a new Writ issues without a full and im- 
partial investigation into the corrupt system afore- 
said, the rights of the Petitioners, and of the honest 
and independent. Electors of the said Borough, will 
be bartered and sacrificed as aforetime ; that the 
Petitioners believe there is a large number of the 


Electors of the said Borough, of all classes and of | 


all opinions of politics, uncontaminated by the said 
corrupt practices, and most anxious that a stop 
should be put to the said corrupt system, which 
otherwise must end in the disfranchisement of the 
Borough ; and praying that the House will take the 
matter of this Petition into its consideration, and 
will afford the Petitioners and the Electors of the 
Borough of /tye such relief as the House shall see 
meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 


Table. 


Mr. Osborne presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 4th day of this instant March, for a Return 
of the Number of Loads of English Oak Timber 
contracted for by the Admiralty in each year from 
the 1st day of January 1840 to the 1st day of Ja- 
nuary 1853; the Price at which each Load was con- 
tracted for; and the Names of the Parties with whom 
the several Contracts were made. 

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


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Consolidated Fund Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow, at half an hour after Four o’clock. 


The Metropolitan Improvements (Repayment out 
of Consolidated I'und) Bill was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

A Clause (Annual Account to be presented to Par- 
liament), was thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 

Resolved, Tuat the Bill do pass. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Clergy Reserves (Canada) Bill; 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


into a Committee on the Jewish Disabilities Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson Patten reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Pilotage Bill ; 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 4th day of April next. 
VoL. 108. 








14° Martie. 335 


The Land Improvement (Jreland) Bill was, ac- Land Im- 
cording to Order, read the third time; and an provement 
Amendment was made to the Bill. (ited) Se 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir John Young do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Oaths in _ 
into a Committee on the Oaths in Chancery Bill ; Chancery Bill. 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson Patten re- 
ees That the Committee had gone through the 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Wednesday 
next. 


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

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, ‘That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- Gniversities 
solve itself into a Committee to consider of regulating (Scotland.) 
the admission of Professors to the Lay Chairs in 
the Universities of Scotland. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Municipal 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Charters. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of all the Towns or Boroughs 
which have petitioned to be incorporated according 
to the Provisions of the Act 5 &amp; 6 Will. 4, c. 76; 
stating the Date of the Petition, whether such Peti- 
tion was opposed or not, the Result, and whether, in 
case of the Charter being granted, the District com- 
prised in such Charter was either larger or smaller 
than the precinct of the petitioning Town or Borough 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 610, 
ot Session 1840). 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Brighton 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased — 
. . e . . larter, 

to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Report made by Wi/liam 
Forsyth, Esquire, to Her Majesty in Council, in or 
about the Month of November last, on the subject 
of a Petition of the Inhabitant Householders of 
the Town of Brighton, praying for a Municipal 
Charter. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Vessels 
Return of the Number of Vessels, distinguishing Wrecked. 
British from Foreign, wrecked or lost on the Coast 
of Jreland during the Five years ending the 5th day 
of January 1855; stating the Names of the Places 
where such Wrecks took place, the Number of Lives 
lost, and the Amount of Tonnage and Value of the 
Cargo of the Ships lost. 


And then the House adjourned till To-mcrrow. 











Bristol Watcr- 
works Bill. 


Evesham 


Bridge Bill. 


Devonport 
Gas Bill. 


Kastern Coun- 
tics Railway 
(North Wool- 
wich, &amp;c.) Bill. 


Runcorn and 
Weston Canal 
Bill. 


Standing 
Orders. 


Banbridge, 
Dublin, Newry 
and Belfast 
Junction 
Railway. 


Wimpole, 
Wrestling- 
worth and 
Potton Road. 


Grand Canal 
Purchase. 


Chorley 
Improvement, 


15° Martie. 


Martis, i5° die Marti; 
Anno 16° Victori Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 
\ R. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee 
I on the Bristol Waterworks Bill; That they 
nad examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same, by in- 


serting in the last paragraph, the words “ and it is | 


also expedient that the Company should be relieved 
from certain restrictions imposed on them by the said 
recited Act, as to securing a due supply of water,” 
which the Committee considered necessary to insert, 
in order to make the Preamble consistent with the 
provisions of the Bill; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true ; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee 


A. 1853. 


'such order has been complied with, on the Report of 
the Bill. 

5. Resolved, That in the case of the Oxford, Wor- Oxford, Wor. 
cester and Wolverhampton Railway (Extension of S°\" — 
Time, &amp;c.) Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be ton Sabet 
dispensed with ; that the Parties be permitted to pro- (Extension of 
ceed with their Bill, provided the same be presented Time; &amp;«.) 
not later than three clear days alter the presentation 
‘of this Report. 

The first, second, fourth and fifth Resolutions, 
being read a second time, were agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





| Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Pri- Leeds Gas 
vate Bills have leave to sit and proceed upon Thursday (No. 2) Bill, 
next on the Petition for leave to bring in the Leeds 


| 


| Gas (No. 2) Bill. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the Wimpole, 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of Wrestling- 


‘the Petition for the Wimpole, Wrestlingworth and ne 


on the Evesham Bridge Bill; That they had examined | Potton Road Bill, might be read; and the same 


the allegations contained in the Preamble of the | being read ; —e ‘ a . 
Bill, and amended the same, by reciting the several | Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


Acts relative to certain roads referred to in the Bill; | t© repeal an Act of the seventh year of the reign of 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; and | King George the Fourth, for making and maintain- 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments |'"&amp; ® Turnpike-road from Wimpole to Wrestling- 


thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee 


on the Devonport Gas Bill; That they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and made some verbal Amendments thereto ; 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported the Eastern Counties 
Railway (North Woolwich, &amp;c.) Bill, with Amend- 
ments. 

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


Mr. Wilson Patten reported the Runcorn and 
Weston Canal Bill, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Mr. Sotheron reported from the Select Committee 
on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; which were 
read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That in the ease of the Banbridge, 
Dublin, Newry and Belfast Junction Railway Peti- 
tion, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 
with ; that the Parties be permitted to proceed with 
their Bill, provided the same be presented not later 
than three clear days after the presentation of this 
Report. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Wimpole, 
Wrestlingworth and Potton Road Petition, the Stand- 
ing Orders ought to be dispensed with; that the 
Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, pro- 
vided the same be presented not later than three clear 
days after the presentation of this Report. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Grand Canal 
Purchase Petition, the Standing Orders ought not to 
be dispensed with. 

4. Resolved, That in the case of the Chorley Im- 
provement Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be 
dispensed with ; that the Parties be permitted to pro- 
ceed with their Bill, provided the same be presented 
not later than three clear days after the presentation 
of this Report; and that all Powers to the Chorley 


|worth and Potton, and to make other Provisions in 
| lieu thereof: And that Mr. Eliot Yorke and Mr. Ed- 
_ward Ball do prepare, and bring it in. 


| A Petition of the Bangor and Caernarvon Rail- Bangor ana 
-way Company, praying that Provision may be made Cacrnarvon 
in the Bangor and Caernarvon Railway Bill for ena- Bway Bill 
| bling the Company to borrow the further sum of Twenty 

‘thousand pounds on mortgage or debenture, and also 

| to convert the whole of their debenture debt, as well 

that already authorized as that proposed to be now 

| authorized, into a perpetual irredeemable preference 

stock, was presented, and read ; and referred to he 
Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the Oxford, Wor- 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of ¢ester and 
the Petition for the Oxford, Worcester and Wolver- ae 
hampton Railway (Extension of Time, &amp;c.) Bill, might (1xtension of 
be read ; and the same being read ; Time, &amp;¢.) 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to extend the Periods limited for completing and for 
purchasing Lands for the Stratford-upon-Avon and 
Kingswinford Branches of the Oxford, Worcester 
and Wolverhampton Railway, and to extend such 
respective Branches ; to construct a Branch Railway 
to Stourbridge, and to authorize the raising of certain 
‘Sums of Money by Preferential Shares, and for 
other purposes: And that Captain Rushout and Mr. 


| Oliveira do prepare, and bring it in. 





Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for authorizing Eastern Coun- 
Arrangements between the Eastern Counties Railway ties — 
Company, and all or any of the Norfolk, the Eastern Railways, Ses) 

| Union, the East Anglian, and the Newmarket Rail- Bil, 
/way Companies, for the Amalgamation of their re- 
spective Undertakings, and for other purposes, and 
of which the short Title is “The Eastern Counties, 
‘and the Norfolk, the Eastern Union, the East 
| Anglian and the Newmarket Railways Act, 1853 :” 
_And the same was read the first time; and ordered 


to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for amending the Lynvi Valley 
Acts relating to the Llynvi Valley Railway Company, Railway Bill 
and for authorizing the Company to make Diversions 
in and improve their Line of Railway, and construct 
a new Branch, and for better regulating the Harbour 
of Porth Caw/, and the Rates leviable thereat, and 


Waterworks Company of selling to the Commis- for amalgamating the Undertaking with the South 
sioners, and to the Commissioners of purchasing the Wales Railway, and the Bridgend Railway, or either 
Undertaking and Works of the said Company, be | of them, and for other purposes: And the same was 
omitted from the Bill : | read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 

That the Committee on the Bill do report how far | time. 
Mr. 




















15° Martii. 


Nottingham Mr. Poulett Scrope reported the Vottingham Gas 
Gas Bill. Bill, with Amendments. 
. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The South Eastern Railway (Reading Extension, South Eastern 
&amp;e.) Bill was, according to Order, read a second Railway 
time; and committed ya my Se 

2 5 tension, &amp;c.) 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bill. 


16 Vicroriz. 


D. Redruth and —§ The House proceeded to take into consideration | _ ; - 
| Chasewater the Redruth and Chasewater Railway Bill, as amen- mittee of Selection. 
of Railway Bill. 


ded in the Committee. 
A Clause (Provisions as to the Rights of the 
Crown), was twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Milford Haven Docks Bill be 
read a second time upon Monday the 11th day of 
April next. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Clergy Re- Clergy 
serves (Canada), which was presented upon the 14th Reserves 


om ; (Canada. ) 
day of this instant March, be printed. No. 231. 


_ Ordered, That the Return relative to English Oak English 
Timber (Navy), which was presented upon the 14th Oak Timber 


day of this instant March, be printed. (Navy-) 
No, 232. 


Milford Haven 
Docks Bill. 


Mr. Buring Wall reported the Great Yarmouth Great 


, : ’ . ; a . Ys I 
Fast Anglian = The East Anglian Railways Bill was, according to Waterworks Bill, with Amendments. Soneneredten 
Railways Bill. Order, read a second time ; and committed. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 331) 


Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. Mr. Baring Wall reported from the Committee Sheffield 


on the Sheffield Waterworks Bill; That they had — 





Isle of Wight 
Railway Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Isle of Wight Railway Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

‘The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by stating 
the Capital which, by the existing Acts, the Com- 
pany are authorized to raise, and also by stating the 
extent to which such Powers have been exercised ; 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Walpole, from the Select Committee appointed Huddersfield 
to try and determine the matter of the Petition of Elect 


Electors, complaining of an undue Election and Re- 


Tellers for the Veos.! Mr. Laing, 1 gg, | turn for the Borough of Huddersfield, and to de- 
| Mr. Lwart : f fend which Return, Joseph Starkey and others were 


j Mr. Vansittart, } = 
*LMr. Spooner : _— 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon this day six months ” be added at the end of 
the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day six months. 


Tellers for the Noes 


admitted Parties, informed the House, That the 
Committee had determined, 

That William Rookes Crompton Stansfield, Es- 
quire, is not duly elected a Burgess to serve in this 
present Parliament for the Borough of Hudders- 


field. 


That the last Election for the said Borough of 
Huddersfield is a void Election. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


Ml: Western FI grag Aes a ger sy ps gi Mr. Walpole further informed the House, That 
Railway Bil, 2° S , ? the Committee had agreed to the following Reso- 
mitted. lutions : 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-| ‘that the said William Rookes Crompton Stans- 
mittee of Selection. field was, by his agents, guilty of bribery and treat- 

Cork Municipal Ordered, That the Committee on the Cork Mu- | Mg at the last Election for the said Borough. ; 
a nicipal Corporation Bill have leave to sit this day | .. That it was proved to the Committee, That Wil- 
till Five of the clock, during the sitting of the liam Radford, = publican, David Dobson, a publi- 
ag can, and Jacob Senior, a publican, were each of them 
bribed, by colourable payments in their Bills for the 
London (Wat- The Order of the day being read, for. the second | last Election, of the discounts taken off from their 
sey ma reading of the Loudon ( Watford) Spring Water Com-| previous Bills for the last Election but one; that 
pany Bill. pany Bill ; Joseph Hallowell was bribed by obtaining for his 


And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


nephew, as the condition for his vote, three 24 gallon 
casks of ale, a portion of which his nephew gave 
away among the Electors on the day of the Election, 
and the remainder of which he sold at a profit. 

That treating throughout the said Borough during 
the last Election was general, systematic and extra- 
vagant in its character; that between 60 and 70 
public-houses at the least were opened by the agents 
of the sitting Member; that refreshments were pro- 
vided apparently without limit, and paid for without 
inquiry ; that the expenses incurred on that account 


Tellers for the Sir Benjamin Hall, 7 alone amounted to upwards of £.1,000 ; that as far 
Y ‘ ) : 73. , . were @ eee’ : ‘ 
eas, | Lord Dudley Stuart : J as these cases were separately examined into, it ap- 
Tellers for the Mr. Halsey, los peared that the only persons who were furnished 
Noes, | Mr. Sheridan: J-°"* | with orders to provide such refreshments were, with 


So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words 

“ upon this day six months ” be added at the end of 
the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

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

Vot. 108. 





one exception, registered Electors. 

That it was not proved to the Committee that 
either the bribery or treating above adverted to were 
committed with the knowledge and consent of the 
said W. R. C. Stansfield. 

That the Committee think it right to qubmit to 
the consideration of the House, that a system of 

x x treating 








a 


a 








nt at a 


Cirencester 
Election. 


Bermondsey 
Regulation. 


Barmah. 


Hydrographi- 
cal Survey. 


Victoria 
(London) 
Docks Bill. 


338 15° Marti. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- Attorneys 
nesday the 13th day of April next, the Attorneys = Solicitors? 
and Solicitors’ Certificate Duty Bill, was read, and — 


treating like that which appears to have prevailed for 
some time in the Borough of Huddersfield must 
have the effect of exercising an influence over the 
mind of voters as corrupting and debasing as direct 
bribery. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Lascelles, from the Select Committee ap- 
pointed to try and determine the matter of the Pe- 
tition of Thomas Slatter and Daniel Sealey, com- 
jlaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
ome of Cirencester, informed the House, That 
the Committee had determined, 

That Ashley George John Ponsonby, commonly 
called the Honourable Ashley George John Pon- 
sonby, was duly elected a Burgess to serve in this 
present Parliament for the Borough of Cirencester. 

And the said Determination was ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of 
the Petition for the Bermondsey Regulation Bill, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the better Regulation of the Parish of Ber- 
mondsey: And that Mr. Cobbold and Mr. Brady do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir Charles Wood presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Further Papers relating to Hostilities 
with Burmah (in continuation of Papers presented 
June 4, 1852). 

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


Mr. Osborne presented,— Return to several Orders, 
dated the 21st day of February last, and the 3d day 
of this instant March, for a Return relative to the 
Hydrographical Survey on the Coast of England, 
stating the several Surveys or Charts that have been 
completed by the Officers engaged in the Survey, 
giving the Dates when such Surveys or Charts 
have been respectively received at the Admiralty, 
and the Dates when any of them have been sub- 
sequently published :—Similar Return for the Coast 
of Ireland :—And, similar Return for the Coast of 
Scotland: And, for Returns of the several 
Surveys made of all Parts of the Coasts and Waters 
of the United Kingdom, which have been lodged in 
the Hydrographic Office of the Admiralty, but which 
have not yet been published; the Extent of each 
Survey, the Date when it was begun, when finished, 
by whom surveyed, and the reason why the same 
has not been engraved and published :—Of the se- 
veral Surveys of the Coasts and Waters of the 





A, 1853, 


discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Address to Coals 
Her Majesty, dated the 14th day of February last, London.) 


for a Return of the Sums annually paid as Duty 
on Coals brought into the City or Port of London, 
since the 31st day of December 1831, distinguishing 
throughout the Reson of the 8d. the 4d. and the 
1d. Duties, with the respective Application thereof ; 
also specifying the Sums charged on the Produce of 
the Coal Duties in force previously to the Act 1 &amp; 2 
Will. 4, c. 76 (Local and Personal), and remaining 
Unpaid on the 81st day of December 1831; the 
Sums subsequently so charged, specifying the Acts 
of Parliament by Authority of which they have been 
raised, and the purposes for which the Money was 
expended ; the several Annual Payments of Interest 
on the said Sums ; the several Annual Payments in 
liquidation of the Principal Sums so raised; the 
Amount of the Principal Sums respectively charged 
on the several Coal Duties, and remaining due at the 
Date of making up the Return; the Amount (if any) 
of any further Sum authorized by Act of Parliament 
to be raised, but not yet raised, upon the Coai Duties. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the gonmon 
14th day of this instant March, for Copy of a Re- Lodging- 
port made to the Secretary of State for the Home house Act. 


Department by Captain Hay, one of the Commis- 
sioners of Metropolitan Police, on the Operation 
of the Common Lodging-house Act. 

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


The Consolidated Fund Bill was, according to Consolidated 


Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
‘Title be, an Act to apply the Sum of Eight Millions 
out of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the 
year One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-three. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Canterbury 


to Her Majesty, as followeth :— 
Most Gracious Sovereign, 

We, Your Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal sub- 
jects, the Commons 
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 
land, in Parliament assembled, beg leave humbly 
to represent to Your Majesty, That a Select Com- 
mittee of the House of Commons, appointed to try 
a Petition complaining of an undue Election and Re- 





United Kingdom, now in progress, stating by whom 
conducted, the Force employed in each, when begun, 
and when it is expected they will be completed ; or | 
if any such Surveys have been discontinued, the 
reason why, and the Date at which they were 
so discontinued :—Of the Money expended in the 
actual Coast Surveys of the United Kingdom for the 
benefit of Navigation, during the last Twenty years, 
compared with the Amount expended upon the Ord- 
nance Survey of the Inland parts of the United 
Kingdom during the same Period:—And, of the 
several portions of the Coasts and Waters of the 
United Kingdom, of which no accurate Survey exists, 
o* of which no Survey has been made during the 
last Fifty years. 

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


| 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of the Petition for additional Pro- 
vision in the Victoria (Zondon) Docks Bill, the 
Standing Orders have been complied with. 





turn for the City of Canterbury, have reported to the 
House, that corrupt practices have extensively pre- 
vailed at the last Election, and at previous Elections, 
for the City of Canterbury. 

We therefore humbly pray Your Majesty, that 
Your Majesty will be graciously pleased to cause in- 
quiry to be made, pursuant to the provisions of the 
Act of Parliament passed in the sixteenth year of 
the reign of Your Majesty, intituled, “ An Act to 
provide for more effectual inquiry into the existence 
of corrupt practices at Elections for Members to serve 
in Parliament,” by the appointment of Frederick 
William Slade, Thomas Chisholm Anstey, and Wil- 
liam Burcham, Esquires, as Commissioners, for the 
purpose of making inquiry into the existence of such 
corrupt practices. 

Resolved, That the said Address be communicated 
to the Lords, at a Conference, and their concurrence 
desired thereto. 

Ordered, That a Conference be desired with the 
Lords upon the subject-matter of an Address to be 
presented to Her Majesty under the provisions of 
the Act of the 15th and 16th of Her present Majesty, 
c. 57: 































































Blackburn 
Writ. 


Blackburn 
Writ. 


16 VicronriZ. 


c.57: And that Mr. Ker Seymer do go to the Lords, 
and desire the said Conference. 


A Petition of Members of the Watch Committee of 
the Borough of Blackburn, in the County of Lancas- 
ter, was presented, and read ; setting forth, That a 
decision of a Committee of the House has declared 
void the Election of one of the Members returned 
to represent that Borough in Parliament; that two 
gentlemen have offered themselves as Candidates for 
the representation of the Borough, and that much 
excitement already prevails, to the annoyance of the 
inhabitants and the great detriment of trade; that, 
in the opinion of the Petitioners, it is very important 
that the existing suspense should be early removed, 
and that the Writ commanding a fresh Election 
should be issued forthwith; and praying that the 
House will be pleased to issue the necessary Writ 
with as little delay as possible. 

A Petition of the there-undersigned Justices of 
the Peace, acting in and for the Borough of Black- 
burn, in the County of Lancaster, was also presented, 
and read ; setting forth, That a decision of a Com- 
mittee of the House has declared void the Election 
of one of the Members returned to represent that 
Borough in Parliament, and that in consequence a 
vacancy now exists in the representation of the Bo- 
rough ; that two Candidates have offered themselves, 
and that much excitement prevails, to the annoyance 
of the inhabitants and to the injury of trade ; that, 
in the opinion of the Petitioners, it is very important 
that the existing suspense should be early removed, 
and that the Writ commanding a fresh Election should 
be issued as soon as possible. 

A Petition of the there-undersigned Magistrates, 
Gentry, Householders and Inhabitants of the Borough 
of Blackburn, in the County of Lancaster, was also pre- 


sented, and read ; setting forth, That a Committee of 


the House having declared that the last Election for 
the Borough of Blackburn, so far as regards William 
Eccles, Esquire, was void, by reason of the said Wil- 
liam Eccles having, by his agents, been guilty of 
bribery and treating at the said Election, one of the 
seats in the House for the said Borough of Black- 
burn has become vacant; that, on the decision of 
the Committee of the House being made known in 
Blackburn, two Candidates, namely, Montague Jo- 
seph Feilden, Esquire, and William Henry Hornby, 
Esquire, immediately presented themselves to the 
Electors for the representation of the said Borough 
of Blackburn in the House, since which time the said 
Borough has been in a continual state of excitement, 
to the great annoyance and discomfort of the re- 
spectable inhabitants of the Borough, and especially 
of the trading part of the population ; and entreating 
the House speedily to put an end to the said elec- 
tioneering excitement by issuing as early as possible 
the Writ for the Election of another Member to serve 
in the present Parliament. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing of a Burgess to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the Borough of Blackburn, in the room of 
William Kccles, Fsquire, whose Election has been 
determined to be void ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into 
“ the bribery that took place at the last Election for 
“ the Borough of Blackburn,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Question : 
—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 

VoL. 108. 


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339 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Blackburn, in the 


room of William Eccles, Esquire, whose Election has 
been determined to be void. 


setting forth, That the Petitioners have felt great dis- 
appointment and regret that they should have been 
partially disfranchised by reason of the House having 
from time to time postponed issuing the Writ for a 
new Election to fill the now vacant seat; that the 
Petitioners have been informed that a Petition has 
been presented to the House, in which it is al- 
leged amongst other things, that gross and syste- 
matic bribery, intimidation and treating, and other 
illegal practices, existed in the Borough at the 
last and previous Elections; that the Petitioners 
beg to say that such Petition was got up in a 
secret and clandestine manner, and that until it 
was presented to the House they were unable to ob- 
tain any information as to its allegations ; that such 
Petition is signed by 73 only out of the 717 Electors 
of the said Borough; that the Petitioners deny that 
gross and systematic bribery, intimidation, treating 
and other illegal practices did exist at the last or any 
previous Elections ; that it is alleged in the said Pe- 
tition that nearly all the public-houses and beer-shops 
in the said Borough were at the last Election open 
houses in the interest of Mr. Henry Whitmore and 
Sir Robert Pigot, or one of them; on the contrary, 
the Petitioners say that no public-house or beer-shop 
was open at the last Election, either in the interest of 
Mr. Henry Whitmore or the said Sir Robert Pigot ; 
that the number of persons who keep public-houses 
and beer-shops, having the right to vote im the Elec- 
tion of Members for the said Borough, amounts to 
77; that out of that number 26 plumpers voted for 
the Honourable /rederich Cadogan, and 16 others 
gave him a single vote; that the said Henry Whit- 


.| more obtained 48 votes from such publicans, and the 


said Sir Robert Pigot only 38 ; that, for further proof 
'of the misstatements contained in such Petition, the 
Petitioners with confidence refer the House to the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select 
Committee appointed to try the validity of the last 
Election; and praying that, as no case has been 
made out for any further inquiry, the House will be 
pleased forthwith to order a Writ to be issued for the 
Election of a new Member to fill the seat now vacant 
for the said Borough. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Bridgnorth 
posed, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to the Writ. 


Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing of a Burgess to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the Borough of Bridgnorth, in the room of 
Sir Robert Pigot, Baronet, whose Election has been 
determined to be void ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ a Select Committee be appointed to consider the 
allegations contained in the Petition from certain 
Electors of Bridgnorth, which was presented upon 
the 10th day of this instant March, complaining 
of corrupt practices at the last and former Elec- 
tions at Bridgnorth,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Question ; 
he House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 


fColonel Forester, | 
Tellers for the Yeas,) Mr. iain: 384. 


s 
(Sir John Shelley, Tak’ 
Tellers for the Noes, i Sir Benjamin Hall: } 50. 
Ordered, 


“ 
“ 
“ec 
“ 


“ 


So it was resolved in the Aflirmative. 
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A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of Bridgnorth 
the Borough of Bridgnorth, was presented, and read ; Wt 


Bankruptcy 
( Ireland.) 


Bankruptcy 
(Ireland. ) 


Bankruptcy 
(ireland. ) 


Select 
Committces, 


Private 
Business, 


540 


15° Martiz. 





A. 1853. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant | Bills adopted by those Commissioners respectively, 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ |and whether the same can with advantage be ex- 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present | tended to other Classes of Private Business :—And 
Parliament for the Borough of Bridgnorth, in the | the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
room of Sir Robert Pigot, Baronet, whose Election | drawn. 


has been determined to be void. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Name of every Commissioner of 
Bankrupt in Jreland appointed under the Statutes 
6 Will. 4, c. 14, and 1 Vic. c. 48, or either of them, 
with the Date of the Appointment, and the Amount 
of Salary :—And, of the Name of every Officer 
(other than a Commissioner) connected with the 
Court of Bankruptcy in Jre/and, and appointed 
under the same Statutes, or either of them, with the 
Date of the Appointment, the Amount of Salary, 
and the Duties of the Office. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Commissions of Bank- 
ruptey in Jrefand issued since the Act 6 Will. 4, c. 14, | 
came into operation, specifying, in a Tabular Form, 
the Total Numbe: issued in each year; the Number 
in each year attributable, by the Residence of the 
Bankrupt, to each County in Jreland; and the 
Number out of each yearly Total in which a final 
Dividend has been made :—Of the Total Amount of 
Assets divided among Creditors in each year, under 
Commissions issued since the Act 6 !ill. 4, ce. 14, 
came into operation :—Of the Number of Commis- 
sions superseded in each year, by reason of a Com- 
position having been accepted under the 151st sec- 
tion of the Act 6 Will. 4, ¢. 14 :—And, of the Num- 
ber of Days in each year on which every Commis- 
sioner appointed since the Act 6 Will. 4, c. 14, 
‘ame into operation, has sat for despatch of Busi- 
ness, the Places where the Sittings have been held, 
and the Hours of the Day during which the Sit- 
tings have been generally continued. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 





Returns of the specific Fees which by any Statute, 
or any Order or Practice of the Court, are required 
or authorized to be paid under each Commission of 


Bankruptcy in Treland:—Of the Total Amount of | 


Fees which have been paid in each year since the 
Act 6 Will. 4, c. 14, came into operation; specify- 
ing what Portion of such Fees has been paid in to 
the “ Bankruptcy and Compensation Fund Account,” 
and showing the Disposition made of Fees which 
were not so paid in:—-Of the Amount to the Credit 
of the “ Bankruptey and Compensation Fund Ac- 
count” at the balancing thereof, in every year since 
1836, with the Total Payments out of the said Fund 
during the year preceding :—And, of the Amount 
now standing to the Credit of the same Fund, with 
the Charges on or Sums payable out of the same, in 
respect to Salaries or otherwise. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to in- 
quire whether the constitution and action of the Se- 
lect Committees of this House might not be improved 
by generally diminishing the number of Members 
composing such Committees, and by making pro- 
vision for their giving more undivided attention to 
subjects submitted to their consideration than they 
ave able to do under the present system :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
d-awn. 


A Motion was made. and the Question was pro- 
posed, That a Select Committee be appoimted to 
examine the Returns made to this House by the In- 
closure Commissioners, and the Commissioners of 
the Board of Health, and to inquire into the operation 
of the Tidal Harbour Commission, and to report 
whether any inconvenience or any benefit has resulted 
from the mode of proceeding in regard to Private 





A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- National 
posed, That Colonel Mure be a Member of the Se- Gallery, 


lect Committee on the National Gallery :—-And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Writs of 


Returns from the Bank of Eugland of the Numbers ! 
of Writs of Distringas lodged during the last Five ° 
years ; the Numbers of these that have been warned 
off; and the Numbers of Injunctions arising on such 
Warnings :—And, of the Number of Accounts of 
Stock ; and how many (or the average, as near as 
can be readily ascertained) are in the Names of two 
or more Holders. 


Jistringas, 


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


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copy of a Despatch, dated the 6th day of 
November 1852, from Sir John Pakington to Sir 
James Brooke. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Re- Municipal 


turns with respect to all Towns in Jreland which were Corporations 


included in Schedules G. H. and I. of the Jrish Mu- “#¢!#"4-) 


nicipal Corporations Act, 3 &amp; 4 Vic.c. 108, and also 
all other ‘Towns not so included, but possessing ‘Town 
Commissioners under the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 82; stating 
the Income and Expenditure of the Town Commis- 
sioners, under the several Heads, pursuant to the 
Act 3 &amp; 4 Vie. c. 108, s, 137, for the year 1852; 
where the Town possesses no Property or Income, 
stating the fact; and, where the Property of the 
former Corporation has been transferred to “ Muni- 
cipal Commissioners,” or to the Board of Guardians, 
under the Act 3 &amp; 4 Vie. c. 108, s. 15, 16, 18 and 19; 
stating the Amount so transferred, and now vested 
in such “ Municipal Commissioners,” or Guardians 
of the Poor :—And, with respect to all Towns under 
the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 82, stating the Number of Town 
Commissioners in each, the Date of the last Election 
of the Town Commissioners, and whether or not a 
Poll was taken at such Election; the Number, De- 
signations and Salaries of all Officers and Servants 
ot the Town Commissioners in each Town ; whether 
or not an extraordinary Rate has ever been levied 
under the Power given by the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 82, 
s.45; and the Number of Persons in each such 
Town occupying Houses valued to the Poor Rate at 
£.5, £.8, and £.20 respectively. 


Mr. Wilson and Mr, Fitzroy do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Order, read a second time ; and committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 6th 
day of April next. 


amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Friday next. 


into a Committee om Universities ( Scotland.) 








(In 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Whichwood 
for disafforesting the Forest of Whichwood: And that Forest. 


The Aggravated Assaults Bill was, according to Aggravated 
Assaults Bill. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Jewish _ 
into consideration the Jewish Disabilities Bill, as — 


The House, according to Order, resolved itseli Universities 
(Scotland. ) 





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Pa 











Public Works 
Loan Com- 
missioners. 


No. 233. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Thirtieth 
Report.) 


Dublin and 
Belfast June- 
tion Railway 
Bill, 


Committees, 


Edinburgh 
Waterworks 
Bill, 


Edinburgh 
Waterworks 
(No, 2.) 





16 VicrortzZ. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
regulate the admission of Professors to the Lay 
Chairs in the Universities of Scotland. 

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Wilson 
Patten reported, That the Committee had come to a 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Wilson Patten accordingly reported a Reso- 
lution; which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
regulate the admission of Professors tothe Lay Chairs 
in the Universities of Scotland :—And he moved the 
House accordingly. 

_ Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill : 
And that Mr. Wilson Patten, the Lord Advocate and 
Lord John Russell do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of the Amounts advanced by the Public 
Works Loan Commissioners, from the institution of 
the Commission in June 1817 to the 31st day of De- 
cember 1852, and of the Repayments made in respect 
thereof, Interest being charged on each side; also, 
of the outstanding Balances, divided into six Classes, 
with a Recapitulation. 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer accordingly pre- 
sented the said Account. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 











Mercurii, 16° die Martii; 
Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 


M®*: Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 14th day 
of this instant March; and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee 
on the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Bill; 
That they had examined the allegations contained in 
the Preamble of the Bill, and had made a verbal 
Amendment therein, in order to make the Preamble 
consistent with the provisions of the Bill; and found 
the same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

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


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit 
this day, during the sitting of the House. 


_ Ordered, That the Edinburgh Waterworks Bill 
be withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for 
leave to bring in the Edinburgh Waterworks Bill, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enable the Edinburgh Water Company to raise a 
further Sum of Money, and for other purposes: And 
that Mr. Cowan and Sir John Hope do prepare, and 
bring it in. 

VoL. 108. 


15°—16° Martiz. 


34k 
The House was moved, That the Report from the Chorley 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of provement. 
the Petition for the Chorley Improvement Bill, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill © 
for the Improvement of the Parish of Chorley, in 
the County of Lancaster: And that Mr. Wilson 
Patten, Mr. Townley Parker and Mr, Towneley do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the Westminster 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of ‘Dodie of 
the Petition for the Westminster Improvements he Working 
(Dwellings of the Working Classes) Bill, might be Classes.) 
read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the Incorporation of the Westminster Association 
for improving the Dwellings of the Working Classes; 

And that Sir De Lacy Evans and Sir John Shelley 
do prepare, and bring it in, 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to repeal an Act Wimpole, 
of the seventh year of the reign of King George the en 
Fourth, for making and maintaining a Turnpike- } oan 
road from Wimpole to Wrestlingworth and Potton, Bill. 
and to make other Provisions in lieu thereof : And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time, 


Mr. Oliveira presented a Bill to extend the Oxford, Wor- 
Periods limited for completing and for purchasing oe eal 
Lands for the Stratford-upon-Avon and Kingswin- ton ar 
ford Branches of the Ozford, Worcester and Wolver- (Extension of 
hampton Railway, and to extend such respective = &amp;e) 
Branches ; to construct a Branch Railway to Stour- ~ 
bridge; and to authorize the raising of certain Sums 
of Money by Preferential Shares, and for other 
purposes: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Macartney presented a Bill for making a Ballymena, 
Railway from Ballymena to Portrush: And the Ballymoney, | 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to he read portrush 
a second time, Junction Rail- 
“way (No. 2) 
Bill. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Teignmouth 

Copies of the Document by which Teignmouth has Po 

been made a supernumerary Port, with Bonding 
Privileges, under the Authority of the Lords Com- 
missioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, and the 

Terms and Particulars of any Arrangement which 

may have been made with their Lordships, or with 

the Commissioners of Customs, on the subject ; and, 

of the Correspondence relating thereto. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Blackburn 
the Blackburn Gas Bill, as amended in the Com- Gas Bill. 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Dudley Gas 
the Dudley Gas Bill, as amended in the Com- Bill. 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Houst proceeded to take into consideration Sunderland 
the Sunderland Gas Bill, as amended in the Com- 4s Bill. 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time, 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Whittle Dean 
the Whittle Dean Waterworks Bill, as amended in — 
the Committee. ‘ 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Staines, Wokingham and Woking Junction Staines, 


Railway Bill was read a second time ; and com- Wokingham 
mitted. , and Woking 





Junction 
xx3+ Ordered, Railway Bill. 


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Combination 
of Workmen 
Bill. 

No, 234. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Thirty- 
first Report. 


Hereford 
County 
Election. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Drummond presented a Bill to amend and 
explain an Act of the sixth ed of George the 
Fourth, “ to repeal the Laws relating to the Combi- 
nation of Workmen, and to make other Provisions in 
lieu thereof :” And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Tues- 
day the 5th day of April next; and to be printed. 


Petitions relating to Parliamentary Oaths ;—Pro- 

rty Qualification;— University of London ;—Clergy 
omen (Canada) Bill ;—Crystal Palace (Syden- 
ham) ;— Maynooth College Act ;—Universities (Scot- 
land); — Attorneys’ Certificates ; — Carriages ; — 
County Rates and Expenditure Bill ;—Paper, News- 
paper Stamps and Advertisements ;—Soap ;—Lar- 
ceny ;—Ocean Penny Postage ;— Payment of Wages 
Bill ;—Public Health Act ;—Public-houses (Scot- 
land) Bill;—Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill ;—and, 
Tenant Right (Jreland) Bill,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers,—were 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 


A Petition of William Trevelyan Kevill Davies, 
of Croft Castle, inthe County of Hereford, Esquire, 
was presented, and read ; setting forth, That at the 
last Election of Members to serve in Parliament for 
the County of Hereford, to wit, on the Sixteenth 
and Seventeenth days of July One thousand eight 
hundred and Fifty-two, the Petitioner was High She- 
riff of the said County; that the Petitioner has been 
informed that a Petition has been presented to the 
House by one Archer Clive and Tomkyns Dew, ju- 
nior, who at the time of the said Election were regis- 
tered Electors for the said County, and that the said 
Petitioners allege in such Petition, among other 
things, that the Election of James King King, Tho- 
mas William Booker, Esquires, and the Honourable 
Charles Spencer Bateman Hanbury, was procured by 
intimidation and undue influence, and complain that 
the said Petitioner should not have returned the said 
James King King and Thomas William Booker and 
Charles Spencer Bateman Hanbury as Members to 
serve in Parliament for the said County; and the 
Petitioner has been further informed that another 
Petition has also been presented by one John Mar- 
tin, Philip Baylis, junior, Robert Edy and William 
Patrick Woodyatt, who at the time of the said Elec- 
tion were registered Electors for the said County, 
and that the last-mentioned Petitioners allege in the 
last-mentioned Petition, among other things, that 
the said Election was procured by intimidation and 
corrupt influence, and that the said Petitioner, being 
then ich Sheriff of the said County, declared the 
majority of votes to have been given to the said 
James King King, Thomas William Booker, and the 
said Charles Spencer Bateman Hanbury, and re- 
turned them as Tnemunetations of the said County, 
when the said Petitioner, as such last-mentioned 
Petitioners allege, had not the poll-books delivered 
to or produced before the said Petitioner to cast up 
the numbers and make such Return; and the last- 
mentioned Petitioners, in their said Petition, com- 
one of the conduct of the said Petitioner as such 

igh Sheriff at such Election ; that the Petitioner, 
being such High Sheriff as aforesaid, was at Here- 
ford, in the said County, throughout the progress of 
the said Election, and on the afternoon of Saturday 
the Seventeenth day of July last. the latter of the 
two days on which the said Election was held; that 
the Petitioner was then informed that the booths 
appointed for taking the polls of the voters at the 
said Election, in the district of Ross, in the said 
County, had been broken down by a mob, and the 
poll thereby stopped a little before Four o’clock 
on the afternoon of the said Saturday the Seven- 


16° Martzz. 





A. 1853. 


teenth day of July; that the said Petitioner then 
communicated with the agents of the said James 
King King, Thomas William Booker and Charles 
a Bateman Hanbury and George Cornewall 
ewis respectively, the said James Kiny King, Tho- 
mas William Booker, Charles Spencer Bateman Han- 
bury and George Cornewall Lewis being the only 
Candidates at such Election, and declared to them 
that he was ready to re-open the poll in the said dis- 
trict of Ross on the following Monday morning, to 
wit, the Nineteenth day of July; and the Petitioner 
also proposed to send his Under-Sheriff to London 
immediately, to Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for 
the Home Department, for instructions for the said 
Petitioner, os to obtain, if wees some military, 
in order to prevent any further violence; that Mr. 
Francis Bodenkam, the principal agent of Mr.George 
Cornewall Lewis at such Election, requested, on be- 
half of the said George Cornewall Lewis, that the 
said Petitioner would not again open the said poll 
in the said district of Ross, and informed the Peti- 
tioner that no more votes would be tendered in favour 
of the said George Cornewall Lewis; that on the 
following day, to wit, Sunday the Eighteenth day of 
July, the following undertaking and request in writ- 
ing, signed by F. and C. Bodenham, as agents for 
the said George Cornewall Lewis, was sent and deli- 
vered to the said Petitioner: “To the Sheriff of the 
County of Hereford.—I request that the poll at Ross 
polling-place may not again be opened. I desire 
that the number of votes polled at Ross may be cal- 
culated in accordance with the poll as it stood at the 
time when the polling was interrupted, videlicet, at 
a quarter before Four o’clock, or thereabouts, and I 
engage not to take any steps to vitiate the Election 
of Messrs. Booker, Ring and Hanbury, in conse- 
quence of your not opening the poll on Monday in 
the polling district at Ross, and f consent that the 
noo of the check-clerks at the Ross polling-place 
shall be received in lieu of the original poll-books, 
which I understand have been destroyed. In the 
event of the check-books kept by the check-clerks 
employed by me not being produced for comparison 
with the books kept by the other Candidates, then I 
consent that the last-named books shall be received 
as evidence of the poll in lieu of the original books. 
(Signed) F. and C. Bodenham, for G. Cornewall 
Lewis ;” that the Petitioner caused the above docu- 
ment to be submitted to the three principal agents of 
the said Thomas William Booker, James King King 
and Charles Spencer Bateman Hanbury; and the 
Petitioner declined to act upon the said document 
unless the said agents of the said 7’homas William 
Booker, James King King and Charles Spencer Bate- 
man Hanbury should call upon the said Petitioner 
to do so; that the said last-mentioned agents of the 
said Thomas William Booker, James King King and 
Charles Spencer Bateman Hanbury then and there 
requested the said Petitioner to act upon and in ac- 
cordance with the language and meaning of the said 
document, and each of the said agents of the said 
Thomas William Booker, James King King and 
Charles Spencer Bateman Hanbury subscribed the 
following memorandum, which was indorsed upon the 
said document :—“ We, the undersigned, the several 
agents of Mr. Booker, Mr. King and Mr. Hanbury, 
consent to the terms of the within-written memoran- 
dum, and we request the High Sheriff to proceed to 
a declaration of the poll on the authority of the same. 
Dated 18th July 1852.” (Signed) “ Richd. Lau- 
warne, ugent for Mr. Booker.” “ Richd. Under- 
wood, agent for Mr. King.” “Jno. Cleave, agent 
for Mr. Hanbury ;” that on the following Monday, 
July Nineteenth, the Petitioner held his court in the 
Shire Hall of the said County, for the purpose of cast- 
ing up the numbers of voters and making his Return ; 
that previous to the opening of the court, the Peti- 
tioner was informed that not only the poll-books at 
one of the polling-booths, to wit, N o. 2 polling-booth, 
had been destroyed or carried away, and that they 








could 














16 VicroriZ. 


could not be found, but that the check-books of the 
said Messieurs Bovker, King and Hanbury had also 
been lost or destroyed ; that the said Petitioner then 
requested the said Francis Bodenham, the said agent 
of Mr. George Cornewall Lewis, to produce the 
check-books of the said George Cornewall Lewis ac- 
cording to the true intent and meaning of the docu- 
ment aforesaid; that the said Francis Bodenham, 
being such agent as aforesaid, did not produce such 
check-books, so as to enable the Petitioner to ascer- 
tain the number of votes. at the said Election who 
voted in booth No. 2 at the district of Ross aforesaid ; 
that the Petitioner was then unable to open the poll- 





ing again at the Ross district, and accordingly pro- 
ceeded to open his said court in the Shire Hall of the 
said County, for the purpose of ascertaining the num- 
ber of the votes and of making his Return; that at 
the said court then and there holden as aforesaid, all | 
the said Candidates and their said agents respectively 
were present; that the contents of the said docu- 
ment so signed by Messieurs Francis and Charles 
Bodenham, being such agents as aforesaid, and the 
said memorandum so endorsed upon the same, and 
— by the agents of Messieurs Booker, King and | 

anbury as aforesaid, were publicly read in the said 
court; that the said Petitioner was then requested 
by the said George Cornewall Lewis to make a spe- 
cial Return, and not to take secondary evidence of the 
numbers of the said voters who had polled at the | 
said polling-booth No. 2 in the said district of Ross ; | 
and that the Petitioner was, on the other hand, re- | 
quested by the said Messieurs Booker, King and 
Haubury, to act upon the faith and meaning of the 
said document and memorandum so signed by the 
agents of all the said Candidates respectively as afore- 
said; and the said Messieurs Booker, King and Han- | 
bury further insisted that the said Petitioner was 
bound by law to take, in the absence of the original | 
poll-books, secondary evidence of their contents ; | 
that the Petitioner, after hearing the arguments and 
opinions of each and every of the said Candidates 
and their agents, consulted divers law books and 
authorities, and came to the opinion that he was not 
bound to make any special Return, but on the contrary 
was bound totake the best secondary evidence he could | 
get of the contents of the poll-book so lost or destroyed | 
as aforesaid, and to makehis Return accordingly ; that 
the Petitioner accordingly, in open court, again de- 
mandedof Mr. Francis Boclen ha m, being such agent of 
Mr. George Cornewall Lewis as aforesaid, the check- 
books for the said booth No. 2, but the said Francis | 
Bodenham did not produce the same ; that the Peti- | 
tioner then proceeded to take evidence, and requested | 
the said Francis and Charles Bodenham to be present 
while such evidence was so taken; that the Peti- | 
tioner, after hearing certain declarations, which were | 
made in open court and before a magistrate of the | 
said County, and having also received as proof | 
before him certain slips and other secondary evi- | 
dence, which enabled the Petitioner, as the Peti- | 
tioner believes, accurately to ascertain the number 
of voters who had polled at booth No. 2 in the 
said district of Ross, and having, also, by the poll- 
books, and according to law, duly and accurately 
ascertained the numbers of voters who had voted at | 
such Election, declared Messieurs Booker, King and | 
Hanbury duly elected as Members to serve in Par- 
liament for the said County, and made his Return 
accordingly ; that all the said documents, poll- 
books, declarations and slips, were duly sealed up and 
dealt with by the said Petitioner accoriing to law ; 
that the Petitioner acted throughout the said Elec- 
tion and in making such Return with the greatest 
impartiality and fond fide; and, as the Petitioner 
believes, his conduct met with the approbation of all 
the said Candidates, their respective agents and 
parties ; and praying the House to take the premises 
ito consideration, and that he may be heard by 
himself, counsel and agents, before any Committee 
of the House to which the said Petitions of the said 
VoL. 108. 








16° Martz. 343 


Electors may be referred, to inquire into the Return 
and the merits of the said Election. 

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


Viscount Barrington reported from the Committee Cork Municipal 


on the Cork Municipal Corporation Bill; That they — 


had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same, by strik- 
ing out that part of it which relates to the qualifi- 
cation of Burgesses of the Borough of Cork, and 
also that part which relates to persons entitled to be 
enrolled as Burgesses of the said Borough, it appear- 
ing to the Committee that it was not expedient to 
confer the Powers sought for; and found the same, 
as amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, ‘Vhat the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Rye Election. 


posed, That Three be the Quorum of the Committee 
re-assembled, under the Act 5 &amp; 6 Vic. c. 102, to 
inquire into alleged bribery at the last Election for 
the Town and Port of Rye:—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That Matthew Elias Corbally, Esquire, 
and Robert Charles Tudway, Esquire, do attend 


_ this House in their places upon Friday next. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 16th day of December last, for Returns, in Co- 


_lumns, of—1. The Number of Houses in every 


County in England and Wales rey 2 to the Win- 
dow Duties in 1851; 2. The Gross Amount charged 
thereon in 1851; 3. The Number of Houses charged 
to House Duty in the year ending April 1852; 4. 


The Amount of Duty thereon; 5. The Number of 


Houses above £.10 and under £.20 charged by Pro- 
perty Tax Commissioners, and, if not so charged, 
chargeable to Poor Rate; 6. The probable Amount 
of Duty thereon at 9d. and 1s. 6d. according to the 
respective Classes of Shops and Dwelling-houses ; 


| 7. The Amount which would be raised by doubling 


the Amount in Column 4, and adding the Amount in 
Column 6; such Return to be given exclusive of any 
Cities and Boroughs returning Members to serve in 
Parliament, and any other Towns containing more 
than 5,000 Inhabitants :—Like Return as relates to 
each City and Borough returning Members to serve 
in Parliament, and other Towns containing more than 
5,000 Inhabitants in each County, with the Total 
Amounts of such Cities, Boroughs and Towns in 
each County ; each County to be grouped with the 
Cities, Boroughs and ‘Towns situate within the same : 
—And, like Returns for Scotland. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Hydrogra- Hydrographi- 


phical Survey, which was presented upon the 15th 
day of this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Coals ( Lon- 
don), which was presented upon the 15th day of this 


instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Common 


Lodging-house Act, which was presented upon the 1odsing-house 
ofa / Act. 


15th day of this instant March, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the New Trials (Criminal Cases) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 6th day of April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Wounty Rates 


mittee on the County Rates and Expenditure Bill ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Charr ; 
xx4 An 


Houses. 


cal Survey. 
No. 235. 


Coals 
(London. ) 


No. 236. 


Common 


No. 237. 
New Trials 
(Criminal 


Cases, Bill. 


and Expen- 
diture Bill. 





















































Southamptoa 
Election. 





344 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon Wednesday the 13th cay of 
“ April next, resolve itself into the said Committee,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Question : 
—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 

(In the Committee.) 





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

Preamble postponed. 

Criavse, N° 1 (County Financial Boards to be es- | 
tablished). | 

Amendment proposed in p. 1, 1. 19: After the 
words “ County of Lincoln,” to insert the words 
“ and the Western Division and the Eastern Di- 
“ vision of the County of Sussex.” 

Question put, That those words be there in- 

serted ; 

The Committee divided. 

+. . , Mr. Henley 

Tellers for the Y eas, Si Willian Jolliffe: \ 70. 


Tellers for the Noes,i MI" Bares? hae. 





| 


Another Amendment proposed in p. 1, 1.19: After 
the words “ County of Lincoln,” to insert the words 
“ Beccles Division, Bury Saint Edmund’s Division, 
“ Ipswich Division, Woodbridge Division, of the 
“ County of Suffolk.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted— — 
put, and negatived. 

Clause agreed to. 





Crauses, N° 2 and N° 3, agreed to. | 

CriausE, N° 4 (Constitution of the County Finan- | 
cial Board). 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit 
again. 

Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendment proposed in p. 2, lL. 17: After the 
words “consist of,” to insert the words “the Jus- | 
“ tices duly qualified to act in such County, together 
“ with.” : 

Question proposed, That those words be there in- 
serted. 





To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


into a Committee on the Courts of Common Law 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr, Wilson | (Zreland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson 
Patten reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
| gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 


Patten reported, That the Committee had made Pro- | 


gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 





16° Martiz. 





A. 1853. 


House, That the Committee had agreed to the fol- 
lowing Resolutions : 

That it is the opinion of this Committee, that there 
are strong grounds for believing that George Warren 
and Samuel Mastern, in giving their Evidence before 
the Committee, have been guilty of wilful and corrupt 
perjury. 

That the Chairman be directed to move the House, 
That the Attorney General be ordered to prosecute 
the said George Warren and Samuel Mastern for the 
said offence:—And he moved the House accord- 


ing 

rdered, That Mr, Attorney General be directed 
to prosecute the said George Warren and Samuel 
Mastern for the offence of wilful and corrupt perjury, 
of which the said Committee have reported, that 
there are strong grounds for believing the said George 
Warren and Samuel Mastern to be guilty. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Meath 
received Notice, that it is not intended to proceed "lection. 


with the Petition complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the County of Meath :—And the 
same was read, as followeth : 
18, Fludyer-street, Westminster, 
Sir, March 16th, 1853. 

As Agents for Mr. Henry Sydenham Singleton, in 
the matter of his Petition delivered in on the 25th 
day of November last, complaining of an undue Elec- 
tion and Return for the County of Meath, we hereby 
beg to inform you that it is not intended to proceed 
with the said Petition. 

We have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your very obedient servants, 
Law, Holmes, Anton and Turnbull, 
Petitioner's Agents. 
To the Right honourable the Speaker 
of the House of Commons. 

The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- 
charged. 


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


reading of the Payment of Wages Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 6th day of April next. 


The Burghs (Scotland) Bill was, according to Or- Burghs (Scot- 
der, read a second time; and committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 6th 


day of April next. 


Wages Bill. 


land) Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Courts of 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday | That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 


the 13th day of April next, again resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


° | 
termined, | 
| 


That Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockhiurn, 
| 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
the 21st day of April next, again resqjve itself into 


| the said Cemmittee. 


Mr. Henry Arthur Herbert, from the Select Com- | 
mittee appointed to try and determine the matter of | 
the Petition of William Henry Mackey and another, | 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for the | 
Borough and County of the Town of Southampton, | 
informed the House, That the Committee had de- | 


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


reading of the Absconding Debtors (/re/and) Bill; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 


Wednesday the 6th day of April next. 


Common Law 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Debtors 


(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Oaths in 


consideration the Oaths in Chancery Bill, as amended Chaneery Bill 


Knight, and Brodie MacGhie Wilcox, Esquire, were, | in the Committee ; 


at the Election held on the 8th day of July 1852, 


Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 


duly elected Burgesses to serve in this present Par- | tion upon Friday next. 


liament for the Borough and County of the Town of 
Southampton. 
And the said Determination was ordered to be 


entered in the Journals of this House. 
Mr. Henry Arthar Herbert further informed the 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply* 


mittee of Supply ; 


| Resolved,'Viat this House will, upon Friday next, 


The 


resolve itself into the said Committee. 
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Wi 
Me 








16 Vicroriz. 


Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Means. mittee of Ways and Means ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. | 
Attorneys = Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to | 
oo repeal the Annual Certificate Duty payable by At- 
Saty (es 2.) torneys, Solicitors, Proctors, Writers to the Signet 
’ and Notaries, and to amend the Law relating to the 
Registration of Attorneys and Solicitors: And that 
Lord Robert Grosvenor and Sir Frederic Thesiger 

do prepare, and bring it in. 


Irrigation Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 
(Godavery, Copies or Extracts of Documents referring to the | 
~ Works of Irrigation on the Godavery River and | 

Kistnah Annicut, in the Presidency of Madras. 


Court of Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 

Airebend) Return (in Columns), stating the Dates, according 
to their priority, of every Order of Reference to the 
Masters of the Court of Chancery in Zreland, made 
by the Lord Chancellor, or the Master of the Rolls, 
from the 1st day of January 1846 to the 31st day of 
December 1852, both inclusive, distinguishing the 
Name of the Master to whom such Reference has | 
been made, and whether the Order of Reference was | 
for the Appointment of a Receiver under the Act 
5 &amp; 6 Will. 4, c. 55, andthe Act 3 &amp; 4 Vic. ¢.105; 
the Name or Title of each Cause or Matter so re- | 
ferred ; the Dates of the several Meetings before the | 
Masters under each of the said Orders of Reter- , 
ence respectively ; the Date of the Report, if any, 
or (where the Reference has been made under the 
15th section of the Chancery (Jreland) Regulation 
Act, 1850), the Date of the Master’s decretal Order, 
if any; the Name of the Cause or Matter, if any, 
and the Date of the Certificate, if any, made by any 
of the Masters, in pursuance of the 114th of the , 
General Orders of Sir Edward Sugden, of the 27th 
day of March 1843, which directs the Master to 
certify the Names of the Causes and Matters before 


him, and of the Solicitor having the ere 


thereof, which the Master shall be of opinion have 
not been effectually prosecuted; the Name of the | 
Cause or Matter, if any, and the Date of the ex 
parte Report, if any, made under the 113th of the | 
said General Orders, in consequence of the failure | 
in attending the Master, and prosecuting the Refer- 
ence before him. 


Copyholds Mr. Attorney General presented a Bill to explain 
Bill and amend the Copyhold Acts: And the same was 
No. 238. yead the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Monday the 4th day of April next ; and 

to be printed. 


Attorneys Lord Robert Grosvenor presented a Bill to repeal | 
ee the Annual Certificate Duty payable by Attorneys, 
Duty (No. 2) Solicitors, Proctors, Writers to the Signet, and No- 
Bill. taries, and to amend the Law relating to the Regis- 
No. 239. tration of Attorneys and Solicitors: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a | 


second time upon Wednesday the 27th day of April | 
next; and to be printed. 


} 
| 
Blackpool and Viscount Barrington reported the Blackpool and | 
—” Layton -with-Warbrick Improvement Bill, with 
Improvement Amendments. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


| 


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Martir. 345 


Jovis, 17° die Martii ; 
Anno 16° Victorie Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 
RDERED, That the Select Committee on Indian | 
Indian Territories have leave to sit this day till Territories. 
Five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee Reading 
on the Reading Markets Bill; That they had exa- Markets Bill 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and amended the same, by the insertion 
of recitals to the effect that the Corporation are, or 
claim to be, entitled to a toll traverse on Corn sold or 
brought for sale within the Borough; that the col- 
lection of such toll has led to difticulties and dis- 
putes ; and that it is expedient it should be abolished 
and other tolls levied in lieu thereof, the Committee 


being of opinion, these facts should be stated in the 


Preamble; and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Order for reading a second time the Bal/y- Ballymena, 
mena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Railway Ballymoney, | 
(No. 2) Bill, was read, and discharged, bere Rail 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- way (No. 2) 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. Bill. 


A Petition of the Leeds Gas-Light Company, for Leeds Gas 
leave to bring in a Bill to consolidate the Acts re- (No. 2.) 
lating to the Leeds Gas-Light Company, to authorize 
the Company to raise a further Sum of Money, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Baines and Sir George Goodman. 


A Petition of Promoters of a Bill for making a En and 
Railway from Tralee to Killarney, praying that pro- S'2Fney 
vision may be made in the 7 halwend Kilroy Rail- yo 
way Bill for conferring on the Company thereby 
proposed to be incorporated, Powers to amalgamate 
with the Killarney Junction Railway Company, or to 
lease or let or sell the proposed —o Undertaking 
to the Killarney Junction Railway “0 was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Examiners 
of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for the Improve- Chorley 
ment of the Parish of Chorley, in the County of Improvement 
Lancaster; And the same was read the first time ; ~ 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Edinburgh 
Edinburgh Water Company to raise a further Sum Waterworks 
of Money, and for other purposes: And the same (No. 2.) Bill. 
was read the first time. 

Ordered, ‘Yhat the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Ordered, That the Examiner have leave to sit 
and proceed To-morrow. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Price’s Patent 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Candle Com- 
‘That in the case of the Petition for Price's Patent f)* (No. 2) 
Candle Company (No. 2) Bill, the Standing Orders 


have been complied with. 


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


one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, — Western 
Val way 


| That in the case of the Petition for the Glasgow and (No. 2) Bill 


| 
| 
VoL. 108. | 


| (No. 2) Bill be read a second time. 


South Western Railway (No. 2) Bill, the Standing 
Orders have been complied with. 


Ordered, That Price's Patent Candle Company Price’s Patent 
Candle Com- 

pany (No. 2) 

¥x Ordered, Bill. 





























































mesa capemnmaaticieamaay~ ~ enagentie megeane ae 






Glasgow and 


South Western Railway (No. 2) Bill be read a second time. 


Railway 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Crystal Palace 
Company Bill. ¢hird time; and Amendments were made to the 


Liverpool 


Borough Court 


Bill. 


London 
Assurance 


Company Bill. 


Universities 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


No, 240. 


Sheriff and 
Commissary 
Courts ( Ber- 
wickshire) 
Bill. 

No. 241. 


Private Bills 
«Group B.) 


Places of Reli- 
gious Worship 


Registration 
Bill. 


Committee 
of Selection 
(Fourth 
Report.) 


No. 242. 


Knares- 
borough 
Election. 





346 


Ordered, That the Glasgow and South Western | 


The Crystal Palace Company Bill was read the 


Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





The Liverpool Borough Court Bill was read the | 
third time; and Amendments were made to the | 
Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. | 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill| 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
} 
The London Assurance Company Bill was read the | 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to regulate | 
the admission of Professors to the Lay Chairs in the | 
Universities of Scotland: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon | 
Thursday the 7th day of April next; and to be| 
printed. 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill for empower- 
ing the Sheriff and Commissary of Berwickshire to 
hold Courts at Dunse, and for other purposes: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday the 4th day of 
April next ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group B. of 
Private Bills have leave to sit this day till Five of 
the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


17° Maritiz. 





. . | 
The Order for reading a second time, upon Mon- 


day next, the Places of Religious Worship Registra- 
tion Bill, was read, and discharged. 


that City at the last General Election, as well as 





A. 1853. 


the said Petitions to the 


The Orders for es 
lections, were read, and 


General Committee of 
discharged. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Southampton 
received Notice, that it is not intended to proceed Election. 
with the Petition complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the Borough of Southampton :—And 
the same was read, as followeth : 

Sir, 

As Agents for Alexander Dundas Ross Wishart 
Baillie Cochrane, Esquire, in the matter of his Pe- 
tition presented on the 10th day of February last, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Southampton, we hereby beg to in- 
form you that it is not intended to proceed with the 
said Petition. 

We have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your very obedient servants, 
Parratt and Walmisley. 
House of Lords, 17 March 1853. 


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


The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and 
discharged. 


Ordered, That Mr. Phinn be added to the Select New Forest 
Committee on the New Forest Deer Removal Act Deer Removal 


Amendment Bill. ty Bil 


Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Practical Art. 
mand,—First Report of the Department of Practical 
Art. 

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


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed Norwich 
to inquire into the circumstances under which the Election 
“he eyeaattiieeee . are Petitions. 
Petitions against the Return of the Sitting Members No. 243 
for the City of Norwich have been withdrawn, and etic 
to whom was referred the Petition of Lothian Shef- 
field Dickson, a Candidate for the Representation of 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon | the Petition of Peter T'homas Scott, and other Elec- 


Monday the 4th day of April next. 


Mr. Sotheron reported from the Committee of | 
Selection ; That they had made several alterations in 
the Groups already formed, and ‘had formed into | 
additional Groups other Private Bills, which, in their 
opinion, it is expedient to submit to the same Com- 
mittee ; and had agreed to report the same to the 
House. 

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


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
received Notice, that it is not intended to proceed 
with one of the Petitions complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Knares- 
borough, or with the Petition to defend the Return 
of one of the Members for the said Borough :—And 
the same was read, as followeth : 

Knaresborough, Saturday, 
Sir, Mareh 5th, 1853. 

| beg to inform you, that it is not my intention to 
proceed with the Petition presented by me on the 25th 
day of November, complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the Borough of Knaresborough, or 
to proceed with the Petition delivered in on the 6th 
day of December, praying to defend the Return of 
Basil Thomas Woodd, Esquire, for the said Bo- 


‘ough. 
oe I have the honour to be, 


Your obedient servant, 
Thomas Collins, junior. 


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





tors of the City of Norwich, complaining that the 
said Election Petitions were withdrawn by one Henry 
Edwards Brown, of the firm of Thompson, Deben- 
ham and Co., Solicitors, without their knowledge or 
consent, and praying that the Resolution of the 
House for discharging the Order for referring the 
said Petitions to the General Committee of Elections 
be rescinded, with a view of having the said Petitions 
reinstated upon the List of Election Petitions now 
before this House, have Power to report their Opinion 
thereupon, together with the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before them. 

Mr. Thomas Duncombe reported from the said 
Select Committee; That they had considered the 
matters to them referred, and agreed to the follow- 
ing Resolutions : 


Mr. 


That the following Letter, addressed to 
Speaker, dated 14th February 1853,— 


“Sir, 31, Parliament-street, 14th Feb. 18538. 
“As Agents for Mr. John Phillips, Mr. John 
Abel, Mr. Henry Hindes, Mr. Peter Thomas Scott 
and Mr. William Mackley, in the matter of their 
Petitions delivered in on the 22d day of November 
last, complaining of an undue Election and Return 
for the City of Norwich, we hereby beg to inform 
you that it is not intended to proceed with the said 

Petitions, or either of them. 
“ We have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your very obedient servants, 
Thompson, Debenham and Brown.” 


“To the Right honourable the Speaker 
of the House of Commons.” 











16 Vicroriz. 


was signed by Henry Edwards Brown, as one of 
the firm of Thompson, Debenham and Co., Solicitors. 


17° Martiz. 


That the said Henry Edwards Brown affirms that | 


he received upon several occasions the instructions 
and authority of William Manning Kitton, Solicitor 
of Norwich, to withdraw the said Electién Petitions, 
a the last time upon which he saw the said 

illiam Manning Kitton ; viz.on Saturday the 12th 
of February, previous to the date of the letter of 


withdrawal addressed to Mr. Speaker on the 14th of | 


the same month. 


Mr. William Manning Kitton, having been exa- | 


mined, denies in the most positive terms, that either 


on the 12th of February, or on any previous occa- | 


sion, did he ever give the said Henry Edwards 
Brown any authority for withdrawing the said Peti- 
tions or either of them. 
that there are other corroborating circumstances in 
support of this statement; but it appears to your 
Committee, that although no instructions were given 
on the said 12th of February to Henry Edwards 


Brown to withdraw the said Petitions, yet the said | 
William Manning Kitton admits that there were | 
terms upon which he thought his clients, as well as | 


himself, might be induced to withdraw the Petitions 
by way of compromise, especially if they found on 
further investigation their case was not so strong as 
they at first considered it. 

Your Committee are of opinion, that for the fore- 


going reasons the complaints of the Petitioners that | 


they are aggrieved by the withdrawal of their Peti- 
tions are not altogether unfounded; but as your 
Committee can find no precedent to guide their 
opinion, your Committee must leave it to the House 
to determine whether it possesses the power of com- 
plying with the prayer of the Petitioners. 

Your Committee think it due to the said Henry 
Edwards Brown to state, that in their opinion the 
said Henry Edwards Brown, in withdrawing the said 
Election Petitions, was not actuated by any corrupt 
or unworthy motives, but that his conduct in with- 
drawing the said Petitions is attributable to an error 
of judgment, and proceeded from a zealous desire to 
serve his party, and to advance the strong political 
feelings which it was stated he entertained. 


That the withdrawal of the said Election Petitions 
from Norwich formed part of an arrangement and 
compromise entered into between the said Henry 
Edwards Brown and James Coppock, Solicitor, in 
pursuance of which arrangement eight Petitions were 
simultaneously withdrawn, implicating the seats of 
10 Members of this House, viz. :— 


Norwich - - - . « 
Kidderminster - - - - 3 
Gloucester - - - « 3 
Middlesex - - - « 3 
Youghal - - - . = } 
County of Down - - « § 
West Norfolk - - ~ - 2 
10 





Your Committee think it right to direct the serious 


Your Committee consider | 


attention of the House to the facility that at present | 


exists for originating and withdrawing Election Peti- 
tions, and to the public scandal that is notoriously 
created by the process of what political partisans, 
and the parties professionally engaged therein, term 


| 


“ pairing off Petitions ;’ which abuse takes place | 
‘should be forwarded through the Surveyor’s De- 


under cover of the 8th section of the Act, intituled, 
“ The Election Petitions Act, 1848 ;” and whether 
it is not desirable that such alterations should be 
made in the said lawas shall prevent the continuance 
of a system which, in the opinion of your Committee, 
is calculated to cause injustice and expense to inno- 
cent parties, and to bring the proceedings of this 
branch of the Legislature into contempt, as restricting 
this House in the exercise of the power of adminis- 
tering relief which the law, through the medium of 
Election Petitions, was specifically passed to afford. 
VoL. 108, 





























347 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


| Ordered, That Mr. Alexander Hastie have leave 
| of absence till the 12th day of April next, on account 
of urgent business. 


Mr. Peel presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 20th day of December last, 
for a Copy of the Correspondence which has taken 

| place between the Lords of the Treasury, the Secre- 
tary of State for the Colonial Department, the 
Governors of the British West India Colonies, and 
the Directors of the Colonial Bank, relating to the 
Circulation of British Silver and other Coins in 
these Possessions. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
15th day of February last, for a Return showing the 
Number of Immigrants and Liberated Africans 
admitted into each of the British West India Colo- 
mies, as well as the Places from whence they were 
introduced, for each year since 1847 :—And, similar 
Return for Mauritius (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 231, of Session 1852). 
| Ordered, That the said- Returns do lie upon the 
| Table. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Silver Coins, 
&amp;e. 


Immigrants 


and Liberated 


Afrizans. 


Mr. Osborne presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Local Acts. 


mand,-—Further Reports from the Admiralty, rela- 
tive to Applications for Local Acts. 


No. 191. 


Mr. Osborne also presented,—Return to an Order, West India 


dated the 24th day of February last, for a Return, 
in Tabular Form, for the years 1851 and 1852, 
stating the Date at which each Royal Mail West 
India Steamer became due at Southampton, the 
Date at which each Steamer actually arrived there, 
and the Number of Days which elapsed in each 
case between the two Dates; also, for the same 
Period, the Dates at which each of these Steamers 
ought, according to Contract, to have arrived at and 
departed from St. Thomas’s, Demerara and Chugres, 
and the Dates at which they actually did arrive and 
depart in each case. 

teturn to an Order, dated the 3d day of this in- 


mas Cochrane's Despatches to the Lords of the 
Admiralty, with their Enclosures :— 1st. No. 76, 
dated the 10th day of April 1845; 2d. No. 130, the 
21st day of July 1845; 3d. No. 95, the 30th day of 
May 1846:—And, of the Instructions from the 
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to Captain 
Bethune, x.N. of the 1st day of November 1844, to 
inquire into the state of Coalfields in the Eastern 
Archipelago. 

Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of this 


instant March, for Copy of all Correspondence be- APpomtments. 


tween the Board of Admiralty and Sir Baldwin 
Walker, relative to the withdrawal from him of the 


Appointments of Master Smiths and other Officers in 
the Dockyards. 


Mail Steamers. 


Eastern 


| stant March, for Copies of Rear-Admiral Sir Tho- Atehipelago. 


Dockyard 


Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of this Dockyard 
instant March, for Copies of the Admiralty Order of Promotions. 


the 27th day of February 1847, on the Subject of 
Dockyard Promotions (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 67, of Session 1852-3) :—Of 
the Admiralty Circular of the 26th day of September 
1849, directing that all Reports and Correspondence 
on the Subject of Vacancies, Promotions or Changes 
of the Officers and Workmen of the Dockyards 


partment :—Of all Correspondence during the year 
1852, between the Board of Admiralty and the Sur- 
veyor of the Navy, in reference to the Resignation 


‘of his Office:—And, in case such Correspondence 
shall not be in the Office, that the Surveyor should 


_ be directed to furnish Copies of any Letter or Letters 


addressed by him to the Secretary or the First Lord 


jof the Admiralty on such Subject. 


Table ; and that the first be printed. 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


¥v¥q 


Ordered, 



























































Trinity House, 
Deptford 
Strond. 


Troops, &amp;c. at 
Polling-places 
(Ireland. ) 


Law of 
Divorce. 


Rochester 
Consistory 
Court, &amp;c. 


Ecclesiastical 
Courts. 


Houses. 
No. 244. 


Canterbury 
lection. 





348 17° Marti. A. 1853. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a|and they went to the Conference :—And _ being re- 
Return from the Trinity House, Deptford Strond, | turned ; 
of the Number of Applicants for Pensions whose Mr. Ker Seymer reported, That the Managers had 
Cases have been registered as eligible, and who re-, been at the Conference, which was managed on the 
main on the Register as not having received Pen-| part of the Lords by the Archbishop of York ; and 
sions up to the Date of the Return; distinguishing | that they had delivered to their Lordships the Ad- 
Cases classed as of the First and Second Degrees of dress agreed upon by this House, to which they 
urgency from other registered Cases. | desired the concurrence of their Lordships ; and that 

_ they had left the said Address with their Lordships. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | " 
=. Deen of ten Mamies af Troops, Constabulary Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Brighton 
7 “a, eg ‘ae a : i pre ee vq Municipal 
and Police, at each Polling-place in Lreland, during | to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased heater. 
the Days of polling at the last General Election. _to give directions, that there be laid before this 


House, Copies of the Order in Council approving 
the Report of the Committee of Privy Council on 
mand,—Copy of First Report of the Commissioners y ae omega of Petition of the Inhabitants of 
appointed by Her Majesty, to inquire into the Law 27g iton, for a harter of Inco1 poration for that 
of Divorce, and more particularly into the mode of Town :—And, of the Proclamation giving Notice of 
obtaining Divorces a vinculo Matrimonii the time when the said Petition would be taken into 
Mr. Fitzroy also presented, — Return to several | consideration by the Privy Council. 

Addresses to Her Majesty, dated the 16th and 30th Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 

| Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 


days of November last, for Returns from the Reve-| “5 ™ hee i Aeaaige~ J 
rend Walker King and the Reverend George King, of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Registrars of the Consistory Court of Jtochester, 

setting forth the Names of all Persons who have Ti 
been appointed or nominated to any Office, or who | 
hold any Office in the Consistory Court of Jochester ; 
the Date of Appointment or Nomination; the Age 
of the Person or Persons at the time of such Ap- 


pointment or Nomination ; whether such Person or Mr. Wilson presented a Bill for disafforesting the Whichwooa 
Persons perform the Duties of the Office in person Forest of Whichwood: And the same was read the Forest Bill. 
or not, or was then in or has since taken Moly | first time. No. 245. 
Orders; and the Name and Title of the Person Qydered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 

making such Appointment, together with the Emo- miners of Petitions for Private Bills, and be printed. 

luments and Income of the Office, and the several | 

Sources from whence such Emoluments and Income| The following Papers, pursuant to the directions Highland 
are derived: — And, similar Return from George of several Acts of Parliament, were laid upon the Roads and 
Essell, Registrar of the Archdeacons’ Court of Ko-' Table by the Clerk of the House,—'The Thirty-ninth eae 
chester, in relation to that Court : And, for Report of the Commissioners of Highland Roads 

a Return from Brownlow North, Registrar of the and Bridges in Scotland. 

Ecclesiastical Court or Consistorial and Episcopal Account of the Ordinary Revenues and Extraordi- Public Income 
Court in the Diocese of Winchester, setting forth the nary Resources constituting the Public Income of #4 Expen- 
Names of all Persons who have been appointed or the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, ““"* 
nominated to any Office in that Court; stating the for the year ended 5th January 1853. 

nature of the Office, the Date of Appointment or Account of the Ordinary Revenues and Extraordi- 
Nomination, the Age of the Person or Persons at nary Resources constituting the Public Income of 
the time of such Appointment or Nomination, whe- | Great Britain, for the year ended 5th January 1853. 
ther such Person or Persons perform the Duties of — Account of the Ordinary Revenues and Extraordi- 

the Office in person or not, or was then in or has nary Resources constituting the Public Income of 
since taken Holy Orders; the Name or Title of the , Jreland, for the year ended 5th January 1853. 

Person making such Appointment, together with the | Account of the Total Income of the Revenue of 
Emoluments and Income of the Office, and the se-| Great Britain and Ireland in the year ended 5th 
veral Sources from which such Emoluments or In-; January 1853, after deducting the Repayments, 
come are derived :—Similar Return from Messrs. Allowances, Discounts, Drawbacks and Bounties in 
Gates, us regards the Ecclesiastical Courts in the! the nature of Drawbacks ; together with an Account 
Diocese of Peterborough :—And, similar Return from of the Public Expenditure of the United Kingdom, 
John Burder, as regards the Consistory or Eccle-| exclusive of Sums applied to the Reduction of the 


Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty's Com- 


er Majesty’s Command,—The Thirty-second An- 
nual Report of Her Majesty's Commissioners for 
Buildmg New Churches. 

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





siastical Courts in the Diocese of Saint David’s. National Debt, within the same Period. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the, Account of the Net Public Income of the United 
Table. Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the year 


ended 5th January 1853, after abating the Expen- 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Houses, diture thereout defrayed by the several Revenue De- 
which was presented upon the 16th day of this in-| partments ; and of the actual Issues or Payments 
stant March, be printed. within the same Period, exclusive of the Sums ap- 
plied to the Redemption of Funded or paying off 
Mr. Ker Seymer reported, That having been with Unfunded Debt; and of the Advances and Repay- 
the Lords to desire a Conference upon the subject-! ments for Local Works, &amp;e. 
matter of an Address to be presented to Her Ma-| Account of the Balances of Public Money re- 
jesty, under the provisions of the Act of the 15th maining in the Exchequer on the sth January 1852 ; 
&amp; 16th of Her present Majesty, c. 57, the Lords, the Amount of Money raised by the Additions to 
agree to a Conference, and appoint the same pre-| the Funded or Unfunded Debt in the year ended 
sently in Committee-room No. 8. 5th January 1853 ; the Money applied towards the 
Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to ma- Redemption of the Funded Debt or paying off Un- 
nage the Conference :—And a Committee was ap-| funded Debt; the ‘Total Amount of Advances and 
pointed of Mr. Ker Seymer, Lord John Russell,, Repayments on account of Local Works, &amp;c., with 
Viscount Palmerston, Mr. Disraeli, Lord John Man-, the Difference accruing thereon, and the Balances 
ners, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Secretary-at-War, Sir John in the Exchequer, on 5th January 1853. 
Pakington, Mr. Attorney General, Sir FitzRoy Kelly,| Account of the Income of the Consolidated Fund Consolidated 
Mr. Wilson Patten and Mr. Brotherton. ‘arising in the United Kingdom, in the year ended oa. 
Then the Names of the Managers were called over ; | 5th January 1853; and of the actual Payments on 
account 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by New churches, 





Fu 





Funded Debt. 


Unfunded 
Debt. 


Disposition 
of Grants. 


Arrears and 
Balances. 


Trade and 
Navigation. 


Superannu- 
ations, 


Public Debt. 





16 Vicroriz. 


account of the Consolidated Fund, within the same {showing how the Charge incurred in respect of the 


Period. 
Account of the Monies applicable to the pay- 
ment of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- 


17° Marti. 


349 


same has been provided for. 
Account of every Increase and Diminution which 
has taken place within the year 1852, in the Num- 


dom, in the year ended 5th January 1853, and of | ber of Persons employed, or in the Salaries, Emolu- 


the several Charges which have become due thereon 
in the same year; including the Amount of Ex- 


chequer Bills charged upon the same Fund at the | 
Commencement and at the Termination of the year ; , 


with Appendices. 

Account of the Actual Receipt and Expenditure 
of the Sums placed in the Hands of the Commis- 
sioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, in 
the year ending 5th January 1853. 

Account of the ‘Total Amount of the Unredeemed 
Funded Debt, and the Charge thereof, at the 5th Ja- 
nuary 1852 ; of the Debt and Charge thereof created 
in the year ended 5th January 1853; of the Debt 


and Charge thereof reduced in the course of that: 


year ; and of the Total Amount of tne Unredeemed 
Debt and the Charge thereof, as it stood on 5th 
January 1853. 


Account of the State of the Public Funded Debt ; 


of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Charge there- 
upon, at 5th January 1853. 

Account of the Unfunded Debt of Great Britain 
and Jreland, and of the Demands outstanding on 
5th January 1853 ; distinguishing Exchequer Bills ; 
Sums remaining unpaid, charged upon the Aids 
granted by Parliament ; and Exchequer Bills to be 


issued out of the Consolidated Fund; and distin- | 


guishing also such Part of the Unfunded Debt and 
Demands as has been provided for by Parliament ; 
together with an Account of the Ways and Means 
remaining in the Exchequer, or to be received on the 
5th January 1853, to repay such Part of the Un- 
funded Debt and Demands outstanding as have been 
provided for; with Appendices. 

Account showing how the Monies given for the 
Service of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Ireland, for the year 1852, have been disposed 
of, distinguished under their several Heads, to 5th 
January 1853. 

Customs: England, Scotland, Ireland : — Ba- 
lances and Arrears, on 5th January 1853. 


Excise: England, Scotland, Ireland : — Arrears | 


and Current Balances, on 5th January 1853. 

Stamps: Great Britain :— Arrears due on 5th 
January 1853, from Distributors; Net Balances in 
the Hands of Distributors. 

Ireland :---Balances and Arrears, on 5th January 
1853. 

Land and Assessed Taxes: Great Britain :—Ar- 
rears and Current Balances, on 5th January 1853. 

Ireland ;— Balances of deceased and dismissed 
Collectors; Balance of a deceased Revenue Col- 
lector. 

Post-office : Great Britain :— Arrears due on 
5th January 1853; Balances and Arrears due on 
5th January 1853. 

Ireland : — Arrears due on 5th January 1853; 
Balances and Arrears due on 5th January 1853. 


Land Revenues of the Crown: England, Wales, | 
&amp;c. :-—Arrears and Current Balances on 5th January | 


1853. 

Accounts of the Trade and Navigation of the 
United Kingdom, during each of the Three years 
ending 5th January 1853. 

An Account of all Allowances or Compensations 
granted as Retired Allowances or Superannuations, 
in all Public Offices or Departments, which remained 
payable on the Ist January 1852; the Annual 
Amount which was granted in the year 1852; the 
Annual Amount which ceased within the year ; 
and the Total Amount remaining payable on the 
31st of December 1852. 

An Account of all Additions which have been 


the Interest of any Loan that hath been made, or 
Annuities created, in the last Ten Years; and also 
Vou. 108. 


| ¥Y3 


|ments, Allowances and Expenses in all Public 
Offices or Departments ; with an Abstract. 


Petitions relating to Parliamentary Oaths ;—Pro- 
iperty Qualification ; — University of London ; — 
/Church of England and Ireland in the Colonies ;— 





Tnerease and 
Diminution of 
Salaries, &amp;c. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide 'Thirty- 


|Clergy Reserves (Canada) Bill; — Crystal Palace first Report. 


| (Sydenham) ;—Jewish Disabilities ;—Maynooth Col- 
lege Act ;—Probates of Wills and Grants of Admi- 
/nistration Bill; — Tithes, Tithe Rent-charge and 
| Church Rates ; — Universities (Scotland) ; — Attor- 
,neys’ Certificates ;—Carriages ;— County Rates and 
Expenditure Bill; — Mines ; — Paper ; — Paper, 
Newspaper Stamps, and Advertisements ; — Repay- 
ment of Advances (Jreland) ;—Unstamped Periodi- 
cals ;— Wines ;—Armaments (£ngland and France) ; 
—Copyholds ;—County Courts ;—Criminal Cases ; 
— Dublin Hospitals ;—Intemperance ;-—Larceny ;— 
London Corporation ;-— Metropolis Water Supply ; 
— Mines ;—Public-houses (Scotland) Bill ;—Regis- 
‘tration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Zreland) ; 
— Roman States ; — Sheritts’ Courts (Scotland) ;— 
Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill; — and, Spirits,— 
| were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
' the Table. 
| Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers,—were 





| also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Freemen, 
| Electors and Inhabitants of the Borough of Bridg- 
north, was presented, and read ; setting forth, That 
| the Petitioners, confidently believing in the existence 
of bribery at the last Election for that Borough, as 
‘also of a system of corruption and intimidation which 
| has influenced all the late Elections, and which is 
_ kept alive by the franchise being left in the hands of 
certain persons whose votes are notoriously to be 
bought, pray that the House will take the above 
| premises into their serious consideration, and institute 
‘further inquiry. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
' Table. 


Bridgnorth 
Election. 


| A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of Clitheroe 


' the Borough of Clitheroe, in the County of Lancas- 
| ter, was presented, and read ; setting forth, That the 
| Petitioners voted for a Member of Parliament for 
| the said Borough at the last General Election, when 
| Matthew Wilson the younger, Esquire, and John 
| Thomas Walshman Aspinall, Esquire, were the Can- 
_didates, and the former was returned as duly elected ; 
that it is notorious in the Borough that many of the 
| Electors were actuated by unworthy motives in giving 
| their votes ; that money was openly offered to some, 
| whilst many others persisted in their fully-expressed 
| determination to obtain some pecuniary consideration, 
| promise or appointment for their suffrages; that in 
the opinion of the Petitioners, a general system of 
bribery, treating, coercion and intimidation prevailed, 
utterly subversive of that freedom and independence 
which ought to guide the great body of Electors ; 
and praying that the House will take immediate steps 
for causing the fullest inquiries to be made into the 
origin and extent of the corruption practised at the 
said Election, with a view to the adoption of such 
measures as will fully meet the evils of which the 
Petitioners complain, and which they feel to be de- 
| structive of the best interests of society. 
| Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
| Table. 





Election. 


A Petition of Christian Subjects of Her Majesty, Idolatry 
gade to the Annual Charge of the Public Debt by |resident in the Island of Ceylon, praying that the (Ceylon.) 


House will be pleased to address Her Majesty for 
the purpose of recommending that the Governor of 
Ceylon 

















Message from 
the Lords. 


Mutiny Bill. 


Marine 


Mutiny Bill, 


Inland Re- 
venue Office 
Bill. 
Commons 
Inclosure 


(No. 2) Bill. 
County 
Elections 
Polls Bill. 
Grand Jury 


Cess (Ireland) 
Bill. 


Indemnity 
Bill. 


Consolidated 
Fund Bill. 


Railway and 
Canal Bills. 


Clare 
Election. 


350 


Ceylon may be instructed to give full effect to the 
official severance promulgated and completed in 
1847 in Her Majesty’s name; to withdraw all acts 
of appointment of Priests and Nillemes issued since 
that event; and absolutely and without reserve to 
abstain from all participation in a system of hea- 
thenism, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the said Petition be printed :—It passed in the 
Negative. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Humphrey : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Mutiny Bill, without 
any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Marine Mutiny Bill, 
without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Inland Revenue | 
Office Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 





The Lords have agreed to the Commons Inclosure 
(No. 2) Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the County Elections 
Polls Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Grand Jury Cess 
(Ireland) Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Indemnity Bill, with- 
out any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Consolidated Fund 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


17°—18° Marti. 


the Parties to it were Natives of India, or Great 





The Lords request, That this House will be pleased | 
to communicate to their Lordships, Copies of Re- | 
ports from the Select Committee appointed by this | 
House in the present Session of Parliament, to con- | 
sider the principle of Amalgamation as applied to | 
Railway or Railway and Canal Bills about to be | 
brought under the consideration of Parliament, and 
to consider the principles which ought to guide the 
House in Railway Legislation :—And then the Mes- | 
senger withdrew. | 

Resolved, That this House will send an answer to | 
the last part of the said Message, by Messengers of | 
their own. 

And the Messenger was again called in; and Mr. 
Speaker acquainted him therewith:—And then he 
again withdrew. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That there be laid before this House, Copies 
of the several Inquisitions removed from the Court 
of Queen’s Bench in Jreland in the Month of Ja- 
nuary last, and transferred to the County of Clare: 
—Of the Order of the Court under which they were 
so removed :—Of the several Depositions taken be- 
fore the Coroner of Clare, and of the several In- 
formations taken before any Magistrate, in relation 
to any of the Cases of Homicide, Riot, Unlawful 
Assembly, or other Criminal Offence alleged to have 
been committed at the Town of Six Mile Bridge in 
the Month of July last, at the time of the General 
Election :—Of Entries in the Crown Book in any of | 
the said Cases, as to the Proceedings at the Assizes 
recently held at Ennis, founded on such Depositions | 
or Informations :—And, of every Bill of Indictment | 
preferred at the late Clare Assizes in any of the| 
said Cases, the Names of the Witnesses indorsed | 
thereon, distinguishing such as were so indorsed on | 
sending up the Bills to the Grand Jury, and others | 
subsequently added on the request o 
Jury :—- 





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


Veneris, 18° die Martii, 1853: 


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





f the Grand | 


| they had examined the allegations contained in the 


A. 1853. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Bribery at 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased #lections. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Prosecutions for 
Bribery at Elections for Members of Parliament, in 
any of Her Majesty’s Courts of Record, Oyer and 
Terminer and Gaol Delivery, from the year 1832 to 
the year 1852, inclusive ; distinguishing the cases of 
Persons prosecuted for giving and receiving Bribes ; 
and the Number of Convictions in each Class. 

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


Privé 
(Gro 
and ! 


Blac 
Rail 


Resolved, That an humble Address ke presented Appeals 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased — 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of all Appeals from the Courts in 
India, instituted before the Judicial Committee of 
the Privy Council, setting forth whether the Appeal 
was instituted from one of Her Majesty’s Supreme 
Courts, or from one of the Courts of the East India 
Company, and if from the latter, whether such Court 
was presided over by one European or Native Judge ; 


: " : Wi 
what the subject-matter of the Suit was; whether 


Soh 
Bill 
Britain or freland, or of a Foreign Country ; the 
Date of the Sentence given in Jndia; the Date of 
the Institution of the Appeal before the Judicial 
Sommittee of the Privy Council ; the Date of the 
Sentence of that Tribunal; whether the Sentence of 
the Court appealed from was affirmed, reversed or 
varied, and whether in matter of substance or form ; 
and whether with or without Costs; and who were 
the Judges who presided at the Hearing. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second Sale and 
reading of the Sale and Purchase of Land Bill; eee 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon ~ ; 

Wednesday the 13th day of April next. 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve Merchant 
itself into a Committee to consider the Acts relating Shipping. 
to Merchant Shipping. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Mercantile 
Copies of any Circulars or General Orders issued by Marine. 
the Board of Admiralty, and now in force, with 
respect to the Entry of Volunteers from the Mercan- 
tile Marine into Her Majesty’s Ships of War, and 
with respect to Claims for Salvage. 


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


Veneris, 18° die Martii ; 
Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1853. 
PRAYERS. 


HE Order for the attendance in their places Rye Election. 

this day of Matthew Elias Corbally, Esquire, 
and Robert Charles Tudway, Esquire, was read, and ; 
discharged, 

Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Rye 
Election Petition have leave to sit this day till Six 
of the clock, during the sitting of the House; and 
that they have Power to adjourn from time to time, 
and from place to place. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee Great Yar- 


on the Great Yarmouth Wellington Pier Bill; That he 
J Bill. 

Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
striking out the words “landing place and prome- 


nade,” these words appearing to the Committee to 





Private Bills 
(Groups B. 
and C.) 


Blackburn 
Railway Bill. 


Wakefield 
Soke Mills 
Bill. 


Public 
Petitions 

( Thirty-first 
Report.) 


Liverpool 
Sanitary and 
ther Local 
Acts Bill. 


Banbridge, 
Hublin, Newry 
and Belfast 
Junction 
hailway, 


Pangor and 
Carnarvon 
Railway Bill. 


"dinburgh 
W aterworks 
(No. 2) Bill. 


leeds Gas 
No, 2) Bill, 








16 Vicrortiz. 


be superfluous ; and found the same, as amended, to 
be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Committees onGroups B. and C. 
of Private Bills have leave to sit this day till Five 
of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee 
on the Blackburn Railway Bill; That they had exa- 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and amended the same, by referring to the 
extension, by Warrant of the Commissioners of Rail- 
ways, and subsequently by “ The Blackburn Railway 
Act, 1851,” of the periods for the purchase of Lands 
and completion of Works, now sought to be further 
extended; and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | 


and be printed. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee 
on the Wukefield Soke Mills Bill; That they had 


examined the allegatioas contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and made verbal Amendments thereto, 
with a view to make the recitals thereof more accu- 
rate ; and found the same, as amended, to be true ; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 16th and 17th days of 
this instant March ; and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 

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


The Order for referrmg to the Committee of Se- 
lection the Liverpool Sanitary and other Local Acts 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of 
the Petition for the Banbridge, Dublin, Newry and 
Belfast Junction Railway Bill, might be read ; and 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway from Banbridge to join the 
Dublin and Belfast y Bea Railway at Searvagh : 
And that Lord Edwin Hill and Mr. Macartuey do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


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

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of the Edinburgh Waterworks 
(No. 2) Bill, the Standing Orders have been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to consolidate the 
Acts relating to the Leeds Gas-Light Company, to 
authorize the Company to raise a further Sum of 
Money, and for other purposes: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 

Voz, Les, 


18° Marti. 


351 


A Petition of the New River Company, praying New River 
that Provision may be made in the New Kiver Com- Company Bill. 
pany Bill for extending the Provisions of one of the 
Company’s Acts, as to the Supply of Water to certain 
other places, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Lord Harry Vane reported from the Committee Cardiff Water- 
on the Cardiff Waterworks Bill ; That they had ex- ¥°rks Bill. 
amined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and amended the same, by stating the ex- 
pediency of repealing the recited Act, and re-enact- 
ing certain of the Powers and Provisions thereof ; 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Motion being made, That the Redruth and Redruth and 
Chasewater Railway Bill be now read the third a. 
time ; on 

Sir William Molesworth, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the purport of the Bill, 
vives Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest 
/1s concerned, that the House may do therein as they 

shall think fit. 
Then the Bill was read the third time. 
| A Clause (Works below high-water mark not to 
| be executed without the consent of the Lords of the 
| Admiralty), was thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 
| Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





The House proceeded to take into consideration Salford 
the Salford Extension and Improvement Bill, as Extension and 
eg . Improvement 
amended in the Committee ; and Amendments were p31), 
made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Bayswater, Paddington and Holborn Bridge Bayswater, 
Railway Bill was read a second time; and com- Paddington 

5 | 7 and Holborn 
mitted. _ Bridge Rail- 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- way Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 


The Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Bill was Monmouth- 
read a second time ; and committed. shire Bailway 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill be referred to the Com- ond Canal BES. 
mittee of Selection. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second English and 


reading of the English and Australian Copper Com- Australian 
5, Copper Com- 
pany bill ; pany Bill. 


Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That the Reading Markets Bill be re- Reading _ 
committed to the former Committee; and that the Markets Bill. 
Parties promoting the same do forthwith reprint the 
Bill, as amended by the Committee, and deposit a 
Copy of the same in the Private Bill Office, and in 
ithe Office of the Town Clerk of Reading ; and do 
| also give notice thereof by advertisement, to be pub- 
lished for three successive weeks in some newspaper 
| circulated in the town of Reading; and that it be an 
| Instruction to the said Committee to inquire whether 
| the said Order has been complied with. 
| 





| Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Tipperary 
received Notice, that it is not intended to proceed Election. 
i with the Petition complaining of an undue Election 

and Return for the County of Tipperary :—And the 


same was read, as followeth : 
Sir, 32, Parliament-street, 18th March 1853. 


As Agents for Mr. John Bayly, in the matter of 
his Petition delivered in on the 25th day of i 
er 





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352 18° Martiz. 


ber last, complaining of an undue Election and Re- 
turn for the County of 7ipperary, we hereby beg to 
inform you, that it is not intended to proceed with 


A. 18558. 


|desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her 
Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House of 
Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal 


the said Petition. was read, giving, declaring and notifying the Royal 
We have the honour to be, Sir, Assent to the several Bills therein mentioned ; and 
Your very obedient servants, that the Lords, thereby authorized, had declared the 
Thompson, Debenham and Brown. = Assent to the said Bills: Which Bills are as 
ollow : 

An Act to apply the Sum of Eight Millions out of Consolidated 
the Consolidated Fund, to the Service of the year Fund Bill 
One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-three : 

An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and Mutiny Bin, 
for the better Payment of the Army and their 
(Juarters : 

Wolverhamp- — Lord Harry Vane reported from the Committee on| An Act for the Regulation of Her Majesty’s Royal Marine 

a —— the Wolverhampton Markets and Fairs, &amp;e. Bill ; | Marine Forces while on Shore : Mutiny Bil. 

Bil. "That they had examined the allegations contained in| An Act for enabling the Commissioners of Inland Inland Re. 
the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by | Revenue to dispose of certain Property in the City p-nve Office 
referring to a Provisional Order of the Board of | of London : . 
Health, inserted in the Schedule, and by other verbal An Act to authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands, Commons 
Amendments; and found the same, as amended, to | in pursuance of a Report of the Inclosure Commis- ey 
be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made |sioners for J:ngland and Wales: (08) ae. 
Amendments thereunto. An Act to limit the Time of taking the Poll in County 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. | Counties at Contested Elections for Knights of the Elections 


To the Right honourable the Speaker 
of the House of Commons. 
The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- 
charged. 


Polls Bill. 


Railway and 
Canal Bills 
(Third 
Report.) 


No. 246, 


New Forest 
Deer Removal 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


No, 247. 


Railway and 
Canal Bills. 


Royal Asscut 
te Bills. 


Mr. Cardwell reported from the Select Committee 
on Railway and Canal Bills; That they had made 
further Progress in the matters to them referred ; and 
directed him to report the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before them. 

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


Mr. Wilson reported from the Select Committee 
on the New Forest Deer Removal Act Amendment 
Bill; That they had examined the allegations con- 
tained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended 
the same, by reciting that an abstract of claims men- 
tioned therein has been published in the London 
Gazette, and that due notice has been given by ad- 
vertisement, that copies of such abstract, as printed 
in the London Gazette, may be obtained on applica- 
tion to the Clerk of the Verderers and others, in 
order more fully to set forth the objects of the Bill, 
as amended; and found the same, as amended, to | 
be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday the 4th day | 
of April next. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
that part of the Message from the Lords of the 17th 
day of this instant March, wherein their Lordships 
request that this House will communicate to their 
Lordships, Copies of Reports from the Select Com- 
mittee appointed by this House in the present Ses- 
sion of Parliament, to consider the principle of Amal- 
gamation as applied to Railway or Railway and Canal 
Bills, about to be brought under the consideration of 
Parliament, and to consider the principles which 
ought to guide the House in Railway Legislation. 

Ordered, That printed Copies of the First and Se- 
cond Reports of the said Committee be communicated 
to the Lords, as desired by their Lordships: And that 
Mr. Wilson do deliver the same. 


A Message by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentleman 
sher of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty's 
Commission for declaring Her Royal Assent to seve- 
ral Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire the 
immediate attendance of this Honourable House in 
the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. 
Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :— And being returned ; 
Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 


U 


Shire to serve in Parliament in England and Wales 
to one day : 


land: 


Offices and Employments, and to extend the Time 
limited for those purposes respectively. 


Petitions of Edward Hance and others, Electors, and 
of Thomas Barrett Lennard, a Candidate at the last 
Election, complaining of an undue Election and Re- 
turn for the Borough of Maldon, and to defend which 
Return, James Francis Tomlinson was admitted a 
Party, informed the House, That the Committee had 
determined, 

That Charles Du Cane, Esquire, is not duly elected 
a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Borough of Maldon. 

That Zarerner John Miller, Esquire, is not duly 
elected a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament 
for the Borough of A/aldon. 

That the last Election for the Borough of Maldon 
is a void Election. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Lord Robert Grosvenor further informed the House, 
That the Committee had agreed to the following 
Resolutions : 

That Charles Du Cane and Taverner John Miller, 
Esquires, were, by their Agents, guilty of bribery at 
the last Election; but that it was proved to the satis- 
faction of the Committee that the acts of bribery 
were committed without the cognizance or privity 
of the said Charles Du Cane and Taverner John 
Miller. 

That Charles Du Cane and Taverner John Miller, 
Esquires, were, by their Agents, guilty of treating at 
the last Election; but that it was not proved to the 
satisfaction of the Committee that such treating took 
place with the knowledge or consent of the said 
Charles Du Cane and Taverner John Miller. 

That it was proved to the Committee, that William 
Hearn had been bribed by a payment of £.5, and 
that William Forster had been bribed by a payment 
of £.2, and Welliam Lord and John Hill, by a pay- 
ment of £.1 each, under colour of payment for ex- 

nses. 

That there is reason to believe that corrupt prac- 
tices have extensively prevailed at Elections of Mem- 
bers to serve in Parliament for the Borough of 
Maldon. 

Ordered, That the Refort do lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, 








An Act to revive certain Temporary Provisions re- Grand Jury 
lating to the Collection of Grand Jury Cess in Jre- ene Cieciend) 


An Act to indemnify such Persons in the United Indemnity 
Kingdom as have omitted to qualify themselves for Bil 


Lord Robert Grosvenor, from the Select Committee Maldon 
appointed to try and determine the matter of the Election. 





id) 





Minutes 
ordered. 


Westmeath 
Election. 


Private Bills 
(Group C.) 


Brighton, 
Hove and 
Preston Wa- 
terworks Bill. 


Parish 
Constables 
Bill. 

No, 248. 


“ Queen 
Victoria” 
Steamer, 


Ramsgate 
Harbour. 


No. 250. 


Mercantile 
Marine. 


No, 251. 


Railways. 
No. 252 


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16 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Committee be laid before this House. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
received Notice, that it is not intended to proceed 
with the Petition complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the County of Westmeath :— And the 
same was read, as followeth : 


Sir, London, 18th March 1853. 

I beg to inform you, that it is not my intention to 
proceed with the Petition presented by me on the 
25th day of November last, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the County of Westmeath. 


I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your very obedient servant, 
Richard Levinge. 
To the Right honourable the Speaker 
of the House of Commons. 
The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- 
charged. 


Mr. Baring Wail reported from the Committee on 
Group C. of Private Bills; That at the meeting of 
the Committee this day, a Letter was received from 
Mr. Franklyn, one of the selected Members of the 
said Committee, stating that he was unable, on ac- 
count of illness in his family, to attend the Committee 
this day. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Baring Wall reported the Brighton, Hove 
and Preston Waterworks Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Deedes reported from the Select Committee 
on the Parish Constables Bill; That they had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto, 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee :—And that they have leave to sit 
and proceed upon Wednesday the 13th day of April 
next, 


Mr. Osborne presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Report of Captain Walker, of the 
Naval Department of the Board of Trade, on an in- 
quiry into the nature, circumstances and causes at- 
tending the Wreck of the “ Queen Victoria ;” together 
with Minutes of Evidence. 

Mr. Osborne also presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 14th day of this instant March, for a Copy 
of the Report of Captain Veitch to the Board of 
Admiralty, on the subject of Ramsgate Harbour. 

Return to an Order, dated the 17th day of this 
instant March, for Copies of any Circulars or General 
Orders issued by the Board of Admiralty, and now 
in force, with respect to the Entry of Volunteers from 
the Mercantile Marine into Her Majesty’s Ships of 
War, and with respect to Claims for Salvage. 

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


Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—A Return, showing the Number of Passen- 
gers conveyed on all the Railways in England and 
Wales, Scotland and Ireland respectively, during the 
half-year ended the 30th June 1852, distinguished 
in different Classes, and the Receipts from each 
Class of Passengers, and from Goods, &amp;c. ; compiled 
from Returns made in pursuance of the Provisions 
of the Act 3 &amp; 4 Vic. c.97; also the Length of 
Railway open at the Commencement and at the 
Termination of the half-year; together with a Sum- 
mary, comparing the Traffic with that in the Cor- 
responding Period in 1851; and a Supplement, 
showing the Aggregate Number of Miles travelled 
by each Class of Passengers; the Number of Pas- 
senger Trains and of Goods ‘Trains respectively ; 
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and the Number of Miles travelled by such Trains, 
during the above-mentioned half-year. 

Mr. Cardwell also presented,—Return to an Or- Railways. 
der, dated the 25th day of June, in the last Session No. 253. 
of the last Parliament, for a Return of the Number 
and Description of Persons employed on each of the 
Railways in England and Wales, Scotland and Ire- 
land respectively, on the 30th day of June 1852, 
which may at that Date be open for Traffic; also, 
the Length of Line (with the Number of Stations) 
open for Public Traffic on the same Day :—And, 
similar Return for each Line and Branch Line of 
Railway which has been authorized, but which may 
not be open for Traffic on the 30th day of June 
1852; distinguishing the Length of each such Line 
or Branch Line on which the Works may be in Pro- 
gress, and the Length on which they may not be in 
Progress at that Date; and specifying the Act or 
Acts authorizing such Railways (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 20, of the present Ses- 
sion). 

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


Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Medical 
mand,—Copy of First Annual Report of the Com- a 
missioners for administering the Laws for Relief (rel#n4-) 
of the Poor in Jre/and, under the Medical Charities 
Act, 14 &amp; 15 Vie. ec. 68. 

Mr. Fitzroy also presented,—Return to an Ad- Coal Mines. 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 15th day of Fe- No. 254. 
bruary last, for a Return of the Number of Accidents 
in Coal Mines during the years 1850, 1851 and 
1852, specifying each particular Accident ; the Num- 
ber of Lives lost in each case; the Cause of the 
Accident ; whether the Mine was imspected by the 
proper Government Inspector before the Accident 
took place; and the Coroner’s Jury’s Verdict. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Chatham 
9th day of this instant March, for Returns of the Borough. 
Number of Voters in the Borough of Chatham :— No. 255. 
Of the Number of Voters for the Borough of Chat- 
ham in the Employment of Government :—Of the 
Number of Voters in the Employment of Govern- 
ment who voted at the last Election for the Borough 
of Chatham :—And, of the Number who voted for 
each Candidate. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Municipal 
14th day of this instant March, for a Return of all Charters. 
the Towns or Boroughs which have petitioned to be 
incorporated according to the Provisions of the Act 
5 &amp; 6 Will. 4, c. 76; stating the Date of the Peti- 
tion, whether such Petition was opposed or not, the 
Result, and whether, in case of the Charter being 
granted, the District comprised in such Charter was 
either larger or smaller than the Precinct of the peti- 
tioning Town or Borough (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 610, of Session 1840). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Brighton 
14th day of this instant March, for Copy of the —" 
Report made by William Forsyth, — to Her 
Majesty in Council, in or about the Month of No- 
vember last, on the Subject of a Petition of the In- 
habitant Householders of the Town of Brighton, 
praying for a Municipal Charter. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Brighton 
17th day of this instant March, for Copies of the Municipal 
Order in Council approving the Report of the Com- a 
mittee of Privy Council on the dismissal of the Peti- 
tion of the Inhabitants of Brighton, for a Charter of 
Incorporation for that Town :—And, of the Procla- 
mation giving Notice of the Time when the said 
Petition would be taken into consideration by the 
Privy Council. 

Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of this in- Rate in Aid 
stant March, for an Account of all Sums levied in and (1teland.) 
issued to each Union in Jre/and, under the Act 12 No. 256. 
Vic. c.24, in each of the years 1851 and 1852, 
showing, in Columns, for each Union, the County, 
the Name of the Union, the Sum levied in 1851, tlie 





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354 18° Marti. 


Sum issued in 1851, the Sum levied in 1852, the 
Sum issued in 1852, with a Summary by Provinces, 
and the Balance (if any) on hand on the 31st day of 
December 1852. 

Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of this in- 
stant March, for an Account of Amount of Rates re- 
served and paid in Ireland, on account of Conso- 
lidated Annuities, in 1851 and in 1852, showing, in 
Columns, the County, the Name of eacli Union, the 
Instalment ordered to be reserved in 1851, the 
Amount remitted in 1851, the Amount paid in 1851, 
and the part of the Instalment, if any, remaining due 
and unpaid on the 31st day of December 1851; also, 
the Instalment ordered to be reserved in 1852, the 
Amount paid in 1852, and the Amount of the Instal- 
ments, if any, due on the 31st day of December 
1852, with a Summary by Provinces. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table ; and that the Returns relative to Coal Mines ; 
Chatham Borough; Rate-in-Aid (Jreland); and, 
Consolidated Annuities (Jre/and), be printed. 


Consolidated 
Annuities 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 257. 


Troops, &amp;c. Mr. Peel presented,—Return to an Address to 
(South Africa.) |Tey Majesty, dated the 23d day of November last, 

No. 258. — for Returns of the Number of Her Majesty’s Troops 
who have been employed in South Africa in each 
year since 1849-50:—And, of the General Abstract 
of the Expenditure by Great Britain, on account of 
South Africa, for each year since 1849-50 (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 683, of Ses- 
sion 1851, and No. 89, of Session 1852). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
24th day of February last, for Copies of the De- 
Ne. 259. spatch from Sir John Pakington to the Governors of 

New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia, 


New South 
Wales, &amp;e. 





dated 15th December 1852, and his Despatch to the 
Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen’s Lund, dated | 
14th December 1852. 
Barbadoes,&amp;c. Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the | 
No. 260, 11th day of this instant March, for Copies or Ex- 
tracts of any Despatch from the Governor of Bar- 
badoes, respecting the Admission of Her Majesty’s 
‘Ship “ Dauntless” to Free Pratique in that Island : 
—And, Copy of a Letter from Dr. Gavin to the 
Under-Secretary for the Colonies, dated Nassau, 
January 1853, stating certain Facts in connexion 
with Yellow Fever on Board the Steam Packet 

“ Esk” while at Nassau. 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the | 
Table ; and be printed. 


Estimates, &amp;e. Mr, Wi/son presented, by Her Majesty's Com- 


Civil Services. mand,—Estimates, &amp;c., Civil Services for the year 
No, 261, ending 31st March 1854; viz. 

Class I.:—Public Works and Buildings. 

Class II.:—Salaries and Expenses of Public 
Departments. 

Class I11.:—Law and Justice. 

Class [V.:—Edueation, Science and Art. 

Class V.:—Colonial, Consular and other Fo- 
reign Services. 

Class VI.:—Superannuation and Retired Al- 
lowances, and Gratuities for Charitable and 
other purposes. 

Class VII.:—Miscellaneous, Special and Tem- 
porary Objects. 

General Abstract of the Grants to be proposed 
for Civil Services for 1853, compared with 
similar Charges for 1851 and 1852. 

An Account of the Sums expended under the 
gencies. Head of Civil Contingencies in the years 1850, 
No. 262. 1851 and 1852; and an Estimate of the Amount 
required for 1853. 
Estimate of Sums required to meet Expenses, 
No. 263. which will come in course of payment in the Com- 
missariat Department in the year 1853-4, 
Kafir War. An Estimate of the further Sum required to be 
No.264, voted in 1853-4 towards defraying 7, sentinel of 
the Aafir War beyond the Ordinary Grants for Army, 
Navy, Ordnance and Commissariat Services. 


Civil Contin- 


Commissariat, 





A. 1853. 


Ordered, That the said Estimates and Account 
be referred to the Committee of Supply; and be 
printed. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Mr. Robert 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated Burns. 
the 10th day of this instant March, for Copy of No.249, 
Letter from Captain Massie, r. nN. to the Resident 
Councillor at Singapore, dated the 11th day of De- 
cember 1851, relating to the Murder of Mr. Robert 
Burns on Board of the “ Dolphin.” 


The following Papers, pursuant to the directions Entails 
of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon the (S¢etland.) 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—Copy of War- 
rant granting Compensation to Mr. William Pitt 
Dundas, for loss of Fees sustained by him as Keeper 
of the Register of Entails, &amp;c. in Scotland, year 
ending 15th November 1852. 


An Account, made up to the 31st December 1852, Russian 
of the Sums which have been paid and applied within Dutch Loan. 
the year 1852, by virtue of an Act 55 Geo. 3, ¢.115, No. 265, 
intituled, “ An Act for carrying into effect a Con- 
vention between his Majesty and the King of the 
Netherlands and the Emperor of all the Russias,” 
for paying and satisfying the Interest on the part 
of the Loan therein agreed to be borne by his Ma- 
jesty, on all or any of the Securities therein men- 
tioned, and towards paying and satisfying the Prin- 
cipal thereof (in case of the Principal of any of the 
said Securities shall have been paid), and also for 
paying the Expenses of carrying the said Act into 
execution, and the Sinking Fund for the extinction 
of the same. 

List of Officers and Departments whose Accounts Public 
are audited or inspected by the Commissioners for Accountants, 
auditing the Public Accounts. 


An Account of the Arrears and Balances due to 
and from all Public Accountants, arising upon final 
Accounts which have been stated or declared, or 
signed and passed, so far as the said Particulars can 
be ascertained from the Books of the Commissioners 
for auditing the Public Accounts, completed to the 
5th January 1853. 


List of Accounts depending in the Office of the 
Commissioners for auditing the Public Accounts, 
which have not been audited, stated or declared, or 
signed and passed, completed to the 28th February 
18538. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Mr. Robert 
Burns, and the Account relative to the Russian Dutch 
Loan, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Silver Coins, silver Coins, 
&amp;c., which was presented upon the 17th day of this &amp;¢ 
instant March, be printed. No. 268. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Immigrants Immigrants . 
and Liberated Africans, which was presented upon and Liberate 


aes . Africans. 
the 17th day of this instant March, be printed. No. 269. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to West India West India 
Mail Steamers, which was presented upon the 17th Mail Steamers. 
day of this instant March, be printed. 0. 270. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Dockyard Dockyard 
Appointments, which was presented upon the 17th Appointments. 
day of this instant March, be printed. 0, 271. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Dockyard Dockyard 
Promotions, which was presented upon the 17th day # —" 
of this instant March, be printed. “Soe. 


Ordered, ‘That the Return relative to Rochester Rochester 
Consistory Court, &amp;c., and Ecclesiastical Courts, emg il 
which was presented upon the 17th day of this in- g¢clesiastical 
stant March, be printed. Courts. 

No, 273. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Highland Hightand, 
Roads and Bridges, which was presented upon the Roads an 


17th day of this instant March, be printed “+ 
ay of this instan c . . 
’ : Ordered, im 








Public Income 
and Expen- 
diture. 

No. 275. 
Increase and 
Diminution of 
Salaries, &amp;c. 


No. 276. 


Superannua- 
tions. 
No. 277. 
Public Debt. 
No. 278. 


New Churches. 
No. 279. 


Eastern 
Archipelago. 
No. 266. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Thirty- 
second Report. 


Adjournment. 


Public 
Business, 


Committees, 


Butter, 


16 Vicroriz. 





Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Public In- 
come and Expenditure, which were presented upon 
the 17th day of this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Abstract of the Account relative 
to Increase and Diminution of Salaries, &amp;c., which 
was presented upon the 17th day of this mstant 
March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Superannua- 
tions, which was presented upon the 17th day of this 
instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Public Debt, 
which was presented upon the 17th day of this in- 
stant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to New Churches, 
which was presented upon the 17th day of this in- 
stant March, be printed. 


Ordered, ‘That the Return relative to the Eastern 
Archipelago, which was presented upon the 17th day 
of this instant March, be printed. 


Petitions relating to Parliamentary Oaths ; — 
Clergy Reserves (Canada) Bill; — Crystal Palace 
( Sydenham) ;—Jewish Disabilities ;— ‘laynooth Col- 
lege Act; — Universities (Scotland) ; — Attorneys’ 
Certificates ;—Carriages ; County Rates and Ex- 
penditure Bill ;—Malt ;—Paper, Newspaper Stamps 
and Advertisements ; — Soap ; — Arbitration ; — 
County Courts ;—Ordnance Survey of Scotland ;— 
Payment of Wages Bill; — Poor Law ;—Public- 
houses (Scotland) Bill; — Registration of Births, 
Deaths and Marriages (/reland) ;— and, Sheriff 
Courts (Scotland) Bill,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers,—were 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of the 
House this day, adjourn till Monday the 4th day of 
April next. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That after Easter, Orders of the Day have 
precedence of Notices of Motions on Thursdays :— 
And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That after Monday the 18th day of April 
next, Orders of the Day have precedence of Notices 
of Motions on Thursdays ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “18th day of 
“ April,” and inserting the words “ 2d day of May,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Question : 
—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 

Then the main Question being put ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, 


. 1 
Yeas, LMr. Grenville Berkeley: f sini 
Tellers for the{ lord Henry Lennox, lige 
Noes, LViscount Mandeville : | eee 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit, 
notwithstanding the adjournment of the House. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Quantity of Foreign Butter destroyed 
in Bond in different Ports of the United Kingdom in 
each year since the year 1844, with the Dates of the 
several Periods at which such destruction took place, 

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355 


and the Quantity destroyed at each Period (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 185, of Ses- 
sion 1845). 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Rochester 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased ©athedral. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Minutes of the Dean and 
Chapter of Rochester, containing the Conditions and 
Terms of Appointment of the two Junior Minor 
Canons of Rochester Cathedral. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Rajah of 

Copies of a Letter, dated the 21st day of November Sttara. 
1852, signed by nine Proprietors of East Jndia Stock, 
addressed to James Cosmo Melville, Esquire, Secre- 
tary, enclosing a Memorial to the Court of Directors 
from Rungo Bapojee, the Vakeel of the late Ex- 
Rajah of Sattara, respecting the Rajah’s Private 
Property, received by the Servants of the Company 
at Sattara; and, of the Court’s Answer thereto, 
dated the 19th day of January 1853. 


Sweets or 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Made Wines. 


Returns of all Sweets or Made Wines imported from 
Scotland and Ireland into England, wider the Pro- 
visions of the Act 6 &amp; 7 Will. 4, c. 72, stating the 
Port or Place imported from, and the Port or Place 
imported into, from the 6th day of January 1852 to 
the 5th day of January 1853, both Dates inclusive ; 
stating the Denomination, Sort or Kind, of all such 
Sweets or Made Wines, or Sweetened Compounded 
Spirits so imported, and the Amount per Gallon of 
| Duty charged and paid upon all the above-mentioned 
Articles so Imported :—Of all Seizures that have 
| been made by the Excise and Customs of any such 
| Sweets or Made Wines, and Sweetened Compounded 
| Spirits, so Imported, and the reason of such Seizures : 
—Of all Sweets or Made Wines and Sweetened Com- 
pounded Spirits seized Inland, being brought from 
Scotland into England, contrary to the Provisions of 
the said Act, from the 6th day of January 1852 to 
the 5th day of January 1853, both Dates inclusive ; 
stating how all such Seizures of the above-mentioned 
Sweets or Made Wines, and Sweetened Compounded 
Spirits, within the Periods of the Dates specified, 
have been dealt with, if any, and what Amount of 
Penalty has been enforced against the Parties from 
whom any such Seizures have been made :—And, of 
the Quantity, stating the Denomination, Sort or 
Kind, of all such Sweets or Made Wines, and Sweet- 
ened Compounded Spirits, remaining in Bond on the 
‘th day of January 1853, and where Bonded. 





Ordered, That the Paper relative to Ramsgate Ramsgate 
Harbour, which was presented upon the 7th day of Harbour. 
August 1851, be re-printed. No. 250, 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Lunacy. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copy of Seventh Annual Report ef the Com 
missioners of Lunacy to the Lord Chancellor. 

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


Mr. Glyn reported the Teignmouth Harbour and Teignmouth 
Teign Navigation Bill, with Amendments. bg and 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. oun Bill. 
Mr. Glyn reported the Norfolk Estuary Bill, with Norfolk _ 
Amendments. Estuary Bill 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s Mexico. 


Command,—Papers relative to a Decree of the 





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356 


Mexican Government, modifying the Customs Tariff, 
_ _ January 1853. 
aoe Papers respecting proposed Plan for making 
—. Meteorological and Hydrographical Observations at 
Observations, Sea. 
Sir James 
Brooke. 
No. 281. 


Copy of Correspondence between Lord Wodehouse 
and ut James Brooke, on alleged discrepancy be- 
tween his “ Vindication ” and his Deposition of 1849. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Paper relative to Sir James 
Brooke be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Clergy Reserves (Canada) 


Bill. 


Clergy 
Reserves 
(Canada) Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


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

Preamble postponed. 

Criause, N° 1. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson 
Patten reported, That the Committee had made 
Progress in the Bill; and that he was directed to 
move, That the Committee may have leave to sit 
again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Humphrey: 
Mr. Speaker, 
Slave Trade The Lords have agreed to the Slave Trade (New 


aaa Granada) Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 
Mi . 


Slave Trade 
(Sohar, in 
Arabia) Bill. 
Office of Exa- The Lords have agreed to the Office of Examiner 
miner (Court (Court of Chancery) Bill, with Amendments; to 
of Chancery) &lt;7. s a me SiG 
Bill which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords request, That this House will be pleased 
to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of the 
Report of a Committee of this House, appointed in 
the present Session of Parliament to try and de- 
termine the matter of the Petition, complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the City of Canter- 
bury ; together with a Copy of. the Evidence taken 
before the said Committee :—And then the Messen- 
ger withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House will send to the Lords, 
a printed Copy of the said Report, as desired by their 
Lordships. 

And the Messenger was again called in, and Mr. 
Speaker acquainted him therewith; and a printed 
Copy of the said Report was delivered to him to be 
communicated to the Lords:-—-And then he again 
withdrew. 


The Lords have agreed to the Slave Trade (Sohar, 
in Arabia) Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


Canterbury 
Election, 


Clergy 
Reserves 
(Canada) Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Clergy Reserves (Canada) 
Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 

Crauses, N° 1 and N° 2, agreed to. 

Crause, N°3 (So much of the said Act of the 
third and fourth years of Her Majesty, c. 78, as 
charges the Consolidated Fund of the United King- 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland with, or authorizes 
any payment thereout of, the Sums needed to supply 
such deficiency as in the said Act mentioned, shall 
from and after the passing of this Act be repealed). 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause stand part of the Bill; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question proposed, 
That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave 
to sit again :—Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question put ; 


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A, 1853. 


The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Bright, 
Yeas, UMr. Miall: 
Tellers for the Mr. Hayter, 
Noes, Mr. Grenville Berkeley : 


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1 
J 


108. 


176. 


Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


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


Sabbati, 19° die Martti, 1853: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson 
Patten reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday the 
4th day of April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Jewish. 
reading of the Jewish Disabilities Bill ; —_ 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon ' 
| Monday the 11th day of April next. 





__ The Law of Evidence (Scotland) Bill was, accord- Law of Evi. 
| ing to Order, read a second time; and committed dence (Scot- 
to a Committee of the whole House for Monday the nnd) Oe. 

4th day of April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Sheriff Courts 
reading of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill ; — 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon =~ 
Tuesday the 5th day of April next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Oaths in 
into consideration the Oaths in Chancery Bill, as Chancery Bill, 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday the 4th day of April next. 





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

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 
4th day of April next, resolve itself into the said 
| Committee. 


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| 
| 


| 
| 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means, 
Resolved, ‘Vhat this House will, upon Monday the 
4th day of April next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Merchant 
into a Committee on Merchant Shipping. Shipping. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, Tinat the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend various Laws relating to Merchant Ship- 
ping. 

Resolution to be reported. 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson 
Patten reported, That the Committee had come to 
a Resolution. 

Ordered, ‘That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Wilson Patten accordingly reported a Resolu- 
tion ; which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend various Laws relating to Merchant Shipping: 
—And he moved the House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill : 
And that Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Cardwell and 
Sir James Graham do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Schools 
Return, stating the Names of the Schools under the (Ireland.) 
Management of the Commissioners of Education in 





Ireland, and where situated, with the Number of 


| Boys 








rts 


sill, 





Election 
Petitions. 


Dublin 
Charities. 


Lunatics, &amp;e. 
(Scotland. ) 


National 
Gallery. 


Waterford 
County 
Election, 


Merchant 
Shipping Bill. 
No. 282. 


Preston Gas 
ill, 


16 VicrorrizZ. 


each year for the last Four years ending the 31st day 


of December 1852 (in continuation of Parliamentary | 


Paper, No. 607, of Session 1849), 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 


18°—19° Martii.—A4° Aprilis. 


Boys in each, on the 1st day of May 1852; and the | 
Number of Boys taught in each School gratis in| 





357 
Lune, 4° die Aprilis ; 


Anno 16° Victorie Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 


M®. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had Petitions 


an Alphabetical List of all Election Petitions pre-} examined the Petitions presented upon the 18th day (Thirty-se- 
co. 


sented during the present Session; showing the of March last, and had directed him to make a Re- 


nd Report.) 


Names of the Places, Names of Members petitioned , port thereof to the House. 


against, the Dates of Presentation, and Petitions to 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


defend Returns; and in what manner any of such | and be printed. 


Petitions may have been disposed of; whether by 
the Sureties to the Recognizances being reported as 


A Petition of the thereunder-signed Persons, Lands Im- 


objectionable, or by being withdrawn ; with the | praying that provision may be made in the Lands provement 

Dates of the Reports and such withdrawals, or other- | [mprovement Company Bill for extending the pro- Company Bill. 
. 1 . ere : ; . 5 

wise, together with the Names of the Agents :—Re-' visions of the Bill to Scotland, was presented, and 


turns of all Reports, Special Reports, and Determi- | 


nations or Resolutions of any Election Committees 
reported to this House :—Of the Names of all Mem- 
bers who have been unseated, and for what Causes 
they have been so unseated :—And, of the Names 
of all Places the Writs for which have been sus- 
pended, and to what Dates they have been so sus- 
pended :— The whole of the above Returns to be 
made complete up to Easter. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Petition of the Lord Mayor, Al- 
dermen and Burgesses of the City of Dublin, against 
the withdrawal of the Grants for Dublin Charities, 
be printed:—And the said Motion was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Lunatic, Fatuous, 
Insane or Impotent Persons confined in each Parish 
in Scotland, stating the Places where confined, and 
the Cost paid for the Support of the same. 

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


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Na- 
tional Gallery do consist of Seventeen Members :— 
A Committee was accordingly nominated of Colonel 
Mure, Mr. Labouchere, Mr. Charteris, Mr. Stirling, 
Mr. Raikes Currie, Mr. Milnes, Mr. Marshall, Lord 
Seymour, Mr. Vernon, Lord Brooke, Mr. Goulburn, 
Mr. Ewart, Mr. Baring Wall. Sir William Moles- 
worth, Mr. Hardinge, Lord William Graham, and 
Mr. Hamilton; with Power to send for persons, 
papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Select Committee on the Waterford 
County Election Petition be laid before this House. 


Mr. Cardwell presented a Bill to amend various 
Laws relating to Merchant Shipping: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Monday the 4th day of April next ; 
and to be printed. 


Mr. Brotherton reported the Preston Gas Bill, 
with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till One of the clock on Saturday morning, 
adjourned till Monday the 4th day of April 
next, 


VoL. 108. 











read ; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Promoters of the IZrwell Valley trwen Valley 
Waterworks, and the Bury Waterworks Company, Waterworks 
praying that provision may be made in the /rwedd Bill. 
Valley Waterworks Bill for enabling the Bury Water- 
works Company to sell, and the Promoters of the 
Irwell Valley Waterworks to purchase the existing 
Works of the first-mentioned Petitioners, and to 
unite the Undertakings of the two Companies, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Examiners 
of Petitions for Private Bill. 


Mr. French presented a Bill for making a Rail- Banbridge, 


| way from Banbridge to join the Dublin and Belfast Dublin, Newry 
| Junction Railway at Scarvagh : And the same was 


and Belfast 
: Junction 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second Railway Bill. 


time. 


A Petition of the Midland Railway Company, Midland 
praying that provision may be made in the Midland Railway 
Railway (Leicester and Hitchin) Bill for diverting Gitehin) Bill. 
the Bedford, Ampthill and Woburn Turnpike-road 
in a direction different from that shown on the Plans 
deposited, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Blackburn Gas Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


Biackburn 
Gas Bill. 


The Dudley Gas Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


Dualey Gas 
Bill. 


The Sunderland Gas Bill was read the third Sunderland 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Bangor 
the Bangor Waterworks Bill, as amended in the — 


Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Bristol 
the Bristol Waterworks Bill, as amended in the a 
Committee. . 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Carmarthen 
the Carmarthen Markets Bill, as amended in the Markets Bill. 


Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Cork Municipal 
the Cork Municipal Corporation Bill, as amended in — 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

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358 


The House proceeded to take into consideration | 
the Devonport Gas Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Devonport 
Gas Bill. 


Dublin and 
Belfast Junc- 
tion Railway 
Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Eastern Coun- 
ties Railway 
(North Wool- 
wich, Xc.) 


Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Eastern Counties Railway (North Woolwich, &amp;c.) | 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read the third time. 


Evesham 


The House proceeded to take into consideration | 
Bridge Bill. 


the Evesham Bridge Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

- : 8 
Great Yar- The House proceeded to take into consideration | 
mouth Water- the Great Yarmouth Waterworks Bill, as amended | 
works Bill. . “ . 

in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Lowestoft 
Water, Gas 
and Market 
Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration | 
the Lowestoft Water, Gas and Market Bill, as | 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, V\hat the Bill be read the third time. 


Nottingham 


The House proceeded to take into consideration | 
Gas Bill. 


the Nottingham Gas Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ormskirk 


The House proceeded to take into consideration | 
Gas Lill. 


the Ormskirk Gas Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 
and Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Stockport 


The House proceeded to take ito consideration 
Improvement 
Bi 


the Stockport Improvement Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Chorley The Chorley Improvement Bill was read a second 
~ .es time; and committed. 
: Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


4° Aprils. 


| Railway Bill; 


A. 1853. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second London and 


aia . r, Westminster 
reading of the London and Westminster Thames Thames Rat 


: : : way Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 18th day of this instant April. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from New River 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Company Bin, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for additional Provi- 
sion in the New River Company Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from London ana 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 50uth Western 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- yon 
ders in the case of the Petition for the London and and Salisbury 
South Western Railway (Basingstoke and Salisbury Branch.) 
Branch) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 


Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Ballymena, 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; Ballymoney, 
That in the case of the Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine 

. : “ . 7 and Portrush 
Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway (No. 2) Junction Rail- 


| Bill, the Standing Orders have been complied with. of (No. 2) 
. Ail. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,— Report from Whichwood 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; Fortes Bill 


That in the case of the Whichwood Forest Bill, the 
| Standing Orders have been complied with. 


Ordered, Vhat the Whichwood Forest Bill be read Whichwood 
a second time upon Friday next. Forest Bill. 


Mr. Gaskell, trom the Select Committee appointed New Windsor 
to try and determine the matter of the Petition of Election. 
Henry Banks and Henry Thompson, complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
New Windsor, informed the House, That the Com- 
mittee had unanimously determined, 

That the Honourable Charles Wellesley, commonly 
called Lord Charles Wellesley, is duly elected a Bur- 
gess to serve in this present Parliament for the Bo- 
rough of New Windsor. 

And the said Determination was ordered to be 


/entered in the Journals of this House. 


Glasgow and The Glasgow and South Western Railway (No. 2) | 

ee Bill was read a second time; and committed. 

(No. 2) Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

oe eee The Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Rail- 

aan Hereford way ( Taff Vale) Bill was read a second time; and 

Railway (Taff committed. 

Vale) Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | 
mittee of Seleetion. 


Oxford, Wor- 
cester and 
Wolverham 
ton Railway 
(Extension of 
Time, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


The Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Rail- 
way (Extension of Time, &amp;c.) Bill was read a se- 
cond time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | 
mittee of Selection. 


Price's Patent 
Candle Com- 
pany (No. 2) 
Bill. 


Price's Patent Candle Company (No. 2) Bill was | 
read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
11ittee of Selection. 


Saint Margaret The Saint Margaret and Saint John the Evange- | 


and Saint John 
the Evangelist, 
Westminster, 
Vestries Bill. 


list, Westminster, Vestries Bill was read a second | 
time; and committed. 

Ordered, Yhat the Bill be referred to the Com-| 
mittee of Selection. 


| 
| 


} 


The Wimpole, Wrestlingworth and Potton Road 
Bill was read a second time; and committed. 
Ordered, ‘That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Wimpole, 
Wrestling- 
worth and 
Potton Road 
Bill. 


Mr. Gaskell further informed the House, That the 
Committee had also unanimously agreed to the 
following Resolutions : 

That treating to a considerable extent appears to 
have existed at the last Election for the Borough of 


New Windsor, but that such treating was not proved 


to have taken place for the purpose of corruptly in- 
fluencing voters, or to have been by the order or 
with the sanction of Lord Charles Wellesley or of 
his agents. 

That a practice appears to have prevailed at recent 
Elections for the said Borough, of hirmg and em- 


_ploying large bodies of men for the purpose of pro- 
| tecting voters and preserving order ; the Committee 


are of opinion, that such a practice leads to the in- 


| curring of excessive and exorbitant expense, and is 


on other grounds demoralizing and pernicious; but 
they are also of opinion, that this evil has been mainly 
caused by the insufficiency of the arrangements made 


at recent Elections for the said Borough, and by the 


inadequacy of the police. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Minutes 
before the Committee be laid before this House. ordered. 


The Order for referring the Zeeds Gas Bill to the Leeds Gas 
Committee of Selection, was read, and discharged. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Aberdeen 


A Petition of the Aberdeen Railway Company, Aeaway Bill. 


praying that provision may be made in the Aberdeen 
Railway 








16 Vicrortra. 


Railway Bill, for carrying into effect a proposed | 


arrangement with the Harbour Commissioners of 
Aberdeen, and also the objects authorized and re- 
quired by a certain meeting of the Shareholders of 
th 


e said Company, was presented, and read ; and re- | 


ferred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private 


Bills. 


4° Aprilis. 


I5Y 





Mr. Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, Sir James 
—Further Papers belonging to the Correspondence Brooke. 


between Lord Wodehouse and Sir James Brooke, on 
_— discrepancy between his “ Vindication” and 
his Deposition of 1849. 


| Mr. Peel also presented,—Return to an Address Disease in 
‘to Her Majesty, dated the 6th day of December Cattle. 


| last, for Copy of a Special Commission issued by the 














Wexford Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had| Dutch and Belgian Governments, relative to the 
a. received Notice, that it is not intended to proceed | cause and treatment of the fatal Disease of Pleura- 
— with the Petition complaining of an undue Election | pneumonia in Cattle, with an Abstract of the Ex- 
and Return for the County of Wexford :—And ‘the | periments made by Dr. Williams, of Haselt, and 
same was read, as followeth : /communicated to the Belgian Government; and, 
r . ~ 4 » Y . ae . 
Sir, 2, Bedford-row, V7th March 1853. _| Copy of a Report of each Commission. 
. . : . Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
As Agents for Michael Dowdell, in the matter of | 
; ‘5, . : “ | Table. 
his Petition delivered in on the 25th day of Novem- | 
ber last, —- of WwW, undue Election and Re- | Ordered, That the Return relative to Municipal Municipal 
turn for s « ounty a exf _— it hereby rps Charters, which was presented upon the 18th day ig “tee 
inform you that it 1s not intended to proceed with March last, be printed. No. 267. 
the said Petition. | a 
We hese Gn beneen te. ie, Ordered, That the Copy of the Report made by Brighton 
ieee . acto William Forsyth, Esquire, to Her Majesty in Municipal 
Your very obedient servants, | ,, . ; - 2 Charter. 
. Nereis end Gens Council, relative to Brighton Municipal Charter, a one 
- c nw De . = a “ _— . « . f' Wal 0. . 
To the Right honourable the Speaker which was presented upon the 18th day of March 
of the House of Commons. | last, be printed. 
The Order for referring the said Petition to the | Ordered, That the Copies of the Order in Council Brighton 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis-| approving the Report of the Committee of Privy — 
charged. Council relative to Brighton Municipal Charter, No. 280 
which were presented upon the 18th day of March a 
Consolidated Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, | last, be printed. 
— ~~ resolve itself into a Committee to consider the Con- | 
Redemption Solidated Fund and National Debt Redemption| Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Address to Election 
Acts. Acts. Her Majesty, dated the 26th day of November last, Expenses. 
for Keturns of all Fees, Disbursements or Expenses 
Bounty to Mr. Secretary-at-War presented,—Return to an | charged by any Returning Officer or his Deputy, or 


Recruits, 


Clergy 
Reserves 
( Canada.) 


Writs of 
Certiorari. 


Education, 





Order, dated the 11th day of March last, for a Re- 
turn of the Average Amount of Levy Money or 
Bounty paid or allowed to each Recruit at or after 
his Enlistment into the Cavalry, Infantry and Ar- 
tillery Corps respectively ; and also, the Average Ex- 


pense of each such Recruit, under the Heads of 


Travelling, Marching Money, Cost of Conveyance, 
and other Expenses ; and showing the Total Cost of 
each such Recruit under every species of Charge. 

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


Mr. Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, | 


—Further Papers relative to the Clergy Reserves in 
Canada (in continuation of Papers presented to Par- 
liament by Her Majesty’s Command, 11th February 
1853). 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all the Indictments removed into the Court 
of Queen’s Bench by Writ of Certiorari between 
Michaelmas Term 1842 and Michaelmas Term 1852 ; 


distinguishing those removed at the instance of the | 


Prosecutor from those removed at the instance of the 
Defendant, and stating the Grounds upon which the 
Writ was granted in each Case, and the final result 
of each Prosecution, and where the Defendant has 
been adjudged to pay Costs pursuant to his Recog- 
nizance, and the Amount of such Costs. 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Minutes of the Committee of 
Council on Education, 1852-3 :—Vol. 1. 

Copy of Minutes of the Committee of Council on 
Education, 1852-3 :—Vol. 2. 

Committee of Council on Education :--Copy of 
Reports by the Reverend Professor Moseley on Plans 
for—1. Teachers’ Superannuation Fund. 2. Grants 
to aid in purchase of Scientific Apparatus for train- 
ing and other Schools. 

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

Vou. 108, 





by any Sheriff, UnderSheriff, Sheriff Clerk or Sheriff's 
Officer, Clerk of the Peace or Town Clerk, to any 
Person returned to serve in the present Parliament 
for any County, Division of a County, City, Borough, 
District or Place, or to any Candidate seeking to 
represent any County, Division of a County, City, 
Borough, District or Place, im the United King- 
dom :—And, of all Sums received by any Return- 
ing Officer or his Deputy, or by any Sheriff, Under 


Sheriff, Sheriff Clerk or Sherift’s Officer, Clerk of 


the Peace or Town Clerk, in respect of such Fees, 
Disbursements or Expenses, from any Person so re- 
turned, or from any Candidate so seeking to represent 
any County, Division of a County, City, Borough, 
District or Place. 


last, for Copies of Correspondence between P. Kelly, 
Esquire, Solicitor of Waterford, and the Commis- 
sioners of Charitable Bequests in Jreland, from the 
2d day of March 1850 to the 31st day of March 
1851, both inclusive ; and also, Copies of Corre- 
spondence between Mr. Broderick, of the Religious 
Community of Christian Brethren, and the Lords 
of the Treasury, between March and September 
1851, both inclusive, concerning a certain Legacy 
and Annuity left by a Mr. John Flannery, of Dun- 
garvan, for certain Charitable Uses, and touching the 
Embezzlements of a portion of said Monies by 
E. W. Matthews, a Government Official connected 
with the Accounts of the Commissioners of Chari- 
table Bequests in Jre/and. 


Return to an Order, dated the 3d day of March Charitable 


Bequests 


(Ireland. ) 


Return to an Order, dated the 4th day of March Callan Union 
last, for Copies of the Report of the Master of the Workhouse. 


Workhouse of the Union of Callan, in the County 
of Kilkenny, relating to the death of Patrick Kelly, 
who died on the 19th day of August 1852, m 
the said Workhouse; of the Resolutions of the 
Board of Guardians on the subject; of the Evi- 
dence taken by the District Poor Law Inspector 
on the Inquiry held by him into the circumstances 
attending the death of Patrick Kelly; of the Re- 
‘port and Observations addressed to the Poor Law 
| Commissioners on the subject of the said Inquiry, 
and of their Minutes and Letters thereon :—And, 
zz4 of 








Lunacy. 


Waterford 
County 
Election. 


Writs of 
Distringas, 
&amp;e. 


Pilotage 
(Cinque Ports.) 


Metropolitan 
Conunission 
of Sewers. 


Public 
Petitions, 





Vide Thirty- 
third keport. 


360 4° Aprilis. 


of all Correspondence between the Poor Law Com- | 
missioners and the Reverend John Walton, Roman | 
Catholic Chaplain of the said Workhouse, com- | 
mencing in September 1852, and ending in February 

1853; of the Sealed Order of the Commissioners for | 
the Dismissal of the said Chaplain; of the Chap- | 
lain’s Reply thereto ; of the Resolutions of the Board | 
of Guardians relating to the Dismissal of the Chap- | 
lain; of all Communications addressed by ex officio | 
and elected Guardians to the Poor Law Commis- | 
sioners on the subject; of all Letters addressed by | 
the Poor Law Commissioners to the Board of Guar- | 
dians, to the Chaplain, and to other Parties, on the | 
same subject; of the Reports and Observations of | 
the District Inspector, and his explanation to the | 
Commissioners of his having omitted from his Re- | 
port certain Evidence given by the Master of the 
said Workhouse on the Inguiry relating to the death 
of Patrick Kelly; of all Minutes of the Poor Law 
Commissioners on that subject; of the Names of 
the Guardians who voted for the Dismissal of the 
Yhaplain on the 9th day of February 1853 ; and, of 
the Entries of the Attendance of each of them at 
the Meetings of the Board of Guardians during Six 
months preceding that date. 

Mr, Fitzroy also presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of the 
Seventh Annual Report of the Commissioners in 
Lunacy to the Lord Chancellor for the year ending 
30th June 1852. 

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


The following Paper, pursuant to Order; was laid 
upon the Table by the Clerk of the House, — 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select 
Committee on the Waterford County Election Peti- 
tion. 

The following Paper was also laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 15th day of March last, for Returns from 
the Bank of England of the Numbers of Writs of 
Distringas lodged during the last Five years; the 
Numbers of these that have been warned off; and 
the Numbers of Injunctions arising on such Warn- 
ings :—And, of the Number of Accounts of Stock ; 
and how many (or the Average, as near as can be 
readily ascertained) are in the Names of two or more 
Holders. 

The following Papers, pursuant to the directions 
of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon 
the Table by the Clerk of the House,—An Account 
of the Receipts and Appropriations of Surplus Rates 
of Pilotage. 

Metropolitan Commission of Sewers :—Account in 
Abstract of Receipt and Expenditure during the 
year 1852, together with a Summary Statement, and 
Report of all Contracts entered into, and Works 
commenced and completed during the year, and of 
the Monies owing to and Debts owing by the Com- 
missioners on the 31st December 1852. 


Petitions relating to Ballot ; — Parliamentary 
Oaths ;—Clergy Reserves (Canada) Bill ;—Crystal 


Palace (Sydenham) ;—FEcclesiastical Courts ;—Mar- | 


riage ; —- Places of Religious Worship Registration 
Bill ;— Universities (Scot/and) ;—Attorneys’ Certifi- 


A. 1853. 


Right (Jreland) Bill and Tenants’ Compensation 
(Ireland) Will,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers,—were 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of New Windsor 
the Borough of New Windsor, in the County of Election, 


erks, was presented, and read; setting forth, That 
the Petitioners have learned that the Select Com- 
mittee of the House appointed to try the merits 
of the Petition against the Return of the Honourable 
Charies Wellesley, commonly called Lord Charles 
Wellesley, as one of the Burgesses to serve in Parlia- 
ment for the Borough of New Windsor, have agreed 
to report as follows : “That treating to a considerable 
extent appears to have existed at the last Election 
for the Borough of New Windsor, but that such 
treating was not proved to have taken place for the 
purpose of corruptly influencing the voters, or that 
it was by the order or with the sanction of Lord 
Charles Wellesley or his agents; that a practice 
appears to have prevailed at the recent Election of 
the said Borough of New Windsor of hirmg or em- 
ploying large parties of men for the purpose of pro- 
tecting the voters and preserving order; that the 
Committee are of opinion that such a practice leads 
to the incurring excessive and exorbitant expense, 
and is on other accounts demoralising and pernicious ; 
but the Committee are also of opinion that this evil 
has been mainly caused by the insufficient arrange- 
ments made at the last Election for the said Bo- 
rough, and by the inadequacy of the police;” that 
although the Petitioners are utterly at a loss to con- 
ceive for what purpose “treating to a considerable 
extent” could have been resorted to other than for 
“corruptly influencing the voters,” and are equally 
at a loss to conjecture by whose order, save and ex- 
cept that of the party whose cause it was meant to 
serve, such treating was carried on, yet the Peti- 
tioners do not wish to impugn the decision of the 
Committee ; but the Petitioners would call the atten- 
tion of the House to the following facts, which they 
believe to be capable of satisfactory proof; that 
drink and refreshments without limit were supplied 
gratuitously at no less than thirteen different inns, 
public-houses and beer-shops, before, during and 
after the Election, to voters in the interest of Lord 
Charles Wellesley, and to voters who, in consequence 
of that inducement, were persuaded to break their pro- 
mises to the other Candidates and vote for his Lord- 
ship ; that the total expense of such treating amounted 
to several hundred pounds; that the treating was 
open and notorious, and its tendency could not be 
disputed ; that corrupt practices and other influences 
were used to an extent never equalled in any former 
Elections for this Borough; and praying the House 
|to cause an inquiry to be made into the corrupt 
practices which took place at the last Election for 
the Borough of New Windsor, so that such practices 
may not pass unpunished or unregarded for the 
future. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned James Thomas 
Bedborough, one of Her Majesty's Justices of the 
Peace in and for the Borough of New Windsor, was 





cates ;—County Rates and Expenditure Bill ;—Land 
Tax ; — Malt and Hops; — Metropolitan Police 
Rates ;—Paper, Newspaper Stamps and Advertise- 
ments ;— Property and Income Tax ;— Repayment 
of Advances (Ireland) ;—Tea ;—Terminable Annui- 
ties ;—Armaments (England and France) ;—Coast- 
ing ‘Trade ;—Copyholds ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;— 
Larceny ;—Merchant Shipping Bill ;—John Middle- 
ton ;—Peter Morgan ;—Edward Murray ;—Ocean 
Penny Postage ;— Pilotage Bill; — Poor Law ; — 
Public-houses (Scotland) Bill;—Schoolmasters (Scot- 
land) ;—Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill ;—and, Tenant 





also presented, and read ; setting forth, That the Peti- 
| tioner has learnt with much surprise and concern that 
the Committee appointed by the House to inquire into 
the allegations in the Petition of certain Electors of 
the Borough of New M!indsor against the Return of 
the Honourable Charles Wellesley, commonly called 
Lord Charles Wellesley, have agreed to embody in 
their Report to the House the following declaration : 
viz. “That a practice appears to have prevailed at the 
recent Election for the said Borough of Windsor of 
hiring or otherwise employing large bodies of men for 
the purpose of protecting the voters and preserving 
order; the Committee are of opinion that such a 
practice 








Or 


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Pi 


Orders of the 
day, 


Education. 


(Canada) Bill, 
No. 283, 


Pilotage Bill. 


Copyholds 
Bill, 


16 Vicroriz. 


—_ leads to the incurring of excessive and exor- 
itant expense, and is on other accounts demoralising 
and pernicious ; but they are also of opinion that this 
evil has been mainly caused by the insufficiency of 
the arrangements made at the Election for the said 
Borough, and by the inadequacy of the police ;” that 
the Petitioner feels personally aggrieved at this de- 
claration, inasmuch as he was not allowed to disprove 
the ex parte and unsupported statements made by the 
ve Election Agent of Lord Charles Wellesley 

efore the Committee of the House, such statements 
having, in the opinion of the Petitioner, prejudiced 
the minds of the Committee, and led them to form 
an erroneous and injurious impression of the state of 
the police, and the arrangements made for the pro- 
tection of the voters and preservation of order in the 
Borough of Vew Windsor ; that the Petitioner further 
complains that he was not permitted to disprove 
before the Committee of the House an alleged con- 
versation between the Petitioner and the said Agent 
of Lord Charles Wellesley, in which it is made to 
appear that the Petitioner connived at and en- 
couraged the employment of large bodies of men by 
the Agent of Lord Charles Wellesley, for the purpose 
of protecting the voters and preserving order; that 
the Petitioner respectfully but firmly denies that he 
either encouraged or considered any such employ- 
ment of hired men necessary or desirable, or that any 
necessity for such ever existed, but on the contrary, 
the Petitioner affirms that the police arrangements 
for the protection of the voters and the preservation | 
of the public peace was not only effectually provided | 
for by the augmentation of the police to the number of | 
sixty beyond the permanent police force, but that | 
such additional force was mainly provided as a pre- 
cautionary measure against the anticipated turbulence 
of the hired men called “ roughs ;” and praying that | 
the House will institute such further inquiry into the 
are mag at the recent Election for the Borough 
of New Windsor as shall elucidate the truth, and re- 
move from reproach those who may be found to have 
been unjustly blamed, and as shall also examine 
into and expose the real motives for the exorbitant 
expenditure and demoralising and pernicious conse- 
quences which the Committee of the House have so 
justly animadverted upon, and which the Petitioner 
firmly believes will, upon inquiry, be found to have 
had for its object the corruptly influencing the votes 
of the Electors. 


And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 





Ordered, That the Orders of the day be now read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Orders be postponed till 
after the Notice of Motion relative to Education. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the Promotion of Education in Cities and Bo- 
roughs in England: And that Lord John Russell and 
Mr. Secretary-at-War do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Clergy Reserves (Canada) Bill, 
as amended in the Committee; and Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 

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


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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Copyholds Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon) 
Monday next. 


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The Sheriff and Commissary Courts (Berwickshire) sheriff and 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; Commissary 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, ee a 
for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Places of 
reading of the Places of Religious Worship Regis- ——. 
tration Bill ; orship Re- 


, , istration Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon . 
Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself New Forest 
into a Committee on the New Forest Deer Removal Deer Removal 
Act Amendment Bill; and, after some time spent a 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. ”” 

Wilson Patten reported, That the Committee had 
gone through the Bill; and directed him to report 
the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Law of Evi- 
into a Committee on the Law of Evidence (Scotland) a = 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker —— 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson Patten reported, 

That the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 

mittee, be taken into consideration upon Friday next. 


The Oaths in Chancery Bill was, according to Oaths in 
Order, read the third time; and Amendments were Chancery 
made to the Bill. = 

Lesoived, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 
ass. 

' Ordered, That Mr. Walpole do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments this House doth desire the concurrence 


of their Lordships. 


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

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Merchant Shipping Bill was, according to Merchant 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Shipping Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Writ for the City of Canter- Canterbury 
bury be not issued before Monday the 2d day of Writ. 
May next. 


Mr. Wilson presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, Australian 
—Australian Mints :—Copy of Treasury Minute, Mints. 
dated March 22, 1853. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Vou. 108. 


Martis, 5° die Apvrilis; 
Anno 16° Victoriz Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee Swaffham 

on the Swaffhum and Bottisham Drainage 24 Bottisham 
Bil; That the Parties promoting the said Bill had eee 
stated to the Committee, that it was not their in- 

tention to proceed with the same. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Acts Black Dog 
passed for repairing the Roads from Warminster, Road Bill. 
SA and 





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362 


and from Frome to the Bath Road, and other Roads 
connected therewith, in the Counties of Wilts and 
Somerset, called or known by the name of the Black 
Dog Trust, praying that provision may be made in 
the Black Dog Road Bill for repeal of the Act 
3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 78, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


The Order for referring the Deeping Fen Drainage 
Bill to the Committee of Selection, was read, and 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Deeping Fen 
Drainage Bill. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the 
Examiner of Petitions for Private Bills, in respect 
of the Petition for additional provision in the Vic- 
toria (London) Docks Bill, might be read ; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, that they have Power to make 
provision therein, pursuant to the prayer of the said 
Petition. 


Victoria 
(London) 
Docks Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Blackburn Railway Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Blackburn 
Railway Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Brighton, Hove and Preston Waterworks Bill, 
as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Brighton, Hove 
and Preston 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


‘The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Cardiff Waterworks Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Cardiff 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Great Yarmouth Wellington Pier Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 


Great Yar- 
mouth Wel- 
lington Pier 


Bill. . . i 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Norfolk The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Estuary Bill. 


the Norfolk Estuary Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Preston Gas The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Bill. the Preston Gas Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Wakefield The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Soke Mills the Wakefield Soke Mills Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Wolverhamp- The House proceeded to take into consideration 


ton Markets 
and Fairs, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


the Wolverhampton Markets and Fairs, &amp;c. Bill, as 


amended in the Committee. 


5° Aprils. 


dress to Her 


jesty’s Command,—An Account showing all the 





A. 1853. 


Mr. (oy, presented,—Return to an Ad- Rochester 
ajesty, dated the 18th day of March ©athedral. 

last, for Copy of the Minutes of the Dean and 

Chapter of Rochester, containing the Conditions 

and Terms of Appointment of the two Junior Minor 

Canons of Rochester Cathedral. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Table. 


‘Mr. Secretary-at-War presented, by Her Ma- Commissariat, 
No, 284, 
Sums which have been received into the Commis- 

sariat Chest, and which have been paid out of the 

same, between the 1st April 1851, and the 31st 

March 1852, and of the Assets and Liabilities of 

the Chest on the latter day. 

Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 


Table ; and be printed. 


The following Papers, pursuant to Orders, were New Windsor 
laid upon the Table by the Clerk of the House,— Election. 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select 
Committee on the New Windsor Election Petition. 

Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select Maldon 
Committee on the Maldon Election Petition. Election. 

The following Papers were also laid upon the Lighthouses, 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 10th day of March last, for a Re- 
turn of the Aggregate Amount of Principal and 
Compound Interest, from the 1st day of July 1845 
up to January 1853, upon the Sum of £.256,908, 
being the Total Amount of Principal and Interest, 
or the value of the Claims upon the Consolidated 
Fund by tie Proprietors of Private Lighthouses, up 
to the Date of their Purchase by the Trinity Board, 
under the Act of 1836, and paid from the Light- 
house Dues, up to the 30th day of June 1845, and 
the Total of Principal Sum and Interest (in conti- 
nuation of No. 7 E, Appendix to Lighthouse Report, 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 607, of Session 1845), 

Return to an Order, dated the 17th day of March Trinity House, 
last, for a Return from the Trinity House, Deptford — 
Strond, of the Number of Applicants for Pensions ’ 
whose Cases have been registered as eligible, and 
who remain on the Register as not having received 
Pensions up to the Date of the Return; distin- 
guishing Cases classed as of the first and second 
degrees of urgency from other registered Cases, 

Return to an Order, dated the 15th day of Fe- Spirits. 
bruary last, for Returns showing the Total Number 
of Gallons of Proof Spirits distilled in England, 
Scotland and Ireland respectively; distinguishing 
the Quantities produced from Malt, from a mixture 
of Malt and Unmalted Grain, and from a mixture of 
Sugar or Molasses with Unmalted Grain, or from 
Sugar or from Molasses; showing also, the Total 
Quantity of each Sort in the United Kingdom, for 
the year ending the 5th day of January 1853 :— 

Of the Number of Gallons of Proof Spirits (dis- 
tinguishing the Sorts) on which Duty was paid for 
Home Consumption in each of the three Kingdoms, 
with the Rate per Gallon, and the Amount of such 





Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Edinburgh Waterworks (No. 2) Bill was read 
a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Leeds Gas (No. 2) Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Edinburgh 
Waterworks 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Leeds Gas 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Zudlow Cattle Market and 
Slaughter-houses Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


Ludlow Cattle 
Market and 
Slaughter- 
houses Bill. 


Turnpike 
Trusts. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Turnpike Trusts :—Reports of the Secretary 
of State under the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 80:— 
Nos, 1 to 7. 





Duty ; also, the Total Number of Gallons and Dut 

| in the United Kingdom, for the year ending the Sth 
‘day of January 1853 :—Showing, under separate 
| Heads, the Number of Gallons of Proof Spirits, 
| distinguishing the Materials from which made, im- 
| ported into each Kingdom from each of the others 
| respectively; stating also, the Rate per Gallon, and 
‘the Total Amount thereof (in each case), and what 
| portion of such Duty was paid on removal of the 
Spirits from Bond, and what after their arrival in 
England; also, what portion was actually ware- 
housed under Excise Lock, distinguishing Malt from 
Grain Spirits, in England, for the year ending the 
5th day of January 1853 :—Of the Total Number 
of Gallons of Proof Spirits permitted out of Dis- 
tillers’ Stocks in England, and the Total Number of 
Proof Gallons of British Brandy and Spirits of 
Wine permitted out of Rectifiers’ Stocks in England 


for Home Consumption ; also, the Total Quantity of 
Proof 














Shipping. 


Traffic with 
France. 


Receipt 
Stamps. 





16 VicToRiz. 


Proof Gallons of Rum received into Rectifiérs’ Stocks 
for Rectification in England, Scotland and Ireland, 
for the year ending the 5th day of January 1853 :— 
Of the Total Number of Proof Gallons of Spirits dis- 
tilled in England, Scotland and Ireland ; distinguish- 
ing the Quantities in each Country delivered, Duty 
paid, direct from Distillers’ Stocks, from the Quan- 
tities put into Bond, for the year ending the 5th day 
of January 1853 (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 232, of Session 1852):—Of the Total 
Number of Proof Gallons of British Compounds and 
Spirits of Wine permitted from Rectifiers’ Stocks in 
England, Scotland and Ireland, for Exportation to 
Foreign Ports under Drawback, for the year ending 
the 5th day of January 1852 and 1853 :—And, of 
the Total Number of Gallons of Spirits in Bonded 
Stores in England, Scotland and Ireland respec- 
tively,on the 5th day of January 1853 (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 232, of Session 1852). 

Return to an Order, dated the 15th day of ‘Fe- 
bruary last, for Returns of the Number and Ton- 
nage of Sailing Vessels registered at each of the 
Ports of Great Britain and Ireland, including the 
Isle of Man and the Channel Islands ; distinguish- 
ing those under and those above Fifty Tons Re- 
gister, on the 31st day of December 1852 :—Similar 
Return of Steam Vessels and their Tonnage :— 
Return of the Number and Tonnage of Vessels that 
entered and cleared Coastwise, at each of the Ports 
of Great Britain and Ireland, Isle of Man and 
Channel Islands (including their repeated Voyages), 
distinguishing Steam from Sailing Vessels, between 
the 31st day of December 1851, and the 31st 
day of December 1852:—Like Return from and 
to the Colonies; further distinguishing British 
from Foreign Vessels; also from and to Foreign 
Ports; also distinguishing British from Foreign 
Vessels: —Return of the Number and ‘Tonnage 
of Sailing Vessels registered at each of the Ports 
of the Colonies of the United Kingdom respec- 
tively ; distinguishing those under and those above 
Fifty Tons Register, on the 31st day of December 
1852:—Similar Return of Steam Vessels, and their 
Tonnage :—Returns of the Number of Vessels, with 
their Tonnage (distinguishing Steam from Sailing 
Vessels), that were built and registered, distinguish- 
ing Timber from Iron Vessels ; also, a similar Re- 
turn of Vessels sold and transferred ; also, a similar 
Return of Vessels wrecked ; also, a similar Return of 
Vessels broken up in the year 1852 :—Of the Num- 
ber of Coionial-built Vessels, and their Tonnave, re- 
gistered at each of the Ports of the United Kingdom 
in the year 1852; distinguishing the Number and 
Tonnage of each Colony respectively :—Similar Re- 
turn of the Number of Foreign-built Vessels, and 
their Tonnage :—-And, Return of the Shipping em- 
ployed in the Trade of the United Kingdom, exhi- 
biting the Number and Tonnage of Vessels that en- 
tered Inwards and cleared Outwards (including their 
repeated Voyages), separating British from Foreign 
Vessels, also Steam from Suiling Vessels, and distin- 
guishing the Trade with each Country, in the year 
1852 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 
218, of Session 1852). 

Return to an Order, dated the 8th day of March 
last, for a Return of the Annual Number of Pas- 
sengers passing between this Country and France, 
beginning with the year 1842; showing the Ports 
of Embarkation and Disembarkation ; and the An- 
nual Value of Exports and Imports to and from 
France, during the same Period. 

Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of March 
last, for a Return of the Number of Stamps for 
Receipts, at each Rate, issued to the Public by the 
Office of Inland Revenue, and its Distribution 
throvghout the United Kingdom (in continuation 
of a Return made on the 5th April 1850) up to the 
present Period, or to the latest Period to which 
the Accounts have been made up; showing the 
Gross Amount of Revenue derived from such 

VoL. 108. 


5° Aprilis. 


363 » 


Stamps, the Expense of distributing the same, and 
the Amount allowed thereon as Discount to Pur- 
chasers. 
' The following Papers, pursuant to the directions Duchy of 
of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon Lancaster. 
the Table by the Clerk of the House,—An Account 
of the Gross and Net Revenue of the Duchy of 
Lancaster, for the year ending Michaelmas 1852, 
showing the Amount of Revenue which became due, 
the Monies received and paid within the year, and 
the Arrears and Balance at the end of the preceding 
and current years, with Appendixes. 

An Account of Money paid out of the Consoli- Greek Lean. 
dated Fund under the Acts 2 &amp; 3 Will. 4, c. 121, 
and 6 &amp; 7 Will. 4, c. 94, for Interest and Sinking 
Fund on that part of the Greek Loan guaranteed 
by this Ccuntry under the Authority of the said 
Acts, and of the Amount repaid by the Greek Go- 
vernment on account of the same. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Lunacy, Lunacy. 
which was presented upon the 4th day of this in- No. 285. 
stant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Writs of Writs of 
Distringas, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 4th Disttingas,e. 
day of this instant April, be printed. No. 286. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Pilotage Pilotage 
(Cinque Ports), which was presented upon the 4th (Cinque Ports.) 
day of this instant April, be printed. No, 287. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Metro- Metropolitan 
politan Commission of Sewers, which was presented ——— 
upon the 4th day of this instant April, be printed. ° gel 

Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Athlone 
received Notice, that it is not intended to proceed Election. 
with one of the Petitions complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Athlone :— 

And the same was read, as followeth: 
Sir, 29, Spring-gardens, 5th April 1853. 

As Agent for Peter Norton and John Norton, in 
the matter of their Petition complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Athlone, I 
beg leave to inform you that it is not intended tc 
proceed with the said Petition. 


I have the honour to be, Sir, 


Your obedient servant, 


Thomas Baker. 
To the Right honourable the Speaker 
of the House of Commons. 


The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- 


charged. 


Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- Controverted 
mittee of Elections; That they had selected William Elections. 
Hutt, Esquire, to serve on the Chairmen’s Panel, 
in the room of Henry Arthur Herbert, Esquire, 
who, having served upon one Election Committee, 
had claimed exemption during the remainder of the 
present Session. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Ceylon. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of any Despatch from the Right 
honourable Sir John Pakington to the Governor of 
Ceylon, dated in December 1852, on the Subject of 
the Connexion of the Government of that Island 
with the Idolatry of its Native Inhabitants ; to- 
gether with any Reply thereto which has been or 
shall be received from the Governor. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Electors. 








to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
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New Windsor 
Election. 


No. 289. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Customs. 


Maldon 
Election. 


No, 290. 


Isle of Man. 


Public 
Petitions, 


Vide Thirty- 


fourth Report. 


364 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Numbers of Electors regis- 
tered at the last Registration in the Cities and Bo- 
roughs of England and Wales, distinguishing, 1. 
the Numbers of Persons having a right to vote as 
Freemen, or Members of the Old Corporations ; 2. 
the Numbers of Persons having a right to vote as 
£.10 Householders; and, 3. the Numbers of Per- 
sons having a right to vote in both capacities. 

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


Ordered, That the Report of the Select Committee 
on the New Windsor Election Petition, together with 
the Minutes of the Proceedings, and the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken belore them, be printed. 


Ordered, That Colonel Mure have leave of ab- 
sence for a week, on account of ill health ;—Sir 
Frederic Thesiger a fortnight, on account of illness 
in his family;—Mr. Kershaw three weeks, on ac- 
count of a domestic affliction; and, Mr. Thickuesse 
ten days, on account of a domestic affliction. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns for each year from 1840 to 1853, of the 
Gross Amount of Customs Revenue:—Of the 
Number of Articles chargeable with Customs Duties: 
—Of the Total Expenses of collecting the Customs 
Revenue :—And, of the Number of Officers of all 
kinds engaged as Surveyors, Inspectors, Landing 
Waiters, Collectors, or in any other Office con- 
nected with the Collection and Security of the Cus- 
toms Revenue. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Select Com- 
mittee on the Maldon Election Petition, together 
with the Minutes of the Proceedings and the Mi- 
nutes of the Evidence taken before them, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns, showing the Gross Revenue of Customs 
collected at the Isle of Man, from the year 1805 to 
the present time, so far as the same can be furnished 
by the Customs Department, for each year respec- 


tively:—Of Payments made thereout for Charges | 


of Collection, Public Works, or any other Service, 
specifying the same, and the authority under which 
the Expenditure was incurred, for each year of the 
same Period :—Of Payments into the Exchequer 
in each year of the same Period, in pursuance o 
the Provisions of the several Acts of Parliament for 
that purpose :—Of the Gross Income arising from 
the Crown Lands and Properties in the Zsle of Man, 
in each year from 1828 to the 31st day of March 
1853, distinguishing the Sources from which de- 
rived :—Of the Charges of Collection and Manage- 
ment within the same Period :—Of all Payments 
thereout for Schools, Churches, or other local pur- 
poses, specifying the same, and the authority under 
which made :—And, of all Monies voted by Parlia- 
ment which have been expended in the Isle of Man 
within the same Period, specifying to what purposes 
the same have been applied, and the year in which 
voted, and in which expended. 


Petitions relating to Parliamentary Oaths ;—Uni- 
versity of London ;—Appropriate Parishes ;—Clergy 
Reserves (Canada) Mill ;—Crystal Palace (Syden- 
ham) ;—Jewish Disabilities ;— Marriage ;—May- 
nooth College Act ;—Probates of Wills and Grants 
of Administration Bill ;—Universities (Scotland) ;— 
Universities (Scotland) Bill ;—East India Company ; 
—Attorneys’ Certificates ; — Carriages ; — County 
Rates and Expenditure Bill ;—Fire Insurances ;— 





5° Aprilts. 





A. 1853. 


Foreigu Timber ;-—Malt ;—Malt and Hops ;—Mi- 
litia ;— Paper, Newspaper Stamps and Advertise- 
ments ;—Property and Income Tax ;—Repayment 
of Advances (Ireland) ;—Soap ;—Stamps (Ireland) ; 
— Wines ;—Arbitration ;--Armaments (England and 
France) ;—Coasting Trade ;--Combination of Work- 
men Bill ;—Parochial Schools (Scotland) ;—Poor 
Law ;—Poor Law Board ;— Public-houses (Scot- 
land) Bill ;—and, Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers,—were 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 

Petitions relating to the South Devon and Tavis- 
tock Railway Bill,—were also presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Railway 
and Canal Bills. 


for the City of Norwich, was presented, and read ; 
setting forth, That the Petitioners recently heard 
with indignation and disgust of the withdrawal by 
Mr. Henry Edwards Browne, without the consent 
of the Petitioners, of the Petitions presented to the 
House against the Returns of Samuel Morton Peto 
| and Edward Warner, Esquires, as Members to serve 
in Parliament for the City of Norwich, and against 
the Return of Edward Warner, Esquire; that the 
Petitioners are much gratified at learning that the 
Select Committee of the House appointed to inquire 
| into the circumstances attending such withdrawal 
| have reported that they are of opinion that the com- 
— of the Petitioners, that they are aggrieved 
| by the withdrawal of their Petitions, are not alto- 
gether unfounded; that the Petitioners are also 
‘informed that such Select Committee, finding no 
—— to guide their opinion, leave it to the 
| House to determine whether they possess the power 
of complying with the prayer of the Petitioners for 
‘reinstating such Petitions; and praying that the 
House will rescind the Resolution for discharging 
the Order for referring the Petitions against the Re- 
turn of Messieurs Peto and Warner as Members to 
serve in Parliament for the City of Norwich, and 
against the Return of Mr. Warner, to the General 
Committee of Elections ; and that such Petitions 
may be reinstated upon the list of Election Peti- 
| tions now before the House. 
A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors en- 
| titled to vote at the last Election of Members to serve 
_in Parliament for the City of Norwich, was also pre- 
| sented, and read ; setting forth, That at the Election 
held in July last for Members to serve in Parliament 
for the City of Norwich, the Marquis of Douro, Lieu- 
| tenant Colonel Lothian Sheffield Dickson, Samuel 
' Morton Peto, and Edward Warner, Esquives, were 
respectively Candidates, and Samuel Morton Peto 
and Edward Warner, Esquires, were returned as 
elected ; that such Return was obtained by an or- 
| ganized system of intimidation, and a most lavish 
| expenditure of money by or on behalf of Messieurs 
Peto and Warner ; that the system of intimidation 
was organised by the leading supporters of Messieurs 
Peto and Warner, more particularly by Mr. Jacob 
Henry Tiilett, a solicitor, residing in Norwich, one 
of the most violent of the radical party there, and 
a most active canvasser on behalf of Messieurs 
Peto and Warner, and, as the Petitioners believe, 
a leading man on the committee conducting the 
Election of those gentlemen ; and which Mr. Til/ett, 
under pretence of preventing bribery, in an address 
published shortly prior to the Election, recommended 
that men and women to the extent of 20,000, dis- 
tinguished by white ribbons, should follow the par- 
tisans of Lord Douro and Colonel Dickson wherever 
they went; that, in pursuance of Mr. Tiilett’s re- 
commendation, organised gangs were formed of the 
lowest and most disreputable classes of the popula- 
tion 











A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors en- Norwich 
titled to vote for Members to serve in Parliament Election, 





16 VicTroriz. 


tion of Norwich, who were placed under leaders, 
with orders to dog the steps of every known sup- 
porter of Lord Douro and Colonel Dickson, and to 
prevent their entering the house of or canvassing 
any Electcr, which orders they strictly obeyed ; so 
that it was impossible for any known supporter of 
Lord Douro and Colonel Dickson, prior to the Elec- 
tion, to walk about any part of Norwich without 
being followed and hooted by numbers of ruffianly 
men and women who had been treated at the tea- 
party, who insisted upon accompanying him wherever 
he went, and either prevented his entering any 
house he wanted to go into, or insisted upon going 
in with him, and in many cases such partisans were 
grossly and savagely assaulted; that partisans of 
Lord Douro and Colonel Dickson, attempting to go 
to distant parts of the City in vehicles, were sur- 
rounded by iarge numbers of these hired ruffians, 
and by threats of personal violence compelled to go 
back ; that the Petitioners believe that these mobs 
were regularly paid for their services per day by 
Messieurs Peto and /V/arner, or on their behalf; 
that the Mayor and a large majority of the magis- 
trates of Norwich being active partisans of Messieurs 
Peto and Warner, no efficient steps were taken by 
them to prevent these proceedings ; that Messieurs 
Peto and Warner incurred most extravagant ex- 
penditure for colours and processions ; one of such 
processions alone, as the Petitioners are informed 
and Lelieve, cost £.600 or £.700, such colours being 
distributed gratuitously in the most lavish manner 
to Electors and others, Electors and their con-| 
nexions being employed to furnish the colours, which 
were charged and paid for at a most exorbitant rate, 








5° Aprils. 365 


in the list of the Speaker of the House, in order that 
the matters thereof may be duly inquired into. 


And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


lative to Applications for Local Acts. 


of all Papers, and of any Correspondence between 
the Admiralty and Mr. George Hinton Bovill, re- 
lative to the fitting up and Trials of his Patent Ma- 
chinery for grinding Corn at Deptford; together 
with the Copies of the Minutes and Report of any 
Inquiry that has taken place by direction of the 
Admiralty relating thereto. 


Return to an Order, dated the 3d day of March River Tivy. 


last, for Copy of Report on Encroachments on the 
Bed of the River Tivy between Cardigan and 
Llechryd, and the Survey of a portion of that River 
made by order of the Admiralty, by Captain Wad- 
dington, in 1851. 


Keturn to an Order, dated the 7th day of March Lighthouse 
last, for Copy of the Estimate of Expense of Erec- (Guernsey.) 


tion, and of Expense of Maintenance of an Iron 
Lighthouse on the West End of the Island of 
Guernsey, obtained by the Admiralty from Mr. 
Alexander Gordon (to complete the Copies ordered 
by this House 22d April 1852, and ordered to be 
printed 16th November 1852). 

Ordered, Thai the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table ; and that the first be printed. 


Mr. Osborne presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Local Acts. 
mand,—Further Reports from the Admiralty, re- No. 191. 


Mr. Osborne also presented,—Return to an Or- Corn Grinding 
der, dated the 23d day of November last, for Copies Machinery. 


phen ate ieey on RL OT Se ne aaa 



















gen ee al 







with a view of influencing the votes of the parties| Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Kingston- a 
employed to furnish them; that Messieurs Peto and | to Her Majesty, as followeth :— upon- Hull i 


Warner expended large sums in treating Electors —_ : 
and others during and preceding the day of Election, 
and particularly gave and were themselves present 
at two large tea-parties, each of which parties was 
attended by many hundreds of Electors and their 
families and connexions, to whom were supplied large 
quantities of refreshments; that, for the purpose 
of evading the Acts against treating, the admission 
to the tea-parties was by tickets, for which a charge 
of sixpence only was made, although the value of 
the refreshments supplied to each person, and the 
cost of entertainment, largely exceeded that sum ; 
and the Petitioners also have been informed and 
believe that large numbers of such tickets were dis- 
tributed, by or on behalf of Messieurs Peto and 
Warner, gratuitously to Electors and their families, 
for the purpose of influencing the votes of such 
Electors ; that large sums of money were paid by 
or on behalf of Messieurs Peto and Warner to 
Electors, on the pretence of paying them their ex- 
penses of travelling to Norwich to vote for those 
gentlemen, but in reality corruptly to procure their 
votes, they being sent out of Norwich to afford a 
retence for paying them to come back; that other 

lectors were induced to vote for Messieurs Peto 
and Warner, by promise of being placed on the 
foundations of various charities in Morwich, and by 
pecuniary weekly allowances till those promises 
should be fulfilled, and by other corrupt practices ; 
that the Petitioners have heard with great surprise 
that the Petitions presented against the Return of 
Messieurs Peto and Warner on account of the above 
corrupt practices have been withdrawn without the 
consent of the Petitioners in such Petition; and 
they have learnt with great satisfaction that a Select 
Committee of the House, before whom the matter 
has been investigated, have reported that such Pe- 
titions have been so withdrawn; and praying that 
the House will be pleased to order that the Peti- 
tions respectively presented against the Return of 
Samuel Morton Peto and Edward Warner, Esquires, 
and against the Return of Edward Warner, Esquire, 
as Members and Member to represent the City of 
Norwich in the present Parliament, may be reinstated 


Most Gracious Sovereign, 

We, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal sub- 
jects, the 
Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Jreland, in Parliament assembled, beg leave 
humbly to represent to Your Majesty, That a Select 
Committee of the House of Commons appointed 
to try a Petition, complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull, 
have reported to the House, that there is reason to 
believe that corrupt practices have extensively pre- 
vailed at the last Election and at former Elections 
for the Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull. 

We therefore humbly pray Your Majesty, that 
Your Majesty will be graciously pleased to cause 
inquiry to be made, pursuant to the Provisions of 
the Act of Parliament passed in the sixteenth year 
of the reign of Your Majesty, intituled, “ An Act to 
provide for more effectual inquiry into the existence 
of corrupt practices at Elections for Members to 
serve in Parliament,” by the appointment of Fre- 
deric Solly Flood, Esquire, William Forsyth, Es- 
quire, and W. Baliol Brett, Esquire, as Commis- 
sioners, for the purpose of making inquiry into the 
existence of such corrupt practices. 

Resolved, That the said Address be communi- 
cated to the Lords, at a Conference, and their con- 
currence desired thereto. 

Ordered, That a Conference be desired with the 
Lords upon the subject-matter of an Address to be 
presented to Her Majesty, under the Provisions of 
the Act of the 15th &amp; 16th of Her present Ma- 
jesty, c. 57: And that Mr. Labouchere do go to 
the Lords, and desire the said Conference. 


bruary last, for a Return of the Names of all Per- 
sons employed in the Diplomatic Service as Ambas- 
sadors, Envoys, Ministers, Chargé d’ Affaires, Secre- 
taries of Legation, or Secretaries of Embassy, Paid 
Attachés, or Unpaid Attachés, the Countries where 
so employed, and Dates of Appointment to the 
Diplomatic Service. 





VoL. 108. 


343 Ordered, 


Lord John Russell presented,—Return to an Ad- Diplomatic 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 18th day of Fe- Service. 
















































Kingston- 
upon-Hull 
Election. 


Accidents on 
Railways. 


Brecon 
Collegiate 
Church. 


Foreign 
and Colonial 
Wines. 


Kilmainham 
Hospital, 





366 


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


Mr. Labouchere reported, That having been with 
the Lords to desire a Couference upon the subject- 
matter of an Address to be presented to Her Ma- 
jesty, under the Provisions of the Act of the 15th 
&amp; 16th of Her present Majesty, c. 57, the Lords 
do agree to a Conference, and appoint the same 
forthwith in Committee Room No. 8. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to 
manage the Conference :—-And a Committee was ap- 
pointed of Mr. Labouchere, Lord John Russell, Mr. 
Disraeli, Viscount Palmerston, Mr. Walpole, Mr. 
Sidney Herbert, Mr. Henley, Mr, Attorney General, 
Sir John Trollope, Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Strutt, 
Mr. Ewart, Mr. George Butt, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. 
Baines, Lord Seymour and Mr. Raikes Currie. 

Then the Names of the Managers were called 
over ; and they went to the Conference :—And being 
returned ; 

Mr. Labouchere reported, That the Managers had 
been at the Conference, which was managed on the 
part of the Lords by the Lord Privy Seal, and that 
they had delivered to their Lordships the Add ress 
agreed upon by this House, to which they desired 
the concurrence of their Lordships ; and that they 
had left the said Address with their Lordships. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was _pro- 
posed, That it is the duty of a good Government to 
propose to this House all such measures as may 
appear necessary for the public safety :—That the 
great increase in the number of accidents which 
have of late occurred on Railways demands the 
especial attention of this House ; and that it is the | 
duty of Her Majesty’s Government to propose more | 
effectual measures than now exist for securing the 
safety of the public while travelling on Railways. 

And the Previous Question being proposed, That 
that Question be now put:—The said Previous 
Question and Motion were severally, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 





Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to provide for the future Regulation and Manage- 
ment, and the Permanent Endowment of “ the 
College of Christ of Brecknock,” founded by King 
Henry the Eighth, with permissive Powers to unite 
the same with Saint David's College, Lampeter : 
And that Mr. Goulburn, Viscount Palmerston and 
Mr. Fitzroy do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 


5° Aprilis. 





A. 1853. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Kilmain- Kilmainham 


day of May 1834, be re-printed. 


the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Lancaster, in the 
room of Robert Baynes Armstrong, Esquire, whose 
Election has been determined to be void ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ no new Writ be issued for the Borough of Lan- 
caster, before Tuesday the 3d day of May next,” in- 
stead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Question : 
—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make outa new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this pre- 
sent Parliament for the Borough of Lancaster, in the 
room of Robert Baynes Armstrong, Esquire, whose 
Election has been determined to be void. 


mittees be re-printed ; viz. 

. Report on the Police of the Metropolis, 1817. 
. Report on the Police of the Metropolis, 1822. 
. Report on the Sale of Beer, 1830. 

. Report on the Sale of Beer, 21st June 1833. 

. Report on Victualling-house Licenses, 1833. 
Report on the Sale of Beer, with the Queries 
and Answers from the Chairmen of Quarter Ses- 
sions, and the Chaplains of County Gaols, 1850. 


Oo m Oh 


to a Committee of the whole House, for Tuesday 
next. 


a Committee of the whole House, for Thursday the 
14th day of this instant April. 


Thursday next, resolve itself into a Committee, to 
consider of authorizing Advances out of the Con- 
solidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 








posed, That this House will resolve itself into a 
Committee to consider the Import Duties upon 


Britain and Ireland, for the Erection and Repair 
of Lighthouses, and extraordinary Expenses con- 


Foreign and Colonial Wines, with a view to reduc- | nected therewith, and of charging upon the said 


tion to One shilling per Imperial Gallon :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Charter of King Charles the Second, 
incorporating the Governors of Kilmainham Hos- 
pital :—Of the further Charters granted by King 
George the Second to the Governors of the Hos- 
_ :—Of the Royal Letter of King Charles the 
Second, dated the 19th day of April 1681, assigning 
a portion of the Royal Demesne for the Building 
of the Hospital, and of the Warrant of the Lord 
Lieutenant and Privy Council of Ireland, dated the 
23d day of December 1681 :—Of the Royal War- 
rant of Her Most Gracious Majesty, dated the 
16th day of December 1845, regulating the Esta- 
blishment of the Hospital :—And, of any Letter or 
Letters addressed to the Governors of the Hospital 
by the Right honourable For Maule, late Secretary- 
at-War, prohibiting the further admission of dis- 
— Soldiers, with the Dates of such Letter or 

tters. 


Consolidated Fund certain Payments heretofore 
made to the Seamen’s Hospital Society under the 
| Acts relating to Merchant Shipping ; 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command, acquainted the House, That Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the subject-matter 
of this Motion, recommends it to the consideration 
of the House. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





ham Hospital, which were presented upon the 26th Hospital. 


No. 291, 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Lancaster 
posed, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to Writ: 


Ordered, That the following Reports of Com- Reports of 


Committees. 


No. 292. 


The Combination of Workmen Bill was, accord- Combination 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed of Workmen 


Lil. 


The Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill was, according Sheriff Courts 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to (Scotland) 


A Motion being made, That this House will, upon Merchant 
Shipping 
[ Advances. } 





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on eet hep 








16 Vicroriz. 


Mercurii, 6° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 16° Victorie Regine, 1853. 
PRAYERS. 
Public N R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
Penitlone ted mittee on Public Petitions; That they had 
sore) examined the Petitions presented upon the 4th day 
of this instant April; and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, Vhat the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
Committees. Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit 
this day, during the sitting of the House. 
salford Ex- A Motion being made, That the Salford Exten- 
wension and sion and Improvement Bill be now read the third 





ent |. 
— ™ time; 


Mr. Strutt, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac-_ 
quainted the House, That Her Sadectn, having been | 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think 
fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


Whittle Dean The Whittle Dean Waterworks Bill was read the 
_— third time; and an Amendment was made to the 
- Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ludlow Cattle The Ludlow Cattle Market and Slaughter-houses 

Market and = Bill was, according to Order, read a second time; 

ee and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Swaffham and The Order, That the Report on the Swaffham and 
Bottisham Bottisham Drainage Bill do lie upon the Table, was 
Drainage Bill. read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Swaffham and The House was moved, That the Petition for leave 

Pottisham to bring in the Swaffham and Bottisham Drainage 
No. 2.) Bill might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

to consolidate and amend three several Acts passed 

in the reign of King George the Third, for draining 

and preserving certain Fen Lands and Low Grounds 

lying in the South Level, part of the Great Level of 

e Fens, commonly called Bedford Level, and in 

the County of Cambridge, between the River Cam, 

otherwise Grant West, and the Hardlands of Bot- 

tisham, Swaffham Bulbeck and Swaffham Prior 

East, and for other purposes therein-mentioned : 


And that Mr. Edward Bali and Mr. Yorke do pre- 


pare, and bring it in. 


Public Petitions relating to Parliamentary Oaths ;—Clergy 

Petitions. Reserves (Canada) Bill ;—Crystal Palace (Sydeu- 

Vide Thirty- ham) ;— Maynooth College Act ;— Maynooth College 

fourth Report, Act, and Freedom of Election (Jreland) ;—Probates 
of Wills and Grants of Administration Bill ;—Tithes, 
Tithe Rent Charge and Church Rates ;—Universities 
(Scotland) ; — Attorneys’ Certificates ;— Malt and 
Hops ;—Mines ;—Property and Income Tax ;—Re- 
payment of Advances (Jreland) ;—Aggravated As- 
saults Bill ;—Factories ;—Ocean Penny Postage ;— 
Office of Examiner (Court of Chancery) Bill ;—Poor 
Law ;—and, Sheriff Courts (Scotland),—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to Parliamentary Papers, was 

also presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Parliamentary Papers, 

VoL, 108. 





6° Aprilis. 367 


Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Trade and 
mand,—Accounts relating to Trade and Navigation, Navigation. 
Month ended 5th March 1853, and Two Months No. 293. 
ended 5th March 1853. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second Probates of 
reading of the Probates of Wills and Grants of Ad- Wills and 
ministration Bill ; a 

And a Motion being made, and the Question Bil. 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question :—The said pro- 

»0sed Amendments and Motion were severally, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 

trdered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 4th day of Mav next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Sheriff Courts 
reading of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) (No. 2) Bill; omg 3 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time (N° 2) Bill. 


upon Wednesday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Aggravated 
into a Committee on the Aggravated Assaults Bill. Assaults Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 


graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Crause, N° 1 (Power of punishing, on summary 
conviction, Assaults committed on females and male 
children under twelve years of age, and occasioning 
actual bodily harm, extended). 

Amendment proposed in p. 1,1. 8: After the 
word “ Peace” to insert the words “in open Petty 
“ Sessions.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there in- 
serted. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed in p. 1, Is. 9 and 10: 
To leave out the words “upon a female or upon a 
“ male child under the age of twelve.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out, stand part of the Clause. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Several Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed in p. 2,1. 10: After 
the word “ paid ” to insert the words “and if a male 
“ to be publicly or privately whipped, in addition to 
“ such fine or imprisonment as aforesaid.” 

Amendment proposed to the said proposed Amend- 
ment, to leave out the words “ publicly or.” 

Question, That the words “ publicly or” stand 
part of the said proposed Amendment-—put, and 
negatived. 

Question put, That the words “and if a male to 
“ be privately whipped, in addition to such fine or 
“ imprisonment as aforesaid ” be there inserted ; 

The Committee divided, 

Tellers for the {Mr. Phinn, \ 50 

Yeas, Mr. Newdegate : | pees 
7 
J 


Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 
Noes, \ Mr. Grenville Berkeley : 
Other Amendments made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
Crausez, N° 2, postponed. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. /Vilson 
Patten reported, That the Committee had made 
Progress in the Bill; and that he was directed to 





3A4 move, 



















































































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Sees 











Controverted 
Elections. 


Dartmouth 
Election. 


Leicester 
Election. 


Taunton 
Election. 


Controverted 
Elections. 


New Trials 
(Criminal 
Cases) Bill, 


Payment of 
Wages Bill. 


Burghs (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


368 
move, That the Committee may have leave to sit 
again. 

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


Sir John Trollope reported from the General 
Committee of Elections ; That they had named days 
for the appointment of Select Committees on the 
Election Petitions following, from Panel No. 3: 


Finsbury - ° " 

Clonme l - - -\r - 
Rady. . i , | Tuesday, April 26. 
Kildare - - ° “ 

Bolton - . - * ; P 
ies " 7 ~| Wednesday, April 
Harwich - - _ 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Trollope reported from the General 
Committee of Elections, the Names of the Members 
of the Select Committee appointed to try and deter- 
mine the matter of the Petition, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Dartmouth, to which they had amexed the Peti- 
tion referred to them by the House relating thereto : 
—James Haughton Langston, Esquire, Edward Fel- 
lowes, Esquire, Honourable George Henry Charles 
Byng, Viscount Newark ; Chairman, William Miles, 
Esquire. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Troilope reported from the General 
Committee of Elections, the Names of the Members 
of the Select Committee appointed to try and deter- 
mine the matter of the Petition, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of Lei- 
cester, to which they had annexed the Petition re- 
ferred to them by the House relating thereto :— 
Samuel Gregson, Esquire, Robert Townley Parker, 
Esquire, Viscount Dalrymple, Nicholas Kendall, 
Esquire; Chairman, Edward Divett, Esquire. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Trollope reported from the General 
Committee of Elections, the Names of the Members 
of the Select Committee appointed to try and deter- 
mine the matter of the Petitions, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Zaunton, to which they had annexed the Petitions 
referred to them by the House relating thereto, and 


the Lists of Voters delivered in by the several Par- | 


ties :—Caledon George Du Pre, Esquire, Montagu 
Chambers, Esquire, Henry Beaumont Coles, Es- 
quire, James Pilkington, Esquire ; Chairman, Sir 
George Grey, Baronet. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Trollope reported from the General 
Committee of Elections the amended Panels. 
Ordered, That the said Panels be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the New Trials (Criminal Cases) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 27th day of this instant 
April. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Payment of Wages Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 4th day of May next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Burghs (Scotland) Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson Patten reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Tuesday 
next. 


6° Aprilis. 


A. 1853. 


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


upon Wednesday next. 


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

Resolved, ‘hat this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Harbours of 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Refuge. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a detailed Statement relative to Harbours of 
Refuge, showing the Total estimated Cost of the 
Works proposed ; the Sums already voted by Par- 
liament for each Harbour ; the Amount required to 
be voted for the present year, ending the 31st day 
of March 1854; the Sums that will still remain ne- 
cessary for the Completion of the Works; and ac- 
companied by the Reports of the Engineers in 
charge of the Works, for the four quarters of the 
year ending the 31st day of March 1853. 

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


Ordered, That the Reports of all Election Com- gicction 
mittees, together with the Minutes of Proceedings, Committees. 
which have not been ordered to be printed this Ses- Nos. 346 
sion, be printed. to 354, 





| Ordered, That the Reports of all Election Com- pection 
mittees, together with the Minutes of Proceedings, Committees. 


be printed. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented a Bill to provide for the Brecon 
future Regulation and Management, and the Perma- pig 
nent Endowment, of “The College of Christ of — 
Brecknoch,” founded by King Henry the Eighth, 
with permissive Powers to unite the same with Saint 
David's College, Lampeter: And the same was 
read the first time. 
| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 





| miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, Universities 
the Universities (Scotland) Bill, was read, and dis- (Scotland) 
| charged. _ 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the 15th day of this instant April. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Arterial Arterial 
Drainage (Zreland), which was presented upon the asm oA 
22d day of February last, be printed. No. 298. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Rochester Rochester 
Cathedral, which was presented upon the 5th day of Cathedral. 
this instant April, be printed. No, 294. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Lighthouses, Lighthouses. 
which was presented upon the 5th day of this No, 295. 
instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Duchy Duchy of 
‘of Lancaster, which were presented upon the 5th Lancaster. 
day of this instant April, be printed. No. 296. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Spirits, Spirits. 
which was presented upon the 5th day of this in- No, 297. 
stant April, be printed. 








Ordered, That the Return relative to Shipping, Shipping. 
which was presented upon the 5th day of this No. 299. 
instant April, be printed. 

Ordered, 





reading of the Absconding Debtors (Zreland) Bill ; — 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time (#4) Bill. 















Dart 
Elec 


Tai 
Ele 


Ta 
Ek 





















col otloe! 









Keceipt 
Stamps. 


No. 300. 


corn Grinding 


Machinery. 


16 Vicroriz. 


6°—7° Aprils. 


369 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Receipt | sent, as far as the Prince of Wales’s interest is con- 
Stamps, which was presented upon the 5th day of cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Corn Grind- | 
ing Machinery, which was presented upon the 5th! 


No. 301. day of this instant April, be printed. 


Lighthouse 
(Guernsey.) 
No 302, 
Diplomatic 
Service, 
No. 303. 


Dartmouth 
Election. 


Teicester 
Election. 


Taunton 
Election. 


Sunderland 
Dock Bill. 


Bangor 
Waterworks 
Bill, 


Bristol 
waterworks 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Lighthouse 
(Guernsey), which was presented upon the 5th day 


of this instant April, be printed. 


_ Ordered, That the Return relative to the Diplomatic | 
Service, which was presented upon the 5th day of | 


this instant April, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. | 


Anno 16° Victorie Regine, 1853. 


| think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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





The Carmarthen Markets Bill was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Cork Municipal Corporation Bill was read 
| the third time. 


SSS I 





Jovis, 7° die Aprilis ; 


PRAYERS. 
‘HE Names of the five Members appointed to| in the last Session of Parliament on the Cork Im- 


a 2 aa , » Petition: | 
try and de termine the matter of the Petition, | provement Bill, be returned to the Lords: And that 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for | Mr. Brotherton do deliver the same. 


the Borough of Dartmouth, were called over ; and | 


being come to the Table, they were sworn by the | 


dlerk. 


Ordered, That the Petition relative to the said 


Election be referred to the Committee. 
Th a x ° . a | s ¢ 
Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- | to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


morrow, at One o’clock, in one of the C 


~\ 


Rooms of the House. 


| Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





| Ordered, That the Minutes of Evidence taken 
| before the Select Committee appointed by the Lords 


The Derouport Gas Bill was read the third time ; 
and an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 





ommittee | 


The Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Bill 
was read the third time; and an Amendment was 


The Names of the five Members appointed to try | made to the Bill. 


and determine the matter of the Petition, complaining | 


of an undue Election and Return for the 
of Leicester, were called over; and being 
the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 
Ordered, That the Petition relative to 
Election be referred to the Committee. 


Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, at Twelve o'clock, in one of the C 


’ 


Rooms of the House. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Borough | @rdered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
come to | to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

| 


the said} A Motion being made, That the Great Yarmouth 


Waterworks Bill be now read the third time ; 

; Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
ommittee | quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 


The Names of the five Members appointed to try | that the House may do therein as they shall 
and determine the matter of the Petitiors, com-| think fit. 


plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 

Borough of Taunton, were called over; and being 
hy mm 

come to the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 


Then the Bill was read the third time. 
A Clause (Works in River Yare not to be executed 
without the consent of the Lords of the Admiralty), 


Ordered, That the Petitions and Lists relative to | was thrice read; and added to the Bill. 


the said Election be referred to the Committee. 








| Another Clause (Admiralty may cause local survey 


| 


Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- | t&gt; be made), was thrice read; and added to the 


morrow, at One o’clock, in one of the C 


Y 


Rooms of the House. 


omunittee | Bill. 


Another Clause (In case works fall into decay, Ad- 
miralty may remove same), was thrice read; and 


The House was moved, That the Report from the | added to the Bill. 


Examiner of Petitions for Private Bills, in respect 
of the Petition for additional Provision in the Sun- 
derland Dock Bill, might be read; and the same 


being read ; 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, That they have Power to make 


Then Amendments were made to the Bill, 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Lowestoft Water, Gas and Market Bill was 


provision therein, pursuant to the prayer of the said | read the third time; and Amendments were made to 


Petition. 


The Bangor Waterworks Bill was read the third 


time. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the Bristol Water- 


works Bill be now read the third time ; 


And Notice being taken, that the interest of the 
Prince of Wales, as Duke of Cornwall, is concerned 


therein ; 


Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty's Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 


the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Nottingham Gas Bill was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


and Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con-! to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Vou. 108. 





3 3B Sir 


Carmarthen 
Markets Bill. 


Cork Municipal 
Corporation 
Bill. 


Cork Im- 
provement 
Bill (1852.) 


Devonport 
Gas Bill. 


Dublin and 
Belfast Junc- 
tion Railway 
Bill. 


Great Yar- 
mouth Watcr- 
works Bill. 


Lowestoft 
Water, Gas 


and Market 
Bill. 


Nottingham 
Gas Bill. 


The Ormskirk Gas Bill was read the third time ; Ormskirk 
Gas Bill. 



























































ESS Ee 


deta = Oey sapere ey 





Cockermouth 
Election. 


Athlone 
Election. 


Irwell Valley 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Tralee and 
Killarney 
Railway Bill. 


Lands Im- 
provement 
Company Bill. 


Midland 
Railway 
(Leicester and 
Hitchin) Bill. 


Irwell Valley 
Waterworks 


Swaffham 
and Bottisha:m 
Drainage 

(No, 2) Bill. 


370 


Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- | 


mittee of Elections, the Names of the Members of 
the Select Committee appointed to try and deter- 
mine the matter of the Petitions coupling of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Cockermouth; to which they had annexed the Peti- 
tions referred to them by the House relating thereto : 
—John Cheetham, Esquire, Lord John Manners, 
Honourable Craven Fitzhardinge Berkeley, Ross 
Stephenson Moore, Esquire; Chairman, George 
Alexander Hamilton, Esquire. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections, the Names of the Members of 
the Select Committee appointed to try and deter- 
mine the matter of the Petition complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Athlone; to which they had annexed the Petition 
referred to them by the House relating thereto :— 
Sir John Thomas Buller Duckworth, Baronet, Right 
honourable Henry Tufnell, Edward Christopher 
Egerton, Esquire, John Bright, Esquire; Chair- 
man, Thomas William Bramston, Esquire. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; 
That in the case of the Petition for additional Pro- 


vision in the Jrwell Valley Waterworks Bill, the 
Standing Orders have been complied with. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; 
That in the case of the Petition for additional Pro- 
vision in the Tralee and Killarney Railway Bill, the 
Standing Orders have been complied with. 


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


7° Aprilis. 


A. 1853. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Persons flogged in the 
Navy since 1847, distinguishing each year, specify- 
ing the Name of the Ship, the-Offence, the Sentence, 
and Number of Lashes inflicted, and stating the 
highest and the lowest Number given in each Class 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 76, of 
Session 1848). 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
| House, a Return of the Applications that have been 
| made to the Admiralty Court in England, the Vice- 
| Admiralty Court in Bengal, at Singapore and at 
Prince of Wales Island, tor Head or Bounty Money 
| upon the Destruction or Dispersion of alleged 
| Pirates on the Coast of Borneo and adjacent Is- 
| lands, in each year since 1841 ; stating when and on 
behalf of whom the several Applications were made 
to the Court, specifying the Names and Number of 
| the Vessels engaged in each Action, the Names of 
| the Commanding Officers, and the Number of the 
_ Crews of such Ships, and the Dates of the re- 
| spective Actions; stating further the Number of 
| alleged Piratical Vessels destroyed, captured or dis- 
persed, the Number of Pirates alleged to have been 


| . 
'on Board at the Commencement of each Action, the 


| 
Number of such Persons destroyed, captured or 
_ dispersed, and the Amount of the Bounty or Head 
_ Money awarded by the Court in each case, and 
whether the said Amounts have been paid in whole 
_or in part, or removed by Appeal to any other 
| Court. 
| Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
| Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
| of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 





_ Ordered, That Mr. Esmonde have leave of ab- 
| sence for a fortnight, on urgent business. 

| 

| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


Corporal 
Punishments 
Navy.) 


Head Money 
(Borneo.) 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Lieutenant 


Orders in the case of the Petition for additional | Copies of all Memorials to the Admiralty, and all Engledue. 


Provision in the Lands Improvement Company Bill. 
Ordered, Vhat the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


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


one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for additional 
Provision in the Midland Railway (Leicester and 
Hitchin) Bill. 

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


The House was moved, That the Report from the 
Examiner of Petitions for Private Bills, in respect of 
the Petition for additional Provision in the Jrwell 
Valley Waterworks Bill, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 


mittee on the Bill, That they have Power to make 


Provision therein pursuant to the prayer of the said 
Petition. 


Mr. Edward Ball presented a Bill to consolidate 
and amend three several Acts passed in the reign of 
King George the Third, for draining and preserving 
certain Fen Lands and Low Grounds lying in the 


| Correspondence respecting Lieutenant Engledue 
being reinstated in his former Rank, and the Date 
| when he was so reinstated. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Richards : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to make further Provision for staying Execution of 
Judgment for Misdemeanors upon giving Bail in 
Error, to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords request, That this House will be 
pleased to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy 
of the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Select 
Committee appointed by this House, in the present 

Session of Parliament, to try and determine the 
-matter of the Petition complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Kingston- 
_upon-Hull, together with the Proceedings of the said 
| Committee :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 
Resolved, That a Printed Copy of the said Re- 
| port be communicated to the Lords, as desired by 
their Lordships. 
_ And the Messenger was again called in, and Mr. 
Speaker acquainted him therewith; and a Printed 
Copy of the said Report was delivered to him, to 
be communicated to the Lords :—And then he again 
withdrew. 


South Level, part of the Great Level of the Fens, | 
| Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Pilotage. 


commonly called Bedford Level, and in the County 
of Cambridge, between the River Cam, otherwise 


Grant West, and the Hardlands of Bottisham, | 


Swaffham Bulbeck and Swaffham Prior East, and 
for other purposes therein-mentioned: And_ the 
same was read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of Schedule List of the several Rates 
of Pilotage charged by the Pilots under the Trinity 
House, Deptford Strond, and the Pilots under the 
Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports ; together with the 
existing Regulations and Orders, by each of these 
‘ Departments, 





Message from 
the Lords. 


Bail in Error 
Bill. 


Kingston- 
upon- Hull 
Election. 





Birth of 
a Prince. 


Workhouses. 


Education 
Bill. 


No. 307. 


Libraries and 
Museums, 


Court of 
Session (Scot- 
land. ) 


7° Aprils. 371 


Departments, for the Instruction and Information of | Judges at present comprising the Court of Session 
the Shipowners and Masters of Vessels; and show- | in Scotland, with the Amount of Salaries respectively 
ing also, in a corresponding Column, the Alterations | of each J udge also, the Name and the Amount of 
and Changes that are proposed to be made by the | the oe alary and Emoluments, if any, of the 
Pilotage Bill before the House, in alleviation and | Clerks of the said Judges respectively :—2. The 
reduction of the Charges of Pilotage now sanc- | Number and Names of the Judges who have been 
tioned by these Departments on the Merchant | allowed to retire from the above Courts under Super- 
Shipping of this Country, and on Foreign Ships. annuations, for Life, stating the Causes assigned 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to | therefor ; and the Dates of the said Superannuations 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are | respectively of each Judge now on the Superan- 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. | nuation List; also, Copies of the Forms required by 
| Law, and of the Certificates necessary in support of 

Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That an humble | the Applications made by Judges of the above 
Address be presented to Her Majesty, to congratu- Courts to be superannuated, and the Authority on 
late Her Majesty on the Birth of another Prince, | which the Superannuations of Judges are granted : 
and to assure Her Majesty, that every addition to'—3. Copies of the Forms and Certificates in virtue 
Her Majesty’s domestic happiness affords the most of which the Judges now superannuated were trans- 
sincere satisfaction to Her faithful Commons. | ferred to that List:—4. The yearly Amount of Su- 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to perannuation Allowances now payable to each of 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are | the Judges on the present Superannuation List, with 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. | the Date of the Commencement of the Payment of 
‘the said Annuity :—5. Copy or Extract of the Laws 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, which regulate or fix the Number of Judges re- 
Copies of the Dietaries now in use in the Work- quired to constitute the Court of Session to be not 
houses of the City of London Union, the Blean less than Thirteen in Number:—6. Whether any 
Union, the Dartmouth Union, the North Aylesford and what Extension has been made in the Sittings 
Union, and the City of Canterbury Incorporation :— | of the Court of Session in virtue of the Act 1 &amp; 2 
Returns of the Number of Married Couples above | Vic. c. 36, s. 10 and 11, and by what Authority 
Sixty years of age, who were Inmates of Work- made, and a Copy of the said Authority :—7. Copy 
houses, and living together, in the several Unions | of Section 10 of the said Act, and a List of the 
and Parishes in England and Wales, on the 1st day Causes on the Rolls of each Division respectively of 
of January 1853:—Of the Number of Married | the Inner House of the Court of Session on the 12th 


16 Victrorriz. 





Couples above Sixty years of age, who were Inmates 
of Workhouses, and living separate, in the several 
Unions and Parishes in England and Wales, on the 
1st day of January 1853 :—And, of the Number of 
Workhouse Inmates in England and Wales, who 
were committed to Prison during the year 1852, 
for Offences committed while they were such In- 
mates. 


Lord John Russell presented a Bill for the Pro- 
motion of Education in Cities and Boroughs in 
England: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday 
the 22d day of this instant April; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 23d day of November last, 
for Returns, showing in what Boroughs in Eng- 
land and Wales Libraries and Museums have been 
formed, under the Act (8 &amp; 9 Vie. c. 43) “for en- 
couraging the Establishment of Museums in large 
Towns,” and under the Act (13 &amp; 14 Vic. c. 65) 
“for enabling Town Councils to establish Public 
Libraries and Museums ;” with the Date of their 
Establishment ; the Sum subscribed (if any) to pro- 
mote such Establishment; the Number of Votes 
polled for and against the introduction of the Act ; 
the Number of Readers and Visitors admitted 
monthly since the Establishment of such Libraries 
and Museums ; the Number of Volumes contained 
in each Library; the Number of Volumes issued 
monthly to Readers in the Library; the Number 
of Volumes issued to Readers out of the Library 
(in cases where there is a Lending Library); the 
Number or Amount (in Books, Specimens of Na- 
tural History, Works of Art, or other objects, or 
in Money) of Donations or Bequests to such Li- 
braries or Museums; the Annual Cost of main- 
taining such Libraries or Museums ; and the Amount 
of the Borough Rate appropriated thereto :—And, 
showing in what Boroughs such Libraries and Mu- 
seums are in course of formation; with a Report of 
the present state and prospects of the same. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
9th day of December last, for a Return to show, in 
Columns,—1. The Number and Names, and the 
Dates of the Appointments respectively, of the 

Vou. 108, 


day of November of each year since the passing of 


the said Act, with the Date of the Reclaiming Note 


in each such Cause ; and also, a List of such of the 
_said Causes as remained on the said Rolls undecided 
‘on the 12th day of November following, each year 

respectively :—8. And, the Total Amount of the 
| Salaries paid to each Judge of the Court of Session 
from and after the 29th day of July 1839 ; stating 
'the Amount of such Salaries that was added accord- 
ing to Sections 10 and 11 of the said Act, in each 
year since that Date, and the Aggregate of the same, 
stating what the Amount would have been without 
the Amount paid under the said Sections of the said 
Act 


from the Court of Queen’s Bench in Jreland in the 
Month of January last, and transferred to the 
County of Clare :—Of the Order of the Court under 
which they were so removed :—Of the several De- 
positions taken before the Coroner of Clare, and of 
the several Informations taken before any Magis- 
trate, in relation to any of the cases of Homicide, 
Riot, Unlawful Assembly, or other Criminal Offence 
alleged to have been committed at the Tewn of Six 
Mile Bridge in the Month of July last, at the time 
of the General Election :—Of Entries in the Crown 
Book in any of the said cases, as to the Proceedings 
at the Assizes recently held at Ennis, founded on 
such Depositions or Informations :—And, of every 
Bill of Indictment preferred at the late Clare As- 
sizes in any of the said cases, the Names of the 
Witnesses indorsed thereon, distinguishing such as 
were so indorsed on sending up the Bills to the 





Grand Jury, and others subsequently added on the 
request of the Grand Jury. . 

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


Return to an Order, dated the 17th day of March Clare 
last, for Copies of the several Inquisitions removed Election 


Mr. Wilson presented,—Return to an Address to Harbours of 


Her Majesty, dated the 6th day of this instant April, 
for a Detailed Statement relative to Harbours of 
Refuge, showing the Total Estimated Cost of the 
Works proposed ; the Sums already voted by Par- 
liament for each Harbour; the Amount required to 
be voted for the present year, ending the 31st day 
of March 1854; the Sums that will still remain ne- 
cessary for the Completion of the Works; and 





3B2 accompanied 


Refuge. 


No, 304. 













































































cette ee Te 


xs as 


372 7° Aprilis. A. 1853. 


accompanied by the Reports of the Engineers inj An Account of the Gross Amount of all Monies 
charge of the Works, for the four quarters of the | received and paid by the Commissioners for the 
year ending the 31st day of March 1853. Reduction of the National Debt on account of the 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the} Fund for the Military Savings Banks, from the 
Table; and be printed. | 19th September 1845 to the 5th January 1853, in- 
clusive. 
Committee of 


Selection 
(Fifth Report.) 


No. 305. 


Mr. Sotheron reported from the Committee of| 
Selection; That. they had made Alterations in the | Petitions relating to Parliamentary Oaths ;—Uni- Public 
Groups of Private Bills already formed, and had | versity of London :—Clergy Reserves (Canada) Bill ; Petitions. 
formed into additional Groups certain other Private —Crystal Palace (Sydenham) :—Maynooth College Vide Thirt 


&lt; + . . ~ y- 
Bills; and had agreed to report the same to the | Act ;—Nunneries ;—-Probates of Wills and Grants of fourth Report, 


House. 





Local Acts. 
No. 191. 


River Tivy. 


No. 306, 


Guano. 


Crown 


Solicitors 
(ireland. ) 


Traffic with 
France. 


Teignmouth 
Port, 


National Debt. 


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

Mr. Osborne presented, by Her Majesty's Com-' 
mand,—Further Reports from the Admiralty, rela- | 
tive to Applications for Local Acts. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to the River | 
Tiry, which was presented upon the 5th day of this | 
instant April, be printed. 


Administration Bill; — Universities (Scotland) ;— 
East India Company ; — Advertisements ; — Attor- 
neys’ Certificates ;—Carriages ;—Corn Averages ;— 


County Rates and Expenditure Bill; — Malt and 


Hops ; — Mines ; — Paper, Newspaper Stamps and 
Advertisements ;—Property and Income Tax ;-—Re- 
payment of Advances (dreland);—Unstamped Pe- 
riodicals:—Combination of Workmen Bill:—County 
Courts ; — Intoxicating Liquors; — Militia Act ; — 
Milliners and Dressmakers :— Ocean Penny Postage ; 
—Payment of Wages Bill :—Poor Law :—Public- 
houses (Scotland) Bill ;—Sheritt Courts (Scotland) 
Bill ;—and, Spirits,—were presented, and read ; and 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by | 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 25th day of February last, for a Return of all 
Guano imported into the United Kingdom, in the 
years 1851 and 1852; distinguishing the Quantities 
imported from each Country respectively. 

Return to an Order, dated the 3d day of March 
last, for Copies of the Treasury Minute of 1842, re- 
lating to the Appointment of Crown Solicitors in Jre- 
land ; the Treasury Minute or Minutes relating to the 
newly-appointed Crown Solicitor for the Leinster 
Circuit, his Salary and Allowances ; and of the War- 
rant, Order, and other Documents making such new 
Appointment :—And, of the several Minutes or War- 
rants for the Appointment of Crown Solicitors on 
the Home and Connaught Circuits, in respect of va- 
cancies occurring in or since 1842. 

Further Return to an Order, dated the Sth day of | 
March last, for a Return of the Annual Number of | 
Passengers passing between this Country and Frauace, 
beginning with the year 1842; showing the Ports of 
Embarkation and Disembarkation ; and the Annual 
Value of Exports and Imports to and from france, 
during the same Period. 

Return to an Order, dated the 16th day of March 
last, for Copies of the Document by which Teign- 
mouth has been made a Supernumerary Port, with 
Bonding Privileges, under the authority of the Lords 
Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, and the 
Terms and Particulars of any arrangement. which | 
may have been made with their Lordships, or with 
the Commissioners of Customs, on the subject ; and, | 
of the Correspondence relating thereto. | 

The following Papers, pursuant to the directions of | 
several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon the | 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—An Account of the 
Gross Amount of all Sums received and paid by 
the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National | 
Debt, on account of Banks for Savings and Friendly 
Societies in Great Britain and Ireland, trom their 
Commencement at 6th August 1817 to the 20th No- | 
vember 1852, inclusive :—Also, an Account of all , 
Expenses incurred by the said Commissioners, for | 
Salaries of Clerks or other Incidental Charges, during | 
the preceding year. 

An Account of the Gross Amount of all Bank An- 
nuities and Long Annuities, and any other Annuities 
for Terms of Years transferred, and of all Sums of 
Money paid to the Commissioners for the Reduction 
of the National Debt; and the Gross Amount of | 
Annuities for Lives and for Terms of Years, which 
have been granted for the same, under the Provi- 
sions of the Acts of 10 Geo, 4,c. 24, and 3 Will. 4, 
c. 14, within the year ending 5th January 1853. 











Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers,—were 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 


A Petition of Electors and Inhabitants of the Bo- 
rough of Cambridge, was presented, and read ; setting 
forth, That on the Eighth day of July last an Election 
was held for the Return of two Burgesses to represent 
the said Borough in Parliament, when Kenneth Ma- 
caulayand John Harvey Astell, Esquires, were declared 
duly elected ; that a Petition against the said Return 
was duly presented to the House by certain Electors 
of the said Borough ; and the Committee appointed to 
inquire into the merits of the said Petition have 
amongst other things reported—“ That Aenneth 
Macaulay, Fsquire, and John Harvey Astell, Esquire, 
were by their agents guilty of bribery at the said 
Election ; that there is reason to believe that cor- 
rupt practices have extensively prevailed at the last 
Election for the said Borough of Cambridge ;” and 
the Petitioners further allege that a list was furnished 
by the then Petitioners to the said Committee of the 
names of One hundred and eight persons, whom the 
said Petitioners were prepared to give evidence had 
been bribed at the last Election; that the Petitioners 
entertain no doubt that a gross and extensive system 
of obtaining votes by corrupt practices has prevailed 
at the Elections for that Borough, and that at the 
last Election it éxisted to a much greater extent than 
was shown before the said Committee ; and praying 
that the House will be pleased to address Her most 
Gracious Majesty, praving Her to cause inquiry to 
be made (under the powers of the Act made and 
passed in the last Session of Parliament in that be- 
half) into the existence of such alleged corrupt prac- 
tices. 

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


A Petition of Electors and Householders of the 
Borough of Rye and its Electoral District, pursuant 
to a Resolution at a public meeting convened for the 
purpose, was presented, and read ; setting forth, That 
the Petitioners feel greatly aggrieved that they should 
have been temporarily disfranchised by reason of the 
House having postponed issuing the Writ for a new 
Election to fill the now vacant seat ; such suspension 
of the said Writ being based upon allegations and 
charges not proved, and which the Petitioners believe 
to be entirely untrue and without foundation ; that 
the Petitioners have been informed that a Petition 
has been presented to the House, in which it is al- 
leged, amongst other things, that constant, continuous 
and grievous bribery, intimidation and corrupt prac- 

tices 


Cambridge 
Election. 


Rye Writ. 








Cambridge 
Election, 





16 Vicrorra. 7°—8° 
tices have prevailed, not only at the last Election but 
all preceding Elections; that the Petitioners beg to 
state that such Petition was got up in a secret and 
clandestine manner, and that until it was presented 
to the House, the Petitioners were altogether ignorant 
of its existence; but that had such Petition been 
proposed at a public meeting of the Electors of the 
Borough and district, it would undoubtedly have been 
rejected, as must be apparent to the House when it 
is borne in mind that out of Five hundred and sixty 
Electors who were on the Register at the last Elec- 
tion, only Seventeen Electors have signed the afore- 
mentioned Petition, and which the Petitioners, in 
duty to themselves and to the House, that they may 
be truly informed of the relation and character in 
which twelve of the said Petitioners stand to each 
other, take leave to mention their names, and to 
classify them as follows :— Edward Barrett Curteis, 
the former and would-be Member for ye; John 
Adamson, Surgeon to the said Kdward Barrett Cur- 
leis; Thomas £lliott, Bailiff to the said /dward Bar- 
rett Curteis; and Thomas Henry Payne, Barge- 
master to the said 2Adward Barrett Curteis, and his 
political agent in the Borough; Thomas Pix and 
John Bellingham, being two of the partners of 
Richard Curteis Pomfret, the late defeated Candi- 
date, in the Rye bank of the firm of Pomfret, Pix, 
Bellingham and Pia; Samuel Pix, a brother of the 
said Zhomas Pix, and Samuel Lawrence, Game- 
keeper to the said Thomas Pix; George Augustus 


Lamb, patron of the Borough prior to the passing of 


the Reform Bill; James Elliott, a tenant of the said 
George Augustus Lamb, and father of Thomas Elliott, 
Bailiff to the said Edward Barrett Curteis ; James 
Henbrey and Jumes Catt, being respectively the mil- 
ler and butcher of the before-mentioned parties ; that 
the Petitioners deny that constant, continuous and 
grievous bribery, intimidation and corrupt practices 
did prevail at the last Election, and at all preceding 
Elections, as is so unjustly and falsely charged in 
the said Petition as aforesaid; and praying that the 
House will be pleased forthwith to order a Writ to 
be issued for the Election of a new Member to fill 
the seat now vacant for the said Borough. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, as followeth :— 
Most Gracious Sovereign, 
We, Your Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal sub- 


jects, the 


Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 


and Jreland, in Parliament assembled, beg leave | 


humbly to represent to Your Majesty, That a Select 
Committee of the House of Commons appointed to 
try a Petition, complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the Borough of Cambridge, have re- 
ported to the House, that there is reason to believe 
that corrupt practices have extensively prevailed at 
the last Bledtion for the said Borough of Cam- 
bridge. 


We therefore humbly pray Your Majesty, that, 


Your Majesty will be graciously pleased to cause 
inquiry to be made, pursuant to the Provisions of the 


Act of Parliament passed in the sixteenth year of | 


the reign of Your Majesty, intituled, “ An Act to 
provide for more effectual inquiry into the existence 
of corrupt practices at Elections for Members to 
serve in Parliament,” by the appointment of Graham 
Wilmore, lisquire, one of Your Majesty's Counsel 
learned in the Law, George Boden, Esquire, and 
Thomas Tower, Esquire, as Commissioners, for the 
purpose of making inquiry into the existence of such 
corrupt practices. 

Resolved, Tivat the said Address be communicated 
to the Lords, at a Conference, and their concurrence 
desired thereto. 

Ordered, Vhat a Conference be desired with the 
Lords upon the subject-matter of an Address to be 

Vou. 108. 





Aprilis. 373 

‘presented to Her Majesty, under the Provisions of 

the Act of the 15th &amp; 16th of Her present Majesty, 

ec. 57: And that Mr. Vernon Smith do go to the 
Lords, and desire the said Conference. 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty's Education. 


Command,—Copy of Minute, dated 2 April 1853, 
by the Right honourable the Lords of the Education 
Committee of the Privy Council, cancelling the 
Minute of 12 June 1852. 

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


Mr. Peel presented,—- Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 15th day of March last, for 
Copy of a Despatch, dated the 6th day of November 

| 1852, from Sir John Pakington to Sir James Brooke. 

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


No. 308. 


Sir James 
Brooke. 


Mr. Vernon Smith reported, That having been with Cambridge 


the Lords to desire a Conference upon the subject- 

“matter of an Address to be presented to Her Ma- 
jesty, under the Provisions of the Act of the 15th 
&amp; 16th of Her present Majesty, ¢. 57, the Lords 
agree to a Conference, and appoint the same im- 
mediately in Committee Room A. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to 

manage the Conference :—And a Committee was 
appointed of Mr. Vernon Smith, Lord John Russell, 
Mr. Disraeli, Viscount Palmerston, Sir John Pa- 
kington, Mr. Attorney General, Sir FitzRoy Kelly, 
Mr. Secretary-at-War, Mr. Napier, Mr. Henley, Mr. 
Bouverie, Mr. Miles, Mr. Cumming Bruce, Mr. 
Henry Herbert and Mr. Brotherton. 

Then the Names of the Managers were called 
over; and they went to the Conference :—And being 
returned ; 

Mr. Vernon Smith reported, That the Managers 
had been at the Conference, which was managed on 
the part of the Lords by the Lord Privy Seal; and 
that they had delivered to their Lordships the Ad- 
dress agreed upon by this House, to which they de- 
sired the concurrence of their Lordships; and that 
they had left the said Address with their Lordships. 


Eiection. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Consolidated 


That, in the opinion of this House, it is the duty of 
Her Majesty’s Government forthwith to take into 
consideration the Jrish Consolidated Annuities, in 
order to effect a more equitable settlement of the 
Claims for which those Annuities were granted, by 
remitting the Amount charged on account of the 
Labour-rate Acts, 9 &amp; 10 Vie. c. 107, and 10 &amp; 11 
Vie. c. 87, whilst the repayment of the Workhouse 
Loans, the Advances for Temporary Relief, Act 
10 Vic. ¢. 7, the Advances for Public Works, under 
the Acts 1 Vic. c. 21,and 9 Vie. c. 1, and for aid to 
the Distressed Districts, under the Act 13 Vic. c. 14, 
are fully provided for. 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers fer the { Mr. Moore, 7 

Yeas, UMr. French: f 
Tellers for the ; Mr. Hayter, hus. 


Noes, | The Earl of Mulgrave : 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


95. 


Veneris, 8° die Aprilis, 1853: 


_ The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on Merchant Shipping [ Advances] ; 

Resolved, ‘Vhat this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Comnuttee. 


| 


‘ be printed. 


3B3 The 


Annuities 
(Ireland.) 


Merchant 
Shipping 
[Advances.] 


| Ordered, That the Brecon Collegiate Church Bill Brecon 
Collegiate 


Church Bill. 


No. 309, 


















eee 


Land Tax 
Commission- 
ers’ Names 
Bill. 


Sale and 
Purchase of 
Land Bill 


Public 
Petitions 


(Thirty-fourth 


Report.) 


Shipley Gas 
Bill. 


Bognor 
Railway Bill. 


Irwell Valley 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Bury Water- 
works Bill. 


Cockermouth 
Election. 


374 7°—-8° Aprils. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee upon Monday next on the Land Tax 
Commissioners’ Names Bill, was read, and dis- 
charged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
13th day of May next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
nesday next, the Sale and Purchase of Land Bill, 
was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 20th day of this instant April. 


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





Veneris, 8° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 5th, 6th 
and 7th days of this instant April, and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee 
on the Shipley Gas Bill; That they had. examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and amended the same, by stating in what Pa- 
rish the Township of Shipley was situate; and had 
also inserted a recital that it was expedient that the 
recited Act should be repealed, and that further 
Powers should be granted in lieu thereof, it being 
considered more convenient to repeal the former Act, 
and obtain further Powers ; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported the Bognor Railway 

Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. | 
| 





Mr. Mullings reported from the Committee on 
Group G, of Private Bills; That in the case of the 
Irwell Valley Waterworks Bill, they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by adding a recital of the 
expediency of amalgamating the undertaking of the 
Bury Waterworks Company with that contemplated 
by the Bill; and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Mudilings reported from the Committee on 
Group G. of Private Bills; That the Parties promo- 
ting the Bury Waterworks Bill had stated to the 





A. 1853. 


The Names of the five Members appointed to try Athlone 
and determine the matter of the Petition, complaining Election. 
of an undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Athlone, were called over; and being come to the 
Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition relative to the said 
Election be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, at Eleven o'clock, in one of the Committee 
Rooms of the House. 











































The Order for reading a second time the Caledo- Caledonian 


nian Railway (Revival of Powers) Bill, was read, (Revival P 
and discharged. Powers) Bill 


Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, Vhat the Minutes of the Evidence taken Eastern Coun. 
before the Committee on the Eastern Counties Rail- ties Railway 
way (!Visbeach to Spalding) Bill in Session 1847, be Neder 
referred to the Committee on the MWorwich and (is47.) 
Spalding Railway Bill. 


Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Pri- Swaffham 
vate Bills have leave to sit and proceed forthwith 2%4 Bottisham 


on the Swaffham and Bottisham Drainage (No. 2) (No. 2) Bil 
Bill. 





The Earl of March reported the Cambridge Uni- Cambridge 


versity and Town Waterworks Bill, with Amend- aw 
ments. 


Waterworks 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Bill. 


The Earl of March reported from the Committee Cambridge 
on Group F, of Private Bills; That the Parties pro- Waterworks 
moting the Cambridge Waterworks Bill had stated ~~ 
to the Committee, that it was not their intention to 
proceed with the same. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





The Blackburn Railway Bill was read the third Blackburn 
time. : Railway Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 








The Brighton, Hove and Preston Waterworks Brighton, Hove 

Bill was read the third time. ——— 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. — : 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Cardiff Waterworks Bill was read the third Cardiff 
time. . Waterworks 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the - 
Title be, An Act for repealing an Act, called “ The 
Jardiff Waterworks Act, 1850,” and granting other 
Powers in lieu thereof; and for authorizing the Car- 
diff Waterworks Company to raise further Money. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bil 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the Great Yarmouth Great Yar- 


Wellington Pier Bill be now read the third time ; i 





Committee, that it was not their intention to proceed 
with the same. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Names of the five Members appointed to try 
and determine the matter of the Petitions, complain- 


ing of an undue Election and Return for the Borough | 


ot Cockermouth, were called over; and being come 
to the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 
Ordered, That the Petitions relative to the said 
Election be referred to the Committee. 
Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, at Eleven o'clock, in one of the Committee 
Rooms of the House. 


Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- gill. 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
| sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think 
fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for constructing and maintaining a 
| Pier at Great Yarmouth, in the County of Norfolk, 
ito be called “The Great Yarmouth Wellington 
| Pier.” 
| Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
‘to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. a | 
_A Motion 























Norfolk 
Estuary Bill. 


Preston Gas 
Bill. 


Wakefield 
Soke Mills 
Bill. 


Wolverhamp- 
ton Markets 
and Fairs, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


New Forest 
Deer Removal 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Sheffield 
Waterworks 
Bili. 


Whichwood 
Forest Bill. 


Black Dog 
Road Bill, 


16 Vicrori2z. 


A Motion being made, That the Norfolk Estuary 
Bill be now read the third time ; 

Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty's Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think 
fit. 

And Notice being taken that the interest of the 
Prince of Wales, as Duke of Cornwall, is concerned 
therein ; 

Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, ‘That Her Majesty, having been | 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- | 
sent, as far as the Prince of Wales’s interest is con- | 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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





The Preston Gas Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


A Motion being made, That the Wakefield Soke | 


| Annuities, the annual dividend whereof amounts to 


Mills Bill be now read the third time ; 


&amp;° Aprelis. 





375 

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

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Swaffham 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, — 
That in the case of the yo and Bottisham (No. 2) Bill. 
Drainage (No. 2) Bill, the Standing Orders have 


been complied with. 


Ordered, That the Swaffham and Bottisham Swaffham 
Drainage (No. 2) Bill be read a second time. “ Bottisham 
° rainage 
(No. 2) Bill. 
A Petition of the Trustees of the British Museum British 
being offered to be presented ; Museum. 
Lord John Russell, by Her Majesty's Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, that Her Majesty, 


having been informed of the contents of the said 
' Petition, recommends it to the consideration of the 


House. 
Then the said Petition was brought up, and read ; 
setting forth, That the only funds belonging to the 
Petitioners for the support of the British Museum 


consists of £.30,000 Three per centum Reduced Bank 


Mr. Hayter, by Her age Command, ac- | £.900; of a bequest of the late Earl of Bridgewater, 


quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think 
fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Wolverhampton Markets and Fairs, &amp;c. Bill 
was read the third time; and an Amendment was 
made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Thornely do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The New Forest Deer Removal Act Amendment 
Bill was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hayter do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Sheffield Waterworks Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time, 


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


reading of the Whichwood Forest Bill ; 
And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
a second time; 


Mr. Hayter, by Her peg hy Command, ace 


quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think 


’ fit. 


Then the Bill was read a second time, and com- 
mitted to a Select Committee. 


Mr. a laid upon the Table,—Report from one 
of the 


etition for additional Provision 


Road Bill. 


in the case of the 


in the Black Dog 


Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 
VoL. 108, 





xaminers of Petitions for Private Bills, in | 
respect of a with the Standing Orders | 


the annual proceeds of which amount to about £. 415; 
| and also of a bequest of the late Lord Farnborough, 


| the annual proceeds of which amount to £.86. 3s. 4d.; 


that the establishment is necessarily attended with 
| an expense far beyond the annual produce of the 
above-mentioned sums, and the trust cannot, with 
| benefit to the public, be carried on without the aid 
of Parliament; and praying the House to grant 
| them such further support towards enabling them to 
| carry on the execution of the trust reposed in them 
by Parliament for the general benefit of learning 
and useful knowledge, as to the House shall seem 
meet. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an British 
Account of the Income and Expenditure of the Museum. 
British Museum for the Financial year ended the 
3ist day of March 1853; of the Estimated Charges 
and Expenses for the year ending the 31st day of 
March 1854; and of the Sum necessary to dis- 
charge the same ; and also, an Account of the Num- 
ber of Persons admitted to visit the Museum, from 
Christmas 1846 to Christmas 1852; together with 
a Statement of the Progress made in the Arrange- 
_ment of the Collections, and an Account of Objects 
added to them, in the year 1852. 





Ordered, That the Select Committee on Railway Railway and 
_and Canal Bills have Power to report their Obser- as” 
vations thereupon from time to time. Report. ) 

| Mr. Cardwell reported from the said Select Com- wp 3j9, 
mittee ; That they had made further Progress in the 
matters to them referred; and directed him to 
make a Report thereef to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


_and be printed. 


Mr. Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, Emigration. 
_—Papers relative to Emigration to the Australian 
Colonies (in continuation of Papers presented 30th 
_ April 1852). 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Resulved, That an humble Address be presented Coinage. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
3B4 House, 








Private 
Lighthouses. 


Saint George 
the Martyr 
(Middlesex. ) 


Standing 
Orders. 


Portsmouth 
Railway. 


Witham 
Drainage 
Second 
District. 


Wandle 
Water and 
Sewerage 
(No. 2.) 


Westminster 
Improvements 
(Dwellings of 
the Working 
Classes. ) 


Poole Harbour 
and Port 
(No. 2.) 


Westminster 
Improvements 
(Dwellings of 
the Working 
Classes) Bill. 


Election 
Expenses. 


No. 311, 


Libraries and 
Museunis. 


Nv. 312. 


A. 1853. 


376 8° Aprils. 


House, an Account of all Gold, Silver and Copper Ordered, That the Return relative to Clare Elec- Clare 

Monies of the Realm coined at the Royal Mint, from | tion, which was presented upon the 7th day of this Election. 

the ist day of January 1853 to the 31st day of instant April, be printed. No, 313, 
wal i “fA . oF ed 5 : . , e © | . ; : 

a ong ; specify va. § the ae —— _ | Ordered, That the Return relative to Guano, which Guano, 
alue, &amp;c. (in continuation of Farlamentary Taper, ' was presented upon the 7th day of this instant April, No. 31 
No. 103, of Session 1853). on amr I . 4. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to | ] ‘ 


Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are| | Ordered, ‘That the Return relative to Crown Soli- Crown 


of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. _ citors (Ireland), which was presented upon the 7th sean 
day of this instant April, be printed. No. 315 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the National National 





1 Page emt —— of ~ oe nm Debt, which were presented upon the 7th day of this P&amp;*- J; 
rinity Corporation for buying up Private Light-| +4074 April, be printed. 0. 316, 


houses, in each year from 1850 inclusive to the pre- | 
sent time, or to the latest Period to which the same 
can be made up. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Sir James Sir James 
| Brooke, which was presented upon the 7th day of ane. 
this instant April, be printed. No. 317, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Petitions relating to Parliamentary Oaths ;-—Clergy Public 
a Return specifying the Amount of all Monies re- Reserves ( Canada) Bill: —Crvstal Palace (Syden- Petitions, 
ceived, and for what purposes expended, in each | jam) ;—Probates of Wills and Grants of Adminis- vide Try. 
year, by the Trustees of the Parish Church of Saint | tration Bill ;—Universities (Scotland) ;— Universities fitth Repori, 
George the Martyr, Middlesex, trom the passing of | (Seotiand) Bill ;—Attorneys’ Certificates ;—Convey- 
the Acts 56 Geo, 3, c. 28, and 59 Geo. 3, ¢. 11, to ance of Goods (City of London) ;—County Rates and 


the present Period. 


Mr. Sotheron reported from the Select Committee 
on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; which 
were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Portsmouth 


Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be | 
dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to— 
proceed with their Bill, provided the same be pre- | 


sented not later than three clear days after the pre- 
sentation of this Report; that amended Plans and 
Sections be deposited, and that all Powers for 
making the Branch to Shalford be omitted from 
the Bill: 


That the Committee on the Bill do report how | 


far such Order has been complied with, on the 
Report of the Bill. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Witham 
Drainage Second District Petition for leave to 
deposit a Petition for a Bill, the Standing Orders 
ought to be dispensed with ; that the Parties be per- 
mitted to deposit their Petition accordingly. 

3. Resolved, That in the ease of the Wandle 
Water and Sewerage Company Petition for leave 
to deposit a Petition for a Bill, the Standing Orders 
ought not to be dispensed with. 

4. Resolved, That in the case of the Westminster 
Improvements (Dwellings of the Working Classes) 
Petition for dispensing with Order of the House of 
11 March, the said Order ought to be dispensed 
with ; that the Parties be permitted to proceed with 
their Bill. 

5. Resolred, That in the case of the Poole Har- 
bour and Port Petition for leave to deposit a Peti- 
tion for a Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be dis- 
pensed with ; that the Parties be permitted to de- 
posit their Petition accordingly. 

The first, second, fourth and fifth Resolutions, 
being read a second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Sotheron presented a Bill for the Incorpora- | 


tion of the Westminster Association for improving 
the Dwellings of the Working Classes: And the 
sume was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to Election Expenses, which was presented upon 
the 4th day of this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to Libraries and Museums, which was presented 
upon the 7th day of this instant April, be printed. 


Expenditure Bill; — Militia ;—— Paper, Newspaper 
Stamps and Advertisements ;—Armaiments ; —-County 
Courts ;—Larceny ;— Merchant Shipping Bill; — 
| Ocean Penny Postage ;— Poor Law ;—Public Health 
et;—Public-houses (Scotland) Bill; —Sheritf Courts 
| (Scotland) Bill ;—and, Tenant Right (Zreland) Bill, 
and, Tenants’Compensation (Zreland) Bill,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers, —were 
‘also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 
| Petitions relating to the City of London Coal Dues, 
'—were also presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Coal Duties (Metropolis). 





Election for the Borough ot Knaresborough, Joshua 
Procter Brown Westhead, Esquire, John Dent 
Dent, Esquire, and Lasil Thomas Woodd, Esquire, 


were returned as Members, having an equality of 


votes, namely, One hundred and thirteen each ; that 
the number of registered Electors was Two hundred 
and forty-two; that Petitions have been presented 
by the said Mr. Westhead and Mr, Dent against 
the Return of Mr. Woodd, and charging him, through 
his agents, friends and otherwise, with bribery, treat- 
ing, intimidation and other corrupt practices; that a 
similar Petition has also been presented by the said 
Mr. Woodd against the said Mr. Westhead and Mr. 
Dent; that Thomas Collins, Esquire, a Candidate 


at the Election, presented a Petition in support of 


Mr. Woodd; but the Petitioners are informed and 
believe that such Petition has been withdrawn ; that 
a Select Committee is to be appoimted on the 
Twentieth instant to inquire into the allegations con- 
tained in the said several Petitions; and the Peti- 
tioners believe a compromise has been or is about to 
take place between the said Petitioners, and that in con- 


sequence thereof a full and thorough investigation of 
| s 


the proceedings at the last Election for this Borough 
will be avoided; that the Petitioners believe that 
| pecuniary bribery, treating, intimidation to a great 
/extent, and other corrupt practices, can be proved 
against the said Mr. Woodd, and also a contract of 
a pecuniary nature, before the close of the poll, be- 
tween the said Mr. Woodd and Mr. Collins, whereby 
a vote or votes were to be transferred from the said 
Mr. Collins to the said Mr. Woodd; and praying 
that the House will come to such a resolution as 
| will declare the Return void; or require the Select 
Committee to investigate the proceedings of the said 
| Election, so as to enable them to recommend a 
commission of inquiry, and to deal with such Election 
as the House may advise. 


Ordered, 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors and Knares- 
Non-electors of the Borough of Knaresborough, was — 
presented, and read ; setting forth, That at the last “°°%™ 





Consol 
Fund | 
Natior 
Redew 
Acts. 























Consolidated 
Fund and 
National Debt 
Redemption 
Acts. 


16 Vicroriz. 


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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Consolidated Fund and National Debt 
Redemption Acts ; 

The House was moved, That the several Acts re- 
lating to the Funded and Unfunded Debt of Great 
Britain and Jreland, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Acts be referred to the 
Committee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That the Capital Trading Stock of the 
/ _ * “ae. 
Corporation of the Governor and Company of Mer- 
chants of Great Britain (trading to the South Seas 
and other parts of America, and for encouraging the 
Fishery), which is called and known by the name of 
South Sea Stock ; the Capital Stocks of the £.3 per 
centum Annuities, called and known by the name of 
the Old South Sea Annuities and by the name of the 
New South Sea Annuities ; the Capital Stock of the 
£.3 per centum Annuities (created by an Act passed 
in the twelfth year of King George the First, inti- 
tuled, “ An Act for granting to his Majesty the Sum 
of £.1,000,000, to be raised by way of Lottery,”) 


called and known by the name of the Bank Annui- | 


ties 1726; and the Capital Stock of the £.3 per cen- 
tui Annuities (created by an Act passed in the 
twenty-fourth year of King George the Second, inti- 
tuled, “ An Act for granting to his Majesty the Sum 
of £.2,100,000, to be raised by Annuities and a 
Lottery, and charged on the Sinking Fund, redeem- 
able by Parliament,”) called and known by the name 
of the £.3 per centwm Annuities 1751, shall be paid 
off and redeemed. 

2. Resolved, That every person, body politic and 
corporate, who now is, or hereafter may be, interested 
in the Capital Stocks of any of the said £.3 per 
centum Annuities, who shall, in manner hereinafter 
directed, give notice at any time on or before Friday 
the 3d day of June 1853, of his assent to receive 
other Government Securities in lieu and in place of 
the said Capital Stocks of the said Annuities, instead 
of being paid in Money, shall, at the option of the 
said parties, receive for every £.100 thereof, £.82. 10s. 
in a New Stock of Three-and-a-half per centum An- 
nuities, which said Annuities shall be paid at the 
rate of £.3. 10s. per centum per annum until the 5th 
day of January 1894, from and after which day the 
said Annuities shall be subject to redemption by Par- 
liament; or for every £.100 of the said Capital 
Stocks of Annuities the Sum of £.110 in a New 
Stock of Two-and-a-half per centum Annuities, which 
said Annuities shall be paid at the rate of £.2. 10s. 
per centum per annum until the 5th day of January 
1894, from and after which day the said Annuities 
shall be subject to redemption by Parliament; or 
for every Sum of £.100 of the Capital Stocks of the 
said £.3 per centum Annuities, an Exchequer Bond 
for the like Amount, payable to bearer, and carrying 
interest at the rate of £.2.15s. per centum per annum, 
payable half-yearly on the 1st day of March and the 
1st day of September in every year, until the 1st day 
of September in a year to be named in such bond, 
and not later than the 1st September 1864 inclusive, 
and thenceforth £.2. 10s, per centum per annum, pay- 
able half-yearly in like manner, until and including the 
Ist of September 1894, and thereafter to be subject 
to redemption at par, at the option of the holder, or 
at the option of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 
Treasury, as shall be named in such bond. 

3. Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury be authorized and empowered to fix 
the number of years during which the interest of 
£.2. 15s. per centum shall be payable on such bond, 
subject to the limitation of the foregoing Resolution ; 
and likewise to determine whether such bond, after 


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377 


the 1st of September 1894, shall be redeemable at 
their option only, or shall also be redeemable at the 
option of the holder; and that the said Commis- 
sioners shall give notice in the London Gazette of 
what they shall determine in these respects as soon 
as may be after the passing of any Act in pursuance 
of these Resolutions. 

4. Resolved, That the dividends and interest pay- 
able on such New £.3. 10s. per centum Annuities, on 
such New £.2 10s. per centum Annuities, and on 
such Exchequer Bonds, shall be charged and charge- 
able upon the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 

5. Resolved, ‘That the dividends now payable by 
law on the 5th July and the 5th January in every 
year on the said Capital Trading Stock, and on the 
said Capital Stock of New South Sea Annuities, 
Annuities 1726, and Annuities 1751, shall continue 
payable until the 5th January 1854, inclusive, and no 
| longer. 

That the dividends now payable by law on the 10th 
| October and the 5th April in every year on the said 
| Capital Stock of Old South Sea Annuities shall con- 
| tinue payable until the 5th April 1854, inclusive, and 
| no longer. 

6. Lesolved, That if the Corporation of the Go- 
| vernor and Company of Merchants of Great Britain 
| trading to the South Seas and other parts of America, 
and for encouraging the Fishery, shall at any time 
'on or before Friday the 3d day of June signily to the 
' Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury their as- 
sent to commute and exchange the said Capital 
| Trading Stock, or any part thereof, into any one or 
|more of the said New £.3. 10s. per centum Annui- 
ties, New £.2. 10s. per centum Annuities, or Exche- 
| quer Bonds, the said Corporation shall be permitted 
| to make such commutation and exchange upon the 
'same terms, and subject to the like conditions, as are 
granted to the person or persons, bodies politic or 
corporate, interested in or entitled to the Capital 
| Stock of £.3 per centum Annuities now proposed to 
| be paid off and redeemed. 
| 7%. Resolved, That all and every person or persons, 
| bodies politic or corporate, possessed of any part of 
the said £.3 per centum Annuities, and who shall 
desire to signify his, her or their assent to receive 
‘the said New £.3. 10s. per centum Annuities, New 
| £.2. 10s. per centum Annuities, or Exchequer Bonds 
in lieu thereof, shall, on or before the 3d day of June 
| 1853, but within the usual hours of transacting busi- 
iness at the Bank of England, or at the South Sea 
| House, by themselves, or some agent or agents for 
that purpose duly authorized, signify to the Governor 
and Company of the Bank of England, or to the 
| Governor and Company of Merchants of Great Bri- 
tain trading to the South Seas, as the case may be, 
| such assent in writing under his, her or their hand or 
hands, or the hand or hands of his, her or their agent 
or agents, together with the amount of his, her or 
their respective share or shares in the said £.3 per 
centum Annuities, and which said assent shall be en- 
tered in a book or books to be opened and kept by 
the said Governor and Company of the Bank of 
England, and by the said Governor and Company of 
Merchants of Great Britain trading to the South 
Seas for that purpose ; and in case of any transfer of 
such share or shares of such Annuities, or any part 
or parts thereof, after such assent, the part or parts 
of such Annuities so transferred shall be entered in 
the said book or books separately from the said £.3 
per centum Annuities, in respect of which no such 
assent shall be signified, and every such person or 
persons so assenting, or his, her or their assigns, or 
the executors or administrators of such assigns, under 
any such transfer, shall be entitled for every £.160 
Capital Stock of the said £.3 per centum Annuities 
to £.82. 10s. of the Capital Stock of New £.3. 10s. 
por centum Annuities, or to £.110 of the Capital 
Stock of the New £.2. 10s. per centum Annuities, or 
to an Exchequer Bond of £.100, bearing interest as 





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378 §°—9” 


aforesaid: Provided always, that if any person or 
persons holding any such £.3 per centwm Annuities, 
shall not be within the limits of the United ee 
at any time between the 8th day of April and the 3d 
day of June 1853, both inclusive, but shall be in any 
other part of Europe, it shall be lawful for such per- 
son or persons to signity such assent at any time be- 
fore the 30th day of July 1853; and if any such 
person or persons shall not at any time between the 
8th day of April 1853, and the 30th day of July 1853, 
be within any part of Europe, it shall be lawful for 
him, her or them to signify such assent at any time 
before the 1st day of February 1854, such person or 
persons proving to the satisfaction of the Governor 
or Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, or to 
the Governor of the South Sea Company, his, her or 
their absence from the United Kingdom, or out of 
Europe, as above specified, and that his, her or their 


share or shares of such £.3 per centum Annuities | 
stood in his, her or their name or names respectively, | 


or in the name or names of any one or more trustee 
or trustees, on his, her or their behalf, in the books 
of the Governor and Company of the Bank of Eng- 
land, or Governor and Company of Merchant Traders 
tothe South Seas on the 3d day of June 1853 : Pro- 
vided also, that such person or persons so absent 
from the United Kingdom, or out of Europe, shall 
signify such his, her or their assent, within ten days 
after his, her or their return to the United Kingdom. 

8. Resolved, That provision shall be made for pay- 
ing off such proprietor or proprietors of any of the 
said Capital Trading Stock or Capital Stocks of An- 
nuities before mentioned, as shall not signify his as- 
sent to accept and receive New £.3. 10s. per centum 
Annuities, or New £. 2. 10s. per centum Annuities, or 
Exchequer Bonds, in lieu thereof. 

9. Resolved, That every person or persons, body 
olitic or corporate, who now is, or hereafter may be, 
. Interested in or entitled to any part of the Capital 
Stock of the Consolidated £.3 per centum Annuities, 
or of the Capital Stock of the Reduced £.3 per 
centum Annuities, payable at the Bank of England, 
or at the Bank of Zreland, and who shall at any time 
after the passing of an Act in pursuance of these 
Resolutions, and before the 10th day of October 
1853, signify to the Governor and Company of the 
Bank of England, or to the Governor and Company 
of the Bank of Zre/and, by an entry to be made in 
books to be opened for such purpose, his desire to 


commute and exchange any or all of the said An- | 


nuities to which he may be entitled, into any one or 


more of the said New £.3. 10s. per centum Annui- | 
ties, New £.2. 10s. per centum Annuities, or Exche- | 
quer Bonds, shall be permitted to make such com- | 
mutation and exchange upon the same terms, and | 


subject to the like conditions, as are granted to the 
person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, in- 
terested in or entitled to the Capital Stocks of £.3 
per centum Annuities proposed to be paid off and 
redeemed as aforesaid. 


10. Resolved, That nothing herein contained shall | 


extend to authorize the Commutation of the said 
Consolidated £.3 per centum Annuities, or the said 
Reduced £.3 per centum Annuities, into the said New 
£.2. 10s. per centum Annuities, after the amount 
entered for Commutation into such New £.2. 10s. 


per centum Annuities in the said books of the Bank | 


of Enyland, and Bank of Jre/and, shall have reached 
the Sum of Thirty millions ; and that the power of 
Commutation of the said £.3 per centum Stocks 
shall thereafter be limited to the two other options 
hereinbefore given ; that is to say, the option of ex- 
change for £.3. 10s. per centum Annuities, and the 
option of exchange for Exchequer Bonds. 

11. Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her 
Majesty’s Treasury be authorized and empowered to 
issue at any time between the 5th of April 1853, and 


the 5th of April 1854, Exchequer Bonds, payable to 


bearer, upon the like terms and conditions as herein- 
before described, and after public notice in the Zon- 


A. 1853. 


| don Gazette, from time to time to sell such Exche- 
| quer Bonds, or any part thereof, and to apply the 
_ proceeds in redeeming any part of the Capital Tra- 
ding Stock or Capital Stock of Annuities now pro- 
posed to be paid off and redeemed, or in pur- 
chasing and cancelling any Exchequer Bills, or in 
exchanging such Bonds for Exchequer Bills, upon 
such terms as the said Commissioners shall think 
proper, or in purchasing and cancelling any of the 
Consolidated £.3 per centum Annuities, or Reduced 
| £.3 per centum Annuities, payable at the Bank of 
| England, or at the Bank of Jreland, as the case 
| may be. 

12. Leesolved, That the interest on such Exchequer 
| Bonds shall be charged and chargeable on the said 
| Consolidated Fund. 

| 13. Resolved, That no amount of such Exchequer 
| Bonds shall be issued exceeding in the whole the 
Sum of Thirty millions. 

14. Resolved, That it shall be lawful for the Ac- 
countant General of the Courts of Chancery in Eng- 
land and Ireland respectively, and for the Accoun- 
‘tant in Bankruptcy in England, at any time before 
the 3d day of June 1853, to signify to the Governor 
/and Company of the Bank of England, or to the 
Corporation of the Governor and Company of the 

Merchants of Great Britain trading to the South 
| Seas and other parts of America, and for encouraging 
| the Fishery, on behalf of any Suitor or Suitors, or 
others interested in any such £.3 per centum Annui- 
_ties hereinbefore referred to as are proposed to be 
paid off and redeemed, standing in the names of 
such Accountants General and Accountant respec- 
| tively, their assent to accept and receive shares in the 
,said New £.3. 10s. per centum Annuities, or New 
_ £.2. 10s. per centum Annuities, or Exchequer Bonds, 
in lieu of all such £.3 per centum Annuities standing 
_in their names respectively ; and the said Accoun- 
| tants General and Accountant respectively shall be 
| fully indemnified against all actions, suits and pro- 
ceedings for and in respect of any action, matter or 
thing done by them respectively in pursuance thereof. 

15. Resolved, That all executors, administrators, 
guardians and trustees interested in or entitled to any 
part of the Capital Stock of the Old South Sea £. 3 
per centum Annuities, of the New South Sea £.3 per 
centum Annuities, of the £.3 per centum Annuities 
created by the Act 12th George the First, of the 
£.3 per centum Annuities created by the Act 24th 
George the Second, of the Consolidated £.3 per 
centum Bank Annuities, and of the Reduced £.3 per 
centum Bank Annuities, whether payable at the 
Bank of England or at the Bank of Jreland, as the 
case may be, who shall signify their desire to convert 
the Annuities to which they may be respectively in- 
terested into any of the New £.3. 10s. per centum 
Annuities, New £.2. 10s. per centum Annuities, or 

Exchequer Bonds, shall be indemnified. 


Resolutions to be reported. 


Aprilis. 





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

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


House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply. 


mittee of Supply; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, ‘That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 


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


Sabbati, 9° die Aprilis, 1853: 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 

“ the 





Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of the Adjournment. 








16 Vicroriz. 


Clare Election. “ 


o 
. 


the exposition of the law set forth by Mr. Justice 
Perrin, in his Charge to the Grand Jury of the 
County of Clare, on the 22d day of February 
1853, with reference to the duty of soldiers em- 
ployed for the suppression of riots, or on emer- 
rencies, is at variance with the opinions of former 
Sodas, opposed to the rules up to the present time 
laid down for the instruction of Military and Civil 
Forces, and antagonistic to the principles and or- 
ders of the Mutiny Act and Queen’s Regulations ; 
and that it is the opinion of this House, that the 
conduct of the soldiers employed at Six Mile 


Bridge was thoroughly justifiable, and necessitated | 
by the position they were placed in,” instead | 


thereof. 


proposed to be left out, stand part of the Question : 
—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave of | 


And the Question being proposed, That the words 


the House, withdrawn. L ] 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the | may be made in the Warrington and Altrincham 


Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into | Junction Railway (Stockpor?) Bill, for giving Powe 


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379 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, that they have Power to make 
Provision therein pursuant to the prayer of the said 
Petition. 





The House was moved, That the Report from the Portsmouth 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of Railway. 


the Petition for the Portsmouth Railway Bill, might 
be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
making a Railway from Havant, in the County of 
Southampton, to Godalming, in the County of Surrey, 
to be called “The Portsmouth Railway,” and for 
other purposes: And that Sir Francis Baring, Mr. 
| Walpole and Colonel Harcourt do prepare, and bring 

it in. 


A Petition of the Warrington and Altrincham 
| Junction Railway Company, praying that Provision 


Warrington 
and Altrine- 
ham Junction 
Railway 


lr (Stockport) 


the Committee; and after some time spent therein, | to the Petitioners to divert the Extension in the Bill. 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson | Parishes of Cheadle and Manchester, was presented, 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in | and read; and referred to the Examiners of Peti- 
the matter to them referred; and that he was di-| tions for Private Bills. 


rected to move, That the Committee may have leave 


to sit again. 

5 . . . r . *. . . . 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday | West India Docks and Birmingham Junction Rail- 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. | way Bill, was read, and discharged. 


Law of Evi- 
dence (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


The Order for reading a second time the East and 


Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take | 


into consideration the Law of Evidence (Scotland) | 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


leave to bring in the East and West India Docks 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon! and Birmingham Junction Railway Bill, might be 
Monday next. 


read ; and the same being read ; 


East and West 
India Docks 
and Birming- 
ham Junction 
Railway Bill. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for East and West 


India Docks 
and Birming- 
ham Junction 
Railway 


Ways and 
Means. 


Jewish 
Disabilities 
Bill. 


Trinity House. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Thirty- fifth 
Report.) 


Tralee and 
Killarne 
Railway Bill. 


| Ordered, 'Vhat leave be given to bring in a Bill to (No. 2.) 
|enable the East and West India Docks and Bir- 
_mingham Junction Railway Company to raise addi- 
‘tional Capital, and for other purposes: And that 

| General Anson, Mr. Mangles and Mr. Brotherton 

| do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

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


The Order for reading the third time, upon Mon- | 
day next, the Jewish Disabilities Bill, was read, and 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Friday next. 


The Earl of March reported from the Committee Private Bills 

on Group F. of Private Bills; That at the meeting (GTuP ¥) 
of the Committee this day, a Communication was 

received from Mr. Cogan, one of the Selected Mem- 

bers of the Committee, stating that he was unable, 

| on account of indisposition, to attend the Committee 

this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Cogan do attend the said 

mmittee To-morrow. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Correspondence which took place in | 
February 1837, or thereabouts, between the late ¢ ie 
Duke of Wellington, as Lord Warden of the Cinque | 
Ports, and the late Sir Henry Pelly, or other of the | 
Authorities of the Trinity House, on the occasion of | 
the proposal that the Duke should become the Master 
of that Corporation. 


Ordered, That the period limited by the House Railway and 
for the second reading of all Railway or Canal Bills, ©2™al Bills. 
containing any powers of amalgamation, lease, work- 

: ; _ |ing arrangement or other combination of interest 
And then the House, having continued to sit between different Companies, be extended to Mon- 
till One of the clock on Saturday morning, day next. 
adjourned till Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Ballymena, Ballymoney, Cole- Ballymena, 
raine and Portrush Junction Railway (No. 2) Bill ® allymoney, 


. Coleraine 
' be read a second time. and Portrush 


Junction Railway (No. 2) Bill. 











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| 
se Wintnet re ns 
Anno 16° Victorie Regine, 1853. | The Evesham Bridge Bill was read the third Evesham 
time. Bridge Bill. 
N R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- | Resolved, ‘I hat the Bill do pass. 
i mittee on Public Petitions; That they had Ordered, Vhat Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
examined the Petitions presented upon the ok day to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
of this instant April, and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. The House proceeded to take into consideration Runcorn 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; the Runcorn and Weston Canal Bill, as amended in #94 Weston 
and be printed. the Committee. einen 
A Clause (Works not to be executed on Crown 
The House was moved, That the Report from the Lands without the consent of the Commissioners of 
Examiner of Petitions for Private Bills, in respect | Woods, &amp;c.), was twice read; and made part of the 
of the Petition for additional Provision inthe Tralee | Bill. 
and Killarney Railway Bill, might be read ; and the! Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
same being read ; | Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Vo. 108. 8c2 Ordered, 


PRAYERS. 





380 


Ambergate, 
Nottingham 
and Boston, 
and Eastern 
Junction Rail- 
way (No. 1) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Ambergate, Nottingham and 
Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway (No, 1) Bill 
be read a second time upon Monday next. 


Ardrossan Ordered, That the Ardrossan Railway Bill be 
Railway Bill. »ead a second time upon Monday next. 


Ayrshire and 


Ordered, Vhat the Ayrshire and Galloway 


paren A (Smithstown and Dalmellington) Railway Bill be 
and Dalmel- read a second time upon Monday next. 

lington) 

Railway Bill, 

Ballymena, Ordered, That the Ballymena, Ballymoney, Cole- 
a i ad raine and Portrush Junction Railway (No. 2) Bill 


and Portrush be read a second time To-morrow. 
Junction 
Railway (No, 2) Bill. 


Bangor and 
Caernarvon 
Railway Bill. 


Ordered, Vhat the Bangor and Caernarvon Rail- 
way Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 


Bareda and 


Railway AS 
Company Bill, Morrow. 


Bedale and 
Leyburn 
Railway Bill. 


The Bedale and Leyburn Railway Bill was read 
a second time; and committed. 


mittee of Selection. 


Bideford 
extension 


Railway Bill second time; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Birkenhead 
Dock Com- 
pany Bill. 


The Birkenhead Dock Company Bill was read a 
second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Birkenhead Ordered, That the Birkenhead Dock Trustees 


Bil Trustees Ril] be read a second time To-morrow. 
Birkenhead, Ordered, That the Birkenhead, Lancashire and 


Lancashire Cheshire Junction, Great Western, Shrewsbury and 
and Cheshire : 


Junction, Birmingham and Shrewsbury and Chester Railways 
Great Western, Bill be read a second time upon Monday next. 
Shrewsbury 

and Birmingham and Shrewsbury 

and Chester Railways Bill. 


Birkenhead, 


Ordered, That the Birkenhead, Lancashire and 
Lancashire 


neashire Cheshire Junction Railway (Poulton-cum-Seacombe, 
and Cheshire . A ‘ 
Senstion &amp;e.) Bill be read a second time upon Monday 
Railway next. 
()oulton-cum- 
Seacombe, &amp;c. ) Bill. 


Birkenhead, 
Lancashire = Cheshire Junction Railway (Powers to lease, &amp;c.) 
and Cheshire : : * 
Junction Rail- Bill be read a second time upon Monday next. 
way (Lowers 
to lease, &amp;c.) Bill. 
Birmingham The Birmingham and Oxford Junction, Bir- 
and Oxford mingham, Wolverhampton and Dudley and Great 
Junction, and y ‘ ‘ ri 
Birmingham, Western Railways Bill was read a second time ; and 
Wolverhamp- committed. 

» ene a nT . ' 
ton and loud Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
lev and Great ‘ 5 oe 
Western mittee of Selection. 
Railways Bill. 


Boston and The Boston and Midland Counties Railway and 

Midland Coun- Docks " 

ties Railway . , 

and Docks’ ‘mitted. _ ; 

Bill, Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

Caledonian 


and Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 


Ordered, That the Caledonian and Edinburgh 
and Glasgow Railways Bill be read a second time 


Railways Bill. upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Baroda and Central India 
Central India Railway Company Bill be read a second time To- 


The Bideford Extension Railway Bill was read a | 


Ordered, That the Birkenhead, Lancashire ond | 








11° Aprilis. 


| 


| morrow. 


A, 1853. 


Ordered, That the Chatham and Canterbury Chatham ana 
Local Railway Bill be read a second time To- 


The Cornwall Railway Bill was read a second 


time; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Crieff Junction Railway Bill 
be read a second time upon Monday next. 


Canterbury 
Local Railway 
Bill. 


Cornwall 
Railway Bill, 


Crieff Junction 
Railway Bil), 


The Darlington and Barnard Castle Railway Darlington 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


The Dean Forest, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool 
Railway Bill was read a second time; and com- 


mitted. 


and Barnard 
Castle Rail- 
way Bill, 


Dean Forest, 
Monmouth, 
Usk and 
Pontypool 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Railway Bill, 


mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Deron and Dorsei Railway Devon ana 
Bill be read a second time ‘To-morrow. 


Dorset Rail. 
way Bill. 


Ordered, That the Eastern Counties Railway Eastern Coun. 


time To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | 


cond time ; and committed. 


(Purchase of Railways, &amp;c.) Bill be read a second 


| Ordered, That the Eastern Union Railway Bill 
be read a second time To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


ties Railway 
(Purchase of 
Railways, &amp;c.) 


Bill. 


Eastern Union 
Railway Bill. 


The East Grinstead Railway Bill was read a se- East Grinstead 


Railway Bill. 


The East Lancashire Railway (No. 1) (Clifton to East Lan- 
Salford) Bill was read a second time; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


cashire Rail- 
way (No. 1) 
(Clifton to 

Salford ) Bill. 


| The East Lancashire Railway (No. 2) ( Southport, East Lan- 
| &amp;c.) Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 


mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


cashire Rail- 
way (No. 2) 
(Southport, 

&amp;c.) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Forth and Clyde Junction Rail- Forth and 
way Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 


| 
| 
| 


and committed. 


' mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


Clyde June- 
tion Railway 
Bill. 


The Furness Railway Bill was read a second time ; Furness 


Railway Bill. 


| Ordered, That the Great Western Railway (Hen- Great Western 
ley) Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 


ways) Bill be read a second time upon Monday 


next. 
| 


Railway 


(Heuley) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Great Western Railway (Power Great Western 
ito run over Shrewsbury and Birmingham, &amp;c. Rail- 


Railway 

(Power to run 
over Shrews- 
bury and Bir- 


mingham, &amp;c. Railways) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Great Western, Shrewsbury and Great Western, 
Birmingham, and Shrewsbury and Chester Railway 


Companies Amalgamation Bill be read a second time 


upon Monday next. 


| 
| 


Bill was read a second time; and com-| Companies (Traffic Arrangement) Bill be read a 


second time upon Monday next. 


next. 








Shrewsbury 
and Lirming- 
ham, and 
Shrewsbury 
and Chester 


Railway Companies 
Amalgamation Bill. 


| Birmingham, and Shrewsbury and Chester Railway 


Ordered, That the Great Western, Shrewsbury and Great West- 


ern, Shrews- 
bury and Bir- 
mingham, and 
Shrewsbury 
and Chester 


Railway Companies (Traffic 
Arrangement) Bill. 


Ordered, 


Ordered, ‘that the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Hereford, Ross 
Railway Bill be read a second time upon Monday 


and Gloucester 
Railway Bill. 


He 
an 
ter 
an 
an 


We 


Hi 
He 
Ra 


Le 


St 
up 
Ra 


&gt; an 


ek” An hon ae 


Herefordshire 
and Glouces- 
tershire Canal 
and London 
and North 


Western Railway Bill. 


Hull and 
Holderness 
Railway Bill. 


Leamington, 
Warwick and 
Stratford- 
upon-Avon 
Railway Bill. 


Leeds, Brad- 
ford and Hali- 
fox Junction 
Railway Bull. 


Leeds North- 
ern Railway 
Bill. 


Limerick 
and Foynes 
Railway Bill. 


Limerick, 
Ennis and 
Killaloe June- 
tion Railway 
Bill. 


Limerick, 
Ennis and 
Killaloe June- 
tion Railway 
(Power to sell, 
&amp;e.) Bill. 


Llynvi Valley 
Railway Bill. 


London and 
Finsbury 
Improvements 
and Railway, 
&amp;e. Bill. 


London and 
North Western 
and Buckiag- 
hamshire 


Railways Bill. 


London and 
North Western 
and London 
and Blackwall 
Railways Bill, 


London and 
North Western 
and Midland 
Railway Com- 
panies Amal- 
gamation Bill. 


London and 
North Western 
and North 


Staffordshire time upon Monday next. 


tailways Bill. 


London and 
North West- 
ern, Shrews- 
bury and 
Birmingham, 
and Shrews- 


bury and Chester Railways 
(ower to lease) Bill. 


London and 
North West- 
tn, Shrews- 








381 


Chester Railways (Powers to lease, &amp;c.) Bill be read bury and 


a second time upon Monday next. pa ae 
and Shrews- 

bury and Chester Railways 

(Powers to lease, &amp;c.) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Malton and Driffield Junction Malton and 


16 VictroriIz. 


11° Aprils. 


Ordered, That the Herefordshire and Gloucester- 
shire Canal and London and North Western Railway 
Bill be read a second time upon Monday next. 


The Hull and Holderness Railway Bill was read a| Railway Bill be read a second time upon Monday Driffield Sunc- 
second time; and committed. next. oa ailway 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Rail- Manchester, 


way (Barnsley) Bill was read a second time; and Sheffield and 


The Leamington, Warwick and Stratford-upon- | committed. Lincolnshire 


7 oe * ‘ r R Railway 
Avon Railway Bill was read a second time; and! Qrdered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- (Barnsiey) 
committed. mittee of Selection. Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 





| The Montgomeryshire Railway Bill was read a Montgomery- 
| second time ; and committed. shire Railway 
The Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Rail- | Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bill. 
way Bill was read a second time ; and committed. | mittee of Selection. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. Ordered, That the Newport, Abergavenny and Newport, 


Hereford Railway (Sale or Lease, &amp;c.) Bill be read ae 

sais ey sapien and Hereford 
a second time upon Monday next. Railway (Sale 
or Lease, &amp;c.) 
bill. 


| The Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway Newport, 
| (Swansea, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second time; and Abergavenny 


The Leeds Northern Railway Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 





‘ ? and Here 
Ordered, That the Limerick and Foynes Railway | committed. and tereford 
. , : ay ‘ _ - Railway 
Bill be read a second time To-morrow. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- (Swansea, &amp;e.) 
| mittee of Selection. Bill. 


The Limerick, Ennis and Killaloe Junction Rail- | 
way Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Newry and Enniskillen Rail- Newry and 

way Bill be read a second time To-morrow. pena 
ailway Bill. 

The North and South Western (Hampstead and North and 
City Junction) Railway Bill was read a second time ; Seuth Western 
way (Power to sell, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second | and committed. sy 
time ; and committed. | Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Junction) 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | mittee of Selection. Railway Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 


The Limerick, Ennis and Killaloe Junction Rail- 


Ordered, That the Nuneaton, Hinckley and Lei- Nuneaton, 
cester Railway Bill be read a second time To- Hinckley and 


Leicester 
| morrow. Railway Bill. 


The Llynvi Valley Railway Bill was read a second | 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. The Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Rail- Oxford, Wor- 
way ( Wolverhampton Station, &amp;c.) Bill was read a c¢ester and 
oe . ; Wolverhamp- 
second time ; and committed. ton Railway 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- (Wolverhamp- 


mittee of Selection. ton Station, 
’ &amp;c.) Bill. 


Ordered, That the London and Finsbury Improve- 
ments and Railway, &amp;c. Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 





The London and North Western and Buckingham- | The Peebles Railway Bill was read a second time ; Peebles Rail- 
shire Railways Bill was read a second time; and | and committed. hide 
onmenitens. | Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-| mittee of Selection, 
mittee of Selection. a ; . , 

The Portadown and Dungannon Railway Bill was Portadown and 


= Fo . . . . ; Dungannon 
The London and North Western and London and | "2d @ second time ; and committed. eae Se 
| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- **!"#y Bill. 


Blackwall Railways Bill was read a second time;|_. a . 
and committed | mittee of Selection. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-)_ ,,. ; ' 
nlite off Gelnation | The Roscrea and Parsonstown Junction Railway Rescrea and 
a , sill w ‘ 5 i : j “ Parsonstow 
Bill was read a second time; and committed. Ae mstown 
y . . e ‘thi 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- jon. 


Ordered, That the London and North Westernand . ~— . Raiiway Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 


Midland Railway Companies Amalgamation Bill be | 


read a seco i Mc ay sXt. ° ' : 
ad a second time upon Monday next | The Saint Ives and West Cornwall Junction Saint Ives and 


Railway Bill was read a second time; and com- — 
T ' mitted. Junction 
Ordered, That the London and North Western and 


p tailway Bill. 
. aia ——e 
North Staffordshire Railways Bill be read a second | On dered, That the Bill be referred to the Com 
: ’ mittee of Selection. 


The Severn and Wye Railway and Canal Bill was Severn and 
read a second time ; and committed. Wye Railway 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- #); ©"! 

mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the London and North Western, 
Shrewsbury and Birmingham, and Shrewsbury and 
Chester Railways (Power to lease) Bill be read a 
second time upon Monday next. | 
| Ordered, That the Shrewsbury and Birmingham shrewsbury 
‘and Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Companies 


; ’ " Amalgamation Bill be read a second time upon Mon- 
Ordered, That the London and North Western, | day next. 


Shrewsbury and Birmingham, and Shrewsbury and 
Von. 108. 


and Birming- 
ham and 
Shrewsbury 
and Chester 
Railway Companies Amalgamatien Bill. 


The 


3C3 























Shrewsbury, 
Tronbridge and 
Bridgnorth 
Railway Bill. 


South Devon 
and Tavistock 
Railway Bill. 


South Eastern 
Railway 
(Lewisham, 
Croydon and 
Bromley) Bill. 


South Staf- 
fordshire 
Railway Bill. 


South Wales 
Mineral Rail- 
way Bill. 


South Wales 
Railway 
(Monmouth) 
Bill. 


South Wales 
Railway 
(Pembroke, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


South Wales 
Railway 
(Power to 
purchase, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


Stamford and 
Essendine 
Railway Bill. 


Swansea 
Valley Rail- 
way Bill. 


Warrington 
and Altrinc- 
ham Junction 
Railway 

( Warrington, 
«e.) Bill. 


West Cornwall 


Railway Bill. 


Wimbledon 
and Croydon 
Railway Bill. 


Worcester 
and Hereford 
Railway Bill. 


Worcester 
and Hereford 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


York, New- 
castle and 


Berwick, York 


and North 
Midland and 
Leeds North- 


ern Railway Companies (Amal- 
gamation, &amp;c.) Bill. 


Milford Haven 


Docks Bill. 


South Eastern 
Railway (Can- 


terbury and 
Whitstable, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


382 
The Shrewsbury, Ironbridge and Bridgnorth Rail- 


way Bill was read a second time; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the South Devon and Tavistock 
Railway Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the South Eastern Railway (Lew- 
isham, Croydon and Bromley) Bill be read a second 
time upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That the South Staffordshire Railway 


Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 


The South Wales Mineral Railway Bill was read 
a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The South Wales Railway (Monmouth) Bill was 
read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The South Wales Railway (Pembroke, &amp;c.) Bill 
was read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The South Wales Railway (Power to purchase, 
&amp;c.) Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Stamford and Essendine Rail- 
way Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 


The Swansea Valley Railway Bill was read a 
second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Warrington and Altrincham 
Junction Railway (Warrington, &amp;c.) Bill be read a 
second time To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the West Cornwall Railway Bill 


be read a second time To-morrow. 


The Wimbledon and Croydon Railway Bill was 
read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Worcester and Hereford Railway Bill was 
read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


_ Ordered, That the Worcester and Hereford Junc- 
tion Railway Bill be read a second time upon Mon- 
day next. 


Ordered, That the York, Newcastle and Berwick, 
York and North Midland and Leeds Northern Rail- 
way Companies (Amalgamation, &amp;c.) Bill be read a 
second time upon Monday next. 


The Milford Haven Docks Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the South Eastern Railway (Canterbury 
and Whitstable, &amp;c.) Bill ; 


11° Aprilis. 






A. 1853. 


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


the Select Committee appointed to try and determine 
the matter of the Petition complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Tynemouth ; 
to which they had annexed the Petition referred to 
them by the House relating thereto :—Sir William 
George Hylton Jolliffe, Baronet, Edward John 
Hutchins, Esquire, William Forbes, Esquire, Mi- 
chael Thomas Bass, Esquire ; Chairman, Sir Benja- 
min Hall, Baronet. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 28th day of February last, for a Return, showing 
the Number of Lunatics against whom Commissions 
of Lunacy are now in force ; Total Amount of In- 
comes ; Sums allowed for Maintenance; Amount of 
Income; Allowance for Maintenance according to 
Scales of Income; also Amount of per-centage, 1839 
to 1852, on Lunatics’ Incomes received under the 
Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c.36,and Payments made thereout 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 378, of 
Session 1839). 


Public Income and Expenditure for the years 1822- 
1852 inclusive, showing, foreach year--1. The Amount 
received into the Exchequer: 2. The Revenue, dis- 
tinguished as—1. Ordinary ; 2. Extraordinary: 3. 
The Total Expenditure therefrom: 4. The Expendi- 
ture under the several Heads—1. Charge of Debt ; 
2. Other Charges on Consolidated Fund ; 3. Charge 
for Army, &amp;c. Services ; 4. Charge for Miscellaneous 
Services: 5. The Surplus; or, 6. Deficiency of In- 
come compared with Expenditure : 7. ‘The Amount of 
Taxes repealed or reduced, distinguishing the principal 
Items: 8. Of the Taxes imposed: 9. ‘Total Capital 
of Debt, Funded and Unfunded: 10. Capital of 
Debt—1. Funded; 2. Exchequer Bills; 11. Ba- 
lances in the Exchequer at the close of the year :— 
Of the Value of the Imports into, and of the Ex- 
ports from the United Kingdom, during each of the 
same years, calculated at the Official Rates of Valua- 
tion, and distinguishing the Amount of the Produce 
and Manufactures of the United Kingdom exported 
from the Value of Foreign and Colonial Merchan- 
dize exported ; also, stating the Amount of the Pro- 
duce and Manufactures of the United Kingdom ex- 
ported therefrom, according to the Real or Declared 
Value thereof:—Of the Tonnage, distinguishing 
British from Foreign, and giving the Total of each 
(both entered Inwards and cleared Outwards), in 
each of the same years :—Also, the Total British and 
Total Foreign Tonnage, Inwards and Outwards to- 
gether, in each of the same years :—Of the Tonnage, 
entered Inwards and cleared Outwards respectively, 
exclusive of Ships in Ballast; distinguishing British 
from Foreign :—Also, the Total British Tonnage, 
and the Total Foreign Tonnage, Inwards and Out- 
wards together, exclusive of Ships in Ballast, in 
each of the same years:—Of the Number and Ton- 
nage of Ships built and registered in the Ports of 
the United Kingdom in each of the same years :— 
And, of the Number of Men employed in navigating 
British Ships, in each of the same years. 


diture of the British Museum, for the financial year 
ended the 31st day of March 1853; of the esti- 
mated Charges and Expenses for the year ending the 
31st day of March 1854; and of the Sum necessary 
to discharge the same ; and also, an Account of the 
Number of Persons admitted to visit the Museum, 
from Christmas 1846 to Christmas 1852; together 
with a Statement of the progress made in the arrange- 








ment 


Mr. Sotheron reported from the General Com- Tynemouth 
mittee of Elections, the Names of the Members of Election. 








The following Papers were laid upon the Table by Lunatics. 


Return to an Order, dated the 28th day of Fe- Public Income 


bruary last, for Accounts of the Total Amount of the 24 
diture, &amp; 


Expen- 
, &amp;C. 


No. 318. 


Return to an Order, dated the 8th day of this in- British 
stant April, foran Account of the Income and Expen- Museum. 


No. 319. 








Mercantile 
Marine Fund. 


Troops, &amp;c. at 
Polling-places Gated the 17th 


(Ireland. ) 


Carlow County 


Election. 


Leitrim 
Election. 


New Sarum 
Election. 


16 Vicroriz. 


ment of the Collections, and an Account of objects 
added to them, in the year 1852. 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of 
an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—An Account of the In- 
come and Expenditure under the Mercantile Marine 
Act (1850), for the year ending 31 December 
1852. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Public In- 
come and Expenditure, &amp;c. be printed; and that the 
Return relative to the British Museum be referred 
to the Committee of Supply ; and be printed. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Order, 
day of March last, for a Return of 
the Number of Troops, Constabulary and Police at 


11° Aprils. 





383 


I beg to inform you that it is not intended to pro- 
ceed with the said Petition. 


I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your very obedient humble Servant, 
R. M. Wilson. 
To the Right honourable the Speaker 
of the House of Commons. 


The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- 
charged. 


received Notice, that it is not intended to 
with the Petition complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the Borough of Cashel:—And the 
same was read, as followeth : 





Polling at the last General Election. | 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the | 


each Polling-place in Jreland, during the days of 
| 
Table. | 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had | 
received Notice, that it is not intended to proceed | 
with one of the Petitions complaining of an undue | 
Election and Return for the County of Carlow :— 
And the same was read, as followeth: | 

Kilbride Ballon, County Carlow 
Sir, April 19th, 1853. 

Having signed a Petition to the House of Com- | 
mons, complaining of an undue Election and Return 
at the last Election for the County of Carlow, which | 
Petition-was presented to the House on the 24th da 


of November last, I beg to inform you that it is not | 


intended to proceed with the said Petition. 


I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your very obedient servant, 


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


The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- 
charged. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
received Notice, that it is not intended to proceed 
with one of the Petitions complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the County of Leitrim :— 
And the same was read, as followeth : 


No. 2, Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, 


Sir, London, April 11th, 1853. 


As Agents for the Petitioner, Mr. James Faugh- | 
nam, upon the Petition presented against the Return | 


for the County of Leitrim, we beg to inform you | 
that it is not the intention of the Petitioner to pro- 
ceed with his Petition, and on his behalf we beg to 
withdraw the same. 
We are, Sir, 
Your most obedient servants, 
Wilkinson, Gurney and Stevens. 


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


The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- 
charged. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, ‘That he had 
received Notice, that it is not intended to proceed 
with the Petition complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the City of New Sarum:—And the 
same was read, as followeth: 

Sir, Salisbury, April 9th, 1853. 

As Agent for Alexander Lucas, in the matter of 
his Petition delivered in on the 25th day of Novem- 
ber last, complaining of the undue Election and Re- 
turn of William James Chaplin, Esquire, and Charles 
Baring Wail, Esquire, for the City of New Sarum, 
VoL. 108. 


18, Fludyer-street, Westminster, 
Sir, April 11th, 1853. 


As Agents for Mr. Charles M‘Garel, in the matter 


of his Petition delivered in on the 25th day of No- 


vember last, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Borough of Cashel, we hereby beg to 
inform you that it is not intended to proceed with 
the said Petition. 
We have the honour, to be, Sir, 
Your very obedient servants, 
Law, Holmes, Anton and Turnbull, 
Petitioner’s Agents. 
To the Right honourable the Speaker 
of the House of Commons. 

The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- 
| charged. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Scottish Central Rail- 


| way Bill, with Amendments. 
John H. Keogh. | 


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


| Mr. Bouverie reported the Midland Railway 
(Amendment of Acts, &amp;c.) Bill, with Amendments. 

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


The Order made upon the 5th day of this instant 
April, for presenting to Her Majesty an humble Ad- 
dress, that She would be graciously pleased to give di- 
rections, that there be laid before this House, Copies 
of any Despatch from the Right honourable Sir dae 
| Pakington to the Governor of Ceylon, dated in De- 
_cember 1852, on the subject of the connexion of the 
| Government of that Island with the Idolatry of its 
Native Inhabitants ; together with any Reply thereto 
which has been or shall be received from the Gover- 
nor, was read, and discharged. 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of the Despatch from the Right honourable 
Sir John Pakington to the Governor of Ceylon, 
‘dated the 4th day of December 1852, on the subject 
of the connexion of the Government of that Island 
with the Idolatry of its Native Inhabitants. 

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





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
‘to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the several Companies which, 
having obtained Powers from Parliament by Acts 
passed since 1844, to make Lines of Railway, have 
either not made the same, or have not carried the 
same fully into effect ; stating, as far as can be ascer- 
tained, the Miles of Road authorized to be made, the 
Estimate of Capital required to complete the same, 

3c4 the 





Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Cashel 
roceed Election. 


Scottish 
Central Rail- 
way Bill. 


Midland Rail- 
way (Amend- 
ment of Acts, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Ceylon. 


Ceylon. 


Railways. 















384 


the Number of Miles actually executed, and the 
Number of Miles remaining unmade, and whether 
such Acts were obtained by new Parties, or by Rail- 
way Companies then existing, or promoted by Parties 
in connexion with them. 

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


Cuba. Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of Correspondence be- 
tween Her Britannic Majesty’s Government and 
those of the United States, Spain and France, con- 
cerning alleged projects of conquest and annexation 
of the Island of Cuba, and the late attacks made 
upon that Territory, and the threatened repetition of 
the same from United States Ports. 

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


Leave of 


Ordered, That Sir Edward Kerrison have leave of 
Absence. | 


absence for a fortnight, on account of ill health. 


Brecon 
Collegiate 
Church. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 
Copies of the Memorandum and Supplementary | 
Memorandum laid before the Ecclesiastical Commis- | 
sioners by Mr. John Shaw Leferre, in July and No- | 
vember 1851, relative to Brecon Collegiate Church : | 
—Of a Letter from the Bishop of Saint David's to 
the Secretary of the Ecclesiastical Commission, dated | 
the 13th day of August 1851 :—Of the Communica- | 
tion from Sir W. Page Wood and Mr. Bethell, on | 
perusal of Mr. Leferre’s Memoranda :—Of the Letter | 
trom Mr. Cheere to the Secretary of the Ecclesiastical | 
Commission, dated the 20th day of May 1852 :—Of 
the Minute of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners there- | 
upon :—Of the Report made to the Ecclesiastical | 


11° Aprils. 





A. 1853. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Richards: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the General Board of General Board 
Health Bill, with Amendments; to’ which Amend- % Health Bill. 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords request that this House will be pleased Cambridge 
to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of the Election. 
Minutes of Evidence taken before the Select Com- 
mittee appointed by this House in the present Ses- 
sion of Parliament, to try and determine the matter 
of the Petition complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the Borough of Cambridge, together 
with the Index thereto:—And then the Messenger 
withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House will send to the Lords, 

a Printed Copy of the said Minutes of Evidence, as 
desired by their Lordships. 

And the Messenger was again called in, and Mr. 
Speaker acquainted him therewith; and a Printed 
Copy of the said Minutes of Evidence was delivered 
to him, to be communicated to the Lords :—And 
then he again withdrew. 


Message from 
the Lords, 





Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Carlow County 
to the Clerk of the Crown in Jreland, to make out a Wt 
new Writ for the electing of a Knight of the Shire 
to serve in this present Parliament for the County of 
Carlow, in the room of Henry Bruen, Esquire, de- 
ceased. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Dowie's 
Copies of Correspondence on the subject of Dowie’s Patent Boots. 
Patent Boots, which has passed between the Autho- 
rities of the Horse Guards and other Military 
Authorities, and the Patentee James Dowie (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 170, of Ses- 


sion 1852). 


Mr. Osborne presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Local Acts. 


Commissioners by their Solicitor, dated the 9th day | mand,—Further Reports from the Admiralty relative — py9_ 191, 


of June 1852 :—And, of the Report of the Estates 
Committee of the Ecclesiastical Commission, dated | 
the 11th day of November 1252. 


Arterial 
Drainage 
(Ireland. ) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Treasury Minute, Order or Letter, 
bearing date the 11th day of March last, and for- | 
warded to the Chairman and Commissioners of | 
Public Works in Jreland, directing said Commis- 
sioners forthwith to proceed to make final Awards | 
m all cases of Arterial Drainage then completed :— 
Of all Correspondence between the ‘Treasury and 
the said Public Works Commissioners, respecting | 
the said Treasury Minute, Order or Letter :—And, 
of Statement addressed to the Lords of the Treasury, 
on behalf of certaim Landowners and Occupiers | 
interested in the Ardee Drainage, on or about the 
23d day of March last, praying that the making the | 
final Award in the case of that Drainage might be 
postponed until the Ist day of June; with the 


to Applications for Local Acts. 
Mr. Osborne also presented,-—Return to an Order, Lieutenant 


| dated the 7th day of this instant April, for Copies Engledue. 


‘of all Memorials to the Admiralty, and all Corre- 
| spondence respecting Lieutenant Lngledue being re- 
_instated in his former Rank, and the Date when he 
was so reinstated. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upcn the 
Table ; and that the first be printed. 


Petitions relating to Parliamentary Oaths;—Uni- Public 
versity of London ;—Clergy Reserves (Canada) Bill ; Petitions. 
—Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ;—Jewish Disabilities ; yige Thirty- 
— Maynooth College Act ;—Nunneries ;—Probates sixth Report. 
of Wills and Grants of Administration Bill ;—-Tithes, 

Tithe Rent-charge and Church Rates ;—Universities 


(Scotland) ;—Attorneys’ Certificates ;—Carriages ;— 


Corn Averages;—County Rates and Expenditure 
Bill; — Paper, Newspaper Stamps and Advertise- 
ments ;— Personal Estates (Scotland) ; — Property 


( orrespondence connected therewith. | and Inec ymme Tax;—Tea ;—Aggravated Assaults Bill; 


Midland 

Great Western 
Kailway of 
Ireland. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns showing the Amount expended in making 
the portion of the Midland Great Western Railway | 
of Ireland between the Towns of Ath/one and Gal- 
way, and the Cost per Mile:—Of the Gross Return 
of Traftic in each Half-year for such portion of the 
Railway, the Cost of working the same, and the Net 
Balance in each year placed to the Credit of the 
Counties of Galway and Roscommon, in discharge 
of their Liability for Interest under the Provision of | 
the Act 12 &amp; 13 Vie. c. 62:—And, of the Amount | 
levied in each year, and Rate per Pound, under the | 
said Act, off the County of Galway, and Baronies | 
of Moycarn and Athlone, in the County of Roscom- | 
mon, for Interest. 





—Arbitration ;—Clerks of Petty Sessions (Jreland) ; 
County Courts ;—Diseased Horses (Jreland) ;—In- 
toxicating Liquors ;—Ocean Penny Postage ;—Pay- 
ment of Wages Bill;—Pilotage Bill ;—Poor Law;— 
Public-houses (Scotland) Bill; —Roman States ;— 
Sheriff and Commissary Courts (Scotland) Bill ;— 
Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill;—Tenant Right (Jre- 
land) Bill;—and, Tenant Right (Zre/and) Bill, and 
Tenants’ Compensation (Jreland) Bill,—were_pre- 


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


A Petition relating to Jndian Territories, was 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Jndian Territories. 

Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers, —were 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 

A Petition 





Cle 
Re: 
(Ci 


bs 





Clergy 
Reserves 


(Canada ) Bili. 


Pilotage Dill. 


Supply. 


Consolidated 
Fund and 
National Debt 
Redemption 
Acts. 


No, 320. 





16 Vicrortiz. 


sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Clergy Reserves (Canada) Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the {Mr. Hayter, _— 
Yeas, (The Earl of Mulgrave : J — 

Tellers for the (Mr. Mackenzie, LY s08 
Noes, \ Colonel Taylor : | ore 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

And the House having continued to sit till after 


Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 12° die Aprilis, 1853. 


Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third | 


time:—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Peel do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Pilotage Bill ; 

Resolved, That this UWouse will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on 
the Consolidated Fund and National Debt Redemp- 
tion Acts, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. Resolved, That the Capital Trading Stock of the | 
Corporation of the Governor and Company of Mer- | 
chants of Great Britain (trading to the South Seas 
and other parts of America, and for encouraging the 
Fishery), which is called and known by the name of 
South Sea Stock ; the Capital Stocks of the £.3 per 
centum Annuities, called and known by thename of the 
Old South Sea Annuities and by the name of the 
New South Sea Annuities; the Capital Stock of the 
£.3 per centum Annuities (created by an Act passed 
in the twelfth year of King George the First, inti- 
tuled, “ An Act for granting to his Majesty the Sum 
of £.1,000,000, to be raised by way of Lottery,”) 
called and known by the name of the Bank Annui- 
ties 1726 ; and the Capital Stock of the £.3 per cen- 
tum Annuities (created by an Act passed in the 


11°—12° Aprilis. 


A Petition relating to Railways, was also pre- | 





385 


said parties, receive for every £.100 thereof, £.82. 10s. 
jin a New Stock of Three-and-a-half per centum An- 
nuities, which said Annuities shall be paid at the 
‘rate of £.3. 10s. per centum per annum until the 5th 
| day of January 1894, from and after which day the 
said Annuities shall be subject to redemption by Par- 
liament; or for every £.100 of the said Capita! 
| Stocks of Annuities the Sum of £.110 in a New 
Stock of Two-and-a-haif per centum Annuities, which 
| said Annuities shall be paid at the rate of £.2. 10s. 
per centum per annum until the 5th day of January 
| 1894, from and after which day the said Annuities 
shall be subject to redemption by Parliament; or 
for every Sum of £. 100 of the Capital Stocks of the 
said £.3 per centum Annuities, an Exchequer Bond 
for the like Amount, payable to bearer, and carrying 
interest at the rate of £.2. 15s. per centum per annum, 
payable half-yearly on the 1st day of March and the 
Ist day of September in every year, until the 1st day 
_of September in a year to be named in such bond, 
and not later than the 1st September.1864 inclusive, 
and thenceforth £.2. 10s. per centum per annum, pay- 
able half-yearly in like manner, until and including the 
| 1st of September 1894, and thereafter to be subject 
| to redemption at par, at the option of the holder, or 
| at the option of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's 
| Treasury, as shall be named in such bond. 
3. Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury be authorized and empowered to fix 
‘the number of years during which the interest of 
'£.2. 15. per centum shall be payable on such bond, 
subject to the limitation of the foregoing Resolution ; 
and likewise to determine whether such bond, after 
the 1st of September 1894, shall be redeemable at 
their option only, or shall also be redeemable at the 
option of the holder; and that the said Commis- 
'sioners shall give notice in the London Gazette of 
what they shall determine in these respects as soon 
as may be after the passing of any Act in pursuance 
of these Resolutions. 

4. Resolved, That the dividends and interest pay- 
able on such New £. 3.10 s. per centum Annuities, on 
such New £.2. 10s. per centum Annuities, and on 
such Exchequer Bonds, shall be charged and charge- 
able upon the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 

5. Resolved, That the dividends now payable by 


‘law on the 5th July and the 5th January in every 


year on the said Capital Trading Stock, and on the 
said Capital Stock of New South Sea Annuities, 
Annuities 1726, and Annuities 1751, shall continue 
payable until the 5th January 1854, inclusive, and 
no longer. 

That the dividends now payable by law on the 10th 
October and the 5th April in every year on the said 
Capital Stock of Old South Sea Annuities shall con- 
tinue payable until the 5th April 1854, inclusive, and 
no longer. 

6. Resolved, That if the Corporation of the Go- 
vernor and Company of Merchants of Great Britain 
trading to the South Seas and other parts of America, 
and for encouraging the Fishery, shall at any time 
on or before Friday the 3d day of June signify to 
the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury their 





twenty-fourth year of King George the Second, inti- 
tuled, “ An Act for granting to his Majesty the Sum | 
of £.2,100,000, to be raised by Annuities and a} 
Lottery, and charged on the Sinking Fund, redeem- 
able by Parliament,”) called and known by the name | 
of the £.3 per centum Annuities 1751, shall be paid 
off and redeemed. 

2. Resolved, That every person, body politic and 
corporate, who now is, or hereafter may be, interested 
in the Capital Stocks of any of the said £.3 per 
centum Annuities, who shall, in manner hereinafter 
directed, give notice at any time on or before Friday 
the 3d day of June 1853, of his assent to receive 
other Government Securities in lieu and in place of 
the said Capital Stocks of the said Annuities, instead 
of being paid in money, shall, at the option of the 
Vou. 108, 





assent to commute and exchange the said Capital 
Trading Stock, or any part thereof, into any one or 
more of the said New £.3. 10s. per centum Annui- 
ties, New £.2. 10s. per centum Annuities, or Exche- 
quer Bonds, the said Corporation shall be permitted 
to make such commutation and exchange upon the 
same terms, and subject to the like conditions, as 
are granted to the person or persons, bodies politic 
or corporate, interested in or entitled to the Capital 
Stock of £.3 per centum Annuities now proposed to 
be paid off and redeemed. 

7. Resolved, That all and every person or persons, 
bodies politic or corporate, possessed of any part of 
the said £.3 per centum Annuities, and who shall 
desire to signify his, her or their assent to receive 
the said New £.3. 10s. per centum Annuities, New 
3D £.2. 10s. 


































































A SE TT a 


| RE EEE 


























386 11°-——12° Aprilis. 


£.2. 108. per centum Annuities, or Exchequer Bonds 
in lieu thereof, shall, on or before the 3d day of June 
1853, but within the usual hours of transacting busi- 
ness at the Bank of England, or at the South Sea 
House, by themselves, or some agent or agents for 
that purpose duly authorized, signify to the comet 
and Company of the Bank of England, or to the 
Governor and Company of Merchants of Great Bri- 
tain trading to the South Seas, as the case may be, 
such assent in writing under his, her or their hand or 
hands, or the hand or hands of his, her or their agent 








A. 1853. 


Bank of England, or to the Governor and Company 
of the Bank of Jreland, by an entry to be made in 
books to be opened for such purpose, his desire to 
commute and exchange any or all of the said An- 
nuities to which he may be entitled, into any one or 
more of the said New £.3. 10s. per centum Annui- 
ties, New £.2. 10s. per centum Annuities, or Exche- 
quer Bonds, shall be permitted to make such com-: 
mutation and exchange upon the same terms, and 
subject to the like conditions, as are granted to the 
person or persons, bodies politic or ‘corporate, in- 


or agents, together with the amount of his, her or | terested in or entitled to the Capital Stocks of £.3 
their respective share or shares in the said £.3 per | per centum Annuities proposed to be paid off and 


centum Annuities, and which said assent shall be en- | 
tered in a book or books to be opened and kept by | 
the said Governor and Company of the Bank of 
England, and by the said Governor and Company of 
Merchants of Great Britain trading to the South 
Seas for that purpose ; and in case of any transfer of | 
such share or shares of such Annuities, or any part | 
or parts thereof, after such assent, the part or parts 
of such Annuities so transferred shall be entered in 
the said book or books separately from the said £.3 | 
per centum Annuities, in respect of which no such 

assent shall be signified, and every such person or 

persons so assenting, or his, her or their assigns, or 

the executors or administrators of such assigns, under | 
any such transfer, shall be entitled for every £. 100 

Capital Stock of the said £.3 per centum Annuities 

to £.82. 10s. of the Capital Stock of New £.3. 10s. | 
per centum Annuities, or to £.110 of the Capital | 
Stock of the New £.2. 10s. per centum Annuities, or 

to an Exchequer Bond of £. 100, bearing interest as 

aforesaid: Provided always, that if any person or | 
persons holding any such £.3 per centum Annuities, | 
shall not be within the limits of the United Kingdom | 
at any time between the 8th day of April and the 3d | 
day of June 1853, both inclusive, but shall be in any 
other part of Europe, it shall be lawful for such per- 
son or persons to signify such assent at any time be- 
fore the 30th day of July 1853; and if any such 
person or persons shall not at any time between the 
sth day of April 1853, and the 30th day of July 1853, 
be within any part of Europe, it shall be lawful for 
him, her or them to signify such assent at any time 
before the 1st day of February 1854, such person or 
persons proving to the satisfaction of the Governor 
or Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, or to 
the Governor of the South Sea Company, his, her or 
their absence from the United Kingdom, or out of 
Europe, a3 above specified, and that his, her or their | 
share or shares of such £.3 per centum Annuities | 
stood in his, her or their name or names respectively, | 


} 





redeemed as aforesaid. 

10. Resolved, That nothing herein contained shall 
extend to authorize the Commutation of the said 
Consolidated £.3 per centum Annuities, or the said 
Reduced £.3 per centum Annuities, into the said New 
£.2. 10s. per centum Annuities, after the amount 
entered for Commutation into such New £. 2. 10s. 
per centum Annuities in the said books of the Bank 
of England, and Bank of Jreland, shall have reached 
the Sum of Thirty millions ; and that the power of 
Commutation of the said £.3 per centum Stocks 
shall thereafter be limited to the two other options 
hereinbefore given ; that is to say, the option of ex- 
change for £.3. 10s. per centum Annuities, and the 
option of exchange for Exchequer Bonds. 

11. Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her 
Majesty’s Treasury be authorized and empowered to 
issue at any time between the 5th of April 1853, and 
the 5th of April 1854, Exchequer Bonds, payable to 
bearer, upon the like terms and conditions as herein- 
before described, and after public notice in the Zon- 
don Gazette, from time to time to sell such Exche- 
quer Bonds, or any part thereof, and to apply the 
proceeds in redeemmg any part of the Capital Tra- 
ding Stock or Capital Stock of Annuities now pro- 
posed to be paid off and redeemed, or in_pur- 
chasing and cancelling any Exchequer Bills, or in 
exchanging such Bonds for Exchequer Bills, upon 
such terms as the said Commissioners shall think 
proper, or in purchasing and cancelling any of the Con- 
solidated £.3 per centum Annuities, or Reduced £. 3 
per centum Annuities, payable at the Bank of Eng- 
land, or at the Bank of Ireland, as the case may be. 

12. Resolved, That the interest on such Exchequer 
Bonds shall be charged and chargeable on the said 
Consolidated Fund. 

15. Resolved, That no amount of such Exchequer 
Bonds shall be issued exceeding in the whole the 
Sum of Thirty millions. 

14. Resolved, That it shall be lawful for the Ac- 


or in the name or names of any one or more trustee | countant General of the Courts of Chancery in Eng- 
or trustees, on his, her or their behalf, in the books | land and Ireland respectively, and for the Accoun- 


of the Governor and Company of the Bank of Exg- | 
land, or Governor and Company of Merchant ‘Traders 
to the South Seas on the 3d day of June 1853: Pro- 
vided also, that such person. or. persons so absent 
from the United Kingdom, or out of Europe, shall 
signify such his, her or their assent, within ten 
days after his, her or their return to the United | 
Kingdom. 

8. Resolved, That provision shall be made for pay- 
ing off such proprietor or proprietors of any of the 
said Capital Trading Stock or Capital Stocks of An- 
nuities before mentioned, as shall not signify his as- 
sent to accept and receive New £. 3. 10s, per centum 
Annuities, or New £.2. 10s. per centum Annuities, 
cr Exchequer Bonds, in lieu thereof. 

9. Resolved, That every person or persons, body 
ae or corporate, who now is, or hereafter may 


tant in Bankruptcy in England, at any time before 


the 3d day of June 1853, to signify to the Governor 


and Company of the Bank of England, or to the 
Corporation of the Governor and Company of the 
Merchants of Great Britain trading to the South 
Seas and other parts of America, and for encouraging 
the Fishery, on behalf of any Suitor or Suitors, or 


| . . 7 ab . 
others interested in any such £.3 per centum Annui- 


ties hereinbefore referred to as are proposed to be 
paid off and redeemed, standing in the names of 
such Accountants General and Accountant respec- 
tively, their assent to accept and receive shares in the 
said New £.3. 10s. per centum Annuities, or New 
£. 2.108. per centum Annuities, or Exchequer Bonds, 
in lieu of all such £.3 per centum Annuities standing 
in their names respectively ; and the said Accoun- 
tants General and Accountant respectively shall be 


9, interested in or entitled to any part of the Capital | fully indemnified against all actions, suits and pro- 
Stock of the Consolidated £.3 per centum Annuities, | ceedings for and in respect of any action, matter or 


or of the Capital Stock of the Reduced £.3 per 


centum Annuities, payable at the Bank of England, 


| 


| 


thing done by them respectively in pursuance thereof. 
15. Resolved, That all executors, administrators, 


or at the Bank of Zreland, and who shall at any time | guardians and trustees interested in or entitled to any 
after the passing of an Act in pursuance of these | part of the Capital Stock of the Old South Sea £.3 
Resolutions, and before the 10th day of October | per centum Annuities, of the New South Sea £.3 per 





1853, signify to the Governor and Company of the! centum Annuities, of the £.3 per centum Annuities 


created 











16 VicrortiZ. 


created by the Act 12th George the First, of the 
£.3 per centum Annuities created by the Act 24th 
George the Second, of the Consolidated £.3 per 
centum Bank Annuities, and of the Reduced £.3 per 
centum Bank Annuities, whether payable at the 
Bank of England or at the Bank of Jre/and, as the | 
case may be, who shall signify their desire to convert | 
‘the Annuities to which they may be respectively in- | 
terested into any of the New £.3. 108. per centum | 
Annuities, New £.2. 10s. per centum Annuities, or | 
Exchequer Bonds, shall be indemnified. 

The said Resolutions, as far as the sixth Resolution, | 
being read a second time, were agreed to. 

The sixth Resolution being read a second time ; 

An Amendment was made thereunto, by leaving 
out the words “3d day of June,” and inserting the 
words “1st day of July,” instead thereof. 

Resolved, That this House doth agree with the | 
Committee in the said Resolution, so amended, as | 
followeth : 

6. Resolved, That if the Corporation of the Go-| 


11°-—12° Aprilis. 


387 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do give Notice, in the 
manner required by the Act onal in the 24th year 
of the reign of his late Majesty King George the 
Second, intituled, “ An Act for granting to his Ma- 
jesty the Sum of Two millions one hundred thousand 
pounds, to be raised by Annuities and a Lottery and 
charged on the Sinking Fund, redeemable by Parlia- 
ment,” that the Capital Stock of the said Annuities 
will be paid off and redeemed. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do give Notice to the 
Corporation of the Governor and Company of Mer- 
chants of Great Britain trading to the South Seas 


_and to other parts of America, and for encouraging 


the Fishery, that the Capital Trading Stock of the 
said Corporation, and the Capital Stocks of Old 
South Sea Annuities and New South Sea Annuities 
will be paid off and redeemed. 

Ordered, That the said Resolutions and Orders be 
printed. 


The Copyholds Bill was, according to Order, read 


Copyholds 


vernor and Company of Merchants of Great Britain | a second time; and committed to a Committee of Bill. 


trading to the South Seas and other parts of America, | 
and for encouraging the Fishery, shall at any time | 
on or before Friday the 1st day of July signify to the | 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury their as- | 
sent to commute and exchange the said Capital 
Trading Stock, or any part thereof, into any one or | 
more of the said New £.3. 10s. per centum Annui- | 
ties, New £.2. 10s. per centum Annuities, or Exche- 
quer Bonds, the said Corporation shall be permitted 
to make such commutation and exchange upon the 
same terms, and subject to the like conditions, as are 
granted to the person or persons, bodies politic or 
corporate, interested in or entitled to the Capital 
Stock of £.3 per centum Annuities now proposed to 
be paid off and redeemed. 

Then the said Resolutions, as far as the fifteenth 
Resolution, being read a second time, were agreed to. 

The fifteenth Resolution, being read a second time ; 

An Amendment was made thereunto, by inserting 
after the word “part,” the words ‘of the said 
“ Capital Trading Stock, or.” 

Resolved, That this House doth agree with the 
Committee in the said Resolution, so amended, as 
followeth : 

15. Resolved, That all executors, administrators, 
guardians and trustees interested in or entitled to any 
part of the said Capital Trading Stock, or of the 
Capital Stock of the Old South Sea £.3 per centum 
Annuities, of the New South Sea £.3 per centum 
Annuities, of the £.3 per centum Annuities created 
by the Act 12th George the First, of the £.3 per 
centum Annuities created by the Act 24th George 
the Second, of the Consolidated £.3 per centum 
Bank Annuities, and of the Reduced £. 3 per centum 
Bank Annuities, whether payable at the Bank of 
England or at the Bank of Jreland,as the case may 
be, who shall signify their desire to convert the An- 
nuities to which they may be respectively interested 
into any of the New £.5. 10s. per centum Annuities, 
New £.2. 10s. per centum Annuities, or Exchequer 
Bonds, shall be indemnified. 

Ordered, That a Bill or Bills be brought in upon 
the said Resolutions: And that Mr. Bouverie, Mr. 
Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Wilson do 
prepare, and bring them in. 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, praying that Her Majesty will be 
graciously pleased to exercise the authority vested in 
Her Majesty, by an Act passed in the 12th year of 
the reign of his late Majesty King George the First, 
intituled, “An Act for granting to his Majesty the 
Sum of One Million, to be raised by way of Lottery,” 
by giving notice of Her royal intention to redeem 
the Annuities created by the said Act under the Pro- 
visions of the Statute. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 
VoL. 103. 











the whole House, for Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


into a Committee on the Sheriff and Commissary 
Courts ( Berwickshire) Bill; and, after some time 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; «nd 
Mr. Bouverie reported, That the Committee had 
gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Friday 
next. 


The Places of Religious Worship Registration 
Bill was, according to Urder, read a second time ; 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Merchant Shipping Bill ; 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


into a Committee on the Aggravated Assaults Bill ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That 
the Committee had made Progress in the Bill; and 
that he was directed to move, That the Committee 
may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on Merchant Shipping [Advances] ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 


resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Law of Evidence (Scotland) Bill was. ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time ; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. : 

Ordered, That the Lord Advocate do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

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


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to consider if Strangers can be allowed to remain in 
the House during Divisions, excepting on special oc- 
casions, and to devise some means for determining 
the time when the doors shall be closed after a Di- 

3 D2 vision 


Sheriff and 
Commissary 
Courts (Ber- 
wickshire) 
Bill. 


Places of Reli- 
gious Worship 
Registration 
Bill. 


Merchant 
Shipping Bill. 


Ageravated 
Assaults Bill. 


Merchant 
Shipping 
[Advauces. } 


Law of Evi- 
dence (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Strangers and 
Divisions. 


Consuls. 


Dartmouth 
Election, 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Canterbury 
Election. 


Portsmouth 
Railway Bill. 


East and West 


India Docks 
and Birming- 
ham Junction 
Railway 

(No. 2) Bill. 


Sheffield 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Stockport 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Blackpool and 
Layion-with- 
Warbrick 
Improvement 
Bill. 





$88 11°—12° Aprilis. A. 1853. 


vision is determined upon :—And a Committee was! The Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Port- Ballymena, 
appointed of Mr. Muntz, Mr. Bouverie, Sir John rush Junction Railway (No. 2) Bill was, according Bally money, 
Yarde Buller, Mr. Deedes, Sir George Grey, Mr. to Order, read a second time ; and committed. cmon and 


Goulburn, Mr. Freshfield, Sir George Strickland, | Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Junction Rai). 


Viscount Jocelyn, Sir William Clay, Mr. Robert | mittee of Selection. mn ono 2) 
Palmer, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Lord Stanley, Mr. | » 
Bonham Carter and Mr. Labouchere; with Power to| The Order of the day being read, for the second Bangor ana 
send for persons, papers and records. reading of the Bangor and Caernarvon Railway eg 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. Bill ; ae 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | Monday next. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | 
to give directions, that there be laid before this The Order of the day being read, for the second Baroda ana 
House, a Return of all Consuls General, Consuls and | reading of the Baroda and Central India Railway Central India 
Salaried Vice-Consuls, with the Amount of their Bill; Railway Bill 
Salaries ; of the Fees received by them in the years; | Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
1849, 1850, 1851 and 1852 respectively, and of any | Monday the 2d day of May next. 
other Salary or Emolument ; specifying whether the | 
Consulate is a Trading Consulate or not, and the) The Birkenhead Dock Trustees Bill was, accord- Birkenhead 
Country of which each actual Consul is a Native. ing to Order, read a second time ; and committed, Dock Trustees 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- - 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are | mittee of Selection. 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 
Sod hen: et Mean, Dead exciton te alk! The Chatham and Canterbury Local Railway Bill Chatham and 
- 5 ; /was, according to Order, read a second time; and Canterbury 
till a quarter of an hour before One of he | pomeniteed. = Local Railway 
ce xg Tuesday morning, adjourned till | Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
aie i mittee of Selection. 
| The Order of the day being read, for the second Devon and 
Martis, 12° die Aprilis ; reading of the Devon and Dorset Railway Bill; a 
iia P ' Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon “*? 
Anno 16° Victorie Regine, 1853. Friday next. 
PRAYERS. | 
RDERED, That the Select Committee on the | The Order of the day being read, for the second Eastern Coun- 
Dartmouth Election Petition have leave to sit |'e#ding of the Eastern Counties Railway (Purchase (Purchase ot 
this day till Five of the clock, during the sitting of | of Railways, &amp;c.) Bill; ’ , Railways, &amp;c.) 
the House. | Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon Bill. 
Monday next. 
A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Richards: | 
Mr. Speaker, | The Order of the day being read, for the second Eastern Union 
The eae desire a Conference upon the subject- | reading of the Eastern Union Railway Bill ; Railway Bill. 
matter of the Conference on the 17th ultimo, and do| Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
appoint the same at Five o'clock this day, in Com-; Monday next. 
mittee-room, Letter B.:—And then the Messenger 


withdrew. | The Forth and Clyde Junction Railway Bill was, Forth and 
; _ ‘according to Order, read a second time; and com- Clyde June- 
Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a Rail- mitted. oo Railway 


way from Havant, in the County of Southampton,to| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
Godalming, in the County of Surrey, to be called | mittee of Selection. 

“ The Portsmouth Railway,” and for other purposes: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered| The Order of the day being read, for the second Great Western 


to be read a second time. reading of the Great Western Railway (Henley) Railway 
Bill: (Henley) Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 
East and West India Docks and Birmingham Junc- | 
tion Railway Company to raise additional Capital, 
and for other purposes : And the same was read the 
first time. 

Ordered, That the Biil be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Limerick 
reading of the Limerick and Foynes Railway Bill; "4 Foynes 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon Railway Bill. 
| Monday next. 


The Shefiield Waterworks Bill was read the third | 


time. The Order of the day being read, for the second London and 
Resolved. That the Bill do pass reading of the London and Finsbury Improvements Finsbury 
: oo pass. my beer ail &amp;e. Bill: Improvements 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Biil ,@ tal way, XC. Dur, ; and Railway, 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon &amp;e. Bill. 


Monday next. 
The Stockport Improvement Bill was read thethird ; 
tiene) The Order of the day being read, for the second Newry and 
A Clause (Furnaces to consume their own smoke) Teading of the Newry and Enniskillen Railway Bill ; Enniskillen 
. — nate ote . " “np: ° Railway Bill. 
was thrice read: and added to the Bill. | Ordered, ‘hat the Bill be read a second time upon 
Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. Friday next. 
Resolved, Vivat the Bill do pass. 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill The Order of the day being read, for the second Nuneaton, 


. z . : —_ ° inckley and 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. reading of the Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester -prmened 
Railway Bill; Railway Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration! Anda Motion being made, and the Question being 
the Blackpool and Layton-with-Warbrick Improve- | proposed, ‘| hat the Bill be now read a second time ; 
ment Bill, as amended in the Committee. | ‘The Amendments following were proposed to be 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. made to the Question; viz. ‘lo leave out the word 

| “ now,” 





Suu 
and 
Rai 


Sou 
fore 
Rai 


Sta 
Ess 
Rai 


Up 


Rai 


Wi 
anc 
ha 
Ra 
rin; 
Bil 


We 
Ra 


Ek 





Syuth Devon 
and Tavistock 
Railway Bill. 


South Staf- 
jordshire 
Railway Bill. 


Stamford and 
Essendine 
Railway Bill. 


Upper India 
Railway Bill. 


Warrington 
and Altrinc- 
ham Junction 
Railway (War- 
rington, &amp;c. ) 
Bill. 


West Cornwall 
Railway Bill, 


Tynemouth 
Election. 


Athlone 
Election. 


No, 321, 


Athlone Writ. 





16 Vicroriz. 


12° Aprils. 


389 


“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the | his Election for the said Borough, hath accepted the 


words “ upon this day six months.” 
And the Question being put, That the word “ now” 
stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. | 


os , Mr. Packe: T x 
Tellers for the Yeas, r. Brotherton, S 71. 
r ; Mr. Frewe . 
fellers for the Noes,/ 4, Price * } 106. 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“upon this day six months” be added at the end | 
of the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put; , 

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


The South Deron and Tavistock Railway Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 
mitted. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the South Staffordshire Railway Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Stamford and Essendine Railway Bill was, | 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Upper India Railway Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 12th day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second | 
reading of the Warrington and Altrincham Junction 
Railway (Warrington, &amp;c.) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon | 
Friday next. 


reading of the West Cornwall Railway Bill : | 
Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill be read a second time upon | 
Monday next. 


The Names of the five Members appointed to try | 
and determine the matter of the Petition, complaining | 
of an undue Election and Return for the Borough | 
of Tynemouth, were called over; and being come | 
to the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, ‘Yiat the Petition relative to the said | 
Election be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, at Eleven o’clock, in one of the Committee 
Rooms of the House. 


Mr. Bramston, from the Select Committee ap- 
pointed to try and determine the matter of the Peti- 
tion of Rohert Bartholomew Lawes, complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Athlone, informed the House, That the Committee 
had determined, 

That William Keogh, Esquire, was, at the Election 
for the Borough of Athlone, held on the 9th day of 
July 1852, duly elected a Burgess to serve in Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough. 

And the said Determination was ordered to be en- 
tered in the Journals of this House. 





Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown in Ireland, to make out’ 
a new Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve in | 
this present Parliament for the Borough of Athlone, 
in the room of William Keogh, Esquire, who, since | 
VoL. 108. 


| 


office of Her Majesty’s Solicitor General for Lreland. 





Mr. Hamilton, from the Select Committee ap- Cockermouth 
pointed to try and determine the matter of certain Plection. 


Petitions, complaining of an undue Election and Re- 
turn for the Borough of Cockermouth, informed the 
House, That William Crone having appeared be- 
fore the Committee this day in a state of intoxica- 
tion, and having prevaricated in his evidence, and 
otherwise misbehaved in giving his evidence, he had, 
by direction of the Committee, by Warrant under 
his hand, committed the said William Crone to the 
custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms attending this House, 
to await the pleasure of the House. 

Resolved, ‘Vhat the said William Crone do, for his 
said offence, stand committed to the custody of the 
Serjeant-at-Arms attending this House. 

Ordered, That the Serjeant-at-Arms attending this 
House do bring the said William Crone from time 
to time to the Select Committee appointed to try the 
Cockermouth Election Petitions, as often as may be 
required by the said Committee; and that Mr. 
Speaker do issue his Warrants accordingly. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Kildare 


received Notice, that it is not intended to proceed ! 
with the Petition complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the County of Kildare :—And the 
same was read, as followeth : 


Sir, London, 18th March 1853. 


I beg to inform you, that it is not my intention to 
proceed with the Petition presented by me on the 


25th day of November last, complaining of an undue 


Election and Return for the County of Kildare. 


I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your very obedient servant, 
W. Barker. 


To the Right honourable the Speaker 
of the House of Commons. 
The Order for referrmg the said Petition to the 
xeneral Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- 
charged. 


Mlection. 


Mr. Miles, from the Select Committee appointed Dartmouth 
The Order of the day being read, for the second | to try and determine the matter of the Petition of Wisction. 


certain Electors, complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the Borough of Dartmouth, informed 
the House, That the Committee had determined, 

That Sir Thomas Herbert is duly elected a Bur- 
gess to serve in this present Parliament for the Bo- 
rough of Dartmouth. 

And the said Determination was ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


No. 322. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Canterbury 


the Message from the Lords of this day, in which ® 


the Lords desire a Conference with this House 
upon the subject-matter of the Conference on the 
17th u/timo, and do appoint the same at Five o'clock 
this day, in Committee-room, Letter B. 

Resolved, That this House doth agree to a Con- 
ference with the Lords, as desired by their Lord- 
ships. 

Ordered, That the Managers who managed the 
ast Conference do manage this Conference. 

Then the Names of the Managers were called 
over; and they went to the Conference :—And being 
returned ; 

Mr. Ker Seymer reported, That the Managers had 
met the Lords at a Conference, which was managed 
on the part of the Lords by the Lord President ; 
who acquainted them, That the Lords have filled up 
the blank in the first page of the Address to Her 
Majesty on the subject of the Canterbury Election, 
communicated to their Lordships at a Conference on 
the 17th day of March last, with the words “ Lords 
“ Spiritual and Temporal, and.” 


3 D3 That 


lection. 






























































Dungarvan 
Election. 


Incumbered 
Estates 
(Ireland. ) 


Corporal 
Punishment 
( Army.) 


Shrewsbury 
und Birming- 
ham Railway 
Company. 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission. 


390 


That the Lords have made an Amendment in 
p. 2, 1. 9, of the Address, by leaving out the word 
“ William,” and inserting the words “ Thomas Bor- 
“ row ;” to which they desire the concurrence of the 
Commons. 

And that the Lords agree in the Address thus 
amended. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
received Notice, that it is not intended to proceed 


with the Petition complaining of an undue Election | 


and Return for the Borough of Dungarvan :~-And 
the same was read, as followeth : 
Sir, 
I have the honour to inform you, that [ am in- 
structed to withdraw the Petition against the Elec- 
tion and Return of John Francis Maguire, Esquire, 
for the Borough of Dungarvan, and that I beg to 
withdraw the same. 


29, Spring-gardens, 12 April 1853. 


Thomas Baker, 
Agent for the Petitioner. 


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


12° Aprihs. 








A. 1853. 


| Curacies, or in the Enrolment of New Parishes and 
| Districts situated within the said Diocese. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Correspondence between the Pro- 
moters of the Madras Railway Company and the 
Court of Directors of the East India nh and 
of the Correspondence between the Board of Con- 
‘trol and the Court of Directors; and of any Official 
| Reports with reference to the same subject. 





| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Despatches, Minutes and Reports re- 
ceived from the Madras Government respecting the 
Origin and Transactions of the Porto Novo Iron 
Company, with the Answers of the Court of Di- 
rectors of the East India Company thereto ; and of 
the Correspondence between the Court of Directors, 
the Board of Control, and the East India Iron Com- 
pany relating to the same subject. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of any Letter from Mr. George Cotsell, re- 
questing to remain at Portsmouth as Master Smith : 





The Order for referring the said Petition to the | 
: - : ee 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and 
discharged. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


—Of his Discharge Document :—Of any Reports or 
Communications respecting his Character and Abili- 
ties from any of the Dockyard Officers at Ports- 
mouth :—Of any Order or Decision of their Lord- 
ships in August last (referred to by the Surveyor of 
the Navy in his Submission of the 16th dav of Oc- 





Returns from the Court for the Sale of Incumbered 
Estates in Jreland, up to the Ist day of April 1853, 
of Number of Petitions lodged for the Sale of Es- | 
tates; Number of Petitions fiated by the Commis- | 
sioners; Number of Petitions dismissed; ‘Total | 
Produce of Sales in each County ; Number of Con- | 
veyances executed; Total Amount paid out, dis- 
tinguishing Amount allowed to Incumbrancers who | 
became Purchasers :—Of Number of Owners whose 
istates, or parts of same, have been sold, Joint 
Owners or several Owners in the same matter being 
considered as one Owner:—Of Number of Pur- 
chasers at and under £.2,000; from £.2,000 to 
£.5,000; from £.5,000 to £.20,000; above £.20,000: | 
—And, of Number of Officers on the Staff of the | 
Commission, with their respective Departments and 
Salaries. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Persons flogged in the 
Army of Great Britain and Jreland, in each of the 
years 1847 to 1852 inclusive, specifying the Offence, 
the Regiment, the place of Station, the Time, the 
Sentence, and the Number of Lashes inflicted (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 81, of 
Session 1847). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a | 
Copy of the last Return made to the Board of Trade 
by the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Com- 
pany; showing, under separate Heads, the several 
Acts by which the Company have received Powers 
to raise Capital; the Amount of Capital authorized 
under each Act; the Number of Shares created ; the 
Amount of the Sums which have been expended, 
classified under the different Heads under which the 
Accounts have been rendered to the Shareholders ; 
and the several calls upon such Shares. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all Sums received by the Ecclesiastical 
Commission since the passing of the Act 3 &amp; 4 Vie. 
¢c. 113, arising from the suspended Canonries, changed 
Deaneries and Canonries, Deans’ and Canons’ 
separate Estates, Accounting Canons, and any other 
Source, within the Diocese of Durham; stating the 
Amount so received in each year, together with the 
Sums expended by the Commissioners since the 
passing of the above Act in aid of the University, in | 
Augmentation of Benefices, Vicarages or Perpetual 


| 





tober 1852), in reference to Mr. James Wells :— 
And, of the Warrant of Appointment of Mr. James 
Wells as Acting Master Smith of Portsmouth Dock- 


yard, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of Sir John Rennie’s Report to the Presi- 
dent of the Board of Trade, dated the 4th day of 
April 1853, in reference to Captain Vetch’s Report 
of the 6th day of December 1852, on Ramsgate 


Harbour. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Emigrants imported from 
the East Indies, China, Madeira and Africa, into 
Jamaica and British Guiana, since 1838 :—And, of 
the Number who have been sent back to the Last 
Indies. 

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


The Order for reading a second time To-morrow, 
the Elections Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 11th day of this instant 
April. 


Mr. Osborne presented, by Her Majesty's Com- 
mand,—Further Reports from the Admiralty rela- 
tive to Applications for Local Acts. 

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


The following Papers were laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 10th day of March last, for Returns 
of the Number of Select Committees on Public 
Business during each Session of the last Parlia- 
ment, specilving the Subject-matter of each Com- 
mittee, the Dates of its first Appointment and last 
Sitting, together with the Number of its Sittings ; 
also, the Number of Days on which it may have 
been adjourned in consequence of a Quorum of 
Members not having attended: —Of the Names 
of the Members of the above Committees, showing 
the Number of Committees on which each Member 
served during each Session :-—Similar Return of the 
Number, Duration, &amp;c. of Committees on Private 
Business, 


Writ 
rti 
Madras Rail- - 
way Company, 
Porto Novo 
Iron Company, 

” Loa! 
Dockyard - 
Appointments, d 

Mel 
Ma 
} 
Tre 
Pol 
(Ir 
Cal 
Ele 
Ramsgate 
Harbour. 
Emigrants, 
Cl 
£ 


Elections Bix. 


Local Acts. 
No. 191. 


Select 
Comunittces. 


Writs of | 
Certiorar}. 


Loan Societies. 


Lunatics. 
No, 323. 


Mercantile 
Marine Fund. 


No. 324. 


Troops, &amp;c. at 
Polling-places 
(Ireland. ) 


N oO. 325. 


Canterbury 
Election. 


Clitheroe 
Election. 


16 VicrortizZ. 


Business, and of the Members serving : — And, 
similar Return for Election Committees. 

Returnto an Order, dated the 4th day of this instant 
April, for a Return ofall the Indictments removed into 
the Court of Queen’s Bench by Writ of Certiorari 
between Michaelmas Term 1842, and Michaelmas 
Term 1852; distinguishing those removed at the in- 
stance of the Prosecutor from those removed at the 
instance of the Defendant, and stating the grounds 
apon which the Writ was granted in each case, and 
the final result of each Prosecution, and where the 
Defendant has been adjudged to pay Costs pursuant 
to his Recognizance, and the Amount of such Costs. 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of 
an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—An Abstract of Ac- 
counts of Loan Societies in England and JVales, 
to 31st December 1852, by John Tidd Pratt, Es- 
quire, the Barrister appointed to certify the Rules of 
Savings Banks. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Lunatics, 
which was presented upon the 11th day of this 
instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Mer- 
cantile Marine Fund, which was presented upon 
the 11th day of this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Troops, &amp;c., 
at Polling-places (/reland), which was presented 
upon the 11th day of this instant April, be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Address 
to Her Majesty on the subject of the Canterbury 
Election: And the said Amendment was twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to 
acquaint their Lordships, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships 
to the said Address: And that Mr. Ker Seymer do 


carry the said Message. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That an humble Address be presented to Her Ma- 
jesty, as followeth :— 

Most Gracious Sovereign, 


We, Your Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal sub- 
jects, the 
Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Jreland, im Parliament assembled, beg leave 
humbly to represent to Your Majesty, That a Select 
Committee of the House of Commons appointed to 
try a Petition, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Borough of Clitheroe, have reported 
to the House, that corrupt practices have extensively 
prevailed at the last Election for the said Borough 
of Clitheroe. 

We therefore humbly pray Your Majesty, that 
Your Majesty will be graciously pleased to cause 


inquiry to be made, pursuant to the provisions of 


the Act of Parliament passed in the sixteenth year 
of the reign of Your Majesty, intituled, “ An Act to 
provide for more effectual inquiry into the existence 
of Corrupt Practices at Elections for Members to 
serve in Parliament,” by the appointment of Percival 
Andree Pickering, Esquire, George Goodin Barrett, 
Esquire, and Gathorne Hardy, Esquire, as Commis- 
sioners, for the purpose of making inquiry into the 
existence of such corrupt practices; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the ; Mr. Gaskell, 
Yeas, LMr. Hutt: 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Attorney General, 
Noes, {Mr Walpole : 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Resolved, That the said Address be communicated 
VoL, 108, 


hin. 
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391 


to the Lords, at a Conference, and their concurrence 
desired thereto. 

Ordered, That a Conference be desired with the 
Lords on the subject-matter of an Address to be 
presented to Her Majesty, under the provisions of 
the Act of the 15th and 16th of Her present Ma- 
jesty, c. 57: And that Mr. Gaskell do go to the 
Lords, and desire the said Conference. 


Petitions relating to Parliamentary Oaths ;—Uni- 
versity of London ;—Church Rates ;—Clergy Ke- 


serves (Canada) Bill ;—Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ; Vide Thirty- 


— Maynooth College Act ;—Probates of Wills and es Re- 
port. 


Grants of Administration Bill ;—Universities (Scot- 
land} ; — Universities (Scotland) Bill; — Advertise- 
ments ; — Attorneys’ Certificates ; — Carriages ; — 
County Rates and Expenditure Bill ;— Malt and 
Hops ;-— Militia ; — Ministers’ Money (Jreland) ;— 
Paper, Newspaper Stamps, and Advertisements ;— 
Property and Income Tax ;— Repayment of Ad- 
vances (Jreland) ; — Arbitration; — Burghs (Scot- 
land) Bill; — Coasting Trade; — Combination of 
Workmen Lill;—Crown Prosecutions (Scotland) ; 
— Education (Ireland) ; — Factories ; — Kilmain- 
ham Hospital; — Merchant Shipping ; — Edward 
Murray ; — Poor Law ; — Public-houses (Scoé- 
land) Bill ;—Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill ;—and, 
Sheriff Courts (Scotland) (No. 2) Bill ;—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition relating to Parliamentary Papers, was 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 

A Petition relating to Indian Territories, was also 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Jndian Territories. 


Petitions of Electors of the Borough of Clitheroe, Clitheroe 
f Election. 


in the County of Lancaster ;— and, Non-Electors o 
the Borough of Clitheroe, in the County of Lan- 
caster,—were presented, and read; setting forth, 
That at the last Election for the Borough of Cli- 
theroe,in July 1852, Matthew Wilson, junior, Esquire, 
was returned to represent that Borough in the 
House ; that a Petition was presented against his 
Return on the grounds of bribery, treating and 
corrupt practices, upon which he was unseated by 
a resolution of the Committee appointed to try the 
same; that the Parliamentary Borough of Clitheroe 
consists of the Corporate Town of Clitheroe and 
nine adjoining Townships ; that John Thomas Walsh- 
man Aspinall, Esquire, the unsuccessful Candidate 
at the said Election, the Reverend John Master 
Whalley, John Tayior, Esquire (two of the Peti- 
tioners against the said Return), Le Gendre Nicholas 
Starkie, Esquire, and Dixon Robinson, Esquire, are 
large owners of property within the said Parlia- 
mentary Borough, and a large proportion of the 
voters in the said nine townships are their tenants ; 
that the said John Thomas Walshman Aspinall or his 
agents had recourse to corrupt practices at the said 
Election, and the Petitioners are convinced that sys- 
tematic treating by them prevailed to a great extent, 
‘and in some instances the Petitioners believe that 
bribery was resorted to by the said John Thomas 
Walshman Aspinall or his agents at the said Elec- 
‘tion; that the said Reverend John Master Whalley, 
| Le Gendre Nicholas Starkie, John Taylor, John 
| Thomas Walshman Aspinall, and others, had also, as 
‘the Petitioners verily believe, recourse to threats, in- 
| timidation and coercion to compel their tenants and 
| others to vote for the said John Thomas Walshman 
| Aspinall against their inclination and political princi- 
ples; that several of such tenants, notwithstanding 
'such threats, intimidation and coercion, did vote ac- 
cording to their principles in favour of the said 
Matthew Wilson, and, in consequence, were served 
with notices to leave the farms, shops and premises 
which they then occupied under the said John Tho- 
‘mas Walshman Aspinall or his supporters, and they 
| 3D4 have 

























Public 








Carriages. 


Expcnditure of 
Public Money. 


Kilmainham 
Hospital, 


392 


have since left the same; that the Petitioners are 
convinced that the said notices to quit were not given 
on account of the tenants being in arrear of rent, or 
that any waste had been committed by them, but 
merely out of revenge, and as a punishment for their 
having voted in opposition to the desires of their 
said respective landlords ; that this system of coercing 
tenantry by the owners of property has been carried 
on to a great extent at the Elections for that Borough, 
and the Petitioners believe that in consequence there- 
of, if any Commission be issued under the 15th &amp; 16th 
Vic. c. 57, it will be extremely difficult to obtain evi- 
dence from such tenants, and that the ends of the 
Commission will be defeated, unless the said John 
Thomas Walshman Aspinall, John Taylor, Reverend 
John Master Whalley, and others, are examined upon 
oath before the Commissioners touching the matters 
before alluded to; and praying that if a Commis- 
sion be issued with respect to that Borough under 
the said Act, the Commissioners may be authorized 
and directed to examine the said John Thomas 
Walshman Aspinall, John Taylor and Reverend John 
Master Whalley, and others, upon oath, so as fully 
to investigate the said system of intimidation and 
coercion on the part of the owners of property ; 
and also that the House may be pleased to pass such 
a law for the protection of the honest voter, by the 
adoption of the ballot or otherwise, as will enable 
him to vote according to his principles, without fear 
of consequences, as to the House will seem meet. 
And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to alter 
the scale of Duties on Carriages :—And the said 
Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That it appears, by a Return ordered by this 
ITouse in the present Session, that an enormous 
amount of the public money is annually intercepted 
on its way from the people’s pockets to the Treasury, 
and expended without the sanction and control of this 
House, and in violation of the constitutional princi- 
ple, that no Taxes shall be imposed upon the people, 
or the product thereof expended, without the autho- 
rity of their Representatives in Parliament :—That 
the said Return shows, that the Amount intercepted 
and expended in the year 1851, which never reached 
the Exchequer, was £. 6,072,151. 9s.9d., of which 


Receipts of the Taxes by the various Revenue De- 
partments, and expended by the said Departments 
for the payment of their Officers, and other purposes, 
without the supervision and control of Parliament :— 
That, for the security of the Public Monies, and 
accurate keeping of the Public Accounts, it is indis- 
pensable that the whole of the Public Income should, 
without any deduction whatever, be paid into Her 
Majesty's Exchequer, and that no portion of it shoulc 
he issued therefrom, on any plea or pretence, without 
the sanction of Parliament, as it was recommended 
by the Commission, which consisted of Members of 
this House, appointed by the Crown in the year 1831 : 
—And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That an humble Address be presented to Her Ma- 
jesty, representing to Her Majesty, that in the opinion 
of this House it is expedient and right to maintain for 
the Jrish Soldier, in his age or infirmity, the asylum 
which the Royal Hospital of King Charles the Second, 
for ancient and maimed Soldiers at Ai/mainham near 
Dublin, has long attorded to those for whose benefit it 
was originally instituted and endowed ; that the abo- 
lition of this ancient /rish Institution would be opposed 
to the feelings of the Zrish Nation, and injurious to the 
honour and interests of Her Majesty's Service ; and 





12° Aprilis. 






A. 1853. 


praying, that Her Majesty will be graciously pleased 
to adopt such measures as may to Her wisdom seem 
expedient for removing any obstructions which may 
/now exist to the fulfilment of the objects for which 
| this institution is established, in consequence of any 
| directions heretofore issued to the Governors by Her 
| Majesty’s Secretary-at-War, prohibiting the further 
|} admission of maimed and worn-out Soldiers ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Butt, 

Yeas, |. Lord George Paget: J 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Hayter, hist 

31. 


Noes, | The Earl of Mulgrave : 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
‘to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Huddersfield, in the 
room of William Rookes Crompton Stansfield, Es- 
/quire, whose Election has been determined to be 
void. 


| Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
| to take into consideration, and report to this House, 
ithe practicability and advantages, or otherwise, that 
would arise from adopting a decimal system of Coin- 
age :—And a Committee was appointed of Mr, Wil- 
liam Brown, Mr. Cardwell, Mr. John Ball, Mr. Tuf- 
| nell, Mr. Alderman Thompson, Mr. Dunlop, Mr. 
Matthew Forster, Lord Stanley, Mr. Moody, Mr. 
Hamilton, Mr. John Benjamin Smith, Sir William 
Clay, the Marquis of Chandos, Sir William Jolliffe 
jand Mr. Kinnaird ; with Power to send for persons, 
papers and records. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 





| Ordered, That the Petition of Electors of the Bo- 
rough of Rye, which was presented upon the 14th 
| day of March last,and the Petition of Electors and 
Householders of the Borough of Rye and its Elec- 
toral District, which was presented upon the 7th day 
of this instant April, relating to the Election for that 
Borough, be referred to the Select Committee on the 
Rye Election Petition. 


Ordered, That no new Writ be issued for the Bo- 
rough of Afaldon before the 1st day of May next. 





| Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
_to examine into the system under which Public- 
| houses, Hotels, Beer-shops, Dancing Saloons, Coffee- 
| houses, Theatres, Temperance Hotels, and places of 
| public entertainment, by whatever name they may be 
called, are sanctioned, and are now regulated, with 
_a view of reporting to this House whether any altera- 
tion or amendment of the liw can be made for the 
better preservation of public morals, the protection 
of the Revenue, and for the proper accommodation 
of the public. 


| 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Combination of Workmen 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouwverie reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill; and di- 
rected him to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Burghs (Scotland) Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(That the Provisions of the first before recited Act, 
as applicable to Burghs not included in Schedule 
C. annexed to said Act, and also the eae” 
oO 











Huddersfield 
Writ. 
Decimal A 
Coinage. aa 
N 
Rye Election. 
Ge 
of] 


Maldon Writ. 


Public-louses, 
&amp;e. 


Combination 
of Workmcp 


Burghs (Scot- 
land) Bill 











16 Vicrorti2. 12°— 
of an Act passed in the fifteenth and sixteenth 
years of the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled, 
“ An Act to alter and amend certain Provisions in 
the Laws relating to the number and election of | 
Magistrates and Councillors in the Burghs of Scof- | 
land,” shall be and are hereby extended to the | 
Burghs contained in Schedule F. of the first-recited | 
Act, and so much of the said first-recited Act as | 
excepts the said Burghs from the said Provisions is 
hereby repealed : Provided always, That no Burgh | 
shall be held to come within the Provisions of this | 
Act where, at the time of the passing of this Act, 
the number of Electors registered in the Register of 
such Burgh as qualified to vote in the Election of a 
Member of Parliament is less than Thirty) :—— 
And the said Clause was brought up, and read the 
first time. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro-| 
posed, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time :—And the said Motion and Clause were seve- 
rally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon | 
Thursday next. 





| 

. . . . » ! 

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


Mercurii, 13° die Aprilis, 18538: 
Aggravated 
Assaults Bill. 


No. 326. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee on the Aggravated Assaults Bill. 


(In the ¢ 


‘ommnittee.) 


Postponed Clause, ne 2, disagreed to. 


“Sand N° 4, ame nded, and agreed to. 
N° 5, seat to. 


agreed to. 


Crauses, N | 
CLAUSE, 
Preamble 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. | 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou-| 
verie reported, That the Committee had gone through | 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Wednesday 
the o7th day of this instant April; and be printed. 


Gencral Board ‘The House proceeded to take into consideration 
of Health Bill. {he Amendments made by the Lords to the General 
Board of Health Bill; and the same were read. 
The first Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 
Clause A., the other 
second time; 
Ordered, That the said Clause be committed to 
a Committee of the whole House :—The House ac- 
cordingly resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the 


Amendment, being read 


Committee.) 


Clause A. (Clerk and Agent of Commissioners of 
Local Act for Borough ot Wakefield may be con- 
tinued in office, under Local Board of Health) :-— 
Read 1°, 2°, and amended, by adding at the end there- 
of, the words “and if such clerk and agent shall 
“at any time after the passing of this Act he re- 
moved from such office, he shall, unless he be em- 
ployed by the said Local Board im an office of 
higher value, be entitled to receive as a compensa- 
tion from the said Local Board for the emoluments 
of such office, an annuity of Forty pounds for his 
natural life.” 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
Clause, as amended, to be repor ted. 


‘ 


. 


‘ 


. 


‘ 


~ 
. 


~ 
. 


”~ 
. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; ; and Mr. Bou- 


13° Aprilts. 





IC 





verie reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Clause, and made an Amendment thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be now received. 
Mr. Bouverie accordingly reported the Clause ; 
and the Amendment was read, and agreed to. 
And the said Clause, so amended, was agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bourerie do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
Vou, 108, 





393 


agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships, 
with an Amendment; to which Amendment this 
House doth desire the concurrence of their Lord- 
ships. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill South Sea 
for redeeming or commuting the Annuity payable to and other An- 
he S h Sea C yer ‘A gun Com- 
the South Sea Company, and certain Annuities of utation Bill. 
Three pounds per centum per annum, and for creating Nw, 327. 
New Annuities of Three pounds ten shillings per 
centum per annum, and ‘lwo pounds ten shillings per 
centum per annum, and issuing Exchequer Bonds for 
the purposes of such Rec emption or Commutation : 

And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Friday next; and to 
be printed. 


The Order for reading a second time, this day, the Fisheries 
Fisheries (Jreland) Bill, was read, and discharged. (Ireland) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 27th day of this mstant April. 


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


is Q0 


Mercuri, 13° die Aprilis ; 


no 


Anno 15° Victorie Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 
RDERED, That all Committees have leave to Committees. 


sit this day, durmg the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Duncan reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitiins; ‘That they had examined the Petitions 
~ (Thirty-sixth 
Petitions presented upon the 1 ith day of this instant Report.) 


April, and had directed him to make a Report 


| thereof to the House 


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


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken British Electric 
before the Committee on the British Electric Tele- Telegraph _ 
. Tn “ae Ss a , Company Bill 
graph Company Bill in theSession of 1852, be referred (g53.) 
to the Committee on the British Electric Telegraph 
Company Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Bognor 
the Lognor Railway Bill, as amended in the Com- ®™lway Bill. 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Irwell Valley Waterworks Bill, Irwell Valley 
as amende a in the Committee, be taken into .consi- a stewie 
deration ‘To-morrow. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Shipley Gas 
the Shipley Gas Bill, as amended in the Committee. Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Swaffham and Bottisham Drainage (No. 2) Swaffham 
Bill was rea:! a second time; and committed. = mettietnt 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- (No. 3) BE. 

mittee of Selection. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second South Eastern 
reading of the South Eastern Railway (CanterLury Railway (Can- 
terbury and 
and Whitstable, &amp;c.) Bill; Whitstable, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon &amp;e. ) Bill. 


Monday next. 


Ordered, That Mr. Rice have leave of absence for —_ of 
ten days, on account of ill health. meee 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a ‘ Steam Vessel 
Return of the Number of Days in the years 1850, “ Pharos,” &amp;e. 
1851 and 1852, during which the “ Pharos” Steam 
Vessel has been employed at Sea in the Service of 

3E the 
























Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Thirty- 
seventh Re. 
port. 


Electicn 
Petitions. 


County Elee- 
tions Polls 
«Scotland) 
Bill. 


No. 329. 





394 


the Northern Lights Commissioners; stating the 
Nature of the Employment on each Voyage, the 
Weight of Cargo embarked and landed, with the 
Dates of entering and leaving each Port visited, and 
the Number of Passengers taken on board, and 
landed at each Place:—Copies of any Minutes of, 
or Reports to, the Commissioners of Northern Lights 
regarding the inefficiency of the Steam Vessel 
“ Pharos,” for the purposes of the Northern Lights 
Commissioners ; and of any Minute or Resolution of 
the said Commissioners regarding the Construction 
of a new Steam Vessel, and of any Correspondence 
or Contract entered into regarding the same :—And, 
of any Correspondence between the Commissioners 
of Northern Lights and the Leith Dock Commission 
in the year 1847, or subsequently, regarding the Col- 
lection of Light Dues at the Port of Letth. 


13° Aprilis. 





Petitions relating to Parliamentary Oaths ;—Par- 
liamentary Voters (Jreland) Act ;—Clergy Reserves 
(Canada) Bill ;— Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ; — | 
Maynooth College Act;—Nunneries ; —Probates of | 
Wills and Grants of Administration Bill ;—Univer- | 
sities (Scotland) ;—Universities (Scotland) Bill ;— | 
Advertisements ;—Attorneys’ Certificates ;—County | 
Rates and Expenditure Bill ;—Paper, Newspaper | 
Stamps and Advertisements ; — Combination of 
Workmen Bill ;— County Courts ; —- Factories ; — | 
Poor Law ;—Public-houses (Scotland) Bill ;— Sheriff | 
Courts (Scotland) Bill;— and, Spirits,—were pre- | 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers,—were 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 18th day of March last, for an Alphabetical List of 
all Election Petitions presented during the present 
Session ; showing the Names of the Places, Names 
of Members petitioned against, the Dates of Presen- 
tation, and Petitions to defend Returns ; and in what 
manner any of such Petitions may have been disposed 
of; whether by the Sureties to the Recognizances 
being reported as objectionable, or by being with- 
drawn; with the Dates of the Reports and such 
withdrawals, or otherwise, together with the Names 
of the Agents :—Keturns of all Reports, Special 
Reports, and Determinations or Resolutions of any 








Jlection Committees reported to this House :—Of 
the Names of all Members who have been unseated, 
and for what Causes thay have been so unseated :— | 





A. 1853. 


x Majesty's Advocate for Scotland for the time 
“ being.’ 
Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause ; 
The Committee divided. 


af Mr. Elliot, 

Tellers for the Yeas, | Mr. Kinnaird : \ 64. 
’ Toee| Mr. Mackenzie, eis 

Tellers forthe Noes, (Colonel Blair : 53. 


Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cuausz, N® 3, amended, and agreed to. 

CrauseE, N°4 (Poll to be kept open only one day). 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 19: To 
leave out the words “ shall be divezted to begin on 
“ a Monday or.” 

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

The Committee divided. 


Telore € _ {Mr. Elliot, ?} 
lellers for the Yeas,{ 4. pe ; 60. 
, ™_ j Mr. Hume, 

Fellers for the Noes,) Mr. po oe } Ti. 


Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
Crause, N° 5, disagreed to. 
Several Clauses added. 

Preamble amended, and agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 


| mittee, be taken into consideration upon Friday next ; 


and be printed. 


The Judges’ Exclusion Bill was, according to Or- Judges’ Exclu- 
der, read a second time; and committed to a Com- £10” Bili. 


mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday next. 


Sir John Trollope reported from the General New Ross 
Committee of Elections, the Names of the Members Election. 


of the Select Committee appointed to try and deter- 
mine the matter of the Petition complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of Vew 
Ross, to which they had annexed the Petition re- 
ferred to them by the House relating thereto :— 
Henry James Baillie, Esquire, Lord Norreys, Lord 
Henry Bentinck, John Frederick Burgoyne Blackett, 
isquire; Chairman, Thomas Emerson Headlam, 


And, of the Names of all Places the Writs for which | Esquire. 


have been suspended, and to what Dates they have | 
been so suspended :—The whole of the above Re- 
turns to be made complete up to Easter. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the County Elections Polls (Scotland) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, ‘hat they have power to extend to Elections 
in Burghs the Provisions for repealing so much of the 
Act 2 &amp; 3 Will. 4, ¢. 65, as enacts that no poll shall 
be directed to begin ona Saturday, the Provision that 
no poll shall begin on a Monday, and the Provisions 
as to the order and manner of polling. 

‘Then the House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 
Crause, N° 1, amended, and agreed to. 


Ciause, N° 2 (Sheriff, with consent of Lord Ad- | 


| 





\ 


| 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Trollope reported from the General Controverted 
Committee of Elections; ‘That they had named days Elections. 


for the a of Select Committees on the 
&gt; 


Election Petitions following, from Panel No. 4:— 
Piymouth - - - 
Dublin - - -|Tuesday, 3d May, at 
Dublin County - = Two o'clock. 
Londonderry - -| 
Cork 7 . ~ | Wednesday, 4th May, 
Carlow County - - To : 
Ennis oe { at Two o'clock. 

nnis 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself County Kates 


into a Committee on the County Rates and Expen- 
diture Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Criause, N° 4 (Financial Board). 
Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 17: After the 


vocate, to increase or alter number and arrangement | words “ consist of,” to insert the words “ the Jus- 


of polling places). 


“ tices duly qualified to act in such county, together 


Amendment proposed, in p. 1, Is. 14 and 15: To |“ with.” 


leave out the words “ with the consent of Her 


oF 





Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 
The 











Coe 
Fle 


Pr 


—_—P &gt;}, 





Cockermouth 
Election. 


Private Bills 
(Group F.) 


Sheriff Courts 
(Scotland) 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Absconding 
Debtors (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Blackburn 
Election. 





16 VicrorizZ. 


The Committee divided. 

mn... , J Viscount Mandeville, ) 
Tellers for the Yeas, \Mr. Freshfield : f 115. 
{Mr. Milner Gibson, \ 144 
’LMr. Barrow: f ‘ 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Tellers for the Noes 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That the 
Committee may have leave to sit again. 

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


Mr. Hamilton, from the Select Committee ap- 
pointed to try and determine the matter of the Pe- 
titions complaining of an undue Election and Return 
for the Borough of Cockermouth, informed the House, 
That William Crone had been brought before the 
Committee this day, in the custody of the Serjeant- 
at-Arms attending this House, and had answered to 
the satisfaction of the Committee all questions put 
to him. 

Ordered, That William Crone be discharged out 
of the custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms attending this 
House, without payment of fees. 


The Earl of March reported from the Committee 
on Group F. of Private Bills ; That at the meeting of 
the Committee this day, a Letter was received from 
Mr. Cogan, one of the selected Members of the said 
Committee, stating that he was unable, on account 
of indisposition, to attend the Committee this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Cogan be discharged from fur- 
ther attendance on the Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) (No. 2) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 11th day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Absconding Debtors (Zreland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 27th day of this instant April. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, ‘That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


A Petition of Doctor William Forrest and Benja- 


min Brierley, was delivered in, and read ; setting 


forth, That the Petitioners were, at and during the 


last Election of a Member to serve in this present 


Parliament for the Borough of Blackburn, registered 


Electors of the said Borough, and had a nght to 
vote and did vote at the said Election; that at the 
said last Election of a Member to serve in Parliament 


for the said Borough, in the month of March One 


thousand eight hundred and Fifty-three, Montague 
Joseph Feilden, Esquire, and William Henry Horn- 


by, Esquire, were Candidates to represent the said 


13° Aprils. 





695 


| Feilden was not, according to the true intent and 
meaning of the Act passed in the second year of the 
reign of Queen Victoria, intituled, “ An Act to 
amend the Laws relating to the Qualification of Mem- 
bers to serve in Parliament,” duly qualified to be 
elected as a Member to serve in Parliament for the 
said Borough, nor was the said Montague Joseph 
Feilden, at the time of the said last Election, or at 
the time of his said Return as such Member as afore- 
said, seised or entitled, for his own use or benefit, of 
or to any estate, legal or equitable, in lands, tene- 
ments or hereditaments of any tenure whatsoever, 
| situate, lying or being within the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain or Ireland, or in the rents or profits 
thereof, for his own life, or for the life or lives of any 
other person or persons then living, or for a term of 
years either absolute or determinable on his own life, 
or on the life or lives of any other person or persons 
then living, of which term not less than thirteen 
years were at the time of the said Election unexpired, 
such estate being of the clear yearly value of not less 
than ‘Three huncred pounds over and above all in 
cumbrances affecting the same, nor was the said 
Montague Joseph teilden, at the time of the said 
Election, or at the time of his said Sieturn as such 
Member iis aforesaid, possessed and entitled for his 
own use and benefit, at law or in equity, for his own 
life, or for the life or lives of any other person or 
persons then living, or for any term of years either 
absolute or determinable on his own life, or for the 
life or lives of any other person or persons then 
living, of which term not less than thirteen years 
were at the time of the said Election unexpired, or of 
or to personal estate or effects of any nature or kind 
whatsoever, situate within the United Kingdom, or 
to the interest, dividends or annual proceeds of any 
such personal estate or effects, such personal estate 
or effects, interest, dividends or annual proceeds ac- 
tually producing the clear yearly income of not less 
than Three hundred pounds over and above all in- 
cumbrances affecting the same, nor did the said 
Montague Joseph Feilden, at the time of the said 
last Election, or at the time of his said Return as 
such Member as aforesaid, possess more than one oi 
the several kinds of qualification hereinbefore men- 
tioned, which were jointly sufficient to qualify him to 
serve as Member for the said Borough; that the said 
Montague Joseph Feilden was not at the time of the 
said Election, or at the time of his said Return as 
such Member as aforesaid, the eldest son or heir 
apparent of any Peer or Lord of Varliament, or of 
any person qualified by the last-mentioned Act to 
serve as Knight of the Shire; and praying that the 
il be pleased to take the premises into con- 


House wil! 
sideration, and will declare that the said Montague 
Joseph Feilden was not duly elected, and ought not 
to have been returned at the last Election for the 
said Borough, and that his said Election and Return 
are wholly null and void; and that the House will 
afford to the Petitioners such further and other relief 
as to the House may seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
General Committee of Elections. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 





















Borough in Parliament ; that a poll having been de- 
manded, the same was taken by the Returning Offi- 
cer for the said Borough on the Twenty-fourth day 
of March One thousand eight hundred and Fifty- | 
three; that the said Montague Joseph Feilden was 
by the said Returning Officer declared to have had a 
majority of votes at the said Election, and to have 
been duly elected, and was returned as the Member 
duly elected to serve in this present Parliament for 


Ordered, Vhat the Return relative to Callan Union Callan Unica 
Workhouse, which was presented upon the 4th day neem. 
of this instant April, be printed. No. 330. 





Ordered, Tnat the Return relative to Select Com- Select _ 
mittees, which was presente: upon the 12th day of Vemmtees. 
‘this instant April, be printed. No. 331. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Writs of Writs of | 
the Borough of Blackburn ; that at the time of the Certiorari, which was presented upon the 12th day a 
said last Election of a Member to serve in Parlia- ‘of this instant April, be printed. No, 332. 
ment for the said Borough, and of his said Return as | 
such Member as aforesaid, the said Montague Joseph | 
VoL. 108. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


3E2 





Warrington 
and Altrinc- 
ham Junction 
Railway 
(Stockport ) 
Bill. 


Teignmouth 
Harbour and 
Teign Navi- 
gation Bill 


Irwell Valiey 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Private Bills 
(Group F.) 


3edale and 
Leyburn 
Railway Bill. 


Mayo Election, 


Barnstaple 
Election. 


Leeds Central 
Market Bill. 


Great Grimsby 


36 
Jovis, 14° die Aprilis ; 


Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 
N A | R. Speaker laid upon the Table,— Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills, in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for additional pro- 


vision in the Warrington and Altrincham Junction | 


Railway (Siockport) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Teignmouth Harbour and Teign Navigation Bill, 
as amended in the Committee: and Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Zriell Valley Waterworks Bill, 
as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group FP, of Pri- 
vate Bills have leave to sit this day till Vive of the 
clock, during the sitting of the House. 


A Petition of Promoters of a Bill for making a 
Railway from Bedale to Leybura, praying that pro- 
vision may be made in the Bedale and Leyburn Rail- 
way Bill tor giving Power to the Petitioners to make 
two deviations according to subsequently deposited 
Plans, in lieu of parts of the original line, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Examiners of 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections, the Names of the Members of 


the Select Committee appointed to try and determine | 


the matter of the Petition complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the County of Mayo, to 
which they had annexed the Petition referred to them 
by the House relating thereto :— Honourable Charles 
Compton Cavendish, Sir Henry Meux, Baronet, John 


George Phillimore, Esquire, Robert Clive, Esquire ; | 


Chairman, Lord Harry Vane. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections, the Names of the Members of 
the Select Committee appointed to try and determine 
the matter of the Petition complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Barnstaple, 
to which they had annexed the Petition referred to 
them by the House relating thereto :— Henry Stuart, 
Esquire, Edward Ellice, Esquire, Hugh M‘ Calmont 
Cairns, Esquire, William Nathaniel Massey, Es- 
quire; Chairman, Honourable William Owen Stanley. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir William Clay reported from the Committee 
on Group I. of Private Bills ; That in the case of the 
Leeds Central Market Bill, they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
but the same had not been proved to their satis- 
faction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Marquis of Chandos reported from the Com- 


Improvement mittee on Group H. of Private Bills; That in the 


Bill. 


Private Bills 
(Group H.) 


case of the Great Grimsby Improvement Bill, they 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto ; 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Marquis of Chandos reported from the Com- 
mittee on Group H. of Private Bills ; That the Par- 





14° Aprils. 





A. 1853. 


ties opposing the Victoria London Docks Bill had 
stated to the Committee, that the evidence of James 
Hutt was essential, to enable them to establish their 
case before the Committee; and it having been 
proved that his attendance could not be precured 
without the intervention of the House, he had beri 
instructed by the Committee to move the House, that 
the said James Hutt do attend the said Committee 
on Friday the 15th day of April, at Twelve of the 
clock. 

Ordered, That James Hutt do attend the said Com- 
| mittee To-morrow, at Twelve o'clock. 


Cir 
Pilot 





The Names of the tive Members appointed to try New Ross 
| and determine the matter of the Petition, complain- Election, 
| ing of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
|ot New Foss, were called over; and being come to 
' the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 
| Ordered, Vhat the Petition relative to the said 

Election be referred to the Committee. 

| Ordered. That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, at Que o'clock, in one of the Committee- 
| rooms of the House. 


tamsgate 


| Mr. Cardicell presented,—Return to an Order, 
tarbour. 


‘dated the 12th day of this instant April, for a Copy 
‘of Sir John Rennie’s Report to the President of the 
| Board of ‘Irade, dated the 4th day of April 1853, in 
| reference to Captain Vetch’s Kieport of the 6th day 
of December 1852, on Ramsgate Warbour. 

| Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
|Table. 


Bristol Gas 


| Mr. Stafford reported from the Committee on 
al and Bristol 


Group K. of Private Bills ; That in the case of the ar. 

| Bristol Gas and Bristol and Clifton Gas Companies on, Clifton 

| Bristol Gas and bristol ant Jifton Gas Companies Gas Companies 
‘Amalgamation Bill, they had examined the alle- Amalgamation 
gations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and Bill. 


m 


‘/amended the same, by making certain verbal altera- 


‘tions therein; and found the same, as amended, to 
be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments therennto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Stafford reported from the Committce on Salisbury 
Group H. of Private Bills; That the Parties pro- Waterworks 


alll. 


'moting the Salisbury Waterworks Bill had stated to 
\the Committee, that it was not their intention to 
| proceed with the same. 


| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Osborne presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Local Acts. 
mand,— Further Reports from the Admiralty relative No, 191, 
to Applications for Local Acts. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Ordered, Vhat there be laid before this House, Sheep's Wool, 
Returns of the Total Imports of Sheep’s Wool into ** 
the United Kingdom, for the year 1852 : 


From Foreign States - - Ibs. 
From British Possessions 
Together - - 
Re-exported - 
Left - - - Ibs. 





Of the Total Imports of Mohair or Angora Goats’ 
Wool, for the year 1852 : 


Imported - - Ibs. 
Re-exported - = 
Left - - - Ibs. 


And, of the British Woollen Manufactures and 
Woollen Yarn exported, for the year 1852 : 
Woollen Manufactures, de- £. 
clared value. 
Woollen Yarn, declared value - 


£. 


Together - 


Resolved, 











Cirque Ports 
Pilots. 


Central Cri- 
minal Court. 


Quarantine. 


Committals, 
c, 


Kilmainham 
fospital, 








16 VicTrort2. 14° Aprils. 397 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | 1681, assigning a portion of the Royal Demesne for 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | the building of the Hospital, and ‘of the Warrant 
to give directions, that there be laid before this | of the Lord Lieutenant and Privy Council of Ire- 
House, Accounts of all the Capital Funds now in| land, dated the 23d day of December 1681 :—Of 
hand which are applicable to Superannuation or other | ‘the Roy al Warrant of Her Most Gracious Majesty, 
Relief to Members of the Fellowship of Cinque | dated the 16th day of December 1845, regulating 
Ports Pilots or their Families, or to the Payment of the Establishment of the Hospital :— And, ~ of any 
Salaries or Expenses, or to Pilot Boats, or to any! Letter or Letters addressed to the Governors of the 
general Expenses connected with Pilotave : stating | Hospital by the Right honourable For Maule, late 
the Sources from which they have been derived, and | Secretary-at-War, prohibiting the further admission 
distinguishing between the different Funds applicable | of discharged Soldiers, with the Dates of such Letter 
to different purposes :—Of the different Receipts on | or Letters. 
account of Payments made by Cinque Ports Pilots, Myr. £ifzroy also presented, pursuant to the di- Committals 
or other sources of Income applicable to any of the reetions of several Acts of Parliament,—Returns, Urelnd.) 
purposes above mentioned; stating the nature of fram the Clerks of the Crown and Clerks of the 
each Receipt, the Gross Annual Amount cf each Peace of the several Counties, &amp;e., in Ireland, of 
Class of Receipts, the mode in which it is applied, the Nuniber of Persons committed to the different 
and the authority under which it is received :—Of Gaols thereof for Trial in the year 1852. 


the several kinds of Payments made for the above- Gaols : Copies of all Reports and of Schedules B. Gaols. 
mentioned purposes ; stating the nature of each Pay- transmitted te the Secret: wy of State. 
ment, the Gross Annual Amount of each Class of Ordered, That the said” Papers do lie upon the 


Payments, and the autherity under which it is made, Table. 
and in case of Remuneration, the nature of the Em- 
ployment or Service for which it is paid :—And, of The following Papers were laid upon the Table Irrigation 
all Sums paid by existing C aeayne Ports Pilots and; by the Clerk of. the House,—Return to an Order, —* 
Superannuated Pilots to the Wi idows, Children, and | dated the 16th day of March last, for Copies or Ex. * 
Appointees by Will, of deceased Me om vs of the tracts of Documents referring to the Works of Irri- 
Fellowship: specifying, separately, the Amount paid gation on the Godarery River and Kistnah Annicut, 
by each Pilot, and Superannuated Pilot, and the in the Presideney of Madras. 
authority under which such Payments were en- Kicturn to an Order, dated the 2d day of Marcel: Sclect 
forced. last, for a Return of the Number of Select Com- Committees. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to mittees appointed since November 1852, distinguish 

Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are ing each, and showing the Names of the Member 
of Her Majesty’s Most honowable Privy Council. | serving on each ; also, t the Number of Days on which 

each Committee has sat, and the Name of each 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Member attending. 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | The followmg Paper, pursuant to the directions of Recorder of 
to give directions, that there be laid before this | an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table G#lway. 
House, a Return of the Number of Days, and Num-_ by the Clerk of the House,—Recorder of Galway: 
ber of Hours in each day, in each Session, in which | Copy of Treasury Minute, dated sth March 1353, 
the Central Criminal Court sat during each of the | awarding Compensation for loss of Fees. 
Twelve Sessions appointed to be holden in London, 


or the Suburbs thereof, under the Act 4 &amp; 5 Will. 4, Ordered, That the Return relative to Lieutenant Lieutenant 
. 36, s. 15, for each year since the passing of the | Engledue, which was presented upon the 11th day Engledue. 
said Act in 1834, of this instant April, be printed. No, 333. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to | . ; 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are Ordered, That the Return relative to Election rection 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. Petitions, which was presented upon the [3th day Petitions. 
7 . of this instant April, be printed. No. 334. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | a? , ’ 
to Flee Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | Mr. Gaskell reported, That having been with the ciitheroe 
to give directions, that there be laid before this Lords to desire a Conference upon the subject- Election. 
5 +py Pia f “~nca + race ay MM. 
House, a Return, in detail, of the Name of every | matter of an Address to be presented to Her Ma- 
Officer, with the Title of his Office or Employment, jesty, under the provisions of the Actof the 15th &amp; 16th 
and the Amount of Salary, Fees, or Emolument, of Her present Majesty, ¢. 57, the Lords agree to a 
received by each Officer, at the several Quarantine Conference, and appoint the same forthwith in Com- 
Stations in Great Britain, Ireland and Malta, and ™ittee-room No.1. 
also in the Office of Superintendent of Quarantine, 9? ‘dered, That a Committee be appointed to ma- 
for the year 1852 (in explanation of Parliamentary "Ss the Conference :—And a Committee was ap- 
Paper, No. 616, of Session 1850). “pointed of Mr. Gaskell, Lerd John Russell, Mr. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to Disraeli, Sir Frederic Thesiger, Sir James Graham, 
Her Majesty, bv such Members of this House as are | Mr. C hancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Fitz Roy Kelly, 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. Sir Charles Wood, Sir William Molesworth, Sir John 
. = ; Pakington, Mr. Cardwell and Mr. Brotherton. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Address to Then the Names of the Managers were called 
Her Majesty, dated the 11th day of March last, for OVE"; and they went to the Conference :—And 
Tabular Returns of the Number of Committals for being returned ; r 
Crime in Jreland, during each of the years from 1841 Mr. Gaskell reported, That the Managers had 
to 1852, ‘nclusive :-—Of the Number of Committals been at the Conference, which was managed on the 
in England and Wales, for each vear of the same part of the Lords by the Lord President ; and that 
Period :—And, in pare case, of the Number of ac- they had delivered to their Lordships the Address 
cused Persons unable to read. or write, and their agreed upon by this House, to which they desired 
centesimal proportion to the whole. the concurrence of their Lordships; and that they 

Return to an Order, dated the 5th day of this had left the said Address with thew Lordships. 
instant April, for Copies of the Charter of King 
Charles the Second, incorporating the Governors of | Mr. Osborne presented,—Return to an Order, Dockyard 
eee Hospital : — Of the further Charters dated the 12th day of this instant April, for Copies Appointments. 
granted by King George the Second to the Go- of any Letter from Mr. George Cotsell, requesting to 
vernors of the Hospital : —Of the Royal Letter of remain at Portsmouth as Master Smith :—Of his 
King Charles the Second, dated the 19th day of April Discharge Decument :—Of any Reports or Com- 
Vou. 108. 3E3 munications 





Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Thirty- 
seventh Re- 
port. 


Huddersfield 
Election. 





398 14° Aprils. 


munications respecting his Character and Abilities 
from any of the Dockyard Officers at Portsmouth : 
—Of any Order or Decision of their Lordships in 
August last (referred to by the Surveyor of the 
Navy in his Submission of the 16th day of October 


1852), in reference to Mr. James Wells :—And, of 


the Warrant of Appointment of Mr. James Wells as 
Acting Master Smith of Portsmouth Dockyard. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions relating to Parliamentary Oaths ;—Uni- 
versity of London ;—Clergy Reserves (Canada) Bill ; 
—Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ;—Maynooth College 
Act ;—Nunneries ; — Religious Endowments ;—- Re- 


ligious Orders (Jesuits, &amp;c.); — Universities (Scot- | 


land); — Universities (Scotland) Bill ;— Advertise- 
ments ; — Attorneys’ Certificates ; — Carriages ; — 
Malt ;—Malt and Hops ;— Paper, Newspaper Stamps 
and Advertisements ; — Property and Income Tax ; 
— Repayment of Advances (Jreland) ; — Soap ; — 
Tea; —- Arbitration; — Armaments (England and 
France) ;—Combination of Workmen Bill ;—County 
Courts ; — Intoxicating Liquors ; -— Ocean Penny 
Postage ;— Payment of Wages Bill ;—Poor Law ;— 
Public Health Act ;-——Public-houses (Scotland) ;-- 
Public-houses (Scot/and) Bill; — Roman States ;— 
and, Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bills, — were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers, —were 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Inhabitants, 
Electors and Non-electors of the Borough of //ud- 
dersfield, in the West Riding of the County of York, 
was presented, and read; setting forth, That the Bo- 
na 
30,876, according to the last Census; that by virtue 
of the Reform Act the Borough became entitled to 
return one Member to Parliament, and that the num- 
ber of registered Electors entitled to vote at the last 
Election held for the Borough amounted to 1,364 ; 
that at the said Election two Candidates were nomi- 
nated, namely, William Rookes Crompton Stansfield, 
Esquire, and William Willans, Esquire, but that at 
the close of the poll taken thereat the said William 
Roohkes Crompton Stansfield was declared to have 
been duly elected by a majority of 35 votes; the 
number of Electors who voted for the said William 
Rookes Crompton Stansfield amounted to 625, and 
for the said William Willans, 590; that in conse- 
quence of alleged corrupt practices at the said Elec- 


tion, a Petition was presented to the House in No-| 


vember last by /rederick Schwann, Charles Henry 
Jones and William Shaw, Esquires, Electors of the 
Borough, complaining of the Return of the said W2i- 
liam Rookes Crompton Stansfield ; that in the Peti- 
tion it was alleged that the said William Rookes 
Crompton Stansjield was, by himself, his agents, 
friends and managers, guilty of bribery at and before 
the said Election, and that he did, by himself, his 
agents, friends and partisans, directly and indirectly 


give, provide and allow to registered Electors of the | 


Borough, money, meat, drink and entertainment, in 
order that he might be elected a Member for the said 


Borough ; that the seat was claimed on behalf of 


the said William Willans by the Petition, but such 
claim was- abandoned some time before the hearing 
thereof, in consequence of the great expense neces- 
sary to be incurredi un prosecuting a scrutiny; that 
another Petition was afterwards presented to the 
House by Joseph Starkey, Thomas Pearson Crosland, 
John Starkey, George Crosland and John Sutcliffe, 
Esquires, five registered Electors of the Borough, 
in defence of the Return of the said William Rookes 
Crompton Stansfield ; and in the last-mentioned Pe- 
tition it was alleged that the aid William Willans, 





1 of Huddersfield contains a population of 








A. i853. 


his agents, committee, friends and others employed 
by him or acting on his behalf at the said Election, 
were guilty of bribery, treating and other illegal and 
corrupt practices before, at and after the said Elec- 
tion ; that, on the hearing of the charges contained 
in the first-mentioned Petition, it was proved that 
the said William Rookes Crompton Stansfield was 
not duly elected, and the Committee at the close 
thereof passed certain Resolutions, of which the 
following are copies: “That Mr. Stansfield was not 
duly elected to serve us a Burgess in the present Par- 
liament at the last Election for the Borough of Hud- 
| dersfield; that the Election for the said Borough was 
_a void Election; and further informs the House, that 
the Committee had agreed to the following Resolu- 
/tions: that Mr. Stansfie'd was, by his agents, guilty 
of bribery and treating at the last Election for the 
Borough of Huddersfield ; that it was proved to the 
Committee that William Radford, a publican, David 
Dodson, a publican, and Joseph Senior, a publican, 
were each of them bribed by colourable payments in 
their bills for the last Election of the discounts taken 
off from their previous bills for the last Election but 
one ; that Joseph Hellawe/l was bribed by obtaining 
for his nephew, as a condition for his vote, three 
twenty-four gallon casks of ale, a portion of which 
his nephew gave away among the Electors on the 
day after the Election, and the remainder of which 
he sold at a profit; that the treating throughout the 
Borough during the last Election was general, syste- 
matic and extravagant in its character ; that between 
sixty and seventy public-houses were opened at last 
Election by agents of the sitting Member; that 
refreshments were provided apparently without limit, 
and paid for without inquiry; that the expense in- 
curred on that account alone amounted to upwards 
of £.1,000; and that, so far as these cases were 
separately examined into, it appeared that the only 
persons who were furnished with orders to provide 
such refreshments were, with one exception, regis- 
tered Electors ; that it was not proved to the Com- 
mittee that either the bribery or the treating above 
alluded to was committed with the knowledge of the 
sitting Member ; that the Committee think it right 
| to submit to the consideration of the House, that the 
| system of treating, like that which appears to have 
| prevailed for some time in the Borough of Hudders- 
| field, must have the effect of exercising an influence 
| over the minds of the voters as corrupting and de- 
| basing as direct bribery ;” that the Petitioners de- 
fending the Return of the said William Rookes 
| Crompton Stansfield did not offer any evidence be- 





fore the Committee in support of the charges con- 
tained in their Petition ; and it is now stated by them, 
some or one of them, that such evidence was not 
offered in consequence of an arrangement alleged to 
| have been made by them, or some or one of them, 
as to the future representation of the Borough ; that 
at the Election held for the Borough in the year 
| 1847, on which occasion the said William Rookes 
| Crompton Stansfield was also a Candidate, gross, 
| open and systematic treating was carried on through- 
| out the said Borough, which, in the opinion of the 
| Petitioners, corruptly influenced the Electors treated 
in the exercise of their privileges as voters to as great 
an extent as if they had received money bribes ; and 
that at the last Election the same corrupt practices 
were pursued; that the Petitioners are persuaded 
| that the recent inquiry, although satisfactory in its 
result so far as such inquiry was prosecuted, has not 
fully disclosed the full extent of the corrupt prac- 
tices which prevailed at the said Elections, or either 
of them; and that if a further investigation before 
Commissioners appointed under ihe provisions of the 
recent Statute, at or within a convenient distance of 
the Borough, should take place, it would fully appear 
that general and systematic treating of Electors at 
an enormous cost had taken place thereat; that de- 
ductions had been made trom the tavern and other 
bills at the Election of 1847 toa considerable —" 
an 





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es 





Bounty to 
Recruits. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Oaths in 
Chancery, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


‘Clitheroe 
Election. 


Advertise. 
ments. 








16 Vicroriz. 14° Apriits. 


and that the amounts deducted had been fully paid| A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Newspapers, 
at the last Election by the agents of the said Wil- | posed, That the policy of restraining the cheap peri- ** 

liam Rookes Crompton Stansfield, wpon condition | odical Press from narrating current events, by ren- 
that parties receiving the same should vote in his be- | dering it liable to Stamp Duties, and other restric- 
half; it would also appear upon such further inquiry | tions, if “any public news, intelligence, or occur- 
that a great number of beer-house keepers at aie rences, or any remarks or observations thereon,” 
of the Klections received by way of gift large quan-| be contained therein, is inexpedient, and at variance 
tities of ale, in order to induce them to vote, and | with the desire now generally expressed in favour 
that they did afterwards accordingly vote in favour | of the diffusion of —a amongst all classes ; 
of the said William Rookes Crompton Stansfield; | and it appears also to this House, that the Law re- 
and praying that the House will adopt measures for | lative to Taxes on Newspapers, and other regula- 
securing a full and effectual inquiry under and ac-| tions affecting public prints, is in an unsatisfactory 
cording to the provisions of an Act, intituled, “ An | state, and demands the attention of Parliament :— 
Act for more effectual inquiry into the existence of} And the Previous Question being put, That that 
corrupt practices at Elections for Members to serve | Question be now put; 

in Parliament,” as to the existence of corrupt prac-| The House divided. 


tices at the two last Elections held in and for the! The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 


599 


. : | 
Borough of Huddersfield; and that such inquiry | 


may take on at or within a convenient distance of | Tellers for the f Mr. Milner Gibson, t 98 
~ 4 f 2 i . 

the same Borough. Yeas, UMr. Bright: j 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the! Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Hayter, 280 
Table. Noes, | The Earl of Mulgrave : eo 


| So it passed in the Negative. 
Mr. Secretary-at-War presented,—Further Re-| , : 
turn to an Order, dated the 11th day of March last, | A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Paper. 
for a Return of the Average Amount of Levy Money | posed, That the Excise Duty on Paper, whilst im- 
or Bounty paid or allowed to each Recruit at or after | peding the developement of an important manufac- 
his Enlistment into the Cavalry, Infantry and Artillery | ture, also materially obstructs the production of 
Corps respectively ; and also, the Average Expense | g00d cheap literature ; and the maintenance of this 
of each such Recruit, under the Heads of Travelling, | Tax as a permanent source of Revenue would be 
Marching Money, Cost of Conveyance and other | impolitic and inconsistent with the efforts which 
Expenses ; and showing the Total Cost of each such | Parliament is now making to promote Education 
Recruit under every species of Charge. "amongst the great body of the people :— 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the | And the Previous Question being put, ‘That that 
Table. Question be now put ; 

| ‘The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Richards : | 
The Noes to the Left. 


Mr. Speaker, 


The Lords agree to some of the Amendments| ‘Tellers for the { Mr. Milner Gibson, \ go. 
made by this House to the Oaths in Chancery, &amp;c.| Yeas, (Mr. Bright : J 
Bill; disagree to one of the said Amendments, for| ‘Tellers for the ; Mr. Hayter, lor 
which they assign Reasons; and agree to other of | Noes, (The Earl of Mulgrave: | 


the said Amendments, with Amendments, to which| 50 it passed in the Negative. 


they desire the concurrence of this House : And | , . ; ' 
also, Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a National 
The Lords request that this House will be pleased | Copy of the Regulations recently adopted respecting Schools 
; * the | the Sale of Books intended for th f the Zrish “reland) 
to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of the | the Sale of Books mtended for the use of the fas 
Report of the Select Committee of this House ap- | National Schools, to the Promoters of Poor Schools 
pointed in the present Session of Parliament to try | and the Public. 


and determine the matter of the Petition complaining | —_, ; . 

of an undue Election and Return for the Borough of | ‘The Order of the day a read, for the Com- —— 
Clitheroe ; together with a Copy of the Evidence | mittee on the Sher pag (Scotland) Bill ; ee 
taken before the said Committee :—And then the| eso/ved, That this House will, upon Thursday 

Messenger withdrew. | next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Resolved, That a Printed Copy of the said Re- | . , ; . ; 
port be communicated to the Lords, as desired by | é. he Order of the day being read, for the Com- anet — 
their Lordships. ' | mittee on the Places of Religious Worship Registra- gre 1 Danio ip 

And the Messenger was again called in, and Mr. | #0n Bill ; . F Bi 
Speaker acquainted him therewith; and a Printed| Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
Copy of the said Report was delivered to him to be | 2€Xt, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
communicated to the Lords:—And then he again | " , s 
withdrew. | The Burghs (Scotland) Bill was, according to Burghs (Seot- 
| Order, read the third time. land) Bill. 

; ‘ |  Ltesolved, That the Bill do pass. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Ordered, That Mr. Kinnaird do carry the Bill t2 

posed, That the Advertisement Duty ought to be | 


| the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
repealed. 


And the Previous Question being put, That that | 
{Question be now put ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Oriered, That there be laid before this House, public Income 
}an Account of the Public Income and Expenditure and Expen- 
for the year ended the 5th day of April 1853 ; to- ‘ure. 

gether with the Balances in the te sei at the No. 335. 


'Commencenient and Termination of the year, and 


— — Me nn Gibson, \200. the Amount of Funded or of Unfunded Debt created 
“Wolters for the (Mr, Hayter 1 | or redeemed in the said year. 
Sieus: {The Earl of Mulgrave : (169. | Mr. Wilson accordingly presented the said Ac- 


Ss ie is thnalica Sen tee Miliiiieal | count, 

© i was resolved in the Af FMAUVE. | Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
Then the main Question being put ; | Table; and be printed. 
Resolved, That the Adverti t Duty oug . _ 

be meatal Ee SN ee aE a6 And then the House a:ljourned till To-morrow. 
. ys 


and 








Public 
Petitions 
(Thirty -se- 


venth Report.) 


Leicester 
Election. 


No. 336, 


Blackpool and 
Layton-with- 


Warbrick 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Cambridgc 


University and 
‘Town Water- 


works Bill. 


Westminster 


Improvements 
(Dwellings of 


the Working 
Classes) Bill. 


Devon and 
Dorset Rail- 
way Bill. 


Newry and 
Enniskillen 
Railway Bill. 


Veneris, 15° die Aprilis ; 


Anno 16° Victoriz Regine, 1853. 
PRAYERS. 
\ R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- 


mittee on Public Petitions; That they had | 


examined the Petitions presented upon the 12th, 
13th and 14th days of this instant April, and had 
directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | 


and be printed. 


Mr. Divett, from the Select Committee appointed 
to try and determime the matter of the Petition of 
certain Electors, complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the Borough of Leicester, and to 
defend which Return, Joseph William Noble and 
others, Electors, were admitted Parties, informed the 
House, That the Committee had determined, 

That Sir Joshua Walmsley, Knight, and Richard 
Gardner, Esqvire, are duly elected Burgesses to 
serve in this present Parliament for the Borough of 
Leicester. 

And the said Determination was ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


A Motion being made, That the Blackpool and 


Layton-with-Warbrick Improvement Bill be now | 


read the third time ; 

Mr. Cardwell, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Wer Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty's interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think 
fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time; and an 
Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, ‘That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Cambridge University and Town Waterworks 
Bill, as amended in the Committee; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Westminster Improvements (Dwellings of the 
Working Classes) Bill was read a second time ; and 
committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second | 


reading of the Devon and Dorset Railway Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,’ and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “upon this day week.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question :—The said pro- 
posed Amendments were, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time : 
~-The Bill was accordingly read a second time ; and 
connitted. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Newry and Enniskillen Railway Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 
mitted. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 





15° Aprilis. 








A. 1853. 


The Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway 
(Warrington, &amp;e.) Bill was, according to Order, read 
/a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Bourerie reported the Edinburgh High-street 
and Railway Station, &amp;c. Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, Tiiat the Report do lie upon the Table. 


try and determine the matter of the Petition, com- 
| plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
County of Mayo, were called over; and being come 
to the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition relative to the said 
Election be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, at Twelve o'clock, in one of the Committee- 
rooms of the House. 


The Names of the five Members appointed to 
try and determine the matter of the Petition, com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Barnstaple, were called over ; and being 
come to the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition relative to the said 
Election be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, at Twelve o'clock, in one of the Committee- 
rooms of the House. 


Mr. Sotheron reported from the Select Committee 
on Standing Orders, several Resolutions; which 
were read, as follow: 

1. Pesolred, That in the case of the Manchester 
and Ashton-wnder-Lyne New Turnpike-road Petition 
for leave to deposit a Petition for a Bill, the Stand- 
ing Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Bangor and 

) Carnarvon Railway Petition for additional Provision, 
the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; 
that the Parties be permitted to introduce their ad- 
ditional Provision it the Committee on the Bill shall 
think fit. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the New River 


Company Petition for additional Provision, the Company Till, 


Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 

4. Resolved, That in the case of the London and 
South Western Railway (Basingstoke and Salisbury 
branch) Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be 


proceed with their Bill, provided the same be pre- 
sented not later than three clear days after the pre- 
sentation of this Report. 

5. Resolved, That in the case of the Bermondsey 


Regulation Petition for dispensing with Order of 


the House of 11th March, the said Order ought to 

be dispensed with ; that the Parties be permitted to 
proceed with their Bill, provided the same be pre- 
sented forthwith. 

6. J2esolred, That in the case of the Lee River 
Trust Petition of Freeholders, 
Wharves aud Quays at Stratford Low, for dispen- 
sing with Standing Orders, Nos. 105 and 166, the 
said Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; 


that the Parties be permitted to be heard upon their 


Petition against the Bill, notwithstanding the same 
'shall have been deposited later than seven clear days 
after the second reading of the Bill. 

7. Resolved, That in the case of the Lands Im- 
provement Company Petition for additional Pro- 
vision, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 
with ; that the Parties be permitted to introduce 
their additional Provision, if the Committee on the 
Bill shall think fit. 

8. Resolved, That in the case of the Midland 
Railway (Leicester and Hitchin) Petition for addi- 
tional p 





dispensed 


Lessees, &amp;e. of 


revision, the Standing Orders ought to be 


Warrington 
and Altrinc. 
ham Junction 
Railway 
(Werrington, 
&amp;c.) Bill, 


Edinburgh 
High-strect 
and Railway 
Station, &amp;«. 
Bill. 


The Names of the five Members appointed to Mayo Election, 


Barnstaple 
Election. 


Standing 
Orders. 


Manchester 
and Ashton- 
under-Lyne 


New Turnpike 


Road, 


Bangor and 
Carnarvon 
Railway Bill. 


New River 


London and 


South Western 


Railway 
(Basingstoke 


|dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to ana Salisbury 


Branch). 


Bermondsey 
Regulation. 


Lee River 
Trust Bill. 


Lands Im- 
provement 


Company Bill. 


Midland Rail- 
way (Leicester 


and Hitchin) 
Bill. 


Ble 


Bl: 
El 





Black Dog 
Road Bill. 


Blackburn 
Election. 








16 Vicroriz. 15° Aprilis. 401 
dispensed with ; that the Parties be permitted to in- Henry Hornby; and that by the said threats, vio- 
troduce their additional Provision if the Committee lence and intimidation so made, used and practised 
on the Bill shall think fit, on proving to the said as aforesaid, persons who desired to vote for the 
Committee that all Parties affected have given their said William Henry Hornby were prevented and 
consent to the altered mode of diverting the Road | terrified from so voting, or were forced to vote for 









proposed by the Clause: 

hat the Committee on the Bill do report to the 
House how far such Order has been complied with, 
on the Report of the Bill. 

9. Resolved, That in the case of the Bluck Dog 
Road Petition for additional Provision, the Standing 
Orders ought to be dispensed with ; that the Parties 
be permitted to introduce their additional Provision, 
if the Committee on the Bill shall think fit. 

The second, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth 

nd ninth Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Kenworthy and John An- 
derton Alston, was delivered in, and read ; setting 


forth, That the Petitioners were, at and during the | 


last Election of a Member to serve in this present 


Parliament for the Borough of Blackburn, registered | 
Electors of the said Borough, and had a right to 


vote and did vote at the said Election; that at the 
said last Election of a Member to serve in Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough, in the month of March 
One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-three, Mon- 
tague Joseph Feilden, Esquire, and William Henry 
Hornby, Esquire, were Candidates to represent the 
said Borough in Parliament; that a poll having 
been demanded, the same was taken by the Return- 
ing Officer for the said Borough, on the Twenty- 
fourth day of March One thousand eight hundred 
and Fifty-three; that the said Montague Joseph 
Feilden was by the said Returning Officer declared 


to have had a majority of votes at the said Election, | 


and to have been duly elected, and was returned as 
the Member duly elected to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said Borough of Blackburn ; that 
before and during the said Election the said Mon- 
tague Joseph I’cilden was, by himself and his agents, 


friends and managers, guilty of divers acts of bri- 


bery and corruption, in order to corrupt and procure, 
and did, by his agents, managers and friends, and 
by many other persons employed in his behalf, by 
gifts, presents, money, rewards, and by promises, 
agreements and securities for money, gifts, employ- 
ment and reward, and by threats, intimidation, pro- 
mises, undue influence and other corrupt and illegal 
practices, acts and means, corrupt and procure divers 
persons having or claiming to have votes at the 
said Election, to give their votes in favour of him 
the said Montague Joseph Feilden, or to forbear to 
give their votes in favour of the said William Henry 


Hornby; that the said Montague Joseph Feilden, 


| the said Montague Joseph Feilden; that by such 
| threats, violence, intimidation and riots, the said 
| Election was not free, and by such practices was 
_and is wholly null and void; that undue and im- 
| proper use was made by the friends, supporters and 
partisans of the said Montague Joseph Feilden of 
the military force to the prejudice of the said William 
| Henry Hornby, his friends and supporters; that 
| after the teste of the Writ for holding the said Elec- 
| tion, and before, at and during the said Election, the 
said Montague Joseph Feilden did, by himself and his 
| agents, friends and partisans, or by divers ways and 
/means in his behalf or at his charge, directly or in- 
directly give, present and allow to persons having 
votes in and at the said Election, money, meat, 
drink, entertainment «nd provision, and did make 
presents, gifts, reward and entertainment, and did 
make promises, agreements, obligations and engage- 
ments to give and allow money, meat, drink, provi- 
sion, presents, rewards and entertainments to and for 
persons having votes in and at the said lection, 
and to and for the use, benefit and advantage, em- 
ployment, profits and preferment of such persons, to 
induce such persons to vote at the said Election for 
the said Montague Joseph Feilden, or to forbear to 
vote at the said Election for the said William Henry 
Horuby, or in order that he the said Montague Joseph 
Feilden might be elected, or for being elected to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said Bo- 
_rough; that by reason of the said last-mentioned 
corrupt and illegal practices the said Montague Jo- 
seph Feilden was and is wholly incapacitated and 
ineligible to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough, and the said Election and Return of 
the said Montague Joseph Feilden were and are 
wholly null and void ; that before, during and after 
the said Election, the said Montague Joseph Feilden 
did, by himself and his agents, friends and partisans, 
or by or with divers persons, or in divers ways and 
manners, directly or indirectly give or provide, or 
did cause or did knowingly allow to be given or 
provided, wholly or partly at his expense, or did pay 
wholly or in part divers expenses incurred for meat, 
drink, entertainment and provision to and for divers 
persons, for the purpose of corruptly influencing 
divers of such persons, or divers other persons, to 
give their votes in the said Election for the said 
Montague Joseph Feilden, or to refrain from giving 
their votes in the said Election for the said William 
Henry Hornby, or for the purpose of corruptly re- 
warding divers of such persons, or divers other per- 
sons, for having given their votes in the said Elec- 




























by the said corrupt and illegal practices, was and is | tion for the said Montague Joseph Feilden, or for 
wholly incapacitated and ineligible to serve in this having refrained from giving their votes at the said 
present Parliament for the said Borough, and the | Election for the said William Henry Hornby; that 
said Election and Return of the said Montague Jo- | by reason of the last-mentioned corrupt and illegal 
seph Feilden were and are wholly null and void ;' practices the said Montague Joseph Teilden was 
that the said Montague Joseph Feilden did, by him-| and is wholly incapacitated and ineligible to serve in 
self, his friends, agents and others acting for and | this present Parliament for the said Borough, and 
sanctioned by him, give or cause and procure to be | the said Election and Return of the said Montague 
given, and did promise and agree to give, and did | Joseph Feilden were and are wholly null and void ; 
know of and consent to the giving and procuring to! and praying that the House will take the premises 
be given, money, gifts and rewards, offices and | into consideration, _and will declare that the said 
places, to divers persons, upon certain engagements, | Montague Joseph Feilden was not duly elected, and 
contracts and agreements that such persons, to! ought not to have been returned at the said last 
whom and to whose use and in whose behalf such| Election for the said Borough, and that his said 
gifts and promises were made, should by themselves | Election and Return are wholly null and void; and 
and others, at their solicitation respectively, request | that the House will afford to the Petitioners such 
and command, procure and endeavour to procure | further and other relief as to the House shall seem 
the Return of him the said Montague Joseph Feilden | meet. 

at such Election; that before, at and during the said | Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Election, threats, violence, intimidation and riots) General Committee of Elections. 

were made and practised by the supporters, friends) Ordered. That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 


} 


and partisans of the said Montague Joseph Feilden rant or Warrants for such persons, papers and 
against the voters and friends of the said William records as shall be thought necessary by the se- 
3 F 


VoL. 108, | veral 








London and 


South Western 


Railway 
(Basingstoke 
and Salisbury 
Branch.) 


Halifax 
Waterworks 
and Improve- 
ment Bill. 


Bermondsey 
Regulation 
Bill. 


Appeals 
(India. } 


Private 
Lighthouses. 


Trinity House. 


Brecon 
Collegiate 
Church. 





402 


A. 1853. 


veral Parties on the hearing of the matter of the | Cheere to the Secretary of the Ecclesiastical Com- 


i5° Aprelis. 


mission, dated the 20th day of May 1852 :—Of the 
|Minute of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners there- 

The House was moved, That the Report from the | upon:—Of the Report made to the Ecclesiastical 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of Commissioners by their Solicitor, dated the 9th day 
the Petition for the London and South Western Rail- of June 1852 :—And, of the Report of the Estates 
way (Basingstoke and Salisbury Branch) Bill, might Committee of the Ecclesiastical Commission, dated 
be read ; and the same being read ; ‘the 11th day of November 1852. 

(rdered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill | 
for amending the Acts passed for the construction of |instant April, for Copies of the Treasury Minute, 
the Basingstoke and Salisbury Railway, and for other | Order or Letter, bearing date the 11th day of March 
purposes, and of which the short Title is “ The | last, and forwarded to the Chairman and Commis- 
London and South Western Railway ( Basingstoke | sioners of Public Works in Jre/und, directing said 
and Salisbury) Act, 1853:” And that Mr. Scott |Commissioners forthwith to proceed to make final 
and Mr. Danby Seymour do prepare, and bring | Awards in all cases of Arterial Drainage then com- 
it in. | pleted :—Of all Correspondence between the Trea- 

sury and the said Public Works Commissioners, re- 

A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- | specting the said Treasury Minute, Order or Letter : 
gesses of the Borough of Halifax, in the West Riding |—And, of Statement addressed to the Lords of the 
of the County of York, praying that provision may | Treasury, on behalf of certain Landowners and Oc- 
be made in the Halifax Waterworks and Improve- | cupiers interested in the Ardee Drainage, on or about 
ment Bill for authorizing the Petitioners to raise | the 23d day of March last, praying that the making 
certain Sums of Money, and for other —— was | the final award in the case of that Drainage might 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Examiners | be postponed until the Ist day of June; with the 
of Petitions for Private Bills. | Correspondence connected therewith. 


said Petition. 








Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for the better 
Regulation of the Parish of Bermondsey : And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be this instant April, be printed. 
read a second time. ’ 

Sir Charles Wood presented,—Return tv an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 17th day of March | instant April, be printed. 
last, for a Return of all Appeals from the Courts in 
India, instituted before the Judicial Committee of 
the Privy Council, setting forth whether the Appeal 
was instituted from one of Her Majesty’s Supreme | 
Courts, or from one of the Courts of the East India | 





this instant April, be printed. 





Return to an Order, dated the 11th day of this Arterial 
. Drainage 
(Ireland. ) 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Ramsgate Ramsgate 
Harbour, which was presented upon the 14th day of Harbour. 


No. 337, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Committals, Committals, 


&amp;e., which was presented upon the 14th day of this ** 


No. 338. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Ailmainham Kilmainhan 
Hospital, which was presented upon the 14th day of Hospital. 


No. 339. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Committals Committals 


Company, and if from the latter, whether such Court | (Ireland), which were presented upon the 14th day (Ireland. 


was presided over by one European or Native Judge ; | of this instant April, be printed. 
what the subject-matter of the Suit was; whether | 
the Parties to it were Natives of Jndia, or Great | 
Britain or Ireland, or of a Foreign Country; the | 
Date of the Sentence given in Jndia ; the Date of the | 
Institution of the Appeal before the Judicial Com- | 
mittee of the Privy Council; the Date of the | 
Sentence of that Tribunal; whether the Sentence of hia tose. teal eecchaiel 
the Court appealed from was affirmed, reversed, or | en age ee 
varied, and whether in matter of substance or form ; | 


day of this instant April, be printed. 


No. 340. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Irrigation Irrigation 
_(Godavery, &amp;e.), which was presented upon the 14th C tia 


No. 341. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Select Com- Select | 
'mittees, which was presented upon the 14th day of Commttees. 


No. 342. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Dockyard Dockyard 


and whether with or without Costs; and who were Appointments, which was presented upon the 14th Appointments. 


the Judges who presided at the hearing. (day of this instant April, be printed. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the | 
Table. 
| 
The following Papers were laid upon the ‘Table by 
the Clerk of the House,---Return to an Order, dated 
the 8th day of this instant April, for a Return, show- | Ordered, That no Railway or Canal Bill contain- 
ing the state of the Debt due to the Trinity Cor-| ing any Powers of amalgamation, purchase, lease, 
poration for buying up Private Lighthouses, in each | working arrangement, or othe: combination of in- 
year from 1850 inclusive to the present time, or to | terest between different Railway or Canal Companies 
the latest Period to which the same can be made up. | heretofore incorporated, be further proceeded with, 
Return to an Order, dated the 8th day of this in-| unless the Parties interested in promoting such Bill 
stant April, for Copies of the Correspondence which | shall elect to proceed with the same on the terms of 
took place in February 1837, or thereabouts, between | striking out in Committee all such Powers aforesaid ; 
the late Duke of Weddington, as Lord Warden of the | except when the combination of interest is limited 
Cinque Ports, and the late Sir Henry Pelly, or other | exclusively to an interest in new works to be executed, 
of the Authorities of the Trinity House, on the ocea- or for the execution of which time is to be given, 
sion of the proposal that the Duke should become | under Powers to be conferred in the present Session. 
the Master of that Corporation. | Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
Return to an Order, dated the 11th day of this | mittee on every Railway and Canal Bill, in case any 
instant April, for Copies of the Memorandum and | Petition, duly deposited by the Promoters of any 
Supplementary Memorandum laid before the Eccle-| Bill or Bills, which, in consequence of the foregoing 
siastical Commissioners by Mr. John Shaw Lefevre, | Resolution, shall not have been proceeded with, shall 
in July and November 1851, relative to Brecon | allege that such Bill or Bills involve a scheme com- 
Collegiate Church :—Of a Letter from the Bishop | peting with a scheme referred to such Committee, it 
of Suint David's to the Secretary of the Ec-/|shall be competent to the Committee to admit the 
clesiastical Commission, dated the 13th day of Petitioners presenting such Petition to a locus standi 
August 1851:—Of the Communication from Sir | to oppose the Bill so referred to them as aforesaid. 
W. Pege Wood and Mr. Bethell, on perusal of Mr.| Ordered, That, in the present Session, it be an In- 
Lefevre’s Memoranda:—Of the Letter from Mr.| struction to the Committee on every Railway Bill, 
providing 


14th days of this instant April, be printed. 


No, 343. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Bounty to Bounty to 
Recruits, which were presented upon the 4th and Recruits. 


No. 344. 


Railway and 
Canal Bills. 








16 Vicrori. 


providing for the construction of any new Railway, or 
for the extension of time for the completion of any 
Railway in Great Britain, in case they shall find the 
Preamble thereof to be proved, to insert in the Bill one 
or other of the Provisions following, that is to say :— 

In every Railway Bill promoted by an existing 
Railway Company, being possessed of a Kailway 
already opened for public traffic, whereby the con- 
struction of any new line of Railway is autho- 
rized, or the time for completing any line already 
authorized is extended, a Clause providing that after 


the expiration of a period to be limited by such Bill, | 


not exceeding Five years from the passing of the Act, 
in the case of a new line, and Three years in ease of 
the extension of time for completing any line, the 
payment of any dividend on the ordinary and un- 
guaranteed Capital of such Company shall be sus- 
pended until such line shall have been completed and 
opened for public traffic. 

In every Railway Bill promoted by an existing Rail- 
way Company, not being possessed of a Railway al- 
ready opened for public trattic, or by persons notalready 
incorporated, whereby the construction of any new line 
of Railway is authorized, a Clause to the following ef- 
fect, riz.:—And whereas, pursuant to the Standing 
Orders of both Houses of Parliament,and to an Act of 
the ninth year of Her present Majesty, c. 20, a Sum 
of £. 
fourths of the amount of the estimate of the expense 
of the Railway authorized by this Act, has been de- 
posited with the Court of Chancery in England, or 
with the Court of Exchequer in Scot/and, (as the 
case may be), (or Exchequer Bills, Stocks or Funds 
to the amount of £. , have been de- 
posited or transferred pursuant to the said Act, as 
the case may be), in respect of the application to 
Parliament for this Act; Be it enacted, That, not- 
withstanding anything contained in the said recited 
Act, the said Sum of £. (or the said Ex- 
chequer Bills or other Funds, as the case may be) so 
deposited or transferred as aforesaid, in respect of 
the application for this Act, or the interest or divi- 


dends of such Sum of Money (Exchequer. Bills, | 
Stocks or Funds), shall not, except upon the execu- 


tion and deposit of such Bond as hereinafter men- 
tioned, be paid or transferred to or on the application 
of the person or persons, or the majority of the per- 
sons, named in such warrant or order, or the sur- 
vivors or survivor of them, unless the said Company 
shall, previously to the expiration of the period 
limited by this Act for completion of the Railway 
hereby anthorized to be made, either open the said 
Railway for the public conveyance of passengers, or 
prove to the satisfaction of the Lords of the Com- 
mittee of Her Majesty's Privy Council for Trade 
and Foreign Plantations, that the said Company 
have paid up one-half of the amount of the Capital 
by this Act authorized to be raised by means 
shares, and have expended for the purposes of this 
Act a sum equal in amount to such one-half of the 
said Capital; and if the said period shall expire be- 
fore the said Company shall either have opened the 
said Railway for the public conveyance of passen- 
gers, or have given such proof as aforesaid to the 
satisfaction of the Lords of the said Committee, the 
said Sum of Money (Exchequer Bills, Stocks or 
Funds), deposited or transferred as aforesaid, and 
the interest and dividends thereof, shall immediately, 
from and after the expiration of the said period, be 
forfeited to Her Majesty, and be paid and transferred 
by the officer or person in whose name they shall 
then be deposited or invested to the account of Her 
Majesty’s Exchequer, and when so paid and trans- 
ferrea, sic"! he carried to and form part of the Con- 
solidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland: Provided that at any time 
after the passing of this Act, if a Bond in twice the 
amount of the said Sum of £. shall 
have been executed by the said Company, with one 
or more sureties (such Bond to be prepared to the 
VoL. 108. 


15° Aprils. 


, being one-tenth part of three- 


of 


408 


satisfaction of, and such surety or sureties to be ap- 
proved by, the Solicitor to the Lords Commissioners 
of Her Majesty’s Treasury), conditioned for pay- 
ment to Her Majesty, Her heirs or successors, of the 
said Sum of £. if the said Company 
shall not, within the time limited for the completion 
of the said Railway, either open the said Railway for 
the public conveyance of passengers, or prove to the 
satisfaction of the Lords of the said Committee that 
the said Company have paid up one-half of the 
amount of the said Capital by this Act authorized to 
be raised by means of shares, and have expended 
| for the purposes of this Act a Sum equal in amount 
to such one-half of the said Capital; and if such 
Bond shall have been deposited with the said Solici- 
tor to the said Lords Commissioners, then such Sum 
/of Money (Exchequer Bills, Stocks or Funds), and 
| the interest or dividends thereof, shall be paid or 
| transferred to or on the application of the person or 
_persons, or the majority of the persons, named in 
‘such warrant or order as aforesaid, or the survivors 
or survivor of them ; and the monies to be recovered 
upon such Bond shall be dealt with in like manner as 
the said Sum of Money (Exchequer Bills, Stocks or 
| Funds), and the interest or dividends thereof, would 
| have been dealt with under this Act if such Bond had 
not been executed and deposited as aforesaid. 
In case of any Railway Bill to which neither of the 
_ foregoing Provisions may be found to apply, a special 
_ Provision for effectually securing, as nearly as may 
be, in accordance with the same, the completion and 
opening for traffic of the Railway to which the Bill 
relates. 








Sir Benjamin Hall, from the Select Committee 
appointed to try and determine the matter of the 
| Petition complaining of an undue Election and Re- 

turn for the Borough of Tynemouth, :ntormed the 
| House, That the Committee had determined, 

That Hugh Taylor, Esquire, is not duly elected a 
Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Borough of Tynemouth. 
| That the last Election for the said Borough is a 
void Election. 
| «And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
‘entered in the Journals of this House. 
| Sir Benjamin Hall further informed the House, 
That the Committee had agreed to the following 
| Resolutions : 
| That Hugh Taylor, Esquire, was, by his agents, 
guilty of bribery and treating at the last Election for 
the Borough of Tynemouth. 
| That it was proved to the Committee that Samuel 
| Bell was bribed by payment in the form of refresh- 
/ment tickets to the amount of £.9. 10s.; and that 
_ these tickets were issued from the committees of the 
| Candidates on both sides; viz., £.5. 10s. from the 
“committee of Mr. Taylor, and £.4 from the com- 
_mittee of Mr. Ralph William Grey. 
| That a system of corruption by means of refresh- 
ment tickets, called “orders,” prevailed at the last 
| Election on behalf of both Candidates. 

That it was not proved to the Committee that 
| either the bribery or treating above referred to were 
committed with the knowledge or consent of the said 
| Hugh Taylor. 

That it appears that the expenses of the said Hugh 
Tuylor in reference to the late Election amounted to 
.1,900. 
| ‘that the Committee have reason to believe that 
| corrupt practices extensively prevailed in the said 
| Borough of Tynemouth at the last Election. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, Vhat the Minutes of Evidence taken be- 
fore the Committee be laid before this House. 








{ 
. 


Mr. Patrick O’ Brien reported the Wakefield Mar- 
ket Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
3F2 Ordered, 





Tynemouth 
Election. 


No. 425. 


Minutes 
ordered, 


Wakefield 
Market Bill. 


















































Ambergate, 
Nottingham, 
and Boston 
and Eastern 


Junction Rail- 


404 


Ordered, That Standing Order, No. 190, be sus- 
pended in respect of the Ambergate, Nottingham 
and Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway (Sale, 


&amp;e.) Bill. 


Bill (Sale,&amp;c.) Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 


Brecon 
Collegiate 
Church Bill, 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Pauper School 


Districts. 


Tobacco, &amp;c. 


Incumbered 
Estates (Ire- 
land.) 


Adjournment, 


Herrings., 


Rye Election. 


Cathedral 
and Collegiate 
Churches. 


Monday next. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; 
That in the case of the Brecon Collegiate Church 
Bill, the Standing Orders have been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Tuesday next. 


Ordered, That Mr. Deedes have leave of absence 
for ten days, on account of ill health. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of all School Districts formed under au- 
thority of the Act 7 &amp; 8 Vic. c. 101, s. 40, specifying 
Name of County; Name of Unions forming Dis- 
tricts ; Number of Acres of Land purchased or hired ; 


Number of Children in School on the 1st day of Ja- | 


nuary 1853 :—And, of the Names of the Unions in 
which Land has been purchased or hired for the In- 
dustrial Training of the Pauper Children, and the 
Number of Acres so purchased or hired. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Pounds-weight of Leaf 
Tobacco, Unmanufactured Tobacco, Cigars and 
Snuff paid Duty upon, quarterly, in the years 1850 
and 1851, up to the 5th day of January 1853; also 
the Gross Amount of Duty received thereon, distin- 
guishing England, Scotland and Ireland, and the 
respective Ports of Importation therein, and the To- 
tais of each quarter of the year :—Of the Quantity 
of Foreign Manufactured Tobacco and Snuff im- 
ported into the United Kingdom in each of the three 
years 1850, 1851 and 1852; stating the Quantity 
exported from the Bonded Warehouses as Merchan- 
dize to the British Colonies, and to what Colonies ; 
also the Quantity exported as Ships’ Stores in each 
of those three years:— And, of the Quantity of 
British Manufactured ‘Vobacco and Snuff exported as 


Merchandize, under Drawback, to the British Colo- | 


nies, in each of the three years 1850, 1851 and 1852; 
and of the Quantity exported as Ships’ Stores, in 
each of those three years (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 323, of Session 1850). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Petitions in the Incum- 
bered Estates Court in which no Order has been 


made; the Number of Petitions in which Conditional | 


Orders only have yet been made; and the Number 
of Acres comprised in each Class. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of the 
House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House? 
Returns for each year since 1840, of the Number of 
Barrels of Cured Herrings exported from Great Bri- 
tain :—Of the Number of Barrels so exported that 
have previously received the brand of the Board of 
the british Herring Fishery :—And, of the Number 
of Officers employed by that Board in the process of 
branding, the Annual Expense of such Officers, and 
the Stations where they are placed. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Rye 
Election Petition have leave to sit ‘To-morrow, not- 
withstanding the adjournment of the House. 


Resolred, That un humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return from the Ecclesiastical Commission- 
ers for England, of every Payment made to them 
since the 24th day of June 1852, on account of any 





15° Aprils. 





A. 1853. 


suspended Stalls in the Cathedral and Collegiate 
Churches of England and Wales; the Return to give 
each Church separately, and to state the Number of 
suspended Stalls on account of which each Payment 
was made (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 549, of Session 1852). 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Chapters. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return (principally in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 509, of Session 1850) from 
the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, of the 
Grants or Reductions respectively allowed by them 
since the 1st day of January 1850, to the several 
Chapters of England and Wales, wherewith to pay 
Substitutes for performing the additional Duties cast 
upon them by the suspension of Canonries, and of 
'the Names of the Persons who, as such Substitutes, 
| have received such Grants. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
| Her Majesty, by such Members of this tlouse as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Education 
a Return of all Sums spent on Native Education in (n4ia-) 
India since April 1834 ; specifying the various Forms, 
and other Particulars, in which such Expenditure 
‘has been made. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Public Works 

a Return of all Sums spent on Public Works (not of (India.) 

a Military kind) in India, since April 1834, keeping 

distinct the Amounts spent on the Repairs of Old, 

jand on the Construction of New Works, together 

with the Objects of the Works newly constructed ; 

and stating, when remunerative, the Amounts re- 

‘ceived from such Works. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, statistical 
a Copy of the Statistical Papers, illustrated by Maps, Papers (India) 
relating to Judia, recently prepared and printed for 
‘the Court of Directors of the Kast India Company. 


| Mr. Cardwell presented,—Return to an Order, Shrewsbury 
‘dated the 12th day of this instant April, for Copy of ard Birming- 
the last Return made to the Board of Trade by the io.” 
Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Company ; J 
showing, under separate Heads, the several Acts A 
which the Company have received Powers to raise 
Capital; the Amount of Capital authorized under 
each Act; the Number of Shares created; the 
Amount of the Sums which have been expended, 
classified under the different Heads under which the 
Accounts have been rendered to the Shareholders ; 
and the several Calls upon such Shares. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions relating to Parliamentary Oaths ; — Public 

Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ;—Jewish Disabilities ; — Petitions. 
Maynooth College Act; — Postage (Colonies) ; — yiie Thirty- 
Advertisements ;—Attorneys’ Certificates ;—Paper, eighth Report. 
Newspaper Stamps, and Advertisements ; — Repay- 
ment of Advances (Jre/and);—John Buchanan ;— 
Christmas Gifts to Postmen; — Combination of 
Workmen Bill; — and, Water Companies,—were 
Oogggag and read; and orcered to lie upon the 
able. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Jewish 
reading of the Jewish Disabilities Bill ; — 
_ And a Motion being made, and the Question ~ 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. ‘To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “upon this day six months.” 
And 





Unit 
(Seo 
Bill. 


Pilo 


She 
Cor 
Cot 
wic 


Me 


shi 


ti 





Universities 
(Scotland ) 
Bill. 


Pilotage Bill. 


Sheriff and 
Commissary 
Courts (Ber- 
wickshire) 
Bill. 


Merchant 
Shipping Bill. 


Merchant 
Shipping 
(Advances. ] 


Combination 
of Workmen 
Bill. 


South Sea 

and other An- 
nuities Com- 
mutation Bill. 


County Elec- 
tions Polls 
(Scotland ) 
Bill. 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means, 


Privy Seal, &amp;¢. 
(Scotland. ) 





16 Vicroriz. 


And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“now” stand part of the Question ; 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 
Sabbati, 16° die Aprilis, 1853: 
And the Question being put ; 
The House divided. 


The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, less 
Yeas, Mr. Grenville Berkeley: [~~~ 
Tellers for the f Mr. Cumming Bruce, ‘| 230 
Noes, \Mr. Newdegute : | ee 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third time : 
—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, ‘That Mr. Bouverie do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Universities (Scotland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 2d day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Pilotage Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Sheriff and Commissary Courts 
(Berwickshire) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Merchant Shipping Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on Merchant Shipping [ Advances] ; 

Resolved, Vhat this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Combination of Workmen Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the South Sea and other Annuities Com- 
mutation Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the County Elections Polls (Scotland) 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Sup ly ; 

Resolved, Phat this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to abolish the Salary attached to the Office of Keeper 
of the Privy Seal for Scotland, and to enable Her 
Majesty, Her heirs and successors, to nominate a 
Chairman of the General Board of Directors of 
Prisons in Scotlond: And that the Lord Advocate 
and Viscount Palmerston do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

VoL, 108, 


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405 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Entails 
to extend the Benefits of the Act of the eleventh (Scotland) 
and twelfth years of Her present Majesty, for the 
Amendment of the Law of Entail in Scotland: And 


that the Lord Advocate and Viscount Palmerston 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Westmoreland 
Copies of all Communications which have passed — 
between the ‘Treasury and the Jrish Government on 
the subject of the Grants to Westmoreland Lock 
Hospital, in the City of Dublin, during the years 
1850, 1851, 1852 and 1853. 

And then the House, having continued to sit till 
a quarter of an hour after One of the clock 
on Saturday morning, adjourned till Monday 
next. 


—_--_._ —-—- - 








Lune, 18° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 


N 1 R. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Bedale and 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Ley ~~ Rail- 
Bills, in respect of non-compliance with the Standing ““Y 
Orders in the case of the Petition for additional pro- 
vision in the Bedale and Leyburn Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Halifax 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; Waterworks 
That in the case of the Petition for additional pro- *™4 Muprove- 
vision in the Halifax Waterworks and Improvement 
Bill, the Standing Orders have been complied with. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from East and West 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills; ae 
That in the case of the East and West India Docks “S® ?) 8 
(No. 2) Bill, the Standing Orders have been com- 
plied with. 


Mr. Thorne/y reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the ne nth 
Petitions presented upon the 15th day of this instant heart hy - 
April; and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The Earl of March reported from the Committee Private Bills 
on Group F. of Private Bills; That Mr. Hardinge, (Group F.) 
one of the selected Members of the Committee, was 
not present during the sitting of the Committee this 
day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hardinge do attend the said 
Committee ‘l'o-morrow. 


The Earl of March reported the Staffordshire staffordshire 
Potteries Waterworks Bill, with Amendments. Potteries 
Ordered, ‘Vhat the Report do lie upon the Table. h —— 
Sir William Clay reported from the Committee on York Drainage 
Group I. of Private Bills; That in the case of the «nd Sanitary 
York Drainage and Sanitary Improvement and Foss me ge 
Navigation Bill, they had examined the allegations gation Bill. 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended 
the same, in consequence of the diversion of the 
River being abandoned, and a Sewer in the line of 
the proposed Channel substituted ; and found the 
same, as amended, to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Order for ere the Holme Reservoirs Bill Holme Reser- 








to the Committee of Selection, was read, and dis- Ye!" Bill 
charged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
3F3 The 
















Holme Reser- 
voirs (No. 2.) 


Lands Im- 
provement 
Company Bill, 


Lands Im- 

provement 

Company 
No. 2.) 


London and 
South Western 
Railway 

( Basingstoke 
and Salisbury 
Branch) Bill, 


Bognor 
Railway Bill. 


Irwell Valley 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Runcorn and 
Weston Canal 
Bill. 


Shipley Gas 
Bill. 


Teignmouth 
Iiarbour and 
‘Teign Navi- 
gation Bill. 


406 


The House was moved, That the Petition for leave 
to bring in the /o/me Keservoirs Bill, might be read ; 
and the same being read : 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill | 


for the adjustment of the Debts of the Commissioners 
of the Holme Reservoirs, and of the Interest due 
thereon, and for enabling them to restore and repair 
their Reservoirs, and for other purposes: And that 
Mr. Edmund Denison and Mr. Brotherton do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Lands Improvement Company 
Bill be withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for leave 
to bring in the Lands Improvement Company Bill, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for incorporating the Lands Improvement Company, 
and to afford facilities for the Improvement of Land, 
by enabling the Company to issue transferable Mort- 


Debentures: And that Mr. Mudllings, Mr. 


oace 
vag 


18° Aprils. 





A. 1853. 


| Sent, as far as Her Majesty's interest is concerned, 
| that the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 

And Notice being taken, that the interest of the 
Prince of Wades, as Duke of Cornwall, is concerned 
| therein ; 

Mr. Strutt, by Her Majesty's Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
Consent, as far as the Prince of Wales’s interest is 
concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

| Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
| Ordered, That Sir John Yarde Buller do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 








| The House proceeded to take into consideration 
| the Midland Railway (Amendment of Acts, &amp;c.) Bill, 
as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Milner Gibson and Earl Jermyn do prepare, and | the Scottish Central Railway Bill, as amended in the 


bring it in. 

The House was moved, That the Report from the | 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of | 
the Petition for additional provision in the Lands 
Improvement Company Bill, might be read; and 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Gentle- 
men appointed to prepare, and bring in the Lands 
Improvement Company (No. 2) Bill, that they do 
make 
the said Petition. 





Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for amending the | 
Acts passed for the construction of the Basingstoke | 
and Salisbury Railway, and for other purposes, and 
of which the short Title is “The Loudon and South 
Western Railway (Basingstoke and Salisbury) Act, 
1853 :” And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


The Bognor Railway Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Protherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Zrwell Valley Waterworks Bill was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, Vhat the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for supplying with Water several 
Townships and Places in the Parishes of Whalley, 
Bury, Radcliffe, Prestwich-cum-Oldhan and Bolton- 
le- Moors, in Lancashire, and for incorporating the 
Bury and Radcliffe Waterworks Company. 

Ordered, ‘ihat Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the Runcorn and 
Weston Canal Bill be now read the third time ; 


Mr. Strutt, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- | 


quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty's interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, ‘Vat the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Shipley Gas Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the Teignmouth Har- 
bour and Zeign Navigation Bill be now read the 
third time ; 

Mr. Strutt, by Her Majesty's Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 





wrovision therein, pursuant to the prayer of | 


Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Banbridge, Dublin, Newry and Belfast Junc- 
tion Railway Bill was read a second time ; and com- 
mitted. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Portsmouth Railway Bill was read a second 
' time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston 
and Eastern Junction Railway (No. 1) Bill; 

| Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


The Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston and 
| Eastern Junction Railway (Sale, &amp;c.) (No. 2) Bill, 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and 
committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Ardrossan Railway Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


The Ayrshire and Galloway (Smithstown and 
Dalmellington) Railway Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time ; and committed. ‘ 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill be referred to the Com- 
| mittee of Selection. 





The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Bangor and Caernarvon Railway 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day six months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire 





The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire 
Junction Railway (Poulton -cum-Seacombe, &amp;c.) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


he 


Midland 
Railway 
(Amendment 
of Acts, &amp;c,) 
Bill. 


Scottish 
Central Rail- 
way Bill. 


Banbridge, 
Dublin, Newry 
and Belfast 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Portsmouth 
Railway Bill. 


Ambergate, 
Nottingham 
and Boston 
and Eastern 
Junction Rail- 
way (No. 1) 
Bill. 


Ambergate, 
Nottingham 
and Boston 
and Eastern 
Junction Rail- 
way (Sale, &amp;c.) 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Ardrossan 
Railway Bill. 


Ayrshire and 
Galloway 
(Smithstown 
and Dalmel- 
lington) Rail- 
way Bill. 


Bangor and 
Caernarvon 
Railway Bill. 


Birkenhead, 
Lancashire 


: : megan" and Cheshire 
Junction, Great Western, Shrewsbury and Birming- Junction, 
ham and Shrewsbury and Chester Railways Bill; — Great Western, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- Shtewsbury 
and Birming- 
morrow. ion anil 
Shrewsbury and Chester 
Railways Bill. 


Birkenhead, 
Lancashire 
and Cheshire 
Junction 
Railway 
(Poulton-cum- 
Seacombe, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 





Birke 
Lane: 
and C 
Junct 
Rail 
(Pow 
jease, 


Caled 
and E 
and ( 
Rail 


Crie! 
tion 
Bill. 


East 
ties 

(Pu 
Rail 
Bill. 


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16 Vicroriz. 


Birkenhead, The Order of the day being read, for the second 
eashire , reading of the Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire 
hoy ™* Junction Railway (Powers to lease, &amp;c.) Bill; 
Railway Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
ars to 1c 2} 2 
er Bill. this day six months. 





| morrow. 


Caledonian The Order of the day being read, for the second 
and Edinburgh reading of the Caledonian and Edinburgh and Glas- 
and Gieseain, gow Railways Bill ; 
Railways Bill. GOW ilways ll ; : ; , 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 
Crieff June- The Crieff Junction Railway Bill was, according | 


tion Railway to Order, read a second time ; and committed. 
Bill Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Eastern Coun- 
ties Railway 
(Purchase of 
Railways, &amp;e 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Eastern Counties Railway (Purchase | 
.) of Railways, &amp;c.) Bill; | 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- | 
morrow. 


Eastern Union 


n The Order of the day being read, for the second | 
Railway Bill. . 


reading of the Eastern Union Railway Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word | 

“ now” stand part of the Question :—The said pro- 


| 
| 
| 








18° Aprilis. 


| Whitstable, &amp;c.) Bill was, according to Order, read 


| 





407 
The Order of the day being read, for the second London and 
reading of the London and i estminster Thames Rail- Westminster 
: Thames Rail- 
way Bill; 


- . ; way Bill, 
Ordered, Yhat the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day six months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Shrewsbury 
reading of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham, and and Birming- 
Sh b d Che Railwav C : ham and 

brewsbury and Chester Railway Companies Amal- shrewsbury 
gamation Bill ; 


and Chester 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- Railway Com- 


panies Amal- 
gamation Bill. 


The South Eastern Railway (Canterbury and South Eastern 
Railway (Can- 


. : terbury an 
a second time; and committed. en hg 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- &amp;c.) Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second South Eastern 
reading of the South Eastern Railway ( Lewisham, Railway 
Croydon and Bromley) Bill ; p mee eye 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon Bromley) Bill. 


this day six months. 


The South Staffordshire Railway Bill was, ac- South Staf- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- fordshire 
mitted. Railway Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The West Cornwall Railway Bill was, according West Cornwall 
Order, read a second time ; and committed. Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


to 


posed Amendments were, with leave of the House, | mittee of Selection. 


withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second time ; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Great Western 
Railway 


(Henley) Bill according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 


mitted. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


— Western The Great Western Railway (Power to run over 
a way 


(Powerto run S4rewsbury and Birmingham, &amp;c. Railways) Bill 

over Shrews- Was, according to Order, read a second time; and 

bury and Bir- committed. 

Railways) Bil Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Hereford, Ross 
and (Gloucester 


The Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway Bill 


Railway Bill, Was, according to Order, read a second time ; and 
committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Herefordshire The Order of the day being read, for the second 


and Glouces- 
tershire Cana 
and London 
and North 
Western 
Railway Bill. 


Canal and Zondon and North Western Railway 
Bill : 


morrow, 


Limerick 
and Foynes : 
Railway pin, cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


London and 
Finsbury 
Improvements , ‘ 
and Railway, and Railway, &amp;e. Bill ; 

&amp;c, Bill, 

upon Tuesday the 26th day of this instant April. 
VoL. 108, 


The Great Western Railway (Henley) Bill was, | 


; reading of the Herefordshire and Gloucestershire | 
Ordered, Vhat the Bill be read a second time To- | 


The Limerick and Foynes Railway Bill was, ac- 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the London and Iinsbury Improvements 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


The Worcester and Hereford Junction Railway Worcester 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; 24 Hereford 
/and committed. Railway Bill 
| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
| mittee of Selection. 


The Order of the day beg read, for the second York, New- 
reading of the York, Newcastle and Berwick, York 8" 2»4_ 
&gt; . , Berwick, York 
and North Midland and Leeds Northern Railway ana North 
Yompanies (Amalgamation, &amp;c.) Bill ; 


Midland and 
| Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- Leeds North- 
1orrow. 


ern Railway 
| ni 


Companies 
(Amalgamation, &amp;c.) Bill. 


Ordered, That the East and West India Docks East and West 
and Birmingham Junction Railway (No. 2) Bill be Imdia Docks 
* and Birming. 
read a second time. ham Junction 
Railway (No. 2) Bill. 


Sir George Grey, from the Select Committee ap- Taunton 
pointed to try and determine the matter of the Peti- Election. - 
tions of Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke and of cer- ®: 35°- 
tain Electors, complaining of an undue Election and 

Return for the Borough of Zaunton, and to defend 
/which Return Aubert Turle, and others, Electors, 
were admitted Parties, informed the House, That the 
| Committee had determined, 

That Arthur Mills, Esquire, is not duly elected a 
| Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Borough of Taunton. 

That the last Election for the said Borough, so far 
as regards the Return of Arthur Mills, Esquire, is a 
void flection. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
| entered in the Journals of this House. 
| Sir George Grey further informed the House, That 
| the Committee had agreed to the following Resolu- 

tions : 
| That Arthur Mills, Esquire, was, by his agents, 
| guilty of bribery at the last Election. 

That it was proved to the Committee that William 
Luzxton bribed James Heems with £.2, to give his 
vote for Mr. Mills; but the said James Heems, not- 

withstanding his acceptance of the bribe, voted for 
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New Ross 
Election. 


No. 356. 


Halifax 
Waterworks 
and Improve- 
ment Bill. 


408 


the other Candidate ; that Abraham Whitwham gave 
Joseph Mountstephens £.5 for the purpose of cor- 
ruptly influencing his vote in favour of Mr. Mills, 
which sum, however, the voter returned to the said 
Abraham Whitwham, and he afterwards voted for 
the other Candidate ; that William Pinn was bribed 
by Joseph Percy with £.5, to refrain from giving his 
vote for Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke ; that Ste- 
phen Hemmings was bribed with £.5 by Richard 
Howse, to give his vote for Mr. Mills, but that it 
was proved to the satisfaction of the Committee, that 
such bribery was committed without the concurrence 
or privity of the said Arthur Mills, Esquire. 

That Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, Baronet, a 
Candidate at the last Election for the Borough of 
Taunton, was, by his agents, guilty of bribery and 
treating. 

That it was proved to the Committee that William 
Baker was bribed with £.3 by Edwin Upham; Ro- 
bert Farmer by William Lillis Oram and William 
Shewbrook with £.5, and George Lemon with a sum 
of money, not ascertained, by John Rawlings, to 
give their votes for Sir 7. Edward Colebrooke; but 
that it was not proved to the Committee that such 
bribery was committed with the knowledge or con- 
sent of Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Headlam, from the Select Committee ap- 
pointed to try and determine the matter of the Pe- 
tition of Henry Lambert, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Vew Ross, 
informed the House, That the Committee had de- 
termined, 

That Charles Gavan Duffy, Esquire, was, at the 
Election for New Ross, held on the 14th day of July 
1852, duly elected a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said Borough. 

And the said Determination was ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Mr. Heudlam further informed the House, That 
the Committee have ordered, That the Petitioner, 
Henry Lambert, do pay the costs and expenses in- 
curred by the said Charles Gavan Duffy, im conse- 
quence of the following allegations contained in the 
said Petition, namely : 

“That the said Charles Gavan Duffy, at and 
before such Election, instigated and encouraged 
individuals and mobs of people, by violence and 
threats and intimidation, to prevent the free exercise 
of their votes on the part of many Electors of the 
said Borough, and that by such violence, threats and 
intimidation on the part of the said Charles Gavan 
Duffy and his friends (or persons acting for him and 
on his behalf) was his Election and Return carried ; 
that with a view to secure the votes of certain 
Electors of the said Borough, the said Charles 
Gavan Duffy, his agents, friends and supporters, 
immediately before the polling-day, caused divers of 
the said Electors to be kidnapped and locked up and 


confined in a dwelling-house within the said Borough, | 


and whilst in such confinement and imprisonment, 
the said Electors were entertained and treated with 
meat, drink and entertainment with a view to secure 
their votes for the said Charles Gavan Duffy ; and 
the said Electors were brought up to the poll, two 
and two, well guarded, as if they were malefactors, 
by the agents, friends and supporters of the said 
Charles Gavan Duffy, in order to give their votes 
at the said Election for the said Charles Gavan 
Duffy, and by reason of the said locking up and 
imprisonment and treating, they were forced or im- 
properly influenced to give their votes for the said 
Charles Gavan Duffy.” 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Report of the 
Examiner of Petitions for Private Bills, in respect 


of the Petition for additional provision in the Zfaii-' 


fax Waterworks and Improvement Bill, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 


18° Aprils. 








A. 1853. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, that they have Power to make 
provision therein pursuant to the prayer of the said 
Petition. 





Mr. Stafford reported the Bristol Gas Bill, with Bristol Gas 
Amendments. Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Ty 

Ele 

Public } 


Petitions relating to Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ; Pub 
Petitions, 


—Jewish Disabilities ;— Maynooth College Act ;— 
Universities (Scotland) ; —Advertisements ;—Attor- Vide Thirty. 
neys’ Certificates ;—Butter and Cheese ;—Malt and ninth Report. 
Hops; — Paper and Pasteboard ;-—- Paper, News- 
paper Stamps and Advertisements ;—Property and 
Income Tax ;—'Tea ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;— Pilot- 
age Bill ;—Roman States ;—and, Sheriff and Com- 
missary Courts ( Berwickshire) Bill,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to Parliamentary Papers, was 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 


Qu 
leg 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blunt : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Metropolitan Im- Metropolitan 
provements (Repayments out of the Consolidated Cieeapemeate 
Fund) Bill, without any Amendment: And also, pr aga 
Consolidated 
Fund) Bill. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Sidney Sussex 
to enable the Master, Fellows and Scholars of Lady a Rotate 
Frances Sidney Sussex College, in the University of — 
Cambridge, to lease on Long Leases, and otherwise 
improve their Estate, situate at C/ee, in the County 
of Lincoln, and for other purposes; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House :—And 
then the Messenger withdrew. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


The following Paper, pursuant to Order, was laid Tynemouth 
upon the Table by the Clerk of the House,-— Minutes Election. 
of the Evidence taken before the Select Committee 
on the Tynemouth Election Petition. 

The following Paper was also laid upon the Table Tobacco. 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 15th day of December last, for a Return 
of the several Seizures made, and of the Prosecutions 
for Breach of the Laws relating to Tobacco, between 
the 5th day of January 1850 and the 5th day of 
January 1852 ; distinguishing those in Great Britain 
from those in Jreland ; specifying the Places where, 
and the Names of the Persons prosecuted, or from 
whom the Seizures were made; the Quantities and 
Kinds of Goods seized; the precise nature of the 
Offences charged, or for which the Seizures were 
made ; the results of the Examinations of the Goods 
by Analysis or otherwise, where seized for Adultera- 
tion; whether any and what Judicial Proceedings 
were taken in each case; the result of such Proceed- 
ings, whether convicted or otherwise; Amount of 
Fine paid or Imprisonment suffered; whether the 
Goods seized were condemned or restored (so far as 
relates to the Excise Branch of Inland Revenue, and 
in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 323, of 
Session 1850). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Medical 
Returns from the Treasurer of each County, County Charities 
of a City and ‘Town in Ireland, stating the Number “"#"? 
of Dispensaries, Fever Hospitals and Infirmaries 
for which County Presentments were made in the 
years 1851 and 1852, the Sum presented for each, 
and the Sum subscribed for each:—Of the Dispen- 
sarv Districts, under the Act 14 &amp; 15 Vic. c. 68, 
with the Expense thereof, for the year ending the 
25th day of March 1853, distinguishing Rent of 
Dispensary Buildings; Salaries; Medicines and 
Medical Appliances; Books, Stationery, Printing 
and Advertisements; Fuel, Attendance and other 
Incidental Expenses; with ‘Totals by Unions, Coun- 
ties and Provinces, as in the First Annual Report 
on 








16 Vicroriz. 


18° Aprilis. 


409 


on Medical Charities by the Poor Law Commis- | guishing Males from Females, now in Oustody in 


sioners of Jreland:—And, of the Number of Fever | the Houses of Correction and other Prisons in 


Hospitals in Jreland that were supported by Poor 
Rate; distinguishing those under the Temporary 
Fever Act, and the Cost of each, in the years 1851 
and 1852. 


Tynemouth Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 

Election, ~~ before the Select Committee on the Tynemouth | such Classes of Schools 
No. 345. Election Petition be printed. 

Queen's Col- Ordered, That there be laid betore this House, 


leges (Ireland) PR oturns showing the Number of Days in each Ses- 


sion since the opening of the Queen’s Colleges at | 


Belfast, Galway and Cork, the respective Presi- 
dents, Vice-Presidents and Members of Council, 
were in Residence at their Colleges :—Of the Num- 
ber of Councils held in each Session, the Attendance 
of each Member, and the Name of the Presiding 
Officer at each Council :—And, of the Name, Emolu- 


ment and Duties of any other Office held or enjoyed 


n - 
land and Wales; specifying the Proportion of seuah 
Persons who have received their Education respec- 
| tively at Prison Schools, Workhouse Schools, Sun- 
| day Schools, Mill or Factory Schools, and common 
Public or Private Schools ; and, where such Persons 
have received their Education at more than one of 
, Specifying, as far as practi- 
| cable, the Total Periods of their Attendance at each 
| of such Classes of Schools. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 





{ 


Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com-.Queen’s Col- 
mand,—Copy of Report of the President of the lege (Belfast.) 
'Queen’s College, Be/fast, for the Academic year of 
| 1851-52. 

Copy of Report of the President of the Queen's Queen’s Col- 


by any President, Vice-President, or other Member | College, Galway, for the Academic year of 1851-52. lege (Galway.) 


of Council, since the opening of their respective 
Colleges. 


Court of Resolved, That an humble 


Burgesses to Her M 


(Wetminstcr.) ajesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
eteainaten. Jest) - } 
to 


House, Copies of certain Orders and Ordinances 
made the 27th day of May, in the 27th year of 


Elizabeth, by the Right honourable Sir William | 


give directions, that there be laid before this | 


Mr. Fitzroy also presented,—Return to an Ad- Coinage. 
ess to Her Majesty, dated the 8th day of this in- 
stant April, for an Account of all Gold, Silver and 


| dr 


| 


Address be presented | Copper Monies of the Realm coined at the Royal 


| 
| 


Mint, from the 1st day of January 1853 to the 31st 
day of March last; specifying the Weight, Number 
and Value, &amp;c. (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 103, of Session 1853). 
Mr. Fitzroy also presented, pursuant to the di- Grand Jury 


| 





Cecill, High Steward of the City of Westminster, rections of several Acts of Parliament,—Accounts of Presentments 
and Doctor Goodman, Dean of Saint Peter's, with | Presentments made by the Grand Juries of the se- (Ireland.) 
the Assent of Thomas Fowler, John Fisher and | yeral Counties, Cities ‘and Towns in Jreland, in the 

other Burgesses and their Assistants, according to year 1852. ; 

the Statutes made and provided for the good govern- | * 
ment of the City or Borough of Westminster :—Of | Table. 


any subsequent Rules made by the High Steward, 
Dean and Court of Burgesses for the good govern- 
ment of Westminster :—Lists of Persons now filling 
the Offices of High Steward, High Bailiff or any 
other Officer in the Civil Government of West- 
minster ; setting forth by whom such Persons were 
appointed, and under what Statutes ; and an Account 
of the Sum or Sums which each of such Persons has 
paid for his Appointment :—And, Account of the 
Sources and Amount of Fees or Revenue derived by 
each and every Officer so appointed, and the Duties 
performed ; of all Fees or Revenues derived by the 
Court of Burgesses, with the Sources from which 
such Fees or Revenues were derived; and of the 
Appointment and Disbursement of such Fees or 
Revenues ; distinguishing the Fines inflicted through 
the Annoyance Jury for each of the last Twenty 
years; and, of the Appropriation or Disbursement 
of such Fines. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Bank of Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 

England, &amp;. Account specifying, separately and collectively, the 
Monthly Amount of Notes in Circulation of the 
Bank of England, and other Banks of Issue in Eng- 
land, Scotland and Ireland; with the Amount of 
Bullion in the Bank of England, from August 1848 
to the present time, as follows : 


oO 

















ENGLAND. | scorLanp.| IRELAND. 
on saan ‘Seen j Bullion 
wae eee | | | Chartered, Eases in 
itis eg | Private |JointStock! Private | Bank — Tora. = 
o | and | of Seay ie | . 
England. | Banks. | Banks Joint Stock) helen, oo " England. 
| Banks. | ” 
ae | | | | | 
£. ao | al @#i«i-« £. £. 
12 Aug.1848 | 18,165,725 3,521,613 | 2,475,012 | 3,035,9¢3 | 2,639,000 | 1,674,304 | 31,511,557 | 13,364,991 
| | 











Prisoners, 





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Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Appeals Appeals 
(India), which was presented upon the 5th day of india.) ; 
this instant April, be printed. Ne. 358. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Private Private 
Lighthouses, which was presented upon the 15th day Lighthouses. 
of this instant April, be printed. No, 359. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Brecon Col- Brecon Col- 
legiate Church, which was presented upon the 15th !iateChurch. 
day of this instant April, be printed. No. 328. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Arterial Arterial 


Drainage (Ireland), which was presented upon the be 
15th day of this instant April, be printed. No 960 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Ways and 
into the Cémmittee of Ways and Means. Means. 





(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That it is Income Tax. 
the opinion of this Committee, that, towards raising 
the Supply granted to Her Majesty, there shall be 
raised annually, during the terms hereinafter limited, 
the several Rates and Duties following (that is to 
say) :— 


For and in respect of the property in any | 
lands, tenements or hereditaments in the | 
United Kingdom, and for and in respect of | 
every annuity, pension or stipend, payable | 
by Her Majesty or out of the Public Revenue | 
of the United Kingdom; and for and in re- | 
spect of all interest of money, annuities, divi- 
dends and shares of annuities payable to any 
person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, 


| 





| 
| 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | 
to give directions, that there be laid before this | 
House, a Return of the Number of Persons, distin- 

Vout. 108, 


companies or societies, whether corporate or 
not corporate ; and for and in respect of the | 
annual profits or gains arising or accruing to 
any person or persons whatever, resident in | 
the United Kingdom, from any kind of pro- 
erty whatever, whether situate in the United 
Kingdom or elsewhere, or from any annui- 
ties, allowances or stipends, or from any pro- 
fession, trade or vocation, whether the same 
shall be respectively exercised in the United 
Kingdom or clsewhere ; and for and in re- 
spect 





3G 



























Hereford 
County 
Election. 


South Sea and 
other Annui- 
ties Commu- 
tation Bill. 


Pilotage Bill. 


Sheriff and 
Commissary 
Courts (Ber- 
wickshire) 
Bill. 


Merchant 
Shipping 
[ Advances. ] 


Merchant 
Shipping Bill. 


410 


spect of the annual profits or gains arising or 
accruing to any person or persons not resi- 
dent within the United Kingdom from any 
property whatever in the United Kingdom, 
or from any trade, profession or vocation, 
exercised in the United Kingdom ; for every 
Twenty shillings of the annual value or 

amount thereof— | 


x 


8 . 


For two years from April 5, 18538 “|—-2- =| 7 
And for two years from April 56,1855 - | -~ - 6 
And for three years from April 5,1857-  - -~ 5 


And that on April 5, 1860, except as to 
the collection of monies then due, the 
said Rates and Duties shall cease and 
determine. 


And for and in respect of the occupation 
of such lands, tenements or hereditaments 
(other than a dwelling-house occupied by a 
tenant distinct from a farm of lands), for 
every Twenty shillings of the annual value 
thereof, one moiety of each of the said sums 
of 7d., 6d. and 5d., for the above-named 
times respectively. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 


verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- | 


gress in the matter to them referred ; and that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 


18°—19° Aprilis. 





A. 1853, 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Combination of Workmen Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the Bill be now read the third time ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the f Mr. Drummond, as 
Yeas, \ Mr. Hume : hoe 

Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, aT 70 
Noes, | The Earl of Mulgrave: J : 


So it passed in the Negative. 


The Order of the day bein 
mittee on the Copyholds Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


g read, for the Com- 








received Notice, that it is not intended to proceed | 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


with the Petitions complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the County of Hereford :—And the 
same was read, as followeth : 
Sir, 40, Parliament-street, 18th April 1853. 
As Agent to the Petitioners in two several Peti- 
tions presented to the House of Commons on the 


| into a Committee on the Places of Religious Worship 
' Registration Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
| Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, ‘That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday the 2d day 
of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


_to consolidate the London and Edinburgh Gazettes : 


25th day of November last, complaining of the Elec- 


tion and Return of James King King, Thomas Wil- 
liam Booker, Esquires, and the Honourable Charles 
Spencer Bateman Hanbury, tor the County of Here- 


roceed with the said Petitions, or either of them. 
| ’ 


I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your obedient humble servant, 
James Coppock. 
To the Right honourable the Speaker 
of the House of Commons. 
The Order for referring the said Petitions to the 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- | 
charged. 


The South Sea and other Annuities Commutation 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time; | 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, | 
for Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 
mittee on the Pilotage Bill; | 
Resolved, ‘That this House will, upon Thursday | 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
The Sheriff and Commissary Courts ( Berwick- | 
shire) Bill was, according to Order, read the third | 
time. 
Resolved, Tivat the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Lord Advocate do carry the Bill | 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


‘rhe Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on Merchant Shipping [Advances] ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


| And that Mr. Wilson, Mr. Chancellor of the Exche- 


quer and Mr. Bouverie do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Select Committee on Public-houses, &amp;c., was 
nominated of Mr. William Brown, Mr. Fitzroy, the 
Earl of March, Sir George Grey, Mr. Charles Vil- 


se nag ; | liers, Sir John Pakington, Mr. Beckett, Mr. Barrow 
ford, | beg to inform you that it is not intended to | y ae ’ ; 


Sir George Goodman, Mr. Gregson, Lord Dudley 


Stuart, Mr. Forster, Mr. Packe, Lord Ernest Bruce 


¢ 


A 
| / 

called the Fens, lying on both sides of the River 
| Witham, in the County of Lincsln, and for restoring 


‘and Mr. Deedes; with Power to send for persons, 


papers and records. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to consolidate the 
London and Edinburgh Gazettes: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time To-morrow ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Lords 
to the Amendments made by this House to the 
Oaths in Chancery Bill, together with the Reasons 


assigned by the Lords for disagreeing to one of the 
said Amendments, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Martis, 19° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 
RDERED, That the Select Committee on the 
Barustaple Election Petition have leave to sit 


‘this day till Five of the clock, during the sitting of 
the House. 


A Petition of Commissioners for executing the 
ct for draining and preserving certain low lands, 


|and maintaining the Navigation of the said River 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Merchant Shipping Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 








| from the High Bridge, in the City of Lincoln, through 
'the Borough of Boston to the Sea, so far as such 


provisions relate to the lands comprised in the Second 


District in such Act described, for leave to bring J : 
i 





Combination 
of Workmen 
ul, 


Copyholds 
Bill, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Places of Reli- 


gious Worship 
Registration 
Bill. 


No. 361, 


Supply. 


London and 
Edinburgh 
Gazettes. 


Public-houses, 
&amp;e. 


London and 
Edinburgh 
Gazettes Bill. 


No, 362. 


Oaths in 
Chancery Bill. 


No. 363. 


Barnstaple 
Election. 


Witham 
Drainage Se- 
cond District. 











16 Vicroriz. 19° Aprilis. 411 

(Amalgamation, &amp;c.) Bill, was, according to Order, and North 

read a second time ; and committed. pee hore 
Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill be referred to the Com- rome 


ern Railway 


Bill for amending the provisions with respect to the 
Commissioners of the Second District for drainage by 
the River Witham, contained in the Witham Drainage 


Act of the second year of George the Third, chapter | mittee of Selection. Comuastes 
Di . ‘ oon . malgama- 
thirty-two, and for other purposes, and of which the tion, =) Bill. 


short Title is “ The Witham Drainage Second Dis- 
trict Act, 1853,” was presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee en Standing Orders. 


The Sidney Sussex College Estate Bill was read Sidney Sussex 


the first time. College Estate 
Bill. 


Witham 
Drainage Se- 
cond District, 


Hull and 
Holderness 
Railway Bill. 


Preston 
Waterworks 


Norwich 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Oldham 
Corporation 
and Oldham 
Gas and 
Waterworks 
Bill, 


Lands Im- 
provement 
Company 
(No. 2) Bill, 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,— Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Witham Drain- 
age Second District Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Bill thereimafter- 
mentioned, praying that provision may be made in 
the Hull and Holderness Railway Bill, for making 
an alteration in the line of the said Railway, and a 
Deviation of a certain Drain, according to deposited 
Plans, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the | 


Preston \Waterworks Bill; That they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and amended the same, by setting forth the 
terms of an agreement entered into between the Local 
Board of Health, and the Proprietors of the Preston 
Waterworks, it appearing that the said agreement 
was referred to in the provisions of the Bill; and 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the 
Norwich Waterworks Bill; That they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by stating the exact amount 
of the further outlay therein referred to, to make it 
more clear; and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 


Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported trom the Committee on the 
Oldham Corporation and Oldham Gas and Water- 
works Bill; That they had examined the allegations 
contained in the Preanible of the Bill, and made a 
verbal Amendment therein, by the insertion of some 
formal words; and found the same, as amended, to 
be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for incorporating 
. &gt; 

the Lands Improvement Company, and to afford 
facilities for the Improvement of Land, by enabling | 
the Company to issue Transferable Mortgage Deben- | 
tures: And the same was read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Ordered, That the Examiner have leave to sit 





Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 


miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


an undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Cockermouth, informed the House, That the Com- 
mittee had determined, 

That Henry Aglionby Aglionby, Esquire. is duly 
elected a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament 
for the Borough of Cockermouth. 

That General Henry Wyndham is duly elected a 
Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Borough of Cockermouth. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 
| Mr. George Alexander Hamilton further informed 
‘the House, That the Committee had agreed to the 
following Resolutions : 

That the Committee think it necessary to report to 
the House, that Mr. R. Benson, the accredited Agent 
of Mr. Aglionby, the sitting Member, was a party to 
the removal, on the day previous to the nomination 
at the last Election, to the house of a relation, of a 
voter named Isaac Graves, who had promised to vote 
for the sitting Member, General Wyndham, with a 
view of preventing the said voter from votin he 
had intended. 

That the Committee also report, that Mr. Bensox 
was implicated under suspicious circumstances, a 
short time before the Election, in the withdrawal of 
an execution against the goods of a voter, named 
John Wharton, against whom a judgment had been 
obtained in the County Court, in a suit in which he, 
Mr. Benson, was the Attorney for the Plaintiff. 


That the Committee further think it right to report, 
that a man named Joseph Martin, junior, was proved 
| to have purchased a horse for the sum of £. 12, from 

a voter named Henry Willis, who had promised to 
vote for the sitting Member, General Wyndham, 
|which sum of £.12 far exceeded its real value, for 
the purpose of corruptly influencing his vote, and 
that the said Henry Willis subsequently voted for 
Mr. Aglionby and Mr. Horsman ; but that this trans- 
action does not appear to the Committee to have 
taken place with the sanction or privity of Mr. Ag- 
lionby or his Agents. 

That the Committee further report, that a voter 
named Thomas Dempster was unduly influenced and 
corruptly induced by Mr. John Steele his employer, 
to forbear from giving his vote to the sitting Member, 
General Wyndham, as he had promised; but that 
this transaction does not appear to have taken place 
with the sanction or privity of Mr. Aglionby or his 
Agents. 

Also that a voter, named William Smethurst, was 
unduly influenced by his employer, Mr. Thomas Wil- 





g, as 

















Mr. George Alexander Hamilton, from the Select Cockermouth 
Committee appointed to try and determine the matter Election. 
of the Petitions of certain Electors, complaining of No. 357. 


and proceed To-morrow. 














| son, to forbear giving his vote to the sitting Member, 
General Wyndham, as he had promised ; but that this 
second time ; and committed. | transaction does not appear to the Committee to have 

Ovdered, That the Bil be refered to the Com-| taken place with the sanction or privity of Mr. Ag- 
mittee of Selection. | lionby or his Agents. — 

| That the Committee are of opinion, that Mr. Sen- 
a | ’ ° ( 

The Order of the day being read, for the second | house, an Agent of General Wyndham, was proved 
reading of the Caledonian and Edinburgh and | to have interfered under suspicious circumstances, in 
the endeavour to procure a situation in the Post- 
office for the son of Henry Allison, a voter. 

That it was further proved, that on the 2d of April, 
certain voters of the said Borough, and other persons, 
amounting altogether to about 20, obtained refresh- 
ment in the house of Francis Moore, a voter, which 

3G2 refreshment, 


Brecon 
Collegiate 
Church Bill, 


The Brecon Collegiate Church Bill was read a 


Caledonian 
and Edinburgh 
and Glasgow : 2 . 
Railways Bill. Glasgow Railways Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon | 

this day six months. 
a 1 The York, Newcastle and Berwick, York and North 
Berwick, York — and Leeds Northern Railway Companies 
OL. 108, 





Holme 
Reservoirs 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Rossendale 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Bacup Water- 


works Bill. 


Standing 
Orders. 


toscrea and 
Parsonstown 
Junction 


Railway Bill. 


Limerick, 
Ennis and 


Killaloe Junc- 


tion Railway 
Bill. 


Aberdeen 


Railway Bill. 


London and 


North Western 


Railway 
(Tring and 


Oxford) Bill. 


London and 
South Western 
Railway 


412 


refreshment, amounting to £.2. 6 s., was paid for by 
Mr. Senhouse, the next morning, but it was not proved 
that the said Mr. Senhouse was at that period the 
Agent of General Wyndham, for the purposes of the 
Election, or that the refreshment was given with the 
concurrence or knowledge of General aT ‘yudham. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for the Adjust- 
ment of the Debts of the Commissioners of the 
Holme Reservoirs, and of the Interest due thereon ; 
and for enabling them to restore and repair their 
Reservoirs, and for other purposes : And the same 
was read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Ordered, That the Examiner have leave to sit 
and proceed To-morrow. 


Mr. Mullings reported the Rossendale Waterworks 
Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Mullings reported from the Committee on 
Group G. of Private Bills; That the Parties pro- 
moting the Bacup Waterworks Bill had stated to 
the Committee, that it was not their intention to pro- 
ceed with the same. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Sotheron reported from the Select Committee 
on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; which were 
read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Roscrea and 
Parsonstown Junction Railway Petition of the Great 
Southern and Western Railway Company, for dis- 
pensing with Standing Orders 130 and 131, the said | 
Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; that | 
the Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, | 
provided a Clause be inserted therein, enacting that | * 
no powers of purchase, sale, lease or amalgamation, | 
shall be exercised until the Company incorporated | 
by the Bill, and the Great Southern and Western 
Railway Company, shall have proved to the satis- 
faction of the Railway Commissioners, that they have 
respectively paid up and expended one-half of the 
Capital authorized to be raised by this Bill, or by 
any previous Act or Acts. 

2. Resolved, That im the case of the Limerick, 
Ennis and Killaloe Junction Railway Petition tor 
dispensing with Standing Order 121, the said Stand- 
ing Order ought to be dispensed ‘with; that the 
Committee on the Bill be enabled to grant the bor- 
rowing Powers sought by the Bill, if they shall think 
fit, provided a Clause be inserted, restraining the 
Company from exercising such borrowing Powers, 
until twenty-five per centum of the Capital autho- 
rized to be raised shall have been paid up: 

That the Committee on this and the preceding 
Bill do report to the House how far such Orders 
wer been complied with, on the Report of the Bill. 

. Resolved, That in the case of the Aberdeen Rail- 
aa Petition for additional l’rovision, the Standing 
Orders ought to be dispensed with ; that the Parties 
be permitted to introduce their additional Provision, 
if the Committee on the Biil shall think fit. 

4. Resolved, Vhat in the case of the London and 
North Western Railway (7ring and Oxford) Peti- 
tion for dispensing with Standing Orders 105 and 
166, the said Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 
with ; that the Parties be permitted to be heard upon 
their Petition against the Bill, notwithstanding the 
same shall have been deposited later than seven clear 
davs after the second reading of the Bill. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The House was moved, That the entry in the Votes 
of the 18th day of this instant April, of the Proceed- 





19° Aprilis. 





A. 1853. 


ings of the House in respect of the presentation of (Basingstoke 
the London and South Western Railway ( Basing- 9 and Salisbu 
stoke and Salisbury Branch) Bill, might be read; ans 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Proceedings be null and 
void. 

The Order made upon the 15th day of this instant 
April, That leave be given to bring in the said Bill, 
was read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this [louse south Eastern 
Copies of any Statement or Statements containing the Railway 
“specific guarantees or advantages” mentioned in CO™P*®Y: 
page 10 of the Report of the Commissioners of Rail- 
ways, dated the 13th day of February 1845, as 
bei ing “offered by the South Eastern Railway Com- 
pany as Securities against the apprehended effects 
of monopoly, and as inducements to the L egislature 
to give their Schemes a preference :” —And, of two 
or more Statements submitted to the Commissioners 
of Railways by the South Eastern Railway Company 
in May and June 1847, with reference to the Order 
of the House of Lords, dated the 28th day of May 
1847, with a Copy of the Special Report of the 
Railway Commissioners thereupon, dated the 18th 
day of June 1847. 


Petitions relating to Parliamentary Oaths ; — public 
University of London; —Church of “England ; -~ Petitions. 
Church Rates :—Cler gy Reserves (Canada) Bill ;— — Vide Fortieth 
Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ; — Maynooth College Report. 
Act :—Post-oftice :—Probates of Wills and Grants 
of Administration Bill ;—Religious Endowments ;— 

Tithes, Tithe Rent-charge and Church Rates ; — 
Universities (Scotland); — Universities (Scotland) 
Bill ;—Advertisements ;—Attorneys’ Certificates ;— 
County Rates and Expenditure ; — County Rates 
and Expenditure Bill; — Fire Insurances ; — Local 
Taxation ;— National Debt ; — Paper, Newspaper 
Stamps and Advertisements ;— Property and Income 


Tax ;—Repayment of Advances (/reland) ;—Soap ; 


— Arbitration; — Armaments ; — Beer-houses ; — 
Robert Bennett ;—Combination of Workmen Bill : 
— Copyholds ; — Education (Jreland) ; — Fisheries 
(Lreland) ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;—Letter Carriers ; 
— Ocean Penny Postage ; — Matthew Phillips ;— 
Pilotage Bill ; — Poor Law ;—Prison Discipline ; — 
Public Health Act ; — Public-houses (Scotland) ;— 
Public-houses (Scotland) Bill; — Roman States ;— 
Sheritt Courts (Scotland) Bill; — Sheriff Courts 
(Scotland) (No. 2) Bill; — Spirits; — Tenant Right 
(Jreland) Bill ;—and, Town Commissioners (/re/and), 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions relating to Armenian Settlers in the 
Indian Territories ;— and, Reform in the Govern- 
ment of the Zudiau Territories,—were also pre se nted, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Indian Territories. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of New Windsor 
the Borough of New Windsor, in the County of Election. 
Berks, was presented, and read ; setting forth, That 
the Petitioners have heard with regret that a Petition 
has been presented to the House by a comparatively 
small number of Electors of the said Bor ough of 
New Windsor, expressing dissatisfaction at the Re- 
port of the Select Committee appointed by the House 
to investigate the allegations contained in a certain 
Petition of William Henry Banks and Henry 
Thompson, complaining of the Return of Lord Charles 
Wellesley as one of the Burgesses to serve in the 
present Parliament; and another Petition fiom 
Jomes Thomas Bedborough, a magistrate of the said 
Borough (but who was not an Elector at the last 
Election of Members for the said Borough), com- 
plaining of that portion of the Report of the said 
Committee which refers to the practice of employing 
large bodies of men for the purpose of protecting the 

voters 












































16 Vicroriz. 19°—20° Aprilis. 413 


voters and preserving order ; that the Petitioners, in | (in continuation of Returns contained in the Appen- 
reference to the first-named Petition, humbly submit | dix to the Report of the Select Committee on Priut- 
that the question, whether or not treating took place | ing, of Session 1847-48) ; viz. 
at the last Election for the said Borough for the pur- 
= of corruptly influencing the voters, has already 
en investigated and decided upon by the said 
Select Committee, who were, in the opinion of the 
Petitioners, fully competent to investigate and decide 
the same; that, in reference to the Petition of 
the said James Thomas Bedborough, the Petitioners 
beg to submit that, in addition to the said James 
Thomas Bedborough, there are six magistrates for 
the said Borough, none of whom have joined in the 
said Petition; that the said James Thomas Bedbo- 
rough was the chairman of the committee for con- 
ducting the Election of Mr. Ricardo (one of the 
defeated Candidates at the last Election), and that 
public meetings of Electors and Non-Electors were 
repeatedly convened by printed notices and placards 
(posted in all parts of the town), and that such 
meetings were held at various public-houses in the 
Borough, at which members of the committee of | 
Mr. Ricardo were present for the purpose of influ- 
encing the voters in favour of that gentleman ; that 
the practice of employing men to keep order during 
Elections did not originate with the committee of 
Lord Charles Wellesley, but heretofore, as well as at 
the last Election, was resorted to by committees of 
which Mr. Bedborough was chairman ; that for the 
last twenty years and upwards, the said James Ordered, That the Return relative to Tobacco, Tobacco. 
Thomas Bedborough has taken a most active part in | which was presented upon the 18th day of this in- No, 364. 
all the Parliamentary Elections for the Borough of | stant April, be printed. 


New Windsor ; and praying that, as the Town of | Ordered, That the Account relative to Coinage, Coinage. 


few Windsor has been suffering from the excitement . = 9 
of two cusnntel Eton fom git contested Elec- | which wan pean ed upon the 18th day of this in- No. 365. 
. | stant April, be printed. 


tion Petition during the last twelve months, the 
questions which have been so ably and satisfactorily | | Ordered, That an Abstract of the Accounts rela- Grand Jury 
investigated by the Select Committee appointed by | tive to Grand Jury Presentments (Jreland), which a 
the House may not be reopened, as such proceeding | were preseated upon the 18th day of this instant ie. ) 

is entirely uncalled for, and would only keep alive | April, be printed. No. 366. 
the political excitement and feelings of ill-will which | : : ’ 

have unfortunately prevailed in the town during that A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Dockyard 
period, and which the Petitioners (for the sake of the | posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to Appointments, 
peace and prosperity of the town) are must desirous | quire into the Circumstances under which a “ Cir- 





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The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of Ramsgate 
an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table arbour. 
by the Clerk of the House,—An Account of the 
Revenue and Expenditure of the Royal Harbour of 
Ramsgate Trust, from 24th June 1851 to 24th June 
1852. 








should now entirely cease. cular sent to the Superintendent of Her Majesty’s 

Ordered, hat the said Petition do lie upon the | Dockyards, dated September 26th, 1849,” was can- 

Table. ‘celled on the 19th day of April 1852, without any 

| Order or Minute of the Board :—Also, to inquire 

Statistical The following Papers were laid upon the Table | into the circumstances under which a Letter ad- 
Papers by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dressed by Sir Baldwin Walker to Mr. Stafford, as 
(India. ) dated the 15th day of this instant April, for Copy of | Secretary to the Admiralty, in which Letter Sir 


the Statistical Papers, illustrated by Maps, relating | Baldwin Walker tendered his resignation as Sur- 
to India, recently prepared and printed for the Vey°r of the Navy, was withheld from the Board : 
Court of Directors of the East India Company. |—Also, into the circumstances connected with the 
BritishSpirits. | Return to an Order, dated the 15th day of a | appointment of Mr. James Wells as Master Smith in 
ary last, for a Return of the Number of Gallons of | the Dockyard at P ortsmouth, the subsequent can- 
British Spirits exported to the Colonies and Foreign celling thereof, and the appointment of Mr. George 
Parts, in the years 1851 and 1852; distinguishing Cotsell mn his stead :—And generally into the exer- 
the Quantities sent to the respective Places of Ex- | CS¢ of the influence and patronage of the Admiralty 
port (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. | the Dockyards and Government Departments 
324, of Session 1852). connected with the several Parliamentary Boroughs, 
Exports to Return to an Order, dated the 25th day of Febru- , Since the 19th day of April 1852, at which date a 
Turkey, &amp;. ary last, for a Return of the Quantities and Declared | Cireular was issued from the Admiralty, signed by 
Value of the different Articles, being the Manufac- | the Secretary, cancelling their Lordships’ Order of 
ture of Great Britain and Jreland, exported to | the 26th day of September 1849, which directs that 
Turkey in 1851; similar Return with regard to ‘ie all Reports and orrespondence on the subject of 
Russia; and, similar Return with regard to Austria | Vacancies, promotions or changes of the Officers and 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 273,| Workmen of the Dockyards shall be forwarded 
of Session 1852). | through the Surveyor’s Department ;” and ordering 
Printing. Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of March | that “ in future such Reports and Correspondence 
last, for a Return of the Cost of Printing Reports of | be transmitted direct to the Secretary of the Ad- 
Commissioners, and of Papers presented by Com- | miralty. 
mand, delivered to the two Houses of Parliament | And the House having continued to sit till after 


in each year, 1846 to 1852, inclusive; showing the | Twelve of the clock on Wednesdav morning : 
Total Number of Copies of each Report or Paper y sel 


printed ; the Number delivered to the two Houses Mercuri, 20° die Aprilis, 1853: 

of Parliament; the Number reserved for Sale; the| An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 

Number of Additional Copies of each circulated | Question, by leaving out from the word “ Boroughs” 

(distinguishing the Expense of Printing such Addi- | to the end of the Question. 

tional Copies); and the Number remaining in Store| And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
VoL. 108. 363+ posed 











Maldon 
Election. 


TaxingOfficer, 
Common Law 
Business 
(Ireland. ) 


Census Offices, 
&amp;ec. 





414 


posed to be left out stand part of the Question :—It 
passed in the Negative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
inquire into the circumstances under whicha “Circular 
sent to the Superintendent of Her Majesty’s Dock- 
yards, dated September 26th, 1849,” was cancelled on 
the 19th day of April 1852, without any Order or 
Minute of the Board :—Also, to inquire into the cir- 
cumstances under which a Letter addressed by Sir 
Baldwin Walker to Mr. Stafford, as Secretary to 
the Admiralty, in which Letter Sir Baldwin Walker 
tendered his resignation as Surveyor of the Navy, 
was withheld from the Board :—Also, into the cir- 
eumstances connected with the appointment of Mr. 
James Wells as Master Smith in the Dockyard at 
Portsmouth, the subsequent cancelling thereof, and 
the appointment of Mr. George Cotsell in his stead : 
—And generally into the exercise of the influence 
and patronage of the Admiralty in the Dockyards 
and Government Departments connected with the 
several Parliamentary Boroughs. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pat, 
That an humble Address be presented to Her Ma- 
jesty, as followeth :-— 


Most Gracious Sovereign, 

We, Your Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal sub- 
jects, the Commons 
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 
land, in Parliament assembled, beg leave humbly 
to represent to Your Majesty, That a Select Com- 
mittee of the House of Commons, appointed to try 
a Petition complaining of an undue Election and Re- 
turn for the Borough of Maldon, have reported to 
the House, that there is reason to believe that corrupt 
practices have extensively prevailed at Elections for 
the said Borough of Maldon. 

We therefore humbly pray Your Majesty, that 
Your Majesty will be graciously pleased to cause in- 
quy to be made, pursuant to the provisions of the 

ct of Parliament passed in the sixteenth year of 
the reign of Your Majesty, intituled, “ An Act to 
provide for more effectual inquiry into the existence 
of corrupt practices at Elections for Members to serve 
in Parliament,” by the appointment of C. Shapland 
Whitmore, Esquire, Honourable Frederick Ponsonby 
and John Carlen Heath, Esquire, as Commissioners, 
for the purpose of making inquiry into the existence 
of such corrupt practices ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the { Lord , Robert Grosvenor, } 69 

Yeas, Mr. Phinn: ‘ 

Tellers for the ;Sir John Tyrrell, ) 48 

Noes, (Mr. Vansittart : | pees 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Resolved, That the said Address be communicated 
to the Lords, at a Conference, and their concurrence 
desired thereto. 

Ordered, Vhat a Conference be desired with the 
Lords upon the subject-matter of an Address to be 
presented to Her Majesty, under the provisions of 
the Act of the 15th &amp; 16th of Her present Majesty, 
c.57: And that Lord Robert Grosvenor do go to 
the Lords, and desire the said Conference. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
make better provision for the efficient Discharge of 
the Duties of the Taxing Officer in and for the 
Common Law Business in Jreland: And that Sir 
John Young and Viscount Palmerston do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return showing the Names of the Clerks employed 
in the Census Office in Lngland, the Date of Ap- 
pointment, Salary, and the Date of their Suspension 
or Dismissal ; also the Total Number of years during 





19°—20° Aprils. 








A. 1853. 


which they shall have been employed, temporarily 
or otherwise, in any Public Office, and the Names 
of such of these Clerks as shall have been appointed 
to any Situation under Government at Home or in 
the Colonies, or shall have received any Gratuity, 
and the Amount thereof, on such Suspension or Dis- 
missal respectively :—Similar Return of the Clerks 
employed in the Census Office in Ireland :—And, 
similar Return of the Clerks employed temporarily 
in the Poor Law Commissioner's Office, Dublin. ~ 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- County Rates 
mittee on the County Rates and Expenditure Bill; "4 — 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve aaa, 

itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second London and 
reading of the London and Edinburgh Gazettes E¢imbursh 
Bill ; Gazettes Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Sir John Young presented a Bill to make better TaxingOfiicer, 
provision for the efficient Discharge of the Duties of a Law 
the Taxing Officer in and for the Common Law (ireland) B; 

; . (Ireland) Bill. 
Business in Jreland: And the same was read the No, 367 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 


upon Friday next, and to be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after One of the 
clock on Wednesday morning, adjourned till 


this day. 





Mercurii, 20° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 


OF DERED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the Petitions | 
Petitions presented upon the 18th day of this instant ewe - 
April; and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Holme 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; a. 
That in the case of the Holme Reservoirs (No. 2) ( win ene 


Bill, the Standing Orders have been complied with. 


Ordered, That the Holme Reservoirs (No. 2) Bill Holme 


be read a second time. Reservoirs 
. (No. 2) Bill. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Lands Im- 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; provement 
That in the case of the Lands Improvement Com- (No_2) Bill 
pany (No. 2) Bill, the Standing Orders have been’ — 
complied with. 


Ordered, ‘That the Lands Improvement Company Lands Im- 
(No. 2) Bill be read a second time To-morrow. _—_—provement 
Company 
(No. 2) Bill. 
A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Poole Harbour 
gesses of the Town and County and Borough of 4nd Port 
Poole, Trustees under the Act thereinafter mentioned, ie 
for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal an Act of the 
29th year of his late Majesty Kinz George the 
Second, relating to the Harbour and to the Town and 
County of Poole, and to make provision for main- 
taining and for the better regulation and management 
of the said Harbour, was presented, and read ; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 





Mr. Danby Seymour and Mr. Franklyn. 
Ordered, 


Lond 
South 
Railw 
(Basi 
and S 
Branc 


Ard: 
Rail 


Whi 
Fore 


Can 
Uni 
and 
Wa 
Bill 


and 
anc 


An 
Bill 


Sal 
Pu 
La 


Ve: 
Me 





16 Vicroriz. 


20° Aprils. 





415 


London and Ordered, That in the case of the Zondon and |ending the 5th day of January 1852 and 1853, 
South Western South Western Railway (Basingstoke and Salisbury | and the Amount of Capital Stock cancelled in each 
en Branch) Petition for a Bill, the Standing Order, No. | of the said years on account of such Terminable 
A Salisbury 151, be dispensed with; and that the Petition for the | Annuities :—And, of the Amount of the Annuities 
Branch.) Bill may be presented to the House, notwithstanding | for Lives and for Terms of Years which have ceased 


















in each of the said years, ending the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary 1852 and 1853 (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 657, of Session 1851). 


that more than three clear days have elapsed since | 
the same was endorsed by the eccien of Petitions | 
for Private Bills. 

A Petition of the Zondon and South Western Rail- 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for amend- 
ing the Acts passed for the construction of the Ba- 
singstoke and Salisbury Railway, and for other pur- 
poses, and of which the short Title is “The London 


Petitions relating to Drogheda Borough ;—Parlia- Public 
mentary Oaths ;—Clergy Reserves (Canada) Bill ;— Petitions. 
Crystal Palace (Sydenham) fo Maynooth College Vide Fortieth 
Act ;— Probates of Wills and Grants of Administra- Report. 


Ardrossan 
Railway Bill. 


Whichwood 
Forest Bill. 


Cambridge 
University 
and ‘Town 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Bristol Gas 
and Bristol 
and Clifton Gas 
Companies 
Amalgamation 
Bill. 


Sale and 
Purchase of 
Land Bill, 


Vestry 
Meetings, 


Terminable 
Annuities, 


and South Western Railway, Basingstoke and Salis- 
bury Act, 1853,” was accordingly presented, and | 
read. 

The House was moved, That the Report from the | 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of | 
the Petition for the said Bill, might be read ; and | 
the same being read ; | 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill | 
for amending the Acts passed for the construction of | 
the Basingstoke and Salisbury Railway, and for other | 
purposes, and of which the short Title is “The Lon- | 
don and South Western Railway (Basingstoke and | 
Salisbury) Act, 1853 :” And that Mr. Francis Scott | 
and Mr. Danby Seymour do prepare, and bring 
it in. 





The Order for reading a second time the Ardros- 
san Railway Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Select Committee on the Whichwood Forest 
Bill was nominated of Mr. Wilson, Colonel Worth, 
Lord Seymour, Mr. Granville Harcourt, the Marquis 
of Chandos, Mr. Langston, and five Members to be 
added by the Committee of Selection. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Cambridge University and Town Waterworks 
Bill was read the third time. 

A Clause (Saving rights of the University of Cam- 
bridge), was thrice read; and added to the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, Tinat the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Bristol Gas and Bristol and Clifton Gas Com- 
panies Amalgamation Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Sale and Purchase of Land Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 4th day of May next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of all Applications made to the Poor Law 
Board, according to the Provisions of so much of 
the Act 13 &amp; 14 Vic. c. 57, as relates to preventing 
the holding of Vestry or other Meetings in Churches ; 
such Return to specify the Applications granted and 
refused :—Of all Cases where, under the Provisions 
of the said Act, Lands or Premises have been taken 
on Lease or purchased, and Sales or Exchanges have 
been effected for the purpose of obtaining Buildings 
suitable for Vestry Meetings :—Of all Cases where 


tion Bill; — Universities (Scotland); —- Universities 
(Scotland) Bill ;—Advertisements ;— Attorneys’ Cer- 
tificates ;—County Rates and Expenditure Bill ;— 
Medical Degrees ;--Paper, Newspaper Stamps and 
Advertisements ; —- Soap ; — Poor Law ; — Public- 
houses (Scotland) Bill;—River Nore Drainage ;— 
Ruabon Inclosure ;—Roman States ;—and, Sheriff 
Courts (Scotland) (No. 2) Bill,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to Reform in the Government of 
the ZJndian Territories,—were also presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Jndian 
Territories. 
| A Petition relating to Parliamentary Papers, was 
_also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
| Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of 

| the City of Durham, was presented, and read ; set- 
ting forth, That the Petitioners were, at and during 
the two last Elections of Members to serve in this 
| present Parliament for the City of Durham, regis- 
| tered Electors of the said City, and voted at the said 
| Elections ; that, at an Election on the Seventh day 
| of July One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two, 
Thomas Colpitts Granger, Esquire (since deceased), 
| William Atherton, Esquire, and the Honourable 
| Adolphus Frederick Charles William Vane, com- 
monly called Lord Adolphus Frederick Charles Wil- 
liam Vane, were the Candidates, and a poll having 
been demanded, was held and taken, and at the close 
thereof the said Tomas Colpitts Granger and Wil- 
liam Atherton were by the Returning Officer of the 
said City declared to have had a majority of votes, 
and to have been duly elected, and were returned to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said City ; 
that the Election and Return of the sail Thomas 
Colpitis Granger and William Atherton were void, 
by reason of the poll thereat having been closed be- 
fore the time prescribed by law; that the said Tho- 
mas Colpitts Grauger departed this life on the Fifth 
day of August last; that an Election Petition was, 
| on the Twenty-third day of November last, presented 
| to the House, complaining of the Election and Re- 
| turn of the said William Atherton; and praying that 
| the House would declare that the said William Ather- 
_ton had not been duly elected, and that he ought not 
'to have been returned, and that his Election and Re- 
turn were wholly null and void ; that on the last dey 
| for presenting Election Petitions, riz.on Tuesday the 
| ‘lwenty-fifth day of November last, a Petition signed 
iby William Lumley and Henry Greenwell was pre- 
| sented to the House, setting forth among other things, 
| that the Election and Return of the said William A ther- 
 éonand Thomas Colpitts Granger were wholly null and 
void, and that the said Lord Adolphus Frederick 
| Charles William Vane had a real majority of votes 
above the said Thomas Colpitts Granger ; and pray- 





























































the Poor Law Commissioners have given authority | ing that the House would declare that the said 7'ho- 
for Money to be borrowed for such purposes, and | mas Colpitts Granger had not been duly elected, but 
charged to the Poor Rate:—And, of all Appoint-! that Lord Adolphus Frederick Charles William Vane 






ments of Vestry Clerks under the said Act. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns showing the Amount of Annuities for Lives 
and for Terms of Years granted in each of the years 

VoL. 108, 


| had been duly elected, and ought to have been re- 
‘turned ; that, at the meeting of the House on the 
next day, after the presentation of the last-mentioned 
Petition, viz. on Friday the Twenty-sixth day of No- 
vember last, the Right honourable the Speaker ac- 
| 3a4 quainted 








Ramsgate 
Harbour. 


No. 368. 


Statistical 


Papers (India.) pg 


No. 369. 


British Spirits. 
No. 370. 


Exports to 
‘Turkey, &amp;e. 
No. 371. 


Public-houses 
(Scouland) 
Bill. 


416 


quainted the House, that he had that day received a 
letter from Mr. James Coppock, as Agent for the said 
William Lumley and Henry Greenwell, informing 
him that it was not their intention to proceed with 
their said Petition; that, on the Second day of De- 
cember last, the Election Petitions, except (among 
others) those complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the City of Durham, were referred by the 
House to the General Committee of Elections; that 
the Petitioners humbly submit that the Petition of the 
said William Lumley and Henry Greenwell was pre- 
pared by the said Jumes Coppock, the Agent for the 
said William Atherton, for the purpose of preventing 
the issue of a Writ for the Election of a Member to 
serve in Parliament for the said City of Durham in 
the room of the said Thomas Colpitts Granger, de- 
ceased, and to induce the withdrawal of the Petition 
presented on the Twenty-third day of November last 
against the Return of the said William Atherton ; 
that the presentation of the Petition of the said Wil- 
liam Lumley and Henry Greenwell was a breach of 
the privileges of the House, and an undue interference 
with the right of the Electors for the said City of 
Durham to be represented in Parliament ; that, under 
the circumstances thereinbefore set forth, the Peti- 
tioners humbly submit that the said Petitions, as 
presented on the Twenty-third and Twenty-fifth days 
of November last, ought now to be referred to the 


General Committee of Elections for the purpose of 


Select Committees being chosen for the trial of the 
same respectively ; and praying that the House will 
refer the said Petitions to the General Committee of 
Elections, for the purpose of choosing Select Com- 
mittees, with such directions as to the House shall 
seem meet; or that the House will be pleased to 
make such further or other order in the premises as 
to the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Ramsgate 
Harbour, which was presented upon the 19th day of 
this instant April, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Statistical 
pers (dndia), which was presented upon the 19th 
day of this instant April, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to British 
Epirits, which was presented upon the 19th day of 
this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Exports to 


Turkey, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 19th day | 


of this instant April, be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


into a Committee on the Public-houses (Scotland). 


Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- | 


graph. 
J’reamble postponed. 
Crause, N° 1 (No Certificate to be granted, unless 


with express condition that no groceries be sold on | 


the premises). 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed: At the end of the 
Clause, to add the words “ or unless the keeper or 
“ occupant of such house or premises has hitherto 
bond fide sold liquors for consumption on the pre- 
mises, as well as in the same house sold ordinary 
gvoceries or other provisions ; and licenses to such 
last-mentioned parties may be continued hereafter 
in the same way and on the same terms as hitherto, 
so long as the present keepers or occupants are 
alive.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 





20° Aprilis. 





A. 1853. 


Crauses, N° 2 to N° 6, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Cuauses, N° 7 to N° 9, postponed. 

Cuiavuses, N° 10 to N° 14, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 15, disagreed to. 

Cravses, N° 16 and N* 17, amended, and agreed 
to. 

Crauseg, N° 18, disagreed to. 

Schedule amended, and agreed to. 

Clauses added. 

Clause (That, after the passing of this Act, the 
| Magistrates of the Parliamentary Burghs shall with- 
in their respective jurisdictions have, enjoy and pos- 
sess the same powers, in reference to the granting of 
Certificates, as belong to and are exercised by Magis- 
trates of Royal Burghs) brought a and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
be now read a second time ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the Yeas, (ir — 


Tellers for the Noes,| oq — ; 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Ek 





He 





1 
y 81. 
\ 


J 93. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- Berwick. 
mittee of Elections, the Names of the Members of upon-Tweed 
the Select Committee appointed to try and de- Election. 
termine the matter of the Petition complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Berwich-upon- Tweed ; to which they had annexed 
the Petition referred to them by the House relating 
thereto :—Brodie M‘Ghie Willcox, Esquire, James 
Whiteside, Esquire, Henry Singer Keating, Esquire, 
Thomas William Booker, Esquire ; Chairman, Henry 
Ker Seymer, Esquire. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


is2h—4 


Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- yerefora 
mittee of Elections, the Names of the Members of Election. 
the Select Committee appointed to try and determine 
the matter of the Petition complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the City of Hereford; to 
which they had annexed the Petition referred to them 
by the House relating thereto :—George Medd Butt, 
Esquire, George Poulett Scrope, Esquire, Rainald 
| Knightley, Esquire, Marquis of Stafford ; Chairman, 
| Robert Ingham, Esquire. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- Maidstone 
mittee of Elections, the Names of the Members of Election. 
| the Select Committee appointed to try and determine 
the matter of the Petition complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Maidstone ; 
to which they had annexed the Petition referred to 
them by the House relating thereto :—Sir John John- 
stone, Baronet, Sir Thomas Herbert Maddock, Tho- 
mas Meagher, Esquire, Edward Basil Farnham, Es- 
quire ; Chairman, William Hutt, Esquire. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- Controverted 
mittee of Elections ; ‘That they had selected Henry Elections. 
Arthur Herbert, Esquire, to serve as a Chairman of 

Election Committees, in the room of Sir George 
| Grey, Baronet, who had claimed to be excused for 
the remainder of the Session. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Sir 









Controverted 
Elections. 


Hereford 
Election. 


Mayo 
Election. 


No, 372. 


Judges 
Exclusion Bill. 





16 VicroriaZ. 20° Aprilis. 417 


Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com-| Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee of Elections; That they had named days for mittee, be taken into consideration upon Wednesday 
the appointment of Select Committees on the Elec- , next. 





tion Petitions following, from Panel No. 5 :-— 

Clare County - | The House, —- to Order, proceeded to take County ee 
Liverpool ~ -— - into consideration the County Elections Polls (Scoé- 402s Fe 
Sligo. - = = | Tuesday, 10th May. land) Bill, as amended in the Committee; and pc 
Sligo County - = Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Bury Saint weed | Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Peterborough - —-\Wednesday, 11th May. Thursday the 28th day of this instant April. 
Durham - - - | 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. | The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 

‘mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had | Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
received Notice, that it is not intended to proceed resolve itself into the said Committee. 
with the Petition complaining of an undue Election, . 
and Return for the City of Hereford:—And the | ‘The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
same was read, as followeth : | ~~ - — ; = " ous 
ee . | esolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
Sir, Chancery-lane, 20th April 1853. | recolve itself into the said Committee. 
As Agent for James l’rederick Symonds, and others, | 
in the matter of their Petition delivered in on the; ‘The Order of the day being read, for the Com- County Rates 
25th day of November last, complaining of the undue | mittee on the County Rates and Expenditure Bill; "4 Expen- 
Election and Return of Sir Robert Price, Baronet, | Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday diture Bill. 
and Henry Morgan Clifford, Esquire, for the City next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
of Hereford, I beg to inform you that it is not in- | 


tended to proceed with the said Petition. Lord Charles Wellesley reported from the Com- Railway Bills 


I have the honour to be, Sir, ‘mittee on Group L. of Railway Bills; That the ‘@rup L.) 
Your very obedient humble servant, | Parties opposing the Woodford Railway Bill had 
Geo. Fred. Cooke. | stated to the Committee, that the Evidence of James 
To the Right honourable the Speaker Nugent Daniell was essential to enable them to 
of the House of Commons. ‘establish their case before the Committee, and it 
The Order for referring the said Petition to the | having been proved that his attendance could not be 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- | procured without the intervention of the House, he 
charged. had been instructed by the Committee to move the 


a , . . | House, that the said James Nugent Daniell do attend 
Lord Harry Vane, from the Select Committee ap- | the said Committee To-morrow, April 21st, at Twelve 


pointed to try and determine the matter of the Peti-| of the clock. 

tion complaining of an undue Election and Return} Qydered, That James Nugent Daniell do attend 
for the County of Mayo, informed the House, That | the said Committee To-morrow, at Twelve o'clock. 
the Committee had determined, 


That George Henry Moore, Esquire, and George| The House was moved, That the several Acts re- Customs, &amp;c. 
Gore Ouseley Higgins, Esquire, are duly elected | lating to the Customs, Excise, Assessed Taxes, Acts- 
Knights of the Shire to serve in this present Parlia- Stamps and Land Tax Redemption, might be read ; 
ment for the County of Mayo. and the same being read ; 

And the said Determination was ordered to be} Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 


entered in the Journals of this House. solve itself into a Committee to consider the said 
Lord Harry Vane further informed the House, | Acts. 


That the Committee had agreed to the following 


Resolution : ; : Sir Robert Ferguson reported from the Committee Committee 
That it appears from evidence given before the | of Selection; That they had made several alterations ° Selection 
Committee, that there was great abuse of spiritual | in the Groups of Private Bills already formed, and (Sixth Report.) ’ 
influence on the part of a great body of the Roman | had formed into additional Groups other Private etie 

Catholic Priesthood, during the last Election for the | Bills, which they had agreed to report to the 
County of Mayo. House. ‘ 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself and be printed. 


into a Committee on the Judges Exclusion Bill. Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Leicester 


(In the Committee.) before the Select Committee on the Leicester Election Election. 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- Petition be laid before this House. 


graph. bl P d The Order for referring the .Brecon Collegiate Brecon 
a ee Church Bill to the Committee of Selection, was read, Collegiate 
Cuavuse, N° 1, amended, and agreed to. and discharged. Church Bill. 
Cravuse, N° 2, agreed to. Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Select 
Schedule : Committee. 


Amendment proposed, to add after the words 
“ The Master of the Rolls in England,” the words| Ordered, That the Combination of Workmen Bill Combination 


“ The Recorder of London.” be read the third time upon Wednesday the 4th day $,)"°™*™" 
Question proposed, That those words be there | of May next. 
added. 
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Cockermouth 
Schedule agreed to. before the Select Committee on the Cockermouih Vlection. 
Preamble read, and agreed to. Election Petitions be laid before this House. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouw- 
verie reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 
VoL. 108. 














Private Bills 
(Group L.) 


Knares- 
borough 
Election. 


Holme 
Reservoirs 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Poole Harbour 


and Port 
(No. 2) Bill. 


London and 


South Western 


Railway 

(Basingstoke 
and Salisbury 
Branch) Bill. 


Midland Rail- 
way (Amend- 
ment of Acts, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Lands Im- 
rovement 
ompany 

(No. 2) Bill. 


Wigan Water- 


works Bill. 


Leicester 
Election. 


No, 375. 


Vessels 
Wrecked. 


Five o’clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Committee of Elections, the Names of the Mem- 
determine the matter of the Petitions complaining 


of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
of Knaresborough; to which they had annexed the 


and Management of the said Harbour: And the 


Jovis, 21° die Aprilis ; 


Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 


QRDERED, That the Committee on Group L. 
of Private Bills have leave to sit this day till 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the General 


bers of the Select Committee appointed to try and 


Petitions referred to them by the House relating 
thereto, and the Lists of Voters delivered in by either 
Party :—Viscount Barrington, Colonel Freestun, 
Robert Blagden Hale, Esquire, Viscount Monch ; 
Chairman, Right honourable Spencer Horatio Wal- 
vole. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, vat the Holme Reservoirs (No. 2) Bill 


be read a second time ‘To-morrow. 


Mr. ‘Brotherton preseuted a Bill to repeal an Act 
of the twenty-ninth year of his late Majesty King 
George the Second, relating to the Harbour and to 
the Town and County of Poole; and to make Pro- 
vision for maintaining and for the better Regulation 


21° Aprilis. 








A. 1853. 


before the Select Committee on the Leicester Elec- 
tion Petition, be printed. 


The Names of the five Members appointed to try Berwick- 
and determine the matter of the Petition, complain- open Seed 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the Bo- ““*" 
rough of Berwich-upon-Tweed, were called over ; 
and being come to the Table, they were sworn by 
the Clerk. 

Ordered, Vhat the Petition relative to the said 
Election be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, at Eleven o’clock, in one of the Com- 
mittee-rooms of the House. 


The Names of the five Members appointed to try Maidstone 
and determine the matter of the Petition, complain- Election. 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the Bo- 
rough of Maidstone, were called over; and being 
come to the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition relative to the said 
Election be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, at Twelve o'clock, in one of the Com- 
mittee-rooms of the House. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Houses 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Middlesex.) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, an Account of the Number of Houses sur- 
veyed, and Amount of all Fees received during the 
last Five years by the Surveyors of the County of 


same was read the first time; and ordered to be} Middlesex; distinguishing the Number of Houses 


read a second time. | 


surveyed, and the Amount received in each year by 
the diflerent Surveyors of the several Districts, 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for amending the | viz. :— 


Acts passed for the Construction of the Basingstoke | 
and Salisbury Railway, and for other purposes, and 

of which the short Title is “ The Zondon and South | 
Western Railway (Basingstoke and Salisbury) Act, 

1853 :” And the same was read the first time; and 

ordered to be read a second time. 


The Midland Railway (Amendment of Acts, &amp;c.) 
Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Scottish Central Railway Bill was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Lands Improvement Company (No. 2) Bill 
was, according to Order, read a second time ; and 
committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Wigan 
Waterworks Bill have leave to sit this day till Five 
o'clock, during the sitting of the House. 


The following Paper, pursuant to Order, was laid 
upon the Table by the Clerk of the House,—Mi- 
nutes of the Evidence taken before the Select Com- 
mittee on the Leicester Election Petition. 

The following Paper was also laid upon the 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—Retura to an 
Order, dated the 14th day of March last, for a Return 
of the Number of Vessels, distinguishing British 
from Foreign, wrecked or lost on the Coast of Jre- 
land during the Five years ending the 5th day of 
January 1853; stating the Names of the Places 
where such Wrecks took place, the Number of Lives 
lost, and the Amount of Tonnage and Value of the 
Cargo of the Ships lost. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 





























= Total 
Name |Name Namber eee - Amount received in the Years received 
ag) 7 =... cae ital .| in the 
| District oath, Five 
veyor.) 1848. | 1849. | 1850. | 1851. | 1852.7 1848, 1849. 1850. | 1851, 1852. | Years. 
| £. 8. d.| £.s.d.} £.8.d.|£.8.d.|£.s.d.| £.8d. 

|| 




















Ordered, That the said Address be ae to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 





Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Address Sheriff Courts 
to Her Majesty, dated the 9th day of December (Scotland.) 
last, for a Return to show, in Columns,—1. The 
Name, Residence, Date of Appointment, Salary, and 
all Fees, Emoluments or other Sources of Income, 
accruing in each year to each Sheriff Depute re- 
spectively ; stating also the Amount of Deductions 
therefrom, if any, in each of the last five years, up 
to the 31st day of December 1851 :—2. The Num- 
ber of Courts held in each County in each year of 
the above Period, the Dates of holding said Courts, 
the Length of each Sitting, and the Number of 
Causes heard and decided in the above Period at 
each Sitting of the Court by each Sheriff Depute 
respectively ; distinguishing the ordinary Civil 
Courts, the Small Debt Courts and the Criminal 
Courts ; and also distinguishing, in regard to these 
last Courts, the Number of Cases tried with the aid 
of a Jury:—3. The Number of Ordivary Civil 
Causes decided in each Sheriff Court in each 
year; distinguishing those concluding for Payment 
of Money from other Causes, and specifying the 
Number of those Causes with pecuniary Conclusions 
in which the Amount was respectively under £.25, 
between £.25 and under £.50, and above £.50; 
together with the Expense of Taxed Costs in each 
Class:—4. The Number of Interlocutors separately 
appealed from, distinguishing those in the prepara- 
tion of the Cause and on points of Evidence from 
those on the Merits; the Number of the Sheriffs 
Substitutes Interlocutors which have been affirmed, 
and the Number which have been reversed or altered 
by the Sheriff Depute, distinguishing as above ; the 
Average 


Capital 
Convictions. 


Barnstaple 
Election. 


No. 376. 


16 Vicroriz. 


Average Expense of each such Appeal, and the 
Average Period of Time elapsing between the Date 
of the Appeal and that of the Decision by the She- 
riff Depuie thereon:—5. The Number of Causes 
in which the Judgments of the Sheriffs Depute 
have been brought under the Review of the Court 


of Session, together with the Number of such | 


Causes in which the Judgments have been affirmed, 
and the Number in which the Judgments have been 
reversed or altered; specifying whether such Af- 


firmants, Reversal or Alteration, were in accordance | 


with the Original Judgment of the Sheriff Substi- 
tutes :—6. The Number of Appeals to the House of 


21° Aprils. 


419 


| of the Petition of certain Electors, complaining of 
/an undue Election and Return for the awek of 
| Barnstaple, informed the House, That the Com- 
mittee had determined, 

That Sir William Augustus Fraser, Baronet, and 
Richard Bremridge, Esquire, are not duly elected 
Burgesses to serve in this present Parliament for 
the Borough of Barnstaple. 

That the last Election for the said Borough is a 
void Election. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Mr. William Owen Stanley further informed the 





Lords in Cases originating in the Sheriff Courts, and | House, That Sir William Augustus Fraser, Baronet, 
the Results, in each of these years:—7. Return of|and Richard Bremridge, Esquire, were, by their 


the Sheriti Substitutes now in Office, in each 
County of Scotland; stating the Name, Residence 


and Date of Appointment of each, and distinguishing | 


those who are Advocates:—8. The Salaries, Fees, 
Emolumeuts and cther Sources of Income (if any) ; 
stating also the Amount of Deductions therefrom 
of each of the said Sheriffs Substitutes in each 


year :—9. The Number of Small Debt Courts held | 
annually by each Sheriff Substitute in each County ; | 


distinguishing those held in Circuit, with the Amount 
of Allowance for Expenses, the Amount of Expen- 
diture, and the Distance travelled in attending the 
Circuit Courts :-—10. The Number of Interlocutors 
pronounced in Ordinary Civil Cases in each year by 
each Sheriff Substitute ; distinguishing those in the 
preparation of the Cause and in points of Evidence 
from those on the Merits; also an Account or De- 
scription of Business performed under the Bankrupt 
and Cessio Acts, the Poor Law Acts, and as Com- 
missary, by each Sheriff Substitute ; also, a Return 
of the Nature and Extent of Duties performed, and 
the Time taken up by Sheriff Substitutes acting 
under the Police Acts :—11. The Number of Small 


Debt Causes decided in each year by each Sheriff 


Substitute, distinguishing those tried in Circuit 
Courts :—12. The Amount, in Value, of such Causes, 
distinguishing the Number below £.5, and also, as 
far as is possible, the Number in which the Excess 
of Debt over £.8. 6s, 8d. has been abandoned :— 
13. The Number of Small Debt Causes which have 
been remitted by each Sheriff Substitute from his 
Small Debt Court to his Ordinary Roll, in each 
year :—14. The Number of Causes in the Ordinary 
and Small Debt Courts respectively, in each year, 
in which Decree in Absence has been given :—15. 
The Number of Criminal Cases decided in each 
year, by each Sheriff Substitute in each County, 
and the Total Number so decided ; distinguishing 
the Number of said Criminal Cases decided with 


agents, guilty of bribery and treating at the last 
| Election. 

That it was proved to the Committee that John 
Smith and Henry Smith, junior, were bribed by 
Henry Weeden with the sum of 5/. each, to vote 
for the sitting Members. 

That Henry Buckingham was bribed by Thomas 
Williams with the sum of £.6, to vote for the sitting 
Members. 

That William Harris was bribed by William Cle- 
ment with the sum of £.3. 15s. 6d. in money, and 
boots to the value of £.1. 1s. 6d., to vote for the 
sitting Members. 

That John Ellis was bribed by Robert Westacoté 
with the sum of £. 6, to vote for the sitting Mem- 
bers. 

That William Huxtable was bribed by Samuel 
Featherstone with the sum of £.10, to vote for the 
sitting Members. 

That Thomas Drew was bribed by John Thornely 
with the sum of £.10, to vote for the sitting Mem- 
| bers. 
| That John Ireland was promised the sum of £.15 
| by John Risdon Davy, senior, an agent for the 
sitting Members, provided he voted for them. 

That John Ireland, under the inducement of the 
said promise, voted for Sir William Fraser, one of 
| the sitting Members, and Lord Ebrington, and then 
claimed £.7. 10s. for his vote for Sir William 
Fraser, as halt of the money that had been so pro- 
mised. 

That Richard Bremridge, Esquire, was cognizant 
that an offer of money had been made by John 
Risdon Davy, senior, to John Ireland, to induce 
him to vote for Sir William Augustus Fraser and 
| Richard Bremridge, Esquire, and ratified such offer ; 
but that, with this exception, it was not proved that 
the acts of bribery before-mentioned were committed 
with the knowledge or consent of the sitting Mem- 








the aid of a Jury:—16. The Number of Cases ap- | bers. 


pealed to Justiciary Circuit Court from each Sheriff 


Court in each County in each of the above years; | 


distinguishing the Number affirmed, reversed or 
altered respectively :—17. The Number of Criminal 
Cases decided in each Sheriff Court, which have 
been brought under the Review of the High Court 
of Justiciary, distinguishing the Number affirmed, 
reversed or altered respectively: —18. And, the 
Number of Days, and the Number of Hours in each 
Day, in which the Sheriff Depute has sat in the 
Registration Court and Appeal Registration Court 
in each County, and the Amount of Fees received 
by each respectively in each of the five years. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
10th day of February last, for a Return of the 
Number of Perscns capitally convicted in England 
and Wales, from the year 1838 to 1852, both in- 
clusive ; specifying the Offences and Sentences, and 
whether aid how carried into effect, by Execution 
or otherwise. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 


Table. 


Mr. William Owen Stanley, from the Select Com- 
mittee appointed to try and determine the matter 
VoL. 108. 





That it was proved to the satisfaction of the 
Committee that corrupt practices have extensively 
prevailed in the Borough of Barnstaple during the 
Jast and former Elections. 

Ordered, Thai the Report do lie upon the Table. 








Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Minutes 


before the Committee be laid before this House. 


appointed to re-assemble for further inquiry into 
corrupt practices at the last Election for the Town 
and Port of Rye, informed the House, That the 
Committee had agreed to the following Resolu- 
tions : 

1. That it appears from the Evidence taken before 
this Committee, that from 1832 to 1852 inclusive, 
Mr. Jeremiah Smith, ot Springfield House, near 
Rye, has exercised a great influence in all the Elec- 
tions ef a Member for that Borough. 

2. That the influence of Mr. Jeremiah Smith was 
created and maintained by a system. of lending 
money to voters in sums varying from several hun- 
dred pounds down to two or three pounds, accord- 
ing to the position and necessities of the applicant ; 





which system was carried to a very great extent. 
3H 2 By 


ordered. 


Sir John Pakington, from the Select Committee Rye Election. 


No, 377. 














Minutes 
ordered. 





420 


By documents submitted to this Committee, it ap- 
pears that from 1832 to 1837 inclusive, Mr. Smith 
corruptly lent money for electioneering purposes to 
the amount of more than £.8,200; and he has 
himself stated in his Evidence, that in 1837 loans 
of this nature were outstanding to the extent of 
£.15,000: he added, that the advances were made 
by instructions from Major Curteis, then the Mem- 
ber for the Borough. 

3. That, irrespectively of political objects, Mr. 
Smith appears frequently to have lent money to 
nersons in the town and neighbourhood of Rye; 
cat this Committee are of opinion, that the Evidence 
before them affords the strongest grounds for be- 
lieving that the system of political loans, and the 
exercise of influence so obtained, has been con- | 
tinued by Mr. Smith, though on a less extensive | 
scale, down to the last Election in 1852. 

4. That at the Election of 1852, Mr. Smith 
gave his support to Mr. Mackinnon, and a list of | 
fifty-six voters has been submitted to this Com- | 
mittee who voted for Mr. Mackinnon, being at the | 
time indebted to Mr. Smith. | 

5. That of the above fifty-six voters a large pro- 
portion appear to this Committee to have been ac- | 
commodated with money or kept in debt by demands | 
for interest, generally made in the year, or in the | 
immediate prospect of an Election, for electioneering | 
purposes; and in some instances it was proved to 
the satisfaction of the Committee, that the votes of 
the electors were influenced in this way at the last 
Election. 

6. That there has been submitted to this Com- 
mittee a list of fourteen voters who, being indebted 
to Mr. Smith, voted for Mr. Pomfret ; and a list of 
five voters who, being indebted to Mr. Smith, ab- 
stained from voting; but it appears to this Com- 
mittee that twelve of the above nineteen voters were 
either indebted to Mr. Smith in the ordinary way 
of business, and without loans, or were pressed for 
repayment alter voting against his wishes, in a way 
which tends to contirm the view taken by the Com- 
mittee of the previous Evidence. 

7. That it appears from the Evidence that Mr. 
Mackinnon paid £.2,030 into the London aud County 
Joint Stock Bank at Rye, previous to and for the 
purposes of the late Election ; and Mr. A/ackinnon’s | 
agent subsequently tendered accounts to this Com- 
mittee, from which it appears that nearly the whole 
of this sum was expended on the Election, and 
£.1,283 was spent in treating at 34 public-houses, 
of which a list was furnished. 

8. That Evidence was tendered to this Committee 
in support of three charges of bribery by Mr. Pom- 
fret; but this Committee are of opinion that the 
Evidence failed to establish the accusation; and 
they think it right toadd, that Mr. Pomfret appears 
to have spent only £.130 during the contest. 

9. That this Committee do not think it necessary | 
to recommend a further inquiry by a Commission, | 
because the statements of expenditure by both Can- 
didates which have been submitted to them seem 
to disprove the existence of direct money bribery 
at the late Election, and the other corrupt practices 
which have prevailed at the last and several pre- 
ceding Elections have been sufficiently established 
by the inquiry which this Committee have con- 
ducted ; but the Committee desire to call the special 
attention of the House to the system of corrupt 
loans which is exposed in the foregoing Resolutions. 
They think it most important that a remedy for 
this mode of corruption should, if possible, be in- 
cluded in future legislation, inasmuch as they con-| 
sider it to be a system most fatal to freedom of | 
Election, and more dangerous to the independence | 
of the voter, because more enduring and less costly 
than ordinary bribery. | 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. | 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken | 
before the Committee be laid before this House. 











21° Aprilis. 








A. 1853. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken New Ross 
before the Select Committee on the New Ross Elec- Election. 


tion Petition be laid before this House. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Legacy, &amp;, 
Returns showing the Amount of Capital on which Duties. 


the several Rates of Legacy Duty have been paid in 
Great Britain, iv the years 1851 and 1852 (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 140, of Ses- 
sion 1852), with an additional Column showing the 
Amount of Tax received on each of the Eight 
several Rates, also the Amount of the Duty in the 
Abstract in each of the Eight several Rates :— 
Showing the Amount of Capital in which the se- 
veral Rates of Legacy Duty have been paid in 
Ireland, for the years ended the 5th day of January 
1852 and 1853, and distinguishing the Amount of 
each Rate :—Showing the Total Amount of Duty 
on Leyacies, Probates and Administrations, received 
in Ireland, in the years ended the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary 1852 and the 5th day of January 1853 :—Of 
the Total Amount of Revenue received in the United 
Kingdom in each of the years ended the 5th day 
of January 1851 and 1852, for Stamp Duties on 
Legacies, Probates, Administrations and ‘Testa- 
mentary Inventories; distinguishing the Amount 
from England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland; 
with an Abstract of the whole Amount of Duty 
received since 1797: — And, showing the Total 
Amount of Duty on Legacies, Probates and Ad- 
ministrations, received since the year 1797 to the 
5th day of January 1851. 


Ordered, That the Appendix, Nos. 9, 10, 11 and Burdens on 


12, to Minutes of Evidence before Select Com- Land (1846.) 


mittee of the House of Lords on Burdens on Land, 
the Report of which Committee was communicated 
from the Lords on the 19th of June 1846, viz. :— 
1. Statement showing some of the most. striking 
inequalities in the Land Tax Quotas :—2. State- 
ment showing the Average Rate in the Pound at 
which the Land Tax is charged in the several 
Counties in England and Wales, and in Scotland, 
taking the Value at Three-fourths of the Amount 
assessed to the Property Tax in 1815, and at the 
Amount assessed to the Property ‘Tax in 1842, re- 
spectively :— 3. Statement showing the Average 
Rate in the Pound at which the Land Tax is charged 
in the several Cities, Boroughs and Towns upon 
which distinct Quotas are set by the Act 38 Geo. 3, 
c. 5, taking the Value at the Amount assessed to 
the Property Tax in 1842 :—4. Statement of the 
Amount of Duty assessed on Personal Estate in 
each County in England and Wales, by virtue of 
the Act 3 Will. 4, c. 3, fur the Service of the year 
ending the 25th day of March 1833, being the year 
immediately preceding the repeal of the said Duty, 
be re-printed. 


No, 378, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Newspaper 
a Return of the Names of all the Newspapers in Stamps. 


the United Kingdom to which Halfpenny Stamps 
were issued during the year 1852; stating the 


Number of such Stamps issued to each Newspaper, 


and the Amount paid to the Stamp Office by each 
on account of such Stamps. 


Petitions relating to the Ballot ;—Parliamentary Public 
Oaths ;—Universal Suffrage, &amp;c. ;—Church Rates ; Petitions: 
—Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ;— Maynooth College vide Forty- 


tion Bill ;—Religion ; — Universities (Scotland) ;— 
Universities (Scotland) Bill; — Advertisements ; — 
Attorneys’ Certificates ;—County Rates and Expen- 
diture Bill ;— Malt ;— Paper, Newspaper Stamps 
and Advertisements ;—Repayment of Advances (Jre- 
land) ;—Aggravated Assaults Bill ;--Arbitration ;— 
Armaments ;— Chelsea Hospital ;—Pilotage Bill ;— 
Poor Law ;— Public Health Act ; — Public-houses 
(Scotland) Bill ;—Registration of Births, Deaths and 

Marriages 


| Act ;—Probates of Wills and Grants of Administra- first Report. 











16 Vicroriz. 21° Aprilis. 42] 


Marriages (Zreland); — Roman States ; — Sheriff| The House, according to Order, resolved itself Customs, &amp;c. 


Courts (Scotland) Bill ;— Sheriff Courts (Scotland) | into a Committee on the Customs, &amp;c. Acts. Acts. 

Bill, and, Sheriff Courts (Scotland) (No. 2) Bill ;— 4 

and, Tenant Right (Jreland} Bill,—were presented, (In the Committee.) 

aud read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. | 1. Resolved, That there shall be paid, in addition Excise Duties 


A Petition relating to Education (India), wasalso | to the Duties of Excise now payable on Spirits in Spirits. 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select | Scotland and Ireland respectively, upon every gallon 
Committee on Indian Territories. |of Spirits of the strength of Hydrometer proof, 

A Petition relating to Parliamentary Papers, was | which shall, on or after the 21st day of April 1853, 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Select | be distilled in Scotland and Jreland respectively, or 





Committee on Parliamentary Papers. _be in the stock, custody or possession of any distiller 

/in Scotland or Ireland, or which, having been dis- 

Messagefrom A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blunt: | tilled in England, Scotland or Ireland, shall on or 
the Lords. Mr. Speaker, after the said day be in warehouse in Scotland or 
London As- The Lords have agreed to the Zondon Assurance | Lreland, and be taken out of warehouse for con- 
surance Bill, Bill, without any Amendment: And also, | Sumption in Scotland or Ireland, or which, having 
Tecsination The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act| been taken out of warehouse in Evgland for removal 


Extension Bill. further to extend and make compulsory the Prac-| to Scotland or Ireland, shall on or after the said day 
tice of Vaccination ; to which the Lords desire the | be brought into Scotland or Ireland, the additional 
concurrence of this House:—And then the Mes- | duty following ; (that is to say) 

&gt; wh . £. 
senger withdrew. | ies. -. » « of a 
In Ireland - - - = = ie 
2. Resolved, That the Duties of Customs now Customs 
chargeable on the Articles under-mentioned, im- Duties on 
ported into Scotland and Ireland, shall cease and 5?™"* 
determine, and in lieu thereof the following Duties 


| me 
ols 


Army Mr. Secretary-at-War presented, pursuant to the | 
(Half-Pay.) directions of an Act of Parliament,—A Return of | 
Officers who have been allowed to receive their | 
Half-Pay since 1st April 1852, with Civil Situa-| 


tions. | a : 1 

- , shall be charged, from and after the 21st day of 
. — That the said Return do lie upon the ! April 1853, viz. : 

oe Spirits or Strong Waters, for every gallon of such Spirits 
, , | or Strong Waters, of any strength not exceeding the 
Local Acts. Mr. Osborne presented, hy Her Majesty’s Com- strength of proof by Syke's Hydrometer, and so in propor- 
mand,—Further Reports from the Admiralty rela-| _ tion for anygreater or less strength than the strength of proof. 
No, 191. ’ P ; ys er as 
tive to Applications for Local Acts. and for any greater or less quantity than a gallon, viz. :— 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the | Spirits or Strong Waters, the produce of any British 
Table ; and be printed. Possession in America, not being sweetened Spirits or 


Spirits mixed with any Article so that the degree of 
; strength thereof cannot be exactly ascertained by such 
Poor Relief Sir John Young presented,— Return to an Order, | Hydrometer ; 


(Ireland. ) dated the 7th day of March last, for Summaries of | mi — £. 8. d. 
Returns showing by Counties, the Total Number | If imported into Scotland, the gallon - | — 5 - 
? 3 . 9 Ireland ,, -| - 3 8 





of Paupers (In-door and Out-door) in receipt of 
Relief on the 1st day of January 1852 and the 1st 


Rum, the produce of any British Possession within the 
limits of the East India Company’s Charter, not 


day of January 1853, in the Unions in Ireland, being sweetened Spirits or Spirits so mixed as afore- 

specifying the Increase or Decrease in the latter as | said, in regard te which the conditions of the Act 

compared with the former Period (in the same form | 4 Vie. c. 8, have or shall have been fulfilled ; 

as Parliamentary Paper, No. 135, of Session 1853) : ws siete £. %. d. 

—Of Returns, showing the Number of Adult Able- manera See poe mar pega - . se 
” ”? e 





bodied Paupers (Male and Female), exclusive of 


‘ : . . | ] Shrub, however sweete + produce of im- 
Vagrants, in receipt of Relief, on the 1st day of tum Shrub, however sweetened, the produce of and im 


ported from such Possessions, in regard to which the 


Session 1853) :—And, Return showing the Number | 2 Seon 
of Adult Able-bodied Paupers relieved in all the 
Unions in Zreland, on the 1st day of January 1852 | 
and the 1st day of January 1853, comprised in the | 
Return No. 2, but classed according to the Causes : ca i. 

of Relief, showing, for Out-door Poor, 1. The Num- | Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitzroy 
ber of Persons permanently disabled from Labour | reported, That the Committee had come to several 
by reason of Old Age, Infirmity or Bodily or Mental | Resolutions. | , ae 

Defect ; 2. By Widows having Two or more Legi- | Ordered, Chat the Report be received l'o-morrow. 
timate Children dependent on them; 3. Persons, Mr. Fitzroy also reported, That the Committee 
being disabled from Labour by reason of severe | had made Progress in the matter to them referred ; 
Sickness or serious Accident ; and for In-door Poor, | and that he was directed to move, That the Com- 
1. Married Couples, distinguishing Males and Fe- | ™ttee may have leave to sit again. 

males; 2. Other Males; 3. Other Females; with | Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


8 


January 1852 and the 1st day of January 1853, in conditions of the Act 4 Vie. ¢. 8, have or shall have 
the Unions in Jreland, showing the Increase in the | heen fulfilled, or the produce of and imported from any 
latter as compared with the former period (in the British Possession in America ; , 
&gt; . H &gt; Pa nar y re , - : - &amp; 
same form as Parliamentary Paper, No. 135, of If imported into Scotland, the gallon | - &amp; - 
3 


39 ” 
Resolutions to be reported. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Totals. next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Pilotage Bill. 


mittee on the Pilotage Bill; 


SouthSeaand The House, according to Order, resolved itself. Resolved, That this House will, after the Notice 
— sami into a Committee on the South Sea and other Annu- | of Motion relative to Customs, resolve itself into the 
tation Bill, ities Commutation Bill; and, after some time spent | said Committee. 

No. 374, therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. | 


Fitzroy reported, That the Committee had gone! The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Merchant 


through the Bill. mittee on Merchant Shipping [Advances] ; Shipping 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. | Resolved, That this House will, after the Notice “¢’"°* 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a: of Motion relative to Customs, resolve itself into 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. the said Committee. 


VoL. 108. 3H 3 The 

















Merchant 
Shipping Bill. 


Sheriff Courts 


(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Courts of 
Common Law 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Public-houses 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Maldon 
Election. 


Customs. 


No, 379. 


Pilotage Bill. 


422 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Merchant Shipping Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, after the Notice 
of Motion relative to Customs, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Sheriff Courts (Sc otland ) Bill; 

Resolved, Tliat this House will, after the Notice 
of Motion relative to Customs, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com-_ 


mittee on the Courts of Common Law (Jreland) | 


Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, after the Notice | 


of Motion relative to Customs, resolve itself into the | 


said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Public-houses (Scotland) Bill ; 

Resolved, 
of Motion relative to Customs, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


Lord Robert Grosvenor reported, That having 
been with the Lords to desire a Conference upon the 
subject-matter of an Address to be presented to Her 
Majesty, under the provisions of the Act of the 
15th &amp; 16th of Her present Majesty, c. 57, the 
Lords agree to a Conference, and appoint the same 
immediately in the Painted Chamber. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to ma- 
nage the Conference :—And a Committee was ap- | 
pointed of Lord Lobert Grosvenor, Lord John Rus- 
sell, Mr. Disraeli, Sir James Graham, Mr. Wal- 
pole, Mr. Secretary-at-War, Sir t 
Mr. Attorney General, Sir Frederic Thesiger, Mr. 
Solicitor General, Lord John Manners, Mr. Fitzroy, 
Mr. Mackenzie and Mr. Brotherton. 

Then the Names of the Managers were called 
over; and they went to 
being returned ; 

Lord Robert Grosvenor reported, 
nagers had been at the Conference, which was ma- 
naged on the purt of the Lords by the Lord Privy 
Seal; and that they had delivered to their Lordships 
the Address agree id upon by this House, to which they 
desired the concurrence of their Lordships ; and that 
they had left the said Address with their Lordships. 


Ordered, That there be laid betore this House, 
Copies of the Treasury Minute of the 17th day of 
August 1852, ordering the Commissioners of Cus- 
toms forthwith to take into consideration the Evi- 
dence given before the Select Committee of the 
House of Commons “ on the Constitution and Ma- 
nagement of the Board of Customs,” and the various 
Observations and Recommendations of the Com- 
mittee, and to submit to their Lordships any Re- 
marks or Suggestions which they might be desirous 
of bringing before the Treasury on this subject :— 
Of the Reply of the Commissioners of Customs, 
dated the 25th day of October 1852 :—And, of the 
Treasury Minute, ‘dated the 14th day of April 1853, 
thereon. 

Mr. Wilson accordingly presented the said Papers. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 

The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mattee on the Pilotage Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the | 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 


““ the Bill be committed to a Select Committee ” in- 
stead thereof. 
And the Question being proposed, That the 





21° —22° Aprilis. 


That this House will, after the Notice | 


the Conference :— And | 


That the Ma- | 


A. 1853. 


words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question ; 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 22° die Aprilis, 1853: 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
| The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, 
Yeas, (The Earl of Mulgrave: 
| Tellers for the pMr. Turner, ] 
Noes, \ Sir Edward Dering: f 
| So it was resolv ed in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 





Jove 


83. 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Crausz, N° 1 (Repeal of so much of 6 Geo. 4 
c. 125, as relates to Cinque Port Pilots, and of the 
whole of 9 Geo. 4, ¢. 86). 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 





ciaiiibieatadinie 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee ‘had made Pro- 

‘gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

| Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 

‘next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


John Pakington, | 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Merchant 


mittee on Merchant Shipping [Advances] ; Shipping 
| Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday [Advances. } 


‘next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Merchant 
mittee on the Merchant Shipping Bill ; Shipping Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Sheriff Courts 
into a Committee on the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) — 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. ® 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie re- 
he That the Committee had gone through the 

ill. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


Re. 380. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Courts of 
into a Committee on the Courts of Common Law Common Law 
(Ireland) Bill. 
(Jreland) Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Criause, N° 1 (Commencement of Act). 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
_verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to 
move, That the Conunittes may have leave to sit 
again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 2d day of May next, again resolve itself into the 
| said Committee. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Public-houses 
mittee on the Public-houses (Scotland) Bill ; — 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Ordered, 








Hack 
Carr: 
(Met 


Stra 


Incu 
Este 
(Ire 


Elec 
Peti 


Pil 


Ek 


sob bo 


mr 


Hackney 
Carriages | 
(Metropolis. ) 


Strangers: 
and Divisions. 


Incumbered 
Estates 
(Ireland. ) 


Election 
Petition Re- 
cognizances. 


Pilotage. 


Athlone 
Election. 


Private Bills 
(Group L.) 


Public 
Petitions 
(Fortieth 
Report. ) 


Belfast and 
Ballymena 
Railway Bill. 


London Docks 
Bill. 


British Elec- 
tric Telegraph 
Company Bill. 


21°—9292' 
ote to bring ina Bill 
i 


16 Vicrori 2%. 


Ordered, That leave be 
for the better Regulation of 
Hackney Carriages: And that 
Viscount Palmerston do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That Sir George Grey and Mr. Labou- 
chere be discharged from further attendance on the 
Select Committee on Strangers and Divisions. 

Ordered, That Lord Dudiey Stuart and Lord 
George Paget be added to the Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Names and Dates of the Petitions 
lodged in the Court for Sale of Incumbered Estates 
in Ireland, and the respective Dates of the Allowan¢e 
of the Posting for Sale in each of said Petitions. 


The Order that Five be the Quorum of the Select 
Committee on Election Petition Recognizances was 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum of the Com- 
mittee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Pilots licensed during each 
of the last Three years at Cowes, Southampton and 
Portsmouth respectively :—Of the respective Tonnage 
of the Pilot Boats belonging to those several Ports : 
—Of the Amount of the Earnings of each of the Pilot 
Boats, of each of these Ports, during each of the 
last Three years :—Copies of the Regulations issued 
by the Trinity Board in 1844, with reference to the 
Southampton and Cowes Pilots :--And, of the Order 
issued for reducing the Rates of Pilotage by One- 
fourth, with its Date. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken | 


before the Select Committee on the Athlone Election 
Petition be laid before this House. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
One of the clock on Friday morning, ad- 
journed till this day. 








Veneris, 22° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 


RDER ED, That the Committee on Group L. | 
of Private Bills have leave to sit this day till’ 
Five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the | 
Petitions presented upon the 19th and 20th days of 
this instant April; and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Sir Frankland Lewis reported the Belfast and 
Ballymena Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

Ordered, Vhat the Report do lie upon the Table ; | 
and be printed. 


Mr. Stafford reported the London Docks Bill, 
with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Adair reported from the Committee on Group 
N. of Private Bills; That in the case of the british 
Electric Telegraph Company Bill, they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by striking out the paragraph 
referring to the assignment of certain letters patent, 
the Clauses with reference to the same being omitted 
from the Bill; and found the same, as amended, to 
be true ; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

VoL. 108. 








| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
} 


&gt; Aprilis. 423 


| The Earl of March reported from the Committee 


allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, but 
_ the same had not been proved to their satisfaction. 
| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


| The Earl of March reported from the Committee 
on 
| the South Staffordshire Waterworks Bill, they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by striking out 
the word “ Wolverhampton” in the 3d line thereof, it 
being thought right to exempt certain parts of that 
‘Parish from the limits of the Bill; and found the 
same, as amended, to be true ; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Marquis of Chandos reported the Victoria 
London Docks Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Hutt, from the Select Committee appointed to 
‘try and determine the matter of the Petition of W2i- 
liam Lee, complaining of an undue Election and Re- 
turn for the Borough of Maidstone, informed the 

House, That the Committee had determined, 
| That George Dodd, Esquire, is not duly elected a 
Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the 
| Borough of Maidstone. 
| ‘That the last Election for the said Borough, so far 
/as regards the Return of the said George Dodd, Es- 


"quire, is a void Election. 


And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 
| Mr. Hutt further informed the House, That the 
| Committee had agreed to the following Resolutions : 
| That George Dodd, Esquire, was, by his agent, 
| guilty of treating at the last Election for the said 
| Borough. 
|  Thatit was not proved to the Committee that such 


| treating was committed with the knowledge or con- 


‘sent of the said George Dodd, Esquire. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Group F. of Private Bills; That in the case of 





Plymouth 


etropolitan Stage and | on Group F. of Private Bills; That in the case of the os 
r. Fitzroy and | Plymouth Waterworks Bill, they had examined the“ 


South Stafford- 
shire Water- 
works Bill. 


Victoria 
(London) 
Docks Bill. 


Maidstone 
Election. 


No. 381. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group G. of Private Bills 
Private Bills have leave to sit this day till Five of (Group G.) 


the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the Aberdeen 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of Railway Bill. 


the Petition for additional provision in the Aberdeen 
Railway Bill, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, that they have Power to make 
provision therein, pursuant to the prayer of the said 
Petition. 


The Order for referring the East Anglian Railways fast Anglian 
Bill to the Committee of Selection, was read, and Railways Bill. 


discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for leave past Anslian 
to bring in the East Anglian Railways Bill might Railways 


be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for constructing a Railway and Landing-places within 
the Borough ot King’s Lynn, for reguiating the Share 
Capital of the East Anglian Railways Company, and 
for other purposes; and of which the short Title is 
“ The East Anglian Railways Act, 1853 :” And that 
Lord Alfred Paget and Mr. David Waddington do 


prepare, and bring it in. 


(No. 2.) 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Hull and 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Holderness 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Railway. 


Orders in the case of the Petition for additional 
provision in the Hull and Holderness Railway Bill. 
3H 4 _ Ordered, 





Edinburgh 
High-street 
and Railway 
Station Bill. 


Great Grimsby 
Improvement 


Bill. 


Wakefield 
Market Bill. 


Holme 
Reservoirs 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Holme 
Reservoirs 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Knares- 
borough 
Election. 


Rye Election. 


Barnstaple 
Election. 
No. 382. 
Athlone 
Election. 
No. 383. 


New Ross 
Election. 


Cockermouth 


Election. 
No. 384, 


Exchequer. 





494 


Committee on Standing Orders. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Edinburgh High-street and Railway Station Bill, 
as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Great Grimsby Improvement Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(Officers of the General Board of Health not to be 
personally interested) :—And the said Clause was 
brought up, and read the first and second time. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was _ 
posed, That the said Clause be made part of the Bill : 
—And the said Motion and Clause were severally, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Wakefield Market Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Holme Reservoirs (No. 2) Bill was, according | 


to Order, read a second time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of Commissioners of the Holme Reser- 
voirs, praying that provision may be made in the 
Holme Reservoirs (No. 2) Bill, for enabling the Pe- 
titioners to comply with certain conditions imposed 
by the ‘Trustees of an Association, intituled, “The 


Subscription for the Sufferers in the Valley of the | 


22° Aprilas. 








A. 18553. 


Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select | the Account of the Exchequer at each Bank, on the 


5th April 1853. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Select Committees on the Barnstaple, 
Athlone and Cockermouth Election Petitions, be 
printed. 


Receiver appointed by the High Court of Chancery 
to get in the outstanding personal estate of James 
Hutchinson, Esquire, deceased, and as part of such 
estate, the effects unadministered of John Hutchin- 
son, Esquire, late of Anjengo, inthe East Indies, and 
duly authorized to act in the matter of this Petition, 
on behalf of Catherine Margaret Frene, Newark, the 
lawful personal representative of the said John 
Hutchinson, and which said James Bunce Curling is 
also one of the Residuary Legatees, under the Will 
of the said James Hutchinson, for leave to bring in 
a Bill for providing for the discharge of a debt due 
from the Rajah and Government of Travancore to 
the Representative of the late John Hutchinson, Es- 
— was presented, and read; and a Bill was or- 

ered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Thomas 
Duncombe and Mr. Collier. 


Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—A Return of the Railway Acts passed in the 
Session of 1852; the Length of each Line; the pro- 
posed Capital Stock ; the Number of Shares autho- 
rized to be created; and the Sums authorized to be 
raised on Loan. 


A Petition of James Bunce Curling, Esquire, the Hutchinson's 
laim. 


Railway Acts. 


Mr. Cardwell also presented, pursuant to the di- International 
rections of several Acts of Parliament,—Copy of Or- Copyright. 


der of Her Majesty in Council on the 11th March 





Holme,’ with reference to the gift of a certain sum of | 
money from the Trustees to the said Commissioners, | 


was presented, and read ; and referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Names of the five Members appointed to try 


| 


1853, under the 9 &amp; 10 Vic. c. 58, reducing the 
Duties of Customs payable on the Importation of 
Books, Prints and Drawings, published in the Duchies 
of Anhalt. 

Copy of Order of Her Majesty in Council of the 
11th March 1853, under the 7 &amp; 8 Vie. c. 12, grant- 
ing the privilege of Copyright to Authors, Inventors, 


and determine the matter of the Petitions, complain- | Designers, &amp;c. of the Duchies of Anhalt. 


ing of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


. . . is hl 
of Knaresborough, were called over ; and being come | Table. 


to the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 
Ordered, That the Petitions and Lists relative to 
the said Election be referred to the Committee. 
Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, at half after Eleven o’clock, in one 
Committee-rooms of the House. 


The following Papers, pursuant to Orders, were 
laid upon the Table by the Clerk of the House,— 


| 


| 


of the | Ta 


Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,-—Copy of Report from the National Vaccine 
{stablishment, 1853. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 


ble. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Vessels 


National 
Vaccine Esta- 
blishment. 


Vessels 


wrecked, which was presented upon the 21st day of wtecked. 


Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select | this instant April, be printed. 


Committee appointed to reassemble for further in- 
quiry into corrupt practices at the last Election for 
the ‘Town and Port of Rye. 

Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select 
Committee on the Barnstaple Election Petition. 


Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select 
Committee on the Athlone Election Petition. 


Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select | 


Committee on the New Ross Election Petition. 


Committee on the Cockermouth Election Petitions. 


No. 385. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Capital Con- Capital 
victions, which was presented upon the 21st day of Convictions. 


this instant April, be printed. 


No. 386. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Relief Poor Relief 
(Ireland), which was presented upon the 21st day of (Ireland. 


this instant April, be printed. 


No. 387. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Post-oftice. 





a Return of Salaries, Wages and Allowances of the 
Post-office Department generally, divided into 


: - = % | Branches and Classes, and showing the Number of 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select | P 


ersons employed, and the Amount paid under each 
Class, in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1835, and in every subsequent year, to the 5th day 





The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of | of January 1851: England and Wales —Branch 1, 


an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—An Account of all 
Monies received during the year ended 5th April 
1853, to the Account of Her Majesty's Exchequer 
at the Bank of England and of Jreland, under the 
respective Heads of Public Revenue; the Amount 
of all Royal Orders and Treasury Warrants received, 
and of the Credits and Trans!ers made by the Comp- 
troller General of the Exchequer, the Payments by 
the Bank of England, and the Balance remaining to 





| Metropolitan ; Branch 2, Provincial; Branch 3, 


Colonial and Parts Abroad :—And, similar Returns 
for Scotland and Ireland. 





Ordered, 


Mr. Packe reported from the Committee on Group Private Bills 
M. of Private Bills; That Mr. Salisbury Butler, one (Group M.) 
of the Members of the said Committee, was not pre- 
sent during the sitting of the Committee this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Salisbury Butler do attend 
the said Committee upon Monday next. 


Spi 


Ed 
(Ir 


Ce 
(I 


(I 


(I 


R 


U: 
(I 


Spirits 
(ireland.) 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 


Consolidated 
Annuities 
(Ireland. ) 


Trade 
Licenses 
(Ireland. ) 


Crown Lands 
(Ireland. ) 


Rated 
Occupiers 
(Ireland. ) 


Customs. 


16 Vicroriz. 


Return of the Total Number of Gallons of Spirits 
distilled and charged with Duty in Jreland in each 
year from 1800 to 1852, both inclusive; the Total 
Amount of Duty received in each year, and the Rate 


22° Aprilis. 4.95 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 


| in the Customs Department at the present time, 
beens cpr the Number under each Class, the 
Amount of the Salaries of each Class, and the Aggre- 
gate Charge in the year 1853. 


of Duty per Gallon, distinguishing the Number of | Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the Barnsley 


Gallons charged with Duty for Consumption :—Ac- 
counts for the same Period, of the Number of De- 
tections in each year, and of the Number of Per- 
sons prosecuted (specifying the Number convicted) 


for Offences in Ireland against the Laws for the | 
Suppression of Illicit Distillation:—And, for the | 


same Period, of the Number of Persons confined in 
each year in the several Gaols in /reland, either 


charged with or convicted of any Offence against 
the Laws for the Suppression of Illicit Distillation. 


Ordered, That Sir Edward Kerrison have leave 
of absence for a month, on account of illness in his 
family. - 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the entire Amount which has been ex- 

ended by the Commissioners of National Education 
in each of the Four Provinces of Jreland for the last 
Five years, including Grants for Building, Repairs 
and fitting up of Schools, Purchase or Rent of Agri- 
cultural Schools, or Model Farms, Free Stock of 
Books, and School Requisites, Salaries and Gratuities 


to Teachers, Expenses of Inspection, and all other | 


Incidental Charges paid by the Commissioners, 
giving the Amount expended in each Province sepa- 
rately :—And, of the several Officers in connexion 
with the Commissioners of National Education, both 
in the Official Establishment in Dublin and through- 
out the other Parts of Jreland, who are in the Re- 
ceipt of £.100 per annum or upwards, specifying 
the Sum paid to every such Officer as Annual Sti- 
pend, Travelling Charges, House or Office Rent, or 
other Incidental Expenses, with the Religious Deno- 


mination of every such Officer, and the County or | 


Province to which he belonged when he entered into 
the Service of the Commissioners. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Rate per Pound of Valuation of the 
Consolidated Annuities on each Union in Jreland, 
and the Number of years assigned to each for Re- 
payment :—-And, similar Return of the Poundage on 
each Province. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Comparative Statement of the Amount now charged 
in Lreland for each License for a Trade or Profes- 
sion, and an Enumeration of the Trades or Professions 
which will hereafter (under the Resolutions of the 
Chancellor of the Exchequer) require a License, and 
the Charge proposed for each License. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 


Barnsley Waterworks Bill; That the Parties pro- Waterworks 
| moting the Bill had stated to the Committee, that it 5 
| was not their intention to proceed with the Bill. 
| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Reading Market (re- Reading _ 
‘committed) Bill, with further Amendments. Market Bill. 
| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Waterworks Bill, with Amendments. a 
_ Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. . 


| Mr. Fitzroy presented a Bill for the better Re- Hackney 
gulation of Metropolitan Stage and Hackney Car- Carriages | 
5, s “nag. ( Metropolis) 
riages: And the same was read the first time; and pin, 
‘ordered to be read a second time upon Tuesday yo. ggg. 


next, and to be printed. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blunt : - Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 
The Lords have filled wp the blank in the first Kingston- 
page of the Address of tiis House to Her Majesty, upon-Hull 
on the subject of the Kingston-upon-Hull Election, Election. 
communicated to their Lordships at a Conference, 
on the 5th day of this instant April, with the words 
“ Lords Temporal and Spiritual, and.” 
That they have made an Amendment in p. 1, |. 23, 
of the said Address, by leaving out the words “ Wil- 
“ liam Forsyth,” and inserting the words “ John 
“ Deedes,” to which they desire the concurrence of 
‘this House; and that they agree to the Address, 
thus amended, and have returned the same: And 
also, 
The Lords request that this House will be pleased Maldon 
\to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of the Election. 
Minutes of Evidence taken before the Select Com- 
|mittee on the Maldon Election Petition, together 
‘with the Proceedings of the Committee (1853) :— 
| And then the Messenger withdrew. 
Resolved, That a Printed Copy of the said Re- 
| port be communicated to the Lords, as desired by 
| their Lordships. 
| And the Messenger was again called in, and Mr. 
| Speaker acquainted him therewith; and a Printed 
Copy of the said Report was delivered to him, to be 
‘communicated to the Lords :—And then he again 
| withdrew. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Kingston- 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Address "pon-Hull 
to Her Majesty on the subject of the Kingston-upon- oe 
Hull Election; and the same was twice read, and 
agreed to. 





to give directions, that there be laid before this 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 


House, a Return of all Lands the Property of the | to acquaint their Lordships that this House hath 


Crown in Jreland lying waste, or only partially oc- | 
cupied, specifying the Date at which such Lands_ 
ceased to be tenanted, and whether any and what 
Tenders have been made for leasing the same; and 
if any Tenders have been made, the Date of such 
Tenders. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this eens as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, T\at there be laid before this House, a 


agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships 
to the said Address: And that Mr. Labouchere do 
carry the said Message. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Dockyard 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Promotions. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of Order in Council regulating Pro- 
motion in the Dockyards. 

Ordered, Vhat the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Memters of this House as are 





Return from every Poor Law Union in Jre/and, of 
the Number of Occupiers in each Electoral Division | 
rated over £.6 and upwards, but not amounting to! 
£.200, and of the Number of Occupiers rated at | 
£.200 and upwards. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a | 
Return showing the Number of Officers employed | 
VoL. 108. 


of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Waterford 
before the Select Committee on the Waterford County County 
Election Petition be printed. oe 

3 1 Mr, No. 389. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Weston-super-Mare Weston-super- 








































































SE pee RR Pe et en oe Fe 














Wigan Water- 


works and 
Police Bill. 


Haslingden 
and Rawten- 
stall Water- 
works Bill. 


Colonial 
Military Ex- 
penditure. 


Colonial 
Expenditure. 


Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Forty- 
first Report. 


Barnstaple 
Election. 


426 22° Apriiis. 


Mr. Mullings reported from the Committee on | 
Group G. of Private Bills ; That in the case of the | 
Wigan Waterworks and Police Bill, they had exa- | 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of | 
the Bill, and made verbal Amendments therein ; and 
found the same, as amended, to be true ; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Mullings reported the Haslingden and Raw- 
tenstall Waterworks Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. | 


Mr. Wilson presented,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 18th day of March in the last Session of the last 
Parliament, and to an Address to Her Majesty, dated | 
the 23d day of November last, for a Return of Ge- 
neral Abstract of the Colonial Military Expenditure 
by Great Britain during the latest years for which 
the same can be made up (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 627, of Session 1851) : 
And, for a Return of the General Abstract of the | 
Colonial Expenditure of Great Britain for the years 
1849-50, 1850-51, and 1851-52 (in continuation of | 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 627, of Session 1851). | 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the | 
Table. | 





Petitions relating to Church Rates ;—Clergy Re- | 
serves (Canada) Bill ;—Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ; 
—Jewish Disabilities ;— Universities (Scotland) Bill; | 
--Advertisements ;--Attorneys’ Certificates ;--County | 
Rates and Expenditure Bill;—Foreign Timber ;— 
Malt ;— —_ Newspaper Stamps and Advertise- 
ments ; — Beer-houses ; — Foreign Seamen ; — In- 
toxicating Liquors ;—Ocean Penny Postage ;—Poor 
Law ;—Public-houses (Scotland) Bill;—and, Spirits, 
— were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition relating to Parliamentary Papers, was 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 

A Petition relating to the Great Western Railway 
one age was also presented, and read ; and referred | 
to the Select Committee on Railway and Canal 
Bills. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned John Risdon 
Davy, of Barnstaple, in the County of Devon, land 
agent, was presented, and read; setting forth, That 
at the last Election of Members to serve in this pre- | 
sent Parliament for the said Borough of Barnstaple, | 
which took place in the month of July One thousand | 
eight hundred and Fifty-two, Sir William Augustus | 
Fraser, Richard Bremridge, Esquire, and the Honour- | 
able Viscount Lord Ebrington, were Candidates to | 
represent the said Borough in Parliament, and there 
were no other Candidates at the said Election; that | 
the said Sir William Augustus Fraser and Richard | 
Bremridge were by the proper Returning Officer de- 
clared to have had a majority of votes at the said | 
Election, and to have been duly elected as Members | 
to serve in this present Parliament for the said Bo- | 
rough of Barnstaple; that an Election Petition, 
complaining of the Return of the said Sir ed 
Augustus Fraser and Richard Bremridge, was pre- 
sented to the House in the month of November last ; | 
that the Petitioner has to day learnt with the greatest | 
surprise that the Select Committee of the House, to 
whom the said Petition was referred, have (amongst 
other things) resolved—“ ‘That John Ireland was 
promised the sum of Fifteen pounds by John Risdon 
Davy, senior (meaning the Petitioner), as agent for 
the sitting Members, provided he the said John Jre- 
land voted for the said sitting Members ; that the | 


° . ’ . } 
said John Ireland, under the inducement of the said 


promise, voted for Sir William Augustus Fraser, one 
of the sitting Members, and Lord Ebrington, and 
then claimed Seven pounds ten shillings for his vote 
for Sir William Augustus Fraser, as half of the 











A. 1853. 


money that had been so promised; that Richard 
Bremridge, Esquire, was cognizant that an offer of 
money had been made by the Petitioner to John 
Ireland to induce him to vote for Sir William Fraser 
and Richard Bremridge, Esquire, and ratified such 
offer, but that with this exception it was not proved 
that the acts of bribery mentioned in the said Report 
were committed with the knowledge or consent of 
the sitting Members ;” that the Petitioner only spoke 
to the said John Ireland once at the time of the last 
Election for the Borough of Barnstaple on the sub- 
ject of his vote; and not one syllable passed between 
the said John Ireland and the Petitioner on the sub- 
ject of the payment to the said John Ireland of Fif- 
teen pounds or Seven pounds ten shillings, or any 
other sum whatever; nor did the Petitioner make 
any promise, or hold out any inducement to the said 
John Treland to induce him to vote at the said Elec- 
tion for the said Sir William Augustus Fraser and 
Richard Bremridge, or either of them; that the Pe- 
titioner has read the Minutes of the Evidence given 
by the said Johu Ireland before the said Committee ; 
and the Petitioner begs leave to state that such Evi- 
dence, so far as relates to the Petitioner, is wholly 
untrue; that the Petitioner has had no opportunity 
of contradicting the Evidence of the said John Ire- 
land ; and praying the House, that he may be heard 
at the Bar of the House in answer to such portion of 
the Evidence given before the said Select Committee 
as affects the character of the Petitioner; or that the 
House will grant to the Petitioner such other relief 
in the premises as to the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of Montgomery- 
the Montgomeryshire Boroughs, was presented, and *hire Boroughs, 


read ; setting forth, That the present state of the 
Parliamentary representation of these Boroughs is 
an intolerable grievance and injury to the Petitioners, 
as they trust will plainly appear from the following 
statement of their case; that it has been the custom 
at every Election since the Boroughs have been en- 
franchised for certain persons not being Electors of 


the Boroughs, but possessing property therein, and 


otherwise having power and such influence as pro- 
perty affords, to interfere by themselves or their 
agents in the Return of the Member to serve in Par- 
liament, such interference being intended, and having 
in fact the effect, to induce the Electors over whom 
they can exercise influence to vote for the Candidate 
whom such persons are desirous of being returned as 
the Member for these Boroughs, without the slightest 
regard to the opinions or wishes of the Electors as 
to the fitness of such Candidate to represent these 
Boroughs ; that the effect of such interference has 
invariably been to create great dissatisfaction and 
discord amongst the Electors and Non-Electors of 
these Boroughs, as it may be regarded by parties of 
all political opinions as tending in the most direct 
manner to demoralise the constituency by the wide- 
spread and general distrust which it leaves as to the 
good faith and integrity not only of those who sub- 
mit to such interference by giving their votes against 
their convictions for the sake of personal gain, as in 
those who exercise their influence and authority for 
that purpose; that the late Election presents a 
striking instance of this fact, as will appear from the 
following circumstances : —the Candidates were 
David Pugh, “Esquire, the previous Member, and 
George Hammond Whalley, Esquire, who first ap- 
peared as a Candidate on Monday the Fifth day of 
July ; that the Election took place on Saturday the 
Tenth day of July, when Three hundred Electors 
only out of Seven hundred and thirty-five voted for 
Mr. Whalley; that of those who then voted for 
Mr. Pugh, a great number had promised their votes 
to Mr. Whalley, and, in common with others who 
had abstained from voting at all, were known to be 
most anxious for the Election of Mr. Whalley, —e 
wou 





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Presbyterian 
Church 
(Ireland, ) 


Schools 
(Ireland. ) 


Incumbered 
Estates 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 390, 





16 Vicrori2. 


timidation used by the agents of those who had the 
power to subject them to personal losses and incon- 
venience ; that such interference was on this occasion 
the more painful, inasmuch as it was totally unex- 
pected by the Electors, in consequence of the same 
parties having on the last Election exercised their 
influence against Mr. Pugh, requiring the same Elec- 
tors then to vote against Mr. Pugh who were now 


required, without any reason whatever being given | 


for such change in their opinions, to vote for him, in 
consequence of which such Electors were not only 
now required to vote contrary to their opinions, but 
in violation of their distinct promises made to Mr. 
Whalley to vote for him; that many of the Peti- 
tioners are in the position above described of having 
felt constrained to vote for Mr. Pugh, or not to vote 


at all, in consequence of such intimidation and dread | 


of personal loss, and against their own feelings 
and wishes; and praying that the House will be 
Serene to devise some method by which the 


etitioners may be protected from undue interference | 


in the independent exercise of their electoral duties, 
regarding those duties as a public trust, which it is 


incumbent upon them to discharge with as strict a_ 


regard to their own convictions of what is right as 
the duties of a juryman or any other public duties 
cast upon them by the laws and constitution of the 
country ; that the Petitioners believe that the ballot 
would be an effectual remedy for the evils of which 
they now complain, and, not knowing of any other 
remedy so efficient or likely to be so satisfactory in 
its operation, they pray the House to give them 
the protection which that mode of voting would af- 


ford. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the | 


Table. 


Sir John Young presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 28th day of February last, 
for Copies of any Correspondence between the 
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in 
Treland, or any Committee of the same, or Doctors 
of Divinity of the said Church and the Irish Go- 
vernment, relative to the Endowment of a Presby- 
terian College, or Theological Professors either in 
connexion with Queen’s College or otherwise, or 
for a Grant of any Sum of Money for Buildings, or 
of any Memorial from the same Parties to the Lrish 
Government, or Replies thereto, between the 1st day 
of January 1844 and the Ist day of March 1853: 
—And, of any Correspondence between the Lords 
of the Treasury or Her Majesty’s Government and 
the same Parties, or of any Memorials to Her Ma- 
jesty’s Government, and Replies thereto, on the 
same subject, between the same dates. 

Return to an Order, dated the 18th day of March 
last, for a Return, stating the Names of the Schools 
under the management of the Commissioners of 
Education in Jreland, and where situated, with the 
Number of Boys in each, on the 1st day of May 1852; 
and the Number of Boys taught in each School gratis 
in each year for the last four years ending the 31st 
day of December 1852 (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 607, of Session 1849). 

Return to an Order, dated the 12th day of this 
instant April, for Returns from the Court for the Sale 
of Incumbered Estates in Ireland, up to the 1st day 
of April 1853, of Number of Petitions lodged for 
the Sale of Estates; Number of Vetitions fiated by 
the Commissioners ; Number of Petitions dismissed ; 
Total Produce of Sales in each County; Number of 
Conveyances executed ; Total Amount paid out, dis- 
tinguishing Amount allowed to Incumbrancers who 
became Purchasers : —Of Number of Owners whose 
Estates, or parts of same, have been sold, joint 
Owners or several Owners in the same matter being 
considered as one Owner:—Of Number of Pur- 
chasers at and under £.2,000; from £.2,000 to 
£.5,000; from £.5,000 to £.20,000 ; above £.20,000: 
Von, 10S, 





22” Aprils. | 


would have voted for him but for the threats and in- | 


427 


—And, of Number of Officers on the Staff of the 
_ Commission, with their respective Departments and 
' Salaries. 
| Return to an Order, dated the 15th day of this 
| instant April, for a Return of the Number of Peti- 
| tions in the Incumbered Estates Court in which no 
Order has been made; the Number of Petitions in 
_which Conditional Orders only have yet been made ; 
and the Number of Acres comprised in each Class. 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table; and that the two last be printed. 


| 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the South Sea and other An- 
nuities Commutation Bill. 


| 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
_—* 
reamble postponed. 
Crause, N° 1, agreed to. 
Ciause, N° 2 (Every person, body politic and 
| corporate, who now is, or hereafter may be, interested 
_in the Capital Stocks of any of the said Three pounds 
| per centum Annuities, who shall, in manner herein- 
after directed, give notice at any time on or before 
| Friday the Third day of June One thousand eight 
hundred and Fifty-three, of his assent to receive 
other Government Securities in lieu and in place of 
| the said Capital Stocks of the said Annuities, instead 
of being paid in Money, shall, at the option of the 
_ said parties, receive for every One hundred pounds 
thereof, Eighty-two pounds ten shillings ina New 
Stock of Three-and-a-half per centum Annuities, and 
so in proportion for any Amount less than One hun- 
dred pounds, which said Annuities shall be paid at 
the rate of Three pounds ten shillings per centum per 
annum until the Fifth day of January One thousand 
eight hundred and Ninety-four, from and after which 
day the said Annuities shall be subject to redemp- 
tion by Parliament; or for every One hundred 
pounds of the said Capital Stocks of Three pounds 
per centum Annuities, the Sum of One hundred and 
| ten pounds in a New Stock of Two-and-a-half per 
'centum Annuities, and so in proportion for any 
_amount less than One hundred pounds, which said 
Annuities shall be paid at the rate of Two pounds 
ten shillings per centum per annum, until the Fifth 
|day of January One thousand eight hundred and 
| Ninety-four, from and after which day the said 
Annuities shall be subject to redemption by Parlia- 
/ ment; or for every Sum of One hundred pounds of 
| the said Capital Stocks of Three pounds per centum 
_ Annuities, an Exchequer Bond for the like Amount, 
payable to bearer, and carrying interest at the rate 
| of Two pounds fifteen shillings per centum per annum, 
| payable half-yearly on the First day of March and 
| the First day of September in every year, until the 
| First day of September in a year to be named in 
‘such Bond, and not later than the First day of 
September One thousand eight hundred and Sixty- 
four inclusive, and thenceforth Two pounds ten 
shillings per centum per annum, payable half-yearly 
/in like manner, until and including the First day of 
September One thousand eight hundred and Ninety- 
four, and thereafter to be subject to redemption at 
par, at the option of the holder, or at the option of 
the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, as 
shall be named in such Bond). 

Amendment proposed in p. 8, 1. 21: To leave out 
the words “ Ninety-four,” in order to insert the words 
“ Seventy-four.” 

Question, ‘That “ Ninety-four’ 
Clause put, and agreed to. 

Another Amendment proposed, to leave out the 
word “ Parliament,” in |. 22, to the word “ Parlia- 
“ ment,” in |. 30 inclusive. 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out, stand part of the Clause ; 


&gt; 


stand part of the 








312 The 























Incumbered 
Estates 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 391. 


South Sea and 


other Annui- 
ties Commu- 
tation Bill. 


Customs, &amp;c. 
Acts, 


C 


428 


The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, losa 
Yeas, \Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J~"~ 
Tellers for the (Mr. Mackenzie, Lins 
Noes, Colonel Taylor : ’ aceas 


Clause agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 3 to N° 16, agreed to. 
Criauss, N° 17, amended, and agreed to. 
Crauses, N° 18 to N° 37, agreed to. 
Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


29°—-93°— 959 A prilis. 





Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the | 
Customs, &amp;c. Acts, several Resolutions ; which were 
read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That there shall be paid, in addition 
to the Duties of Excise now payable on Spirits in 
Scotland and Ireland respectively, upon every gal- 
lon of Spirits of the strength of ont proof, 
which shall, on or after the 21st day of April 1853, 
be distilled in Scotland and Ireland respectively, or 
be in the stock, custody or possession of any dis- 
tiller in Scotland or Ireland, or which, having been 
distilled in England, Scotland or Ireland, shall on 
or after the said day be in warehouse in Scotland or 
Ireland, and be taken out of warehouse for con- 
sumption in Scotland or Ireland, or which, having 
been taken out of warehouse in England for removal 
to Scotland or Ireland, shall on or after the said day 
be brought into Scotland or Ireland, the additional 
duty following ; (that is to say) 


In Scotland - ws m ‘i " 
In Ireland - - - . in 


2. Resolved, That the Duties of Customs now 
chargeable on the Articles under-mentioned, im- 
ported into Scotland and Jreland, shall cease and 
determine, and in lieu thereof the following Duties 
shall be charged, from and after the 21st day of 
April 1853, viz. :— 

Spirits or Strong Waters, for every gallon of such Spirits 
or Strong Waters, of any strength not exceeding the 
strength of proof by Syke’s Hydrometer, and so in propor- 
tion for any greater or less strength than the strengtn of 
proof, and for any greater or less quantity than a gallon, 
V2. 

Spirits or Strong Waters, the produce of any British 
Possession in America, not being sweetened Spirits or 
Spirits mixed with any Article so that the degree of 
strength thereof cannot be exactly ascertained by such 
Hydrometer ; 

£. 8. 
If imported into Scotland, the gallon -| - 5 - 
~ Ireland en - 3 8 

Rum, the produce of any British Possession within the 
limits of the East India Company’s Charter, not 
being sweetened Spirits or Spirits so mixed as afore- 
said, in regard to which the conditions of the Act 
4 Vie. c. 8, have or shall have been fulfilled ; 


d. 


£. 0 @ 
Ifimported into Scotland, the gallon -] - 5 - 
- Ireland * - 3 8 


Rum Shrub, however sweetened, the produce of and im- 
ported from such Possessions, in regard to which the 
conditions of the Act 4 Vie. ¢. 8, have or shall have 
been fulfilled, or the produce of and imported from any 
British Possession in America ; 








A. 1853. 


of the said Resolutions : And that the same Gentle- 
men do prepare, and bring it in. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways ang 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means, 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, ‘Vhat this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Taxing Officer, Common Law Business (Jre- Taxing Officer, 
land) Bill was, according to Order, read a second a Law 
. ° ° usiness 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole (Ireland) Bill 


House, for Monday the 2d day of May next. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 23° die Aprilis, 1853: 
The Order of the day being read, for the second Edacation Bil, 
reading of the Education Bill; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday the 6th day of May next. 


The Select Committee on Dockyard Appoint- Dockyard 
ments was nominated of Sir Benjamin Hall, Lord Appointments. 
Seymour, Lord Hotham, Sir Henry Ferguson Davie 
and Mr. Beckett; with Power to send for persons, 
papers and records. 


Ordered, That the Writ for the Borough of Barn- Barnstaple 
staple be suspended for six weeks. Writ. 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to extend the Entails (Scot 
benefits of the Act of the eleventh and twelfth years !#"4) Bill. 
of Her present Majesty, for the Amendment of the No. 392. 
Law of Entail in Scotland: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Friday next; and to be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit : 
till a quarter of an hour after Twelve of the 
clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till 
Monday next. 


Lune, 25° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 

N R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had Petitions 

examined the Petitions presented upon the 21st and —— 
22d days of this instant April; and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for providing for Hutchinson's 
the Discharge of a Debt due from the Rajah and Go- Claim Bill. 
vernment of Travancore to the Representative of the 
late John Hutchinson, Esquire: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for constructing East Anglian 
a Railway and Landing-places within the Borough ogee 
of King’s Lynn ; for regulating the Share Capital — 
the East Anglian Railways Company, and for other 
purposes, and of which the short Title is “ The East 








| a ‘or A 
Ifimported into Scotland, the gallon -| - 5 - 
9 Treland 2 { - 38 8 


‘The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, Vliat a Bill be brought in upon the first 
of the said Resolutions: And that Mr. Bouverie, Mr. 
Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Wilson do 
prepare, and bring it in. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the last 





Anglian Railways Act, 1853:” And the same was 
| read the first time. 
| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 
Ordered, That the Examiner have leave to sit and 
proceed To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Standing Standing 
Orders have leave to sit this day till Five of the Orders. 





clock, during the sitting of the House. 
Mr. 








Knares- 
porough 
Election. 

N . 394, 


te Barnsley 
Waterworks 
Bill. - 


Barnsley 
Waterworks 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Cheltenham 
and Oxford 
Railway, 

and London, 
Oxford and 
Cheltenham 
Railway and 
Branches Bills 
(1847.) 


Bristol Gas 
and Bristol 
and Clifton 


16 Vicroriz. 


Mr. Walpole, from the Select Committee appointed 
to try and determine the matter of the Petition of 
Basil Thomas Woodd, and also of the Petition of | 
Joshua Procter Brown Westhead, and of John 
Dent Dent, severally complaining of an undue Elec- 
tion and double Return for the Borough of Knares- | 
borough, informed the House, That the Committee | 
had determined, 

That Joshua Procter Brown Westhead, Esquire, 
is not duly elected, and ought not to have been | 
returned a Burgess to serve in this present Parlia-| 
ment for the Borough of Knaresborough. 





elected and returned a Burgess to serve in this pre- | 
sent Parliament for the said Borough of Knares-| 
borough. 

That John Dent Dent, Esquire, is duly elected | 
and returned a Burgess to serve in this present Par- | 
liament for the said Borough of Knaresborough. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be | 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Mr. Walpole further informed the House, That 
the Committee have altered the poll taken at the | 
last Election, by striking off the name of Richard | 
Dewes from the votes given for the said Joshua 
Procter Brown Westhead, as not having had a right 
to vote for him at such Election. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. | 

Ordered, That the Clerk of the Crown do attend | 
this House To-morrow, with the last Return for the | 
Borough of Knaresborough, and amend the same 
by rasing out the name of Joshua Procter Brown | 
Westhead, Esquire. 








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The East and West India Docks and Birmingham East and West 


Junction Railway (No. 2) Bill was read a second India Docks 
* and Birming- 
ham Junction 


time ; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Railway 


mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Sidney Sussex 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; — Estate 


That in the case of the Sidney Sussex College Es- 
tate Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 


Sir John Duckworth reported from the Committee Private Bills 
That Basil Thomas Woodd, Esquire, is duly | on Group T. of Private Bills; That Mr. Bowyer, (Group T-) 


one of the Members of the said Committee, was not 
present during the sitting of the Committee this 
day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bowyer do attend the said 
Committee upon Thursday next, at Twelve o'clock. 


A Petition of John Armstrong, of Acrelands, Lancaster 
Election. 


Skerton, in the County of Lancaster, Esquire, was’ 
delivered in, and read; setting forth, That at the 
last Election of a Member to serve in Parliament 
for the Borough of Lancaster, the Petitioner was a 
Candidate, and a poll being demanded and held at 
the said Election, the Returning Officer at the close 
thereof, on the ‘Twelfth day of April instant, declared 
Thomas Greene, Esquire, to have a majority of votes 
over the Petitioner, and the said Zhomas Greene 
was declared to be elected, and was returned as 
a Member for the said Borough of Lancaster ; that 
the Election of the said Thomas Greene was pro- 


cured by bribery and other corrupt and unlawful 


‘means, and the Return was on that account, and 


The Order, That the Report on the Barnsley 
Waterworks Bill do lie upon the Table, was read, | 
and discharged. | 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


from other good and valid reasons, wholly null and 
void ; that at the Election in July One thousand 
eight hundred and Fifty-two, of Members to serve 
in Parliament for the Borough of Lancaster, the said 


| Thomas Greene had been and was a Candidate, and 


The House was moved, That the Petition for | 
leave to bring in the Barnsley Waterworks Bill, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; | 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to | 
repeal the Act relating to the Company of Pro- 
prietors of the Barnsley Waterworks, and to make 
other provisions in lieu thereof: And that Mr. Ed- | 
nund Denison and Mr. George Fitzwilliam do pre- | 
pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken | 
before the Committee on the Cheltenham and Ox- 
ford Railway, and London, Oxford and Cheltenham 
Railway and Branches Bills, in Session 1847, be 
referred to the Committee on the Cheltenham and 
Oxford Union Railway, and London and Mid- 
Western Railway Bills. 


The Bristol Gas and Bristol and Clifton Gas 


Companies Amalgamation Bill was read the third 


Gas Companies “me. 


Amalgama- 
tion Bill. 


Private Bills 
(Group I.) 


Oldham Cor- 
poration and 
Uldham Gas 
and Water- 
works Bill. 


Rossendale 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Bermondsey 
Regulation 
Bill. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group I. of 
Private Bills have leave to sit this day till Five of 
the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


The tlouse proceeded to take into consideration 
the Oldham Corporation and Oldham Gas and 
Waterworks Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Rossendale Waterworks Bill, 
as amended in the Committee, be taken into consi- 
deration To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Bermondsey Regulation Bill be 
read a second time To-morrow. 
VoL. 108. 


at the said Election the said Thomas Greene was, by 
himself, his agents, friends and partisans, and by 
others on his behalf, guilty of bribery, treating and 
other corrupt and unlawful practices, which, if the 
said Thomas Greene had been returned at the said 


Election, would have disqualified him from sitting in 


this present Parliament for the said Borough; that 
Robert Baynes Armstrong and Samuel Gregson, Es- 
quires, having had the majority of votes at the said 
Election, the said Thomas Greene was not returned 
at the said Election, and no question arose as to his 
inability to sit in consequence of the corrupt practices 
aforesaid, to which he, his agents, friends, partisans 
and others on his behalf, had recourse ; that the Elec- 
tion of the said Rvubert Baynes Armstrong, Esquire, 


having been declared null and void, a new Writ was 


issued to supply the vacancy thereby created, and to 
satisfy the original Writ for the Return of two Mem- 
bers to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough of Lancaster; that the said Thomas 
Greene, having, as a Candidate at the said Election 
in July One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two, 
been so guilty as aforesaid, was ineligible to stand at 
the said last Election, and to be returned or sit in 
Parliament for the said Borough, but the said 7ho- 
mas Greene did stand, and was elected and returned, 
and his Return is therefore null and void; that at 
the last Election the said Thomas Greene was, by 
himself, his agents. friends, managers and others on 
his behalf, guilty of bribery, treating and of other 


unlawful and corrupt practices, by means whereof 


the Election and Return of the said Thomas Greene 
were procured ; that by reason of the corrupt prac- 
tices at the Election in July One thousand eight 
hundred and Fifty-two, and the ineligibility thereby 
created, and by reason of the corrupt practices at the 
said last Election, the Election and Return of the 
| said Thomas Greene were and are wholly nulland void ; 
and praying that the House will take the premises 
| into consideration, and will declare that the Election 
|and Return of the said Thomas Greene for the Bo- 
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(No. 2) Bill. 



























































REA SE RR ieee Ag GE ESF RETR. es Ect mae sere apie 











Leeds Gas 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Committee 
of Selection 
(Seventh 
Report.) 


No. 393. 


Mayo Election. 


Blackburn 
Election. 


Finsbury 
Election. 


Sheriff Courts 


(Scotland. ) 
No. 395. 


Exchequer. 
No. 396. 


Railway Acts. 


No. 397. 


Colonial 
Military 


Expenditure ; 


and, Colonial 
Expenditure. 
No. 398, 
Presbyterian 
Church 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 399. 
Schools 
(Ireland.) 

No. 400. 


Manchester, 
Sheffield and 
Lincolnshire 


430 


rough of Lancaster are nuil and void, and ought to 
be set aside; and will give to the Petitioner such 
further and other relief as to the House shall seem 
meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the General Committee of Elections. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


Sir William Clay reported the Leeds Gas (No. 2) 
Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Committee 
of Selection ; That they had made several alterations 
in the Groups of Private Bills already formed, and 
had agreed to report the same to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of Evidence taken be- 
fore the Select Committee on the Mayo Election Pe- 
tition be laid before this House. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of Re- 
cognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Election Petition of Doctor William Forrest and 
Benjamin Brierley, relating to the Borough of Black- 
burn, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
received Notice, that it is not intended to proceed 
with the Petition complaining of an undue Election 


and Return for the Borough of Finsbury :—And the | 


same was read, as followeth : 
Sir, 
I have the honour to inform you, that the Peti- 


20, Spring-gardens, 25th April 1853. 


tioners, in the matter of the Petition complaining of 
the late Election and Return for the Borough of 


Finsbury, do not intend to proceed with their said 
Petition. 
I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your obedient humble servant, 
Thomas Baker, 
Agent for the Petition. 
To the Right honourable the Speaker 
of the House of Commons. 


The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- 
charged. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to Sheriff Courts (Scotland), which was presented 
upon the 21st day of this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Exche- 
quer, which was presented upon the 22d day of this 
instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Railway Acts, 
which was presented upon the 22d day of this in- 
stant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Colonial Mi- 
litary Expenditure ; and, Colonial Expenditure, which 
was presented upon the 22d day of this instant April, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Presby- 
terian Church (/reland), which was presented upon 
the 22d day of this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Schools (Jre- 
land), which was presented upon the 22d day of this 
instant April, be printed. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on 
the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway 





25° Aprils. 


(Alteration of Capital) Bill; That they had examined Railway 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, ¢ 


A. 1853. 


and amended the same, by inserting a recital defining 
the borrowing Powers contained in the Company’s 
former Acts, to explain the Powers intended to be 
granted by the Bill; and found the same, as amended, 
to be true ; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That theReport do lie upon the Table. 


Price’s Patent Candle Company (No. 2) Bill ; 


Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
inserting some words explanatory of the object for 
which the additional Capital was required, and also 
| by stating the amount of the proposed additional 
Capital; and found the same, as amended, to be 
|true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
| Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





tion of Richard Hodgson, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough and Town of 
Berwich-upon- Tweed, informed the House, That the 
Committee had determined, 

That John Stapleton, Esquire, is not duly elected 
a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Borough and Town of Berwich-upon- Tweed. 

That Matthew Forster, Esquire, is not duly elected 
a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Borough and Town of Berwich-upon- Tweed. 

That the last Election for the said Borough and 
Town of Berwich-upon- Tweed is a void Election. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Mr. Ker Seymer further informed the House, That 
' the Committee had agreed to the following Resolu- 
| tions : 
| That John Stapleton, Esquire, was, by his Agents, 
guilty of treating at the last Election for the Borough 
and fown of Berwich-upon- Tweed. 

That Matthew Forster, Esquire, was, by his Agents, 
guilty of bribery at the last Election for the Borough 
and ‘Town of Berwick-upon- Tweed. 

That Aaron Dichison was bribed with the sum of 
£.6 by John Dodds; with the sum of £.5 by John 
Henderson; and with the sum of £.1 by some per- 
son unknown. 

That Edward Kean was bribed with the sum of 
£.5 by John Dodds. 

That it was not proved to the Committee that the 
said acts of bribery were committed with the know- 
ledge or consent of Matthew Forster, Esquire. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns showing the several Counties or Di- 
visions of Counties in which Superintendent Consta- 
bles have been appointed under the Acts 5 &amp; 6 Vice. 
c. 109, and 13 &amp; 14 Vie. c. 20, stating whether as 
Superintendents of Lock-ups solely, or as Superin- 
tendents of Parish Constables, or as acting in both 
capacities, with the Pay and Allowances of each 
Superintendent Constable, and the Area and Popu- 
lation of the Petty Sessional Division to which he is 
"appointed, together with the Total Expense incurred 
|in each County. 

| Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
| Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
| of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 








year 1852, to the Superintendents of the Dockyards, 
calling for any suggestions as to the alterations of 
the Dockyard Regulations. 





Petitions 








Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on Price’s Patent 


they had examined the allegations contained in the arid (No. 2) 


Mr. Ker Seymer, from the Select Committee ap- Berwick. 
pointed to try and determine the matter of the Peti- upon-Tweed 


Put 
Alteration of - 
Capital) Bill, Vic 
sec 
That Candle Com. 
lection. 
No. 401, 
V 
y 
I 


| Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Superintendent 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Constables. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Dockyard 
Copy of any Letter from the Admiralty, during the Regulations. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Forty- 
second Report. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Income Tax. 





16 Vicrori. 


Petitions relating to Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ; | 
— Nunneries ; — Parish Registers ; — Tithes, Tithe 
Rent-charge and Church Rates; — Universities | 
(Scotland) ;—Universities (Scot/and) Bill ;—Adver- | 
tisements ;—Attorneys’ Certificates ;—County Rates | 
and Expenditure Bill ;—Financial Measures (1853) ; 
—Malt and Hops ;—Newspaper Supplements ;— 
Paper, Newspaper Stamps and Advertisements ;— 
Property and Income Tax ;—Property and Income 
Tax (1853) ;—Soap ;—Tea and Tobacco, &amp;c. Li- 
censes ;—'l'obacco ;—Armaments ;—Arrestment of 
Wages ;—Beer-houses ;—County Courts ;—Educa- 
tion Bill ;—Fisheries (Jreland);—Intoxicating Li- 
quors ;—London and Edinburgh Gazettes Bill ;— 
Merchant Shipping Biil;—Ocean Penny Postage ; | 
—Public-houses (Scotland) Biil ;—Roman States ; | 
—Spirits ;—and, Tenant Right (Zreland) Bill,— ' 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition relating to Reform in the Government 
of India, was also presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Jndian Territories. 

Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers,—were 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 





‘ 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Ways and Means. 


(In the Committee.) 


Question again proposed, That it is the opinion of 
this Committee, that, towards raising the Supply 
granted 1o Her Majesty, there shall be raised annuall 
during the terms hereinafter limited, the several Rates 
and Duties following (that is to say) :— 


For and in respect of the property in any 
lands, tenements or hereditaments in the 
United Kingdom, and for and in respect of 
every annuity, pension or stipend, payable 
by Her Majesty or out of the Public Revenue 
of the United Kingdom ; and for and in re- 
spect of all interest of money, annuities, divi- 
dends and shares of annuities payable to any 
person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, 
companies or societies, whether corporate or 
not corporate ; and for and in respect of the 
annual profits or gains arising or accruing to 
any person or persons whatever, resident in 
the United Kingdom, from any kind of pro- 

erty whatever, whether situate in the United 

Singdom or elsewhere, or from any annui- 
ties, allowances or stipends, or from any pro- 
fession, trade or vocation, whether the same 
shall be respectively exercised in the United 
Kingdom or elsewhere ; and for and in re- 
spect of the annual profits or gains arising or 
accruing to any person or persons not resi- 
dent within the United Kingdom from any 
property whatever in the United Kingdom, 
or from any trade, profession or vocation, 
exercised in the United Kingdom ; for every 
Twenty shillings of the annual value or 
amount thereof— 


For two years fiom April 5, 1853 - 

And for two years from April 5, 1855 - 

And for three years from April 5, 1857 - 

And that on April 5, 1860, except as to | 
the collection of monies then due, the 
said Rates and Duties shall cease and 
determine. 


aAant &amp; 








And for and in respect of the occupation 
of such lands, tenements or hereditaments 
(other than a dwelling-house occupied by a 
tenant distinct from a farm of lands), for 
every Twenty shillings of the annual value 
thereof, one moiety of each of the said sums 
of 7d., Gd. and 5d., for the above-named 
times respectively. 





Amendment proposed: To leave out the words 
“ towards raising the Supply granted to Her Ma- 
“ jesty, there shall be raised annually during the 
“ terms hereinafter limited, the several Rates and 
“ Duties following,” in order to insert the words 
“ the continuance of the Income Tax for seven years, 
“ and its extension to classes heretofore exempt 
“ from its operation without any mitigation of the 
Von. 108. 








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431 


“ inequalities of its assessment, are alike unjust and 
“« jmpolitic,” instead thereof. 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to be 
left out, stand part of the proposed Resolution ; 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the matter to them referred; and that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 26° die Aprilis, 1853: 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Carlow 
received Notice, that it is not intended to proceed Election. 


with the Petition complaining of an undue Election 


| and Return for the Borough of Carlow :—And the 


same was read, as followeth : 
Sir, 21, Gardener’s-place, 23d April 1853. 

As Agent for Thomas James Rawson and Thomas 
Harris Carroll, in the matter of their Petition de- 
livered in on the 23d day of November last, com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return of John 
Sadleir, Esquire, for the Borough of Carlow, I here- 
by beg to inform you that it is not intended to pro- 
ceed with said Petition before the House. 


I an, Sir, 
Your very obedient servant, 
Alex. Bate. 
To the Right honourable the Speaker 
of the House of Commons. 


The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- 
charged. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Carlow 
received Notice, that it is not intended to proceed Election. 


with the Petition complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the Borough of Carlow :—And the 
same was read, as followeth : 
Sir, 40, Parliament-street, 25th April 1853. 

As Agent for the Petitioners, Edward Flood and 
Mathew Byrne, against the Return of John Aler- 
ander, Esquire, for the Borough of Carlow, I hereby 
give you notice that it is not intended to proceed 
with the said Petition. 

I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your very obedient servant, 
James Coppock. 


To the Right honourable the Speaker 
of the House of Commons. 


The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- 
charged. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Copyholds 
into a Committee on the Copyholds Bill; and, after Bill. 


some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole tiouse, for Monday next. 





The Order of the day being read, for the second London and 


reading of the London and Edinburgi Gazettes Bill ; 


Edinburgh 
Gazettes Bill. 





And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Lill be now read a second time ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn:—And the 
said Motion and original Question were severally, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


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432 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Customs, &amp;c. Acts ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Customs, &amp;c. 
Acts. 


Merchant 
nn j into a Committee on Merchant Shipping [Advances]. 
(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland be authorized to direct the issue, 
out of the Consolidated Fund of the said United 
Kingdom, of any Sums of Money not exceeding 
Two hundred thousand pounds, as Advances for the 
erection and repair of Lighthouses, and of other 
extraordinary Expenses connected therewith. 

2. Resolved, That the said Commissioners of Her 
Majesty’s Treasury be authorized to direct the Sum 
of Two thousand three hundred and fifty-one pounds 
five shillings to be paid out of the said Consolidated 
Fund to the Seamen’s Hospital Society, in lieu of 
payments heretofore made to that Society under the 


Seamen’s Fund Winding-up Act 1851, and also such | 


Annual Sum in each year as shall be equal to the 
Sum paid into the Exchequer in the same year for 
Fines or Penalties incurred for the loss of Seamen’s 
Register Tickets, under the Act of the 7th &amp; 8th 
years of Her present Majesty, c. 112. 

Resolutions to be reported. 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 


verie reported, That the Committee had come to 
several Resolutions. 


25°—26° Aprilis. 





A. 1853. 


year 1801, bound or unbound ; 2. being of Editions 
printed in or since the year 1801, bound or unbound ; 
3. in the Foreign living Languages, being of Editions 
printed in or since the year 1801, bound or unbound ; 
‘distinguishing the Years and the Rates of Duty. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself | 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Committee on the Projects and Bills com- 
prised in Group (A) of Railways, in the Session of 
1845, before the Committee on the Bills comprised 
in Group No. 14 of Railways, in the Session of 

| 1846, and before the Committee on the Bills com- 
prised in Group No. 1 of Railways, in the Session of 
1847, be referred to the Committee on the Kentish 
Railways. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of a Letter addressed by the Secretary of the 
South Eastern Railway Company to the Commis- 
sioners of Railways, on the 13th day of November 
1847, on the subject of the Completion of the Kentish 
system of Railways. 

And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after Twelve of the clock on 
Tuesday morning, adjourned till this day. 








Martis, 26° die Aprilis ; 


Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1853. 





PRAYERS. 
HE Clerk of the Crown, attending according to 
Order, amended the Return for the Borough of 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. | Knaresborough. 
| 


Merchant ; 
Shipping Bill. mittee on the Merchant Shipping Bill ; 

Resolved, ‘Vhat this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


South Sea and 
other Annui- 
ties Commu- 
tation Bill. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the South Sea and other Annuities 
Commutation Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 

Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Taunton Writ. Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Taunton, in the room 
of Arthur Mills, Esquire, whose Election has been 
determined to be void. 


Coal Duties 


Ordered, That Mr. Deedes be discharged from 
( Metropolis. ) : 


further attendance on the Select Committee on Coal 
Duties (Metropolis). 

Ordered, That Sir Joshua Walmsley be added to 
the Committee. 


Supcrannua- 


. A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
10ns. 


That there be laid before this House, a Return 
showing the Abatements (made under the Act 4 &amp; 5 
Will. 4, c. 24, between August 1829 and the present 
cate) from Salaries of Persons employed in the Civil 
Service of the Crown, who have ceased to belong to 
that Service in consequence of deaths, dismissal, 
resignation or abolition of office, and have therefore 
no claim on such Fund:—It passed in the Nega- 
tive. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return from the year 1840 inclusive, of the Duty 
paid on Books, 1. being of Editions printed to the 


Books. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Mr. Oliveira presented a Bill to repeal the Act 
relating to the Company of Proprietors of the 
| Barnsley Waterworks, and to make other provisions 
in lieu thereof: And the same was read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Ordered, ‘That the Examiner have leave to sit and 
proceed To-morrow. 


Sir Frankland Lewis reported from the Com- 
mittee on Group P. of Railway Bills; That in the 
case of the Londonderry, Enniskillen and Sligo 
Railway Bill, they had examined the allegations 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended 
the same, by striking out the words “or guarantee 
“ the payment of,” and the words “ any moneys bor- 
“ rowed, or” and inserting the words “the capital 
“ raised and,” in order to make the Preamble consis- 
tent with the intended provisions of the Bill; and 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


| The Edinburgh High-street and Railway Station, 
'&amp;c. Bill was read the third time; and Amendments 
/were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill do 


‘the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the Great Grimsby 
Improvement Bill be now read the third time ; 

Sir William Molesworth, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
| having been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives 
{Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is 
concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. __ 

Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. : 

The 





Railways 
(1845, 1846 
and 1847.) 


Kentish 
Railways, 


Knares- 
borough 
Election. 


Barnsley 
Waterworks 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Londonderry, 
Enniskillen 
and Sligo 
Railway Bill. 


Edinburgh 
High-street 
and Railway 
Station, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


Great Grimsby 


Tmprovement 


Bill. 








Not 


——— 


a ow’ 











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433 


Mr. Sotheron reported from the Select Committee Standing 
on Standing Orders, several Resolutions; which Orders. 
were read, as follow : 

1, Resolved, That in the case of the Warrington Warrington 
and Altrincham Junction Railway (Stockport) Peti- = — 
tion for additional Provision, the Standing Orders ae my - 
ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties be (Stockport) 
permitted to introduce their additional Provision, if 34 
the Committee on the Bill shall think fit. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the East Kent East Kent 
Railway Petition of Edward Smith, for dispensing Railway Bill. 
with Standing Orders, Nos. 105 and 166, the said 
Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with; that 
the Parties be permitted to be heard upon their Pe- 
tition against the Bill, notwithstanding the same 
shall have been deposited later than seven clear days 
after the second reading of the Bill. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Zondon and London and 


| North Western Railway (Saint Alban’s, &amp;c.) Peti- — 
ition of Isabella Falcon and others, for dispensing (Saint Alban’s, 


_with Standing Orders, Nos. 105 and 166, the said &amp;c.) Bill. 


Wakefield The Wakefield Market Bill was read the third | 
Market Bill. time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Norwich The. House proceeded to take into consideration 
Waterworks the Norwich Waterworks Bill, as amended in the 
=. Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
staffordshire = The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Potteries ks the Staffordshire Potteries Waterworks Bill, as 
Waterworks - ; 

Bill. amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Rossendale The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
_—— take into consideration the Rossendale Waterworks | 
- Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
London and The London and South Western Railway ( Basing- | 
— stoke and Salisbury Branch) Bill was read a second | 


(Basingstoke time ; and committed. 
and Salisbury § Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | 
Branch) Bill. mittee of Selection. 
| 

The Poole Harbour and Port (No. 2) Bill was | 
read a second time; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | 
mittee of Selection. 


Poole Harbour 
and Port 
(No. 2) Bill. 


} 
| 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Bermondsey Regulation Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second | 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word | 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” | 

And the Question being put, That the word “now” 
stand part of the Question:—It passed in the 
Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon this day six months” be added at the end of | 
the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day six months. 


Bermondsey 
Regulation 
Bill. 


} 
The Order of the day being read, for the second | 
reading of the London and Finsbury Improvements 
and Railway, &amp;c. Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Tuesday next. 


London and 
Finsbury 
Improvements 
and Railway, 
&amp;e. Bill. 


East Anglian 
Railways 
(No. 2) Bil. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,— Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills; 
That in the case of the East Anglian Railways 
(No. 2) Bill, the Standing Orders have been com- 
plied with. 


East Anglian 
Railways 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Ordered, That the East Anglian Railways (No. 2) 


Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 





sane Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from | 
(No 2) Big, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, | 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- | 
ders in the case of the Petition for additional provi- 
sion in the Holme Reservoirs (No. 2) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select | 
Committee on Standing Orders. | 
Blackburn Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
“lection, . . . . 
received a Report from the Examiner of Recogni- 
zances, stating that the Recognizance to the Election 





Petition of William Kenworthy and John Anderton | 
Alston, relating to the Borough of Blackburn, is | 
unobjectionable. 
Vou. 108, 





|gation Petition from Trinity College, Dublin, for 


Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; that 
the Parties be permitted to be heard upon their Pe- 
tition against the Bill, notwithstanding the same 
shall have been deposited later than seven clear days 


after the second reading of the Bill. 


4. Resolved, That in the case of the Castlemaine Custiemaine 


Estuary Reclamation and Maine and Laune Navi- Estuary 
, Reclamation 


" ‘ 4 bs : nd Maine and 
dispensing with Standing Orders, Nos. 105 and 166, dee Mavi 


jr said Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed gation Bill. 
with. 

5. Resolved, That in the case of the Bedale and Bedaie and 
Leyburn Railway Petition for additional Provision, — Bill 
the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with; i 
that the Parties be permitted to introduce their ad- 
ditional Provision, if the Committee on the Bill shall 
think fit. 

6. Resolved, That in the case of the Witham Witham 
Drainage Second District Petition, the Standing Drainage Se- 
Orders ought to be dispensed with; that the Par- —_ ees 
ties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, pro- 
vided the same be presented not later than three 
clear days after the presentation of this Report ; and 
that they prove before the Committee on the Bill 
that the Notices have been published for three suc- 


cessive weeks in the County Newspaper, and once 
in the London Gazette : 


That the Committee on the Bill do report how far 
such Order has been complied with on the Report of 
the Bill. 

7. Resolved, That in the case of the Belfast and Belfast and 
West of Ireland Railway Petition for leave to de- West of Ire- 
posit a Petition for a Bill, the Standing Orders #4 ®#ilwsy. 
ought not to be dispensed with. 

8. Resolved, That in the case of the Galway Har- Galway Har- 
bour Petition of Lord Dunsandle, for dispensing °F Bill. 
with Standing Orders, Nos. 105 and 166, the said 
Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; that 
the Parties be permitted to be heard upon their Pe- 
tition against the Bill, notwithstanding the same 
shall have been deposited later than seven clear days 
after the second reading of the Bill. 

9. Resolved, That in the case of the Midland Midland 
Railway (Leicester and Hitchin) Petition of Sur- ppm ” 
veyors of Highways, &amp;c. of Great Bowden, for dis- Hitchin) Bill, 
pensing with Standing Orders, Nos. 105 and 166, 
the said Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed 
with. 

The first, second, third, fifth, sixth and eighth 
Resolutions, being read a second time, were agreed 
to. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the Witham 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of Drainage Se- 
the Petition for the Witham Drainage Second Dis- 84 Distt. 
trict Bill, might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for amending the provisions with respect to the Com- 

3K 


missioners 











Message from 
the Lords. 


New Forest 
Deer Revoval 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Sunderland 
Gas Bill. 


Dudley Gas 
Bill. 


Law of Evi- 
dence (Seot- 
Jand) Bill. 


Salford 
Municipal 
Boundaries 
Bill. 


Eastern Coun- 


ties Railway 
(Woodford 


and Loughton) ©@se 


Bill. 


Customs, 


Income Tax, 


Benefices. 


434 


missioners of the Second District for Drainage by the 
River Witham, contained in the River Witham Drain- 
age Act of the second year of George the Third, c. 32, 
and for other purposes, and of which the short Title 
is “The Witham Drainage Second District Act, 
1853 ”: And that Sir John Trollope and Mr. Gilbert 
Heathcote do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir George Rose: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Mew Forest Deer 
Removal Act Amendment Bill, without any Amend- 
ment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Sunderland Gas Bill, 
without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Dudley Gas Bill, 
without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Law of Evidence (Scotland) 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords request that this House will be pleased 
to give leave to Joseph Brotherton, Esquire, a Mem- 
ber of this House, to attend their Lordships to be 
sworn, in order to his being examined as a Witness 
before the Select Committee appointed by their Lord- 
ships in the present Session of Parliament, on the Bill, 
intituled, “ An Act for the Extension of the Boun- 
daries of the Municipal Borough of Sa/ford, and 
otherwise improving the said Borough, and for other 
purposes :”——And then the Messenger withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House will send an Answer to 
the last part of the said Message by Messengers of 
their own. 

And the Messenger was again called in, and Mr. 
Speaker acquainted him therewith :--And then he 
again withdrew. 


Lord Charles Wellesley reported from the Com- 
mittee on Group L. of Railway Bills; That in the 
of the Eastern Counties Railway (Woodford 
and Loughton) Bill, they had examined the allega- 
tions contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and found 
the same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto ; and had inserted 
provisions in the Bill for enforcing the completion of 
the Railway within the prescribed period limited by 
the Bill, pursuant to the Resolution of the House of 
the 15th April. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Articles that paid Duties 
of Customs, and the Number of Entries at different 
Rates, on the 1st day of January 1841, stating the 
Aggregate Gross and Net Amount of Revenue re- 
ceived for the same in the year ending the 1st day of 
January 1841 :—Similar Return of the Number of 
Articles that paid Duties of Customs on the Ist day 
of January 1853, stating the Aggregate Gross and 
Net Amount of Revenue in the year ending the ist 
day of January 1853 :—And, Return of the Amount 
of Duties of Customs that have been taken off in 
part, or entirely repealed, in each year since the 1st 
day of January 1842; and the Aggregate Amount 
of Duties repealed in the eleven years to the first 
day of January 1853. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Appeals made by Tenant 
Farmers under the third section of the Act 14 &amp; 15 
Vie. c. 12, and Amount of Abatements allowed by 


the Commissioners of the Income Tax in every Dis- | 


trict. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of all Benefices, Rectories or 
Vicarages, which have been united since the 22d day 


26° Aprilis. 








A. 1853. 


of May 1851, under the Act 13 &amp; 14 Vice. c. 98, s. 8, 
stating the Names of the United Benefices, with the 
Names of Incumbent or Incumbents, the Amount of 
the Population, and the yearly Value of eacl:, and 
the Distance that the Churches of each of the United 
Benefices are from each other, with the County and 
Diocese in which each is situated (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 515, of Session 1851). 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, '‘Vhat an humble Address be presented Crown Rights 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Ruabon.) 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of Correspondence relating to the 
Negotiation for the Sale of the Crown Rights in the 
Parish of Ruabon. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 


Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That Mr. Fitzwilliam have leave of ab- Leave of 
sence for a week, on account of ill health ;—Sir John Absence. 


Walsh a fortnight, on account of illness in his family ; 
—and, Mr. Farrer a week, on account of the death 
of a near relation. 


The House was moved, That the Standing Order Public 
relative to the Committees of Supply and Ways and Business. 


Means,’ might be read; and the same was read, as 
followeth : 

“That the Committees of Supply and Ways and 
Means shall be fixed for Monday, Wednesday and 
Friday, and for any other day on which Orders of 
the day shall have precedence of Notices of Motions, 
of which Notice shall have been given on the pre- 
ceding Friday.” 

Ordered, That so much of the said Standing Or- 
der as requires Notice to be given on the preceding 
Friday, be suspended during the present week. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty's Com- Prisons. 


mand,—Copy of Eighteenth Report of the Inspectors 
appointed under the Provisions of the Act 5 &amp; 6 Will. 
4, c. 38, to visit the different Prisons of Great Bri- 
tain:—ILV. Scotland. 


Mr. fitzroy also presented,—Return to an Ad- Convicts and 


dress to Her Majesty, dated the 22d day of February 
last, for Returns of all Convicts sentenced to Trans- 
portation, confined in the several County Gaols in 
freland, on the 1st day of November 1852; speci- 
fying the Date of Conviction, Age, and Period of 
Sentence of each Convict :—Of all other Prisoners 
convicted by a Jury, and undergoing Punishment in 
the several County Gaols in Jreland, on the 1st day 
of November 1852; specifying the Date of Con- 
viction and extent of Punishment :—Showing the 
entire Cost of maintaining all Convicts and all other 
Prisoners convicted by a Jury confined in the several 
County Gaols in Jreland, for five years ending on the 
Sist day of December 1851, out of County Rates: 
—Of all Sums repaid to Counties in Jreland from 
the Consolidated Fund, for the maintenance of Con- 
victs during the same Period :—And, of all Sums 
paid out of the Consolidated Fund to reimburse the 
several Counties in England and \Wales, for the main- 
tenance of Convicts and Convicted Misdemeanants 
confined in the several Gaols during the same Period ; 
such Return to specify the Number in each Class, 
and the Average Cost per Head. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Table. 


The following Paper, pursuant to Order, was laid MayoFlection. 


upon the Table by the Clerk of the House,—Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before the Select Committee 
on the Mayo Election Petition. 


The following Papers were also laid upon the Public we 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an (Bengal, Se. 


Order, 


Convicted 
Misdemean- 
ants. 































Reigate Union. 


Cheese. 


16 VicroriaA. 


Order, dated the 24th day of February last, for 
Copies of the Reports of the several Commissioners 
on Public Works at Bengal, Madras and Bombay, 
in the year 1851-2, of the Minutes of the Members 
of the Government thereon, and of any Orders or 
Despatches of the Court of Directors relating 
thereto. 

Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of March 
last, for Copy of so much of the Correspondence 
which has recently taken place between Mr. J. B. 
Budyett, Medical Officer of the Reigate Union, and 
the !’oor Law Board, and the Board of Guardians 
of that Union, as relates to the alleged prevalence 
of the Truck system in the Union. 

Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of March 
last, for an Account of the Quantities of Cheese im- 
ported into the several Ports of Great Britain, in 
each Month of the year 1852, distinguishing the 

turopean, United States and Colonial Produce ; and 
of all European Cheese, exclusive of British Cheese, 
exported from England in the year 1852 (in con- 


26°—27° Aprilis. 





435 


| the subject of the Connexion of the Government 


of that Island with the Idolatry of its Native Inha- 
bitants. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Police. 


posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
consider the expediency of adopting a more uniform 
system of Police in England and ‘Wales: 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by adding, at the end thereof, the words 
“and Scotland.” 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“and Scotland” be there added :—It was resolved 
in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to consisder the expediency of adopting a more uni- 
form system of Police in England and Wales and 
Scotland. 


tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 412, of Ses- 
sion 1852). 
Return to an Order, dated the 22d day of this 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Communica- 
to examine and report upon the present state of the | sa ae 
no . A = England and 
Communication between England and Ireland, as 







Consolidated 


Annuities Ireland. 


(Ireland. ) 


Post-office. 


Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Forty- 
third Report. 


Education. 


Local Acts, 
No. 191. 


Dockyard 


Regulations, 


No. 403. 


Ceylon. 


instant April, for a Return of the Rate per Pound 
of Valuation of the Consolidated Annuities on each 
Union in Jre/and, and the Number of years assigned 
to each for Repayment :—And, similar Return of 
the Poundage on each Province. 

Return to an Order, dated the 22d day of this 
instant April, for a Return of Salaries, Wages and 
Allowances of the Post-office Department generally, 
divided into Branches and Classes, and showing the 
Number of Persons employed, and the Amount paid 
under each Class, in the year ending the 5th day of 
January 1835, and in every subsequent year, to the 
5th day of January 1851: England and Wales— 
Branch 1, Metropolitan; Branch 2, Provincial ; 
Branch 3, Colonial and Parts Abroad :—And, similar 
Returns for Scotland and Ireland. 


Petitions relating to Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ; 
—Jewish Disabilities ;—Marriage ;— Maynooth Col- 
lege Act ;—Probates of Wills and Grants of Admi- 
nistration Bill ;—~ Sunday Trading ; — Universities 
(Scotland) ;—Universities (Scotland) Bill;—Adver- 
tisements ;—Attorneys’ Certificates ;—County Rates 
and Expenditure Bill;—Malt and Hops ;—Paper, 
Newspaper Stamps and Advertisements :—Arbitra- 
tion ;—- Bedminster Union ;—Education (Zre/and) ;— 
Intoxicating Liquors ; — Larceny ;— Poor Law ;— 
Prison Discipline ;—and, Public-houses (Scotland) 
Bill,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Minutes, dated 2d April 1853, 
by the Right honourable the Lords of the Committee 
of the Privy Council on Education. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Osborne presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Further Reports from the Admiralty rela- 
tive to Applications for Local Acts. 

Mr. Osborne also presented,— Return to an Order, 
dated the 25th day of this instant April, for Copy of 
any Letter from the Admiralty, during the year 1852, 
to the Superintendents of the Dockyards, calling for 
any Suggestions as to the Alterations of the Dock- 
yard Regulations. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Mr. Peel presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 11th day of this instant 
April, for Copy of the Despatch from the Right 
honourable Sir John Pakington to the Governor of 











Ceylon, dated the 4th day of December 1852, on 
Von. 108. 





regards the expeditious conveyance of the Mails, 
the transport of Troops and the convenience afforded 
to the Public, and to the /rish Representatives in 
particular in their attendance on this House, and to 
report what improvements modern science can 
suggest to establish a more speedy and commodious 
communication between the two Countries. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Education 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to (Ireland. 


inquire into the working of the National System of 
Education in Jreland, with a view of ascertaining 
how far the Instructions contained in Mr. Stan- 
ley’s Letter of 1830 have been followed or departed 
from by the Commissioners, or in the practical ope- 
ration of the system; and whether and to what 
extent a united or combined Education has been 
attained under the National System ; and also to 
inquire whether, by any further extension or mo- 
dification of the rules framed by the Commissioners 
or otherwise, the conscientious objections which 
many of the people of Zreland entertain to the system 
as at present carried into operation might be reason- 
ably obviated, so as to enable them to partake of the 
public grant, and render the system more compre- 
hensive and national :—And a Debate arising there- 
upon ; 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 27° die Aprilis, 1853: 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for thef Mr. Fagan, 
Yeas, UMr. Francis Scully : 
Tellers for the J Mr. Hayter, 
Noes, (Mr. Grenville Berkeley : 
So it passed in the Negative. 
Then the main Question being put; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the {Mr. Hamilton, 
Yeas, Mr. Napier : 
Tellers for the Mr. Hayter, 
Noes, (Mr. Grenville Berkeley : 
So it passed in the Negative. 


} 109. 


| 
179. 
J 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Whittlebury 
for disafforesting the Forest of Whittlewood, other- Fores. 


wise Whittlebury: And that Mr. Wilson and Mr. 
Fitzroy do prepare, and bring it in. 
3K2 Ordered, 


Customs 
(Donegal and 
Sligo.) 


Decimal 
Coinage. 


Hackney 
ae 
(Metropolis) 
Bill. “ 


Merchant 
Shipping 
[ Advances. ] 


436 


Ordered, Vhat there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Produce of the Customs Duties levied 
at each Port and Creek in the Counties of Donegal 
and Sligo, in the years 1851 and 1852:—Of the | 
Number of Vessels and the Tonnage entering and 
leaving each of these Ports and Creeks in the above 
years :—Of the Number of Vessels and the Tonnage 
now registered as belonging to each of the above 
Ports and Creeks :—And, of the Number and Rank 
of the Custom House Officers employed at each of 
the above Ports and Creeks. 


Ordered, That Viscount Goderich be added to the 
Select Committee on Decimal Coinage. 


26°—27° Aprilis. 


A. 1853. 


The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee. 
(In the Committee.) 


Clause (In respect of every £.110 of £.2. 10s. per 
cents. a yearly sum of to be paid to the Com- 
missioners for the Reduction of the National Debt). 

Read 1°, 2°. 

Blank filled with “ Five shillings.” 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Clause, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitzroy 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 





The Hackney Carriages (Metropolis) Bill was, | 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Mon- 
day next. 


Mr. Cardwell reported from the Committee on | 
Merchant Shipping | Advances], several Resolutions ; | 
which were read, as follow : 

1. Itvsolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- | 
jesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great | 
Britain and Jreland be authorized to direct the | 
issue, out of the Consolidated Fund of the said United 


Clause, and made an Amendment thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Fitzroy accordingly reported the Clause ; and 
the Amendment was read, and agreed to; and the 
said Clause was read the third time, and added to the 
Bill. 

Another Clause (Stock, Bonds and Money received 
in respect of the annuities in the names of the Com- 
missioners for the Reduction of the National Debt 
to remain subject to the same rights as such annui- 
ties, 7 &amp; 8 Vic. c. 80), was thrice read; and added 
to the Bill. 

Another Clause (Redemption Money of Stock not 


Kingdom, of any Sums of Money not exceeding | demanded for Ten years, and Stock on which the divi- 
I'wo hundred thousand pounds, as Advances for the | dends are unclaimed for Ten years, to be transferred 
erection and repair of Lighthouses, and of other ex- | to Commissioners for the Reduction of the National 


traordinary Expenses connected therewith. 

2. Resolved, That the said Commissioners of Her | 
Majesty’s Treasury be authorized to direct the Sum | 
of Two thousand three hundred and fifty-one pounds | 
five shillings to be paid out of the said Consolidated | 

a] &gt; . . . . . | 
Fund to the Seamen’s Hospital Society, in lieu of | 


Debt), was thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 
Another Clause ( Unclaimed Dividends on £. 3 per 
centum Annuities transferable at the South Sea House, 
to be transferred to the Bank of England), was 
thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the further Proceeding on the third 


eet A lee eet 


payments heretofore made to that Society under the | reading of the said Bill be adjourned till this day. 
Seamen’s Fund Winding-up Act 1851, and also such 
ent ete” a vos = .- equal 7” a Mr. Wilson presented a Bill for disafforesting the Whittlebury 
ae ;, or Penalties sete rw te a seme | Forest of Whittlewood, otherwise Whittlebury : And Forest Bill. 
; yee wey’ gaan agg ‘| the same was read the first time No. 404 
” _ Ls abe sta _ . . . . | ac ae - e . . e e 
ne emote tog —" ith &amp; sth | Ordered, ‘Vnat the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
years - ; sVeajesty, C. =e FA 4 oe 2 ills : on b 
The said Resclutions, being read a second time, nee af Puditons he: Celvals Semh; ann Se geen 
were agreed to. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com-| /?esolved, That an humble Address be presented Small-pox and 


mittee on the Merchant Shipping Bill, That they | Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased — 
have Power to make provision therein, pursuant to | t0 give directions, that there be laid before this 
the said Kesolutions. | House, a Copy of Letter from Dr. Edward Seaton 

‘to Viscount Palmerston, with enclosed Copy of a 

The Order of the day being read, for the third | Report on the state of Small-pox and Vaccination 
reading of the South Sea and other Annuities Com- | in England and Wales and other Countries, and on 
mutation Bill ; compulsory Vaccination, with Tables and Appendices, 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being | presented to the President and Council of the Epi- 
proposed, That the Bill be now read the third time ; | demiological Society by the Small-pox and Vaccina- 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, | tion Committee, the 26th day of March 1851. 

That this House do now adjourn ; | Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 

The House divided. Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 

The Yeas to the Right ; of Her Majeaty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Spooner, 

Yeas, | Mr. Newdegate : 

T ellers for the f Mr. Hayter, 57, | charged. 

_ Noes, _ (Mr. Grenville Berkeley : f | Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 

So it passed in the Negative. Wednesday the 1st day of June next. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
Bill be now read the third time:—And a Debate 
arising thereupon ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Debate be now adjourned :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 





South Sea and 
other Annui- 
ties Commuta- 
tion Bill. 


20. The Order for reading a second time this day, the New Trials 
New Trials (Criminal Cases) Bill, was read, and dis- Oo) Bill 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Office of Exa- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Office of "nt ee 
Examiner (Court of Chancery) Bill; and the same ji " 
were twice read, and agreed to. 
| Ordered, ‘That Mr. Solicitor General do carry the 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third time : | Bill 7 a Lords; and acquaint them, a _= 
—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. | House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 


A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill (In their Lordships. 
respect of every £.110 of £.2. 10s. per cents. a And then the House, having continued to sit till 
yearly sum of to be paid to the Commis- a quarter of an hour before Two of the clock on 
sioners for the Reduction of the National Debt) :— Wednesday morning, adjourned till this day. 
And the said Clause was brought up, and twice read, 
with a blank; and committed to a Committee of the 
whole House. 








































16 Vicroriz. 27° Aprils. 437 

Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Barnsley 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; Waterworks 
That in the case of the Barnsley Waterworks (No. 2) (a3) 
Bill, the Standing Orders have been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mercurii, 27° die Apvilis; 
Anno 16° Victorie Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 


Committees. QRDER ED, That all Committees have leave 


to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. Ordered, That Mr. William Seymour Fi tegerald Leave of 


have leave of absence for three weeks, on account of Absence. 





Public Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee | illness in his family. 

sporty-ceoond on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 

Report.) — _— upon the 25th day of this instant | Qydered, That there be laid before this House, Cities and 

_ i ad directed him to make a Report there- _ Returns of the Names of the several Towns in Jre- i 
0 e rouse. | land for which ‘Town Commissioners are now ap- 
‘ 7h pea: Ireland. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; pointed, under the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 82:—Of the ‘ — 

and be printed. | —_ Number of Commissioners for each of those 

oe Mr. Broth j tas ‘Towns :—Of the Number of Householders in each 

Ler acon r. Brotherton presented a Bill for amending the | of those Towns now registered under the said Act, 


cond District ete 5 “oer respect to the Commissioners of the | or the Act of 6 &amp; 7 Vie. c. 93, as qualified to be 
Bill. econd District for Drainage by the River Withum, | elected Town Commissioners in respect of the Occu- 
contained in the Witham Drainage Act of the second | pation of Houses rated to the Annual Value of £. 20 
year of George the Third, chapter thirty-two, and for | 5, upwards; and of the Number in each Town so 
other purposes, and of which the short Title is 4 The | registered as qualified to vote in respect of Tene- 
Witham Drainage Second District Act, 1853 :” And | ments rated to the Annual Value of £. 5 or upwards : 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be | _Of the Number of Householders in each of those 
read a second time. | Towns rated at the respective Annual Values of £. 4 





Rochdale The Order for referring the Rochdale Improve- 
_ ment Bill to the Committee of Selection, was read, 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 

Rochdale The House was moved, That the Petition for leave 
an to bring in the Rochdale Improvement Bill, might be 
a read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the Improvement of the Town of Rochdale, and 
for providing a Cemetery there, and for other pur- 
poses, and of which the short Title is “The Rochdale 
Improvement Act, 1853 :” And that Mr. Bright and 
Mr. Miall do prepare, and bring it in. 

Glasgow Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
muss, before the Committees on the Glasgow Waterworks 
and, Glasgow Bill in Session 1846, and, the Glasgow Waterworks 
Waterworks Acts Amendment Bill in Session 1848, be referred to 
— — the Committee on the Glasgow Waterworks Bill. 
(1848.) 

SidneySussex Ordered, That the Sidney Sussex College Estate 


— Estate Bill be read a second time. 


Reading — The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Market Bill. the Reading Market Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Weston-super-Mare Waterworks Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Weston-super- 
Mare Water- 
works Bill. 


East Anglian § The East Anglian Railways (No. 2) Bill was, ac- 
(No. 3) Ball cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 


mitted. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | 


mittee of Selection. 


Bradford 
Waterworks 
Bill 


A Petition of the Bradford Waterworks Com- 
pany, praying that provision may be made in the 
Bradford Waterworks Bill to authorize the Peti- 
tioners to purchase the Mills and Manufactories upon 
the Hewenden or Harden Beck, and to make com- 

ensation or satisfaction to the owners of lands ad- 
joining the said beck or stream in respect of their 
water rights, and thereupon to relieve them from the 
obligation of constructing the compensation reservoir 


between Woodnook and Wheelrace Bridge, and of 


turning a certain quantity of water daily down the 
said heck, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

VoL, 108. 














or upwards, £. 8 or upwards, £.10 or upwards, £. 12 
or upwards, and £.15 or upwards :—And, of the 
Number of Inhabitants in each of those Towns, ac- 
cording to the Government Census of March 1851. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Huddersfield 
before the Select Committee on the Huddersfield Election. 
Election Petition be laid before this House. 


Petitions relating to Church Rates; — Crystal Public 
Palace (Sydenham) ;— Maynooth College Act ;— Petitions. 
Nunneries ;— Universities (Scotland) ;— Advertise- yige Forty- 
ments ;—Attorneys’ Certificates ;—-Property and In- third Report. 
come Tax ;—Merchant Shipping Bill sae Kone 
Schools (Scotland) ;—Pilotage Bill ;—Poor Law ;— 
Public-houses (Scotland) Bill ;—and, Sheriff Courts 
(Scotland) Bill,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to Railway Parcels, was also 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Public Works Public Works 
( Bengal, .&amp;c.), which was presented upon the 26th (Bengal, &amp;c.) 
day of this instant April, be printed. No. 407. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Cheese, Cheese. 
which was presented upon the 26th day of this in- No, 408. 
stant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Consolidated Consolidated 


Annuities (Ireland), which was presented upon the Annuities 
26th day of this instant April, be printed. “aa 
oO. e 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Education, Education. 
which was presented upon the 26th day of this in- No. 409. 
stant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Cey/on, which Ceylon. 
was presented upon the 26th day of this instant No. 410. 
April, be printed. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table Westmoreland 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, —— 
dated the 15th day of this instant April, for Copies"? 
of all Communications which have passed between 
the Treasury and the Jrish Government on the sub- 
ject of the Grants to Westmoreland Lock Hospital, 
in the City of Dublin, during the years 1850, 1851, 

1852 and 1853. 

Return to an Order, dated the 20th day of this Terminable 
instant April, for Returns, showing the Amount of Annuities. 
Annuities for Lives and for Terms of Years granted 
in each of the years ending the 5th day of January 
1852 and 1853, and the Amount of Capital Stock 

3K3 cancelled 





Attorneys 


and Solicitors’ 


Certificate 


Duty (No. 2) 


Bill. 


Aggravated 


Assaults Bill. 


No. 405. 


Absconding 
Debtors 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Judges’ Ex- 
clusion Bill. 


County Rates 


and Expen- 
diture Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Supply. 


South Sea and 
other Annui- 


thes Commu- 
tation Bill. 


438 


cancelled in each of the said years on account of 
such Terminable Annuities :—And, of the Amount 
of the Annuities for Lives and for Terms of Years 
which have ceased in each of the said years, ending 
the 5th day of January 1852 and 1853 (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 657, of Session 
1851). 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Attorneys and Solicitors’ Certificate 
Duty (No. 2) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read asecond time upon 
Wednesday the Ist day of June next. 


‘The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 


into consideration the Aggravated Assaults Bill, as | 


amended in the Committee. 

A Clause (No person committed to prison for not 
entering into recognizance to be detained more than 
Twelve months), was twice read; and made part of 
the Bill. 

Another Clause (Indictments for misdemeanor not 
to be removed by certiorari, except on affidavit that 
a fair trial cannot be had), was twice read ; and made 


part of the Bill. 


Another Clause (No certiorari to issue to remove | 


Indictment, unless recognizance given for costs), was 
twice read; and made part of the Bill. 


Another Clause (How costs to be taxed and re- | 


covered), was twice read; and made part of the Bill. 
Another Clause (If no recognizance given, Court 


to try as if no certiorari awarded), was twice read ; | 


and made part of the Bill. 


Another Clause (Not to apply to certioraris at the | 
instance of the Attorney General), was twice read ; | 


and made part of the Bill. 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, ‘that the Bill be read the third time upon 
Friday next; and be printed. : 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Absconding Debtors (/reland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Judges’ Exclusion Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the County Rates and Expenditure Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, ‘(at this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resumed the 
further Proceeding on the third reading of the South 
Sea and other Annuities Commutation Bill. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill (That 
nothing in this Act contained shall be deemed to 
aathorize the creation of any greater amount of Two 
pounds ten shillings per centum Annuities than the 
Sum of Eleven millions of Capital Stock) :—And the 
said Clause was brought up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a se- 
cond time :—It passed in the Negative. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (That nothing in this Act contained shall be 


27° Aprils. 





A. 1858. 


deemed to enable or authorize any executor or execu- 
tors, or other person or persons holding any Stock in 
trust, to accept in lieu of such Stock, or to commute 
such Stock into any new Stock or Exchequer Bonds to 
| be created or issued under this Act, without the con- 
sent in writing of all persons beneficially interested 
in such Stock ; or if such persons be infant, lunatic 
or under coverture, or under any other disability, or 
if any yet unborn may become beneficially interested 
in any such Stock, then without the authority of the 
Court of Chancery):— And the said Clause was 
‘brought up, and read the first time. 
| And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the said Clause be now read a 
| second time—— 











The Comptroller of the Household reported to the Birth of 


| House, That their Address of the 7th day of this in- 4 Prince. 


stant April, congratulating Her Majesty on the birth of 
another Prince, and assuring Her Majesty that every 
addition to Her Majesty's domestic happiness affords 
| the most sincere satisfaction to Her faithful Commons, 
|had been presented to Her Majesty, and that Her 
| Majesty had been pleased to receive the same very 
‘graciously, and to give the following answer : 

“ 1 thank you for your loyal and dutiful Address. 
The interest which you have expressed in My Do- 
‘mestic Happiness is very gratifymg to Me.” 


A Member was sworn. 





And the Question being put, That the said Clause 
be now read a second time ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 
| The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the {Sir FitzRoy Kelly, 1 61 
Yeas, Mr. Spooner : J . 
| Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, im 98 

Noes, (Mr. Grenville Berkeley: |" * 


So it passed in the Negative. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill ( Provided always, that in all cases in which any 
| trustee, executor or administrator shall hold or be 
,entitled to any part of the Capital Stock of any of 
|the Three per centum Annuities by this Act proposed 
|to be paid off, commuted or redeemed upon trusts 
for or for the benefit of any person having a limited 
|interest, or under legal disability, no such trustee, 
| executor or administrator shall be at a to give 
| notice of his assent to receive in lieu of such Capital 
| Stock the aforesaid new Stock of Three-and-a-half 
per centum Annuities, without the consent in writing 


of all persons beneficially interested in such Stock, if 


|competent and willing to consent; but if such per- 
sons shall not agree, or if any of the parties shall be 
junder legal disability, or if the trust be such that 
| persons yet unborn may become interested under the 
“same, then and in any or either of such cases every 
such trustee, executor or administrator shall com- 
mute the Stock so held by him in such manner only 
as a Judge of the Court of Chancery in England or 
Ireland, or of the Court of Session in Scotland, shall 
| divoet : Provided also, That all applications for such 
purpose as last aforesaid, and every other application 
|hereby authorized to be made to the Courts of Chan- 
ieery in England and Ireland respectively, and to the 
Court of Session in Scotland, may be heard and dis- 
| posed of in such manner, on the attendance of such 
|parties, and on such evidence, as the Judge shall 
think fit, who shall have power to direct in what way 
| the costs and expenses of such applications respec- 
tively shall be borne and defrayed) :—And the said 
‘Clause was brought up, and read the first and 
‘second time, and amended, by inserting, after the 
|word “proposed,” in p. 1, 1. 5, the words “or en- 
| abled.” 
| Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Clause in p. 2, ls. 1 and 2, by leaving out the 
| words “not agree, or if any of the parties shall" P 
n 


| 




























Ck 
El 

A Member 

takes the 

Oaths. 

South Sea and’ 

other Annui- 

ties Commu- 

tation Bill. 
Ch 
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C 
El 
Sh 
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16 Vicrorisz. 27°—28° Aprilis. 439 


And the Question being put, That the words pro-| Recovery of Monies secured by Recognizance in 
posed to be left out, stand part of the Clause ; the said Court: And that Mr. Whiteside, Mr. Na- 

The House divided. pier and Lord Naas do prepare, and bring it in. 

The Yeas to the Right; 


The Noes to the Left. Ordered, That Mr. Bouverie be discharged from Leasing Pow- 





Tellers for the {Mr. Hayter, \.., | further attendance on the Select Committee on the ts pa | 

Yeas, ‘me Earl of Mulgrave: | 186: Leasing Powers (Jreland), Landlord and Tenant conus Ga 

Tellers for the (Sir FitzRoy Kelly, Lens (Ireland), Tenant Right (Jreland), and, Tenants’ jana), Tenant 
| fe 


Noes, (Mr. ‘Spooner : 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then the said Clause, as amended, was read the 

third time, and added to the Bill, dane 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. | Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Health of the 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the | Copy of the concluding Statistical Reports on the Navy. 

Title be, An Act for redeeming or commuting the Health of the Navy for the years 1837, 1838, 1839, 

Annuity payable to the South Sea Company, and | 1840, 1841, 1842 and 1843; embracing the East 

certain Annuities of Three pounds per centum per | India, Goast of Africa, Home and Cape of Good 

annum, and for creating New Annuities of Three | Hope Stations, and also the Force variously employed. 

pounds ten shillings per centum per annum, and Two | 

pounds ten shillings per centum per annum, and issuing | Mr, Whiteside presented a Bill to facilitate the Sale, gale, &amp;e. of 


Exchequer Bonds. | Partition and Exchange of Lands by the Court of Lands (Ire- 
Ordered, That Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer Chancery in Jre/and, and the Recovery of Monies lend) OR. 


do carry the Bill to the Lords, and desire their con- secured by Recognizance in the said Court: And No. 411, 
currence. the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Wednesday the 11th day 


| Compensation (Ireland) Bills. Right (Ire- 
Ordered, That Mr. Thomas Greene be added to !8™4)» 24, 


. : Tenants’ Com- 
the Committee. pensation (Ire- 





ee 





Clonmel Mr. Speaker acquainted the Ilouse, That he had | 5¢ May next, and to be printed. 
Election. received Notice, that it is not intended to proceed mer 
with the Petition complaining of an undue Election And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 
and Return for the Borough of Clonmel :—And the 
same was read, as followeth :— 
To the Right honourable the Speaker Jovis, 28° die Aprilis ; 
: of the House of Commons. 


Sir, Anno 16° Victorize Regine, 1853, 

I beg leave to inform you, that it is not my inten- 
tion to proceed with the Petition presented by me|_,, 
against the Return for the Borough of Clonmel. { 


PRAYERS. 


Rt. Brotherton presented a Bill for the Im- Rochdale 


provement of the Town of Rochdale, and for Improvement 
(No. 2) Bill. 





I have the honour to be, Sir, providing a Cemetery there, and for other purposes, 
Your most obedient servant, and of which the short Title is “‘The Rochdale lm- 
T’. H. Barton. | provement Act, 1853:” And the same was read the 

25 April 1853, 7, Bury-street, London. 





| first time. 
The Order for referring the said Petition to the Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 


General Committe e of Elections, was read, and dis- | ®¢"S of Petitions for Private Bills. 
charged. : 
The Order for referring the Burton-upon- 7 rent Burton-upon- 
Clonmel Sir John Trollope reported from the General| Improvement Bill to the Committee of Selection, Tent !m- 
Bection. Committee of Elections, the Names of the Members | was read, and discharged. = | 
of the Select Committee appoinied to try and deter- | Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
mine the matter of the Petition, complaining of an | 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of Clon-| The House was moved, That the Petition for leave Burton-upon- 
mel, to which they had annexed the Petition referred | to bring in the Burton-upon-Trent Improvement trent Im- 
to them by the House relating thereto, and the | Bill, might be read ; and the same being read ; PNo. 2. . 
List of Voters put in by the sitting Member:—| Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill) ~ 
Honourable Lauderdale Maule, John Neeld, Esquire, | for more effectually improving the Town of Burton- 
John Walter, Esquire, George Sandars, Esquire; | upon-Trent, in the County of Stafford: And that 
Chairman, James Milnes Gaskell, Esquire. Mr. Adderley and Mr. Child do prepare, and bring 
Ordered, That the Report do lie vpon the Table. | jt in. » 





Controverted 


Sir John Trollope reported from the General | 
Elections. 


Committee of Elections; That they had selected 
Sir John Yarde Buller, Baronet, Henry Aglionby 
e ' “ss . " ‘i r+oee mn a = : p é 
a Esquire, -_ W illiam Fae iy “th sidered ‘To-morrow, provided amended Prints. shall 
ssquire, to serve as Chairmen of Election Com-| jaye been deposited this dav. 
mittees, in the room of the Right honourable Sir | y 
Sohn Pukington, Baronet, Lord Harry Vane and| Sir Fraukland Lewis reported from the Committee Railway Bills 
William Deedes, Esquire, who have cnmed to be | on Group P. of Railway Bills ; That the Parties pro- (Group P.) 
— ee _ — of gems ‘he Tabl | moting the Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and 
rdered, that the Keport do he upon the Lable. Portrush Junction Railway (No. 2) Bill, had stated 


Ordered, That Standing Orders, Nos. 170 and Londonderry 
174, be suspended ; and that the Londonderry, Ennis- ¥nniskillen 


. ong ‘ ‘ and Shig 
hillen and Sligo Railway Bill, as amended, be con- Railway Bill, 


Ship “ Rattle- 
snake,” 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies or Extracts of any Minutes or other Docu- 
ments connected with the Selection by the late 
Board of Admiralty of the Ship “ Rattlesnake” in 
preference to a Steamer, for the purpose of endea- 
vouring to communicate with the “ Plover :”—And, 
Copies of Instructions given by the Board of Admi- 
ralty to the Captain of the “ Rattlesnake.” 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to facilitate the Sale, Partition and Exchange of 
Lands by the Court of Chancery in Jreland, and the 
VoL, 108. 





to the Committee, that the Evidence of Henry Davi- 
_son, Esquire, was essential to enable them to establish 
| their case before the Committee ; and it having been 
proved that his attendance could not be procured 
without the intervention of the House, he had been 
instructed by the Committee to move the House, that 
the said Henry Davison, Esquire, do attend the said 
Committee on Monday, May 2d, at Twelve of the 
clock. 

Ordered, That Henry Davison, Esquire, do attend 
the said Committee upon Monday next, at Twelve 
o'clock. 





3K4 Sir 





































































Lough Foyle 
ont Lensh 
Swilly Rail- 
way Biil. 


Cork and 
Bandon Rail- 
way Bill. 


Oldham Cor- 
poration and 
Oldham Gas 
and Water- 
works Bill. 


Indian 
Territories. 


Dublin County 
Election. 


Londonderry 
County 
Election. 


Bolton 
Election. 


440 


Sir Frankland Lewis reported the Lough Foyle and 
Lough Swilly Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

Godeed. That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Sir Frankland Lewis reported from the Committee 
on Group P. of Railway Bills; That in the case of 
the Cork and Bandon Railway Bill, the Committee 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same, by omitting 
the reference to the A/bert Quay Branch, which was 
withdrawn by the Promoters, and by omitting the 
statement as to the amount of existing shares remain- 
ing to be issued, which was stated to be a fluctuating 
amount, and liable to variation before the Bill passed ; 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The Oldham Corporation and O/dham Gas and 
Waterworks Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Indian 
Territories have Power to report the Minutes of the 
Evidence taken before them from time to time. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
received Notice, that it is not intended to proceed 
with the Petition complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the County of Dublin:—And the 
same was read, as followeth : 


Sir, 

As Agents to the Petitioner against the Return for 
the County of Dublin, we hereby give you Notice, 
that it is not intended to proceed with the said Peti- 
tion. 

We have the honour to be, 
Your obedient servants, 
Wilkinson, Gurney and Stevens. 
2, Nicholas-lane, 28th April 1853. 


To the Right honourable the Speaker 
of the House of Commons. 


The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- 
charged. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
received Notice, that it is not intended to proceed 
with the Petition complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the County of Londonderry :—And 
the same was read, as followeth : 

Sir, 

As Agents to the Petitioner against the last Re- 
turn for the County of Londonderry, we hereby give 
you Notice, that it is not intended to proceed with 
the said Petition. 


We have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your very obedient servants, 
Wilkinson, Gurney and Stevens. 
2, Nicholas-lane, 28th April 1853. 


To the Right honourable the Speaker 
of the House of Commons. 


The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
txeneral Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- 
charged. 


Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections, the Names of the Members of 
the Select Committee appointed to try and determine 
the matter of the Petition complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Bolton ; to 
which they had annexed the Petition referred to them 
by the House relating thereto :—Honourable Charles 
Stewart Hardinge, William Mordaunt Edward Mil- 


28° Aprilis. 





A. 1853. 


ner, Esquire, Thomas Peers Williams, Esquire, 
Francis Pigot, Esquire; Chairman, Lord Robert 
Grosvenor. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Troilope reported from the General Com- Totnes 
mittee of Elections, the Names of the Members of Election. 
the Select Committee appointed to try and determine 
the matter of the Petition complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Totnes; to 
which they had annexed the Petition referred to them 
by the House relating thereto :—Martin Tucker 
Smith, Esquire, Captain Rushout, Sir Thomas Ed- 
‘ward Winnington, Baronet, Henry Whitmore, Es- 
quire ; Chairman, Honourable Edwin Lascelles. 
| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- Harwich 
mittee of Elections, the Names of the Members of Election. 
| the Select Committee appointed to try and determine 
| the matter of the Petition complaining of an undue 
| Election and Return for the Borough of Harwich ; 
| to which they had annexed the Petition referred to 
them by the House relating thereto :—Lord George 
Manners, Joseph Locke, Esquire, Lord Charles Pel- 
ham Clinton, Joseph Ferguson, Esquire ; Chairman, 
Thomas Emerson Headlam, Esquire. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Letter delivered Clonmel 
in by Mr. Speaker upon the 27th day of this instant Election. 
April, stating that it is not intended to proceed with 
the Petition complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Borough of Clonmel, might be read ; 
and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Report which, 
upon the 27th day of this instant April, was made 
from the General Committee of Elections, relative to 
the appointment of a Select Committee to try and 
determine the matter of the said Petition, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the appointment of the said Com- 
mittee be discharged. 








| Mr. Osborne presented,—Return to an Address to Dockyard 
Her Majesty, dated the 22d day of this instant April, Promotions. 
for Copy of Order in Council regulating Promotion 
in the Dockyards. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Convicts and 
to Convicts and Convicted Misdemeanants, which Convicted Mis- 
was presented upon the 26th day of this instant April, “™°"™"* 
be printed. No. 412. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Terminable Terminable 
Annuities, which was presented upon the 27th day of carcemagyeed 
this instant April, be printed. No. 413. 


The following Paper, pursuant to Order, was laid Huddersfield 
upon the Table by the Clerk of the House,— Minutes Plection. 
of the Evidence taken before the Select Committee No. 414. 
on the Huddersfield Election Petition. 

The following Paper was also laid upon the Table Newspaper 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, Stamps. 
dated the 21st day of this instant April, for a Return 
of the Names of all the Newspapers in the United 
Kingdom to which Halfpenny Stamps were issued 
during the year 1852; stating the Number of such 
Stamps issued to each Newspaper, and the Amount 
paid to the Stamp Office by each on account of such 
Stamps. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Select Committee on the Huddersfield 
Election Petition be printed. 


' 





Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken MayoEiection. 
before the Select Committee on the Mayo Election No, 415. 
Petition be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Common 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased a 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 

House, 








War Rockets. 


Spirits 
(Ireland. ) 


Probate Duty. 


Incumbered 
Estates 
(Ireland.) 


Timber, 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Whittle Dean 
Waterworks 
Bill, 


Bangor 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Nottingham 
Gas Bill. 


Canterbury 
Election, 








28° Aprilis. 441 


House, a Copy of any Supplemental Report on Com- | to the City of Canterbury ; and also with the Address 
mon Lodging-houses by Captain Hay, Commissioner 'of both Houses of Parliament, under the Provisions 
of Police, made to the Secretary of State. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


16 Victroriz. 


of the Household to attend Her Majesty with the 
said Addresses, on the part of their Lordships; and 











of the said Act, with respect to the Borough of Aing- Kingston- 
ston-upun-Hull; and that their Lordships have or- — 
dered the Lord Steward and the Lord Chamberlain “°° 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of any Correspondence or Documents ad- 
dressed to or existing in the Custody of the Board 
of Ordnance, relative to Mr. William Hale's Inven- 
tions and Improvements in War Rockets. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Gallons of Proof Spirits 
on which Duty was paid for Home Consumption in 
Ireland, in each of the years ending the 5th day of 
January 1842 and 1853:—Of the Number of De- 
tections, and the Number of Persons prosecuted for 
Offences in Jreland against the Laws for the Sup- 
pression of Illicit Distillation in each of the years 
ending respectively the 5th day of January 1852 and 


1853 :—Of the Number of Persons confined in each | 


Gaol in Jreland, for Offences against the Laws for 
the Suppression of Illicit Distillation, on the 5th day 
of April 1852 and the 5th day of April 1853 :—Of 
the Number of Detections, the Number of Ilersons 
prosecuted, and the Number of Persons convicted 
for Offences in Jreland against the Laws for the Sup- 
pression of Illicit Distillation, in each year since the 
5th day of January 1833, and the Rate of Duty on 
Spirits in Ireland, per Gallon, payable in each year : 
—And, of the Number of Persons confined in each 
Gaol in Jreland on the 5th day of April in each of 
such years, for Offences against the Laws for the Sup- 
pression of Illicit Distillation. 


Ordered, Vat there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Stamps sold since 1815 for 
Grants of Probate chargeable with the highest 
Amount of Probate Duty. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 


that their Lordships do desire this House to appoint 
a proportionable number of its Members to go with 
| them :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 
| Resolved, That Four Members of this House do 
go with the Lords mentioned in the said Message, to 
| wait upon Her Majesty with the said Addresses. 
| Ordered, that the Earl of MWu/grave, Viscount 
| Drumlanrig, Mr. Labouchere and Mr. Ker Seymer 
do go with the Lords mentioned in the said Message. 
| And the Messenger was again called in, and Mr. 
| Speaker acquainted him therewith :—And then he 
again withdrew. 








Return of the Number of Tons of Saltpetre kept in 
the Vaults under the Rooms in which the Parlia- 
/mentary and other Records are deposited in the 
| ‘Tower of London. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Houses _ 
|to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Metropolis.) 


|to give directions, that there be laid before this 
| House, a Return of the Number of Houses rated to 
| the ielief of the Poor in each Parish, within the 
| Metropolitan Police District, in the year 1839. 

| Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
| Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
'of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Coals, Cinders 
| Accounts of the Quantities of Coals, Cinders and 2=4 Culm. 


| Culm shipped at the several Ports of England, Scot- 
land and Ireland, Coastways, to other Ports of the 
United Kingdom, in the year 1852; distinguishing 
| the Quantity shipped at each of the said Ports, as 
/compared with the year 1851 :—Of the Quantities 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Saltpetre, 


Return of the Petitions filed in the Court of the and Declared Value of Coals, Cinders and Culm ex- 
Commissioners for the Sale of Incumbered Estates | ported from the several Ports of England, Scotland 
in Ireland, for the Sale of Estates in respect of which | and Jreland, to Foreign Countries and the British 
Proceedings had theretofore been had in the Courts of | Settlements Abroad, in the year 1852; distinguish- 


Chancery and Equity Exchequer, setting forth, so far 
as same are stated in such Petitions, the respective 
Dates of the filing of the Original Bill and of any 
Supplemental Bill or Bill of Revivor in each case ; 
the Dates of the Decrees to Account and final De- 
crees, and the Period during which a Receiver had 


been in the Receipt of the Rents in each case re- | 


spectively. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 


Copies of a Memorial from certain Importers, Mer- 


chants, Shipwrights, and others interested in the Im- | 


portation, Sale and Consumption of Pitch-pine Tim- 
ber into the Port of Liverpool, lately addressed to 


the Chancellor of the Exchequer :—And, of the In- | 
structions of the Custom House for the Measurement | 


of Timber in Log, and of Timber in Planks. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir George Rose: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Whittle Dean Water- 
works Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bangor Waterworks 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Nottingham Gas | 


Bill, with an Amendment ; to which Amendment the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords acquaint this House, That Her Majesty 


ing the Countries to which the same were sent, and 
| comparing the same with the year 1850; also, dis- 
| tinguishing the Ports of the United Kingdom from 
| which the same were shipped :—Of the Quantities of 
| Coals, Cinders and Culm exported from the United 
| Kingdom in the year 1852, with the Rate and 
Amount of Duty thereon :—And, of the Quantities 
of Coals brought Coastways and by Inland Naviga- 
tion into the Port of London during the year 1852, 
‘comparing the same with the Quantities brought 
during the year 1851. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Rye Electiét. 


| before the Select Committee appointed to reassemble 
for further inquiry into corrupt practices at the last 
Election for the Town and Port of Rye, be printed. 


Petitions relating to Church Rates; — Crystal Public 
| Palace (Sydenham) ;—Marriage ;— Maynooth Col- Petitions. 


lege Act ;— Universities (Scotland) ; — Universitie 
(Scotlind) Bill ;—Australian Colonies (‘Transporta 
tion) ; — Postage (Colonies) ; — Advertisements ;— 
County Rates and Expenditure Bill ;—Excise Li- 
censes ; — Financial Measures (1853); — Malt;— 
Malt and Hops :—Newspaper Supplements; —Paper, 
Newspaper Stamps and Advertisements ;— Property 
and Income Tax ;—Receipts;— Education ( Ireland); 
—Intoxicating Liquors ;—Zondon and Edinburgh 
| Gazettes Bill;—Merchant Shipping Bill ;—Ocean 








‘Penny Postage; — Pilots; — Poor Law ;— Public 


S Vide Forty- 
- third Report. 


has appointed Friday next, at half-past Two o’clock, | Houses (Scotland) Bill;—Tenant Right (Jreland) 
at Buckingham Palace, to be attended with the Ad- | Bill ;— Training Prevention Act ;— and, Turnpike 
dress of both Houses of Parliament, under the Pro- | Gates (Scotland),—were presented, and read; and 
visions of the Act 15 &amp; 16 Vic. c. 57, with respect | ordered to lie upon the Table. | 


Vou. 168, 3 L Sir 





Drunkenness, 
&amp;e. 


Bankruptcy 
(Ireland. ) 


Ways and 
Means. 


Income Tax. 


449 28° Aprils. 


Sir John Young presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 11th day of March last, for 
a Return of the Number of Persons, distinguishing 
Males and Females, taken into Custedy for Drunk- 
enness and for Disorderly Conduct by the Police 
Force in each City and Town; stating, if any, the 
alteration that was made in the Bounds of the City 
or Town, in the United Kingdom, having a Popula- 
tion of 10,000 Souls and upwards, according to the 
Census of 1851, in each year from 1841 to 1851, 
both inclusive (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 136, of Session 1853). 

wen to several Orders, dated the 15th day of 
March last, for Returns of the Name of every Com- 
missioner of Bankrupt in Ireland seeohaed. under 
the Statutes 6 Will. 4, c. 14, and 1 Vic. c. 48, or 
either of them, with the Date of the Appointment, 
and the Amount of Salary :—And, of the Name of 
every Officer (other than a Commissioner) connected 
with the Court of Bankruptcy in Jreland, and ap- 
pointed under the same Statutes, or either of them, 
with the Date of the Appointment, the Amount of 
Salary, and the Duties of the Office :- For 
Returns of the Number of Commissions of Bankruptcy | 
in Ireland issued since the Act 6 Will. 4, c. 14, came | 
into operation, specifying, in a Tabular Form, the | 
Total Number issued in each year; the Number in | 
each year attributable, by the Residence of the Bank- 
rupt, to each County in Ireland; and the Number | 
out of each yearly Total in which a final Dividend 
has been made :—Of the Total Amount of Assets 
divided among Creditors in each year, under Com- | 
missions issued since the Act 6 Will. 4, c. 14, came 
into operation:—Of the Number of Commissions 
superseded in each year, by reason of a Composition | 
having been accepted under the 151st section of the | 
Act 6 Will. 4, c. 14:—And, of the Number of Days | 
in each year on which every Commissioner appointed 
since the Act 6 Will. 4, c. 14, came into operation, 
as sat for despatch of Business, the Places where 
the Sittings have been held, and the Hours of the Day 
during which the Sittings have been generally con- 
tinued : «And, for Returns of the specific Fees 
which by any Statute, or any Order or Practice of the | 
Court, are required or authorized to be paid under 
each Commission of Bankruptcy in /reland:—Of the 
Total Amount of Fees which have been paid in each 
year since the Act 6 Will. 4, c. 14, came into opera- 
tion; specifying what Portion of such Fees has been 
paid in to the “ Bankruptcy and Compensation Fund 
Account,” and showing the Disposition made of 
Fees which were not so paid in:—Of the Amount 
to the Credit of the “ Bankruptcy and Compensation 
Fund Account” at the balancing thereof, in every 
year since 1836, with the Total Payments out of 
the said Fund during the year preceding :—And, of 
the Amount now standing to the Credit of the same 
Fund, with the Charges on or Sums payable out of 
the same, in respect to Salaries or otherwise. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 











The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Ways and Means. 


(In the Committee.) 


Question again proposed, That it is the opinion of 
this Committee, that, towards raising the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, there shall be raised an- 
nually during the terms hereinafter limited, the 
several Rates and Duties following (that is to 
say) :— 


For and in respect of the property in any | 
lands, tenements or hereditaments in the 
United Kingdom, and for and in respect of 
every annuity, pension or stipend, payable 
by Her Majesty or out of the Public Revenue 
of the United Kingdom ; and for and in re- 
spect of all interest of money, annuities, divi- 
dends and shares of annuities payable to any 
person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, 














A. 1853. 


companies or societies, whether corporate or 
not corporate; and for and in respect of the 
annual profits or gains arising or accruing to 
any — or persons whatever, resident in 
the United Kingdom, from any kind of pro- 
rad whatever, whether situate in the United 

ingdom or elsewhere, or from any annui- 
ties, allowances or stipends, or from auy pro- 
fession, trade or vocation, whether the same 
shall be respectively exercised in the United 
Kingdom or elsewhere ; and for and in re- 
spect of the annual profits or gains arising or 
accruing to any person or persons not resi- 
dent within the United Kingdom from any 
property whatever in the United Kingdom, 
or from any trade, profession or vocation, 
exercised in the United Kingdom ; for every 
Twenty shillings of the annual value or 
amount thereof— £. §. 


For two years from April 5, 1853 -|-- 

And for two years from April 5, 1855 - | —- 

And for three yearsfrom April 5,1857 -| - - 

And that on April 5, 1860, except as to 
the collection of monies then due, the 
said Rates and Duties shall cease and 
determine. 


! 
aan &amp; 


And for and in respect of the occupation 
of such lands, tenements or hereditaments 
(other than a dwelling-house occupied by a 
tenant distinct from a farm of lands), for 
every Twenty shillings of the annual value 
thereof, one moiety of each of the said sums 
of 7d., 6d. and 5d., for the above-named 
times respectively. 

Amendment again proposed: To leave out the 
words “ towards raising the Supply granted to Her 
“* Majesty, there shall be raised annually during the 
“ terms hereinafter limited, the several Rates and 
‘“€ Duties following,” in order to insert the words 





'“ the continuance of the Income Tax for seven 


“ years, and its extension to classes heretofore 
“ exempt from its operation without any mitigation 
“* of the inequalities of its assessment, are alike 
“ unjust and impolitic,” instead thereof. 

Question again proposed, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out, stand part of the proposed Re- 
solution. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the matter to them referred; and that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, again resolved Ways and 


itself into the Committee of Ways and Means. 
(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That, towards making good the Supply Exchequer 
granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Seventeen mil- Pills. 


lions seven hundred and forty-two thousand five hun- 
dred pounds be raised by Exchequer Bills, for the 
service of the year 1853. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to 
a Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Mr. Bouverie also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 


mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Pilotage Bill. 


mittee on the Pilotage Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. " 
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Customs, &amp;c. 
Acts. 


Sheriff Courts 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Public-houses 
(Scotland ) 
Bill. 


London and 
Edinburgh 
Gazettes Bill. 


County Elec- 
tions Polls 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
Act Amend- 
ment, 


Sales of 
Bullion. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


No. 417. 


Sales of 
Bullion Bill. 


No. 418. 


Taxing Officer, 
Common Law 
Business 
(Ireland) 
{Salaries, &amp;c.] 


16 Vicrori2. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Customs, &amp;c. Acts; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 29° die Aprilis, 1853: 


Ordered, That. the Bill be committed to a Select 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Pablic-houses (Scotland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the London and Edinburgh Gazettes 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 


The County Elections Polls (Scotland) Bill was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to amend the Law, as to taking the 
Poll at Elections of Members to serve in Parlia- 
ment for Scotland. 


Ordered, That Mr. El/iot do carry the Bill to the | 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making sundry Provisions with respect to Mu- 
nicipal Corporations in England: And that Mr. 
Tufnell, Sir John Yarde Buller and Mr. Collier do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for regulating the Weights used in Sales of Bullion : 
And that Mr. Wilson, Mr. Chancellor of the Ex- 
chequer and Mr. Bouverie do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Mr. Tufnell presented a Bill for making sundry 
Provisions with respect to Municipal Corporations 
in England: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Tuesday 
next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill for regulating the 
Weights used in Sales of Bullion: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time this day; and to be printed. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, this 
day, resolve itself into a Committee to consider of 
providing for the Payment, out of the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, of Salaries and Superannuation Allowances 
to Taxing Officers and Clerks in the Office of Com- 
mon Law Business in Jreland ; 

Sir John Young, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, re- 
commends it to the consideration of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before One of the 
clock on Friday morning, adjourned till this 
day. 


Vou. 108. 


28°—2° 





Aprilis. 443 


Veneris, 29° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 16° Victorie Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Stafford reported from the Committee on Adel Beck 
Group K. of Private Bills; That in the case Reservoirs 

of the Adel Beck Reservoirs Bill, they had examined ® 

the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 

Bill, and amended the same, by confining the terms 

thereof to the repairing, maintaining and rendering 

more safe certain existing Reservoirs, it appearing 

that the provisions of the Bill should be confined 

to such purposes ; and found the same, as amended, 

to to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 

made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir Robert Harry Inglis reported from the Select public 
Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had exa- Petitions — 
mined the Petitions presented upon the 26th, 27th — 
and 28th days of this instant April; and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. brotherton presented a Bill for more effec- Burton-upon- 
tually improving the Town of Burton-upon- Trent, Trent In- 
‘ rovement 
in the County of Stafford: And the same was read (No, 2) Bill. 
the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 


miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


| The Rossendale Waterworks Bill was read the Rossendale 
third time; and an Amendment was made to the Waterworks 
| Bill. _ 
Resoived, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration London Docks 
the London Docks Bill, as amended in the Com- Bill. 
mittee. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(Dockmaster may order lighters, &amp;c. out of the 
Docks) :—And the said Clause was brought up, and 
twice read, with a blank ; and committed toa Com- 
mittee of the whole House:—The House accord- 





ingly resolved itself into the Committee ; and, after 

some time spent therem, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
| Chair; and Mr. Wilson Patten reported, That the 
| Committee had gone through the Clause, and made 
an Amendment thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Wilson Patten accordingly reported the 
Clause; and the Amendment was read, and agreed 
to; and the said Clause was made part of the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Londonderry, Enniskillen and Londonderry 
Sligo Railway Bill be re-committed to the former Enniskillen 
Committee :—And that they have leave to sit and Railwas Bill 


proceed upon Monday uext, at Twelve of the clock. 


The Order, That the Report on the York Drain- York Drainage 
age and Sanitary Improvement and Foss Naviga- 204 Sanitary 
ion Bill do lie upon the Table, was read, and dis- improvement 
tion Bul do lie upon the Lable, was read, and dis- and Foss 
charged. Navigation 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the Bill. 
former Committee :—And that they have leave to 
sit and proceed upon Monday next. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


The Names of the five Members appointed to try Bolton 
and determine the matter of the Petition, com- Election. 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Bolton, were called over; and being 
come to the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 





31.2 Ordered, . 

























































IITA. 


seen eee ee 








Fotnes 
Election. 


Harwich 
Election. 


Saint Ives and 
West Cornwall 


Junction 
Railway B 


Saint Ives 


ill. 


(Cornwall) 
Harbour bill. 


Dundee 


Waterworks 


Bill. 


Severn Na 


vi- 


gation Bill, 


Australian 


Agricultural 
Company Bill. 


Lough Foyle 


and Loug! 
Swilly Dri 


age and Recla- 


n 
1in- 


mation Bill. 


Madras 
Railway 
Company 


Bill. 


444. 


Ordered, That the Petitions relative to the said | 
Election be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, at Twelve o’clock, in one of the Committee- 
rooms of the House. 


The Names of the five Members appointed to try 
and determine the matter of the Petition, com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Totnes, were called over; and being 
come to the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition relative to the said 
Election be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, ‘That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, at Twelve o'clock, in one of the Committee- 
rcoms of the House. 


The Names of the five Members appointed to try 
and determine the matter of the Petition, complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the Bo- 
rough of Harwich, were called over; and being 
come to the ‘Table, they were sworn by. ‘the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition relative to the said 
Election be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, at Eleven o’clock, in one of the Committee- 
rooms of the House. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Saint Ives and West 
Cornwall Junction Railway Bill, with Amend- 
ments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed, 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Saint Ives (Cornwall) 
Harbour Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Dundee Waterworks 
Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on 
the Severn Navigation Bill; That they had exa- 


mined the allegations contained i in the Preamble of 


the Bill, and amended the same, by inserting a 
statement, that the Commissioners have expended 
Seven thousand pounds and upwards in the im- 
provement of the Navigation out of their annual 
income, and that some pertion of the interest on the 
sums borrowed by them has consequently fallen 
into arrear, in order to show the grounds on which 
it is proposed to authorize the payment of this 


Seven thousand pounds out of the monies to be | 


raised under the Bill; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bourcrie reported from the Committee on the 
Australian Agricultaral Company Bill; That they 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same, by insert- 
ing an allegation, that the Company was not engaged 
in trade, and the date of the last call on their shiares ; 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. : 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Lough Foyle and Lough 
Swelly Drainage and Reclamation Bill, with Amend- 
ments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the 
Madras Railway Company Bill; That they had 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and amended 
the Preamble by inserting the date of the Indenture 
of Agreement therein recited ; and found the same, 


29° Aprilis. 


to the 31st day of December 1851 :—: 





A. 1853. 


as amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’ s Com- Turnpike 
Reports of the Secretary Trusts, 


ma'id,—Turnpike Trusts : 
of State, under Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 8u. 


Mr. Fitzroy also presented, ao Pasther Return to Sheriff Courts 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 9th day of De- Scotland. ) 


cember last, for a Return to show, in Columns,—1. 

The Name, Residence, Date of Appointinent, Salary, 
and all Fees, Emoluments or other Sources of In- 
come, accruing in each year to each Sheriff Depute 
respectively ; stating also the Amount of Deductions 
therefrom, if any, in each of the last five years, up 
The Num- 
ber of Courts held in each County in pa year of 
the above Period, the Dates of holding said Courts, 
the Length of each Sitting, and the Number of 
Causes heard and decided in the above Period at 
each Sitting of the Court by each Sheriff Depute 
respectively ; distinguishing the ordinary Civil 
Courts, the Smull Debt Courts and the Criminal 
Courts; and also distinguishing, in regard to these 
last Courts, the Number of Cases tried with the aid 
of a Jury:—3. The Number of Ordinary Civil 
Causes decided in each Sheriff Court in each 
vear; distinguishing those concluding for Payment 
of Money from other Causes, and specifying the 
Number of those Causes with pecuniary Conclusions 
in which the Amount was respectively under £.25, 

between £.25 and under £.50, and above £. 50; 
together with the Expense of Taxed Costs in each 
Class :—4, The Number of Interlocutors separately 
appealed from, distinguishing those in the prepara- 
tion of the Cause and on points of Evidence from 
those on the Merits; the Number of the Sheriffs 
Substitutes Interlocutors which have been affirmed, 
and the Number which have been reversed or altered 
by the Sheriff Depute, distinguishing as above ; the 
Average Expense of each such Appeal, and the 
Average Period of Time elapsing between the Date 
of the Appeal and that “s the Decision by the She- 
riff Depute thereon :—5. The Number of Causes 
in which the indents of the Sheriffs Depute 
have been brought under the Keview of the Court 
of Session, together with the Number of such 
Causes in which the Judgments have been affirmed, 
and the Number in which the Judgments have been 
reversed or altered; specifying whether such Af- 
firmants, Reversal or Alteration, were in accordance 
with the original Judgment of the Sheriff Substi- 
tuies :—6. ‘The Number of Appeals to the House of 
Lords in Cases originating in the Sheriff Courts, and 
the results, in each of these years :—7, Return of 
the Sheriffs Substitutes now in Office, in each 
County of Scotlund ; stating the Name, Residence 
and Date of Appointment of each, and Autaguiting 
those who are Advocates :—8. The Salaries, Fees, 
Emoluments and other Sources of Income (if any) ; 
stating also the Amount of Deducticns therefrom 
of —_ of the said Sherifis Substitutes in each 
year:—. The Number of Small Debt Courts held 
by each Sheriff Substitute in each County ; 
distinguishing those held in Circuit, with the Amount 
of Allowance for E Uxpenses, the Amo unt of Expen- 
diture, and the distance travelled in attending the 
Cireuit Courts :—10. ‘The Number of Interlocutors 
pronounced in Ordinary Civil Cases in each year by 
each Sheriff Substitute ; distinguishing those in the 
preparation of the Cause and in points of Evidence 
trom those on the Merits; also, an Account or De- 
scription of Busmess performed under the Bankrupt 
and Cessio Acts, the Poor Law Acts, and as Com- 
missary, by each Sheriff’ Substitute ; also, a Return 
of the Nature and Extent of Duties performed, and 
the Time taken up by Sheriff Substitutes acting 
under the Police Acts :—11. The Number of Small 
Debt Causes decided in each year by each Sheriff 

Substitute, 





Pet 


* Flection 
Petitions. 


National 
Schools 


(Ireland. ) 


Laud Tax. 


Reigate Union. 
No. 420, 


Westmoreland 
Lock Hospital, 
Dublin. 


No, 421, 
Newspaper 
Stamps. 

No. 422. 


16 Vicroriz. 


Substitute, distinguishing those tried in Circuit 
Courts :—12. The Amount, in Value, of such Causes, 
distinguishing the Number below £. 5, and also, as 
far as is possible, the Number in which the Excess 
of Debt over £.8. 6s. 8d. has been abandoned :— 
13. The Number of Small Debt Causes which have 
been remitted by each Sheriff Substitute from his 
Smail Debt Court to his Ordinary Roll, in each 
ear :—14. The Number of Causes in the Ordinary 
and Small Debt Courts respectively, in each year, 
in which Decree in Absence has been given :—15. 
The Number of Criminal Cases decided in each 
year, by each Sheriff Substitute in each County, 
and the Total Number so decided ; distinguishing 
the Number of said Criminal Cases decided with 
the aid of a Jury :—16. The Number of Cases ap- 
pealed to Justiciary Circuit Court from each Sheriff 
Court in each County in each of the above years ; 
distinguishing the Number affirmed, reversed or 
altered, respectively :—17. The Number of Criminal 
Cases decided in each Sheriff Court, which have 
been brought under the Review of the High Court 
of Justiciary, distinguishing the Number affirmed, 
reversed or altered respectively: — 18. And the 
Number of Days, and the Number of Hours in each 
Day, in which the Sheriff Depute has sat in the 
Registration Court and Appeal Registration Court 
in each County, and the Amount of Fees received 
by each respectively in each of the five years. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 7th day of March last, for a Return of the 
Number of Petitions against the Return of any 
Member or Members elected to sit in Parliament 
for any County, Riding, Division of a County, City, | 
Borough, Town, Cinque Port or Place returning | 
Members tositin Parliament, presented sincethe 29th | 
day of January 1833, complaining that such Return 
was void on the ground that bribery, treating or | 
corrupt practices had prevailed at such Election, 
such Return to state in what manner such Petition 
was disposed of; and, in case of the Committee 
nominated to determine the allegations of any Pe-| 
tition having reported that the Members or Member | 
petitioned against had, by themselves or their | 
agents, been guilty of bribery or treating at such 
Election, or that corrupt practices had prevailed 
thereat, or at any previous Election, such Return to | 
state the Resolutions of the Committee, as reported | 
to the House, in full. | 

Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of this | 
instant April, for Copy of the Regulations recently 
adopted respecting the Sale of Books intended for | 
the use of the Jrish National Schools, to the Pro- | 
moters of Poor Schools and the Public. 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of 
an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—A Statement of the 
Expenses incurred under the Acts for the Redemp- 
tion and Sale of the Land Tax, and for discharging 
the incidental Expenses attending the execution of 
those Acts, from the 5th April 1852, the Period to 
which the last Account was made up, to the 5th 
April 1853. 








Ordered, That the Return relative to Reigate 
Union, which was presented upon the 26th day of 
this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Westmore- 
land Lock Hospital, Dublin, which was presented 
upon the 27th day of this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Newspaper 
Stamps, which was presented upon the 28th day of 
this instant April, be printed. 


VoL, 108, 





24° Aprilis. 445 


Mr. Sotheron reported from the Select Committee gtanaing 
on Standing Orders, several Resolutions; which Orders. 
were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Audi and yun ana 
Holderness Railway Petition for additional Provi- Holderness ' 
sion, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed ®#ilway Bil. 
with ; that the Parties be permitted to introduce their 
additional Provision, if the Committee on the Bill 
shall think fit, on proving before the said Committee 
the consent of the Owners and Occupiers, of the 
Commissioners of Drainage, and of the Turnpike- 
road Trustees and Surveyors, in respect of the Road 
affected : 

That the Committee on the Bill do report how 
far such Order has been complied with on the 
Report of the Bill. 

2. Resolved, ‘Vhat in the case of the Caledonian Caledonian 
Railway (Branch from Polloc and Govan Railway, Railway 
&amp;e.) Petition, for dispensing with Standing Orders, — 
Nos. 105 and 166, im respect of the Petition of Govan Rail- 
Walter M‘Ilquhan and others, the said Standing way, &amp;c.) Bill. 
Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Caledonian Caledonian 
Railway (Branch from Polloc and Govan Railway, Railway 
&amp;e.) Petition, for dispensing with Standing Orders, —_—" 
Nos. 105 and 166, in respect of the Petition of Govan Rail- 
Owners of Mineral Property, &amp;c., Lord Belhaven way, &amp;.) Bill. 
and others, the said Standing Orders ought to be 
dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to 
he heard upon their Petition against the Bill, not- 
withstanding the same shall have been deposited 
later than seven clear days after the second reading 
of the Bill. 

4. Resolved, That in the case of the Tralee and Tralee and 
Killarney Ralway Petition, for dispensing with Killarney 
Standing Order, No. 121, the said Standing Order Railway Bill. 
ought to be dispensed with; that the Committee 
ou the Bill be enabled to grant the borrowing 
Powers sought by the Bill, if they shall think fit, 
provided a Clause be inserted, restraining the Com- 
pany from exercising any of such borrowing Powers 
until 25 per centum of the entire Capital shall have 
been paid up, and that no greater amount than one- 
fourth of the sum proposed to be borrowed shall be 
raised until one-half of such entire Capital shall 
have been paid up: 

That the Committee on the Bill do report how 
far such Order has been complied with on the 
Report of the Bill. 

5. Resolved, That in the case of the Holme Re- yoime 
servoirs (No. 2) Petition for additional Provision, Reservoirs 
the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; (Ne 2) Bill 
that the Parties be permitted to introduce their 
additional Provision, if the Committee on the Bill 
shall think fit. 

The first, third, fourth and fifth Resolutions, being 
read a second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Sotheron reported from the Committee of Committee 
Selection; That they had made several Alterations of Selection 
in the Groups of Private Bills already formed, and ca e- 
had agreed to report the same to the House. ° Ni. 419 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; tar 
and be printed. 


Petitions relating to Parliamentary Oaths; — pubtic 
Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ;—Marriage ;—Univer- Petitions. 
sities (Scotland); — Canada (Crown Lands) ; —- Vide Forty- 
Advertisements ;—Attorneys’ Certificates ;—Cork ; fourth Ranet. 
—Excise Licenses ;—Financial Measures (1853) ; 
—Malt;— Malt and Hops;—National Debt ;— 

Paper, Newspaper Stamps and Advertisements ;— 
Property and Income Tax ;—Spirits (Zreland) ;— 
Spirits (Scotland) ;—Copyholds ;— Education Bill; 
—Landlord and ‘Tenant (Ireland) ;— London and 
Edinburgh Gazettes Bill; — Merchant Shipping 
Bill ;—Ocean Penny Postage ;—Prison Discipline 
(Scotland) ;—Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill ;—and, 





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SSIS ET 








4.46 29° Aprils. A. 1858. 


Town Commissioners (Jreland),— were presented, | presented, and read ; and referred to the Examiners 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. of Petitions for Private Bills. 
A Petition relating to Indian ‘Territories (Claims 
against Native States), was also presented, and read ; | Mr. Osborne presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Local Acts. 
and referred to the Select Committee on Jndian | mand,—Further Reports from the Admiralty rela- Ne. 191. 
Territories. tive to Applications for Local Acts. 
Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers,---were | Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select | Table ; and be printed. 
Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 





__ Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of Ways ana 
Ways and Means, a Resolution ; which was read, as 4°. 





Leasing Mr. Thomas Greene reported from the Select \followeth 
Powers (Ire- Committee on the Leasing Powers (/reland) Bill; —* 
° . D&gt; ’ = . 
land) Bil. = Phat they had gone through the Bill, and made Resolved, That, towards making good the Supply Exchequer 
No. 423. . . | granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Seventeen mil- 5's. 
Amendments thereunto. | ons memes amr 2 Serene ena er 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. | dred to rs -” ver * age " “Bill - a 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a' om A apr th e came xchequer bills, for the 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. | S@Fyice of the year 'eoe, 1 
The _ Resolution, being read a second time, a 
was agreed to. Bu 
dia | : P . 
Message from A Message from the Lords, by Sir George Rose:| Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said (Ir 
the Lords. Mr. Speaker, Resolution : And that Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Chancellor “ 
Clergy The Lords have agreed to the Clergy Reserves ate Exchequer and Mr, Wilson do prepare, and 
(Canada) Bill. (Canada) Bill, without any Amendment: And also, , ring It In. 
Redruth and The Lords have agreed to the Redruth and — The House, according to Order, resolved itself Ways and 
Railwoy Bill Chasewater Railway Bill, without any Amendment: , into the Committee of Ways and Means. Means. 
And also, | (I , 
n the Committee.) 
i — gy atl fay a iow a 3 ae _ Question again proposed, That it is the opinion of 
- works Bi oO — = . ale sealed 
Bill. Fa a t= a | this Committee, that, towards raising the Supply 
g . |granted to Her Majesty, there shall be raised an- 
nually, during the terms hereinafter limited, the 
ry ' ? . . 2 
Leave of Ordered, That Mr. Deedes have leave of absence , several Rates and Duties following (that is to 
Absence, for three weeks, on account of ill health ;—and, Mr. | say) :— 
Chaplin ten days, on urgent business. | For and in respect of the property in any Income Tax. 
lands, tenements or hereditaments in the 
Maynooth Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a tienen gene ge: Py et 
ollege detailed Account of the Expenditure of £.2,189. by Her Majesty Sanh alt tien tenia idee 
19s. 11d. stated in | arliamentary Paper 213, of of the United Kingdom ; and for aud in re- 
Session 1851, to be then unexpended, of the Sum spect of all interest of money, annuities, divi- 
of £.30,000 granted in the year 1843, for putting none and shares “ —a to 4 Sa 
} ra ee ~. yerson or persons, bodies politic or corporate B 
Maynooth College into Repair: Account of the companies or societies, iis corporate mm . 
several Sums granted since the year 1850, for the jot corporate ; and for and in respect of the 
Repairs and Maintenance of Maynooth College :— | annual profits or gains arising or accruing to 
And, detailed Account of the Expenditure of the | med — or persons whatever, resident in Su 
said Grants (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, | tn peer Er 
‘ Seca 5 = ’ ? “ 
No. 213, of Session 1851). iagiom or elsewhere, or from any annui- 
ties, allowances or stipends, or from any pro- 
ca . . ie .|  fession, trade or vocation, whether the same 
Adjournment.  f?esolved, That this House will, at the rising of shall be respectively exercised in the United 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. Kingdom or elsewhere ; and for and in re- Er 
spect of the annual profits or gains arising or lai 
; ’ , accruing to any person or persons not resi- 
Ship Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- dent within the Gnited mn from any 
“Victoria.” mand,—Copy of Report of the Officers appointed property whatever in the United Kingdom, | 
to conduct the Official Inquiry into the loss of the oe a a a ca M 
perigee ae ae * : ae &lt;ee 7 xercisec e Unitec 2 ; fo ‘y | &lt;} 
Victoria, of Hull, off the W enza Lighthouse, No Twenty shillings of the annual value or | 
vember 8, 1852, under the Steam Navigation Act, amount thereof— | £324 
1851; together with the Evidence. For two years from April 5, 1853 ~ ae 
Railway A Return of the Number and Nature of the Ac- And for two years from At 5,1855 -| - - 6 
Accidents. —_ cidents and Injuries to Life and Limb, which have And fox three years from April 5, 1857- | - - 5 ‘ 
No. 424. occurred on the Railways in Great Britain and Ire- ee a A 
land, during the half-year ending 31st December aohdi Senos cand Mathes ual acumen ond | 
1852 ; together with the Number of Passengers con- determine. 
veyed during the same Period (in continuation of | And for and in respect of the occupation | 
the Return of Accidents for the preceding half-year), | of such lands, tenements or hereditaments | 
presented in the present Session. (other than a dwelling-house occupied by a | 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lic upon the tenant, distinct from a farm of lands), for | } 
edd n« cet that the feet bo uaintad every Twenty shillings of the annual value | 
able; a C 186 ! ou. thereof, one moiety of each of the said sums | Bi 
of 7d., Gd. and 5d., for the above-named | 
+4: — J : times respectively. 
Senden end A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- : 
North Western gesses of the Borough of Northampton, and of the Amendment again proposed: To leave out the I 
(eaieegten London and North Western Railway Company, |“ words towards raising the Supply granted to Her i 
&amp;c.) Bil, | Praying that provision may be made iu the London “ Majesty, there shall be raised annually during the G 





nn 


and North Western Railway (Vorthampton, &amp;c.) ‘ 
Bill, for carrying a certain Road by means ofa Bridge ‘ 
over the intended Railway from Northampton to |‘ 


terms hereinafter limited, the several Rates and 
Duties following,” in order to insert the words 
the continuance of the Income Tax for seven 


- 


”~ 


Market Harborough, with a Branch theretrom, all |“ years, and its extension to classes heretofore ex- 
in the County of Northampton, and for enabling the |“ empt from its operation without any mitigation of W 
said Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses to raise a sum |“ the inequalities of its assessment, are alike unjust 
of money for contributing to the cost thereof, was |“ and impolitic,” instead thereof. 

| Question 








16 Vicrori2. 


Question again proposed, That the words pro-| 


posed to be left out, stand part of the proposed 
Resolution. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the matter to them referred ; and that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Aud the House having continued to sil till after 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 30° die Aprilis, 1853: 


Taxing Officer, The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Common Law into a Committee on the Taxing Officer, Common 
(ireland) Law Business (Jreland) [Salaries, &amp;c.]. 
Salaries, &amp;c. : 
— (In the Committee.) 

Resowed, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great 


Britain and Ireland be authorized to direct the pay- 


ment, out of the Consolidated Fund of the said 
United Kingdom, of a Superannuation or Retired 
Allowance, not exceeding £. 800 per annum, to Wil- 
liam E. Hudson, Esquire, the present Taxing Officer 
of the Office of Common Law Business in Jreland, 
and of the Salaries and Superannuation Allowances 
to the Taxing Officers and Clerk in the said Office. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to a 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


Sales of The Sales of Bullion Bill was, according to Order, 
Bullion Bill. ead a second time; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Entails (Seot- The Entails (Scotland) Bill was, according to 
land) Bil. Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


Merchant The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
“hipping Bill. mittee on the Merchant Shipping Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Aggravated The Aggravated Assaults Bill was, according to 
Assaults Bil. Qyder, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Fitzroy do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Public-houses The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
eens) mittee on the Public-houses (Scotland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


on “7 The Order of the day being read, for the second 
in ; ° 3 P ye 
Gazettes Bill — of the London and Edinburgh Gazettes 
: . 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Tatham A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
¥ posed, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to 
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29°— 30° Aprilis.—2° Mazz. 447 


the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Chatham, in the room 
of Sir John Mark Frederic Smith, whose Election 
/has been determined to be void :—And a Debate 
arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Fri- 
day next. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Maidstone 

posed, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to Writ. 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
| for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Maidstone, in the 
'room of George Dodd, Esquire, whose Election has 

been determined to be void :—And a Debate arising 
thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Fri- 

| day next. 





Ordered, That leave be given to tring in a Bill Bankruptcy 
to amend the Laws relating to Bankruptcy in Scot- (Scotland.) 
‘land: And that the Lord Advocate and Viscount 

Palmerston do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Lieutenant Lieutenant 
| Engledue, which was presented upon the 11th day Engledue. 


| of this instant April, be referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Dockyard Appointments. 


| Ordered, That Mr. Muntz be added to the Select Assurance 
| Associations, 


' Committee on Assurance Associations. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Court of 
| Accounts of the Interest and Produce of the Com- oe 
pensation and Fee Fund of the Court of Chancery ‘ wees 
in Ireland, and the Charges thereon :—Of the 
Suitors’ Fee Fuad of the Court of Chancery in Jre- 
land for the year ending the 31st day of December 
1852:—Of the Names of Persons entitled to An- 
nuities, Salaries, and other Charges payable out of 
the Account of the Interest and Produce of the 
Compensation and Fee Fund of the Suitors of the 
Court of Chancery in Jreland, distinguishing in 
each Case the Profession of the holder of the Office 
or Employment, whether Barrister at Law, Attorney 
, or Clerk, and the nature of the Tenure of the Office 

or Employment, whether by Letters Patent, during 

| good behaviour, or by Appointment during Pleasure : 
| —Like Account of the Names of Persons entitled 
to Annuities, Salaries, and other Charges payable 
out of the Suitors’ Fee Fund Account:—And, of 
Payments made out of the Consolidated Fund for 
Annuities and Compensations, so far as‘ relates to 
the Compensation and Fee Fund, and Suitors’ Fee 
Fund, of the Court of Chancery in Jreland. 





The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- Sale and P 
|nesday next, the Sale and Purchase of Land Bill, ¢3rq pint, 
' was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 


| Wednesday the 11th day of May next. 


; ; ‘ 
| And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after One of the clock on 
| Saturday morning, adjourned till Monday 
next. 





Luna, 2° die Maii ; 
Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 
N 7 R. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Burton-upon- 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Pri- —— 
vate Bills; That in the case of the Burton-upon- No. 2) Bill 
Trent Improvement (No. 2) Bill, the Standing Or 
ders have been complied with. 
3L4 Mr. 




























































eS AES GS am aS 







Rochdale 


Improvement 


(No. 2) Bill. 


Bradford 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


London and 


North Western 


Railway 


(Northampton, 


&amp;c.) Bill. 


Public 
Petitions 


(Forty-fourth 


Report.) 


Preston 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Holme 
Reservoirs 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Bradford 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Hull and 


Holderness 


Railway Bill, 


Nottingham 
Gas Dill. 





Norw ich 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


448 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; 
That in the case of the Rochdale Improvement 
(No. 2) Bill, the Standing Orders have becn com- 
plied with. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; 
That in the case of the Petition for additional Pro- 
vision in the Bradford Waterworks Bill, the Stand- 
ing Orders have been complied with. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for additional 
Provision in the London and North-Western Rail- 
way (Vorthampton, &amp;c.) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 29th day of April 
last; and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That Standing Orders, Nos. 170 and 174, 
be suspended, and that the Preston Waterworks 
Bill, as amended in the Committee, be considered 
To-morrow, provided amended Prints shall have 


been deposited this day. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the 


Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of 


the Petition for additional Provision in the Holme 
Reservoirs (No. 2) Bill, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, that they have Power to make 
Provision therein pursuant to the prayer of the 
said Petition. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the 
Examiner of Petitions for Private Bills, in respect 
of the Petition for additional Provision in the Brad- 


ford Waterworks Bill, might be read ; and the same 


being read ; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, that they have Power to make 
Provision therein pursuant to the prayer of the 
said Petition. 


Tie House was moved, That the Report from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of 
the Petition for additional Provision in the Hull 
and Holderness Railway Bill, might be read; and 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, that they have Power to make 
Provision therein pursuant to the prayer of the 
said Petition. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Notting- 
ham Gas Bill; and the same was twice read, and 
acreed to, 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 


Lordships. 






The Norwich Waterworks 
third time. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Bill was read the 





2° Mar. 


A, 1853. 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence, 


The Reading Market Bill was read the third Reading 

ti me, Market Bill, 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 

to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Belfast and Ballymena Rail- Belfast ana 
way Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken Ballymena 
into consideration To-morrow. ailway Bill, 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Eastern Coun. 
the Eastern Counties Railway (Woodford and ho Railwa 
Loughton} Bili, as amended in the Committee. ( Woodford 


&lt; : . and Lough 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. Bill. — 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Haslingden 
the Haslingden and Rawtenstall Waterworks Bill, #4 Rawten. 
as amended in the Committee. paver tey 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Leeds Gas 
the Leeds Gas (No. 2) Bill, as amended in the (No. 2) Bill. 
Committee ; and Amendments were made to the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Manchester, 
the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Sheffield and 
(Alteration of Capital) Bill, as amended in the Com- Lincolushire 


; Railway 
mittee. ’ , (Alteration of 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. Capital) Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Price’s Patent 
Price’s Patent Candle Company (No. 2) Bill, as Candle Com- 
amended in the Committee. Pal (No. 2) 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. ; 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Wigan Water- 
the Wigan Waterworks and Police Bill, as amended works and 
in the Committee. Pelee Oe 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Barnsley Waterworks (No. 2) Bill was read Barnsley 
a second time; and committed. Waterworks 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- (=o) a 
mittee of Selection. 


The Sidney Sussex College Estate Bill was read Sidney Sussex 
a second time; and committed. College Estate 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- _ 
mittee of Selection. 


The Witham Drainage Second District Bill was Witham 
read a second time ; and committed. Drainage Se- 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ay — 
mittee of Selection. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Baroda and 
reading of the Baroda and Central India Railway — India 
si - ~ Railway 
Company Bill : . , Company Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time u pon 
Monday the 23d day of this instant May. 


Ordered, That the Report which, upon the 29th Indian _ 
day of June in the last Session of the last Parliament, Territories 
was made from the Select Committee on hin ™ 
Territories, be referred to the Select Committee on 
Indian Territories. 

Ordered, That the Copy of the Report of the 
Select Committee of the House of Lords upon the 
same subject, which was communicated from the 
Lords upon the ist day of December last, be re- 
ferred to the said Select Committee. 





Mr. Thomas Baring reported from the Select a 
Committee on Indian Territories; That they had (First Report.) 


made Progress in the matters to them referred; and“ 1) 49g, 





directed 

















I 
] 


Railway Bills 
(Group P-) 


Woodford 
Railway Bill. 


Committee of 
Selection 
(Ninth Re- 
port.) 


No. 427. 


Totnes 
Election. 


No, 428, 


Exchequer 
Bills Bill. 


Post-office. 


Customs 
Duties. 


Bolton 
Election. 


No. 429, 


16 Vicroriz. 


directed him to report the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before them. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Sir Frankland Lewis reported from the Committee 
on Group P. of Railway Bills; That the Parties 
promoting the Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine 
and Portrush Junction Railway (No. 2) Bill, had 
stated to the Committee, that the evidence of Charles 
Otley, Civil Engineer, was essential to enable them 
to establish their case before the Committee; and 
it having been proved that his attendance could not 
be procured without the intervention of the House, 
he had been instructed by the Committee to move 
the House, that the said Charles Otley do attend 
the said Committee on Tuesday the 3d day of May, 
at Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That Charles Otley, Esquire, do attend 
the said Committee ‘l’o-morrow, at Twelve o’clock. 


Lord Charles Wellesley reported from the Com- 
mittee on Group L. of Railway Bills; That in the 
case of the Woodford Railway Bill, they had exa- 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill; but the same had not been proved to their 
satisfaction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Sir Robert Ferguson reported from the Com- 
mittee of Selection; That they had made an altera- 
tion in the Groups of Private Bills already formed, 
and had agreed to report the same to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Lascelles, from the Select Committee appointed 
to try and determine the matter of the Petition, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Totnes, informed the House, That 
the Commiitee had determined, 

That Thomas Mills, Esquire, is duly elected a 
Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Borough of Totnes. 

And the said Determination was ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill fur raising a Sum by 
Exchequer Bills for the Service of the year One 
thousand eight hundred and Fifty-three: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time To-morrow. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return cf the Amount of Postage Money actually 
received by the Post-office for Mails conveyed by 
Steamers and other Vessels under Contract with 
Her Majesty’s Government ; specifying the particu- 
lar Lines of such Contract Steamers and Vessels, 
and the Countries to and from which the Mails are 
conveyed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Lists of all Articles on which Customs Duties were 
payable in the year 1852 on Importation into the 
United Kingdom, showing, in Columns, the Name 
of the Article ; the Quantity imported, exported, 
and retained for Home Consumption in 1852; the 
Net Amount of Duty received; the present Rates 
of Duty, and the proposed Rates of Duty :—And, 
of all Articles imported Duty free in 1852 ; and of 
such Articles, then subject to Duty, as it is proposed 
shall be admitted Duty free under the New Tariff. 


Lord Robert Grosvenor, from the Select Com- 
mittee appointed to try and determine the matter 
of the Petition of George Greenhalgh, complaining 

Vou, 108. 


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449 
of an undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Bolton, and to defend which Return, Thomas Tho- 
masson, Richard Stockdale, John Harwood, and 
Henry Marriott Richardson, were admitted Parties, 
informed the House, That the Committee had deter- 
mined, 

That Thomas Barnes, Esquire, and Joseph Crook, 
Esquire, were duly elected Burgesses to serve in this 
present Parliament for the Borough of Bolton. 

And the said Determination was ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Lord Robert Grosvenor further informed the 
House, ‘That the Committee had agreed to the fol- 
lowing Resolution : 

That the Petition of George Greenhalgh was frivo- 
lous and vexatious. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be added to the Return, or- Public Health 

dered by this House on the 10th day of March last, Act. 

viz. Return of all Cases in which either of the 
Superintending Inspectors of the General Board of 

Health have been employed as the Engineers in 

carrying out the Works which have been executed 

under the Authority of the Public Health Act, 1848,” 

the Cases in which the Works are “ being executed, 

or about to be executed, by the said Inspectors.” 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Industrial 
Copv of the Report on Industrial Instruction, and struction. 
the Evidence on which that Report is founded, pre- 
sented by the Council of the Society of Arts to the 
Board of Trade. 


Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Trade and 
mand,—Accounts relating to Trade and Navigation, Navigation. 
Month ended 5th April 1853, and three Months No. 430. 
ended 5th April 1853. 

Ordered, That the said Accounis do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Petitions relating to Crystal Palace (Sydenham); public 

—Marriage ; — Maynooth College Act ; — Univer- Petitions. 
sities (Scotland) ; — Universities (Scotland) Bill ;— Vide Forty- 
Advertisements ;—Articles of Clerkship ; — Excise g¢th Ree 
Licenses ;— Financial Measures (1853) ; — Malt ;— 
Property and Income Tax ;—Property and Income 
Tax (1853) ;— Hackney Carriages (Metropolis) Bill; 
—Intoxicating Liquors ;—Ocean Penny Postage ;— 
Pilotage Bill;—Poor Law;—Public-houses (Scot- 
land) Bill;— Roman States ;—and, Rural Post 
Offices,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to Intoxicating Liquors,—were 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Public-houses, &amp;c. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Address Central Cri- 
to Her Majesty, dated the 14th day of April minal Court. 
last, for a Return of the Number of Days, and 
Number of Hours in each Day, in each Session, in 
which the Central Criminal Court sat during each 
of the twelve Sessions appointed to be holden in 
London, or the Suburbs thereof, under the Act 
4&amp;5 Will. 4, c. 36, s. 15, for each year since the 
passing of tie said Act in 1834. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated Small-pox and 
the 26th day of April last, for Copy of Letter Vaccination. 
from Dr. Edward Seaton to Viscount Palmerston, 
with enclosed Copy of a Report on the State of 
Small-pox and Vaccination in England and Wales 
and other Countries, and on compulsory Vaccina- 
tion, with Tables and Appendices, presented to the 
President and Council of the Epidemiological So- 
ciety by the Smail-pox and Vaccination Committee, 
the 26th day of March 1851. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated Common 
the 28th day of April last, for Copy of any Sup- fodging- 

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County 
Treasurers. 


Election 
Petitions. 


No. 431, 
National 


Schools 
(Ireland.) 


No. 432. 


Rajah of 
Sattara. 


Intoxicating 
Liquors 
(Scotland.) 


Legacy, &amp;c. 
Duties. 


Books. 


Local Acts. 
No. 191, 


450 


plemental Report on Common Lodging-houses by 
Captain Hay, Commissioner of Police, made to the 
Secretary of State. 

Mr. Fitzroy also presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of an Act of Parliament,— Abstract. of the 
Accounts of the several County Treasurers in Eng- 
land and Wales, for the year ending Michaelmas, 
1852. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Election 
Petitions, which was presented upon the 29th day 
of April last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to National 
Schools (Jreland), which was presented upon the 
29th day of April last, be printed. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 


3° 





dated the 18th day of Mareh last, for Copies of a 
Letter, dated the 21st day of November 1852, signed | 
by nine Proprietors of East India Stock, addressed 
to Jumes Cosmo Melville, Esquire, Secretary, en- 
closing a Memorial to the Court of Directors from 
Runjo Bapojee, the Vakeel of the late Ex-Rajah of 
Sattara, respecting the Rajah’s private Property, 
received by the Servants of the Company at Sattara ; 
and, of the Court’s Answer thereto, dated the 19th 





day of January 1853. 
Return to an Order, dated the 8th day of March | 
last, for a Return of the Number of Retail and | 
Wholesale Houses licensed for the Sale of Intoxi- | 
cating Liquors, in each Parish in Scotland, for the 
year ending the 10th day of October 1852. | 

Return to an Order, dated the 2ist day of! 
April last, for Returns, showing the Amount of 
Cupital on which the several Rates of Legacy Duty 
have been paid in Great Britain, in the years 1851 
and 1852 (in coutinuation of Parliamentary Paper, | 
No. 140, of Session 1852), with an additional Column 
showing the Amount of Tax received on each of the 
Eight several Rates, also the Amount of the Duty in 
the Alistract in each of the Eight several Rates :— 
Showing the Amount of Capital in which the se-_ 
veral Kates of Legacy Duty have been paid in | 
Ireland, for the years ended the 5th day of January | 
1852 and 1853, and distinguishing the Amount of 
each Rate:—Showing the Total Amount of Duty 
on Legacies, Probates and Administrations, received 
in reland, in the years ended the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary 1852 and the 5th day of January 1853 :—Of 
the Total Amount of Revenue received in the United 
Kingdom in each of the years ended the 5th day 
of January 1851 and 1852, for Stamp Duties on | 
Legacies, Probates, Administrations and ‘Testa-_ 
mentary Inventories; distinguishing the Amount | 
from England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland ; 
with an Abstract of the whole Amount of Duty | 
received since 1797:—And, showing the Total | 
Amount of Duty on Legacies, Probates and Ad- | 
ministrations, received since the year 1797 to the | 
Sth day of January 1851. 

Return to an Order, dated the 25th day of, 
April last, for a Return from the year 1840 in- | 
clusive, of the Duty paid on Books, 1. being of 
Editions printed to the year 1801, bound or un- 
pound ; 2. being of Editions printed in or since the 
year 1801, bound or unbound ; 3. in the Foreign 
living Languages, being of Editions printed in or | 
since the year 1801, bound or unbound; distin- 
guishing the Years and the Rates of Duty. 


Mr. Osborne presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Further Reports from the Admiralty rela- 
tive to Applications for Local Acts. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Kingdom 











Maii. A. 1855. 


5 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Ways and 
eans. 


into the Committee of Ways and Means. 


(In the Committee.) 


Question again proposed, That it is the opinion 
of this Committee, that, towards raising the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, there shall be raised an- 
nually during the terms hereinafter limited, the 
several Rates and Duties following (that is to 
say) :— 


For and in respect of the property in any 
lands, tenements or hereditaments in the 
United Kingdom, and for and in respect of 
every annuity, pension or stipend, payable , 
by Her Majesty or out of the Public Revenue 
of the United Kingdom ; and for and in re- 
spect of all interest of money, annuities, divi- 
dends and shares of annuities payable to any 
person or persons, bodies = or corporate, 
companies or societies, whether corporate or 
not corporate ; and for and in respect of the 
annual profits or gains arising or accruing to 
any person or persons whatever, resident in | 
the United Kingdom, from any kind of pro- 
verty whatever, whether situate in the United | 

ingdom or elsewhere, or from any annui- 
ties, allowances or stipends, or from any pro- | 
fession, trade or vocation, whether the same 
shall be respectively exercised in the United 
Kingdom or elsewhere; and for and in re- 
spect of the annual profits or gains arising or | 
accruing to any person or persons not resi- | 
dent within the United Kingdom from any 
property whatever in the United Kingdom, 
or from any trade, profession or vocation, 
exercised in the United Kingdom ; for every 
Twenty shillings of the annual value or | 
amount thereof— £. 8. 


For two years from April 5, 1853 e| « « 
And for two years from April 5, 1855 - 
And for three years from April 5,1857-, = 
And that on April 5, 1860, except as to 

the collection of monies then due, the | 

said Rates and Duties shall cease and 

determine. ' 


And for and in respect of the occupation 
of such lands, tenements or hereditaments 
(other than a dwelling-house occupied by a 
tenant distinct from a farm of lands), for 
every Twenty shillings of the annual value 
thereof, one moiety of each of the said sums 
of 7d., 6d. and 5d., for the above-named | 
times respectively. 


Amendment again proposed: To leave out the 


aan &amp; 


words “ towards — the Supply granted to Her 


“ Majesty, there shall be raised annually during 
“ the terms hereinafter limited, the several Rates 
“ and Duties following,” in order to insert the 
words “ the continuance of the Income Tax for 
“ seven years, and its extension to classes hereto- 
“ fore exempt from its operation without any miti- 
“ gation of ihe inequalities of its assessment, are 


© alike unjust and impolitic,” instead thereof. 


Question put, That the words proposed to be 
left out, stand part of the proposed Resolution ; 
The Committee divided. 
Teliers for the (Mr. Hayter, 308 
Yeas, (The Earl of Mulgrave: \ F 
Tellers for the {Viscount Mandeville, _ 
Noes, \Colonel Taylor : 252. 
Another Amendment proposed: To leave out the 
words “ United Kingdom,” in order to insert the 
words “ Great Britain” instead thereof. 
Question proposed, That the words “ United 
” stand purt of the proposed Resolution : 
—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





And the House havine continued to sit till after 


Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 3° die Maii, 1853: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made 
Progress in the matter to them referred; and that 
he was directed to move, That the Committee may 


have leave to sit again. 
Resolved, 


Income Tax, 








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Universities 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Places of Reli- 


16 Vicroriz. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 


next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Universities (Scotland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 23d day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


gious Worship mittee on the Places of Religious Worship Regis- 


Registration 
Bill. 


Courts of 


tration Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


Common Law jnto a Committee on the Courts of Common Law 


(Ireland) Bill. 


No.: 440. 


Taxing Officer, 


Common 
Business 
(Ireland) 


(Ireland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed ihe Chair; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on 


W the Taxing Officer, Common Law Business (Jre- 


land) [Salaries, &amp;c.], a Resolution ; which was read, 


[Salaries, &amp;c.] as followeth : 


Taxing Officer, 
Common Law 


Business 


Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and TJreland be authorized to direct the 
payment, out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
said United Kingdom, of a Superannuation or 
Retired Allowance, not exceeding £.800 per annum, 
to William FE. Hudson, Esquire, the present Taxing 
Officer of the Office of Common Law Business 
in Ireland, and of the Salaries and Superannuation 
Allowances to the Taxing Officers and Clerk in the 
said Office. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Taxing Officer, Common Law Busi- 
ness (Jreland) Bill, ‘That they have Power to make 
provision therein pursuant to the said Resolution. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Taxing Officer, Common Law Busi- 


(Ireland) Bil, Ness (Lreland) Bill ; 


Copy holds 
ill, 


Hackney 

(Metropali 
{Metropolis 
Bill. ™ ) 


Pilotage Bill. 
Customs, &amp;c. 
Acts 


Leasing 
Powers (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Sales of 
Bullion Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Copyholds Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Hackney Carriages (Metropolis) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Pilotage Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Customs, &amp;c. Acts ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Leasing Powers (/reland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 11th day of this instant May, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Sales of Bullion Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee, 
VoL. 108. 


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451 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply 
mittee of Supply 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Public-houses 

mittee on the Public-houses (Scotland) Bill; (Scotland) Bilt. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 

itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second London and 
reading of the London and Edinburgh Gazettes Edinburgh 
Bill ; Gazettes Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Berwick-upon- 
posed, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to Tweed Writ. 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of two Burgesses to serve in this 
present Parliament for the Borough of Berwick- 
upon- Tweed, in the room of John Stapleton, Esquire, 
and Matthew Forster, Esquire, whose Elections have 
been determined to be void ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with 
drawn. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to the Clerk of 
the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the electing 
of two Burgesses to serve in this present Parliament 
for the Borough of Berwick-upon-Tweed, in the 
room of John Stapleton, Esquire, and Matthew 
Forster, Esquire, whose Elections have been deter- 
mined to be void:—And a Debate arising there- 
upon ; 

Ordered, Yhat the Debate be adjourned till 
Thursday next. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Rye Writ. 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Baron to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Town and Port of Rye, in the 
room of William Alexander Mackinnon, Esquire, 
whose Election has been determined to be void :— 
And a Debate arising thereupon ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
day. . 


Ordered, That the Writ for the City of Canter- Canterbury 
bury be further suspended until the 10th day of Writ. 
June next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Unstamped 
Copies of all Correspondence, since the 1st day of Publications. 
January 1851 to the present time, between the So- 
licitor or other Officer of the Board of Inland Re- 
venue and the Publishers of unstamped Publica- 
tions, in the Cases in which Publishers have been 
cautioned that their Publications have contained 
News, or Comments upon News :-—Of the Cases, 
since the Ist day of January 1851 to the present 
time, in which Proceedings have been commenced or 
threatened by the Solicitor of Board of Inland 
Revenue against Persons for publishing, printing or 
selling uastamped Papers containing News or Com- 
ments on News, and ali Correspondence relating 
thereto; also all Cases within the same Period in 
which Publishers of unstamped Papers or Supple- 
ments containing News have been exempted from 
Legal Proceedings, on Payment of the Duties or 
Fines imposed by the Board of Inland Revenue; 
with the Correspondence relative thereto :—And, of 
all written Inquiries received by the Officers of 
the Board of Inland Revenue, since the 1st day 
of January 1851, respecting that Description of 
** News” which, under the name of “ Class News,’’ 
is now permitted to be printed on unstamped Paper; 

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Emigrants. 


South Eastern 
Railway (Can- 


terbury and 
Whitstable, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Great Western 


Railway 


(Henley) Bill. 


Railway Bills, 


452 


and all Correspondence during the same Period 
between the Officers of Board of Inland Revenue 
and other Parties relative to the kind of Intelligence 
which, under the Practice of the Board, is now 


held to be liable to Duty. 


Mr. Peel presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 12th day of April last, 
for Returns of the Number of Emigrants imported 
Jrom the East Indies, China, Madeira and Africa, 
‘nto Jamaica and British Guiana, since 1838 :— 
And, of the Number who have been sent back to 
the East Indies. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till Three of the clock on Tuesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 


Martis, 3° die Maii ; 


Anno 16 Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 

PETITION of the South Eastern Railway 

Company, praying that provision may be made 
in the South Eastern Railway (Canterbury and 
Whitstable, &amp;c.) Bill, with respect to the giving of 
Notices by Candidates for the Office of a Director of 
the said Company, of their intention to offer them- 
selves for Election, and with respect to the giving of 
Notices by the Directors of such Company of vacan- 
cies in their body to be filled up at general meetings, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Great Western Railway Com- 
pany, praying that provision may be made in the 
Great Western Railway (Henley) Bill for enabling 
the said Company to acquire certain Lands in the 
parish of Langley, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 


Group 5 (1847.) before the Committee on Group 5 of Railway Bills 


London and 
Finsbury Im- 
provements 
and Railway, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


Manchester 
and Salford 


Education Bill. 


Selfast and 
Ballymena 
Railway Bill. 


Standing 
Orders. 


Monkland 


Railways Bill. 


in Session 1847, on the Windsor, Staines and South | 
Western Railway (Staines to Ascot), and on the 
Windsor, Staines and South Western Railway ( Rich- 
mond to Windsor) Bills, be referred to the Committee | 
on Group Y. of Railway Bills. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading ef the London and Finsbury Improvements 
and Railway, &amp;e. Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time| 
upon ‘Thursday the 12th day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second | 
reading of the Manchester and Salford Education 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 2d day of June next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Belfast and Ballymena 
Kailway Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders have leave to sit this day till Five of the 
clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Committee on Group 
A A. of Railway Bills; That in the case of the 
Monkland Railways Bill, they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by striking out so much 
thereof as relates to certain subsidiary Branches to| 


2—§ 3° Maiti. 





4, 1853. 


the Slamaunan Railway, to Bathgate Mill, and to 

Torbanehill, and from South Couston to Armadale 
| Toll, and by inserting recitals having reference to 
the increase of capital and the conversion of the 
| mortgage and bond debt into funded debt of the 
| Company ; and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Keport do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 





Mr. Strutt reported from the Committee on Group Edinburgh 
A A. of Railway Bills; That in the case of the a_i 
| Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill, they had “**™*Y Bill 
jexamined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same, by striking 
out, after the words “ Jnchbelly Tuinpike-road,” the 
| words “and of another branch from the said main 
** line at Cowdluirs Station to the first- mentioned 
| ‘“ Branch near Springburn Church,” as it was not 
intended to make the said Branch; and found the 
same, as amended, to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Preston Waterworks Bill be Preston 
re-committed to the former Committee: And that ae 
they have leave to sit and proceed upon Thursday mes 
next. 


Sir William Clay reported the York Drainage and York Drainage 
Sanitary Improvement and Foss Navigation (re-com- = Sanitary 
mitted) Bill, with further Amendments. ao 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Navigation 


Sir Frankland Lewis reported from the Com- Londonderry, 
mittee on Group P. of Railway Bills ; That in the Enniskillen 
case of the Londonderry, Enniskillen and Sligo Railway Bill 
Railway (re-committed) Bill, they had further exa- 
mined the ailegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and amended the same, by striking out the 
word “ Cavan,” and by inserting the words “ monies 
“ borrowed,” in the place of the words “ capital 
“ raised ;”’ and found the same, as amended, to be 
true ; and had made further Amendments to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Christopher reported from the Committee on Railway Bills 
Group Y. of Railway Bills; That Mr. Heard, one of (Group Y¥.) 
the Members of the said Committee, was not pre- 


sent during the sitting of the Committee this day. 


Ordered, That Mr. Heard do attend the said 
Committee To-morrow. 


Mr. Christopher reported from the Committee on Railway Bills 
Group Y. of Railway Bills; That the Parties pro- (Group ¥.) 
moting the Portsmouth Railway Bill had stated to 
the Committee, that the Evidence of Mr. Richard 
William Ford, of Portsmouth, Secretary to the Ryde 
Steam Packet Company, was essential to enable 
them to establish their case before the Committee ; 
and it having been proved that his attendance could 
not be procured without the intervention of the 
House, he had been instructed by the Committee to 
move the House, that the said Richard William 
Ford do attend the said Committee on Monday the 
9th day of May, at Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That Mr. Richard William Ford do 
attend the said Committee upon Monday next, at 
Twelve o'clock. 


Mr. Sotheron reported from the Select Committee standing 
on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; which was read, Orders. 
as followeth : 
Resolved, That in the case of the Belfast and Belfast and 
West of Ireland Junction Railway Petition for leave West of Ire- 
. as . . +4: land Junction 
to deposit a Petition for a Bill (second Petition), the Raitway 
Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with. (No. 2.) 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the — 
r. 








In 
















Cathedral 
and Collegiate 
Churches. 


Chapters. 


Industrial 
Instruction. 


Bankruptcy 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 433. 
Small-pox and 
Vaccination. 


No. 434, 


Common 
Lodging- 
houses. 

No, 435. 
Intoxicating 


Liquors 
(Scotland.) 


No. 436. 
Rajah of 
Sattara. 

No, 437. 
Legacy, &amp;c. 
Duties. 

No. 438. 


Books. 
No, 439. 


Navy. 


National 
Gallery, 


Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Forty- 
sixth Report. 


16 Vicroriz. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 15th day of April last, for 
a Return from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for 
England, of every Payment made to them since the 
24th day of June 1852, on account of any suspended 
Stalls in the Cathedral and Collegiate Churches of 
England and Wales; the Return to give each 
Church separately, and to state the Number of sus- 
pended Stalls on account of which each payment | 
was made (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 549, of Session 1852). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
15th day of April last, for a Return (principally in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 509, of 
Session 1850) from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners 
for England, of the Grants or Reductions respec- 
tively allowed by them since the 1st day of January 
1850, to the several Chapters of England and Wales, 
wherewith to pay Substitutes for performing the 
additional duties cast upon them by the suspension 
of Canonries, and of the Names of the Persons 
who, as such Substitutes, have received such Grants. 


Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Cardwell presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 2d day of this instant May, for Copy of 
the Report on Industrial Instruction, and the Evi- 
dence on which that Report is founded, presented 
by the Council of the Society of Arts to the Board 
of Trade. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Bankruptcy 
(Ireland), which was presented upon the 28th day 
of April last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Small-pox 
and Vaccination, which was presented upon the 2d 
day of this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Common 
Lodging-houses, which was presented upon the 2d 
day of this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Intoxicating 
Liquors (Scotland), which was presented upon the | 
2d day of this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Rajah of 
Sattara, which was presented upon the 2d day of 
this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Legacy, &amp;e. 
Duties, which was presented upon the 2d day of 
this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Books, 
which was presented upon the 2d day of this in- 
stant May, be printed. 


Sir James Graham presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Report of the Committee for 


3° Maitz. 





manning the Navy, together with the Admiralty In- 
structions to the Committee, and other Papers re- | 
lating thereto. | 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the | 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Na- 
tional Gallery have Power to adjourn from place 
to place. 


Petitions relating to Parliamentary Oaths ;—Re- 
presentation of Stalybridge ;—Crystal Palace (Sy- 
denham) ;—Marriage ;—Maynooth College Act ;— 
Universities (Scotland); — Universities (Scotland) 
Bill ;—- Advertisements ;— Attorneys’ Certificates ; 
—County Rates and Expenditure Bill;—Excise 
Licenses ;—Medical Degrees (Scotland) ;—Minis- 
ters’ Money (Jreland) ;—Newspaper Supplements ; 
— Paper, Newspaper Stamps and Advertisements ; 

Vor. 108. 








453 


-~Property and Income Tax (1853) ;—Arbitration ; 
—Education Bill; — Merchant Shipping Bill;— 
Poor Law ;—Public-houses (Scotland) Bill ; — Re- 
gistration of Assurances ;—and, Registration of 
Births, Deaths and Marriages (Ireland),—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to Intoxicating Liquors,—were 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Public-houses, &amp;c. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- County 
posed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Franchise. 
make the Franchise in Counties in England and 
Wales the same as that in Boroughs, by giving the 
right of voting to all occupiers of tenements of the 
annual value of Ten pounds :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Message from 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Richards ; Pog pa 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Ormskirk Gas Ormskirk 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Gas Bal. 

The Lords have agreed to the Carmarthen Mar- Carmarthen 
kets Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Markets Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made General Board 
by this House to the Amendments made by their * Health Bill. 
Lordships to the General Board of Health Bill, 
without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 
Company Bill, with an Amendment; to which Company Bill. 
Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Great Yarmouth Great Yar- 
Waterworks Bill, with Amendments; to which aoe yaaa 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of “~~ 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Sheffield Water- Sheffield 
works Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- Waterworks 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this ~ 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Address of this Cambridge 
House to Her Majesty, on the subject of the Cam- Plection. 
bridge Election, communicated to their Lordships 
at a Conference on the 7th day of April last, and 
have filled up the blank in the said Address with 
the words “ isda Spiritual and Temporal, and :” 

And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Rooker’s 
Act to enable William Yates Rooker, Clerk, to eee 5 
exercise his office of a Priest, and to hold any 
Benefice or Preferment in the United Church of 
England and Ireland; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House:—And then the 
Messenger withdrew. 


Mr. Osborne presented,— Return to an Order, Ship “ Rattle~ 
dated tine 27th day of April last, for Copies or Ex- snake.” 
tracts of any Minutes or other Documents con- 
nected with the Selection by the late Board of 
Admiralty of the Ship “ Rattlesnake” in preference 
toa Steamer, for the purpose of endeavouring to 
communicate with the ** Plover :’—And, Copies of 
Instructions given by the Board of Admiralty to 
the Captain of the “ Rattlesnake.” 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 

able. 

The House was moved, That the third of the Chatham 
Sessional Resolutions relating to Elections, might Election. 
be read; and the same was read, as followeth: 

“ Resolved, Vhat if it shall appear that any person 
hath been elected or returned a Member of this 
House, or endeavoured so to be, by bribery, or any 
other corrupt practices, this House will proceed 
with the utmost severity against all such persons as 
shall have been wilfully concerned in such bribery, 
or other corrupt practices.” 

The House was also moved, That the Sessional Re- 
solutions relating to Witnesses, might be read; and 
the same being read ; 


3M 3 A Motion 





Dublin 
Election. 


Carlow County 


Election. 


Committees. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Forty -fifth 
Report.) 


454 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the Chatham Election Committee having re- 
ported, that Joseph Greathead, an Elector of Chat- 
ham, had been bribed by a situation as a Letter-car- 
rier in the Post-oftice, obtained for his son, Charles 
Greathead, by Sir John Mark Frederic Smith, Mr. 
Attorney General be directed to prosecute the said 
Sir John Mark Frederic Smith for bribery at the 
last Election at Chatham ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the Yeas, se 


} 75. 
} 88. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
received Notice, that it is not intended to proceed 
with the Petition complaining of an undue Elec- 
tion and Return for the City of Dublin :—And the 
same was read, as followeth: 

No. 2, Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, London, 
Sir, 3 May 1853. 

As Agents for the Petition against the Return for 
the City of Dublin, we beg hereby to give you No- 
tice, that it is not intended to proceed with the said 
Petition. 


:, : Mr. ston, 
Tellers for the Noes, { mee etd : 


So it passed in the Negative. 


We have the honour to be, 
Your obedient servants, 
Wilkinson, Gurney and Stevens. 


To the Right honourable the Speaker 
of the House of Commons. 
The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- 
charged. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
received Notice, that it is not intended to proceed 
with one of the Petitions complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the County of Carlow :— 
And the same was read, as followeth : 


Sir, 21, Gardner's-place, April 1853. 

As Agent for Walter Newton, in the matter of his 
Petition delivered in on the 25th day of November 
last, complaining of an undue Election and Return 
of John Ball, Esquire, for the County of Carlow, 
I beg to inform you that it is not intended to pro- 
ceed with said Petition before the House. 


I am, Sir, 
Your very obedient servant, 
Alex. Bate. 


To the Right honourable the Speaker 
of the House of Commons. 


The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- 
charged. 


Notice being taken, that Forty Members were 
not present :—The House was told by Mr. Speaker ; 
and Forty Members not being present, and it 
being then alter Four of the clock :—The House 
was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without a Question 
first put, till To-morrow. 


Mercurii, 4° die Maii;: 
Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 2d day of this instant 





3°—4° Marr. 





A, 1853. 


May ; and had directed him to make a Report thereof 
to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Adel Beck 
the Adel Beck Reservoirs Bill, as amended in the Serres 


Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the South Staffordshire Waterworks Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bi}! be read the third time. 


The House proceedel to take into consideration 
the Victoria (London) Docks Bill, as amended in the 
Cominittee. 

A Clause (Company to be subject to revision of 
rates at the expiration of Twenty-one years), was 
twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, ‘That the Examiner of Petitions for 
Private Bills have leave to sit and proceed forth- 
with, on the Petition for additional Provision in the 
Great Western Railway (Henley) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Rochdale Improvement (No. 2) 
Bill be read a second time. 


Ordered, That the Burton-upon-Trent Improve- 
ment (No. 2) Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Gwyn reported from the Committee on 


South Stafford. 
shire Water. 
works Bill. 


Victoria 
(London) 
Docks Bill. 


Great Western 
Railway 


(Henley) Bill. 


Rochdale 
Improvement 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Burton-upon- 
Trent Im- 
provement 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Great North- 


Group O. of Railway Bills ; That in the case of the ern Railway 
Great Northern Railway (No. 1) Bill, they had exa- (3a ee 


mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and amended the same, by striking out 
therefrom so much as relates to the expediency of 
empowering the Railway Company to make a branch 
Canal from the Stamford Canal at Tollington to join 
the Line of Railway; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders m the case of the Petition for additional Pro- 
vision in the Great Western Railway (Henley) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to amend the 
Laws relating to Bankruptcy in Scotland: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time To-morrow ; and to be printed. 


Petitions relating to Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ; 
—Universities (Scotland) ;—Attorneys’ Certificates ; 
—Excise Licenses ;— Property and Income Tax 


Great Western 
Railway 
(Henley ) Bill. 


Bankruptcy 
(Scotland) 


No. 441. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Forty- 


(1853); — Taxation (Jreland); — Combination of sixth Report. 


Workmen Bill ;—Hackney Carriages (Metropolis) 
Bill ;—Ldward Murray;—Payment of Wages Bill; 
—-Public-houses(Scot/and) Bill ;--and, Sheriti Courts 
(Scotland) Bill,— were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to Intoxicating Liquors, was 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Public-houses, &amp;c. 

A Petition relating to Zndian Territories, was also 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Jndian Territories. 





Resolved, 








oQare oe 


— oe 





County Rates. 


Cathedral 
and Collegiate 
Churches. 


No. 442. 


Chapters. 
No. 443. 


Ship “ Rattle- 
snake.” 


No. 444. 


Capture of 
Bruné, &amp;c. 


No. 81-1. 


Probate of 
Wills and 
Grants of Ad- 
ministration 
Bill. 


‘Canterb 
indie,” 


Kingston- 
upon-Hull 
Election, 





16 VicTorRiZz. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of all Sums of Money which have 
been expended out of the County Rates, since the 

ear 1820, in the construction, alteration and en- 

rgement of each Gaol, House of Correction, or 
Prison of any kind, including Lock-ups, and of Lu- 
natic Asylums, distinguishing each County. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented te 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honcurable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Cathedral 
and Collegiate Churches, which was presented upon 


the 3d day of this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Chapters, 
which was presented upon the 3d day of this instant 
May, be printed. | 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Ship | 
“ Rattlesnake,” whicn was presented upon the 3d 
day of this instant May, be printed. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Further Return to an Or- 
der, dated the 7th day of December last, for Copies 
of Despatches, with their Enclosures, from Rear- 
Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane to the Admiralty, 
dated the 13th day of August 1845 and the 9th day 
of July 1846, reporting the Attack on and the Capture 
of the City of Bruné:—Of the Despatches of Cap- 
tain Waliage, Commander of the Honourable East 
India Company’s Steamer “ Nemesis,” dated Singa- 
pore, the 24th day of April 1848, and the Corre- 
— therein, to the Comptroller of Steam 

essels :—And, of a Despatch from the Govern- 
ment at Madras, Marine Department, to the Court 
of Directors, dated the 5th day of September 1851, 
respecting Piracy in the Eastern Archipelago. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the said Return be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Probates of Wills and Grants of Ad- 
ministration Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 

he Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ now” 
stand part of the Question :—It was resolved in the 
Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for Wednesday next. 


The Comptroller of the Household reported to 
the House, That their Address relative to the Can- 
terbury Election, agreed to by both Houses to be 
— to Her Majesty, had been presented to Her 

ajesty ; and that Her Majesty was pleased to re- 
ceive the same very graciously, and to give the fol- 
lowing Answer : 

“IT have received the Address of the two Houses 
of Parliament, in reference to the Report made by 
the Select Committee of the House of Commons, 
— to try a Petition complaining of an undue 

lection and Return for the City of Canterbury :— 
And I have given directions accordingly for the 
appointment of Commissioners, for the purpose of 
making the inquiry prayed for by the Address.” 


The Comptroller of the Household reported to 
the House, That their Address relative to the King- 
ston-upon- Hull Election, agreed to by both Houses 





VoL. 108. 





4° Maii. 455 


to be presented to Her Majesty, had been presented 
to Her Majesty ; and that Her Majesty was pleased 
to receive the same very graciously, and to give the 
following Answer : 

“ | have received the joint Address of the two 
Houses of Parliament, in reference to the Report 
made by the Select Committee of the House of 
Commons, appointed to a Petition complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
of Kingston-upon-Hull:—And I have given direc- 
tions accordingly for the appointment of Commis- 
sioners for the purpose of making the inquiry prayed 
for by the Address.” 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Carlow 
received Notice, that it is not intended to proceed County 


with one of the Petitions complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the County of Carlow :— 
And the same was read, as followeth : 
Sir, 21, Gardiner’s-place, April 1853. 
As Agent for Philip Jocelyn Newton and Henry 
Walters, in the matter of their Petition delivered in 
on the 23d day of November last, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return of John Ball, Esquire, 
for the County of Carlow, I hereby beg to inform 
you, that it is not intended to proceed with said 
Petition before the House. 
I am, Sir, 
Your very obedient servant, 


Alex. Bate. 
To the Right honourable the Speaker 
of the House of Commons. 


The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- 
charged. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Payment of 


reading of the Payment of Wages Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, ‘That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to: the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the Youle mae h 25. 
il 11, {Mr. Tatton Egerton, ) 
Tellers for the Noes, | Mr. Heyworth : pres. 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question bemg put, That the words 
“upon this day six months” be added at the end 
of the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirma- 
tive. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day six months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Combination 


reading of the Combination of Workmen Bill ; 


And a Motion being made, and the Question ” 


being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“now” stand part of the Question:—And a De- 
bate arising thereupon ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided. 


3u4 The 








to 





456 


The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the {Mr. Hume, 
Yeas, (The Earl of Mulgrave : 
Tellers for the (Mr. Thomas Duncombe, 
Noes, Mr. Whalley : 
So it passed in the Negative. 


}oe. 


}ra1. 


And the Question being again proposed, That the 


word “ now” stand part of the Question ; 


And it being Six of the clock, Mr. Speaker ad- 
journed the House till To-morrow, without putting 


the Question. 





Jovis, 5° die Maii ; 
Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 


C 


Gravesend 
and Wrotham 


Road Bill, and Wrotham Road Bill, with Amendments. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. | 


Allendale 


} Colonel Pennant reported from the Committee 
Road Bill. 


on Group 8. of Private Bills; That in the case 
of the Allendale Road Bill, they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by striking out that part 
which referred to arrears of interest, as the Com- 
mittee deemed it expedient to extinguish all arrears 
of interest; and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


High Ham 
and Ashcott 
Roads Bill. 


Colonel Pennant reported from the Committee 


the High Ham and Ashcott Roads Bill, they had 


examined the allegations contained in the Preamble | 
and be printed. 


of the Bill, and amended the same, by striking out 


4°— 5° Mazi. 


on Group 8. of Private Bills; That in the case of 


A. 1853. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Madras Rai. 
the Madras Railway Company Bill, as amended in Way Company 
the Committee. _ 

| Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read the third time. 


| Lord Charles Wellesley reported from the Com- Norwich ang 


L. of Railway Bills; That in the Spalding 


mittee on Grou 
", Railway Bill 


case of the Norwich and Spalding Railway Bill, 
they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
striking out all reference to the deposit of the Plans 
| with the Clerk of the Peace for the County of Cam- 
bridge, as no part of the Railway will be situate 
in that county ; and found the same, as amended, 
'to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
/made Amendments thereunto; and had inserted a 
| Clause carrying out the Resolutions of the House of 
| the 15th of April last. 
| Ordered, ‘That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


OLONEL Pennant reported the Gravesend | and be printed. 


| 
Lord Charles Wellesley reported from the Com- Thames Haven 
Dock and 


/mittee on Group L. of Railway Bills; That in the Do 
| Railway Bill 


| case of the Thames Haven Dock and Railway Bill, 
| they had examined the allegations contained in the 
| Preamble of the Bill, and amended the recital 
| as to the original capital of the Company by more 
specifically describing the same ; and found the same, 
as amended, to be true ; and had gone through the 
| Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; and, having 
considered the Resolutions of the House of the 15th 
of April last, were of opinion that the concluding 
| paragraph of such Resolutions applied to such a 
case as the present, and the Committee had therefore 
inserted a Clause suspending the payment of divi- 
| dend on the ordinary and unguaranteed stock of the 
| Company, after the period limited by the Act of 
1851 for the completion of the undertaking as now 
| reduced should expire, and until such completion. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


the words “ orthe said arrear of interest thereof dis- | 


“cc 


as the Committee considered it expedient to extin- 
guish all arrears of interest ; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Newport, The Order for referring the Newport, Abergavenny 
Abergavenny and Hereford Railway (Brecon) Bill to the Com- 
and Hereford mittee of Selection, was read, and discharged. 


Railw: ex . " 
me pil. Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Leeds Gas (No. 2) Bill was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, Vhat Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Leeds Gas 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Price’s Patent 
Candle Com- 
pany (No. 2) 
Bill. 


Price’s Patent Candle Company (No. 2) Bill was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Staffordshire Potteries Waterworks Bill was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Staffordshire 
Potteries 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


The Wigan Waterworks and Police Bill was read 
the third time ; and Amendments were made to the 
Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Thicknesse do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Wigan Water- 
works and 
Police Bill. 


charged,” in the 5th line of the 2d page thereof, 


| for the Promoters of the Wildmore Fen, and East 


A Petition of William Burchell and John Parson, Wildmore Fen, 


ae " lie : and East and 
of No. 47, Parliament-street, Parliamentary Agents West Fens 


‘ : J es” Highways Bill. 
and West Fens Highways Bill, praying that provision 

/may be made in the said Bill for giving power to the 

| Surveyor of the Highways of the township of A/idville 

to construct and maintain a Bridge across the Hob- 

_ hole Drain, was presented, and read; and referred 

‘to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Whittlebury 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; Forest Bill. 
That in the case of the Whittlebury Forest Bill, the 
Standing Orders have been complied with. 


Ordered, That the Whittlebury Forest Bill be read Whittlebury 
a second time upon Tuesday next. Forest Bill. 


Committee of 
Selection 
(Tenth Report.) 


No. 445. 


Mr. Sotheron reported from the Committee of 
Selection ; That they had made several alterations in 
the Groups of Private Bills already formed, and had 
agreed to report the same to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Committee on Group Railway Bills 
AA. of Railway Bills; That Captain Archda/l, one (Group AA) 
of the Members of the said Committee. was not 
present during the sitting of the Committee this 
day. 

‘Ordered, That Captain Archdall do attend the said 
Committee To-morrow. 


Rooker’s Disabilities Removal Bill was read the Recher 
first time. isabilities: 
. ‘ . mR al Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- a 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. - 
e 











t.) 





Judges’ 
Exclusion 
Bill. 


Combination 
of Workmen 
Bill. 


Westminster 
Bridge. 


Midland Rail- 


way (Leicester 


and Hitchin) 
Bill. 


Dockyard 
Appointments, 


Schools and 
Scholars, 


Lyme Regis 
Borough, 


16 Victroriz. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Judges’ Exclusion Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Wednesday the 1st day of June next. 





The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
further Proceeding on the third reading of the Com- 
bination of Workmen Bill ; 

Ordered, That the further Proceeding on the third 
reading of the said Bill be resumed upon Wednes- 
day the Ist day of June next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to transfer Westminster Bridge, and the Estates of 
“The Commissioners of Westminsicr Bridge,” to 
the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Works and 
Public Buildings, and to enable such last-mentioned 
Commissioners to remove the present Bridge, and to 
build a new Bridge on or near the Site thereof: And 
that Sir William Molesworth and Mr. Wilson do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 








Mr. Bankes reported from the Committee on Group 
O. of Railway Bills ; That in the case of the Midland 
Railway (Leicester and Hitchin) Bill, they had exa- 
mined the allegations contained im the Preamble of 
the Bill, and amended the same, by inserting therein 
a recital of the expediency of repealing the Acts re- 
cited in the Preamble, and of re-enacting, with such 
alterations as are expedient, such provisions of the 
said Acts as are necessary to be retained, and by 
striking out so much thereof as related to the Branch 
Railway, which was proposed to terminate in the 
Parish of Irthlinborough, and to the use of the Rugby 
and Stamford Branch of the London and North 
Western Railway, the provision in the Bill to which 
that paragraph of the Preamble related being neces- 
sarily expunged, as involving a combination of in- 
terest between Railway Companies heretofore incor- 
porated, and being consequently within the terms of 
the Resolution of the House of the 15th of April; 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords to 
request that their Lordships will give leave to the 
Duke of Northumberland to attend the Select Com- 
mittee appointed by this House on Dockyard Ap- 
pointments: And that Lord Seymour do carry the 
said Message. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this’ 
House, Returns of the Number of Day Schools and 
Sunday Schools, and of the Number of Day Scho- 
Jars and Sunday Scholars, in England and Wales, 
with the Population, distinguishing between Public 
and Private Day Schools, and also distinguishing 
Male and Female Scholars, according to the Census 
of 1851 :—And, of the Number of Day Schools and 
Sunday Schools, and of the Number of Day Scho- 
lars and Sunday Scholars, in each of the Cities and 
Municipal Boroughs of England, with the respective 
Populations, distinguishing between Public and Pri- | 
vate Day Schools, and also distinguishing Male and 
Female Scholars, according to the Census of 1851. | 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to | 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. | 

| 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 
Copies of any Correspondence which may have taken | 
place shortly previous to the last general Election, 





between the Authorities of the Admiralty, and the | 
Mayor or other Persons of the Borough of Lyme 
Regis, concerning a proposed outlay of Public 

VoL, 108. 


5° Mazz. 





457 


Money for the Improvement of the Port of that 
Borough :—And, of any Report or Account of the 
Proceedings of the Commission, stated to have been 
sent to Lyme Jegis, to inquire into the expediency of 
such outlay. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Gecgraphical 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 5°ci¢ty- 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copy of any Memorials addressed by the 
President and Members of the Royal Geographical 
Society to Her Majesty's late and present Govern- 
ment, soliciting assistance, to enable them to render 
the efforts of that Society to spread Geographical 
knowledge more effectual. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented County Courts. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Proceedings of every County 
Court in England and Wales, established under the 
Act 9 &amp; 10 Vice. ¢. 85, for 1853, beg in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 545. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Tyne River. 


Return to be furnished by the Treasurer of the Cor- 
poration of Newcastle-upon-'lyne, showing the Total 
Amount of River Dues, and the Expenditure thereof 
upon River Works, from the 31st day of August 
1848 to the 9th day of November 1850, at which 
Period the Conservancy of the /yne was transferred 
to certain Improvement Commissioners, under the 
Provisions of the Act 13 &amp; 14 Vie. c. 63 (Local and 
Personal), from said Corporation of Wewcastle ; pla- 
cing under separate Heads the Sums expended in the 
several River Works in the Port of Newcastle, Shields 
Harbour, and the Mouth of said River; an Account 
of all Law and Parliamentary Costs and Expenses 
incurred, distinguishing those for opposing Bills pro- 
moted by or at the instance of the Inhabitants of 
Shields tor Works to be executed in Shields Har- 
bour, together with a Schedule of all Liabilities now 
outstanding in respect of said Costs and Expenses : 
—And, Return, to be furnished by the Treasurer of 
the Tyne Improvement Commissioners appointed 
under the Provisions of the Act 13 &amp; 14 Vic. c. 63 
(Local and Personal), showing the Receipts and Ex- 
penditure of such Commissioners, from the 9th day 
of November 1850 to the 9th day of November 
1852, under separate Heads; in particular, the 
Amount expended for Works in Shie/ds Harbour, 
and at the Mouth of the Tyne; and also all Law 
and Parliamentary Costs and Expenses incurred, 
distinguishing those for opposing Bills promoted at 
the instance of the Inhabitants of Shields for Works 
to be executed in Shie/ds Harbour, together with a 
Schedule of all Liabilities now outstanding in respect 
of such Costs and Expenses. 


Ordered, ‘Vhat the Copy of the Memorial from Reading 
the Landholders and Inhabitants of the district ad- #4 Reigate 


joining the Reading and Reigate Railway to the , 
President of the Board of ‘Trade, which was pre- 
sented upon the 2d day of April 1852, be referred 
to the Committee on the South Eastern Railway 
(Reading Extension, &amp;c.) Bill. 


Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- Plymouth 
mittee of Elections, the Names of the Members of Peetion- 


the Select Committee appointed to try and determine 
the matter of the Petition complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of P/ymouth, 
to which they had annexed the Petitions referred to 
them by the House relating thereto :—George Carr 

3N Glyn, 


458 5° Mai. A. 1853. 


Glyn, Esquire, Marquis of Chandos, Alexander ‘and System of Pleading in the Superior Courts of 
Murray Dunlop, Esquire, Smith Child, Esquire; Common Law, &amp;c. 
Chairman, Henry Aglionby Aglionby, Esquire. Mr. Fitzroy also presented,—Further Return to Roclesiastioal 
Ordered, ‘Vhat the Report do lie upon the Table. an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 30th day a 
November last, for a Return from Brownlow North, 
Registrar of the Ecclesiastical Court or Consistorial 
and Episcopal Court in the Diocese of Winchester, 
‘setting forth the Names of all Persons who have 
been appointed or nominated to any Office in that 
Court; stating the Nature of the Office, the Date of 
| Appointment or Nomination, the Age of the Person 


the House relating thereto, and the List of Voters | 0". Persons at the ome of such Appointment or _ 
delivered in by the Petitioners :—Right honourable | ™ination, whether such Person or Persons perform 
Thomas Milner Gibson, Viscount Newport, Richard | the Duties of the Office in Person or not, or “hate 
Budden Crowder, Esquire, Sir George Tyler ; Chair- | then in or has since taken Holy Orders; the Name 
man, Sir John Yarde Buller, Baronet. or Title of the P oem making such Appointment, 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. | together with the Emoluments and Income of the 

| Office, and the several Sources from which such 
Emoluments or Income are derived :—Similar Re- 
turn from Messrs. Gates, as regards the Ecclesias- 
tical Courts in the Diocese of Peterborough :—And, 
similar Return from John Burder, as regards the 
Consistory or Ecclesiastical Courts in the Diocese of 
Saint David's. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Quarantine, 
14th day of April last, for a Return, in detail, of the 
Name of every Officer, with the Title of his Office 
or Employment, and the Amount of Salary, Fees, 
or Emolument, received by each Officer at the 
several Quarantine Stations in Great Britain, Ire- 
land and Malta, and also in the Office of Superin- 
| tendent of Quarantine, for the year 1852 (in expla- 
nation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 616, of Session 
1850). 

Mr. Fitzroy also presented, pursuant to the di- Poor Laws 
rections of several Acts of Parliament,—Copies of (Ireland. ) 
Thirty-one General Orders issued by the Commis- 
sioners for administering the Laws for Relief of the 
Poor in Jreland. 

The Account of the Corporation for preserving Lighthouses 
and improving the Port of Dublin, of the Receipt (Ireland.) 
and Expenditure of all Monies received by them for 

Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on | the Support and Maintenance of Lighthouses round 
the Portadown and Dungannon Railway Bill; That | the Coast of Ireland, for one year from 1st January 
they had examined the allegations contained in the ‘to 31st December 1852. 

Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by| Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

omitting the parts relating to working arrangements | Table. 

with certain other Companies, and to the enabling | 
such Companies to subscribe to the undertaking, | 
being objects which the Promoters do not now seek | 
power to effect; and found the same, as amended, 


Cork Election. Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections, the Names of the Members of 
the Select Committee appointed to try and determine 
the matter of the Petition complaining of an undue 
‘lection and Return for the City of Cork, to which 


they had annexed the Petition referred to them by 


Ennis Election, ‘Sir John Trollope reported from the General 
Committee of Elections, the Names of the Members 
of the Select Committee appointed to try and deter- 
mine the matter of the Petition complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Ennis, to which they had annexed the Petition 
referred to them by the House relating thereto, and 
the Lists of Voters delivered in by either Party :— 
Colonel Blair, Sir William Clay, Baronet, Henry 
Gerard Sturt, Esquire, William Philip Price, 
Esquire; Chairman, Honourable William Owen 
Stanley. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Trollope reported from the General 
Committee of Elections, the amended Paneis. 
Ordered, ‘That the said Panels be printed. 


Controverted 
Elections. 





Darenth 
Valley Rail- 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Darenth Valley — 
way Bill. 


way Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 





Portadown and 
Dungannon 
Railway Bill. 


Petitions relating to University of London ;— Public 
Church Rates ;—Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ;—Mar- eeeapueen 
riage ;— Maynooth College Act ; — Tithes, Tithe vide Forty- 
Rent-charge and Church Rates ;—Attorneys’ Cer- sixth Report. 


Preston 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Swaffham 

and Bottisham 
Drainage 

(No. 2) BilL 


Peebles 
Railway Bill. 


Sapcrior 
Courts of 
Common Law, 
&amp;e. 


to be true ; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Preston Waterworks 
(re-committed) Bill, with further Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





Mr. Bouverie reported the Swaffham and Bottis- 
ham Drainage (No. 2) Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the | 
Peebles Railway Bill; That they had examined the | 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, | 
and amended the same, by leaving out the re- 
c'tal therein of the Acts relating to the North British 
liailway Company, such recital not being necessary ; 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- | 
mand,—Copy of Second Report of Her Majesty's | 
Commissioners for inquiry into the Process, Practice | 


tificates ;— Excise Licenses ;— Malt and Hops i 
Property and Income Tax ;—Property and Income 
Tax (1853) ;—Coalwhippers (Port of London) Act ; 
—Copyholds Bill ;— County Courts ; — Education 
Bill ;—Fisheries (Jreland) Bill;— Hackney Car- 
riages (Metropolis) Bill ;—Zondon and Edinburgh 
Gazettes Bill; —Edward Murray ;—Ocean Penn 

Postage ;—Poor Law ;— Public-houses (Scotland) 


N 


Bill ;—Roman States ;—and, Sheriff Courts (Scot- 


land) Bill,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
_to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned John Tre- Barnstaple 


land, of Rawleigh, in the Borough of Barnstaple, 
in the County of Devon, Nurseryman, was pre- 
sented, and read; setting forth, That at the last 
Election of Members to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the said Borough of Barustaple, which 


took place in the month of July One thousand eight 


hundred and Fifty-two, Sir William Augustus Fraser, 
Richard Bremridge, Esquire, and the Honourable 
Viscount Lord Ebrington, were the only Candidates 
to represent the said Borough in Parliament; that 
the said William Augustus Fraser and Richard 
Bremridge were by the Returning Officer declared 
to have a majority of votes at the said Election, and 
to have been duly elected as Members to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said Borough of 

Barnstaple; 








Maldon Writ. 





16 Victor. 


Barnstaple; that an Election Petition, complaining 
of the Return of the said Sir William Augustus 
Fraser and Richard Bremridge, was presented to 
the House in the month of November last; that a 
Select Committee appointed to try such Election Pe- | 
tition sat in a Committee-room of the House of Com- 
mons, before whom the Petitioner was examined and 
gave evidence in support of such Petition on Mon- 
day the Eighteenth day of April last; that in such 
evidence were contained certain allegations affecting 
the said Richard Bremridze and one John Risdon 
Davy, of Barnstaple, in the said County of Devon, 
land agent, and steward of Sir William Augustus 
Fraser ; that the said Richard Bremridge was present 
and heard the Petitioner give such evidence; that 
the Petitioner has been informed that the said John 
Risdon Davy denies the facts sworn to by the Peti- 
tioner, and has stated in a Petition presented to the 
House that the evidence of the Petitioner, so far as 
relates to the said John Risdon Davy, is wholly 
untrue; that the Petitioner has been informed that 
the said John Risdon Davy has also stated in such 
his Petition, that he has had no opportunity of con- 
tradicting the evidence of the Petitioner ; that, so 
far from this allegation of the said John Risdon 
Davy being true, the Petitioner has been informed 
and believes that the said John Risdon Davy was 
sent for from London on Monday night, the Eigh- 
teenth day of April last, for the express purpose of 
contradicting, if possible, the evidence of the Peti- 
tioner before the said Select Committee; that the 
said John Risdon Davy arrived in Loudon on the 
night of Tuesday the Nineteenth day of April last, 
and remained there during the whole of the following 
day, Wednesday, being at the same time well-in- 
formed, either by the agents of the then sitting Mem- 
bers, or by the said Richard Bremridge (the said 
John Risdon Davy having been in communication 
with, and at the residence in London of the said | 
Richard Bremridge during that day), of the evidence 
which had been given by the Petitioner; that there- 
fore the said Richard Bremridge and John Risdon 
Davy had the fullest opportunity of denying upon 
oath before the said Select Committee the evidence 
of the Petitioner, if such evidence was false, but | 


5? Mair. 





459 


of the said Election, resident Forty miles from Mal- 
don ; and that the two persons alleged to have been 
bribed with One pound each, were both then resident 
upwards of Twenty-five miles from Maldon, and that 
none of them were paid any other sums for time or 
travelling expenses ; that the Petitioners consider it 
a great hardship that the entire body of Electors, 
being upwards of Nine hundred in number, should 
be deprived of their representatives in the House by 
any further suspension of the Writ for the re-election 
of Members, and that the evidence given to the said 
Select Committee affords no ground for any further 
investigation into the proceedings of the last or any 
previous Election ; and praying that a Writ may be 
forthwith issued for the re-election of Members to 
serve in Parliament for the Borough of Maldon. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Education. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid befvre this 
House, all Extracts from the last Population Re- 
turns relative to the state of Education in England 
and Wales, not already comprised in the Returns 
made to this House. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Mr. Wilson presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Bntish 


mand,— Returns of British Ships employed in the 
Trade of the United Kingdom in the year 1852, as 
compared with the year 1851, not including re- 
peated Voyages. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


Registered 
Vessels. 


Mr. Goulburn presented,— Return to an Order, Ecclesiastical 


dated the 12th day of April last, for a Return of 
all Sums received by the Ecclesiastical Commis- 


sion since the passing of the Act 3 &amp; 4 Vie. c. 113, 


arising from the suspended Canonries, changed 
Deaneries and Canonries, Deans’ and Canons’ 


neither the said Richard Bremridge or the said John | separate Estates, Accounting Canons, and any other 
Risdon Davy, although both were in London, and | Source, within the Diocese of Durham; stating the 
the Committee then sitting, ventured to appear be-| Amount so received in each year, together with the 
fore the said Select Committee to contradict the |Sums expended by the Commissioners since the 
Petitioner; that the evidence which the Petitioner passing of the above Act in aid of the University, in 
gave before such Select Committee, both with regard | Augmentation of Benefices, Vicarages or Perpetual 
to the said Richard Bremridge and the said ./ohn | Curacies, or in the Enrolment cf New Parishes and 


Risdon Davy, as in every part thereof, is true, which | 
the Petitioner is again willing to verify ; and praying | 
that he may be heard in support of his said evidence, | 
either before a Commission appointed for the purpose | 
of inquiring into the existence of corrupt practices at | 
elections of Members to serve in Parliament for the 
Borough of Barnstaple, or at the Bar of the House, 
as to the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of the 
Borough of Maldon, was presented, and read ; setting 
forth, That a Petition was presented to the House, 
complaining of an undue Election of Members to 
serve in Parliament for the Borough of. Maddon ; that 
the Select Committee appointed by the House to 
try the merits of the said Petition reported that the 
said Election was void on the ground of bribery 
and treating: that it appears by the Resolutions 
of the said Committee that only four persons were 
proved to have been bribed, namely, one by a sum 
of Five pounds, one by a sum of Two pounds, 
and two others by sums of One pound each; and 
that the said Resolutions were carried only by a 
majority of one of the said Committee ; that the per- 
sons alleged to have been bribed with Five pounds 
and Two pounds respectively were both, at the time 





Districts situated within the said Diocese. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 21st day of April last, for Returns of the 
Number of Pilots licensed during each of the last 
Three years at Cowes, Southampton and Portsmouth 
respectively :—Of the respective Tonnage of the 
Vilot Boats belonging to those several Ports:—Of 
the Amount of the Earnings of each of the Pilot 
| Boats, of each of these Ports, during each of the 
'last Three years :—Copies of the Regulations issued 
| by the Trinity Board in 1844, with reference to the 
Southampton and Cowes Pilots :—And, of the Order 
issued for reducing the Rates of Pilotage by One- 
‘fourth, with its Date. 








The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Entails (Scotland) Bill; 

Resolved, ‘Vhat this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Merchant Shipping Bill ; 





VoL. 108, 





3N2 Resolved, 


Commission 
(Durham). 


No. 446. 


Pilotage. 


Entails (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Merchant 
Shipping Bil 


Copyholds 
Bill. 


Pilotage Bill. 


Customs, &amp;c. 
Acts. 


Excise Duties 


en Spirits. 


ARTICLES ENUMERATED, 


For every Gallon thereof removed - 


Ether - 


Sweet Spirits of Nitre ° “4% 


460 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve | 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 
mittee on the Copyholds Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Pilotage Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve | 
itself into the said Committee. 


' Compound Spirits of Lavender 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself | 
into a Committee on the Customs, &amp;c. Acts. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That on, from, and after the 21st day 
of April 1853, in lieu of the countervailing Duties | 
now chargeable on Spirits of the nature or quality of 
plain British Spirits, manufactured or distilled in the 
Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney or Sark, re- | 
spectively, and imported from - of the said Islands 
into Scotland or bela there shall be charged and | 
paid the following countervailing Duties ; viz. :— 

For and upon every gallon of such Spirits of the strength | 
of Hydrometer Proof, imported into Scotland, the sum of 
5s. 10d. 


And for and upon every gallon of such Spirits, of the 
like strength, imported into Ireland, the sun of 48. Gd. 


| 


And so in proportion for any greater or less degree of 
strength, or any greater or less quantity. 


2. Resolved, That, in lieu of the respective Duties | 
and Drawbacks of Excise now payable upon the 
several Mixtures, Compounds, Daneniien and 
Commodities mentioned and described in the several 


5° Mazz. 


A, 1853. 


SCHEDULE (B.) 
COUNTERVAILING DRAWBACKS, 





a, 


COUNTERVAILING DRAWBACKs, 


ARTICLES FNUMEKATED. 


i, 


_ § | From England | From England From Scotland 
(| to Scotland. tolreland. | to Tre!and, 


£. 8. d. ne &amp; 
- 7 ll -ll &amp; 


For every Gallon thereof removed 








| &amp; ¢. d. 
: Pa : a ae 
Sweet Spirits of Nitre - - © 5 
Camphorated Spirits - . - ° || 
Lavender Water and other Perfumes, being | 
Spirits scented with Essential Oils, 
Flowers, or other ingredients = « - 


Ether - © « . = — 


Spirits of Rosemary - - 
Spirits of Ammonia - 
Sal Volatile - 
Friar’s Balsam - - 

Compound Tincture of Benzoin 
Tincture of Assafotida - 

Tincture of Castor == 
Tincture of Kino - 
Tincture of Guaiacum - 
Tincture of Myrrh - 
Tincture of Ginger + 
Spirit Varnishes - - - - 
Other Tinctures and Medicated Spirits - - 3 
Made Wines - - - - -| -- 


- - 
- 











-46/} -14 
4+/ - - 6) --2 


&amp; to 





3. Resolved, That it is expedient to amend the 
Laws relating to the collecting and securing the 
Duties of Excise upon Spirits. 

Resolutions to be reported. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to 
several Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Mr. Bouverie also reported, That the Committee 


Schedules (A.) and (B.) hereto annexed, which, on or | had made Progress in the matter to them referred ; 


after the 21st day of April 1853, shall be removed 
from Scotland or Ireland to England, or from Ire- 
land to Scotland, there shall be paid the several 
Sums of Money and Duties of Excise respectively 
inserted, described and set forth in the Schedule (A.) 
hereto annexed ; and that there shall be allowed and 
paid in respect of all such Mixtures, Compounds, 
Preparations and Commodities which on or after the | 
said last-mentioned day shall be removed from Eng- | 
land to Scotland or Ireland, or from Scotland to Ire- | 
land, the several Drawbacks of Excise inserted, de- | 
scribed and set forth in the Schedule (B.) hereto an- | 
nexed., 


SCHEDULE (A.) 


| 
| 
| 
| 
| 


and that he was directed to move, That the Com- 
mittee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second London and 
reading of the London and Edinburgh Gazettes Bill ; eco 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon a 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Berwick- 
adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon the ee 
2d day of this instant May, That Mr. Speaker do issue = 
his Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out 
a new Writ for the electing of two Burgesses to 
serve in this present Parliament for the Borough of 


COUNTERVAILING DUTIES. | Berwick-upon- Tweed, in the room of John Stapleton, 





COUNTERVAILING DUTIES, 


From Scotland From Ireland From Treland 
to England. to England. to Scotland. 


es 


££. «a d. £.0 &amp; 


2. 
-lt $ - ¢ 


3 





a ® 


i ‘ ‘ e . ~~ oe 


Camphorated Spirits - ° oil | 


Lavender Water and other Perfumes, being | | 
§ 


Spirits scented with Esseutial Oils, | | 
Flowers, or other ingredients - - | 


Compound Spirits of Lavender — - 
Spirits of Rosemary = - - - 
Spirits of Ammonia = - ° - 


Sal Volatile 
Friar’s Balsam 


Compound Tincture of Benzoin = - 
Tincture of Assafetid: © 

Tincture of Castor - » * 
Tincture of Kino ° . ‘ 
Tincture of Guaiacum - ‘ a 





Tincture of Myrrh - ° ‘ 


Spirit Varnishes 


- |i | 

Tincture of Ginger - - ° ° | | | 
- - ig ea) 

Other Tinctures and Medicated Spirits - | - 8 


Made Wines 


' 

1 

mm to 
te 

' 

1 











— —__——— | Esquire, and Matthew Forster, Esquire, whose Elec- 


tions have been determined to be void ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
| Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
| the end of the Question, in order to add the words 

“ no new Writ be issued for the Borough of Ber- 
|“ wich-upon-Tweed betore Thursday the 2d day of 
“ June next,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out, stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

J Colonel Forester, 7 
’UMr. Ker Seymer : J 
’ P rj Mr. Phinn, } ‘ 

Tellers for the Noes, Men: 60. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of two Burgesses to serve in this 
present Parliament for the Borough of Berwich-upon- 
Tweed, 


Tellers for the Yeas 218. 








(Sco 
Bill. 


Abs 
Deb’ 
(Ire 


Cou! 
and 
ditu 


Wa: 
Mea 


Tnec 


Bankruptcy 
(Scotland ) 
Bill. 


Absconding 
Debtors 
(Ireland) Bill. 


County Rates 
and Expen- 
diture Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Income Tax. 









16 Vicroriz. 5°—6° Mair. 461 


Tweed, in the room of John Stapleton, Esquire, and 
Matthew Forster, Esquire, whose Elections have 
been determined to be void. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Absconding Debtors (Zreland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 1st day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 





mittee on the County Rates and Expenditure Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday | 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself | 
into the Committee of Ways and Means. 


(In the Committee.) 


Question again proposed, That it is the opinion of 
this Committee, that, towards raising the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, there shall be raised an- 
nually during the terms hereinafter limited, the 
several Rates and Duties following (that is to 
say) :— 

For and in respect of the property in any 
lands, tenements or hereditaments in the 
United Kingdom, and for and in respect of 
every annuity, pension or stipend, payable 
hy Her Majesty or out of the Public Revenue 
of the United Kingdom; and for and in re- 
spect of all interest of money, annuities, divi- 
dends and shares of annuities payable to any 
person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, 
companies or societies, whether corporate or 
not corporate ; and for and in respect of the 
annual profits or gains arising or accruing to 
any person or persons whatever, resident in 
the United Kingdom, from any kind of pro- 
perty whatever, whether situate in the United 
Kingdom or elsewhere, or from any annui- 
tics, allowances or stipends, or from any pro- 
fession, trade or vocation, whether the same 
shall be respectively exercised in the United 
Kingdom or elsewhere ; and for and in re- 
spect of the annual profits or gains arising or 
accruing to any person or persons not resi- 
dent within the United Kingdom from any 
property whatever in the United Kingdom, 
or from any trade, profession or vocation, 
exercised in the United Kingdom ; for every 
‘Twenty shillings of the annual value or 
amount thereof— £.. &amp; 

For two years from April 5, 1853 -| - - 

And for two years from April 5, 1855 -| - - 

And for three years from April 5, 1857- | - - 

And that on April 5, 1860, except as to 
the collection of monies then Jen, the 
said Rates and Duties shall cease and 
determine. 


wast &amp; 


And for and in respect of the occupation 
of such lands, tenements or hereditaments 
(other than a dwelling-louse occupied by a 
tenant distinct from a farm of lands), for 
every Twenty shillings of the annual value 
thereof, one moiety of each of the said sums 
of 7d.,6d. and 5d., for the above-named 
times respectively. 











Another Amendment proposed, in |. 6: To leave 
out the words “ United Kingdom,” in order to insert 
the words “ Great Britain,” instead thereof. 

Question proposed, That the words “ United 
“ Kingdom” stand part of the proposed Reso- 
lution ; 

Complaint being made, That in the course of the 
speech making by Mr. Duffy, Member for New 
Joss, certain expressions fell from him which were 
considered by the Committee to be offensive :—The 
Clerk at the Table, by direction of the Committee, 
took down the words as follow :—- 

“ That the grossest corruption ever practised in 
the days of Wa/pole and the Pelhams has been prac- 





VoL. 108. 





tised under my own eyes upon Jrish Members in 
. ’ 

this House.’ 
Words to be reported. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported from the Committee, That Mr. Duffy, 
Member for New Ross, had used the following ex- 
pressions : 

“That the grossest corruption ever practised in 
the days of Walpole and the Pelhams has been prac- 
tised under my own eyes upon Irish Members in 
this House.” 

Mr. Bouverie also reported, That the Committee 
had made Progress in the matter to them referred ; 
and that he was directed to move, That the Com- 
mittee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Mr. Speaker called upon Mr. Duffy to explain or 
retract the expressions which he had used : 

Whereupon Mr. Duffy stated that he was ready, 
if it were the wish of the House, to substantiate be 
fore a Select Committee of the House the charge 
which he had made :—And then he withdrew. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 6° die Maiti, 1853: 


Ordered, That the words spoken by the Honour- 
able Member for New Ross, in Committee, and re- 
ported to the House, be taken into consideration this 
day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Duffy do attend this House, 


in his place, this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Taxing Officer, 
into a Committee on the Taxing Officer, Common —— Law 
. . usiness 
Law Business (Lreland) Bill. 


(Ireland) Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Instruction to the Committee on the Bill, That 
they have Power to make Provision therein pur- 
suant to the Resolution reported May 2d, read. 

Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Preamble be postponed. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Municipal Corporations Act Amendment Bill Municipal 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and rome 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for cody 9p . 
Wednesday next. 


The Exchequer Bills Bill was, according to Order, Exchequer 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee Bills Bill. 
of the whole House, for this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Ccm- Hackney 
mittee on the Hackney Carriages (Metropolis) Bill ; Carriages, 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve aaa ”" 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Seles of _ 
into a Committee on the Sales of Bullion Bill; and, Buiion Bill 


3N3 after 


































































Public-houses 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Rye Writ. 


Rye Writ. 





462 5°—6° Mair. A. 1853. 


after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed | Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the | till Thursday next. 
Committee had gone through the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com-} The House, according to Order, resolved itself Entails (Seo. 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. into a Committee on the Entails (Scot/and) Bill ; #24) Bill. 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bull. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Public-houses (Scotland) Bill ; | 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


; : ., | Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Sligo County 
A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of the received Notice, that it is not intended to proceed Election. 

Borough of Rye, was presented, and read ; setting | with one of the Petitions complaining of an undue 

forth,‘ hat they have read the Report of the Committee Election and Return for the County of Sligo :—And 

appointed by the House on their further inquiry into | the same was read, as fulloweth: 

the corrupt practices in the Borough of Rye, which , Si, Sligo, April 23, 1853 

; », Jeremiah Smith, of Springfie oO wu, it-da “eaaiatate F 

states that Mr. Jeremiah Smith, of Springfield House, Ae Agent for Mr. Joka Delany, in the matter of 


near Rye, from One thousand eight hundred and |, . S ; é 

Thirty-two to One thousand eight hundred and Fifty- , his P etition against the Elect -_y and Return of Mr. 
two inclusive, had exercised great influence in all the Swift, as a Member for this County, I beg to say 
Elections of a Member for that Borough, by a sys- that I am instructed to withdraw the same; and I 


tem of lending money to voters in sums varying from | have the honour to inform you that, accordingly, it 





several hundred pounds down to two or three pounds, | !$ not intended to proceed further with the said Pe- 
according to the position and necessities of the ap- 
plicant, and which system was carried to a very 


great extent; that the Committee desired to call the | 


special attention of the House to the system of cor- 
rupt loans exposed in their Resolutions; and that 


| tition. 
| Your most obedient servant, 
R. Peyton Graham, 


Petitioner’s Agent. 
| To the Right honourable the Speaker 
of the House of Commons. 


the Committee thought it most important that a re- | ; : ; - 
medy for this mode of corruption should, if possible, | The Order for referring the said Petition to the 


. ° e . . | . Y . . Ze m 
be included in future legislation, inasmuch as they | General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- 
considered it to be a system most fatal to freedom charged. 


of Election, and more dangerous to the independence | 
om ; The Select C itt the Sheriff C (S ; 
of the voter, because more enduring and less costly e Select Committee on the Sherit Courts (Scot- Sheriff Courts 


than ordinary bribery ; that the Petitioners find that land ) Bill was nominated of the Lord Advocate, Mr, (Scotland) 
notice has been given for the Second day of May next Walpole, Mr. Hume, Mr. Napier, Mr. Solicitor Ge- ™ 

for the issuing of a new Writ for the said Borough | neral, Mr. Charter is, Mr. Edward Ellice, Mr. Mac- 

of Rye, in the place of William Alexander Machin- henzie, Mr. Cumming Bruce, Mr. Fergus, Mr. Dun- 

non, Esquire, whose Election has been determined | lop, Mr. Kinnaird, Mr. Craufurd, Mr. Hastie and 

to be void; that the Petitioners beg to state that Mr. M‘ Gregor, a 

since the Report of the said Committee of Inquiry, Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 

very great excitement has been created, and still, 4 Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
continues, in the minds of the Electors at the state- | posed, That the Select Committee on the Bill have 

ments therein made, and the Petitioners firmly be- | Power to send for persons, papers and records :— 

lieve that the same influence which existed at the And a Debate arising thereupon ; ; . 

last Election remains in full force, and will again be | Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Wed- 
exercised until some legislative enactment is passed | Nesday next. 

to put a stop to the great evil in question ; that, since | ; _— : 

the last Election, the total number of available votes, _/tesolved, That this House will, immediately, re- Burgh 

in the electoral district of the Borough of Rye has | solve itself into a Committee to consider of enabling (Beotiand } 
been reduced, at the Registration Court, from 510 to | Burghs in Scotland to maintain and improve their . 
467, so that the influence in question over 30 or 40 | Harbours :—The House accordingly resolved itself 

votes will have now much greater force than when | into the Committee. 

the number was larger; and praying that the House | (In the Committee.) 

will take this their Petition into their serious consi- | 
deration, and will not allow a new Writ to be issued _ Pesolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
for the said Borough of Rye, until some legislation | the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
has taken place as recommended by the said Com- | enable Burghs in Scotland to maintain and improve 


mittee of Inquiry, or until the boundaries of the elec- their Harbours. 


toral district of the said Borough have been so ex-_ 


tended as to prevent any one individual from having 
and exercising the power by the corrupt means re- 
ferred to in the Report of the said Committee, and 
which are therein stated to have existed since One 
thousand eight hundred and Thirty-two. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the, 


Resolution to be reported. 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouve- 
rie reported, That the Committee had come to a 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bourerie accordingly reported a Resolution ; 





Table. which was read, as followeth : 
_ Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
The Order of the day being read, for resuming the | the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon} enable Burghs in Scotland to maintain and improve 
the 2d day of this instant May, That Mr. Speaker | their Harbours :—And he moved the House accord- 
do issue his Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown, to | ingly. 
make out a new Writ for the electing of a Baron to! Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
serve in this present Parliament for the Town and | And that Mr. Bouverie, the Lord Advocate and Mr. 
Port of Rye, in the room of William Alexander Mac- | Cardwell do prepare, and bring it in. 
kinnon, Esquire, whose Election has been determined | 
to be void ; The Select Committee on Police was nominated Police. 
And the Question being again proposed :—The | of Mr. Rice, Mr. Sotheron, the Lord Advocate, Mr. 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. Walpole, Mr. Fitzroy, Mr. Burroughes, Lord Lo- 


vaine, 





: 
paws 


&lt;&gt; em =] 


—a P ore 


ae ook a Leek apieoR«-! 





Public-houses, 
ke. 


Trinity-house, 
&amp;e. 


Incumbered 
Estates 
-(Ireland.) 


Vaccination 
Extension Bill. 


No. 447. 


Harwich 
Election. 


Public 

Petitions 
.(Forty-sixth 

Report. ) 


Londonderry, 
Coleraine 

and Belfast 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Ballymena, 
Ballymoney, 
Coleraine and 
Portrush 
Junction Rail- 
way (No, 2 
Bill, ‘ ) 


Crystal Palace 
Company Bill, 








16 Vicroriz. 


vaine, Sir John Trollope, Mr. Rich, Mr. Moody, Mr. 
Mackie, Mr. Brand, Mr. Charles Howard, Sir James 
Anderson and Mr. Philipps ; with Power to send for 
persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That Mr. Deedes be discharged from fur- 
ther attendance on the Select Committee on Public- 
houses, &amp;c. 

Ordered, That Mr. Ker Seymer and Mr. John 
Lewis Ricardo be added to the Committee. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns, showing the Amounts, separately, 
of the Cash Balances arising from Tolls, Fees or 
Payments which are in the hands of the Trinity 
House, the Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses, 
the Port of Dublin Corporation, and the Board of 
Trade; also, the Amount, separately, of all Invest- 
ments arising from any such Tolls, Fees or Pay- 
ments. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this em as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Continuation of Return of all Sales made by au- 
thority of the Commissioners of Incumbered Estates 
(Jreland), ordered by the House of Commons to be 
printed the 25th day of July 1850 [No. 615], stating 
the same Particulars required in that Return. 


The Vaccination Extension Bill was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 1st day of June next; and to be 
printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
a quarter of an hour after Two of the clock 
on Friday morning, adjourned till this day. 


Veneris, 6° die Maiti ; 


Anno 16° Victorie Regine, 1853. 





PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That the Select Committee on 

the Harwich Election Petition have leave to sit 
this day till Five of the clock, during the sitting of 
the House. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 3d, 4th and 5th days 
of this instant May, and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Sir Frankland Lewis reported the Londonderry, 
Coleraine and Belfast Junction Railway Bill, with 
Amendments, 

Ordered, Tirat the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Sir Frankland Lewis reported the Ballymena, 
Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Rail- 
way (No. 2) Bill, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Crystal 
Palace Company Bill; and the same was twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
VoL. 108. 


5°—6° Mair. 


|on Group 





463 
~ agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Great Yar- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Great mouth Water- 
Yarmouth Waterworks Bill; and the same were  emeeee 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Ordered, That the Belfast and Ballymena Rail- Belfast and 


way Bill be read the third time upon Monday Railway Bill 
next. 


The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Rail- Manchester, 
way (Alteration of Capital) Bill was read the third Sheffield and 
time. Lincolnshire 


Rail 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. (Alteration of 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill Carital) Bill. 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Severn Navi- 
the Severn Navigation Bill, as amended in the Com- &amp;@tion Bill. 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That Hutchinson’s Claim Bill be read a Hutchinson’s 
second time upon Monday next. Claim Bill. 


Colonel Pennant reported from the Committee Leeds and 
S. of Private Bills; That in the case ‘at te 
of the Leeds and Whitehall Road Bill, they had — ' 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by striking 
out the words “ nor can the said roads be main- 
“ tained or kept in repair,” and by making other 
verbal alterations consequent thereon, in order to 
make the Preamble more consistent with the Pro- 
visions of the Bill; and found the same, as amended, 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Sotheron reported from the Select Committee Standing 
on Standing Orders, several Resolutions; which Orders. 
were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the London and London and 
Nerth Western Railway (Northampton) Petition for —— 
additional Provision, the Standing Orders ought to (esha. 
be dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to ton) Bill. 
introduce their additional provision if the Committee 
on the Bill shall think fit. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Great Southern Great South- 
and Western Railway (Jreland) Petition for the re- ¢™ — 
insertion of the Petition for Bill in the General List ireland.) 
of Petitions, the Examiner be permitted to re-insert 
the same. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Great Western Great Western 
Railway (Henley) Petition for additional provision, Railway 
the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; (Hemley) Bill. 
that the Parties be permitted to introduce their ad- 
ditional provision, if the Committee on the Bill 
shall think fit. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the Great Western 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of Railway 
the Petition for additional provision in the Great (Henley) Bill 
Western Railway (Henley) Bill, might be read; and 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, That they have Power to make 
= therein pursuant to the prayer of the said 

etition. 
3N4 The 

















London and 


North Western 


Railway 
(Northamp- 


ton, &amp;c.) Bill. 


Chorley Im- 
provement 
Bill. 


South Shields 
Improvement 


Bill. 


Caledonian 
Railway 


(Branch from 


Polloc and 
Govan Rail- 


way, &amp;c.) Bill. 


Plymouth 
Election. 


Cork Election. 


Ennis 
Election. 


Whichwood 
Forest Bill. 


No. 448. 


464 6° Mai. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the| Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from South Eastern 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; rs (Can. 
the Petition for additional provision in the London That in the case of the Petition for additional pro- Whitsrabhe 
and North Western Railway (Northampton, &amp;c.)| vision in the South Eastern Railway (Canterbury &amp;c.) Bill. ’ 
Bill, might be read; and the same being read ; and Whitstable, &amp;c.) Bill, the agent of the Parties 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- rage the said Petition had appeared before 
mittee on the Bill, That they have Power to nr im, and stated that it was not their intention to 
Seoeang therein pursuant to the prayer of the said | proceed with the same. 

etition. 


A. 1853. 


ie . Mr. Christopher reported the Staines, Wokingham Staines 
A Petition of the there-undersigned Persons, ‘and Woking Junction Railway Bill, with Amend- Wokingham 
praying that provision may be made in the Chorley | ments. 


and Wokin 
Improvement Bill for authorizing the Commissioners | Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; anetion 
to be appointed under the Bill to make anew public | | 44 be printed ’ y oul. 
carriage-road or street from, at or near Park-road, |* I : 
at or near the Junction therewith of Queen-street | 
West, to Ackhurst-lane, opposite a field occupied by | Mr. Bowverie reported from the Committee on Edinburgh 
Michael King, was presented, and read ; and referred | the Edinburgh Waterworks (No. 2) Bill; That they Waterworks 
to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. | had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- (No. 2) Bill, 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same, by in- 

A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses | serting some words with regard to the constant sup- 
of the Borough of South Shields, in the county of! ply of water contemplated by the Bill, to make it 
Durham, praying that provision may be made in the ; more consistent with the provisions of the Bill; and 
South Shields lmprovement Bill, to afford additional | found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
facilities to the Council for the alteration, diversion, | gone through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
stopping up or inclosing, upon = grounds, of! unto. 
streets or roads within the said Borough, was pre-; Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Examiners of 
Petitions for Private Bills. Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the wildmore Fen, 


, . ; Wildmore Fen and East and West Fens Highways and East and 
Mr. Strutt reported from the Committee on Group | Bill; That they had examined the allegations con- West Fens 


AA. of Railway Bills ; That in the case of the Ca/e- | tained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended Highways Bill, 
donian Railway (Branch from Polloc and Govan | the same, by stating the exact amount of money now 

j , re ine « . ’ oo “ee ° 
Railway, &amp;e.) Bill, they had examined the alle-' in the hands of the General Commissioners of Drain- 
gations contained in the Preamble of the Bill; but | age, to make it more consistent with the provisions 
the same had not been proved to their satisfaction. | of the Bill; and found the same, as amended, to 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | pe true: and had gone through the Bill, and made 

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and be printed. Amendments thereunto. 


a ; ; ‘ Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
The Names of the five Members appointed to 


try and determine the matter of the Petitions, com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the | 
Borough of Plymouth, were called over ; aud being 
come to the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petitions relative to the saic 
Election be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, at Eleven o’clock, in one of the Committee- 
rooms of the House. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the Waveney 
Waveney Valley Railway Bill; That they had exa- Valley Rail- 
mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the same “*Y es 
;| to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
'made Amendments thereunto ; and had inserted in 

the Bill a Clause in accordance with the Resolutions 
of the House of the 15th of April last. 
| Ordered, ‘Vhat the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
‘and be printed. 





The Names of the five Members appointed to. 


try and determine the matter of the Petition, com-; Mr. Bouverie reported the Gorbals Gravitation Gorbals 


plaining of an undue Election and Return for the Water (No. 2) Bill, with Amendments. Gravitation | 
City of Cork, were called over; and being come to, Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. ba cnet 


the ‘Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 
Ordered, That the Petition and List relative to 
the said Election be referred to the Committee. 
Ordered, Vhat the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, at Twelve o'clock, in one of the Committee- 
rooms of the House. 


Mr. Wrightson reported the Limerick Corporation Limerick 
Bill, with Amendments. — 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. . 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Lancaster 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of lection. 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Election Petition of John Armstrong, relating to the 

Borough of Lancaster, is unobjectionable. 


The Names of the five Members appointed to try 
and determine the matter of the Petitior, com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Ennis, were called over; and being 
come to the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition and Lists relative to Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- Controverted 
the said Election be referred to the Committee. mittee of Elections; That they had changed the Elections. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- days for choosing the Committees from Panel No. 5, 
morrow, at One o'clock, in one of the Committee- from Tuesday the 10th and Wednesday the 11th of 
rooms of the House. May instant, to Monday the 23d and Tuesday the 

24th of May instant, on account of the general con- 


Mr. Rich reported from the Select Committee on 
the Whichiood Forest Bill ; That they had examined 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to 
be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Tuesday next. 





venience of the Parties concerned ; and the General 
Committee of Elections have accordingly appointed 
the days following for choosing the Select Com- 
mittees from Panel No. 5: 
Clare - - -&gt; 
Liverpool - - -| 
Sligo - - - - | : 
SligoCounty -— - 


Tonday, 23d May. 


Bury 





Cor 
Ele 











Controverted 
Elections. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Quarantine. 


Ennis 
Election. 


Harwich 
Election. 


No. 449, 





16 Vicroriz. 


Bury Saint Edmund's - 
Peterborough -  -/Tuesday, 24th May. 
Durham - - -J 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections ; That they had named days for 
the appointment of Select Committees on the Elec- 
tion Petitions following :— 

Blackburn - - -\ Tuesday, 31st May, 
Lancaster - - -J from Panel No. 1. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Mr. Bennet have leave of absence 
till Whitsuntide, on account of the death of a near 
relation. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies or Extracts of any Report from Dr. Watson, 
of the Naval Hospital, Port Royal, Jamaica, to the 
Director General of the Medical Department of the 
Navy, respecting the admission of Her Majesty’s 
Ship “ Highflyer” to Free Pratique at Port Royal, 
and the reception of Yellow Fever Patients from that 
Ship into the Naval Hospital at that Port :—And, of 
any Despatch from Her Majesty’s Consul at Cartha- 
gena (New Granada) to Her Majesty’s Principal 
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, respecting the 
Repeal of Quarantine Regulations formerly enforced 
at that Port against Yellow Fever; the admission to 
Free Pratique there of the Royal Mail Steam Packet 
“ Dee,” and the reception into the General Hospital 
there of Yellow Fever Patients from that Ship. 

Sir James Graham accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
received Notice, that it is not intended to proceed 
with the Petition complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the | wae. 4 of Ennis :—And the 
same was read, as followeth: 


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465 


the Committee had agreed to the following Resolu- 
tions : 
That George Montagu Warren Peacocke, Esquire, 
entered into an engagement with John Attwood, Es- 
quire, through his Solicitor, in accordance with the 
terms of which engagement, the said George Mon- 
tagu Warren Peacocke, Esquire, was on his part to 
pay certain Sums of Money on the event of his Re- 
turn, and the said John Attwood was to endeavour 
to procure the Return of the said George Montagu 
Warren Peacocke, Esquire, for the said Borough. 
That it was proved that John Cottingham was 
bribed by the Sum of £.37. 18s. paid for his release 
from prison; that 4dam Pratt, junior, was em- 
ployed in completing the said act of bribery ; That 
the said Adam Pratt and George Jay absconded to 
avoid appearing before the Committee; that it was 
not proved to the satisfaction of the Committee that 
the said act of bribery was done by the said George 
Montagu Warren Peacocke, Esquire, or by David 
Waddington, Esquire, or by their legal Agents. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


and Income Tax (1853) ;—Tobacco ;—Carriages ;— 
County Courts ;—Education Bill ;—Richard Grat- 
tan, Esquire ;—Oaths ;—Pilotage Bill ;— Poor Law; 
—Public-houses (Scotland) Bill;—and, Tenant Right 
(Ireland) Bill, and Tenants’ Compensation (Ireland) 
Bill,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers, —were 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 


presented, and read; setting forth, That the Petitioner 4 
has learned with feelings of great indignation that he 
has been charged before the House with having en- 
deavoured, by means of a corrupt compromise, to pro- 





Ennis Election Petition. 


Sir, London, May 6th, 1853. 

I am instructed by James Mahon and Michael | 
Healy, who presented a Petition against the Return | 
of John David Fitzgerald, Esquire, Member for | 
Ennis, to acquaint you, it is not their intention to 


proceed with the said Petition. 


I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your most obedient servant, 


To the Right honourable the Speaker R. Mosse. 


of the House of Commons. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Ennis 
Election Petition, which has been sworn at the 
Table this day, be discharged. 





Mr. Headlam, from the Select Committee ap- 
pointed to try and determine the matter of the Peti- 
tion of certain Electors complaining of an undue | 
Election and Return for the Borough of Harwich, | 
informed the House, That the Committee had de- 
termined, 

That George Montagu Warren Peacocke, Esquire, 
is not duly elected a Burgess to serve in this present | 
Parliament for the Borough of Harwich. 

That David Waddington, Esquire, is duly elected 
a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Borough of Harwich. 

That the last Election for the said Borough, so far 
as regards the Return of the said George Montagu 
Warren Peacocke, Esquire, is a void Election. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Mr. Headlam further informed the House, That 





cure the withdrawal of the Petition presented against 


his Return as Member for Berwick; that the state- 


ment is wholly unfounded ; that Mr. Richard Hodg- 
son, the only individual who signed that Petition, 
offered to withdraw it, before he could have incurred 
any expenses, on receipt of a large sum of money ; 
that this offer was made twice ; first, some months 
ago, through the Petitioner’s son, under cloak of a 
bet; and secondly, through Mr. John Hodgson 
Hinde, brother of Mr. Richard Hodgson, who com- 
municated through another gentleman with the Peti- 
tioner; that both these offers were at once refused 
by the Petitioner ; and praying that the House will 
forthwith institute an inquiry into the whole matter, 
in order to enable him to prove that he has not been 
guilty of so gross a contempt of the House, and 
also with the view of preventing such attempts at 
extortion hereafter. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Osborne presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Local Acts. 
No. 191. 


mand,—Further Reports from the Admiralty, relative 
to Applications for Local Acts. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


fora Return of the Salaries awarded by the Commis- 
sioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury to the several 
Officers and Persons under the Act 15 &amp; 16 Vic. 
c. 73 (Courts of Common Law), with the Names of 
the said Officers and Persons, and a description of 





VoL. 108. 


the Offices held by them respectively ; and a state- 
O ment 


Petitions relating to Ballot ;—University of Lon- Public 
don ;—Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ; —Marriage ;— Petitions. 
Universities (Scotland) Bill;—Articles of Clerkship ; Vide Forty- 
—Attorneys’ Certificates ;— Excise Licenses ;— Paper seventh Re- 
Newspaper Stamps and Advertisements ;—- Property port. 


A Petition of thethere-undersigned M. Forster, was Berwick- 
pon-Tweed 
- 


ection. 


Mr. Wilson presented,—Return to an Address to Courts of 
Her Majesty, dated the 21st day of February last, Common Lam. 














ae PE RE pec 


eee oem Sk ah 





on atari 
























H 
' 










Timber. 


Probate Duty. 


Customs. 


Sugar, &amp;c. 


Court of 
Exchequer. 










Saltpetre. 


466 


ment of the Documents or Proofs upon which such 
Salaries were awarded ; also, the Table of Fees sanc- 
tioned and allowed by the Judges of the Courts of 
Common Law under the said Act. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 28th day of April last, for Copies of a 
Memorial from certain Importers, Merchants, Ship- 
wrights, and others interested in the Importation, 
Sale and Consumption of Pitch-pine Timber into the 
Port of Liverpool, lately addressed to the Chancellor 


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of the Exchequer :—And, of the Instructions of the 
Custom-house, for the Measurement of Timber. in | 
Log, and of Timber in Planks. 

Return to an Order, dated the 28th day of April 
last, for a Return of the Number of Stamps sold 
since 1815 for Grants of Probate, chargeable with 
the highest Amount of Probate Duty. 

Return to an Order, dated the 26th day of April 
last, for a Return of the Number of Articles that 
paid Duties of Customs, and the Number of Entries | 
at different Rates, on the 1st day of January 1841, | 
stating the Aggregate Gross and Net Amount of 
Revenue received for the same in the year ending 
the 1st day of January 1841 :—Similar Return of 
the Number of Articles that paid Duties of Customs 
on the 1st day of January 1853, stating the Aggre- 
gate Gross and Net Amount of Revenue in the year 
ending the Ist day of January 1853 :—And, Return 
of the Amount of Duties of Customs that have been 
taken off in part, or entirely repealed, in each year | 
since the Ist day of January 1842; and the Aggre- | 
gate Amount of Duties repealed in the eleven years | 
to the 1st day of January 1853. 

Return to an Order, dated the 15th day of Fe- 
bruary last, for a ‘Tabular Return, showing the Quan- 
tities of Sugar of the several Sorts imported into 
the United Kingdom, and the Quantities retained 
for Home Consumption, together with the Rates 
of Duty charged thereon, and the Net Revenue 
accruing therefrom, in each year, from 1800 to 1852 
inclusive ; followed by a Comparative Statement of 
the Average Prices of British Plantation and Fo- 
reign Sugar (ordinary Yellow Havannah), for the 
same series of years :— Account of the Imports into | 
the United Kingdom of Sugar, Molasses, Rum, | 
Coffee, Cocoa and Cotton, from the West Sadie, | 
British Guiana, the Mauritius and British Pos- | 
sessions in India, for the years 1831 to 1852 inclu- 
sive; distinguishing the Quantities imported from 
each Colony and each Possession in each year :— 
Similar Account of the Quantities of Foreign Sugar 
imported, stating from whence, and the Quantities 
from each Place or Country :—And, Account of | 
the Quantity of Refined Sugar and Sugar Candy | 
imported into the United Kingdom in the years | 
1848, 1849, 1850, 1851 and 1852 respectively ; sta- 
ting the Quantity retained for Home Consumption, | 
the Rates of Duty paid, and the Quantity exported | 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 442, | 
of Session 1852). 











The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of 
an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table | 
by the Clerk of the House,—Certificate of the Lord 
Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer, of necessity 
for tilling up Vacancy in Office of a Master of the 
said Court. 





| this instant May, be printed. 








A. 1853. 


Mr. Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, Crown Lands 
—Papers relative to Crown Lands in the Austra- (Australia. ) 
lian Colonies (in continuation of Papers presented 
August 1850):— Part I. New South Wales and 
Victoria. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 















































Ordered, That the Return relative to the Ship Ship 
“ Victoria,” which was presented upon the 29th day “ Victoria.” 
of April last, be printed. No. 450, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Ecclesiastical Ecclesiastical 


Courts, which was presented upon the 5th day of — Wi 

this instant May, be printed. No, 273-1, Me 
Ordered, That the Account relative to Lighthouses Lighthouses 

(Ireland), which was presented upon the 5th day of (Ireland. ) In 


No. 451, 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Sheriff Courts 
to Sheriff Courts (Scotland), which was ' ree (Scotland) 
upon the 29th day of April last, be printed. No, 395. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to British Re- British 
gistered Vessels, which was presented upon the 5th am 
essels, 


= or . 
day of this instant May, be printed. No. 452 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Pilotage, Pilotage. 
which was presented upon the 5th day of this m- No, 453. 

stant May, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Ways and 
consideration the words spoken by Mr. Duffy, the (Mfr, Duty.) 
Honourable Member for New Ross, in the Com-“ 
mittee of i and Means, and reported to the 


| House yesterday ; and the Order of the day being 


read, for the attendance of Mr. Duffy in his place 
this day :—And Mr. Duffy being in his place :—The 
House proceeded to take the said words into con- 
sideration. 

Mr. Speaker read the words taken down by the 
Clerk, and reported from the Committee of Ways 
and Means yesterday. 

Whereupon Mr. buffy was heard in explanation 
of the words objected to, 

Ordered, That the other Orders of the day be 
now read. 

And the Order of the day for the Committee of Ways and 
Ways and Means being accordingly read ;—— aaa. 

A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Richards: — Message from 

Mr. Speaker, — 


The Lords have agreed to the South Sea and other South Sea and 
Annuities Commutation Bill, without any Amend- other Annuk 
ment: And also, tation Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Devonport Gas a 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, ” 

The Lords have agreed to the Preston Gas Bill, Preston Gas 
without any Amendment: And also, y 


The Lords have agreed to the Stockport Improve- 
ment Bill, with an Amendment; to which Amend- 
ment the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 
And also, 


Stockport 
Improvement 
Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Brighton, Hove eign, 
and Preston Waterworks Bill, with Amendments ; i 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- terworks Bill. 


rence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Liverpool Borough Liverpool . 
Court Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- —- oo 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 


| And also, 


Mr. Monsell presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 28th day of April last, for a Return of the 
Number of Tons of Saltpetre kept in the Vaults 
under the rooms in which the Parliamentary and 
other Records are deposited in the Tower of London. 

Ordered, That the said Keturn do lie upon the 
Table. 





The Lords have agreed to the Wakefield Soke Wakefield 
&gt; Soke Mills 


Mills Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments 5: 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 

The Lords request, That this House will be Education of 
pleased to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy Onders (181 3) 
of the Third Report from the Select Committee ap- 
pointed 








Ways and 
Means. 


Income Tax. 


16 Vicrori2. 





1818, to inquire into the Education of the Lower 
Orders :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Resolved, That a Printed Copy of the said Re- 
port be communicated to the Lords, as desired by 
their Lordships. 


And the Messenger was again called in, and Mr. 
Speaker acquainted him therewith; and a Printed 
Copy of the said Report was delivered to him, to 
be communicated to the Lords :—And then he again 
withdrew. 


Then the House resolved itself into the Committee 
of Ways and Means. 


(In the Committee.) 


Question again proposed, That it is the opinion 
of this Committee, that, towards raising the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, there shall be raised an- 
nually during the terms hereinafter limited, the 
several Rates and Duties following (that is to 
say) :— 


For and in respect of the property in any 
lands, tenements or hereditaments in the 
United Kingdom, and for and in respect of 
every annuity, pension or stipend, payable 
by Her Majesty or out of the Public Revenue 
of the United Kingdom ; and for and in re- 
spect of all interest of money, annuities, divi- 
dends and shares of annuities payable to any 
person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, 
companies or societies, whether corporate or 
not corporate ; and for and in respect of the 
annual profits or gains arising or accruing to 
any person or persons whatever, resident in 
the United Kingdom, from any kind of pro- 

erty whatever, whether situate in the United 
Kingdom or elsewhere, or from any annui- | 
ties, allowances or stipends, or from any pro- | 
fession, trade or vocation, whether the same | 
shall be respectively exercised in the United | 
Kingdom or elsewhere ; and for and in re- | 
spect of the annual profits or gains arising or | 
accruing to any person or persons not resi- 
dent within the United Kingdom from any 
property whatever in the United Kingdom, 
or from any trade, profession or vocation, 
exercised in the United Kingdom ; for every 
Twenty shillings of the annual value or 
amount thereof-— £. 8. 


For two years from April 5, 1853 -| -- 

And for two years from April 5, 1855 - 

And for three years from April 5,1857- | - —- 

And that on April 5, 1860, except as to 
the collection of monies then due, the 
said Rates and Duties shall cease and 
determine. 





Aaa &amp; 


And for and in respect of the occupation 
of such lands, tenements or hereditaments 
(other than a dwelling-house occupied by a 
tenant distinct from a farm of lands), for 
every Twenty shillings of the annual value 
thereof, one moiety of each of the said sums 
of 7d., 6d. and 5d., for the above-named 
times respectively. 





Amendment again proposed, in |. 6: To leave out 
the words “ United Kingdom,” in order to insert the 
words “ Great Britain” instead thereof. 

Question put, That the words “‘ Umted Kingdom” 
stand part of the proposed Resolution ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the fMr. Hayter, 

Yeas, (Mr. Grenville Berkeley : 

Tellers for the { Mr. Lawless, 

Noes, \ Mr. Fagan: 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


}286. 


} 61. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the matter to them referred ; and that he was 
directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 

Vou. 108. 








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pointed by this House on the 5th day of March | 





467 


The House, according to Order, 
itself into the Committee of Ways and Means. 


(In the Committee.) 


Question again proposed, That it is the opinion Income Tax. 


of this Committee, that, towards raising the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, there shall be raised 
annually durmg the terms hereinafter limited, the 
several Rates and Duties following (that is to 
say) :— 


For and in respect of the property in any | 
lands, tenements or hereditaments in the | 
United Kingdom, and for and in respect of 
every annuity, pension or stipend, payable 
by Her Majesty or out of the Public Revenue 
of the United Kingdom ; and for and in re- 
spect of all interest of money, annuities, divi- 
dends and shares of annuities payable to any | 
person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, | 
companies or societies, whether corporate or 
not corporate ; and for and in respect of the 
annual profits or gains arising or accruing to 
any person or persons whatever, resident in | 
the United Kingdom, from any kind of pro- | 
raw whatever, whether situate in the United | 

ingdom or elsewhere, or from any annui- 
ties, allowances or stipends, or from any pro- | 
fession, trade or vocation, whether the same | 
shall be respectively exercised in the United 
Kingdom or elsewhere ; and for and in re- 
spect of the annual profits or gains arising or 
accruing to any person or persons not resi- 
dent within the United Kingdom from any 
property whatever in the United Kingdom, 
or from any trade, profession or vocation, 
exercised in the United Kingdom; for every 
Twenty shillings of the annual value or 
amount thereof— 


| £- &amp; d. 
For two years from April 5, 1853 -;- - 7 
And for two years from April 5.1855 - | - - 6 
And for three years from April 5, 1857 - |}--6 


And that on April 5, 1860, except as to 
the collection of monies then due, the 
said Rates and Duties shall cease and 
determine. 


And for and in respect of the occupation 
of such lands, tenements or hereditaments 
(other than a dwelling-house occupied by a 
tenant distinct from a farm of lands), for 
every Twenty shillings of the annual value 
thereof, one moiety of each of the said sums 
of 7d., 6d. and 5d, for the above-named 
times respectively. 





Another Amendment proposed, in |. 11: After 
the word “ stipends,” to insert the words “to any 
“ person or persons whatsoever resident in Great 
“ Britain.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted 
—— put, and negatived. 

Another Amendment proposed, in |. 11: To leave 
out the words “ or from any profession, trade or 
“ vocation,” in order to add to the proposed Reso- 
lution the words “ and for and in respect of any 
“ profession, trade or vocation, whether the same 

shall be respectively exercised in the United King- 
“ dom or elsewhere, on the first hundred sien 
“ of Income no Duty shall be charged or chargeable 
thereon : 


“ 


- 


‘ 


“ For every Twenty shillings the annual value or 
‘“* amount thereof above the yearly profits of One hundred 
** pounds, and below that of Five hundred pounds, 


“ For two years from April 5, 1853 - - 5d. 
** For two years from April 5, 1855 - - 4d. 
“ And for three years from April 5, 1857 - 34d.” 
Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be le!t out, stand part of the proposed Resolution :— 
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the matter to them referred ; and that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 

302 A Message 


resolved Ways and 
Means. 








ae pc tanaieatires 


Sw ee estar cern et emeaemettag EE 


ccc Ss 





Message from 
the Lords. 


Cork Muni- 


cipal Corpora- : : i 
tion Bill, Corporation Bill, without any Amendment: And 


Evesham 
Bridge Bill. 


Norfolk 
Estuary Bill. 


Great Yar- 
mouth Wel- 
lington Pier 
Bill. 


Cardiff Water- 


works Bill. 


Cambridge 
University 
and Town 
Waterworks 
Bill. 

Salford Ex- 
tension and 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Dockyard 


Appointments. 


Sligo County 
Election. 


Exchequer 
Bills Bill. 


Customs, &amp;c. 
Acts. 


Excise Duties 
on Spirits. 





468 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Richards: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Cork Municipal 


also, 
The Lords have agreed to the Evesham Bridge 


6°-—7° Mai. 





A. 1853. 


charged and paid the following countervailing Duties ; 
viz. 
For and upon every gallon of such Spirits of the strength 


of Hydrometer Proof, imported into Scotland, the sum of 
58. 10d. 


And for and upon every gallon of such Spirits, of the 
like strength, imported into Zreland, the sum of 48. 6 d. 





Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Norfolk Estuary | 


Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Great Yarmouth 
Wellington Pier Bill, without any Amendment: And 
also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Cardiff Water- 
works Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Cambridge Univer- 
sity and ‘Town Waterworks Bill, with Amendments; 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Salford Extension 
and Improvement Bill, with Amendments ; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords give leave to the Duke of Northumber- 
land to attend to be examined as a Witness before 
the Select Committee appointed by this House on. 


Dockyard Appointments, as desired by this House, 
his Lordship in his place consenting :—And then the | 


Messenger withdrew. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
received Notice, that it is not intended to proceed 
with one of the Petitions complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the County of Sligo:— 
And the same was read, as followeth: 


Sir, Sligo, Ireland, 4th May 1853. 
In the matter of the Petition, signed by me, and 
delivered in on the 25th day ot November last, 
complaining of the undue Election and Return of 
Sir Robert Gore Booth, Bart., one of the Members 
for the County of Sligo, | beg to inform you that it is 
not my intention to proceed with the said Petition. 


I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your very obedient servant, 
John Taaffe. 
To the Right honourable the Speaker 
of the House of Commons. 


The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- 
charged. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself _ 


into a Committee on the Exchequer Bills Bill; and, | 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the | 
Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, Vhat the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday | 
next. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 7° die Maiti, 1853: 


Mr, Bouverie reported from the Committee on the 
Cus‘oms, &amp;c. Acts, several Resolutions ; which were 
read, as follow : 


1. Resolved, That on, from and after the 21st day 
of April 1853, in lieu of the countervailing Duties 
now chargeable on Spirits of the nature or quality of 
plain British Spirits, manufactured or distilled in 
the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney or Sark 
respectively, and imported from any of the said 
Islands into Scotland or Ireland, there shall be 


And so in proportion for any greater or less degree of 
strength, or any greater or less quantity. 


2. Resolved, That in lieu of the respective Duties 
and Drawbacks of Excise now payable upon the 
several Mixtures, Compounds, Preparations and 
Commodities mentioned and described in the several 
Schedules (A.) and (B.) hereto annexed, which, on 





















































or after the 21st day of April 1853, shall be removed Suy 
from Scotland or Ireland to England, or from Ire- 
land to Scotland, there shall be paid the several 
‘Sums of Money and Duties of Excise respectively 
| inserted, described and set forth in the Schedule (A.) 
hereto annexed ; and that there shall be allowed and 
| paid in respect of all such Mixtures, Compounds, Hw 
reparations and Commodities which on or after the 
said last-mentioned day shall be removed from Eng- 
| land to Scotland or Lreland, or from Scotland to 
_ Ireland, the several Drawbacks of Excise inserted, 
described and set forth in the Schedule (B.) hereto 
‘annexed. En 
lan 
SCHEDULE (A.) 
COUNTERVAILING DUTIES. 
ARTICLES ENUMERATED. nartenesssteiteorasesiatiatanaes _ 
| — 
f|From Scotland | From Ireland | From Ireland 
| F — h , an 
| or every Gallon thereof removed {} to England. | to Hagiead. | to Scotiend. 
| £. 8. d. £. s. d. £. s. d, 
| Bee * 2 Dot es Se te - 711 -11 3 - 34 
| Sweet Spirits of Nitre - - - - 
| Camphorated Spirits - - - - | 
, Lavender Water and other Perfumes, being 
Spirits scented with Essential Oils, 
Flowers, or other ingredients = - - 
Compound Spirits of Lavender = - - 
' Spirits of Rosemary - - - - || 
| Spirits of Ammonia - - - - | 
| Sal Volatile - : - - - 
Friar’s Balsam - - - - - ( - &gt; o ssid aieiie: 
Compound Tincture of Benzoin - - || 
Tincture of Assafeetida - - - | 
Tincture of Castor = - - ° » 
Tincture of Kino - - - - || 
' Tincture of Guaiacum - - - - 
Tincture of Myrrh —- - - - 
| Tincture of Ginger = - - - - Hi 
| Spirit Varnishes - - - ° Ca 
Other Tinctures and Medicated Spirits - - 3 2 - 46 - 14 ra 
Made Wines - - - ° © - - 4} - - 64 o- &amp; Bi 
SCHEDULE (B.j Ki 
“¢ 
COUNTERVAILING DRAWBACKS. Bi 
COUNTERVAILING DRAWBACKS. 
ARTICLES ENUMERATED. design o&gt;: oh Sakmann nie 
‘ , . J | From England | From England |From Scotland Mi 
For every Gallon thereof removed \| to Scotland. | to Ireland. on Seiad, Sh 
£34. | £0 d| Lad 
Ether - - - - - - - 711 -1l1 8 - 3 4 
' Sweet Spirits of Nitre - - ° 
| Camphorated Spirits - - : ° 
Lavender Water and other Perfumes, being C 
Spirits scented with Essential Oils, A 
Flowers, or other ingredients - ‘ 
Compound Spirits of Lavender = - - 
Spirits of Rosemary - - - e 
Spirits of Ammonia - - ° « 
Sal Volatile - - - - - « 2s 
Friar’s Balsam - - - ° - - &lt;8 -** Pi 
Compound Tincture of Benzoin =~ - 
Tincture of Assafcetida - - - 
Tincture of Castor = + - - - 
Tincture of Kino - - - ° 
Tincture of Guaiacum - - - - 
Tincture of Myrrh - - - ° 
Tincture of Ginger - - - - T 
Spirit Varnishes - - - - J C 
Other Tinctures and Medicated Spirits - - 3 2 - 4 6 - 1 4 B 
Made Wines - - - - - - - 4} - - 6} = = 3 d 


























16 Vicroriz. 


3. Resolved, That it is expedient to amend the 
Laws relating to the collecting and securing the 
Duties of Excise upon Spirits. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Gentle- 
men appointed to prepare and bring in a Bill, pur- 
suant to the first of the Resolutions which, upon the 
22d day of April last, were reported from the Com- 
mittee on the Customs, &amp;c. Acts, and which Resolu- 
tion was then agreed to, That they do make provision 
therein pursuant to the Resolutions now reported, 
and agreed to. 





Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Sales of 


-” The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
Bullion Bi 


into consideration the Sales of Bullion Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


Entails (Scot- 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
land) Bill. 


into consideration the Entails (Scotland) Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, by leaving out from the word “ entail,” in 
p- 3,1. 14, to the words “the granting,” in 1. 15, 
and inserting the words “ whether the tailzie under 
“ which he holds the entailed estate be dated prior 
“ or subsequent to the 1st day of August 1848, to 
“ authorize,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Bill; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for thefMr. Hayter, 

’ Yeas, Mr. Grenville Berkeley : 

Tellers for thefMr. Dunlop, 

Noes, UMr. Kinnaird: 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, Vhat the Bill be read the third time upon 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Hackney Carriages (Metropolis) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Hackney 
Carriages 
(Metropolis) 
Bill. 


Education The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Bill. reading of the Education Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 6th day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Merchant Shipping Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Merchant 
Shipping Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Customs, &amp;c. Acts; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Customs, &amp;c. 
Acts. 


Pilotage Bill. © The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Pilotage Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Taxing Officer, 
Common Law 
Business 
(ireland) Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Taxing Officer, Common 
Law Business (Jreland) Bill; and, after some time 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
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469 


Mr. Bouverie reported, That the Committee had 
made Progress in the Bill; and that he was direcied 
to move, That the Committee may have leave to sit 
again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Commitiee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Public-houses 
mittee on the Public-houses (Scotland) Bill; (Scotland) 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday Bil. 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Chatham 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed Writ. 
upon the 28th day of April last, relative to the 
Chatham Writ ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday the 13th day of June next. 





The Order of the day being read, for resuming Maidstone 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon Writ. 
Friday last, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Maidstone, in the 
room of George Dodd, Esquire, whose Election has q 
been determined to be void ; ii 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And the Question being put :—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of the Adjournment. 
House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Piracy. 
Return of the Names of all Officers commanding 
Ships in Her Majesty’s Service in the Jndia or China 
Station engaged in the Suppression of Piracy, within 
the last Ten years, stating whether any such Officer 


.| was wounded or not in such Service. 


Mr. Wi/son presented a Bill to impose additional Excise Duties 

Duties on Spirits in Scotland and Ireland, and to % Spirits Bill, 
alter the countervailing Duties on Spirits, the Manu- No. 454. 
facture of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney or Sark, im- 
ported into Scotland or Ireland, and the Counter- 
vailing Duties and Drawbacks on the removal of 
certain Mixtures and Compounds between Scotland, 
Ireland and England respectively, and to amend the 
Laws relating to the collecting and securing the Du- 
ties of Excise upon Spirits: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
One of the clock on Saturday morning, ad- 
journed till Monday next. 








Lune, 9° die Maii ; 
Anno 16° Victorie Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Rooker’s 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private aon | 
Bills; That in the case of Rooker’s Disabilities Re- “ : 


moval Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from WildmoreFen 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, ee 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- Highways Pill. 
ders in the case of the Petition for additional pro- 
vision in the Wildmore Fen and East and West Fens | 
Highways Bill. . 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 


Oa cn 


2 eres Bi 





Committee on Standing Orders. 
303 Sir 


| 

























470 


Sir Frankland Lewis reported the Kilkenny and 
Great Southern and Western Railway Bill, with 
Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Kilkenny and 
Great Southern 
and Western 
Railway Bill. 


Putlic 
Petitions 
(Forty-seventh 
Report.) 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 6th day of this instant 
May; and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


South Shields 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills have leave to sit and proceed forthwith on 
the Petition for additional provision in the South 
Shields Improvement Bill. 


Portsmouth A Petition of Promoters of the Bill thereinafter 
Railway Bill. mentioned, praying that provision may be made in 
the Portsmouth Railway Bill for the Dissolution of 
“ The Direct London and Portsmouth Railway Com- 
pany, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 

xaminers of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Newport, 


A Petition of the Newport, Abergavenny and 
Abergavenny 


and Hereford Lereford Railway Company, praying that provision 
Railway may be made in the Newport, Abergavenny and 
(Hereford, &amp;c.) mee Railway (Hereford, &amp;c.) Bill, for enabling 
aan. the Company to take Lands for junction with New- 
port and Pontypool, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private 


Bills. 


Manchester 
lmprovement 
Bill. 


Mr. Freshfield reported from the Committee on 
Group W. of Private Bills; That in the case of the 
Manchester Improvement Bill, they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by the recital of the Charter 
giving to Manchester the title of City, in the stead 
of Borough; and found the same, as amended, to 
be true ; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Adel Beck Reservoirs Bill was read the third 
time. 

A Clause (As to appointment of referees and um- 
pire), was thrice read; and added to the Bill. 

Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for x army - maintaining and ren- 
dering more safe, certain Reservoirs on the Adel 
Beck, in the West Riding of the County of York. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Adel Beck 
Reservoirs 
Bill. 


Madras Rail- = The Madras Railway Company Bill was read the 
Bill Company third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Belfast and 
Ballymena 
Railway Bill. 


The Belfast and Ballymena Railway Bill was read 
the third time; and Amendments were made to the 
Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
t» the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Australian 
Agricultural 
Company Bill 


The House proceeded to take into considera- 
tion the Australian Agricultural Company Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Dundee Waterworks Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Dundee 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


9° Maiz. 





A. 1853. 


roceeded to take into consideration Great North. 
ern Railway 
(No. 1) Bill. 


The House 
the Great Northern Railway (No. 1) Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Londonderry 
the Londonderry, Enniskillen and Sligo Railway Enniskillen’ 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. Balen a 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. aes, 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Lough Foyle 
the Lough Foyle and Lough Swilly Drainage and 24 Lough 
Reclamation Bill, as amended in the Committee ; poor 
and an Amendment was made to the Bill. mation Bill, _ 

Ordered, That the Lill be read the third time. 


‘The House proceeded to take into consideration Lough Foyle 
the Lough Foyle and Lough Swilly Railway Bill, as pred ag 
amended in the Committee. wer ta 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Lurton-upon-Trent Improvement (No. 2) Bill Burton upon- 
was read a second time ; and committed. ae 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- (No.2) Bill 
mittee of Selection. 


The Rochdale Improvement (No. 2) Bill was read Rochdale 
a second time ; and committed. (mes) ane 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-* — 
mittee of Selection. 


A Message by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentleman Royal Assent 

Usher of the Black Rod: to Bills. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Commission for declaring Her Royal Assent 
to several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do 
desire the immediate attendance of this Honourable 
House in the House of Peers, to hear the Commis- 
sion read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—- And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her 
Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House of 
Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal 
was read, giving, declaring and notifying the Royal 
Assent to the several Bills therein mentioned; and 
that the Lords, thereby authorized, had declared the 
Royal Assent to the said Bills: Which Bills are as 
follow : 


An Act for redeeming or commuting the Annuity South Sea and 
other Annui- 


payable to the South Sea Company, and certain An- ¢.0'Gommu- 
nuities of Three pounds per centum per annum, and tation Bill. 
for creating New Annuities of Three pounds ten shil- 

lings per centum per annum, and Two pounds ten 

shillings per centum per annum, and issuing Exche- 

quer Bonds : 


An Act for carrying into effect the Engagement -_ Trade 
between Her Majesty and Syed Syfbin Hamood, oti) Bill 
the Chief of Sohar, in Arabia, for the more effectual 
Suppression of the Slave Trade : 

An Act for carrying into effect the Treaty between 
Her Majesty and the Republic of New Granada, for 
the Suppression of the Slave Trade : 

An Act to authorize Advances out of the Consoli- a, 
dated Fund, to discharge Monies borrowed on the (Repayment 
security of the Land Revenues of the Crown, for the out of" the 
purpose of Metropolitan Improvements, and pro- = 
viding for the Payment of such Advances, and of 
certain Monies charged on the London Bridge Ap- 
proaches Fund : 

Law of Evi- 


An Act to alter and amend an Act of the fifteenth dence (Scot 
year of Her present Majesty, for amending the Law jana) Bill 
of Evidence in Scotland : a 

n 


Slave Trade 
(New Granada) 
Bill. 








Office of Exa- 
miner (Court 

of Chancery ) 

Bill. 


Clergy 
Reserves 
(Canada) Bill. 


General Board 
of Health Bill. 


New Forest 
Deer Removal 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


London 
Assurance 
Bill. 


Dudley Gas 
Bill. 


Sunderland 
Gas Bill. 


Bangor Water- 
works Bill. 


Whittle Dean 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Redruth and 
Chasewater 
Railway Bill. 


Bristol Water- 
works Bill. 


Ormskirk 
Gas Bill. 


Carmarthen 
Markets Bill. 


Nottingham 
Gas Bill. 


Devonport 
Gas Bill. 


Preston Gas 
Bill. 


Cork Muni- 
cipal Corpora- 
tion Bill. 


Evesham 
Bridge Bill. 


Norfolk 
Estuary Bill. 


Great Yar- 
mouth Wel- 
lington Pier 
Bill, 





16 Vicrorez. 


An Act for making further Provision for the exe- 
cution of the Office of Examiner of the High Court 
of Chancery : 

An Act to authorize the Legislature of the Pro- 
vince of Canuda to make Provision concerning the 
Clergy Reserves in that Province, and the Proceeds 
thereof : 

An Act to confirm and extend certain Provisional 
Orders of the General Board of Health for the 
Towns of Wakefield, Elland, Wallasey, Dudley, 
Barnsley, Dorchester and Welshpool : 

An Act to amend an Act of the fifteenth year of 
Her present Majesty (New Forest Deer Removal), 
as regards the Publication of Claims and the pre- 
ferring and delivering Objections thereto : 

An Act to consolidate the Stock and Powers of 
the Corporation of “The Zondon Assurance of 
Houses and Goods from Fire,” with the Stock and 
Powers of the Corporation of “The London Assu- 
rance,”’ and to confer on the last-named Corporation 
the Powers of “‘ The London Assurance Loan Com- 
pany,” and to give additional Powers to “ The Lon- 
don Assurance :” 

An Act for lighting with Gas the Town of Dud- 
ley, and the Suburbs thereof: 


An Act to enable the Sunderland Corporation Gas 
Company to raise a further Sum of Money, and to 
amend and enlarge the Provisions of the Act relating 
to such Company : 

An Act for better supplying the Inhabitants of 
Bangor with Water : 


An Act to amend the Act relating to the Whittle 
Dean Water Company, and to enable such Company 
to maintain additional Works, for better supplying 
with Water the Inhabitants of the Boroughs of 
Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Gateshead, and certain 
Places adjacent and near thereto, in the Counties of 
Northumberland and Durham : 

An Act to enable the Redruth and Chasewater 
Railway Company to construct new Works, and for 
other purposes : 

An Act to authorize the Bristol Waterworks Com- 
pany to raise an additional Sum of Money by Loan, 
and for further amending “The Bristol Waterworks 
Act, 1846 :” 

An Act for incorporating the Ormskirk Gas-Light 
Company : 

An Act to enable the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the Borough of Carmarthen to provide and 
maintain a new Cattle Market-place and Slaughter- 


houses, to amend the Act for regulating the existing | 


Markets in the said Borough, and for other pur- 
poses : 

An Act for lighting with Gas the Town of Wot- 
tingham, and certain Parishes and Places adjacent 
thereto : 

An Act for increasing the Capital and extending 
the Powers of the Devonport Gas and Coke Com- 
pany, and for other purposes : 

An Act to repeal the Preston Gas Company’s Act 
passed in the second year of the reign of Queen 
Victoria, and to make other Provisions in lieu 
thereof : 

An Act for the more equal Division of the Bo- 
rough of Cork into Wards, and to provide for the 
better constitution and regulation of the Municipal 
Corporation of the said Borough, and for other pur- 
poses : 

An Act for empowering the Mayor, Aldermen and 
Burgesses of the Borough of Evesham, in the County 
of Worcester, to build and maintain a Bridge over 
the River Avon in the said Borough, and for other 
purposes : 

An Act to amend “The Norfolk Estuary Act, 
1846,” and “The Norfolk Estuary Amendment Act, 
1849 :” 


9° Mazz. 


oni Barrow, one of the selected Members of the 


471 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Hutchinson's 
reading of Hutchinson’s Claim Bill ; Claim Bill. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 
he Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “upon this day six months.” 
And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question—— 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Tinney : Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Cutbill’s 
to dissolve the Marriage of Alfred Richard Cutbill Divorce Bill. 
with Elizabeth his now Wife, and to enable him to 
marry again, and for other purposes therein men- 
tioned ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 





And the Question being put, That the word Hutchinson's 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; Caste Bae. 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Oliveira, ) 48 
Yeas, Mr. Thomas Duncombe: [ ** 
Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 186 
Noes, \ The Earl of Mulgrave : } : 
So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
upon this day six months” be added at the end 
of the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirma- 
tive. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, Vhat the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day six months. 


“ 


Ordered, That Rooker’s Disabilities Removal Bill Rooker’s 


. : Disabilities 
be read a second time. Removal Bill. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Committee on Caledonian 
Group AA. of Railway Bills; That in the case of Railway | 
the Caledonian Railway (Connecting Branch with — mir 
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, &amp;c.} Bill, they Edinburgh 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 274 Glasgow 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same, by striking #4)'"" “*? 
out the recital of the 9 &amp; 10 Vic. c. 329, of the 
10 &amp; 11 Vic. c. 82, and of the 10 &amp; 11 Vie. c. 169, 
and also those portions thereof which relate to the 
Branches which the Promoters had withdrawn from 
the Bill; and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Wrightson reported from the Committee on Private Bills 
Group V. of Private Bills; That at the meeting of (Group V-) 
the Committee this day, a Letter was received from 
Mr. Portman, one of the selected Members of the 
said Committee, stating that he was unable, on ac- 
count of illness, to attend the Committee this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Portman be discharged from 
further attendance on the Committee. 


Ordered, Visat Mr. James Hamilton be discharged Railway Bills 
from further attendance on the Committee on Group (Group AA.) 


A A. of Railway Bills. 











Mr. Baldock reported from the Committee on Private Bills 
'Group R. of Private Bills; That at the meeting of (Group R ) 
'the Committee this day, a Letter was received from 


said Committee, stating that he was unable, on ac- 


An Act for constructing and maintaining a Pier | count of the death of a near relative, to attend the 


at Great Yarmouth, in the County of Norfolk, to be | Committee this day. 


called “ The Great Yarmouth Wellington Pier,” 
VoL. 108. 





Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
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PS SATE I a eee anon 


Veivate Bills 
(Group M.) 


472 


Mr. Wyndham reported from the Committee on 
Group M. of Private Bills; That at the hour named 
for the meeting of the Committee this day, pursuant 
to their adjournment at their last meeting, a Letter 
was received from the medical attendant of Mr. 
Packe, the Chairman of the Committee, stating that, 
in consequence of a dislocation of the shoulder, Mr. 
Packe was incapacitated from further attendance on 
the Committee :—Also, a Letter from Mr. Salisbury 
Butler, another Member of the Committee, stating 
that, in consequence of a sudden and severe domestic 
affliction, he was unable to attend for some time to 
come :—And, further, an intimation from Mr. Floyer, 
another Member of the Committee, that he was de- 
tained by business in the country. Under these 
circumstances, a quorum not being present, the 
Committee was unable to proceed with the consi- 
deration of the Bill before them; and the Members 
present have agreed to recommend to the House, to 
give leave to the Committee to sit and proceed on 
Tuesday the 24th instant, at Twelve o'clock, with 
four Members, so far as regards the Halifax Wa- 


9° Mair. 


A. 1858. 


Answers and Returns made pursuant to an Ad- 
dress of the House of Commons, dated the 24th 
day of May 1833, with the estimated Population 
for the month of May 1833, distinguishing In- 
fant Schools and Daily Schools, with the Numbers 
of their Scholars respectively, and the Sources of 
Maintenance of the Infant and Daily Schools and 
of the Sunday Schools, and the Number of Children 
in each Class of Schools of which the Maintenance 
is specified :—And, Comparative View of the Num- 
ber of Day Schools and Sunday Schools, and of the 
Number of Day Scholars and Sunday Scholars in 
England and Wales, in the years 1818, 1833 and 
1851, with the Populations of those years respec- 
tively, and the Proportions which the Day Scholars 
and Sunday Scholars respectively bore to the Popu- 
lation in each of those years. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 
as are of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy 
Council. 


terworks Bill, the Clauses of which are now under 
their consideration. 
Orilered, That the Committee be revived :—And 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Highways 


an Account of the Admeasurement of the Public (Melton 
Mowbray.) 


Harwich Writ. 


Schools. 


that they have leave to sit and proceed upon Tuesday 
the 24th day of this instant May. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Z/arwich, in the room 
of George Montagu Warren Peacocke, Esquire, whose 
Election has been determined to be void :—And a 
Debate arising thereupon ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Aglionby, 

Yeas, L Mr. Divett: 

Tellers for the ¢ Sir John Tyrell, 

Noes, | Lord George Manners: 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Debate be adjourned till this day 
fortnight ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ this day fort- 
night,” and adding the words “* Friday next” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
“this day fortnight” stand part of the Question :— 
The said proposed Amendment was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
day fortnight. 


177. 


116. 


\ 
J 
1 
J 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 


Highways in each Parish in the Melton Mowbray 
Petty Sessions Division, in the County of Leicester, 
with an Account of the Expenditure for the year 
ending the 25th day of March 1853; and that 
Messrs. Oldham and Campion, the Magistrates’ 
Clerks for the said Division, be directed to furnish 
| the same. 





Number of Members of the House of Commons who 
served on Select Committees ; the Number of Mem- 
bers who served on no Select Committee at all; the 
Number of Committees to which each Member was 
appointed ; the Number of Days on which each 
Committee met; and the Number of Days on which 
each Member attended such Committee. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return, showing for each of the Colonies 
which have Convict Establishments, the Name of 
each Clergyman or other Religious Instructor re- 
ceiving a Salary or Allowance; the Religious De- 
nomination to which he belongs; the Office or Ser- 
vice in virtue of which his Salary or Allowance is 
paid ; and the Number, in each of the above-men- 
tioned Colonies, of the Convicts of each Religious 
Denomination ; and the Amount of Salary or Allow- 
ance paid to each such Clergyman or Religious In- 
structor. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 
as are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy 
Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Select 
Return showing, for the Session of 1852, the Total Committees. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Colonies. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Charitable Charitable 
Bequests.(Zreland), which was presented upon the — 
4th day of April last, be printed. ( Me. ) 

0. 455. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Quarantine, Quarantine. 
which was presented upon the 5th day of this instant No, 456. 
May, be printed. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Day Schools and Sunday 
Schools, and of the Number of Day Scholars and 
Sunday Scholars, in Eng/and and Wales, in the year 
1818, according to the Parochial Returns made to 
the Select Committee appointed to inquire into the 
Education of the Poor, Session 1818, with the esti- 
mated Population for the month of May 1818; dis- 
t.nguishing Endowed and Unendowed Day Schools, 
and also the New Schools, Dames’ Schools and Or- 
dinary Schools, with the Numbers of Children taught | 
therein respectively ; and also stating the Number of 
Children educated gratuitously, and those who paid 
for their Instruction:—Of the Number of Day 
Schools and Sunday Schools, and of the Number of 
Day Scholars and Sunday Scholars, in England 
and Wales, in the year 1833, according to the 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Quarantine, Quarantine- 
which was presented upon the 6th day of this instant No, 457. 
May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Timber, which Timber. 
was presented upon the 6th day of this instant May, No. 458. 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Probate Probate Duty. 
Duty, which was presented upon the 6th day of this No, 459. 
instant May, be printed. 





Ordered, 





Customs. 
No. 460, 


Sugar, &amp;c. 
No. 461. 


Traffic with 
France. 


No. 462. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
(Ireland. ) 


Bills for 
Murder (Ire- 
land), &amp;c. 


County 
Treasurers 
(Ireland.) 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland. ) 


South Shields 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Leave of 
Absence, 


New Ross 
Election. 


No. 463, 





16 Vicrort2Z. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Customs, 
which was presented upon the 6th day of this instant 
May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Sugar, &amp;c., 
which was presented upon the 6th day of this instant 
May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Traffic with 
France, which were presented upon the 5th and 7th 
days of April last, be printed. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented,— Return to an Order, 
dated the 15th day of March last, for Returns with 
respect to all Towns in Jreland which were included 
in Schedules G. H. and I. of the Jrish Municipal 
Corporations Act, 3 &amp; 4 Vic. c. 108, and also all 
other Towns not so included, but possessing Town 
Commissioners under the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 82; 
stating the Income and Expenditure of the Town 
Commissioners, under the several Heads, pursuant 
to the Act 3 &amp; 4 Vic. ¢. 108, s. 137, for the year 
1852; where the ‘Town possesses no Property or 
Income, stating the fact; and, where the Presents 
of the former Corporation has been transferred to 
“ Municipal Commissioners,” or to the Board of 
Guardians, under the Act 3 &amp; 4 Vie. c. 108, s. 15, 
16, 18 and 19, stating the Amount so transferred, 
and now vested in such “ Municipal Commissioners,” 
or Guardians of the Poor :—And, with respect to 
all Towns under the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 82, stating 
the Number of Town Commissioners in each, the 
Date of the last Election of the Town Commis- 
sioners, and whether or not a Poll was taken at such 
Election; the Number, Designations and Salaries 
of all Officers and Servants of the Town Commis- 
sioners in each Town; whether or not an extraor- 
dinary Rate has ever been levied under the Power 
given by the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 82, s. 45; and the 
‘umber of Persons in each such Town occupying 
Houses valued to the Poor Rate at £.5, £.8, and 
£.20 respectively. 

Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of March 
last, for a Return of the Number of Cases in which 
Bills for Murder or Manslaughter against Police, 
Yeomen, or Military, have been presented to Grand 
Juries in Jreland, smce the year 1820; specifying, 
in each case, whether the Bill was found true or 
ignored; and also specifying the Locality in which 
the loss of Life took place, and the Number of Per- 
sons killed; and also whether the Parties against 
whom Bills have been found have been convicted or 
— by the Petty Jury. 

Mr. Fitzroy also presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of several Acts of Parliament,—An Account 
in Charge and Discharge of Fees received by the 
Registrar of ‘Treasurers’ Accounts and Receiver of 
Fee Fund in Jreland, for the year ended 25th 
March 1853. 

A Return of the Expenditure on the Relief of the 
Poor in each Union in Jreland, for the year ended 
29th September 1852 ; and of the Total Number of 
Persons relieved in and out of the Workhouse in 
each Union during the same Period. 

- — That the said Papers do lie upon the | 
able. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for additional pro- 
vision in the South Shields Improvement Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Ordered, That Mr. Octavius Duncombe have leave 
of absence for six weeks, on account of illness in 
his family. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Select Committee on the Wew Ross Elec- 
tion Petition be printed. 


9° Maiz. 
Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Harwich 
before the Select Committee on the Harwich Elec- Election. 








VoL, 108. 


473 


tion Petition be laid before this House. 


Mr. Secretary-at-War presented,—Return to an Dowie’s 
Order, dated the 11th day of April last, for Copies Patent Boots. 


of Correspondence on the Subject of Dowie’s Patent 
Boots, which has passed between the Authorities of 
the Horse Guards and other Military Authorities, 
and the Patentee James Dowie (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 170, of Session 1852). 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Ways and 


into the Committee of Ways and Means. 


(In the Committee.) 


Question again proposed, That it is the opinion Income Tax. 


of this Committee, that, towards raising the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, there shall be raised an- 
nually during the terms hereinafter limited, the 
several Rates and Duties following (that is to 


say) : 


For and in respect of the property in any | 
lands, tenements or hereditaments in the | 
United Kingdom, and for and ia respect of 
every annuity, pension or stipend, payable 
by Her Majesty or out of the Public Revenue 
of the United Kingdom ; and for and in re- 
spect of all interest of money, annuities, divi- | 
dends and shares of annuities payable to any | 
person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, 
companies or societies, whether corporate or 
not corporate ; and for and in respect of the 
annual profits or gains arising or accruing to 
any foo or persons whatever, resident in | 
the United Kingdom, from any kind of pro- 

erty whatever, whether situate in the United 

ingdom or elsewhere, or from any annui- 
ties, allowances or stipends, or from any pro- 
fession, trade or vocation, whether the same 
shall be respectively exercised in the United 
Kingdom or sbambens and for and in re- 
spect of the annual profits or gains arising or 
accruing to any person or persons not resi- 
dent within the United Kingdom from any 
property whatever in the United Kingdom, 
or from any trade, profession or vocation, 
exercised in the United Kingdom ; for every 
Twenty shillings of the aunual value or 
amount thereof— | £. 8. 


For two years from April 5, 1853 at 

And for two years from April 5, 1855 - 

And for three yearsfrom April 5,1857-| -— — 

And that on April 5, 1860, except as to 
the collection of monies then due, the 
said Rates and Duties shall cease and | 
determine. 





oan &amp; 


And for and in respect of the occupation | 
of such lands, tenements or hereditaments | 
(other than a dwelling-house occupied by a | 
tenant distinct from a farm of lands), for 
every Twenty shillings of the annual value 
thereof, one moiety of each of the said sums 
of 7d., 6d. and 5d., for the above-named | 
times respectively. 


Another Amendment proposed : After the words 
“ for every ‘I'wenty shillings of the annual value or 
amount thereof,’ to insert the words “ such an- 
nual value of any lands, tenements or heredita- 
“ ments, being the net annual value thereof, after 
due allowance made for repairs, insurance and 
“ management.” 

Question put, That those words be there in- 
serted ; 

The Committee divided. 


a 
n 


Tellers for the f Viscount Mandeville, te 9 
Yeas, (Colonel Taylor : _ 

Tellers for the ; Mr. Hayter, love 
Noes, |The Earl of Mulgrave: Fach 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





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Exchequer 
Bills Bill. 


Sales of 
Bullion Bill. 


Excise Duties 
on Spirits Bill. 


Hackney 
Carriages 
(Metropolis) 
Bill. 


No. 464. 


Places of Reli- 
gious Worship 
Registration 
Bill. 


Courts of 
Common Law 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Copyholds 
Bill. 


London and 
Edinburgh 
Gazettes Bil. 


Merchant 
Shipping Bill. 


Customs, &amp;c. 
Acts. 


474 9°—10° Mazz. A. 1853. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 10° die Maiti, 1853: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the matter to them referred; and that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Exchequer Bills Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day, at half after Four o'clock. 


The Sales of Bullion Bill was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Excise Duties on Spirits Bill ; 

Orde: ed, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Hackney Carriages (Me- 
tropolis) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Thursday the 19th 
day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Places of Religious Worship Regis- 
tration Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Courts of Common Law (J/reland) 
Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 8th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for tie Com- 
mittee on the Copyholds Bill ; 

Resolved, That this Heuse will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the London and Edinburgh Gazettes 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Merchant Shipping Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 
mittee on the Customs, &amp;c. Acts ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. | Tweed Election Petition be laid before this House. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, '\ hat this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself Taxing Officer, 
into a Committee on the Taxing Officer, Common pisinees Law 
Law Business (Ireland) Bill. (Ireland) Bill, 


(In the Committee.) No. 465, 


Preamble postponed. 


Crauses, N° 1 to N° 8, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Schedule amended, and agreed to. 

Preamble amended, and agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Wednesday 
the 8th day of June next ; and be printed. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Expenses of 
for further diminishing the Expenses of Elections of #!ections. 
Members to serve in Parliament: And that Mr. 

Craven Berkeley and Mr. Mullings do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Tynemouth 

to Her Majesty, as followeth :— Election. 
Most Gracious Sovereign, 

We, Your Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal sub- 
jects, the 
Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Ireland, in Parliament assembled, beg leave 
humbly to represent to Your Majesty, That a Select 
Committee of the House of Commons appointed to 
try a Petition, complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the Borough of Tynemouth, have re- 
ported to the House, that there is reason to believe 
that corrupt practices have extensively prevailed at 
the last Election for the said Borough of Tyne- 
mouth, 

We therefore humbly pray Your Majesty, that 
Your Majesty will be graciously pleased to cause 
inquiry to be made, pursuant to the Provisions of 
the Act of Parliament passed in the sixteenth year 
of the reign of Your Majesty, intituled, “ An Act to 
provide for more Effectual Inquiry into the Existence 
of Corrupt Practices at Elections for Members to 
serve in Pasdiement,” by the appointment of Henry 
Davison, Esquire, James Vaughan, Esquire, and 
John Hurrell, Esquire, as Commissioners, for the 
purpose of making inquiry into the existence of such 
corrupt practices. 

Resolved, ‘Vhat the said Address be communicated 
to the Lords, at a Conference, and their concurrence 
desired thereto. 

Ordered, That a Conference be desired with the 
Lords upon the subject-matter of an Address to be 
presented to Her Majesty, under the Provisions of 
the Act of the 15th &amp; 16th of Her present Majesty, 
e.57: And that Sir Benjamin Hall do go to the 
Lords, and desire the said Conference. 


Ordered, That no new Writ be issued for the Tynemouth 
Borough of Tynemouth before the 2d day of June Wt. 
next. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Berwick- 
to inquire into the circumstances attending the pro- —— 
secution of the Petition against the last Return for petition. 


the Borough of Berwick-upon- Tweed. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Berwick- 


S : ‘ole _ upon Tweed 
before the Select Committee on the Berwick-upon- Wri. 


Ordered, That the Standing Committee on Venti- Ventilation 
lation and Lighting of the House do report whether pr he ag 
they have been consulted in respect of the present 
arrangements fur Lighting and Ventilation, or in 

respect 





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16 Victoriz. 





9°—10° Maii. 475 


were twice read, and, with an Amendment to one of 
them, agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the j meres made by their 


respect of any alterations in the mode of hghting 
and ventilating the House which have been effected 
since their appointment, and whether they have ap- 
proved of them. 


Sale, &amp;c. of The Order for reading a second time, — Wed-| Lordships, with an Amendment; to which Amend- 
ant nesday next, the Sale, &amp;c. of Lands (Jre/and) Bill,| ment this House doth desire the concurrence of their 


was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 8th day of June next. 


Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Cambridge 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Cam- University 
bridge University and Town Waterworks Bill; and W470", 
diminishing the Expenses of Elections of Members| the same were twice read, and agreed to. Bill. 
to serve in Parliament: And the same was read the; Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
upon Friday next; and to be printed. jhath agreed to the Amendments made by their 


And then the House, having continued to sit till Lordships. 


Two of the clock on Tuesday morning, ad-| The House proceeded to take into consideration Cardiff 
journed till this day. | the Amendments made by the Lords to the Cardiff Waterworks 
—— | Waterworks Bill; and the same were twice read, =. 
‘and agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
‘hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 





Expenses of 
Elections Bill. 


No. 466, 


Mr. Craven Berkeley presented a Bill for further 








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Martis, 10° die Maiti; 


Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1853. 





| ; 
PRAYERS. a | 
London, R. Moody reported from the Committee on| Ordered, That the Amendments le br thet I 
ee ons M 3 . nw | rdered, That the Amendments made by the Liverpool 
South chon 4 Group E E. of Railway Bills ; That in the case Lords to the Liverpool Borough Court Bill be taken Borough 
Railway Bill. of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Bill, | jnto consideration To-morrow. Court Bill. 
they had examined the allegations contained in the | 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by | The House proceeded to take into consideration sheffield 
introducing a recital stating the interest of the South | the Amendments made by the Lords to the Sheffield Waterworks 
Eastern Railway Company in the Approach proposed | Waterworks Bill; and the same were twice read, 
to be altered under the authority of the Bill; and‘ and agreed to. 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had) Qrdered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments ' to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
thereunto. ; |hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | Lordships. 
and be printed. ; 
= ; The House proceeded to take into consideration Stockport 
a, Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Pri- the Amendments made by the Lords to the Stockport Improvement 
pr jt | vate Bills have leave to sit and proceed forthwith Improvement Bill; and the same were twice read, 
ilway on the Petition for additional provision in the New-| and agreed to. 
ean.) port, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway (Hereford,| Ordered, That Mr. Kershaw do carry the Bill 
ns &amp;e.) Bill. to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
: - _ | hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Railway Bill Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Pri-| Lordships. 
liwa, . 


vate Bills have leave to sit and proceed To-morrow 
on the Petition for additional provision in the Ports- 


I Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Wakefield 
mouth Railway Bill. 


Lords to the Wakefield Soke Mills Bill be taken into Soke Mills 


consideration To-morrow. 


South Eastern A Petition of the South Eastern Railway Com- 


candidates for the office of a Director and Auditor of 
the said Company of their intention to offer them- 
selves for election, and with respect to the giving of 
Notices by the Directors of such Company of vacan- 
cies in their body, and of the office of Auditor to be 
filled up at general meetings, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


a (Cae any, praying that provision may be made in the} The Severn Navigation Bill was read the third time. Severn Navi- 
Whitstable, South Eastern Railway (Canterbury and Whitstable,| Resolved, That the Bill do pass. gation Bill 
&amp;e.) Bill. &amp;e.) Bill, with respect to the giving of Notices by| Ordered, That Mr. Spooner do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Darenth 
the Darenth Valley Railway Bill, as amended in the Valley Rail- 
Committee. way Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Edinburgh 


the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill, as amended 24 Glusgow 
in the Committee. Raltway OU. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Midland Railway (Leicester Midland 


in the Private Bill Office against the Wexford Junc- 
tion Railway Bill be referred to tle Committee on — . 7 r 
y and Hitchin) Bill, as amended in the Committee, be Railway 
7 - pee (Leicester and 
taken into consideration To-morrow. 


the Bill. 
* ‘ ; Hitchin) Bill. i 
The Select Committee on the Brecon Collegiate \ 











Wexford 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Ordered, That Standing Order 166 be suspended ; 
and that all the Petitions which have been deposited 


Brecon 
Collegiate 





Church Bill was nominated of Mr. Goulburn, Sir 
Joseph Bailey, Mr. C. Rodney Morgan, Sir Benja- 
min Hall, Mr. Gwyn, and five Members to be added 
by the Committee of Selection. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Brighton, 
Hove and Preston Waterworks Bill; and the same 
VoL. 108. | 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Monkland_ 
the Monkland Railways Bill, as amended in the Railways Bill. 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Norwich and 
the Worwich and Spalding Railway Bill, as amended Sp#lding 
‘ P ° Railway Bill. 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 








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Portadown and 
Dungannon 
Railway Bill. 


ThamesHaven 
Dock and 
Railway Bill. 


York Drainage 
and Sanitary 
Improvement 
andFoss Navi- 
gation Bill. 


Whittlebury 
Forest Bill. 


North British 
Railway Bill. 


Bradford 
Corporation 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Bradford 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill, 


Alston Roads 
Bill. 


76 
The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Portadown and Dungannon Railway Bill, as 


amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Thames Haven Dock and Railway Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, ‘Yhat the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the York Drainage and Sanitary 


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A. 1853. 


be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





Improvement and Foss Navigation Bill, as amended | 
in the Committee, be taken into consideration upon | 
Thursday next. 


reading of the Whitilebury Forest Bill; 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read a second time ; 

Mr. Cardwell, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Hcuse, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as faras Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think 
fit. 

Then the Bill was read a second time ; and com- 
mitted to a Select Committee. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Committee on Group 
A A. of Railway Bills; That in the case of the 
North British Railway Bill, they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
amended the same, by omitting therefrom ‘so much 
as related to the stoppage of the public carriage- 
road or thoroughfare referred to, and by* reciting 
more fully the arrangement proposed for raising the 
money required for the purposes of the Bill; and 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Sir John Duckworth reported from the Committee 
on Group T. of Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Bradford Corporation Waterworks Bill, they 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, but the same had not been proved 
te their satisfaction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Duckworth reported from the Committee 
on Group T. of Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Bradford Waterworks Bill, they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, but the same had not been proved to their 
satisfaction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, To-morrow, on the Municipal Corpora- 
tions Act Amendment Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 25th day of this instant May, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


Colonel Pennant reported from the Committee 
on Group 8. of Private Bills; That in the case 
of tae Alston Roads Bill, they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by striking out that part 
thereof which referred to certain Parishes con- 


tributing to the repair of the roads, until the por- | 


tions of the roads within the said Parishes were 
completed, and by striking out that part which re- 
ferred to the arrears of interest, as the Committee 
was of opinion that all such arrears should be 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on 


the Ludlow Cattle-market and Slaughter-houses Bill ; 
| That they had examined the allegations contained in ; 


The Order of the day being read, for the second | 


the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, 
by striking out the words “ the persons hereinafter 
“named,” and inserting “ the Corporationof Ludlow,” 
it appearing by the provisions of the Bill, that they 
were the Parties who are to carry the Undertaking 
into effect; and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


2 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Poulnasherry Inclosure 
Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the 
Aberdeen Railway Bill; That they had examined the 
'allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and, in order to make the same agree with the addi- 
tional provisions made in the Bill in pursuance of 
the leave given to the Committee by the Order of 
the House, had amended the same, by striking out 
“ Forty-one ” in the twelfth paragraph thereof, and 
by inserting “ One hundred” in lieu thereof; by 
striking out the word “ Four” and the words 
“ Sixty-one” in the thirteenth paragraph, and by 
inserting the word “ Five” and the word “ Twenty” 
in lieu thereof respectively ; and by striking out, in 
the fifteenth paragraph, p. 6, 1. 20, the words “ East 
“end of Mary-Well-street,” and inserting in lieu 
thereof the words “ Wellington Bridge Road, oppo- 
“site the South end of Crown-street ;’ and by 
adding to the same paragraph the words “ and that 
“ the South side of Guild-street next the said sta- 
“ tion should be widened ;” and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 





Mr. Bouverie reported the Tralee and Killarney 
Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table 
aud be printed. 


? 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on 
the Bedale and Leyburn Railway Bill; That they 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same, by omitting 
the words ‘‘ the Queen,” and substituting the words 
'“ Her present Majesty ;’’ and found the same, as 
/aimended, to be true; and had gone through the 

Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; and had 
inserted provisions in the Bill for enforcing the com- 
_pletion of the Railway within the prescribed period 





the House of the 15th April. 
Ordered, Vhat the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
| and be printed. 





pany, praying that provision may be made in the 
‘South Eastern Railway (Strood to Maidstone) Bill 
for making the Railway between certain points, ac 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Chorley tm. 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, provement 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for additional pro- 
vision in the Chorley Improvement Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


LudlowCattle- 
arket and 
aughter- 
ouses Bill. 


Poulnasherry 
Inclosure Bill, 


Aberdeen 
Railway Bill. 


Tralee and 
Killarney _ 
Railway Bill. 


Bedale and 
Leyburn 
Railway Bill. 


limited by the Bill, pursuant to the Resolution of 


A Petition of the South Eastern Railway Com- south Eastern 


Railway 
(Strood to 


&gt; Maidstone) 
~ Bill. 


extinguished ; and found the same, as amended, to| cording to an altered course shown on Plans depo- 


sited 
































































South Eastern 
Railway. 


Harwich 
Election. 
No. 467. 


Berwick- 
upon-Tweed 
Election. 


Butter. 


Dovor 
Harbour. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 468. 


Dowie’s 
Patent Boots, 
No. 469. 


Great Extra- 
mural Ceme- 
tery Associa- 
tion Bill, 





16 Vicrori2z. 


sited in the month of May 1853, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


Mr. Cardwell presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 19th day of April last, for Copies of any 
Statement or Statements containing the “specific 
Guarantees or pone mentioned in page 10 
of the Report of the Commissioners of: Railways, 
dated the 13th day of February 1845, as being 
“offered by the South Eastern Railway Company 
as Securities against the apprehended effects of 
Monopoly, and as Inducements to the Legislature to 
give their Schemes a preference :’—And, of two or 
more Statements submitted to the Commissioners of 
Railways by the South Eastern Railway Company 
in May and June 1847, with reference to the Order 
of the House of Lords, dated the 28th day of May 
1847 ; with a Copy of the Special Report of the 
Railway Commissioners thereupon, dated the 18th 
day of June 1847. 

turn to an Order, dated the 25th day of April 
last, for Copy of a Letter addressed by the Secretary 
of the South Eastern Railway Company to the 
Commissioners of Railways, on the 13th day of 
November 1847, on the subject of the Completion 
of the Kentish System of Railways. 
‘ Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 

able. 


The following Papers, pursuant to Orders, were 
laid upon the Table by the Clerk of the House,— 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select 
Committee on the Harwich Election Petition. 

Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select 
Committee on the Berwick-upon-Tweed Election 
Petition. 

The following Paper was also laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 18th day of March last, for a Return of 
the Quantity of Foreign Butter destroyed in Bond 
in different Ports of the United Kingdom in each 
year since the year 1844, with the Dates of the 


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477 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Glasgow 


Copy of the Report of the Inspector appointed by — 


the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty under 
the Preliminary Inquiries Act, 14 &amp; 15 Vic. c. 49, 
in the case of the Glasgow Waterworks Bill, to- 
gether with the Evidence taken by the Inspector. 


Mr. Aglionby, from the Select Committee ap- Plymouth 


pointed to try and determine the matter of the Pe- 
titions of Electors, complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the Borough of Plymouth, informed 
the House, That the Committee had determined, 

That Robert Porrett Collier, Esquire, is duly 
elected a Burgess to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the Borough of Plymouth. 

That Charles John Mare, Esquire, is not duly 
elected a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament 
for the Borough of Plymouth. 

That the last Election for the said Borough, so 
far as regards the Return of the said Charles John 
Mare, Esquire, is a void Election. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Mr. Aglionby further informed the House, That 
the Committee had agreed to the following Resolu- 
tions : 

1. That it was proved to the Committee, That the 
said Charles John Mare, Esquire, was, by himself 
and his agents, guilty of bribery at the last Election 
for the said Borough, by promising erhployment and 
situations to Electors of the said Borough, with a 
view to influence their votes. 

2. That it was proved to the Committee, That 
George Knapman was bribed by the said Charles 
John Mare, Esquire, and by Joseph George Church- 
ward, by the promise to use their influence to obtain 
a situation in the Excise. 

3. That Robert Sheers was bribed by the said 
Joseph George Churchward, by the promise of a 
situation in the Customs for his son-in-law, William 
Henry Bramadge. 

4. That William King was bribed by the said 
Joseph George Churchward, by the promise of em- 

loyment. 


several Periods at which such Destruction took | P!Oy 


place, and the Quantity destroyed at each Period 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 185, of 
Session 1845). 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of 
an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—An Account of Re- 
ceipts and Expenditure by the Honourable Warden 
and Assistants of the Harbour of Dovor, in the 
County of Kent, from the 10th day of October 1851, 
to the 10th day of October 1852. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Select Committee on the Harwich Elec- 
tion Petition be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Poor Re- 


lief (Ireland), which was presented upon the 9th day | 


of this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Dowie’s Pa- 
tent Boots, which was presented upon the 9th day 
of this instant May, be printed. 


Mr. William Evans reported from the Committee 
on Group Q. of Private Bills ; That in the case of the 
Great Extra-mural Cemetery Association Bill, they 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same, by in- 
serting, that the Establishment of the Cemetery to be 
authorized by the Bill had, in pursuance of the Me- 
tropolitan Burials Act, 15 &amp; 16 Vic. c. 85, received 
the approval of one of Her Majesty’s Principal Se- 
cretaries of State; and found the same, as amended, 


to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made | 


Amendments thereunto. 


VoL, 198, 


5. That William Geach, being an Elector of the 
said Borough, was promised employment for his 
son by the said Charles John Mare, Esquire, while 
the said Charles John Mare, Esquire, was a Candi- 
date for the said Borough. 

6. That an attempt was made by George Mennie 
and Nicholas Sumpter to influence the vote of 
Samuel Derry Lewis Medlen, by an offer of an ap- 
pointment for his son if he would give a vote to the 
said Charles John Mare, Esquire, and that the 
offer so made was communicated to, and adopted 
by, the said Charles John Mare, Esquire. 

7. That on the second day of the sitting of this 
Committee, the said Charles John Mare, Esquire, 
by his Counsel, declared that he should no longer 
defend his seat. 

8. That the Counsel for the Petitioners, upon that, 


| did not proceed with the Evidence. 


9. That the reason alleged by Counsel for taking 
this course a to this Committee to be suffi- 
cient to justify it. 

10. That there has been submitted to this Com- 
mittee a list containing the names of 29 Electors of 
the said Borough, who are alleged to have been 
bribed at the last Election for the said Borough, by 
promises of employment and situations, of which 
list only five cases have been investigated ; and also 
a list of persons who are charged with having made 
the said promises. 











11. That, considering the nature and extent of the 
above allegations, this Committee thinks it their 
duty to recommend that further inquiry and inves- 
tigation shall be made regarding the bribery at the 
said Election, in the manner prescribed by the 
5 &amp; 6 Vic. c. 102, s. 2. 








Ordered, Vhat the Report do lie upon the Table. | 


12. That this Committee does not see sufficient 
3P3 reason 


Election. 


No. 470. 





ee ee 





Abergavenny one of the Examiners of Petitions for 


478 


reason to offer any recommendation with regard to 
the suspension of the issue of a new Writ for the 
said Borough. 

13. That in the case of the Petition against the 
Return of Charles John Mare, Esquire, the Com- 
mittee are of opinion that the opposition to the said 
Petition was not frivolous or vexatious. 

14. That in the ease of the Petition against the 
Return of Robert Porrett Collier, Esquire, the said 
Petition was frivolous and vexatious. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before the Committee be laid before this 
House. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for additional pro- 
vision in the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford 
Railway (Hereford, &amp;c.) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 


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lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


A. 1853. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Tinney : Message from 
Mr. ‘Speaker, the Lords, 
The Lords have agreed to the Lowestoft Water, Lowestott 
Gas and Market Bill, without any Amendment : — Gas 
And also, eee 


The Lords have 
Junction Railway Bill, without any Amendment : Belfast June. 
And also tion Railway 
3 Bill. 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Registration 
for the Registration of Assurances im England; to oa renee 
which the Lords desire the concurrence vf ‘this House : ~ 
—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


_— to the Dublin and Belfast Dublin ana 


Mr. Osborne presented, by Her Majesty's Com- Local Acts, 
mand,— Further Reports from the Admiralty relative No, 19). 
to Applications for Local Acts. 

Mr. Osborne also presented,—Return to an Order, Holyhead ana 
dated the 11th day of March last, for a Ketarn of Kingstown 
the Names of the Vessels belonging to the City of ©" 
Dublin Steam Packet Company, conveying the Mails 
from Holyhead to Kingstown, the Date of each Ves- 
sel’s Sailing from Holyhead to Kingstown and Kings- 


Westbury- | town to Holyhead, and the Name of the Officer in 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


Returns showing the Amount of Money expended | 
for the In-maintenance and Out-door Relief of Pau- | 
pers who, but for the Statutes 9 &amp; 10 Vic. c. 66, and | 


11 &amp; 12 Vie. c. 110, would have been chargeable to | 


the Township of East Dean in the Westbury-on- | 
Severn Union, during the half-years ended the 25th | 
day of March 1850, the 29th day of September 
1851, the 25th day of March 1852, and the 29th 
day of September 1852, and who have been charged | 
during those half-years to the Common Fund of | 
that Union :—Showing the Amount of Money ex- | 
— for the In-maintenance and Out-relief of the | 

aupers during the half-years ended the 29th day | 
of September 1850, the 25th day of March 1851, | 
the 29th day of September 1851, the 25th day of 
March 1852, and the 29th day of September 1852, 
and charged to the said Township and the Common 
Fund of the Union respectively during those half- 
years :—And, Copy of a Letter addressed to the 
Poor Law Board by the Board of Guardians of the 
Westbury-on-Severn Union, and dated the 31st day | 
of March 1850, on the subject of the Chargeability | 
of the Relief of one John Ferris and his Family ; | 
and of a Letter of the Poor Law Board, dated the 
30th day of January 1851, in answer thereto. 





Charge, from the 1st day of March 1852 to the Ist 
day of March 1853. 

Return to an Order, dated the 5th day of this in- Lyme Regis 
stant May, for Copies of any Correspondence which Borough. 
may have taken place shortly previous to the last No. 471. 
general Election, between the Authorities of the Ad- 
miralty, and the Mayor or other Persons of the Bo- 
rough of Lyme Regis, concerning a proposed Outlay 
of Public Money for the Improvement of the Port 
of that Borough :—And, of any Report or Account 
of the Proceedmgs of the Commission, stated to 
have been sent to Lyme Regis, to inquire into the 


_ expediency of such outlay. 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


|Table ; and that the Papers relative to Local Acts ; 


and, Lyme Regis Borough, be printed. 


been with Tynemouth 
the Lords to desire a Conference upon the subject- Election. 
matter of an Address to be presented to Her Ma- 
jesty, under the Provisions of the Act of the 15th 
&amp; 16th of Her present Majesty, c. 57, the Lords 
agree to a Conference, and appoint the same im- 
mediately in the Pamted Chamber. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to 


Sir Benjamin Hall —— That, a. 


/manage the Conference :—And a Committee was 
a | #ppointed of Sir Benjamin Hall, Lord John Russell, 


Public Income 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
and Expen- 


Return of the Net Income and Expenditure of the 
United Kingdom, for the several years ending the 
5th day of April 1842, 1843, 1844, 1845, 1846, 1847, 
1848, 1849, 1850, 1851, 1852 and 1843 respectively 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 58, of 
Session 1852-3). 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of all Correspondence with Her Ma- 











jesty’s Government, relative to the Proceedings in 
Scire Facias, instituted by Sir James Brooke, for the | 
sa ree of annulling the Charter of the Eastern | 
Archipelago Company. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


The Exchequer Bills Bill was, according to Order, 
read the third time. : 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for raising the Sum of Seventeen 
millions seven hundred and forty-two thousand five 
hundred pounds by Exchequer Bills, for the Service 
of the year One thousand eight hundred and Fifty- 
three. ; 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


mentary Representation ;—University of London ; 





| Mr. Disraeli, Mr.Secretary-at-War, Lord John Man- 


ners, Mr. Solicitor General, Sir FitzRoy Kelly, Sir 
James Graham, Marquis of Chandos, Sir William 
Molesworth, Mr. Tufnell and Mr. Brothertoin. 

Then the Names of the Managers were called 
over ; and they went to the Conference :—And being 
returned ; 

Sir Benjamin Hall reported, That the Managers 
had been at the Conference, which was managed on 
the part of the Lords by the Lord Privy Seal ; and 
that they had acquainted their Lordships that the 
Commons had agreed to an Address to be presented 
to Her Majesty, under the Provisions of the Act of 
the 15th &amp; 16th of Her present Majesty, c. 57, to 
which they desired the concurrence of their Lord- 
ships; and that they had left the said Address with 
their Lordships. 


Petitions relating to Ecclesiastical Courts ;—Aus- Public 
tralian Colonies (Transportation) ;—Convicted Pri- Petitions. 
soners (Scotland) ;—Education Bill ;—Ocean Penny vide Forty- 


Postage ;— Mr. P. J. Wilson ; —- Ballot ;— Parlia- eighth and 
_— Forty-nintl: 


Church Rates;—Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ;— Mar- — 


riage ;— Maynooth College Act ;— Nunneries ;—Uni- 
versities (Scotland) ;— Universities (Scotland) Bill ; 
—Advertisements ;—Articles of Clerkship ;—Attor- 
neys’ Certificates ;— Conveyancers’ Certificates ;— 
Excise Licenses ; — Famine Advances (Zreland) ;— 

Paper, 








&gt; from 
1s, 


ft 


tket 


and 
June. 
lway 


tion 
ances 


ots, 
91, 


d and 


71. 


th 


Recovery of 
Personal 
Liberty. 


Transfer of 
Land (Ire- 
land. ) 


Adulteration 
of Tea, &amp;e. 


No. 472. 


Barnstaple 
Election. 


16 Vicrori2z. 


Paper, Newspaper Stemps and Advertisements ;— 
Property. and Income Tax ;—Repayment. of Ad- 
vances (Iveland) ;-~~ Arbitration; in Retailers 
(Chatham); —Burdens ow Land;—Combination of 
Workmen, Biil;—-Larceny ;—Medical Profession ;— 
Merchant, Shipping Bill ;—Parochial Schools ( Scot- 
land);— Pauper Lunatics (Scotland); — Pilotage 
Bill ;— Poor Law ;—Public-houses (Scotland) Biil ; 
—Tevant Richt (relund) Bill;—-and, Tenant Right 
(Lreland) Bill, and Tenants’ Compensation (Lreland) 
Bill,~- were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the ‘Table. 

Petitions relating to Intoxicating Liquors,—were 
also. presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Public-houses, &amp;e. 

Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers,—were 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to facilitate the 
recovery of Personal Liberty in certain cases ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the | Mr. Thomas Chambers, lage 
Yeas, UMr. Craven Berkeley: | ar 
Tellers for the ; Mr. Bowyer, lais 


Noes, \Mr. Serjeant Murphy: J 
So it was resolved in the Aftirmative :—And that 


Mr. Thomas Chambers and Sir Robert Harry Inglis | 


do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill | 
to facilitate the Transfer of Land in Lreland: And | 
that Mr. Vincent Scully and Mr. Rocke do prepare, | 


and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return up to the present time, of the Number of In- 
spections, Seizures or Prosecutions made or authio- 


rized by the Commissioners of Excise, for the pur- | 


pose of detecting and punishing for Adulteration of 
Tea, Tobacco, not and Coffee; distinguishing 
the Number of Inspections, Seizures, Prosecutions, 
and other Proceedings, for Adulteration of Coftee 
under the Treasury Order of the 3d day of August 
1852; and, the Number of Inspections, Seizures, 
Prosecutions, or other Proceedings, under the Trea- 
sury Order of the 25th day of February 1853, for 
Sales of Mixtures of Chicory and Coffee without the 
required Labels (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 647, of Session 1851). 

Mr. Wilson accordingly presented the said Return. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, as followeth :— 


Most Gracious Sovereign, 

We, Your Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal sub- 
jects, the 
Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Jreland, in Parliament assembled, beg leave 
humbly to represent to Your Majesty, That a Select 
Committee of the House of Commons appointed to 
try a Petition, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Borough of Barnstaple, have reported 
to the House, that there is reason to believe that 
corrupt practices have extensively prevailed at the last 
Election for the said Borough of Barnstaple. 

We. therefore humbly pray Your Majesty, that 
Your Majesty will be graciously pleased to cause 
inquiry to be made, pursuant to the provisions of 
an Act of Parliament passed in the sixteenth year 
of the reign of Your Majesty, intituled, “ An Act to 
provide for more effectual inquiry into the existence 
of Corrupt Practices at Elections for Members to 
serve in Parliament,” by the appointment of Michael 
Prendergast, Esquire, senior, Q. C., Sir John Eard- 

VoL. 108. 


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479 
ley Eardiey Wilmot, Baronet, and Leofric Temple, 
Esquire, as Commissioners, for the purpose of making 
inquiry into the existence of such corrupt practices. 

Resolved, That the said Address be. communicated 
to the Lords, at a Conference, and their-concurrenee 
desired thereto. 

Ordered, That a Conference be desired with the 
Lords upon the subject-matter of an Address to be 
presented to Her Majesty, under the provisions of 
the Act of the 15th and 16th of Her present Ma- 
jesty, c. 57: And that Mr. Owea Stanley do go to 
the Lords, and desire the said Conference. 





| A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Durham 


| posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to in- 
| quire into the circumstances under which the Peti- 
tions against the Return of William Atherton, Es- 
'quire, and Thomas Colpitts Grainger, Esquire, for 
the City of Durham, have been withdrawn ; and that 
the Petition of certain Electors of the City of Dur- 
| ham, presented to this House on the 20th day of 
April, be referred to the said Committee :—And a 
Debate arising thereupon ; 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 11° die Muti, 1853: 


And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
| put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 
The House divided. 
_ The Yeas to the Right; 
| The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the ; Mr. Hayter, lio? 
Yeas, \Mr. Grenville Berkeley: { * 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Bentinck, lm 
Noes, | Captain Vyse : sc" 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, Vhat the Debate be adjourned till Tues- 
day the 31st day of this instant May. 


sented during the present Session; showing the 
Names of the Places, Names of Members petitioned 
| against, the Dates of Presentation, and Petitions to 
defend Returns; and in what manner any of such 
Petitions may have been disposed of, whether by the 
Sureties to the Recognizances being reported as ob- 
_jectionable, or by bemg withdrawn; with the Dates 
| of the Reports and such withdrawals, or otherwise, 
together with the Names of the Agents :—Returns 
of all Reports, Special Reports, and Determinations 
| or Resolutions, of any Election Committees reported 
| to this House :—Of the Names of all Members who 
have been unseated, and for what causes they have 
| been so unseated :—Of the Names of all Places the 
| Writs for which have been suspended, and to what 

Dates they have been so suspended, or further sus- 
| pended :—And, of the Total Number of Select Com- 
| mittees which have sat on Election Petitions :—The 
| whole of the above Returns to be made complete up 
| to Whitsuntide. 





give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of all Monies paid by the Ecclesiastical 
Commissioners during the last year to Surveyors and 
| Law Officers out of the Funds administered by them ; 
and, of all other Monies received by the Surveyors 
and Law Officers employed by them from the Cathe- 
dral and Collegiate Churches, or their Lessees, for 
Duty performed by order of the Ecclesiastical Com- 
missioners, or Church Estates Commissioners ; spe- 
cifying the Names and Particulars of each transac- 
tion. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 

3P4 Resolved, 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Election 
an Alphabetical List of all Election Petitions pre-~ Fetitions. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presentea Ecclesiastical 
| to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to Commission. 













| 
; 
| 
| 








480 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Persons employed in 
Her Majesty’s Dockyards and Gun Wharfs, and 
other Civil Establishments of the Admiralty and 
Ordnance, who are entitled to vote at the Elections 
of Members to serve in Parliament for each of the 
following Boroughs :— Greenwich, Chatham, Roches- 
ter, Harwich, Sandwich, Portsmouth, Plymouth, 
Devonport and Pembroke. 

Ordered, That the said Address be 


——— to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this 


ouse as are 


of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for enabling the Justices of Counties to contract in 
certain cases for the Maintenance and Confinement 
of Convicted Prisoners in the Gaols of adjoining 
Counties, Cities or Boroughs: And that Lord Hotham 
and Captain Duncombe do prepare, and bring it in. 


Convicted 
Prisoners’ 
Removal and 
Confinement. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return showing in each Prison in the United King- 
dom, on the 25th day of September 1852, the Num- 
ber of Prisoners of each Religious Denomination ; 
the Names of the Clergymen or other Religious In- 
structors appointed or officiating in each Prison 
during the previous year to promote the Reformation 
of the Prisoners of each Denomination through the 
instrumentality of their own respective Creeds ; the 
Religious Denomination to which each such Clergy- 
man or Religious Instructor belongs; the Salary or 
Allowance made to him during the year, distinguish- 
ing the Sums applied for this purpose out of the 
Money voted by Parliament from those derived from 
County Rate, County Cess, or other Local Sources ; 
the Title, Office, or Service, in virtue of which such 
Salary or Allowance has been made; and the Date 
of the Appointment of each such Clergyman or Re- 
ligious Instructor, or of the commencement of his 
Allowance, if an annual one. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Religious 
Instruction 
in Prisons. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns for the four Provinces in Jreland, showing 
the Amount of Ordinary Expenses incurred in the 
Relief of the Poor during the quarter ended the 31st 
day of December, in the years 1848, 1849, 1850, 
1851 and 1852, distinguishing the Cost of In-main- 
tenance, of Out-door Relief, and the Total Amount 
of all other Expenses, including Establishment and 
Salaries of Officers; showing also the Amount of 
Poor-rate collected during the same Periods, the 
Amount remaining in course of Collection at the 
close of the Periods, and the Amount of the Poor 
Law Valuation:—And, showing the Numbers on 
the Relief Lists at the close of the respective 
Quarters, the Workhouse Accommodation, and the 
Weekly mortality per thousand Inmates (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 18, of Ses- 
sion 1850). 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland. ) 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Whichwood Forest Bill; 


Whichweod 
Forest Bill. 


and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- | 
sumed the Chair; and Sir John Young reported, That 


the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Thursday 
next. 


Excise Duties The Order of the day being read, for the second 
on Spirits Bill. peading of the Excise Duties on Spirits Bill ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon | 


Thursday next. 


10°—11° Maiti. 


A. 1853. 


Lord Hotham presented a Bill for enabling the Convictea 
Justices of Counties to contract in certain cases for Evisoneey 
the Maintenance and Confinement of Convicted (a tee 
Prisoners in the Gaols of adjoining Counties, Cities, Bill. 
or Boroughs: And the same was read the first time ; No, 473, 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday 


next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Vincent Scully presented a Bill to facilitate Transfer of 
the Transfer of Land in Jreland: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Friday next ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, Dockyara 
to request that their Lordships will give leave to the Appointments. 
Earl of Derby to attend to be examined as a Witness 
before the Select Committee appointed by this House 
on Dockyard Appointments: And that Lord Sey- 
mour do carry the said Message. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till One of the clock on Wednesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 








Mercurii, 11° die Maii; 
Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1853 


PRAYERS. 

O# DERED, That all Committees have leave Committees, 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 

Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined some a 
of the Petitions presented upon the 10th day of this ion 
instant May; and had directed him to make a Re- 
port thereof to the House. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Freshfield reported from the Committee on South Shields 
Group W. of Private Bills; That in the case of the Improvement 
South Shields (mprovement Bill, they had examined _ 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by striking out a recital of 
the expediency of confirming, by clause, a transfer of 
Powers from certain Commissioners to the Corpo- 
ration; and found the same, as amended, to be true ; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bankes reported from the Committee on Great North- 
Group O. of Railway Bills; That in the case of the em —. 
Great Northern Railway (Bedford) Bill, the Parties (Bethed) OS 
promoting the Bill had stated to the Committee, that 
it was not their intention to proceed further with 
the same. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Bankes reported from the Committee on North and 
Group O. of Railway Bills; That in the case of South Western 
the North and South Western Junction Railway —— F 
(Hammersmith) Bill, they had examined the allega- mersmith) 
tions contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and Bill 
amended the same, by adding the words “and to 
“ raise additional Capital for that purpose,” for the 
more clearly explaining the objects of the Bill; 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto; and had inserted in the Bill pro- 
visions in conformity with the Resolutions of the 
House of the 15th April last, for securing the com- 
pletion of the Line within the period prescribed by 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
| and be printed. - 

r. 








London and 


16 Vicrori2Z. 


Mr. Bankes reported from the Committee on 


— Group O. of Railway Bills; That in the case of 


ilway 
(Oldham 
Branch) Bill. 


London and 
North Western 
Railway 
(Northamp- 
ton, &amp;c.) Bill. 


Great Southern 
and Western 
Railway 


(Ireland. ) 


Worcester 
and Hereford 
Railway Bill 
(1852.) 


Cutbill’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Liverpool 
Borough 
Court Bill. 


Wakefield 
Soke Mills 
Bill. 


Gravesend 
and Wrotham 
Road Bill. 


Preston 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Midland Rail- 
way (Leicester 
and Hitchin) 
Bill. 


Tees Conser- 
vancy Bill 
(1852.) 





the London and North Western Railway (Oldham 
Branch) Bill, they had examined the allegations con- 
tained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended 
the same, by reciting therein that the time for making 
the Railway therein mentioned had been extended 


by a Warrant of the Commissioners of Railways ; | 


and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 


had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments | 


thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Bankes reported from the Committee on 
Group O. of Railway Bills; That in the case of the 
London and North Doshen Railway (Northampton, 
&amp;ec.) Bill, they had, in pursuance of the Resolution 
of the House of the 6th day of May, considered the 
proposed additional provision, and introduced the 
same accordingly ; that they had examined the alle- 
gations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of 
the Petition for the re-insertion of the Petition for 
the Great Southern and Western Railway (Zreland) 
Bill in the General List of Petitions, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills have leave to sit and proceed on the Pe- 
tition for the said Bill To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Committee on the Worcester and Hereford 
Railway Bill, in Session 1852, be referred to the 
Committee on Group CC. of Railway Bills. 


Cutbill’s Divorce Bill was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Liverpool Borough Court Bill; and the 
same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
= agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords 
to the Wakefield Soke Mills Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken into 
consideration To-morrow. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Gravesend and Wrotham Road Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Preston Waterworks Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Midland Railway (Leicester and 
Hitchin) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Committee on the Tees Conservancy Bill 
in Session 1852, be referred to the Committee on 
Group Q. of Private Bills. 

VoL. 108. 


11° Maze. 






















481 


| Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Portsmouth 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; Railway Bil. 
That in the case of the Petition for additional pro- 
vision in the Portsmouth Railway Bill, the Standing 
Orders have been complied with. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, That they have Power to make 
| provision therein pursuant to the prayer of the said 
| Petition. 
| 

Petitions relating to Ballot ;—Parliamentary Re- Public 
| presentation; — University of London; — Crystal Petitions. 
| Palace (Sydenham); — Universities (Scotland) 3 — Vide Forty- 

Advertisements ;—County Rates and Expenditure ninth Report. 

| Bill ;—Excise Licenses ;—Property and Income Tax 
(1853); — Spirits ;—Tobacco ; —Lunatic Wards of 
Chancery ;—Medical Profession ;—Merchant Ship- 
ping Bill ;— Poor Law ;—Prisons (Scotland) Bill ;— 
Public-houses (Scotland) Bill;—Sheriff Courts (Scot- 
land) Bill ;—Sheriff Courts (Scotland) (No. 2) Bill; 
| —and, Tenant Right (Jre/and) Bill, and Tenants’ 
| Compensation (Jreland) Bill,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to Putin Papers, was 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 

A Petition relating to Intoxicating Liquors, was 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Public-houses, &amp;c. 


{ 
j 
' 





| Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Bills for 
| to Bills for Murder (Jreland), &amp;c., which was pre- Murder (Ire- 


sented upon the 9th day of this instant May, be #®» ® 
printed. No. 475. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Butter, which Butter. 
was presented upon the 10th day of this instant No. 476 
May, be printed. 


| 
| 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, ‘That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Elections Bill was, according to Order, read Elections Bill. 
a second time; and committed to a Committee of 
the whole House, for Wednesday the 15th day of 


June next. 


The Comptroller of the Household reported to the Kilmainham 
House, That their Address relative to Ki/mainham Hospital. 
Hospital had been presented to Her Majesty, and 
that Her Majesty had been pleased to receive the 
same very graciously, and to give the following 
Answer : 

“« T have received your Address on the subject of 
the admission of maimed and worn-out Soldiers into 
the Royal Hospital of Kilmainham; and, having 
taken into consideration the representations you 
have made, I have directed that immediate inquiry 
shall be instituted into the state of that Hospital.” 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Sheriff Courts 
reading of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) (No. 2) Bill ; (Scotland) 

And a Motion being made, and the Question so 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second i 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 











3Q The 





Sale and 
Purchase of 
Land Bill. 


Leasing 
Powers (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Probates of 
Wills and 
Grants of Ad- 
ministration 
Bill. 


No, 477. 


County Rates 
and Expen- 
diture Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Blackpool and 

Layton-with- 

Warbrick 

Improvement 
ill. 


Wolverhamp- 
ton Markets 
and Fairs, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


Lunatics Care 


and Treatment 


Bill, 


Lunatic 
Asylums Bill, 


482 


The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the Craufurd, i 58 
Yeas, Mr. John M‘Gregor : 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Hayter, } 1 
Noes, {The Earl of Mulgrave : 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon this day six months ” be added at the end of 
the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day six months. 


84. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Sale and Purchase of Land Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 15th day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Leasing Powers (Ireland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 15th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Probates of Wills and 
Grants of Administration Bill; and, after some time 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
Mr. Bouverie reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, 'Vhat the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 15th 
day of June next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the County Rates and Expen- 
diture Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 


Crause, N° 4 (Constitution of County Financial 
Boards). 

Amendment proposed in p. 2. 1. 17: After the 
words “ consist of” to insert the words “ Justices 
“ of the Peace selected at the General Quarter Ses- 
“ sions of the Peace in every county in England 
“ and Wales, not in number more than.” 

Amendment proposed to the said proposed 
Amendment: ‘To leave out the word “ selected”’ in 
order to insert the word “ elected.” 

Question proposed, That the word “ selected” 
stand part of the said proposed Amendment. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, that 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
the 19th day of this instant May, again resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Humphrey : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Blackpool and Lay- 
ton-witi-Warbrick Improvement Bill, with Amend- 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Wolverhampton 
Markets and Fairs, &amp;c. Bill, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for the Regulation of Proceedings under Commissions 
of Lunacy, and the Consolidation and Amendment 
of the Acts respecting Lunatics so found by inquisi- 
tion and their Estates; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to 
consolidate and amend the Laws for the Provision 
and Regulation of Lunatic Asylums for Counties and 
Boroughs, and for the Maintenance and Care of 


11°—12° Maiz. 





A. 1853. 


Pauper Lunatics in England; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to Lunacy 
amend an Act passed in the ninth year of Her Ma~ Regulation 
jesty, “for the Regulation of the Care and Treat- ~~ 
ment of Lunatics;” to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House:—And then the Mes- 
senger withdrew. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Sheriff Courts 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed (Scotland) 
upon the 5th day of this instant May, That the Se- 
lect Committee on the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) 

Bill have Power to send for persons, papers and 
records ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Thursday the 19th day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Public-houses 
mittee on the Public-houses (Scotland) Bill ; a, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday the 
19th day of this instant May, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


Sir James Buller East reported from the Com- Railway Bills 
mittee on Group BB. of Railway Bills; That the (Group BB.) 
Parties promoting the Wellington and Severn Junc- 
tion Railway Bill had stated to the Committee, 
that the Evidence of Charles Crooks was essential 
to enable them to establish their case before the 
Committee ; and it having been proved that his 
attendance could not be procured without the inter- 
vention of the House, he had been instructed by the 
Committee to move the House, that the said Charles 

rooks do attend the said Committee on Thursday 
the 12th day of May, at half after Twelve of the 
clock. 

Ordered, That Charles Crooks do attend the said 
Committee To-morrow, at Twelve o’clock. 


The following Paper, pursuant to Order, was laid Plymouth 
upon the Table by the Clerk of the House,—Mi- lection. 
nutes of the Evidence taken before the Select Com- 
mittee on the Plymouth Election Petitions. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Jovis, 12° die Maii ; 
Anno 16° Victorie Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 
OC RDERED, That the Select Committee on Office of 
the Office of Speaker have Power to report Speaker. 
their Observations thereupon, together with the No. 478. 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 
Sir Robert Harry Inglis reported from the said Se- 
lect Committee ; That they had considered the matter 
to them referred ; and directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House, together with the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before them, and an Appendix. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. £vans reported from the Committee on Group Stockton 
Q. of Private Bills; That in the case of the Stock- Dock Bill. 
ton Dock Bill, they had examined the allegations 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, but the same 
had not been proved to their satisfaction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Order for referring the Zlanelly Railway and Lianelly 
Dock Bill to the Committee of Selection, was read, Railway and 
and discharged. — 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for leave Lianelly 
to bring in the Llanelly Railway and Dock Bill, Railré - 
a d (No. 2.) 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for a the Llanelly Railway and Dock Com- 
pany to make new Railways, and for other purposes, 
and 








16 Vicrortiz. 12° Mazz. 483 


and of which the short Title is, “The Zlanelly Rail-| Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
way and Dock Act, 1853:” And that Viscount) to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Emlyn and Mr. Davies do prepare, and bring it in. 
y — 5 | The House proceeded to take into consideration High Ham 


SouthShields The Order for referring the Report from the Ex- | the High Ham and Ashcott Roads Bill, as amended oe oy 
Improvement aminer of Petitions for Private Bills on the Peti-| im the Committee. ; re nineties 
Bill tion for additional provision in the South Shields Im- | Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

provement Bill to the Select Committee on Standing | 


Orders, was read, and discharged. The Order of the day being read, for taking into Midland Rail- 


‘consideration the Midland Railway (Leicester and way (Leicester 


Standing Mr. Evelyn Denison reported from the Select Hitchin) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; = ne 
Orders. Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 

which were read, as follow : | former Committee ; and that they have leave to sit 
Wildmore 1. That in the case of the Wi/ldmore Fen and East | and proceed forthwith. 


Fen and East and West Fens Highways Petition for additional; Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


—— provision, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed | : : 

Bill. with ; that the Parties be permitted to introduce | . The House, a Order , proceeded to take York Drainage 
their additional provision on the re-commitment of | into consideration the York Drainage and Sanitary snd Sanitary 
the Bill, if the Committee shall think fit. Improvement and Foss Navigation Bill, as amended ne Segoe 

Chorley Im- 2. That in the case of the Chorley Improvement | in the Committee. gation Bill. 


— Petition for additional provision, the Standmg Orders! | Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties be, 


permitted to introduce their additional provision, if| The Order of the day being read, for the second London and 
the Committee on the Bill shall think fit. | reading of the London and Finsbury Improvements Finsbury 


Improvements 


The said Resolutions, being read a second time, | and Railway, &amp;e. Bill ; ; __ and Railway, 
were agreed to. | Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time dc. Bill. 
upon Monday the 23d day of this instant May. 
Wakefield The House, according to Order, proceeded to take ; ; 

Soke Mills into consideration the Amendments made by the The Order of the day being read, for the second Upper India 
_ Lords to the Wakefield Soke Mills Bill ; and the same | reading of the Upper India Railway Bill; —_— 
were twice read, and, with an Amendment to one of | Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 

them, agreed to. | Thursday the 9th day of June next. 


} 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill | 7 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath! | Mr. Strutt reported from the Committee on Group Scottish Mid- 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships, AA. of Railway Bills ; That in the case of the _ Sention 
with an Amendment; to which Amendment this | Scottish Midland Junction Railway Bill, they had “*™™*Y © 
House doth desire the concurrence of their Lordships. | examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by inserting 
Australian The Australian Agricultural Company Bill was | recitals having reference to the sums of money which 
Agricultural yead the third time. | the Company, under the powers of their Acts, have 
Company Bill. “Resolved, That the Bill do pass. | borrowed upon mortgage and bond, and to the con- 
Ordered, That Mr. Elliot do carry the Bill to the | version of such mortgage and bond debt into funded 


Lords, and desire their comcurrence. | debt of the Company; and found the same,as amended, 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 

Dundee The Dundee Waterworks Bill was read the third | made Amendments thereunto. 
gates time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. | Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


- Resolved, That the Bill do pass. | and be printed. 
Ordered, That Mr. Duncan do carry the Bill to. 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. Mr. Strutt reported from the Committee on Group CrieffJunction 


A A. of Railway Bills ; ‘That in the case of the Crieff Railway Bill 
Great Northe — The Great Northern Railway (No. 1) Bill was read | Junction Railway Bill, they had examined the alle- 
ern Railway the third time. | gations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
(No, 1) Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the amended the same, by leaving out the recital therein 


Title be, An Act to amend the Acts relating to the | of the Acts relating to the Scottish Central Railway 
Great Northern Railway Company ; to authorize an | Company, such recital not being necessary ; and 
Increase of Capital, and for other purposes. | found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 8°"¢ through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 


to the Lords, and desire their . 
aire aos earth mctensarnenes Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
Londonderry, The Londonderry, Enniskillen and Sligo Railway and be printed. 


Enniskillen . 7 . . 
and Sligo Bill was read the third time. 


, Resolved, That the Bill do pass. __ Ordered, That the Committee on Group Y. of Railway Bills 
wo Ordered, That Mr. Settles. do carry the Bill Railway Bills have leave to sit this day till Five of (Group Y.) 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. | the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Lough Foyle A Motion being made, That the Lough Foyle and | Mr. Wrightson reported from the Committee on Galway 
a, Lough Swilly Drainage and Reclamation Bill be | Group V. of Private Bills ; That in the case of the Harbour Bill. 
py and Recla- NOW read the third time ; | Galway Harbour Bill, they had examined the alle- 
mation Bill. Mr. Strutt, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac-| gations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been | amended the same, by inserting a paragraph to the 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- | effect that it is ex edient that the Collector of the 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, | Commissioners of Public Works should continue to 
that the House may do therein as they shall think fit. | receive the Tolls, and made other verbal Amend- 
Then the Bill was read the third time. ments ; and found the same, as amended, to be true ; 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill | ments thereunto. 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Lough Foyle The Lough Foyle and Lough Swilly Railway Bill Mr. Wrightson reported the Galway Improve- Galway 





Swilly Hay. Ws read the third time. ment Bill, with Amendments. Improvement 
way Bill. Resolved, Tinat the Bill do pass. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Bill. 


Vot. 108. 3Q2 Mr. 





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Indian 
Territories 
(Second Re- 
port.) 

No. 479. 


East Grinstead 
Railway Bill. 


Lunacy 
Regulation 
Bill. 


No. 480. 


Lunatic 


Asylums Bill. 


No. 481. 


Lunatics Care 
and Treatment 


Bill. 





484 

Mr. Thomas Baring reported from the Select 
Committee on Indian Territories; That they had 
made further Progress in the matter to them re- 
ferred; and directed him to report the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before them. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Moody reported the East Grinstead Railway 
Bill, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The Lunacy Regulation Bill was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Friday the 20th day of this instant May ; and to be 
printed. 


The Lunatic Asylums Bill was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday 
the 20th day of this instant May; and to be printed. 


12° Maii. 





The Lunatics Care and Treatment Bill was read | 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 


A, 18583. 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That Mr. Packe have leave of absence Leave of 


for three weeks, on account of ill health. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Number of Barrels of cured 
Herrings, cured Cod and cured Ling, respectively, 
imported into Ireland from Great Britain, in each 
year since 1808:—Of the Number of poor Fisher- 
men in Great Britain and Ireland respectively, 
assisted, in each year from 1808 to 1850, with Ad- 
vances from the Public Funds by the Board of 
British Fisheries, or the Board of Jrish Fisheries, 
or other Public Board, for the purpose of repairing 
their Boats, &amp;c.:—Of the Number of Persons em- 
ployed on Land or at Sea respectively, in Great 
Britain and Ireland respectively, by any Public 
Board, in each year since 1808, in guiding, aiding 
or directing Fishermen in the Capture, Cure, Brand- 
ing and Sale of Fish:—Of the Gross Amount of 


| Tonnage and Fishery Bounties paid in Great Britain 


No. 482. upon Friday the 20th day of this instant May; and! and [reland respectively, since 1808 :—Of the Num- 


Criminal 
Offenders. 


Cinque Ports 
Pilots. 


Crown Lands 
(Ireland.) 


Crown Rights 


( Ruabon.) 


Geographical 
Society. 


to be printed. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Tables, showing the Number of Criminal | 
Offenders in England and Wales in the year 1852. | 

Mr. Fitzroy also presented,—Return to an Ad- | 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 14th day of April ' 
last, for Accounts of all the Capital Funds now in 
hand which are applicable to Superannuation or other 
Relief to Members of the Fellowship of Cinque | 
Ports Pilots or their Families, or to the Payment of | 
Salaries or Expenses, or to Pilot Boats, or to any 
general Expenses connected with Pilotage ; stating 
the Sources from which they have been derived, and 
distinguishing between the different Funds applicable | 
to different purposes :—Of the different Receipts on | 
account of Payments made by Cinque Ports Pilots, | 
or other sources of Income applicable to any of the 
purposes above mentioned; stating the nature of 
each Receipt, the Gross Annual Amount of each 
Class of Receipts, the mode in which it is applied, 
and the authority under which it is received :—Of | 
the several kinds of Payments made for the above- | 
mentioned purposes ; stating the nature of each Pay- | 
ment, the Gross Annual Amount of each Class of 
Payments, and the authority under which it is made, 
and in case of Remuneration, the nature of the Em- | 
ployment or Service for which it is paid :—And, of | 
all Sums paid by existing Cinque Ports Pilots and | 
Superannuated Pilots to the Widows, Children, and | 
Appointees by Will, of deceased Members of the 
Fellowship ; specifying, separately, the Amount paid | 
by each Pilot. and Superannuated Pilot, and the 
authority under which such Payments were en- 
forced. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the | 
22d day of April last, for a Return of all Lands the 
Property of the Crown in Jreland lying waste, or | 
only partially occupied, specifying the Date at which | 
such Lands ceased to be tenanted, and whether any | 
and what Tenders have been made for leasing the | 
same ; and if any Tenders have been made, the Date 
of such Tenders. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
26:h day of April last, for Copies of Correspondence | 
relating to the Negotiation for the Sale of the Crown | 
Rights in the Parish of Ruabon. 

teturn to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
5th day of this instant May, for Copy of any Me- 
morials addressed by the President and Members of 
the Royal Geographical Society to Her Majesty’s 
late and present Government, soliciting Assistance, 
to enable them to render the Efforts of that Society 
to spread Geographical Knowledge more effectual. 








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ber of Bye-laws, with the Dates and Places to which 
they apply, made by the Board of Works or Com- 
missioners of Fisheries in Jreland, authorizing the 
use, between Sunrise and Sunset, of any Trammel 
or other Net on any part of the Coasts of Jreland, 
and the Hours therein prescribed for the setting or 
hawling up of Nets, or prohibiting the use at any 
time of any ‘Trawl or Trammel Net in the Sea, or 
within the Tideway in any Estuary, or of any Net at 
or across the Entrance of any Bay or Estuary, or 
fixing or altering the Close Seasons for Salmon 
Trout and Eels respectively :—Of the Number of 
Persons in each year who made Complaint to the 
Commissioners of Fisheries, that their Nets and 
Fishing Implements had been illegally seized for an 
alleged violation of the Statutes or Bye-laws relating 
to the Irish Fisheries; for example, in having, at 
any time between Sunrise and Sunset, set either in 
the Sea or within the Tideway in any Estuary, any 
Sea Net for the catching of Herrings, or any ‘lram- 
mel Net, or left any Drag or other Net in the Water 
between Sunrise and Sunset, except stake or fixed 
Nets for the catching of Salmon, or Seine or Drift 
Nets for Pilchards or Fish other than Herrings, or of 
not having before Sunrise hauled up and removed 
any such Net as aforesaid, which had been set after 
Sunset; or having since the passing of the Act 
7 &amp; 8 Vic. c. 108, set before Sunset, or not hauled 
up and removed before Sunrise, any Net for the 
catching of Herrings other than a Seine Net :—Of 
the Number of Districts into which Zre/and and the 
Sea Coasts and Islands thereof have been divided, 
for the purpose of Fishery Licenses for Salmon and 
Trout :—Of the Number of Officers, Petty Officers 
and Men of Her Majesty’s Navy, and of the Coast 
Guard Service respectively in Jreland, employed at 
any time since 1842 in protecting the Salmon Fish- 
eries, or otherwise enforcing the Provisions of the 
Trish Fishery Acts, and for what Period they were 
severally employed, and the Nature of the Services, 
and the Names, Addresses and Additions of the Per- 
sons for whose benefit those Services were rendered, 
and the Amount of the extra Allowances (if any) to 
them for such Services, and from what Fund such 
Allowances were paid; and the Number of Com- 
plaints made against them, or any of them respec- 
tively, for neglect of Duty in that behalf, and the 
Names, Addresses and Additions of the Persons by 
whom such Complaints were made :—And, Copies 
of any General Orders issued by the Inspector Ge- 
neral of Constabulary in Jreland in 1847, 1848 and 
1849, respecting the Duties of the Constabulary in 
the Protection of the Salmon Fisheries, and the en- 
forcement of the Fishery Acts. 

Ordered, 


Absence, 


Fisheries. 











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16 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That the said Address be — to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Midland Rail- Mr. Bankes reported the Midland Railway (Lei- 
- Sitchin) cester and Hitchin) (re-committed) Bill, with fur- 
Bil. ther Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


Public Petitions relating to Ballot; — Parliamentary 
— Oaths ;—University of London;—Crystal Palace 
Vide Forty- (Sydenham) ;—Marriage ;—Maynooth College Act ; 
ninth Report. —-Nunneries ;—Universities (Scotland) Bill ;— Ad- 
vertisements ;—Articles of Clerkship ; — Attorneys’ 
Certificates ; —Corks ;—County Rates and Expen- 
diture Bill ;—Excise Licenses ;-—-Hat French Plush ; 
— Property and Income Tax (1853) ;—Arbitration ; 
—Armaments ; — Education Bill; — London and 
Edinburgh Gazettes Bill ;—-Medical Profession ;— 
Ordnance Survey (Scotland); — Poor Law; — 
Public-houses (Scotland) Bill; Roman States ;— 
Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bills; — Tenant Right 
(Ireland) Bill, and Tenants’ Compensation (/re- 
land) Bill ;—and, Vaccination Extension Bill,—were 





12° Maiz. 485 


Mr. Christopher reported from the Committee on Portsmouth 
Group Y. of Railway Bills; That in the case of Railway Bill 
the Porteneath Railway Bill, in pursuance of the 
Resolution of the House of the sth day of April 
last, they had examined into compliance with the 
Resolution of the Standing Orders Committee, and 
had received proof to their satisfaction that the same 
had been complied with; that they had amended 
the Preamble of the Bill, by striking out so much 
thereof as related to the Branch to Shalford; and 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
‘gone through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 





' Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com-~ Revenue, &amp;e. 
mand,—Tables of the Revenue, Population, Com- 

merce, &amp;c. of the United Kingdom and its Depen- 

dencies :—Supplement to Part XVIII.—Sec. B.: 
‘Statements relating to Foreign Countries, compiled 

for the most part from the Official Returns of the 
‘respective Countries. 

_ Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the - 

‘Table. 


presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


‘Table. 
Barnstaple Mr. Owen Stanley reported, That, having been 
Election. with the Lords to desire a Conference upon the 


subject-matter of an Address to be presented to Her 


Majesty, under the provisions of the Act of the 
15th &amp; 16th of Her present Majesty, c. 57, the Lords 
agree to a Conference, and appoint the same _ pre- 
sently in the Painted Chamber. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to 
manage the Conference :—And a Committee was 
appointed of Mr. Owen Stanley, Sir James Graham, 


_ The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Public Health 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated Act- 
the 2d day of this instant May, That there be added 
to the Return ordered by this House on the 10th 

‘day of March last, viz., “ Return of all Cases 

‘in which either of the Superintending Inspectors 

_of the General Board of Health have been employed 

fos the Engineers in carrying out the Works which 

| have been executed under the authority of the Public 
Health Act, 1848,” the Cases in which the Works 

‘are “ being executed, or about to be executed by the 

| said Inspectors.” 


Mr. Walpole, Sir William Molesworth, Mr. Bankes, | 


Mr. Strutt, Sir FitzRoy Kelly, Sir Charles Wood, 
Mr. Freshfield, Mr. Fitzroy, Sir John Trollope and 
Mr. Brotherton. 

Then the Names of the Managers were called 
over ; and they went to the Conference :—And being 
returned ; 

Mr. Owen Stanley reported, That the Managers 
had been at the Conference, wi:ich was managed on 
the part of the Lords by the Lord Privy Seal; and 
that they had delivered to their Lordships the Ad- 
dress agreed upon by this House ; to which they de- 
sired the concurrence of their Lordships ; and that 
they had left the said Address with their Lordships. 


South Eastern Mr, Christopher reported from the Committee on 


ilway 


(Reading Ex. Group Y. of Railway Bills; That in the case of the 
tension, &amp;e.) South Eastern Railway (Reading Extension, &amp;c.) Bill, 
Bill. they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and found the same to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 


“-* | 
Amendments thereunto ; and had also made provision 


in the Bill for securing the completion of the Rail- 
way within the period prescribed by the Bill, in con- 
formity with the Resolutions of the House of the 
15th April last. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


arent Western Mr. Christopher reported from the Committee on 
ailwa 


(Henley) py), Group Y.of Railway Bills; That in the case of the 
Great Western Railway (Henley) Bill, they had exa- 


mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of | 


the Bill, and amended the same, by striking out so 
much thereof as related to the proposed Line at 


Reading, and making certain other verbal Amend- | 
ments ; and found the same, as amended, to be. 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 

“ToL. 108. 





~— and be printed. 


| A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Humphrey: Message from 


| Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 
| The Lords have agreed to the Exchequer Bills rxchequer 
| Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Bills Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Teignmouth Har- Teignmouth 
| bour and Teign Navigation Bill, with Amendments ; Harbour and 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- (030 — 
| rence of this House: And also, - ; 
| The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to Nash’s Estate 
| authorize the granting of Building Leases of Lands Bill. 

and Hereditaments, subject to the Will of Andrew 

John Nash, Esquire, deceased ; to which the Lords 

desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to Aberdeen 
incorporate the Craft of Tailors of the Burgh of Tailors’ Incor- 
Aberdeen, to confirm the Titles and Conveyances, eee 
and to amend and regulate the Estates and Affairs of 
| the said Craft, and for other purposes relating to the 
Society ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Pill, intituled, An Act to Fisher's 
dissolve the Marriage of George Fisher, Esquire, Divorce Bill. 
with Mary Matilda Fisher, his now Wife, and to 
enable him to marry again, and for other purposes 
therein mentioned; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords give leave to the Earl of Derby to attend Dockyard 
to be examined as a Witness before the Select Com- Appointments. 
mittee appointed by this House in the present Ses- 
sion of Parliament, on Dockyard Appointments, as 
desired by this House (his Lordship in his place 


consenting) :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 
} 


| Sir John Young presented, pursuant to the direc- Education 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—The Annual Report (Ireland. ) 
of the Commissioners of Education in Jreland to his No. 
Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, for the year ending 
the 25th day of March 1853. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 


3Q3 The 





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Ways 
M 


and 
eans. 


Income Tax. 





Succession 
Duty. 





486 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Ways and Means. 


(In the Committee.) 

Question again proposed, That it is the opinion of 

this Committee, that, towards raising the Supply 

granted to Her Majesty, there shall be raised an- 

nually during the terms hereinafter limited, the 

several Rates and Duties following (that is to 
say) :— 

For and in respect of the property in any 
lands, tenements or hereditaments in the 
United Kingdom, and for and in respect of 
every annuity, pension or stipend, payable 
by Her Majesty or out of the Public Revenue 
of the United Kingdom; and for and in re- 
spect of all interest of money, annuities, divi- 
dends and shares of annuities payable to any 
person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, 
companies or societies, w iether corporate or 
not corporate ; and for and in respect of the 
annual profits or gains arising or accruing to 
any person or persons whatever, resident in 
the United Kingdom, from any kind of pro- 
perty whatever, whether situate in the United 

ingdom or elsewhere, or from any annui- 
ties, allowances or stipends, or from any pro- 
fession, trade or vocation, whether the same 
shall be respectively exercised in the United 
Kingdom or elsewhere; and for and in re- 
spect of the annual profits or gains arising or 
accruing to any person or persons not resi- 
dent within the United Kingdom from any 
property whatever in the United Kingdom, 
or from any trade, profession or vocation, 
exercised in the United Kingdom; for every 
Twenty shillings of the annual value or 
amount thereof— 


For two years from April 5, 1853 - 
And for two years from April 5, 1855 - 
And for three years from April 5, 1857 - 
And that on April 5, 1860, except as to 

the collection of monies then due, the 


12°—13° Maii. 


| mittee on the Merchant Shipping Bill ; 


A. 1853. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 13° die Maii, 1853: 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Excise Duties 
reading of the Excise Duties on Spirits Bill ; on Spirits 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this Bill. 
day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Whichwooa 
into consideration the Whichwood Forest Bill, as Forest Bill. 
amended in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Customs, &amp;¢, 

mittee on Customs, &amp;c. Acts ; Acts, 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 

itself into the said Committee. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Merchant 

Shipping Bill, 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 

itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second London and 
reading of the London and Edinburgh Gazettes Fdinburgh | 
Bill; Gazettes Bill, 
, Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 

ay. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Pilotage Bill 
mittee on the Pilotage Bill ; 





said Rates and Duties shall cease and 
determine. 


And for and in respect of the occupation 
of such lands, tenements or hereditaments 
(other than a dwelling-house occupied by a 
tenant distinct from a farm of lands), for 
every Twenty shillings of the annual value 
thereof, one moiety of each of the said sums 
of 7d., Gd. and 5d., for the above-named 
times respectively. 





Another Amendment proposed: After the word 
“one,” to insert the words “ third part.” 

Question put, That the words “ third part” be 
there inserted ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Vansittart, 

Yeas, UMr. Stanhope : 

Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, 

Noes, (The Earl of Mulgrave: 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

Resolution to be reported. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That, to- 
wards raising the Supply granted to Her Majesty, 
the Stamp Duties payable by law upon or for or in 
respect of Legacies shall be granted and made pay- 
able upon and for every succession to the beneficial 
enjoyment of any real or personal estate, or to the 
receipt of any portion or additional portion of the 
income or profits thereof, that may take place upon 
or in consequence of the death of any person, under 
whatever title, whether existing or future, such suc- 
cession may be derived. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Resolu- 
tion. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Mr. Bouverie also reported, That the Committee 
had made Progress in the matter to them referred ; 
and that he was directed to move, That the Com- 
mittee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee, 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 


| itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Entails 
reading of the Entails (Scotland) Bill; (Scotland) 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon om. 
Thursday the 26th day of this instant May. 





| 
| The House, according to Order, resolved itself Copyholds 
into a Committee on the ge Bill; and, after Bill 


/some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the No. 484. 
/Chair; and Mr. Kinnaird reported, That the Com- 

mittee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 


mittee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


T he Order of the day being read, for the Com- piaces of Reli- 
mittee on the Places of Religious Worship Regis- gious Worship 
tration Bill; , — 

Resolved, ‘Vhat this House will, upon Monday the = 
23d day of this instant May, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 





| The Order of the day being read, for the second Bankrupicy 

reading of the Bankruptcy (Scot/and) Bill; (Scotland) 

| Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon ~~" 

| Thursday the 26th day of this instant May. 

| 

| The Order of the day being read, for resuming Rye Writ. 

_ the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon 

| the 2d day of this instant May, That Mr. Speaker 
do issue his Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown, to 
make out a new Writ for the electing of a Baron to 

'serve in this present Parliament for the Town and 

Port of Rye, in the room of William Alexander 

| Mackinnon, Esquire, whose Election has been de- 

' termined to be void; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ no new Writ be issued for the Town and Port of 

“ Rye 














16 Vicroriz. 


“ Rye until Friday the 27th day of this instant May,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Question ; 

And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 





day. 
Post-office Resolved, That it is the opinion of this House, 
(House -. that it is very desirable that the Post-office at the 


House of Commons should be made a Money Order 
Office for the purpose of granting Money Orders on 
the Country Post-oftices to the Members and Officers 
of the House. 

Ordered, Thai a Copy of the above Resolution be 
forwarded to the Postmaster General. 


Divine Service A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
(army.) posed, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn showing the Distribution of the Sum of £.18,500 
voted for the Army Services of the years 1852 and 
1853, under the head “ Divine Service ;” stating the 
Religious Denomination to which each Clergyman 
belonged ; the Office, Title and Service in virtue of 
which such Allowance was made; the Date of his 
Appointment, or of the commencement of his Allow- 
ance, if an annual one; and the Names and Distribu- 
= of the Religious Books paid for out of the same 
ote ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by adding, at the end thereof, the words 
“ and that a copy of each book be laid upon the 
“ Table of this House.” 

And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there added :—The said proposed Amend- 
ment was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return showing the Distribution of the Sum of 
£.18,500 voted for the Army Services of the years 
1852 and 1853, under the head “ Divine Service ;” 
stating the Religious Denomination to which each 
Clergyman belonged ; the Office, Title and Service 
in virtue of which such Allowance was made ; the 
Date of his Appointment, or of the commencement 
of his Allowance, if an annual one ; and the Names 
and Distribution of the Religious Books paid for out 
of the same Vote. 


Communica- 
tion between 
England and 
Ireland. 


The Order for the Appointment of the Select Com- 
mittee on the Communication between England and 
Ireland, was read, and discharged. 


Communica- 
tion between 
London and 
Dublin. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to examine and report upon the present state of | 
Communication between London and Dublin, vid 
Holyhead, as regards the expeditious Conveyance of 


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487 


Veneris, 13° die Maii ; 
Anno 16° Victorie Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had Petitions 
examined the remaining Petitions presented upon — 
the 10th, and the Petitions ort upon the 11th 
and 12th days of this instant May, and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The Order for referring the Manchester and South- Manchester 

port Railway Bill to the Committee of Selection, nee 

was read, and discharged. y 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for enabling the Llanelly 
Llaneily Railway and Dock Company to make new Dock (Mo. 2) 
Railways, and for other purposes, and of which the pi) a 
short Title is “‘ The Lianelly Railway and Dock Act, 

1853 :” And the same was read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Ordered, That the Examiner have leave to sit and 
proceed forthwith. 


The Aberdeen Tailors’ Incorporation Estate Bill Aberdeen 
was read the first time. patna twa 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- fgtate Bill. 


ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


lash’s Estate Bill was read the first time. Nash’s Estate 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 21! 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Great Southern and Western Great Southern 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to —— 
enable the Great Southern and Western Railway (jrejand.) 
Company to divert the Glanmire Road Lower, in 
the Parish of Saint Anne’s, Shandon, in the County 
of the City or Borough of Cork, and to make a small 
portion of Railway in that Parish, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Wynd- 
ham Goold and Mr. Francis William Russell. 


The Darenth Valley Railway Bill was read the Darenth 
third time. Valley Rail- 
Resolved, Tnat the Bill do pass. way Bill. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





the Mails, the Transport of Troops, and the con- | 
venience afforded to the Public, and the Jrish Repre- | 
sentatives in particular in their attendance on this | 
House, and report what Improvements modern | 
Science can suggest to establish a more speedy | 
and commodious Communication between the two 
Capitals. | 


Burgh Har- 
bours (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


No. 485. 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to enable 
Burghs in Scotland to maintain and improve their | 
Harbours: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday | 
the 23d day of this instant May; and to be printed. _ 

| 

Mr. Thomas Chambers presented a Bill to facilitate | 
the Recovery of Personal Liberty in certain cases : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered | 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 22d | 
day of June next; and to be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
a quarter of an hour before One of the clock 
on Friday morning, adjourned till this day. 


Recovery of 
Personal 
Liberty Bill, 


No. 486, 


Vou. 108. 





The Monkland Railways Bill was read the third Monkland 
time ; and an Amendment was made to the Bill. —_—- Railways Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to enable the Monkland Railways 
ompany to make certain Railways in the Vicinity 
of Bathgate and Airdrie, and for other purposes. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the Norwich and Bath and 
Spalding Railway Bill be now read the third time; 2P&amp;s 
Mr. Strutt, - Her Majesty's Command, ac- a 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think 
fit. 
‘Then the Bill was read the third time ; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for making a Railway from Spald- 
ing to Sutton Bridge and Wisbeach. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
3@4 The 











488 


Portadownand The Portadown and Dungannon Railway Bill was 
————— read the third time. 

. . Resolved, ‘Yhat the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to extend and amend the Powers 
and Provisions of “The Portadown and Dungannon 
Railway Act, 1847.” 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Allendale The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Road Bill = the Allendale Road Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Ballymena, The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ee. q the Ballymena, Bal/ymoney, Coleraine and Portrush 
Portrash . Junction Railway (No. 2) Bill, as amended in the 


Junction Rail- Committee. 


Mf (No. 2) Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Edinburgh The House —_ to take into consideration 
Waterworks the Edinburgh Waterworks (No. 2) Bill, as amended 


(No, 2) Bill. i, the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Gorbals_ The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Water (No.2) the Gorbals Gravitation Water (No. 2) Bill, as 
Bill, (No.2) amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Limerick The House — to take into consideration 
— the Limerick Corporation Bill, as amended in the 
Committee ; and Amendments were made to the 
Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Londonderry, The House proceeded to take into consideration 
a. the Londonderry, Coleraine and Belfast Junction 
aie, Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


Railway Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


13° Mazz. 





A. 1853. 


where a Commission under the Great Seal was read, 
giving, declaring and notifying the Royal Assent to 
the several Bills therein mentioned ; and that the 
Lords, thereby authorized, had declared the Royal 
Assent to the said Bills: Which Bills are as follow : 

An Act for raising the Sum of Seventeen millions Exchequer 
seven hundred and forty-two thousand five hundred Bills Bil. 
pounds by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the 
year One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-three : 

An Act to enable the Crystal Palace Company to Crystal Palace 
divert certain Roads, and to purchase Lands, and for Company Bil) 
other purposes relating to the ey : 

An Act for providing Waterworks and Gasworks Lowestoft 
for the Town of Lowestoft, in the County of Suffolk, Water, Gas 
and for regulating the Market there, and for other and Market 
yurposes, of which the short Title is “The Lowestoft 
Vater, Gas and Market Act, 1853 :” 

An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Dublin Dublin ana 
and Belfast Junction Railway Company, and for Belfast June. 
other purposes : Bill ees 


An Act for supplying the Inhabitants of the Great Yar- 
Town of Great Yarmouth and adjacent Places with mouth Water. 
Water. works Bill. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from South Eastern 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; we (Can- 
That in the case of the Petition for additional pro- Whitstable 
vision in the South Eastern Railway (Canterbury &amp;c.) Bill. 
and Whitstable, &amp;c.) Bill, the Standing Orders have 
been complied with. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, That they have Power to make 
provision therein, pursuant to the prayer of the said 
Petition. 


Fisher's Divorce Bill was read the first time ; and Fisher's 

ordered to be read a second time. Divorce Bill, 
Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 

to request that their Lordships will communicate to 

this House, a Copy of the Minutes of the Evidence 

taken before their Lordships in the case of the said 

Bill: And that Mr. Serjeant Murphy do carry the 

said Message. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the 'Table,—Report from South Eastern 





Peebles The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway Bill. the Peebles Railway Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Staines, The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Wokingham the Staines, Wokingham and Woking Junction Rail- | 
and Woking = . : ne F | 
Junction way Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


Railway Bill. A Motion was made, and the Question was pro-' 
posed, That the Bill be re-committed to the former | 
Committee :—And the said Motion was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Waveney Val- 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ley Railway 
3 


the Waveney Valley Railway Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


ao. Rooker’s Disabilities Removal Bill was read a 
amen second time ; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Royal Assent 


A Message, by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of 
to Bills. . 


the Black Rod : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent to 
several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire 
the immediate attendance of this Honourable House 
in the House of Peers, to hear the Commission 
read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the de- 
sire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Commission, had been at the House of Peers, 


'in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 














one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Railway 
(Strood to 


x “ae : ac Maidstone) 
Orders in the case of the Petition for additional pro- Bill. 


vision in the South Eastern Railway (Strood to 
Maidstone) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Wrightson reported from the Committee on New Ross 
Group K. of Private Bills; That in the case of the (Free) Bridge 
New Ross (Free) Bridge Bill, they had examined ® 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by inserting the purchase of 
the Ferry, building of the Bridge, and other verbal 
alterations; and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of Taunton 
the Borough of Taunton, was delivered in, and read ; Election. 
setting forth, That the Petitioners were, at and during 
the last Election of a Member to serve in Parlia- 
ment for the Borough ot Taunton, registered Elec- 
tors of the Borough of Taunton, and had a right to 
vote and did vote at the said Election; that at the 
said Election Henry Badcock, Esquire, and Sir John 
William Ramsden, Baronet, were Candidates to re- 
present the said Borough in Parliament; that the 
said Election was held on the Second day of this 
present month of May One thousand eight hundred 
and Fifty-three, and a poll having been demanded, 
the same was proceeded with on the following day, 
and at the close of the said poll the said Sir John 
William 














lace 
sill. 


C- 
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Th 
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16 Vicroriz. 


William Ramsden was declared by the Returning 
Officers of the said Borough to have had a majority 
of votes over the said Henry Badcock, and to have 
been duly elected, and he was by the said Return- 
ing Officers returned as a Member to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said Borough ; that the 
majority of votes so declared for the said Sir John 
William Ramsden was Five only, the number of votes 
for the said Sir John William Ramsden being Three 
hundred and seventy-two, and the number of votes 

iven for the said Henry Badcock being Three hun- 
, oe and sixty-seven; that the said Election and 
Return of the said Sir John William Ramsden was 
effected and carried by bribery and corruption, and 
treating, and by great intimidation; that previous to 
and during the said Election the said Sir John Wil- 
liam Ramsden, by himself, his agents, his committee 
and friends, and by many other persons on his be- 
half, was guilty of divers acts of bribery and cor- 
ruption, in order to corrupt and procure, and did by 
gifts, presents, money, rewards, and by promises, 
agreements and securities for money, gifts, employ- 
ment and rewards, and by threats, intimidation, pro- 
mises, undue influence, and other corrupt and illegal 
practices, acts and means, corrupt and procure divers 

ersons having or claiming to have votes at the said 

lection to give their votes in favour of him the said 
Sir John William Ramsden, or to forbear to give 
their votes in favour of the said Henry Badcock ; 
that the said Sir John William Ramsden, by the said 
corrupt and illegal practices, was and is wholly in- 
capacitated and ineligible to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said Borough, and the said Elec- 
tion and Return of the said Sir John William Rams- 
den were and are wholly null and void; that after 
the teste of the Writ for holding the said Election, 
and before, at and during and after the said Elec- 
tion, the said Sir John William Ramsden did, by 
himself, and by his agents, friends and partisans, or 
by divers ways and means in his behalf, and at his 
dea, directly and indirectly, give, present and 
allow to persons having votes in and at the said 
Election, money, meat, drink, entertainment and 
provisions, and did make presents, gifts, reward and 
entertainment, and did make promises, agreements, 
obligations and engagements, to give and allow 
money, meat, drink, provision, presents, rewards and 
entertainments, to and for persons having votes at 
the said Election, and to and for the use, benefit and 
advantage, employment, profit and preferment of 
such persons, and of their relations, connexions and 
friends, to induce such persons to vote at the said 
Election for the said Sir John William Ramsden, or 
to forbear to vote at the said Election for the said 
Henry Badcock, or in order that he the said Sir 
John William Ramsden might be elected, or for being 
elected, to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough; that by reason of the said last-men- 
tioned corrupt and illegal practices, the said Sir 
John William Ramsden was and is wholly incapa- 
citated and ineligible to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough, and the said Election 
and Return of the said Sir John William Ramsden 
were and are wholly null and void; that before, 
during and after the said Election, the said Sir John 
William Ramsden did, by himself, his agents, friends 
and partisans, or by or with divers persons, or in 
divers ways and manners, directly or indirectly give 
or provide, or did cause or did knowingly allow to 
be given or provided, wholly or partly at his expense, 
or did pay wholly or in part, divers expenses in- 
curred for meat, drink, entertainment and provision 
to and for divers persons, for the purpose of cor- 
ruptly influencing divers of such persons, or divers 
other persons, to give their votes in the said Elec- 
tion for the said Sir John William Ramsden, or to 
refrain from giving their votes at the said Election 
for the said Henry Badcock; that by reason of the 
said last-mentioned corrupt and illegal practices, the 
said Sir John William Ramsden was and is wholly 

VoL. 108. 








13° Mai. 489 


incapacitated and ineligible to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said Borough, and the said Elec- 
tion and Return of the said Sir John William Rams- 
den were and are wholly null and void; that gross, 
extensive and systematic, and open and notorious 
bribery, treating and corruption were practised and 
carried on at the said Election by divers persons, 
a friends, supporters and partisans of the said 
Sir John William Ramsden, with a view to the Elec- 
tion of the said Sir John William Ramsden, and 
that the said Election and Return of the said Sir 
John William Ramsden were procured by means of 
such bribery, treating and corruption; that at the 
previous Election of Members to serve in this pre- 
sent Parliament for the said Borough, the Right 
honourable Henry Labouchere, Arthur Mills, Es- 
quire, and Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, Baronet, 
were Candidates, and the said Henry Labouchere 
and Arthur Mills were returned as Members to 
serve in Parliament for the said Borough; that 
Petitions were afterwards presented against the Re- 
turn of the said Arthur Mills by the said Sir Tho- 
mas Edward Colebrooke himself, and by certain 
Electors in his interest, and counter Petitions were 
presented by other Electors charging bribery and 
treating and other corrupt practices against the said 
Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, his agents, friends 
and others in his interest and on his behalf; that 
the Select Committee to whom the said Petitions 
were referred, having found and reported that the 
said Arthur Mills was not duly elected, also found 
and reported that the said Sir 7homas Edward Cole- 
brooke was, by his agents, guilty of bribery and 
treating at the said Election at which he was such 
Candidate as aforesaid; that by reason of such 
report the said Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke was 
himself disqualified to become a Candidate at the 
said last Election upon the vacancy created by the 
said report ; that the said Sir John William Rams- 
den, who, previously to his becoming a Candidate at 
the last Election, was an entire stranger to the said 
Borough, and had no property therein or connexion 
therewith, was brought forward as a Candidate by 
the agents, friends and supporters of the said Sir 
Thomas Edward Colebrooke at the previous Elec- 
tion, and all the Electors who voted for the said Sir 
Thomas Edward Colebrooke at the said previous 
Election, and who are now registered Electors of the 
said Borough (except seven in number), voted for 
the said Sir John William Ramsden; that divers 
persons who had been bribed to vote for the said 
Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke at the said previous 
Election voted for the said Sir John William Rams- 
den at the last Election, and were induced and cor- 
ruptly influenced so to do by their having been so 
bribed, and divers other voters were bribed or cor- 
ruptly influenced to give their votes for the said Sir 
John William Ramsden by reason of the treating 
and other corrupt practices carried on at the previous 
Election by the said Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, 
his agents and friends and partisans, who were the 
agents, friends and supporters of the said Sir John 
William Ramsden at the said last Election, and the 
Election and Return of the said Sir John William 
Ramsden was by means thereof influenced and ob- 
tained ; that by reason of such last-mentioned bri- 
bery, corrupt and illegal practices, as well as the 
bribery, treating and corrupt practices on the part 
of the said Sir John William Ramsden, his agents, 
friends and others on his behalf as aforesaid, the said 
Election and Return of the said Sir John William 
Ramsden were and are wholly null and void ; that 
fraud, intimidation and duress were, by the agents, 
friends and managers, and by other persons on be- 
half of the said Sir John William Ramsden, prac- 
tised upon divers persons having votes at the said 
Election, by means whereof many persons who, but 
for such illegal practices, would have voted in favour 
of the said Henry Badcock, were induced and com- 
pelled to vote in favour of the said Sir John William 

3R Ramsden, 





Sunderland 
Dock Bill. 


London and 


490 13° Mai. 


Ramsden, or to forbear to give their votes in the 
said Election for the said Henry Badcock; that by 
reason of the premises, the said Election and Return 
of the said Sir John Wiiliam Ramsden were and are 
wholly null and void; and praying that the House 
will take the ises into consideration, and will 
declare that the said Sir John William Ramsden 
was not duly elected, and ought not to have been 
returned at the said last Election for the said Bo- 
rough, and that his said Election and Return were 
and are null and void; and will give to the Peti- 
tioners such further and other relief as to the House 
shall seem meet. 

Ordered, 'Vhat the said Petition be referred to 
the General Committee of Elections. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the 
Sunderland Dock Bill; That they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by stating the amount of 
Capital which the Company have raised by shares 
a mortgage, and by stating that in order to enable 
the Company to complete the works, it is expedient 
that they should be authorized to raise an additional 
sum of money, and that the time for the completion 
of the works should be further extended ; and that 
the Company should be authorized to grant building 
leases ; such statements being added to make the 
Preamble more explanatory of the objects of the 
Bill; and found the same, us amended, to be true; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the 


South Western [ondon and South Western Railway (Basingstoke 


Railway 
(Basingstoke 


and Salisbury) Bill; That they had examined the 


and Salisbury) allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
Bill. 


Forth and 
Clyde June- 
tion Railway 
Bill. 


Railway Bills 
Group (CC.) 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Clitheroe 
Election. 


Barnstaple 
Election. 


and amended the same, by stating the time for which 
the completion of the Line had been previously ex- 


tended ; and found the same, as amended, to be true ; | 


and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Forth and Clyde Junc- | ‘ 


tion Railway Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Adair reported from the Committee on Group 
CC. of Railway Bills; That Mr. Esmonde, one of 
the Members of the said Committee, was not present 
during the sitting of the Committee this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Esmonde do attend the said 
Committee upon Monday the 23d day of this instant 
May, at Twelve o'clock. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Humphrey : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have considered the Report of the Se- 
lect Committee of this House appointed to try a 
Petition, complaining of an undue Election and Re- 
turn for the Borough of Clitheroe, and the Minutes 
of Evidence taken before the said Committee, to- 
gether with the Proceedings of the said Committee, 
and do not think it expedient to proceed to address 
Her Majesty, praying Her Majesty to cause mquiry 
to be made, pursuant to the Provisions of the Act 
15 &amp; 16 Vic. c.57: And also, 

The Lords request, that this House will be pleased 
to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of the 
Report from the Select Committee appointed by this 
House, in the present Session of Parliament, to try 
and determine the matter of the Petition complaining 


of an undue Election and Return for the Borough of 











A. 1853. 


Barnstaple, together with the Minutes of Evidence 
taken before thesaid Committee, and the Proceedings 
of the said Committee :—And then the Messenger 
withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House will send an Answer 
to the last part of the said Message, by Messengers 
of their own. 

And the Messenger was again called in; and Mr. 
Speaker acquainted him therewith :—And then he 
again withdrew. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of the Adjournment, 
House this day, adjourn till Thursday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Workhouses 
Returns of all Sums advanced to the different Poor (Ireland.) 
Law Unions in /reland, on account of the building 
of Workhouses :—And, of the Number of Instal- 
ments, and the Amount repaid by each Union on that 
Account, with the Balance due by each Union at the 
present time. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon Saint George 
the 8th day of April last, That there be laid betore the Martyr 
this House, a Return, specifying the Amount of all “ddlesex.) 
Monies received, and for what purposes expended, 
in each year, by the Trustees of the Parish Church 
of Saint George the Martyr, Middlesex, from the 
passing of the Acts 56 Geo. 3, c. 28, and 59 Geo. 8, 

c. 11, to the present Period, might be read ; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That a Return to the said Order be laid 
before this House forthwith. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Vessels, 
Returns of the Number and Tonnage of British Tonnage, &amp;e. 
Vessels (exclusive of Fishing Boats) employed in the 
Trade of the United Kingdom, in the year ending 
sthe 31st day of December 1852, and the Number of 
their Crews (including Masters’ Mates, and distin- 
guishing the Apprentices), with the Number of Fo- 
reigners comprised therein ; distinguishing Sailing 
Vessels from Steam Vessels, and distinguishing the 
Foreign from the Home Trade :—And, of the Num- 
ber of Apprentices bound to Owners or Masters of 
Ships under the Provisions of the Act 7 &amp; 8 Vic. 

c. 112, existing on the 31st day of December 1848. 








Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Chevalier 
'to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Mustoxidi. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 

House, Copies or Extracts of all Papers relating to 
the discontinuance of the Payment of any Salary to 
the Chevalier Mustoxidi, of his Memorial, with the 
Reply thereto ; and of Papers and Documents re- 
lating to the Removal of Jonian Judges, the Petitions 
\of those Judges to the Colonial Office, and the 
Answers thereto. 

|__ Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
\of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Coast Guard. 

Returns of the Number of the Coast Guard (all 
Ranks included) employed on Shore in England and 
Wales on the 1st day of January last:—And, of 
any Number of Seizures which have been made by 
the Coast Guard on Shore, in the County of South- 
ampton, between the 1st day of February 1852 and 
the 1st day of May 1853. ‘ 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Deputy Lieu- 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased te2"s &amp;«. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of all Fees charged on the Com- 
missions of Deputy Lieutenants and Officers of the 
Militia, in each County of England and Wales. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 
Resolved, 

















Post-office. 


Schools. 
No. 487. 


County 
asurers 
(Ireland. ) 


No, 488, 


Cinque Ports 
Pilots, 


No. 489. 


Geographical 
Society. 


No. 490. 


Isle of Man. 





16 Vicroriz. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to: Her Majesty, that She will be graciously. pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return showing the Number of Warrants 
issued by any Secretary of State for detaining or 
opening of Letters in the Post-office, in each. year 
from 1845 to the present Date inclusive, and the 
Names of the Secretaries of State who have signed 
such Warrants, distinguishing the Reasons for which 
such Warrants have been issued, and the Number of 
Persons to whom the Warrants were applicable, and 
the Number of Letters detained or opened under 
each Warrant (in continuation of a Return contained 
in the Report of the Secret Committee of the House 
of Commons in 1844 on the Post-office). 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s. Most honourable Privy Council. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 9th day of this instant May, 
for Returns of the Number of Day Schools and Sun- 
day Schools, and of the Number of Day Scholars 
and Sunday Scholars, in England and Wales, in the 
year 1818, according to the “ Parochial Returns made 
to the Select Committee appointed to inquire into 
the Education of the Poor, Session 1818,” with the 
Estimated Population for the Month of May 1818 ; 
distinguishing “Endowed and Unendowed Day 
Schools,” and also the “New Schools, Dames’ 
Schools, and Ordinary Schools,” with the Numbers 
of Children taught acai respectively ; and also 
stating the Number of Children “educated gratui- 
tously, and those who paid for their Instruction :”— 
Of the Number of Day Schools and Sunday Schools, 
and of the Number of Day Scholars and Sunday 
Scholars, in England and Wales, in the year 1833, 
according to the “ Answers and Returns made pur- 


suant to an Address of the House of Commons, | 


dated the 24th day of May 1833,” with the Esti- 
mated Population for the Month of May 1833, dis- 
tinguishing Infant Schools and Daily Schools, with 
the Numbers of their Scholars respectively, and the 
Sources of “ Maintenance ” of the Infant and Daily 
Schools and of the Sunday Schools, and the Number 
of Children in each Class of Schools of which the 
“ Maintenance” is specified :—And, Comparative 
View of the Number of Day Schools and Sunday 
Schools, and of the Number of Day Scholars and 
Sunday Scholars in England and Wales, in the years 
1818, 1833 and 1851, withthe Populations of those 
years respectively, and the Proportions which the 
Day Scholars and Sunday Scholars respectively bore 
to the Population in each of those years. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to County 
Treasurers (Zreland), which was presented upon the 
9th day of this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Cinque Ports 
Pilots, which was presented upon the 12th day of 
this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Geogra- 
phical Society, which was presented upon the 12th 
day of this instant May, be printed. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,— Return to an Order, dated 
the 5th day of April last, for Returns showing the 
Gross Revenue of Customs collected at the Jsle of 
Man, from the year 1805 to the present time, so far 
as the same can be furnished by the Customs De- 
partment, for each year respectively :—Of Payments 
made thereout for Charges of Collection, Public 
Works, or any other Service, ee the same, 
and the Authority under which the Expenditure was 
incurred, for each year of the same period :—Of 
VoL. 108, 








13° Mai. 491 


Payments into the Exchequer in each year of the 
same period, in pursuance of the Provisions. of the 
several Acts of Parliament for that p :—Of 
the Gross Income arising from. the Gronn Lenite and 
Properties in the Jsle of Man, in each year; from 
1828 to the 31st day of March 1853,. distinguishing 
the Sources from which derived :—Of the Charges 
of Collection and Management within the same 
— —— all Payments thereout for Schools, 

urches or other local purposes, specifying the 
same, and the Authority under which made a 
of all Monies voted by Parliament which have been 
expended in the Isle of Man within the same period, 
specifying to what purposes the same have been. ap- 
plied, and the year in which voted, and in which 
expended. 


Return to an Order, dated the 26th day of April Income Tax. 
last, for a Return of the Number of Appeals made No. 491. 


by Tenant Farmers under the third section of the 
Act 14 &amp; 15 Vie. c. 12, and Amount of Abatements 
allowed by the Commissioners of the Income Tax 
in every District. 


Return to an Order, dated the 10th day of this public Income 
instant May, for a Return of the Net Income and and Expen- 
Expenditure of the United Kingdom, for the several “"* 
years ending the 5th day of April 1842, 1843, 1844, No. 492. 


1845, 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849, 1850, 1851, 1862 
and 1853 respectively (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 68, of Session 1852-3). 


_ Return to an Order, dated the 10th day of this Electicn 
instant May, for an Alphabetical List of all Election Petitions, &amp;. 
Petitions presented during the present Session; No. 493. 


showing the Names of the Places, Names of Mem- 
bers petitioned against, the Dates of Presentation, 
and Petitions to defend Returns ; and in what man- 
ner any of such Petitions may have been disposed 
of, whether by the Sureties to the Recognizances 
being reported as objectionable, or by bemg with- 
drawn; with the Dates of the Reports and such 
withdrawals, or otherwise, together with the Names 
of the Agents :— Returns of all Reports, Special 
Reports and Determinations or Resolutions, of any 
Election Committees reported to this House :—Of 
the Names of all Members who have been unseated, 
and for what Causes they have been so unseated :-— 
Of the Names of all Places the Writs for which 
have been suspended, and to what Dates they have 
been so suspended, or further suspended :—And, of 
the Total Number of Select Committees which have 
sat on Election Petitions :—The whole of the above 
Returns to be made complete up to Whitsuntide. 

Ordered, That the Returns relative to Income 
Tax ; Public Income and Expenditure ; and, Election 
Petitions, &amp;c., be printed. 


Petitions relating to the University of London ;— Public 
Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ; — Marriage ; — May- Petitions. 
nooth ~~ Act ;—Nunneries;— Universities (Scot- yo Fittieth 

est India Colonies ;—Advertisements ;— Report. 


land) ;— 
Attorneys’ Certificates ;—Corks ;—Property and In- 
come Tax (1853) ;—Combination of Workmen Bill ; 
—Criminal Cases ;— Peter Macguillan ;—Medical 
Profession ;— Edward Murray ;—Ordnance Survey 
of Scotland;—Parochial Schools ( Scotland) ;—Pub- 
lic-houses (Scotland) Bill ;— Registration of Assur- 
ances Bill;—and, Roman States,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to Beer-houses, was also pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Public-houses, &amp;c. 

A Petition relating to Juvenile Crime, was also 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Criminal and Destitute Children. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned, being In- Boston 
habitants of the Borough of Boston, in the County Hlection. 


of Lincoln, was presented, and read ; praying the 
House to cause inquiry to be made as regards 
the last Election in Boston for the Return of Mem- 
bers to serve in the House; the Petitioners believe 

3R2 that 






































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] 
| 


Maldon Writ. 


Rye Writ. 


Exchequer 
Bonds, 


No. 494. 


Marine In- 
surances, &amp;c. 


492 13° Maiz. 


that bribery and corruption was carried on to an 
alarming extent, tending to bring our present elec- 
toral institutions into contempt; and also praying 
the House to adopt some method by which the pre- 
sent system of treating and debauchery at Elections 
may be put an end to. 

. Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of 
the Borough of Maldon, was presented and read ; 
setting forth, That during the present Session of 
Parliament a Petition was presented to the House, 
complaining of an undue Election of Members of 
Parliament for the said Borough; that the Select 
Committee appointed by the House to try the merits 
of the said Petition reported that the said Election 
was void on the ground of bribing and treating ; 
that it appears by the Resolutions of the said Com- 
mittee sg four persons were proved to have been 
bribed ; viz., one by a sum of £.5, one by a sum of 
£.2, and two others by sums of £.1 each, and that 
the said Resolutions were carried only by a majority 
of one of the Committee; that the persons alleged 
to have been bribed with £.5 and £.2 respectively, 
were both at the time of the Election resident 40 
miles from Maldon, and that the two persons al- 
leged to have been bribed with £.1 each were both 
then resident upwards of 25 miles from Maldon, and 
that none of them were paid any other sums for time 
or travelling expenses; that the Petitioners consider 
it a great hardship that the entire body of the Elec- 
tors, being upwards of 900 in number, should be de- 
prived of their representatives in the House of Com- 
mons by any further suspension of the Writ for the 
re-election of Members, and that the evidence given 
to the said Select Committee affords no ground for 
any further investigation into the proceedings of the 
last or any previous Election; and praying that a 
Writ may be forthwith issued for the re-election of 
Members to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Borough of Maldon. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors and 
Householders of the Borough of Rye and its elec- 
toral district, was presented, and read ; setting forth, 
That a Committee of the House having, on the Fifth 
day of March last, declared that the last Election 
for the Borough of Rye was a void Election ; that 
two candidates have offered themselves for the re- 
presentation of the Borough, and that excitement 
prevails to the annoyance of the inhabitants and to 
the injury of the trade; that, in the opinion of the 
Petitioners, it is very important that the existing 
suspense should be early removed, and that the Writ 
for a new Election should be issued forthwith, so 
that the tranquillity of the town may be restored ; 
and praying that the House will be pleased forth- 
with to order a Writ to be issued for the election of 
a new Member to fill the seat now vacant for the 
said Borough. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Treasury Minutes, dated the 13th day 
of May 1853, fixing the Rates of Interest for Ex- 
chequer Bonds issued under the Act 16 Vic. c. 23, 
and for the Redemption thereof :—Also, Regulations 
for the Exchange of such Exchequer Bonds for Ex- 
chequer Bills, on certain Terms. 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer accordingly pre- 
sented the said Paper. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns showing the Total Amount of Revenue re- 





A. 1853. 


ceived in the United Kingdom in each year since 
1830 for Stamp Duties on Marine Insurances :— 
And, the Total Amount of Tonnage belonging to the 
United Kingdom in each year during that period. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of Ways ana 
Ways and Means, a Resolution ; which was read, as Means. 


followeth : 


Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply granted Income Tax. 


to Her Majesty, there shall be raised annually duri 
the terms hereinafter limited, the several Rates an 
Duties following (that is to say): 


For and in respect of the property in any 
lands, tenements or hevolilentents in the 
United Kingdom, and for and in respect of 
every annuity, pension or stipend, Fm 
by Her Majesty or out of the Public Revenue 
of the United Kingdom ; and for and in re- 

t of all interest of money, annuities, divi- 
ends and shares of annuities payable to any 
person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, 
companies or societies, whether corporate or 
not corporate ; and for and in respect of the 
annual profits or gains arising or accruing to 
any person or persons whatever, resident in 
the United Kingdom, from any kind of pro- 
rty whatever, whether situate in the United 
ingdom or elsewhere, or from any annui- 
ties, allowances or stipends, or from any pro- 
fession, trade or vocation, whether the same 
shall be respectively exercised in the United 
Kingdom or elsewhere ; and for and in re- 
spect of the annual profits or gains arising or 
accruing to any person or persons not resi- 
dent within the United Kingdom from any 
property whatever in the United Kingdom, 
or from any trade, profession or vocation, 
exercised in the United Kingdom ; for every 
Twenty shillings of the annual value or 


amount thereof— £. 8 d, 
For two years fiom April 5, 1853 -| - - 7 
And for two years from April 5,1855 -| - - 6 
And for three years from April 5,1857- | - - 5 


And that on April 5, 1860, except as to 
the collection of monies then due, the 
said Rates and Duties shall cease and 
determine. 


And for and in respect of the occupation 
of such lands, tenements or hereditaments 
(other than a dwelling-house occupied by a 
tenant distinct from a farm of lands), for 
every Twenty shillings of the annual value 
thereof, one moiety of each of the said sums 
of 7d., 6d. and 5d., for the above-named 
times respectively. 





The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. ; 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution : And that Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Chancellor 
of the Exchequer and Lord John Russell do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Ways and 


into the Committee of Ways and Means. 


(In the Committee.) 


Question again proposed, That, towards raising succession 
the Supply granted to Her Majesty, the Stamp Du- Duty. 


ties payable by law upon or for or in respect of 
legacies, shall be granted and made payable upon 
and for every succession to the beneficial enjoyment 
of any real or personal estate, or to the receipt of 
any portion or additional portion of the income or 
profits thereof, that may take place upon or in con- 
sequence of the death of any person, under what- 
ever title, whether existing or future, such succes- 
sion may be derived. 
Amendment proposed in 1.4: After the word 
“ real” to insert the words “ estate in like manner 
“ as personal estate is now liable, so far as the same 
can be made applicable, preserving, however, the 
“ Law of Primogeniture.” 
Question, That those words be there inserted 
——put, and negatived. 
Original Question put, and agreed to. 
Resolution to be reported. 


“ 





Mr. 











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16 Vicroriz. 








Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come toa 


Resolution. 


Ordered, That the Report be received upon Thurs- 


day next. 


r. Bouverie also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 


leave to sit in. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


into the Committee of Supply. 
(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty thou- | 
ted to Her Majes 

count), towards yt sacs the Charge of 

tingencies, to the 31st day of May 1854. 


sand pounds, be 


Resolution to be reported. 





(on ac- 


Givi Con- 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to a 


Resolution. 


Ordered, That the Report be received upon Thurs- 


“—— 


r. Bouverie also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 


leave to sit again. 
Resolved, 


at this House will, upon Thursday 


next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Customs, &amp;c. Acts. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That from and after the 5th day of April | 


1854, the Duties of Assessed Taxes payable in Great 


13° Maiz. 





493 


For every carriage with four wheels, described 
in the said Schedule (D.) of the Acts afore- 
said, used by any common carrier, principally 
and bond fide for and in the carriage of 

wares or merchandise, by which he or she | 


shall seek a livelihood :— 


Where such carriage shall be occasionally | 
only used in the conveyance of passengers 
&gt; hire, and 2 such manner that the 

tage Carriage Duty, or any composition 
for the same, shall not be capable under 
any license by the Commissioners of In- 
Mo - = = = = 

And where such carriage last aforesaid shall 
have less thanfour wheels - + - 


£. 8. a. 
268 
168 





SCHEDULE (E. )}—HORSES. 


For every horse, mare or gelding, which shall be 
kept or used for the purpose of racing or run- 


Annual Duty 
| for each Horse. 

















Britain, under or by virtue of any Act or Acts now 








in force, for or in respect of male servants, carriages, 
horses, mares or geldings, mules, dogs, hair powd 

and armorial bearings or ensigns respectively ; and | 
all compositions for the said Duties or any of them, | 
cease and determine; and in lieu 
all be paid the several Duties con- 
tained in the several Schedules following, marked | 


shall _—— 
thereof, there s 


respectively (C.), (D.), (E.), (G.), (I) and (K.); 


(that is to say): 


SCHEDULE (C.)—SERVANTS. 

For _ male servant retained or employed in 
— of the several capacities mentioned in 
Schedule (C.), annexed to the Acts 48 Geo. 3, 

ec. 55, and 52 Geo. 3, c. 93, respectively :— 
For every such servant of the age of 18 years 
orupwards - - - - = = 
And for every such servant under the age 
of 18 years - - - - = -= 


SCHEDULE (D.)—CARRIAGES. 


For every carriage with four wheels, of any of 


the descriptions mentioned in Schedule (D.) 
of the said Acts 48 Geo. 3, c. 55, and 52 Geo. 3, 
c. 93, respectively :— 
Where the same shall be drawn by two or 
more horses, mares, geldings or mules - 
And where the same shall be drawn by one 
horse, mare, gelding or mule only - —- 


shall be kept and used solely for the pur- 
pose of being let forhire - &lt;= - 
For every carriage with four wheels, each 
being of less diameter than 30 inches, 
where the same shall be drawn by two or 
more ponies or mules, neither of them 
exceeding 13 hands in height - - 
And where the same shall be drawn by one 
such pony or mule only - = = 
For every carriage with less than four wheels, 
where the same shall be drawn by two or 
more horses, mares, geldings or mules - 
And where the same shall be drawn by one 
horse, mare, gelding or mule only - — - 
And where the same shall be drawn by one 
ny or mule only, not exceeding 13 

fon sinheight - - - - = 


VoL. 108. 


And where any such carriage as the pr} 


One-half of the 





Annual Duty | 


for 
each Servant. 


! 


£. 8. d. | 


Ril-| 
= 6 


Annual Duty 
for 


each Carriage. 


} 
£8. d.| 


sai at 


above-men- 
tioned Duties 
respectively, 


££. &amp; @ 
115 - 
: a 


-15 -« 


o Wi iw 





er, | In 


| 











ning for any plate, prize or sum of money, or 
other thing, or kept in training for any of the £. 8. d. 
said last-mentioned purposes - - -| 817 - 
For every horse, mare, oities or mule (except 
as aforesaid) exceeding the height of 13 
hands, of four inches to each hand, kept for 
the purpose of riding or drawing any carriage 
chargeable with duty - - - - -/ lil- 
For every other horse, mare, gelding or mule, | 
exceeding the height above stated 2. 4) eee 
For every pony or mule not exceeding the height 
of 13 hands, kept for the purpose of riding or 
drawing any carriage pete with duty -| -10 6 
And for every such pony or mule kept for any 
other purpose - - - - - -| - 56 8 
Annual Duty 
SCHEDULE (G.)—DOGS. ter cach Deg. 
For every dog, of whatever description or deno- | £. s. d. 
mination the same may be - - = -| -L - 
SCHEDULE (I.)}—HAIR POWDER. Annual Duty, 
In respect of hair powder, used or worn by any | £. s. @. 
person - - - - - - -| 1 510 
SCHEDULE (K.)—ARMORIAL BEARINGS. 
respect of any armorial bearing or ensign, b 
whatever name the same shall be called, used, | Annual Duty. 
or worn by any person :-— 
Where such person shall be chargeable with | £. s. d. 
the duty of Assessed Taxes for any car- 
riage, at the rate of £.3. 10. - - -} 212 9 
And where such person shall not be so 
chargeable - - a Ss -| -18 2 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to 
a Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Thurs- 
day next. 

Mr. Bouverie also reported, That the Committee 
had made Progress in the matter to them referred ; 
and that he was directed to move, That the Com- 
mittee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Excise Duties 
reading of the Excise Duties on Spirits Bill ; on Spirits Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second London and 
reading of the London and Edinburgh Gazettes Bill; Edinburgh | 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon &amp;*7°*¢* Bill. 
Friday the 10th day of June next. 


The Whichwood Forest Bill was, according to Or- Whichwooa 
der, read the third time. Forest Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Pilotage Bill. 
mittee on the Pilotage Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
3R3 The 








4Q4. 13°—14° Maiz. 


Land Tax The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Commissiva- mittee on the Land’ Tax Commissioners’ Names Bill ; 


a —- Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
10th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 

Expenses of The Expenses of Elections Bill was, according to 


Elections Bill Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 
8th day of June next. 


Convicted The Order of the day being read, for the second 

Prisoners’ _ reading of the Convicted Prisoners’ Removal and 

Removal and ; 

Confinement Confinement Bill ; , 

Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 

Transfer of The Order of the day being read, for the second 


Land (Ireland) reading of the Transfer of Land (Jreland) Bill ; 


_ Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 29th day of June next. 
Rye Writ. The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 


adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon 
the 12th day of this instant May, was proposed to be 
made to the Question proposed upon the 2d day of this 
instant May, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Baron to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Town and Port of Rye, in the 
room of William Alexander Mackinnon, Esquire, 
whose Election has been determined to be void; 
and which Amendment was, to leave out from the 
word “ That” to the end of the Question, in order 


to add the words “ no new Writ be issued for the | : ; ; 
| Bright, Viscount Jocelyn and Mr. Hamilton; with 


“ Town and Port of Rye, until Friday the 27th day 
“ of this instant May ” instead thereof ; 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :—The House resumed the said adjourned 
Debate. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That this House do now adjourn ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the { Viscount Galway, 1 59 
Yeas, | Captain Vyse : ' an 
Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, 193 
Noes, \ Mr. Grenville Berkeley: eas 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

A Motion was made, and the Suestion was pro- 
posed, That the Debate be now adjourned :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 14° die Maiti, 1853: 


And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the fMr. Tufnell, 


Yeas, Mr. Grenville Berkeley : ae. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Frewen, \ - 
Noes, (Captain Vyse : j %- 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Baron to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Town and Port of Rye, in the 
room of William Alexander Mackinnon, Esquire, 
whose Election has been determined to be void. 





A. 1853. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Merchant 
into a. Committee on the Merchant Shipping Bill. Shipping Bin. 


(In the Committee.) 


Instruction to the Committee on the Bill, That 
they have Power to make provision therein pur- 
suant to the Resolution reported April 26th, read. 

Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 


ph. 
Preamble a sg 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Cow- 
per reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 





A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Maldon Writ. 

posed, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the electing of two Burgesses to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Maldon, in the room 
of Charles Du Cane, Esquire, and Taverner John 
Miller, Esquire, whose Elections have been deter- 
mined to be void:—And the said Motion was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 


The Select Committee on the Communication be- Communica- 
tween London and Dublin was nominated of Mr. re — 
Henry Herbert, Lord Alfred Hervey, Sir Richard Dupin. 
Bulkeley, Mr. Vance, Mr. Corry, Mr. Fortescue, 

Mr. Repton, Mr. Tollemache, Captain Duncombe, Lord 
Naas, Admiral Berkeley, Mr. Richard Fox, Mr. 


Power to send for persons, papers and records. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill Income Tax 
for granting to Her Majesty Duties on Profits arising Bill. 
from Property, Professions, Trades and Offices: No. 495. 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Friday next; and to 
be printed. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill Customs 
to alter the Duties of Customs payable upon the — a 
Importation of certain Spirits or Strong Waters: 

And the same was read the first time; and ordered “® 496. 
to be read a second time upon Thursday next; and 
to be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Chatham, &amp;c. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Boroughs. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Names of all Members 
elected since the passing of the Reform Bill to serve 
for the Boroughs of Chatham, Portsmouth, Devon- 
port and Pembroke, stating the Dates of each Re- 
turn, and the Name of the First Lord of the Trea- 
sury at the time of each Return respectively. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Privy 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Councillors. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Name or Names of any 
Member of the Privy Council who, having had any 
Claim to draw any Salary, Pension or Allowance, 
may have given up the same to the Country within 
the last Twenty years; stating the Amounts an- 
nually and collectively so given up by each. 
Ordered, That the said Address resented to 


Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 
Ordered, 





Plym¢ 
Electi 
No 


Great 


Fo 


eet at et 




















Plymouth 
Election. 


No. 497. 


Great Southern 
and Western 


Railway 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Kentish 
Railways. 


Whittlebury 
Forest Bill. 


Blackpool and 
Layton-with- 
Warbrick 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Wolverhamp- 
ton Markets 
and Fairs, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


High Ham 
and Asheott 
Roads Bill. 


Preston 
Waterworks 
Bill, 


Aberdeen 
Railway Bill. 





16 VictoRiz. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Select Committee on the Plymouth Elec- 
tion Petitions be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
a quarter of an hour before One of the clock 
on Saturday morning, adjourned till Thursday 
next. 








Jovis, 19° die Maii ; 
Anno 16° Victorie Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Turner presented a Bill to enable the Great 
1 Southern and Western Railway Company to 
divert the Glanmire Road Lower, in the Parish of 
Saint Anne’s, Shandon, in the County of the City 





or Borough of Cork, and to make a small portion of 
Railway in that Parish, and for other purposes : And | 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be | 
read a second time 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Kentish Rail- | 
ways, which was presented upon the 10th day of 
this instant May, be referred to the Committee on 
Group DD. of Railway Bills. 


The Select Committee on the Whittlebury Forest 
Bill was nominated of Mr. Wilson, Captain Vyse, Mr. 
Charteris, Mr. Knight/ey, Lord Seymour, the Marquis 





of Chandos, and Five Members to be nominated by 
the Committee of Selection. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 
The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Black- 





13°—14°—19° Maiz. 495 


Ordered, That the Bedale and Leyburn Railway Bedale and 
Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken into a 
consideration To-morrow. tiie 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Great Extra- 
the Great Extra-mural Cemetery Association Bill, as ™¥#1 Ceme- 
amended in the Committee ; and an Amendment was tion Bill. 
made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Kilkenay and 
the Kilkenny and Great Southern and Western Rail- GreatSeuthern 
‘ ‘ ‘ and Western 
way Bill, as amended in the Committee. Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Leeds and 
the Leeds and Whitehall Roads Bill, as amended in Whitenal 
. ads bill. 
the Committee. 
Ordered, Yhat the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration London and 
the London and North Western Railway (Northamp- — 
ton, &amp;c.) Bill, as amended in the Committee. rd 


, . . (Northamp- 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. _ ton, &amp;c.) Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration London and 
the London and North Western Railway (Oldham North Western 
Branch) Bill, as amended in the Committee. a 


(Oldhan 
Ordered, ‘hat the Bill be read the third time. Branch) Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Ludlow Cattle- 
the Ludlow Cattle-market and Slaughter-houses Bill, ™aFket and 
. F ‘ : Slaughter- 
as amended in the Committee. house ae. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Manchester 


pool and Layton-with-Warbrick Improvement Bill ; | the Manchester Improvement Bill, as amended in the - &lt;r 


and the same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Wolver-| 


hampton Markets and Fairs, &amp;c. Bill. 
The said Amendments, being read a second time 





} 
{ 


| as amended in the Committee. 


| Committee. 
| 
| 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Midland Rail- 


the Midland Railway (Leicester and Hitchin) Bill, ond Gitchiny” 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


| The House proceeded to take into consideration North British 


(and it appearing that the Amendment to Clause 58 | the North British Railway Bill, as amended in the Railway Bill. 


was made to render the Clause consistent with 
Clause 28, and to carry out the intention of this 
House), were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Thornely do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The High Ham and Ashcott Roads Bill was read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Thornely do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the Preston Water- 
works Bill be now read the third time ; 

Sir William Molesworth, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives 
Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, Vhat the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Aberdeen Sedan Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
VoL. 108. 








Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Swaffham 
the Swaffham and Bottisham Drainage (No. 2) Bill, = Bottisham 
. : rainage 
as amended in the Committee. (No. 2) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Cutbill’s Divorce Bill was read a second time ; Cutbill’s 
and committed to the Select Committee on Divorce Divorce Bill. 
Bills. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, That they do hear counsel and examine 
witnesses for the said Bill; and also, that they do 
hear counsel and examine witnesses against the Bill, 
if the Parties concerned think fit to be heard by 
counsel, or produce witnesses. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Llanelly 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; Railway and 
That in the case of the Llanel/y Railway and Dock — en 
(No. 2) Bill, the Standing Orders have been complied 


with. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Aberdeen 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; ba en 
That in the case of the Aberdeen Tailors’ Incorpora- Estate Bill. 
tion Estate Bill, the Standing Orders have been com- 
plied with. 

3R4 Mr. 














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496 


Nash’s Estate Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 

Bill. one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; 
That in the case of Nash’s Estate Bill, no Standing 
Orders are applicable. 


Lianelly Raile Ordered, That the Llanelly Railway and Dock 
One En (No. 2) Bill be read a second time. 


Aberdeen 

Tailors’ In- 
corporation 
Estate Bill. 


Nash’s Estate 
Bill. 


Ordered, That the Aberdeen Tailors’ Incorporation 
Estate Bill be read a second time. 


Ordered, That Nash’s Estate Bill be read a second 
time. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Cork 
Election Petition have leave to adjourn from To- 
morrow, till Monday, in consequence of the length 
and contradictory nature of the Evidence taken 
before the Committee, and on the application of 
counsel for time to consider that Evidence. 


Cork Election. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Submission to Arbitration between 
Her Majesty’s Government and Dr. Reid, in the 
matter of his Claim for Damages arising out of the 
Determination of his Engagement at the Houses of 
Parliament; and of the Award of the Arbitrators 
made pursuant to such Submission. 

Sir William Molesworth accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Dr. Reid. 
No. 498. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns for each of the years ending on the 5th day 
of April 1850, 1851 and 1852, of the Amount of 
Property assessed to the Income Tax in each of the 
above years, under Schedule D. arising from Secu- 
rities and Possessions in Jreland :—Of the Amount 
of Dividends assessed under Schedule C., in the Pub- 
lic Funds in Jreland for each of the above Periods, 
and under Schedule E. on Salaries in Public Offices 
and Pensions in Jreland, for each of the above 

ears :—And, similar Returns for the year ending 
the 5th day of April 1853, so soon as the Assessment 
shall be complete (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No, 27, of Session 1850). 


Income Tax 
(Ireland.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Standings for Hackney 
Carriages in the Metropolitan Police Districts, a List 
of the Places where the Standings are, and the Num- 
ber of Carriages allowed at each Standing. 


Hackney 
Carriages 


( Metropolis.) 


Madras Rail- = The following Papers were laid upon the Table by 
way Companys the Clerk of the House,—-Return to an Order, dated 
the 12th day of April last, for Copies of the Corres- 
rang between the Promoters of the Madras 
ilway Company and the Court of Directors of 
the East India Company, and of the Correspond- 
ence between the Board of Control and the Court of 
Directors ; and of any Official Reports with refer- 

ence to the same subject. 
Customs Return to an Order, dated the 26th day of April 
a and Jast, for Returns of the Produce of the Customs 
Duties levied at each Port and Creek in the Coun- 
ties of Donegal and Sligo, in the years 1851 and 
1852:—Of the Number of Vessels, and the Ton- 
naze, entering and leaving each of these Ports and 
Creeks in the above years:—Of the Number of 
Vessels and the Tonnage now registered as belong- 
ing to each of the above Ports and Creeks :—And, 
of the Number and Rank of the Custom-house 
Officers employed at each of the above Ports and 

Creeks. 

Return to an Order, dated the 2d day of this in- 
stant May, for Lists of all Articles on which Cus- 
toms Duties were payable in the year 1852 on Im- 
portation into the United Kingdom, showing, in 


Customs 
Duties. 





19° Mazi. 











A. 1853. 


Columns, the Name of the Article; the Quantity 
imported, exported and retained for Home Con- 
sumption in 1852; the Net Amount of Duty re- 
ceived ; the present Rates of Duty; and the pro- 
posed Rates of Duty :—And, of all Articles imported 
Duty free in 1852 ; and of such Articles, then sub- 
ject to Duty, as it is proposed shall be admitted 
Duty free under the new Tariff. 

Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of this in- Highways 
stant May, for an Account of the Admeasurement (Melton 
of the Public Highways in each Parish in the Melton Mowbray.) 
Mowbray Petty Sessions Division, in the County of 
Leicester; with an Account of the Expenditure for 
the year ending the 25th day of March 1853; and 
that Messrs. Oldham and Campion, the Magistrates’ 

Clerks for the said Division, be directed to furnish 
the same. 

The following Papers, pursuant to the directions Army, Com. 
of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon Missariat and 
the Table by the Clerk of the House,—Accounts of Ordnance. 
Army, Commissariat and Ordnance Receipt and 
Expenditure for the year ending 31st March 1852, 
with Reports of the Commissioners of Audit. 

Copy ofa Treasury Warrant, dated the 10th May Superanau- 
1853, placing Governors of Military Prisons under tious. 
Provisions of the Act 4 &amp; 5 Will. 4, c. 24. 

Accounts respecting the Annual Territorial Re- East India. 
venues and Disbursements of the East India Com- 
pany for three years, 1848/49, 1849/50, 1850/51, 
according to the latest Advices; with a Statement of 
the same for the succeeding year, partly estimated. 

The Twenty-seventh Report of the Commissioners Metropolis 
of the Metropolis Turnpike-roads North of the Turnpike 
Thames. ee 

An Account of the Receipt and Application of all Margate Pier 
Monies which have been received by the Directors 4 Harbour. 
of the Margate Pier and Harbour Company, from 
the 6th day of April 1852 to the 5th day of April 
1853, both days inclusive. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Address to Pilotage. 
Her Majesty, dated the 7th day of April last, for 
Copies of Schedule List of the several Rates of 
Pilotage charged by the Pilots under the Trinity 
House, Deptford Strond, and the Pilots under the 
Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports ; together with the 
existing Regulations and Orders, by each of these 
Departments, for the Instruction and Information of 
the Shipowners and Masters of Vessels ; and show- 
ing also, in a corresponding Column, the Alterations 
and Changes that are proposed to be made by the 
Pilotage Bill before the House, in alleviation and 
reduction of the Charges of Pilotage now sanc- 
tioned by these Departments on the Merchant 
Shipping of this Country, and on Foreign Ships. 

. Seared That the said Return do Tie upon the 
able. 


Petitions relating to the University of London ;— Public 
Church Rates ;—Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ;—Pro- Petitions. 
bates of Wills and Grants of Administration Bill ;— y;ao Fiftieth 
West India Colonies ;—Advertisements ;—Articles of Report. 
Clerkship ;—County Rates and Expenditure Bill ;— 
Paper, Newspaper Stamps and Advertisements ;— 
Property and Income Tax (1853) ;—Decimal Coin- 
age ;— Early Closing ;—- Education ; — Education 
Bill; — Richard Green ;— Charles Hill; —Londonand 
Edinburgh Gazettes Bill ;—Lunatics’ Care and Treat- 
ment Bill, and, Lunatic Asylums Bill ;— Medical 
Profession ; — Pilotage Bill; — Prisons (Scotland) 

Bill ;—Registration of Assurances Bill ;—and, Sheriff 
Courts (Scotland) Bill,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to Beer-houses ;—and, Public- 
houses, &amp;c.,—were also presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Public- 
houses, &amp;e. 

A Petition relating to Jndian Territories, was 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Indian Territories. . 

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Incumbered 
Estates 
(Ireland. ) 


Library of the 


Legislative 
Council and 
Assembly of 
Canada. 


No. 499, 


Ways and 
Means. 


Succession 
Duty. 


Customs, &amp;c. 
Acts, 


Assessed 
Taxes, 


16 Vicroriz. 


Sir John Young presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 21st day of April last, for a Return of the 
Names and Dates of the Petitions lodged in the 
Court for Sale of Incumbered Estates in Jreland, 
and the respective Dates of the Allowance of the 
posting for dle in each of said Petitions. 

. = ered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
able. 


The Clerk laid upon the Table,—A Letter from Mr. 
Elliot to the Clerk of the House of Commons, 
transmitting a Copy of a Letter to the Duke of 
Newcastle by the Speakers of the Legislative Coun- 
cil and Assenibly of Canada, relative to the Aid 
afforded by Public Departments in this Country 
and France for the re-construction of their Library. 

Ordered, That the said Paper be printed. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of 
Ways and Means, a Resolution; which was read, 
as followeth : 

Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply granted 
to Her Majesty, the Stamp Duties payable by law 
upon or for or in respect of Lagu, shall be granted 
and made payable upon and for every succession to 
the beneficial enjoyment of any real or personal 
estate, or to the receipt of any portion or additional 
portion of the income or profits thereof, that may 
take place upon or in consequence of the death of 
any person, under whatever title, whether existing 
or future, such succession may be derived. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer and Lord John Russell do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the 
Customs, &amp;c. Acts, a Resolution ; which was read, 
as followeth : 

Resolved, That from and after the 5th day of 
April 1854, the Duties of Assessed Taxes payable 
in Great Britain, under or by virtue of any Act or 
Acts now in force, for or in respect of male servants, 
carriages, horses, mares or geldings, mules, dogs, 
hair powder, and armorial bearings or ensigns re- 
spectively ; and all compositions for the said Duties 
or any of them, shall respectively cease and deter- 
mine; and in lieu thereof there shall be paid the 
several Duties contained in the several Schedules 
following, marked respectively (C.), (D.), (E.), (G.), 
(I.) and (K.); (that is to say): 

SCHEDULE (C.)—SERVANTS. Annual Duty 
each Servant. 


_—— 


For every male servant retained or employed in 
any of the several capacities mentioned in 
Schedule (C.), annexed to the Acts 48 Geo. 3, 
c. 55, and 52 Geo. 3, c. 93, respectively :— 


£. 8. d. 
For every such servant of the age of 18 years 
orupwards - - - - - -| 11 - 
And for every such servant under the age 
of 18 years - - - - - -| -10 6 


SCHEDULE (D.)—CARRIAGES. 
Annual Duty 


For every carriage with four wheels, of any of for 
the descriptions mentioned in Schedule (D.) | each Carriage. 
of the said Acts 48 Geo. 3, c. 55, and 52 Geo. 3, 
c. 93, respectively :— 


Where the same shall be drawn by two or | 4: &amp; 
more horses, mares, geldings or mules -| 310 —- 
And where the same shall be drawn by one 
horse, mare, gelding or muleonly- -/ 2 - = 


And where any such carriage as aforesaid Cuohall of the 
shall be kept and used solely for the pur- &gt;| gjoned Duties 
pose of being let for hire = - - &lt;J| respectively. 

For every carriage with four wheels, each 
being of less diameter than 30 inches, 
where the same shall be drawn by two or 
more ponies or mules, neither of them |’ 








exceeding 13 hands in height - -| 115 - 
And where the same shall be drawn by one 
such pony or mule only o e« elf Lee 
Vou. 108. 





19° Mai. 497 


For every carriage with less than fourwheels, | £. s. d. 
where the same shall be drawn by two or 
more horses, mares, geldings or mules -| 2 = - 

And where the same shall be drawn by one 
horse, mare, gelding or mule only - -| -15 - 

And where the same shall be drawn by one 
pony or mule only, not exceeding 13 

andsinheight - - - - -/ -10 - 


For every carriage with four wheels, described 
in the said Schedule (D.) of the Acts afore- 
said, used by any common carrier, principally 
and bond fide for and in the carriage of goods, 
wares or merchandise, by which he or she 
shall seek a livelihood :— 


Where such carriage shall be occasionally 
only used in the conveyance of passengers 
for hire, and in such manner that the 
Stage Carriage Duty, or any composition 
for the same, shall not be payable under 
any license by the Commissioners of in- 


land Revenue - - - - -| 3268 
And where such carriage, last aforesaid, shall 

have less than four wheels’ - - ~| 168 

SCHEDULE (E.)—HORSES. suuinines 


° ° for each Horse. 
For every horse, mare or gelding, which shall be 


kept or used for the purpose of racing or run- 
ning for any plate, prize or sum of money, or | £- % 4. 
other thing, or kept in training for any of the 
said last-mentioned purposes - - - 
For every horse, mare, gelding or mule (except 
as aforesaid), exceeding the height of 13 
hands, of four inches to each band, kept for 
the purpose of riding or drawing any carriage 
chargeable with duty - - - -— - 
For every other horse, mare, gelding or mule, 
excecding the height above stated - -| -10 6 
For every pony or mule not exceeding the height 
of 13 hands, kept for the purpose of riding or 





drawing any carriage chargeable with duty -| ~10 6 
And for every such pony or mule kept for any 
other purpose - - - - + y= 5 8 


Annual Duty 


SCHEDULE (G.)—DOGS. for each Dog. 





For every dog, of whatever description or deno- | £. 5. d. 
mination the samemay be - - - -/| —~12 - 


SCHEDULE (1I.)—HAIR POWDER. Annual Duty. 








In respect of hair powder, used or worn by any | £, s. d. 















person - - - =| 5 oxo 
SCHEDULE (K.)—ARMORIAL BEARINGS. 
In respect of any armorial bearing or ensign, by 
whatever name the same shall be called, used, | Annual Duty. 
or worn by any person :— oe 
Where such person shall be chargeable with | £. s. d. 
the duty of Assessed Taxes for any car- 
riage, at the rate of £.3. 10. - -| 212 9 
And where such person shall not be so 
chargeable - - - - - «=| =13 2 





The said Resolution, being read.a second time, 
was agreed to. seis 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Chancellor 
of the Exchequer, Lord John Russell and Mr. Wil- 


son do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Excise Duties on Spirits Bill was, according Excise Duties 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a on Spirits Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Customs Duties on Spirits Bill was, according Customs 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a — ~ 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. “?'"* °" 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of Supply. 
Supply, a Resolution ; which was read, as followeth : 

fesolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty thou- Civil Contin. 
sand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty (on account), 8¢cies. 
towards defraying the Charge of Civil Contingencies, 
to the 31st day of May 1854. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply. 





into the Committee of Supply. 
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man atts tg ett en i! os 


Royal Palaces 
and Public 
Buildings, 


Royal Parks, 
Pleasure 
Grounds, &amp;c. 


New Houses 
of Parliament. 


Stationery 
Office. 


Holyhead 
Harbour. 


Harbours of 
Refuge. 


Port Patrick 
Harbour. 


Public 
Buildings 
(Ireland. ) 


498 14° Mazz. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred and nineteen thousand three hundred and twenty 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 
31st day of March 1854, the Expense of Mainte- 
nance and Repairs of Royal Palaces and Public 
Buildings. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixty-two 
thousand seven hundred and thirty-six pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day 
of March 1854, the Expense of maintaining and 
keeping in Repair the Royal Parks, Pleasure 
Grounds, &amp;c., and other Charges relating thereto, 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred and forty-five thousand seven hundred and 
seventy-four pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
Works and Expenses at the New Houses of Parlia- 
ment, to the 31st day of March 1854. 


4, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ten thou- 





sand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, 
ia the year 1853, the Expense of providing Accom- 
modation for the Department of the Comptroller of 
the Stationery Office. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ninety- 


A. 1853. 


9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eleven Kingstown 
thousand six hundred and forty-five pares be Harbour. 
— to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 

orks and Repairs at Kingstown Harbour, and to 
provide for the Harbour Establishment, to the 31st 
day of March 1854. 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ninety- Houses of 
one thousand one hundred pounds, be granted to Parliament. 
Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses of 
the two Houses of Parliament, and Allowances to 
the Retired Officers of the two Houses, to the 31st 
day of March 1854. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty- Treasury, 
four thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the Department 
of Her Majesty’s Treasury, to the 31st day of March 
1854. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- Home 
seven thousand one hundred pounds, be granted to Department. 
Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses of 
the Office of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for 
the Home Department, to the 31st day of March 
1854. 

13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixty- Foreign 
nine thousand four hundred pounds, be granted to Department. 


one thousand two hundred and seventy-nine pounds, | Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses in 
be granted to Her Majesty, on account of the Works the Department of tler Majesty’s Secretary of State 
at the New Packet Harbour and Harbour of Refuge | for Foreign Affairs, and also of the Queen’s Mes- 


at Holyhead, &amp;c., to the 31st day ef March 1854. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two hun- | 
dred and twenty-six thousand pounds, be granted to | 
Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of con- 
structing certam Harbours of Refuge, to the 31st 
day of March 1854. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two thou- | 
sand five hundred and fifty-six pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Pay | 
of the Establishment and the necessary Works at 
Port Patrick Harbour, to the 31st day of March | 
1854. 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That a| 


| 


Sum, not exceeding Forty-five thousand six hundred | 


pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the. 
Expense of repairing and maintaining the several | 


Public Buildings in the Department of the Commis- 


/sengers and Extra Couriers attached to that Depart- 
ment, to the 31st day of March 1854. 

14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding — War and 
nine thousand one hundred and seventy-five pounds, Colonies. 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 


_Expenses in the Department of Her Majesty's Se- 


cretary of State for War and Colonies, to the 31st 
day of March 1854. 

15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventy- Privy Council 
one thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Department. 
Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses in 
the Department of Her Majesty’s Most honourable 
Privy Gouncil, and Committee of Privy Council for 
Trade ; including the Education, the Registrar of 
Merchant Seamen, Naval, and the Railway Depart- 
ments, to the 3ist day of March 1854. 

16. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Lord Privy 


sioners of Public Works in Jredand, to the 31st day | ¢,ousand seven hundred pounds, be granted to Her Seal. 
| , 


of March 1854. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- | 
posed, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty-four 
thousand three hundred and sixty-four pounds | 
seven shillings, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- | 
fray the Expense of repairing and maintaining the | 
several Public Buildings in the Department of the | 
Commissioners of Public Works in Ire/and, to the 
3ist day of March 1854. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
a Sum, not exceeding Forty-four thousand one hun- 
dred and eight pounds one shilling and four-pence, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense 
of repairing and maintaining the several Public 
Buildings in the Department of the Commissioners | 
of Public Works in Jreland, to the 31st day of | 
March 1854 ; 

The Committee divided. 





Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Spooner, wre 
Yeas, | Mr. William Williams: J ““" 

Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, 80 
Noes, | The Earl of Mulgrave : | ‘ 


8. Question put, That a Sum, not exceeding ron 
fou" thousand three hundred and sixty-four "en s, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense 
of repairing and maintaining the several Public 


Buildings in the Department of the Commissioners 
of Public Works in IJre/and, to the Sist day of 
March 1854; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the {| Mr, Spooner, 1 ” 
Yeas, | Mr. Frewen : : ie 
Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, = 
Noes, (The Earl of Mulgrave : ' 


Majesty, to pay the Salary of the Lord Privy Seal, 
and the Expenses of his Establishment, to the 31st 


‘day of March 1854. 


17. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- Paymaster 
three seven hundred pounds, be granted to Her Ma- General. 
jesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses in the De- 
partment of Her Majesty's Paymaster General, to 
the 31st day of March 1854. 

18. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six Comptroller 
thousand three hundred and thirty-six pounds, be —-&lt; the 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Ex- ““°"°?"™ 
penses in the Department of the Comptroller General 
of the Exchequer, to the 31st day of March 1854. 


19. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven- Weshes and 
teen thousand two hundred and eighty-two pounds, Buildings. 


be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries anc 


| Expenses of the Office of the Commissioners of Her 
Majesty’s Works and Public Buildings, to the 31st 


day of March 1854. 
20. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- woods, Forests 


| two thousand three hundred and twenty-nine pounds, and Land 


| Revenues. 


be grauted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries anc 
Expenses of the Office of Her Majesty's Woods, 
Forests and Land Revenues, to the 31st day of March 
1854. 

21. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two State Paper 
thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven pounds, Office. 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses of the State Paper Office, to the 31st day 
of March 1854. 

22. Motion made, and Question put, That a Sum, Ecclesiastical 
not exceeding Three thousand three hundred and —_— 
sixty-eight pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to ~ 





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Poor Laws 
Administra- 
tion. 


Mint. 


Public 
Records. 


Factories, 
Mines, &amp;c. 


Officers, &amp;c. 
(Scotland. ) 


Household of 
the Lord 
Lieutenant 
of Ireland. 


Chief Secretary 
to the Lord 
Lieutenant of 
Treland, &amp;c. 


P aymaster of 
Civil Services 
(Ireland.) 


Public Works 
(Ireland. ) 


Secret 


Services, 





19° Maiz. 499 
defray the Charge of HerMajesty’s Foreign and other. 
Secret Services, to the 31st day of March 1854. 


33. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Stationery, &amp;c. 
hundred and sixteen thousand four hundred and 


16 Vicrori. 


defray a portion of the Expenses of the Ecclesiasti- 
cal Commissioners for England, to the 31st day of 
March 1854; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter 7 twent ds, b ted } 
ly ter, 63. | twenty pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
Yeas, (The Earl of Mulgrave : J defray the Expense of Stationery, Sienend 
Tellers for thes Mr. Wiltiam Williams, \_ 44, | Binding, for the several Public D ents,;..in~ 
Noes, Sir John Shelley: J cluding the Expense of the Stationery Office, to. the 


23. Resolved, Thata Sum, not exceeding Two hun- 
dred and fourteen thousand four hundred and ninety~ 
four pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 


Expenses connected with the Administration of the 


31st day of March 1854. 

34. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding, Sixteen Law Charges. 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty,. to 
c : defray Law Charges, and: the Salaries, wances 
Laws relating to the Poor, to the 31st day of March | and Incidental Expenses in the Office of the Solicitor 
1854. 5. ; | for the Affairs of Her Majesty’s Treasury, including 

_24. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty-| Prosecutions relating to Coin, to the 31st day of 

nine thousand five hundred and thirty-one pounds,| March 1854. 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of) 35. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven Sheriffs’ 
the Establishment of the Mint, including Coinage, teen thousand seven hundred pounds, be granted. to Expenses, &amp;e. 
to the 31st day of March 1854. | Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 

25. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twelve 1954, ra tt incurred by Sheriffs, the Defi- 





ciency in the Fees in the Office of the Queen’s 
Remembrancer in the Exchequer, the Salaries and 
Ancient Allowances to certain Officers of the Court 
of Exchequer. 








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f 31. 
1 
J 


92. | 





thousand two hundred and seventy pounds, be’ 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 

Expenses connected with the Department of Public 

Records, to the 31st day of March 1854. 

26. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifteen 36, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight Insolvent 
thousand and fifty pounds, be granted to Her Ma- thousand eight hundred and thirty pounds, lag Deteees 
jesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the In- | sranted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and oan 
spectors of actories, Mines, &amp;c., to the 31st day of | Heenan of the Commissioners of the Insolvent 
sine 1904. Th | Debtors’ Court, to the 31st day of March 1854. 

S hd —— _ - — | gag Pes g 37. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Law Expenses 
—/? 2 Cn ee | handeed and seven thousand four hundred and _five:(Scotland.) 

pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Sala~| | ds be oranted to Her Maiestv. to defray Law 

ries of certain Officers in Scotland, and other Charges, Px ae &amp; Beotheed. 12 the’ a den.ef Mi vue 

formerly paid from the Hereditary Revenue, to the ee . ay 

“~—S of ~— twinge d d ‘on. Th | 38. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty- Law Charges 

Sum meg are oma ee pg er ei |six thousand nine hundred and fifty — —— 
Slee my. hill; b ted to H 'granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 

MA y-two pounds seven Simings, de granver 0 € | Criminal Prosecutions and other Law Charges in 

Majesty, to pay the Salaries of certain Officers in | 7, 714d to the 31st day of March 1854 

Scotland, and other Charges, formerly paid from the ~~? ” Thi ’ 

Hereditary Revenue, to the 31st day of March 1854 39. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding | hirty- oe 

put, and negatived. | Six thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, (Dublin. ) 

Original Question put, and agreed to. | eoemeee defraying the Expense of the Metropolitan 

28. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a | Police of Dublin, to the Stet day of March 1854. 

Sum, not exceeding Six thousand four hundred and 40. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two County Rates. 
twenty-four pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to hundred and forty thousand pounds, be granted to 

defray the Charge of Salaries for the Officers and | Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 
Attendants of the Household of the Lord Lieutenant | 1854, certain Charges formerly paid out of County 

of Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1854. | Rates. 3 : 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put,That| 41. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixteen Inspection 
a Sum, not exceeding Four thousand six hundred | thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine pounds, — of 
and sixty-five pounds one shilling and two-pence, be | granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of prisons. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of | Inspection and General Superintendence over all the 
Salaries for the Officers and Attendants of the House- | Prisons in the United Kingdom, to the 31st day of 
hold of the Lord Lieutenant of Jreland, to the 31st | March 1854. : 
day of March 1854; Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Government 

The Committee divided. | Sum, not exceeding Four hundred and seven thou- a , a 

Tellers for the (Mr. William Williams, sand six hundred and sixty-seven pounds, be granted plishments at 

Yeas, Mr. Pellatt : _to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Govern- Home. 

Tellers for the {Mr. Hayter, ment Prisons and Convict Establishments at Home, 

Noes, \The Earl of Mulgrave: to the 31st day of March 1854. ; 

Original Question put, and agreed to. Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 

29. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven- | posed, That the Chairman do report Progress, and 
teen thousand one hundred and thirty-four pounds, | ask leave to sit again :—Motion, and original Ques- 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and | tion, by leave, withdrawn. ; 
Expenses of the Offices of the Chief Secretary to 42. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Melncnanes 
the Lord Lieutenant of Zreland in Dublin and Lon- | hundred and sixty thousand four hundred and sixty~ % *T™onets- 
don, to the 31st day of March 1854. five pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 

30. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven the Expense of the Maintenance of Prisoners in 
thousand four hundred and seventy-two pounds, be | County Gaols, the Philanthropic Institution, and 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of | Lunatic Asylums, and Expenses of Removal of Con- 
the Office of the Paymaster of Civil Services in | victs, to the 31st day of March 1854. 

Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1854. 43. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixty- Transporta- 

31. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty | nine thousand five hundred and eighteen pounds, be tion of Con- 
thousand one hundred and fifty-three pounds, be | granted to Her Majesty, to defray Expenses con- Vi 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and | nected with the Transportation of Convicts, &amp;c., to. 

Expenses of the Board of Public Works in Ireland, | the 31st day of March 1854. 
to the 31st day of March 1854. | 44. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Convict Esta- 


32. Resolved, ‘That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- | hundred and oo thousand and fifty-four dies 
two thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to} pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Coon) 


382 





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Education. 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 


Geological 
Survey, &amp;c. 


Royal Dublin 
Society. 


Professors 
(Universities 
of Oxford and 
Cambridge.) 


University of 
London. 


Scottish 
Universities. 


Royal Irish 
Academy, 


Royal Hiber- 
nian Academy. 


Belfast 
Academical 
Institution, 


Queen’s 
University 
(Ireland. ) 


British 
Museum, 


500 19°—20° Mait. A, 1853, 


Expense of the Convict Establishments in the Co-| 58. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four National 
lonies, to the 31st day of March 1854, ‘thousand two hundred and sixty-three pounds, be Gallery. 
45. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses 
hundred and sixty thousand pounds, be granted to of the National Gallery, to the 31st day of March 
Her Majesty, for Public Education in Great Britain, | 1854. 
to the 31st day of March 1854. : | 59. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Magnetic 
46. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One ‘thousand two hundred pounds, be granted to Her Observations, 
hundred and eighty-two thousand and seventy-three | Majesty, to defray the Expense of Magnetic Obser- 
— be granted to Her Majesty, had defray the | vations Abroad, including the Superintendent’s Esta- 
xpenses of the Commissioners of National Edu- | hlishment at Woolwich ; also, for Observations and 
cation in Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1854. | Services under the direction of the Astronomer 
: 47. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding aa 5 | Royal, to the 31st day of March 1854. 
our thousand four hundred and seventy-six pounds, | : 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses | nanane - ae sepenten. 
of the Departments of Science and Art, and of the | Mr. Speak d the Chair: and Mr. B 
Geological Survey of Great Britain and Jreland,| ~~. - - “4 That th “Oe vk ‘, d recap A 
and Museums of Geology in London and Dublin, to pctons * se », that the Committee had come to 
the 31st day of March 1854. =o Ther eh — ved T 
48. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six thou- ee ee nee 9 ang rehengye egee 


| Mr. Bouverie also acquainted the House, that he 
sand three hundred and forty pounds, be granted to : q : ? 
Her Majesty, to defray the Scum of the Royal | was directed to move, That the Committee may have 


. leave to sit again 
Dublin Society, to the 31st day of March 1854. | oo? , : 
49. Resolved, That a Sum; not exceeding Two | Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 


thousand and six pounds, be granted to Her Ma- | resolve itself into the said Committee. 


jesty, to defray the Charge of Salaries and Allow- | : 
ances to certain Professors in the Universities of | The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Hackney 
Oxford and Cambridge, to the 31st day of March , mittee on the Hackney Carriages (Metropolis) Bill ; Chet 
1854. ; _ And a Motion being made, and the Question being jin, 9 
50. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three | proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
thousand nine hundred and _ fifty-five pounds, be | Chair ; 
= ae - —_ Majesty ~ — ee — Mi, m4 | And the House having continued to sit till after 
te niversity of London, to the 31st day o are | Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 
51. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight Veneris, 20° die Mati, 1853: 
thousand and twenty-six pounds, be granted to Her | 
Majesty, to pay Grants to Scottish Universities, | An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
formerly defrayed from the Hereditary Revenues of | Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the Crown, to the 31st day of March 1854. the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
52. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three , “ the Bill be committed to a Select Committee,” in- 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- stead thereof. . 
wards defraying the Expense of the Royal Irish And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
Academy, to the 31st day of March 1854. posed to be left out, stand part of the Question ; 
53. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three The House divided. 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to-, The Yeas to the Right; 
wards defraying the Expense of the Royal Hibernian The Noes to the Left. 
Academy, to the 31st day of March 1854. Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, Liov. 
54. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Yeas, |The Earl of Mulgrave : a 
Sum, not exceeding Two thousand seven hundred | Tellers for the {Sir Robert Harry Inglis, } 23. 
and fifty pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to pay Noes, \Lord Dudley Stuart : 
the Salaries of the Theological Professors at Be/fast, So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
and Retired Allowances to Professors of the Belfast _ Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Academical Institution, to the 31st day ef March | Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
1854. the Committee. 


Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, (In the Committee.) 
That a Sum, not exceeding Seven hundred pounds, | , r ‘ 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries of Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
the Theological Professors at Belfast, and Retired gtaph. 
Allowances to Professors of the Belfast Academical| Preamble postponed. 








Institution, to the 81st day of March 1854; | Cxavuse, N° 1 (Application to be made to Com- 
The Committee divided. missioners of Police by persons desiring to obtain 
Tellers for the f Mr. Miall, 7 21. | a License). 

Yeas, | Mr. Pellatt : jo | To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, 7} sa0. | - 
Noes, (The Earl of Mulgrave: Jo" | 


Oro; er Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
. riginal Question put, and agreed to. 'verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro-. 
55. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 

thousand six hundred and eighty-one pounds, be ‘That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of} Resolved, That this House will, this day, again re- 
the Queen’s University in Jreland, to the 31st day. solve tect lute the anid Comaniiies. 

of March 1854. | 
56. Resolred, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- | 


two thousand seven hundred pounds, be granted to| .The Order of the day being read, for the Com- —— 


Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of New Build- | ™ttee of Ways and Means; : 
ings and Fittings at the British Museum, to the | Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 


31st dav of March 1854. itself into the said Committee. 
57. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One | 
thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Cunen, &amp;e. 
Majesty, to enable the Retess of the British Mu- | mittee on the Customs, &amp;c. Acts; _— 
seum to defray Expenses incurred in procuring} Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
Antiquities for the Museum. itself into the said Committee, “ 
| e 





Mercl 


‘ShipE 


a0 


look -| 














Merchant 


Shipping Bill. mittee on the Merchant Ship 


Pilotage Bill. 


Convicted 
Prisoners’ 
Removal and 
Confinement 
Bill. 


County Rates 
and Expen- 
diture Bill. 


Sheriff Courts 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Public- houses 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Clitheroe 
Writ. 


Westminster 
Bridge Bill. 
No. 500. 


Isle of Man. 
No. 501, 


Public 

Petitions 
(Fiftieth 
Report. ) 


Plymouth 
Improvement 
Bill. 





16 Vicrortiz. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
ping Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Pilotage Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Convicted Prisoners’ Removal and Confine- 
ment Bill was, according to Order, read a second 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the County Rates and Expenditure Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon 
Thursday the 5th day of this instant May, That the 
Select Committee on the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) 
Bill, have Power to send for persons, papers and re- 
cords ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Public-houses (Scotland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Clitheroe, in the room 
of Mathew Wilson, Esquire, whose Election has 
been determined to be void. 


Sir William Molesworth presented a Bill to trans- 
fer Westminster Bridge and the Estates of “The 
Commissioners of Westminster Bridge” to the Com- 
missioners of Her Majesty's Works and Public 
Buildings, and to enable such last-mentioned Com- 
missioners to remove the present Bridge and to 
build a new Bridge on or near the Site thereof: And 
the same was read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills; and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Isle of 


Man, which was presented upon the 13th day of 
this instant May, be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after One of the 
clock on Friday morning, adjourned till this 
day. 


Veneris, 20° die Mai; 
Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 


M®* Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 13th and 
19th days of this instant May; and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The Order for referring the Plymouth Improve- 
ment Bill to the Committee of Selection, was read, 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 

VoL. 108, 





19°—20° Maiz. 








501 


The Allendale Road Bill was read the third time. Allendale 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Road Bill. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 

to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Port- Ballymena, 
rush Junction Railway (No. 2) Bill was read the Ballymoney, 
third time. p=, ae 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Junction 
Ordered, That Mr. Macartney do carry the Bill Railway __ 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. (No. 2) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Edinburgh Waterworks (No. 2) Edinburgh 


Bill be read the third time upon Monday next. (No.3) Bil 


The Haslingden and Rawtenstall Waterwouks Haslingden 


Bill was read the third time ; and Amendments were 4 Rewten- 
made to the Bill. works Bill. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Limerick Corporation Bill was read the third Limerick 

time. Corporation 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass, _ 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Londonderry, Coleraine and Belfast Junction Londonderry, 
Railway Bill was read the third time. Coleraine 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. = 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill Railway Bill. 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Waveney Valley Railway Bill was read the Waveney | 
third time. ——— 
Resolved, ‘That the Bill do pass. liar 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Caledonian 
the Caledonian Railway (Connecting Branch with ow, 
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, &amp;c.) Bill, as oe 
amended in the Committee. Edinburgh and 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. Glasgow Rail- 

way, &amp;c.) Bill. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Great Western 
posed, That the Great Western Railway (Henley) Tieaie Bil 
Bill be re-committed :—And the said Motion was, ‘ — ; 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Portsmouth 
the Portsmouth Railway Bill, as amended in the Railway Bill. 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Poulnasherry 
the Poulnasherry Inclosure Bill, as amended in the closure Bill 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Scottish Mid- 
the Scottish Midland Junction Railway Bill, as and Junction 
; , ailway Bill. 
amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration South Eastern 
the South Eastern Railway (Reading Extension, &amp;c.) Railway 


Bill, as amended in the Committee. nay 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. Bil, ” 


The House proceeded to take into consideration gouth Shields 
the South Shields Improvement Bill, as amended in Improvement 
the Committee. = 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 





3s 3 


The 














Tralee ana 
Killarney 
Railway Bill. 


Bedale and 
Levbi 
away, Bil, 


Nagh’s Hstate 
Bill. 


Bail in Error 
Biil. 

Ne. 502, 
Registration 
of Assurances 


Bill. 
No. 503, 


Cutbiii's 
Divorce Bill 


Westminster 
Bridge Bill. 


Poor Law. 


Schools and 
Scholars. 


Queen’s 
Colleges 
(Ireland. ) 


502 
The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Tralee and Killarney Railway Bill, as amended 


in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Bedale and Hokies Railway 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read the third. time. 


Nash's Estate Bill was read a second time; and 
committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Bail in Error Bill was read. the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next; and to be printed. 


The Registration of Assurances Bill was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to 
request that their a will communicate to 
this House, a Copy of the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before their Lordships in the case of Cutbill’s 
Divorce Bill: And that Mr. Brotherton do carry 
the said Message. 


Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills have leave to sit and proceed forthwith, 
on the Westminster Bridge Bill. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 16th day of December last, 
for a Return, from each of the Poor Law Unions 
in England, Wales and Ireland, showing what 
kinds of Employment, if any, are carried on in the 
respective Workhouses, or on Land attached to 
them; the Number of Adult able-bodied Persons, 
Male and Female, who appeared on the Books as 
Recipients of Relief on th 


tions of the Guardians in Handicraft and Agricul- 
tural Industry; the Classification of the Inmates of 
each Workhouse, and the Number of them engaged 
in Industrial Pursuits; and whether all the Articles 
pears are used in the Workhouses, and, if not, 
now the Surplus is disposed of. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
5th day of this instant May, for Returns of the 
Number of Day Schools and Sunday Schools, and 
ofthe Number of Day Scholars and Sunday Scholars, 
in England and Wales, with the Population, distin- 
guishing between Public and Private Day Schools, 
and also distinguishing Male and Female Scholars, 
according to the Census of 1851 :---And, of the Num- 
ber of Day Schools and Sunday Schools, and of the 
Number of Day Scholars and Sunday Scholars, in 


each of the Cities and Municipal Boroughs of Eng- | 


land, with the respective Populations, distinguishing 
between Public and Private Day Schools, and also 
distinguishing Male and Female Scholars, according 
to the Census of 1851. 

Return to an Order, dated the 18th day of April 
last, for Returns, showing the Number of Days in 
each Session since the opening of the Queen’s Col- 
leges at Belfast, Galway and Cork, the respective 
P-esidents, Vice-Presidents and Members of Coun- 
cil were in residence at their Colleges :—Of the 
Number of Councils held in each Session, the at- 
tendance of each Member, and the Name of the 
Presiding Officer at each Council:—And, of the 
Name, Emolument and Duties, of any other Office 
held or enjoyed by any President, Vice-President or 
other Member of Council, since the opening of their 
respective Colleges. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


20° Matt. 





e Ist day of July 1852, | 
and the Proportion of them engaged by the direc- | 




























































A. 1853. 


Ordered; That the Return relative to Customs Customs 
Duties, which was presented’ upon the 19th day of Duties. 
this-instant' May, be printed. No. 504, 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to East East India. 
India, which were presented upon the 19th day of No, 595, 
this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Metropolis Metropolis 
Turnpike-roads, which was presented upon the 19th Turnpike. 
day of this instant May, be printed. — 

0. 506; 

Ordered, That the Return relative to. Pilotage, Pilotage. 
which was presented upon the 19th day. of this m- No, 5u7, 
stant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Army, Army, Com. 
Commissariat and Ordnance, which were presented Mmissariat and 


upon the 19th day of this instant: May, be printed. "an ae 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Burial- 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased stounds. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Table of Ecclesiastical Fees payable on the 
Consecration of any Burial-ground in the different 
Dioceses of England and Wales ; distinguishing the 
Amount of each Fee, the Officer to whom it is paid, 
and by whom such Officer is appointed, and whether 
such Appointment is held for Life. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Westminster 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Bridge Bill 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Westminster Bridge 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Ordered, That Mr. John George Smyth have leave Leave of 
of absence for three weeks, on urgent business. movin: 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of the Adjournment. 
House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Sir John Young presented,—Return to an Ad- Trinity 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 5th day of this House, &amp;c. 
instant May, for Teams showing the Amounts se- 
parately of the Cash Balances arising from Tolls, 
oes or Payments, which are in the hands of the 
Trinity House, the Commissioners of Northern 
Lighthouses, the Port of Dublin Corporation, and 
the Board of Trade; also, the Amount, separately, 
of all Investments arising from any such Tolls, Fees 
or Payments. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Osborne presented, — Return to an Order, Glasgow 
dated the 10th day of this instant May, for Copy of — 
the Report of the Inspector appointed by the Lords“ 
Commissioners of the Admiralty under the Prelimi- 
nary Inquiries Act, 14 &amp; 15 Vic. c. 49, in the case of 
the Glasgow Waterworks Bill, together with the 
Evidence taken by the Inspector. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit Committees. 
To-morrow, notwithstanding the adjournment of the 
House. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Sidney Sussex College Sidney Sussex 
Estate Bill, with Amendments. — Estate 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the bee 3 
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Leominster 
Markets and 
Fairs Bill. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Fifty- 
first Report.. 


Income Tax 
Bill. 


Supply. 


Royal Palaces 
and Public 
Buildings, 


Royal Parks, 
Pleasure 
Grounds, &amp;c. 


New Houses 


of Parliament, 


Stationery 
Office. 


Holyhead 
Harbour, 


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Mr..Bouverie reported from the: Committee onthe | 
Leominster Markets -and Fairs Bill; That they had | 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the ‘Bill, and amended the same, by describing the 
Mayor, Aldermen.and Burgesses of the Borough as 
“ The Corporation,” .according to the interpretation 
clause introduced into the Bill, and’ by inserting a 
paragraph, stating the expediency of permitting the 
Corporation to pull down and remove the ‘lown- 
hall and Court-house now existing (the same having 
been proved to the satisfaction of the Committee to 
be at present inconvenient), and to erect a new 
Building to be used both as a Town-hall and Court- 
house, and for the general purposes of the Act; and 
also by inserting a paragraph, stating the expe- | 
diency of granting power to the Corporation to sell | 
their present property (subject to the approbation of | 
the Lords of the Treasury), and to apply the Money 
arising therefrom to the purposes of the Act, and 
which provision is a!terwards inserted; and found 
the same, as amended, to be 
through the Bill, and made 
unto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





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true; and had gone | 
Amendments there- 


Petitions relating to Ballot;—Ballot (Dockyards); | 
—Church Rates ;—Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ;— | 
Maynooth College Act ;— Postage (Colonies, &amp;c.) ; | 
—Advertisements ;—Indentures of Apprenticeship ; 
—Muinisters’ Money (Jre/and) ;—Property and In-| 
come Tax (1853) ;—Spirits ;—Armaments ;—Edu- | 
cation Bill ;—Hackney Carriages ( Metropolis) Bill; | 
—London and Edinburgh Gazettes Bill ;—Medical | 
Profession; — Ocean Penny Postage ; — Prisons 


upon the Table. 
Petitions relating to Intoxicating Liquors ;—and, 


Public-houses and Beer-shops,—were also presented, | 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on | 


Public-houses, &amp;c. 

Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers,—were 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 


The Income Tax Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Monday next. 


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503 


Refuge at Holyhead, '&amp;c., to the 31st day of March 
1854. 





6. ‘Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding ‘Two Harhouraof 


hundred and twenty-six thousand pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of 
constructing certain Harbours of Refuge, to the 31st 
day of March 1854. 


Refuge. 


7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Port Patrick 
thousand five hundred and fifty-six pounds, ‘be Harbour. 


granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
the Pay of the Establishment and the neces 
Works at Port Patrick Harbour, to the 31st day of 
Mareh 1854. 


8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- Public 


four thousand three hundred and sixty-four pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense 
of repairing and maintaining the several Public 
Buildings in the Department of the Commissioners 
of Public Works in /reland, to the 31st day of 
March 1854. 


Buildings 
(Ireland.) 


9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eleven Kingstown 


‘thousand six hundred and forty-five pounds, be 
‘granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
Works and Repairs at Kingstown Harbour, and to 
| provide for the Harbour Establishment, to the 31st 


day of March 1854. 


Harbour. 


10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ninety- Houses of 


one thousand one hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to pav the Salaries and Expenses of 
the two Houses of Parliament, and Allowances to 
the Retired Officers of the two Houses, to the 31st 
day of March 1854. 


Parliament. 


11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty- Treasury. 
(Scotland) Bill; —and, Sheriff Courts (Scotland) | four thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 


Bill,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie ‘° P#Y the Relaries smd Expenses of the Depury 


ment of Her Majesty’s Treasury, to the 31st day of 
March 1854. 
12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
seven thousand one hundred pounds, be granted to 
ler Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses of 


'the Office of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for 
the Home Department, to the 31st day of March 


854. 
‘nine thousand four hundred pounds, be granted to 
| Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses in 
| the Department of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State 


| for Foreizn Affairs, and also of the Queen’s Mes- 


sengers and Extra Couriers attached to that Depart- 


Mr. Rouverie reported from the Committee of ment, to the 31st day of March 1854. 


Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 
follow : 


to the 31st day of March 1854, the Expense of 
Maintenance and Repairs of Royal Palaces and 
Public Buildings. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixty- 
two thousand seven hundred and thirty-six pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st 
day of March 1854, the Expense of maintaining 
and keeping in repair the Royal Parks, Pleasure 
Grounds, &amp;c., and other Charges relating thereto. 


3. Resolved, ‘Vhat a Sum, not exceeding One 


hundred and forty-five thousand seven hundred and 
seventy-four pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
Works and Expenses at the New Houses of Par- 
liament, to the 31st day of March 1854. 


4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ten 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray, in the year 1853, the Expense of providing 
Accommodation for the Department of the Comp- 
troller of the Stationery Office. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ninety- 
one thousand two hundred and seventy-nine pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, on account of the 
Works at the New Packet Bedinn and Harbour of 

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' nine thousand one hundred and seventy-five pounds, 
1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One | be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
hundred and nineteen thousand three hundred and | Expenses in the De yartment of Her Majesty’s Se- 
twenty pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, | cretary of State for W 


‘day of March 1854. 
| 15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventy- 


14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- 


ar and Colonies, to the 31st 


one thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses in 
the Department of Her Majesty’s Most honourable 
Privy Council, and Committee of Privy Council for 
Trade; including the Education, the Registrar of 
| Merchant Seamen, Naval, and the Railway Depart- 
| ments, to the 31st day of March 1854. 
16. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
| thousand seven hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
| Majesty, to pay the Salary of the Lord Privy Seal, 
and the Expenses of his Establishment, to the 31st 
day of March 1854. 
| 17. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty 
| three thousand seven hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses in 
the Department of Her Majesty’s Paymaster Ge- 
neral, to the 31st day of March 1854. 
18. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six 

thousand three hundred and thirty-six pounds, be 





xpenses in the Department of the Comptroller 


— to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
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General 


Home 
Department. 


13. Resolved, Tiat a Sum, not exceeding Sixty- Foreign 


Department. 


War and 
Colonies. 


Privy Council 
Department. 


Lord Privy 
Seal. 


Paymaster 
General. 


Comptroller 
General of the 
Exchequer. 

































































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Services. 


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General of the Exchequer, to the 31st day of March 
1854. 
Works and 19. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven- 
Public Build- teen thousand two hundred and eighty-two pounds, 
_ be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Office of the Commissioners of Her 
Majesty’s Works and Public Buildings, to the 31st 
day of March 1854. 


Woods, Fo- 20. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding pn 

rests and Land two thousand three hundred and twenty-nine pounds, 

a | granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Office of Her Majesty’s Woods, 
Forests and Land Revenues, to the 31st day of 
March 1854. 

State Paper 21. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 

Office. thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses of the State Paper Office, to the 31st day 
of March 1854. 

Ecclesiastical 22. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 

Commission- thousand three hundred and sixty-eight pounds, be 

_ granted to Her Majesty, to defray a portion of the 
Expenses of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for 
England, to the 31st day of March 1854. 

Poor Laws 23. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 

Administra- hundred and fourteen thousand four hundred and 

—_ ninety-four pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray Expenses connected with the Administration 
of the Laws relating to the Poor, to the 31st day of 
March 1854. 

Mint. 24. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding mr 
nine thousand five hundred and thirty-one pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Establishment of the Mint, including Coinage, 
to the 31st day of March 1854. 


Public 25. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twelve 

Records. thousand two hundred and seventy pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Ex- 
yenses connected with the Department of Public 
tecords, to the 31st day of March 1854. 

Factories, 26. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifteen 

Mines, &amp;c. thousand and fifty pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the In- 
spectors of Factories, Mines, &amp;c., to the 31st day of 
March 1854. 

Officers, &amp;c. 27. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 

(Scotland:) thousand seven hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to pay the Salaries of certain Officers in 
Scotland, and other Charges, formerly paid from 
the Hereditary Revenue, to the 81st day of March 
1854. 

Household of — 28, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six 

—. thousand four hundred and twenty-four pounds, be 

of Ireland. granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Sa- 
laries for the Officers and Attendants of the House- 
hold of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, to the 31st 
day of March 1854. 

Chief Secretary 29, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven- 

aed teen thousand one hundred and thirty-four pounds, 

Ireland, &amp;c. be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Offices of the Chief Secretary to 
the Lord Lieutenant of Jreland, in Dublin and Lon- 
don, to the 31st day of March 1854. 


A Apes ed 30. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven 
(Ireland. thousand four hundred and seventy-two pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the 
Office of the Paymaster of Civil Services in Ireland, 
to the 31st day of March 1854. 
Public Works 31. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty 
(Ireland. ) thousand one hundred and fifty-three pounds, be 
— to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
ixpenses of the Board of Public Works in Jreland, 
to the 31st day of March 1854, 
Secret 32. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
two thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of Her Majesty’s Foreign and 
other Secret Services, to the 31st day of March 
1854. 





A. 1853. 


33. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Stationery, 
hundred and sixteen reper a hundred and &amp;c. 
twenty pounds, be ted to Her Majesty, to defra 
the A mom of Stationary, Printing and Binding, 
for the several Public Departments, including the 
Expense of the Stationery Office, to the 31st day of 
March 1854. ~ 


34. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixteen Law Charges. 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 
fray Law Charges, and the Salaries, Allowances and 
Incidental Expenses in the Office of the Solicitor 
for the Affairs of Her Majesty’s Treasury, including 
Prosecutions relating to Coin, to the 31st day of 
March 1854. 


35. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven- Sheriffs’ 
teen thousand seven hundred pounds, be granted to Expenses, &amp;. 
Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 
1854, the Expenses incurred by Sheriffs, the De- 
ficiency in the Fees in the Office of the Queen’s Re- 
membrancer in the Exchequer, the Salaries and 


Ancient Allowances to certain Officers of the Court 


of Exchequer. 


36. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight Insolvent 
thousand eight hundred and thirty pounds, be granted Debtors’ 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and Expenses ““ 
of the Commissioners of the Insolvent Debtors’ 

Court, to the 31st day of March 1854. 


37. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Law Expenses 
hundred and seven thousand four hundred and five (Scotland.) 
— be granted to Her Majesty, to defray Law 

xpenses in Scotland, to the 31st day of March 
1854, 

38. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty- Law Charges 
six thousand nine hundred and fifty pounds, be (eland.) 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the yom of 
Criminal Prosecutions and other Law Charges in 
Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1854. 

39. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- Metropolitan 
six thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, (Dub 
towards defraying the Expense of the Metropo- ie 
litan Police of Dublin, to the 31st day of March 
1854, 

40. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two County Rates. 
hundred and forty thousand pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 
: “tn certain Charges formerly paid out of County 

ates. 


41. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixteen Inspection 
thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine pounds, be and Superin- 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of In- tendence of 
——— and General Superintendence over all the 

risons in the United Kingdom, to the 31st day of 
March 1854. 


42. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Maintenance 
hundred and sixty thousand four hundred and sixty- of Prisoners. 
five pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the women of the Maintenance of eens in 
County Gaols, the Philanthropic Institution, and 
Lunatic Asylums, and Expenses of Removal of Con- 
victs, to the 31st day of March 1854. 


43. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixty- Transporta- 
nine thousand five hundred and eighteen pounds, be tion of Con- 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray Expenses con- Yt &amp;. 
nected with the Transportation of Convicts, &amp;c., to 
the 31st day of March 1854. 

44. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Convict Esta- 
hundred and forty-four thousand and _ fifty-four (Colonies) 
»ounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
Samm of the Convict Establishments in the Colo- 
nies, to the 31st day of March 1854. 

45. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Education. 
hundred and sixty thousand pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, for Public Education in Great Britain, 
to the 31st day of March 1854. 

46. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Education 
hundred and eighty-two thousand and _ seventy- (Ireland) 
three pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the * stewed of the Commissioners of National 
Education 





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mes 


Feo rn est 





Geological 
Survey, &amp;e. 


Royal Dublin 
Society. 


Professors 
‘Universities 
of Oxford and 
Cambridge. ) 


University of 
London. 


Scottish 
Universities. 


Royal Irish 
Academy. 


Royal Hiber- 
nian Academy. 


Belfast 
Academical 
Institution. 


Queen's 
University 
(Ireland. ) 


British 
Museum. 


National 
Gallery. 


Magnetic 
Observations. 


Supply. 


Bermudas. 





16 Vicrori zx. 


Kducation in Jreland, to the 31st day of March 
1854. 

47. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- 
four thousand four hundred and seventy-six pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses 
of the Departments of Science and Art, and of the 


Geological Survey of Great Britain and Jreland, | 
and Museums of Geology in London and Dubsin, to | 


the 31st day of March 1854. 

48. Resolved, That a Sum, not excceding Six 
thousand three hundred and forty pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the Royal 
Dublin Society, to the 31st day of March 1854. 

49. Resolred, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand and six pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to defray the Charge of Salaries and Allow- 
ances to certain Professors in the Universities of 
Oxford and Cambridge, to the 31st day of March 
1854. 

50. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand nine hundred and _ fifty-five pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the yan of 
the University of London, to the 31st day of March 
1854. 

51. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight 
thousand and twenty-six pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to pay Counts to Scottish Universities, 
formerly defrayed from the Hereditary Revenues of 
the Crown, to the 31st day of March 1854. 


52. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
hundred pounds, be — to Her Majesty, to- 
wards defraying the Expense of the Royal Irish 
Academy, to the 31st day of March 1854. 


53, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- 
wards defraying the Expense of the Royal Hibernian 
Academy, to the 31st day of March 1854. 

54. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand seven hundred and tifty pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries of the Theo- 
logical Protessors at Belfast, and Retired Allowances 
to Professors of the Belfast Academical Institution, 
to the 31st day of March 1854. 

55. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
thousand six hundred and eighty-one pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of 
the Queen’s University in Ireland, to the 31st day 
of March 1854. 

56. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
two thousand seven hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of New Build- 
ings and Fittings at the British Museum, to the 31st 
day of March 1854. 

57. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to enable the Toesteen of the British Mu- 
seum to defray Expenses incurred in procuring An- 
tiquities for the Museum. 


58. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four 
thousand two hundred and sixty-three pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of 
the National Gallery, to the 31st day of March 
1854. 

59. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand two hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of Magnetic Obser- 
vations Abroad, including the Superintendent’s Es- 
tablishment at Woolwich ; also, for Observations and 
Services under the direction of the Astronomer 
Royal, to the 31st day of March 1854. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Supply. 
(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four 
thousand and forty-nine pounds, be granted to Her 
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Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of the Civil 
Establishment of the Bermudas, to the 31st day of 
March 1854. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven Ecclesiastical 
thousand six hundred and forty-seven pounds, be Establishment 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of —— 
the Ecclesiastical Establishment of the British 
North American Provinces, to the 31st day of 
March 1853. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twelve Indian 
thousand one hundred and fifty-one pounds, be Department 
eranted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of (Cada) 
the Zndian Department in Canada, to the 31st day 
of March 1854. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nineteen Governors, &amp;e. 
thousand four hundred and twenty-eight pounds, be (West India 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of ©lnies-) 
the Salaries of the Governors, Lieutenant Governors 
and others, in the West India Colonies, and Prince 
Edward’s Island, to the 31st day of March 1854. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty Stipendiary 
thousand two hundred and sixty-two pounds, be Pustices (West 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries, Al- and the 
lowances and Contingencies of the Stipendiary Jus- Mauritius.) 
tices in the West India Colonies and the Mauritius, 
to the 31st day of March 1854. 

6. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Western Coast 
Sum, not exceeding Sixteen thousand eight hundred of Africa. 
and forty-four pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
towards defraymg the Charge of the Civil Establish- 
ments on the Wetter Coast of Africa, to the 31st 
day of March 1854. 

Wiseonpen Motion made, and Question, That a 
Sum, not exceeding Sixteen thousand four hundred 
and forty-four pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
towards defraying the Charge of the Civil Establish- 
ments on the Western Coast of Africa, to the 31st 
day of March 1854—-—put, and negatived. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ten Saint Helena. 
thousand nine hundred and forty-five pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray Charges con- 
nected with the Island of Saint Helena, to the 31st 
day of March 1854. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five Western 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- Australia. 
wards defraying the Charge of Western Australia, 
to the 31st day of March 1854. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five New Zealand. 
thousand and ninety pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of New Zea- 
land, to the 31st day of March 1854. 

10. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Heiigoland. 
Sum, not exceeding Nine hundred and seventy-six 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
Charge of Heligoland, to the 31st day of March 
1854. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That a 
Sum, not exceeding Eight hundred and seventy-six 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
Charge of Heligoland, to the 31st day of March 
1854——put, and negatived. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 





11. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Falkland 
|Sum, not exceeding Four thousand seven hundred !sl«nds. 
| and fifty pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- 
| wards defraying the Charge of the Falkland Islands, 
to the 31st day of March 1854. 
Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
a Sum, not exceeding Four thousand three hundred 
and fifty pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- 
wards defraying the Charge of the Falkland Islands, 
to the 31st day of March 1854; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the {Sir John Shelley, 
Yeas, LMr. Miall: 
Tellers for the {Mr. Hayter, 


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Noes, UMr. Grenville Berkeley : i 
Original Question put, and agreed to. 
37 12. Motion 








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Pore 


Hong Kong. 


Labuan. 


Emigration. 


Captured 
Negroes and 
Liberated 
Africans. 


Slave Trade 
Commniissions. 


Consular 
Establish- 
ments Abroad. 


Missions 
Abroad. 


Superannu- 
ations. 


Toulonesc 
and Corsican 
Emigrants, &amp;c. 


National 
Vaccine Esta- 
blishment. 


506 


12. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
Sum, not exceeding Nine thousand two hundred 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, towards defray- 
ve the Charge of Hong Kong, to the 31st day of 

arch 1854. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
a Sum, not exceeding Eight thousand four hundred 
and five pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- 
wards defraying the Charge of Hong Kong, to the 
31st day of March 1854; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the Mr. Maguire, 7) 
Yeas, \ Mr. Lucas : f 
Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 1 
Noes, | Mr. Grenville Berkeley: f 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 


13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand three hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of Labuan, 
to the 31st day of March 1854. 

14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven- 
teen thousand three hundred and ninety-six pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Colonial Land and Emigration Board, and of 
the Emigration Officers at the different Ports of this 
Kingdom, also to defray certain Expenses in the 
Colonies connected with Emigration, to the 31st day 
of March 1854. 


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3 
76. 


15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty 


thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray, to the 31st day of March 1854, Expenses 
incurred for the Support of Captured Negroes and 
Liberated Africans, and other Charges under the 
Acts for the Abolition of the Slave Trade. 

16. Resolred, That a Sum. not exceeding Eleven 


thousand two hundred and fifty pounds, be granted | 


to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of March 
1854, the Salaries and Expenses of the Mixed Com- 
missions established under the Treaties with Foreign 
Powers for suppressing the Traffic in Slaves. 

17. Motion made, and Questien proposed, That a 
Sum, not exceeding One hundred and forty-eight 
thousand and thirty-three pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Consular Es- 
tablishments Abroad, to the 81st day of March 
1854. 


a Sum, not exceeding One hundred and _ forty-six 
thousand five hundred and thirty-three pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 


the Consular Establishments Abroad, to the 31st. 


day of March 1854; 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the fCaptain Srobell, 7) as 
Yeus, (Mr. Pellatt : f #9. 

Tellers for the {Mr. Hayter, i 
Noes, (Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J 70. 


Original Question put, and agreed to. 


18. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighteen 
thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, for the Extraordinary Disbursements of 
Her Majesty’s Missions Abroad, to the 31st day of 
March 1854. 

19. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and thirty-two thousand nine hundred and 
eighty pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the Charge of Superannuation Allowances and Com- 
yensations to Persons formerly employed in the Pub- 
iv Service, to the 31st day of March 1854. 

20. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand nine hundred and sixty-seven pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to enable Her Majesty 
to grant Relief, to the 31st day of March 1854, 
to Youlonese and Corsican Emigrants, Saint Do- 
mingo Sufferers, American Loyalists, and others who 
have heretofore received Allowances from Her Ma- 
jesty. 

21. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 


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Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 





A. 1853. 


defray the Expense of the National Vaccine Esta- 
blishment, in the year 1853. 

22. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three Refuge for the 
hundred and twenty-five pounds, be granted to Her Destitute. 
Majesty, towards the support of “The Refuge for 
the Destitute,” in the year 1853. 

23. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four polish 
thousand two hundred and eighty pounds, be granted Refugees and 
to Her Majesty, for Payment of the Subsistence of arma 
the Polish Retugees, and Allowances to distressed _— 
Spaniards, to the 31st day of March 1854. 

24. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four Miscellaneous 
thousand four hundred and sixty-nine pounds, be Allowances, 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of 
March 1854, Miscellaneous Allowances formerly de- 
frayed from the Civil List, the Hereditary Revenues, 

&amp;c., and for which no permanent provision has been 
made by Parliament. 

25. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Foundling 
thousand four hundred and sixty pounds, be granted Hospital 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Found- (?™»lin.) 
| ling Hospital Ressstaene of the House of Industry, 
| Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1854. 
| 26. Resolved, ‘hat a Sum, not exceeding Ten House of 
_ thousand two hundred and ninety pounds, be granted Industry 
| to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of (?u»lin.) 
the House of Industry, Jublin, to the 31st day of 
March 1854. 

27. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six hun- Female Or- 
dred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, towards phan House 
defraying the Expense of the Female Orphan House, ours 
Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1854. 

28. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Westmoreland 
thousand three hundred and fifty pounds, be granted “Lock Hospital 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of (P™4,) 
the Westmoreland Lock Hospital, Dublin, to the 
31st day of March 1854. 

29. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six hun- Lying-in- 
dred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, towards oe 
defraying the Expense of the Lying-in Hospital," ~ 
| Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1854. 

30. Resolred, That a Sum, not exceeding Nine Dr. Steevens’ 
‘hundred and forty-five pounds, be granted to Her rom 

Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of Doctor (Pin) 
Steevens’ Hospital, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 
| 1854. 
31. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two House of 
_ thousand two hundred and eighty pounds, be granted amet ~ 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of ( Dublin) ‘ 
the House of Recovery and Fever Hospital, Cork- 

street, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1854. 

32. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three Hospital for 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- —s 
‘wards defraying the Expense of the Hospital for ?°"™- 
Incurables, Dub/in, to the 31st day of March 1854. 

33. Motion made, and Question put, That a Sum, Protestant 
not exceeding Thirty-eight thousand four hundred Dissenting 

. : . ’ - 4 Ministers 
and ninety-two pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, (Treland.) 
to defray the Expense of Non-conforming, Seceding 
‘and Protestant Dissenting Ministers in /reland, to 
| the 31st day of March 1854; 
' The Committee divided. 
| Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 

Yeas, (Mr. Grenville Berkeley : 

| ‘Tellers for the {Sir Joha Shelley, 
Noes, | Mr. Miall - 
| 34. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six thou- Charitable 
| sand five hundred and thirty-seven pounds, be granted ireland). 
| to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of March 
| 1854, Charitable Allowances charged on the Concor- 
/datum Fund in Jre/and, and other Allowances and 
_ Bounties formerly defrayed from Grants for the Lord 


| Lieutenant's Household, Civil Contingencies, &amp;c. 
Resolutions to be reported. 


| And the House having continued to sit till after 
| Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 21° die Maii, 1853: 


| Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
‘ verve 














jst. 


} 46. 

















he 

l 
Hackney 
Carriages 

8 (Metropolis) 
Bill. 
Merchant 
Shipping Bill. 














2U°—2 I"'"—23° Maiz. 507 


verie reported, That the Committee had come to| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Pilotage Bill. 


16 Vicroria. 


several Resolutions. mittee on the Pilotage Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
day next. next, resolve itself intv the said Committee. 


r. Bouverie also acquainted the House, That he 


was directed to move, that the Committee may have| yy, e Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
leave to sit again. | mittee of Ways and a “ta : Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday | ; ; 
agpraning pc Niagen y Y\ Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Hackney Carriages (Metro-| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Customs, &amp;c. 
polis) Bill. | mittee on the Customs, &amp;c. Acts ; Acts. 
(In the Committee.) | Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
To | next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Crausr, N° 1, agreed to. | ; 


Cxause, N* 2 (All Public Carriages to be inspected, | . 
and if “as in fit condition, a may Ke petting The Order of the day being read, for the Com- County Rates 


pended). mittee on the County Rates and Expenditure Bill ; py 
Amendments made. Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday ; 
Another Amendment proposed : At the end of the | 2&amp;Xt, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Clause, to add the words “ Provided, however, that in 


“ case of the refusal or suspension of any such li- 
‘ 


Sal The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Convicted 
cense as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the pro- | mittee on the Convicted Prisoners’ Removal and Con- Palsenent 


° 


“ prietor of any such stage or hackney carriage, or | finement Bill ; Fa a 
“ other persons applying for such license, or sub-| Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday Bill. 


“ jected to such suspension, to appeal from the de- | next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


cision of the Commissioners of Police to the Judge 


“ of the County Court of the district in which the ‘ , . 
“ person so applying for a license, or whose license | _ The Lunacy Regulation Bill was, according to Lunacy 


shall have been so suspended, shall reside, and it Order, read a second time; and committed to = 

shall be lawful for the said Judge to quash such Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday the ~~ 

suspension, or to grant such certificate refused by 15th day of June next. 

the said Commissioners of Police, as aforesaid.” 
Question put, That those words be there added ; The Lunatic Asylums Bill was, muon Order, Lunatic 


‘ 


- 


‘ 


. 


. 


“cc 


‘ 


n 


The Committee divided. read a second time; and committed to a Committee 4*¥'™™$ Bill. 
Tellers for the { Lord Dudley Stuart, \ ¢. | of the whole House, for Wednesday the 15th day of 

Yeas, (Mr. Brady: Jf” | June next. 
Tellers for the Mr. Hayter, 66 

Noes, Mr. Grenville Berkeley : } ; 


Clause, as amended, agreed to. The Lunatics Care and Treatment Bill was, ac- Lunatics Care 
" _ * cording to Order, read a second time; and com- &gt;! Treatment 

Crauses, N°3 to N° 9, agreed to. mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Wed- ~ 

Cravuses, N° 10 to N° 14, amended, and agreed nesday the 15th day of June next. 
to. 

Crause, N° 15 (Offences by drivers or conductors 
of Metropolitan Stage Carriages, and by drivers of 
Hackney Carriages). 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed in p. 6,1. 33: After 
the word “use” to insert the words “ after notice 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Copyholds 
mittee on the Copyholds Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, ‘That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


“ thereof.” Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Berwick- 
Question, That those words be there inserted—— | before the Select Committee on the Berwick-upon- — 
put, and negatived. Tweed Election Petition, be printed. No. 509 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. ; 
Crause, N° 16, agreed to. Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday Lunacy 
Cuause, N° 17 (Penalty for offences for which no | next, resolve itself into a Committee to consider of ery 
penalty is appointed). authorizing the Collection of Fees and Per-centages Per-centages.] 


Amendment proposed in p. 7, 1. 20: After the | chargeable under any Act of the present Session for 
words “ shillings or,” to insert the words “ in default | the Regulation of Proceedings under Commissions 
“ of payment.” of Lunacy by means of Stamps. 

Question, That those words be there inserted—— ot Py 
put, and negatived. 

Clause agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 18 and N° 19, agreed to. 

Schedules A. to C., amended, and agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after Two of the clock on 
Saturday morning, adjourned till Monday 
next. 








Lune, 23° die Mau ; 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 


verie reported, That the Committee had gone through Anno 16° Victorie Regine, 1853. 
the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com-| PRAYERS. 


mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday M R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Pubiic 


— mittee on Public Petitions; That they had aa 
examined the Petitions presented upon the nS 





Pay : P Report.) 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| day of this instant May; and had directed him to ai 
mittee on the Merchant Shipping Bill ; make a Report thereof to the House. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday! Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. | and be printed. 


VoL. 108. 3T2 Ordered, 








508 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group R. of 
Railway Bills have leave to sit this day till Five of 
the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Railway Bills 
(Group R.) 


Salford Ex- The House proceeded to take into consideration | 
ee the Amendments made by the Lords to the Sa/-| 
Bill ford Extension and Improvement Bill ; and the same | 
were twice read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this rend 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their | 

Lordships. 
Teignmouth The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Teige Neve the Amendments made by the Lords to the Teign- 


mouth Harbour and Teiyn Navigation Bill ; and the | 
same were twice read, and, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 


gation Bill. 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


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A. 1855. 


| Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





The Swaffham and Bottisham Drainage (No. 2) Swaffham 
Bill was read the third time. and Bottichem 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. (No. 2) Bil 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill : 

to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Weston-super-Mare Waterworks Bill was Weston-super- 
read the third time. Mare Water. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. —o8 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


hath agreed to the Amendments made by their | 


Lordships, with Amendments; to whch Amend- 
ments this House doth desire the concurrence of 
their Lordships. 

Gravesend 


and Wrotham 
Road Bill. 


The Gravesend and iVrotham Road Bill was read 
the third time. 

Resolved, Vivat the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Great Extra- 
mural Ceme- 
tery Associa- 
tion Bill. 


The Great Extra-mural Cemetery Association 
Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. | 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Kilkenny and 
Great Southern 
and Western 
Railway Bill. 


The Kilkenny and Great Southern and Western 
Railway Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


London Docks 


ae The Order of the day being read, for the third 
lil, 


reading of the London Docks Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


Ludlow The Ludlow Cattle-market and Slaughter-houses 
a a 2 Bill was read the third time. 
homanel Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Manchester The Manchester Improvement Bill was read the 

Improvement ¢hird time. 

_ Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to authorize the Mayor, Aldermen 


and Citizens of the City of Manchester to make cer- | 


tain New Streets, and to amend the Acts relating to 
the said City, and for other purposes. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


North British 


The North British Railway Bill was read the 
Railway Bill, 


third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to confirm certain Preference 
Shares created by the North British Railway Com- 
pany, and to make better provision for the Pay- 
men: of the Debts of the said Company, and for 
other purposes. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Staines, 
Wokingham 

and Woking ham 
Junction 


Railway Bill. 


A Motion being made, ‘That the Staines, Wohking- 
and Woking Junction Railway Bill be now read 
the third time; 

Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 





_ A Motion being made, That the York Drainage York Drainage 
and Sanitary Improvement and Foss Navigation Bill and Sanitary 
| be now read the third time ; a 
| Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- aie Bill 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. - 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hudson do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Edinburgh Waterworks (No. 2) Bill was, ac- Edinburgh 

cording to Order, read the third time. Waterworks 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. (No. 2) Bill 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Zondon and South Western London and 
Railway (Basingstoke and Salisbury Branch) Bill, as = haa 


amended in the Committee, be taken into considera- Cieckaiptihe 
tion upon Thursday next. and Salisbury 
Branch) Bill. 
The House proceeded to take into consideration London, 
the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Bill, Brighton and 
ded in the Committee seeding 
as amende &gt; Railway Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration North and 
the North and South Western Junction Railway South Western 


(Hammersmith) Bill, as amended in the Committee. ne 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. —__ mersmith) 
Bill 





The House proceeded to take into consideration Sunderland 
the Sunderland Dock Bill, as amended in the Com- Dock Bill. 
| Inittee. 
| Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Wildmore Fen and East and Wildmore Fen 
West Fens Highways Bill be re-committed to the *n4 Fast and 
‘ / West Fens 
former Committee :—And that they have leave to Highways 


sit and proceed forthwith. Bill, 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Great Western 
take into consideration the Great Western Railway Railway 
- 3 : (Henley) Bill. 
(Henley) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Aberdeen 

Tailors’ In- 
corporation 
Estate Bill. 


The Aberdeen Tailors’ Incorporation Estate Bill 
was read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Fisher’s Divorce Bill was read a second time ; Fisher's one 
- : : .? Divorce Bill. 
and committed to the Select Committee on Divorce 


Bills. ia 
Ordered, 














Baroda and 
Central India 
Railway 
Company Bill. 


London and 
Finsbury 
Improvements 
and Railway, 
&amp;e. Bill. 


Private Bills 
{Group M.) 


Stafford Shire 
Hall Bill. 


Private Bills 
(Group W.) 


Black Dog 
Road Bill. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Adjournment, 


Committees, 


Ribble Navi- 
gation Bill. 


16 Vicrori2. 


mittee, that they do hear Counsel and examine 
Witnesses for the Bill; and also that they do hear 
Counsel and examine Witnesses against the said Bill, 


if the Parties concerned think fit to be heard by , 


Counsel or produce Witnesses. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Baroda and Central India Railway 
Company Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 9th day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the London and Finsbury Improvements 
and Railway, &amp;e. Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the 3d day of June next. 


Ordered, Vhat the Order of the House of the 
9th day of this instant May, respecting the Com- 
mittee on Group M. of Private Bills, be discharged ; 
and that the Committee on the said Group be re- 
vived, and have leave to sit and proceed upon 
Thursday next, at Twelve o'clock. 


Mr Boucerie reported from the Committee on the 
Stafford Shire Hall Bill; That they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and made some verbal Amendments to the same, to 
make more clear the intention and meaning of the 
objects of the Bill; and found the same, as amended, 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Freshfield reported from the Committee on 
Group W. of Private Bills; That Mr. Zucas, one of 
the Teotben of the said Committee, was not pre- 
sent during the sitting of the Committee this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lucas do attend the Com- 
mittee upon Thursday next. 


Colonel Pennant reported from the Committee 
on Group S. of Private Bills; That in the case 
of the Black Dog Road Bill, they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and amended the same, by inserting the recital 
of an Act of the 1st year of Her present Majesty, 
which the Bill takes Power to repeal, and by making 
certain verbal alterations; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true ; and had made provision in the 
Bill, pursuant to the Instruction of the House; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 


Committee upon Wednesday next, on the Municipal | 
jo a Act Amendment Bill, was read, and | 


discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday the 
7th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Ordered, That Viscount Jocelyn have leave of 
absence for a fortnight, on urgent business. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till Thursday next. 


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit, 
notwithstanding the adjournment of the House. 


A Petition of the Ribble Navigation Company, 
and of the Company of Proprietors of the Canal 
Navigation from Leeds to Liverpool, praying that 

rovision may be made in the Ribble Navigation 
Bill, for arranging that the last-mentioned Company 
shall pay to the Fibble Navigation Company a part 

VoL, Les, 


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Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- | 





509 


of the expense of constructing certain Guide-walls, 
and also that the said Company of Proprietors shall 
remit to the Ribble Navigation Company one moiety 
of the dues leviable by the said Company of Pro- 
prietors, in respect of all stone carried upon the Navi- 
gation of the said Company of Proprietors, for the 
purpose of being used in building or maintaining such 
Guide-walls, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Jesolved, That an humble Address be presented Mr.R.C.Woods. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of a Letter, dated the 22d day of 
April 1853, from the Honourable Francis Scott to 
the Earl of Clarendon, transmitting an Answer from 
Mr. R. C. Woods, Deputy Sheriff of Singapore, re- 
lative to the proposed Dismissal of Mr. Woods from 
his Official Appointments at Singapore, together with 
a Copy of the Letter enclo&lt;ed. 

Ordered, ‘hat the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Drainage 


Return of the several Works of thorough Drainage (Ireland) 


executed in Jrelana under the Labouchere Letter, 
arranged in Counties; showing the Area of each 
Drainage, with the Cost per Acre; also showing the 
Cost per Acre, supposing that the Works had been 
executed at the same Acreable Rate as similar 
Works have been effected under the Land Improve- 
ment Act, 10 Vie. c. 32. 


the Committee this day, a Letter was received from 
Mr. Frederick Dundas, one of the Selected Mem- 
bers of the said Committee, stating that he was 
unable, on account of an accident, to attend the 
Committee this day. 

Lord Seymour further reported from the said Com- 
mittee; That Mr. Hildyard, one of the Selected 
Members of the said Committee, was not present 
during the sitting of the Committee this day. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Report do lie upon the Table. 


last, for a Return, showing the Amount of Water 
Rates authorized to be charged tor Domestic Service 
in the under-mentioned Towns ; also, stating whether 
\ the Supply is furnished by a Municipal Body or by 
|a Water Company; whether the Service be on the 
intermittent or on the constant system ; the Number 
of Houses supplied, the Date of the Act by which 
the Rates are fixed, and the mean Quantity of Water 
per House supplied daily for domestic use :— Bath, 
Birmingham, Bolton, Bury, Coventry, Hull, Liver- 
pool, Saljord, Sheffield, Nottinuham, Manchester, 
Edinburgh and Glasgow : And, fora Return, 
showing the Rates authorized to be charged by the 
under-mentioned Water Companies under their last 
Acts for Domestic Service ; also, stating whether the 
Acts provide that the Service shall be constant or 
intermittent, the Number of Houses supplied, and 
the mean Quantity of Water per House supplied daily 
for domestic use :— New River, Eust London, Chel- 
| sea, Grand Junction, West Middlesez, Kent, South- 
wark, and Vauxhall and Lambeth. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 














Lord Seymour reported from the Committee on Private Bills 
| Group Z. of Private Bills; That at the meeting of (Group 2) 


Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to several Ad- Water Rates. 
| dresses to Her Majesty, dated the 11th day of March 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Public Public Health 


Health Act, which was presented upon the 12th day Att. 


of this instant May, be printed. 


No. 512. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Poor Law. 





{ 


day of this instant May, be printed. 


375 Ordered, 





to the Poor Law, which was presented upon the 20th No. 513, 





















































Schools and 
Scholars. 


No. 614. 


Queen's 

Colleges 

(Ireland. ) 
Ne. 515. 


Glasgow 
Waterworks 


Bill. 
No, 516, 


Foreign Sugar 


&amp;e. 


Bank of 
Englanl, &amp;c. 


Sheep's Wool, 


510 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Schools and 
Scholars, which was presented upon the 20th day of 
this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Queen’s 
Colleges (reland), which was presented upon the 
20th day of this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, Tivat the Return relative to the Glasgow 
Waterworks Bill, which was presented upon the 20th 
day of this instant May, be printed. 

- The following Papers were laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 15th day of February last, for a Return of the 
Quantity of Foreign Sugar entered for Home Con- 
sumption during each year, from 1831 to 1852 In- 
clusive ; distinguishing Refined from Unrefined, and 
also the several Places from whence such Sugar was 
imported (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 29, of Session 1852). 

Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of April 
last, for Returns of the Total Imports of Sheep's 
Wool into the United Kingdom, for the year 1852: 


From Foreign States - -_ lbs. 
From British Possessions 
Together + - 
Re-exported - 
Left - - - Ibs. 


Of the Total Imports of Mohair or Angora Goats’ 
Wool, for the year 1852 : 


Imported - - Ibs. 
Re-exported  - 
Left - - - Ibs. 





And, of the British Woollen Manufactures and 
Woollen Yarn exported, for the year 1852: 
Woollen Manufactures, de- £. 


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A. 1853. 


Lord Seymour reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee; That they had considered the matters to 
them referred ; and directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House, together with the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before them, with an Appendix. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Humphrey: Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 

The Lords have agreed to the Burghs (Scotland) Burghs (Scot. 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, land) Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Edinburgh High- Edinburgh 


street and Kailway Station, &amp;c. Bill, without any oe 
Amendment: And also, Station, he 
ill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Scoftish Central Scottish 


Railway Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Central Rail- 
J way Bill. 


‘The Lords have agreed to the Midland Railway Midland 


, cs . . Rail 

(Amendment of Acts, &amp;c.) Bill, without any Amend- ( i 

ment: And also, of Acts, &amp;c.) 
ul, 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made Wakefield 
by this House to the Amendments made by their —y Mills 
Lordships to the Wakefield Soke Mills Bill, without 
any Amendment: And also, 

‘The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made Brighton, Hove 
by this House to the Amendments made by their wha 
Lordships to the Briyhton, Hove and Preston Water- pi, 
works bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Cathedral Appoint- Cathedral 
ments Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- Appointments 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 2!!! 

And also, 

‘The Lords have agreed to the Runcorn and Wes- Runcorn and 
ton Canal Bill, with an Amendment; to which Weston Canal 
Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of this ~””’ 

House: And also, 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to Copies of Spe- 





clared value. 
Woollen Yarn, declared value - 





Together - - £. 

Return to an Order, dated the 18th day of April 
last, for an Account, specifying separately and col- 
lectively, the Monthly Amount of Notes in circula- 
tion of the Bank of England, and other Banks of 
Issue in England, Scotland and Ireland; with the 
Amount of Bullion in the Bank of England, from 
August 1848 to the present time, as follows :— 











| 
ENGLAND. | SCOTLAND, IRELAND. 
Four Weeks | B | 7 i 7 | Chartered, . “_ 
| ank | Private 'Joint Stock| Private — Bank Private Tota. | the Bank 
ending of | | and | of . and of 
| England | Banks. | Banks. Joint Stock Joint Stock England. 
| Englan | | | Banks, | Ireland. | Banks. | 
r | | | 
£. 2 | «£. gi «es | £. £. £. 
12 Aug. 1848 | 18,165,725) 8,001,613 | 2,475,012 | 3,035,903 | 2,639,000 | 1,674,304 | 31,511,557] 13,364,991 
| 


Public 
Petitions. 





Vide Fitty- 
second Repo 


Dockyard 
Appointmen 


No, S11. 








Petitions relating to Ballot (Dockyards) ;—Uni- 
versity of London ; — Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ; 
— Marriage ;—Recovery of Personal Liberty Bill ; 
—Advertisements ;— Articles of Clerkship ;— Malt 
and Hops ;—Paper, Newspaper Stamps and Ad- 
vertisements ;— Property and Income Tax (1853); 
—Tea ;— Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill ;—Convicted 
Prisoners (Scotland) ;—Education Bill ;—Licensing 
System (Scotland);— Medical Profession ; —Mer- 
chant Shipping Bill ;—Pilotage Bill;—and, Roman 
States,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


rt. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Dockvard 
Appointments have Power to report their Observa- 


tions thereupon, together with the Minutes of the 
Evidence taken before them. 


ts. 





repeal certain Provisions of the Patent Law Amend- Cifications 
ment Act, 1852, in respect of the Transmission of Repeal Bil. 
certified Copies of Letters Patent and Specifications 

to certain Offices in Edinburgh and Dublin, and to 

make provision for the Printing, Publishing, and Sale 

of Specifications; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords communicate to this House, a Copy of Fisher's 
the Minutes of the Evidence taken before their Lord- Divorce Bill. 
ships on the second reading of Fisher’s Divorce Bill: 

—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


| 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- tncome Tax 
mittee on the Income Tax Bill ; Bill. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
‘¢ it is expedient, before additional Taxation be ex- 
tended to Ireland, that a Select Committee be 
appointed to inquire into and consider the Fiscal 
and Political Relations and relative Taxation of 
Great Britain and Ireland, and to report whether 
the latter Kingdom does not bear her fair share of 
Imperial ‘laxation,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 








n 


‘ 
Se 
| 6 
“ 
rT 


“ 


Tellers for the {Mr. Hayter, 4 94 
Yeas, \The Earl of Mulgrave: J°°* 
Tellers for the (Colonel Dunne, 1l 61 
Noes, \ Mr. French : eo 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 





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16 VicrorizZ. 93°—94° Maat. 511 


(In the Committee.) 5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty Stipendiary 
thousand two hundred and sixty-two pounds, be 5 eee ey 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries, Al- jn4 — _ 
lowances and Contingencies of the Stipendiary Jus- Mauritius. ) 


tices in the West India Colonies and the Mauritius, 





Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
reamble postponed. 





Cravuse, N° 1 (Grant of Duties.) to the 31st day of March 1854. 
Amendment proposed in p. 2, 1. 26: To leave out} 6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixteen Western Coast 
the words “ and during the further term of. thousand eight hundred and forty-four pounds, be of Africa. 
Question put, That the words proposed to be left granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 
out, stand part of the Clause ; Charge of the Civil Establishments on the Western 
The Committee divided. Coast of Africa, to the 31st day of March 1854. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, \o03 7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ten thou- Saint Telena. 
Yeas, (The Earl of Mulgrave : J~~ * | sand nine hundred and forty-five pounds, be granted 
Tellers for the (Mr. Fr ewen, \ go. | to Her Majesty, to defray Charges connected with 
Noes, (Mr. William Hume : JS ~ | the Island of Saint Helena, to the 31st day of March 
Amendments mace. 1854, 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five Western 
Crause, N° 2 (Duties payable in respect of Sub-| thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- Australia. 
jects described in Schedules). wards defraying the Charge of Western Australia, 
Amendment proposed in p. 3,1. 11 : After the word | to the 31st day of March 1854. 
“ the” to insert the words “ profits arising from.” | 9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five New Z«aland. 
Question proposed, That those words be there | thousand and ninety pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
inserted. | jesty, towards defraying the Charge of Mew Zealand, 
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. to the 31st day of March 1854. 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That the; 10. Resolved, ‘That a Sum, not exceeding Nine Heligoland. 
Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit | hundred and seventy-six pounds, be granted to Her 





again. | Majesty, to defray the Charge of /Jeligoland, to the 
Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 31st day of March 1854. 
Another Amendment proposed in p. 3, 1.12: To| 11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four palltand 
leave out the words “ United Kingdom.” thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds, be granted Istands. 
Question, That the words proposed to be left out, | to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of 
stand part of the Clause put, and agreed to. the Fulkiand Islands, to the 31st day of March 
Another Amendment proposed in p. 3, 1.13: After 1854. 
the word “ the” to insert the word “ net.” | 12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nine Hong Kong. 
Question put, That the word “net” be there in- thousand two hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
serted ; | Majesty, towards defravying the Charge of Hong 
The Committee divided. Kong, to the 31st day of March 1854. 
Tellers for thef Mr. Spooner, \ 72 | 13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Labuan. 
Yeas, Wiscount Galway : “thousand three hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, 1i64, | Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of Labuan, 
Noes, (The Earl of Mulgrave: J * | to the 31st day of March 1854. 
Amendments made. _ 14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven- Emigration. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. teen thousand three hundred and ninety-six pounds, 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 





the Colonial Land and Emigration Board, and of 

And the House, having continued to sit till after | the Emigration Officers at the different Ports of this 
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; Kingdom, also to defray certain Expenses in the 

Martis, 24° die Maii, 1853: ey ee ga with Emigration, to the 31st day 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou-| 15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty Captured 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- | thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to ar a 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, | defray, to the 31st day of March 1854, Expenses africans, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. _| incurred for the Support of Captured Negroes and 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday | Liberated Africans, and other Charges under the 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. | Acts for the Abolition of the Slave Trade. 
| 16. Resolved, ‘Vhat a Sum, not exceeding Eleven Slave Trade 


Supply. Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of | thousand two hundred and fifty pounds, be granted Commissions. 
Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as! to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of March 
follow : 1854, the Salaries and Expenses of the Mixed Com- 

Bermudas. 1. Resolved, ‘Vhat a Sum, not exceeding Four | missions established under the Treaties with Foreign 


thousand and forty-nine pounds, be granted to Her | Powers for suppressing the Traffic in Slaves. 
Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of the Civil) 17. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Consular 
Establishment of the Bermudas, to the 31st day of | hundred and forty-eight thousand and thirty-three ern rae 
March 1854. pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 

Ecclesiastical 2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven | Expense of the Consular Establishments Abroad, to 

rg ned thousand six hundred and forty-seven pounds, be | the 31st day of March 1854. 

pannel ." granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the; 18. Iesolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighteen Missions 
Ecclesiastical Establishment of the British North | thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her 4&gt;road. 
American Provinces, to the 31st day of March 1854. | Majesty, for the Extraordinary Disbursements of 

Indian 3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twelve Her Majesty’s Missions Abroad, to the 31st day of 

et thousand one hundred and fifty-one pounds, be | March 1854. 

(name) granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the; 19. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Superannu- 
Indian Department in Canada, to the 31st day of | hundred and thirty-two thousand nine hundred and 240s. 
March 1854. eighty pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 

Governors,&amp;c. 4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nineteen | the Charge of Superannuation Allowances and Com- 

(West India thousand four hundred and twenty-eight pounds, be en to Persons formerly employed in the 

| 


ae) oranted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the | Public Service, to the 31st day of March 1854. 


Salaries of the Governors, Lieutenant Governors, | 20. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Toulonese 
and others, in the West India Colonies and Prince | thousand nine hundred and sixty-seven pounds, be #94 Corsican 
granted to Her Majesty, to enable Her Majesty 
3T4 to 


Edward’s Island, to the 31st day of March 1254. Emigrants, &amp;¢. 


VoL. 108. 














National 
Vaccine Esta- 
blishment. 


Refuge for the 
Destitute. 


Polish 
Refugees and 
Distressed 
Spaniards. 


Miscellaneous 
Allowances. 


Foundling 
Hospital 
(Dublin. ) 


House of 
Industry 
( Dublin.) 


Female Or- 
phan House 
(Dublin.} 


Westmoreland 
Lock Hospital 
(Dublin. ) 


Lying in 
Hospital 
( Dublin.) 


Dr. Steevens’ 
Hospital 
(Dublin. ) 


House of 
Reeovery and 
Fever Hospital 
(Dublin. ) 


Hospital for 
Incurables 
( Dublin.) 


Protestant 
Dissenting 
Ministers 

(Ireland. ) 


Charitable 
Allowances 
(Ireland. ) 


Supply. 





512 


to grant Relief, to the 31st day of March 1854, 
to Toulonese and Corsican Emigrants, Saint Do- 
minyo Sufferers, American Loyalists, and others who 
have heretofore received Allowances from Her Ma- 
jesty. 


21. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two | 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to. 


93°—24° Maiz. 





A. 1853. 


| Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Customs, &amp;, 
mittee on the Customs, &amp;c. Acts ; cts, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


defray the Expense of the National Vaccine ésta- | 


blishment, in the year 1853. 

22. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
hundred and twenty-five pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, towards the support of “The Refuge for 
the Destitute,” in the year 1853. 


23. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four | 


thousand two hundred and eighty pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, for Payment of the Subsistence of 
the Polish Refugees, and Allowances to distressed 
Spaniards, to the 31st day of March 1854. 


| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Excise Duties 

mittee on Excise Duties on Spirits Bill ; on Spirits Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Customs 


Duties on 


'mittee on the Customs Duties on Spirits Bill; Spirite Bi 
| Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday “?"* - 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





24. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four | The Order of the day being read, for resuming Sheriff Courts 


thousand four hundred and sixty-nine pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 1st day of 
March 1854, Miscellaneous Allowances formerly de- 
frayed from the Civil List, the Hereditary Revenues, 
&amp;c., and for which no permanent provision has been 
made by Parliament. 

25. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
thousand four hundred and sixty pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Found- 
ling Hospital Department of the House of Industry, 
Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1854. 

26. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ten 
thousand two hundred and ninety pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, towards defrayng the Expense of 
the House of Industry, Dublin, to the 31st day of 
March 1854. 

27. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six 


hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to-| 


wards defraying the Expense of the Female Orphan 
House, Dub/in, to the 31st day of March 1854. 
28. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 


thousand three hundred and fifty pounds, be granted | 


to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense 
of the Westmoreland Lock Hospital, Dublin, to the 
31st day of March 13854. 

29. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six hun- 
dred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, towards 
defraying the Expense of the Lying-in Hospital, 
Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1854. 

30. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nine 
hundred and forty-five pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of Doctor 


Steevens’ Hospital, Dublin, to the 31st day of March | 
1854. 


31. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand two hundred and eighty pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of 
the House of Recovery and Fever Hospital, Cork- 
street, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1854. 

32. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- 


| the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed (Scotland) 
upon the 5th day of this instant May, That the Select = 
|Committee on the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill 
have Power to send for persons, papers and re- 
cords ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Merchant 
mittee on the Merchant Shipping Bill ; Shipping Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Pilotage Bill. 


mittee on the Pilotage Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
| next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

The House, according to Order, proceeded to Hackney 
take into consideration the Hackney Carriages (Me- Carriages. 
tropolis) Bill, as amended in the Committee. = aed 

A Clause (Persons having infectious disease not No. 517 
— carried), was twice read ; and made part of the 

ill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next; and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Universities 
reading of the Universities (Scotland) Bill ; (Scotland) 
_ Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 2d day of June next. 
The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Harwich Writ. 
adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon 
the 9th day of this instant May, That Mr. Speaker 
do issue his Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown, to 
| make out a new Writ for the electing of a Burgess 
| to serve in this present Parliament for the Borough 
of Harwich, in the room of George Montagu Warren 
Peacocke, Esquire, whose Election has been deter- 


| 


wards defraying the Expense of the Hospital for | mined to be void ; 


Incurables, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1851. | 


Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


33. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- 


. . . | 
eight thousand four hundred and ninety-two pounds, 


be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense 
of Non-conforming, Seceding and Protestant Dis- 
senting Ministers in Jreland, to the 31st day of 
March 1854. 

34. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six 
thousand five hundred and thirty-seven pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of 
March 1854, Charitable Allowances charged on the 
Concordatum Fund in Jre/and, and other Allowances 
and Bounties formerly defrayed from Grants for the 
Lord Lieutenant's Household, Civil Contingencies, &amp;c. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


mittee of Supply ; | 
| 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Places of Reli- 
mittee on the Places of Religious Worship Regis- gious Worship 
I aoe 1. Registration 
‘tration Bill; Bi 

| Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


_ The Burgh Harbours (Scotland) Bill was, accord- Burgh Har- 
ing to Order, read a second time ; and committed to — — 
a Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. “” sues 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Public-houses 

mittee on the Public-houses (Scotland) Bill ; (Scotland ) 
Resolved, ‘Vhat this House will, upon Monday — 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





The Order of the day being read, for the second De in Error 


Ordered, 


reading of the Bail in Error Bill ; 


Keg 
of A 
Bill 


Wa 


bed tt eet 

















16 Vicrori. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Registration The Order of the day being read, for the second 
of Assurances pooding of the Registration of Assurances Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


Ways and 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Means. 


mittee of Ways and Means ; 
Resolved, ‘Vhat this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the County Rates and Expenditure Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


County Rates 
and Expen- 
diture Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
rittee on the Copyholds Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon. Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Copyholds 
Bill. 


Lunacy 
Regulation 
[Fees and Per- 
centages. ] 


into a Committee on Lunacy Regulation [Fees and 
Per-centages. | 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Fees and Per-centages charge- 
able under any Act of the present Session for the 
Regulation of Proceedings under Commissions of 
Lunacy shall be collected by means of Stamps. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Thurs- 
day next. 


Pimlico Im- 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
provement, 


to enlarge and extend the Powers of an Act of the 
fifteenth and sixteenth years of Her present Ma- 
jesty, for enabling the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Works and Public Buildings to complete 
Improvements in Pimlico, and in the Neighbour- 
hood of Buckingham Palace: And that Sir William 
Molesworth and Mr. Hayter do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

Thames 


‘dered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
Embankment. Ord 4 S S 


to give to the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Works 
and Public Buildings extended Time and further 
Powers for completing the Embankment of the River 
Thames between Vauxhall and Battersea Bridges, 
and a new Street from Lower Sloane-street in con- 
nexion therewith : And that Sir William Molesworth 
and Mr. Hayter do prepare, and bring it in. 


East London Mr. Barrow reported from the Committee on 
ee Group R. of Private Bills; That in the case of the 
; East London Waterworks Company Bill, they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 

of the Bill, and amended the same, in order to make 

the facts connected with the present state of the 

Capital of the Company correct, and to adapt the 

language of the Preamble to the alteration of the 


25°—24°— 96° Maiz. 





513 


| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills ; and be printed. 


Sir William Molesworth presented a Bill to enlarge Pimlico Im- 
and extend the Powers of an Act of the fifteenth provement 
and sixteenth years of Her present Majesty, for 
enabling the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Works Noe. 519. 
and Public Buildings to complete Improvements in 
Pimlico, and in the Neighbourhood of Buckingham 
Palace : And the same was read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills; and be printed. 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Committee Committee of 
of Selection ; That they had made several alterations Selection 
in the Groups of Private Bills already formed, and iheoey 
had agreed to report the same to the House. N &gt; 29 
Ordered, That, the Report do lie upon the Table; ~°?* 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Solicitor General be added to Succession 
the Gentlemen appointed to prepare, and bring in Duty. 
the Succession Duty Bill. 








The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


| Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill Succession 
‘for granting to Her Majesty Duties on Succession Duty Bill. 
to Property, and for altering certain Provisions of No. 510, 
the Acts charging Duties on Legacies and Shares of 

Personal Estate: And the same was read the first 

time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 

Monday next ; and to be printed. 





‘The House was moved, That the Report which was private Bills 
| this day made from the Committee on Group Z. of (Group Z.) 
| oi Bills, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 
Ordered, That Mr. Frederick Dundas be dis- 
charged from further attendance on the Committee. 
Ordered, That Mr. Hildyard do attend the Com- 


mittee upon Friday next. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Lords Cathedral 
to the Cathedral Appointments Bill be taken into Sppointments 
consideration upon Thursday next. ; 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after One of the clock on 
Tuesday morning, adjourned till Thursday 
next. 





Jovis, 26° die Maii ; 
Anno 16° Victorie Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 


I ORD Hotham reported from the Committee on East Kent 
4 Group DD. of Railway Bills ; That in the case Railway Bill. 
of the East Kent Railway Bill, they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and amended the same, by inserting a recital 
of the ceposit of amended plans and sections, under 
the Resolution of the House of the 3d day of March, 
_and also a recital of the expediency of making pro- 
vision for the due transmission of the traffic to and 
| from the proposed Railways from, to and over the 
| Railways of the South Sisene Railway Company, 
that object bemg provided for in the Bill; and 





Works of the Company made during the Progress | found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 


of the Bill; and found the same, as amended, to be | gone through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 


true; and had gone through the Bill, and made | 


Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


ee Sir William Molesworth presented a Bill to give 
Bill, ment +&gt; the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Works and | 
Public Buildings extended Time and further Powers | 
for completing the Embankment of the River Thames | 
between Vauxhall and Battersea Bridges, and a | 
new Street from Lower Sloane-street in connexion | 
therewith: And the same was read the first time. 
Von. 108. 


No. 518, 





unto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


_and be printed. 


Lord John Manners reported from the Committee Railway Bills 
on Group KK. of Railway Bills; That Mr. Vyse, one (Group KK.) 
of the Members of the said Committee, was not 
— during the meeting of the Committee this 

ay. 

Ordered, That Mr. Vyse do attend the Committee 
To-morrow, at Twelve o'clock. 

3 U Sir 











514 


Sir John Yarde Buller, from the Select Com-_ 
mittee appointed to try and determine the matter | 
of the Petition complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the County of the City of Cork, in- | 
formed the House, That the Committee had de- | 
termined, 

That Irancis Stack Murphy, Esquire, and Wile 
liam Fagan, Esquire, are duly elected Citizens to | 
serve in this present Parliament for the County of 
the City of Cork. 

And the said Determination was ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Sir John Yarde Buller further informed the House, | 
That the Committee had agreed to the following | 
Resolutions : 

That the Evidence adduced before the Committee 
shows that, during the last Election for the County 
of the City of Cork, riotous and tumultuous pro- | 
ceedings took place in the said City, and that | 
serious outrages and assaults were committed on) 
the persons and property of several Electors and | 
others. 

ihat intimidation was exercised upon, and threats | 
used towards, several voters for the purpose of influ- 
encing their votes. | 

That in consequence of a riotous disturbance at | 
one of the poiling-booths in the Lee Ward, the de- | 
puty Sheriff adjourned the poll till the next day, 
when it was again opened, and the polling proceeded 
with. 

That it appears that, at the last Election for the 
County of the City of Cork, meat, drink and enter- 


Cork Election. 
No. 521. 


tainment were provided to some extent for the re-! 


freshment of voters. 

That no sufficient evidence has been brought 
before the Committee to connect the sitting Mem- 
bers or their agents with the providing such meat, 
drink and entertainment. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Ordvred, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Committee be laid before this House. 


Minutes 
ordered. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,-—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for additional pro- 
vision in the Ribble Navigation Biil. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Ribble Navi- 
gation Bill. 


West London 
and Crystal 
Palace Rail- 
way Bill. 


A Petition of Messrs. Johnstone, Farquhar and 
Leech, Solicitors tor the Bill thereinafter-mentioned, 
praying that provision may be made in the West 
London and Crystal Palace Railway Bill, for making 


an alteration in the line of the oon Branch | 


leading from the Crystal Palace Park to the Zon- 
don, Brighton and South Coast Railway, in the 
Hamlet of Norwood, and Parish of Croydon, and 


County of Surrey, was presented, and read; and | 


referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private 


Bills. 


Banbridge, 

Dublin, Newry 
and Belfast ‘ ce : 
Junction praving that provision may be made in the Ban- 


Railway Bill. bridge, Dublin, Newry and Belfast Junction Rail- 
way Bill, for making an alteration in the line of the 
proposed Railway from Banbridge to join the Dub- 


A Petition of Directors of the Banbridge, Dublin, 


fin and Belfast Junction Railway at Scarragh, was | 
g", 
presented, and read; and referred to the Examiners | 


of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Committee on the Oxford, Worcester and 


Oxford, Wor- 
eester and 
Wolverhamp- 
ton Railway 
Bill (1845); ' 
= — and of the Minutes of Evidence taken before them 
ant alway . - . bs 

ve yase ) i Session 1846, be referred to the Committee on 


Gauge (1846.) 0° : ¢ , 
Group CC. of Railway Bills. 





96° Maiz. 


Newry and Belfast Junction Railway Company, | 


Wolverhampton Railway Bill in Session 1845 ; and, | 
the Copy of the Report of the Gauge Commissioners, 





A. 1853. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Wexford, 
before the Committees on the Wexford, Carlow and Catlow and 
Dublin Junction Railway Bill, in Session 1845 ; the a 
Wexford, Cariow and Dublin Junction Railway Bill, Bill (1845). 
in Session 1846; and, the Wexford, Wicklow and —— ‘ 
Dublin Railway Bill, in Session 1846, be referred to Dublin Junc- 


the Committee on the Wexford Junction Railway Bill. tion Railwa 
Bill (1846); 

and, Wexford, Wicklow and 

Dublin Railway Bill (1846.) 


The House was moved, That the Standing Order, Standing 
No. 2, That there shall be a Committee to be de- Orders. 
signated “The Select Committee on Standing Or- 
ders,” to consist of Eleven Members, who shall be 
nominated at the commencement of every Session, 
of whom Five shall be a Quorum, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Standing Order be sus- 
pended. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Lands Improvement Lands Im- 
Company (No, 2) Bill, with Amendments. since 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. (No.2) Bil, 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Taunton 
this day received Notice from the Examiner of Re- ¢etion. 
cognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Election Petition of Richard Turle, William Bun- 
combe, and others, relating to the Borough of Taun- 
ton, is unobjectionable. 


The Bedale and Leyburn Railway Bill was read Bedale and 
the third time. — Bill 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. eames 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill was Edinburgh 
read the third time; and Amendments were made to 20d Glasgow 
the Bill. Railway Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Leeds and Whitehall Roads Bill was read Leeds ana 
the third time. bse ag 
Resolved, ‘That the Bill do pass. ae 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the Portsmouth Portsmouth 
Railway Bill be now read the third time ; Railway Bill. 
Mr. Cardwell, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, ‘That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far us Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 
Then the Bill was read the third time. 
A Clause (Railway to be subject to provisions 
of General Acts), was thrice read; and added to the 
Bill. 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Scottish Midland Junction Railway Bill was Scottish Mid- 
read the third time. . land ee 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Railway i. 
| Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


| to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, Yhat the South Eastern Railway ( Read- south Eastern 
iny Extension, &amp;c.) Bill be read the third time To- Railway 

ner (Reading Ex- 
morrow. tension, &amp;¢.) 
Bill. 


The South Shields Improvement Bill was read the South Shields 


| third time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. ee 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. - 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The 








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26° Mair. 515 


Tralee and The Tralee and Killarney Railway Bill was read | Election and Return for the Borough of Sligo; to 
eee the third time; and Amendments were made to the | which they had annexed the Petition referred to them 
Railway Bill. | by the House relating thereto :—Charles Hindley, 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Esquire, Sir Edmund Filmer, Baronet, Honourable 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill | William Henry Berkeley Portman, William John 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. | Evelyn, Esquire; Chairman, Edward Divett, Es- 
"quire. 
Alston Roads The House proceeded to take into consideration! Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Bill. the Alston Roads Bill, as amended in the Com-| 


16 Vicroriz. 





mittee ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- be = 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. | mittee of Elections, the Names of the Members of Fiction. 
| the Select Committee appointed to try and determine — 
London and The House, according to Order, proceeded to take | the matter of the Petition complaining of an undue 


sont Westen into consideration the London and South Western | Election and Return for the Borough of Bury Suint 
or Railway (Basingstoke and Salisbury Branch) Bill, | Edmund ; to which they had annexed the Petition 
and Salisbury as amended in the Committee. referred to them by the House relating thereto :— 
Branch) Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. | Lord Montagu William Graham, John Martin, 
| Esquire, John Whitehall Dod, Esquire, Anthony 
Great Southern The Great Southern and Western Railway (Jre- | O'F laherty, Esquire ; Chairman, Right honourable 
— land) Bill was read a second time; and committed. | Horatio Spencer Walpole. ' ' 
(irelant) pil. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


mittee of Selection. 


Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- Peterborough 
rT , , , ittee of Elections Y ; of ‘sof Election. 
Lianelly Rail- The Llanelly Railway and Dock (No. 2) Bill was | rr ed me the ae of the —— “eis 
way and Dock read a second time; and committed. bo 8 ns rye tities games her wy ey aie 
(No. 2) Bill. pee i ge ag al _| the matter of the Petition complaining of an undue 

oe ill be referred to the Com Election and Return for the Borough of Peterbo- 
rough; to which they had annexed the Petition re- 
Wimpole, Colonel Pennant reported from the Committee on | po scab a by the House relating thereto, to- 
a Group 8. of Private Bills; That in the case of the | se — eae ~ — on ag i by oom 
worth an . . . - | Party :—Charles Geach, Esquire, John Henry Phi- 

Wimpole, Wrestlingworth and Potton Road Bill, &gt;." %y ~ ee a, 

Potton Road pote, g ee , ? | lips, Esquire, Robert Duncombe Shafto, Esquire, 


Bill. they had examined the allegations contained in the : “pee ! 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by James Hans Hamilton, Esquire; Chairman, Henry 
/ | Ker Seymer, Esquire. 


striking out that part thereof which referred to the a. : 
5 ; ‘ , “der ‘ , ~ " 
arrears of interest, as the Committee deemed it ex- Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


pedient to extinguish all arrears of interest; and, gj. John Trollope reported from the General Com- Durham 

found the same, as amended, to be true; and had | mittee of Elections, the Names of the Members of Election. 

— through the Bill, and made Amendments there- the Select Committee appointed to try and determine 

unto. . iti inine of &gt; 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. dan gig ag the Oty of + ts dong 

which they had annexed the Petition referred to them 

by the House relating thereto :—Jo/n Vance, Es- 

quire, Colonel Cau/field, Honourable William Stuart 


mittee of Selection. 


Railway Bills Mr. Baillie reported from the Committee on Group 
(Group MM.) MM. of Railway Bills; That Mr. Grenfell, one of 
the Members of the said Committee, was not present | Knox, Georye Duncan, Esquire; Chairman, Tho- 
during the sitting of the Committee this day. | mas William Bramston, Esquire. ’ 
Ordered, » That Mr. Grenfe ell do attend the Com- | Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
mittee To-morrow, at Twelve o’clock. 
Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- Controverted 
mittee of Elections ; That they had appointed Tues- Elections. 
day, the 14th day of June, to choose from Panel 
No. 2 the Select Committee to try the Taunton Elec- 
Clare Election. Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- | tion Petition. ; , 
mittee of Elections, the Names of the Members of Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
the Select Committee appointed to try and determine | 
the matter of the Petition complaining of an undue | 
Election and Return for the County of Clare; to | 
which they had annexed the Petition referred to them | 


by the House relating thereto, and the Lists of Voters | . ; : 
‘divened in by either Party — Diet Siakion |__ Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Processes of 


, x ao J Sia * i 2 . , r — a x Attachment 
Milnes, Esquire, William Watkin Edward Wyna, | ee — o N — ” : a oo (Ireland. ) 
Esquire, Edward Warner, Esquire, Colonel North ; | which have issued from the several borough Courts 
Chairman, William Miles, Esquire of Record in Lreland, from the 1st day of January 

J an, , d Ss, LS e . 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. | 1850 to the Ist day of May 1853 (mm continuation of 
: Parliamentary Paper, No. 429, of Session 1850). 


New River Mr. Barrow reported the New River Company | 
Company Bill. Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That all Petitions presented to the House Sheriff Courts 
this Session against the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) (Scotland) 
Bill, be referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. ” 


ioe Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- oar 
— mittee of Elections, the Names of the Members of | Mr. Osborne presented, by Her Majesty's Com- Local Acts. 


the Select Committee appointed to try and determine | mand,—Further Reports from the Admiralty relative yX9, 191. 
the matter of the Petition complaining of an undue | t© Applications for Local Acts. 


Election and Return for the Borough of Liverpool ; | Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
to which they had annexed the Petition referred to | Table; and be printed. 


them by the House relating thereto :— William James . 

Freshpeld, Esquire, William Williams, Esquire, Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- pubiin 

Honourable James Pierce Maxwell, John Ball, Es- | mand,—Copy of Report of Her Majesty’s Commis- University 

quire; Chairman, Robert Ingham, Esquire. sioners appointed to inquire into the State, Discipline, Comanenen. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. | Studies and Revenues of the University of Dublin, 

}and of Trinity College; together with Appendices, 


Sligo Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- | containing Evidence, Suggestions and Correspon- 
“ection, mittee of Elections, the Names of the Members of | dence. 


the Select Committee appointed to tryand determine} Mr. Fitzroy also presented,—Return to an Ad- Saint Pancras 


the matter of the Petition complaining of an undue dress to Her Majesty, dated the 29th day of Novem- Churches. 
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Drunkenness, 
ke. 


Hackney 
Carriages 
( Metropolis.) 


Public Works 
(Bengal, &amp;c.) 


Poor Law. 


Forcign Sugar. 
No. 522. 
Sheep’s Wool, 
&amp;e. 
No. 523. 
Rank of 


England, &amp;c. 
No, 524, 


516 


ber last, for a Return of the Names of the present 
Church Trustees of the Parish of Saint Pancras ; 
the Date of their Appointment; the Number of 
Meetings held during the last Five years; the 
Names of the Trustees attending such Meetings, 
and the Dates thereof; the Number of Meetings, 
and the Dates thereof, appointed to be held, and 
which have been adjourned in consequence of the 
non-attendance or an insufficient attendance of 
Trustees; the Names of the Trustees present in each 
case; the Dates to which such Meetings were ad- 
journed, and the Business set down for Hearing or 
Consideration at each of the Meetings; the Names 
of all Officers and other Persons who have been 
employed, whether temporarily or otherwise, during 
the last Five years, by the Trustees, setting forth 
the Offices they held, the Date of Appointment, 
and the Amount of Salaries or Remuneration paid : 
—Also, a Tabular Statement of the Sum expended 
in and about the Erection, Fitting and Repair of 
every Church and Chapel, erected by or with the 
sanction of the Trustees, or under their direction ; 
stating the original Estimate, and the actual Sum 
paid up to the present time; the Amount paid for 
the Building and Works; the Cost of the Ground 
(if any), and out of what Funds the Money was 
paid, distinguishing the Amount raised by any Rate 
or Rates, and the Total Amount of the Rates levied 
since the foundation of the Church Trust :—The 
Return, as to each Church or Chapel, to be given 
separately, and the Principal and Interest Sums to 
be shown separately. 

Further Return to an Address to Her Majesty, 
dated the 11th day of March last, for a Return of 
the Number of Persons, distinguishing Males and 
Females, taken into Custody for Drunkenness and 
for Disorderly Conduct by the Police Force in each 
City and Town; stating, if any, the alteration that 
was made in the Bounds of the City or Town, in the 
United Kingdom, having a Population of 10,000 


26°—-27° Mazi. 





Souls and upwards, according to the Census of 1851, | 
in each year from 1841 to 1851, both inclusive (in | 
continuation of Varliamentary Paper, No. 136, of | 
Session 1853). 

Return to an Order, dated the 19th day of this 
instant May, for a Return of the Number of Stand- 
ings for Hackney Carriages in the Metropolitan 
Police Districts, a List of the Places where the 
Standings are, and the Number of Carriages allowed 
at each Standing. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Further Return to an Or- 
der, dated the 24th day of February last, for Copies 
of the Reports of the several Commissioners on Pub- 
lic Works at Bengal, Madras and Bombay, in the 
year 1851-2, of the Minutes of the Members of the 
Government thereon, and of any Orders or De- 
spatches of the Court of Directors relating thereto. 

Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of Decem- 
ber last, for Copy of any Information that can be 
obtained by the Poor Law Board, as to Relief out 
of the Poor Rate to Parties on the ground of being 
“out of Work,” or in aid of Wages; stating the 
Number of such Parties, and the Amount of such 
Relief, in any of the Unions in England and Wales. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Foreign 
Sugar, which was presented upon the 23d day of this 
instant May, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Sheep’s Wool, 


&amp;e., which was presented upon the 23d day of this 
instant May, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to the Bank of 
England, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 23d 
day of this instant May, be printed. 











A. 1853. 


Petitions relating to Ballot ;—Elective Franchise, Public 

&amp;e.;—University of London ;—Church and State ; Petitions. 
—Church Rates ;—Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ;— viae King. 
Marriage ;—Nunneries;—Tithes, Tithe Rent-charge, second Report, 
and Church Rates ; — Universities (Scotlund); — 
Universities (Scotland) Bill; — Advertisements ; — 
Articles of Clerkship ;—Conveyance of Goods (City 
of London) ;—Convevancers’ Certificates ;—Corks ; 
—Paper, Newspaper Stamps and Advertisements ;— 
Property and Income Tax (1853) ;— Receipts ;— 
Tea ;—Arbitration ; —Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill; 
—Combination of Workmen Bill ;—Dogs ;—Edu- 
cation Bill;— Extramural Interments ; — Fergus 
Drainage ; — Larceny ;—Enna Patrick MecEnna ; 
—Metropolitan Police;—Ocean Penny Postage ;— 
Ordnance Survey of Scotland;—Pilotage Bill ;— 
Saint Luke, Chelsea (Election of Guardians) ; — 
Tenant Right (Zre/and) Bill;—and, Vaccination 
Extension Bill,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to Indian Territories, was also 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Jndian Territories. 

A Petition relating to Intoxicating Liquors, was 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Public-houses, &amp;c. 

Petitions relating to the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) 
Bill,—were also presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on the Bill. 





A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Humphrey: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Great Grimsby Im- Great Grimsby 
provement Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- ctr, 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this ~ 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Jrwell Valley Irwell Valley 
Waterworks Bill, with Amendments; to which Waterworks 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords communicate to this House, a Copy Cutbill’s 
of the Minutes of the Evidence taken before their Divorce Bill. 
Lordships on the second reading of Cutbill’s Divorce 
Bill :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Message from 
th 


e Lords. 


Ordered, That the Orders of the day be now read ; Orders of the 
and the same being read ; Day. 
Ordered, That the said Orders be postponed till 
after the Notice of Motion relative to Church Rates. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Church Rates. 
posed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to alter 
and amend the Law respecting Church Rates ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House do resolve itself into a Committee, to 
consider whether Church Rates should not be 
abolished, and provision made for the charges to 
which such Rates are at present applicable—from 
Pew Rents, and from the increased value which 
inquiries instituted by authority of the Crown have 
shown may be derived, under better management, 
from Church Lands and Property,” instead thereof. 
And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Question; 


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And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 27° die Maiti, 1853: 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the (Mr. Robert Phillimore, \i85 
Yeas, \Mr. Henry Bruce: _- 
Tellers for the (Sir William Clay, 1907 
Noes, (Mr. Peto: | laaieare 


So it passed in the Negative. os 
And the Question being proposed, That the 
words 





Income Tax 
Bill. 


Customs, &amp;c, 
Acts. 


Excise Duties 
on Spirits Bill. 


Customs 
Duties on 
Spirits Bill. 


Supply. 








26°—27° Maii. 


words “this House do resolve itself into a Com- 
“ 


16 Vicroriz. 517 
The Order of the day being read, for resuming Sheriff Courts 
mittee, to consider whether Church Rates should the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed (Scotland) 
not be abolished, and provision made for the upon the 5th day of this instant May, That the Se- = 
charges to which such Rates are at present appli-| lect Committee on the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill 
cable—from Pew Rents, and from the increased | have Power to send for persons, papers and records ; 
value which inquiries instituted by authority of; | Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
the Crown have shown may be derived, under | till Monday next. 
better management, from Church Lands and Pro- 
perty,” be added instead thereof ; Pins ’ bein: : 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the | Mittee on the Merchant Shipping Bill ; 
said proposed Amendment, by leaving out from the Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
word “House” to the end of the said proposed | next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Amendment, in order to add the words “is of 
“ opinion that the present mode of levying Church}, é ; 
Rates for the repairs of the edifices, and for the | ™ttee on the Pilotage Bill ; ; 

service of the Church of England, shall hence- Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
forth cease, as by law has been already accom- | N€Xt, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
plished in Jreland; and that the amount required | __, y : 
for the service of the Church should in future be| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Copyholds 
supplied from the funds belonging to the Church mittee on the Copyholds Bill; _ , - 
of England, and at the disposal of the Ecclesias- | , Resolve d, That this House will, this day, resolve 
tical Commissioners,” instead thereof. itself into the said Committee. 

And the Question being proposed, That the | 
words proposed to be left out, stand part of the said | 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Merchant 
Shipping Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Pilotage Bill. 


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Mr. Walpole reported from the Committee on Lunacy 


proposed Amendment :—The said Amendment to the | Lunacy Regulation [Fees and Per-centages], a Reso- {foes and Pers 
proposed Amendment was, with leave of the House, lution; which was read, as followeth : centages. ] 


withdrawn. Resolved, That the Fees and Per-centages charge- 
And the Question being put, That the words “ this | able under any Act of the present Session for the 
House do resolve itself into a Committee, to con- Regulation of Proceedings under Commissions of 
sider whether Church Rates should not be abo- | Lunacy shall be collected by means of Stamps. — 
lished, and provision made for the charges to’ The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
which such Rates are at present applicable—-from ; W@S agreed to. ; 
Pew Rents, and from the increased value which | Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
inquiries instituted by authority of the Crown | mittee on the Lunacy Regulation Bill, That they have 
have shown may be derived, under better manage- | Power to make provision therein pursuant to the said 
ment, from Church Lands and Property,” be | Resolution. 
added to the word “That” in the Original Ques- 
tion :— It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put, 
That “ this House do resolve itself into a Committee, 
““ to consider whether Church Rates should not be 


“ abolished, and provision made for the charges to r &lt;3 
} Order Mr. Secretary-at-War arr 
which such Rates are at present applicable—from rdered, That Mr. Secretary-at-Wer do carry the 


P : ‘ 1:,}, | Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
ew Rents, and from the increased value which | Meee. hath. nanan te its ina 
inquiries instituted by authority of the Crown have | 4). 7 Ban cor deiner Rranatcenammngse i a “sai 4 

q y y their Lordships, with Amendments ; to which Amend- 


shown may be derived, under better management , , - 
vate y ? a 5 » ments this House doth desire the concurrence of their 
from Church Lands and Property ; ao Se 
- Lordships. 


The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the {Sir William Clay, 
Yeas, (Mr. Peto: 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Hayter, 
Noes, \ Mr. Grenville Berkeley: 3 
So it passed in the Negative. | The Order of the day being read, for the second Bankruptcy 
: reading of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill; (Scotland) 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com-, Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
mittee on the Income Tax Bill; | Thursdav next. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve | . 
itself into the said Committee. | Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Plymouth 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ "i 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
mittee on the Customs, &amp;c. Acts ; | Parliament for the Borough of Plymouth, in the 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve | room of Charles John Mare, Esquire, whose Elec- 
itself into the said Committee. ‘tion has been determined to be void. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Cathedral 
into consideration the Amendments made by the asc, 
Lords to the Cathedral Appointments Bill; and the - 
same were twice read, and, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 


The Entails (Scot/and) Bill was, according to Or- Entails 
der, read the third time. (Scotland) 
lige. | Resolved, That the Bill do pass. _ 

S | Ordered, That the Lord Advocate do carry the 
\2a29, | Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being rea:!, for the Com- | 
mittee on the Excise Duties on Spirits Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve | the Select Committee on the Berwich-upon-Tweed 
itself into the said Committee. | Election Petition:—Mr. Thomas Mitchell ; 
| An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
mittee on the Customs Duties on Spirits Bill ; | the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve |“ it be an Instruction to the General Committee of 
itself into the said Committee. “ Elections, to select a Chairman and four other 
|“ Members to be the Select Committee on the Ber- 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com-'| “ wick-upon-Tweed Election Petition; and that the 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Berwick- 


| posed, That the following Members be Members of oo 
Wiection 
Petition. 


mittee of Supply ; |“ Members so selected do constitute the said Com- 
Resolved, Vhat this House will, this day, resolve “ mittee; and that they have Power to send for per- 
itself into the said Committee. “ sons, papers and records,” instead thereof. 
VoL. 108. 3uU3 And 











Manning the 
Navy. 


East India. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Fifty-second 
Report.) 


Railway Bills 
(Group CC.) 


South Eastern 
Railway 
(North Kent 
Railway to the 
Thames, &amp;c.) 
Biil. 


Cornwall 
Railway Bill. 


518 


And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Question : 
—The said proposed Amendment and Motion were 
severally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the General 
Committee of Elections, to select a Chairman and 


26°—27° Maiz. 


A, 1855. 


Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for West London 
Private Bills have leave to sit and proceed forthwith = Crystal 
on the Petition for additional provision in the West =a 
London and Crystal Palace Railway Bill. ; 





Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Turnpike 


six other Members to be the Select Committee on | mand,—Turnpike Trusts: Reports of the Secretary Trusts. 
the Berwick-upon-Tweed Election Petition; and that | of State, under Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 80. 


the Members so selected do constitute the said Com- | 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


mittee ; and that they have Power to send for per- | Table. 


sons, papers and records. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- | 


posed, That an humble Address be presented to Her 
Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to give 
directions, that there be laid before this House, 


Copies of the Scheme of Lieutenant Brown, R.N., | 


referred to in page 7; also, of the Scheme of Rear- 
Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K.C.B., R.N., referred 
to in page 29; and of Mr. C. H. Pennell, referred 
to in page 30; all alluded to im the Report on the 
subject of the manning of the Royal Navy, recently 
laid on the Table of this House by Her Majesty’s 


Command :—And the said Motion was, with leave | 


of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Subjects of H. H. the Guicowar, now 
enjoying the British Guarantee, with the Terms 
thereof, and any Correspondence showing the 
Grounds on which, in each case, the Guarantee was 
given; also, Copies of any Correspondence which 


A Petition of Commissioners for executing the Birkenhead 
Acts for the Improvement of the Townships of Bir- Dock Com- 
kenhead and Claughton-cum-Grange, and part of PY =. 
the ‘Township of Oxton, all in the County of Chester, 
praying that provision may be made in the Birken- 
head Dock Company Bill for the laying down of 
| rails and construction of Branch Railways from the 
| intended Railway, to connect certain land and works 
|in Birkenhead with the Birkenhead, Lancashire and 
| Cheshire Junction Railway, across certain public 
| roads, called respectively Beaufort-road, Llchester- 
| road and Corporation-road, and also for the making 
of certain new streets or roads from Corporation- 
road aforesaid, to the public wharves, called Vit- 
toria Wharf, Duke-street Wharf, Cavendish-street 
Wharf, and Gill-brook Wharf, and for the laying 
down of rails cn such proposed new streets or roads, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 








may subsequently have taken place between the 

Court of Directors, the Bombay Government, and 

the Resident at Baroda, respecting the expiration or | 
forfeiture of any of those Guarantees. 


And then the House, havine continued to sit | 
till Two of the clock on Friday morning, ad- | 
journed till this day. 








Veneris, 27° die Mai ; 
Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1853. 
PRAYERS. 

\ R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
L mittee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 23d and | 
26th days of this instant May; and had directed him 
to make a Report thereof to the House. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group CC. of 
Railway Bills have leave to sit this day till Five of | 
the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Lord Hotham reported from the Committee on 
Group DD. of Railway Bills; That in the case of 
the South Eastern Railway (North Aent Railway | 
to the Thames, &amp;c.) Bill, they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by striking out so much 
thereof as related to the Railway to the River 
Thames, and the pier and steam communication 
which are intended to be in connexion therewith ; 
and also so much thereof as related to the revival 
and extension of the powers of the said Company 
for widening the London and Greenwich Railway, | 
those portions of the Bill having been abandoned | 
by the Company ; and found the same, as amended, 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 





The Order for referring the Cornwall Railway 
Bill to the Committee of Selection, was read, and 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 





_AA. of Railway Bills; 


| construct that Line havin 





Mr. Strutt reported from the Committee on Group Glasgow and 
That in the case of the South Western 
Glasgow and South Western Railway (No. 2) Bill, (No. 3) Bill 
they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
striking out the words “and another Railway from 
“ Mayfield to Milton, of Grongar,” the power to 
g been withdrawn by the 
Promoters ; and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
| Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Committee on Group Railway Bills 
AA. of Railway Bills; That Captain Archdall, one (Group AA.) 
of the Members of the said Committee, was not pre- 
sent during the sitting of the Committee this day. 

Ordered, That Captain Archdall do attend the 
said Committee upon Monday next, at Twelve 
o'clock. 


Lord John Manners reported from the Committee Railway Bills 
on Group KK. of Railway Bills; That Mr. Vyse, one (Group KK.) 
of the Members of the Committee, stated on the 
Committee meeting this day, that he had a direct 
interest in the Meath Valley Railway Company, 

Petitioner against one of the Bills under the consi- 
deration of the Committee. 

Ordered, That Mr. Vyse be discharged from fur- 
ther attendance on the Committee. 


Lord John Manners reported from the Committee Newport, 
on Group KK. of Private Bills ; That in the case of ter 
the N ewpori » Abergavenny and Hereford Railway ehoer (Tatf 
( Taff Vale) Bill, they had examined the allegations Vale) Bill. 
of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and had 
inserted a Clause pursuant to the Resolution of the 
House of the 15th of April last, ensuring the com- 
pletion of the Railway within the time limited by 
the Bill; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. ‘ 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Railway Bills 
before the Committee on Group No. 35 of Railway ¢ ae $8) 
Bills, in Session 1846, be referred to the Committee still 
on Group PP. of Private Bills. 

The 





ad 
tern 


sills 
A.) 


Bills 
KK.) 


ony 
ford 
(Taff 
ll. 


Bills 
35) 





Durham 
Election. 


Clare Election. 


Liverpool 
Election. 


Sligo Election. 


Bury Saint 
Edmund’s 
Election. 


Peterborough 
Election. 


Blackburn 
Election, 


16 Vicroriz. 


The Names of the five Members appointed to try 
and determine the matter of the Petition, complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the City of 
Durham, were called over. 

Ordered, That the attendance of George Dun- 
can, Esquire, on the said Committee be dispensed 
with. 


The Names of the five Members appointed to try 
and determine the matter of the Petition, complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the County 
of Clare, were called over; and being come to the 
Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition and Lists relative to 
the said Election be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, at Two o'clock, in one of the Committee 
Rooms of the House. 


The Names of the five Members appointed to try 
and determine the matter of the Petition, complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
of Liverpool, were called over; and being come to 
the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition relative to the said 
Election be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, at One o’clock, in one of the Committee 
Rooms of the House. 


The Names of the five Members appointed to try 
and determine the matter of the Petition, complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
of Sligo, were called over; and being come to the 
Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition relative to the said 
Election be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, at Eleven o’clock, in one of the Committee 
Rooms of the House. 


The Names of the five Members appointed to try 
and determine the matter of the Petition, complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
of Bury Saint Edmund, were called over. 

Ordered, That the attendance of John Martin, 
Esquire, on the said Committee be dispensed 
with, 


The Names of the five Members appointed to try 
and determine the matter of the Petition, complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
of Peterborough, were called over ; and being come 
to the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition and Lists relative to 
the said Election be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 


morrow, at Twelve o'clock, in one of the Committee | 


Rooms of the House. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, that he had 
received Notice, that it is not intended to proceed 
with one of the Petitions complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Blackburn: 
—And the same was read, as followeth : 


Sir, 22, Parliament-street, 27 May 1853. 
As Agents for the Petitioners, William Kenworthy 
and John Anderton Alston, against the Return of 
Montague Joseph Feilden, Esquire, for the Borough 
of Blackburn, we hereby give you Notice, that it is 
not intended to proceed with the said Petition. 


We have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your very obedient Servants, 
HI. and W. Toogood. 


To the Right Honourable the Speaker 
of the House of Commons. 


The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- 
charged. 

VoL. 108. 


27° Mazz. 





519 


The Caledonian Railway (Connecting Branch Caledonian 
with Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, &amp;c.) Bill st - 
was read the third time. Branch with 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Edinburgh 
Title be, An Act to enable the Caledonian Railway he) 
Company to extend the Glasgow, Barrhead and xij), eee 
Neilston Direct Railway to Crofthead, and for other 
purposes. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The North and South Western Junction Railway North and 
(Hammersmith) Bill was read the third time. pieriete 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. way (lam 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill mersmith)Bill. 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Sunderland Dock Bill was read the third Sunderland 
time. Dock Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Hudson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Victoria (London) Docks Bill Victoria 

be read the third time upon Friday next. ing 
The South Eastern Railway (Reading Extension, South Eastern 

&amp;c.) Bill was read the third time. Coat . 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Extension, 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill &amp;c.) Bill. 

to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Strangers Strangers 
and Divisions have Power to report their Observa- #4 Divisions. 
tions thereupon to the House. No. 525. 

Mr. Muntz reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee; That they had considered the matter to 
them referred, and directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Denison reported from the Committee on Private Bills 
Group X. of Private Bills; That Mr. Craufurd, one (Group X-) 
of the Selected Members of the said Committee, was 
not present within one hour after the time appointed 
for the meeting of the Committee this day. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Sotheron reported from the Select Committee Standing 
on Standing Orders, several Resolutions; which '4«*s- 
were read, as follow: 

1. That in the case of the South Eastern Railway South Eastern 
(Strood to Maidstone) Petition for additional Pro- tone a 
vision, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed Maidstone) 
with ; that the Parties be permitted to introduce Bill. 
their additional Provision if the Committee on the 
Bill shall think fit, on proving before the said 
Committee the consent of the Owners, Lessees and 
Occupiers of the lands affected by the proposed 
Deviation : 

That the Committee on the Bill do report how 
far such Order has been complied with, on the Re- 
port of the Bill. 

2. That in the case of the Newport, Abergavenny Newport, 
and Hereford Railway (Hereford, &amp;c.) Petition for Abergavenny 
additional Provision, the Standing Orders ought to #24, Hlcretord 

- ; y 
be dispensed with ; that the Parties be permitted to (Hereford, 
introduce their additional Provision, if the Com- &amp;c.) Bili. 
mittee on the Bill shall think fit. 

3. That in the case of the Carlisle Canal and Carlisle Canal 
Port Carlisle Railway Petition for dispensing with = Port Car- 
Orders of the House of 16th March and 15th — 
April, the said Orders ought not to be dispensed 
with. 

4. That in the case of the London and Mid- London and 
Western Railway Petition of Benjamin Way, for Mid Western 
dispensing with Standing Orders, Nos. 105 and 166, 
the said Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed 
with. 


3u4+ 5. That 








520 


Westminster 5, That in the case of the Westminster Bridge 
Bridge Bill. Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; 
that the Parties be permitted to proceed with their 
Bill. 
Severn Valley 6. That in the case of the Severn Valley — 
Railway Bill. Petition of Harriet Lloyd, for dispensing wit 
Standing Orders, Nos. 105 and 166, the said Stand- 
ing Orders ought to be dispensed with; that the 
Parties be permitted to be heard upon their Pe- 
tition against the Bill, notwithstanding the same 
shall have been deposited later than seven clear days 
after the second reading of the Bill. 

7. That in the case of the Ribble Navigation Pe- 
tition for additional Provision, the Standing Orders 
ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties be 
permitted to introduce their additional Provision, if 
the Committee on the Bill shall think fit. 

The first, second, fifth, sixth and seventh Reso- 
lutions, being read a second time, were agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ribble Navi- 
gation Bill. 


Committee Mr. Sotheron reported from the Committee of Se- 
of Selection Jection; That they had made several alterations in 
Goons the Groups of Private Bills already formed, and had 
No. 626. greed to report the same to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
Railway Bills Sir James Last reported from the Committee on 


(Group BB-) Group BB. of Railway Bills; That the Parties 
opposing the Severn Valley Railway Bill had stated 
to the Committee, that the evidence of William 
Tipton and Mark Tipton was essential to enable 
them to establish their case before the Committee ; 
and it having been proved that their attendance 
could not be procured without the intervention of 
the House, he had been instructed by the Com- 
mittee to move the House, that the said William 
Tipton and Mark Tipton do attend the said Com- 
mittee on Monday the 30th day of May, at Twelve 
of the clock. 

Ordered, That William Tipton and Mark Tipton 
do attend the said Committee upon Monday next, at 
Twelve o'clock. 

West London Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 

and Crystal one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 

Palace Rail- . . . , 

way Company in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 

ill. ders in the case of the Petition for additional pro- 
vision in the West London and Crystal Palace ng 
way Company Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


ail- 


Ordered, That the Westminster Bridge Bill be read 
a second time upon Tuesday next. 


Westminster 
Bridge Bill. 


Thames Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Pri- 
a vate Bills have leave to sit and proceed forthwith 
on the Thames Embankment Bill. 


Pimlico Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Pri- 
rcs vate Bills have leave to sit and proceed forthwith 
on the Pimlico Improvement Bill. 


Copies of The Copies of Specifications Repeal Bill was read 
Specifications the first time: and ordered to be read a second time 


Bill. . 
“a - ~— upon Monday next; and to be printed. 
Holyhead and = Ordered, That the Return relative to the Holyhead 
sor a and Kingstown Mails, which was presented upon the 


10th day of this instant May, be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on the Communication between Lon- 
don and Dublin. 


Irish Steamers Ordered, That the Paper relative to Jrish Steamers, 


(1849.) which was presented upon the Ist day of June 1849, 
be referred to the said Select Committee. 
Kingstown Ordered, That the Report from the Select Com- 


ow head mittee on Kingstown and Holyhead Mails, in Session 
ey 1850, be referred to the said Select Committee. 


97° Mair. 








A. 1853. 


Mr. Bouverie reported Rooker’s Disabilities Re- Rooker’s 
moval Bill, with Amendments. soma 4 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. ““"” = 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Wildmore Fen and Wildmore Fen 
East and West Fens Highways (re-committed) Bill, 24 East and 
with further Amendments. a 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to National 
request that their Lordships will give leave to the Gallery. 
Marquis of Northampton, the Viscount Gordon, Lord 
Monteagle and Lord Overstone, to attend to be exa- 
mined as Witnesses before the Select Committee ap- 
— by this House on the management of the 

vational Gallery : And that Colonel Mure do carry 
the said Message. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Humphrey: Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords, 

The Lords have agreed to the Wakefield Market Wakefield 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Market Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Bognor Railway Bognor 
Bill, with Amendments; to which Amendments the Railway Bill 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Moore’s 
for enabling the Trustees of the Will of Thomas (Brown's 
Brown, Esquire, deceased, to invest the Funds, sub- E arng~ 
ject to the Teethens of the Will of the said Z’homas 
Brown, in the Purchase of Real Estates in' England, 

Wales and Ireland; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House :—And then the Messen- 
ger withdrew. 


Moore's ( Brown’s Trustees) Estate Bill was read Moore's 
the first time. q — 4 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- fetate Bill, 


ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That Lord Moreton have leave of absence Leave of 
for a fortnight, on account of illness in his family, Absence. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Omagh 

Copies of the Application made to the Commissioners Nunnery 
of National Education in Ireland, for placing the ees 
Omagh Nunnery School in connexion with the Board : 
—Ot the Replies returned to the Queries contained 
in the Official Form of Application that has been 
drawn up by the Board :—And, of any Correspon- 
dence which may have taken place between the 
Patrons and Managers of the said School, or any 
other Parties, and the Commissioners, with respect 
to the manner in which the said Rules have been 
evaded or violated. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented London,Liver- 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 10" ino 
to give directions, that there be laid before this screw steam 
House, Copies of all Petitions to and Orders of Her Ship Com- 
Majesty in Council; of all Memorials presented to P®”%: 
the President of the Board of Trade; of all Cor- 
respondence addressed to the President and to the 
Secretary of Board of Trade; and of Statements 
submitted with such Correspondence, or the Abstracts 
of such Statements, and of all Correspondence ad- 
dressed by the Board of Trade to various Persons in 
relation to an Application made on behalf of the 
Promoters and the Provisional Committee of the 
London, Liverpool and North American Screw Steam 
Ship Company, between the Month of — 

1852 and the Month of April 1853, for the Grant of 
a Royal Charter of Incorporation to the said Com- 


pany. 
Ordered, That the said Address be F me vgag to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 


of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy cen" 
ir 





pool and North 


~~ eet 


~~ A 








Prisons 
(Ireland.) 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland. ) 


Cork Election. 


No. 528. 


Coast Guard. 


Marine In- 
surances, &amp;¢, 


Select 
Committees. 


Metropolitan 
Commission 
of Sewers. 





16 Vicroriz. 


Sir John Young presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Annual Report of the Inspector of 
Government Prisons in Jre/and, for the year ended 
31st December 1851, with Appendices. 

Sir John Young also presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 29th day of April last, for Accounts 
of the Interest and Produce of the Compensation 
and Fee Fund of the Court of Chancery in Jre/and, 
and the Charges thereon :~--Of the Suitors’ Fee 
Fund of the Court of Chancery in Jreland for the 
year ending the 31st day of December 1852 :—Of 
the Names of Persons entitled to Annuities, Salaries 
and other Charges payable out of the Account of 
the Interest aud Produce of the Compensation and 
Fee Fund of the Suitors of the Court of Chancery 
in Ireland, distinguishing in each Case the Profes- | 
sion of the Holder of the Office or Employment, 
whether Barrister at Law, Attorney or Clerk, and 
the nature of the Tenure of the Office or Employ- | 
ment, whether by Letters Patent, durmg good be- | 
haviour, or by Appointment during Pleasure :—Like 
Account of the Names of Persons entitled to Annui- | 
ties, Salaries and other Charges payable out of the | 
Suitors’ Fee Fund Account :—And, of Payments | 
made out of the Consolidated Fund for Annuities 
and Compensations, so far as relates to the Compen- | 
sation and Fee Fund, and Suitors’ Fee Fund, of the | 
Court of Chancery in /reland. | 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 





The following Paper, pursuant to Order, was laid | 
upon the Table by the Clerk of the House,— Minutes | 
of the Evidence taken betore the Select Committee | 
on the Cork Election Petition. 

The following Papers were also laid upon the) 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an | 
Order, dated the 13th day of this instant May, for | 
Returns of the Number of the Coast Guard (all Ranks | 
included) employed on Shore in England and Wales | 
on the 1st day of January last :—And, of any Num- | 
ber of Seizures which have been made by the Coast 
Guard on Shore, in the County of Southampton, be- | 
tween the 1st day of February 1852 and the 1st day | 
of May 1853. 

Return to an Order, dated the 13th day of this 
instant May, for Returns showing the Total Amount 
of Revenue received in the United Kingdom in each 
year since 1830 for Stamp Duties on Marine Insu- 
rances :—And, the Total Amount of Tonnage be- 
longing to the United Kingdom in each year during 
that Period. 

Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of this in- 
stant May, for a Return showing, for the Session of 
1852, the Total Number of Members of the House 
of Commons who served on Select Committees ; the 
Number of Members who served on no Select Com- 
mittee at all; the Number of Committees to which 
each Member was appointed; the Number of Days on 
which each Committee met ; and the Number of Days 
on which each Member attended such Committee. 

Return to an Order, dated the 1st day of March 
last, for a Return from the Metropolitan Commis- 
sioners of Sewers, of Copies of any Letters addressed 
to J. J. Morewood, Esquire, and Resolutions in re- 
ference to the Great Loudon Drainage scheme by 
the Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers :—Copies 
of any Reports which have been made by Mr. James 
Simpson or others, in reference to the Victoria-street 
Sewer :— And, Statement of the original Estimates 
of that Sewer, the Contract Price, and the ultimate 
Cost of Constructions, and an Account of all Monies 
which may have been expended in the Repairs of 
that Sewer, up to the present time ; together with an 
Account of all Claims for Compensation for Damage 
done or otherwise; setting forth the Names of the 
Claimants, the Amount demanded, the Amount paid, 
the manner in which such Claims have been settled, 
and Copy of all Correspondence in reference to such 
Claims. 

Vou. 108. 








27° Maitz. 








521 


| Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Select Committee on the Cork Election 
Petition, be printed. 


__ Ordered, That the Return relative to Dockyard Dociyard 
_ Promotions, which was presented upon the 28th day Promotions. 
of April last, be printed. No. 529. 


Ordered, That the Second Report from the Se- Railway and 
lect Committee on Railway and Canal Bills be re- Canal Bills. 
printed. No. 170. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Saint Pan- Saint Pancras 
_cras Churches, which was presented upon the 26th Churches. 
day of this instant May, be printed. No. 530. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Returns relative Drunkenness, 
to Drunkenness, &amp;c., which were presented upon the &amp;e. 
28th day of April last, and 26th day of this instant No. 531. 
May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Hackney Hackney 
Carriages (Metropolis), which was presented upon Carriages 


the 26th day of this instant May, be printed. a mo 
0. vos. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Public Public Works 
Works ( Bengal, &amp;c.), which was presented upon the (Bengal, &amp;c.) 
26th day of this instant May. be printed. No. 407. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Law, Poor Law. 
which was presented upon the 26th day of this in- No. 533. 
stant May, be printed. 


Petitions relating to Dockyard Official Disqualifi- Public 
cation ;—University of London ;—Church Rates ;— Petitions. 
Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ; — Marriage ;— May- Vide Fifty- 
nooth College Act ;—Recovery of Personal Liberty third Report. 
Bill; — Universities (Scotland) Bill; — Advertise- 
ments ;—Attorneys’ Certificates ;— Foreign Books ; 

—Hops ;—Paper, Newspaper Stamps and Adver- 
tisements ;—Property and Income Tax (1853) ;— 
Armaments ; — Combination of Workmen Bill ; — 
Education Bill;—Zondon and Edinburgh Gazettes 


Bill ;— Medical Profession ; — Registration of As- 


|surances Bill;—and, Schoolmasters (Scotland),— 


were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions relating to Beer-houses, &amp;c. ;—and, In- 
toxicating Liquors,—were also presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Public- 
houses, &amp;c. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of the Adjournment. 
House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Income Tax 
into a Committee on the Income Tax Bill. Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Cxiause, N° 3, amended, and agreed to. 

Craussg, N° 4, agreed to, 

Crause, N° 5 (Duties to be assessed and raised 
under the provisions of Acts recited 5 &amp; 6 Vie. c. 35). 

Amendments made. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, 7 - 
Yeas, \Mr. Grenville Berkeley: Jf °° 
Tellers for the ¢Mr. Isaac Butt, lew 
Noes, { Mr. Lucas: Shee 


Crauses, N” 6 to N° 8, agreed to. 

Cxiauses, N’ 9 and N° 10, amended, and agreed to. 

Craussz, N° 11, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 12 (The Clerks of the Boards of 
Guardians in Jrelund to transmit to the Commis- 
sioners of Inland Revenue, annually, copies of the 
Poor-rates). 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed: At the end of 
the Clause, to add the following words : “ Provided 
“ always, that as soon as the valuation of any Poor 

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522 


“ Law Union in Ireland shall have been completed, | 
“ under the provisions of an Act passed in the Ses- 
“ sion of Parliament held in the 15th and 16th years 
“ of Her Majesty, c. 63, in order to the assessing of | 
“ the Duties chargeable under Schedules (A.) and (D.) | 
‘ of this Act in Jreland, the Commissioners of Valua- | 
“ tion in Ireland shall, instead of the Clerk of the 
“ Union as aforesaid, between the First day of April | 
‘ and the First day of June in every succeeding 
“ year, transmit to the Commissioners of Inland | 
‘ Revenue, at the Head Office in Dublin, true copies 
‘ of the last final list of all the tenements and 
“ rateable hereditaments comprised within the said | 
‘* Poor Law Union, which the said Commissioner of | 
‘ Valuation had transmitted to the Clerk of such 
* Poor Law Union, in conformity with the provisions 
“ of the aforementioned Act.” 
Question proposed, That those words be there | 
added. 
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


”~ 


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« 


« 


- 


Ciauses, N° 13 and N° 14, postponed. 
Cravuses, N°15 and N° 16, amended, and agreed | 
to. 
Ciause, N° 17, postponed. 
Cause, N° 18, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 19, agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 20 (Appeals in Jreland to be heard | 
and determined by the Commissioners for special | 
purposes). | 

Amendment proposed at the end of the Clause : 
To add the following words : ‘* Provided always, That 
“ nothing herein contained shall be construed to 
“ take away from persons in Ireland the power of 
* being assessed in the first instance, by the Commis- | 
“ sioners for special purposes, to Duties under Sche-_ 
* dules (D.) and (E).” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 

Cravuses, N° 21 to N° 24, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 25 (Persons assessed under Schedule 
(D.) may compound). 

Amendment proposed in p. 13, |. 14: After the 
words “‘ Commissioners for,” to insert the words | 
“* general or.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted—— 
put, and negatived. 

Amendments made. | 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


| 


~ 


Ciause, N° 26 (Exemption of persons whose in- 
come is under £.100, and abatement to those whose 
income is under £.150 a year respectively). 

Amendment proposed in p. 14, |. 1: To leave out | 
from the words “ shall be” to the end of the Clause, | 
in order to add the words “ continued as therein pro- | 
“ vided to all such persons in the United Kingdom 
“ in respect of any Duties chargeable under Sche- 
“* dules (D.) and (E.); it shall also be continued to 
“ all such persons in the United Kingdom in respect | 
“ of any Duties chargeable in any manner by this | 
“ Act upon any income, stipend or emolument re- 
‘ ceived by any clergyman, minister, or religious 
teacher of any denomination, from or in right of 
any ecclesiastical benefice, preferment, or in re- 
spect of his occupation as such minister or re- 
** ligious teacher,” instead thereof. 

Question put, That the words “ limited and re- 
stricted under this Act”’ stand part of the Clause ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the {f Mr. Hayter, Pius 

Yeas, \Mr. Grenville Berkeley : | 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Zsaac Butt, 
Noes, 
Amendments made. 
Another Amendment proposed in p. 14, 1. 8: Tc | 
leave out from the word “than” to the word “as,” | 





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. Mr. Spooner : } | 





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| next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 








A. 1853. 


in 1, 11, in order to insert “ Five hundred pounds a 
“ year for the year of the assessment of his profits 
“ or gains, shall be entitled to be relieved from all 
“* the said Duties assessed upon or paid by him on 
“ the first hundred pounds, and from so much of the 
“ said Duties on Fourhundred pounds a year assessed 
“ upon and paid by him, arising from profession, 
“ trade, vocation or employment.” 
Question proposed, That the word “ than” stand 
part of the Clause. 
Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
the Chairman do report Progress ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the (Colonel Dunue, 13) 
Yeas, \ Mr. Spooner : nae 
Tellers for the {Mr. Hayter, liso 
Noes, Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J" * 
Original Question again proposed, That the word 


_“ than,” stand part of the Clause. 


Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That 
the Chairman do now leave the Chair——put, and 


| negatived. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 
And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 28° die Maii, 18538: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Customs, &amp;c. 


mittee on the Customs, &amp;e. Acts ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Acts, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Excise Duties 
into a Committee on the Excise Duties on Spirits on Spirits Bul. 


Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie re- 
— That the Committee had gone through the 
ill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


No. 534. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Customs 


mittee on the Customs Duties on Spirits Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Duties on 
Spirits Bill. 


The Registration of Assurances Bill was, according Registration 


to Order, read a second time; and committed to am 


Select Committee. 


into the Committee of Ways and Means. 


(In the Committee.) 


f Assurances 
ill. 


| 
{ The House, according to Order, resolved itself wae and 
eans. 


Resolved, That, towards making good the Supply Consolidated 


&gt; 


granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Four millions Fund. 


be granted out of the Consolidated Fund of the 


| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to a 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 

Mr. Bouverie also acquainted the House, That 
he was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


The 


—m, 


— * eet ee 


— -— et 


ana oe 


— 





Copyholds 
Bill. 


Convicted 
Prisoners’ 
Removal and 
Confinement 
Bill. 


Burgh Har- 
pours (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Supply. 


County Rates 
and Expen- 
diture Bill. 


tiver Tyne. 


Battersea 
Park. 


Belfast 
Municipal 
Boundaries, 


Ramsgate 
Harbour. 


Battersea 
Park Bill. 


No. 535, 


Drainage 
(Ireland. ) 





16 Victor. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Copyholds Bill; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Convicted Prisoners’ Re- 
moval and Confinement Bill; and, after some time 


spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and | 


Mr. Bouverie reported, That the Committee had 
gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken info consideration upon Monday 
next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee on the Burgh Harbours (Scot/and) Bill ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the County Rates and Expenditure Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 8th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Instructions given by the First Lord 
of the Admiralty to Captain Vetch, R.N., directing 
him to proceed to the River Zyne, and of his subse- 
quent Report to the Admiralty, dated the 30th day 
of September 1852. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
— for the purchase and extinguishment of all 
tights of Common and Lammas, and other Com- 
monable Rights over the Site of Battersea Park, in 


the County of Surrey: And that Sir William Moles- | 


worth and Mr. Wilson do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
extend the Municipal Boundaries of the Borough of 
Belfast, and to reduce the scale of rating upon cer- 
tain property within the said Borough: And that 
Sir John Young and Viscount Palmerston do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of the Report of Captain Vetch, R. E., to 
the President of the Board of ‘Trade, on the subject 
of Ramsgate Harbour, dated the 18th day of May 
1853. 


Sir William Molesworth presented a Bill to pro- 
vide for the purchase and extinguishment of all 
Rights of Common and Lammas, and other Com- 
monable Rights, over the Site of Battersea Park, in 
the County of Surrey: And the same was read the 
first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills; and be 
printed. 


Ordered, That there be added to the Drainage 
(Freland) Return, ordered on the 23d day of this 
instant May to be laid before the House, Returns 
of the Amount of the Annuity, including Principal 
VoL. 108. 


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523 


and Interest (specifying the Number of Years), pay- 
able on each Drainage :—Of the Number of Instal- 
ments already paid, with the Amount :—Of the 
Number of Instalments still payable :-— And, of the 
Amount already paid in full. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- Vaccination 
nesday next, the Vaccination Extension Bill, was Extension Bill. 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 22d day of June next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Turnpike 

a Return showing the several Amounts borrowed Ttsts- 
from the Public Works Loan Commissioners, and 

not wholly repaid, by Turnpike Trusts in England 

and Wales, the Date of each Loan, the original 

Rate of Interest, the reduced Rate of Interest pay- 

able, the Amount of Principal repaid, and the Amount 

of Debt, distinguishing the Principal from the In- 
terest, remaining unpaid on the 5th day of January 

1853 ; also, showing the Amount of unpaid Interest, 

if any, extinguished :—And, a similar Return for 
Scotland. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
half an hour after One of the clock on Satur- 
day morning, adjourned till Monday next. 





Lune, 30° die Maii ; 


Anno 16° Victoriz Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 
\ | R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
1¥A mittee on Public Petitions; That they had Petitions. 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 27th day ino) 
of this instant May ; and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, ‘That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Great Grimsby 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Great Improvement 
Grimsby Improvement Bill; and the same were ~” 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Irwell Valley 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Lrweli Waterworks 
Valley Waterworks Bill; and the same were twice 
| read, and agreed to. 
| Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 


the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 


| agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 





The House proceeded to take into consideration Runcorn and 
| the Amendment made by the Lords to the Runcorn Weston Canal 
and Weston Canal Bill; and the same was twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 


agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships. 





A Motion being made, That the Eastern Counties Rates Comp 
Railway ( W. oodford and Loughton) Bill be now read (Woolford. 
the third time ; and Loughton) 

Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- Bill. 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

A Clause (Trains not to stop at any station in Saint 
Mary, Leyton, durmg morning service), was thrice 
read; and added to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, ‘That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

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London and 
South Western 
Railway 
(Basingstoke 
and Salisbury 
Branch) Bill. 


Midjand 
Railway 
(Leicester and 
Hitchin) Bill. 


Thames Haven 
Dock and 
Railway Bill. 


London Docks 
Bill. 


Black Dog 
Road Bill. 


Sideey Sussex 
College Estate 
Bill. 


Stafford Shire 
Hall Bill. 


South Eastern 
Railway 
(Strood to 
Maidstone) 
Bill. 


Rochester 
Brioge Bill 


Private Bills 
«Group Z.) 


524 30° Marz. 


The London and South Western Railway (Basing- 
stoke and Salisbury Branch) Bill was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the Midland Railway 
(Leicester and Hitchin) Bill be now read the third 
time ; 

Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time ; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to enable the Midland Railway 
Company to make a Line of Railway from near 
Leicester to the Great Northern Railway near Hitchin, 
with a Branch in lieu of the Line of Railway and 
Branches authorized by “ The Midland Railways Ex- 
tension to Hitchin, Northampton and Huntingdon 
Railway Act, 1847,” and “The Midland Railways 
Extension to Hitchin, Northampton and Huntingdon 
Railway (Wellingborough Deviations) Act, 1848.” 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Thames Haven Dock and Railway Bill was 
“ead the third time. 

A Clause (Company to sell certain lands purchased 
of Crisp Molineux Montgomerie, Esquire, deceased), 
was thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 

Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the London Docks Bill; 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill be read the third time upon 
Wednesday next. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration the 
Black Dog Road Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, ‘Yhat the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Sidney Sussex College Estate Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Stafford Shire Hall Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Lord Hotham reported from the Committee on 
Group DD. of Railway Bills; That in the case of 
the South Eastern Railway (Strood to Maidstone) 
Bill, the Committee had made provision in the Bill 
for securing the completion of the Railway within the 
period prescribed by the Bill, in conformity with the 
Resolutions of the House of the 15th April last; that 
they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and found the same to be true; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Lord Hotham reported the Rochester Bridge Bill, 
with Amendments. 
Ordered, Tinrat the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Lord Seymour reported from the Committee on 
Group Z. of Private Bills; That the Parties pro- 
moting the Poole Harbour and Port Bill, had stated 








A. 1853. 


to the Committee, that the evidence of David Pill- 
more, Searcher in Her Majesty’s Customs, was essen- 
tial to enable them to establish their case before the 
Committee ; and it having been proved that his at- 
tendance could not be procured without the inter- 
vention of the House, he had been instructed by the 
Committee to move the House, that the said David 
Pillmore do attend the said Committee on Tuesday 
the 31st day of May, at Twelve of the clock. 
Ordered, That David Pillmore do attend the said 
Committee To-morrow, at Twelve o’cleck. 


Mr. Freshfield reported from the Committee on Chorley 
Group W. of Private Bills; That in the case of the Improvement 
Choricy Improvement Bill, they had examined the Bi 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by inseyting a recital of the 
expediency of providing a ‘lown-hall and Gaol or 
Lock-up ; and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Colonel Boldero reported the London and North London and 
Western Railway (Crewe to Shrewsbury) Bill, with North Western 
; ‘ Railway 
Amendments. Cc 
om . P (Crewe to 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Shrewsbury) 
Bill. 


and be printed. 


Colonel Boldero reported from the Committee on Private Bills 
Group GG. of Railway Bills; That Mr. Bu/heley (Group GG.) 
Hughes, one of the Members of the Committee, 
stated that he was interested in the Shrewsbury and 
Hereford Railway Company, who were Petitioners 
against one of the Bills under the consideration of 
the Committee, and that he did not on that account 
consider himself in a position to attend and vote on 
the subject of such Bill. . 

Ordered, That Mr. Bulkeley Hughes be discharged 
from further attendance on the Committee, so far 
as regards the London and North Western Railway 
(Shrewsbury to Newtown) Bill. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Banbridge, 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Dublin, Newry 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- —— 
ders in the case of the Petition for additional pro- Railway Bill. 
vision in the Banbridge, Dublin, Newry and Belfast 
Junction Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Lancaster 
received Notice, that it is not intended to proceed Election. 
with the Petition complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the Borough of Lancaster :—And the 
same was read, as followeth: 


Sir, 40, Parliament-street, 30th May 1853. 
As Agent for the Petitioner in the matter of the 
Petition against the Return of Thomas Greene, Es- 
quire, for the Borough of Lancaster, | beg to inform 
you that it is not intended to proceed with the said 

Petition. 
I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your very humble servant, 
James Coppoch. 


To the Right honourable the Speaker 
of the House of Commons. 


The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- 
charged. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to several Ad- County Courts. 
dresses to Her Majesty, dated the 10th day of Fe- 
bruary last, and the 5th day of this instant May, for 
Returns from every County Court throughout Eug- 
land and Wales, established under the Act 5 &amp; 10 
Vic. c. 95, of,—1. The Total Number of Plaints en- 
tered in each Court from the 1st day of January to 
the 31st day of December 1852, both days inclusive : 


—Of 








Juvenile 
Offenders, 


Justices of the 
ace, &amp;e. 





16 Vicroriaz. 30° Mai. 


—Of the Total Number of Plaints entered in each | 
Court above £. 20, and not exceeding £. 50, from the 
ist day of January 1852 to the 31st day of Decem- 


525 


County in England and Wales :—Of the Number of 
such Justices m each County who have qualified to 
act :—And, of the Number in each County of Boards 
ber 1852, both days inclusive :—Of the Total Num- | of Guardians under the Poor Law Amendment Act, 
ber of Plaints entered in each Court during the last- | or Unions of Parishes under the Act 22 Geo. 3, c. 83, 
mentioned period, by Consent of Parties, under the | or Boards of Guardians of the Poor acting under 
17th section of the Act 13 &amp; 14 Vic. c. 61:—2. Of| any Local Act for the Relief of the Poor in any 
the Total Number of Causes tried by each Court | single Parish or united Parishes. 

from the 1st day of January 1852 to the 31st day of| Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
December 1852, both days inclusive :—Of the Total | 21st day of April last, for an Account of the Num- 
Number of Causes tried by each Court, from the 1st | ber of Houses surveyed, and Amount of all Fees 
day of January 1852 to the 31st day of December | received during the last Five years by the Surveyors 
1852, both days inclusive, above £.20 and not ex-| of the County of Middlesex; distinguishing the 
ceeding £.50:—Of the Total Number of Causes | Number of Houses surveyed, and the Amount re- 
tried by each Court during the last-mentioned period, | ceived in each year by the different Surveyors of the 
by Consent of Parties, under the 17th section of the | several Districts, viz. :— 

Act 13 &amp; 14 Vie. c. 61,:—3. Of the Total Number of | - 











Houses 
( Middlesex.) 




















Appeals under the last-mentioned Act, pending on| . heme! amber of Houses eurvezed in Biesenetedientietiies went 
the 1st day of January, and the Total Number made | — of | J. | , ioe 
from the 1st day of January to the 31st day of De- | P| veyor. 184s, | 1849. 1850. | 1851, 1852.) 1848. | 1849. | 1850. | 1ss1. | 182. } Years, 
cember 1852, both days inclusive, from the Decisions | |_| r= Fa | £s.d.|£.8.d.|£.8.d.|£.5.d.|£3.d.| £8 ds 
of each Court, and whether such Decisions were | | | | 

















confirmed or reversed, and the Number of Appeals ——!— ; 
dropped or remaining undecided on the 31st day of | Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
December 1852 :—4. Of the Total Number of Days | Table. 
that each Court has sat, from the 1st day of January : ’ 
to the 31st day of December 1852, both days inclu- | The followmg Papers were laid upon the Table 
sive, and the Average Number of Hours comprised | by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
in each Sitting :—5. Of the Total Amount of Monies ; duted the 13th day of April last, for a Return of the 
for which the Plaints were entered in each Court | Number of Days in the years 1850, 1851 and 1852, 
during the last-mentioned period :—6. Of the Total during which the “ Pharos” Steam Vessel has been 
Amount of Monies, exclusive of Costs, for which | employed at Sea in the Service of the Northern 
Judgment has been obtained in each Court during | Lights Commissioners; stating the Nature of the 
the same period, and also the Amount of such | imployment on each Voyage, the Weight of Cargo 
Costs :—7. Of the Total Amount of Mon‘es paid into | embarked and landed, with the Dates of entering 
each Court during the same period, in suatisfaction | and leaving each Port visited, and the Number of 
of Debts sued for, without proceeding to Judgment: | Passengers taken on board, and landed at each 
—8s. Of the Gross Total Amount of Fees received in | Place :—Copies of any Minutes of, or Reports to, 
each Court during such period, distinguishing the | the Commissioners of Northern Lights regarding the 
Amount of Fees for each Officer, and on account of | inefficiency of the Steam Vessel “ Pharos,” for the 
the General Fund :—9. The Gross Total Amount of | purposes of the Northern Lights Commissioners ; 
Monies received in each Court to the credit of | and of any Minute or Resolution of the said Com- 
Suitors, and the Amount paid out to Suitors :—10. | missioners regarding the Construction of a New 
Of the Total Number of Causes tried in each Court | Steam Vessel, and of any Correspondence or Con- 
during the same period, with the assistance of a Jury, tract entered into regarding the same:—And, of 
specifying the Number of such Causes in which a) any Correspondence between the Commissioners of 
Verdict has been given in favour of the Party re-| Northern Lights and the Leith Dock Commission 
quiring a Jury to be summoned :—11. Of the Total | in the year 1847, or subsequently, regarding the 
Number of Executions issued by the Clerk of each | Collection of Light Dues at the Port of Leith. 
Court during the same period, against the Goods of | Further Return to an Order, dated the 14th day 
Defendants :—12. Of the Total Number of Warrants of February last, for a Return of Officers of the 
of Commitment issued by the Clerk of each Court | Metropolitan and City Police charged with Offences 
during the same period, and the Number of Persons | before Magistrates in each year, from 1849 to 
actually taken to Prison under such Warrants :— ; 1852, inclusive; specifying the Rank of the Officer, 
13. And, of the Total Amount received by the Trea- | his Age, the ‘Time he has been in the Force, the 
surer of each Court on account of the General Fund | Nature of his Offence, whether convicted or not, the 
of such Court, from the 1st day of January 1852 to | Punishment awarded, and whether he was retained 
the 31st day of December 1852, inclusive, and the | in the Service ; Total Number of Men who have 
Payments made thereout during such period, as given | been dismissed, fined, suspended or degraded by the 
in the Balance Sheets rendered to the Commissioners | Police Commissioners duriag the same period, and 
of Her Majesty’s Treasury, according to Article 48 | the Number who have resigned their Appointments 
of Treasurer's Instructions ; together with the Sums | during the sauie period :—Similar Return of the City 
therein stated to have been received of or paid to, of London Police Force: —Return, from each Divi- 
Her Majesty’s Paymaster General: And, | sion of the Metropolitan Police, of the Number of 
for Returns of the Proceedings of every County! Robberies committed, the Value of the Property 
Court in England and Wales, established under the | stolen, and the Value of the Property recovered, for 
Act 9 &amp; 10 Vic. e. 85, for 1853, bei:¢ in continua- | each year from 1849 to 1852, inclusive :—Similar Re- 
tion of Parliamentarv Paper, No. 545. turn from the City of London Police Force :—Return 
Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the | of the Number of Persons taken into Custody by the 
15th day of February last, for a Return showing the | Metropolitan Police, and the Results in each year, 
Numbers of Children committed for ‘Trial, com- | from 1849 to 1852, inclusive: — And, similar Return 
mitted under the Juvenile Offenders’ Act, and con-| from the City of London Police (all in continuation 
victed, in each County in England and Wales, di- | of Parliamentary Paper, No. 133, of Session 1849). 
vided into the Circuits of the Judges, with a Sum-| Return to an Order, dated the 18th day of March 
mary of the Number convicted either under the | last, for Returns of all Sweets or Made Wines im- 
Juvenile Offenders’ Act or by Courts of Law, for | ported from Scotland and Ireland into England, under 
the last three years. | the Provisions of the Act6 &amp; 7 Will. 4, c. 72, stating 











Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the | the Port or Place imported from, and the Port or 
14th day of March last, for Returns of the Number | Place imported into, from the 6th day of January 
of Justices in the Commission of the Peace for each | 1852 to the 5th day of January 1853, both Dates 

VoL. 108. | 


3x3 inclusive ; 








Steam Vessel 
“ Pharos,” &amp;a 


Metropolitan 
and City 
Police. 


Sweets or 
Made Wines. 














Herrings. 


Snirits 
(Ireland. ) 


Spirits 
(Ireland. ) 


Northern 


Lighthouses. 


526 30° Maiz. 


inclusive; stating the Denomination, Sort or Kind, 
of all such Sweets or Made Wines, or Sweetened 
Compounded Spirits so imported, and the Amount 
per Gallon of Duty charged and paid upon all the 
above-mentioned Articles so imported :—Of all 
Seizures that have been niade by the Excise and 
Customs of any such Sweets or Made Wines, and 
Sweetened Compounded Spirits, so imported, and 
the reason of such Seizures:—Of all Sweets or 
Made Wines and Sweetened Compounded Spirits 
seized Inland, being brought from Scotland into 
England, contrary to the Provisions of the said 
Act, from the 6th day of January 1852 to the 
5th dav of January 1853, both Dates inclusive ; 


- stating how all such Seizures of the above-mentioned 


Sweets or Made Wines, and Sweetened Compounded 
Spirits, within the Periods of the Dates specified, 
have been dealt with, if any, and what Amount of 
Penalty has been enforced against the Parties from 
whom ‘any such Seizures have been made :—And, 
of the Quantity, stating the Denomination, Sort or 
Kind, of all such Sweets or Made Wines, and 
Sweetened Compounded Spirits, remaining in Bond 
on the 5th day of January 1853, and where Bonded. 

Return to an Order, dated the 15th day of April 
last, for Returns for each year since 1840, of the 
Number of Barrels of Cured Herrings exported from 
Great Britain:—Of the Number of Barrels so ex- 
ported that have previously received the Brand of 
the Board of the British Herring Fishery :—And, 
of the Number of Officers employed by that Board 
in the Process of Branding, the Annual Expense of 
such Officers, and the Stations where they are 
placed. 

Return to an Order, dated the 22d day of April 
last, for a Return of the Total Number of Gallons 
of Spirits distilled and charged with Duty in Lre/and 
in each year from 1800 to 1852, both inclusive ; the 
Total Amount of Duty received in each year, and 
the Rate of Duty per Gallon, distinguishing the 
Number of Gallons charged with Duty for Con- 
sumption :—Accounts, for the same Period, of the 
Number of Detections in each year, and of the Num- 
ber of Persons prosecuted (specifying the Number 
convicted) for Offences in Jreland against the Laws 
for the Suppression of Illicit Distillation :—And, 
for the same Period, of the Number cf Persons 
confined in each year in the several Gaols in Jre- 
land, either charged with or convicted of any Of- 
fence against the Laws for the Suppression of Illicit 
Distillation. 

Return to an Order, dated the 28th day of April 
last, for Returns of the Number of Gallons of Proof 
Spirits on which Duty was paid for Home Consump- 
tion in Jreland, in each of the years ending the 5th 
day of January 1852 and 1853 :—Of the Number 
of Detections, and the Number of Persons prose- 
cuted for Offences in Sreland against the Laws for 
the Suppression of Illicit Distillation in each of the 
years ending respectively the 5th day of January 
1852 and 1853 :—Of the Number of Persons con- 
fined in each Gaol in Jreland, for Offences against 
the Laws for the Suppression of Illicit Distillation, 
on the 5th day of April 1852 and the 5th day of 
April 1853:—Of the Number of Detections, the 
Number of Persons prosecuted, and the Number of 
Persons convicted for Offences in Jreland against 
the Laws for the Suppression of Illicit Distillation, 
in each year since the 5th day of January 1833, 
und the Rate of Duty on Spirits in Ireland, per Gal- 
lon, payable in each year : —And, of the Number of 
Persons confined in each Gaol in Ireland, on the 
5th day of April in each of such years, for Offences 
against the Laws for the Suppression of Illicit Dis- 
tillation. 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—An Abstract of 
the Revenue and Expenditure for the Northern 
Lighthouses for the year 1852. 





























































A. 1853. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Courts of Courts of 


Common Law, which was presented upon the 6th Common Law, 


No. 537. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Highways Highways 
(Melton Mowbray), which was presented upon the (Melton 
19th day of this instant May, be printed. matey.) 

. No. 538, 

Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Court Court of 
of Chancery (Ireland), which were presented upon pane 
the 27th day of this instant May, be printed. ¢ ge 

0. 539. 

Ordered, That the Returns relative to Marine Marine In- 
Insurances, &amp;c., which were presented upon the surances, &amp;e. 
27th day of this instant May, be printed. No. 540. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Select Com- Select 
mittees, which was presented upon the 27th day of Committees. 
this instant May, be printed. No. 536. 


day of this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Metropo- Metropolitan 
litan Commission of Sewers, which was presented Commission 


upon the 27th day of this instant May, be printed. pa 


Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- Berwick- 
mittee of Elections; That, pursuant to the Instruc- epee sweed 
tion of the House of the 26th May instant, they a 
had selected a Chairman and six other Members to 
be the Select Committee to inquire into the cireum- 
stances attending the prosécution of the Petition 
against the last Return for the Borough of Berwick- 
upon- Tweed :—Honourable Edwin Lascelles, Chair- 
man, Z’hoimus Alexander Mitchell, Esquire, Sir Fre- 
deric Thesiger, Honourable Charles Wentworth 
Howard, Charles Bowyer Adderley, Esquire, Raikes 
Currie, Esquire, Lord Montagu William Graham. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Metropolitan 
Return from the Metropolitan Commissioners of Commission 
Sewers, setting forth the separate Sums expended coe. 
for “ Works,” “ Local Supervision,” and “ Compen- 
sation Damages,” which together form the several 
Amounts of £.85,790. 15s., £.46,760. 7s. 1d., and 
£.39,630, 11s. 11d., as shown in Parliamentary _ 

Paper, No. 288, of Session 1853. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Poor Relief 
Return by Counties, showing the Amount of Money Ireland.) 
expended for In-maintenance and Out-door Relief 
in Ireland, during the half-years ending Ladv-day 
1852 and Lady-day 1853 respectively; showing, 
1st, Names of Counties; 2d, Number of Unions ; 
3d, Number of Electoral Divisions comprised there- 
in; 4th, Population in 1851; 5th, Expenditure for 
In-maintenance and Out-door Relief for the half- 
years ended respectively Lady-day 1852, and Lady- 
day 1858, distinguishing In-maintenanee, Out-door 
Relief, and Total; 6th, the Amount of Increase and 
Decrease in the half-year ended Lady-day 1853, 
compared with that of 1852; and 7th, the Increase 
or Decrease per cent. 


Ordered, That all Reports upon the subject of Communica- 
Communication by Sea and by Land between Lon- pet cepts 
don and Dublin vit Holyhead, be referred to the Dublin. - 
Select Committee on the Communication between 


London and Dublin. 


Ordered, That Lord William Powlett have leave Leave of 
of absence for a week, on urgent business. Absence. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Coal-laden 
Copy of a Memorial to the Board of Customs from Vessels. 


| Mr. Hugh Taylor, senior, and certain other Colliery 


Proprietors in the Counties of Northumberland and 
Durham, dated April 1853, praying for a Return to 
the system of “ Fitters’ Certificates,” which was 
amended by the Act 12 &amp; 13 Vic. c. 90, and also 
for further Alterations in the existing Customs Regu- 
lations 











lations with reference to the clearing of Coal-laden 


Law, Vessels. 
7. Message from A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer: 
: the Lords. Mr. Speaker, 

Sheriff and The Lords have agreed to the Sheriff and Com- 
) Commissary missary Courts (Berwickshire) Bill, without any 
8. oe hn Amendment: And also, 


Bill. 
County Klee | The Lords have agreed to the County Election 


tion Polls Polls (Scotland) Bill, without any Amendment: 








d. — And also, 

7 Teignmouth The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
Harbour and by this House to the Amendments made by their 

, Teign og Lordships to the Teignmouth Harbour and Teign 
—— Navigation Bill, without any Amendment: And 

8. also, 

5. National The Lords give leave to the Viscount Gordon and 
Gallery. the Lord Overstone to attend to give evidence before 


the Select Committee appointed by this House in 
the present Session of Parliament, to inquire into 
the management of the National Gallery ; also, to 
consider in what mode the Collective Monuments of 
Antiquity and Fine Art possessed by the Nation 
d may be most securely preserved, judiciously aug- 
mented, and advantageously exhibited to the public | 





(their Lordships, in their places, consenting) as de- | 
sired by this House: And also, 

East Indian The Lords request, that this House will be pleased 

Territories. to communicate to their Lordships, Copies of Re- 
ports from the Select Committee appointed by this 
House in the present Session of Parliament, to in- 
quire into the operation of the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, 
c. 85, for effecting an Arrangement with the East 
India Company, and for the better Government of 
Her Majesty’s Indian Territories till the 30th day 
of April 1854, together with the Minutes of Evi- 
dence taken before the said Committee :—And then 
the Messenger withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House will send an Answer 
to the last part of the said Message, by Messengers 
of their own. 

And the Messenger was again called in, and Mr. 
Speaker acquainted him therewith :—And then he 
again withdrew. 


Wimbledon Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the 
and Croydon Wimbledon and Croydon Railway Bill; That in 
Railway Bil. conformity with the Resolutions of the House of 
the 15th April last, the Committee had inserted pro- 
vision in the Bill for securing the completion of the 


Railway within the prescribed period by restricting | 


the repayment of the Parliamentary deposit, and 
that they had examined the allegations contained in 
the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, 
by omitting the recital as to London and South 
Western Railway, and the Clauses relative thereto 
being struck out of the Bill; and found the same, 
as amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


United Gua- Mr. Bouverie reported the United Guarantee and 
rantee and = —- Life Assurance Company Bill, with Amendments. 


Compenn nant Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Corporal Mr, Osborne presented,—Return to an Order, 
Punishments dated the 7th day of April last, for a Return of the 
(Navy.) Number of Persons flogged in the Navy since 1847, 


distinguishing each year, specifying the Name of the 
Ship, the Offence, the Sentence, and Number of 
Lashes inflicted, and stating the highest and the 
lowest Number given in each Class (in continuation 
of Pariamentary Paper, No. 76, of Session 1848). 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


Table. 
Public Petitions relating to Charitable Bequests ;—Church 
Petitions, Rates ; — Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ;—Marriage ; 
Vide Fifty. —Nunneries ;— Probates of Wills and Grants of 


fourth Report. VoL. 108. 








16 VicToriz. 30° Mazi. 527 


Administration Bill ;—Recovery of Personal Liberty 
Bill ;—Tithes, Tithe Rent-charge, and Church Rates ; 
—Advertisements ;—Articles of Clerkship ;—Excise 
Duties on Spirits Bill ;—Property and Income Tax 
(1853) ; — Tea: — Unstamped Periodicals ;—Acci- 
dents in Coal Mines ;—Arbitration ;—Combination 
of Workmen Bill ;—Education Bill ;—Extra-mural 
Interments ;— London and Edinburgh Gazettes Bill ; 
—Medical Profession ;— Merchant Shipping Bill ;— 
Pilotage Bill ;— Poor Law ;—Practical Art;—Public- 
houses (Scotland) Bill; — and, Registration of As- 
surances Bill,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to Intoxicating Liquors,—were 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Public-houses, &amp;c. 


Mr. Cardwell presented,—Return to an Order, Ramsgate 
dated the 27th day of this instant May, for Copy of Harbour. 


the Report of Captain Vetch, R. E., to the Presi- 
dent of the Board of Trade, on the subject of Rams- 
gate Harbour, dated the 18th day of May 1853. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Income Tax 
into a Committee on the Income Tax Bill. Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 

Curavuse, N° 26 (Exemption of persons whose in- 
come is under £.100, and abatement to those whose 
income is under £.150 a year, respectively). 

Amendment proposed in p. 14, |. 8: To leave out 
from the word “than” to the word “as,” in 1. 11, 
| in order to insert “ Five hundred pounds a year for 
“ the year of the assessment of his profits or gains, 
“ shall be entitled to be relieved from all the said 
‘“* Duties assessed upon or paid by him on the first 
‘¢ hundred pounds, and from so much of the said 
** Duties on Four hundred pounds a year assessed 
“ upon and paid by him, arising from profession, 
“ trade, vocation or employment.” 

Question, That the word “than” stand part of 
the Clause——-put, and agreed to. 

Amendments made. 

Clause, us amended, agreed to. 

Cxrausss, N° 27 and N° 28, amended, and agreed 
to. 
Cravuses, N° 29 and N° 30, agreed to. 

Crause, N* 31 (Tenants of lands who are called 
upon to pay arrears due from former occupiers may 





deduct the amount from their rent). 
| Amendment proposed, at the end of the Clause, 
|to add the following words : Provided nevertheless, 
'“ that nothing in this Act shall be construed to 
'“ compel any occupier, being a tenant for the time 
'“ being, to pay the arrears of Income ‘Tax due by 
any former tenant or occupier of the same lands, 
|* tenements or hereditaments, or to deduct and re- 
'“ tain from his landlord out of any subsequent pay- 
|“ ment of rent such arrears, unless the Jandlord 
|“ shall have received his rent for the period for 
“ which the arrear is due.” 
| Question put, That those words be there added ; 
| The Committee divided. 


| ‘Tellers for thef Mr. Spooner, Yes 
| Yeas, Mr. Freshfield : Pe 
| Tellers for the{ Mr. Hayter, | 12 

Noes, \The Earl of Mulgrave: J °*"* 


Clause agreed to. 

C.ause, N° 32, agreed to. 

Cravse, N° 33 (Deduction to be allowed under 
Schedule (A.) for the expenses of making and re- 
pairing sea walls and embankments). 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed: At the end of 
the Clause, to add the following words: “And in 
“ like manner an allowance and deduction shall 
“ be made for the amount of all parochial rates, 
“ taxes or assessments charged on any lands, tene- 

3x4 “ ments, 





No. 542. 











528 30° Mazz. 


“ ments, hereditaments and heritages in Scotland, | amount of deduction which may be claimed in any 


“ 


“ Jandlord or owner thereof.” 
Question put, That those words be there added ; 
The Committee divided. 


A. 1853. 


which by statute or custom are payable by the | year, on account of such transfer or assignment, 


shall not exceed one-fourth part of the whole annual 
income liable to Duties under either or both of thie 


| Schedules aforesaid). 


Tellers for the (Mr. William Lockhart, 40. | Brought up, and read 1°. 
: Yeas, (Mr. Baillie : io Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 1401, | read a second timne——put, and negatived. 

Noes, (The Earl of Mulgrave: J ° "|  Preambie agreed to. 


Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Crausses, N° 34 to N° 46, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 


to. 
Clauses added. 
Clause (That allowance shall be made for bad 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


| Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
Postponed Clauses, N* 13, 14 and 17, disagreed | verie reported, That the Committee had gone through 


the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, 


as amended, be printed. 


Ordered, Thut the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 


debts as deductions from the income liable to be | mittee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


taxed under this Act, according to the following 
rules: wherever a debtor shall be declared bankrupt, 
the whole amount of his debt shall be deducted 
from the profits of the creditor for the year in which 
the declaration of bankruptcy shall have taken 


ing year shall be accounted for by the creditor in 
his returns for the year or years in which the same 
shall be respectively received by him; and whenever 
a composition shall have taken place between a 


place, and all dividends paid in that or any follow- | 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Customs, &amp;e, 
Acts. 


‘into a Committee on the Customs, &amp;c. Acts. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That the Duties of Customs charge- Customs. 


able upon the Goods, Wares and Merchandize 


hereafter mentioned, imported into the United King- 


debtor and his creditors, such sums only shall be | Agates or Cornelians, cut or ma- | Harp-strings or Lute-strings, sil- 


liable to Income Tax as shall have been actually re- 
ceived by the several creditors within the year for 
which their respective returns are made). 

Brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time put, and negatived. 

Clause (Whenever it shall seem reasonable to the 
Commissioners that a deduction is fairly due for 
wear and tear of machinery, such deduction shall 
be at the rate of £.5 per cent. on the returns of 
income liable to this tax). 

Brought up, and read 1°. 


Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time——put, and negatived. 

Clause (Whenever any person is called upon to 
produce his accounts under the provisions of this 
Act, it shall be optional to him to require that all 
further proceedings in order to an assessment on him 
shall be taken before the Commissioners for special 
purposes, notwithstanding his having omitted to give 
notice of his intention within the time and according 
to the form appointed by Sections CXXX. and 





| Barytes, sulphate of, ground. 

| Bast ropes, twines and strands. 

Blacking. 

Books, being of editions printed 
prior to the year 1801, bound 

| or unbound. 

| Bran. 

| Brass, powder of. 

Bricks and Clinkers, Dutch and 

| other sorts. 

| Bronze powder. 

Brushes, paint. 

Buttons of metal, and other sorts. 

Cameos, not set. 

Camphor, refined. 

Cantharides. 

Carmine. 

carriages of all sorts. 

Casks, empty. 

Catlings. 

Chalk, prepared or manufactured, 
and not otherwise enumerated. 

Cider. 


| 


CXXXI. of the said Act of the 5th &amp; 6th years of Citron, preserved in salt. 


the reign of Her Majesty, c. 35. 

Brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time——put, and negatived. 

Clause (The Lords Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury shall nominate one fit person iu 
Great Britain, and one other fit person in Lreland, 


to act as Official Trustee under this Act ; and it shail | 


be lawful for any person to transfer or assign to such 
Official Trustee any sum of money, or any share in 
any Government Stock, or in the stock of any pub- 
lic Company, to be held by such Official ‘Trustee 
upon irrevocable trusts for the benefit of the wite, 


child or children of the person tvansferring or as-| 


signing the same; and if the whole beneficial in- 
terest in such money, stock or shares shall, by the 
operation of the trusts aforesaid, become vested in 


the wife, child or children of such person, either to) 


ti.ke effect immediately, or to take effect upon the 
death of such person, then he or she shali be en- 
titled to deduct the amount of such money, or the 
market value (at the rate last ascertained before the 
period of such transfer or assignment) of such stock 
or shares, so transferred or assigned in any vear, 


from the amount of annual income in respect. of 


which such person may be chargeable with Duties | 
under the respective Schedules (D.) and (E.) to this 
Act annexed: Provided always, that the whole 


Cobalt, oxide of. 

Corks, fishermen’s. 

Crayons. 

Crystal, cut or manufactured. 
Cucumbers, preserved in salt. 
Elder-flower water. 

Extract of Chesnut-bark and wood. 
Quercitron bark. 
Logwood. 

— Safflower. 











ish 3 viz.:— 
| Eels, 
| Turbots. 
- of foreign taking. 
Oysters. 
Salmon. 
| Soles. 
| Turtle. 
| Fresh, not otherwise enu- 





merated. 
Cured, not otherwise enu- 
merated. 
| Frames for pictures, prints, draw- 
ings, or mirrors. 
| Furniture woods, excepting Ash, 
| Beech, Birch, Elm, Oak Wain- 
| scot. 
| Gauze of thread. 
| Gold, leaves of. 
| Gunpowder. 
| Hair. Manufactures of Hair or 
Goat’s Wool, or of Hair or 
| Goat’s Wool and any other 
material not particularly enu- 
merated or otherwise charged 
with duty. 
Hams, of all kinds. 


| 





| dom, shall cease and determine ; viz. :— 
| nufactured. | vered, 
| Albumen. Honey. 

Amber, manufactures of, not enu- | Ink, Indian. 

merated. | Iron, wire. 

| Anchovies. | ——— rough castings. 
| Aquafortis. | Isinglass. 
Bandstring twist. Latten-wire. 


| Mead, or Metheglin. 
| Meat, preserved in any other man- 
| ner than salted. 
Mercury, prepared. 
Metal, Leaf-metal. 
Naphtha. 
Oil of Rosin. 
Olives. 
Orange-flower water. 
Orsedew. 


| Painter’s Colours, manufactured. 
| Pencils, of Slate, and not of Slate. 
Perry. 
| Phosphorus. 
Pickles, and Vegetables preserved 
in salt. 
Pollard. 
Pomegranates. 
Pots ; riz.:— 
Melting-pots for Gold 
smiths. 
Of Stone. 
Rose -water 
Saccharum Saturni. 
Sausages or Puddings. 
Seed; viz. :— 
Canary. 
Carrot. 
Clover. 
Grass of all sorts. 
Leek. 
Lucern. 
Mustard. 
Onion. 
Trefoil. 

All other sorts not particu- 
larly enumerated or other- 
wise charged with Duty. 

Silk-worm Gut. 

Skins. Articles manufactured of 
Skins or Furs. 

Smalts. 

Spectacles. 





| Spelter or Zinc; viz.:— 
Rods and Oxide of. 
Stone and Slate, hewn. 
Marble sawn into slabs, or 
otherwise manufactured. 
Tamarinds. 
Tiles. 
Tobacco-pipes of Clay. 
Tongues. 
Turpentine, of a greater value than 
15s. per cwt. 
- Oil or Spirit of. 








Twine. 

Vanelloes. 

Varnish, not otherwise described. 
Verdigris. 

Wafers. 





Wax, 





on 


Excise Duties 
on Spirits Bill. 


Customs 
Duties on 
Spirits Bill. 


Succession 
Duty Bill. 


Ways and 
Means, 


Consolidated 
Fund, 


Hackney 
Gaitiages 
Metropoli 
Ba, Poe) 


16 Vicroriz. 30°—3 


Wax, Sealing. Yarn of Silk and Worsted spun 
: together, and not dyed. 
Whipcord. —— Raw Worsted Yarn, not 
Waste Wood; viz.:— dyed or only partially 
Billet Wood or Brush Wood, dyed, and not being fit or 
used for the purpose of proper for embroidering 
stowage. or other fancy purposes. 


2. Motion made, and Question proposed, That in 
lieu of the Duties of Customs now chargeable on 
Tea imported into the United Kingdom, the follow- 
ing Duties shall be charged :— 











To From and after From and after 
Sth April 1854, (Sth April 1854,to 5th April 1855,to| From and after 
eee.’ | Sth April 1855, | 5th April 1856, | 54. 4 ou 1956 
inclusive. inclusive. | inclusive. ee 
ga &amp; &amp; a« @ | Sa «© £. a d. 
- 110 - 16 | - 13 -l- 
per pound. per pound. per pound. per pound. 











That the allowance of One — for Draft on each 
Chest of Tea, exceeding Twenty-eight pounds in 





1° Maize. 529 


And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read the third time ; 
he Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon Thursday next.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now ” stand part of the Question ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
word “now ” stand part of the Question :—The said 
proposed Amendments were, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 

Ordered, That the further Proceeding on the 
third reading of the said Bill be adjourned till this 
| day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 





weight, shall cease and determine upon all Tea which 
shall arrive and be reported at the Custom-house of 
any Port in the United Kingdom on and after 5th 
July 1853. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question proposed, 
That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask 
leave to sit again. 

Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 31° die Mai?, 1853: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to 


several Resolutions. 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Mr. Bouverie also reported, That the Committee 
had made Progress in the matter to them referred ; 
and that he was directed to move, That the Com- 
mittee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Excise Duties on Spirits Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Customs Duties on Spirits Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 


reading of the Succession Duty Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of 


Ways and Means, a Resolution ; which was read, as 
followeth : 

Resolved, That, towards making good the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, the sum of Four millions 
be granted out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Biii be brought in upon the 
said Resolution: And that Mr. Bourerze, Mr. Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer and Mr. !filson do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Hackney Carriages (Metropolis) 
Bill; 

VoL. 108. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
/next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
| mittee of Supply ; 

| Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 

| next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Places of Reli- 
gious Worship 
Registration 


} 
‘mittee on the Places of Religious Worship Regis- 
tration Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Public-houses 
mittee on the Public-houses (Scotland) Bill ; (Scotland) 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday - 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Bail in Error Bill was, according to Order, Bail in Error 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee Bill. 
of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Sheriff Courts 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed (Scotland) 
upon the 5th day of this instant May, That the 
Select Committee on the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) 

Bill have Power to send for persons, papers and 
records ; 


Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Copies of 
reading of the Copies of Specifications Repeal Bill ; a 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon “pe . 
Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Copyholds 
into consideration the Copyholds Bill, as amended Bil 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
| Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Convicted 
take into consideration the Convicted Prisoners’ a - 
Removal and Confinement Bill, as amended in the Confinement 
Comunittee. Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 


Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Burgh Har- 
into consideration the Burgh Harbours (Scotland) pours (aver 
| Bill, as amended in the Committee. — 
| Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 


aay. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a China. 
Return of Property captured or detained by the 
| 3Y+ Combined 




















Sheriff Courts 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Tralee Har- 
bour and 
Canal. 


Arterial 
Drainage 
(Annagh 
District.) 


Dockyard 
Appointments. 


British 
Museum. 


530 


Combined Forces in China, from the 25th day of 
August 1841, showing the actual Amount of Money 
in British Sterling received, and in what manner 
disposed of; with the Amount paid as Batta, or on 
any other Account, to the Naval and Military 
Forces employed during the Service. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the 
Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill do consist of nine- 
teen Members. 

Ordered, That Mr. Archibald Hastie, Mr. Elliot, 
Admiral Gordon and Mr. Cowan be added to the 
Committee. 


Ordered, Vhat there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the several Sums of Money advanced by 
the Treasury for the Improvement of Tralee Harbour, 
and for opening a Canal there, distinguishing the 
Sum given as a free Grant from those given as 
Loans, and the Dates of those Advances :—Of the 
Amount of Tolls or Revenue derived from the Im- 
provements of the Harbour, between the years 
1832 (when the Tolls were first levied), and the 
close of the last year, and from that period up to 
the present Date, or to such Date as last furnished 
by the Agent in Receipt of the Tolls; this Return 
to give the Amount of Tolls or Revenue received in 
each year, the Amount in each year deducted for 
Maintenance of the Works, the Balance to the 
Credit of the Debt due in cach year, and finally the 
Balance now due to the Treasury :—Of the Amount 
of all Monies expended on the actual execution of 
those Works, distinguishing the Sums paid by the 
Tralee Harbour Commissioners to the Contractors 
under them, from the Sums paid by or through the 
Commissioners of Public Works:—Of Copies of 
the Measurements taken of the Works executed by 
the Contractors under the Harbour Commissioners, 
those Measurements having been made in con- 
formity with the Orders of the Treasury; also, a 
Copy of any Valuation made of the Works so mea- 
sured, and a Copy of the Estimate made for the 
Completion of the Works:—And, of the Dates 
when Possession was taken of the Works of the 
Harbour by the Agent of the Treasury or the Pub- 
lic Works Loan Commissioners, when the Works 


were resumed under the Supervision of the Board of 


Works, and when finished and given up by that 
Board. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Original Plans, Estimates and Speci- 
fications of Arterial Drainage in Annagh District, in 
the County of Galway :—Of the detailed Weekly 
{'xpenditure, and particularly the Cost of the Weir 
erected across the River-course, so as to keep 
Water to the Mill at how often had 
this Weir been carried away by the Velocity of the 
llood Water, and how often rebuilt:—Of the de- 
tailed Account of Expenditure from which the final 
Award was made out :—Of the Ordnance Plans or 
Maps, showing the Area of flooded Lands charged, 
and to be properly coloured so as to show the ex- 
tent charged :—Of the final Award :—And, of any 
Reports made to the Board by their Engineer in 





charge of the Works, and of the Preliminary Re- | 


ports. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Select 
Committee on Dockyard Appointments, to consider 


the Return referred to them on the 29th day of'| 


April last, and the Circumstances connected there- 
with, and to report their Opinion thereupon. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Minutes made by the Trustees of the 
British Museum since the 1st day of January 1850, 
relating to the Salaries and Promotion of Officers 
and all other Persons in that Establishment. 


30°—31° Maiz. 











A. 1853. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Sheriff Courts 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Scotland), 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return to Requisition as to Proofs in 
Sheriff Courts in Scotland in 1852, showing those 
taken by Sheriffs Substitute and on Commissions. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Liverpool 


A Petition of George Sandford Russell, of Liver- { 
- Election. 


pool, in the County of Lancaster, Loan Broker, 
Auctioneer, &amp;c., was presented, and read; setting 
forth, That the Petitioner some considerable time 
past was, with several other persons, served with a 
copy of a Warrant, purporting to have been signed 
by the Speaker of the House, directing the Peti- 
tioner, and the said several other persons, to hold 
themselves in readiness to attend a Committee of 
the House to investigate the Return of Charles Tur- 
ner and William Forbes Mackenzie, Esquires, as 
Members to represent the Borough of Liverpool ; 
that the Petitioner, and the said several other per- 
sons, have been considerably inconvenienced by the 
said copy Warrant in consequence of the promoters 
of the said Petition against the Return of the said 
Members not having given him and the said other 
persons proper warning of the time when, or whe- 
ther they or he would be required to attend ac- 
cording to the said Warrant; and the Petitioner 
has been informed that several persons have been 
served with a copy of the said Speaker’s Warrant, 
without any likelihood of their attendance being 
required ; that, from the want of a proper know- 
ledge of the Proceedings about to be taken, the 
Petitioner has also been incapacitated from at- 
tending to his ordinary business, and in conse- 
quence thereof put to great loss; that the Peti- 
tioner humbly submits that such conduct on the 
part of the Petitioners in so summoning the said 
Petitioner and the said several other persons to give 
evidence on the Return of the said Members is 
wholly unwarranted, and that some check should be 
placed upon the wholesale issue of Speaker’s War- 
rants; and praying that the granting of Speaker’s 
Warrants without reasonable cause should be 
taken into consideration by the House, and that 
this Petition may be referred to the Committee of 
the House now investigating the said Petition 
against the Return of the Members for Liverpool ; 
and also that the House should give instructions to 
the said Committee to award compensation for the 
loss and inconvenience sustained by the Petitioner 
and the said several other persons; and that the 
Petitioner may be heard by himself, his counsel, 
agents and witnesses, before the said Committee. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
tll Two of the clock on ‘Tuesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 








Martis, 31° die Maii; 
Anno 16° Victorie Regine, 18538. 
PRAYERS. 
HE South Staffordshire Waterworks Bill was SouthStatford- 
read the third time. shies — 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the — 
Title be, An Act for supplying with Water the In- 
habitants of Walsall, Dudley, and other Places in 
the Southern Parts of the County of Stafford, and 
in certain Parts of the County of Worcester, adja- 
cent thereto. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
The 





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Eaat Grinstead 


Railway Bill the Kast Grinstead Railway Bill, as amended in the | the Canterbury and 


Lands Im- 
provement 
Company 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Leominster 
Markets and 
Fairs Bill. 


New River 
Company Bill. 


Westminster 
Bridge Bill. 


Copper Miners 
in England 


Company Bill. C 


Saint Helen’s 
Canal and 
Railway Bill. 


Warrington 
and Altrine- 
ham Railway 
(Stockport) 
Bill 


South Eastern 
Railway 
(Canterbury 


and Whitstable, 


&amp;c.) Bill, 


16 Victroriz. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
The House proceeded to take into consideration | 
the Lands Improvement Company (No. 2) Bill, as | 
amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Leominster Markets and Fairs Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the New River Company Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Westminster Bridge Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed to a Select Committee. 


Lord Seymour reported from the Committee on 
Group Z. of Private Bills ; That in the case of the 
opper Miners in England Company Bill, they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by striking 
out so much of the same as referred to the scale of 


31° Mai. 





voting at general meetings, and the conversion of | 
preference shares into the ordinary stock of the | 
Company, it not being intended to introduce Clauses 
into the Bill to that effect ; and found the same, as | 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bili, and made Amendments thereunto. | 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. | 





Mr. Vernon Smith reported from the Committee 
on Group FF. of Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Saint Helen’s Canal and Railway Bill, they had | 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble , 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by striking out | 
the words “and to make the new road in Saint | 
“* Heien’s hereinafter authorized,” the provisions au- | 
thorizing the said road being omitted from the Bill ; 
and found the same, as amended, to be true ; and 
had inserted a Clause pursuant to the Resolution of | 
the House of the 15th of April last, ensuring the | 
completion of the Railways within the time limited | 
by the Bill; and had gone through the Bill, aud 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | 
and be printed. 


Mr. Vernon Smith reported from the Committee 
on Group FF. of Private Bills ; That in the case | 
of the Warrington and Altrincham Railway (S(ock- 
port) Bill, they had examined the allegations of 
the Bill, and found the same to be true; and had 
inserted a Clause in conformity with the prayer of 
the Petition for additional provision, and pursuant 
to the Instruction of the House of the 26th day of 
April last; and that they had also, in compliance 
with the Resolution of the House of the 15th of 
April last, inserted a Clause ensuring the completion 
of the Railway within the time limited by the Bill ; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Lord Hotham reported from the Committee on 
Group DD. of Railway Bills; That in the case 
of the South Eastern Railway (Canterbury and 
Whitstable, &amp;c.) Bill, they had examined the alle- 
gations contained in the Preamble of the Bill and 
amended the same, by defining the ports to and 
from which the steam communication Is authorized, 





Vou. 108, 


531 


and by altering that Leen which had reference to 

hitstable Railway ; the object 
of the Bill, as amended, so far as it relates to the 
Canterbury and Whitstable Railway, being to pro- 
vide for the dissolution of the Canterbury and Whit- 
stable Railway Company upon the acquisition of the 
undertaking of that Company by the South Eastern 
Railway Company under the Powers of their ex- 


| isting Acts; and found the same, as amended, to 


be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Blackburn 
received Notice, that it is not intended to proceed Plection. 
with one of the Petitions complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Blackburn : 

—And the same was read, as followeth: 


Sir, 22, Parliament-street, 31st May 1853. 

As Agents for the Petitioners, Doctor William 
Forrest and Benjamin Brierley, against the Return 
of Montague Joseph Feilden, Esquire, for the Bo- 
rough of Blackburn, we hereby give you notice that 
it is not intended to proceed with the said Peti- 
tion. 

We have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your very obedient servants, 


H. &amp; W. Toogood. 
To the Right honourable the Speaker 
of the House of Commons. 


The Order for referring the said Petition to the 


|General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- 


charged. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Thames 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; Embankment 
That in the case of the Thames Embankment Bill, = 
the Standing Orders have been complied with. 


Ordered, That the Thames Embankment Bill be Thames 


read a second time upon Monday next. — 
Lil. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—eport from Pimlico 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; Improvement 


That in the case of the Pimlico Improvement Bill, = 


the Standing Orders have been complied with. 


Ordered, That the Pimlico Improvement Bill be Pimlico 


read a second time upon Monday next. — 
- ill. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,— Report from Moore’s 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; (Brown's 
That in the case of Moore’s (Brown’s Trustees) Es- arog F 
tate Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. ' 


Ordered, That Moore’s (Brown’s Trustees) Estate Moore's 
Bill be read a second time. (Brown s 
Trustees ) 
Estate Bill. 
Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Birkenhead 
one cf the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Pock Com- 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- ?*"Y - 
ders in the case of the Petition for additional pro- 
vision in the Birkenhead Dock Company Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Colonel Pennant reported the Manchester and Manchester 
Bury Road Bill, with Amendments. and Bury 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Read Ba. 


Colonel Pennant reported from the Committee Burford, 
on Group 8. of Private Bills; That in the case Leachlade 
of the Burford, Leachlade and Swindon Road Bill, — oy » 
they had examined the allegations contained in 
the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, 
by inserting a provision to consolidate the roads 
and bridge comprised in the recited Acts, as the Com- 


8x2 mittee 





Witham 
Drainage 
Second Dis- 
trict Bill. 


Barnsley 
Waterworks 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Nash’s Estate 
Bill. 


Lordon and 


North Western 


and London 
and Blackwall 
Railways Bill. 


Consolidated 
Fund 

(£. 4,000,000) 
Bill. 


Whittlebury 
Forest Bill. 


No, 543. 


Standing 
Ordeis. 


West London 
and Crystal 
Palace Rail- 
way Bill. 


532 


mittee considered it right to consolidate such roads 
and bridge; and found the same, as amended, to 
be true ; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on 
the Witham Drainage Second District Bill; That 
the Resolution of the House of the 26th April last, 
had been complied with ; and that they had examined | 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to | 
be true ; and had gone through the Bill, and made | 
Amendments thereunto. | 

Ordered, That the Keport do lie upon the Table. | 

Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on | 
the Barnsley Waterworks (No. 2) Bill; That they | 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- | 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same, by | 
erasing the allegations stating the expenditure of a | 
sum of One thousand two hundred and fifty-six 
pounds upon the works out of the net profits of 
the Company, and the expediency of capitalizing 
that sum, the provisions for so doing having been 
withdrawn by the Promoters ; and found the same, 
as amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





Mr. Bouverie reported Nash’s Estate Bill, with- 
out Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committce on 
the London and North Western and London and 
Blackwall Railways Bill; That they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and had amended the same, by striking out 
the words “and it is expedient that the London 
“ and North Western Railway Company should be 
“ empowered to purchase the said Branch Railway, 
* with the works and conveniences connected there- 
“ with,” the provisions of the Bill in reference to | 
the purchase by the London and North Western | 
Railway Company of the Haydon-square Branch of 
the London and Blackwall Railway having been 
withdrawn from the Bill, in pursuance of the Reso- | 
lution of the House of the 15th day of April; and 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had | 
goue through the Bill, and made Amendments | 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | 
and be printed. 





Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to apply a Sum of 
Money out of the Consolidated Fund to the Service 
of the year One thousand eight hundred and Fifty- | 
three: And the same was read the first time; and | 
ordered to be read a second time To-morrow. | 


Mr. Wilson reported from the Select Committee 
on the Whittlebury Forest Bill; That they had | 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the | 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bili, | 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


Mr. Sotheron reported from the Select Committee 
on Standing Orders, a Resolution; which was read, 
as followeth : 

That in the case of the West London and Crystal 
Palace Railway Petition for additional provision, 
the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; 
that the Parties be permitted to introduce their 
additional provision, if the Committee on the Bill 


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A, 1853. 


shall think fit, on proving to the said Committee 
that the Owners, Easnest and Occupiers of the 
property affected by the proposed deviation have 
given their consent : 

That the Committee on the Bill do report how far 
such Order has been complied with, on the Report 
of the Bill. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections, the Names of the Members of 
the Select Committee appointed to try and deter- 
mine the matter of the Petition complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Bury St. Edmund, to which they had annexed the 
Petition referred to them by the House relating 
thereto :— Marquis of Granby, Edward Drake 
Brockman, Edward Holmes Baldock, Sir Thomas 
John Burke, Barouet ; Chairman, Right honourable 
Spencer Horatio Walpole. 

Ordered, Vhat the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Reports of Mr. Bazalgette to the Me- 
tropolitan Commissioners of Sewers, relating to the 
Application, State and Examination of Tubular- 
pipe Drains or Sewers. 





Bury Saint 
Edmund's 
Election. 


Metropolitan 
Commission 
of Sewers. 


The Order for reading a second time, To-mor- Attorneys’ 


row, the Attorneys’ and Solicitors’ Certificate Duty 
(No. 2) Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 22d day of June next. 


and Solicitors’ 


Certificate 


Duty (No. 2) 


Bill. 


Mr. Evans reported from the Committee on Railway Bills 
Group Q. of Railway Bills; That the Parties op- (Group Q) 


posing the Tynemouth Docks and Morpeth and 
Shields Direct Railway Bill had stated to the 
Committee, that the Evidence of Captain John 
Washington, R. N., was essential to enable them to 
establish their case before the Committee; and it 
having been proved that his attendance could not 
be procured without the intervention of the House, 
he had been instructed by the Committee to move 
the House, that Captain John Washington, R.N., 
do attend the said Committee on Thursday the 2d 
day of June, at Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That Captain John Washington, R. N., 
do attend the said Committee upon Thursday next, 
at ‘Twelve o'clock. 


Mr. Strutt presented, pursuant to the directions Court of Chan- 


of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Orders of the 


caster, 30th May 1853. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Reading Market 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Norwich Water- 
works Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Blackburn Gas 
Bill, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act for 
extending the Powers of the Trustees of the Settle- 
ments on the Marriage of Charles Pelham Pelham 
Clinton, Esquire, commonly called Lord Charles 
Petham Pelham Clinton, and Elizabeth Pelham 
Clinton, his Wife, commonly called Lady Charles 
Pelham Pelham Clinton, and of the Trustees of the 
Contract of Marriage of the Father and Mother 
of the said Lady Charles Pelham Pelham Clinton, 
so 


cery (County 
Palatine of 


Court of Chancery of the County Palatine of Lan- Lancaster.) 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Reading 
Market Bill. 


Norwich 
Waterworks 
Bil 


Blackburn 
Gas Bill. 


Pelham 
Clinton’s 
Estate Bill. 





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(It 








Maldon 
Election. 


Cambridge 
Election. 


Great 
Boughton 
Union. 


Metropolitan 
and City 
Police. 


No. 544. 


Madras Rail- 
way Company. 


No, 545. 
Sweets or 
Made Wines. 

No. 546. 
Spirits 
(Ireland.) 

No. 547. 


Spirits 
(Ireland. ) 
No. 548, 








16 Vicrortsz. 


so as to authorize the Investment of the Produce of | 
certain Stocks and Shares, part of the Trust Funds, 
subject to the Trusts of the same Settlements and 
Contract of Marriage respectively, in the Purchase 
of Estates in England, Wales, Scotland or Ireland, 
and to authorize the Investment of the same Trust 
Funds, or the Produce thereof, on the Security of 
Estates in England, Waies, Scotland or Ireland ; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Address of this 
House to Her Majesty on the subject of the Maldon 
Election, communicated to their Lordships at a 


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Conference on the 21st day of April last, and have 
filled up the blank in the said Address with the | 
— “Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and”: And | 
also, 

The Lords acquaint this House, that Her Majesty 
has appointed Wednesday next, at Three o’clock, 
at Buckingham Palace, to be attended with the | 
Address of both Houses of Parliament, under the | 
provisions of the Act 15 &amp; 16 Vic. c. 57, with | 
respect to the Borough of Cambridge; and that | 
they had appointed the Lord Steward and the| 
Lord Chamberlain to attend Her Majesty therewith | 
on the part of their Lordships; and do desire this 
House to appoint a proportionable number of its | 
Members to go with them :—And then the Messen- 
ger withdrew. | 


Resolved, That Four Members of this House do! 


go with the Lords mentioned in the said Message, the adjourned Debate on the Question relative to 
‘the Durham Election Petitions ; 


to wait upon Her Majesty with the said Address. 
Ordered, That the Earl of Mulgrave, Viscount 


noned till after the Orders of the day. 





533 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Northern Northern 
Lighthovses, which was presented upon the 30th Lighthouses. 
day of this instant May, be printed. No. 549. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Ramsgate Ramsgate 
Harbour, which was presented upon the 30th day of Harbour. 
this instant May, be printed. No. 550. 


Petitions relating to Ballot (Dockyards) ;—Uni- Public 
versity of London ;—Church and State ;—Church Petitions. 
of Ireland ;—Church Rates ;—Crystal Palace (Sy- vide Fifty- 
denham) ;—Ecclesiastical Courts ;— Maynooth Col- fifth Report. 
lege Act ;—Probates of Wills and Grants of Admi- 
nistration Bill; — Recovery of Personal Liberty 
Bill; — Universities (Scotland) Bill ; — Articles of 
Clerkship ;—Conveyancers’ Certificates ;—Foreign 
Cordage, Cables, &amp;c. ;— Tea ;— Combination of 
Workmen Bill ;— Education Bill ;— Medical Pro- 
fession ;—Oaths ;—and, Registration of Assurances 
Bill,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to Intoxicating Liquors, was 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Public-houses, &amp;c. 


Ordered, That the Notices of Motions be post- Notices of 
Motions. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Durham 
Election 
Petitions. 


Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 


Drumlanrig, Mr. Vernon Smith and Mr. Fitzroy, do, till after the Notices of Motions. 


go with the Lords mentioned in the said Message. | 

And the Messenger was again called in, and Mr. 
Speaker acquainted him therewith :—And then he | 
again w:thdrew. | 

The following Paper was laid upon the Table by | 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 11th day of February last, for Returns of all | 
Correspondence, Reports and Papers, relative to_ 
the case ofa Blind Pauper, named John Ince, as | 
to his ‘Treatment in the Great Boughton Union; | 
as to his Treatment and Sojourn in the House of 
Industry, within the City of Chester; and as to 
his Removal from the Parish of Saint John’s, 
within the said City of Chester, to the Township of 
Aldersey, within the Great Boughton Union, which | 
may be in the possession of, or which can be obtained | 


by, the Poor Law Board :—And, for the Amount | Books, being of editions printed | 


of Costs of removing the said Pauper, John Ince, | 
and of the Costs of the Appellants and Respondents | 
in trying an Appeal touching the said Removal, in | 
the Court of Quarter Sessions for the said City of | 
Chester. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to the Metro- 
politan and City Police, which were presented upon | 
the 4th day of March last, and 30th day of this in- 
stant May, be printed. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Commitiee on Customs, &amp;c. 
the Customs, &amp;c. Acts, several Resolutions; which Acts. 
were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That the Duties of Customs charge- Customs. 
able upon the Goods, Wares and Merchandize 
hereafter-mentioned, imported into the United King- 
dom, shall cease and determine; viz. :— 


Agates or Cornelians, cut or ma- | Fish; viz.:— 


nufactured. Soles. 
Albumen. Turtle. 
Amber, manufactures of, not enu- Fresh, not otherwise enn- 
merated, | merated. 
Anchovies. Cured, not otherwise enu- 
Aquafortis. | merated. 


| Frames for pictures, prints, draw- 
ings, or mirrors. 
| Furniture woods, excepting Ash, 
Beech, Birch, Elm, Oak Wain- 
I scot. 
prior to the year 1801, bound | Gauze of thread. 
or unbound. | Gold, leaves of. 
Bran. , Gunpowder. 
Brass, powder of. ‘Hair. Manufactures of Hair or 
Bricks and Clinkers, Dutch and Goat’s Wool, or of Hair or 
other sorts. Goat’s Wool and any other 
Bronze powder. material not particularly enu- 
Brushes, paint. | merated or otherwise charged 
Buttons of metal, and other sorts. | with duty. 
Cameos, not set. | Hams, of all kinds. 
Camphor, refined. | Harp-strings or Lute-strings, sil- 


Bandstring twist. 

Barytes, sulphate of, ground. 
Bast ropes, twines and strands. 
Blacking. 


Cantharides. | _. Vered. 
Carmine. | Honey. 

| Carriages of all sorts. Ink, Indian. 
Casks, empty. iron, wire. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Mudras 
Railway Company, which was presented upon the 
19th day of this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Sweets or 
Made Wines, which were presented upon the 30th 
day of this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Num- 
ber of Gallons of Spirits distilled and charged with | 
Duty in Jreland, trom 1800 to 1852, which was 
presented upon the 30th day of this instant May, | 
be printed. 


Ordered, 'fhat the Return relative to the Num-| 
ber of Gallons of Proof Spirits on which Duty was | 
paid for Home Consumpton in Jreland, in each of 
the years 1852 and 1853, which was presented 
upon the 30th day of this instant May, be printed. 
Vou. 108. 


Catlings. | —— rough castings. 
Chalk, prepared or manufactured, | Isinglass. 

and not otherwise enumerated. | Latten-wire. 
Cider. , | Mead, or Metheglin. 
Citron, preserved in salt. | Meat, preserved in any other man- 
Cobalt, oxide of. | ner than salted. 








Corks, fishermen’s. Mercury, prepared. 
Crayons. Metal, Leaf-metal. 
Crystal, cut or manufactured. —_| Naphtha. 
Cucumbers, preserved in salt. | Oil of Rosin. 
Elder-flower water. | Olives. 
Extract of Chesnut-bark and wood. Orange-flower water. 
Quercitron bark. Orsedew. 
Logwood. Painter’s Colours, manufactured. 
Safflower. Pencils, of Slate, and not of Slate. 
Fish; viz.:— Perry. 
els. Phosphorus. 
Turbots. Pickles, and Vegetables preserved 
of foreign taking. in salt. 
Oysters. Pollard. 
Salmon. Pomegranates. 
3Y3 Pots ; 








Army. 


Military 


534 


Pots; viz.:— Stone and Slate, hewn. 





Melting - pots for Gold- |—— Marble sawn into slabs, or 
smiths. otherwise manufactured. 
Of Stone. | Tamarinds. 
Rose-water. | Tiles. 
Saccharum Saturni. Tobacco-pipes of Clay. 
Sausages or Puddings. Tongues. 
Seed: viz.:— Turpentine, of a greater value than 
‘Cons 15s. per ewt. 
a Oil or Spirit of. 
Clover =_ 
soe of all sorts. Varnish, not otherwise described. 
poem Verdigris. 
. : Wafers. 
oe Wax, Sealing. 
Trefoil. Whipeord. 
Al ’ rticu- | Waste Wood; viz.:— 
eee ar Billet Wood or Brush Wood, 





larly enumerated or other- 
wise charged with Duty. 
Silk-worm Gut. 
Skins. Articles manufactured of 
Skins or Furs, 
Smalts, 
Spectacles. 
Spelter or Zinc ; viz.:— 
Rods and Oxide of. 


used for the purpose of 
stowage. 
Yarn, of Silk and Worsted, spun 


_— — Raw Worsted Yarn, not 
dyed or only partially 
dyed, and not being fit or 
proper for embroidering 
or other fancy purposes. 


2. Resolved, That in lieu of the Duties of Cus- 
toms now chargeable on Tea imported into the 
United Kingdom, the following Duties shall be 
charged :— 


To From and after From and after | F daft 
5th April 1954, 5th April 1854, to 5th April 1855,to, “f™ 8n® alter 
’| Sth April 1855, | 5th April 1856, 


inclusive. inclusive. inclusive. Sth April 1856. 
a ae | — 
&amp; ad £. 8 d. fed | Lad 
- 110 -16; -13 | -1- 
per pound, per pound, | per pound. 


per pound, | 


That the allowance of One pound for Draft on 
each Chest of Tea, exceeding Twenty-eight pounds 
in weight, shall cease and determine upon all Tea 


which shall arrive and be reported at the Custom- 


house of any Port in the United Kingdom on and 
after Sth July 1853. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 


mittee on the Customs Duties on Spirits Bill, That | 


they have Power to make provision therein pur- 
suant to the said Resolutions. 


Mr. Secretary-at-War presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command,—Copy Statistical Reports on 
the Sickness, Mortality and Invaliding among the 
Troops in the United Kingdom, the Mediterranean 
and British America; prepared from the Records 
of the Army Medical Department and War Office 
Returns. 

Mr. Secretary-at-War also presented, pursuant to 


Savings Banks. ¢})¢ directions of an Act of Parliament,—An Account 


Cape of Good 
Hope. 


of the Amount due by the Public to Depositors in 
Military Savings Banks on the 31st March 1851; 
and of the Receipts, Interest and Disbursements in 
the said Military Savings Banks during the year 
then next ensuing, ending on the 31st March 1852, 
together with the Number of Depositors therein 
on the satd 31st March 1852 :—Also, an Account 
ot the Sums paid over, or now about to be paid 
over, by the Secretary-at-War to the Commissioners 
for the Reduction of the National Debt, for Invest- 


ment in Bank Annuities on account of the Fund, 


for Military Savings Banks; and of the Dividends 
reported to the Secretary-at-War by the said Com- 
missioners to have been received thereon, and in- 
vested in further aid of the Fund for Militarv 
Savings Banks. ; 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Peel presented, by Her Majesty's Com-| 
mand,—-Cape of Good Hope: Copy of further Cor- 





31° Mawt.—1° Juniz. 





A. 1853. 


respondence relative to the State of the Orange 
River Territory (in continuation of Papers pre- 
sented to Parliament, 19th May 1851). 

Further Papers relative to the Establishment of a Cape of Good 
Representative Assembly at the Cape of Good Hope Hove. 

(in continuation of Papers presented to Parliament 
by Her Majesty’s Command, February 5, and June 
28,1850; May 19, 1851; and February 3, and De- 
cember 23, 1852). 

Copy of Correspondence with the Governor of Cape of Good 
the Cape of Good Hope, relative to the state of the Hope. 
Kafir Tribes, and to the recent outbreak on the 
Eastern Frontier of the Colony (in continuation of 





| Papers presented to Parliament, March 20th, May 
2d, June 1851, and February 3d, 1852. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


| together, and not dyed. | 


_ Mr. Osborne presented,—Return to an Order, Health of the 
| dated the 27th day of April last, for Copy of the Navy. 
| concluding Statistical Reports on the Health of the 

Navy, for the years 1837, 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 
| 1842 and 1843; embracing the East India, Coast 

of Africa, Home, and Cape of Good Hope Stations, 
and also the Force variously employed. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 

Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Ecclesiastical 
posed, That a Select Committee be moon to (ireland) 
inquire into the Ecclesiastical Revenues of Lreland, ; 
with the view of ascertaining how far they are made 

applicable to the benefit of the Jrish People ; 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, i° die Junii, 1853: 
| And the Question being put ; 

_ The House divided. 

| The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 





| Tellers for the (Mr. George Henry Moore,\ 98 

Yeas, {MM Lucas: ‘io 

| Tellers for the {Mr. Hayter, lego 
; 260. 


| Noes, \The Earl of Mulgrave: 
So it passed in the Negative. 


| Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Accidents in 
_ to inquire into the causes of the numerous Accidents ©oal Mines. 
in Coal Mines, with a view of suggesting the best 
means for their prevention. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Bribery at 
posed, That, in the opinion of this House, whenever Elections. 
an Election Committee shall find a sitting Member 

_or Candidate to have been guilty of bribery through 
his agents, it is the duty of such Election Com- 
mittee to include in their Report the name of every 

'agent by whom such bribery has been carried into 
effect :—And the said Motion was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 


The Select Committee on the Registration of As- Registration 

surances Bill was nominated of Mr. Attorney of Assurances 
Genera!, Mr. Solicitor General, Marquis of Chan- ~~" 
dos, Sir Frederic Thesiger, Mr. Evelyn Denison, 
Mr. Vincent Scully, Mr. Headlam, Mr. Lowe, Mr. 
Drummond, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Dunlop, Mr. Spooner, 
Mr, Mudlings, Mr. Butt and Mr. Hadfield; with 
Power to send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 

Ordered, That all Petitions on the subject of the 
Bill be referred to the Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Foreign _ 
Return of the several Rates of Postage, Foreign #4 Colonial 
‘ . . =f aa Postage. 
and Colonial, at present charged for the Classes of 
single, double and larger Sizes ; stating the Weights 
allowed for each Class, and showing the Number of 
Miles 














Lokep! 


ti 


Isl 


Gla 


ven 











Glanders 
Prevention, 


Durham Elec- 
tion Petitions. 


Hackney 
Carriages 
(Metropolis) 
Bill, 


Burgh Har- 
bours (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Isle of Man. 


Glanders Pre- 
vention Bill. 


No, 551, 








31° Mai.—1° Junii. 535 


Miles from London to each Place, and the portion ordered to be read a second time upon Wednesday 
of that distance of Sea. | the 8th day of this instant June; and to be printed. 


16 Vicrorriz. 





And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after Two of the clock on 
Wednesday morning, adjourned till this 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to prevent the spread of the Contagious or Infectious | 
Disease called Glanders: And that Mr. Ker and | 










Lord Edwin Hill do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
upon the 10th day of this instant May, That a Se- | 
lect Committee be appointed to inquire into the cir- 
cumstances under which the Petitions against the 
Return of William Atherton, Esquire, and Thomas | 
Colpitits Grainger, Esquire, for the City of Durham, | 
have been withdrawn, and that the Petition of cer-. 
tain Electors of the City of Durham, presented to 
this House on the 20th day of April, be referred to | 
the said Committee ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the 


Mr. Hayter, 1 80 
Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave: { a 
Tellers for the { Mr. Bentinck, 1 go. | 


Noes, | Captain Vyse : 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being again proposed, That a | 
Select Committee be appointed to inquire into the | 
circumstances under which the Petitions against the 


day. 








Mercurii, 1° die Junii ; 
Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 


to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 


Public 


on Public Petitions; That they had examined the Petitions 


Petitions presented upon the 30th day of May last ; 


? 


and had directed him to make a Report thereof to 


the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The Select Committee on the Westminster Bridge 


John Shelley, Lord Alfred Hervey, Mr. William 
Williams, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Mr. Locke King, 
and five Members to be nominated by the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


A Petition of the West Cornwall Railway Com- 


(Fifty-fourth 
Report.) 


Westminster 


| Bill was nominated of Sir William Molesworth, Sir Bridge Bill. 


West Cornwall 


Return of William Atherton, Esquire, and Thomas pany, and of John Pierse Kennard, of Lombard- Railway Bill. 


Colpitts Grainger, Esquire, for the City of Durham, 
have been withdrawn, and that the Petition of cer- 
tain Electors of the City of Durham, presented to 
this House on the 20th day of April, be referred to 
the said Committee ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- | 
posed, ‘That this House do now adjourn :—And the 
suid Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the circumstances under which the 
Petitions against the Return of William Atherton, 
Esquire, and Thomas Colpitts Grainger, Esquire, 
for the City of Durham, have been withdrawn, and 


street, in the City of London, Banker, Louis Vigurs, 
of West Lodge, Putney, in the County of Surrey, 
Esquire, and George Marsh Harrison, of 22, Hurt- 
street, Bloomsbury-square, in the County of Middle- 
sex, Esquire, praying that provision may be made in 
the West Cornwall Railway Bill for repealing a cer- 
tain arrangement with the Hayle Shareholders, un- 
der “ The West Cornwall Railway Amendment Act, 
1859,” and for the retirement of Directors elected 
by Hayle Shareholders, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Bognor 


that the Petition of certain Electors of the City of, the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bognor Railway Dill. 


Durham, presented to this House on the 20th day 
of April, be referred to the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the further Proceeding on the third reading of the 
Hackney Carriages (Metropolis) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the further Proceeding on the third 
reading of the said Bill be further adjourned till | 
this day. 


The Burgh Harbours (Scotland) Bill was, accord- 
ing to Order, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Lord Advocate do carry tlie | 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of Letter addressed on the 18th day | 
of May 1853, by the Agent of the Isle of Man, to | 
the Secretary of the ‘Treasury; together with a 
Copy of the Appendix to the said Letter. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to | 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this _ as are | 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. | 
| 
| 


Railway Bill; and the same were twice read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


A Motion being made, That the London Docks 
Bill be now read the third time ; 

Sir William Molesworth, by Her Majesty's Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the purport of the Bill, 
gives Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty's interest 
is concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

A Clause (Plans and working drawings of plat- 
forms to be approved by the Admiralty) was thrice 
read ; and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (Docks not exempt from any 
general Act) was thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 

Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir William Clay do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


London Docks 
Bill. 


Newport, 







Mr. Ker presented a Bill to prevent the spread of | the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway Abergavenny 
the Coutagious or Infectious Disease called Glan- ( Zaff Vale) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
| Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
“ 3Yy4 


and Hereford 
Railway (Tatf 
Vale) Bill. 

1é€ 


ders: And the same was read the first time; and 
Vou. 108, 





Rooker’s 
Disabilities 
Removal Bill. 


Wimpole, 
Wrestling- 
worth and 
Potton Road 
Bill. 


Hull and 
Holderness 
Railway Bill. 


Pelham 
(Clinton s) 
Estate Bill. 


Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Fifty- 
fifth Report. 


Corporal 
Punishments 
(Navy. ) 

No. 552. 
Great 
Boughton 
Union. 

No. 553. 
Military Sa- 
vings Banks. 

No. 554, 


Health of the 
Navy. 
No. 555. 


New Trials 
(Criminal 
Cases) Bill. 


Durham 
Electicn. 


Judges’ 
Exclusion Bill. 





536 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Rooker’s Disabilities Removal Bill, as amended in | 
the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


‘ . . ‘ 
The House proceeded to take into consideration | 


the Wimpole, Wrestlingworth and Potton Road Bill, | 
as amended in the Committee. | 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Butt reported the Hull and Holderness Rail- 
way Bill, with Amendments. ; 

Ordered, hat the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Pelham (Clinton’s) Estate Bill was read the first 
time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Petitions relating to Dockyard Official — 
fication ;—Recovery of Personal Liberty Bull ;— 
Universities (Scotland) ;—Attorneys’ Certificates ;— 
Excise Duties on Spirits Bill ;—Bastardy Laws ;— 
Combination of Workmen Bill ;—Criminal Cases ; 
—Education Bill;— Medical Profession ; — Poor 
Law ;—and, Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. | 
{ 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Corporal | 
Punishments (Navy), which was presented upon | 
the 30th day of May last, be printed. 





Ordered, That the Return relative to Great 
Boughton Union, which was presented upon the 
31st day of May last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Military 
Savings Banks, which was presented upon the 31st 
day of May last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Health of 
the Navy, which was presented upon the 3ist day 
of May last, be printed. 


1° Junzz. 





The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the New ‘Trials (Criminal Cases) Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question :—It passed in 
the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
*€ upon this day six months” be added at the end of 
the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day six months. 


Sir Johu Trollope reported from the General 
Committee of Elections, the Names of the Members 
of the Select Committee appointed to try and deter- 
riine the matter of the Petition complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the City of Durham, 
to which they had annexed the Petition referred to 
them by the House relating thereto :— Henry Rich, 
Esquire, Earl of March, Frank Crossley, Esquire, 
John George, Esquire; Chairman, Thomas William 
Bramston, Esquire. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Judges’ Exclusion Bill ; 








A. 1853. 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 


being proposed, That the Bill be now read the 
third time ; 


The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
‘ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
‘ now” stand part of the Question ; 








The Names of the five Members appointed to try Bury Saint 


and determine the matter of the Petition, complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
of Bury Saint Edmund, were called over; and 
being come to the Table, they were sworn by tbe 
Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition relative to the said 
Election be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, at Eleven o’clock, in one of the Committee 
Rooms of the House. 





Edmund's 
Election, 


And the Question being put, That the word Judges’ 


“ now” stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas tothe Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the f Lord Hotham, 1123 
Yeas, \ Mr. Hume: _ 
Tellers for the { Mr. Drummond, Leos 
Noes, (Sir Robert Harry Inglis: J “~~ 


So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words 


|“ upon this day six months” be added at the end 


of the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirma- 
tive. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That tie Bill be read the third time upon 
this day six months. 


Exclusion Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Combination 
the further Proceeding on the third reading of the of Workmen 


Combination of Workmen Bill:~--The House re- 
sumed the said further Proceeding. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
word “now” stand part of the Question :—The said 
proposed Amendments were, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time: —The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time. 

Ordered, That the further Proceeding on the 
third reading of the said Bill be further adjourned 
till Wednesday the 15th day of this instant June. 


Tie Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Absconding Debtors (Zreland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Consolidated Fund Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for ‘To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the further Proceeding on the third reading of the 
Hackney Carriages (Metropolis) Bill :—The House 
resumed the said further Proceeding. 

A Clause was oftered to be added to the Bill 
(That the Commissioners of Police shall, subject 
to 


Absconding 
Debtors 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Supply. 


Consolidated’ 
Fund 

(£. 4,000,000): 
Bill. 


Hackney 
Carriages 
(Metropolis). 
Bill. 


a ~wea-—-~ -* hk, 





- 


Railway Bills 
(Group Q.) 


Ayrshire and 
Galloway 
(Smithstown 


16 Vicroriz. 


to the approbation of the Commissioners of Her 
Majesty’s Treasury, cause to be made and pub- 
lished a Map of London, reduced from the Ord- 
nance Survey of London to a scale of not less than 
eight inches to one mile, and all disputes as to 
distance shall be determined by reference to such 
Map, or some copy thereof duly authenticated by 
the seal of the Commissioners, without any actual 
measurement of the distance being required; and 
in case of dispute as to the points of hiring or setting 
down, the first street or public building marked on 
such Map which shall be passed after hiring shall 
be taken to be the point of hiring, and the last street 
or public building passed shall be taken to be the 
point of setting down, and the fare shall be calcu- 
lated accordingly): — And the said Clause was 
brought up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time :—It passed in the Negative. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in page 2, ]. 25, by adding, after the word 
“ suspended,” the words “ Provided, however, that 
“ in case of the refusal or suspension of any such 
“ license as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the 
“ proprietor of any such Stage or Hackney Car- 
“ riage, or other persons applying for such license, 
“* or subjected to such suspension, to appeal from 
“ the decision of the Commissioners of Police to 
“ the Metropolitan Police Magistrate for the time 
“ being sitting at the Police-office at Bow-street.” 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there added ; 

The House divided, 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Pigott, 


Las 
Yeas, \Sir Robert Harry Inglis: Jf = 
Tellers for they Mr. Hayter, lag 
Noes, {The Earl of Mulgrave: Jf ‘** 


So it passed in the Negative. 

Then another Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in page 3, 1. 7, by leaving out the word 
“‘ sixpence,” and inserting the word “fourpence” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ sixpence” stand part of the Bill:—The said pro- 
posed Amendment was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in page 3, |. 32, by inserting after the 
word “elsewhere” the words “ within the Metro- 
“ politan Police District.” 

And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there inserted ; 


And it being Six of the clock, Mr. Speaker ad- 
journed the House till To-morrow, without putting 
the Question. 








Jovis, 2° die Junii ; 
Anno 16° Victorie Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 
QRDERED, That the Committee on Group 
Q. of Railway Bills have leave to sit this day 
till Five of the clock, during the sitting of the 
House. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Committee on 
Group AA. of Railway Bills; That, in the case of 
the Ayrshire and Galloway (Smithstown and Dal- 
mellington) Railway Bill, they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by inserting recitals to the 
effect that part of the capital of the Company is 
still unexpended, that the Company has opened a 


1°—2° Juniz. 





Vou. 108. 








537 


portion of the Railway for public traffic, and that it 
is expedient that the Company’s Powers of maki:~ 
further calls on their authorized capital be repealed, 
and by making certain other alterations to meet the 
requirements of the Resolutions of the House of 
the 15th of April last, relative to provisions involving 
a combination of interest in relation to existing 
works between Railway Companies heretofore in- 
corporated ; and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The Order for referring the Imperial Continental Imperial 
Gas Bill to the Committee of Selection, was read, a 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for leave Imperial 

to bring in the Imperial Continental Gas Bill, might Gan (io. 2.) 

be read; and the same being read ; re 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

for consolidating and amending the Powers of the 

Acts of ‘ The Imperial Continental Gas Association’ : 

And that Mr. Masterman and Mr. John Lewis 

Ricardo do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Baillie reported from the Committee on Private Bills 
Group MM. of Private Bills; That the Parties (Group MM.) 
opposing the Darlington and Barnard Castle Rail- 
way Bill, had stated to the Committee, that th&lt; 
Evidence of Ralph Ward Jackson, of No. 12, 
Albion-street, Hyde Park, was essential to enable 
them to establish their case before the Committee ; 
and it having been proved that his attendance could 
not be procured without the intervention of the 
House, he had been instructed by the Committee to 
move the House, that the said Ralph Ward Jackson 
do attend the said Committee ‘To-morrow, the 3d 
day of June, at Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That Ralph Ward Jackson do attend 
the Committee To-morrow, at Twelve o’clock. 


Sir John Hanmer reported from the Committee Limerick, 
on Group OO. of Railway Bills; That in the case Bumis and | 
of the Limerick, Ennis and Killaloe Junction Rail- tion Railway 
way Bill, they had examined the allegations con- Bill. 
tained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended 
the same verbally, and also by striking out the 
recital as to the interchange of traffic with the 
Waterford and Limerick Railway Company; and 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Sir John Hanmer reported from the Committee Limerick, 
on Group OO. of Railway Bills; That in the case Ennis and 
of the Limerick, Ennis and Killaloe Junction Rail- ee 
way (Power to sell, &amp;c.) Bill, they had examined (Power to sell, 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the &amp;c.) Bill 
Bill, and amended the same, by omitting the recital 
as to Powers of Sale, the object of the Bill as 
submitted to the Committee being confined to a 
power to lease for twenty-one years ; and found the 
same, as amended, to be true ; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Marshall reported from the Committee on Bayswater, 
Group QQ. of Railway Bills; That in the case ef yo 
the Bayswater, Paddington and Holborn-bridge bridge Rail. 
Railway Bill, they bad examined the allegations way Bill. 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended 
the same, by altering the proposed commencement 
of the Railway to meet the chiestions of the inha- 
bitants of Paddington; and found the same, as 

3z amended, 








Local Acts 
(1847.) 


West Cornwall 


Railway Bill. 


Pelham 
Clinton’s 
Estate Bill. 


Glasgow 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Halifax 
Waterworks 
and Improve- 
ment Bill. 


Private Bills 
(Group M.) 


Railway Bills 
(Group PP.) 


Black Dog 
Road Bill. 


Sidney Sussex 
College Estate 
Bill. 


Stafford Shire 
Hall Bill. 





538 


amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Report of the Surveying 
Officers, and the Minutes of Evidence taken before 
them, in the Session of 1847, in the case of the 
Rochdale Improvement Act Amendment Bill, be 
referred to the Committee on the Rochdale Im- 
provement (No, 2) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills have leave to sit and proceed forthwith 
on the Petition for additional provision in the West 
Cornwall Railway Bill. 


Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills have leave to sit and proceed forthwith 
on Pelham Clinton’s Estate Bill. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Glasgow 
Waterworks Bill, which was presented upon the 
20th day of May last, be referred to the Committee 
on the Billi. 


Mr. Floyer reported from the Committee on 
Group M. of Private Bills; That in the case of the 
Halifax Waterworks and Improvement Bill, they 
had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
introducing a recital of the expediency of giving 
Powers to the Corporation to provide new Cattle- 
markets, to erect a new Town-hall, and to make 
certain further Improvements, and to appropriate 
certain sums of money for those and other pur- 
poses specified ; and found the same, as amended, 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Floyer reported from the Committee on 
Group M, of Private Bills; That Mr. Salisbury 
Butler, one of the Members of the Committee, was 
— at the meeting this day, but was prevented 


y illness from continuing his attendance through- | 


out the proceedings. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Corry reported from the Committee on 
Group PP. of Railway Bills; That Mr. William 
Lockhart, one of the Sade of the said Com- 
mittee, was not present during the sitting of the 
Committee this day. 


Ordered, That Mr. William Lockhart do attend Office for collecting the same, in the Country, 


| London, Edinburgh and Dublin, respectively, with 


the Committee To-morrow, at Twelve o’clock. 


The Black Dog Road Bill was read the third 
time. 

Resoived, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Sidney Sussex College Estate Bill was read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


The Stafford Shire Hall Bill was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Ayshford Wise do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





2 Juniz. 





A. 1853. 


Ordered, That the East London Waterworks Bill, East London 
as amended in the Committee, be taken into con- alata 
sideration To-morrow. . 


Ordered, That the Saint Ives and West Cornwall Saint Ives and 


Junction Railway Bill be re-committed to the former | or pe 
Committee :—And that they have leave to sit and Railway Bill. 


proceed ‘To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Manchester 
reading of the Manchester and Salford Education 2n4 Salford 
Bill Education 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Names of the five Members appointed to try Durham 
and determine the matter of the Petition, com- Election. 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
City of Durham, were called over ; and being come 
to the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition relative to the said 
Election be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, at One o’clock, in one of the Committee- 
rooms of the House. 


Mr. Thomas Baring reported from the Select Indian — 
Committee on Indian Territories; That they had jae . 
made further Progress in the matter to them re- ( 9 oa. ) 
ferred, and directed him to report the Minutes of “~® —_. 
the Evidence taken before them. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed, 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Vestries Act 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Paddington.) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Names and Residences of 
all Persons qualified to vote for the Adoption of 
the Vestries Act 1 &amp; 2 Will. 4, c. 60, within the 
Parish of Paddington, in the Month of March 
1853; with a List of those who voted for the 
Adoption of the said Act, and those who voted 
against it, in the Month of March 1858 ; also, a 
List of those who were struck off from the List of 
Voters, with the Reasons for such Disqualification. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Fire Insurance. 
Accounts of all Sums paid into the Stamp Office in 
Great Britain and Ireland on Insurance from Fire, 
for the Quarters ending severally the 25th day of 








March, the 24th day of June, the 29th day of Sep- 
tember and the 25th day of December 1852, dis- 
tinguishing the Amount of Allowance made to each 


the Dates of each Payment:—And, of Sums in- 
sured by each Office for Farming Stock for the same 


| Period. 
| 


Copies of Correspondence on the Trials at Wool- 
| wich in 1843, between the Admiralty and the Dock- 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Rettie’s Lights. 


_yard Authorities, Messrs. Zloyd and others, on 
| Rettie’s Lights :—Of Correspondence from Ports- 
| mouth, Sir Charles Ogle and the Admiralty, 1845, 
on the Coloured Light Trials :—Of the Government 
| Report (Parliamentary Paper, No. 568, of Session 
| 1846):—Of Admiral Sir Charles Napier’s Testi- 
/monials of Reétie’s Lights, from the Mediterranean 
| Fleet, as ordered by the Board:—Of Letters and 
| Correspondence relative to Captain Denham, R.N., 
carrying out the Coloured Lights of Mr. Rettie, C. E.: 
—Of the Peterhead Memorial, sent to the Admi- 
ralty, on the Lights, on their being immediately 
adopted to save Life and Property :—And, of Cor- 
respondence of the Duke of Northumberland and 
the Commission for Investigation on the Coloured 
Lights, 




















Furness 
Railway Bill. 


Pelham 
Clinton’s 
Estate Bill. 


West Cornwall 
Railway Bill. 


Pelham 
Clinton’s 
Estate Bill. 


Whitechapel 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Spalding 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Electric 
Telegraph 
Company Bill. 


Electric 
Telegraph 
Company of 
Treland Bill. 


16 Vicroriz. 


Lights, and the Reasons for refusing to take Evi- 
dence from the Original Inventor, as recommended 
by the late First Lord of the Admiralty. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Names of the Lords respectively, and 
the Dates of Appointment of the several Boards of 
Admiralty, and of the several Secretaries thereto, 
from 1815 to the present Period; stating those 
Lords and Secretaries who, previously to their Ap- 
cana &gt; respectively, had been Naval, Army or 

Ailitia Officers, and those who, whilst they held the 
same, were Peers or Members of tiie House of 
Commons. 


Mr. Willcox reported from the Committee on 
Group HH. of Railway Bills; That in the case 
of the Furness Railway Bill, they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and amended the same, by the alteration of 
certain statements of fact with relation to agree- 
ments between the Company and third parties; and 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; 
That in the case of Pelham Clinton’s Estate Bill, 
no Standing Orders are applicable. 





Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; 
That in the case of the Petition for additional pro- 
vision in the West Cornwall Railway Bill, the 
Standing Orders have been complied with. 


Ordered, That Pelham Clinton’s Estate Bill be 


read a second time. 


Mr. Edmund Denison reported the Whitechapel 
Improvement Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Edmund Denison reported the Spalding Im- 
provement Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on 
the Electric Telegraph Company Bill; That they 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same, by striking 
out the recital relative to the working arrangements 
with other Electric Telegraph Companies, the Clause 
relative thereto being omitted from the Bill; and 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 


~ Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on 
the Electric Telegraph Company of Jre/and Bill; 
That they had examined the allegations contained 
in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, 
by inserting a recital, that the said Company have 
entered into an agreement with the Electric Tele- 
graph Company (England), for regulating the junc- 
tions of the two lines of telegraph, and the trans- 
mission of messages and intelligence by such tele- 
graphs, and for the payment or apportionment of 
the tolls or charges to be made for such transmis- 
sion; the substance and effect of which agreement 
is set forth in Schedule (A.) added to the Bill; and 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


2° Junie. 


539 


Mr. Tatton Egerton reported from the Committee London and 
on Group U. of Railway Bills; That in the case of Mid-Western 
the London and Mid-Western Railway Bill, they ®“!w*y Bi 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, but the same had not been proved 
to their satisfaction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Tatton Egerton reported from the Committee Cheltenham 
on Group U. of Railway Bills; That in the case of 24 Oxford 
the Cheltenham and Ozford Union Railway Bill, ene aes 
they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, but the same had not been 
proved to their satisfaction. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Tatton Egerton reported from the Committee Chatham and 
on Group DD. of Railway Bills; That the Parties Canterbury | 
promoting the Chatham and Canterbury Local Rail- —y tad 
way Bill had stated to the Committee that it was not 
their intention to proceed with the same. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


Sir Francis Baring reported the Oxford, Worces- Oxford, Wor- 
ter and Wolverhampton Railway (Extension of ‘Time, cester and 
&amp;c.) Bill, with Amendments. caneieer” 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; (Extension of 


and be printed. oo &amp;e.) 


Ordered, That Mr. Henchy have leave of absence Leave of 
fora month, on account of illhealth ;—and, Mr. John Absence. 
Abel Smith a fortnight, on account of ill health. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- Westminster 
mittee of Selection, That they have Power to appoint Bridge Bill. 
the Committee on the Westminster Bridge Bill to 

meet any day after Monday next. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Further Return to an Trinity House, 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 5th day of May *« 

last, for Returns showing the Amounts separately 

of the Cash Balances arising from Tolls, Fees, or 

Payments, which are in the hands of the Trinity 

House, the Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses, 

the Port of Dublin Corporation, and the Board of 

Trade; also, the Amount separately cf all Invest- 

ments arising from any such Tolls, Fees or Pay- 

ments. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Chatham, &amp;c. 
13th day of May last, for a Return of the Names Boroughs. 
of all Members elected since the passing of the 
Reform Bill to serve for the Borough of Chatham, 
Portsmouth, Devonport and Pembroke, stating the 
Dates of each Return, and the Name of the First 
Lord of the Treasury at the time of each Return 
respectively. 

Return to an Order, dated the 19th day of April Census Offices, 
last, for a Return showing the Names of the Clerks &amp;c. 
employed in the Census Office in England, the Date 
of Appointment, Salary, and the Date of their Sus- 
pension or Dismissal; also the Total Number of 
years during which they shall have been employed, 
temporarily or otherwise, in any Public Office, and 
the Names of such of these Clerks as shall have 
been appointed to any Situation under Government 
at Home or in the Colonies, or shall have received 
any Gratuity, and the Amount thereof, on such Sus- 
pension or Dismissal respectively :—Similar Return 
of the Clerks employed in the Census Office in Jre- 
land :—And, similar Return of the Clerks employed 
temporarily in the Poor Law Commissioners’ Office, 
Dublin. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Wilson presented,—Return to an Address to Isle of Man. 
Her Majesty, dated the 31st day of May last, for 
Copy of Letter addressed on the 18th day of May 





Vou. 108. 


322 1853, 





Juvenile 
Offenders. 


No. 557. 


Justices of the Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 


Peace, &amp;c. 
No. 558. 


Herrings. 
No, 559, 


East India 
(Home 
Accounts.) 


No, 560. 


Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Fifty- 
fifth Report. 


‘Trade and 
Navigation. 
No. 561. 


Income Tax 
Lill. 





540 


1853, by the Agent of the Isle of Man, to the Se- | 
cretary of the Treasury; together with Copy of the . 
Appendix to the said Letter. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the | 
Table. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to Juvenile Offenders, which was presented upon 
the 30th day of May last, be printed. 


to Justices of the Peace, &amp;c., which was presented 
upon the 30th day of May last, be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to Herrings, which was presented upon the 30th 
day of May last, be printed. 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of 
an Act of Parliament, wes laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—1. An Account of the 
Receipts and Disbursements of the Home ‘Trea- 
sury of the East India Company, from 1st May 
1852 to 30th April 1853 :—2. Estimate of the Re- 


2° Juniz. 











A, 1853. 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
reamble postponed. 
Cuauses, N° 1 to N° 8, agreed to. 


Cravuse, N° 9 (Commissioners appointed under 
former Acts to be Commissioners under this Act). 

Amendment proposed in p. 6, |. 26: After the 
word “behalf” to insert the words “as well as 
“ all Justices of the Peace for any county, riding, 
“ parts or division of a county or liberty.”’ 

Question, That those words be there inserted 
——put, and negatived. 

Clause agreed to. 

Cuiauses, N° 10 to N° 12, agreed to. 

Cause, N° 13 (Duties under Schedule (A.) in 
Ireland, to be assessed on rateable hereditaments, ac- 
cording to the valuations under the Poor Relief Acts). 

Amendment proposed in p, 8, l. 35: To leave 
out the words “ in Jreland.” 

Question, That the words “in Jreland” stand 





ceipts and Disbursements of the Home Treasury of 
the East India Company, from ist May 1853 to. 
30th April 1854 :—3. An Account of the Debts and | 
Credits in England of the Government of India on 
ist May 1853 :—4. A List of the several Establish- 
ments of the East India Company in England, and | 
the Salaries and Allowances payable by the Court | 
of Directors in respect thereof, on the 1st May 1853: 
—5. An Account of new or increased Salaries, | 
Establishments or Pensions payable in Great Bri- | 
tain, granted or created between 1st May 1852 and | 
1st May 1853:—6. Allowances, Compensations, | 
Remunerations and Superannuations granted to 
Officers and Servants of the East India Company, 
under the 93d Section of the Act 53 Geo. 3, c. 155, 
between 1st May 1852 and 1st May 1853 :—Com- 
vensations granted between 1st May 1852 and 1st 

Tay 1853, under the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 85,s. 7; 
viz., 7. To the Widows and Children of deceased 
Officers and Servants of the East India Company 
in England; 8. To the Families of deceased Offi- 
cers of the Company’s late Maritime Service, in the 
Form of Annuities, 

Ordered, That the said Accounts be printed. 


Petitions relating to Dockyard Official Disquali- 
fication ;—Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ;—Marniage ; 
—Recovery of Personal Liberty Bill ;— Tithes, 
‘Tithe Rent-charge and Church Rates ; — Universities 
(Scotland) Bill ;—Advertisements ;—Excise Duties 
on Spirits Bill ;— Foreign Cordage, Cables, &amp;c. ;— 
Malt and Hops ;—Property and Income Tax ;— 
Combination of Workmen Bill ;—Early Closing ;— 
Education Bill ;—Zondon and Edinburgh Gazettes 
Bill ;—Medical Profession ;— Payment of Wages 
Bill; — Poor Law ;—Spirits (Jreland) ; — Tenant 
Right (Jreland) Bill, and, Tenants’ Compensation 
(Ireland) Bill; — and, Town Commissioners (Jre- 
land),—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to Intoxicating Liquors,—were 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Public-houses, &amp;c. 

Petitions relating to the Registration of Assu- 
rances Bill,—were also presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 





iIr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mard,—Accounts relating to Trade and Navigation, 
Month ended 5th May 1853, and Four Months 
ended Sth May 1853; Quantities of the several 
Articles charged with Duties of Excise, in the 
Quarters ended 5th April 1851, 1852 and 1853. 


part of the Clause put, and agreed to. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 8.1. 42: To 
leave out the words “shall be made upon the land- 
“ lord or immediate lessor of such tenements or 
“* rateable hereditaments, or, if it shall appear to 
** the Commissioners for special purposes to be ne- 
“ cessary or proper, the said assessment shall be 





|“ made upon such person as the rate for the relief 


“ of the poor shall be made upon in respect of any 


“ such property under the provisions of the Acts in 
“ that hehalf,” in order to insert the words “ in every 
“ case in which the said annual value shall amount 
“ to Fifteen pounds and upwards, shall be made 
“ upon such person as the rate for the relief of the 
poor shall be made upon in respect of such pro- 
“ perty, under the provisions of the Acts in that 
“ behalf, and in all other cases upon the landlord 
“ or immediate lessor of such tenements or rateable 
“ hereditaments,” instead thereof. 
Question put, That the words proposed to be 
left out, stand part of the Clause ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the Mr. Hayter, 
Yeas, Mr. Grenville Berkeley : 
Tellers for the (Mr. Isaac Butt, | 61 
Noes, \ Mr. Grogan : 1 ila 
Another Amendment proposed: To add, at the 
end of the Clause, the words “ Provided always, 
“ That any landlord or immediate lessor of any tene- 
ments or herditaments in Jreland, charged with 
“ Duties under Schedule(A.) of this Act, may, within 


‘ 


wn 


live. 


“ Twenty days after notice of such charge, by writing 


“ under the hand of himself or his agent, delivered 
** to the officer making such charge, elect to be as- 
“ sessed, in respect of such tenements or heredita- 
“ ments, upon his actual receipts, and thereupon 


“ the Duties shall be charged on such landlord or 
“ immediate lessor, computed on a sum not less 


“ than the amount actually received by him in re- 


spect of such tenements and hereditaments, within 
“ the year ending on the preceding Fifth day of 
“ April.” 


Question put, That those words be there added ; 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the (Mr. Cairns, 1 66 
Yeas, \Lord Henry Lennoz : hints 
Tellers for the {Mr. Hayter, 04 
Noes, The Earl of Mulgrave : } : 


Clause agreed to. 
Crauses, N° 14 and N° 15, agreed to. 
Ciavuse, N° 16 (How Assessments under Sche- 


dules (A.) and (B.), in Zreland, are to be collected 


Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the and levied). : 
Amendment proposed in p. 11, |.4: After the 


word “ Acts” to insert the words “ specified in an 
The House, according to Order, resolved itself|‘* Act passed in the first and second year of Her 
into a Committee on the Income Tax Bill, “ Majesty, chapter 56.” 


Table ; and be printed. 











Question 





Cus 
Act 


Cus 





Customs, &amp;c, 
Acts, 


Customs. 


16 Vicroriz. 


Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted ; 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 

Cuavusss, N° 17 to N° 19, agreed to. 

Cravse, N° 20, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravuses, N° 21 to N° 28, agreed to. 

CuauseE, N° 29, amended, and agreed to. 

Crausgs, N° 30 to N° 40, agreed to. 

Crauss, N° 41, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravuses, N° 42 to N° 48, agreed to. 

Clauses added. 

Clause (Provided also, That it shall not be law- 
ful to make distress of the tools or implements of 
a trade or profession, beasts of the plough, neces- 
sary for the cultivation of land or household furni- 
ture, or apparel necessary for a family). 

Brought up. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a first time put, and negatived. 

Clause added. 

Clause (Whenever any assessment of the Duties 
being granted under Schedule (A.) in respect of any 
lands, tenements or hereditaments in Jreland, shall 
be made upon the occupier of such lands, tenements 
or hereditaments, and it shall appear to the officers 
making such assessment, that such occupier holds 
the said lands, tenements and hereditaments as 
tenant thereof, at an annual rent less than the valua- 
tion in force for the purposes of the Acts for the 
relief of the poor, and that such occupier is entitled 
to the exemption hereinafter granted, the assessment 
shall be made upon the annual amount of rent 
payable by such occupier, instead of such valuation). 

Brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time---—put, and negatived. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Customs, &amp;c. Acts. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That the Duties of Customs charge- 
able upon the Goods, Wares and Merchandize here- 
after-mentioned, imported into the United Kingdom, 
shall cease and determine ; viz. : 


Question put, That 
Coir rope, twine and strands ; 
stand part of the proposed Resolution ; 


The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the Mr. Hayter, 
Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave: 
Tellers for the (Lord John Manners, 
Noes, (Mr. Newdegate: 


1 
f 194, 
} 68. 
Copper, ore of. 

regulus of. 

and brass, old, fit only to be remanufactured. 

unwrought ; viz., in bricks or pigs, rose copper, 
and all cast copper. 

part wrought ; viz., bars, rods or ingots, ham- 
mered or raised. 

in plates and copper coin. 

or brass wire. 

Cordage tarred or untarred, including standing or run- 
ning rigging. 
Glass. Shades and cylinders. 

All plate glass, cast or rolled, of whatever thick- 
ness, however small each pane, plate or sheet, 
whether silvered, polished or rough. 

Painted or otherwise ornamented. 

All white flint-glass bottles, not cut, engraved or 
otherwise ornamented, and beads and bugles of 
glass. 

Vou, 108. 


2° Juniz. 





541 


Glass. Wine-glasses, umblers and all other white flint- 
glass goods, not cut, engraved or otherwise 
ornamented. 
Bottles of glass covered with wicker (not being 
cut-glass), or of green or common glass. 
Articles of green or common glass. 
Manufactures, not otherwise enumerated or de- 
scribed, and old broken glass, fit only to be 
manufactured. 
Lead, Pig and Sheet. 
Linen, or Linen and Cotton, viz.:— 
Cambrics and Lawns, commonly called French 
Lawns, whether plain or bordered, 
Lawns of any sort, not French. 
Damasks and Damask Diaper. 
Sails of all sorts, 
Mats and Matting. 
Question put, That 
Pictures 


stand part of the proposed Resolution ; 


The Committee divided. 
Tellers for thes Mr. Hayter, 
Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave : 
Tellers for the f Mr. Hamilton, 
Noes, | Mr. Newdegate: 
Poultry and Game, alive or dead. 
Tin, viz.:— 
in blocks, ingots, bars or slabs. 
Truffles. 
Verjuice. 
Wire, viz. :— 
Gilt, Plated, Silver and Brass. 
Cable Yarn. 


2. Resolved, That in lieu of the Duties of Customs 
now chargeable on the Articles under-mentioned, 
imported into the United Kingdom, the following 
Duties shall be charged ; viz. : 

Question proposed, That 


Apples, raw (not of British Possessions), 
the bushel 
dried- - = 


stand part of the proposed Resolution. 


Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That 
the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to 
sit again——put, and negatived. 


}ise. 


} 46. 


£. d. 
~ 3 


ee 





Question again proposed, That 


Apples, raw (not of British Possessions), 
the bushel 
dried - - - - 


£. 
stand part of the proposed Resolution. 





s. d. 
- 8 
t ~~ 


Amendment proposed, to leave out “ 3d.” in 
order to insert “ 6d.” 

Question, That “3d.” stand part of the proposed 
Resolution——put, and agreed to. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

Question proposed, That 

Butter (not of British Possessions) the ewt. | 

stand part of the proposed Resolution ; 


£. d. 


oer 


Whereupon Motion made, and Question proposed, 
That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask 
leave to sit again :—Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question put ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, 

Yeas, (The Earl of Mulgrave: 

Tellers for the f Mr. Tollemache, 

Noes, (Mr. Spooner : 


Question put, That 


Cheese (not of British Possessions) to be | £. 
charged on the landing weight - theewt. | - 


stand part of the proposed Resolution ; 


The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, 

Yeas, (The Earl of Mulgrave; 
Tellers for the) Mr. Colville, 

Noes, (Mr. Tollemache: 


Motion made, and Question, That the Chairman 
do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again—— 
put, and negatived. 


} ise. 


40. 


323 Cocoa 





542 


Mies 2. + % 
Husks and Shells’ - ‘a 
Paste and Chocolate e 
} 
i 


Eggs, not of British Possessions - the 720 | 


Nuts, small - - - the bushel 
Walnuts - - - 
Raisins - - - - - the ewt. | 


2° Junit 


£. 8. d. 
—e 
-- + 
- - 2 
- —- 4 
ok « 
~~ 
~~ 


Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- 
man do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again ; 


The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Vansittart, 
Yeas, Mr. Bagge: 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. a 
Noes, (The Earl of Mulgrave: 


Sj aa 


11. 


125. 


Motion mace, and Question, That the Chairman 





do now leave the Chair 


put, and negatived. 


. Resolved, That in lieu of the Duties of Cus- 
Pi now chargeable on the Articles wnder-men- 
tioned, imported into the United Kingdom, the fol- 


lowing Duties shall be charged ; vic. : 


Almonds, Jordan - - - - the ewt. 
not Jordan, nor bitter 
paste of - - . - 

Arrow-root - - - - - 

Barley, Pearled - - - - 


the Ib. 
the cwt. 
” 


Baskets, viz.:— 
Baskets corresponding with the a 
commonly called Berlin, the cubic foot - 
all others - - - 
Beads, Coral - - "the Ib. 
Arango, Crystal, Jet, and other sorts not 
enumerated or described - the Ib. 
Brass, manufactures of, not otherwise enume- 
rated - - - the Ib. 
Brocade, of gold or silver - - 
Bronze, manufactures of, not otherwise enume- 
rated - - - the ewt. 





Candles, viz. :— 
Spermac eti 
Stearine, till the sth of April 1858 
Tallow 
Wax ~ 


Canes, viz.:— 
Walking Canes or Sticks, mounted or painted, 
or otherwise ornamented - the 100 
Umbrella or Parasol Sticks - - 
Capers, including the pickle - - the lb. 
Cards, viz., Playing Cards —~ the dozen packs 
Cassava Powder - - - - the ewt. 
Cassia Lignea - - - - - the lb. 
Chicory or other vegetable matter, applicable 
to the uses of C hicory or Coffee, viz :— 
Raw or kiln dried, until 10th October 1854 


inclusive - - - thee wt. 
Raw or kiln dried, from and after 10th Oc- 
tober 1854 - - ~ ~ “ 


Roasted or ground - - - the Ib. 
China Ware or Porcelain, painted or plain, gilt 
or ornamented = - the cewt. 
Cinnamon - ° - ~ - the lb. 


Clocks, viz. :— 

Clocks not exceeding the value of 5s. each, 
the dozen 
exceeding the value of 5s8., and not 
exceeding the value of 12s. 6d. each, 
the dozen 
exceeding the value of 12s. 6d., and 
not exceeding the value of 37. each, 
each 
exceeding the value of 37. and not ex- 
ceeding the value of 107. each, each 





exceeding the value of 10/. each _,, 
Cloves - - - - ~ - the Ib. 
Coculus Indicus~— - - - - the ewt. 
Coffee, roasted or ground - - the lb. 


Comfits, dry, until 5th July 1854, inclusive, 

the Ib. 
from and after 5th July 1854 , 

Confectionery, until 5th July 1854, “inclusive, 
the lb, 

from and after 5th July 1854 , 
Copper, manufactures of, not otherwise enume- 
rated or described, and Copper-plates, en- 
graved - - - - - the ewt. 
Corks, ready-made - . the lb. 
squared for rounding - the ewt. 
Dates - - - ae: ae 
Dice - - - - - - 


a 
the pair 


£. &amp; 
- 10 
10 


bo bo Co bo 


on 


! 
_ 
uo 


I 
— 
el oe bo 


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d, 


ee D&gt; 


wl 


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—_ to 
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Earthenware, not otherwise enumerated or de- 


scribed - - - - - the ewt. 
Feathers, dressed, viz. :— 
Ostrich - ae. - the lb. 
Paddy Bird - 
not otherwise ceqnmeniele or deser: ibed, 
the lb. 


Flowers, Artificial, not made of Silk—per cubic 
foot as packed, no allowance for 
vacant spaces - the cubic foot 

Wholly or in part made of Silk ,, 

Fruit, raw, not otherwise enumerated, 

the bushel 
Ginger, Preserved, until 5th July 1854, inclu- 


sive - - the Ib. 
from and after 5th July 1854, 
the lb. 


Glass, viz.:— 
Any kind of Window Glass, white or stained, 
of one colour only (except Plate or Rolled 
Glass), and Shades and Cylinders, until the 
5th April 1855, inclusive - - the ewt. 
From and after 5th April 1866, until 5th April 
1857, inclusive - - - the ewt. 
From and after 5th April 1857 ante 
All Flint Cut Glass, 
and Fancy Ornamental Glass, of whatever 
kind - - - - - the ewt. 
Grapes - the bushel 
Hair Articles, Manufactures of Hair or Goat’s 
Wool, or of Hair or Goat's Wool and any 
other material, wholly or in part made up, 
not particularly enumerated, or otherwise 
charged with Duty —_- for every 1004. value 
Hats or Bonnets, viz. :— 
of Chip . the lb. 
of Bast, Cane or Horsehair ,, 
of Straw - 
of Felt, Hair, Wool or Beav er, 
each 
of Silk or Silk Shag, laid upon 
Felt, Linen or other mate- 
rial - - each 
Iron and Steel, wrought or manufactured, viz.:— 
Machinery, "wrought C astings, Tools, Cutlery, 
and other manufactures of Iron or Steel 


not enumerated - - - the ewt. 
Fancy ornamental articles of Iron - ™ 
Steel the Ib. 


Jewels, Emeralds and all other Precious Stones, 
set - - forevery 1007. value 
Lead, manufactures of, not otherwise enume- 
rated - - the cwt. 
Leather, viz., Boot Backs - the dozen pairs 
Cut into shapes - the ewt. 

Liquorice Paste (not of British Possessions), 
the cwt. 
Powder (not of British Possessions), 
the ewt. 
Root, until 5th April 1857, inclusive, 


the ewt. 

from and after 5th April 1857 - 

Maccaroni_ - - - - - the ewt. 
Mace - -  thelb. 


Marmalade, until bth July 1854, inclusive ,, 

from and after 5th Jul y 1854 

Medlars - - - - 
Musical Instruments, viz. :— 

Musical Boxes, small, not exceeding 4 inches 


” 


the bushel 


in length - - the air 
large - - = ” 
overtures, or extra accompa- 
niments - - the air 
Piano Fortes, horizontal grand = - each 


upright or square - 
Harmoniums or Somagninss, not exceeding 


three stops - = - each 
Four stops, and not exceeding seven 
stops - - - each 


stops - - - 
Exceeding eleven stops - 
Accordions, commonly called Chinese, 


Other sorts, including Flutinas and common 
German square Concertinas - 


German - - each 
Brass Instruments, all cute - - the lb. 
Musical Instruments, not otherwise enume- 

rated or described - for every 1007. value 

Mustard Flour - ° - the ewt. 
Nutmegs, except those commonly called wild, 


the Ib. 
Nux Vomica - - - - - the cwt. 
Oil, viz., Almond - - = = the Ib. 


Bays 
Essential Oil of Cloves - 


oP) 
” 





Flint Colouzed Glass | 





the 100 notes | 


each | 
Concertinas of octagon oa, not common | 


Eight stops, and not exceeding eleven | 
each | 


A. 1858. 





&amp;.. @ &amp;. 

i: a 

— 7 

— 2 

—_ 7 

= = 

a 

a — 2 

- - 2 

-=- i} 
- 2 6 

- 1 6 

Free. 

oie 

-~~- 

Sw 
- 26 
- 26 
- 2 6 
— 
-R «= 
- 26 
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- - 6 
10 - = 
« S&amp;S = 
- 16 
oe « 
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i me 

Free. 

&lt;a - 
SS 
- - 2 
oe =» &amp; 
a rs 
- - 8 
- - 8 
- - 6 
Ss - « 
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=~ we 
14 - 
110 - 
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« &amp; as 
— 
a a 
--9 
10 - - 
- 1 6 
~ 2 
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- =» | 
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16 Vicrortiz. 


Onions - - - - = the bushel 

Pears, raw - - - - - - 
dried - - - = = 3 

Percussion Caps - - -  - the 1,000 


Perfumery, not otherwise enumerated, ’and 

scented or fancy soap - - -  thelb. 

Pewter, manufactures “ not otherwise enume- 

rated - - - - - the cwt. 

Pickles, preserved in vinegar - - the gallon 

Pimento- - - - - «= the ewt. 

Plateofgold- - - -  theoz.troy 

of silver, gilt or ungilt - 

Platting, or other manufactures of Straw , Chip* 
or other materials to be used in or 
pr oper for making or ornamenting 
ats or bonnets, not otherwise enu- 
merated or charged with Duty, 

the Ib. 
Cordonet, single, and twist of straw or 
of other materials - -  thelb. 
Willow squares - - the dozen 
Plums, commonly called French Plums, and 
Prunellos . - - the ewt. 
dried or preserved (except in sugar), not 
otherwise described - - the ewt. 
preserved in sugar, until 5th July 1854, 
inclusive - - the lb. 
preserved in sugar, from and after 5th 


July 1854 - - - the Ib. 
Pomatum - - - - - - 
Potato-flour - - - - - thecwt. 
Powder, viz., Hair Powder - -_ thelb. 

Perfumed - - - - 


not otherwise enumerated or described, 
that will serve the same per pose as 


starch - - - the cwt. 
Prints and Drawings, plain or chia, single, 
the Ib. 
bound or sewn 
admitted under T reaties of 
International Copyright, 
single - -_ thelb. 
bound or sewn 9 
Quassia - = - = = the ewt. 
Quinces - - - the bushel 
Rice, not rough nor in the husk - _ the ewt. 
Rough and in the heck - the qr. 
Sago - - - - the ewt. 
Scaleboard - - - - - in 


Semolina - - - ~ ” 
Ships, Foreign Ships s, to be broken up, with their 
Tackle, Appare and Furniture (except Sails), 
for every 100/. value 





broken up - 
Soap, not being scented or fancy ; viz.:— 
Hard - - - - - thecwt. 
Soft - - - - - - 
Naples - - - - 


” 
Spa Ware - - - - the cubic foot 
Spelter or Zinc, manufactures of, not otherwise 
enumerated - - - - the cwt. 
Spirits, Cordials or Strong Waters, not being 
the produce of any British Possession in 
America, nor of any British Possession within 
the limits of the East India Company’s 
Charter, in regard to which the conditions of 
the Act 4 Vic. c. 8, have or shall have been 
fulfilled, sweetened or mixed with any article, 
so that the degree of strength cannot be 
exactly ascertained by Sykes’s Hydrometer ; 
and Perfumed Spirits, to be used as per- 


fumery only = - - - the gallon 
Starch - - - - - - the ewt. 
Gum of, torrified or calcined * 


Suceades, including all Fruits and Vegetables 


preserved in sugar, until the 5th | 


July 1854, inclusive - the Ib. 
from and after 5th July 1854 


r lapioe: a - - - - - the cwt. 
Tin Foil - - - - 

Manufactures of, and not otherwise ‘enu- 

merated = - - - - the ewt. 


viz., Marbles - - - is 
All other Toys - _ the cubic foot 
Turnery, not otherwise described, “ 
Varnish, containing any quantity of alcohol or 
spirit - - - - the gallon 


Toys; 
Vs; 


Vermicelli - - - - - the ewt. 
Vinegar - - - the gallon 
M odin taille - - - - the lb. 
Water, Cologne Water, the flask (thirty of 


such flasks containing not more than 
one gallon)  - each 
when not in flasks (as Perfumed Spi- 
rits) - - - the gallon 


* Platting of Chip is now free of Duty. 
VoL. 108. 





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2° —3° Junii. 


Tariff, the following Duties of Customs 


charged thereon ; vize: 


Biscuit and Bread - - the ewt. 

Caoutchouc or Indian-rubber, manufactures of, 
the Ib. 

Coral negligées - - - - “ 


Daguerreotype plates - - - 

Flock for papenctainess - 
Fig Cake - 

Gutta Percha, manaineten es of, not moulded, 

such as bands, sheets, soles, tubing, the ewt. 

Articles moulded - the lb. 

Lucifers, of wood, in boxes containing not more 


”» 
the ewt. 





than 100 matches - the gross of boxes 
in boxes containing more 
than 100 matches - _ the gross of boxes 


Vesta of Wax, in boxes not exceed- 
ing 1,000 matches - = the doz. boxes 
in boxes exceeding 

the 1,000 matches 
the ewt. 





1,000 matches - - 
Mandioca Flour - - - - 
Manna Croup - 
Mustard, mixed or manufactured, except Flour, 


the cwt. 
Oilcloth for Table-covers - the sq. yd. 
Salacine - - - the oz. 
Sauces, not otherwise enumerated - _ the lb. 
Soy - the gallon 
Stearine, till the 5th of April 1858 - the ewt. 


after the oth of Agel ieee * 
Veneers - “ ” 


Resolutions to be reported. 








543 


4. Resolved, That in lieu of the present ad valo- 
rem Rates of Duties of Customs char ged upon the 
Importation into the United Kingdom of the under- 
mentioned Articles as not being enumerated in the 


shall be 


£. 8. 


1 
—_ 
io oni =! 


mecor ition 


Pogi Pte 


» 
top 


1 ce rm tot #1 Cot 
Ped fo 


Sak Com | 


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~ 


Aud the House having continued to sit till after 


Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 
Veneris, 3° die Junii, 1853: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to 


several Resolutions. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Bouverie also reported, That the Committee 
had made Progress in the matter to them referred ; 
and that he was directed to move, That the Com- 


mittee may have leave to sit again. 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 


resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Excise Duties 
mittee on the Excise Duties on Spirits Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 


itself into the said Committee. 


on Spirits Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Customs 
mittee on the Customs Duties on Spirits Bill ; 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 


itself into the said Committee. 


Duties on 
Spirits Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 


mittee of Supply ; 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 


itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 


mittee of Ways and Means ; 


Means. 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 


itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved iteclf inte Conectidated 


a Committee on the Consolidated Fund Bill; 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed Bill. 
Bouverie reported, That the n 


the Chair; and Mr. 
Committee had gone through the Bill. 


and, F 


(£.4,000,00) 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Universities 


reading of the Universities (Scotland ) Bill; 


(Scotland) 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Thursday the 16th day of this instant June. 
The 


324 





544 


Merchant _ The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Shipping Bill. mittee on the Merchant Shipping Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
the 16th day of this instant June, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 

Pilotage Bill. © The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Pilotage Bill; 

Resolved, ‘That this House will, upon Thursday the 
16th day of this instant June, asin itself into the 
said Committee. 

Bankruptcy The Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill was, according to 
ae Order, read a second time; and committed to a 


Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Places of Relie The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
gious Worship mittee on the Places of Religious Worship Regis- 
Registration : 4 ad 
Bill. tratien Bill; ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Bail in Error Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Bail in Error 
Bill 


Copies of 


es of The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Specifications 


reading of the Copies of Specifications Repeal Bill ; 


a Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 
Copy holds The Order of the day being read, for the third 


, reading of the Copyholds Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


Whittlebury 


n The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Forest Bill. 


into a Committee on the Whittlebury Forest Bill ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill; and di- 
rected him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment. 

, Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 

ay. 


Hackney 
prams ) 
Metropolis 

Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the further Proceeding on the third reading of the 
Hackney Carriages (Metropolis) Bill :—The House 
resumed the said further Proceeding. 


2°—3° Junie. 





And the Question being put, That the words 
within the Metropolitan Police District” be in- | 
serted after the word “ elsewhere” in page 3, |. 32: | 
—It was resolved in the affirmative. 

Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Another Amendment was proposed to be made 


“ 


to the Billin Schedule (A.), column 3, 1.3, by leaving | 
out the word “ sixpence,” and inserting the word | 


“* threepence ”’ instead thereof. 
And the Question being put, That the word 

“ sixpence”’ stand part of the Schedule :—It was 
resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fitzroy do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Belfast 
Municipal 
Boundaries 
Bill. 

No, 562. 


Lord Alfred Hervey presented a Bill to extend 
the Municipal Boundaries of the Borough of Bel- 
fast, and to reduce the scale of rating upon certain 
Property within the said Borough: And the same 
was read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills; and be printed. 


Accidents in The Select Committee on Accidents in Coal Mines 


Coal Mines. was nominated of Mr. Hutchins, Mr. Fitzroy, Mr. 
Ingham, Mr. Hussey Vivian, Mr. Baird, Mr, Cum- 
ming Bruce, Mr. Cayley, Colonel Pennant, Mr. 














A. 1853. 


Stephenson, Mr. Mostyn, Viscount Goderich, Mr. 
Farrer, Mr. Child, Mr. Henry Bruce and Mr. Cob- 
bett ; with Power to send for persons, papers and 


records. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before Three of the 
clock on Friday morning, adjourned till this 
day. 











Veneris, 3° die Junii ; 
Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 

N R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had Petitions 

examined the Petitions presented upon the 31st ne 
day of May last, and upon the 1st and 2d days of 
this instant June; and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; } 
and be printed. ] 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group T. of Private Bills 
Private Bills have leave to sit this day till Five of (Group T.) 
the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


The Order that the Report on the Electric Tele- Electric 


i oan a, 


graph Company of Ireland Bill do lie upon the Zelegraph 
Table, was read, and discharged. Harn ary Af 


Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee :—And that they have leave to 
sit and proceed forthwith, 


The House was moved, That the Report of the west Cornwal 
Examiner of Petitions for Private Bills in respect Railway Bil, 
of the Petition for additional provision in the West 
Cornwall Railway Bill, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, that they have Power to make 
= therein pursuant to the prayer of the said 

etition. 


Ordered, That Mr. Freshfield be discharged from private Bills 
further attendance on the Committee on Group W, (Group W.) 
of Private Bills. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- Committee of 
mittee of Selection to appoint another Member to Selection. 
serve on Group W. of Private Bills. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Rlackburn 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Black- Gas Bill. 
burn Gas Bill; and the same were twice read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The East Grinstead Railway Bill was read the East Grinstesd 
third time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. Railway Bil. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Fuller do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Lands Improvement Company Lands Im- 
(No. 2) Bill be read the third time upon Monday SS 
next. (No.9) Bill 

Nash’s Estate Bill was read the third time. Nash's Estate 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Bill. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


New River 


The New River Company Bill was read the third Company Bill 


time, 
Resolved, 








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wall 
ill, 


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Victoria 
(London) 
Docks Bill. 








16 Vicroriz. 5° 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the Victoria (Lon- 
don) Docks Bill be now read the third time ; 

Mr. Cardwell, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
Consent, as far as Her Majesty's interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time; and an 
Amendment was made to the Bill. 


Junie. 





Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 


545 


Election and Return for the Borough of Barnstaple, 
together with the Minutes of Evidence taken before 
the said Committee, and the Proceedings of the said 
Committee. 

Ordered, That a Printed Copy of the said Report 
be communicated to the Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships: And that Mr. Brotherton do deliver the 
same. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Indian 
that part of the Message from the Lords of the Territories. 
30th day of May last, wherein their Lordships re- 
quest that this House will communicate to their 
Lordships, Copies of Reports from the Select Com- 
mittee appointed by this House, in the present Ses- 


Title be, An Act to authorize the Construction of | sion of Parliament, to inquire into the operation of 


additional Docks and other Works in connexion 


with the Victoria (London) Docks, and to consoli- | 


the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 85, for effecting an Ar- 
rangement with the East India Company, and for 


date and amend the Provisions of the Act relating the better Government of Her Majesty’s Indian 


to such Docks. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


East Kent 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway Bill. 


the East Kent Railway Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Glasgow and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
South Western the Glasgow and South Western Railway (No. 2) 
(No. 2) Bill, Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

7 Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Wildmore Fen ‘The House proceeded to take into consideration 
and East and the Wildmore Fen and East and West Fens High- 
Highways Bill ways Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


East London The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
Waterworks take into consideration the East London Water- 
Bill. works Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
London and The Order of the day being read, for the second 


Finsbury Im- reading of the London and Finsbury Improvements 

arg = aol and Railway, &amp;c. Bill; 

&amp;e. Bill. | | Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


Ordered, That Mr. William Lockhart be dis- 
charged from further attendance on the Committee 
on Group PP. of Private Bills. 


Private Bills 
(Group PP.) 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Commit- 
tee of Selection to appoint another Member to serve 
on the Committee on Group PP. of Private Bills. 


Committee of 
Selection. 


Committee of Sir Robert Ferguson reported from the Committee 


Selection of Selection ; That they had made certain alterations 

(Thirteenth . ’ maid 

Report.) in the Groups of Private Bills already formed, and 
No. 563, had agreed to report the same to the House. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Sliyo 
Election Petition have leave to sit this day till Five 
of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Sligo Election. 


Private Bills 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group GG. of 
(Group GG.) 


Private Bills have leave to sit this day till Five of 
the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Barnstaple 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Election. 


that part of the Message from the Lords of the 
13th day of May last, wherein their Lordships re- 
quest that this House will communicate to their 
Lordships, a Copy of the Report from the Select 
Committee appointed by this House, in the present 
Session of Parliament, to try and determine the 


| Territories till the 30th day of April 1854, together 


with the Minutes of Evidence taken before the said 
Committee. 

Ordered, That Printed Copies of the First and 
Second Reports of the said Committee be com- 
municated to the Lords, as desired by their Lord- 
ships: And that Mr. Brotherton do deliver the 
same. 


Mr. Marshall reported from the Committee on Private Bills 
Group QQ. of Private Bills; That the Parties op- (Group QQ.) 
posing the Eost and West India Docks and Bir- 
mingham Junction Railway (No. 2) Bill had stated 
to the Committee, that the Evidence of James 
Bemston Bunning was essential to enable them to 
establish their case before the Committee; and it 
having been proved that his attendance could not 
be procured without the intervention of the House, 
he had been instructed by the Committee to move 
the House, that the said James Bemston Bunning 
do attend the said Committee on Monday the 6th 
day of June, at Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That James Bemston Bunning do at- 
tend the said Committee upon Monday next, at 
Twelve o’clock. 


Mr. Moody reported the West London and Crystal west London 
Palace Railway Bill, with Amendments. and Crystal 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Se 
and be printed. ° 


Mr. Baillie reported from the Committee on Carlisle Canal 
Group MM. of Railway Bills; That in the case of and Port | 
the Carlisle Canal and Port Carlisle Railway Bill, ra a 
they had examined the allegations contained in the ' 
Preamble of the Bill, and, in order to make the 
same in accordance with the evidence adduced, had 
amended the same, by inserting on page 5, para- 
graph 4, line 1, after the word “Company ” the 
words “holding securities to the amount of 
“ £.70,865, and the holders of the said sum of 
“ £.1,522. 10s.,” and at the end of the same 
paragraph, by inserting after the word “ securities ” 
the words “and the holders of the sum of £.1,150, 
“ the residue of the said mortgage debt, having 
“ received notice of the application for the said 
“ Bill, have not dissented thereto ;” and found the 
same, as amended, to be true; and had gene 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Wrightson reported from the Select Committee standing 
on Standing Orders, several Resolutions; which Orders. 
were read, as follow: 

1. That in the case of the Banbridge, Dublin, Banbridge, 
Newry and Beljast Junction Railway Petition Dublin, Newry 
for additional provision, the Standing Orders ought 7° Belfast 


- ti 
to be dispensed with; that the Parties be per- Railway Bill. 





matter of the Petition complaining of an undue 
Vou. 108, 





mitted to introduce their additional provision, 
4A if 





Birkenhead 
Dock Com- 
pany Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Sales of 
Bullion Bill. 
Price’s Patent 
Candle Com- 
pany (No. 2) 
Bill. 


Aggravated 
Assaults Bill. 


National 
Gallery. 


Maldon 
Election, 


Fisher's 
Divorce Bill. 


546 


if the Committee on the Bill shall think fit, on 
proving the consents of the Owners, Lessees and 
Occupiers, and provided a Clause be inserted, re- 
straining the Company from taking the land of 
Mr. James Green Bell, without his consent in 
writing : 

That the Committee on the Bill do report how 
far such order has been complied with on the Re- 
port of the Bill. 

2. That in the case of the Birkenhead Dock 
Company Petition for additional Provision, the 
Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; 
that the Parties be permitted to introduce their 
additional Provision, if the Committee on the Bill 
shal) think fit, provided a Clause be inserted, re- 
straining the Company from taking any lands ex- 
cept with the consent in writing of the Owners, 
Lessees and Occupiers : 

That the Committee on the Bill do report how 
far such Order has been complied with on the Re- 
port of the Bill. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer : 
Mr. Speaker, ’ 
The Lords have agreed to the Sales of Bullion 
sill, without any Amendment: And also, 
The Lords have agreed to Price’s Patent Candle 
Company (No. 2) bill, without any Amendment: 
And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Aggravated Assaults 
Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords give leave to Lord Monteagle of Bran- 
don to attend, to be examined as a Witness before 
the Select Committee appointed by this House in 
the present Session of Parliament, to inquire into 
the management of the National Gallery; also, to 
consider in what mode the collective Monuments of 
Antiquity and Fine Art possessed by the Nation 
may be most securely preserved, judiciously aug- 
mented, and advantageously exhibited to the public 
(his Lordship in his place consenting), as desired 
by this House: And also, 

The Lords acquaint this House, that Her Majesty 
has appointed Saturday next, at Three o’clock, at 
Buckingham Palace, to be attended with the Ad- 
dress of both Houses of Parliament, under the pro- 
visions of the Act 15 &amp; 16 Vic. c. 57, with respect 
to the Borough of Maldon, and that they appoint 
the Lord Steward and the Lord Chamberlain to 
attend Her Majesty therewith, on the part of their 
Lordships, and do desire this House to appoint a 
proportionable number of its Members to go with 
them :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 

Resolved, That four Members of this House do go, 
with the Lords mentioned in the said Message, to 
wait upon Her Majesty with the said Address. 

Ordered, That the Earl of Mulgrave, Viscount 
Drumlanrig, Lord Robert Grosvenor and Mr. Fitz- 
roy do go with the Lords mentioned in the said 
Message. 

And the Messenger was again called in, and Mr. 
Speaker acquainted him therewith :—And then he 
again withdrew. 


A Petition of John Alexander Mainley Pinniger, 
of 5, Raymond-buildings, Gray’s-inn, Solicitor, 
and Agentof George Fisher, the Veterinary Surgeon 
of Her Majesty’s 5th Regiment of Dragoon Guards, 
at present stationed at Cork in Ireland, was pre- 
sented, and read ; setting forth, That a Bill is pend- 
ing in the House, intituled, An Act to dissolve the 
Marriage of George Fisher with Mary Matilda his 
Wife, and to enable him to marry again, and for 
other purposes ; that in consequence of the advanced 
state of the Session, the Petitioner is apprehensive 


3° Juniz. 








A, 1853. 


that the said Bill will not pass into a law during the 
present Session, unless certain Standing Orders of 
the House are suspended; that the said Bill was 
read a second time on the Twenty-third day of May 
last, and committed to the Select Committee on 
Divorce Bills; that the Petitioner gave notice of 
such second reading to Mr. John Coverdale, of Bed- 
ford-row, the Solicitor or Agent of the said Matilda 
Fisher, and that the said John Coverdale informed 
the Petitioner, that the said Mary Matilda Fisher 
was not in England, but that he was prepared to 
accept service of notice and copy of the Bill for or 
as on her behalf; that the Petitioner has also given 
notice to the said John Coverdale of the application 
intended to be made by the prayer of his Petition 
for the suspension of the Standing Orders ; that the 
Petitioner is apprehensive that, should the House 
insist on a copy of the said Bill and order of com- 
mitment being personally served on the said Mary 
Matilda Fisher, the said Bill cannot be effectually 
prosecuted during the present Session; and praying 
that the service of a copy of the said Bill, order of 
commitment, and a notice of the intended applica- 
tion for the suspension of the Standing Orders on 
the said John Coverdale, may be deemed good ser- 
vice; and that personal service thereof on the said 
Mary Matilda Fisher may be dispensed with ; or that 
the House will grant such other relief in the pre- 
mises as to the House may seem meet. 

Ordered, That John Alexander Mainley Pinniger 
do attend this House upon Monday next. 


sop 


bet 


Sir William Jolliffe reported the Shipley and Shipley and 
Bramley Road Bill, with Amendments. oe 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir William Jolliffe reported from the Committee Private Bills (( 
on Group 8. of Railway Bills; That Colonel Pen- (Group S.) 
nant, Chairman of the said Committee, was not pre- 
sent during the sitting of the Committee this day. 
Ordered, That Colonel Pennant be discharged 
from further attendance on the Committee. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Saint Ives and West Saint Ives and V 
Cornwall Junction Railway (re-committed) Bill, West Cornwall a 

il Mitlnan, Junction a 
with further Amendments. Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Sir Francis Baring reported the London and North London and 
Western Railway (Stourbridge, &amp;c.) Bill, with — Western 
Amendments. (Stourbridge, 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; &amp;c.) Bill. 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- Committee of } 
mittee of Selection to appoint another Member to Selection. 
serve on the Committee on Group 8. of Private 


Bills. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group S. of Private Bills’ 
Private Bills have leave to sit this day till Five of (Group 8.) 
the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Electric Telegraph Electric 
Company of Jre/and (re-committed) Bill, with Telegraph 
: C Company of 
further Amendments. Ireland Bil 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


a 4 _—s | 


Colonel Boldero reported the Llanidloes and New- Lianidloes 
town Railway Bill, with Amendments. Railway Bul. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; : 
and be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Raisins. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copv of Correspondence between the 
Right honourable the Secretary for the — 
an 


16 VicToriz. 


and -the Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian 
Islands, on the subject of the proposed Reduction 
of Duty on Raisins. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 
as are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy 
Council. 


Coals and 


3° Juni. 





ou Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
oke. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this | 
House, an Account of all Dues, Duties and Taxes, | 
Local and Imperial, levied on the Importation and | 
Exportation of Coals and Coke in any Port of the | 
United Kingdom in each of the years 1851 and | 
1852; and also a similar Return of Dues and Taxes | 
on all Coals and Coke brought by Railroad to any | 
Port, Town or City of the United Kingdom for the | 
same Period (in continuation of Parliamentary | 
Paper, No. 689, of Session 1850). | 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 
as are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy 
Council. 


Sir John Pakington reported the Whitehaven and 
Furness Junction Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Whitehaven 
and Furness 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Ordered, That Mr. Peto have leave of absence 
for six weeks, on urgent business ;—and, Mr. Michael 
Dunne, a fortnight, on urgent business. 


Leave of 
Absence. 





Railway Bills _ Sir James East reported from the Committee on 
(Group BB.) Group BB. of Railway Bills; That the Honourable 
Henry Brand, one of the Members of the said 
Committee, was not present during the sitting of the 
Committee this day. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brand be discharged from 
further attendance on the Committee. 


Monmouth- A Petition of the Monmouthshire Railway and 

shire Railways Canal Company, praying that provision may be 

and Canal Bill. ade in the Monmouthshire Railways and Canal 
Bill, relative to the reduction of certain Tolls, to the 
cessation of the office of Auditor after one year, 
and for enabling the Company to convert their 
tram-roads or any of them, or any part thereof, into 
Railways, and to substitute edge rails for the tram- 
plates thereon, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


Mr. Osborne presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 27th day of May last, for Copies of the 


River Tyne. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | 





Instructions given by the First Lord of the Admi- 
ralty to Captain Vetch, R.N., directing him to pro- | 
ceed to the River Tyne, and of his subsequent Re- | 
port to the Admiralty, dated the 30th day of Sep- 
tember 1852. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the | 
Table. 


Petitions relating to the University of London ;— 
Church Rates;—Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ; — 
Vide Fifty- Marriage ; — Sequestration of Livings ; — Postage 
tixth Report. (Colonies, &amp;c.) ;—Advertisements ;—County Rates 
and Expenditure Bill ;—Property and Income Tax 
(1853); —Salt ; —Stage Coaches ; — Bankruptcy 
(Scotland) Bill ;—Combination of Workmen Bill ;— 
Education Bill;—Zondon and Edinburgh Gazettes 
Bill ;—Medical Profession ;—Metropolitan Police ; 
— Ocean Penny Postage ; — Parochial Schools 
( Scotland) ;—Patents ;—Prisons (Scotland) Bill ;— 
and, Sewerage,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to Decimal Coinage, &amp;c., was 
« Von. 108. 


Public 
Petitions. 





547 


also presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Deeimal Coinage. 

A Petition relating to Indian Territories, was also 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Indian Territories. 

Petitions relating to Intoxicating- Liquors,—were 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Public-houses, &amp;c. 

Petitions relating to the Registration of Assu- 
rances Bill,—were also presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 

A Petition relating to Arrestment of Wages 
(Scotland), was also presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on the Sheriff Courts 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Address Ecclesiastical 
to Her Majesty, dated the 10th day of May last, Commission. 
for a Return of all Monies paid by the Ecclesiasti- 
cal Commissioners during the last year to Surveyors 
and Law Officers out of the Funds administered by 
them ; and, of all other Monies received by the Sur- 
veyors and Law Officers employed by them from 
the Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, or their 
Lessees, for Duty performed by order of the Eccle- 
siastical Commissioners, or Church Estates Com- 
missioners ; specifying the Names and Particulars 
of each Transaction. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table Census Offices, 
by the Clerk of the House,— Further Return to an &amp;c-. 
Order, dated the 19th day of April last, for a Re- 
turn, showing the Names of the Clerks employed 
in the Census Office in England, the Date of Ap- 
pointment, Salary, and the Date of their Suspension 
or Dismissal; also the Total Number of Years 
during which they shall have been employed, 
temporarily or otherwise, in any Public Office, and 
the Names of such of these Clerks as shall have 
been appointed to any Situation under Government 
at Home or in the Colonies, or shall have received 
any Gratuity, and the Amount thereof, on such 
Suspension or Dismissal respectively :— Similar Re- 
turn of the Clerks employed in the Census Office 
in Ireland :—And, similar Return of tie Clerks em- 
ployed temporarily in the Poor Law Commissioners’ 

Office, Dublin. 

Return to an Order, dated the 22d day of April Rated 
last, for a Return from every Poor Law Union in Occupiers 
Ireland, of the Number of Occupiers in each Elec- en 
toral Division rated over £.6 and upwards, but not 
amounting to £.200, and of the Number of Occu- 
piers rated at £.200 and upwards. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Water Rates, water Rates. 


which was preseuted upon the 23d day of May last, yo 564 
be printed. ne 


Ordered, That the Return relative to County county courts. 
Courts, which was presented upon the 30th day of No. 565 
May last, be printed. nisi 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to County Trea- County 
surers, which was presented upon the 2d day of Treasurers. 
May last, be printed. No, 566. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Income Tax 
take into consideration the Income Tax Bill, as Bill. 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the Customs, &amp;e. 
Customs, &amp;c. Acts, several Resolutions; and the Acts. 
same were twice read, and amended, and agreed to, 
as follow : 
1. Resolved, That the Duties of Customs charge- Customs. 
able upon the Goods, Wares and Merchandize here- 
4Aa2 after 





548 3° Juni. 


after mentioned, imported into the United Kingdom, 
shall cease and determine, viz.:— 


Cables, not of iron, new and old, tarred and untarred. 

Coir rope, twine and strands. 

Copper, ore of. 

regulus of. 

and brass, old, fit only to be re-manufactured. 

unwrought ; viz., in bricks or pigs, rose copper, and 
all cast copper. 

part wrought; viz., bars, rods or ingots, hammered 
or raised. 

in none and copper coin. 

or brass wire. 

Cordage, tarred or untarred, including standing or running 

rigging. 

Glass. All plate glass, cast or rolled of whatever thickness, 
however small each pane, plate or sheet, whether 
silvered, polished or rough. 

Painted or otherwise ornamented. 

All white flint-glass bottles, not cut, engraved or other- 
wise ornamented, and beads and bugles of glass. 

Wine-glasses, tumblers and all other white flint-glass 
goods, not cut, engraved, or otherwise ornamented. 

Bottles of glass covered with wicker (not being cut- 
glass), or of green or common glass. 

Articles of green or common glass. 

Manufactures, not otherwise enumerated or described, 
and old broken glass, fit only to be re-manu- 
factured. 

Lead, Pig and Sheet. 

Linen, or Linen and Cotton; viz.:— 

Cambrics and Lawns, commonly called French Lawns, 
whether plain or bordered. 

Lawns of any sort, not French. 

Damasks and Damask Diaper. 

Sails of all sorts. 

Mats and Matting. 

Pictures. 

Poultry and Game, alive or dead. 

Tin; viz.:— 

in blocks, ingots, bars or slabs. 

Truffles. 

Verjuice. 

Wire; viz. :— 

Gilt, Plated, Silver and Brass. 

Yarn, Cable Yarn. 


2. Resolved, That in lieu of the Duties of Customs | 
| PaddyBird - - - - 


now chargeable on the Articles under-mentioned, 
imported into the United Kingdom, the following 
Duties shall be charged, viz. :— 


Apples, raw (not of British Possessions), | £. a dd, 

the bushel | - - ¢ 

dried - - - - - 9» - l- 

Butter (not of British Possessions) - the ewt.| - 5 - 

Cheese (not of British Possessions) to be charged 

on the landing weight - - - the cewt.| - 2 6 
Cocoa - - - - - - thelb| - - 1 
Husks and Shells- = - - ” - - =} 

Paste and Chocolate - - ie - - 2 

Eggs (not of British Possessions) - the 120| - -— 4 
Nuts, small - - - - the bushel | - 1 - 
Walnuts - - -  - . -l1l- 
Raisins - = - - - «= theewt.| -10 - 





3. Resolved, That in lieu of the Duties of Customs 
now chargeable on the Articles under-mentioned, 
imported into the United Kingdom, the following 
Duties shall be charged, viz. :— 


Ze 4. 
Almonds, Jordan - - - - theewt, - 10 - 
not Jordan, nor bitter = - ~ -10 - 
Paste of - - - - thelb - - 2 
Arrow-root - - - - - theewt. - - 44 
Barley, Pearled = - - - . - - -— 4) 
Baskets; viz., Baskets corresponding with the 
description commonly called Berlin, 
the cubic foot | - - 7 
All others - - 9 - - 2 
Boads, Coral - - - - - thelb| - 1 6 
Arango, Crystal, Jet, and other sorts 
not enumerated or described, thelb.| - - 2 
Brass, manufactures of, not otherwise enu- 
merated - - - - - the lb -10 - 
Brocade, of gold or silver - - - - 56 - 
Bronze, manufactures of, not otherwise enu- 
merated - = - - = theewt.| -10 - 
Candles; viz.:— 
Spermaceti - - - - the ewt. - 24 
Stearine, till the 5th of April 1858 __,, - 3 6 
Tallow - - - - - at | —- 2 4 
Wax - - - - - | - 2 4 


” 





Canes ; viz :— 
Walking Canes or Sticks, mounted, painted 
or otherwise ornamented - the 100 
Umbrella or Parasol Sticks = - ~” 
Capers, including the pickle - - the lb. 
Cards ; viz., Playing Cards, the dozen packs 
Cassava Powder - - - = the cwt. 
Cassia Lignea - - = = the Ib. 


to the uses of Chicory or Coffee; viz. :-— 
Raw or kiln-dried— 
until 10 October 1854, inclusive, the cwt. 
from and after 10 October 1854 - 





Roasted or ground - - - the Ib. | 
China Ware, or Porcelain, painted or plain, gilt | 
or ornamented - - - - the ewt. 

Cinnamon” - - - - - the lb. 


Clocks ; viz. -— 
Clocks not exceeding the value of 54. each, 
the dozen 
exceeding the value of 5s., and not ex- 
ceeding the value of 128. 6d. each, 
the dozen 
exceeding the value of 12s. 6d., and 
not exceeding the value of 37. each, 
each 
exceeding the value of 3/., and not 
exceeding the value of 107. each, 


each 
exceeding the value of 10/7. each __,, 
Cloves - - ~ - - - the Ib. 
Coculus Indicus’- - - - the ewt. 
Coffee, roasted or ground - - the lb. 
Comfits, dry, until 5th July 1854, ——- 
the lb. 


from and after 5th July 1854 ,, 
Confectionery, until 5th July 1854, inclusive, 
the lb. 
from and after 5th July 1854 ,, 
Copper, manufactures of, not otherwise enume- 
rated or described, and Copper-plates, en- 


graved - - - the cwt. 
Corks, ready made- = - - - the lb. 
squared for rounding - - the cwt. 

Dates - - - . - - the cwt. 
Dice - - = = = «= the pair 
Earthenware, not otherwise enumerated or de- 
scribed - - - - - the ewt. 


Feathers, dressed ; viz. :-— 
Ostrich - - - - - the Ib. 


” 
not otherwise enumerated or described, 


the lb. 


cant spaces - - - a ue 
Wholly or in part made of Silk, 





| 


the cubic foot 
Fruit, raw, not otherwise enumerated, 
the bushel 


| Ginger, Preserved, until 5th July 1854, inclusive, 


the Ib. 
from and after 5th July 1854, 


Glass; viz. :— 


” 


Chicory, or other vegetable matter, applicable | 








| 


Flowers, Artificial, not made of Silk—per cubic | 
foot as packed, no allowance for va- | 


Any kind of Window Glass, white or | 


stained, of one colour a (except Plate 
or Rolled Glass), and Shades and Cy- 


sive - - - - - the ewt. 
From and after 5th April 1855, until 5th 
April 1357, inclusive -  - the ewt. 


From and after 5th April 1857 - - 
All Flint Cut Glass, Flint Coloured Glass, 
and Fancy Ornamental Glass, of what- 


| Hair Articles, Manufactures of Hair or Goat's 
Wool, or of Hair or Goat’s Wool and any 


not particularly enumerated, or otherwise 
charged with Duty - for every 100/, value 


Hats or Bonnets; riz. :— 
of Bast, Cane or Horsehair 


of Straw - - - - a 
of Felt, Hair, Wool or Beaver, cach 


” 


Machinery, wrought Castings, Tools, Cut- 
lery, and other manufactures of Iron or 
Steel, not enumerated - - the ewt. 

Fancy ornamental articles of Iron, __,, 
Steel, the Lb. 
Jewels, Emeralds and all other Precious Stones, 
set - - - - for every 100/. value 








of Silk or Silk Shag, laid upon Felt, | 
Linen or other material - each | 
Iron and Steel wrought or manufactured ; vriz.— | 


linders, until the 5th April 1855, inclu- | 


ever kind - - - «= the ewt. | 
Grapes - - - = = the bushel | 


other material, wholly or in part made up, | 


ofChip - - - « thelb. | 





&amp;. 


H 
— 
iotio 


&amp; 


10 


m bo be bo ! 


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A. 1853. 


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16 Vicroriz. 


Lead, gneneinotases of, not otherwise enume- 


rated - - «= the ewt. 
Leather ; viz., , Boot Backs - the dozen pairs 
Cut into shapes - the ewt. 


Liquorice Paste (not of British Possessions), 
the ewt. 
Powder (not of British Possessions), 
the cwt. 
Root, until 5th April 1857, inclusive, 
the ewt. 


from and ae oth April 1857 - | 


Maccaroni_- - - 
Mace - - 
Marmalade, until bth J aly 1854, inclusive, ,, 
from and after 5th J uly 1854, ,, 
Medlars -  - - - the bushel 


Musical Instruments; viz. :-— 
Musical Boxes, small, not exceeding 4 inches 


in length - - the air 
Jarge - - - 
overtures, or extra accompa- 
niments - - the air 
Piano Fortes, horizontal grand - each 


upright or square - 
Harmoniums or Seraphines, not exceeding 
three stops - - : each 
Four stops, and not caneating seven 
stops - - each 
Eight stops, and not exceeding eleven 
stops - - each 
Exceeding eleven stops 
Accordions, commonly called Chinese, 
the 100 notes 
Other sorts, including Flutinas, and com- 
mon German square Concertinas, 
the 100 notes 
Concertinas of octagon form, not common 
German - a ee each 
Brass Instruments, all sorts -  thelb. 
Musical Instruments, not otherwise enume- 
rated or described - for every 100/. value 


Mustard Flour - - - ~ the ewt. 
Nutmegs, except those commonly called wild, 
the lb. 
Nux Vomica - - - - - the ewt. 
Oil; viz., Almond - - - - the lb. 


Bays eae ier i ” 

Essential Oil of Cloves 

Onions - - ~ - - 

Pears,raw - - - = = 
dried -  - ~ - 

Percussion Caps - - = - 


” 
the bushel 


” 


= ” 
- the 1,000 


the ewt. | 
the lb. 








Perfumery, not otherwise enumerated, and 
scented or fancy Soap - - = the lb. | 
Pewter, manufactures of, not otherwise enume- | 
rated - - - - - the ewt. 
Pickles, preserved in Vinegar - the gallon 
Pimento - - - - - the ewt. 
Plate of Gold - - the oz. troy 


of Silver, gilt or ungilt - - 

Platting, or other manufactures of Straw, Chip,* 
or other materials to be used in or 
yroper for making or ornamenting 
uits or bonnets, not otherwise enu- 
merated or charged with Duty, 

the Ib. 

Cordonet, single, and twist of straw or 
of other materials - - the Ib. 
Willow squares - - the dozen 


Plums, commonly called French Plums, and | 


Prunellos ~ - - the cwt. 
dried or preserved (except in sugar), 
not otherwise described - the ewt. 
preserved in sugar, until 5th July 1854, 
inclusive - - - the Ib, 
from and after 5th July 1854 ,, 

Pomatum - - - . - 
Potato-flour - - - - - 
Powder; viz., Hair Powder - - 

Perfumed - - 
not otherwise enumerated or r dese ribed, 
that will serve the same purpose as 
starch - - - - the ewt. 
Prints and Drawings, plain or coloured, single, 
the Ib. 


” 
the ewt. 
the lb. 


bound or sewn - 
udmitted under Treaties 
of International Copy- 


right, single, the Ib. 

bound or sew n, “ 
Quassia- - - - - = the ewt. 
Quinces - - = = the bushel 
Rice, not rough nor in the husk - the ewt. 
Rough an@ inthe husk - - the qr. 
Sago - “ “ - - - the cwt. 


Scaleboard - - - = o 
* Platting of Chip is now free of Duty. 


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the ewt. 
Foreign Ships, to be broken up, with their 
Tackle, Apparel and Furniture (except Sails), 


= 


for every 1007. value 
broken up, “ 
Soap, not being scented or fancy ; viz 

Hard - - - 





- - “' ewt. 
Soft - - 2+ = = ™ 
Naples - - - - 
Spa Ware - - = the cubie ‘foot 
Spelter or Zinc, manufactur es of, not otherwise 
enumerated - -  - «= the ewt. 


Spirits, Cordials or Strong Waters, not being 
the produce of any British Possession in Ame- 
rica, nor of any British Possession within the 
limits of the East India Company’s Charter, 
in regard to which the conditions of the Act 
4 Vie. c. 8, have or shall have been fulfilled, 
sweetened or mixed with any article, so that 
the degree of strength cannot be exactly 
ascertained by Sykes’s s Hy drometer ; and Per- 
fumed Spirits, to be used as Perfumery only, 

the gallon 

Starch - - - the ewt. 

Gum of, torrified or wr calcined - 
Suceades, including all Fruits and Vegetables 
reserved in Sugar, until the 5th 
Saly 1854, inclusive - the lb. 
from and after 5th July 1854, 


Tapioca- - - - = = the cwt. 

Tin Foil - - 
Manufactures of, and not oieared ise enume- 
rated - - - - - the ewt. 


Toys; viz., Marbles - - 


all other Toys - the cubie foot 


Turnery, not otherwise described, es 

V arnish, containing any quantity of alcohol or 
spirit - = 3 the gallon 

Vermicelli - - - = = theewt. 

Vinegar - - - ” lion 

Washing-balls - - he Lb. 


Water, “Cologne Water, ” the flask (thirty of 
such flasks containing not more than 


one gallon) = - - each 
when not in flasks (as Perfumed Spirits), 
the gallon 





£. 8. d, 
a 4h 
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- - 8 
ims 
- - 8 
- = 6 
a &amp; « 
A Pa 
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a 
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a 
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ns Sie 
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- =- 4 
~ 2 
ie On 
- = 3 
- - 2 
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i 


4. Resolved, That in lieu of the present ad valorem 
Rates of Duties of Customs charged upon the Im- 
portation into the United Kingdom of the under- 
mentioned Articles as not being enumerated in the 


Tariff, the following Duties of Customs 


charged thereon, viz. :-— 


Biscuit and Bread - - - the ewt. 
Caoutchouc or Indian-rubber, manufactures of, 
the Ib. 

Coral negligées - - - - ” 
Daguerrotype Plates 
Flock for Paper-stainers - - 
Fig Cake - - - - - a 
Gutta Percha, manufactures of, not moulded, 
such as bands, sheets soles, 
tubing - - the ewt. 
Articles moulded - the db. 
Lucifers, of wood, in boxes containing not more 
100 matches - - the gross of boxes 
in boxes containing more than 
100 matches - - the gross of boxes 
Vesta of wax, in boxes not exceeding 


°° 
the cwt. 











1,000 matches - - - the doz. boxes 
in boxes exceeding 
1,000 matches - - the 1,000 matches 
Mandioca Flour’ - - - - the cwt. 
Manna Croup - - 
Mustard, mixed or manufactured, except Flour, 
the ewt. 
Oilcloth for Table-covers . the sq. yd. 
Salacine - - - - - the oz. 
Sauces, not otherwise enumerated - _ the lb. 
Soy - - the gallon 


Stearine, till the sth of April 1858 - the ewt. 
after the 5th of April 1858 - - 
Veneers - - - - - the ewt. 





be 


shall 


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Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
| mittee on the Customs Duties on Spirits Bill, That 
13 , they have Power to make provision therein pursuant 


to the said Resolutions. 


The remaining Orders of the day were severally Remaining 
read, and deferred till after the Notice of Motion oa of the 


relative to the Government of Jndia. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Government 
posed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to of India. 


4A3 





provide 





Customs, &amp;c. 


Acts, 


Succession 
Duty Bill. 


Excise Duties 
on Spirits Bill. 


Customs 
uties on 
Spirits Bill. 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means 


Consolidated 
Fund 

(£. 4,000,000) 
Bill, 


Whittlebury 
Forest Bill. 


Convicted 
Prisoners’ 
Removal and 
Confinement 
Bill. 


Parish 
Vestries. 


Barnstaple 
Writ. 


Assurance 


Associations. 


Adjournment. 


Parish 


Vestries Bill, 


No. 567. 





550 


ecm for the Government of Jndia :—And a De- 
ate arising thereupon ; 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 4° die Junii, 1853: 


Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Mon- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Customs, &amp;c. Acts ; ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Succession Duty Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 
mittee on the Excise Duties on Spirits Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
uext, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Customs Duties on Spirits Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday | 


next, vesolve itself into the said Coenmittes. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to | 


take into consideration the Consolidated Fund 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Whittlebury Forest Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time | 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third | 


reading of the Cunvicted Prisoners’ Removal and 
Confinement Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Acts for the Regulation “of Parish 
Vestries: And that 8 
Sir John Hanmer do prepare, and bring it in, 


Ordered, That the Writ for the Borough of Barn- 
staple be further suspended until Friday the 15th 
day of July next. 


The Order, That Five be the Quorum of the Select 
Commiitee on Assurance Associations, was read, 
aid discharged, 

Ordered, That Three be the Quoru m. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Sir George Brooke Pechell presented a Bill to 
amend the Acts for the Regulation of Parish Ves- 
tries: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Friday next ; 
and to be printed. 





39°__4°__§° Juniz, 


ir George Brooke Pechell and | 








A. 1853. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday Savings 
next, resolve itself into a Committee to consider Banks. 
the Laws relating to Savings Banks, and to the Pur- 
chase of Government Annuities through the medium 
of Savings Banks. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour ‘before One of the 
clock on Sa‘urday morning, adjourned till 
Monday next, 


Luna, 6° die Junii ; 
Anno 16° Victorie Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 

4 mittee on Public Petitions; That they had Petitions 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 3d day hopes . 
of this instant June; and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Serjeant Murphy reported from the Com- Private Bills 
mittee on Group W. of Private Bills; That Mr, (Group W.) 
Lucas, one of the Members of the said Committee, 
was not present during the proceedings of the Com- 
mittee this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lucas do attend the Com- 


mittee To-morrow, at Twelve o'clock. 





Mr. Evans — from the Committee on Group Railway Bills 
Q. of Railway Bills; That Mr. Robert Joseph Phil- (Group Q.) 
limore, one of the selected Members of the said Com- 
mittee, was not present during the sitting of the 
Committee this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Robert Joseph Phillimore be 
discharged from further attendance on the Com- 
| mittee. 
| The Order of the day being read, for the attend- Fisher's 
ance of John Alexander Mainley Pinnic ger this day ; Divorce Bill. 
| Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
| Ordered, That John Alexander Mainiey Pin- 
niger and John Coverdale do attend this House 
| To-morrow. 


The Order for reading the third time the Alston Alston Roads 
| Roads Bill, was read, and discharged. Bill. 

| Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 

| former Committee :—And that they have leave to sit 

and proceed ‘To-morrow. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the Bury Water- 
Committee on the Bury Waterworks Bill might be works Bill. 
| read ; ; and the same being read ; 


| Ordered, 'Yhat the Bill be withdrawn. 


A Motion being made, That the Aberdeen Railway Aberdeen 
Bill be now read the third time ; Railway Bill. 

Mr. Cardwell, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, ‘That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 

‘Then the Bill was read the third time; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





: . ‘ 
| The Leominster Markets and Fairs Bill was read Leominster 
the third time; and an Amendment was made to Markets and 
the Bill Fairs Bill. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 


Title be, An Act for the Establishment or Improve- 
ment and Regulation of Markets and Fairs in the 
Borough of Leominster, and for other purposes re- 
lating to the said Bor ough. 


Ordered, 





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16 Vicroriz. 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


London, ‘ The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway| Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
ae Const Bill was read the third time ; and Amendments were 
Railway Bill. made to the Bill. The House proceeded to take into considera- Saint Helen’s 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. tion the Saint Helen’s Canal and Railway Bill, as Railway Bill 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill | amended in the Committee. 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. | Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Newport, . The Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Rail-| The House proceeded to take into consideration South Eastern 
Am terefor’. Way (Taff Vale) Bill was read the third time. |the South Eastern Railway (Canterbury and Whit- Railway (Can- 
Railway (Taff  fesolved, That the Bill do pass. | stable, &amp;c.) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; and Whitstable, 
Vale) Bill. Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill! Amendments were made to the Bill. &amp;e.) Bill. 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. | Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Peebles ; The Peebles Railway Bill was read the third | ‘The House proceeded to take into consideration the South Eastern 
Railway Bill. time; and Amendments were made to the Bill. South Eastern Railway (North Kent Railway to the Railway _ 
; " : . : 2 (North Kent 
Resolved, Phat the Bill do pass. __| Thames, &amp;c.) Bill, as amended in the Committee. _ Railway to the 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill! Ordered, Vhat the Bill be read the third time. Thames, &amp;c.) 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. Bill. 
ea ; The House proceeded to take into consideration Seuth Eastern 
Rooker’s, Rooker’s Disabilities Removal Bill was read the | the South Eastern Railway (Strood to Maidstone) ney 
Disabilities third ti per _ : (Strood to 
Removal Bill, ‘#ira time. , | Bill, as amended in the Committee. Maidstone) 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments,! Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. _ Bill. 
do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill The House proceeded to take into consideration Warrington 
q ‘ her e ° ¥ yp) and Altrine- 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House the Warrington and Alt incham Railway (Stockport) j.., Railway 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to | Bill, as amended in the Committee. ay (Stockport) 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con-| Ordered, Vhat the Bill be read the third time. om. 
currence of thelr Lovcenips | The House proceeded to take into consideration ion 
¥ ; Mi . : S fas . as Drainage Se- 
Lands in The Order of the day being read, for the third pol ore yt som Page District Bill, as cond District 
provemen readi f tl s -_ lo. 2) | ° a — ‘ , Bill. 
Ne) Bil = ng of the Lands Improvement Company (No. 2) Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
(a 0. 2 ul, ? id ° “ 4 , 
And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now Moore's (Brown’s Trustees) Estate Bill was read Moore's 
read the third time; | a second time; and committed ( Brown’s 
Sir William Molesworth, by Her Majesty’s Com-| ~~ rt - Trustees) 


mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the purport of the Bill, 
gives Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest 


is concerned, that the House may do therein as they | 


shall think fit. 

And Notice being taken that the interest of the 
Prince of Wales, as Duke of Cornwall, is concerned 
therein ; 

Sir Wiliam Molesworth, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the purport of the Bill, 
gives Her Consent, as far as the Prince of Wales’s 
interest is concerned, that the House may do therein 
as they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Chorley The House proceeded to take into consideration 
paprovement the Chorley Improvement Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

Cork and — The House proceeded to take into consideration the 

— Cork and Bandon Railway Bill, as amended in the 

‘ Committee ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

Ta aad The House proceeded to take into consideration 

Railway Bin, the ull and Holderness Railway Bill, as amended 

* in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

yandon and The House proceeded to take into consideration 

pe oa the London and North Western and London and 


ind Blackwall Blackwall Railways Bill, as amended in the Com- 
Nailways Bill, mittee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


+ Ross Ordered, That the New Ross Free Bridge Bill be 
i, 98°) re-committed to the former Committee. 


VoL. 108, 





6° Juniz. 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


551 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Rochester 
the Rochester Bridge Bill, as amended in the Com- Bridge Bill 
mittee. 








Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
| sates of Selection. 
| The Pimlico Improvement Bill was, according to Pimlico 
Order, read a second time ; and committed to a Se- Improvement 
fy Tene Bill. 
lect Committee. 


Estate Bill. 


The Thames Embankment Bill was, according to Thames 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Se- — 
lect Committee. 


Ordered, That tne Examiner of Petitions for Belfast Muni- 
Private Bills have leave to sit and proceed forth- —— 
with, on the Belfast Municipal Boundaries Bill. —— 


Lord Seymour reported from the Committee on Private Bills 
Group Z. of Private Bills; That at the meeting of (Group 2.) 
the Committee this day, a letter was received from 
Captain Gladstone, one of the selected Members of 
the said Committee, stating that he was unable, on 
account of illness, to attend the Committee this day. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Walpole, from the Select Committee appointed Bury Saint 
to try and determine the matter of the Petition of — 
Electors complaining of an undue Election and Re- N on 
turn for the Borough of Bury Saint Edmund, in- 0. 569. 
formed the House, That the Committee had de- 
termined, 

That James Henry Porteus Oakes, Esquire, is 
duly elected a Burgess to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the Borough of Bury Saint Edmund. 

And the said Determination was ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


Sir John Hanmer reported the Limerich and Foynes Limerick 
Railway Bill, with Amendments. and Foynes . 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Bway Bill. 
and be printed. 
Sir John Hanmer reported the Roscrea and Par- Roscrea and 
sonstown Junction Railway Bill, with Amendments. Nec 
Ordered, That tie Report do lie wpon the Table ; Railway Bill. 
and be printed. 


4Aa4 Sir 








West Harptry 
Road Bill. 


Ventilation 
and Lighting 
of the House. 


No. 570. 


Ribble Navi- 
gation Bill. 


South Wales 
Mincral Rail- 
way Bill. 


Education 
(Manchester 
and Salford, 
&amp;c.) 


No. 571. 


Battersea 
Vark Bill. 


Battersea 
Park Bill. 


Monmouth- Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
shire Railway one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills 
aod Canal Bill. ’ 


552 


Sir William Jolliffe reported from the Committee | 
on Group 58. of Private Bills That in the case of 
the West Harptry Road Bill, they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and | 
amended the same, by striking out that part which | 
referred to the arrears of interest, as the Committee | 
extinguished all arrears of interest; and found the | 
same, as amended, to be true; and had gone through | 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. | 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. | 


| 


Sir William Molesworth presented,— Report, pur- | 
suant to Order of 9th May 1853, That the Standing | 
Committee on Ventilation and Lighting of the House | 
do report whether they have been consulted in re- | 
spect of the present Arrangements for Lighting and 
Ventilation, or in respect of any alterations in the 
mode of Lighting and Ventilating the House which 
have been effected since their appointment, and whe- 
ther they have approved of them. 


| 


Ordered, ‘That the Report do lie upon the Table; 


and be printed. 


Sir John Duchworth reported from the Committee 
on Group T. of Private Bills; That in the case of 


the Ribble Navigation Bill, they had examined the | 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, | 


and amended the same, by striking out the words 
“is absolutely” in 1. 30, p. 3, and inserting the 
words “ claims to be” instead thereof, and by making 
other alterations consequent thereon ; and by striking 
out the paragraph which referred to the raising of 


money, and by inserting a recital instead thereof, | 
J? Fa) ’ 


which explained more clearly the capital of the Com- 


pany ; the first alteration was made in order to leave | 


unprejudiced the rights of the various Parties affected 
by the Bill, and the second in order to explain more 
clearly the Capital of the Company ; and found the 


same, as amended, to be true; and had gone through 


the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


6° Sunt. 





A. 1855. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Belfast 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, en 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- poy 
ders in the case of the Be/fast Municipal Boundaries 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 


Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Divett, from the Select Committee appointed Slige Election. 


to try and determine the matter of the Petition of No. 572, 
John Patrick Somers, complaining of an undue Elec- 
tion and Return for the Borough of Sligo, informed 
the House, That the Committee had determined, 

That Charles Towneley, Esquire, is not duly elected 
a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Borough of Sligo. 

That the last Election for the said Borough is a 
‘void Election. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
‘entered in the Journals of this House. 
_ Mr. Divett further informed the House, That the 
| Committee had agreed to the following Resolutions : 

That the said Charles Towneley was, by his Agents, 
guilty of bribery and treating at the last Election 
tor the Borough of Sligo. 
That Jeremiah Joyce O’ Donovan, an Alderman of 
the Borough of Sligo, was bribed by Henry Stonor 
_by the promise of payment of £.103, being a portion 
_ of an outstanding Election account, to forbear giving 
_his vote, which he had promised to Mr. Somers, and in 


‘| consequence absented himself during the Election. 


That it was not proved that the acts of bribery 
and treating were committed with the knowledge 
and consent of the said Charles Towneley. 
That the influence of the Roman Catholic Priests 
| was exercised in a manner inconsistent with their 
‘duty as Ministers of Religion, and destructive of 
| freedom of choice on the part of the voters. 
Ordered, 'Viiat the Report do lie upon the Table. 
| Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Minutes 
before the Committee be laid before this House. — dered. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on | 


the South Wales Mineral Railway Bill; ‘That they 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same, by striking 
out the words “certain Branch Railways,” and in- 
serting instead “a Branch Railway,” the Bill as 
altered only authorizing the construction of one 


Branch; and found the same, as amended, to be | 


true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Education 
(Manchester and Salford, &amp;c.), have Power to report 
the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

Mr. Milner Gibson reported from the said Select 
Committee ; That they had considered the matter to 
them referred ; and directed him to report the Mi- 
nutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 


one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of the Battersea Park Bill, the 


Standing Orders have been complied with. 


Ordered, That the Battersea Park Bill be read a 


second time upon Friday next. 


the Standing Orders have been complied with. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, That they have Power to make 
provision therein, pursuant to the prayer of the said 


Petition. 





That in the case of the Petition for additional pro- 
vision in the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Bill, 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blunt: Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 
The Lords have agreed to the Oldham Corporation Oldham Cor- 
‘and Oldham Gas and Waterworks Bill, without any poration and 


‘Amendment: And also, py nag 


works Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Shipley Gas Bill, Shipley Gas 
without any Amendment: And also, Bill. 

| The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Common 

| for making further Provisions with respect to Com- Lodging- 
ve Lodging-houses ; to which the Lords desire the houses Sil. 
|concurrence of this House : And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Richmond 
for regulating the Depasturing and Management of omg 
certain Pastures in the Parish of Richmond, in the puree ” 
County of York; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House: And also, 

The Lords give leave to the Marquis of North- National 
ampton to attend to be examined as a Witness before Gallery. 
the Select Committee appointed by this House in the 
present Session of Parliament, to inquire into the 
management of the National Gallery; also, to con- 
sider in what mode the collective Monuments of An- 
tiquity and Kine Art possessed by the Nation may 
be most securely preserved, judiciously augmented, 
and advantageously exhibited to the Public (his Lord- 
ship in his place consenting), as desired by this 
House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


The Common Lodging-houses Bill was read the Common 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time Lodsing- 


; : ; Bill. 
upon Wednesday next; and to be printed. "ae po 


The Richmond (Yorkshire) Burgage Pastures Bill om 


was read the first time. Yorkshire) 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- tyres Bill 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills, 





Ordered, 


Burgage Pas 





— 


As 


Ter 
Cor 
(Ire 

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Spirits 
(England and 
Scotland. ) 


Workhouse 
Farm Accounts 
(Ireland. ) 


Workhouse 
Manufacture 
Account 
(Ireland. ) 


Accidents in 
Coal Mines 
(1835, 1849 
and 1852.) 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Aggravated 
Assaults Bill, 


Tenants’ 
ompensation 
(Ireland) Bill. 


No. 574. 


16 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Total Number of Gallons of Spirits 
distilled and charged with Duty in England and 
Scot/and severally, in each year from 1800 to 1852, | 
both inclusive ; the Total Amount of Duty received | 
in each year, and the Rate of Duty per Gallon, dis- | 
tinguishing the Number of Gallons charged with | 
Duty for Consumption:—Accounts, for the same | 
Period, of the Number of Detections in each year, | 


6° Juniz. 


5538 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 18th day of April last, for 
Copies of certain Orders and Ordinances made the 
27th day of May, in the 27th year of Elizabeth, 
by the Right honourable Sir Weliiam Cecill, High 


and of the Number of Persons prosecuted (speci- | Steward of the City of Westminster, and Doctor 
fying the Number convicted) for Offences in Eng- | Goodman, Dean of Saint Peter’s, with the Assent 
land and Scotland severally, against the Laws for|of Thomas Fowler, John Fisher and other Bur- 


the Suppression of' Illicit Distillation :—And, for the | 


same Period, of the Number of Persons confined | made and provided for the good government of 


in each year in the several Gaols in England and 
Scotland severally, either charged with on convicted | 
of any Offence against the Laws for the Suppression 
of Illicit Distillation. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return from each Union in Ireland, showing the, 
extent of Land under Crops or Garden Cultivation, | 
the Number of Persons employed on the Farm, dis- 
tinguishing the Number under Fifteen years of age 
and the Number above Fifteen; the Rent by the 
English Acre, the Expenses incurred, distinguishing, 
1st. the Value of Stock on hand at the commence- | 
ment of the year; 2d. the Amount of Rent and 
Rates paid; 3d. the Amount expended for Seeds ; 
4th. for Implements ; 5th. for Live Stock purchased, 
and Total :—Also, showing the Money Value of the | 
Produce, distinguishing, 1st. the Price of Articles of 
Food consumed in the Workhouse ; 2d. the Amount 
received from the Sale of Surplus Crop ; 3d. from | 
Live or Dead Stock; 4th. the Value of Stock on | 
hand at the end of the year, and Total; and show- 
ing the Profit or Loss, for the year ending the 29th 
day of September 1852. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return from each Union in Jre/and of the Expenses 
incurred in Manufactures and Trades ; showing the | 
Value of Stock in hand at the commencement of the | 
year, the Amount expended, 1st. in Tools, and 2d. | 
in Raw Material and other necessary Articles, and | 
Total; and the Produce, distinguishing the Cost of | 
the made-up Clothing used in the Workhouse, the | 


gesses and their Assistants, according to the Statutes 


the City or Borough of Westminster :—Of any 
subsequent Rules made by the High Steward, Dean 
and Court of Burgesses for the good government 
of Westminster :—List of Persons now filling the 
Offices of High Steward, High Bailiff or any other 
Officer in the Civil Government of Westminster ; 
setting forth by whom such Persons were appointed, 
and under what Statutes; and an Account of the 
Sum or Sums which each of such Persons has paid 
for his Appointment :—And, Account of the Sources 
and Amount of Fees or Revenue derived by each 
and every Officer so appointed, and the Duties per- 
formed ; of all Fees or Revenues derived by the 
Court of Burgesses, with the Sources from which 
such Fees or Revenues were derived; and of the 


Appointment and Disbursement of such Fees or 


Revenues ; distinguishing the Fines inflicted through 
the Annoyance Jury for each of the last Twenty 
years; and, of the Appropriation or Disbursement 
of such Fines. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
10th day of May last, for a Return of the Number 
of Persons employed in Her Majesty’s Dockyards 
and Gun Wharts, and other Civil Establishments of 
the Admiralty and Ordnance, who are entitled to 
vote at the Elections of Members to serve in Parlia- 


‘ment for each of the following Boroughs :—Green- 


wich, Chatham, Rochester, Harwich, Sandwich, 
Portsmouth, Plymouth, Devonport and Pembroke. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Steam 


Court of 
Burgesses 
(Westminster. ) 


Dockyards, 
&amp;ea 


Steam Vessel 


Amount received from Sale of Work or Manufactured | Vessel “ Pharos,” &amp;c., which was presented upon “ Pharos,” &amp;c. 


Articles, and the Price of the Stock in hand at the | 
end of the year, and Total; stating the Number of | 
Persons employed, distinguishing those under Fifteen 

years of age from those above Fifteen, and showing 

the Profit or Loss, for the year ending the 29th day 

of September 1852. 


Ordered, That the Reports of the Select Com- 
mittees of Sessions 1835, 1849 and 1852, on Acci- 
dents in Coal Mines, and the Reports of Sir Henry 


the 30th day of May last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the River 
Tyne, which was presented upon the 3d day of this 
instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Ecclesias- 
tical Commission, which was presented upon the 3d 
day of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 


No. 575. 
River Tyne. 
No, 568. 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission. 


No. 576. 


Rated Occu- 


De La Beche, Professor Phillips, and Mr. Black- | t Rated Occupiers (Jre/and), which was presented Pi¢?s (Ireland.) 


well, be referred to the Select Committee on Acci- 
dents in Coal Mines. 


Ordered, That Mr. Brand have leave of absence 
for a fortnight, on account of the death of a near 
relation ;—and, Colonel Pennant a fortnight, on ur- 
gent business. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Aggra- 
vated Assaults Bill; and the same were twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fitzroy do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Mr. Thomas Greene reported from the Select 
Committee on the Tenants’ Compensation (Jreland) 
Bill; That they had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

VoL. 108. 





[upon the 3d day of this instant June, be printed. 


No. 577. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by Wine and 


‘the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 10th day of February last, for Accounts 
of the Number of Gallons of Foreign Wine im- 
ported, of the Quantities upon which Duty has 
been paid for Home Consumption, and the Quan- 
tities exported; also, the Quantities retained for 
Home Consumption, after deducting the Amount 
exported subsequently to the Payment of Duty, for 
the year ended the 5th day of January 1853, dis- 
| tinguishing Cape, l'rench, Portugal, Spanish, Madeira, 
' Rhenish, Canary, Fayal, Sicilian, and other Sorts; 
| together with the Quantities of each Sort remaining 
in Bond, on the 5th day of January 1853, distin- 
guishing London from the Country :—And, of the 
'Number of Proof Gallons of Rum, distinguishing 
| West India, East India and Foreign, also of Brandy, 





| Geneva and other Foreign, Colonial or Jersey Spirits 
| imported ; of the Quantities upon which Duty has 
been 


4B 


Spirits. 








Tobaceo, &amp;c. 


Coals, Cinders 
and Culm. 


Vessels, 
Tonnage, &amp;c. 


Coal-laden 
Vessels. 


Public 
Petitions. 


— 


554 


been paid for Home Consumption, the Quantities | 
exported, and the Quantities shipped as Stores, 
and used by the Navy, for the year ended the 5th 
day of January 1853 ; together with the Quantities 
of each Sort remaining in Bond on the 5th day of 
January 1853, distinguishing Zondon from the 
Country (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 427, of Session 1852). 

Return to an Order, dated the 15th day of April 
last, for Returns of the Number of Pounds-weight of 
Leaf Tobacco, Unmanufactured Tobacco, Cigars and 
Snuff paid Duty upon, quarterly, in the years 1850 
and 1851, up to the 5th day of January 1853 ; also 
the Gross Amount of Duty received thereon, distin- 
guishing England, Scotland and Ireland, and the 
respective Ports of Importation therein, and the To- 
tals of each quarter of the year :—Of the Quantity 
of Foreign Manufactured Tobacco and Snuff im- 
ported into the United Kingdom in each of the three 
years 1850, 1851 and 1852; stating the Quantity 
exported from the Bonded Warehouses as Merchan- 
dize to the British Colonies, and to what Colonies ; 
also the Quantity exported as Ships’ Stores in each 
of those three years:—And, of the Quantity of 
British Manufactured Tobacco and Snuff exported as 
Merchandize, under Drawback, to the British Colo- 
nies, in each of the three years 1850, 1851 and 1852; 
and of the Quantity exported as Ships’ Stores, in 
each of those three years (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 323, of Session 1859). 

Return to an Order, dated the 28th day of April last, 
for Accounts of the Quantities of Coals, Cinders and 
Culm shipped at the several Ports of England, Scot- 
land and Ireland, Coastways, to other Ports of the 
United Kingdom, in the year 1852; distinguishing 
the Quantity shipped at each of the said Ports, as 
compared with the year 1851 :—Of the Quantities 
and Declared Value of Coals, Cinders and Culm ex- 
ported from the several Ports of England, Scotland 
and Jreland, to Foreign Countries and the British 
Settlements Abroad, in the year 1852; distinguish- 
ing the Countries to which the same were sent, and 
comparing the same with the year 1850; also, dis- 
tinguishing the Ports of the United Kingdom from 
which the same were shipped :—Of the Quantities of 
Coals, Cinders and Culm exported from the United 
Kingdom in the year 1852, with the Rate and 
Amount of Duty thereon :—And, of the Quantities | 
of Coals brought Coastways and by Inland Naviga- | 
tion into the Port of London during the year 1852, | 
comparing the same with the Quantities brought | 
during the year 1851. 

Return to an Order, dated the 13th day of May 
last, for Returns of the Number and Tonnage of 
British Vessels (exclusive of Fishing Boats) em- 
ployed in the Trade of the United Kingdom, in the 
year ending the 31st day of December 1852, and 
the Number of their Crews (including Masters’ 
Mates, and distinguishing the Apprentices), with the 
Number of Foreigners comprised therein; distin- | 
ruishing Sailing Vessels from Steam Vessels, and | 
distinguishing the Foreign from the Home Trade :— | 
And, of the Number of Apprentices bound to Owners | 
or Masters of Ships under the Provisions of the Act 
7&amp;8 Vic. c. 112, existing on the 31st day of De- 
cember 1848. 

Return to an Order, dated the 30th day of May | 
last, for Copy of a Memorial to the Board of Cus- | 
toms from Mr. Hugh Taylor, senior, and certain | 
other Colliery Proprietors in the Counties of North- 
umberland and Durham, dated April 1853, praying 
for a Return to the System of “ Fitters’ Certificates,” | 
which was amended by the Act 12 &amp; 13 Vie. c. 90; | 
and also for further Alterations in the existing Cus- 





6° Juniz. 


A. 1858, 


and Grants of Administration Bill;—Recovery of Vide Fifty. 


; a ee fa th 
Personal Liberty Bill ;—Universities (Scotland) ; oa 


University of Saint Andrew's ;—Bombay and Suez 
Mails ;—Advertisements ;—Articles of Clerkship ;— 
County Rates and Expenditure Bill ;—Excise Duties 
on Spirits Bill; — Paper, Newspaper Stamps and 
Advertisements ;~-Property and Income Tax (1853) ; 
—Arrestment of Wages ;— Bankruptcy (Scotland) 
Bill ;—Combination of Workmen Bill ;--Copyholds ; 
— Education ;--Extra-mural Interments ;--Guardians 
of the Poor Elections ;— Trish National School 
Books ;—London and Edinburgh Gazettes Bill ;— 
Medical Profession ;--Merchant Shipping Bill ;— 
and, Vaccination Extension Bill,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to Intoxicating Liquors,—were 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Public-houses, &amp;ce. 

Petitions relating to the Registration of Assu- 
rances Bill,—were also presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 

A Petition relating to the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) 
Bill, was also presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on the Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Taceme Tax 
Bill. 


reading of the Income Tax Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Bill be now read the third time ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for thefMr. Hayter, 1 189 

Yeas, Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J . 

Tellers for the (Sir Arthur Brooke, . «= 

Noes, Sir William Verner : a 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 

A Clause was offered to’ be added to the Bill 
(That nothing in this Act contained shall be held to 
make any larger sum than Threepence-halfpenny in 
the pound payable upon any income whatever under 
‘Two hundred pounds a year; or any larger sum 
than Fivepence-farthing in the pound upon any in- 
come under Three hundred pounds a year). 

And the said Clause was brought up, and read 
the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a se- 
cond time ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the [Sir FitzRoy Kelly, 7) 31 

Yeas, Mr. Spooner : a 

Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, haa 


Noes, (Mr. Grenville Berheley : 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (That every person shall be entitled to a deduc- 
tion or return of 5 per centum from the amount of 
any tax payable or paid, by virtue of this Act, upon 
any income whatever not exceeding Four ee ser 
pounds a year, in respect of each and every child of 
such person born in wedlock, and unmarried, and 
under Twenty-one years of age, when such tax 
accrues due):—And the said Clause was brought 
up, and read the first time. 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 


being put, That the said Clause be now read a se- 
cond time :—It passed in the Negative. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (In charging the Duty under Schedule (A.) of 
this Act, in respect of lands, tenements, heredita- 


toms Regulations with reference to the clearing of | ments and heritages, in Scotland, an allowance or 


Coal-laden Vessels. 


Petitions relating to Church of England ;—Crystal 


deduction shall be made for the Amount of all paro- 
| chial and county rates, taxes and assessments, which 
_by law or custom are paid by the owner thereof) : 


Palace (Sydenham) ;—Ecclesiastical Courts ;—Jew-|—And the said Clause was brought up, and read 
ish Disabilities ;— Marriage ;— Probates of Wills | the first time. 


And 


Oo 


w= IO 


opr 


Government 
of India, 


Customs, &amp;c. 
Acts. 


Excise Duties 
on Spirits Bill. 


Customs 
Duties on 
Spirits Bill. 


Consolidated 
Fund 
(£.4,000,000) 
Bill. 


Savin es 
Banks. 


Savings 
Banks. 


16 Vicroriz. 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a se- 
cond time ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the {Sir Archibald Campbell, 

Yeas, Mr. Cumming Bruce : 

Tellers for the &gt; Mr. Hayter, 

Noes, Mr. Grenville Berkeley : 

So it passed in the Negative. 

A Clause (Giving relief to Burghs in Scotland on 


tolls called Customs, levied and expended for public | 


purposes), was thrice read; and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (Allowance for poor-rates charge- 
able on the landlord’s rent in Ireland), was thrice 
read ; and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (In computing income from rent 
in Lreland, poor’s-rates to be deducted), was thrice 
read; and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (Deduction to be made on the 
net payment, after allowing for poor-rate in Jreland), 
was thrice read; and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (That no action of ejectment for 
non-payment of rent in Jreland shall be defeated on 
the ground that the person liable to pay such rent is 
entitled, under provisions of this Act, or any Act in- 
corporated therewith, to a deduction which would 
reduce the amount due by him under a year’s rent), 
was thrice read; and added to the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon 
the 3d day of this instant June, That leave be given 
to bring in a Bill to provide for the Goverument of 
India ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 7° die Junii, 1853: 


Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Thursday next. 


6°—7° Juni. 





555 


to give the guarantee of the Government to the De- 
positors for the repayment of the sums legally depo- 
sited in such Savings Banks. 

2. Resolved, That it is expedient to consolidate Savings Banks 
and amend the Laws, and to grant additional faci- A°™™4*s. 
lities in relation to the purchase of Government 
Annuities, through the medium of Savings Banks, 
and to make other provisions in respect thereof. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to 
several Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Bouverie also reported, That the Committee 
had made Progress in the matter to them referred ; 
and that he was direcied to move, That the Com- 
mittee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Commitiee. 

A Motion being made, That it be an Instruction 
to the Committee to authorize the charging on the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
| Britain and Ireland, of any deficiency which may 
|arise in the monies belonging to apedem in 
| Savings Banks in the hands of the Commissioners 

for the Reduction of the National Debt ; 
| Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
| jesty’s Command, acquainted the House, That Her 
| Majesty, having been informed of the subject-matter 
of this Motion, recommends it to the consideration 
of the House. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee to authorize the charging on the Consoli- 
dated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland, of any deficiency which may arise 
in the monies belonging to Depositors in Savings 
| Banks in the hands of the Commissioners for the 
| Reduction of the National Debt. 
| 
| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
| mittee of Supply s 
| Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
| next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


| 

| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 

| mittee of Ways and Means; Means, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 

‘next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 


mittee on the Customs, &amp;c. Acts ; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Excise Duties on Spirits Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Customs Duties on Spirits Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Consolidated Fund Bill was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to apply the Sum of Four Millions 
out of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the 
year One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-three. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bouverie do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


into a Committee on Savings Banks. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That it is expedient to amend the 
Laws relating to Savings Banks, and in certain cases 
VoL, 108. 





The Order of the day being read, for the second Succession 
reading of the Succession Duty Bill ; Duty Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 
The Order of the day being 
reading of the Education Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 27th day of this instant June. 


read, for the second Baweation 
lil. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Public-houses 
| mittee on the Public-houses (Scotland) Bill ; (Scotland) 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


| 

| The House, according to Order, resolved itself Bankruptcy 

into a Committee on the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill ; (Scotland) 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- ™ - 

sumed the Chair; and Mr, Bouverie reported, That No. 578, 

| the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

| Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

| Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 


| mittee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 
| 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Bail in Error 

mittee on the Bail in Error Bill; Bil 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

| 4B2 The 











Copyholds 
Bill. 


Convicted 
Prisoners’ 
Removal and 
Confinement 
Bill. 


Tynemouth 
Writ. 


Adjournment. 


Committees. 


Bideford 
Extension 


Railway Bill 


Leeds, Brad- 


ford and Hali- 


fox Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Pablic 
Petitions 


(Fifty-seventh 


Report. ) 


Alston Roads 


Bill. 


Fisher's 
Divorce Bill. 


556 6°— 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Copyholds Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 


7°—8° Junie. 





A. 1853. 


made, That the Eastern Counties Eastern Coun- 


A Motion bein 
Railway (North Woolwich, 
the third time ; 

Mr. Strutt, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 


&amp;c.) Bill be now read ties Railwa 
) (North Worle 


wich, &amp;c.) Bill, 





reading of the Convicted Prisoners’ Removal and | sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
| 


Confinement Bill; 


that the House may do therein as they shall think 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time | fit. 


upon Friday next. 


| Then the Bill was read the third time. 
A Clause (After the expiration of five years from 


Ordered, That no new Writ do issue for the Bo-| the passing of this Act, no dividend on ordinary 


rough of Tynemouth before Monday the 20th day | 


of this instant June. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
One of the clock on Tuesday morning, ad- 
journed till this day. 


Martis, 7° die Junii ; 
Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 
HE House met; and being counted by Mr. 
Speaker, it appeared that Forty Members were 
not present; yet it being Four of the clock, Mr. 
Speaker took the Chair, and again counted the 
ames and Forty Members not being present :— 
The House was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without 
a Question first put, till To-morrow. 


Mercurii, 8° die Junii ; 
Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 
O# DERED, That all Committees have leave 


to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Beckett reported the Bideford Extension Rail- 
way Bill, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Baillie reported from the Committee on | 


Group MM. of Railway Bills; That in the case 


of the Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Rail- | 


way Bill, they had examined the allegations contained 
in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, 
by striking out so much thereof as related to certain 


Pow : -_ x — : ‘ 
proposed arrangements between the Company and | (Power to sell, &amp;c.) Bill, as amended in the Com- 
‘orkshire | mittee. 


the Great Northern and Lancashire and 
Railway Companies, that portion of the Bill having 
been withdrawn by the promoters; and found ‘the 
same, as amended, to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 6th day of this instant 
June; and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Sir William Jolliffe reported the Alston Roads 
(re-committed) Bill, with further Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the attend- 
ance of John Alexander Mainley Pinniger and John 
Coverdale ; 

Ordered, That the said John Alexander Mainley 
Pinniger and John Coverdale do attend this House 
To-morrow. 





shares in the capital of the Company to be payable 
‘unless and until the Railway is opened for traffic), 
was thrice read; and added to the Bill. 
Another Clause (Saving rights of the Corporation 
of London), was thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
| Ordered, That Mr, Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the East Zondon Waterworks Bill East London 
be read the third time To-morrow. Waterworks 
A Motion being made, That the Great Western Great Western 
Railway (Henley) Bill be now read the third time; Railway 
Mr. Strut, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- (Henley) Bill. 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty's interest is concerned, 
_ the House may do therein as they shall think 
be 
Then the Bill was read the third time ; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Electric 
the Electric Telegraph Company Bill, as amended in Telegraph 
the Committee. , Company Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Limerick, 

the Limerick, Ennis and Killaloe Junction Railway Ennis and Kil- 

| Bill, as amended in the Committee. tne Dene 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. ‘ 





P ; ; : 
The House proceeded to take into consideration Limerick, 


the Limerich, Ennis and Killaloe Junction Railway Ennis and 
Killaloe Junc- 

tion Railway 

(Power to sell, 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. &amp;c.) Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration London and 
the London and North Western Railway (Crewe to North Western 
Shrewsbury) Bill, as amended in the Committee. we 
A Clause (No land belonging to Walpole E raion 
s é ging pole Lyre to Shrewsbury) 
be taken by the Company, except that herein speci- Bill. 
fied), was twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (The Company to widen two 
bridges crossing the Railway abutting on the lands 
of Mr. Eyre), was twice read; and made part of 
the Bill. 

Another Clause (If Mr. Eyre’s land not purchased 
and works commenced in one year, powers to cease), 
was twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Works on the lands of Mr. 

Eyre and fence walls to be completed within nine 
months of commencing same; arbitration in case 
- ee was twice read; and made part of the 

ill. 

Another Clause {No building to be erected on Mr. 
Eyre’s lands, except sheds for the Company’s ser- 
vants; arbitration in case of dispute), was twice 
read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 








The 








London and 
North Western 
Railway 
(Stourbridge, 
&amp;ec.) Bill. 


Whitehaven 
and Furness 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Wildmore Fen 
and East and 
West Feus 
Highways Bill. 


Barnsley 
Waterworks 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Copper Miners 
in England 
Company Bill. 


Manchester 
and Bury 
Road Bill. 


Oxford, Wor- 
cester and 
Wolverhamp- 
ton Railway 
(Extension of 
Time, &amp;e.) 
Bill. 


Whitechapel 
Improvement 
Bill, 


Wimbledoa 
and Croydon 
Railway Bill. 


Pelham 
Clinton’s 
Estate Bill. 


Pimlico 


Improvement 
Bill. 


Thames 
Embankment 
Bill, 


16 Victoriz. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 






8° Juni. 557 


Ordered, That Mr. George Cavendish be dis- Private Bills 


the London and North Western Railway (Stour- | charged from further attendance on the Committee (G?UP 5-) 


bridge, &amp;c.) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway Bill, 
as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


A Motion being made, That the Wi/dmore Fen 
and East and West Fens Highways Bill be now 
read the third time ; 

Mr. Strutt, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 


sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, | 


that the House may do therein as they shall think 
fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House Frat to take into consideration 
the Barnsley Waterworks (No. 2) Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Copper Miners in England Company Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Manchester and Bury Road Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway 
(Extension of Time, &amp;c.) Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Whitechapel Improvement Bill, 
as amended in the Committee, be referred to the 
Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, to inquire 


whether the Amendments involve any infraction of 


the Standing Orders of this House. 
Ordered, That the Examiner have leave to sit and 
proceed forthwith. 


Ordered, That the Wimbledon and Croydon Rail- 
way Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken 
into consideration ‘To-morrow. 


Pelham Clinton’s Estate Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Select Committee on the Pimlico Improve- 
ment Bill was nominated of Sir William Molesworth, 
Sir John Shelley, Mr. Hayter, Sir De Lacy Evans, 
Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Hume, and five Mem- 
bers to be added by the Committee of Selection. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Select Committee on the Thames Embank- 
ment Bill was nominated of Sir William Molesworth, 
Lord Robert Grosvenor, Mr. Hayter, Mr. William 
Williams, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Fox, and 
five Members to be added by the Committee of Se- 
lection. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 

VoL. 108. 


on Group 8. of Private Bills. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- Committee of 
mittee of Selection to appoint another Member to Selection. 


serve on the Committee on Group 8. of Private 
Bills. 


The Lord Advocate reported from the Select Com- Sheriff Courts 
mittee on the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill, to whom (Scotland) 
several Petitions were referred; That they hadgone™'" __ 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. No, 579. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Assessed and 


| 
| Returns of the Amount of the Defalcation of Mr. Mmeome Taxes 


. (Newington 
Casey, Collector of Assessed and Income Taxes, in Fee ' 


respect of which a Re-assessment was made on the 
Parish of Newington, Surrey, in the year 1850 :—Of 
the Amount recovered of his Sureties in respect of 
such Defalcation :—Of the Amount levied and col- 
lected in the Parish of Newington to meet such De- 
falcations, and how the Surplus has been applied :— 
| Of the Amount collected under the Re-assessment 
of 1852 to meet Mr. Stone’s Defalcations, which 
Re-assessment was abandoned when a part had been 
collected :—Of the Amount of the second Re-as- 
sessment made in 1853, being the one now in Col- 
| lection :—And, of the separate Amounts charged 
upon the pg and Income Taxes, the Assessed 
‘Taxes, and the Inhabited House Duty. 


| 


Mr. Ker Seymer, from the Select Committee ap- Peterborough 
| pointed to try and determine the matter of the Peti- Election. 
| tion of William Richardson and others, complaining No. 580. 
| of an undue Election and Return for the City of 
| Peterborough, informed the House, That the Com- 
| mittee had determined, 
| That George Hammond Whalley, Esquire, is not 
| duly elected a Citizen to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the City of Peterborough. 
| That the last Election for the said City is a void 
' Election. 
And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
| entered in the Journals of this House. 
| Mr. Ker Seymer further informed the House, That 
| the Committee had agreed to the following Resolu- 
tions : 
| That George Hammond Whalley, Esquire, was 
| guilty of treating at the last Election. 
That it was proved to the Committee, that John 
| Rawson Edwards was bribed with the payment of 
| £.5 by some person unknown, but it was not proved 
that such bribery was committed with the knowledge 
or consent of the sitting Member. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Minutes 
before the Committee be laid before this House. _— ordered. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Dockyards, Dockyards, 
&amp;e., which was presented upon the 6th day of this © F 
instant June, be printed. No, 581. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Wine and Wine and 
Spirits, which was presented upon the 6th day of Spirits. , 
this instant Junc, be printed. No. 582. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Tobacco, &amp;c., Tobacco, &amp;c. 
which was presented upon the 6th day of this in- No. 583. 
stant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Coals, Coals, Cinders 
Cinders and Culm, which was presented upon the and — 
6th day of this instant June, be printed. No. 584. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Vessels, Vessels, 
Tonnage, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 6th T°"#s* Se. 
day of this instant June, be printed. No. 585. 

43B3 Mr. 


























































RDG HteY PR ey or te IK Aa sec ne 








Factories. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Fifty- 


eighth Report. 


Courts of 
Common Law 
(Ireland) Bill. 


558 


8° Juniz. 








A, 1853. 





Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty's Com- | plaintiff shall not be entitled to a verdict unless he 


mand,—Copies of Reports of the Inspectors of Fac- | shall prove that the act was done or committed in 
tories to Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State | the said county in which the venue shall be so laid 
‘as aforesaid). 


for the Home Department, for the half-year ending 
30th April 1853. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the | 
Table. | 


Petitions relating to the University of London ;— | 
Maynooth College Act ;—Recovery of Personal Li- 
berty Bill; —Advertisements and Newspaper Stamps ; 
—Articles of Clerkship ;—Attorneys’ Certificates ;— 
Corks ;—Paper, Newspaper Stamps and Advertise- 
ments ;—Property and Income Tax (1853) ;—Edu- 
cation Bill; —Medical Charities (Zreland);—Medical 
Profession ; — and, Metropolitan Commission of 
Sewers Acts,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to Intoxicating Liquors, was 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Public-houses, &amp;c. 

Petitions relating to the Registration of Assu- 
rances Bill,—were also presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Courts of Common Law 
(Lreland) Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- | 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Ciauses, N° 1 to N° 6, agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 7, amended, and agreed to. 

N° 8 and N° 9, agreed to. 
N° 10 and N° 11, amended, and agreed 


CLAUSES, 
CLAUSES, 
to. 
Cuavuses, N° 12 to N° 20, agreed to. 
Ciause, N° 21, amended, and agreed to. 
Criauses, N° 22 to N° 31, agreed to. 
N° 32, amended, and agreed to. 
N° 33, agreed to. 
N° 34, amended, and agreed to. 
N° 35, agreed to. 


CLAUSE, | 
CLAUSE, 
CLAUSE, 
CLAUSE, 


Cravuses, N° 36 and N° 37, amended, and agreed 
| 


to 


Crause, Ne 38 (Affidavit to verify by plaintiff). 
Amendment proposed in p. 13, |. 27: To leave 
out the word “ Affidavit,” in order to insert the 
words “a Declaration.” 

Question proposed, That the word “ Affidavit” 
stand part of the Clause. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 39 to N° 53, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Criause, N° 54 (No pleading after defence). 

Amendment proposed in p. 17, |. 23: To leave 
out the words “ unless by the special leave of.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out, stand part of the Clause. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause postponed. 

Ciavses, N° 55 to N° 62, agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 63 (In any action for any trespass, 
battery, or false imprisonment, or other wrong, 
brought against any sheriff, justice of the peace, 
mayor or bailiff of any city or corporation, head- 
borough, portreeve, constable, overseer or guardian 
of the poor, collector of taxes, churchwarden, or 
other officer executing his office, or his deputy, or 
any other person who in his aid or assistance, or by 
his commandment, for or concerning any matter or 
thing done by virtue of his office, the venue shall 
be laid within the county where the act shall be 


done or committed, and not elsewhere, and the. 





reading of the Sale, &amp;c. of Lands (Ireland) Bill; 


mittee on the County Rates and Expenditure Bill ; 


Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
stand part of the Bill; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Whiteside, 1 
Yeas, UMr. Napier : J 

Tellers for the (The Earl of Mulgrave, 7 
Noes, Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J} 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


31. 


70. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 29th day of this instant June, again resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


th 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Taxing Officer, 
consideration the Taxing Officer, Common Law Common Law 


Business (Jreland) Bill, as amended in the Com- (ireland) Bill. 
mittee ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Sale, &amp;c. of 
Lands (Ire- 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time #84 Bill. 
upon Wednesday the 22d day of this instant June. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Expenses of 


into a Committee on the Expenses of Elections Elections Bill, 


Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. No. 586. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 
6th day of July next. 


a ia ee Bh eo 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- County Rates 
and Expen- 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve “ture Bill. 


itself into the said Committee. 


The Glanders Prevention Bill was, according to Glanders Pre- 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a vention Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesdey 


| the 22d day of this instant June. 


The Common Lodging-houses Bill was, according Common 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a —. 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. “"S°* *"™ 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


read, for the Com- Ways and 

Means. 
will, upon Friday 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House 
next, resolve itself into the said 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Municipal 
mittee on the Municipal Corporations Act Amend- Corporations 
ment Bill ; — 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- ” 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on Savings 
Savings Banks, several Resolutions; which were Banks. 
read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That it is expedient to amend the Savings 
Laws relating to Savings Banks, and in certain Banks. 
cases to give the guarantee of the Government Mo 
the 








Savings Banks 
Annuities. 


Savings 
Banks. 


East and West 


India Docks 
and Birming- 
ham Junction 
Railway 

(No. 2) Bill. 


16 Vicroriz. 8° Junie. 559 


the Depositors for the repayment of the sums legally, That the object of the Bill was to relieve the 
deposited in such Savings Banks. Company from their present difficulties by carrying 

2. Resolved, That it is expedient to consolidate into effect an arrangement believed to be equitable 
and amend the Laws, and to grant additional facili- | and generally beneficial to the parties interested, 
ties in relation to the purchase of Government An- and for that object provision had been made in the 
nuities, through the medium of Savings Banks, and | Bill which appeared to the Committee to be proper 
to make other provisions in respect thereof. and necessary by making a reduction in the interest 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, on existing mortgages, and by a permanent reduc- 
were agreed to. tion in the dividend on preference shares in the 

Ordered, That Bills be brought in upon the said Company, and by enabling the Company to meet 
Resolutions: And that Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Chan- | their other obligations by the creation and issuing 
cellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Wilson do prepare, to the creditors of the Company for land ferries and 
and bring them in. other debts, in full satisfaction of their claims, de- 

bentures and other like securities, having a fixed 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself rate of interest for a limited number of years. 
into a Committee on Savings Banks. That the present capital of the Company consisted 

(in the Conmnitien,) of the sum of £.2,500,260, with power to borrow 
, on mortgage the sum of £.833,420; and that, 

Resolved, That it is expedient to authorize the | in the exercise of the power of borrowing so con- 
charging on the Consolidated Fund of the United | ferred, the whole of the said sum of £. 833,42¢, with 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of any|a trifling exception, had been borrowed and re- 
deficiency which may arise in the Monies belonging | mained due by the Company. 
to Depositors in Savings Banks in the hands of the; That it was further proved to the satisfaction of 
Commissioners for the Reduction of the National | the Committee that, in the present circumstances 
Debt. of the Company, it was impossible to raise money 

Resolution to be reported. _ by the exercise of the power of making calls, or by 

i the further creation of ordinary or preference capital ; 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- and that the proposal to make satisfaction of their 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to debts by the issue of the said debentures and secu- 
a Resolution. _rities was the only available means for enabling the 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. Company to meet their engagements. 

Mr. Bouverie also reported, That the Committee That they have, therefore, inserted in the Bill 
had made Progress in the matter to them referred ; provision enabling the Company to issue to the 
and that he was directed to move, That the Com- creditors, in full satisfaction of their claims against 
mittee may have leave to sit again. the Company, debentures and other like securities 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again to an amount not exceeding in the whole £. 965,213. 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 12s. 2d., the interest on which is postponed to the 

\interest on the money authorized to be raised by 

Mr. Marshall reported from the Committee on | mortgage under the existing Acts of the Company. 
Group QQ. of Railway Bills; That in the case of _ That it was further proved to the satisfaction of 
the East and West India Docks and Birmingham | the Committee, that a very large portion of the 
Junction Railway (No. 2) Bill, they had examined | creditors of the Company were willing and anxious 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the | to accept of such debentures or securities, and the 
Bill, and amended the same, by more fully de- Committee believe that the proposal is calculated to 
scribing the proposed new works ; and also by strik- | prevent great loss to the parties interested, and to 
ing out that part of the Preamble which referred to | avoid serious inconvenience to the public, and are 
the siding communicating with the Cattle-market, it of opinion that in this case the provisions of the 
not having been proved to the satisfaction of the | 121st Standing Order ought not to be enforced. 
Committee that the proposed plan for such siding| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
was calculated to carry out the object intended in , and be printed. 
the best manner for the supply of the market and 


the requirements of the public ; and by reciting that | Mr. Strutt reported from the Committee on Group Edinburgh, 


there are no preference shares existine in the Com- AA. of Railway Bills; That in the case of the Edin- Perth and 
5 q Dundee Rail- 


pany, and that it was expedient to change the name | Surgh, Perth and Dundee Railway Bill, they ha 
of the Company, in order to make the Clauses ¢Xxamined the allegations contained in the Preamble 


’ contained in the Bill consistent with the Preamble ; of the Bill, and amended the same, by leaving out 


Edinburgh, 
Perth and 
Dundee Rail- 
way Bill. 


Edinburgh, 
Perth and 
Dundee Rail- 
way Bill 
(Special Re- 
port. ) 


and found the same, as amended, to be true ; and 80 much thereof as related to the raising of addi- 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments tional capital and to the extinction of certain prefer- 
thereunto. _ ence capital, which allegations had become unneces- 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; ary in ccnsequence of the Amendments proposed in 
and be printed. | the Bill, and by introducing a recital defining the 
amount of certain liabilities; and found the same, 
Ordered, That the Committee on Group AA. of as amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Railway Bills have leave to make a Special Report, Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
so far as relates to the Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee, Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
Railway Bill. and be printed. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Committee on Group 


Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Railway Bill, a pro- That in the case of the Whitechapel Improvement 
vision had been inserted authorizing the Company Bill, the Amendments made by the Committee on 
to issue debentures and other like securities in satis- the said Bill do not involve any infraction of the 
faction of debts due by the Company to an extent Standing Orders. 

in excess of the limit prescribed by the 121st Stand- 
ing Order of the House :— 


mittee that the Company were indebted in a very way Bill for giving validity to certain agreements with 
large amount to various creditors, and that the free the several classes of mortgagees and simple contract 
revenue of the Company was inadequate to meet creditors of the Company, or with far the greater 
the several claims against them. number of persons in those several classes for the 

VoL, 108. | 4B4 liquidation 


way Bill. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from whitechapel 
AA. of Railway Bills; That in the case of the one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; Improvement 


Bill. 


( ; A Petition of the Chard Railway Company, pray- Chara Rail- 
That it was proved to the satisfaction of the Com- ing that provision may be made in the Chard Rail- way Bill. 






















































































SA ocahiiemustaitmabees he te Geeta Sate ae 


een, a 


AARON I Pec NORRIA I MN a 


oe Samy BSN 





Decimal 
Coinage. 


Sligo Election. 


Durham 
Elcction. 


Fisher’s 
Divorce Bill, 


Birmingham 
and Oxtord 
Junction, 
Birmingham, 
Wolverhamp- 
ton and 
Dudley and 


Great Western 


Railways Bill, 


Oxford, Wor- 
cester and 
Wolverhamp- 
ton Railway 
(Wolverhainp- 





560 


8°—9° Junie. 





A. 1853. 





liquidation of the debts due to them respectively, or | the allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, ton Station, 
for the reduction of the interest payable on such and amended the same, by altering the paragraph re- *¢-) Bill. 


mortgages, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to request that their Lordships will give leave to 


lating to the management of the Joint Station, which 

| the Committee struck out of the Bill ; and found the 

| same, as amended, to be true ; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


Vilgount Leinster to attend to be examined as a | and be printed. 


Witfiess before the Select Committee appointed by 
this House to take into consideration and report to 
this House, the practicability and advantages or 
otherwise that would arise from adopting a Decimal 
System of Coinage: And that Mr. William Brown 
do carry the said Message. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,— Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before the Select Committee on the Sligo 
Election Petition. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Jovis, 9° die Junii ; 
Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 
RDERED, That the Select Committee on the 
Durham Election Petition have leave to sit this 
day till Six of the clock, during the sitting of the 
House. 


The Order of the day being read, for the attendance 
of John Alexander Mainley Pinniger and John Co- 
verdale ; 

The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Petition of the said John Alexander Mainley 
Pinniger, which was presented upon the 3d day of 
this instant June, in relation to the service of the 
Copy of the Bill and the Orders in the case of Iish- 
er’s Divorce Bill. 

And the House being informed, that Messrs. Pin- 
niger and Coverdale attended at the door, they were 
severally called in ; and, at the Bar, examined in rela- 
tion to the contents of the said Petiticn :—And then 
they withdrew. 

Ordered, That the service of a Copy of the said 
Bill, Order of Commitment, and a Notice of the in- 
tended application for the suspension of the Standing 


Orders, on the said John Coverdale, be deemed good 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the 
| Burton-upon-Trent Improvement (No. 2) Bill; That 
| they had examined the allegations contained in the 
| Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by in- 
| serting the words “ and that Police regulations should 
|“ be established in the town,” such words being con- 
| sidered necessary to make the same consistent with 

the provisions of the Bill ; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true ; and had gone through the Bill, 
_and made Amendments thereunto. 
| Ordered, ‘That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Ordered, That the Report from the Select Com- 
mittee in Session 1844, on Saint Margaret’s Church, 
Westminster, be referred to the Committee on the 
Westminster Improvements Bill. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Westminster 
Improvements Bill have Power to report their Ob- 
servations thereupon. 


The Rochester Bridge Bill was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The South Eastern Railway (Canterbury and Whit- 
stable, &amp;c.) Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for dissolving the Canterbury and 
Whitstable Railway Company, and for vesting in the 
South Eastern Railway Company the Undertaking 
| of the South Eastern and Continental Steam Packet 
_Company, and for other purposes, and of which the 
short Title is “The South Eastern Railway (Canter- 
bury and Whitstable and Steam Packets) Act, 1853.” 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





° . , | 4 2 ra M4 mc PT, on hd 
service ; and that personal service thereof on Mary | to the Thames, &amp;c.) Bill was read the third time. 


Matilda Fisher be dispensed with. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Title 


be, An Act for reviving the Powers of the South 


Burton upon- 
Trent Im- 
provement 


(No. 2) Bill. 


Saint Mar- 

garet’s Church, 
estminster 

(1844.) 


Westminster 
Improvements 
Bill. 


Rochester 
Bridge Bill. 


South Eastern 
Railway (Can- 
terbury and 
Whitstable, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


| The South Eastern Railway (North Kent Railway South Eastern 
| Railway 
(North Kent 
Railway to the 
Thames, &amp;c.) 


Sir Francis Baring reported from the Committee Eastern Railway Company, for taking Lands and Bill. 


on Group JJ. of Railway Bills; That in the case of 


Buildings for the purpose of enlarging their London 


Qwiaesd 


eo te 


the Birmingham and Oxford Jurction, Birmingham, | Bridge Station on the North side thereof, and for 
Wolverhampton and Dudley and Great Western extending for a further period such Powers, and for 
Railways Bill, they had examined the allegations | other purposes. ’ 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended | Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
the same, by striking out so much thereof as related | to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

to the stopping up and discontinuing of the street in 
Birmingham called Brittle-street, and so much there- 
of as related to the laying down of the broad gauge 


A Motion being made, That the South Eastern South Eastern 
Railway (Strood to Maidstone) Bill be now read the nae 
third time ; (Strood to 


upon, and the power to the Great Western Railway “ahd ; ic i Maidstone) 
Company to use a portion of the South Staffordshire Mr. Cardwell, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- Bill. 
Railway, and also so much thereof as related to the | quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
guarantee by the Great Western Railway Company | inlormed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
of dividends on portions of the stock of the Shrews- | Sent, as far as Her Majesty’s Interest is concerned, 
bury and Birmingham, Shrewsbury and Chester, and | that the House may do therein as they shall think 
Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway Companies ; and | fit 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had a ; 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments there- | /veso!ver/, ‘That the Bill do pass. é 
unto. Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


and be printed. | 


Then the Bill was read the third time. 


The Witham Drainage Second District Bill was Witham 
Sir Francis Baring reported from the Committee | read the third time. Drainage +A 
on Group JJ. of Railway Bills; That in the case of; Resolved, That the Bill do pass. — — 
the Oxford, Worcester and Welverhampton Railway| Ordered, ‘That Mr. Brotherton do earry the Bill — 

( Wolverhampton Station, &amp;c.) Bill, they had examined to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

| The 








East London 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Wimbledon 
and Croydon 
Railway Bill. 


Baroda and 
Central India 
Railway 

8 Company Bill. 


Manchester 
and Salford 
Education Bill. 


. Upper India 
Railway Bill. 


Clare Election. 
No. 587. 





16 Vicroriz. 9° Juniz. 561 


The Order of the day being read, for the third| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
reading of the East London Waterworks Bill ; | Ordered, That the Minutes of the Sutiewse taken Minutes 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now | before the Committee be laid before this House. ordered. 
read the third time ; 

Mr. Cardwell, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac-| The Order, That the Report on the Carlisle Canal Carlisle Canal 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been | and Port Curlisle Railway Bill do lie upon the Table, —. il 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- | was read, and discharged. way Bill. 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned,; Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 


that the House may do therein as they shall think | former Committee :—And that they have leave to sit 


fit. ; and proceed To-morrow. 
Then the Bill was read the third time ; and Amend- | ‘ j 
ments were made to the Bill. | Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Clare Writ. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the _to the Clerk of the Crown in Jreland, to make out 
Title be, An Act for enabling the East London Water- 2 New Writ for the electing of two Knights of the 
works Company to improve their Supply of Water, | Shire to serve in this present Parliament for the 


and for other purposes. | County of Clare, in the room of Sir John Forster 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill | /#/=gerald and Cornelius O’ Brien, Esquire, whose 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. | Elections have been determined to be void. 

| 

The House, according to Order, proceeded to take | A Message from the Lords, by Sir George Rose : Message from 
into consideration the Wimbledon and Croydon Rail- |, Mr. Speaker, a ae basannaions 
way Bill, as amended in the Committee. | T he Lords have agreed to the Severn Navigation Severn Navi- 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. _Bill, without any Amendment : And also, ote Oe 


| The Lords have agreed to the Madras Railway Madras Rail- 
The Order of the day being read, for the second , Company Bill, without any Amendment: And also, bf Company 


reading of the Baroda and Central India Railway The Lords have agreed to the Leeds Gas (No. 2) Leeds Gas 
Company Bill ; ; . | Bill, without any Amendment: And also, (No. 2) Bill. 
, Ordered, that the Bill be read a second time upon | ‘The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Sidney Sussex 
Thursday the 23d day of this instant June. | by this House to the Siduey Sussex College Estate College Estate 
’ ; ’ | Bill, without any Amendment: And also, = 
The Order of the day being read, for the second | ‘!he Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Rooker’s 
reading of the Manchester and Salford Education py this House to Rooker’s Disabilities Removal Bill, Disabilities 
Bill; : ; : without any Amendment: And also, Removal i. 
Ordered, Vhat the Bill be read a second time upon _ The Lords have agreed to the Rossendale Water- Rossendale 
Tuesday the 28th day of this instant June. works Bill, with an Amendment; to which Amend- Waterworks 


: |ment the Lords desire the concurrence of this  ~ 
The Order of the day being read, for the second | F{oyse: And also, 


reading of the Upper Jndia Kailway Bill; | | The Lords have agreed to the Australian Agri- Australian 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon | eyjtural Company Bill, with Amendments ; to which Agricultural 
Thursday the 30th day of this instant June. | Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of van 


, ; ; ‘this House: And also, 
Mr. Miles, from the Select Committee appointed to| The Lords have agreed to the Great Northern Great North- 
try and determine the matter of the Petition com-| Railway (No. 1) Bill, with an Amendment; to ¢™ Railway 


plaining of an undue Election and Return for the | which Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence (Se 1) oe. 
County of Clare, informed the House, That the Com- | of this House: And also, 


mittee had determined, _.. | The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Evidence 
That Sir John Forster Fitzgerald and Cornelius | to amend an Act of the fourteenth and fifteenth Amendment 


O’ Brien, Esquire, are not duly elected Knights of | Victoria, chapter ninety-nine ; to which the Lords = 
the Shire to serve in this present Parliament for the | desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 


County of Clare. ae : _ | The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Cotham’s 
That the last Election for the County of Clare is | to authorize the granting for building purposes of 2state Bill. 
a void Election. ee | Demises for long terms of years of the ‘lrust Estate 
And the said Determinations were ordered to be | of the late William Penketh Cotham, Esquire, and 
entered in the Journals of this House. | to authorize the granting of Mining Leases, and for 


Mr. Miles further informed the House, That the | other purposes ; to which the Lords desire the con- 
Committee had agreed to the following Resolutions: | currence of this House: And also, 

That a system of intimidation was organized at The Lords request, That this House will be pleased Tynemouth 
the late Election for the County of Clare, which re- | to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of Report Eection. 
sulted in a riot at Sia-mile Bridge, deterring voters | from the Select Committee appointed by this House, 
from exercising their franchise. in the present Session of Parliament, to try and deter- 

That it appears to the Committee, that a mob, pro- | mine the matter of the Petition complaining of an 
fessing to be supporters of the Petitioner, created a| undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
riot in Kilrush, but that it has not been proved be-| Tynemouth, together with the Minutes of Evidence 
fore the Committee that any Elector was prevented | taken before the said Committee, and the Proceed- 
thereby from exercising his franchise. ings of the Committee :—And then the Messenger 

That from the Evidence produced before the Com- | withdrew. 


mittee, it appears that at the time when the riottook! Resolved, That a Printed Copy of the said Re- 
oe at Six-mile Bridge, the Reverend John Burke, | port be communicated to the Lords, as desired by 
oman Catholic Priest, excited the people, and took | their Lordships. 
part himself in the riot. | And the a was again called in, and Mr. 
That the Reverend Michael Clune, Roman Catholic | Speaker acquainted him therewith; and a Printed 
Priest, excited the people to take part in the riot. _ Copy of the said Report was delivered to him, to be 
That there does not appear to have been any communicated to the Lords:—And then he again 
general undue interference on the part of the Roman | withdrew. 
Catholic Clergy at the late Election for the County | 
of Clare. | Cotham’s Estate Bill was read the first time. Cotham’s 
That it appears to the Committee, that Sir John Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- '*t*' Bill 
Forster Fitzgerald and Cornelius O’ Brien, Esquire, | miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 
did not in any way encourage or were cognizant of | Ordered, That the Examiner have leave to sit and 
the riotous proceedings. | proceed forthwith. 
VoL. 108. 4c Mr. 








Darlington 
and Barnard 
Castle Rail- 
way Bill. 


York, New- 
castle and 


Berwick, York 


and North 
Midland and 
Leeds North- 
ern Railway 
Companies 
(Amalgama- 


tion, Ke.) Bill. 


Manchester, 
Sheffield and 
Lincolushire 
Railway 
(Barnsley) 
Bill. 


Police. 


Assessed 
Taxes 
( London. ) 


Election 
Expenses 
( Scotland.) 


Sheriffs, &amp;c. 
(Scotland. ) 





562 


Mr. Baillie reported from the Committee on 
Group MM. of Railway Bills; That im the case of 
the Darlington and Barnard Castle Railway Bill, 
they had examined the allegations contained in the | 
Preamble of the Bill, but the same had not been | 
proved to their satisfaction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 





Mr. Baillie reported from the Committee on 
Group MM. of Railway Bills; That in the case of 
the York, Newcastle and Berwick, York and North 
Midland and Leeds Northern Railway Companies 
(Amalgamation, &amp;c.) Bill, they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, for the purpose of confining 
the allegations to the proposed re-issue by the York 
and North Midland Railway Company of the Hull 
and Selby Purchase, &amp;c. Shares, and to such matters 
as affected that object; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Baillie reported the Manchester, Sheffield and 
Lincolnshire Railway (Barnsley) Bill, with Amend- 
ments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Police 
have Power to report the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before them from time to time. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Twenty highest (in Amount) Contracts 
of Composition for Assessed Taxes under the Act 
13 &amp; 14 Vic. c. 96, within the London District; 
distinguishing whether such Contracts are renewed 
Contracts or Original, and the Number of Servants, 
Four-wheel Carriages, Two-wheel Carriages, Horses, 
Dogs, Hair-powder and Armorial Bearings, com- 
pounded for in each Contract, under each Schedule 
set forth in the Contract of Composition ; and stating 
the Amount of Duty which each Party so com- 
pounding will have to pay for the Number of Ser- 
vants, Carriages, Herses, Dogs, Hair-powder and 
Armorial Bearings, under the new Duties proposed 
by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, assuming that 
the Number of taxable Subjects kept and liable to 
Assessment is the same as mentioned in the Con- 
tracts of Composition. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Keturn of the Details or particular Items 
of Expenses charged by the Sheriffs at the late 
General Election for each of the Burghs of Scotland ; 
stating the Names and Designations of the several 
Persons to whom any such Payments were made, 
and the Services performed by such Persons for the 
said Payments (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 311, of Session 1853.) 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, ‘V\at there be laid before this House, a 


Return of the manner in which the Sum of £. 50,870, | 


voted in the Estimates for 1852, “as required to 
settle the Accounts of the several Sheriffs and Stew- 
ards of Scotland, from the 1st day of April 1852 
to the 31st day of March 1853,” was expended, 
stating the Names and Designations of the several 
Persons to whom any such Payments were made, 
and the Special Services performed by such Persons 
for these Presets :—Similar Return of the Expen- 
diture of £. 13,440, voted in 1852; “as required to 


9° Junie. 





A. 1853. 


make up Deficiency for Sheriffs’ Accounts for two 
years to May 1849 :”—Similar Return of the Sum 
of £.2,500, voted in 1852, for Miscellaneous Dis- 
bursements on account of Public Business, under 
the Authority of the Lord Advocate :—Accounts of 
the manner in which £. 30,000, voted in 1852, to 
defray Expenses of Criminal Prosecutions in Sheriffs’ 


Courts, was expended, stating the Amount paid for 


each of the Counties of Scotland :—Of all Sums of 
Money received by the Crown Agent for Scotland 
during the past year over and besides the Salary of 
£.1,400, voted in the said Estimates of 1852 :— 
And, of the Distribution of £. 11,130 for Salaries of 
Procurators Fiscal in the same year, stating the 
Name and Place of Residence, and the Amount of 
Salary and Fees paid, for each of the Counties of 
Scotland. 





Ordered, ‘That there be laid before this House, Public Works 
Returns (by Counties) of all Loans made for Public (Ireland. ) 


Works upon Grand Jury Presentments, from the 
ist day of April 1847 to the Ist day of March 1852, 
under the Provisions of the Act 9 &amp; 10 Vic. ec. 85, 
upon the Recommendation of the Commissioners of 
Public Works in /reland :— And, of all Sums applied 
for at the last Spring Assizes by Grand Juries, and 
the Reports of the Commissioners of Public Works 
to the Lords of the Treasury recommending or con- 


demning the same. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Deed Stamps. 


Return of the Number of all Deed Stamps sold by 
the Stamp Office in the year 1852, distinguishing 
those under £.3 from those above that Sum. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Superior 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously please 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of all the Fees received by the 
several Officers of the Superior Courts of Common 
Law from the 1st day of November 1852 to the Ist 
day of May 1853, and of the several Payments 
made thereout, distinguishing the Sums paid for 
Salaries and Office Expenses from those paid for 
Pensions and Compensations. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


d Courts of 
Common Law, 


Mr. Bramston, from the Select Committee ap- Durham 
pointed to try and determine the matter of the Peti- Election. 


tion of Richard William Garth and Thomas Henry 
Boyd, complaining of an undue Election and Return 
for the City of Durham, informed the House, That 
the Committee had determined, 

That Lord Ado/phus Vane is not duly elected a 
Citizen to serve in this present Parliament for the 
City of Durham. 

That the last Election for the said City is a void 
Election. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Mr. Bramston further informed the House, That 
the Committee had agreed to the following Resolu- 
tions : 

That Lord Adolphus Vane was, by his agents, 
guilty of bribery at the last Election. 

That it was proved to the Committee, That John 
Nicholson Atkinson was bribed by the payment of 
£.5; but that it was not proved that such bribery 
was committed with the knowledge or consent of 
the Sitting Member. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


No. 588. 


The following Paper, pursuant to Order, was laid Peterborough 


upon the Table by the Clerk of the House,—Mi- 
nutes of the Evidence taken before the Select Com- 
mittee on the Peterborough Election Petition. 

The following Papers were also laid upon the 
|Table by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an 
Order, 


Election. 
No. 589. 


Lead and Lead 


re. 


Maynooth 
College. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Calicoes, &amp;c. 


Loan Fund 
Board of 
Ireland. 


Lunatics, &amp;c. 


(Scotland. ) 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Fifty- 
eighth Report. 








16 Vicroriz. 9° Juniz. 563 


Order, dated the 29th day of November last, for a| Petitions relating to Indian Territories ;—and, Salt 

Return of Imports and Exports of Lead and Lead | (India),—were also presented, and read; and re- 

Ore (in continuation of former Returns). ferred to the Select Committee on Jndian Terri- 
Return to an Order, dated the 29th day of April | tories. 

last, for a detailed Account of the Expenditure of 


£. 2,189. 19s. 11d. stated in Parliamentary Paper} The Order of the day being read, for resuming Government 


213, of Session 1851, to be then unexpended of the the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed of India. 
Sum of £.30,000, granted in the year 1843 for upon the 3d day of this instant June, That leave be 
putting Maynooth College into repair :—Account of | siven to bring in a Bill to provide for the Govern- 

the several Sums granted since the year 1850, for | ent of India: 

the Repairs and Maintenance of Maynooth College:| And the Question being again proposed :—The 
—And, detailed Account of the Expenditure of the | -{ouse resumed the said adjourned oem 

said Grants (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper,| And the Question being put :—It was resolved in 

No. 213, of Session 1851.) ‘the Affirmative: And that Sir Charles Wood, Lord 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken | Jo,» Russell and Sir James Graham do prepare, 
before the Select Committee on the Peterborough | ang bring it in. 


Election Petition be printed. 





1 | The House, according to Order, resolved itself Customs, &amp;c. 
Ordered, That Mr. Deedes have leave of absence |; +, 2 Commitiee on the Custom, he. Acts. ete. 


for two months, on account of ill health. : 
(In the Committee.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 1. Motion made, and Question proposed, That in Customs. 


Returns of the Quantity and Value of Calicoes, | . . : ’ 
Masline and Cotten Goal ond Cotten Yam, n-| lieu of the Duties of Customs now chargeable on the 


—secerheta . Articles under-mentioned, imported into the United 
ported from the Territories of the East India Com- | ‘ingd om, the following Detles chet ‘he charged, 


pany in the year 1833, and in each succeeding Pow 


. © wz. — 
stating the Countries to which exported, and the i lead 
Quantity and Value to each, as far as possible :— | Oranges and Lemons - - ~- the bushel| — - 8 


Of the Quantity and Value of Calicoes, Muslins, | Wh Moti ~ : 
Cotton Goods and Cotton Yarns of all Kinds im-| ereupon Motion made, and Question, That, in 


, - f hat C on te a ‘lieu of the Duties of Customs now chargeable on the 
ported into Jndia, and from what Countries, in the | Articles under-mentioned, imported into the United 
year 1833, and in each subsequent year, stating the Kinodom, the following Duties shall be charoed 
Rates of Duty imposed severally on the Import of ole ~ alg 5 charged, 
these Articles :—Of the Quantity and Value of Cali- | ~"" | fea a 
coes, Muslins and Cotton Goods of all Kinds, and | Orangesand Lemons - - ~- the bushel | - - 6 
Cotton Yarn, imported from the Possessions of the | __—put, and negatived. 

East India Company into the United Kingdom in | 


; : ; Original Question put, and agreed to. 
the year 1833, and in each succeeding year, stating ginal Ques iliee S 


the Rates of Duty imposed severally on these Goods: | Question, That 
—And, of the Quantity and Value of Calicoes,, | a.2 2 
Muslins and Cotton Goods of all Kinds, and of} C™™™ts - - - - = theewt, | -10 - 


Cotton Yarn and Twist, exported from the United stand part of the proposed Resolution——~ put, and 
Kingdom in the year 1833, and in each subsequent | Begatived. 

year, stating the Countries to which exported, and| 9. Resolved, That, in lieu of the Duties of Customs 
the Quantity and Value to each Country, as far as | now chargeable on the Articles under-mentioned, im- 
possible. ‘ported into the United Kingdom, the following 


| Duties shall be charged, viz. :— 
Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- | ECE 





: . Books, being of editions printed in or since the oe &amp; 
mand,—Copy of Fifteenth Annual Report of the | ” year 1901, bound or unbound, the ewt. 110 - 
Commissioners of the Loan Fund Board of Jreland, | admitted under Treaties of International 
pursuant to the Act 6 &amp; 7 Vice. c. 91. Copyright, or if of and from a British 

Mr. Fitzroy also presented,—Return to an Ad- | wn — an Ps: Ph ie ile 
P - . 28, . - - - she - - 2 
iress to Her Majesty, dated the 18th day of March dried, until 5th July 1854, inclusive, 
last, for a Return of the Number of Lunatic, Fatuous, | Sek wn &amp; 
Insane or Impotent Persons confined in each Parish ditto, from and after 5th July 1854, 
in Scotland, stating the Places where confined, and a oe the lb} - - Ih 
the Cost paid for the Support of the same. ne Eee ee 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the Gloves, of Cotton or Thread, me 

able. the dozen pairs| - - 38 
—_ Stockings, of Cotton or Thread - - - 6 

Petitions relating to Parliamentary Voters (Jre- | Socke or Sarna agg on = 
land) Act ;—University of London ;—Crystal Palace | Articles or Manufactures of Cotton, wholly 
( Sydenham) ;— Marriage ;— Maynooth College Act ; | or in part made up, not otherwise 
—Recovery of Personal Liberty Bill ;—Attorneys’ | charged Hs Duty, forevery 100/.value | 5 - - 
Certificates ; — Extra-parochial Property ; — Malt — a cn gn hein 
an«| Hops ;-—P ropert and Income Tax (1853) ;— imitation i. and articles thereof, ? 

Spirits (Scotland) ;—Army ; —Combination of Work- | the Ib. |} - 10 - 
men Bill ;—Copies of Specifications Repeal Bill ;— | Cotton net, figured with the needle, being 

Early Closing ;— Education Bill ;— London and Edin- imitation lace, and articles enaee Ib ‘ 
burgh Gazettes Bill ;—Medical Charities (/reland) ; Curtains, commonly called Swiss Ran aie y ia ” 
— Medical Profession ; — Oaths ;— Ocean Penny dered on muslinornet - - thelb.| — 1 - 
Postage ;— Public Health Act ;—and, Public-houses All other embroidery not enumerated, 

(Scotland) Bill,—were presented, and read ; and or- fend fren Briti zs pone. Aveta value | 10 - - 
dered to lie upon the Table. Lace aa ‘Articles thereof, — " tei 

Petitions relating to the Registration of Assu- Mohair, or Worsted - - - thelb.| - 1 6 
rances Bill,—were also presented, and read; and Thread or Cotton Pillow Lace (not being 
referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. Brussels or Saxon Bone Lace), not ex- 

Petitions relating to Intoxicating Liquors,—were esp terme heme el cusitehen .Fagllons 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Select Dresses Sesen Bee re peer 
Committee on Public-houses, &amp;c. ing oneinch in width - - thelb.| 2 - - 

VoL. 108. 4c2 Lace 











564 


Lace and Articles thereof, viz. :— 
Silk Lace, Pillow and Application, not 
being Saxon Wire Ground Lace, the Ib. 
Silk Saxon Wire Ground Lace - . 
Made by the hand, not otherwise charged 
with Duty - for every 100/, value 


Linen, or Linen and Cotton Manufactures, viz. : 
Cambric Handkerchiefs, hemmed or hem- 
stitched, not trimmed - the dozen 

Stays - - - - the dozen pairs 

Articles, manufactures of Linen, or of 
Linen mixed with Cotton or with Wool, 
wolly or in part made up, not particu- 
larly enumerated, or otherwise charged 
with Duty - for every 1007. value 

Mill-boards - - - the Ib. 
Paper, viz.:— 

Brown Paper made of old rope or cordage 
only, without separating or extracting 
the pitch or tar therefrom, and without 
any mixture of other materials there- 
with - - - - - thelb. 

Printed, painted or stained Paper, or Paper- 
hangings, or Flock Paper - the sq. yd. 

Waste Paper, or Paper of any other sort, 
not particularly enumerated or described, 
not otherwise charged with Duty, the lb. 

Pasteboard - -— - - se 


Silk Manufactures, being— 
Velvet, the produce of Europe, plain or 
figured :— 
Broad Stuffs - - the lb. 
the foundation of which is 
wholly composed of Cotton, 
or other materials than Silk, 
the Ib. 
Ribbons of Velvet, or Silk em- 
bossed with Velvet, the lb. 
the foundation of which is 
wholly composed of Cotton, 
or other materials than Silk, 
the Ib. 
Manufactures of Silk, or of Silk mixed 
with any other materials, the produce of 
Europe, called Plush = - - the lb. 
lack Plush, commonly used for 
making Hats - ~- _ thelb. 
Parasols and Umbrellas - - each 
Damask of Silk and Wool, or other mate- 
rials for Furniture - the lb. 
China - - - the running yard 


Corahs, Choppahs, Bandannas and Tussore 
Cloths, viz. :— 

in pieces not exceeding 5} yards in 

length = - - the piece 

exceeding 5} and not ex- 

ceeding 64 yards, the piece 


rl 


exceeding 6} and not ex- | 


ceeding 7} yards, the piece 
exceeding 7} and not ex- 
ceeding 8} yards, the piece 
exceeding 8} and not ex- 
ceeding 93 yards, the piece 
and for every additional yard in length, 
the yard 

China Crape Shawls, plain and damask, 
the Ib. 

Embroidered — - - - eo 

Pongees, in pieces not exceeding 15 yards 
in length - - = =the piece 
exceeding 15 yards, and not exceeding 
21 yards in length - — = the piece 





9°—10° Juniz. 








exceeding 21 yards, and not exceeding | 


31 yards in length - - the piece 
Handkerchiefs, plain and figured, in 
pieces not exceeding 9 yards in 
length - - - - the piece 
exceeding 9 yards, and not ex- 
ceeding 18 yards in length, 
the piece 
Watches, of Gold, Silver or any other metal, ex- 


ceeding the value of 107. each . each 
Other Watches, viz. :— 
Gold, open faces - - - each 
Hunters - - - on 
Repeaters - - 


” 
Silver, or any other metal, not Gold— 


Open faces - - each 
Hunters - - - * 
Repeaters - - ” 


Woollens, Articles or manufactures of Wool 
(not being Goat's Wool), or of Wool 
mixed with Cotton, viz. :— 

Carpets and Rugs - - the square yard 


Shawls, Scarfs and Handkerchiefs, pale, 
e Ib. | 


and not printed - - a t 
printed - ° . in 





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Woollens, Articles or manufactures of Wool 
(not being Goat's Wool), or of Wool 
mixed with Cotton, viz. :— 

Gloves the dozen pairs 
Articles or manufactures of Wool (not 
being Goat’s Wool), or of Wool mixed 
with Cotton, wholly or in part made up, 

not otherwise charged with Duty, 
for every 100/, value 





A. 1853. 


d. 


£. &amp; 


3. Resolved, That in lieu of the present ad valorem 
Rates of Duties of Customs charged upon the Im- 
portation into the United Kingdom of the under- 
mentioned Articles as not being enumerated in the 
Tariff, the following Duties of Customs shall be 


charged thereon, viz. :— 
Paper, gilt, stained, coloured, embossed, and all 
fancy kinds, not being Paper-hangings, 
; the lb. 
Resolutions to be reported. 








£. 8. d. 
2 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to se- 


veral Resolutions. 


Ordered, ‘\hat the Report be received To-morrow. 
Mr. Bouverie also reported, That the Committee 
had made Progress in the matter to them referred ; 
and that he was directed to move, That the Com- 


mittee may have leave to sit again. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 


resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Excise Duties 
into a Committee on the Excise Duties on Spirits Spirits Bill, 


Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 


graph. 
m an postponed. 


Cravuse, N° 1 (Grant of additional Duties of Ex- 


cise on Spirits in Scotland and Ireland). 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, ‘To-morrow, again 


resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Customs 


mittee on the Customs Duties on Spirits Bill ; 
Resolved, 'That this House will, To-morrow, re- 


solve itself into the said Committee. 


Duties on 
Spirits Bill, 


And the House having continued to sit till after 


Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 10° die Junii, 1853: 


The House, according 


to Order, resolved itself Bankruptcy 


into a Committee on the Bankruptey (Scotland) Bill ; (Scotland) 
, ° ‘ ? Bill. 

and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 

sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That 


Thursday next. 


tion Bill ; 


the said Committee. 


mittee of Supply ; 


itself into the said Committee. 








the Committee had gone through the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Copies of | 
reading of the Copies of Specifications Repeal Bill ; my 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Places of Reli- 
mittee on the Places of Religious Worship Registra- 


gious Worship 
Registration 
Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
the 23d day of this instant June, resolve itself into 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 


Resolved, ‘Vhat this House will, this day, resolve 


The 








i- 





Bail in Error 
Bill. 


Copyholds 
Bill. 


Taxing Officer, 
Common Law 
Business 
(Ireland) Bill. 


County Rates 
and Expen- 
diture Bill. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Savings 
Banks. 


Savings 
Banks, 


Lighthouse 
(Guernsey.) 


Spitalfields to 
Shoreditch 
Improvement. 


Accidents in 
Coal Mines, 


Public-houses 
ic, 


Public Works 
Loan 


16 Vicroriz. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 
mittee on the Bail in Error Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday | 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Copyholds Bill was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Solicitor General do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





The Order of the day being read, for taking into | 
consideration the Taxing Officer, Common Law | 
Business (Zreland) Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration | 
this day. | 

| 

The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 
mittee on the County Rates and Expenditure Bill; | 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Municipal Corporations Act Amend- 
ment Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upcn Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on 
Savings Banks, a Resolution ; which was read, as 
followeth : 

Resolved, That it is expedient to authorize the 
charging on the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of any De- 
ficiency which may arise in the Monies belonging to 
Depositors in Savings Banks, in the hands of the 
Commissioners for the Reduction of the National 
Debt. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, | 
was agreed to. | 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Gentle- 
men appointed to prepare, and bring in Bills, pur- 
suant to the Resolutions which upon the 8th day of 
this instant June were reported from the Committee 
on Savings Banks; That they do make provision | 
therein pursuant to the Resolution now reported, | 
and agreed to. 








The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on Savings Banks ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 
a Return by the Commissioners of Northern Light- | 
houses, of Copy of Letter addressed by them to Sir 
Thomas Le Breton, Bailiff of Jersey (in continuation | 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 302, of Session 1853). 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill | 
to extend the Time for constructing a new Street | 
from Spitalfields to Shoreditch, and to amend the 
Acts relating thereto: And that Sir William Moles- 
worth and Viscount Palmerston do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That Viscount Goderich be discharged 
from further attendance on the Select Committee on 
Accidents in Coal Mines. 

Ordered, That Mr. Locke be added to the Com- 
mittee. 


Ordered, That Mr. Fitzroy be discharged from 
further attendance on the Select Committee on Pub- 
lic-houses, &amp;c. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lowe be added to the Com- 
mittee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for altering the mode of Repayment of Advances by 


G°— 10° Junie. 





VoL. 108. 





5605 


the Public Works Loan Commissioners, under the 


| Public Health Act, 1848, and other Acts: And that 


Mr. Wilson and Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer do 


prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir William Molesworth presented a Bill to extend Spitalfields to 


the Time for constructing a new Street from Spital- Shoreditch 
= Improvement 


fields to Shoreditch, and to amend the Acts relating Ri), 


thereto: And the same was read the first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills ; and be printed. 


No. 590. 


Sir Charles Wood presented a Bill to provide for Government 
the Government of Jndia: And the same was read of India Bill, 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time No. 591, 
upon Thursday the 23d day of this instant June ; and 
to be printed. 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill for altering the mode Public Works 
of Repayment of Advances by the Public Works Lan Bill. 
Loan Commissioners, under the Public Health Act, No. 592. 
1848, and other Acts: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to amend the Laws gayings 
relating to Savings Banks, and in certain cases to Banks Bill. 
give the guarantee of the Government to the De- No. 593. 
positors for the Repayment of the Sums legally de- 
posited in such Savings Banks: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to consolidate and gavings Banks 
amend the Laws and to grant additional facilities in Annuities Bill, 
relation to the Purchase of Government Annuities No. 504. 
through the medium of Savings Banks, and to make 
other provisions in respect thereof: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 


second time upon Monday next ; and to be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after Twelve of the clock on 
Friday morning, adjourned till this day. 





Veneris, 10° die Junii ; 
Anno 16° Victorie Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Beckett reported from the Committee on Railway Bills 
Group NN. of Railway Bills; That Mr. Crook, (Group NN.) 


_one of the Members of the said Committee, was not 


present during the sitting of the Committee this 


ay. 
Ordered, That Mr. Crook do attend the said Com- 
mittee upon Monday next. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee public 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the Petitions 
Petitions presented upon the 8th and 9th days of = 4 ~ arr, 
this instant June ; and had directed him to make a : 
Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Sir John Hanmer reported from the Committee on Newry and 
Group OO. of Railway Bills; That in the case of Enniskillen 
the Newry and Enniskillen Railway Bill, they had Bway Bill. 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by striking out 
such of the recitals as related to the reduction of the 
Capital, no such reduction being authorized by the 
Bill ; and by reciting that the Company had not bor- 
rowed any money, and are willing to undertake the 
new works; and also by making certain verbal 
Amendments; and found the same, as amended, to 
be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 

Mr. 


4c3 








London and 


North Western 


Railway 


(Saint Alban’s, 


&amp;c.) Bill. 


Warrington 
and Altrinc- 


ham Junction ‘ : : : 
Railway (War- the Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway | 
rington, &amp;c. ) 
Bill. 


East Lan- 
cashire Rail- 
way (No. 1) 
(Clifton to 
Salford ) Bill. 


Edinburgh, 
Perth and 
Dundee Rail- 
way Bill. 


Burford, 
Leachlade 
and Swindon 
Roads, 


Cork and 


Bandon Rail- 


way Bill. 


East Kent 
Railway Bill. 





566 10° Juniz. A. 1853. 


Mr. Tatton Egerton reported from the Committee | that the House may do therein as they shall think 
on Group U. of Railway Bills ; That in the case of the | fit. 
London and North Western Railway (Saint Alban’s, Then the Bill was read the third time ; and Amend- 
&amp;c.) Bill, they had examined the allegations con- | ments were made to the Bill. 
tained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended| Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
the same, by striking out all reference to the pro-| Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
posed Branch to Amersham; and found the same,as to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
amended, to be true ; and had gone through the Bill, | 
and made Amendments thereunto. | Gorbals Gravitation Water (No. 2) Bill was read Gorbals 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | the third time. yg 
and be printed. | Resolved, That the Bill do pass. aater (ie. 2) 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
Mr. Vernon Smith reported from the Committee | to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
on Group FF. of Railway Bills; That in the case of | 
The Saint Helen’s Canal and Railway Bill was Saint Helen’, 
(Warrington, &amp;c.) Bill, they had examined the alle- | read the third time ; and Amendments were made to Canal and 
; Y : : . . . : Railway 
gations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and | the Bill. ' Bill. 
amended the same, by inserting after the word “and,” | — #tesulved, That the Bill do pass. 
in line 2 of the 4th paragraph, the words “subject! Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
“ to the restrictions hereinafter mentioned,” in order | to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
to refer to certain provisions which the Committee 
have thought it expedient to introduce, with a view| The Warrington and Altrincham Railway (Stock- Warrington 
of ensuring the running Powers granted by the Bill | port) Bill was read the third time; and an Amend- 2"4 Altrine. 


being exercised with safety to the public; and by | ment was made to the Bill. (Stockport? 
striking out the words “and the Shrewsbury and| Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Bill. 


“ Chester” in the same paragraph, the Promoters 
having struck out from the Bill the Powers relating 
to the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway, inasmuch 
as the arrangements with that Company proposed by 
the Bill would have authorized a combination of in- 
terest within the meaning of the Resolutions of the 
House of the 15th April last ; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true ; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Halifax Waterworks and Im- Halifax 
provement Bill, as amended in the Committee, be i 
taken into consideration upon Monday next. ma 

The House proceeded to take into consideration Shipley and 
the Shipley and Bramley Road Bill, as amended in Bramley Road 
the Committee. _ 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Vernon Smith reported from the Committee 
on Group FF, of Railway Bills ; That in the case of the 
Kast Lancashire Railway (No. 1) (Clifton to Salford) 
Bill, they had examined the allegations contained in 
the Preamble of the bill, and amended the same, by 
certain verbal alterations, and also by omitting the 
paragraph affirming the expediency of traffic arrange- 
ments between the East Lancashire and certain neigh- 
bouring Railway Companies, the Promoters of the 
Bill having struck out of the Bill such Powers in| 
conformity with the Resolution of the House of the| The House proceeded to take into consideration Whitechapel 
15th of April ; and found the Preamble, as amended, ‘the Whitechapel Improvement Bill, as amended in —_—— 
to be true ; and had gone through the Bill, and made | the Committee. 

Amendments thereunto. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | 

and be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration spalding 
the Spalding Improvement Bill, as amended in the 1mprovement 
Committee. —_ 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration West Harptry 
the West Harptry Road Bill, as amended in the Road Bill. 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 








The Battersea Park Bill was, according to Order, Battersea 
read a second time ; and committed to a Select Com- Park Bill. 
Ordered, That the Special Report from the Com- | mittee. 
mittee on the Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Rail- | 
way Bill be referred to the Select Committee on | . &gt;. 
Standing Orders, with leave to the said Committee | reading of the London and Finsbury Improvements Improvements 
to report thereupon. | and Railway, &amp;e. Bill; : and Railway, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon &amp;c. Bill. 


The Order, That the Report on the Burford, Leach- | Friday next. 


lade and Swindon Roads Bill do lie upon the Table, | ; ba a 
a ‘ °, . . °, , a } 
was read, and discharged. | The Order for reading the third time the Poul- Poulnasherry 


“ : ti : Inclosure Bill. 
diel iat: tien i ti ‘tted the ”asherry Inclosure Bill, was read, and discharged. 
a ee: See ee See re a Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 


former Committee :—And that they have leave to : - 
seul = sant ena: Dineen ath” | former Committee :-—And that they have leave to sit 
; P I — | and proceed upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second London and 
y a Finsbury 


The Cork and Bandon Railway Bill was read the; 4 Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Great Western 
third time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. | posed, That the Petition of Inhabitants of Wi/ts, 24 — 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. | Somerset and Dorset, and of Proprietors of Land, on how 
Ordered, That M r. Brotherton do carry the Bill | complaining of the non-execution of certain Lines of Companies. 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. _ Railway, authorized to be constructed under the Acts 
of the Great Western and Bristol and Exeter Rail- 
A Motion being made, That the East Kent Rail- | way Companies, and praying for inquiry and redress, 
way Bill be now read the third time ; | which was presented upon the 25th day of February 
Mr. Cardwell, by Her Majesty's Command, ac- last, be referred to the Committee on Group NN., 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been | to whom the Devon and Dorset Railway Bill stands 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con-| referred :—That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, | mittee to hear the Petitioners, by their counsel, 


| agents 





Railw 
(Grou 


Holm! 
yoirs | 
Bill. 


Nort 
Sout! 
Ham 
and 
tion 
Bill. 


Wes 





so- 





Railway Bills 
(Group NN.) 


Holme Reser- 
yoirs (No. 2) 
Bill. 


Saint _ 

t an 
Sint John the 
Evangelist, 
Westminster, 
Vestries Bill. 


North and 
South Western, 
Hampstead 

and City Junc- 
tion Railway 
Bill. 


Westminster 
Improvements 
Bill. 


No. 685. 


16 Vicroriz. 





agents and witnesses, upon the said Petition against 
the Bill:—And the said Motion was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on Group NN. of Railway Bills not to pro- 
ceed before Tuesday next with the Devon and Dorset 
Railway Bill. 


Mr. Edmund Denison reported from the Com- 
mittee on Group X. of Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Holme Reservoirs (No. 2) Bill, they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by making cer- 
tain verbal alterations, in order to make it consistent 
with the amended provisions of the Bill; and found 
the same, as amended, to be true; and had made 
provision in the Bill, pursuant to the Instruction of 
the House ; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Edmund Denison reported from the Committee 
on Group X. of Private Bills ; That in the case of the 
Saint Margaret and Saint John the Evangelist, West- 
minster, Vestries Bill, they had examined the allega- 
tions contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
amended the same, so that the ratepayers should have 
the option of adopting the Act for electing Vestries 
in each of the Parishes; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Edmund Denison reported from the Committee 
on Group QQ. of Railway Bills; That in the case of 
the North and South Western, Hampstead and City 
Junction Railway Bill, they had examined the alle- 
gations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
made a verbal Amendment therein ; and found the 
same, as amended, to be true ; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Edmund Denison reported from the Committee 
on Group X. of Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Westminster Improvements Bill, they had exa- 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and amended the same, by making some 
verbal alterations, in order to make it consistent with 
the amended provisions of the Bill; and found the 
same, as amended, to be true ; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Mr. Edmund Denison further reported from the 
said Committee; That the Powers sought by the 
Bill now reported to the House would certainly enable 
the Commissioners to effect several desirable im- 
provements in IWestminster, but they are unanimously 
of opinion that the general scheme of improvements, 
as laid before the Committee, is far from being so 
comprehensive or complete as it ought to be. 

In 1814, Evidence was given before a Committee 
of the House by several most respectable persons, 
to the effect, “ ‘That the efluvium which arose from 
the Church-yard of Saint Margaret’s was highly 
prejudicial to the health and comfort of the inhabit- 
ants near that locality, and that further burials ought 
to be prohibited.” 

In 1842, Evidence was given before a Committee 
of the Health of Towns, confirming the Evidence 
previously given and reported to the House. Dr. 
Milman (the then rector) stated the impropriety of 
allowing further burials to take place in Saint Mar- 
garet’s Church-yard. 

in 1844, a Committee of the. House heard the 
opinions of the inhabitants of Westminster ; also of 
the Right honourable Gentleman the present Speaker 
of the House of Commons, Mr. Vardon, Dr. Reid 
and others, all of whom agreed as to the impropriety 

VoL. 108. 


10° Junze. 








567 
of more burials being permitted in the said Church- 
yard ; and these opinions were strongly supported by 
the Report of that Committee. 

The Report of the said Committee (1844) also 
contains the following important paragraph : 

“ The incongruity of this Church in its style of 
architecture, and close proximity to Westminster 
Abbey, have been frequently noticed and lamented ; 
and this incongruity, great as it is at present, will 
undoubtedly appear much greater when the New 
Houses of Parliament shall be completed. An opi- 
nion is indeed entertained by several persons, that it 
might be possible to remove this great architectural 
anomaly by improvements in Saint Margaret’s as it 
stands at present, that it might be enriched in design 
and rendered pure in detail. But while on the one 
hand the expenses attending so extensive a change 
might perhaps be scarcely inferior to those required 
for complete reconstruction, it seems to be fur more 
generally considered that the effect could not be 
compared to that of an open space clear of any build- 
ings in front of the Abbey and the Houses of Par- 
liament. 

“Your Committee have no hesitation in expressing 
their unanimous recommendation that the Church of 
Saint Margaret’s should be removed from its present 
site, and they have reason to think that a new 
Church-yard or Cemetery in some less populous situa- 
tion might be purchased at a very moderate expense, 
and that it might be possible to obtain a portion of 
land not far distant from the present site, where the 
Church could be rebuilt, in a great measure, from 
the present materials. Before, however, any conclu- 
sive opinion could be formed upon this part of the 
question, it would be proper to consider the most 
suitable position of the Church, in reference to the 
congregation, since it now stands at the extremity of 
an extensive parish. Your Committee felt that it 
would be premature to enter upon this and other 
points, until the preliminary question respecting the 
present situation of Saint Margaret’s had been de- 
termined upon by the House. 

“In conclusion, your Committee venture to ex- 
press their hope that the entire unanimity with which 
they have arrived at this recommendation may dis- 
pose both the House and the Government favourably 
towards the object which they have in view.” 

The present Committee beg to report, That they 
unanimously agree in the opinion expressed by former 
Committees : 1st. That no more burials ought to be 
permitted in Saint Margaret’s Church-yard ; 2d. 
That the Church itself ought to be removed. And 
the Committee take leave to add, that in their judg- 
ment, until Saint Margaret's Church is removed 
(and for which a suitable site might easily be pro- 
cured), the full and best effect of the New Houses 
of Parliament will be materially curtailed, and the 
general improvements very incomplete. ‘They there- 
fore venture to express a hope, that Parliament will 
aid and assist the Westminster Commissioners in 
carrying into effect these most desirable alterations 
and improvements. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
anid be printed. 


- 


Colonel Loldero reported from the Committee on pondon and 
Group GG. of Railway Bills; That in the case of North Western 


the London and North Western Railway (Shrewsbury 
to Newtown) Bill, they had examined the allegations 


contained in the Preamble of the Bill, but the same Bill. 


had not been proved to their satisfaction. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Colonel Boldero reported from the Committee on yontgomery- 
Group GG. of Railway Bills; That in the case of shire Railway 
the Montgomeryshire Railway Bill, they had exa- Bil. 


mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and amended the same, so as to define 
more clearly the Terminus of the Railway at Oswes- 

4c4 try; 





Shrewsbury 
and Chester 
Railway Bill. 


Standing 
Orders. 


Belfast 
Municipal 
Boundaries 
Bill. 


Richmond 
(Yorkshire) 
Burgage 


Pastures Bill. 


Richmond 
(Yorkshire) 
Burgage 


Pastures Bill. 


Cotham’s 
Estate Bill. 


Cotham’'s 
Estate Bill. 


Durham 
Election. 


Gold Coast. 


Indian 
‘Territorics. 


Tubular 
Life Boat. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


568 


try ; and found the same, as amended, to be true ; | 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, Tat the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Colonel Boldero reported from the Committee on 
Group GG. of Railway Bills; That in the case of 
the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Bill, the Parties 
promoting the Bill had stated to the Committee 
that it was not their intention to proceed with the 
same. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | 
and be printed. | 





Mr. Sotheron reported from the Select Committee | 
on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; which was read, 
as followeth : 

That in the case of the Belfast Municipal Boun- | 
daries Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed | 
with ; that the Parties be permitted to proceed with | 
their Bill, provided they prove before the Committee 
thereon, that Notices have been inserted once in the 
Dublin Gazette, and for three successive weeks in 
two Newspapers at least, published in Belfast : 

That the Committee on the Bill do report how 
far such Order has been complied with on the Re- 
port of the Bill. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table.—-Report from one 
of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, That 
in the case of the Richmond (Yorkshire) Burgage 
Pastures Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 


Ordered, That the Richmond (Yorkshire) Bur- 
gage Pastures Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 


That in the case of Cotham’s Estate Bill, no Stand- 
ing Orders are applicable. 


Ordered, That Cotham’s Estate Bill be read a 
second time. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Select Committee on the Durham FElec- 
tion Petition be laid before this House. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of any Despatches from 
Major Hil/, the Governcr of the Gold Coast, on the 
Coast of Africa, relating to the late Warfare be- 
tween the Chiefs and Forces of the Fantees and 
Ashantees, and to the part taken by the British 
Officers in the Trials and Executions of some of the 
Native Chiefs in or near to the British Camp. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to request that their Lordships will communicate to 
this House, a Copy of the Report from the Select 
Committee appointed by their Lordships to inquire 
into the operation of the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, ¢. 85, 
for the better Government of Her Majesty’s Jndian 
Territories: And that Mr. Bouverie do carry the 
said Message. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Correspondence which has taken 
place between the Board of Admiralty and Mr. 
Richardson, and the Board of Admiralty and Mr. 
Bentinch, on the subject of Mr. Richardson’s Tubu- | 
lar Life Boat. 

| 


Ordered, That Mr. Otway have leave of absence | 
for three weeks, on account of ill health ;—Mr. | 





10° Junie. 


of the Promoters and the 
the London, Liverpool and North American Screw 








A. 1853. 


Lucas ten days, on urgent business ;—and, Captain 
Gladstone ten days, on account of ill health. 





The following Papers, pursuant to Orders, were Clare Election, 
laid upon the Table by the Clerk of the House,— No, 595, 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select 
Committee on the Clare Election Petition. 

Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select Durham 
Committee on the Durham Election Petition. Election. 

Ordered, That the said Minutes of Evidence be No. 596. 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Coal-laden Coal-laden 
Vessels, which was presented upon the 6th day of Vessels. 
this instant June, be printed. No. 597, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Lead and Lead and Leaa 
Lead Ore, which was presented upon the 9th day of Ore. 
this instant June, be printed. No. 598, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Maynocth Maynooth 
College, which was presented upon the 9th day of College. 
this instant June, be printed. No. 599. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken sligo Election, 
before the Select Committee on the Sligo Election Ny, goo, 
Petition, be printed. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented,— Return to an Address London, Liver. 
to Her Majesty, dated the 27th day of May last, pool and North 
for Copies of all Petitions to and Orders of Her —s.. 

. e . . x Ds n 
Majesty in Council; of all Memorials presented to ship Company, 
the President of the Board of Trade; of all Corres- 
pondence addressed to the President and to the 
Secretary of Board of Trade; and of Statements 
submitted with such Correspondence, or the Ab- 
stracts of such Statements, and of all Correspon- 
dence addressed by the Board of Trade to various 
Persons in relation to an Application made on behalf 

Provisional Committee of 


Steam Ship Company, between the Month of Sep- 


‘tember 1852 and the Month of April 1853, for the 
Grant of a Royal Charter of Incorporation to the 


said Company. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


Table. 


Petitions relating to Ballot;—Church Rates ;-— pubtic 
Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ; —Ecclesiastical Courts ; Petitions. 
—Marriage ;—Recovery of Personal Liberty Bill 3 Vi de Fifty- 
—Tithes, Tithe Rent-charge and Church Rates ;— ninth Report. 
Articles of Clerkship ;—Attorneys’ Certificates ; — 
Attorneys’ Certificates and Articles of Clerkship ;— 
Conveyancers’ Certificates ;—Property and Income 
Tax (1853) ;—Raisins ;— Combination of Workmen 
Bill ;—Early Ciosing ;—Education Bill ; —Zondon 
and Edinburgh Gazettes Bill; — Oaths ; — Public 
Health Act ;—-Sheriff Courts ( Scotland) Bill ;-—Tribu- 
nals of Commerce ;—and, 7urkey,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to Intoxicating Liquors,—were 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Public-houses, &amp;c. 

Petitions relating to the Registration of Assu- 
rances Biil,—were also presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on Customs, &amp;c. 
the Customs, &amp;c. Acts, several Resolutions; and the 4¢* 
same were twice read, and amended; and agreed 
to, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That, in lieu of the Duties of Cus- Customs. 
toms now chargeable on the Articles under-men- 
tioned, imported into the United Kingdom, the fol- 
lowing Duties shall be charged, viz. :— 


s. d. 
Oranges and Lemons . - 8 


2. Resolved, That, in lieu of the Duties of Cus- 
toms now chargeable on the Articles under-men- 
tioned, 


the bushel 








16 Vicroriz. 





tioned, imported into the United Kingdom, the fol- | 


lowing Duties shall be charged, viz. :— 


Books, being of editions printed in or since the 
year 1801, bound or unbound, the ewt. 
admitted under Treaties of Interna- 

tional Copyright, or if of and from a 

British Possession - - — thecwt. 


Cherries, raw - - - - the bushel 
dried, until 5th July 1854, inclusive, 
the Ib. 
ditto, from and after 5th July 1854, 
the Ib. 


the Ib. 


Cotton Manufactures, viz. :— 
Fringe - - - = -&amp; 
Gloves, of Cotton or Thread, 

the dozen pairs 
Stockings, of Cottonor Thread, __,, 
Socks or Half-hose of Cotton or Thread, 

the dozen pairs 
Articles or Manufactures of Cotton, wholly 

, or in part made up, not otherwise charged 

with Duty - for every 1007. value 


Embroidery and Needlework, viz. :— 
Silk Net, figured with the needle, being 
imitation Lace, and articles thereof, 
the lb. 
Cotton Net, figured with the needle, being 
' imitation Lace, and articles thereof, 
the Ib. 
Curtains, commonly called Swiss, em- 
broidered on muslin or net - the Ib. 
All other Embroidery not enumerated, 
for every 100 7. value 
n of and from British Possessions 


Lace and Articles thereof, viz. :— 
Mohair or Worsted - - the Ib. 
Thread or Cotton Pillow Lace (not being 
Brussels Point or Saxon Bone Lace), 
not exceeding one inch in width, the lb. 
Thread or Cotton Pillow Lace (not being 
Brussels Point or Saxon Bone Lace), 
excceding one inch in width, the lb 
Silk Lace, Pillow and Application, not 
being Saxon Wire Ground Lace, the Ib. 
Silk Savon Wire Ground Lace, and all 
Lace known as Maltese - the lb. 
Brussels Point and other Lace made by 
the hand, not otherwise charged wit 
for every 1007. value 


ad 


eT 
th 


” 


Duty - - 


Linen, or Linen and Cotton Manufactures, viz.:— 
Cambric Handkerchiefs, hemmed or hem- 
stitched, not trimmed - the dozen 
Stays - - - - the dozen pairs 
Articles, Manufactures of Linen, or of 
Linen mixed with Cotton or with Wool, 
wholly or in part made up, not particu- 
larly enumerated or otherwise charged 
with Duty - for every 100/. value 


Mill-boards - - - - - the Ib. 


Paper, viz. :— 

Brown Paper made of old rope or cordage 
only, without separating or extracting 
the pitch or tar therefrom, and without 
any mixture of other materials there- 
with - - - -_ = the Ib. 

Printed, painted or stained Paper, or Paper- 
hangings, or Flock Paper - the sq. yd. 

Waste Paper or Paper of any other sort, 
not particularly enumerated or described, 
not otherwise charged with Duty, the lb. 

Pasteboard - - - = = the Ib. 


Silk Manufactures, being— 

Velvet, the produce of Europe, plain or 
figured :— 

Broad Stuffs - - the Ib. 
the foundation of which is 
wholly composed of Cotton 
or other materials than Silk, 
the Ib. 
Ribbons of Velvet, or Silk em- 
bossed with Velvet, the lb. 
the foundation of which is 
wholly composed of Cotton, 
or other materials than Silk, 
the Ib. 
Manufactures of Silk, or of Silk mixed 
with any other materials, the produce of 
Europe, called Plush - — - the Ib. 
Black Plush, commonly used for 
making Hats - - the Ib. 
Parasols and Umbrellas - - each 
Damask of Silk and Wool, or other mate- 
rials for Furniture = - - the Ib. 
China -  - the running yard 


Vou. 108. 








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10 


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10° Junii. 


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Silk Manufactures, being— £. 3. d. 
Corahs, Choppahs, Bandannas, and T'ussore 
Cloths, viz. :-— 
in pieces not exceeding 5} yards in 
length - = the piece 
exceeding 5} and not ex- 
ceeding 6} yards, the piece 
exceeding 6} and not ex- 
ceeding 7} yards, the piece 
exceeding 7} and not ex- 
ceeding 8 yards, the piece 
exceeding 8} and not ex- 
ceeding 94 yards, the piece 
and for every additional yard in length, | 
the yard 
China Crape Shawls, plain and damask, 
the lb. 


of -» 


i 





Embroidered - - - 4, 
Pongees, in pieces not exceeding 15 yards | 
inlength - - - — =~ the piece | 
exceeding 15 yards, and not exceeding 
21 yards in length - _—- the piece 
exceeding 21 yards, and not exceeding 
3l yards in length - —- the piece 
Handkerchiefs, plain and fguch, in 
— not exceeding 9 yards in 
ength - - = — = the piece 
exceeding 9 yards, and not ex- 
ceeding 18 yards in length, 
the piece 
Watches, of Gold, Silver or any other metal, 
exceeding the value of 107. each - - each | 1 
Other Watches, viz :— 
Gold, open faces - - = each | 
Hunters - - | 
Repeaters - - — 
Silver, or any other metal, not Gold— 
Open faces - - = each 
Hunters - - . - 
Repeaters - - - 
Woollens, Articles or Manufactures of Wool 
(not being Goat’s Wool), or of Wool 
mixed with Cotton, viz. :-— 
Carpets and Rugs - - the square yard 
Shawls, Scarfs and Handkerchiefs, plain, 
and not printed - - - the Ib. 
printed - - - Fe 
Gloves - - = — = the dozen pairs 
Articles or Manufactures of Wool (not , 
being Goat’s Wool), or of Wool mixed 
with Cotton, wholly or in part made up, 
not otherwise charged with Duty, 
for every 1007. value 5 





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2 CO He 


3. Resolved, That, in lieu of the present ad valorem 
Rates of Duties of Customs charged upon the Im- 
portation into the United Kingdom of the under- 
mentioned Articles as not being enumerated in the 
Tariff, the following Duties of Customs shall be 
charged thereon, viz. :— 





Paper, gilt, stained, coloured, embossed, and all Ce aS 
ancy kinds, not being Paper-hangings, 
thelb. | - - 2 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Customs Duties on Spirits Bill, That 
they have Power to make provision therein pursuant 
to the said Resolutions. 


The Succession Duty Bill was, according to succession 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Duty Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Bill. No. 601. 


(In the Committee.) 


Crause, N° 1 (Grant of additional Duties of 
Excise on Spirits in Scotland and Ireland). 
Amendment proposed in p. 2,1. 9: To leave out 
“ and Jreland respectively.” 
Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out, stand part of the Clause ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the {on Hayter, L100 
Yeas, Mr. Grenville Berkeley: JS °°” 


Tellers for the {Captain Jones, 1 38 





Noes, LMr. O' Brien: s 
Clause agreed to. 
Cuausess, N° 2 to N° 6, agreed to. 


4D CLAUSES, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Excise Duties 
into a Committee on the Excise Duties on Spirits 0” Spirits Bill 





Customs 
Duties on 
Spirits Bill. 


No. 602. 


Tenants’ 
Compensation 
(Ireland ) Bill. 


Customs, &amp;c. 
Acts. 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means. 


London and 
Edinburgh 
Gazettes Bill. 


Land-Tax 
Commission- 
ers’ Names 
Bill. 


Whittlebury 
Forest Bill. 


Parish 
Vestries Bill. 


Convicted 
Prisoners’ 
Removal and 
Confinement 
Bill. 


Sheriff Courts 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 





570 10° Juniz. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Bankruptcy 
take into consideration the Bankruptcy (Scotland) (Scotland) 


Crauses, N° 7 to N° 36, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Schedules agreed to. 

Clauses added, 

Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next; and be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Customs Duties on Spirits 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Tenants’ Compensation (Lreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Customs, &amp;c. Acts ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


‘ 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 








A. 1853. 


Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


mittee. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in p. 3, Is. 35 and 36, by leaving out the words 
“* that the said principal officer shall be a barrister 
“ of at least five years’ standing.” 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Bill:—It was 
resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, so far as regards Sche- 
dule (A.) 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee :—The House 
accordingly resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


ScuHEDULE (A.) 

Principal Taxing Officer, £. 1,000. 

Amendment proposed: To leave out “ £. 1,000,” 
in order to insert “ £. 1,200.” 

Question, That “£.1,000” stand part of the 
Schedule-——put, and agreed to. 

Assistant Taxing Officer, £. 500. 

Amendment proposed : ‘To leave out “ £.500,” in 
order to insert “ £. 600.” 
| Question, That “ £.500” stand part of the Sche- 
| dule——put, and negatived. 

Proposed to fill the blank with “ £. 600.” 

Afterwards proposed to fill the blank with 
“ £.1,000.” 

Last Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Blank filled with £. 600. 

Schedule, as amended, agreed to. 

Schedule, as amended, to be reported. 








reading of the London and Edinburgh Gazettes Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Land Tax Commissioners’ Names 
Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
8th day of July next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Whittlebury Forest Bill was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

A Clause (As regards the tithes of the coppices 
in Whittlebury), was thrice read ; and added to the 
Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Parish Vestries Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Convicted Prisoners’ Removal and 
Confinement Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitzroy 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
| Bill, so far as regards Schedule (A.) 

| Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
|mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
| next, 


| . ‘ 
| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Government 
Returns of the Number of Persons, holders of any Stocks. 


of the several Species of Stock or Annuities pro- 
vided to be paid off or commuted under the Act 
16 Vic. c. 28, who have given Notice on or before 
the 3d day of June, under the Provisions of the said 
Act, of their assent to receive other Government 
Stock in lieu or plaee of the Capital Stock of the 
said Annuities, instead of being paid in Money ; and 
of the Amount of the Stock in respect of which such 
Notices have been given; stating also the Amount 
_ proposed to be taken in the New 33 per cent. Stock, 
the 23 per cent. Stock, and Exchequer Bonds :—Of 
the Amount of Exchequer Bills exchanged for Ex- 
chequer Bonds, or registered and stamped prepara- 
tory to such Exchange, on or before Wednesday the 
26th day of May, under the Treasury Minute of the 
13th day of May last :—-Of the Amount of Exche- 
quer Bills for the Service of the year 1852-3, ex- 
changed for Exchequer Bills for the Service of the 
year 1853-4:—Of the Amount of Exchequer Bills 
paid off in Money since the 5th day of January 1853, 
and the Dates of such Payments:—And, of the 
Amount of Exchequer Bills purchased by the Com- 
missioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, 
or otherwise by or for the Government, since the 5th 
day of January 1853, with the Date of such Pur- 
chases, and Rates of Purchase. 

Ordered, 





The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Taxing Officer, 
into consideration the Taxing Officer, Common Law — Law 
Business (Jreland) Bill, as amended in the Com- (jrejand) Bin, 


——o 


bed peed 


&lt;&gt; ap) 








16 Vicrortz. 


Canterbury 


Writ. be further suspended till the sth day of July next. 


Police 
(FirstReport.) P 
No. 603. 


olice ; That they had considered the matter to them 
referred ; and directed him to report the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before them. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


‘er, 
w 


ill, 


A Petition of Trustees of the Birkenhead Docks, 
praying that provision may be made in the Birken- 
head Dock Trustees Bill for carrying into effect cer- 
tain arrangements for the completion of the works, 
for the equalisation of the existing bond debts of the 
trust, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


Birkenhead 
Dock Trustees 
Bill. 


Loans to 
Foreign Go- 
yernments. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Continuation, to the present Date, of Cor- 
respondence between Great Britain and Forei 
Powers, and Communications from the British Go- 
vernment to Claimants, relative to Loans made by 
British Subjects, from the year 1823 to 1847, pre- 
sented to this House pursuant to Address of the 30th 
day of March 1847, including the unpublished Cor- 
respondence of 1847. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this em as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


A Petition of Richard Fort, of Read Hall, in the 
County of Lancaster, Esquire, was delivered in, and 
read ; setting forth, That at the last Election of a 
Member to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Borough of Clitheroe, the Petitioner was a Candidate 
to represent the said Borough, together with John 
Thomas Walshman Aspinall, Esquire, and a_ poll 
being held and taken, the said John Thomas Walsh- 
man Aspinall was at the close thereof declared to 
have the majority of votes, and to be thereby duly 
elected, and was returned as Member to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said Borough; that the 
said John Thomas Walshman Aspinall was ineligible 
to be elected and returned to Parliament at the said 
Election, and was by law incapacitated from sitting 
in this present Parliament as Member for the said 
Borough of Clitheroe, and such ineligibility and in- 
capacity being notorious, and Notice thereof having 
been duly given to the Electors of the said Borough, 
the votes of the Electors given to the said John Tho- 
mas Walshman Aspinall were utterly thrown away, 
and the Election and Return consequent upon such 
votes having been given were utterly null and void ; 
that at the general Election which took place in the 
month of July One thousand eight hundred and Fifty- 


Clitheroe 
Election. 


nt 


10° Junie. 


Ordered, That the Writ for the City of Canterbury | ineligible from sitting, or being chosen to sit, in this 





571 


present Parliament for the said Borough of Clitheroe ; 
that a new Writ having issued for the said Borough 


Mr. Rice reported from the Select Committee on | of Clitheroe for a Member to serve in Parliament in 


lace of Mathew Wilson, Esquire, whose Return had 
. —— 
| been declared to be void as aforesaid, the said John 
Thomas Walshman Aspinall again became a Candi- 
date, and solicited the votes of the Electors of the 
said Borough, although he was legally ineligible and 
incapacitated from sitting in this present Parliament. 
for the said Borough ; that Notice of such ineligibility 
and incapacity was in consequence thereof given to 
the said John Thomas Walshman Aspinall to the 
Returning Officer, and to every Elector of the said 
Borough, that all votes given and recorded for the 
said John Thomas Walshman Aspinall would be 
utterly thrown away, and that the said John Thomas 
Walshman Aspinall was legally incapacitated and in- 
eligible to be elected or to sit in this present Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough of Clitheroe; that in 
disregard of such incapacity and ineligibility, and of 
such Notices so given to each Elector before his vote 
was recorded, a majority of votes was declared to be 
given for the said John Thomas Walshman Aspinall, 
and he was declared to be elected and returned, but 
such Election and Return was and is contrary to law, 
and was and is wholly null and void; that all the 
votes given for the said John Thomas Walshman 
Aspinall being thrown away, the Petitioner had there- 
by a large majority of good and lawful votes, and 
ought to have been elected and returned at the said 
Election ; that at the said last Election for the said 
Borough of Clitheroe, bribery, treating, and other 
illegal and corrupt practices were resorted to and 
used by the said dike Thomas Walshman Aspinall, 
and by his agents, friends, partisans and others on 
his behalf, and with his knowledge and consent, and 
at his expense, in order to corrupt and procure per- 
sons having votes at the said Election to give their 
votes for the said John Thomas Walshman Aspinall, 
or to forbear to vote for the Petitioner, and the said 
Election and Return of the said John Thomas Walsh- 
man Aspinall having been thereby procured, was and 
is wholly null and void ; that the majority of good 
and legal votes that could be given at the said Elec- 
tion was and will be found to have been in favour of 
the Petitioner, and many of the votes given for the 
said John Thomas Walshman Aspinall were illegal 
and invalid, and ought not to remain upon the poll, 
but should be deducted from the numbers given for 
the said John Thomas Walshman Aspinall, whereby 
the Petitioner will be found, without reference to the 
disqualification as aforesaid, or to the throwing away 
of votes in consequence of such disqualification, to 
have had a majority of valid votes, and to be entitled 
to have been returned at the said Election; and 





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praying that the House will take the premises into 
their consideration, and will declare that the said John 
Thomas Walshman Aspinall was not entitled to be 


two, the said John Thomas Walshman Aspinall and | elected and returned, and was not duly elected and 
Mathew Wilson, Esquires, were Candidates to repre- | returned, as Member to serve in Parliament for the 
sent the said Borough of Clitheroe in this present | Borough of Clitheroe at the said Election, and that 
Parliament, and the said Mathew Wilson was by | his said Election and Return were and are whol 


the Returning Officer returned as duly elected to 
serve in Parliament for the said Borough; that a 
Petition having been presented against the said Elec- 
tion and Return of the said Mathew Wilson, a Select 
Committee of the House, to whom the said Petition 
was referred, did, on the Twenty-eighth day of Fe- 
bruary, report that Mathew Wilson, Esquire, was 
not duly elected a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Clitheroe, and that 
the last Election for the said Borough was a void 
Election ; that it was proved before the said Select 
Committee, and the fact was, and became open and 
notorious to all parties, that at the said Election in 
July One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two, the 
said John Thomas Walshman Aspinall had been 
guilty of corrupt practices, whereby the said John 
Lhomas Walshman Aspinall was incapacitated and 
VoL. 108. ' 





] 
null and void ; but that the Petitioner was duly aatal 
and ought to have been returned at the said Election, 
and will order the Return to be amended accordingly, 
by erasing the name of the said John Thomas Wailsh- 
man Aspinall, and substituting the name of the Peti- 
tioner in lieu thereof; and will give to the Petitioner 
such further and other relief as to the House may 
seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
General Committee of Elections. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Customs. 
Return, in addition to the Return moved for on the 





4D2 5th 





Edinburgh- 
shire Writ. 


Public Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
Fifty ninth on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Report.) Petitions presented upon the 10th day of this instant 
June; and had directed him to make a Report thereof 
to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
Railwayand Mr. Cardwell reported from the Select Committee 
a on Railway and Canal Bills, to whom the Petitions 
Report.) of Inhabitants of the Counties of Wilts, Somerset 


572 


5th day of April last, of a Tabular Statement, show- 
ing in each year, from the year ending the 5th day of 
January 1840 to the year ending the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary 1853, exhibited in continuous Columns to the 
Returns above referred to, 1. of the Gross Amount 
of Customs Revenue; 2. of the Total Cost of Col- 
lection ; 3. of the Declared Value of Exports; 4. of 
the Official Value of Imports ; 5. of the Total Amount 
of Shipping, British and Foreign, entered Inwards 
and cleared Outwards, including Ships in Ballast. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 





Lune, 18° die Junii ; 
Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRaYeERSs. 
QRDERED, That Mr. Speaker do issue his | 
Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make 
out a new Writ for the electing of a Commissioner 
to serve in this present Parliament for the Shire of 
Edinburgh, in the room of Sir John Hope, Baronet, 
deceased. 


and Dorset, and of the Proprietors of Land on the 
Lines of the unexecuted Railways therein mentioned, 
and of the Inhabitants of Salisbury, for the com- 
pletion of the Line from Salisbury to Warminster, 
were referred ; That they had considered the matter 
therein contained, and had agreed to the following 
Resolution : 


10°—13° Juniz. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Australian 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Australian Agricultural 





A. 1853. 


Agricultural Company Bill; and the same were twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made b 
Northern Railway (No. 1) Bill; and the same was 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Waterworks Bill; and the same was twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


the third time; and Amendments were made to the 
Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for the Maintenance of the existing 
Works of the Company of Proprietors of the Barns- 
ley Waterworks, and for the Purchase of Lands by 
them, to repeal their Act, and make other Provisions 
in lieu thereof. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


next. 


way Bill was read the third time. 


ompany Bill. 


Great North. 


the Lords to the Great et Railway 


(No. 1) Bill. 


Rossendale 


the Amendment made by the Lords to the Rossendale ene 


The Barnsley Waterworks (No. 2) Bill was read Barnsley 


Waterworks 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Copper Miners in England Copper Miners 
Company Bill be read the third time upon Thursday in England 


Company Bill, 


The Limerick, Ennis and Killaloe Junction Rail- Limerick, 
Ennis and 


Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that the Petition of Inhabitants of the Counties of 
Wilts, Somerset and Dorset, and of the Proprietors 
of Land on the Lines of the unexecuted Railways 
therein mentioned, and the Petition of the Inhabitants 
of Salisbury, for the completion of the Line from 
Salisbury to Warminster, be referred to the Com- 
mittee on Group NN., to whom the Devon and Dor- 
set Railway Bill stands referred ; with an Instruction 
to that Committee, if they so think fit, to hear the 
Petitioners, by their counsel, agents and witnesses, 
upon the said Petitions, against the said Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Great Western A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 


-— — That the Petition of Inhabitants of Wilts, Somerset 
aa and Dorset, and of Proprietors of Land, complaining 
Companies. of the non-execution of certain Lines of Railway 


authorized to be constructed under the Acts of the 
Great Western and Bristol and Exeter Railway 
Companies, and praying for redress, which was pre- 
sented upon the 25th day of February last, be re- 
ferred to the Committee on Group NN., to whom the 
Devon and Dorset Railway Bill stands referred ; and 
that it be an Instruction to the Committee, if they 
shall so think fit, to hear the Petitioners, by their 
counsel, agents and witnesses, upon the said Petition, 
against the said Bill; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Mere far &gt;. J Mr. Hildyard, 
Tellers for the Yeas, bin Methenen ? 


hase. 


; . Mr. Divett, 
Tellers for the Noes, | Mr, Toaat Butt: } 32. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Killaloe June- 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Limerick, Ennis and Killa/oe Janction Rail- 
way (Power to sell, &amp;c.) Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Manchester and Bury Road Bill was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, Vhat the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Wimbledon and Croydon Railway Bill was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, ‘That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Whitehaven and Furness 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Ayrshire and Galloway (Smithstown and Dal- 
mellington) Railway Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 








The 


tion Railway 
Bill. 


Limerick, 
Ennis and 
Killaloe Junc- 
tion Railway 
(Power to sell, 
&amp;c. ) Bill. 


Manchester 
and Bury 
Road Bill. 


Wimbledon 
and Croydon 
Railway Bill 


Whitehaven 


Junction Railway Bill be read the third time To- and Furness 
z Junction — 
morrow. Railway Bill. 


Ayrshire and 
Galloway 
(Smithstown 
and Dalmel- 
lington) Rail- 
way Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Bayswater, 
the Bayswater, Paddington and Holborn-bridge Paddington 


and Holborn- 
bridge Rail- 
way Bill. 





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Bideford 
Extension 
Railway Bill 


Burton-upon- 
Trent Im- 
provement 
(No. 2) Bill 


East and West 


India Docks 
and Birming- 
ham Junction 
Railway 

(No. 2) Bill. 


Electric 
Telegraph 
Company 0 
Ireland Bill. 


Forth and 


Clyde Junction 


Railway Bill. 


Furness 
Railway Bill. 


Leeds, Brad- 
ford and 
Halifax Junc- 
tion Railway 
Bill. 


Llanidloes 
and Newtown 
Railway Bill. 


Roscrea and 
Parsonstown 
Junction 

Railway Bill. 


South Wales 
Mineral Rail- 
way Bill. 


York, New- 
castle and 


Berwick, York 


and North 
Midland and 
Leeds North- 
ern Railway 
Companies 
(Amalgama- 


tion, &amp;c.) Bill. 


York and 


16 Vicroriz. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Bideford Sanden Railway Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Burton-upon- Trent Improvement (No. 2) Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the East and West India Docks and Birmingham 
Junction Railway (No. 2) Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Electric Telegraph Company of Jreland Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Forth and Clyde Junction Rail- 
way Bill be re-committed to the former Committee : 
—And that they have leave to sit and proceed To- 
morrow. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Furness Railway Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Llanidloes and Newtown Railway Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Roscrea and Parsonstown Junction Railway Bill, 
as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the South Wales Mineral Railway 
Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken into 
consideration upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That the short Title of the York, New- 
castle and Berwick, York and North Midland and 
Leeds Northern Railway Companies (Amalgamation, 
&amp;c.) Bill, as first entered in the Votes, be changed to 
“ York and North Midland Railway (Re-issue of 
Huli and Selby Purchase Shares).” 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


a Midland the York and North Midland Railway (Re-issue of 


ilway 
(Re-issue of 


Hull and Selby Purchase Shares) Bill, as amended in 


Hull and Selby the Committee. 


Purchase 
Shares) Bill. 


Halifax 
Waterworks 
and Improve- 
ment Bill. 


Spitalfields 
to Shoreditch 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Railway Bills 
(Group JJ.) 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Halifax Waterworks and Improve- 
ment Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Friday next. 


Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills have leave to sit and proceed forthwith on 
the Spitalfields to Shoreditch Improvement Bill. 


Sir Francis Baring reported from the Committee 
on Group JJ. of Railway Bills; That the Parties 
promoting the Great Western Railway (Power to 
run over Shrewsbury and Birmingham, &amp;c. Railways) 
Bill had stated to the Committee, that the evidence 
VoL, 108, 


13° Junii, 








573 
of Robert Roy, Henry Robertson and John Nicoll, 


was essential to enable them to establish their case 
before the Committee; and it having been proved 
that their attendance could not be procured without 
the intervention of the House, he had been instructed 
by the Committee to move the House, that the said 

obert Roy, Henry Robertson and John Nicoll do 
attend the said Committee To-morrow, Tuesday the 
14th day of June instant, at Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That Robert Roy, Henry Robertson and 
John Nicoll do attend the Committee To-morrow, 
at Twelve o'clock. 


Mr. Beckett reported from the Committee on Group Railway Bills 
NN. of Railway Bills; That the Parties opposing (Group NN. 
the South Devon and Tavistock Railway Bill had 
stated to the Committee, that the evidence of Joel 
Roberts was essential to enable them to establish 
their case before the Committee ; and it having been 
proved that his attendance could not be procured 
without the intervention of the House, he had been 
instructed by the Committee to move the House, 
that Joel Roberts do attend the said Committee on 
Wednesday next, the 15th day of June 1853, at 
Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That Joel Roberts do attend the Com- 
mittee upon Wednesday next, at Twelve o'clock. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Aberdeen Tailors’ Incor- Aberdeen 
poration Estate Bill, without Amendment. Tailors’ Incer~ 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. — FRrate Bill. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Poulnasherry Inclosure Poulnasherry 
(re-committed) Bill, with further Amendments. Inclosure Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greenall reported from the Committee on Private Bills 
Group Q. of Private Bills; That at the meeting of (Group Q.) 
the Committee this day, a letter was received from 
Mr. Evans, Chairman of the said Committee, en- 
closing a medical certificate, stating that he was 
unable, on account of illness, to attend the Committee 
this day. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Lascelles reported from the Select Committee Berwick- 
appointed to inquire into the circumstances attending —— 
the prosecution of the Petition against the last Re- petition. 
turn for the Borough of Berwick-upon-Tweed; That y. go4 
they had considered the matters to them referred, a 
as well as the allegations contained in a Petition 
bearing date 6th of May 1853, presented to this 
House by Mr. Forster, touching the said Return, 
and had agreed to the followimg Report : 

That Mr. Forster did not endeavour, either directly 
or indirectly, by any corrupt compromise, to obtain 
the withdrawal of the Petition against the said 
Return. 

That Mr. Hodgson, the only Petitioner, did not 
offer to withdraw the said Petition on the receipt of 
a large sum of money from Mr. Forster, nor was 
any such offer made by any person on his behalf. 

That on or about the 10th of November, a pro- 
posal was made by Mr. Hodgson to Mr. John Forster, 
the son of the then Sitting Member, to the effect 
that, in the event of a vacancy caused by the prose- 
cution of the Petition against Mr. Stapleton alone, 

Mr. Forster should give a pledge that he and his 
friends should not oppose Mr. Hodgson’s Return ; 
and that a guarantee should be given, either in the 
shape of a bond for £. 1,000, or a bet to that amount, 
depending upon the Return of Mr. Hodgson ; both 

proposals were declined by Mr. John Forster. 
hat on the 15th of April an offer was made by 
Mr. Taylor, with the sanction of Mr. Hodgson Hinde, 
the brother of Mr. Hodgson, that if a cheque for 
£.2,000 were placed in Mr. Taylor’s hands by Mr. 
Forster, as a security for any costs that might be 
incurred in the prosecution of the Petition, no evi- 
4D3 dence 





Burford, 
Leachlade 
and Swindon 
Road Bill. 


Shard Rail- 
way Bill. 


Mercantile 
Steam Navy. 


Quarantine. 


Tithes. 


Belfast 
Municipal 
Boundaries, 


Sheriffs’ 
Expenses, 


574 


dence should be offered against Mr. Forster’s Return, 
he engaging not to use his influence against a Con- 
servative Candidate at the next Election; this pro- 
posal was declined by Mr. Forster. 

That the Berwick Election Committee met on the 
22d of April, and on the evening of that day a pro- 

sal was made by Mr. J. Coppuck, the Agent of 
Mr. Forster, that no further evidence should be pro- 
duced against Mr. Forster, who should take his 
chance of the decision of the Committee on the evi- 
dence already adduced, and should not oppose Mr. 
Hodgson at the coming Election; this offer was 
then refused; but, on the following day, Mr. Staple- 
ton having declined any further to defend his Return, 


it was finally agreed between Mr. Yaylor, on behalf’ 


of Mr. Hodgson, and Mr. J. Coppock, the Agent of 
Mr. Forster, that no further evidence should be 
tendered to the Committee; that all costs, not to 
exceed £.800, were to be paid by Mr. Forster, but 
whether conditionally, on Mr. Forster retaining his 
seat or not, does not distinctly appear, and that Mr. 
Forster should undertake not to offer any opposition 
to any Candidate proposed by Mr. Hodgson or Mr. 
Hinde. 

That this arrangement was made without the 
knowledge or consent of Mr. Forster, and was never 
communicated to him until the 7th of May fol- 
lowing. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Sir William Jolliffe reported the Burford, Leach- 
lade and Swindon Road (re-committed) Bill, without 
further Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; 
That in the case of the Petition for additional pro- 
vision in the Chard Railway Bill, the Standing Or- 
ders have been complied with. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of Report of the Committee appointed by the 
Board of Ordnance to inquire into the capabilities of 
the Mercantile Steam Navy for purposes of War. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Names of the Medical Superintendents 
of Quarantine at the Port of Southampton, the Dates 
of their Appointment, the Authority by which they 
were ra, mo, and the Amount, in detail, of the 
Salary, Fees or Emolument received by each during 
the year 1852, and until the 1st day of June 1853: 
—And, similar Return of every other Person, with 
the Title of his Office, employed, whether perma- 
nently or temporarily, in administering Quarantine 
Regulations in Great Britain during thesame Periods, 
whose Name is not included in Return No. 456 of 
the present Session. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all the appropriate Tithes that have fallen 
into the hands of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, 
and of the mode in which they have been severally 


dealt with. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of Captain Gi/bert’s Report upon the proposed 
Extension of the Boundaries of the Borough of Bel- 
fast, as set out in the proposed Bill, together with 
Copies of all Documents and Memorials laid before 
him, approving or objecting to such Extension, by 
Parties owners of Property within the proposed ex- 
tended Boundary. ; 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the manner in which the Sums voted in 
the Estimates for 1850, 1851 and 1852, as required 
to defray the Expenses incurred by Sheriffs, formerly 





13° Junie. 


'made in the London and North Western Railway 








A. 1853, 


paid from Civil Contingencies, have been expended ; 
stating the several Persons to whom Payments have 
been made, and for what purposes such Payments 
were required. 


Sir John Young presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Poor Relief 
mand,—Copy of ith Annual Report of the Com- (Ireland.) 
missioners by administering the Laws for Relief of 
the Poor in Lreland; with Appendices. 

Sir John Young also presented,—Return to an Incumbered 
Order, dated the 28th day of April last, for a Return Estates 
of the Petitions filed in the Court of the Commis- “ln4.) 
sioners for the Sale of Incumbered Estates in Jre- 
land, for the Sale of Estates in respect of which 
Proceedings had theretofore been had in the Courts 
of Chancery and Equity Exchequer, setting forth, 
so far as same are stated in such Petitions, the 
respective Dates of the filing of the original Bill 
and of any Supplemental Bill or Bill of Revivor in 
each Case; the Dates of the Decrees to Account and 
final Decrees ; and the Period during which a Re- 
ceiver had been in the Receipt of the Rents in each 
Case respectively. 

Sir John Young also presented, pursuant to the Pawnbrokers 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Returns, from (eland.) 
the Marshal of the City of Dublin, of the Pawn- 
brokers of Lreland, for the year ending the 31st day 
of December 1852. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions relating to Ballot ;—Dockyard Official Public 

Diqualification ;—Church and State ; — Church of Petitions. 
England ;—Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ;--Marriage ; vide sixtieth 
—Recovery of Personal Liberty Bill ;—Attorneys’ Report. 
Certificates ;—County Rates and Expenditure Bill ; 
— Property and Income Tax (1853) ;—Combination 
of Workmen Bill ;-~ Dogs ;—Education Bill ;— Lon- 
don and Edinburgh Gazettes Bill ;—and, Medical 
Profession, —were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to the Registration of Assurances 
Bill,—were also presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by gaint George 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated the Martyr 
the 8th day of April last, for a Return, specifying (Middlesex.) 
the Amount of all Monies received, and for what 
purposes expended, in each year, by the Trustees of 
the Parish Church of Saint George the Martyr, 
Middlesex, from the passing of the Acts 56 Geo. 3, 

c. 28, and 59 Geo. 3, c. 11, to the present Period. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Jsle of Isle of Man. 
Man, which was presented upon the 2d day of this No. 605. 
instant June, be printed. 


A Petition of the London and North Western London and 


Railway Company, praying that provision may be North Western 
: : aE Railway 

1s : A ee ‘Y (Tring and 

(Tring and Oxford) Bill, for making a deviation in Oxford) Bill. 


the Line of their proposed Railway from Tring to 
Oxford, near Oxford, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills. 


Ordered, That Mr. Charles Morgan have leave Leave of 
of absence for a week, on account of ill health. Absence. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Milford and 
Return of the Number and Names of Her Majesty's by oe ng 
Mail Packets on the Milford and Waterford, Holy- ” 
head and Kingstown, Liverpool and Kingstown, Do- 
naghadee and Portpatrich Stations, for two years 
previous to the Period when the Mails were first 
conveyed between England and Ireland by Con- 
tract, together with the Dates when each Line was 
discontinued respectively ; showing the Annual Ex- 
penditure for each Station under the following Heads 

oO 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Consolidated 
Fund 

(£. 4,000,000) 
Bill. 
Edinburgh 
Waterworks 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Dundee 
Waterworks 
Bill. 

Preston 
Waterworks 
Bill. 

Belfast and 
Ballymena 
Railway Bill. 


Limerick 
Corporation 
Bill. 


Surial- 
grounds Bill. 


Drummond’s 
(Duke de 
Melfort’s) 
Restitution 
Bill. 


Decimal 
Coinage. 


Burial- 


grounds Bill. 


No. 606. 


Succession 
Duty Bill. 


No. 607. 


16 VicrorRiz. 


of Service, Wages and Victuals, Wear and Tear, 
Coals and Repairs of Machinery :—And, Estimate 
of the Capital presumed to be sunk in maintaining 
each Line ; together with an Account of any Inci- 
dental Expenses incurred by the Commissioners in 
the performance of the Service. 





A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Consolidated Fund | 


! 


Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 
| 

The Lords have agreed to the Edinburgh Water- | 
works (No. 2) Bill, without any Amendment: And | 
also, 
The Lords have agreed to the Dundee Water- 
works Bill, without any Amendment :—And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Preston Water- 
works Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Belfast and Bally- 
mena Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Limerick Corpora- 
tion Bill, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : And 
also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for empowering Local Boards of Health to provide 
Burial-grounds; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for the Restitution in Blood of George Drummond, 
Esquire, Duke de Melfort and Comte de Lussan, in 
France, and to relieve the said George Drummond 
and the Heirs Male of James first Earl of Perth, 
from the effect of the Attainder of James Drummond, 
commonly called Lord Drummond, eldest Son of 
James fourth Earl of Perth, and from the effect of 
the Attainder of John Drummond, second Son of 
the said James Drummond, and from the effect of a 
Decreet of Forfaulture pronounced by the Parlia- 
ment of Scotland against John Earl of Melfort; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords give leave to Viscount Leinster to 
attend to give Evidence before the Select Committee 
appointed by this House, in the present Session of 
Parliament, to take into consideration, and to report 
to this House, the practicability and advantages or 
otherwise that would arise from adopting a Decimal 
System of Coinage (his Lordship in his place con- 
senting), as desired by this House :—And then the 
Messenger withdrew. 


The Burial-grounds Bill was read the first time, 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next; and to be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Succession Duty Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day six months, resolve 
“ itself into the said Committee,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 

posed to be left out, stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the {n r. Hayter, aes 
Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave : —s 
Tellers for the { Viscount Mandeville, Toes 
Noes, { Colonel Taylor : —_ 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 





13°—14° Junit. 575 


Ordered, That Mr, Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 14° die Junti, 1853: 
The Savings Banks Bill was, according to Order, gavings Banks 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee Bill. 
of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Savings Banks Annuities Bill was, according gayings Banks 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a Annuitics Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Excise Duties 
take into consideration the Excise Duties on Spirits on Spirits Bill. 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 

Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Customs 
mittee on the Customs Duties on Spirits Bill; Duties on 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve Spirits Bill 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Customs, &amp;c. 
mittee on the Customs, &amp;c. Acts; Acts. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Chatham 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed Writ. 
upon the 29th day of April last, That Mr. Speaker 
do issue his Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown, to 
make out a new Writ for the electing of a Burgess 
to serve in this present Parliament for the Borough 
of Chatham, in the room of Sir John Mark Fre- 
deric Smith, whose Election has been determined to 
be void ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—-The 
| House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And the Question being put :—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Public-houses 
mittee on the Public-houses (Scotland) Bill ; (Scotland ) 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday a 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Common 
into a Committee on the Common Lodging-houses —. 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker googie an 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bourerie reported, No. 608. 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 
22d day of this instant June. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Bail in Error 
into a Committee on the Bail in Error Bill; and, Bill. 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 


the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the 





VoL, 108, 


4p4 Committee 































ee ae ae oe ae 


























Ta i ERS NE Ee 


I Nn A Re naw te sh 





Municipal 
Corporations 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Public Works 
Loan Bill. 


Parish 
Vestries Bill. 


Convicted 
Prisoners’ 
Removal and 
Confinement 
Bill. 


Bankruptcy 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Taxing Officer 
Common Law 
Business 

(Ireland) Bill. 


Sligo Writ. 


Committee had gone through the Bill; and directed 
him to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Municipal Corporations Act Amend- 
ment Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Public Works Loan Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Parish Vestries Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 


reading of the Convicted Prisoners’ Removal and | 


Confinement Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 


day. 


The Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill was, according 
to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Lord Advocate do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Taxing Officer, Com- 
mon Law Business (Jreland) Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 


Bill in p. 3, 1. 31, by leaving out from the word | 


“ Officers” to the word “ each” in 1. 34, 
And the Question being put, That the words 


proposed to be left out, stand part of the Bill:—It | 


was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon | 


Thursday next. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown in Jreland, to make out a 
new Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Borough of Sligo, in 
the room of Charles Towneley, Esquire, whose Elec- 
tion has been determined to be void ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 


the end of the Question, in order to add the words | 


“ the Writ for the Borough of Sligo be suspended 
“ for a fortnight” instead thereof. 


: &lt; 
And the Question being proposed, That the 


words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 


And a Motion being made, and the Question being | 


put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the { Mr. John Fitz Gerald, liso 
Yeas, \ Mr. Vincent Scully: ee 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Whiteside, 1a 
Noes, | Mr. Hamilton: Saati 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Debate be adjourned till this day 
week; 


13°—14° Junii. 


A. 1853. 


—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, ‘That the Debate be adjourned till Tues- 
day next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Post-office 
Copy of a Memorial from the Inhabitants of Abbey- (Abbeyfeale.) 
feale, in the County of Limerick, to the Postmaster 
General. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented South 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased ©?olina. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of all Correspondence with Her Ma- 
jesty’s Consul at Charleston, on the subject of the 
Imprisonment of Shipwrecked Sailors and other 
British Subjects, being Persons of Colour, by the 
Authorities of South Carolina. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 








Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Parish Ves- 
amend the Acts for the Regulation of Parish Ves- ties (No. 2.) 
tries: And that Sir George Brooke Pechell and Sir 
John Hanmer do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Serjeant Murphy reported from the Com- Private Bills 
mittee on Group W. of Private Bills ; That Colonel Group (W.) 
Hall, one of the selected Members of the said Com- 
mittee, was not present during the sitting of the 
Committee this day. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir George Brooke Pechell presented a Bill to Parish Ves- 
amend the Acts for the Regulation of Parish Ves- tries (No. 2) 
| tries: And the same was read the first time; and rs 
ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday No. 609. 
next ; and to be printed. 





| 
Ordered, That the Belfast Municipal Boundaries Belfast Muni- 
Bill be read a second time this day. cipal Bounda- 
“ ries Bill. 
|. Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve Soap Duties. 
| itself into a Committee to consider the Duties on 
Soap. 





| Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Revenue and 

|to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased a 

‘to give directions, that there be laid before this (Colonies.) 
House, Returns, in a Tabular Form, for the last year 

in which they can be made up, of the Gross Reve- 

/nues, under their different heads, of each of the Co- 

_lonies of Great Britain, exhibiting the Cost of Col- 

lection :—And, for the last year in which they can 

| be made up, of the Disbursements, under their dif- 

| ferent heads, of each of the Colonies of Great Bri- 

tain (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 

| 200, of Session 1852). 

| Ordered, ‘That the said Address be presented to 

| Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 


| 


/of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


| Drummond's (Duke de Melfort’s) Restitution Bill Drummond’s 
was read the first time. ame gg 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- on Bill. 


ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


| 


Mr. Peel presented,—Return to an Address to Raisins. 

Her Majesty, dated the 3d day of this instant June, 
for Copy of Correspondence between the Right ho- 
-nourable the Secretary for the Colonies and the 
| Lord High Commissioner of the Zonian Islands, on 
ithe subject of the proposed Reduction of Duty on 
| Raisins. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 





, yas ~ - 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to Table. 


the Question, by leaving out the words “this day 
“ week,” and adding the words “ Monday week” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
a quarter of an hour before Two of the clock 
on Tuesday morning, adjourned till this day. 


words “ this day week” stand part of the Question : 





| 






Pell: 
ton’ 


Fort 
Cly¢ 


tion 


Dub 
and 
Jun 
Rail 


Shit 
Brat 
Bill. 


Priv 
(Gr 


Wes 
Roa 


Whi 
Imp 


Whi 
and 
Jun 
Rail 


Pelham Clin- 
ton’s Estate 
Bill. 


Forth and 
Clyde June- 
tion Railway 
Bill. 


Banbridge, 


Dublin, Newry 


and Belfast 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Shiplep and 


16 Vicroriz. 


Martis, 14° die Junii ; 
Anno 16° Victoriz Regine, 1853. 
PRAYERS. 


\ R. Bouverie reported Pelham Clinton's Es- 
4 tate Bill, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Forth and Clyde Junc- 
tion Railway (re-committed) Bill, with further 
Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the 
Banbridge, Dublin, Newry and Belfast Junction 
Railway Bill; That they had examined the allega- 
tions contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
made a verbal Amendment thereto; and found the 
same, as amended, to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The Shipley and Bramley Road Bill was read the 


Bramley Road third time. 


Bill. 


Private Bills 
(Group W.) 


West Harptry 


Road Bill. 


Whitechapel 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Whitehaven 
and Furness 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Alston Roads 
Bill, 


Birmingham 
and Oxford 
Junction, 
Birmingham, 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, Tivat Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group W. of 


Private Bills have leave to sit this day till Five of | 


the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


The West Harptry Road Bill was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Whitechapel Improvement Bill 
be read the third time To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Whitehaven and Furness Junction 
Railway Bill; 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read the third time ; 

Mr. Cardwell, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Consent, 
as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, that 
the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Alston Roads Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Birmingham and Oxford Junction, Birmingham, 
Wolverhampton and Dudley and Great Western 


Wolverhamp- Railways Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


ton and Dud- 


ley and Great 


Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill be read the third time. 


Western Railways Bill. 


Limerick 
and Foynes 
Railway Bill. 


Belfast 
Municipal 
Boundaries 
Bill. 


Evidence 
Amendment 
Bill. 


No. 610, 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Limerick and Foynes Railway Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Belfast Municipal Boundaries Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Evidence Amendment Bill was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Friday next, and to be printed. 

VoL. 108. 














14° Juniz. 577 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,-—-Report from Birkenhead 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Peck Trustees 
‘ &gt; ‘ ° Bill. 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for additional pro- 
vision in the Birkenhead Dock Trustees Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,— Report from Spitalfields to 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Shoreditch 
That in the case of the Spitalfields to Shoreditch — 
Improvement Bill, the Standing Orders have been 
complied with. 


Mr. Adair reported from the Committee on Group Newport, 
CC. of Railway Bills; That in the case of the Mew- Abergavenny 
port, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway (Hereford, Sues _ 
&amp;e.) Bill, they had examined the allegations con- (Hereford, 
tained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the &amp;-) Bill. 
same, by inserting therein an allegation of the expe- 
diency of extendmg the Railway near Pontypool, 
so as to enable it to form a Junction with the Vew- 
port and Pontypool Railway; and found the same, 
as amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; and had 
inserted a provision in the Bill for enforcing the 
completion of the works authorized thereby within 
the period limited by the Bill, pursuant to the tenor 
of the Resolution of the House of the 15th April; in 
order to effect which the Committee had inserted a 
clause, rendering the payment of dividends contin- 
gent on the opening of the Line within eighteen 
months ; having satisfied themselves that so much 
of the capital has been expended in the works of the 
Line, and that the same were so near completion, 
that the objects of Parliament would be attained by 
such a clause; and had also inserted in the Bill the 
provision for the Extension near Pontypool, for 
which leave was given by the House on the 27th 
day of May last; and finally, had inserted in the 
Bill a clause prohibiting the Company from con- 
structing the Deviation and Branch at Hereford, if 
within a certain time fixed by the Bill the Worcester 
and Hereford Railway Company, who are seeking 
— to execute precisely the same works, shall 

ave executed them. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 


Mr. Adair reported the Worcester and Hereford Worcester 
Railway Bill, with Amendments, and additions there- 294 Hereford 
ante. Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Adair reported from the Committee on Group Worcester 
CC. of Railway Bills; That in the case of the Wor- and Hereford 
cester and Hereford Junction Railway Bill, they had —-. 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, but the same had not been proved to 
their satisfaction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Sir Francis Baring reported the Leamington, Leamington, 
Warwich and Stratford-upon-Avon Railway Bill, Warwick and 
with Amendments. —— 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; infiow Bill 


and be printed. 


Mr. Wrightson reported the New Ross (Free) New Ross 
Bridge (re-committed) Bill, with further Amend- (Free) Bridge 
ments. Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for London and 
Private Bills have leave to sit and proceed, To- NorthWestern 
+4: +4: +: - Railway 
morrow, on the Petition for additional provision in (Tying and 
the London and North Western Railway ( 77ving and Osford) Bill. 
Ozford) Bill. 
4E Notice 






















































seo tn th amet there Sse eS E ee St oat Rt LA 


sentient Bo ae 





Drummond's 
(Duke de 
Melfort’s) 
Restitution 
Bill. 


Railway Bills 
(Group LL.) 


Leeds North- 
ern Railway 
Bill. 


Carlisle Canal 


and Port 
Carlisle 
Railway Bill. 


Chard 
Railway Bill. 


Private Bills 
(Group PP.) 


Committee of 
Selection, 





Carlisle Railway (re-committed) Bill, with further 


578 


Notice being taken, That Drummond’s (Duke de 
Melfort’s) Restitution Bill had been read the first 
time; and that Her Majesty’s Consent. to the same 
had not been given ; 

Ordered, That the Proceedings of the House of 
the 13th day of this instant June, in relation to the 
first reading of the said Bill, be null and void. 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read the first time ; 

Sir William Molesworth, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the purport of the Bill, 
gives Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest 


14° Juniz. 





A, 1853., 


A Message by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of the Royal Assent 

Black Rod: to Bills. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent to seve- 
ral Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire the 
immediate attendance of this Honourable House in 
the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And, being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Commission, had been at the House of Peers, 





is concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. | 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the first time: | 
—The Bill was accordingly read the first time; and | 
ordered to be read a second time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second | 
time :—-The Bill was accordingly read a second | 
time; and committed to a Select Committee. 


where a Commission under the Great Seal was read, 


| giving, declaring and notifying the Royal Assent to 


the several Bills therein mentioned; and that the 
Lords, thereby authorized, had declared the Royal 
Assent to the said Bills : Which Bills are as follow: 
An Act to apply the Sum of Four Millions out of Consolidated 
the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the year Fund 
One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-three : | eeaaae, 


An Act to provide for the supplying of Vacancies Burghs (Scot- 


Mr. Edward Ellice reported from the Committee | in Town Councils of Burghs in Scotland, consequent 4) Bill. 


on Group LL. of Railway Bills; That the Parties | 
opposing the Milford Haven Docks Bill had stated | 
to the Committee, that the Evidence of Robert | 
Lanning was essential to enable them to establish | 
their case before the Committee; and it having 
heen proved that his attendance could not be pro- | 
cured without the intervention of the House, he had | 
been instructed by the Committee to move the 
House, that the said Robert Lanning do attend the 
said Committee on Wednesday the 15th day of 
June, at Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That Robert Lanning do attend the 
said Committee To-morrow, at Twelve o'clock. 


Mr. Baillie reported from the Committee on Group 
MM. of Railway Bills; That in the case of the 
Leeds Northern Railway Bill, they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and amended the same, by reciting that a 
further outlay was desirable for stations and the 
completion of works for the convenience and safety 
of the public; and by striking out the words re- 
ferrmg to a scheme for an adjustment, as having 
been agreed to by a large proportion of the share- 
holders, and as intended to be carried into effect by 
the Bill; and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Baillie reported the Carlisle Canal and Port 


Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


on null or irregular Elections : 
An Act for empowering the Sheriff and Com- Sheriff and 
missary of Berwickshire to hold Courts at Dunse, Commissary 


, ? Courts (Ber- 
and for other purposes : wickshire) Bill. 


An Act to amend the Law as to taking the Poll County Eleec- 
at Elections for Members to serve in Parliament for to Polls 
Scotland: ee 

An Act for regulating the Weights used in Sales Sales of 
of Bullion: Bullion Bill. 

An Act for the better Prevention and Punishment Aggravated 
of Aggravated Assaults upon Women and Children, Sao 
and for preventing Delay and Expense in the Ad- 
ministration of certain parts of the Criminal Law: 


An Act for repealing an Act, called “ The Cardiff Cardiff 
Waterworks Act, 1850,” and granting other Powers — 
in lieu thereof, and for authorizing the Curdiff ~ 
Waterworks Company to raise further Money : 

An Act for enabling the Company of Proprietors Sheffield 
of the Sheffield Waterworks to extend their Works, oe 
and to obtain a further Supply of Water from the” 

Rivers JRivelin and Lozley and their Tributaries, 
and for consolidating the Acts relating to such 
Company : 

An Act for amending the Provisions of certain Liverpool 
Acts of Parliament relating to the Civil Court of Re- Borough 
cord of the Borough of Liverpuol, and the Process, oo 
Practice and Mode of Pleading in the said Court, 
and for extending the Jurisdiction thereof : 

An Act for supplying the Inhabitants of the Cambridge 
University and Borough of Cambridge, and other University and 


ar ‘ T Water- 
Places adjoining thereto, with Water : aie Bill. 


An Act for amending the Provisions of existing Stockport 
Local Acts relating to the Borough of Stockport : —_—— 


An Act for better supplying with Water the Brighton, Hove 





The House was moved, That the Report of the 
Examiner of Petitions for Private Bills, in respect 
of the Petition for additional provision in the Chard 
Railway Bill, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- | 
mittee on the Bill, that they have Power to make | 
= therein pursuant to the prayer of the said 

-etition. 


Ordered, That Mr. Goddard be excused from fur- | 
ther attendance on the Committee on Group PP. of | 


Private Bills. 


. . . &gt; 
Parishes of Brighton, Hove and Preston, in the 24 Preston 
Waterworks 


County of Sussex : BilL 
An Act for discharging the Inhabitants of the Wakefield 
Townships of Wakefield, Alverthorpe-with- Thornes, ag Mills 
Horbury, Stanley-with-Wrenthorpe, Sandal Magna ” 
and Crigglestone, in the Parishes of Wakefield and 
Sandal Magna, in the West Riding of the County 
of York, from the custom of grinding Corn, Grain 
and Malt at certain Corn-mills in the said Town- 
ships of Wakefield and Horbury and Parish of 
| Sandal Magna, and for making Compensation to 
| the Proprietors of the said Mills : 
An Act for making a Road or Street from the Edinburgh 
South end of Waverley Bridge-road, adjoining the High-street 


+ f : ° and Railwa 
General Railway Station at Princes-street, to the Station, rod 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- | High-street in the City of Edinburgh : Bill. 


mittee of Selection to appoint another Member to 


into 


i An 


An Act to enable the Scottish Central Railway Scottish 


serve on the Committee on Group PP. of Private eg, to convert their Mortgage and Bond Debt a” 
Bills. 


ebenture Stock : 


hand bod 


ped eed eet 


oe A ee ht ee 


a 


— rf 


oy ee 


mt ot ee 





16 VicrorizZz. 





Midland Rail- 
way (Amend- 
ment of Acts, 
&amp;c. ) Bill. 


An Act to empower the Midland Railway Com- 
pany to create new Shares, or to grant Annuities 
for the Extinguishment of their Debenture Debt, 
and for other purposes : 

Blackpool and D 
Layton-with- jmproving the Town of Blackpool and the rest of the 
Warbrick Township of Layton-with-Warbrick, in the Count 
Improvement Sup O y y 
Bill. Palatine of Lancaster, and for other purposes, and 
of which the short Title is “The Blackpool Im- 
provement Act, 1853 :” 

An Act for the further Improvement of the Bo- 
rough of Wolverhampton, and for regulating the 
Markets therein, and for other purposes : 


Wolverhamp- 
ton Markets 
and Fairs, &amp;c, 


Bill. 

Wakefield An Act to authorize the Wakefield Borough Market 
Market Bill. Company to raise a further Sum of Money : 

Salford Exe An Act for the Extension of the Boundaries of the 
tension and = Municipal Borough of Sa/ford, and otherwise im- 
— proving the said Borough, and for other purposes : 


Teignmouth An Act for the Maintenance and Regulation of the 
Harbour and Harbour of Teignmouth and the Navigation of the 
Teigu Naviga- River Teign, and for other purposes : 

tion Bill. 

Norwich An Act to alter and amend the Provisions of “The 
Waterworks City of Norwich Waterworks Act, 1850,” and to 
Bill. grant further Powers to the Company thereby in- 
corporated : 

An Act for establishing a Corn Exchange, and 
regulating the Markets in the Borough of Reading, 
and for other purposes, and of which the short Title 
is “The Reading Corporation Markets Act, 1853 :” 


Reading 
Market Bill. 


Great Grimsby 


14° Junzz. 


An Act for better lighting, watching and otherwise | I 





579 


Borough of Preston aforesaid to purchase the Preston 
Waterworks : 

An Act to enable the Edinburgh Water Company Edinburgh 
to raise a further Sum of Money, and for other pur- bag 
noses : (No. 2) Bill. 

An Act to enable the Dundee Water Company to Dundee 
construct additional Works for obtaining a further Waterworks 
Supply of Water, and ior other Se ma _ 

An Act to enable the Master, Fellows and Scholars Sid ney Sussex 
of Lady Frances Sidney Sussex College, in the Uni- College Estate 
versity of Cambridge, to lease on long Leases, and 
otherwise improve their Estate, situate at Clee, in the 
County of Lincoln, and for other purposes : 

An Act to authorize the granting of Building Nash’s Estate 
Leases of Lands and Hereditaments, subject to the Bill. 


| Will of Andrew John Nash, Esquire, deceased : 


An Act to enable William Yates Rooker, Clerk, to Rooker’s 
exercise his Office of a Priest, and to hold any Bene- Disabilities 
fice or Preferment in the United Church of England eumatomienes 
and Jreland. 


Lord Seymour reported from the Committee on Great London 
Group Z. of Private Bills; That in the case of the P*insge Bill. 
Great London Drainage Bill, they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
but the same had not been proved to their satis- 
faction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Lord Seymour reported the Dewsbury, Heckmond- Dewsbury, 











An Act for the Improvement and Regulation of 


Improvement the Borough of Great Grimsby, in the County of| 


Bill. Lincoln, for better supplying the Inhabitants thereof 
with Water, for providing a new Burial-ground, for 
enlarging the Market-place, for making an Outfall 
for the Sewers of the Town, and for other pur- 
poses : 

Irwell Valley | An Act for supplying with Water several Town- 

Waterworks ships and Places in the Varishes of Whalley, Bury, 

Bill. Radcliffe, Prestwick-cum-Oldham and Bolton-le- 
Moors, in Lancashire, and for incorporating the Bury 
and Radcliffe Waterworks Company : 

Meneaee and An Act for making a Canal from the Francis 

Weston Canal Dock, connected with the Duke of Bridgewater’s 


mu. Canal at Runcorn, in the County of Chester, to join 
the Weston Canal or River Weaver Navigation, at or 
near Weston Point in the same Parish, and to be 
called the Runcorn and Weston Canal : 

Bognor An Act for making a Railway from Chichester to 


Railway Bill. Bognor: 
An Act to increase the Capital and extend the 


Price’s Patent 


Candle Powers of Price's Patent Candle Company, and to 

(Nona) Bul consolidate the Acts relating to the Company : 

Oldham Cor- An Act for enabling the Mayor, Aldermen and 

= = Burgesses of the Borough of Oldham, in the County 
ahani Gas 

and Water- 


works Bill. | works and Waterworks, and for other purposes : 


Shipley Gas 


| 
| 





| 


wike and Batley Water Bill, with Amendments. ee 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Jey Water Bill 


Mr. Vernon Smith reported from the Committee East Lan- 
on Group FF. of Railway Bills; That in the case of a 
the East Lancashire Railway (No. 2) (Southport, &amp;c.) po tated 
Bill, they had examined the allegations of the Bill, &amp;c.) Bill. 
and had made certain verbal Amendments in the 
Preamble, and also an Amendment confining to the 
works, authorized by the Bill, the allegation of the 
expediency of traffic arrangements with a neighbour- 
ing Company, in conformity with the Resolutions of 
the 15th April last ; and found the same, as amended, 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Vernon Smith reported from the Committee Liverpool, 

on Group FF. of Railway Bills ; That in the case of — ond 
‘ ” * P ; outhport 

the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway Bill, Railway Bill. 
they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
striking out part thereof relating to the Tolls payable 
to the Lancashire and Yorkshire and East Lancashire 
Railway Companies, and inserting in lieu thereof a 
recital as to the payments to be made to those Com- 


Palatine of Lancaster, to purchase and maintain Gas- | panies in respect ot the trafic passing over their Line 


of Railway, and for the use of their Station at Titch- 


An Act for enabling the Shipley Gas-Light Com- | burn-street, so as to make the same consistent with 


Bill. pany to raise a further Sum of Money, and for ex-| the Clauses contained in the Bill; and found the 
tending the Limits of their existing Act to the ad-| same, as amended, to be true ; and had gone through 


joining Township of Baildon : 
Blackburn 
Gas Bill. 
and to authorize the raising of a further Sum of 
Money, and for other purposes : 
Severn Navi- 
gation Bill. 
thereto : 
Madras Rail- 


as with : 
leeds Gas An Act to consolidate the Acts relating to the 
(No.2) Bill. Leeds Gas-Light Company, to authorize the Com- 
pany to raise a further Sum of Money, and for other 
purposes : 
Preston 


r An Act for better supplying with Water the Bo- 

paterworks rough of Preston, in the County of Lancaster, and 

- for authorizing the Local Board of Health for the 
Von. 108. 


An Act to extend the Limits of the Blackburn | 
Gas-Light Company’s Act for the Supply of Gas, | and be printed. 


the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Hayleybury 


An Act for making certain Improvements in the | Copies of any Correspondence between the Board of College. 
River Severn, and for amending the Acts relating ; Control and the Court of Directors of the East India 


| Company, upon the subject of the Act of 1837, re- 





An Act for incorporating the Madras Railway | lating to Appointments at Hayleybury College. 
mh Company Company, and for other purposes connected there- | 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Improvement 
Return of all Applications made to the Lord Lieu- $ — 
tenant, or Chief or Under Secretary for Jre/and, a 
during the last Five years, for an Alteration or Amend- 
ment of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 82, “ to make provision 
for the lighting, cleansing and watching of Cities, 

Towns Corporate, and Market Towns in freland, in 
certain cases,” with the Dates when received, the 
4E2 Places, 








































































Poor Rates 
(Ireland. ) 


Lunatics Care 


and Treatment 


Bill. 


Lunatic 
Asylums Bill. 


Lunacy Regu- 
lation Bill. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Charitable 
Donations and 
Bequests 
(Ireland. ) 


Pablic Works 
(Ireland. ) 


East India, 


580 14° Junzz. 


Places, and Persons making such Applications, the 
general purport thereof, and of the Replies (if any) 
given thereto respectively. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of Dates of the Rates made in each Union 
in Ireland, which included the Consolidated Annui- 
ties due on or previous to the 30th day of September 
1851:—Similar Return in respect of Rates which 


include Consolidated Annuities due on or previous to | 
the 30th day of September 1852 :—Keturns speci- | 


fying the Unions, if any, in which in each year no 
Provision has been made in their Rates for the Con- 
solidated Annuities :—And, specifying the Unions in 
which no Rates for general purposes have been struck 


since the 30th day of September 1852. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, To-morrow, on the Lunatics Care and 
Treatment Bill, was read, and discharged.’ 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 22d day of this instant June, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, ‘To-morrow, on the Lunatic Asylums Bill, 
was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 22d day of this instant June, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, To-morrow, on the Lunacy Regulation 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, Vhat this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 22d day of this instant June, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


Ordered, That Captain Vyse have leave of absence 
for ten days, on account of the death of a near re- 
lation. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com-- 


mand,—Copy of Eighth Annual Report of the Com- 


missioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests | 


for Ireland. 


Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the’ 


Table. 


Mr. Wilson presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of ‘Twenty-first Report from the Board 
of Public Works, Jreland ; with Appendices. 


Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the | 


Table. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 24th day of February last, for Copies of all De- 
spatches, Minutes or other Documents (not already 
laid before Parliament) relating to the Attempts of 
Dhackjee Dadajee to bribe the Bombay Government 
and its Servants :—Of all other Reports, Letters or 
Papers received subsequently to the year 1840, on 
the subject of the alleged Corruption of Officers in 
the Political, Revenue or Judicial Departments under 


the Bombay Government, and not already laid before | 
Parliament :—Of all Reports or Replies (not already | 


laid before Parliament) returned by Political, Reve- 
nue or Judicial Officers of the Bombay Government, 
tc the Circular Letters on the subject of Ahutput 
(illicit influence), addressed to them by the said 
Government in May 1850, with the Dates on which 
they were received by the Bombay Government, the 
Indian Government, the Court of Directors, and the 
Board of Control respectively :—Of all Correspond- 
ence and Papers (not already laid before Parliament) 
on the subject of the said Circular Letters, or the 
said Reports or Replies, on the belief of the Natives 
in the Corruptibility of the Bombay Government or 





A. 1853. 


its Subordinate Officers, or the means of eradicating 
the same :—Of all Correspondence and Papers (not 
already laid before Parliament) on the subject of the 
Conduct of the Bombay Government in “ arresting iz 
limine” some of Colonel Outram’s most important 
Investigations of Official Corruption, as described 
in the Political Letter of the Court of Directors of 
the 23d day of June 1852 (Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 560, of Session 1852, page 17), or on the sub- 
ject of the Charges against Colonel Outram, con- 
tained in Minutes of the bombay Government or its 
| Members, of labouring under “ monomania’” (Par- 
'liamentary Paper, No. 560, of Session 1852, page 
1285), and of being actuated by “ rancorous personal 
| feelings” (Parliamentary Paper, No. 560, of Session 
852, page 913), in his conduct of certain of those 
| Inquiries which the Court of Directors afterwards 
| declare to have been conducted with a “zeal, energy, 
ability and success,” entitling him to credit (Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 560, of Session 1852, page 27): 
~-Of all Documents on the Records of the Jndia 
House, showing, or tending to show, the views of 
individual Directors in reference to Colonel Outram’s 
| Removal from Office, or in reference to the Treatment 
_he received from the Bombay Government, or in re- 
| ference to the probable consequences of his Re- 
|moval, or in reference to the Measures by which 
| these consequences might be best averted:—Of all 
Documents tending to show what Measures have 
been taken by the Bombay Government, or ordered 
| by the Court of Directors, for the purpose of eradi- 
| cating the belief in the Corruptibility of High Offi- 
'cials, which has been declared to exist at Baroda by 
Colonel Outram, and also by Mr. W. E. Frere, the 
Commissioner despatched by Lord lalkland’s Go- 
_vernment to report on certain allegations made by 
| Colonel Outram, and who furnished a Report dated 
| the 22d day of October 1851 (Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 560, of Session 1852, page 1013), and by other 
Public Servants :—And, of all Documents tending 
to show if any or what Measures have been taken 
to effect the Removal of, or convey Censure to, the 
, Minister and other Members of the Guicowar’s Dur- 
bar, pronounced guilty by the Bomlay Government 
of having laboured to thwart Colonel Qutram’s Le- 
gitimate and Official Inquiries, and to interpose dif- 
ficulties in the way of his doing justice to oppressed 
Individuals entitled by Guarantee to British Pretee- 
tion (Parliamentary Paper, No. 560, of Session 1852, 
pages 17 and 411). 





Return to an Order, dated the 15th day of February Income Tax. 


last, for a Return showing the Number of Persons 
charged to the Income Tax for the years ended the 5th 
day of April 1851 and 1852, under Schedule (D.); 
distinguishing the Number charged in each of the 
following Classes ; riz. under £.150 a year; £.150 
a year and under £.200; £. 200 and under £.300 ; 
£.300 and under £.400; £.400 and under £. 500; 
—£.500 and under £.600; £.600 and under £. 700; 
~£.700 and under £.800; £. 800 and under £.900; 
£.900 and under £.1,000; £.1,000 and under 
£.2,000; £.2,000 and ander £.3,000; £.3,000 and 
under £.4,000; £.4,000 and under £. 5,000; £.5,000 
and under £.10,000 ; £.10,000 and under £.50,000 ; 
£. 50,000 and upwards; and the Amounts of Tax 
received from each Class :—Similar Return, under 
Schedule (E.), to £.5,000 a year and upwards :— 
And, Return showing the Net Amount of Property 
and Income Tax for the same years, classed under 
the several Schedules (in continuation of Parliamen- 
tary Paper, No. 480, of Session 1852). 


| Return to an Order, dated the 22d day of April Customs. 


last, for a Return showing the Number of Officers 
employed in the Customs Department at the present 
time, distinguishing the Number under each Class, 
the Amount of the Salaries of each Class, and the 
| Aggregate Charge in the year 1853. 


| Return to an Order, dated the 2d day of May Unstamped 
last, for Copies of all Correspondence, since the 1st Publications. 


day of January 1851 to the present time, between 
H the 





oy oe 





Turnpike 
Trusts. 


Government 
Stocks. 


Saint George 
the Martyr 
(Middlesex. ) 


No. 611. 
Raisins. 


No. 612. 


Harwich 
Borough, 





16 Vicrortiz. 


the Solicitor or other Officer of the Board of Inland 
Revenue and the Publishers of Unstamped Publica- 
tions, in the Cases in which Publishers have been 
cautioned that their Publications have contained 
News or Comments upon News :—Of the Cases, 
since the 1st day of January 1851 to the present 
time, in which Proceedings have been commenced 
or threatened by the Solicitor of Board of Inland 
Revenue against persons for publishing, — 
or selling Unstamped Papers containing News or 
Comments on News, and all Correspondence relating 
thereto ; also all Cases within the same Period in 
which Publishers of Unstamped Papers or Supple- 
ments containing News have been exempted from 
Legal Proceedings, on Payment of the Duties or 
Fines imposed by the Board of Inland Revenue ; 
with the Correspondence relative thereto :—And, of 
all written Inquiries received by the Officers of the 
Board of Inland Revenue, since the 1st day of Ja- 
nuary 1851, respecting that description of “ News” 
which, under the Name of “ Class News,” is now 
permitted to be printed on Unstamped Paper ; and all 
Correspondence during the same b 

Officers of Board of Inland Revenue and other 
Parties relative to the kind of Intelligence which, 
under the practice of the Board, is now held to be 
hable to Duty. 

Return to an Order, dated the 27th day of May 
last, for a Return, showing the several Amounts bor- 
rowed from the Public Works Loan Commissioners, 
and not wholly repaid, by Turnpike Trusts in Eng- 
land and Wales, the Date of each Loan, the original 
Rate of Interest, the reduced Rate of Interest paya- 
ble, the Amount of Principal repaid, and the Amount 
of Debt, distinguishing the Principal from the 
Interest, remaining unpaid on the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary 1853; also, showing the Amount of unpaid 
Interest, if any, extinguished :— And, similar Return 
for Scotland. 

Return to an Order, dated the 10th day of this 
instant June, for Returns of the Number of Persons, 
holders of any of the several Species of Stock or 
Annuities provided to be paid off or commuted under 
the Act 16 Vic. c. 23, who have given Notice on or 
before the 3d day of June, under the Provisions of 


the said Act, of their Assent to receive other Govern- | 


ment Stock in lieu or place of the Capital Stock of 
the said Annuities, instead of being paid in Money ; 
and of the Amount of the Stock in respect of which 
such Notices have been given; stating also the 
Amount proposed to be taken in the New 34 per 
cent. Stock, the 2} per cent. Stock, and Exchequer 
Bonds :—Of the Amount of Exchequer Bills ex- 
changed for Exchequer Bonds, or registered and 
stamped preparatory to such Exchange, on or be- 
fore Wednesday the 26th day of May, under the 
Treasury Minute of the 13th day of May last :—Of 
the Amount of Exchequer Bills for the Service of 
the year 1852-3, exchanged for Exchequer Bills for 
the Service of the year 1853-4 :—Of the Amount of 
Exchequer Bills paid off in Money since the 5th day 
of January 1853, and the Dates of such Payments : 
—And, of the Amount of Exchequer Bills purchased 
by the Commissioners for the Reduction of the 
National Debt, or otherwise by or for the Govern- 
ment, since the 5th day of January 1853, with the 
Date of such Purchases, and Rates of Purchase. | 


14° Juniz. 


eriod between the | 





581 


to take place at Harwich without any commission 
being issued to inquire into the corrupt practices that 
are brought to bear upon the voters of the Borough 
at every Election, parliamentary and municipal, 
through the influence of John Attwood, Esquire, 
which have disgraced and comparatively ruined the 
town, and rendered the exercise of the franchise a 
curse to many who are influenced by those practices, 
and a source of vexation, annoyance and injury to 
those independent voters who find their political 
principles defeated at almost every Election by the 
bribery and intimidation so extensively and so un- 
scrupulously practised by the said John Attwood and 
his agents ; that the system of the said John Ait- 
wood and his agents has not been confined to the 
poor and needy, but has been extended to persons in 
good circumstances, who have not thought it beneath 
them to be the recipients of his aid, which has been 
given for the palpable purpose of bribery; that the 
| Petitioners are fully impressed with a conviction that 
a commission of inquiry on the spot would clearly 
show that the system of bribery and intimidation of 
which they complain was practised very extensively 
indeed at the last Election for the said Borough ; 
that Mr. Jay, who was in the service of Mr. Pattrick, 
the then Mayor and Returning Officer of the said 
Borough, and several other parties, absconded from 
their places of abode for the purpose of avoiding the 
service of a Speaker’s warrant, and the giving evi- 
| dence before the Committee of the House appointed 
| to try the merits of the recent Petition against the 
Return of Messrs. Peacocke and Waddington, and 
that immediately after the said Committee was over, 
the said Mr. Jay and the other parties returned to 
their homes; that the Petitioners believe that a 
thorough investigation upon the spot would expose 
the disgraceful practices in question, and would tend 
very materially to ensure a fair and independent 
‘exercise of the franchise at the next Election; and 
| praying that a commission may issue to inquire into 
the corruption that has been practised at Harwich, 
‘and that in the meantime the Writ for the Borough 
should be withheld. 

| Ordered, ‘Yhat the said Petition do lie upon the 
| Table. 











| 


| Newspaper Stamps and Advertisements ;—Tobacco 
| Pipes of Clay ;— Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill ;—John 
| Judkin Butler ;—Combination of Workmen Bill ;— 
| County Court (Kingston-upon- Hull) ;— Education 
| Bill ;—Factories ;—Gold ;—London and Edinburgh 
| Gazettes Bill; — Medical Charities (Ireland); — 
Medical Profession ;—Merchant Shipping Bill ;— 
| Metropolitan Police ;—Oaths ;—Ocean Penny Post- 
age ;—Public Accounts ;—Public-houses (Scotland) 
Bill ;—School of Design (Manchester) ;—and, Tenant 


Right (Lrelund) Bill, and Tenants’ Compensation 


(Jreland) Bill,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to the Registration of Assurances 
Bill,—were also presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on the Bill. 

Petitions relating to Intoxicating Liquors,—were 


also presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
, b] 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Saint George 
the Martyr (Middlesex), which was presented upon 
the 1:sth day of this instant June, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Raisins, | 
which was presented upon the 13th day of this in- | 
stant June, be printed. 

A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of 
the Borough of Harwich, in the County of Essex, 
was presented, and read; setting forth, That they 
have heard with regret that another Election is likely 
VoL. 108. 








Committee on Public-houses, &amp;c. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a River Fergus. 


Return of all the Communications between the Town 
Commissioners of Ennis and the Drainage Commis- 
sioners, or Board of Works, in relation to the Drain- 
age of the River Fergus. 


Mr. Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, Cape of Good 
—Copies of two Ordinances as enacted by the Go- Hope. 


vernor of the Cape of Good Hope, with the Advice 
and Consent of the Legislative Council thereof, and 
4E3 amended 





Petitions relating to Ballot ;—University of Zon- Public 
don ;—Church of England ;—Crystal Palace (Syden- Petitions. 

| ham) ;— Marriage ;—ltecovery of Personal Liberty viae sixty- 
| Bill; — Attorneys’ Certificates ; — Malt ; — Paper, first Report. 


Harwich Writ. 


582 


amended and confirmed by Her Majesty in Council : 
—The first, constituting a Parliament for the said 
Colony. The second, regulating in certain respects 
the appropriation of the Revenue thereof by the said 


Parliament (in continuation of the Papers presented | 


to Parliament by Her Majesty's Command, 31st 
May 1853). 


14°—15° Juniz. 





A. 1853. 


are ready to submit to any investigation connected 
with the said Elections the House may be pleased to 
require, but claim in the meantime, as their constitu- 
tional right, that no delay should take place in ena- 
bling the Electors of the said Borough to return a 
Member for the Borough upon the vacancy therein 
‘occasioned by the decision of the Committee of the 


Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the| House; and praying the House to order a Writ to 


Table. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of 


the Borough of Harwich, was presented, and read ; 
setting forth, That the Petitioners voted at the last 


Election for the Borough of Harwich, and have no, 
knowledge of, and are of opinion and believe that no | 


voters for the same Borough were guilty of any il- 
legal practices to obtain the Return of George Mon- 
tagu Warren Peacocke and David Waddington, Es- 
quires, or either of them, at the same Election; that 
although, before the Committee appointed by the 


House to try the Petition against the said Return, a) 


large number of voters were charged with being 
bribed, and a large number of voters were charged 
with having given such bribes, yet, after six days’ 
inquiry before such Committee, no case of bribery 
was proved against the said Members or their agents ; 
that the Petitioners were not parties to, nor was it 
proved before the said Committee that any Electors 
of the said Borough were parties to, the engagement 
stated in the Report of the said Committee to have 
been entered into by the said George Montagu War- 
ren Peacocke, Esquire, with John Attwood, Esquire, 
to pay certain sums of money, in the event of the 
Return of the said George Montagu Warren Pea- 
cocke, Esquire, at the said Election; and that the 
Petitioners have no knowledge thereof, and they be- 
lieve that no Elector of the said Borough was aware 
thereof, until the sitting of the said Committee ; that 
the Petitioners deny that any corrupt practices have 
taken place at Elections for the said Borough, either 
at the general Election in the year 1847 or since, 
and in proof thereof, as to the said Election in the 
year 1847, when the said John Attwood, Esquire, 
was declared not to have been duly elected, solely on 
the ground of corrupt practices with one Edward 
Saxby, the Petitioners hereby state to the House 
that actions were brought against the said John Att- 
wood, and also against one George Rusk, the secre- 
tary of the said Join Attwood, for penalties for the 
said alleged corrupt practices with the said Edward 
Saxby, and the same were tried before a special jury 
at the assizes for the county of Essex, when verdicts 
were given for the said John Attwood and George 
Rusk; and in further proof thereof, the Petitioners 
further hereby state that, since the said John Att- 
wood was declared not duly elected, two other Returns 
for the said Borough, besides the Return of the said 
George Montagu Warren Peacocke and David Wad- 
dington, have been petitioned against, and which Pe- 
titiuns contained allegations of bribery, but that in 
no case was bribery proved to have been committed, 
and that no proceeding at law has ever been taken, 


except as before mentioned, to establish any acts of 


corrupt practice at the said Elections for the Borough 
of Harwich; that the Petitioners humbly submit, 
ample opportunity has been afforded to prove charges 
of corrupt practices in the said Borough, alleged to 
the House to have been resorted to, but that no legal 
proof thereof has been established against the per- 
sons returned for the said Borough, or against any 
Electors for the said Borough ; that the Petitioners 
further humbly submit, on the statements and grounds 
thereinbefore contained, that it would be unjust to- 
wards the Electors of the said Borough to withhold 
the Writ for the Election of a Member for the said 
Borough in the room of the said George Mentugu 
Warren Peacocke, Esquire, in consequence of acts 
alleged to have been committed by persons who were 


issue without further delay tor the Election of a Bur- 
| gess in Parliament for the said Borough, in the room 
and stead of the said George Montagu Warren Pea- 
cocke, Esquire. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Harwich, in the room 
of George Montagu Warren Peacocke, Esquire, 
whose Election has been determined to be void ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ a Select Committee of five Members be appointed 
“ by the Committee of Selection, to inquire into the 
“ state of the Representation of the Borough of Har- 
“* wich,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Question : 


—tThe said proposed Amendment was, with leave of 


the House, withdrawn. 
Then the main Question being put ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Lett. 


Tellers for the {Sir John Tyrell, lose 
Yeas, (Mr. David Waddington: J~""* 
Tellers for the {Sir John Shelley, lioe 
Noes, Mr. Pigott : jeoman 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to pro- 
tect the Electors of Great Britain and Ireland, by 
causing the Votes at all Parliamentary Elections to 
be taken by way of Ballot :—And a Debate arising 
thereupon : 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 15° die Junii, 1853: 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the f Lord Dudley Stuart, | 
Yeas, UMr. George Henry Moore: J 

Tellers for the (Mr. Spooner, \ g09 
Noes, (Mr. Cumming Bruce : oo 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Then the main Question being put ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right: 

The Noes to the Lett. 

Teliers tor the (Mr. Henry Berkeley, 
Yeas, USir John Shelley : 

Tellers for the {Lord Alexander Lennox, \,. 
Noes, \Sir John Yarde Buller:  {7-" 

So it passed in the Negative. 


a 
a" 
te 


to 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Court of 


‘to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Further Papers or Extracts from Papers re- 


not Electors of the said Borough, and over which! garding the Relation of Foreign States with the 
the said Electors had no control; that the Petitioners | Court of Rome. 





Ordered, 


Harwich Writ, 


Ballot, 


Rome. 





Brit 


Mai 
exp 


Ek 
Pe 


Mi 
In; 
(i 


Re 
M 
(I 











British 
Produce and 
Manufactures 
exported, &amp;c. 


‘it. 


Durham 
Election 
Petitions. 


Malicious 
Injuries 
(Ireland. ) 


Registry of 
Voters 
(Dublin. ) 


Resident 
Magistrates 
(Ireland, ) 





16 Victort2. 


Ordered, That the said Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 
as are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy 
Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account of the Declared Value of the various Arti- 
cles of British Produce and Manufactures exported | 
to the British West India Colonies, in each of the | 
past Seven years ending the 5th day of January 1853, | 
with the Rate of Duty upon each Article in the Colo- 
nies, and of the Quantities of the principal Articles 
of the Growth and Manufactures of the British | 
West India Colonies imported into the United King- 
dom, and of the Quantity cleared for Home Con- 
sumption ; the Rate of Duty charged on each Arti- 
cle, with the Gazette Average Price of Sugar for 
each year ; also the Number of Ships, distinguishing 
British and Foreign, with their Tonnage, that have 
entered and cleared for the British West India Colo- 
nies during each year of the Period :—Similar Re- 





turn for the Last India Company’s Territories and | Confinement of Convicted Prisoners in the Gaols of 


Ceylon :—Similar Return for China :—Similar Re- | 
turn for the Mauritius :—Similar Return for the | 
North British American Colonies :—Similar Return 
for New South Wales and the Australian Colonies : | 
—Similar Return for the United States of America :| 
—Similar Return for Cuba : —Similar Return for the | 
Brazils :—And, similar Return for Mexico and the 
other Ports of South America. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- | 


posed, That the following Members be Members of 
the Select Committee on the Durham Election Pe- 
titions :—Mr. Bentinck, Colonel Biddulph, Mr. | 
Fellowes, Mr. Robert Phillimore and Mr. Isaac | 
Butt ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ ‘that ” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“¢ it be an Instruction to the General Committee of 
“© Elections to select a Chairman and four other | 
“© Members to be the Select Committee on the Dur- | 


“ ham Election Petitions,” instead thereof. | 


And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
osed to be left out, stand part of the Question :— | 
t passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words “ it be 

an Instruction to the General Committee of Elec- 
“ tions to select a Chairman and four other Members | 
“ to be the Select Committee on the Durham Elec- | 
tion Petitions,” be added instead thereof :—It was 
resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the General 
Committee of Elections to select a Chairman and 
four other Members to be the Select Committee on 
the Durham Election Petitions. 

Ordered, Vhat the Committee have Power to send 
for persons, papers and records. 


“ 


“ 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to extend the remedies for the Compensation of Ma- | 
licious Injuries to Property in Jreland: And that Sir | 
John Young and Viscount Palmerston do prepare, 
and bring it in. 

| 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 


posed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to autho- 


rize the Appointment of Barristers, for the purpose the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway 


of effecting a complete annual Revision of Lists and | 
Registry of Voters for the City of Dublin :—And | 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- | 


} 
drawn. | 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill | 
to amend the Acts regulating the Salaries of Resident | 
Magistrates in Ireland: And that Sir John Young | 
and Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer do prepare, | 
and bring it in. 
Vou. 168. 


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583 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Customs 


mittee on the Customs Duties on Spirits Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


into a Committee on the Municipal Corporations Act 
Amendment Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie 
en That the Committee had gone through the 
ill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday next. 


Duties on 
Spirits Bill. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


No. 613. 


The Convicted Prisoners’ Removal and Confine- Convicted 


ment Bill was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for enabling the Justices of Counties 
to contract in certain cases for the Maintenance and 


adjoming Counties. 
Ordered, That Lord Hotham do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Notice being taken, that Forty Members were 
not present :—The House was told by Mr. Speaker ; 


‘and Forty Members not being present, and it 


being then half an hour after Two of the clock on 


| Wednesday morning :—The House was adjourned 


by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first put, till 
this day. 


Mercurii, 15° die Junii ; 
Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 


O 


to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Prisoners’ 

Removal and 
Confinement 
Bill. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had exa- Petitions 


imined the Petitions presented upon the 13th day 


of this instant June ; and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The Hull and Holderness Railway Bill was read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


(Sixtieth 
Report.) 


Hull and 
Holderness 
Railway Bill. 


The Whitechapel Improvement Bill was, according Whitechapel 
to Order, read the third time; and an Amendment a 


was made to the Bill. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Ordered, That Sir William Clay do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration East Lanca- 


the East Lancashire Railway (No. 1) (Clifton to 


Salford) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


shire Railway 
(No. 1) (Clif- 
ton to Saliord) 
Bill 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Manchester, 


(Barnsley) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Sheffield and 
Lincolnshire 
Railway 
(Barnsley ) 
Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Montgomery- 
the Montgomeryshire Railway Bill, as amended in *iire Kailway 


the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Newry and 
the Newry and Enniskillen Railway Bill, as amende 
4E4 


ip 





d Enniskillen 


Railway Bil}. 


584 


in the Committee ; and Amendments were made to 
the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Saint Ivesand The House proceeded to take into consideration 
West Cornwall the Saint Ives and West Cornwall Junction Rail- 
Junction ° : a ‘ 
Railway Bul. Way Bill, as amended in the Committee; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Saint Ives The House proceeded to take into consideration the 


(Cornwall) = =Saint Ives (Cornwall) Harbour Bill, as amended in 
Harbour Bill. ‘ . guerre 
the Committee ; and Amendments were made to 
the Bill. male 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Warrington The House proceeded to take into consideration 


and Altrinc- 


* the Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway 
ham Junction : " 


(Warrington, &amp;c.) Bill, as amended in the Com- 


Railway . 

(Warrington, mittee. ; : 

&amp;c.) Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Cotham’s Cotham’s Estate Bill was read a second time; 


Estate Bill. and committed. 
Ordered, Vhat the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Richmond The Richmond (Yorkshire) Burgage Pastures 
(Yorkshire) Bill was read a second time; and committed. 
Burgage Ordered, That the Bill be re'erred to the Com- 


Pastures Bill. . —~ : 
mittee of Seleciion. 


Monmouth- Mr. Edward Ellice reported from the Committee | 
shire Railway on Group LL. of Railway Bills; That in the case of | 
and Canal Bill. j 


the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Bill, they 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found 


15° Juniz. 





the same to be true ; and had made provision in the | 
Bill, in pursuance of the Resolution of the House ; | 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- | 
ments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | 


and be printed. | 


Private Rills 
(Group BB. ) 


Ordered, That Mr. Brand be added to the Com- 
mittee on Group BB. of Private Bills. 


Drummond's 
(Duke de Mel- 
fort's) Resti- 


tution Bil, Blair, Lord John Russell, Viscount Palmerston, Sir 


James Graham, Mr. Jisraeli, the Lord Advocate, 
Mr. Attorney General, the Judge Advocate, Sir 
Frederic Thesiger, Sir John Pakington, Sir John 
Young, Lord Alfred Hervey, Mr. Sotheron, and all 
the Members of this House who are of Her Ma- 








jesty’s Most honourable Privy Council, and all the 
Gentlemen of the Long Robe. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. | 








A. 1853. 


year 1834, and for the last year for which the same 
can be supplied :—Similar Return for Uncovenanted 
Civil Servants, distinguishing, as far as possible, 
Persons of European Birth or Descent from Natives 
of India :—Returns showing the Number of Offi- 
cers of the Army under the several Governments of 
Bengal, the North-West Provinces, Madras and 
Bombay, employed in Civil and Diplomatic Offices, 
the lowest and highest Salary paid, together with 
the Sum Total of the Number of such Officers, and 
their Salaries, for all Jndia, for the year 1834, and 
for the latest year for which the same can be sup- 
plied :—Showing the Amount paid in England for 
Annuities to the Covenanted Civil Service of the 
East India Company, and the Number of Persons 
receiving the same in the first year of the Establish- 
ment of such Annuity Fund, as also in the last year 
for which the same can be supplied :—Showing the 
Amount of Absentee Allowance in Ingland, and 
Passage Money paid to Covenanted Civil Servants 
of the Kast India Company, together with the 
Number of Persons receiving the same in the first 
year of granting such Allowance and Passage Money, 
as also in the last year for which the same can be fur- 
nished :—Showing the Amount of Absentee Allow- 
ance and Passage Money paid in Jndia to Cove- 
nanted Civil Servants of the Kast India Company 
visiting the Island of Malta, or any other Country 
Eastward of the same, and beyond the [ritish Ter- 
ritories in Jndia, in the year 1834, and in the latest 
year for which the same can be supplied :—And, 
showing the Amount paid in England on account 
of the Madras Civil Covenanted Establishment 
Annuity Fund of 1818, and the Number of Persons 
receiving the same, for the year 1834, and for the 
last year for which the same can be furnished. 


— | 


33 


rr -~ 


Ordered, That Mr. Moody have leave of absence Leave of 
for a week, on account of the death of a near rela- Absence. 
tion, 


Petitions relating to Ballot;— Crystal Palace Public 
(Sydenham) ;—Marriage ; — Nunneries ;—Recovery Petitions. 
of Personal Liberty Bill ;—Articles of Clerkship ; — viae sixty- 
Attorneys’ Certificates ;—-County Rates and Ex- first Report. 


The Select Committee on Drummond's (Duke de penditure Bill ;— Excise Licenses ;— Property and 
Melfort’s) Restitution Bill was nominated of Colonel | Income Tax (1853) ;—Combination of Workmen 


ill ;—Copies of Specifications Repeal Bill ;—Courts 
of Law and Equity ; — Education Bill;—Ocean 
Penny Postage ;—Parochial Schools (Scot/and);— 
and, Roman States,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to Intoxicating Liquors,—were 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Public-houses, &amp;c. 

A Petition relating to Zndian Territories, was also 


Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit | presented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- | 


and proceed, and to report forthwith. 


| 


mittee on Indian Territories. 
A Petition relating to Parliamentary Papers, was 


Spitalfields 
to Shoreditch 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Ordered, That the Spitalfields to Shoreditch Im- | also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
. . . ‘ 2 4 
provement Bill be read a second time upon Monday | Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 
next. | Petitions relating to the Registration of Assurances 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 
Returns showing the Number of Covenanted Civil 
Servants in actual Performance of Duty, and ex- 
clusive of Absentees, belonging to the several Go- 
vernments of Bengal, the North-West Provinces, 
sfadras and Bombay, together with the lowest 
Annual Salary in Sterling Money paid to such Cove- 
nanted Servants, together with the Sum Total of 
such Number of Persons and Salaries, for the year | 
1834, and for the last year for which the same can | 
be rendered :—Showing the Number of Covenanted 
Civil Servants absent from Sickness, on Private 
Affairs, or on Furlough, belonging to the several 
Governments of Bengal, the North-West Provinces, 
Madras and Bombay, together with the Annual 
Amount of Salaries paid to such Officers for the 


East India 
Civil Service. 











| Bill,—were also presented, and read ; and referred 


| 


to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Incumbered Incumbered 


Estates (Lrelund), which was presented upon the ye iene 
13th day of this instant June, be printed. ( page 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East Inia, past India. 
which was presented upon the 14th day of this in- No, 615. 
stant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Income Tax, Income Tax. 
which was presented upon the 14th day of this in- No, 616. 
stant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Customs, Customs. 
which was presented upon the 14th day of this in- No, 617. 
stant June, be printed 


Ordered, 


Unstamped 
Publications, 


No, 618. 


Turnpike 
Trusts. 
Nao, 619. 


Government 
Stocks. 


No. 620. 


Elections Bill. 


Taunton 
Election. 


Durham 
Election 
Petitions. 


Sale and Pur- 
chase of Land 
Bill. 


Leasing 
Powers (Tre- 
land) Bill. 


16 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Unstamped 
Publications, which was presented upon the 14th 
day of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Turnpike 
Trusts, which was presented upon the 14th day of 
this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Government 
Stocks, which was presented upon the 14th day of 
this instant June, be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Elections Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Cxravuses, N° 1 and N° 2, postponed. 

Crausg, N° 3, disagreed to. 

Cuausss, N° 4 and N° 5, amended, and agreed to. 

New Clauses amended, and added. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this 5 Sone will, upon Wednesday 
the 29th day of this instant June, again resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections, the names of the Members of 
the Select Committee appointed to try and determine 
the matter of the Petition complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Taunton, to 
which they had annexed the Petition referred to 
them by the House relating thereto :—Ross Donnelly 
Mangles, Esquire, Lord Ossulston, John Hodgetts 
Hodgetts Foley, Esquire, Honourable Gerard James 
Noel; Chairman, William Hutt, Esquire. 

Ordered, 'Vhat the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections ; That, in pursuance of the Order 
of the House, they have selected the following Mem- 
bers to be the Select Committee on the Durham 
Election Petitions :—Right honourable Sir Frank- 
land Lewis, Chairman; Mr. Robert Porrett Collier, 
Honourable Arthur Duneombe, Mr. John Henry 
Phillipps, Mr. George William Pierrepont Ben- 
tinck. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Sale and Purchase of Land Bill was, accord- 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed to 
the Select Committee on the Registration of Assur- 
ances Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee on the Leasing Powers (Ireland) Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 
Cxrauses, N° 1 and N° 2, agreed to. 
Cuausez, N° 3, amended, and agreed to. 
Cuiausz, N° 4, agreed to. 
Crause, N° 5 (Incumbrancers in possession). 
Amendment proposed, in p. 5, 1.14: After the 
word “rents” to insert the words “ with the con- 
“ sent of the owner.” 
Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted. 
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 
Clause agreed to. 
VoL. lus. j 


15° Junii. 





585 


Cravuse, N° 6 (Periods for which leases may be 
made). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 5, 1. 29: To leave 
out from the word “ years” to the word “ building ” 
in I. 36. 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out, stand part of the Clause. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 

Curavuss, N° 7, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 8 (Every lease made under this Act 
shall import and imply the following covenants, con- 
ditions and agreements on the part of the tenant, 
his heirs, executors and administrators, with the 
landlord, his executors, administrators and successors 
in estate, and the same shall be as effectual and 
binding as if they were expressly inserted in such 
lease). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 6, 1. 20: To leave 
out the words “import and imply,” in order to in- 
sert the word “ contain.” 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out, stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ Mr yea “i ld: }roo. 


Tellers for the Noes {Tt cee Fe rs 32. 
Clause agreed to. 
Crause, N° 9, agreed to. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, that 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Probates of 
mittee on the Probates of Wills and Grants of Ad- Wills and | 
ministration Bill ; pene sta 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday Bill. 
the 6th day of July next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Combination 
the further Proceeding on the third reading of the of Workmen 
Combination of Workmen Bill:—The House re-™ 
sumed the said further Proceeding; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Drummond do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- County Rates 
mittee on the County Rates and Expenditure Bill ; = — 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday coueiome 
the 13th day of July next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Tenants’ 
mittee on the Tenants’ Compensation (J/reland) ee 
Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Soap Duties. 
into a Committee on the Soap Duties. 





4° +&gt; 


(Tn 








(In the Committee.) 

Resolved, That, from and after the 5th day of 
July 1853, the Duties of Excise now payable on 
Soap which shall be made in Great Britain, or 
which shall be brought from Jreland into Great 
Britain, shall cease and determine. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come toa 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return showing the Number of Children between 
‘Three years and Fifteen years of age, who shall be 
chargeable to the Poor Rates of the several Pa- 
rishes and Unions in England and Wales (but who 
shall not be Inmates of Workhouses, or of any 
Schools for Pauper Children), on the 1st day of 
July 1853; distinguishing the Number of such 
Children who shall then be attending Day Schools 
at the Cost of their Parents or Relatives ; the Num- 
ber of such Children who shall then not be attend- 
ing any Day School; and distinguishing, also, the 
Number of such Children who shall then be in 


Work. 


Pauper 
Children. 


Seamen's Sa- Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

vings Banks. to establish Seamen's Savings Banks: And _ that 
Mr. French, Mr. George and Captain Scobell do 
prepare, and bring it in, 


London and Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
North Western one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
Railway ° ; - ~ . 
(Tring and =~ respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Oxford) Bill. Orders in the case of the Petition for additional pro- 
vision in the London and North Western Railway 
(Tring and Ozford) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Jovis, 16° die Junii ; 
Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 
SiR John Hanmer reported from the Committee 
on Group OO. of Railway Bills; That in the 
case of the Wexford Junction Railway Bill, they 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, but the same had not been proved 
to their satisfaction. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Wexford 
Junction 


Railway Bill. 


Great Southern 
and Western 
Railway 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Sir John Hanmer reported the Great Southern and 
Western Railway (Jre/and) Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Birkenhead 
Dock (om. 
pany Bill. 


Mr. Willcox reported from the Committee on 
Group HH. of Railway Bills; That in the case 
of the Birkenhead Dock ' 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by inserting 
therein the words “ Her present Majesty ” instead 


15°—16° Junii. 


was read the third time. 


Company Bill, they had | 





A. 1853, 


The Aberdeen Tailors’ Incorporation Estate Bill Aberdeen 
Tailors’ In- 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. rey Bill, 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 

to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Ayrshire and 
Galloway 
(Smithstown 


The Ayrshire and Galloway (Smithstown and Dal- 
mellington) Railway Bill was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. and Dalmel- 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to lington) Rail- 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. way Bia. 


A Motion being made, That the Bideford Exten- Bideford 
sion Railway Bill be now read the third time ; ee 
Sir William Molesworth, by Her Majesty’s Com-*" "~~ 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 

having been informed of the purport of the Bill, 

gives ‘Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest 
is concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time ; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The East and West India Docks and Birmingham Fast and West 


Junction Railway (No. 2) Bill was read the third India Docks 
time and Birming- 
. . ham Junction 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Railway 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill (Ne- 2) Bill. 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the Electric Telegraph Electric 
Company of Jreland Bill be now read the third 7elegraph 
i : Ireland Bill. 
Sir William Molesworth, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the purport of the Bill, 
gives Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest 
is concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 
A Clause (Agreements not to affect persons not 
—_ thereto), was thrice read; and added to the 
ill. 
Then the Bill was read the third time ; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


aS 














The Glasgow and South Western Railway (No. 2) Glasgow and 
Bill was read the third time. — wens 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the (No.2) Bill. 

Title be, An Act to enable the G/asgow and South 
Western Railway Company to make a Branch Rail- 
way to near Mayfield, in the a of Ayr. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Llanidloes and Newtown Railway Bill was Lianidloes 
read the third time. ao Saag 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ee 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





The Roscrea and Parsonstown Junction Railway Roscrea and 
Bill was read the third time. Parsonstown 





of the words “the Queen,” the latter expression 
being considered indefinite ; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and made provision in the Bill, 
pursuant to the Instruction of the House of the id 
day of this instant June; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee :—And that they have leave to 
sit and proceed upon Thursday next. 


Ordered, That the Report be printed. 





Resolved, That the Bill do pass. a 
| Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill se 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


| The Wimpole, Wrestlingworth and Potton Road Wimpole, W 
| Bill was read the third time; and Amendments were Wrestling- an 
| worth and Bi 


, made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Potton Road 
Bill. 


The 








vi 
L. 


id 








16° 


16 Victoriz. 


= = The York and North Midland Railway (Re-issue 
Railway 





Junit. 


587 


Landing-places were made and constructed; and 


of Hull and Selby Purchase Shares) Bill was read the | have also added a recital, that Her Majesty, in right 
(Re-issue of third time ; and an Amendment was made to the Bill. 


of Her Crown, is or claims to be seised of the soil 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the|and freehold of the said Port and Harbour below 


high-water mark at ordinary spring tides ; and also, 
in addition to the Power sought by the Bill of taking 
tolls upon ships entering the Harbour, have added 
the words “that it is expedient to levy tolls, rates 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill| “ and duties upon all goods shipped and unshipped 


Hull and Selby 

Shares) Bill. Title be, An Act to authorize the Re-issue of certain 
of the Shares in the Capital of the York and North 
Midland Railway Company, called Hull and Selby 
Purchase, &amp;c. Shares, and for other purposes. 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Copper Miners Miners i ¢ i 

in England The Copper Miners in England Company Bill 


Company Bill, Ws, according to Order, read the third time; and 


mendments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Burford, 
Leachdale 
se amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Great London 


Bill be laid before this House. 


Westminster Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Wes¢- 
“a ~ minster Bridge Bill have Power to report the Mi- 
o. 621. 


nutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

Sir William Molesworth reported from the said 
Select Committee ; That they had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; and had 
directed him to report the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before them. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 
No. 622. Ordered, That the Minutes of Evidence be printed. 


Llynvi Valley 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the 
Railway Bill. 


Llynvi Valley Railway Bill; That they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by altering the recital relating 
to the Capital of the Company, and the sum the 
Company are now authorized to raise by shares and 
by mortgage, in order that the same may correspond 
with the actual state of the case, and by inserting 
words as to locomotives travelling at a low rate of 
speed, and all recitals relating to working arrange- 
ments and powers of amalgamation with other Com- 
panies ; and found the same, as amended, to be true ; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Chard Rail- Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the 
way Bill. Chard Railway Bill; That in his opinion it should 
be treated as an opposed Private Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Limerick Mr. Bourerie reported from the Committee on the 


neprovement Limerick Improvement Bill; That they had examined 

” the allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 

and amended the same, by inserting in 1. 12, page 2, 

the words “supply of water,” and in 1. 17, the words 

“ and the construction of a cemetery or cemeteries,” 

in order to make it consistent with the provisions of 

the Bill; and found the same, as amended, to be 

true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Westport Port Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the 
—~toaheael Westport Port and Harbour Bill; That they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by inserting that 
it would be of public advantage if, in addition to the 
improvement of the Harbour, Docks, Quays and 


“ within the limits of the Harbour,” these additions 
appearing necessary to make the Preamble consistent 
with the provisions of the Bill; and found the same, 
as amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Serjeant Murphy reported from the Committee Rochdale 
on Group W. of Private Bills; That in the case of Improvement 


The House proceeded to take into consideration the Rochdale Improvement (No. 2D) Bill, they had ata 
the Burford, Leachiade and Swindon Roads Bill, as | examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 


of the Bill, and amended the same, by inserting tlie 
word “ paving,” the Committee deeming it expedient 
that the Commissioners appointed under this Bill 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken | should have the control of the paving of the streets ; 
Drainage Bill. hefore the Committee on the Great London Drainage 


and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Beckett reported from the Committee on West Cornwall 
Group NN. of Railway Bills; That in the case of Railway Bill, 
the West Corawall Railway Bill, they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by adding words to show 
that the Railways which it is therein stated to be 
expedient to empower the Company to construct are 
the Railways subsequently described in the Bill ; and 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
made provision in the Bill, pursuant to the Instruction 
of the House; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made Aniendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Beckett reported from the Committee on South Devon 
Group NN. of Railway Bills; That in the case 6 
the South Devon and Tavistock Railway Bill, they“ — 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 

amble of the Bill, and made a verbal Amendment 

therein ; and found the same, as amended, to be true ; 

and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 

ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 


Sir William Jolliffe reported the Nantwich and Nantwich ana 
Woore Road Bill, with Amendments. —" Road 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. ~~ 


Sir William Jolliffe reported from the Committee Upton Saint 
on Group 8. of Private Bills; That in the case of on , 
the Upton Saint Leonard’s, Birdlip and Brimps- Brimpefield 
field Roads Bill, they had examined the allegations Roads Bill, 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended 

the same, by striking out the words “ to commence ” 

in the 6th line, and by adding the word “ intended ” 

in the same line; and by striking out the words 

“ and to terminate at” in the 8th line, and by in- 

serting instead thereof, in the 8th line, the words “ to 

“¢ join the present Turnpike-road leading from Chel- 

“ tenham to;” these Amendments were resolved 
necessary in consequence of an arrangement having 

been entered into with an existing trust; and found 

the same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 

through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir William Jolliffe reported the Wakefield and Wakefield 
Sheffield Road Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


and Sheffield 
Road Bill, 





Vou. 108. 





4F24 Sir 





Pendleton, 
Swinton, &amp;c. 
Road Bill. 


Standing 
Orders. 


Edinburgh, 
Perth and 
Dundee 


Railway Bill. 


Taunton 
Election. 


Durham 
Election 
Petitions. 


Drummond's 


588 


Sir William Jolliffe wees from the Committee 
on Group §. of Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Pendleton, Swinton, &amp;c. Road Bill, they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by leaving out 
the words “by the said recited Act,” because a 
portion of the money borrowed was borrowed under 
the authority of a former Act; and by inserting the 
words “and that the said several districts of road, 
“ and the mortgage debts charged thereon, should be 
“ consolidated,” because the district and debt are 
by this Act consolidated ; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Wrightson reported from tne Select Committee 
on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; which was read, 
as followeth : 

That in the case of the Edinburgh, Perth and 
Dundee Railway Bill, on which a Special Report 
from the Committee thereon, in relation to a pro- 
vision which had been inserted in contravention of 
the 121st Standing Order, was referred by Order 
of the House to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders, with Power to report thereon, the said 
Select Committee have resolved that the said 
Standing Order ought to be dispensed with ; that 
the Parties be permitted to proceed with their 
Bill. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


The Names of the five Members appointed to 
try and determine the matter of the Petition, com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Taunton, were called over; and being 
come to the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition relative to the said 
Election be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, at Eleven o’clock, in one of the Committee 
Rooms of the House. 


Ordered, That Mr. Arthur Duncombe be dis- 
charged from further attendance on the Select Com- 
mittee on the Durham Election Petitions. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Ge- 
neral Committee of Elections to appoint another 
Member in his place. 


Sir William Molesworth reported from the Select 


(Duke de Mel- Committee on Drummond’s (Duke de Melfort’s) 


fort’s) Resti- 


tution Bill. 


Durham 
Election 
Petitions. 


Government 
of India. 


Restitution Bill; That they had gone through the 
Bill, and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir William Molesworth do carry 
the Bill to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, without Amend- 
ment. 


Sir John Trollope reported, That the General 
Committee of Elections had selected Lord Lovaine 
to bea Member of the Committee upon the Durham 
Election Petitions, in the room of the Honourable 
Arthur Duncombe, discharged from further attend- 
ance thereon. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


Copies of Correspondence between the President of 


the Board of Contro! and the Court of Directors, on 
the — of the Measure to be proposed for the 
future Government of India. 


16° Juni. 


A. 1853. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Queen Char- 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased !&gt;tte’s Island. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of Correspondence re- 
lative to the Discovery of Gold at Queen Charlotte's 
Island. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Graving Dock 
Copies of all Correspondence which has taken (Dublin.) 
place between the Board of Trade, the Irish Steam 
Association, and the Ballast Corporation of Dublin, 
on the subject of the Graving Dock intended to be 
constructed in that Port ; together with the Date of 
the Acceptance of any Tender for the execution of 
the Work, and the Amount of same. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Lighthouses 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated (Guernsey: 
the 9th day of this instant June, for a Return by 
the Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses, of 
Copy of Letter addressed by them to Sir Thomas Le 
Breton, Bailiff of Jersey (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No, 302, of Session 1853). 


Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Disease at 
mand,—Copy of Reports by Neil Arnott, Esquire, Croydon. 
M.D., and Thomas Page, Esquire, C.E., on an 
Inquiry ordered by the Secretary of State, relative 
to the Prevalence of Disease at Croydon, and to the 
Plan of Sewerage ; together with an Abstract of 
Evidence accompanying the Reports. 

Tables of Criminal Offenders for the year 1852 ; Criminal 
reported by Her Majesty’s Advocate for Scotland, Sonia 
in Terms of the Statute 1 Gul. 4, c. 37; with Altera- ‘°° ) 
tions and Additions ordered and required by one of 
Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State, in 
virtue of the Papers therein contained. 

Mr. Fitzroy also presented,—Return to an Address Superintendent 
to Her Majesty, dated the 25th day of April last, for Constables. 
Returns showing the several Counties or Divisions 
of Counties in which Superintendent Constables have 
been appointed, under the Acts 5 &amp; 6 Vic. c. 109, 
and 13 &amp; 14 Vie. c. 20; stating whether as Superin- 
tendents of Lock-ups solely, or as Superintendents 
of Parish Constables, or as acting in both capa- 
cities ; with the Pay and Allowances of each Super- 
intendent Constable, and the Area and Pepulation 
of the Petty Sessional] Division to which he is ap- 
pointed ; together with the Total Expense incurred 
in each County. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Public 


Petitions relating to Recovery of Personal Liberty Publi 
Petitions. 


Bill ;— Universities (Scotland);—A dvertisements ;— cone 
Attorneys’ Certificates;— Malt and Hops ;— Pro- vide sixty- 
perty and Income Tax (1853) ;—Unstamped Peri- first Report. 
odicals ;—Combination of Workmen Bill ;—Copies 
of Specifications Repeal Bill ;—Education Bill ;-— 
Factories ;— Irish National School Books;—Medical 
Profession ;—Ocean Penny Postage ;— Ordnance 
Survey of Scotland ;—Parish Vestries ;—Parochial 
Schools (Scotland) ;— Poor Law ;— Public-houses 
(Scotland) Bill;—and, Sheriff Courts (Scotland) 
Bill,-—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to Intoxicating Liquors, was 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Public-houses, &amp;c. 

Petitions relating to the Registration of Assur- 
ances Bill,—were also presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Ordered, That Mr. Owen Stanley have leave of Leave of 
absence for the remainder of the Session, on account —— 
of ill health. 





A Message 





~~ eo rps ed inh a af SA iehenes 8 Gh Od Oe 


he A ee 


he ee 


J 


nt 





Message from 
the Lords. 


Manchester, 
Sheffield and 
Lincolnshire 
Railway 
(Alteration of 
Capital) Bill. 
Allendale 
Road Bill. 


Lough Foyle 
and Lough 
Swilly Rail- 
way Bill. 


High Ham 
and Ashcott 
Roads Bill. 


York Drainage 
and Sanitary 
Improvement 
and Foss Na- 
vigation Bill. 


Portadown and 
Dungannon 
Railway Bill 


Wigan Water- 
works and 
Police Bill. 


Lough Foyle 
and Lough 
Swilly Drain- 
age and Recla- 
mation Bill. 


Leeds and 
Whitehall 
Roads Bill. 


Weston-super- 
Mare Water- 
works Bill. 


Baroness de 
Villar’s Estate 
Bill. 


Crowe’s 
Disabilities 
Removal Bill. 


Indian 
Territories. 


Clare Election. 


Mayo Election. 


Cork Election. 


16 Vicroriz. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Manchester, Shef- 
field and Lincolnshire Railway (Alteration of Capital) 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Allendale Road 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Lough Foyle and 
Lough Swilly Railway Bill, without any Amend- 
ment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the High Ham and 
Ashcott Roads Bill, without any Amendment: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the York Drainage and 
Sanitary Improvement and Foss Navigation Bill, 
without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Portadown and 
Dungannon Railway Bill, without any Amendment : 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Wigan Waterworks 
and Police Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Lough Foyle and 
Lough Swilly Drainage and Reclamation Bill, with 
Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords de- 
sire the concurrence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Leeds and Whitehall 
Roads Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Weston-super-Mare 
Waterworks Bill, with an Amendment; to which 
Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for enlarging the Powers of the Trustees of the Set- 
tlement made on the Marriage of the Baroness de 
Graffenried Villars, and for other purposes; to 
which the Lerds desire the concurrence of this House : 
And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to enable Charles Crowe, Clerk, to exercise his Office 
of a Priest, and to hold any Benefice or Preferment 
in the United Church of Lngland and Ireland ; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords communicate to this House, a Copy of 
First Report from the Select Committee appointed 
by the House of Lords, in the present Session of 
Parliament, to inquire into the operation of the Act | 
3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 85, for the better Government of | 
Her Majesty’s Indian Territories ; together with the 
Minutes of Evidence, and an Appendix and Index 
thereto, as desired by this House: And also, 

The Lords request that this House will be pleased | 
to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of the | 
Report from the Select Committee appointed by this 
House, in the present Session of Parliament, to try 
and determine the matter ef the Petition complaining | 
of an undue Election and Return for the County of 
Clare; together with the Minutes of Evidence taken 
before the said Committee, and the Proceedings of 
the Committee: And also, 

The Lords request that this House will be pleased 
to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of the 
Report from the Select Committee appointed by this 
House, in the present Session of Parliament, to try 
and determine the matter of the Petition complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the County of 
Mayo; together with the Minutes of Evidence taken 
before the said Committee, and the Proceedings of 
the Committee: And also, 

The Lords request that this House will be pleased 
to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of the 
Report from the Select Committee appointed by this 


16° Junie. 


589 


House, in the present Session of Parliament, to try 
and determine the matter of the Petition complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the County of 
the City of Cork ; together with the Minutes of Lvi- 
dence taken before the said Committee, and the 
Proceedings of the Committee : And also, 

The Lords request that this House will be pleased Sligo Election. 
to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of the 
Report from the Select Committee appointed by this 
House, in the present Session of Parliament, to try 
and determine the matter of the Petition complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Sligo; together with the Minutes of Evidence taken 
before the said Committee, and the Proceedings of the 
Committee :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House will send an Answer 
to the last parts of the said Message by Messengers 
of their own. 

And the Messenger was again called in; and Mr. 
Speaker acquainted him therewith :—And then he 
again withdrew. 


Mr. Wilson presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Arterial 
&gt; * ot ‘. Drainage 
mand,—Copy of Report of the Commissioners ap- (Ireland. ) 
pointed by the ‘Treasury Minute of the 13th of July 
1852, to inquire into and report on certain Works 
of Arterial Drainage in Jrelund, commenced under 
the Summary Proceedings Clauses of the Act 
9 Vie. c. 4. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Ingham, from the Select Committee appointed Liverpool 
to try and determine the matter of the Petition of Election. 
William Rathbone and Robert Wilson Ronald, com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Liverpool, informed the House, That it 
appears from evidence adduced before the Committee 
this day, that John Williams having been duly sum- 
moned by the Speaker’s Warrant, had disobeyed 
such Warrant, and had not appeared before the said 
Committee. 

Resolved, That John Williams, having been duly 
summoned by the Speaker’s Warrant to attend the 
said Committee, and having disobeyed such Warrant, 
and not having appeared before the said Committee, 
has been guilty of a breach of the Privileges of this 
House. 

Ordered, That John Williams, having been guilty 
of a breach of the Privileges of this House, be for 
his said offence taken into the custody of the Ser- 
jeant-at-Arms attending this House; and that Mr. 
Speaker do issue his Warrant accordingly. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Succession 
a Committee on the Succession Duty Bill. Duty Bilt. 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Cause, N° 1, amended, and agreed to. 

Criause, N° 2 (What dispositions and devolutions 
of property shall confer successions). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1.19: To leave out 
the words “ past or future.” 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out, stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Tufnell, a 


Yeas, (The Earl of Mulgrave : he as. 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Mullings, Ya 
Noes, Mr. Freshfield : ie 


Clause agreed to. 

Crause, N° 3, agreed to. 

Cuause, N° 4, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravse, N° 5 (Extinction of determinable charges 


to confer successions). 
Amendments made. 





Jou. 108. 


4¥F3 Motioa 


































































Universities 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Soap Duties, 


Merchant 
Shipping Bill. 


Pilotage Bill. 


Copics of 
Specifications 
Repeal Bill. 


Sheriff Courts 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


590 


Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bil ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, lia 

Yeas, \The Earl of Mulgrave: _— 

Tellers for the { Mr. Cairns, L100 

Noes, Mr. Mullings : nas 

Clause agreed to. 

Crause, N° 6, agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 7 (Dispositions to take effect at 
periods depending on death, or made for evading 
Duty to confer successions.) 

Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1.10: After the 
word “acquire,” to insert the words “the property 
“ so passing as.” 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 17° die Junii, 1853: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Universities (Scotland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on 
Soap Duties, a Resolution ; which was read, as fol- 
loweth : 

Resolved, That, from and after the 5th day of 
July 1853, the Duties of Excise now payable on 
Seap, which shall be made in Great Britain, or which 
shall be brought from Jreland into Great Britain, 
shall cease and determine. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, was 
agreed to. : 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Chancellor 
of the Exchequer and Mr. Wi/son do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Merchant Shipping Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Pilotage Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Copies of Specifications Repeal 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) 
Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 

raph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Crauses, N° 1 to N° 4, agreed to. 

Crauss, N° 5 (After record is closed, Sheriff to 
hear parties, or to appoint diet for proof, and to dis- 
pose of case.) 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
stand part of the Bill; 

The Committee divided. 

The Chairman directed the Yeas to go forth to the 


16°—17° Junii. 





| 




















A. 1853. 


Right, and the Noes to the Left ; and there appearing 
to be only one Teller for the Noes, the Chairman 
declared the Yeas had it. 

Crauses, N° 6 to N° 9, agreed to. 

Cuiause, N° 10 (Written proofs abolished ; and 
proofs how to be taken). 

Motion made, and Question put That the Chair- 
man do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the (Colonel Blair, Lie 
Yeas, (Viscount Galway : J ' 

Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, le 
Noes, The Earl of Mulgrave:  § 4. 


Clause agreed to. 

Cravses, N° 11 to N° 26, agreed to. 
Crause, No, 27, postponed. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
— in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 

at the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Excise Duties 
reading of the Excise Duties on Spirits Bill ; on Spirits Bill. 
Ordered, That the Biil be read the third time this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Customs, &amp;c. 
mittee on the Customs, &amp;c. Acts ; Acts, 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Bail in Error Bill was, according to Order, Bail in Error 
read the third time. ill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Public Works 
a Committee on the Public Works Loan Bill; and, Loan Bill. 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The Taxing Officer, Common Law Business (Jre- Taxing Officer, 


land) Bill was, according to Order, read the third Common Law 
” Business 


time. 
: (Ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Sir John Young do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Parish Vestries (No. 2) Bill was, according Parish Ves- 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a tties (No. 2) 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Customs 
mittee on the Customs Duties on Spirits Bill ; Duties on 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve pe ae. 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Simony Law 
to amend the Law respecting Simony, and to render A™endment. 
illegal the Sale of the next Presentation to any Eccle- 
siastical Benefice : And that Mr. Robert Phillimore 
and Viscount Goderich do prepare, and bring it in. 
Ordered, 


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16 VicrortzZ. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all Sums received by the Warden and 
Assistants of Dover Harbour, on account of Ton- 
nage Duties, from the 10th day of October 1849 to 
the 10th day of October 1852 (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 488, of Session 1850). 


Dover 
Harbour. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, this 
day, resolve itself into a Committee to consider the 
several Acts relating to the City of Edinburgh and 
Parish of Canongate Annuity Tax, and of providing 
for the Payment by the City of Edinburgh of cer- 
tain Sums into the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for the 
Stipends of the Ministers of the said City and Pa- 
rish, and for Payment of the said Stipends out of the 
said Consolidated Fund ; 

Sir William Molesworth, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the subject-matter of this 
Motion, recommends it to the consideration of the 
House. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 

Ordered, ‘That. the Report from the Select Com- 
mittee on the Edinburgh Annuity Tax, in Session 
1851, be referred to the Committee. 


Abolition. 


Sheriff Courts 
Scotland) 
Salaries, &amp;c.] 


A Motion being made, That this House will, this 
day, resolve itself into a Committee to consider of 
providing for the Salaries, Retired Allowances and 
Compensations to Sheriffs, Sheriff Substitutes and 
Sheriff Clerks, which may be granted under any Act 
of the present Session, relating to Sheriff Courts in 
Scotland ; 

Sir William Molesworth, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the subject-matter of this 
Motion, recommends it to the consideration of the 
House. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Resident 
Magistrates 
(Ireland) Bill. 


No. 623. 


Sir John Young presented a Bill to amend the 
Acts regulating the Aalaries of Resident Magistrates 
in Ireland: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next ; and to be printed. 


Malicious 

Injuries 

(Ireland) Bill. 
No. 624, 


Sir John Young presented a Bill to extend the 
Remedies for the Compensation of Malicious In- 
juries to Property in Jreland: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 

Soap Duties Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to repeal the Duties, 
Bill. Allowances and Drawbacks of Excise on Soap: 


No. 625. And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time this day; and to be 
printed. 

Simony Law Mr. Robert Phillimore presented a Bill to amend 
ee the Law respecting Simony, and to render illegal 

No. 626 the Sale of the next Presentation to any Ecclesias- 

co tical Benefice: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 6th day of July next; and to be 
printed. 
Indian — Ordered, That the Paper relative to Indian Ter- 
‘a ritories, which was communicated from the Lords this 
No. 627. 


day, be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after One of the clock on 
Friday morning, adjourned till this day. 


VoL. 108. 


16°—17° Junie. 


91 


Veneris, 17° die Junii ; 
Anno 16° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had a : 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 14th, 15th Tasese ) ; 
and 16th days of this instant June; and had di- 
rected him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Evans reported from the Committee on Group Blyth and 
Q. of Railway Bills; That in the case of the Blyth Tyne Railway 
and Tyne Railway Bill, they had examined the al- 
legations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
amended the same, by omitting such portion as re- 
lates to a portion of the Tynemouth Branch, the 
Powers for the construction of which the Committee 
did not consider it desirable to grant at the present 
time; and found the same, as amended, to be true; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Evans reported from the Committee on Group Tynemouth 


Q. of Railway Bills ; That in the case of the Tyne- Docks, and | 
mouth Docks and Morpeth and Shields Direct Rail- gyiciis Direct 


way Bill, the Committee had examined the allegations Railway Bill. 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, but the same 
had not been proved to their satisfaction. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Corry reported from the Committee on Group Stamford and 
PP. of Railway Bills ; That in the case of the Stam- Relleay IA 
ford and Essendine Railway Bill, they had examined , ° 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by striking out the paragraph 
relating toa Branch to join the Syston and Peterbo- 
rough Branch of the Midland Railway, the Com- 
mittee feeling that the same would injuriously affect 
the interests of the last-named Company ; and also 
by striking out any reference to works on the River 
Welland, such works not now forming part of the 
scheme; and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 





| Mr. Corry reported from the Committee on Group Boston and 
| PP. of Railway Bills; That in the case of the Boston ng Coun~ 
,and Midland Counties Railway and Docks Bill, they bone ray 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- Bill. 
-amble of the Bill, and amended the same, by omitting 
therefrom the recitals as to the expediency of giving 
the Company Powers to construct a Railway to join 
the Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston and Eastern 
Junction Railway, and to construct a Branch to the 
Great Northern Railway, the Promoters having 
abandoned their intention to construct those portions 
of Line; and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
| Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 





| Mr. Edward Lilice reported from the Committee South Wales 
'on Group LL. of Railway Bills; That in the case of (reaiiaahe 
‘the South Wales Railway (Pembroke, &amp;c.) Bill, they &amp;.) Bil.’ 
‘had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 

| amble of the Bill, and amended the same, by striking 
out so much thereof as related to the proposed new 
Line of Railway to join the Sirhowy Tramroad at 
Newport, and also the recital as to the expediency 
| that the South Wales Railway Company and the Vale 
of Neath Railway Company should be empowered to 
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592 17° Juni. A. 1853. 

make arrangements for the passage and conveyance | 

of the traffic of the last-mentioned Company over | time. 

and along the Briton Ferry Branch of the South} Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Wales Railway (those portions of the Bill having| Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 

been withdrawn by the Promoters); and found the | to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 

same, as amended, to be true; and had gone through | hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 

the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | 


| 
. | third time. 
———— | Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


| Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


Milford Haven Mr. Edward Ellice reported from the Committee | 6 “a - ve 
Docks Bill. on Group LL. of Railway Bills; That in the case. to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
of the Milford Haven Docks Bill, Power is sought’ The House proceeded to take into consideration 


by the Bill for the South Wales Railway Company | the Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Railway Bill, as 
to enter into arrangements and agreements with the amended in the Committee. 

Dock Company proposed to be incorporated by the/ Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Bill, with respect to the use by the Railway Com-'! 
pany of the Docks and the Works connected there- | 
with, upon payment of such rates or dues, or other 
sum of money, and upon such terms and conditions 
as may be mutually agreed on. 

That it was proved to the Committee that the 
South Wales Railway Company are already autho-| The House proceeded to take into consideration 
rized by Parliament to construct a Railway to Mil-, the London and North Western Railway (Saint 
ford Haven, and that the establishment of the pro- Alban’s, &amp;c.) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
— Docks is likely to bring traffic upon their; Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

tailway, and to be of considerable advantage to | 
them and to the public. | The House proceeded to take into consideration 

That, under the circumstances, it appeared to the | the Saint Margaret and Saint John the Evangelist, 
Committee, that the Powers proposed by the Bill) Westminster, Vestries Bill, as amended in the Com- 
to be conferred on the South Wales Railway Com-| mittee. 
pany, with reference to the intended Docks, might; Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
properly be granted. | 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table &gt; The House proceeded to take into consideration 
and be printed. the Wesiminster Improvements Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Holme Reservoirs (No. 2) Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Alston Roads The Alston Roads Bill was read the third time. 


Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill, The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. consideration the Halifax Waterworks and lmprove- 
ment Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 
Birmingham The Birmingham and Oxford Junction, Birming-| Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
= ham, Wolverhampton and Dudley and Great Western | former Committee :—And that they have leave to 
Birmingham, Railways Bill was read the third time. ‘sit and proceed upon Monday next. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for providing additional Station Ac- | The Order of the day being read, for the second 
commodation at Birmingham in connexion with the | reading of the London and Finsbury Improvements 
Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway, and for | and Railway Bill ; 
enabling the Great Western Railway Company to! Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
use a portion of the Ozford, Worcester and Wolver- Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
hampton Railway, and for making better provision 
with reference to the joint Station at Wolverhampton, 
and for other purposes. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Woiverhamp- 
ton and Dud- 
ley and Great 
Western Rail- 
ways Bill. 


The Baroness De Villars’ Estate Bill was read 
| the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 





| 
The Burton-upon- Trent Improvement (No. 2) Bill! | Crowe's Disabilities Removal Bill was read the first 
was read the third time. _ time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. | Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill | ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Burton-upon- 
Trent Im- 
provement 
(No. 2) Bill. 


| The Order for referring the Manchester Division 
The Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Rail- | Stipendiary Magistrate Bill to the Committee of 
| Selection, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Leeds, Brad- 
ey — — way Bill was read the third time. 
Railway Bill.  /vesolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill | 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
that part of the Message from the Lords of the 16th 
day of this instant June, wherein their Lordships 
request that this House will communicate to their 
Lordships, a Copy of the Report from the Select 
Committee appointed by this Boom, in the present 
Session of Parliament, to try and determine the 
matter of the Petition complaining of an undue 


The London and North Western and London and 
tl Blachwall Railways Bill was read the third time. 
and Blackwall A Clause (Saving rights of Saint Katherine’s Dock 
Railways Bill. Company), was thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to enable the London and North 


London and 
North Western 





Western Railway Company to acquire and hold | Election and Return for the County of Clare, to- 
certain Lands and Buildings at or near the Terminus | gether with the Minutes of Evidence taken before 
of the Haydon-square Branch of the London and 
Blackwall Railway, and for other purposes. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


the said Committee, and the Proceedings of the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That a Printed Copy of the said Report 
be communicated to the Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships : 











Pelham Clinton’s Estate Bill was read the third Pelham Clin. 
toate Estate 
1 


The Spalding Improvement Bill was read the gpalding 
—_— 


Edinburgh, 
Perth and 
Dundee Rail- 
way Bill. 


Holme Reser- 
voirs (No. 2) 
Bill. 


London and 
North Western 
Railway 
(Saint Alban’s, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Saint Margaret 
and Saint John 
the Evangelist, 
Westminster, 
Vestries Bill. 


Westminster 
Improvements 
Bill. 


Halifax 
Waterworks 
and Improve- 
ment Bill. 


London and 
Finsbury Im- 
provements 
and Railway 
Bill. 


Baroness De 
Villars’ Estate 
Bill. 


Crowe's 
Disabilities 
Removal Bill. 


Manchester 
Division 
Stipendiary 
Magistrate 
Bill. 


Clare Election. 











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16 VicTroriz. 
Lordships: And that Mr. Brotherton do deliver the | 


same. 


MayoElection. The House proceeded to take into consideration 
that part of the Message from the Lords of the 16th 
day of this instant June, wherein their Lordships 
request that this House will communicate to their 
Lordships, a Copy of the Report from the Select 
Committee appointed by this House, in the present 
Session of Parliament, to try and determine the 
matter of the Petition complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the County of Mayo, to- 
gether witli the Minutes of Evidence taken before 
the said Committee, and the Proceedings of the | 
Committee. 

Ordered, That a Printed Copy of the said Report 
be communicated to the Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships: And that Mr. Brotherton do deliver the 
same. 


Cork Election. The House proceeded to take into consideration 
that part of the Message from the Lords of the 16th 
day of this instant June, wherein their Lordships 
request that this House will communicate to their 
Lordships, a Copy of the Report from the Select 
Committee appointed by this House, in the present 
Session of Parliament, to try and determine the 
matter of the Petition, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the County of the City of 
Cork, together with the Minutes of Evidence taken 
before the said Committee, and the Proceedings of 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That a Printed Copy of the said Report 
be communicated to the Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships: And that Mr. Brotherton do deliver the 
same. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
that part of the Message from the Lords of the 16th 
day of this instant June, wherein their Lordships 
request that this House will communicate to their 


Sligo Election. 


Lordships, a Copy of the Report from the Select, 


Committee appointed by this House in the present 
Session of Parliament, to try and determine the 
matter of the Petition complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Sligo; to- 
gether with the Minutes of Evidence taken before 
the said Committee, and the Proceedings of the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That a Printed Copy of the said Report 
be communicated to the Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships: And that Mr. Brotherton do deliver the 


same. 

Standing Mr. Sotheron reported from the Select Committee 

Orders, on Standing Orders, several Resolutions; which 
were read, as follow : 

Biskenhead 1. That in the case of the Birkenhead Dock 


Dock Trustees Trustees Petition for additional provision, the Stand- 
Bill. ing Orders ought to be dispensed with; that the 
Parties be permitted to introduce their additional 
provision, if the Committee on the Bill shall think fit. 


London and 2. That in the case of the London and North 

—— Western Railway (Tring and Oxford) Petition for 

(Tring an q additional provision, the Standing Orders ought to 

Oxford) Bill. be dispensed with ; that the Parties be permitted to 
introduce their additional provision, if the Committee 
on the Bill shall think fit, provided they prove the 
consent of the President and Scholars of Saint 
John’s College, Oxford : 

That the Committee on the Bill do report how far 
such Order has -been complied with on the Report 
of the Bill. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

East India Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
qe Prietors, Returns of the Number of Proprietors of East India 


Stock on the 3d day of June 1853; of the Number 
entitled to vote in the choice of Directors of the East 
India Company; of the Number of Persons en- 
titled to more than one Vote and upwards, speci- 


17° Junie. 


593 


fying the Number in Classes of two, three, four, 
&amp;c.; and, of the Number who have actually voted 
on the occasion of the Election of the ten last elected 
Directors, not being proposed for Re-election by 
their former Co-directors, distinguishing throughout 
the Male from the Female Proprietors :—Of the 
Ballots or Divisions which have taken place in the 
Court of Proprietors of the East India Company 
since the 30th day of April 1834, on Questions other 
than the Election of Directors, stating the particular 
Questions or Motions on which the Ballots or Di- 
visions took place, and the Numbers on each side :— 
Of the Annual Allotment of the Patronage, Civil 
and Military, of the Court of Directors of the East 
India Company since the 30th day of April 1834, 
showing the Number assigned to each Director and 
the President of the Board of Control, and the 
Number actually appointed by the same in each 
year since that time. 


Lord John Manners reported from the Committee Newport, 
on Group KK. of Railway Bills; That in the case Abergavny 
of the ean, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway Reieey 
(Swansea, &amp;c.) Bill, they had examined the alle- (Swansea, &amp;c.) 
gations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, but Bill 
that the same had not been proved to the satisfaction 
of the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. French presented a Bill to establish Seamen’s Seamen’s 
Savings Banks: And the same was read the first Savings Banks 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon y)) gog 
Wednesday the 29th day of this instant June; and — 
to be printed. 


A Petition of the South Wales Railway Company, South Wales 
praying that provision may be made in the South Railway 
Wales Railway (Monmouth) Bill for authorizing oo 
deviation in the Line or course of the proposed new 
Line from Usk to Pon*jpool, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


The Order for referrmg the Belfast Municipal Belfast 
Boundaries Bill to the Committee of Selection, was am 
. oundaries 
read, and discharged. Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to Sir John 
Young, Mr. Davison, Mr. Cairns, Mr. Macartney, 

Mr. Ker, Mr. Bateson, and five Members to be 
added by the Committee of Selection. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to Bankruptcy 
request that their Lordships will communicate to this Bill. 
House, a Copy of the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Select Committee appointed by their Lord- 
ships, in the present Session of Parliament, to con- 
sider of the Bankruptcy Bill: And that Mr. Brother- 
ton do carry the said Message. 


Mr. Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, Colonial Land 
—Copy of Thirteenth General Report of the Colonial and Emigra- 
Land and Emigration Commissioners, 1853. — 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


The following Paper, pursuant to Order, was laid Great London 
upon the Table by the Clerk of the House,—M inutes Drainage Bill. 
of the Evidence taken before the Committee on the No. 629. 
Great London Drainage Bill. 

The following Papers were also laid upon the Table Porto Novo 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, !ro2 Com- 
dated the 12th day of April last, for Copies of all *” _ 
Despatches, Minutes and Reports received from the 
Madras Government respecting the origin and trans- 
actions of the Porto Novo Iron Company, with the 
Answers of the Court of Directors of the East India 
Company thereto; and of the Correspondence be- 
tween the Court of Directors, the Board of Control, 
and the Last India Iron Company, relating to the 
same subject. 





Vou. 108, 





4G+ Return 











Vestry 
Meetings. 


Post-office 
Receiving- 
houses, &amp;c. 


Emigration. 


Workhouses 
(Ireland. ) 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Sixty- 





second Report. 


594, 17° Junie. 


Return to an Order, dated the 20th day of April 
last, for Returns of all Applications made to the 
Poor Law Board, according to the Provisions of so 
much of the Act 138 &amp; 14 Vic. c. 57, as relates to 
preventing the holding of Vestry or other Meetings 
in Churches ; such Return to specify the Applications 
granted and refused:—Of all Cases where, under 
the provisions of the said Act, Lands or Premises 
have been taken on Lease or purchased, and Sales 
or Exchanges have been effected for the purpose of 
obtaining Buildings suitable for Vestry Meetings :— 
Of all Cases where the Poor Law Commissioners have 
given authority for Money to be borrowed for such 
purposes, and charged to the Poor Rate :—And, of all 
Appointments of Vestry Clerks under the said Act. 

Return to an Order, dated the 10th day of De- 

cember last, for Returns of the Number of Post- 
office Receiving-houses in London, Dublin, Edin- 
burgh, Glasyow, Liverpool and Manchester, respec- 
tively ; the Number of Collections daily from each 
Receiving-house, and the Proportion the Population 
of each of these Places, as per last Census, bears to 
each Receiving-house ; whether General Post-office 
business can be transacted at all these Receiving- 
houses, and, if not, the Number in each Place at 
which that can be transacted ; showing the proportion 
the Population of each Place bears to every such 
Receiving-house or Branch Office; the Number of 
Offices in each place at which Money Order business 
can be transacted, and the proportion the Population 
of each place bears to every such Office; the Ave- 
rage Number of Letters delivered daily in each of 
the above-mentioned Towns; also, the Number of 
Letter Carriers in each Town to deliver these Letters, 
and also the Number of Deliveries daily in each 
’ . ’ 
Town :—And, of the Name of every one employed 
in the Post-office of Glasgow ; the Number of years 
each Person has been in the Service ; Salary of each, 
and Sums, if any, derived from Fees, stating the 
Nature of such Fees; Nature of the Duties per- 
formed by each; whether there is a Scale of Sala- 
ries for Length of Service, and, if so, the particulars 
of it; showing the highest Salary that can be ob- 
tained by Length of Service only, and the time to 
be served to obtain that Salary ; whether there is a 
Superannuation Allowance ; Gross Revenue of the 
Office for each of the last Ten years, including 
Amount of Postage Stamps sold through the Stamp 
Office ; Number of Letters for One Week of each 
Month in each year for a like Period ; Number and 
Amount of Money Orders paid and issued in each of 
the last Ten years; also the Commission in each year; 
Number of Clerks employed in each year, distinguish- 
ng the Number engaged in each Department. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Committee on the Great London Drainage 
Bill, be printed. 


Mr. Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
—Papers relative to Emigration to the North Ameri- 
can Colonies (in continuation of Papers presented 
1852). 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Sir John Young presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 13th day of May last, for Returns of all 
Sums advanced to the different Poor Law Unions in 
reland, on account of the building of Workhouses : 
—-And, of the Number of Installments, and the 
Amount repaid by each Union on that account, with 
the Balance due by each Union at the present time. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions relating to the University of London ;— 
Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ;—Marriage ;—Nunne- 
ries ;—Recovery of Personal Liberty Bill ;—Adver- 
tisements ;—Attorneys’ Certificates ;—Conveyancers’ 
Certificates ;— Dogs ;— Excise Licenses ;—Salt ;— 
Tea;—Bankruptcy Bill;—Bastardy Laws;—Betting 























































A. 1853. 


Houses ;—John Dillon ;—Education Bill ;—Rich- 
ard Grattan, Esquire;— Guardians of the Poor 
Elections ;-—Edward Murray ;—Ocean Penny Post- 
age;— Parochial Schools (Scotland) ; — Roman 
States ;—Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill;—and, Te- 
nant Right (Jreland) Bill, and Tenants’ Compen- 
sation (Jreland) Bill,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to Intoxicating Liquors,—were 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Public-houses, &amp;c. 

A Petition relating to Parliamentary Papers, was 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 

Petitions relating to the Kegistration of Assurances 
Bill,—were also presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of the Adjournment, 
House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior : Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 
The Lords have agreed to the Swaffham and Bot- Swaffham 
tisham Drainage (No. 2) Bill, without any Amend- 9%¢ Bottisham 


Draina: 
ment: And also, (No. 2) Bill, 


The Lords have agreed to the Hackney Carriages Hackney 
(Metropolis) Bill, with Amendments; to which a 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of ma _ 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Londonderry, En- Londonderry, 
niskillen and Sligo Railway Bill, with Amendments ; oe 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- Railway Bill, 
rence of this House:—And then the Messenger 


withdrew. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Succession 
into a Committee on the Succession Duty Bill. Duty Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 

Cuavuss, N°7 (Dispositions to take effect at periods 
depending on death, or made for evading Duty, to 
confer successions). 

Amendment again proposed, in p. 4, 1.10: After 
the word “ acquire” to insert the words “ the pro- 
“ perty so passing.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted 
put, and agreed to. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1. 11: To 
leave out from “ predecessor” to the end of the 
Clause. 

Question put, That the words “ and where any 
Court of competent jurisdiction” stand part of the 
Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the {Mr. Hayter, 7 

Yeas, UMr. Grenville Berkeley: f 
Tellers for the (Mr. Mudllings, \ 
9 





103. 


Noes, Colonel Taylor : 63. 


Another Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1. 12: To 
leave out the word “ fraudulently,” in order to insert 
the words “ colourable and fraudulent, and made 
“ for the purpose of.” 

Question, ‘That the word “ fraudulently” stand 
part of the Clause——put, and negatived. 

Amendment proposed to the said proposed Amend- 
ment: To leave out the words “ colourable and.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out, 
stand part of the said proposed Amendment-—— put, 
and negatived. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Ciausg, N°8, agreed to. 


Criavuse, N° 9 (Duties on successions). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 4, l. 39: To leave 
out “ Three,” in order to insert “ Two.” 

Question, That “ Three” stand part of the Clause 
——put, and agreed to, 

Clause agreed to. 

Cause, N° 10, agreed to, 
CLAUSE, 














16 Vicroria2z. 17°—18° Junit. 5O5 


Cuauss, N° 11, amended, and agreed to. | _ Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
Cravuses, N° 12 and N* 13, agreed to. | time:—The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time. 
. jo ° ‘ 
t Cravszs, N° 14 and N° 15, amended, and agreed | Ordered, That the further Proceeding on the third 
0. ; | reading of the said Bill be adjourned till Monday 
Cravuse, N° 16, postponed. | next. 
Cravuse, N° 17, amended, and agreed to. : 
ennieniig N° 1. meal “a 4 | The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Customs, &amp;. 
Tor ; t Pr ae ety eevee eer | mittee on the Customs, &amp;c. Acts ; Acts. 
Fe ee et ee ee ee ee Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


; ; wican ' next, resolve itself i sal ittee. 
And the House having continued to sit till after | p Tenaive Hine inte Che ani oeamnaaee 


alee af . Reto sane © - ’ 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; Che Order of the day being read, for the Com- customs 


Sabbati, 18° die Junii, 1853: mittee on the Customs Duties on Spirits Bill ; Duties on 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday Spirits Bill. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, ‘Whi: Coden ate ity hae es Re i Oe 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. | mittee of Supply ; , Ge s ’ pply. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday | “Resolved, ‘That this House will upon Monday 
“ aig : ; ; A, _this s ,u 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Excise Duties The Order of the day being read, for the third | 
on Spirits Bill. reading of the Excise Duties on Spirits Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
time :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Edinburgh 


The House divided. — a the Edinburgh and Canongate Annuity — 
The Yeas to the Right ; | "Feeeleed. "Fives this H Abolition. 
The Noes to the Left esolved, ‘That this House will, upon Monday 

Tellers yw thef Mr Con olly 1 next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


r 7 Y, “ &gt;’ 34. 
T - al - tl i — J ‘The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Sheriff Courts 
Noes. “The Rail of ‘Sieeenes ju. mittee on Sheriff Courts (Scotland) (Salaries, &amp;c.] be sarsgy 4 
Oe mea gain _ Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday | mutes, 2] 
So it passed in the Negative. next, resolve itself into the said Committe 
And the Question being again proposed, That the ==” : - 
Bill be — read the third time ; ; ; The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Sheriff Courts 
A Motion was made, and the Question being put, | mittee on the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill; (Scotland) 
That this House do now adjourn ; Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


The House divided. - hg eet mye ; 
The Yeas to the Right ; next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the {Lord Naas, 1 
Yeas, Mr. Conolly : 
Tellers for the {Mr. Hayter, 
Noes, (The Earl of Mulgrave: 
So it passed in the Negative. The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Public Works 
And the Question being again proposed, That the| into consideration the Public Works Loan Bill, as Loan Bill 
Bill be now read the third time:—And a Debate’ amended in the Committee. y 
arising thereupon ; : ' * 4 
And a Motlon being made, and the Question being | ee nea aimee 
put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; : 





The Order of the day being read, for the second Copies of 
reading of the Copies of Specifications Repeal Bill; Specifications 
| Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time — 
ice. upon Monday next. 


, 28. 


| 
| 
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a) 


The House divided. ' | The Order of the day being read, for the second Evidence 
The Yeas to the Right ; ‘reading of the Evidence Amendment Bill ; Amendment 
The Noes to the Left. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Tellers for the Mr. Conolly, 1 9. | Monday next. 
Yeas, Mr. Forbes : - | ; ; , 
Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Leasing 
Noes, (The Earl of Mulgrave: rr" | mittee on the Leasing Powers (Ireland) Bill ; Ma a 
So it passed in the Negative. | Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday “"*? * 


And the Question being again proposed, That the | Next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Bill be now read the third time ; : , , . 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, The Soap Duties Bill was, according to Order, Soap Duties 
That this House do now adjourn ; read a second time; and committed to a Committee Bill. 


The House divided. of the whole House, for Monday next. 

The Yeas to the Right ; nape 

The Noes to the Left. The Serjeant-at-Arms attending this House, in- Liverpool 

Tellers for the {Colonel Dunne, formed the House, That, pursuant to their Order of Election. 
Yeas, (Colonel Sibthorp : f 18. | the 16th day of this instant June, he had taken John 

Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 1 Williams into his custody at Liverpool, but that his 
Noes, | The Earl of Mulgrave: f 94. | state of health was such as to render his removal 

So it passed in the Negative. dangerous. . 

And the Question being again proposed, That the r. Ingham, the Chairman of the Committee on 


Bill b ‘ead the third time :—And a Debate | the Liverpool Election Petition, also informed the 
pao imnaees House, That the Evidence of John Williams was no 
A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- longer essential. ae 
posed, That the Debate be now adjourned :—And Ordered, That John Wilkams be discharged out 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- | of the custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms attending this 
dvawe. House, without payment of his fees. 
Vou. 108. 4q2 Ordered, 








596 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Citizen to serve in this present 
Parliament for the City of Durham, in the room of 
Lord Adolphus Frederick Charles William Vane, 
whose Election has been determined to be void. 


Peterborough Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 

Writ. to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Citizen to serve in this present 
Parliament for the City of Peterborough, in_the 
room of George Hammond Whalley, Esquire, whose 
Election has been determined to be void. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 


Durham Writ. 


17°—18°—20° Juniz. 





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A. 1853. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Weston-super. 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Weston- Mare Water- 
super-Mare Waterworks Bill; and the same was YT Bill 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Wigan Water- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Wigan works and 
Waterworks and Police Bill; and the same were Felice Si, 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Thicknesse do carry the Bill 


half an hour after Three of the clock on Satur- | to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


day morning, adjourned till Monday next. 





Lune, 20° die Junii; 


Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 
Plymouth RDERED, That the Committee on the Ply- 
Election. mouth Election Petition have leave to sit this 
day till Five of the clock, during the sitting of the 
House. 
Public Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
Petitions on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
(Sixty-second ,, ,... ei. ax" 
Report.) Petitions presented upon the 17th day of this instant 


June; and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Landlord and 
Tenant (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


No. 630. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee 
on the Landlord and Tenant (Zreland) Bill ; That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday next. 


South Wales Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Pri- 


oe h) vate Bills have leave to sit and proceed forthwith on 
— the Petition for additional provision in the South 


Wales Railway (Monmouth) Bill. 


Chorley Im- 
provement 
Bill. 


The Order for reading the third time the Chorley 
Improvement Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee :—And that they have leave to sit 
and proceed upon Thursday next. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Birkenhead The House was moved, That the Report from the 
Dock Trustees Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of 
=, the Petition for additional provision in the Birken- 
head Dock ‘Trustees Bill, might be read; and the 

same being read ; 
Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 


mittee on the Bill, that they have power to make | 


provision therein, pursuant to the prayer of the said 
Petition. 
Pelfast and 


Ballymena 
Railway Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Belfast 
and Ballymena Railway Bill; and the same were 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 

Lough Foyle 
and Lough 
Swilly Drain- 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Lough 


uge and Recla- Foyle and Lough Swilly Drainage and Reclamation 
Bill ; and the same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


mation Bill, 


| 








hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The Burford, Leachlade and Swindon Roads Bill Burford, 


was read the third time. —— 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Roads Bill. 


Ordered, That Mr. Smith do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The East Lancashire Railway (No. 1) (Clifton to East Lan- 
Salford) Bill was read the third time. cashire Rail- 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. (Cifoon to 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill Salford) Bill. 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the Electric Telegraph Electric 
Company Bill be now read the third time ; Telegraph 
Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- ayes 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 
Then the Bill was read the third time ; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Furness Railway Bill was read the third time ; Furness 
and Amendments were made to the Bill. Railway Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for confirming a certain Agreement 
entered into between the Furness Railway Company 
and Johu Abel Smith, Esquire, and for enabling the 
Furness Railway Company to raise a further Sum of 
Money ; and for authorizing the Conversion of the 
Borrowed and Preferential Share Capital of the 
Furness Railway Company into a Stock not exceed- 
ing Four Pounds Ten Shillings per Centum, and for 
amending the Acts relating to the said Company and 
Pile Pier. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Limerick and Foynes Railway Bill was read Limerick 
the third time. wet ahi 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. nated 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Montgomeryshire Railway Bill was read the Montgomery- 
third time ; and an Amendment was made to the Bill. = Railway 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. = 
Ordered, ‘That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Newry and Ennishilien Railway Bill was Newry and 
read the third time. ———., 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the ay 
Title be, An Act to enable the San and Ennishil- 
len Railway Company to extend their Railway to 
the Landing Quay at Newry; to effect a Junction 
with the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway, and 
for other purposes. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. m 
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Carlisle Canal 
and Port 
Carlisle Rail- 
way Bill, 


East Lanca- 
shire Railway 


(No. 2) South- 


port, &amp;c.) Bill 


Forth and 
Clyde Junc- 
tion Railway 
Bill. 


Leamington, 
Warwick and 
Stratford- 
upon-Avon 
Railway Bill. 


Leeds North- 
ern Railway 
Bill. 


Newport, 
Abergavenny 
and Hereford 
Railway 


17 Vicroriz. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Carlisle Canal and Port Carlisle Railway Bill, 
as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the East Lancashire Railway (No. 2) (Southport, 
&amp;c.) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Leamington, Warwick and Stratford-upon-Avon 
Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Leeds Northern Railway Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway 
(Hereford, &amp;c.) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


cr Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


New Ross 
(Free) Bridge 
Bill. 


Poulnasherry 


Inclosure Bill, 


Worcester 
and Hereford 
Railway Bill. 


South Wales 
Mineral Rail- 
way Bill. 


Spitalfields 

to Shoreditch 
Improvement 
Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Vew Ross (Free) Bridge Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Poulnasherry Inclosure Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Worcester and Hereford Railway Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the South Wales Mineral Railway Bill, 
as amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Spitalfields to Shoreditch Improve- 
ment Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


Poole Harbour Lord Seymour reported from the Committee on 


and Port 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Great Western 


Railway 


(Power to run 


over Shrews- 


Group Z. of Private Bills; That the Parties pro- 
moting the Poole Harbour and Port (No. 2) Bill 
had stated to the Committee, that it was not their 
intention to proceed with the same. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir ’rancis Baring reported from the Committee 
on Group II. of Railway Bills ; That in the case of 
the Great Western Railway (Power to run over the 


bury and Bir- Shrewsbury and Birmingham, &amp;c. Railways) Bill, 


mingham, &amp;c. 
Railways) Bill. 


London and 


North Western 
and Bucking- 


hamshire 


they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, but the same had not been 
proved to their satisfaction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Sir Francis Baring reported from the Committee 
on Group II. of Railway Bills; That in the case of 
the London and North Western and Buckingham- 


Railways Bill. shire Railways Bill, they had examined the allegations 


contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended 

the same, by striking out therefrom the recital as 

to the expediency of the Company being enabled to 

enter into traffic arrangements with the Ozford, 
Vou. 108. 


20° Suniz. 597 


Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway Company, 
| the Billas amended not conferring any such Powers ; 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
| thereunto. 
| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


| Mr. Tatton Egerton reported the London and London and 
| North Western Railway (Zring and Oxford) Bill, Notth Western 
bese? Railway 

with Amendments. (Tring and 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Oxford) Bill. 
| and be printed. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for consolidating Imperial Con- 
and amending the Powers of the Acts of “The Im- oe bam 
perial Continental Gas Association :” And the same ‘*® 7)?! 
was read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Biil be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Proceedings of the House of the Milford Haven 
17th day of this instant June, in respect of the Report Pocks Bill. 
on the Milford Haven Docks Bill, be null and void. 


Mr. Edward Ellice reported the Milford Haven Milford Haven 
Docks Bill, with Amendments. Docks Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Poor Relief. 
a Return showing the Amount of Money expended No. 631. 
for In-maintenance and Out-door Relief m 608 
Unions and Parishes in England and Wales during 
the half-years ended at Lady-day 1852 and 1853 
respectively. 

Mr. Baines accordingly presented the said Return. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from South Wales 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, ®#i!way(Mon- 
. . ; : - 7” mouth) Bill. 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for additional pro- 
vision in the South Wales Railway (Monmouth) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Hackney 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Hackney (Mein nee 
Carriages (Metropolis) Bill; and the same were twice ail ) 
read, and, with an Amendment to one of them, 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fitzroy do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships, 
with an Amendment; to which Amendment this 
House doth desire the concurrence of their Lordships. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Saint Luke's, 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Chelsea. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of all Correspondence which has 
passed between the Commissioners of Police, the 
Poor Law Board, and the Board of Guardians, on 
the subject of the interference of the Metropolitan 
Police in the late Election of Guardians of the Poor 
of the Parish of Saint Luke, Chelsea. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table Government 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, of India. 
dated the 16th day of this instant June, for Copies No. 632. 
of Correspondence between the President of the 
Board of Control and the Court of Directors, on 
the subject of the Measure to be proposed for the 
future Government of India. 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of Liverpool 
an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table Port. 
by the Clerk of the House,—An Account of the 

463 Receipt 



















Sheriffs, &amp;c. 
(Scotland. ) 


Sheriffs, &amp;c. 
(Scotland.) 


Customs. 
No. 633. 


Mr.R.C.Woods 


Porto Novo 

Iron Com- 

pany, &amp;c. 
No. 634. 


Workhouses 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 635. 





598 


Receipt and Disbursement of Dock and _ Light | 
Duties at the Port of Liverpool, from the 25th June 
1851 to the 24th June 1852. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to the Govern- 
ment of India be printed. 


20° Junie. 
Petitions relating to the University of London ;— Public 
Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ; — Marriage ; — May- Petitions. 


nooth College Act ;—Recovery of Personal Liberty yige sixty. 
Bill ;—Attorneys’ Certificates ;— Malt;—Arbitration ; third Report. 





A. 1853. 


—Burial-grounds Bill ;—County Courts ;—Educa- 
tion Bill ;—Friendly Societies Act ;— Richard Grat- 





The Order made upon the 9th day of this instant 
June, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the manner in which the Sum of £. 50,870, 
voted in the Estimates for 1852, “as required to 
settle the Accounts of the several Sheriffs and Stew- | 
ards of Scotland, from the 1st day of April 1852 | 
to the 3ist day of March 1853,” was expended, 
stating the Names and Designations of the several 
Persons to whom any such Payments were made, 
and the Special Services performed by such Persons 
for these Payments :—Similar Return of the Expen- 
diture of £. 13,440, voted in 1852, “as required to 
make up Deficiency for Sheriffs’ Accounts for Two 
years to May 1849 :’—Similar Return of the Sum 
of £.2,500, voted in 1852, for Miscellaneous Dis- 
bursements on account of Public Business, under 
the Authority of the Lord Advocate :—Accounts of | 
the manner in which £.30,000, voted in 1852, to 
defray Expenses of Criminal Prosecutions in Sheriffs’ | 
Courts, was expended, stating the Amount paid for 
each of the Counties of Scotland :—And, of all Sums 
of Money received by the Crown Agent for Seotland 








during the past year over and besides the Salary of | 


\ 


£.1,400, voted in the said Estimates of 1852 :— 
And, of the Distribution of £.11,130 for Salaries of 
Procurators Fiscal in the same year, stating the 
Name and Place of Residence, and the Amount of 
Salary and Fees paid, for each of the Counties of 
Scotland, was read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns showing the Accounts of each of the Sheriffs 
and Stewards in Scotland, for the last year for 
which the same have been passed in Exchequer :— 
Of the Sum of £. 2,500, voted in 1852, for Miscella- 
ueous Disbursements, on account of Public Business, 
under the Authority of the Lord Advocate :—Of all 
Sums of Money received by the Crown Agent for 
Scotland during the past year, over and above the 
Salary of £. 1,400, voted in the Estimates for 1852: 
—And, of the Distribution of £.11,130 for Sala- 
ries of Procurators Fiscal in the same year. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
List of the Articles of Customs upon which it has 
been proposed to retain the additional Duty of Five 
per cent. originally imposed by the Act 8 &amp; 9 Vic. 
c. 90, together with the Amount of such Duty col- 
lected on each Article of the List in the year 1852. 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer accordingly pre- 
sented the said Paper. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Lord John Russell presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 23d day of May 
last, for a Copy of a Letter, dated the 22d day of 
April 1853, from the Honourable Francis Scott to 
the Earl of Clarendon, transmitting an Answer from 
Mr. R. C. Woods, Deputy Sheritt of Singapore, re- 
lative to the proposed Dismissal of Mr. Woods from 
his Official Appointments at Singapore, together 
witi Copy of the Letter enclosed. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Porto 
Novo tron Company, &amp;c., which was presented upon 
the 17th day of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Work- 
houses (/reland), which was presented upon the 
17th day of this instant June, be printed. 





| -_—— 


tan, Esquire ; — Medical Profession ; —Oaths ; — 


| Ocean Penny Postage ;—Poor Law ;—Public-houses 


(Scotland) Bill ;—Railway Communication (Jreland) ; 
Savings Banks Bill ;—.and, Vaccination Extension 
Bill,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to Jndian Territories, was also 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Indian Territories. 

A Petition relating to the National Gallery, was 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the National Gallery. 

A Petition relating to Parliamentary Papers, was 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 

Petitions relating to Public-houses ; [ntoxicating 
Liquors ; and, Beer-shops,—were also presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on Pub- 
lic-houses, &amp;c. 

Petitions relating to the Registration of Assu- 
rances Bill,—were also presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


lof the Correspondence which has taken place be- 
\tween the Board of Admiralty and Mr. Richardson, 
and the Board of Admiralty and Mr. Bentinck, on the 
subject of Mr. Richardson’s Tubular Life Boat. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


into a Committee on the Succession Duty Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Criause, N° 19 (Duties to be paid on the Suc- 
cessor becoming entitled in possession; but in the 
case of outstanding interests, on the determination 
thereof). 

An Amendment made. 

Amendment proposed: At the end of the Clause, 
to add the words “ Provided that no Duty shall be 
“ payable upon the determination of any lease pur- 
porting at the date thereof to be a lease at rack- 
rent in respect of the increase accruing to the 
successor upon such determination.” 

Amendment proposed to the said proposed 
Amendment: After the word “ rack-rent” to insert 
the words “or for a fine or partly for a fine, and 
|“ partly for a reserved rent.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted 
put, and negatived. 

Another Amendment proposed to the said pro- 
posed Amendment: After the word “ rack-rent” to 
insert the words “ or of any lease falling within the 
“ operation of the 24th section of this Act.”’ 

Question, That those words be there iriserted 
——put, and agreed to. 
| Amendment, so amended, agreed to. 
| Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
| Cxavse, N° 20, amended, and agreed to. 
| Cuavuse, N° 21 (In estimating the annual value 
|of lands used for agricultural purposes, houses, 
| buildings, tithes, teinds, rent-charges and other pro- 
perty yielding or capable of yielding income not of 
a fluctuating character, an allowance shall be made 
/of all necessary outgoings; but there shall be in- 
'cluded in such estimate, in the case of a successor 
not restricted from cutting the timber thereon, the 
computed annual value of such timber, not being 
timber planted or left standing for the shelter or 
— of a mansion-house, and valued there- 
with). 





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Amendment 





Mr. Osborne presented, -- Return to an Order, Tubular 
lated the 10th day of this instant June, for Copies Life Boat. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Succession 
| Duty Bill. 


on Spirits Bill. the further Proceeding on the third reading of the 


Stamp Duties. Resolved, That, in lieu of the Stamp Duties now 





17 Vicroriz. 


Amendment proposed: After the word “ out- 
“ goings ” to insert “ such as repairs, insurance and 
“ drainage.” 
Question proposed, That those words be there in- 
serted. 
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 
Another Amendment proposed: To leave out from 
the word “ outgoings” to the end of the Clause. 
Question put, That the words “ but there shall be 
included in such estimate, in the case of a suc- 
cessor not restricted from cutting the timber 
thereon, the computed annual value of such 
timber, not being timber planted or left standing 
for the shelter or ornament of a mansion-house, 
and valued therewith,” stand part of the Clause ; 
The Committee divided. 


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Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, liso 
Yeas, \Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J°°-’ 
Tellers for the (Sir John Trollope, liss 
Noes, {Colonel Taylor : one 


Another Amendment proposed : At the end of the 
Clause, to add the following Proviso: “ Provided 
“ always, that the annual value of any timber grow- 
“ ing or standing on the said lands shall not be 
“&lt; included in the said estimate.” 

Question proposed, That this Proviso be there 
added ; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask 
leave to sit again ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the {Mr. Mullings, ling 
Yeas, UMr. Malins : Dini 
Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, lis7 
Noes, Mr. Grenville Berkeley : } a 


Question again proposed, That the Proviso be 
there added ; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That 
the Chairman do now leave the Chair put, and 
negatived. 

Original Question again proposed, That the Pro- 
viso be there added ; 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 
And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 21° die Junii, 1853: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 








The Order of the day being read, for resuming 


Excise Duties on Spirits Bill ; 
Ordered, That the further Proceeding on the third 


reading of the said Bill be further adjourned till | 


Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Customs, &amp;c. Acts. 


(In the Committee.) 


payable upon or in respect of the several instruments, 
matters and things hereinafter described, there shall 
be paid the several Stamp Duties hereinafter speci- 
fied ; (that is to say) 


Upon every indenture, or other instrument or | £. s. d. 
writing of Se or clerkship (except 
articles of clerkship to attorneys and others, in 
order to admission in any court, or any office in 
any court )— 

Where no sum of money or value shall be 
paid, given, assigned, conveyed or secured 
to or for the use or benefit of the master 
or mistress, the Duty of - - -| = 2 6 





20°—21° Juniz. 


And upon or in respect of any assignment 
or transfer of any such indenture, instru- 
ment or writing as aforesaid, where there 
shall be no sum of money or value mov- 
ing to any new master or mistress, the 
Dutyof - - -+- - - - 

Upon articles of clerkship, or any contract 

whereby any person shall first become bound to 

serve as a clerk in order to his admission as an 
attorney or solicitor in any of Her Majesty’s 

Courts at Westminster, or in Ireland, or in or- 

der to his admission as a proctor in the High 

Court of Admiralty in England, or the Court 

of Admiralty in Jre/and, or in any of the Eccle- 

siastical Courts in Doctors’ Commons or in Jre- 
land, the Duty of - - - - . - 

Upon or in respect of any certificate to be 

taken out yearly by every person admitted as 

an attorney, solicitor or proctor in any court in 

England or Ireland, or 2s a writer to the sig- 

net, or as a solicitor, agent, attorney or procura- 

tor in any court in Scotland, and by every per- 
son admitted or enrolled as a notary public in 

England, Scotland or Ireland— 

If he shall reside within the distance of 
ten miles from the General Post-office in 
the City of London, or within the City 
or Shire of Edinburgh, or in the City of 
Dublin, or within three miles thereof : 
If he shall have been admitted for the 
space of three years orupwards - = - 

Or if he shall not have been admitted so 
long - -  - - - - - 

If he shall reside elsewhere, and if he shall 
have been admitted for the space of three 
years or upwards - ee 

Or if he shall not have been admitted so 
long - - = -  - - : 

Upon or in respect of any certificate to be 
taken out yearly by any person being a member 
of one of the four inns of court in England, and 
by every person in Jre/and who, in the character 
of conveyancer, special pleader, draftsman in 
equity, or otherwise, shall, for or in expectation 
of any fee, gain or reward, draw or prepare any 
conveyance of, or deed or instrument relating 
to, any estate or property, real or personal, or 
any other deed or contract whatever, or any 
pleadings or proceedings in any court of law or 
equity— 

If he shall reside within the distance of ten 
miles from the General Post-office in the 
City of London, or in the City of Dublin, 
or within three miles thereof . - 

And if he shall reside elsewhere - - 


Upon any policy of assurance or insurance, or 
other instrument by whatever name the same 
shall be called, whereby any insurance shall be 
made upon any life or lives, or upon any event 
or contingency relating to or depending upon 
any life or lives— 

Where the sum insured shall not exceed 
500/7., then for every 50/7. and for any 
fractional partof50/. - - - = 

And where the same shall exceed 500/., and 
shall not exceed 1,000/., then for every 
100/., and for any fractional part of 1007. 

And where the same shall exceed 1,000., 
then for every 1,000/., and for any frac- 
tional part of 10002. - - = - - 

Upon any receipt or discharge given for or 
upon the payment of money amounting 
to 2/. or upwards - 2s = = 

For and upon every draft or order for the 
payment of any sum of money to the 
bearer, or to order on demand = - - 


And thefollowing instruments shall be deemed 
and taken to be drafts or orders for the payment 
of money within the intent and meaning of an 
Act or Acts relating to the Stamp Duties on bills 
of exchange, drafts or orders, and shall be 
chargeable accordingly with the Stamp Duties 
imposed by such Act or Acts— 

All documents or writings usually termed 
letters of credit, or whereby any person 
to whom any such document or writing 
is or is intended to be delivered or sent, 
shall be entitled, or be intended to be 
entitled to have credit with, or in account 
with, or to draw upon any other person 
for or to receive from such other person 
any sum of money therein mentioned. 


Exemption. 


All drafts or orders for the payment of money 
to the bearer on demand, drawn upon any 














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banker. or bankers now by law exempt from 
Stamp Duty. 

For and upon every debenture or certificate 
for entitling any — to receive any 
drawback of any Duty or Duties of Cus- 
toms or Excise, or any bounty payable 
out of the Revenue of Customs or Excise, 
for or in respect of any goods, wares or | 

| 
| 


£. 8 d. 





merchandize exported or shipped to be 

exported from any part of the United 

Kingdom to any part beyond the sea— | 
Where the drawback or bounty to be re- | 

ceived shall not exceed 101. - - -|/ - 1 = 
Where it shall exceed 107. and not exceed | 

501. - - - - - - 
Where it shall exceed 507. - ~ -} - 5 = 


And that it is expedient to amend the Laws relat- 
ing to the Stamp Duties. 
Resolution to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to a 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon 
Thursday next. 

Mr. Bouverie also reported, That the Committee 
had made Progress in the matter to them referred ; 
and that he was directed to move, That the Com- 
mittee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 








—— The House, according to Order, resolved itself | 
Spirits Bil. into a Committee on the Customs Duties on Spirits 
No. 636 Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed toa Com- | 
mittee of the whole House, for Thursday next. | 
Universities The Order of the day being read, for the second 


—— reading of the Universities (Scot/and) Bill; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon | 
Friday next, at Twelve o'clock. | 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com. | 
mittee of Ways and Means; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday | 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ways and 
Means. 


| 
Sheriff Courts 


(Scotland) 
[Salaries, &amp;c.] 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself | 
into a Committee on Sheriff Courts (Scotland) [Sala- | 
ries, &amp;e.] 

(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Salaries, Retiring Allowances 
and Compensations to Sheriffs, Sheriff Substitutes and 
Sheriff Clerks, which may be granted under any Act | 
of the present Session, relating to Sheriff Courts in | 
Scotland, may be paid out of the funds from which | 
the Salaries of Sheriffs are now payable. 

Resolution to be reported. 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to a 
Resolution. 

Ordered, ‘That the Report be received upon Wed- 
nesday next. 


Edinburgh and The House, according to Order, resolved itself 





es . into a Committee on the Edinburgh and Canongate 
Abolition, | Annuity Tax Abolition. 


(In the Committee.) 

Resolved, That it is expedient to amend the Acts | 
relating to the City of Edinburgh and Parish of Ca- | 
nongate Annuity Tax, and to provide for the pay- 
ment, by the City of Edinburgh, of certain Sums 
into the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom 
of Great Britain and Ireland, for the Stipends of 


the Ministers of the said City and Parish, and for 








20°—21° Junie. 


| mittee on the Sheriff Courts (Scot/and) Bill ; 


A. 1853. 


ithe payment of the said Stipends out of the said 


Consolidated Fund. 
Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to a 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Wed- 


nesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Savings Banks 

mittee on the Savings Banks Bill : Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 

4th day of July next, resolve itself into the said 

Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Savings Banks 
mittee on the Savings Banks Annuities Bill; Annuities Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





The Order of the day being read, for the second Burial. _ 
reading of the Burial-grounds Bill ; grounds Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Public-houses 
mittee on the Public-houses (Scotland) Bill; (Scotland) 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Tenants’ _ 
mittee on the Tenants’ Compensation (Jre/and) Bill; (ireland) Bill 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, ; 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Merchant 
mittee on the Merchant Shipping Bill ; Shipping Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Pilotage Bill. 
mittee on the Pilotage Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Parish Ves- 
mittee on the Parish Vestries (No. 2) Bill; tries (No. 2) 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday ™ 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Resident Magistrates (Ireland) Bill was, ac- Resident 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- ine 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for ee 
day next. 


The Malicious Injuries (Jreland) Bill was, ac- Malicious 
cording to Order, read a second time ; and committed a 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Thursday —_— 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Westminster 
mittee on the Westminster Bridge Bill; Bridge Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Sheriff Courts 
&lt; ‘ ( Scotland) 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
at Twelve o’clock, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Copies of | 
reading of the Copies of Specifications Repeal Bill ; Specifications 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


Repeal Bill. 


The 





Evi 
Bill 


Soa 
Bill 


Pul 
ries 


Ra 
(G 


T: 





Public Works 
Loan Bill. 


Evidence 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Soap Duties 
Bill. 


Public Libra- 
ries (Ireland.) 


Dublin Par- 
liamentary 
Registration. 


Railway Bills 
(Group BB.) 


Assessed 
Taxes Bill. 


No. 637. 


Dublin Par- 
liamentary 
Registration 
Bill. 


No. 638. 


Adjournment. 


Committees, 


17 Vicroriz. 


The Public Works Loan Bill was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Evidence Amendment Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Soap Duties Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bourerie reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Thursday 
next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
extend the Provisions of the Public Libraries Act, 


1850, to Zreland: And that Mr. Fortescue, Mr. | 


Ewart and Mr. Fagan do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
authorize the Appointment of Barristers, for the pur- 
pose of effecting a complete Annual Revision of 
Lists and Registry of Voters for the City of Dublin, 
and to remove doubts as to the Rate Books for the 
—— of such Registry: And that Sir John Young, 

iscount Palmerston and Mr. Solicitor General for 
Ireland do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir James East reported from the Committee on 
Group BB. of Railway Bills ; That the Parties pro- 
moting the London and North Western (Coalbrook 
Dale) Railway Bill had stated to the Committee, 
that the evidence of Edward Jones was essential to 
enable them to establish their case before the Com- 
mittee ; and it having been proved that his attend- 
ance could not be procured without the intervention 
of the House, he had been instructed by the Com- 
mittee to move the House, That the said Edward 
Jones do attend the said Committee ‘To-morrow the 
21st day of June, at Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That Edward Jones do attend the Com- 
mittee this day, at Twelve o’clock. 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to repeal certain Du- 
ties of Assessed Taxes, and to grant other Duties of 
the same description: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Thursday next ; and to be printed. 


Sir John Youny presented a Bill to authorize the 
Appointment of Barristers, for the purpose of effect- 
ing a complete Annual Revision of Lists and Registry 
of Voters for the City of Dublin, and to remove 
doubts as to the Rate Books for the purposes of 
such Registry: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday next; and to be printed. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till this day, at Five of 
the clock in the afternoon. 


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit 
this day, notwithstanding the adjournment of the 
House. 


And then the House having continued to sit till 
Two of the clock on Tuesday morning, ad- 
journed till this day. 


Vou. 108. 


20°—21° Juniz. 








Martis, 2i° die Junii: 


Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Crowe's 


one of the Examiners of Petitions for Pri- ane 
vate Bills, That in the case of Crowe’s Disabilities ““"™* °™ 


Removal Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 


Ordered, That Crowe’s Disabilities Removal Bill Crowe's 


i - Disabilities 
be read a second time. Removal Bill. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Taodle,—Report from Baroness De 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Villars’ Estate 
That in the case of the Baroness De Villars’ Estate ®™ 
Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 


Ordered, That the Baroness De Villars’ Estate Baroness De 


Bill be read a second time. =_— Estate 


Ordered, That the Ribble Navigation Bill be re- Ribble Navi- 
committed to the former Committee :—And that they sation Bill. 
have leave to sit and proceed ‘To-morrow. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Pri- Imperial Con- 
vate Bills have leave to sit and proceed ‘To-morrow (Ne. 3) _ 
on the Imperial Continental Gas (No. 2) Bill. pres 


Ordered’, That it be an Instruction to the Com- Chard Rail- 
mittee of Selection, that they may, if they think fit, way Bill. 
appoint the Committee on the Chard Railway Bill 
for any day not being earlier than Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Londonderry, 
Lords to the Londonderry, Enniskilien and Sligo oo 
. . . . . . € ge 
Railway Bill be taken into consideration upon this Rajway Bill. 


day three months. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for Londonderry, 
leave to bring in the Londonderry, Enniskillen and ee ae, 
Sligo Railway Bill might be read; and the same peared (No. 2.) 
being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway from Enniskillen to Sligo, 
with a Branch therefrom: And that Sir Robert 
Ferguson, Mr. Bateson and Mr. Montgomery do 
prepare, and bring it in. 

Ordered, That the Standing Order, No. 177, be 
suspended: And that leave be given to read the 
Bill the first time this day. 


The Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Railway Bill Edinburgh, 
was read the third time; and an Amendment was Perth and | 
made to the Bill. =a” 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Holme Reservoirs (No. 2) Bill Holme Reser. 
be read the third time upon Thursday next. beg (No. 2) 
The, Westminster Improvements Bill was read the Westminster 
third time. Improvements 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. mm. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the British Electric Telegraph British Elec- 
Company Bill be re-committed to the former Com- tric Telegraph 
mittee: —And that they have leave to sit and pro- ComPary Bill 
ceed upon Thursday next. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration GreatSouthern 
the Great Southern and Western Railway (Zreland) — 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. (Ireland) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

4H Ordered, 














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Locke King, Mr. Hayter, Mr. William Williams, 
Lord Seymour, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, and Five 
Members to be added by the Committee of Selection. 
Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 
Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit 
and proceed upon Friday next. 


Londonderry, Sir Robert Ferguson presented a Bill for making 


Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Darenth Valley 
Railway Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


Darenth Val- 
ley Railway 
Bill. 
Gravesend 


and Wrotham 
Road Bill. 


Whichwood 
Forest Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Gravesend and 
Wrotham Road Bill, without any Amendment : And 
also, 

‘the Lords have agreed to the Whichwood Forest 
Bill, with Amendments; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 























—— 





21° Junie. 


Liverpool, Ordered, That the Liverpool, Crosby and South- 
ene th —~’ port Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee, be 
Railway Bill, taken into consideration To-morrow. 
West London ‘The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ae the West London and Crystal Palace Railway Bill, 
way Bill. as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Spitalfieldsto The Spitalfields to Shoreditch Improvement Bill | 
—,, was read a second time; and committed to Sir Wil- 
Bill. liam Molesworth, Sir William Clay, Lord Robert 
Grosvenor, Lord Seymour, Mr. Osborne, Sir Robert 
Harry Inglis, and Five Members to be added by the | 
Committee of Selection. 
Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 
Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit 
and proceed upon Monday next. 
Battersea 
Park Bill. 


The Select Committee on the Battersea Park Bill to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
was nominated of Sir William Molesworth, Mr.| to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Officers belong- 


Enniskillen 4 Railway from Enniskillen to Sligo, with a Branch 
and Sligo Rail- _ 8 . =e 
way (No.2) therefrom: And the same was read the first time. 
Bill. Ordered, Vhat the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 
Ordered, That the Examiner have leave to sit and 
proceed ‘To-morrow. 
Clitheroe Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
. Election. this day received a Report from the Examiner of 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Election Petition of Richard Fort, relating to the 
Borough of Clitheroe, is unobjectionable. 
Message from A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Russell: 
the Lords. : . 


South Shields The Lords have agreed to the South Shields Im- 
— ‘ome provement Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House :—-And then the Messenger withdrew. 
Leave of Ordered, That Mr. Charles Morgan have leave of 
Absence. absence for a fortnight, on account of ill health. 
Established Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
— Return of all Lands and Houses belonging to the 
Established Church in Jreland, setting forth the 
Name of each Diocese, the Situation and Extent of 
all such Lands and Houses, Rents payable out of 
sane, whether held by Incumbents or leased to others, 
Contents im Acres, and according to the following 
Tabular Form:~— Like Return for all Deans’ and 
Chapter Lands and Houses, Rectors, Vicars Choral, | 
Prebends, &amp;c. : 
stl sf) ea [tos] Fs | Nome | “Nome | Ez | Ee 28 23 
Ex BS/\6E |S ef ! $= | 2¢ £5 eS 
£8 | nam | es BEY) OS | CMe | bow | CS | ee ZS: ZS 
| A. R. P./Month. Year. Month. Year. £. s. d.) £. s. d. A. R. P. 





























































A. 1853. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Rent-charges 
Return of all Rent-charges payable in Jreland, sta~ (Ireland.) 
ting the Names of the Diocese, Parish, and Amount 
of Annual Rent-Charge, Date of Composition, De- 
scription of Corn named in Certificate, and Price 
thereof; also, Notices served on Registrars of Dio- 
ceses to vary existing Compositions, according to 
| the following Tabular Forms; viz. 








Description and } Date of Average 
Date and Term of Average Price | Variations, and Price 
of in Amount of Corn 


of Composition from Dublig 
(if any). _ Gazente, 
— Years ending 
- ' 29 November 
| Price per 7" i 
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Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Customs 
Officers 
(Canada.) 


ing to the Customs Department in Canada that are 
paid by Great Britain, stating the Names and 
Offices, Station and Salary, and Allowance of each 
| Officer, and all Contingent Expenses paid by Great 
| Britain for the Customs Department, in the year 
/1852; also, a Statement of what Duties these 
| Custom-house Officers have now to perform. 

| Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
| Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
| of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


- 


| ° . ° 
Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the Neweastle- 


Newcastle-upon-Tyne Improvement Bill; That they — 
° 4 ° ° ~ Improvement 

had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- jj), 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same, by in- 
serting the intention to alter the tolls taken on the 
Cattle-market, and by making other verbal Amend- 
ments, so as to make the Preamble consistent with 
the provisions of the Bill; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true ; and had gone through the Bil}, , 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, ‘That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Li 


Vy 

fo 
Mr. Fortescue presented a Bill to extend the pro- Public Libra- 

visions of the Public Libraries Act, 1850, to Zreland ; Ties (Ireland) 

And the same was read the first time ; and ordered ". - 

to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 29th ~*"* —, 

day of this instant June; and to be printed. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by Hayleybury 
the Clerk of the House,-—Return to an Order, dated College. 
the 14th day of this instant June, for Copies of any 
Correspondence between the Board of Control and 
the Court of Directors of the East India Company, 
upon the subject of the Act of 1837, relating to Ap- 
pointments at Hayleybury College. 

Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of this in- 
stant June, for Returns of the Quantity and Value 
of Calicoes, Muslins and Cotton Goods and Cotton 
Yarn, exported from the Territories of the Kast India 
Company in the year 1833, and in each succeeding “ 
year, stating the Countries to which exported, and , 
the Quantity and Value to each, as far as possible :— 
Of the Quantity and Value of Calicoes, Muslins, 
Cotton Goods, and Cotton Yarns of all kinds im- 
ported into Zndia, and from what Countries, in the 
year 1833, and in each subsequent year, stating the 
Rates of Duty imposed severally on the Jmport of 
these Articles :—Of the Quantity and Value of 
/Calicoes, Muslins, and Cotton Goods of all kinds, 
and Cotton Yarn, imported from the Possessions of 
the East India Company into the United Kingdom 
| in the year 1833, and in each succeeding year, stating 
| the Rates of Duty imposed severally on these Goods : 
| —And, of the Quantity and Value of Calicoes, 

Muslins, and Cotton Goods of all kinds, and of 
Cotton Yarn and Twist, exported from the United 
| Kingdom 


Calicoes, &amp;c. 











Ordnance. 


Public Works 
(Ireland. ) 


Tubular 
Life Boat. 


No. 640. 
Public 
etitions. 


Vide Sixt y- 
fourth Report. 


Liverpool 
Election. 


No. 641, 


17 Vicroriz. 


Kingdom in the year 1833, and in each subsequent | 


21°-—23° 





2° Juniz. 603 
That Charles Turner and William Forbes Mac- 


year, stating the Countries to which exported, and | kenzie, Esquires, were, by their agents, guilty of 


the Quantity and Value to each Country, as far as 


possible. | 


bribery and treating. 
That it was proved that William Dodd, Felix 


Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of March M‘Leary, Joseph Underwood, William Harris, Owen 


last, for Returns of the Storekeepers, Deputy Store- 


Jones, George Jones, John Foulds, Simon Croft, 


keepers, Clerks, and others attached to the several | Charles Maxwell, Thomas Walthew, Robert Cook, 


Ordnance Establishments Abroad, for the year end- 
ing January 1853; stating Pay and Allowances 
of every description, and all Contingent or other 
Charges for enh Establishment, with a Summary of 
the Numbers of each Class and of the entire Charge 
incurred :—Of the Commissariat Officers, Clerks 
and Subordinate Persons employed at the several 


Stations in the year ending January 1853, stating | 
their Rates of Pay and Allowances of every descrip- | 


Joseph Parkinson, Robert Cook, Joseph Owen, 
William Coward, Peter Rice, William James Ha- 
milton, John Brecken, Thomas Wilson, Richard 
Joynson, Robert Serjeant and William Whitby, were 
bribed by the payment of 5s. each; John Westmore, 
Robert Talbot and John Brown, by the payment of 
4s. each, and Thomas Cannell, by the payment of 
10s.; but it was not proved that such bribery was 
committed with the knowledge and consent of the 


tion, the Total Charge for each Station, with a Sum- | Sitting Members. 


mary of the entire Charge :—And, of the several | 


Stations Abroad where there are Establishments for 
Naval and for Victualling Stores, stating the Pay 


That refreshments were provided on the polling- 
day for voters in the interest of the Sitting Members 
at numerous public-houses where such voters had 


and Allowances of the Storekeepers, Agent Victual- ‘been directed to assemble for the purpose of being 
lers, Clerks or other Persons in Charge of the Stores ; | conducted to the poll, but that it did not appear on 
distinguishing Stations where the Naval and Victual- | the Evidence that the treating which took place at 
ling Stores are under one Storekeeper, and also where | such houses was of an extravagant character. 


the Depots of Victualling Stores are in Charge of 


That the several sums of 5s. and 4s., by which 


the Commissaries. _ _ | the above-named Electors are reported to have been 
Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of thisin- | bribed, were given to them on account of having 
stant June, for Returns (by Counties) of all Loans | voted for the Sitting Members under the name of 


made for Public Works upon Grand Jury Present- 
ments, from the 1st day of April 1847 to the Ist day 
of March 1852, under the provisions of the Act 
9 &amp; 10 Vic. c. 85, upon the recommendation of the 
Commissioners of Public Works in Jreland :—And, 
of all Sums applied for at the last Spring Assizes by 


Grand Juries, and the Reports of the Commissioners | 


of Public Works to the Lords of the Treasury re- 
commending or condemning the same. 


Ordered, Tivat the Return relative to the Tubular 
Life Boat, which was presented upon the 20th day 
of this instant June, be printed. 


Petitions relating to Clergy (Cumberland) ;— 
Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ;—District and other 
Churches ; — Marriage ; — Marriages Act ;— Nun- 
neries ;-—Recovery of Personal Liberty Bill ;—Ad- 
vertisements ;—Attorneys’ Certificates ;—Property | 


and Income Tax (1853) ;—Taxation (Jreland) ;— | 


_the day’s pay, and as in compensation for the time 
ins to be lost by attendance at the Election. 
That these payments were not of an Amount be- 
yond the average daily earnings of the voters who 
received them; but from the disposition of the 
polling-places in the several wards of the Borough, 
every voter might have polled without any such in- 
terruption of his employment as to occasion the loss 
_of wage, and without any necessity for refreshment. 
| That so far as the conduct of the Election on the 
_part of the other Candidates came incidentally be- 
| fore the Committee, there was no evidence, and the 
Committee had no reason to believe that any illegal 
| practices took place with regard to the voters in the 
| interest of such Candidates; and in the majority of 
| the cases where bribery has been reported, it did not 
appear that the illegal payments received by the 
voters had been the primary motive in deciding their 
votes. 

‘The Committee do not therefore think it right to 


Arbitration ; — Education Bill; — Jrish National recommend that the issue of a new Writ for the said 
School Books ;—Medical Charities (Jre/and);— | Borough should be suspended, or that any further 
Ocean Penny Postage ;-Public Health Act ;—and, | inquiry should take place into the proceedings of the 


Savings Barks Bill,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to Intoxicating Liquors,—were | 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Public-houses, &amp;c. 

A Petition relating to Parliamentary Papers, was 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 

Petitions relating to the Registration of Assurances 
Bill,—were also presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on the Bill. 





William Rathbone and Robert Wilson Ronald, com- 
— of an undue Election and Return for the | 


orough of Liverpool, informed the House, That) ~ 


the Committee had determined, 

That Charles Turner and William Forbes Mac- | 
henzie, Esquires, were not duly elected Burgesses to | 
serve in this present Parliament for the Borough of 
Liverpool. 

That the last Election for the said Borough is | 
a void Election. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Mr. Ingham further informed the House, That 
the Committee had agreed to the following Resolu- 
tions : 

Vo. 18. 








last Election. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


Episcopal and Capitular Estates: And that the 
Marquis of Blandford and Captain Kingscote do 
prepare, and bring it in. 

Notice being taken, that Forty Members were 
_not present :—The House was told by Mr. Speaker ; 


Episcopal 


‘to make better provision for the management of nd Capitular 


Estates, 


'and Forty Members not being present, and it being _ 
Mr. Ingham, from the Select Committee appointed | then after Four of the clock :—The House was 
to try and determine the matter of the Petition of | adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 


put, till To-morrow. 





Mercurii, 22° die Junii ; 
Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1853. 

PRAYERS. 

IR Robert Harry Inglis reported from the Select 

Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had 

examined the Petitions presented upon the 20th day 

of this instant June; and had directed him to make 

a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 

4H2 Ordered, 


Public _ 
Petitions 
(Sixty-third 
Report.) 














604 


Committees. Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit 
this day during the sitting of the House. 
Episcopal The Marquis of Blandford presented a Bill to 


and Capitular 
Estates Bill. 


No. 642. 


make better provision for the Management of Epis- | 
copal and Capitular Estates: And the same was 

read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 

time upon Wednesday the 6th day of July next ; 

and to be printed. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the 'Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of the Imperial Continental Gas 
(No. 2) Bill, the Standing Orders have been com- 
plied with. 


Imperial Con- 
tinental Gas 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Londonderry, 
Enniskillen 
and Sligo Rail- 
way (No. 2) 
Bill. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of the Londonderry, Enniskillen and 
Sligo Railway (No. 2) Bill, the Standing Orders have 
been complied with. 


Ordered, That the Imperial Continental Gas (No. 2) 
Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 


Imperial Con- 
tinental Gas 
(No. 2) Bill. 
Ordered, Vlat Standing Orders Nos. 160 and 190 
be suspended; and that the Londonderry, Ennis- 
killen and Sligo Railway (No. 2) Bill be read a 


Londonderry, 
Enniskillen 
and Sligo Rail- 
way (No. 2) 


Bill. second time To-morrow, on the Parties giving Notice 
this day to that effect in the Private Bill Office. 
Leeds and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ie the Amendments made by the Lords to the Leeds 
‘and Whitehall Roads Bill; and the same were 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 

Limerick The House proceeded to take into consideration 

we the Amendments made by the Lords to the Limerick 
Corporation Bill ; and the same were twice read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Monse/l do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 

Crieff Junction The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Railway Bill. the Crieff Junction Railway Bill, as amended in the 

Committee. 

A Clause (Conveyances of lands by feu right), was 
twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Grassums not to be taken), was 
twice read; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Provision for recovering all feu 
duties), was twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Limerick The House proceeded to take into consideration 
—_— the Limerick Improvement Bill, as amended in the 


Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


North and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
South Western the North and South Western (Hampstead and City 
« Hampstead I J 

™ Junction) Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


and City _ . P . 
Junction) Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read the third time. 


Railway Bill. 

South Devon Ordered, That the South Devon and Tavistock 

a Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken 
ailw ° 7s ° : 

mattis into consideration upon Wednesday next. 


United Gua- The House proceeded to take into consideration 


rantee and Life the United Guarantee and Life Assurance Company 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Assurance 
Company Bill. 


29° Juni. 





A. 1853. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Wakefield 
the Wakefield and Sheffield Road Bill, as amended 24 Sheffield 
in the Committee. Road Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Westport Port 
the Westport Port and Harbour Bill, as amended in "4 Harbour 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Vestry Meet- Vestry 
ings, which was presented upon the 17th day of this Meetings. 
instant June, be printed. No. 643, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to [/ayleybury Hayleybury 
College, which was presented upon the 21st day of College. 
this instant June, be printed. No. 644, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Calicoes, &amp;c., Calicoes, &amp;e, 
which was presented upon the 21st day of this in- No. 645, 
stant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Ordnance, Ordnance. 
which was presented upon the 21st day of this in- No, 646. 
stant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Public Works Public Works 
(Ireland), which was presented upon the 21st day (Ireland.) 
of this instant June, be printed. No. 647. 


Sir John Young presented,—Return to an Order, Belfast 
dated the 13th day of this instant June, for Copy of Municipal 
Captain Gilbert’s Report upon the proposed extension —_— 
of the Boundaries of the Borough of Belfast, as set” ~ 
out in the proposed Bill, together with Copies of all 
Documents and Memorials laid before him, approving 
or objecting to such extension by Parties owners of 
property within the proposed extended boundary. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions relating to Ballot ;—Church of England ; Public 
—Church Rates ;—Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ;-— Petitions. 
Marriage 3—Maynooth College Act ;—Nunueries ;— Vide Sixty- 
Recovery of Personal Liberty Bill ;—Government of fourth Report. 
India Bill;-- Attorneys’ Certificates ;—Fire Insu- 
rances ;—Salt ;— Education Bill ;—Metropolitan Po- 
lice ;—Ocean Penny Postage ;—Sheriff Courts (Scot- 
land) Bill;—and, Vaccination Extension Bill,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Petitions relating to Intoxicating Liquors,—were 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Public-houses, &amp;c. 

A Petition relating to Parliamentary Papers, was 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 

Petitions relating to the Registration of Assurances 
Bill,—were also presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on the Bill. 

Petitions relating to Salt (Jndia),—were also pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Jndian Territories. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Liverpool 
before the Select Committee on the Liverpool Elec- Election. 
tion Petition be laid before this House. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Public Health 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated Act &amp;e. 
the 9th day of March last, for Returns of all Places 
_which have petitioned the General Board of Health 
for the application of the Public Health Act, 1848, 
with the Dates when such Petitions were received, 
distinguishing the ‘towns where Provisional Orders 
have been confirmed, and where Orders in Council 
have been issued, with the Dates of such Provisional 
Orders and Orders in Council, stating whether an 
original or an amended Order, with the Dates of 
any such amended Orders that have been issued to 
such Towns :—Of the Towns that have been struck 
out of the Schedules of the several confirmatory 
Bills in Parliament, with the Dates when they were 
so struck out, distinguishing those Towns whose 








{ Provisional 













































rt 


17 VictToriz. 29° 93° Juniz. 605 


Provisional Orders have subsequently been con- |“ it be referred to a Select Committee to consider 
firmed by Parliament:—Of the Names of any | “ whether any and what regulations are necessary 
Places to which Inquiries have been directed with “ for the better protection of the Inmates of Es- 
the view to the application of the Public Health | “ tablishments of a Conventual nature, and for the 
Act, without any Petition for the same, from one- | “ prevention of the exercise of undue influence in 
tenth or more of the Inhabitants rated to the Relief| “ procuring the alienation of their property,” instead 
of the Poor within such Places :—Of the Places | thereof. 

which have sent Memorials to the General Board, And the Question being proposed, That the 


no 


7 


complaining of the manner in which the Public | words proposed to be left out, stand part of the 


Health Act has operated, or of the manner in which | Question—— 
it is proposed by the General Board to apply the 





~ae : : 2. M yas sworn. Member 
same to their Town; with the Number of Petitions A Member was s oe Sane &gt; 
for the Amendment of the said Act — have} And the Question being put, That the words pro- Recovery of 
been presented to this House :—Of any Representa- posed to be left out, stand part of the Question ; Personal _ 
tions as to the expediency of increased Powers be- The Flouse divided. Liberty Bill. 


yond those possessed by the General Board, either} ‘The Yeas to the Richt: 
under the Public Health Act or the Diseases Pre-| Phe Noes to the Left. - 


vention Act :—Of the Amounts of Loans for which Tellers for the( Mr. Thomas Chambers 1 
Rates have been mortgaged on application from the Yeas \Sir Robert Harry Inglis: I aga 
Local Boards for the execution of Works under the Tellers for thef Mr. Phinn 
Public Health Act, and of the proportions of Private Noes, \ Mr. Teaae Butt : rr 


and Improvement Works of House Drainage or 
Water Supply which have been executed compul- 
sorily or voluntarily, and the Average Expense of | «6 
such Works, and also the Average Expense and | « 
Rate of Expense in the pound of the Works for the | « 
Supply of Water, and the Drainage of each of the | « 
Towns, for the execution of which Rates have been | « 
mortgaged under the sanction of the General Board | « 
of Health :—Of the Expenses of applying the Public 
Health Act by Provisional Order, and Order in 
Council, with the Total Amount expended in the 
application of the said Act, distinguishing the Ex- | peing proposed, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 
penses of each Preliminary Inquiry, and of the cg ening : é 

Printing and Publication of the several Reports and | And it being Six of the clock, Mr. Speaker ad- 
Statements sanctioned by the Board in relation there- | journed the House till To-morrow, without putting 
to :—And, of the Average Expense of Acts for Local | the Question. 
or Private Improvement, or of Waterworks Acts, as | ————_--. — 
taxed by the Taxing Officer of the House during the 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
it be referred to a Select Committee to consider 
whether any and what regulations are necessary 
for the better protection of the Inmates of Es- 
tablishments of a Conventual nature, and for the 
prevention of the exercise of undue influence in 
procuring the alienation of their property” be 
added to the word “ That” in the original Question : 
—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 





an an 8 











last Three years. Jovis, 23° die Juni; 
Piracy. Mr. Osborne presented,—Return to an Order, Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1853. 
dated the 6th day of May last, for a Return of the Paavane 
Names of all Officers commanding Ships in Her [i Jobe Ditcheesth vented ee RA Nee _ 
Majesty's Service in the Jndia or China Station, a rouge te ‘d) Bill ean mt gone a 
engaged in the Suppression of Piracy, within the | bent aR IP ORNS Srey . : 
last Ten years, stating whether any such Officer was | - . 
’ : “ene gua a ed," Table. 
eruieadedl es wet in ena Gacvion. | Oraered, That the Report do lie upon the Table 
Ordered, ‘Yhat the said Return do lie upon the | Mr. Adair reported the British Electric Tele- British Elec- 
Table. graph Company (re-committed) Bill, with further a T —— 
‘ F ‘ompany Bi 
Vaccination The Order of the day being read, for the second | ay rere he R do Ij the Tabl 
Extension Bill. reading of the Vaccination Extension Bill ; | rdered, Lhat the Keport do he upon the lable. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon) ~My, Gore Langton reported the Chorley Improve- Chorley Im- 


Attorneys’ 
and Solicitors’ 
Certificate 
Daty (No. 2) 
Bill. 


Leasing 
Powers (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Landlord 
and Tenant 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Recovery of 
Personal 
Liberty Bill. 





Walinesday the 20th day of July next. | ment (re-committed) Bill, with further Amendments, Provement 


} 
' 
| il, 


Jrdered, That the R t do li the Table. 
The Order of the day being read, for the second | a ee ee ee 


reading of the Attorneys’ and Solicitors’ Certificate; | Mr. Willcor reported the Birkenhead Dock Com- Birkenhead 
Duty (No. 2) Bill; pany (re-committed) Bill, with further Amend- Deck Com- 
Ordered’, That the Bill be read a second time upon | ments. saan 
Wednesday the 20th day of July next. | Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
| 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | Mr. Willcox reported from the Committee on Birkenhead 
mittee on the Leasing Powers (Jreland) Bill; Group HH. of Private Bills; That in the case of Dock Trustees 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, | the Birkenhead Dock Trustees Bill, they had exa- 
at ‘I'welve o’clock, resolve itself into the said Com- | mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
mittee. the Bill, and amended the same, by erasing the 

paragraphs relating to certain objects withdrawn by 

‘The Order of the day being read, for the Com-|the Promoters, and by inserting other paragraphs 
mittee on the Landlord and Tenant (Zredand) Bill; | relating to the additional objects of the Bill; and 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, | found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said Com- | made provision in the Bill, pursuant to the Instruc- 
mittee. tion of the House; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


reading of the Recovery of Personal Liberty Bill ; 


And a Motion being made, and the Question being Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to Durham 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time; | inquire into the circumstances under which the Peti- Election 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the | tions against the Return of William Atherton, Es- Petitions 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to uire, and Thomas Colpitts Granger, Esquire, for prone 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words the City of Durham, have been withdrawn, and to a 


VoL, 108. 4u3 whom 






































606 


whom the Petition of certain Electors of the City of | 
Durham, presented to this House on the 20th day of | and Port Carlisle Railway Bill be now read the re og 


April, was referred, have Power to report the Mi- 
nutes of the Evidence taken before them. 


23° Junie. 


A. 1853. 


A Motion being made, That the Carlisle Canal 


| third time ; 
Sir Charles Wood, by Her Majesty’s Command, 


Sir Frankland Lewis reported from the said Se-| acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
lect Committee ; That they had considered the mat- been informed of the purport of the Bull, gives Her 


ters to them referred, and agreed to the following 


Report : 

That the General Election for the City of Durham 
took place on the 8th of July 1852. 

That Lord Adolphus Vane, Thomas Colpitis 
Granger, Esquire, and William Atherton, Esquire, 
were Candidates at that Election. 

That Thomas Colpitts Granger and William 
Atherton, Esquires, were declared duly elected. 


That a Petition was immediately set on foot by 


Mr. Brown, the Agent of Lord Adolphus Vane, 
impugning the Return on the grounds of premature 
closing of the poll and riot. 


) 
That Mr. Granger having subsequently died, re- | 


Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
' think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, Vhat the Bill do pass. 
| Ordered, That Sir John Yarde Buller do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





_ The East Lancashire Railway (No. 2) (South- 
port, &amp;c.) Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


_to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Leamington, Warwick and Stratford-upon- 


peated offers were made by Mr. Brown to drop the} Avon Railway Bill was read the third time. 


Petition in contemplation against the surviving 
Member, in consideration of no opposition being 


| Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


offered to the Return of Lord Adolphus Vane for the to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


vacant seat. 

That these proposals being rejected, the Peti- 
tion was presented within two days of the expira- 
tion of the time appointed by the Act for the pre- 
sentation of Petitions ; and that Mr. Brown states, 
“ that it crossed his mind that if a Petition were 
presented against Mr. Atherton’s Return, he might 
vet rid of the opposition to Lord Adolphus Vane, 
and that the Petition might possibly have to be with- 
drawn.” He adds, “that the origm of the Petition 
was bond fide.” 

That a Petition was thereupon prepared on the 


part of the Sitting Member, praying that the seat of 


both the deceased and the surviving Member should 
be declared void in favour of Lord Adolphus Vane. 
That the object of this Petition, at variance with 
its prayer, was to delay the issuing of the Writ, and 
thereby to induce the supporters of Lord Adolphus 
Vane. who desired an immediate Election, to with- 
draw their Petition against Mr. Atherton; and that 


this object was effected, both Petitions being with- | 


drawn on the next day. 

That it appears to your C 
a Petition, praying the seat, was suggested at an 
interview between Mr. Atherton and Mr. Coppock, 
but that the whole conduct and terms of the Petition 
were entrusted by Mr. Atherton entirely to Mr. Cop- 
pock, and that the former was not cognizant of the 
same till it was presented, 

That the prayer of this Petition was palpably il- 
lusory, presenting the remarkable anomaly of the 
opponents of a Candicate, praying that he might be 
declared duly elected. 

That Mr. Coppock, who adopted the responsi- 
bility of this form of Petition, stated it to be in his 
opinion the only means of putting an end to a Pe- 
tition which he believed to be frivolous and vexa- 
tious, and which means he considered to be ren- 


dered necessary in consequence of the course adopted | 


by Mr. Brown. 
That your Committee regard with much disappro- 
nat your Committee regard with much disappro 


bation an attempt made on the one side to get rid of 


opposition to a Candidate by the threat of a Peti- 
tion; and on the other, the defeat of that Peti- 
tion, by presenting another, the prayer of which was 
avowedly fictitious and illusory, and calculated to 


interfere with the rights of a constituency, by in-' 


ducing Parliament to delay the issue of the Writ. 

That your Committee are of opinion, that the state 
of the law which permits the valuable right of peti- 
tioning to be perverted from a remedy for public 
wrong into a weapon of electioneering warfare, 
deserves the serious consideration of the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 








ommittee that the idea of 


| 


The Leeds Northern Railway Bill was read the 


| third time. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
| Title be, An Act for enabling the Leeds’ Northern 
Railway Company to create new Shares and raise 
| Money on Loan for discharging certain Liabilities, 
and for other purposes. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
| to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Rail- 
_way (Hereford, &amp;c.) Bill was read the third time. 
| Resolved, That the Bill do pass: 
Title be, An Act to authorize Deviations at Hereford 
and near Pontypool of the Newport, Abergavenny 
and Hereford Railway; and to amend the Acts re- 
| lating to that Railway. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the Saint Ives and 
West Cornwall Junction Railway Bill be now read 
the third time ; 

Sir Charles Wood, by Her Majesty's Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 

been informed of the Pig of the Bill, gives Her 
Consent, as far as Her Majesty's interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shal! 
think fit. / 

And Notice being taken that the interest of the 
Prince of Wales, as Duke of Cornwall, is concerned 
therein ; 

Sir Charles Wood, by Her Majesty's Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
Consent, as far as the Prince of Wales’s interest is 
| concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
' shall think fit. 
Then the Bill was read the third time; and 
' Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
| 


A Motion being made, That the Saint Ives (Corn- 
, wall) Harbour Bill be now read the third time ; 
Sir Charles Wood, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
| been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
| Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
| think fit. 

And Notice being taken that the interest of the 
Prince of Wales, as Duke of Cornwall, is concerned 
' therein ; F 
Sir 


And that the R 





Carlisle Canal 


le Rail- 
way Bill, 


East Lanca- 

shire Railway 
(No. 2) (South- 
port, &amp;c.) Bill, 


Leamington, 
Warwick and 
Stratford- 
upon-Avon 
Railway Bill. 


Leeds North- 
ern Railway 
Bill. 


Newport, 
Abergaveniy 
and Hereford 
ailway 
(Hereford. &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


Saint Ives and 
West Cornwall 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Saint Ives 
(Cornwall) 
Harbour Bill. 


¢ (No. 2) Bill. 








17 Vicroriz. 


Sir Charles Wood, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
Consent, as far as the Prince of Wales’s interest is 
concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time; and an 
Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





A Motion being made, That the Worcester and | 
Hereford Railway Bill be now read the third time; _| 

Sir Charles Wood, by Her Majesty’s Command, | 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having | 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her | 
Consent, as far as Her Majesty's interest is con- | 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall | 
think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Adair do carry the Bill to the | 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Worcester 
and Hereford 
Railway Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third | 
reading of the Holme Reservoirs (No. 2) Bill; 

And a Motion bemg made, and the Question | 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third | 
time ; | 

The Amendments following were proposed to be | 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word | 
“now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word | 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 


Holme 
Reservoirs 


2 


The House divided. | 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Brotherton, } 29 
Yeas, (Mr. Edmund Denison: i 
Tellers for the ; Mr. Cobiden, 1 
Noes, \ Mr. Wise: } . 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the bill be now read the third 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Dewsbury, 
Heckmond- 
wike and Bat- 
ley Water Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Dewsbury, Heckmondwike and Batley Water 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Monmouth- 
shire Railway 
and Canal Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Nantwich 
and Woore 
Road Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Nantwich and Woore Road Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


West Cornwall The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway Bill. the West Cornwall Railway Lill, as amended in the 
Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


South Wales The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
Mineral Rail- into consideration the South Wales Mineral Rail- 
way Bill. way Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


23° Junaz. 


607 


The Imperial Continental Gas (No. 2) Bill was Imperial Con- 
read a second time ; and committed. ee 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- (™° 2) Bul. 


mittee of Selection. 


The Londonderry, Enniskillen and Sligo Railway Londonderry, 


i ) i : _ Enniskillen 
—- Bill was read a second time; and com and Sligo Rail- 


way (No. 2) 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 
Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection, that they do appoint the Com- 
mittee on the Bill to meet To-morrow, if they think fit. 


Mr. Sheridan reported from the Committee on Swansea 
Group KK. of Railway Bills; That in the case of Valley Rail 
the Swansea Valley Railway Bill, my had exa- WY Bill. 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and amended the same, by referring to the 
expiration of the period limited by the former Act 
for the compulsory purchase of lands and to the ex- 
tension by warrant of the Commissioners of Rail- 
ways of the period for the completion of works ; and 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Barrow reported from the Committee on Lee River 
Group R. of Private Bills; That the Parties pro- Trust Bill. 
moting the Zee River ‘Trust Bill had stated to the 
Committee, that it was not their intention to proceed 
with the same. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for Lee River 
leave to bring in the Lee River Trust Bill might be Trust (No. 2.) 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Acts relating to the Navigation of the 
River Jee, in the Counties of Hertford, Essex and 
Middlesex, and for other purposes: And that Mr. 

Cowper, Sir Henry Meux and Mr. Halsey do pre 
pare, and bring it in. 


Sir William Molesworth reported from the Select Pimlico 
Committee on the Pimlico Improvement Bill ; That Improvement 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and™ 
found the same to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made an Amendment thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for ‘To-morrow. 


No. 650. 


Mr. Floyer reported from the Committee on Glasgow 
Group M. of Private Bills; That in the case of the Waterworks 
Glasgow Waterworks Bill, they had examined the 2! 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
but that the same had not been proved to their sa 
tisfaction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table, 


Colonel Clifford reported from the Select Com- parish Con- 
mittee on the Parish Constables Bill ; ‘That they had stables Bill. 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments there- No. 651. 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday next. 


Sir John Trollope reported from the General Com- Clitheroe 
mittee of Elections ; That they had appointed Tues- Election. 
day the 12th day of July next to choose from Panel 
No. 3 the Select Committee to try the Clitheroe 





Baroda and 
Central India 
Railway Com- 
pany Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Baroda and Central India Railway 
Company Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 7th day of July next. 

VoL, 108. 





Election Petition. 





Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Stroud Writ. 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
4n4 for 











Taunton 
Election. 


No. 652. 


Minutes 
ordered. 


Lianelly Rail- 
way and Dock 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Harwich 
Docks and 
Pier Bill. 


Liverpool 
Election. 


No. 653. 


Clitheroe 
Election. 


665 


for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Stroud, in the room 
of Henry John Moreton, commonly called Lord 
Moreton, now Earl Ducie, called up to the House 
of Peers. 


Mr. Hutt, from the Select Committee appointed 


to try and determine the matter of the Petition of 


certain Electors, complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the Borough of Taunton, informed 
the House, That the Committee had determined, 

That Sir John William Ramsden, Baronet, is dul 
elected a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament 
for the Borough of Taunton. 

And the said Determination was ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Mr. Hutt further informed the House, That. the 
Committee had agreed to the following Resolutions : 

That Tomas Coombes was bribed with £.8 to give 
his vote for the said Sir John William Ramsden. 

That Charles Webber was bribed with £.7 by Jo- 
seph Pitman to abstain from giving his vote at the 
last Election. 

That it was not proved that the aforesaid acts of 
bribery were committed with the knowledge or con- 
sent of the said Sir John Wil/liem Rumsden, or his 
agents. 

That it appears to the Committee that no means 
were employed by the said Sir Joha William Rams- 
den to procure his Return for the Borough of Taun- 
ton at the last Election which were not strictly legal 
and constitutional. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Committee be laid before this House. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the 
Llanelly Railway and Dock (No. 2) Bill; That they 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same, by substi- 
tuting allegations showing more clearly the financial 
position of the Company ; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Harwich Docks and 
Pier Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The following Paper, pursuant to Order, was laid 
upon the Table by the Clerk of the House,—M1i- 
nutes of the Evidence taken before the Select Com- 
mittee on the Liverpool Election Petition. 

Ordered, That the said Minutes of Evidence be 
printed. 


A Petition of William Whalley, Archibald Wit- 
liam Dewhurst and Thomas Preston, Electors of the 
Borough of Clitheroe, was delivered in, and read ; 
setting forth, That the Petitioners were, at and during 
the last Election of a Member to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Clitheroe, in the 
County of Lancaster, registered Electors of the said 
Borough, and now are Electors for the said Borough, 
and had a right to vote and did vote at the said 
Election; that at the said Election John Thomas 
Walshman Aspinall, Esquire, and 2ichard Fort, 
Esquire, were Candidates, and that a poll being de- 
manded, the same was granted and proceeded with, 
and at the close thereof the Returning Officer of the 
said Borough declared that the Election had fallen 
upon the said John Thomas Walshman Aspinall, who 
was accordingly returned as the Member duly elected 
to serve in this present Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough of Clitherce; that a Petition has been pre- 
sented to the House by the said Richard Fort, com- 
plaining of the said Election and Return of the said 





93° Junit. 





A, 1855. 


John Thomas Walshman Aspinall, alleging (among 
other things) that the said John Thomus Walshman 
Aspinall was ineligible to be elected and returned to: 
Parliament at the last Election, and was by law in- 
capacitated from sitting in this present Parliament 
as Member for the said Borough of Clitheroe ; that 
such ineligibility and incapacity being notorious, and 
notice thereof having been duly given to the Electors 
of the said Borough, the votes of the Electors given 
to the said John Thomas Walshman Aspinall were 
utterly thrown away, and the Election and Return 
consequent upon such votes having been given were 
utterly null and void ; that it was proved before a 
Select Committee, and the fact was, and became 
open and notorious to all parties, that at the said 
Election in July One thousand eight hundred and 
| Fifty-two, the said John Thomas Walshman Aspinall 
j had been guilty of corrupt practices, whereby he was. 
‘incapacitated and ineligible from sitting, or being 
chosen to sit, in this present Parliament for the said 
Borough; that the Petitioner had a large majority 
of good and lawful votes, and ought to have been 
| elected and returned ; that at the last Election for 
the said Borough, treating and other illegal and cor- 
rupt practices were used by the said John Thomas 
Walshman Aspinall, and by his agents, friends, and 
others on his behalf, and with his knowledge and 
consent, and at his expense; that the majority of 
good and legal votes that could be given at the said 
Election will be found to have been in favour of the 
Petitioner, and many of the votes given for the said 
John Thomas Walshman Aspinall were illegal and 
invalid, and ought not to remain upon the poll, but 
should be deducted from the numbers given for the 
said John Thomas Walshman Aspinall, w hereby the 
said Petitioner (chard Fort) would be found, with- 
out reference to the disqualification as aforesaid, or 
to the throwing away of votes in con: squence of 
such disqualification, to have had a majority of valid 
| votes, and to be entitled to have been returned at 
ithe said Election ; and praying that the said John 
| Thomas Walshman Aspinall may be declared not duly 
elected, and that the said Return may be amended, 
and that the name of the said John Thomas Walsh- 
man Aspinall may be erased from the said Return,, 
and that the name of the said Richard Fort may be 
inserted therein in lieu thereof; that the said several 
allegations contained in the said Petition are wholly 
unfounded and incapable of proof, and that the said 
John Thomis Walshman Aspinall had a majority of 
legal votes over the said Richard Fort, and was duly 
chosen, elected and returned to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said Borough; that before, at 
and during the said Election, the said Jtichard Fort 
was, by himself, his agents, managers, friends, par- 
| tisans, and other persons employed in his behalf, 
guilty of many acts of bribery and corruption in or- 
der to corrupt and procure, and did by his said 
agents, managers, friends and partisans, and by other 
persons employed in his behall!, by gifts, presents, 
money, rewards, and by offers of gifts, money and 
rewards, and by promises, agreements and securities 
for gifts, money and rewards, and by threats, inti- 
_midations, undue influence, and by other corrupt 
and illegal practices, acts and means, corrupt and 
| procure divers persons having or claiming to have 
votes at the said Election to give their votes for him 
the said Richard Fort, and to forbear to give their 
votes in favour of the said John Thomas Walshman 
Aspinall; that the said Richard Fort, before, during 
‘and after the said Election, by himself and _ his 
agents, friends and partisans, or by and with divers 
| persons, and in divers ways and means, directly and 
/indirectly did give and provide, and cause or know- 
ingly allow to be given and provided, wholly or partly 
vat his expense, or did pay wholly or in part divers 
expenses incurred for meat, drink, entertainment and 
provision, for the purpose of corruptly influencing 
divers of such persons, ‘or divers other persons, to 
give their votes at the said Election for the said 














Richard 


} 











Leave of 
Absence. 


Sattarah. 
No, 648. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Sixty- 


fifth Report. 





17 VicrorizZ. 


Richard Fort, or to refrain from giving their votes 
at the said Election for the said John Thomas Walsh- 
man Aspinall, for the purpose of corrupting and re- 
warding, and did corrupt and reward, or allow to be 
corrupted and rewarded, divers of such persons and 
other persons, for having given their votes at the 
said Election for the said Richard Fort, or for hav- 
ing refrained from giving their votes at the said 
Election for the said John Thomas Walshman Aspi- 
nall, whereby the said Richard Fort is wholly in- 
capacitated and ineligible to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said Borough of Clitheroe; that 
gross, extensive and systematic corruption, bribery 
and treating were practised before, at and during the 
said Election by divers persons, being friends, sup- 
porters and partisans of the said Richard Fort, with 
a view to the Election of the said Richard Fort; 
that after the teste of the Writ for holding the said 
Election, and before, at and during the said Election, 
the said Richard Fort did, by himself, his agents, 
managers, friends, partisans, and others on his be- 
half, or at his charge, directly and indirectly give and 
allow to divers persons, who were Electors or claimed 
to be Electors of the said Borough, money, meat, 
drink, entertainment, provision, present or reward, 
offices and places, a did make promises, agree- 
ments, obligations or engagements to give or allow 
to such persons money, meat, drink, entertainment, 
provision, present or reward, offices and places, to 
and for the use, advantage, benefit, employment, 
profit or preferment of such persons, to induce such 
persons to vote at the said Election for the said 
Richard Fort, or to forbear to vote at the said Elec- 
tion for the said John Thomas Walshman Aspi-all, 
or in order that he the said Richard Furt might be 
elected, and for being elected, to serve in Parliament 
for the said Borough; that by reason of the said 
several illegal and corrupt practices, and of divers 
other illegal and corrupt practices, the said Richard 
Fort was and is wholly disabled and incapacitated 
from serving, and is ineligible to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said Borough ; and praying that 
the House will take the premises into consideration, 
and that they may be admitted as parties to defend 
the Election and Return of the said John Thomas 
Walshman Aspinall as Member to serve in this pre- 
sent Parliament for the said Borough, and to oppose 
the prayer of the said Petition of the said Richard 
Fort; against which they pray leave to be heard by 
themselves, their counsel, agents and witnesses ; and 
that the House will give to the Petitioners such fur- 
ther and other relief as to the House shall seem 
meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
General Committee of Elections. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


Ordered, That Mr. Moody have leave of absence 
for ten days, on account of ill health. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Statement of the Receipts and Charges on account 
of Sattarah, in the year 1850-51. 
™ Sir Charles Wood accordingly presented the said 

aper. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Petitions relating to Recovery of Personal Liberty 
Bill ;— Government of Jndia Bill ;—Slavery (India) ; 
—Paper, Newspaper Stamps and Advertisements ;— 
Post Horses and Carriages ;—Shepherd Dogs ;— 
Arbitration ;— Brighton, Lewes and Tonbridge Wells 
Railway ;—Education Bill ;—Medical Charities (Jre- 
land) ;—Medical Profession ;—Ocean Penny Post- 
age ;-- Public Libraries and Museums Act ;—Savings 

VoL. 108. 





23° Juniz. 








Banks Bill ;—and, Savings Banks (Jreland),—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
the Table. 

Petitions relating to Intoxicating Liquors,—were 1] 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Public-houses, &amp;c. || 

A Petition relating to Parliamentary Papers, was | 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 

Petitions relating to the Registration of Assurances 
Bill,—were also presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Russell : Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 
The Lords have agreed to the Ludlow Cattle- LudlowCattle- 
market and Slaughter-houses Bill, without any market and 


Sl hter- 
Amendment: And also, hewe Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made Hackney 
by this House to the Amendments made by their a 
Lordships to the Hackney Carriages (Metropolis) — ms 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bristo/ Gas and Bristol Gas 
Bristol and Clifton Sine Companies Amalgamation °"4 } 
Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Gas Companies 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And ——— 
also, , 

The Lords have agreed to the Ballymena, Bally- Ballymena, 
money, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway B2)7money:, 
(No. 2) Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- Portrush Junc- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : tion Railway 
And also, (No. 2) Bill. 

‘The Lords have agreed to the North British Rail- North British 
way Bill, with Amendments; to which Amendments Railway Bill 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Scottish Midland 
Junction Railway Biil, with Amendments ; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Londonderry, Cole- Londonderry, 
raine and Be/fast Junction Railway Bill, with Amend- ———— 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the tion Railway 
concurrence of this House: And also, Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Cathedral 
by this House to the Cathedral Appointments Bill, — 
with an Amendment ; to which Amendment the Lords ~ 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords communicate to this House, a Copy Bankruptcy 
of the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Select Bi- 
Committee of the House of Lords appointed to con- 
sider of the Bankruptcy Bill, as desired by this 
House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


609 | 


Scottish Mid- 
land Junction 
Railway Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Government 
reading of the Government of India Bill; of India Bill. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Question, by leaving out from the word “That” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “ in the opinion of this House, “ further in- 
“ formation is necessary to enable Parliament to 
“ legislate with advantage for the permanent Govern- 
‘ ment of India; and that, at this late period of the 
“ Session, it is inexpedient to proceed with a mea- 
“ sure which, while it pA wa existing arrange- 
“ ments, cannot be considered as a final settlement,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Question : 
—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, 'Tnat the Debate be adjourned till To- 
morrow. 


° 


Mr. Bourerie reported from the Committee on the Customs, &amp;c. 
Customs, &amp;c. Acts,a Resolution ; which was read, as 4¢t*- 
followeth : 

Resolved, That, in lieu of the Stamp Duties now Stamp Duties. 

4I 


payable 





610 


payable upon or in respect of the several instruments, 
matters and things hereinafter described, there shall 
be paid the several Stamp Duties hereinafter specified 
(that is to say) :— P 


Upon every indenture, or other instrument or | £. 8. d. 
writing of apprenticeship or clerkship (except 
articles of clerkship to attorneys and others, in 
order to admission in any court, or any office 
in any court )— 

Where no sum of money or value shall 
be paid, given, assigned, conveyed or 
secured to or for the use or benefit of the 
master or mistress, the Duty of - = - 

And upon or in respect of any assignment 
or transfer of any such indenture, instru- 
ment or writing as aforesaid, where there 
shall be no sum of money or value mov- 
ing to any new master or mistress, the 
Duty of —_—- - - - - - 

Upon articles of clerkship, or any contract 
whereby any person shall first become bound to 
serve as a clerk in order to his admission as an 
attorney or solicitor in any of Her Majesty's 
Courts at Westminster, or in Ireland, or in or- 
der to his admission as a proctor in the High 
Court of Admiralty in England, or the Court of 
Admiralty in Ireland, or in any of the Ecclesi- 
astical Courts in Doctors’ Commons, or in Jre- 
land, the Duty of - = = = = 


Upon or in respect of any certificate to be 
taken out yearly by every person admitted as 
an attorney, solicitor or proctor in any court in 
England or Ireland, or as a writer to the signet, 
or as a solicitor, agent, attorney or procurator 
in any court in Scotland, and by every person 
admitted or enrolled as a notary public in Eng- 
land, Scotland or Treland— 

If he shall reside within the distance of ten 
miles from the General Post-office in the 
City of London, or within the City or 
Shire of Edinburgh, or in the City of 
Dublin, or within three miles thereof : 
If he shall have been admitted for the | 
space of three years or upwards - - 

Or if he shall not have been admitted so 
long - - ~ - - - - 

If he shall reside elsewhere, and if he shall | 
have been admitted for the space of three | 
years or upwards - - . - 

Or if he shall not have been admitted so | 
long - - - - - - - 


Upon or in respect of any certificate to be 
taken out yearly by any person being a member 
of one of the four inns of court in England, and 
by every person in Ireland who, in the charac- 
ter of conveyancer, special pleader, draftsman 
in equity, or otherwise, shall, for or in expecta- 
tion of any fee, gain or reward, draw or prepare 
any conveyance of, or deed or instrument relat- | 
ing to, any estate or property, real or personal, 
or any other deed or contract whatever, or any 
pleadings or proceedings in any court of law or 


to 


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ee 


ae 
f he shall reside within the distance of ten 
miles from the General Post-office in the 
City of London, or in the City of Dub- 
lin, or within three miles thereof - 
And if he shall reside elsewhere - - 


Upon any policy of assurance or insurance, 
or ther instrument by whatever name the same | 
shall be called, whereby any insurance shall be | 
made upon any life or lives, or upon any event 
or contingency relating to or depending upon 
any life or lives— 

Where the sum insured shall not exceed 
500/., then for every 50/., and for any 
fractional part of 50/. =, 

And where the saine shall exceed 5007, and 
shall not exceed 1,0002., then for every 
100/., and for any fractional part of 1007. 

And where the same shall exceed 1,0002, 
then for every 1,000/., and for any frac- 
tional part of 1,0007, - - - 

Upon any receipt or discharge given for or 
upon the payment of money amounting 
to 2/. or upwards - - - - 

For and upon every draft or order for the 

yment of any sum of money to the 
arer, or to order on demand ~ - - 


And the following instruments shall bedeemed 
and taken to be drafts or orders for the payment 
of money within the intent and meaning of any 
Act or Acts relating to the Stamp Duties on 
bills of exchange, drafts or orders, and shall be 


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A, 1853, 


chargeable accordingly with the Stamp Duties | £. # d. 
imposed by such Act or Acts— 

All documents or writings usually termed 
letters of credit, or whereby any person 
to whom any such document or writing 
is or is intended to be delivered or sent, 
shall be entitled, or be intended to be 
entitled to have credit with, or in account 
with, or to draw upon any other person 
for or to receive from such other person 
any sum of money therein mentioned. 


EXEMPTION. 


All drafts or orders for the payment of money 
to the bearer on demand drawn upon any banker 
or bankers now by law exempt from Stamp 
Duty. 

For and upon every debenture or certificate 
for entitling any — to receive any 
drawback of any Duty or Duties of Cus- 
toms or Excise, or any bounty payable 
out of the revenue of Customs or Excise, 
for or in respect of any goods, wares or 
merchandize exported or shipped to be 
exported from any part of the United 
Kingdom to any part beyond the sea— 

Where the drawback or bounty to be re- 
ceived shall not exceed 10/, - - - 

Where it shall exceed 10/. and not exceed 
50], = - - - 

Where it shall exceed 507, - - - 


- 1 


ork 


6 





And that it is expedient to amend the Laws re- 
lating to the Stamp Duties. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, ‘That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Chancellor 
of the Exchequer and Mr. Wilson do prepare, and 
bring it in. 
continued to sit till after 
riday morning ; 


And the House a 


Twelve of the clock on 


Veneris, 24° die Junii, 1853: 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Excise Duties 
further Proceeding on the third reading of the Ex- Spirits Bill, 


cise Duties on Spirits Bill :—The House resumed the 
said further Proceeding. 

A Clause (Officer may open stills four hours after 
declaration delivered to him of the wash being col- 
lected into the fermenting backs), was thrice read ; 
and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (Time of commencement of this 
Act), was thrice read; and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (That from and after the passing of this Act, the 
Duties of Excise payable on all British Spirits, when 
taken from warehouse for home consumption, shall 
be charged on the quantity, ascertained by the 
measure and strength of the same, actually delivered ; 
save and except, that when such Spirits are not in a 
warehouse of special security, no greater abatement 
on account of the quantity or strength, as ascertained 
at the time the said Spirits were warehoused, shall 
be made than shall be after the several rates of al- 
lowance following ; that is to say: 


For every one hundred gallons hydrometer proof :— 
For any time not exceeding three months, two gallons ; 
For any time exceeding three months and not exceeding 
six months, three gallons ; 
For any time exceeding six and not exceeding twelve 
months, four gallons ; 
And for every aiditional six months, one gallon). 


And the said Clause was brought up, and read the 
first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time :—It passed in the Negative. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (Low Wines distilled from Wash of one brew- 
ing, contained in two or more backs, may be mixed) : 
—And the said Clause was brought up, and twice 
read, with a blank ; and committed to a Committee 


of the whole House:—The House accordingly re- 
solved itself into the Committtee. 


In 








Customs, &amp;c. 
Acts, 


Public-houses 
Licenses 
(Scotland. ) 


Assessed 
Taxes Bill. 


17 Vicrori2. 


(In the Committee.) 
Clause read 1°, 2°. 


Blank filled with “ Two hundred pounds.” 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Clause, as amended, to be reported. 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Clause, and made an Amendment thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bouverie accordingly reported the Clause ; 
and the Amendment was read, and agreed to; and 
the said Clause was read the third time, and added 
to the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the Bill do pass; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the (The Earl of Mulgrave : 


’ 
Yeas, \Mr. Grenville Berkeley, { —_ 
Tellers for the { Mr. Conolly, la 
Noes, UMr. Knoz : J : 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Customs, &amp;c. Acts. 


(In the Committee. ) 


Resolved, That, in lieu of the present Licenses 
charged for the Sale of Beer and Spirits in Scotland, 
the following Licenses shall be charged :— 


Every person who shall be duly authorized 
by the justices of the peace to keep an inn, and 
who shall sell beer, cyder, or perry by retail 
(whether to be drunk or consumed on the pre- 
mises or not), if the dwelling-house in which 
such person shall reside or retail beer, cyder, or 
perry, at the time of taking out such license, 
shall not, together with the offices, courts, yards 
and gardens therewith occupied, be rated, under 
the authority of any Act or Acts of Parliament 
for granting Duties on inhabited houses, at a 
rent of 107. per annum or upwards, or shall not 
be rented or valued at such rent or annual value 
orupwards - - - - - - = 

And if rated, rented, or valued as aforesaid at 
107. per annum or upwards - - -— = 

Every retailer of spirits, if the dwelling-house 
in which such retailer shall reside, or retail 
such spirits (whether to be drunk or consumed 
on the premises or not), at the time of taking 
out such license, shall not, together with the 
offices, courts, yards and gardens therewith oc- 
cupied, be rated, under the authority of any 
Act or Acts of Parliament for granting Duties 
on inhabited houses, at a rent of 102. per annum 
or upwards, or shall not be rented or valued at 
sueh rent or annual value or upwards (and which 
rates of License Duty shall be deemed to apply 
to the sale of beer, together with spirits, where 
the party obtaining such license shall have the 
justices’ certificate or authority to sell both) - 

If rated at 10/. and under 20/7. - - = 

If the house be rated at 20/7. and under 25/7. - 

at 251, ” 307, - 
at 307. “ - 
at 40/7. ‘a 
” at 50/7. or upwards - 


Resolution to be reported. 


£. 8d. 


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44- 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to a 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Bouverie also reported, That the Committee 
had made Progress in the matter to them referred ; 
and that he was directed to move, That the Com- 
mittee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Assessed Taxes Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time ; and committed to = Ucenaaiions 
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23°.—9.4° Junie. 








611 


of the whole House, for Friday the 8th day of July 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Customs 
mittee on the Customs Duties on Spirits Bill ; Duties on 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve os 
itself into the said Committee. : 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Savings Banks 
mittee on the Savings Banks Annuities Bill ; Annuities Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. . 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Burial- 
reading of the Burial-grounds Bill ; grounds Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Westminster 
mittee on the Westminster Bridge Bill ; Bridge Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. , 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Malicious 
into a Committee on the Malicious Injuries (Jreland) Injuries __ 
Bill ; and, after some time spent therem, Mr. Speaker (Ireland) Bill. 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Copies of 
reading of the Copies of Specifications Repeal Bill ; Specifications 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon oe 

Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Evidence 
reading of the Evidence Amendment Bill ; —~ rccccaaa 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this ~ 
day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Soap Duties 
into consideration the Soap Duties Bill, as amended Bill 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read 
day. 


the third time this 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Parish Vestries 
mittee on the Parish Vestries (No. 2) Bill; (No. 2) Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the | being read, for the Com- Places of Reli- 

mittee on the Places of Religious Worship Registra- gious Worship 

tion Bill ; a 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, ~ 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Recovery of 

the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon Personal 
he 22d day of this instant June, That the words ety Bill. 

** it be referred to a Select Committee to consider 

whether any and what regulations are necessary for 

the better protection of the Inmates of Establish- 

ments of a Gommeateal nature, and for the prevention 

of the exercise of undue influence in procuring the 

alienation of their property,” be added to the word 

That” in the original Question. 
And the Question being again 

those words be there added :—The 

the said adjourned Debate. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Debate be adjourned till Wednesday 
the 20th day of July next ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ Wednesday 
“ the 20th day of July next,” and inserting the 
words “this day six months,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ Wednesday the 20th day of July next,” stand part 
of the Question ; 


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The 





















































—. sree 


ones 


= oes 


Sale, &amp;c. of 
Lands (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Glanders 
Prevention 
Bill. 


Common 
Lodging- 
houses Bill. 


Lunatics Care 


and Treatment mittee on the Lunatics 


Bill. 


Lunatic 
Asylums Bill. 


Lunacy 
Regulation 
Bill, 


Municipal 
Corporations 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Sheriff Courts 
(Scotland) 
[Salaries, &amp;c.] 


Edinburgh 


and Canongate 


Annuity Tax 
Abolition. 


612 23°—94° Juniz. 


The House divided. ' 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Phinn, } 83 
Yeas, Mr. Craven Berkeley : : 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. George Henry Hoor, 35 


Noes, . Mr. Bowyer: 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Wednesday the 20th day of July next. 
The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Sale, &amp;c. of Lands (Jreland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Glanders Sonne Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Common Lalgleaheens Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
in and Treatment Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Lunatic Asylums Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Lunacy Regulation Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Municipal Corporations Act Amend- 
ment Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Wilson reported from the Committee on 
Sheriff Courts (Scot/and) [Salaries, &amp;c.], a Reso- 
lution; which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That the Salaries, Retiring Allowances 
and Compensations to Sheriffs, Sheriff Substitutes 
and Sheriff Clerks, which may be granted under any 
Act of the present Session, relating to Sheriff Courts 
in Scotland, may be paid out of the funds from 
which the Salaries of Sheriffs are now payable. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Sheriff Courts (Scot/and) Bill, That they 
have Power to make provision therein pursuant to 
the said Resolution. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on 
the Edinburgh and Canongate Annuity Tax Aboli- 
tion, a Resolution; which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That it is expedient to amend the Acts 
relating to the City of Edinburgh and Parish of 
Canongate Annuity Tax, and to provide for the pay- 
ment by the City of Edinburgh of certain Sums into 
the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, for the Stipends of the 
Ministers of the said City and Parish, and for the 
payment of the said Stipends out of the said Conso- 
lidated Fund. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Mr. Bouverie, the Lord Ad- 
vocate and Viscount Palmerston do prepare, and 
bring it in, 








A. 1853. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Sligo Writ. 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
upon the 13th day of this instant June, was proposed 
to be made to the Question, That Mr. Speaker do 
issue his Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown in 
Ireland, to make out a new Writ for the electing of 
a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Borough of Sligo, in the room of Charles Towneley, 
Esquire, whose Election has been determined to be 
ake and which Amendment was, to leave out from 
the word “That ” to the end of the Question, in order 
to add the words “the Writ for the Borough of 
“ Sligo be suspended for a fortnight,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out, stand part of the 
Question :—-The House resumed the said adjourned 
Debate. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That this House do now adjourn ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the {Mr. Vance, } 19 

Yeas, (Mr. Grogan: 7 

Tellers for the (The Earl of Mulgrave, 86 

Noes, { Mr. Grenville Berkeley : } ‘ 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the Debate be 
now adjourned :—It passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
osed to be left out, stand part of the Question :— 
t was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown in Jreland, to make out 
a new Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Borough of Siigo, in 
the room of Charles Towneley, Esquire, whose Elec- 
tion has been determined to be void. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Public-houses 
mittee on the Public-houses (Scotland) Bill ; (Scotland) 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday ®#- 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, this Assistant 
day, resolve itself into a Committee to consider of yao ol ” 
authorizing the Payment, out of the Consolidated ceasione) 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, of an increased Salary and Retiring Allow- 
ance to the Assistant Judge of the Court of Sessions 
for the County of Middlesex ; 

Viscount Palmerston, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the subject-matter of this 
Motion, recommends it to the consideration of this 
House. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Newspaper 
to amend the Law relating to the Stamp Duties Stamp Duties 
ae Newspapers: And that Mr. Chancellor of the 
Exchequer and Mr. Wilson do prepare, and bring 
it mn. 


Ordered, That the Fisheries (Jre/and) Bill be Fisheries _ 
withdrawn. (Ireland) 
Ordered, That leave be given’ to present another Fisheries (Ire- 


: land) (No. 2) 
Bill. a 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill ae A 
to amend the Law relatiig to the Stamp Duties upon 3: 


Newspapers: No, 654. 








17 Vicroriz. 


Newspapers : And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next ; and to be printed. 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to abolish 


Edinburgh : 
and Canongate the Annuity Tax levied within the City of Edinburgh 


Annuity Tax 


Abolition Bil. 224 Parish of Canongate, to provide otherwise for 


payment of the Stipends of the Ministers thereof, 


No. 655. and for other purposes relating to the said City and 
Parish: And the same was read the first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills ; and be printed. 
Succession Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Duty Bill. Copy of a Letter from Mr. Alexander Finlaison, 
No. 656. Actuary of the National Debt Office, to the Comp- 
troller of Legacy Duties, dated the 3d day of June 
1853, and relating to the Tables in the Succession 
Duty Bill. 
r. Chancellor of the Exchequer accordingly pre- 
sented the said Paper. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 
Universities The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
—— Committee this day, at Twelve o’clock, on the Uni- 
versities ( Scotland} Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 
Sheriff Courts The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
= Committee this day, at Twelve o’clock, on the Sheriff 
Courts (Scotland) Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, at Twelve o’clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 
Berwick- Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
upon-Tweed before the Select Committee on the Berwick-upon- 
Election. Tweed Election Petition be laid before this House. 
Chatham Ordered, That the proper Officers of this House, 
Hlection, and the Short-hand Writer who attended the Select 
Committee on the Chatham Election Petition, have 
leave to attend the Court of Queen’s Bench, and 
ive Evidence, and produce the Journals of this 
ouse, and such other Papers and Documents as 
may be required on the trial of Stephen Mount upon 
an Information for Perjury. 
Fisheries Mr. M‘Maion presented a Bill for the Improve- 
—, ment of the Jrish Fisheries: And the same was 
( a Bill. ead the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
O57. time upon Wednesday the 6th day of July next ; and 
to be printed. 
ee A Petition of Henry Hitchins, of King William- 
Tonbridge street, in the City of London, Civil Engineer, was 
Wells Railway. presented, and read; setting forth, That the Peti- 


tioner hath an action pending in the Court of Ex- 
chequer of Pleas, and that it will be necessary to 
produce on the trial thereof certain Plans or Sections 
deposited in the Private Bill Office of the House, by 
or on behalf of a certain proposed Railway, called 
“The Brighton, Lewes and Tonbridge Wells Railway ;” 
and praying the House to give permission to the 
ad fficer to attend the said Court with the 

ocuments set forth in the Petition. 

Ordered, That leave be given to the proper Offi- 
cer to attend accordingly. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
a quarter of an hour before Three of the clock 
on Friday morning, adjourned till this day. 


23°—24° Junie. 


613 


Veneris, 24° die Junii; 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1853. 
PRAYERS. 


ORE RED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 

Ordered, That the Amendments made by the South Shields 

Lords to the South Shields Improvement Bill be Improvement 

taken into consideration upon Monday next. _ 


A Motion being made, That the Forth and Clyde Forth ana 
Junction Railway Bill be now read the third time; Clyde Junc- 
Mr. Baines, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- van Railway 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 

been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 

Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 

cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 

think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 

to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Great Southern and Western Railway (Ire- Great Southern 
land) Bill was read the third time. and Western 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ned) ou 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 

to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The London and North Western Railway (Crewe London and 
to Shrewsbury) Bill was read the third time. North Western 
Resolved, ‘\hat the Bill do pass. one 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill Shrewsbury) 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. Bill. 
The London and North Western Railway (JVorth- London and 
ampton, &amp;c.) Bill was read the third time; and North Western 


Amendments were made to the Bill yom 
: . } ton, 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. oe Bill, 2 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The London and North Western Railway (Oldham London and 
Branch) Bill was read the third time. e-em Western 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. pom Ag 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill Bill. 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The London and North Western Railway (Saint London and 
Alban’s, &amp;c.) Bill was read the third time. North Western 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Railway = 
Title be, An Act to enable the Zondon and North Bil. ' 
Western Railway Company to construct a Branch 
Railway to Saint Alban’s, and for other purposes. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the Zondon and London and 
North Western Railway (Stourbridge, &amp;c.) Bill be ae Wenterm 
‘ : ailway 
now read the third time ; (Stourbridge, 
Mr. Baines, by Her Majesty's Command, ac- &amp;c.) Bill. 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
think fit. 
Then the Bill was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Rail- Manchester, 
way (Barnsley) Bill was, according to Orde, read Sheflleld and 
the third time; and Amendments were made to the /incolnshire 


4 Railway 
Bill. 


(Barnsley) 





VoL, 108. 





413 Resolved, Bill. 


614 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


New Ross A Motion being made, That the New Ross (Free) 
ow Bridge Bridge Bill be now read the third time ; 
os Mr. Baines, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
think fit. 
Then the Bill was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for the Purchase of the Bridge 
and Ferry over the River of Ross, at the Town of | 
New Ross, and for maintaining the same free of | 
Toll, and for other purposes. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill | 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





The Ozford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Rail- 
Wolverhamp- W2Y (Extension of Time, &amp;c.) Bill was, according to 
ton Railway Order, read the third time; and Amendments were 
(Extension of made to the Bill. 
ae &amp;) Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Oxford, Wor- 
cester and 


Saint Mar- 
garet and 
Saint John the 
Evangelist, 
Westminster, 
Vestries Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Saint Margaret and Saint John the 
Evangelist, Westminster, Vestries Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. | 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the | 
former Committee :—And that they have leave to sit | 
and proceed forthwith. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 





| 
Ordered, That the Warrington and Altrincham | 
Junction Railway (Warrington, &amp;c.) Bill be read | 


Warrington 
and Altrinc- 
ham Junction 


Railway the third time upon Monday next. 

CWarrington, | 
&amp;c.) Bill. | 
Blyth and The House proceeded to take into consideration | 


we the Blyth and Tyne Railway Bill, as amended in | 
the Committee ; and Amendments were made to the | 

Bill. | 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. | 

| 

| 

The House proceeded to take into consideration | 


the Milford Haven Docks Bill, as amended in the | 
Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Milford Haven 
Docks Bill. 


Oxford, Wor- 


The House proceeded to take into consideration | 
cester and 


Wolverhamp- the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway | 
ton Railway (Wolverhampton Station, &amp;c.) Bill, as amended in 
(Wolverhamp- the Committee. 


=o Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


South Wales The House proceeded to take into consideration 


en the South Wales Railway (Pembroke, &amp;c.) Bill, as 
&amp;c.) Bill, | amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Stamfordand The House proceeded to take into considera- 
petiway Bill tion the Stamford and Essendine Railway Bill, as 


amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Upton Saint 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Leonard's, 


the Upton Saint Leonard’s, Birdlip and Brimps- 


Birdlip and . ; : 
Brimpeficld field Roads Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Roads Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


24° Junie. 





A. 1853. 


Mr. Floyer reported from the Committee on Halifax 
Group M. of Private Bills; That in the case of the Waterworks 
Halifax Waterworks and Improvement (re-com- aot 
mitted) Bill, the Committee had further amended the 
Preamble, by introducing a new and further recital 
of the actual state of the Corporation of the Borough 
in respect of the Waterworks, and that they had 
also made further Amendments in the Clauses of the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on Londonderry, 

the Londonderry, Enniskillen and Sligo Railwa ——t ail 
(No. 2) Bill; That they had compared the Bill with way (No.2) 
the Londonderry, Enniskillen and Sligo Railway Bill. 
Bill, agreed to by this House on the 12th day of 
May 1853, and sent to the House of Lords on the 
13th day of May 1853, and found it to be the same, 
with the exception of so much of the Preamble as 
related to the payment of interest by Grand Juries, 
and of the several Clauses authorizing such Grand 
Juries to agree to pay interest on the Sum proposed 
to be borrowed under the provisions of such Bill, 
which were struck out by the House of Lords; and 
with the exception of an addition made by the House 
of Lords to Clause 21, requiring the Company to 
construct the Bridges and Tunnels of a sufficient 
width for laying down a double line of rails. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Londonderry, Enniskillen and Londonderry, 
Sligo Railway (No. 2) Bill, as amended in the Com- 2niskillen 


: : * : d Sli - 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday yey 
next. Bill. 

Ordered, That the Birkenhead Dock Company Birkenhead 


Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken into jg 


consideration upon Monday next, provided that 
amended prints of the said Bill shall have been de- 
posited with the Door-keepers this day. 


Ordered, That the Birkenhead Dock Trustees Birkenhead 
Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken into Dock Trustees 
consideration upon Monday next, provided that Bill. 
amended prints of the said Bill shall have been de- 
posited with the Door-keepers To-morrow. 


The House was moved, That the Order, That the Wexford 
Report on the Wezford Junction Railway Bill do lie Junction Rail- 
_ the Table, might be read; and the same being “*Y _ 
read ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the said Order be discharged :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Light- Lighthouse 
house (Guernsey), which was presented upon the (@uerasey-) 
16th day of this instant June, be printed. No, 658. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Bank- Bankruptcy 
ruptey Bill, which was communicated from the Bill. 
Lords upon the 23d day of this instant June, be No. 659. 
printed. 


Petitions relating to Lisburn Election (Ejectments) ; Public 
—Nunneries ;—Recovery of Personal Liberty Bill ; Petitins- 
—Attorneys’ Certificates ;— Education Bill ;—Ocean vide sixty- 
Penny Postage ;—Parish Vestries ;—and, Parochial fifth Report. 
Schools (Scot/and),—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to the Government of India, 
was also presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Jndian Territories. 

A Petition relating to Intoxicating Liquors, was 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Public-houses, &amp;c. 

Petitions relating to the Registration of Assu- 
rances Bill, —were also presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 








The 





i | 


a et bee 








Taunton 
Election. 


No. 660. 


Berwick- 
upon-T weed 
Election 
Petition. 


No. 661. 


Metropolitan 
Commission 
of Sewers. 


Metropolitan 
Commission 
of Sewers, 


Public 
Petitions 
(Sixty-fourth 
Report.) 


Leasing 
Powers (Ire 
land) Bill. 


Landlord 
and Tenant 
(Ireland) Bill. 


17 VicToriz. 


The following Papers, pursuant to Orders, were 
laid upon the ‘Table by the Clerk of the House,— 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select 
Committee on the Taunion Election Petition. 

Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select 
Committee on the Berwick-upon-Tweed Election 
Petition. 


The following Papers were also laid upon the 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 30th day of May last, for a Re- 
turn from the Metropolitan Commissioners of 
Sewers, setting forth the separate Sums expended 
for “ Works,” “ Local Supervision,” and “ Compen- 
sation Damages,” which together form the several 
Amounts of £.85,790. 15s., £.46,760. 7s. 1d., and 
£.39,630. 11s. 11d., as shown in Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 288, of Session 1853. 

Return to an Order, dated the 31st day of May 
last, for Copy of the Reports of Mr. Bazalgette to 
the Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers, relating 
to the Application, State and Examination of Tu- 
bular-pipe Drains or Sewers. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence rela- 
tive to the Taunton Election Petition; and, the Ber- 
wick-upon- Tweed Election Petition, be printed. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 21st and 22d days of 
this instant June ; and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee on the Leasing Powers (Ireland) Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Cravuses, N° 10 to N° 34, with Amendments, to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Cravse, N° 35, disagreed to. 

Criausez, N° 36, agreed to. 

Cuiavusss, N° 37 and N° 38, amended, and agreed 
to. 


Crausgs, N° 39 to N° 41, agreed to. 
Cuause, N° 42, amended, and agreed to. 
Cuiauszs, N° 43 to N° 53, agreed to. 
Schedule agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Landlord and Tenant (Jre- 
land) Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Crauses, N° 1 to N° 3, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 4, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 5 and N° 6, agreed to. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, Th 
Committee may have leave to sit again. 

VoL, 108. 


at the 





24° Junie, 








615 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Sir James East reported from the Committee on ghrewsbury, 
Group BB. of Railway Bills; That in the case of Ironbridge and 
the Shrewsbury, Ironbridge and Bridgnorth Rail- ie 
way Bill, they had examined the allegations con- sat tees 
tained in the Preamble of the Bill, but the same had 
not been proved to their satisfaction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Sir James East reported from the Committee rcondon and 
on Group BB. of Railway Bills; That in the case North Western 
of the London and North Western Railway (Coal- (Coulhenai 
brook Dale, &amp;c.) Bill, they had examined the allega- Dale, &amp;c.) Bill. 
tions contained in the Preamble of the Bill, but the 
same had not been proved to their satisfaction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Sir James East reported from the Committee on gouth Stat- 
Group BB. of Railway Bills; That in the case of fordshire _ 
the South Staffordshire Railway Bill, they had exa- ®#!way Bill. 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and amended the same, by stating that the 
period limited by a former Act for the compulsory 
purchase of Lands has expired, and that the time 
limited by the same Act for the completion of the 
Railways and W orks therein referred to, will expire on 
the 9th day of July 1845; and also by striking out so 
much thereof as related to the raising a further sum 
of money, the provisions in reference to which were 
withdrawn by the Promoters ; and found the same, 
as amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Edmund Denison reported the Saint Margaret gaint Mar- 
and Saint John the Evangelist, Westminster, Vestries garet and 


(re-committed) Bill, with further Amendments. — ae the 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the ‘Table. Westminster, 
Vestries Bill. 


Mr. Sotheron reported from the Select Committee standing 
on Standing Orders, a Resolution; which was read, Orders. 
as followeth : 

That in the case of the South Wales Railway gouth Wales 
(Monmouth) Petition for additional provision, the Railway (Mon- 
Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; that ™°Ut) Bill 
the Parties be permitted to introduce their additional 
provision if the Committee on the Bill shall think fit, 
provided they prove the consent of the owners, les- 
sees and occupiers affected by the proposed deviation : 

That the Committee on the Bill do report how far 
such Order has been complied with on the Report of 
the Bill. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Russell : Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 
The Lords have agreed to the North and South North and 
Western Junction Railway (Hammersmith) Bill, with- South Western 


out any Amendment: And also, =o 


mersmith) Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Thames Haven Dock Thames Haven 
and Railway Bill, without any Amendment: And Dock and | 
also, Railway Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Black Dog Road Black Dog 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Road Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Stafford Shire Hall stafford Shire 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Hall Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Staines, Woking- staines, 
hamand Woking Junction Railway Bill, with Amend- Wokingham 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the and ge 
concurrence of this House: And also, Railway Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Portsmeuth Railway portsmouth 
Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Railway Bill. 
414 Lords 





Lee River 
Trust (No. 2) 
Bill. 


Cutbill’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Fisher’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Lighthouses, 
&amp;c. (Ceylon.) 


Railways. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Mail Packets. 


Isle of Man 
Customs 
Duties. 


No, 662. 


Adjournment. 


616 


Lords desire the concurrence of this House :—And 
then the Messenger withdrew. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to amend the 
Acts relating to the Navigation of the River Lee, in 
the Counties of Hertford, Essex and Middlesex, and 
for other purposes: And the same was read the first 
time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Walpole reported Cutbill’s Divorce Bill, with- 
out Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Walpole reported Fisher's Divorce Bill, with- 
out Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of all as and Papers be- 
tween Captain Bidon, the Master Attendant at Ma- 
dras, the Trinity House, Deptford Strond, the Board 
of Admiralty, the Board of Trade, the Colonial 
Office, and the East India Company, on the subject 
of fixing Lighthouses and Beacons on the Bosses 
Rocks on the Coast of Ceylon. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 
as are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy 
Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number and Description of Persons 
employed on each of the Railways in England and 
Wales, Scotland and Ireland, respectively, on the 
30th day of June 1853, which may at that date be 
open for Tratlic ; also the Length of Line, with the 
Number of Stations, open for Public Traffic on the 
same day :—And, similar Return for each Line and 
Branch Line of Railway which has been authorized, 
but which may not be open for Traffic on the 30th 
day of June 1853, distinguishing the Length of each | 
such Line or Branch Line on which the Works may 
be in progress, and the Length on which they may 
not be in progress at that date; and specifying the 
Act or Acts authorizing such Railways (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 253, of the present 
Session). 


Ordered, That Mr. Brady have leave of absence 


for ten days, on urgent business. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns by the Royal Naval Officer in charge of the 
Mails on Board the Outward-bound Royal Mail 
West India Packets, Peninsular and Oriental and 
East India, and Peninsular and Oriental, Lisbon, 
Gibraltar, &amp;c. Packets, for each Month in the years 
1848, 1849, 1850, 1851 and 1852, as far as known, 
of the shortest and longest Passages between South- 
ampton Docks, or the Buoys and Moorings off the 
same, and Ushant, giving the date and time of round- 
ing Ushant, and the bearmg and distance of its Light- 
house; and of detentions of Mails for the same 
Period, whether from Fogs, taking the Ground, 
Fouling or other Accidents, specifying the nature of 
the same, and the places where they occurred. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Letter issued from the Treasury to the 
Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man, containing 
the particulars of the proposed Change of Duties 
in the Isle of Man. 

Mr. Wi/son accordingly presented the said Paper. 

Ordered, That the said» Paper do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


24°—-25° Junez. 














A. 1858. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Government 
adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon f India Bill 
the 23d day of this instant June, was proposed to be 
made to the Question, That the Government of Jndia 
Bill be now read a second time; and which Amend- 
ment was to leave out from the word “ That” to the 
end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ in the opinion of this House, further information 
is necessary, to enable Parliament to legislate with 
advantage for the permanent Government of India ; 
and that, at this late period of the Session, it is 
inexpedient to proceed with a measure which, while 
it disturbs existing arrangements, cannot be con- 
sidered as a final settlement,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out, stand part of the 
Question :—The House resumed the said adjourned 
Debate. 





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And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 25° die Junii, 1853: 


Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned till 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Succession 
mittee on the Succession Duty Bill ; Duty Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Tenants’ 
mittee on the Tenants’ Compensation (Jreland) Bill ; Compensation 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday (ireland) Bil. 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Resident 
into a Committee on the Resident Magistrates (/re- a meg 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. aprenden 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 


| Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Pimlico In- 
into a Committee on the Pimlico Improvement Bill ; provement 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker Bi 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, 

That the Committee had gone through the Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill, as ones. in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the Customs, &amp;c. 
Customs, &amp;c. Acts,a Resolution ; which was read, as Acts. 
followeth : 

Resolved, That, in lieu of the present Licenses Public-houses 
charged for the Sale of Beer and Spirits in Scotland, Licenses P 
the following Licenses shall be charged :— semana 

Every person who shall be duly authorized | £. s. d. 
by the justices of the peace to keep an inn, and 
who shall sell beer, cyder or perry by retail 
(whether to be drunk or consumed on the pre- 
mises or not), if the dwelling-house in which 
such person shall reside or retail beer, cyder or 
perry at the time of taking out such license, 
shall not, together with the offices, courts, yards 
and gardens therewith occupied, be rated, under 
the authority of any Act or Acts of Parliament 
for granting Duties on inhabited houses, at a 
rent of 107. per annum or upwards, or shall not 
be rented or valued at such rent or annual value 
or upwards - i a 


And 





2 10 





Customs 
Duties on 
Spirits Bill. 


Malicious 
Injuries (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Evidence 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Soap Duties 
Bill. 


Parish Vestries 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Common 
Lodging- 
houses Bill. 


Supply. 


Assistant 
udge 

(Middlesex 

Sessions. ) 





17 Victoria. 





And if rated, rented or valued as aforesaid at 
10/. per annum or upwards 

Every retailer of spirits, if the dwelling-house 
in which such retailer shall reside or retail such 
spirits (whether to be drunk or consumed on 
he premises or not), at the time of taking out 
such license, shall not, together with the offices, 
courts, yards and gardens therewith occupied, 
be rated, under the authority of any Act or 
Acts of Parliament for granting Duties on inha- 
bited houses, at a rent of 102. per annum or up- 
wards, or shall not be rented or valued at such 
rent or annual value or upwaids (and which 
rates of License Duty shail be deemed to apply 
to the sale of beer, together with spirits, he ad 
the party obtaining such license shall have the 





justices’ certificate or authority to sell both) -| 4 4 - 
If rated at 10/. and under 20/7. - - - § 56 - 
If the house be rated at 207. and under 254.-| 9 9 - 

‘ at 235. , 3904-11010 - 

a at 302. ,, 402.-|1111 - 

a at 402. ,, 504-|1212 - 

- at 50/,orupwards -/|13 13 - 


The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Public-houses (Scotland) Bill, That 
they have Power to make provision therein, pursuant 
to the said Resolution. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Customs Duties on Spirits Bill ; 

Resolved, ‘Vhat this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Malicious Injuries (Ireland) 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The Evidence Amendment Bill was, according. to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Soap Duties Bill was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wi/son do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Parish Vestries (No. 2) 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie re- 
_ That the Committee had gone through the 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Common Lodging-houses 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie re- 
en That the Committee had gone through the 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 


mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, Vhat this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


into a Committee on the Assistant Judge (Middlesex 
Sessions). 
(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That, in lieu of the Salary now payable | 


to the Assistant Judge of the Court of Sessions for 
the County of Middlesex, there shall be paid, out of 
VoL, 108, 


P4°— 95° Junii. 





617 


the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, a yearly Salary of £.1,500 
‘and a Retiring Allowance regulated according to the 
| period of Service, but in no case to exceed two-thirds 
| of the said Salary at the time of retirement. 
Resolution to be reported. 





| 

| Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
| verie reported, That the Committee had come to a 
| Resolution. 

| Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
| day next. 


Tynemouth 
Writ. 


Ordered, That the Writ for the Borough of Tyne- 
mouth be further suspended until Monday the 4th 
‘day of July next. 





Public-houses 


| 
| Ordered, That Mr. Beckett be discharged from 
&amp;e. 


further attendance on the Select Committee on Pub- 
lic-houses, &amp;c. 
| Ordered, That Mr. Sotheron be added to the Com- 
| mittee. 
| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Court of 
| Returns of the Number of Suits commenced by Cinelead’) 
| Cause Petition under the Court of Chancery (Zreland) wan 
' Regulation Act, 1850, in the years 1851, 1852 and 

1853, respectively :—Of the Number of new Suits 
commenced by Bill during the same years :— Of the 
Number of Instances in which during the same 

Periods the Court directed an Examination of Wit- 
nesses vivd ruce before the Court, otherwise than for 

the purposes of Documentary Proof :—Of the Num- 

ber of Suits in which the Court directed an Issue to 

try a Question of Fact during the same Periods :— 

And, of the Number of Suits commenced by Cause 
' Petition, in which the Parties resorted to an exami- 

nation of Witnesses by Interrogatories instead of 
Evidence by Affidavit. 


Ordered, Vhhat there be laid before this House, Court of 
Returns of the Amount of the several Sums of Money pe ee 
received in the years 1850, 1851 and 1852, respec- ‘ — 

| tively, on foot of the Duties made payable by the 

| Act 4 Geo. 4, c. 78 :—And, of the several Sums of 

Money paid for Salaries and Allowances out of the 

Consolidated Fund to Masters in Ordinary of the 

Court of Chancery in Jreland, and the Chief Re- 
/membrancer of the Court of Exchequer, and of 

which Accounts are directed to be kept by the 11th 
section of the said Act. 
| 
| Sir William Molesworth reported from the Select Battersea 
| Committee on the Battersea Park Bill; That they Park Bill. 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found No. 663. 
the same to be true ; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 

mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Mr. Wi/son presented a Bill to repeal certain Stamp Duties 
Stamp Duties, and to grant others in lieu thereof, 3#- 
and to amend the Laws relating to Stamp Duties: No. 664. 
| And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Monday next; and 
| to be printed. 





Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Tralee Writ. 
to the Clerk of the Crown in Ireland, to make out 
a new Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Borough of T’ralee, 
in the room of Maurice O'Connell, Esquire, de- 
ceased. 





! 
' 





And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after One of the clock 
on Saturday morning, adjourned till Monday 


next. 


| 4K 








Graving Dock 


( Dublin.) 


Pablic 
Petitions 
(Sixty-fifth 
Report. ) 


Ballymena, 
Ballymoney, 
Coleraine and 
Portrush 
Junction Rail- 
way (No. 2) 
Bill. 


Bristol Gas 
‘and Bristol 
and Clifton 
Gas Com- 
panies Amal- 
gamation Bill. 


Londonderry, 
Coleraine and 
Belfast Junc- 
tion Railway 

Bill. 


North British 
Railway Bill. 


Scottish Mid- 
land Junction 
Railway Bill. 


South Shields 
Improvement 
Bill. 


618 
Luna, 27° die Junii ; 


Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 
\ A | R. Cardwell presented,—Return to an Order, 
A dated the 16th day of this instant June, for 
Copies of all Correspondence which has taken place _ 
between the Board of Trade, the Jrish Steam Asso- | 
ciation and the Ballast Corporation of Dublin,‘on | 
the subject of the Graving Dock intended to be | 
constructed in that Port; together with the Date of | 


27° Juniz. 


A. 1853. 


Lords to the South Shields Improvement Bill; and 
the same were twice read, and agreed to. 

| Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
‘to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the lentailinasie made by their 
Lordships. 

The Dewsbury, Heckmondwike and Batley Water Dewsbury, 
Bill was read the third time; and an Amendment py 
was made to the Bill. ~4 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. — 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


the Acceptance of any Tender for the execution of | to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


the Work, and the Amount of same. _ 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 23d and 24th days of 
this instant June ; and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bally- 
mena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction 
Railway (No. 2) Bill; and the same were twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bristol 
Gas and Bristol and Clifton Gas Companies Amal- 
gamation Bill; and the same were twice read, and, 
with Amendments to several of them, agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Lon- 
donderry, Coleraine and Belfast Junction Railway 
Bill ; and the same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the North 
British Railway Bill; and the same were twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Scottish 
Midland Junction Railway Bill; and the same were 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 


Lordships. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Amendments made by the 


| Ordered, That the Monmouthshire Railway and Monmouth- 


‘Canal Bill be read the third time To-morrow. shire Railway 
| and Canal Bill, 


| 
The Nantwich and Woore Road Bill was read the Nantwich 

third time. and Woore 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ne Se. 
Ordered, ‘That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 

to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The South Wales Mineral Railway Bill was read South Wales 
the third time ; and Amendments were made to the Mineral Rail- 
| Bill. way Bill. 
| Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for making a Railway from the 
| South Wales Railway at Britonferry to Glyncorrwg, 
|in Glamorganshire, to be called “The South Wales 
Mineral Railway.” 
| Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





The United Guarantee and Life Assurance Com- United Gua- 
pany Bill was read the third time. rantee and 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. reece 4 


“a .,, Company Bill. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill —_ 
' to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


| The Wakefield and Sheffield Road Bill was read Wakefield 
and Sheffield 
Road Bill. 


| the third time. 

| Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

| Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
| to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


__ A Motion being made, That the West Cornwall West Cornwall 
, Railway Bill be now read the third time ; Railway Bill. 
Mr. Cardwell, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 

-quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 

been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives fer 
Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
_cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
| think fit. 
| And Notice being taken that the interest of the 
Prince of Wales, as Duke of Cornwall, is concerned 
| therein ; 

Mr. Cardwell, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
_quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 

Consent, as far as the Prince of Wales’s interest is 
concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 

to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the West London and Crystal Pa- west London 


lace Railway Bill be read the third time To-morrow. 24 Crystal 
Palace Rail- 


way Bill. 
The Order of the day being read, for the third Warrington 
reading of the Warrington and Altrincham Junc- o— (en 
tion Railway ( Warrington, &amp;e.) Bill ; Ttailway (War- 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. ringtor, &amp;.) 
A Motion Bill. 




















17 Vicroriz. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the Bill be re-committed ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the {Mr. Tatton Egerton, \ 136 
Yeas, \Mr. Cornwall Legh : J . 
Tellers for the General Anson, 96 
Noes, { Mr. Geach : \ ' 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee. 


Llynvi Vailey The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway Bill. the Llynvi Valley Railway Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


London and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
poe te mg the London and North Western and Buckingham- 
rec mS" shire Railways Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Railways Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


London and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
— Western jhe London and North Western Railway ( Tring and 
wheal Oxford) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


(Tri d 
Oxford) Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Newcastle- The House proceeded to take into consideration 
upoa-Tyne =the Newcustle-upon- Tyne Improvement Bill, as 
Improvement F f, 

Bill. amended in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Pendletonand The House proceeded to take into consideration 
erg &amp;e. the Pendleton and Swinton, &amp;c. Road Bill, as 
oad Bill. : - 
amended in the Committee ; and Amendments were 
made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Swansea The House proceeded to take into consideration 
—— the Swansea Valley Railway Bill, as amended in the 
on Comumuittee. 


Ordered, Tinat the Bill be read the third time. 


Birkenhead The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Ln Company the Birkenhead Dock Company Bill, as amended in 
- the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Birkenhead The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Dock Trustees the Birkenhead Dock Trustees Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Londonderry, | The House proceeded to take into consideration 
pone ay the Londonderry, Enniskillen and Sligo Railway 
way (No.2) (No. 2) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Bill. Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 


Baroness De The Baroness De Villars’ Estate Bill was read a 
hal Estate second time; and committed. 
. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


+ sar Crowe’s Disabilities Removal Bill was read a se- 
isabilities . p 

, ; and committed. 
Removal Bill. cond time; and committe 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ribble Navi- 


} [ Ordered, That the Ribble Navigation Bill, as 
gation Bill. i 


amended in the Committee, be considered To-mor- 
row, provided that amended prints of the Bill shall 
have been deposited with the Door-keepers on Sa- 
turday last. 
Vou. 108, 


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619 


Ordered, That the Halifax Waterworks and Im- Halifax 
provement Bill, as amended in the Committee, hp oh ks 
be considered ‘To-morrow, provided that a:nended Sint BL 
prints of the Bill shall have been deposited with the 


Door-keepers on Saturday last. 


Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Edinburgh and 
Private Bills have leave to sit and proceed To-mor- C@nongate 

‘on the Edinburgh and Canongate Annuity Tax Anuuity Tax 
row on the Edinburgh and Canongate Annuity Tax ‘apolition Bill. 


Abolition Bill. 


Mr. Goulburn reported from the Select Com- Brecon Col- 
mittee on the Brecon Collegiate Church Bill; That legiate Church 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and niece ; 
found the same to be true; and had gone through N°. 665. 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, hat the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday 
next. 


Mr. Corry reported from the Committee on Group Railway Bills 
PP. of Railway Bills; That Sir George Forster, one (Group PP.) 
of the Members of the said Committee, was unable, 
on account of indisposition, to attend the Committee 
this day. 

Ordered, That Sir George Forster be discharged 
from further attendance on the Committee- 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blunt : Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 
The Lords have agreed to the Adel Beck Reser- Adel Beck Re- 
voirs Bill, without any Amendment: And also, servolzs BU. 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act for Archbishop of 
vesting certain Estates belonging to the See of Can- rare . 
terbury, now vested in Trustees for Sale, in the Arch- ~ 
bishop of Canterbury, with provisions for the Sale 
thereof, with the approval of the Church Estates 
Commissioners, and for other purposes ; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :—And 
then the Messenger withdrew. 








The Archbishop of Canterbury's Estate Bill was Archbishop of 
read the first time. Canterbury's 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- Este Bill. 

ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Accidents Accidents in 
in Coal Mines have Power to report the Minutes Coal Mines. 
of the Evidence taken before them from time to 
time. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a pumfries 
Copy of any Memorial or Petition which may have Letter-car- 
been addressed to the Postmaster General on the ™*™ 
part of the Letter-carriers of Dumfries, showing the 
extent of Work they are called on to perform, and 
the inadequate Wages received by them. 


Sir John Young presented,—Return to an Order, Arterial 
dated the 23d day of December last, for continuation Drainage 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 186, relative to Arterial “#"4) 
Drainage (Lreland), presented 23d March 1852, to 
the present Date. 

Return to an Order, dated the 27th day of April Towns 
last, for Returns of the Names of the several Towns (Ireland.) 
in Ireland for which Town Commissioners are now 
appointed, under the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 82:—Of the 
present Number of Commissioners for each of those 
Towns :—Of the Number of Householders in each 
of those Towns now registered under the said Act, 
or the Act of 6 &amp; 7 Vic. c. 93, as qualified to be 
elected Town Commissioners in respect of the Occu- 
pation of Houses rated to the Annual Value of £.20 
or upwards; and of the Number in each Town so 
registered as qualified to vote in respect of Tene- 








4K2 ments 








aaa eR ———— 


+3 


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Processes of 
Attachment 
(Ireland. ) 


Improvement 
of Towns 
(Ireland.) 


Duchy of 
Lancaster. 


Property Tax 
(Metropolis. ) 


Midland 
Great Western 
Railway of 
Ireland, 


River Fergus. 


East India 
Proprietors, 
&amp;e. 








97° Junie. 


ments rated to the Annual Value of £.5 or upwards : | other than the Election of Directors, stating the par- 


620 A. 1853. 


allots or 


—Of the Number of Householders in each of those | ticular questions or motions on which the 
Divisions took place, and the Numbers on each side : 


Towns rated at the respective Annual Values of | 
£.4 or upwards, £.8 or upwards, £.10 or upwards, |—Of the Annual Allotment of the Patronage, Civil 
£.12 or upwards, and £.15 or upwards :— And, | and Military, of the Court of Directors of the East 
of the Number of Inhabitants in each of those | India Company since the 30th day of April 1834, 
Towns, according to the Government Census of showing the Number assigned to each Director and 
March 1851. ‘the President of the Board of Control, and the Num- 
Return to an Order, dated the 26th day of May | ber actually appointed by the same, in each year since 
last, for a Return of the Number of Processes of | that time. 
Attachment which have issued from the several Bo- 


rough Courts of Record in Jreland, from the 1st day 

of January 1850 to the Ist ~~ of May 1853 (in| the Table by the Clerk of the House,—An Account 

continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 429, of ‘in Abstract, of the several Sums of Money received 

Session 1850). 'and disbursed by the Commissioners of the Zhames 
Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of this Navigation, in the year 1852. 


instant June, for a Return of all Applications made | 








for Ireland, during the last Five years, for an Altera- and charged upon the Civil List. 
tion or Amendment of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 82, “ to | 
make provision for the lighting, cleansing and watch- | 


in Jreland, in certain cases,” with the Dates when | in the present Parliament for the City or Borough 
received, the Places and Persons making such Ap- | of Peterborough, was delivered in, and read ; setting 
plications, the general Purport thereof, and of the | forth, That at the Election of a Member to serve in 
Replies (if any) given thereto respectively. this present Parliament for the said City or Borough 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the of Peterborough, which took place on the Fourth of 
Table. December One thousand eight hundred and Fifty- 
two, George Hammond Whalley, Esquire, and George 

Mr. Strutt presented, pursuant to the directions of | Cornewall Lewis, Esquire, were Candidates, and the 
an Act of Parliament,—Copy of general Order as | said George Hammond Whalley, Esquire, was re- 
to the Seal of the District Registrar of the Chancery ; turned as the Member elected to serve in this pre- 
Court of the County Palatine of Lancaster. sent Parliament for the said City or Borough ; that 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the | before and after the teste and issuing out of the Writ 
Table. _ for the said last-mentioned Election, the said George 
| Hammond Whalley did, by himself and his agents, 

The following Papers were laid upon the Table by | friends and partisans, by divers ways and means, at 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated | his charge and on his behalf, directly and indirectly 
the 3d day of March last, for a Return (in addition to | give, present and allow to persons having votes at 
the Return of Property assessed to the Relief of the | the said last-mentioned Election, money, meat, drink, 
Poor in each of the Metropolitan Parishes ordered lodging, entertainment, provision and reward, and 
to be laid before this House on the 17th day of Fe-| did make presents, gifts, rewards and promises, 
bruary last), showing the Property Tax Assessment agreements, obligations and engagements to give 
in each such Parish, under Schedule A. for the year , money, meat, drink, provision, presents, reward and 


The following Papers, pursuant to the directions Thames 
of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon Navigation. 


A List of all Pensions granted between the 20th Civil List 
to the Lord Lieutenant, or Chief or Under Secretary day of June 1852 and the 20th day of June 1853, Pensions. 


A Petition of Thomson Hankey, Junior, Esquire, a Peterborough 
ing of Cities, Towns Corporate, and Market Towns | Candidate at the last Election of a Member to serve Election. 


ending the 5th day of April 1853. 

Return to an Order, dated the 11th day of April 
last, for Returns showing the Amount expended in 
making the portion of the Midland Great Western 
Railway of Jreland between the Towns of Athlone 
and Galway, and the Cost per Mile :—Of the Gross 
Return of Traftic in each Half: year for such portion 
of the Railway, the Cost of working the same, and 


the Net Balance in each year placed to the Credit of | 


the Counties of Galway and Roscommon, in discharge 
of their Liability for Interest under the provision of 
the Act 12 &amp; 13 Vic. c. 62 :—Anid, of the Amount 
levied in each year, and Rate per Pound, under the 
said Act, off the County of Galway, and Baronies 
of Moycarn and Athlone, in the County of Ros- 
common, for Interest. 

Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of this 
instant June, for a Return of all the Communications 
between the Town Commissioners of Enis and the 
Drainage Commissioners, or Board of Works, in 
relation to the Drainage of the River Fergus. 

Return to an Order, dated the 17th day of this 
instant June, for Returns of the Number of Pro- 
prietors of East India Stock on the 3d day of June 
1853 ; of the Number entitled to vote in the choice 
of Directors of the East India Company ; of the 
Number of Persons entitled to more than one Vote 
and upwards, specifying the Number in Classes of 
two, three, four, &amp;c.; and of the Number who have 
actually voted on the occasion of the Election of the 
Ten last elected Directors, not being proposed for re- 
election by their former Co-directors, distinguishing 
throughout the Male from the Female Proprietors :— 
Of the Ballots or Divisions which have taken place 
in the Court of Proprietors of the East Jndia Com- 
pany since the 30th day of April 1834, on questions 


/entertamment to and for persons having votes as 
| aforesaid, and to and for the use, advantage, benefit, 
enjoyment, profit and preferment of such persons, in 
order that he the said George Hammond Whalley 
might be elected, and for being elected to serve in 
Parliament for the said City or Borough ; that be- 
| fore and during the said last-mentioned Election the 
said George Hammond Whalley was, by himself and 
by his agents, managers and friends, guilty of divers 
acts of bribery and corruption, in order to corrupt 
and procure, and did by himself and his agents, 
friends, managers and other persons employed on 
his behalf, by gifts, money, rewards and promises, 
and other corrupt, illegal or improper practices, acts 
and means, corrupt and procure divers persons 
having or claiming to have votes at such Election to 
give their votes in favour of him the said Geo: ge 
Hammond Whalley, and to forbear to give their 
votes for the said George Cornewall Lewis at such 
Election, and that the said George Hammond 
Whalley, by reason of the said corrupt and illegal 
practices, became and was wholly disabled and inca- 
pacitated to be elected and returned at such Elec- 
tion as a Member to serve in Parliament for the 
said City or Borough, and became and was wholly 
disqualified and ineligible to be elected or returned 
to serve in Parliament for the said City or Borough 
on any vacancy which might thereafter occur on the 
avoiding or setting aside of the said Election and Re- 
turn of the said George Hammond Whalley; that after 
the Return of the said George Hammond Whalley, 
a humble Petition of certain Electors of the said 
City or Borough was presented to the House, com- 
plaining of the said Election and Return of the said 
George Hammond Whalley, and showing, amongst 
other things, that at the said Election which took 
| place 














17 Vicroria. 27° Suni. 621 


place on the Fourth of December One thousand 
eight hundred and Fifty-two, as aforesaid, the said 
George Hammond Whalley and George Cornewall 
Lewis were Candidates to represent the said City or 
Borough in Parliament, and that the said George 
Hammond Whalley was returned as duly elected ; 
and that both before and after the teste and issuing 
out of the Writ for the said last-mentioned Election, 
the said George Hammond Whalley did, by himself 
and his agents, friends and partisans, by divers ways 
and means, at his charge and on his behalf, directly 
and indirectly give, present and allow to persons 
having votes at such Election, money, meat, drink, 
lodging, entertainment, provision and reward; and 
did make presents, gifts, rewards and promises, 
agreements, obligations and engagements to give 
money, meat, drink, provision, presents, reward and 
entertainment to and for persons having votes as 
aforesaid, and to and for the use, advantage, benefit, 
enjoyment, profit and preferment of such persons, 
in order that he the said George Hammond Whalley 
might be elected, and for being elected to serve in 
Parliament for the said City or Borough; and that 
before and during the said last-mentioned Election, 
the said George Hammond Whalley was, by himself 
and by his agents, managers and friends, guilty of 
divers acts of bribery and corruption, in order to 
corrupt and procure, and by himself and his agents, 
friends, managers and other persons employed in 
his behalf, by gifts, presents, money, rewards and 
promises, and agreements and securities for money, 
gifts and rewards, and by promises, corrupt and 
procure divers persons, having or claiming to have 
votes at such Election, to give their votes in favour 
of the said George Hammond Whalley, and to forbear 
to give them in favour of the said George Cornewall 
Lewis ; and that the said George Hammond Whalley, 
by the said corrupt and illegal practices, was wholly 
disabled and incapacitated and ineligible to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said Borough, and that 
the Return of the said George Hammond Whalley 
was wholly null and void; and the said Petitioners 
thereupon prayed that the House would take the 
premises into consideration, and would declare that 
the said George Hammond Whalley was not duly 
elected and ought not to have been returned, and 
that the said Election and Return were wholly null 


be entered upon the Journals of the House, and were 
accordingly entered thereon; and further showing, 
that a new Writ was afterwards ordered by the 
House to be issued for the Election of some other 
person as a Member to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment in the room of the said George Hammond 
Whalley, whose Election had been determined to be 
void as aforesaid ; that by reason of the premises the 
said George Hammond Whalley became and was 
wholly incapacitated, disqualified and ineligible to 
be elected and returned or to sit in this present Par- 
liament for the said City, on the vacancy occasioned 
by the setting aside of his said former Election and 
Return, and the issuing of the Writ for the new 
Election as aforesaid ; that by virtue of the said last- 
mentioned Writ, an Election of a Member to serve 
in Parliament for the said City or Borough, in room 
of the said George Hammond Whalley, was held by 
and before the Returning Officer of the said City on 
the ‘Twenty-fourth day of June instant, One thou- 
sand eight hundred and Fifty-three; that at the 
said last-mentioned Election the said George Ham- 
mond Whalley, notwithstanding his incapacity to be 
returned or to sit in Parliament on the said va- 
cancy, became a Candidate to represent the said 
City as well as the Petitioner; that immediately 
upon the Petitioner and the said George Hammond 
Whalley being nominated as such Candidates, and 
before a show of hands was called for, a notice and 
protest under the hands of certain Electors of the 
said City or Borough was on behalf of such Electors 
publicly delivered to the said Returning Officer, and 
the same was publicly read by the said Returning 
Officer, in the presence and hearing of the Electors 
present at the said nomination, which said notice 
and protest was in the words or to the purport and 
effect following, that is to say :—“ Peterborough 
Election, 1853. To John Gates, Gentleman, the 
Returning Officer of the City or Borough of Peter- 
borough, in the County of Northampton, his Depu- 
ties, and all others whom it may concern. Whereas 
at the Election of a Member to serve in Parliament 
for the said City or Borough of Peterborough, which 
was held on the Fourth day of December One thou- 
sand eight hundred and Fifty-two, George Hammond 
Whalley, Esquire, and George Cornewall Lewis, 
Esquire, were Candidates, and at such Election the 








and void ; and would grant to the Petitioners such | said George Hammond Whalley, Esquire, was re- 
further and other relief as to the House should | turned as the Member to serve in this present Par- 
seem meet ; that, after the presenting of the said | liament for the said City; and whereas a humble 
Petition, a Select Committee was duly appointed by Petition of certain Electors of the said City was pre- 
the House to hear and determine the matters thereof, | sented to the House of Commons, complaining of 
and to report upon the same to the House; and the | the said Election and of the Return of the said 
said Petition came on in due course to be heard and | George Hammond Whalley, Esquire ; and whereas, 
tried before the said Select Committee ; that at the | after the presenting of the said Petition, a Select 
hearing of the said Petition before the said Com-| Committee was duly appointed by the said House 
mittee, evidence was adduced on behalf of the said | to hear and determine the matters thereof, and to re- 
Petitioners of divers acts of bribery committed by | port upon the same, and the said Petition came on 
certain persons, being agents of the said George | in due course to be heard and tried before the said 
Hammond Whalley at the said last-mentioned Elec- | Committee, and the said Committee, after duly con- 
tion; and also evidence was adduced of treating, | sidering the said Petition, came to the following 
committed by the said George Hammond Whalley | determinations and resolution, that is, the said Select 
at the said last-mentioned Election, and that the ; Committee determined — that George Hammond 
said Committee, after duly considering the same, and | Whalley, Esquire, was not duly elected a Citizen to 
hearing counsel on behalf of the said George Ham-' serve in this present Parliament for the City of 
mond Whalley, came to certain Resolutions, which | Peterborough; that the last Election for the said 
are in substance as follows: that George Hammond | City was a void Election; and resolved, that George 
Whalley was not duly elected to serve in this pre- | Hammond Whalley, Esquire, was guilty of treating 
sent Parliament for the City of Peterborough; that | at the last Election; andi whereas thereupon the said 
the last Election for the said City was a void Elec-| determinations and resolution were reported to the 
tion ; and the said Committee further resolved, that | said House, and the said determinations were or- 
George Hammond Whalley was guilty of treating at} dered to be entered in the Journals of the said 





the last Election for the City of Peterborough ; that 
it had been proved to the Committee that John 
Rawson Edwards was bribed with the payment of 
Five pounds by some person unknown, but it had not 
been proved that such had been committed with 
the knowledge or consent of the Sitting Member ; 


House, and were so entered, and a new Writ was 
afterwards ordered by the House to be issued for 
the electing a Burgess to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the City or Borough of Peterborough, 
in the room of the said George Hammond Whalley, 
Esquire, whose Election had been determined to be 








that the said Resolutions of the said Committee | void as above stated, and the said Writ has been 
were duly reported to the House, and were ordered to | issued accordingly; and whereas the said George 


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622 27° Junii. 


Hammond Whalley, Esquire, was at the said last 
Election so determined to be void, by himself and 
agents, guilty of bribery, and was also before, at 
and after the said Election, by himself and agents, 
guilty of treating; and whereas the said George 
Hammond Whalley, Esquire, has declared himself 
to be, and is, a Candidate at this present Election 
of a Member to serve in Parliament for the said 
City or Borough ; now we, the undersigned Charles 
Dodson, William Richardson, Richard John Head, 
John Ellis, John Wiggin and James Burton, being 
Electors of ‘the said City or Borough, do hereby give 
notice to you, and each of you, that the said last 
Election was so determined by the said Select Com- 
mittee to be a void Election, and that the said George 
Hammond Whalley, Esquire, was so found guilty of 
treating at the said last Election by the said Select 
Committee so appointed as aforesaid ; and that the 
said determinations and resolution of the said Select 
Committee were reported to the said House, and the 
said determinations entered in the Journals of the 
said House of Commons; and that afterwards a 
Writ for a new Election of a Member to serve in 
Parliament for the said City or Borough was 
ordered by the said House to be issued, and has 
accordingly issued; and we further give you, 
and each of you, notice, that the said George 
Hammond Whalley, Esquire, was at the said last 
Election, by himself and his agents, guilty of bri- 
bery ; and was also before, at and after the said 
Election, by himself and his agents, guilty of treating ; 
and that the said George Hammond Whalley ’ Es- 
quire, is by reason of the said resolutidn and deter- 
minations of the said Select Committee, and the said 
Report, and the said proceedings of the House of 
Commons thereupon, and also by reason of the said 
bribery and treating, disabled and incapacitated to 
be elected and to serve as a Member in Parliament 
for the said City or Borough at this present Election ; 
and we the undersigned do hereby, for the rei ons 
aforesaid, object to and protest against the nomination 
of the said George Hammond Whalley, Esquire, asa 
Candidate, and against the Election and Return of 
the said George Hammond Whalley, Esquire, as a 
Member to serve in Parliament for the said City or 
Borough at the present Election ; and we hereby 
give notice that all votes given by Electors to and 
for the said George Hammond W vhalley, Esquire, at 
the present Election of a Member to serve in Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough, will, on account of the 
said ineligibility and incapacity of the said George 
Hammond Whalley, Esquire, be of no effect, and 
wholly lost and thrown away.—Charles Dodson, 
James Burton, Richard John Head, John Ellis, Wil- 
liam Richardson, John Wiggin. Dated this 24th day 
of June, 1853;” that nevertheless the said George 
Hammond Wb ‘halley was by the said Returning Officer 
put in nomination, and a show of hands having taken 
lace, the said Returning Officer declared the show of 
eade to be in favour of the said George Hammond 
Whalley; that a poll was thereupon demanded on 
behalf of the Petitioner, and the same took place 
accordingly on the following day, being the ‘Twenty- 
fifth day of June instant (One ‘thousand eight hun- 
dred and Fifty-three); that at the close of the said 
poll the said George Hammond Whalley was by the 
said Returning Officer declared to have had a ma- 
jority of votes thereat, and he was the reupon declared 
tc be duly elected and returned to serve in this pre- 
sent Parliament for the said C ity or Borough ; and 
further showing, that at the said last-mentioned Elec- 
tion the incapacity and ineligibility of the said George 
Hammond Whalle yo was a matter of notoriety both 
before, at and during the poll, and was well known | 
to the Electors of the said City who gave their votes | 
for the said George Hammond Whalley, who had 





A. 1853. 


sence and hearing of the said Returning Officer, and 
by him read to the Electors at the time of the nomi- 
nation of the Candidates at the said last-mentioned 
Election, public notice of the incapacity, disqualifica- 
tion and ineligibility of the said George r_ naanwnne 
Whalley, to be elected and returned to serve in Par- 
liament at the said last-mentioned Election, and to 
sit and vote as a Member for the said City, and that 
all votes given in his favour at the said last-mentioned 
Election would on account of such his incapacity be 
of no effect, but entirely lost and thrown away, was 
likewise given before, at and during the said Election, 
by posting and distribution of printed lacards and 
notices signed by certain Electors of the said City 
or Borough, and that after the deliv ery of the precept 
for holding the said last-mentioned Ele ‘ction, and be- 
fore, at and during the poll, notice of the said inca- 
pacity, disqualification and ineligibility of the said 
George Hammond Whalley ry to be elected and re- 
turned to serve in Parliament at the said Election, 
and that all votes given in favour of the said George 
Hammond Whalley, Esquire, at the said Election, 
would on account of his ineligibility be of no effect, 
but entirely lost and thrown away, was, by or on be- 
half of certain Electors of the said City or Borough, 
given personally to the Electors of the said City or 
Borough, both ithe and at the time of their voting 
at the said last-mentioned Election, in favour of the 
said George Hammond Whalley ; and humbly sub- 
mitting that the votes of all persons who voted for 
the said George Hammond Whalley, having notice 
of his incapacity and disqualification to be elected as 
aforesaid, were lost, thrown away, bad and illegal, 
and ought not to have been received, and should now 
be struck from the poll; that the number of persons 
(if any) who voted for the said George Hammond 
Whalley at the said last-mentioned Election, to 
whom the i incapacity and disqualification of the said 
George Hammond ‘Whalley were unknown at the 
time of their so voting as aforesaid, is much less 
than the number of good and valid voters whose 
votes were given at such Election for the Petitioner, 
and that the Petitioner ought by reason of the pre- 
mises to have been returned as duly elected at such 
Election to serve in the present Parliament for the 
said City or Borough; that although the said Select 
Committee did not by their said Report find that the 
said George Hammond Whalley had been, by him- 
self or his agents, guilty of bribery at the said Elec- 
tion so held on the Fourth of December One thou- 
sand eight hundred and Fifty-two, the Petitioner 
avers and charges the fact to be, that the said George 
Hammond W halley, by himself and his agents, was 
guilty of bribery as well as treating at the said Elec- 
tion so held on the said Fourth « day of December 
One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two, and that 
the said George Hammond Whalley at the said Elec- 
tion, by himself and his agents, did give, provide, 
resent and allow to persons having votes at such 
Election, money, meat, drink, entertainment and re- 
ward to and for persons having votes at such Elec- 
tion, and to and for the use, advantage and profit of 
such persons, in order that he the said George Ham- 
mond Whalley might be elected, or for being elected 
a Member to serve in Parliament for the said City 
or Borough; and that before, during and after such 
Election so held on the said Fourth day of Decem- 
ber One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two, the 
said George Hammond Whalley, by himself, his 
jagents and friends, was guilty of bribery and cor- 
| ruption, and did by gifts, money and rewards, or by 
‘agreements for money, gifts and rewards, and by 
| other corrupt practices, corrupt and procure divers 
persons having or claiming to have votes at such 
Election, to give their votes thereat for him the said 
| George Hammond Whalley, and that divers of such 





also full notice of the same at the time of their voting | persons voted at the said last Election for the said 
for the said George Hammond Whalley; that in ad- | George Hammond Whalley wnder such corrupt in- 
dition to the public notice of such incapac ity of the | fluence ‘e, and that by reason of the premises the said 
George Hammond ‘Whalley was wholly disabled and 

incapacitated 


said George Hammond Whalle Yy so given in ‘the pre- 

















Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Sixty- 
sixth Report. 


South 
Australia. 


Court of 
Burgesses 
( Westminster.) 


No. 666. 


Metropolitan 
Commission 
of Sewers. 


No. 667. 


Metropolitan 
Commission 
of Sewers. 


No. 668. 


Government 
of India Bill. 





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incapacitated from being elected at the said last-; And the House having continued to sit till after 
mentioned Election, or from sitting and voting in| Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 
Parliament as the Member returned thereat ; and Martis, 28° die Junii, 1853: 

praying that the House will take the premises into , 
consideration, and declare that the said George Ham-| Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

mond Whalley was not duly elected at the said last | till Thursday next. 

Election for the said City or Borough of Peterbo- | 

rough, and ought not to have been returned thereat,| The Order of the day being read, for the second Education 
but that the Petitioner was duly elected, and ought | reading of the Education Bill; Bill. 

to have been returned, and that the House may di-| Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 

rect the Return to be amended accordingly, by the | Monday the 11th day of July next. 

substitution therein of the name of the Petitioner in 

lieu of the name of the said George Hammond Whal-| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Merchant 
ley, or may declare the said last Election for the said | mittee on the Merchant Shipping Bill ; Shipping Bill. 
City or Borough to have been wholly null and void ; | Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 

and may give to the Petitioner such further and other | next, at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said 





relief as to the House shall seem meet. | Committee. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the | 
General Committee of Elections. | The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Pilotage Bill. 


Ordered, ‘That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant | mittee on the Pilotage Bill; 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as| Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on | next, at Twelve o’clock, resolve itself into the said 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. Committee. 


Petitions relating to Advertisements ;—Attorneys’ | The Order of the day being read, for the second Dublin Par- 


es ¢ ’ f ign . ; : ; - +7 liamentary 
Certificates ;—Savings Banks Bill ;—Sheriff Courts —s of the Dublin Parliamentary Registration Registration 
(Scotland) Bill;—and, Tribunals of Commerce,— | ?"&gt; Bill. 


—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 1 nau peeing the Bill be read a second time upon 
the Table. ursday next. 


A Petition relating to Intoxicating Liquors, was 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Public-houses, &amp;c. 

Petitions relating to the Registration of Assurances | (In the Committee.) 
Bill,—were also presented, and read; and referred | 
to the Select Committee on the Bill. 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself Customs, &amp;c. 
| into a Committee on the Customs, &amp;c. Acts. Acts. 


Acts read:—I. Appointment ef Ports, Officers, 

| Licensing Agents.—11. Importation.—II1. Exporta- 

; | tion—IV. Coasting Trade.—V. Isle of Man.—V1. 

Mr. Peel presented, pursuant to the directions of | British Possessions.—VII. Bonds and other Secu- 

an Act of Parliament,—South Australia: Copy of | rities—VIII. False Declarations.—-IX. Smuggling. 

Order in Council, dated 13th June 1853, establishing | —X. Reciprocity.—XI. Registry of Ships.—XII. 
Regulations for demising Waste Lands supposed to | Acquisition of Lands.—XIII. Special Provisions. 

contain Minerals not auriferous, and for working the Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 


same. ; | the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
_, Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the | amend and consolidate the Laws relating to the 
Table. | Customs. 


| Resolution to be reported. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to the Court of | 

Burgesses ( Westminster), which was presented upon | Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 

the 6th day of this instant June, be printed. | verte reported, That the Committee had come to a 
- Resolution. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Sums! Ordered, That the Report be now received. 
expended by the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers | Mr. Bouverie accordingly reported a Resolution ; 
for Works, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 24th | which was read, as followeth : 
day of this instant June, be printed. | Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Reports of| amend and consolidate the Laws relating to the 


Mr. Bazalgette to the Metropolitan Commission of | Customs :—And he moved the House accordingly. 


Sewers, relating to the application, state and exa- | Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
mination of Tubular Pipe-drains or Sewers, which | same n, Chancellor of the Ex- 


so age Mr. } 
was presented upon the 24th day of this instant June, | _ oe gg do prepare, and bring 
be printed. tor. leas in hatte 


| it in. 





The Order of the day being read, for resuming the | The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Savings Banks 


adjourned Debate cn the Amendment which, upon | mittee on the Savings Banks Annuities Bill ; Annuities Bill. 
the 23d day of this instant June, was proposed to| Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 


be made to the Question, That the Government of | next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

India Bill be now read a second time; and which 

Amendment was to leave out from the word “ That”’ The House, according to Order, resolved itself Westminster 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the words | into a Committee on the Westminster Bridge Bill; Bridge Bill. 
“ in the opinion of this House, further information | and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 

is necessary to enable Parliament to legislate with | sume’ the Chair; and Mr. Bourerie reported, That 

advantage for the permanent Government of Jndia ; | the Committee had gone through the Bill. 





‘ and that, at this late period of the Session, it is Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
“« inexpedient to proceed with a measure which, while | mittee, be taken into consideration upon Thursday 
“ it disturbs existing arrangements, cannot be con- | next. 

“ sidered as a final settlement,” instead thereof ; 

And the Question being again proposed, That the | A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blunt : Message from 
words proposed to be lett out, stand part of the | Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 
Question :—The House resumed the said adjourned | The Lords have agreed to the Income Tax Bill, Income Tax 
Debate. | without any Amendment: And also, Bill 


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Sunderland The Lords have agreed to the Sunderland Dock | 
Dock Bill. Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 
Leominster The Lords have agreed to the Leominster Markets | 
a and Fairs Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 
Tynemouth The Lords do agree to the Address of this House | 
Election. to Her Majesty on the subject of the Z'ynemouth | 
Election, communicated to their Lordships at a Con- | 
ference on the 10th day of May last, and have filled 
up the blank in the said Address with the words | 
“ Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and :” And also, 
Remnataple The Lords do agree to the Address of this House | 
ection. 


to Her Majesty on the subject of the Barnstaple | 
Election, communicated to their Lordships at a Con-_ 
ference on the 12th day of May last, and have filled 
up the blank in the said Address with the words 
“ Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and :’—And then | 
the Messenger withdrew. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Copies of Spec ‘fications Repeal Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon | 
Monday next. 


Copies of 
Specifications 
Repeal Bill. 


Lunatics Care 


and Treatment into a Committee on the Lunatics Care and Treat- ¢ 


_ a ment Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
No. 669. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie re- 
orted, That the Committee had gone through the 
sill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- , 
mittee, be printed. | 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 27th , 
day of July next. 
Lunatic The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Asylums Bill. into 2 Committee on the Lunatic Asylums Bill; and, 
No. 670. after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 


the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 


mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 27th | 


day of July next. 


Lunacy Regu- 
lation Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Lunacy Regulation Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 27th day of July next, resolve itself into the said 


Committee. 
Newspaper The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Stamp Duties reading of the Newspaper Stamp Duties Bill ; 
Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 
Teasing The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 


Powers (Ire- 


M 2 23 ; sno Powere ; 
land) Bill. into consideration the Leasing Powers (Ireland) Bill, 


as amended in the Committee ; and Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Thursday next. 


Landiord The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
and Tenant mittee on the Landlord and Tenant (Jreland) Bill; 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, at Twelv e o'clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Tenants’ Compensation ’(Ireland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Tenants’ 
Compensation 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Resident 
Magistrates 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The House, according to Order, proc ‘eeded to take 
into consideration the Resident M: agistrates (Treland) 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Friday next. 





28° Junis. 





A. 1853. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 

| mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 

‘next, resolve itself into the said Cummittee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Pimlico Im- 
into consideration the Pinlico Improvement Bill, as provement 
Bill. 
amended in the Committee. |: 
Ordered. That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Thursday next. 


| 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Malicious 
reading of the M alicious. Injuries (Ireland) Bill ; ea) aed (Ire- 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
| proposed, That the Bill be now read the third time ; 
The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
|“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
_words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
now ” stand part of the Question :—And a Debate 
arising thereupon ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 


| 


«é 
| 


| 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself "posed, That the Debate be now adjourned :—And 


the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 
And the Question being put, That the word “ now 
stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the {The Earl of Mulgrave : 
Yeas, UMr. Craven Berkeley, J 
Tellers for the (Mr. John Fitz Gerald, 1 
Noes, \ Mr. Lucas: J 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, Vihat the Bill be now read the third. 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 
Resolved, ‘Vhat the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Sir John Young do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


” 


10. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Evidence 
mittee on the Evidence Amendment Bill ; ——— 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday ~ 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Parish Vestries 
into consideration the Parish Vestries (No. 2) Bill, (No. 2) Bill 
as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Common 
into consideration the Common Lodging-houses Bill, ——. 
as amended in the Committee ; and “Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the Assistant 
Assistant Judge (Middlesex Sessions), a Resolution ; emidd a 
which was read, as followeth: Sessions. ) 

Resolved, That, in lieu of the Salary now payable 
to the Assistant Judge of the Court of Sessions for 
the County of J iddlesec, there shall be paid, out of 
the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, a yearly Salary of 
#.1,500, and a Retiring Allowance regulated ac- 
cording to the period of service, but in no case to 
exceed Two-thirds of the said Salary at the time of 
Retirement. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 





was agreed to. 
Ordered, 

















17 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Mr, Bouverie, Mr. Fitzroy and 
Viscount Palmerston do prepare, and bring it in. 





Battersea The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Park Bill. into a Committee on the Battersea Park Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon ee 
next. 





Stamp Duties The Stamp Duties Bill was, according to Order, | 
Bill. read a second time; and committed to a Committee | 
of the whole House, for Monday next. | 
Land A Motion being made, That leave be given to. 
Revenues. pring in a Bill to facilitate the redemption of cer- 
tain Charges on the Hereditary Possessions and 
Land Revenues of the Crown, and to make other 
provisions in regard to the Management of such 
Hereditary Possessions and Land Revenues ; 

Mr. Secretary-at-War, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the subject-matter of this 
Motion, gives Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty's 
interest is concerned, that the House may do therein 
as they shall think fit, and recommends the same to 
the consideration of the House. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Mr. Wi/son and Sir William Molesworth 
do prepare, and bring it in. 





Saint George’s Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the 

Harbour Bill. Saint George's Harbour Bill; That they had ex- 
amined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and amended the same, to the effect that 
Her Majesty is, or claims to be, seised in right of 
Her Crown of the soil and freehold of so much of 
the land on which it is proposed to make the Har- 
bour as lies below high-water mark at ordinary 
spring tides ; and found the same, as amended, to 
be true ; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Castlemaine Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the 
pm d Lag q Castlemaine Estuary Reclamation and Maine and 
Maine and Laune Navigation Bill; That they had examined the 
Laune Navi- allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
gation Bill. and amended the same, by striking out so much 
thereof as related to the Navigation, the Parties pro- 
moting the Bill having declined to proceed with that 
portion of the Bill; and found the same, as amended, | 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made | 
Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Assistant Mr. Fitzroy presented a Bill to increase the Sa- 
a lary of the Assistant Judge of the Middlesex Ses- 
Sessions) Bill, sions: And the same was read the first time; and 

No.671, ordered to be read a second time upon Friday next ; 


and to be printed. 


Customs Bi. © Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to amend and conso- 
No. 672, lidate the Laws relating to the Customs: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday the 18th day of 

July next; and to be printed. 


Land Revenues Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to facilitate the Re- 
= demption of certain Charges on the Hereditary Pos- | 
No. 673. sessions and Land Revenues of the Crown, and | 
to make other provisions in regard to the Ma- 
nagement of such Hereditary Possessions and Land 
Revenues: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Thurs- 
day next ; and to be printed. 
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27°—28° Juniz. 625 


Ordered, That the proper Officers of this House Southampton 
and the Short-hand Writer who attended the Select Election. 
Committee on the Southampton Election Petition, 
have leave to attend the Court of Queen’s Bench, 
and give Evidence, and produce the Journals of this 
House, and such other Papers and Documents as 
may be required on the Trials of George Warren and 
Samuel Mastern, upon an Information for Perjury. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
a quarter of an hour after Two of the clock 
on Tuesday morning, adjourned till this day. 





Martis, 28° die Junii ; 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS, 
RDERED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 


io sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Ordered, That the South Staffordshire Railway youth stat- 
Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken into fordshire _ 
consideration this day, provided amended prints were Railway Bill. 
deposited with the door-keeper on Saturday last. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- London and 
posed, That the London and North Western Rail- North Western 
way (Tring and Oxford) Bill be read the third time (Tring and 
To-morrow :—And the said Motion was, with leave Oxford) Bill. 
of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That the Liverpool, Crosby and South- Liverpool, 
port Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee, pate = 
be taken into consideration this day. ben Bill. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to the Belfast Belfast 
Municipal Boundaries Bill, which was presented Municipal 
upon the 23d day of this instant June, be referred Bourdries 

‘ / ? Bill. 
to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- Committee of 
mittee of Selection to add another Member to the Selection. 
Committee un Group FF. of Railway Bills. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Warrington Warrington 


and Altrincham Junction Railway ( Warrington, &amp;c.) and Altrine- 
ham Junction 


(re-committed) Bill, have leave to sit, and proceed paiiway (Wars 
upon Thursday next, at Twelve o'clock. rington, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Staines, 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Staines, Wokingham 
Wokingham and Woking Junction Railway Bill ; 974 Woking 
and the same were twice read, and agreed to. Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The Crieff Junction Railway Bill was read the Crieff Junc- 
third time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. tion Railway 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. _ 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Cutbill’s Divorce Bill was read the third time. Cutbill’s 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Divorce Bill. 
Ordered, That Mr. Zrotherton do carry the Bill 

to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 

hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Oxford, Worcester and Wolver- Oxford, Wor- 
hampton Railway (Wolverhampton Station, &amp;c.) Bill cester and 


be read the third time To-morrow. Wolverhamp- 
ton Railway 


(Wolverhampton Station, &amp;c.) Bill 
The Scuth Wales Railway (Pembroke, &amp;c.) Bill South Wales 


was read the third time. pe 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. See.) Bill “ 


Ordered, Vhat Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
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Upton Saint | The Upton Saint Leonard’s, Birdlip and Brimps- 


reousrd’s, field Roads Bill was read the third time; and 
Brimpsfield Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Roads Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Londonderry, The Londonderry, Enniskillen and Sligo Ruilway 
Enniskillen ~ (No, 2) Bill was, according to Order, read the third 
and eA &gt; time 5 
way (No. 2 ° : 
Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Sir Robert Ferguson do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Monmouth- The Order of the day being read, for the third | 


shire Railway 


and Canal Bit reading of the Menmouthshire Railway and Canal 


Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


West London 
and Crystal 
Palace Rail- 
way Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the West London and Crystal Palace 
Railway Bill; 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read the third time ; 

Sir William Molesworth, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the purport of the Bill, 
gives Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest 
is concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

A Clause (Provision as to the rights of the Com- 
missioners of Her Majesty’s Works and Public 
Buildings), was thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Geach do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


British Elec- The House proceeded to take into consideration 
tric Telegraph the British Electric Telegraph Company Bill, as 
Company Bil, | mended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


ChorleyIm- | The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Pe the Chorley Improvement Bill, as amended in the 
” Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Harwich Ordered, That the Harwich Docks and Pier 
a Bill be re-committed to the former Committee :— 
mclsaas And that they have leave to sit and proceed forth- 
with. 
Rochdale Ordered, That the Rochdale Improvement (No. 2) 
Improvement Bill be re-committed to the former Committee :— 


(No.2) Bill And that they have leave to sit and proceed 'To- 


morrow, at Three o’clock. 
Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Halifax 
Waterworks 
and Improve- 
ment Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Halifax Waterworks and Improvement Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

A Clause (Nothing herein contained to give new 
rights to Messrs. Taylor), was twice read ; and made 
part of the Bill. 

Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ribble Navi- 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
gation Bill. 


the Ribble Navigation Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Manchester 
and Salford 
Education Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Manchester and Salford Education 
Bill ; 


28° Juniz. 





A. 1853. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 14th day of July next. 


Ordered, That the Liverpool, Crosby and South- Liverpool, 
port Railway Bill be re-committed to the former a — 
Committee :—And that they have leave to sit and Railway Bill. 
proceed upon Thursday next, at Twelve o'clock. 


Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Lee River 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Trust (No.2) 
That in the case of the Lee River Trust (No. 2)” 
| Bill, the Standing Orders have been complied with. 





Ordered, That the Zee River Trust (No. 2) Bill Lee River 
og (No, 2) 
lil. 


be read a second time. Bill 


| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Piracy 
Copy of any Correspondence with the Board of (Borneo.) 
Admiralty that has taken place, during the present 

| Session, respecting an alleged Discrepancy between 

the Accounts of Captain Farquhar and Sir James 
Brooke, relating to the Action with the Pirates of 
Borneo. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Sanitary State 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased °f Croydon, 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return stating whether any and what 
Alterations in the Report of Messrs. Arnott and 
Page, on the sanitary state of Croydon, have been 
made in that Report since it was delivered to the 
Secretary of State, and, if so, by whose direction. 
| Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
| Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 





Ordered, That the Select Committee on Criminal Criminal 
and Destitute Children have Power to report their and Destitute 
te . iildren. 

Opinion thereupon to the House, together with the 

| Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. No. 674. 
Mr. Baines reported from the said Select Com- 

mittee; That they had considered the matter to 

them referred ; and had come to several Resolutions, 

/which they had directed him to report to the 

| House, together with the Minutes of the Evidence 

‘taken before them; and the Resolutions of the 

Committee are as follow: 

| 1. That it is the opinion of this Committee, that 

‘a great amount of juvenile destitution, ignorance, 

_vagrancy and crime has long existed in this country, 

for which no adequate remedy has yet been pro- 

vided. 

_ 2. That the existence of similar evils in France, 

Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, and the United 

States, has been met by vigorous efforts in those 

countries ; and, in the opinion of this Committee, 

|sound policy requires that this country should 

promptly adopt measures for the same purpose. 

3. That it appears to this Committee to be esta- 
_blished by the evidence, that a Jarge proportion of 
the present aggregate of crime might be prevented, 
and thousands of miserable human beings, who have 
before them under our present system nothing but 
a hopeless career of wickedness and vice, might 
be converted into virtuous, honest and industrious 
citizens, if due care were taken to rescue destitute, 
neglected and criminal children from the dangers 
and temptations incident to their position. 

4, That a great proportion of the criminal chil- 
dren of this country, especially these convicted of 
first offences, appear rather to require systematic 
' education, care and industrial occupation, than mere 
| punishment. 
| 5. That the common gaols and houses of correc- 
| tion do not generally provide suitable means for the 
| educational or corrective treatment of young chil- 
| dren, who ought, when guilty of crime, to be treated 
| in a manner differentfrom the ordinary punishments 
| of adult criminals. 

6. That 


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17 VicToriz. 


6. That various private reformatory establish- 
ments for young criminals have proved successful, 
but are not sure of permanent support, and are de- 
ficient in legal control over the inmates, 

7. That Penal Reformatory Establishments ought 
to be instituted for the detention and correction of 
criminal children convicted before magistrates or 
courts of justice of serious offences. 

8. That such penal reformatory establishments 


ought to be founded and supported entirely at the | 


public cost, and to be under the care and inspection 
of the Government. 

9. That Reformatory Schools should be esta- 
blished for the education and correction of children 
convicted of minor offences. 

10. That such reformatory schools should be 
founded and supported partially by local rates, and 
partially by contributions from the State, and that 
power should be given for raising the necessary 
amount of local rates. 

11. That power should be given to the Govern- 
ment to contract with the managers of reformatory | 
schools, founded and supported by voluntary con- 
tributions, for the care and maintenance of criminal 
children within such institutions. 

12. That the delinquency of children, in conse- 
quence of which they may become subjects of penal 
or reformatory discipline, ought not to relieve pa- 
rents from their liability to maintain them. 

13. That in any legislation upon this subject, it 
is essential that power should be given, under such 


28° Juni. 627 





restrictions as may be necessary to prevent hard- | 
ship or injustice, to recover from parents the whole | 
or a portion of the cost of the maintenance of their 
children while detained in reformatory institutions. 

14. That it is also essential that power should be | 
given to detain children placed in such institutions | 
so long as may be necessary for their reformation ; 
provided always that no child be so detained after 
the age of 16. 

15. That the summary jurisdiction, with respect 
to criminal children given to magistrates by 10 &amp; 11 
Vie. c. 82, has had a beneficial tendency, as far as 
it has been exercised. 

16. That in addition to the discretion which is 
given by that Statute to any court before which a 
child is charged with any minor offence to dismiss 
such child on sureties being found for its future 
good behaviour, a power should be given in such 
eases, in default of such sureties, to send the child 
to a reformatory school. 

17. That if during any child’s detention in a 
reformatory schoel satisfactory sureties should be 
offered for its future good behaviour, there should be 
power to release such child from further detention. 

18. That irrespectively of the high moral con- 
siderations which are involved in this subject, this 
Committee desire to express their belief, that what- 
ever may be the cost of such schools and establish- 
ments, they would be productive of great pecuniary 
saving, by the effect whieh they would have in dimi- 
nishing the sources from which our criminal popu- 
lation is now constantly recruited, and thereby re- 
ducing the great cost of the administration of the 
criminal law. 

19. That the education given in workhouses, 
although improved of Jate, has not been sufficiently 
directed to industrial training, which the Committee 
deem to be of especial value, as affording the best 
means of enabling children to provide for themselves 
the means of independent support upon leaving the 
workhouse. 

20. That it is essential for the future welfare of 
children in workhouses, that such arrangements 
should be made as will prevent the possibility of 
their intermixing with the adult classes, to the moral 
detriment of the children. 

21. That from the expense attending the building 
of district schools, under 7 &amp; 8 Vic. c. 101, but few 
unions have combined for the purpose of establish- 





Vou. 108. 





ing such schools, but where such schools have been 
established, they have effected much good. 

22. That it is expedient that greater facilities 
should be given to the guardians of different unions 
to combine for the purpose of establishing such 
district schools, and that the Government should 
be empowered to assist the unions willing to esta- 
blish them, by partially contributing to the expense 
of the building. 

23. That the Ragged Schools existing in England 
and Scotland, and recently introduced into Ireland, 
especially the ragged industrial feeding schools, at 
present supported by voluntary subscriptions, or, as 
in Glasgow, by local rates, have produced beneficial 
effects on the children of the most destitute classes 
of society inhabiting large towns. 

24, That voluntary contributions have been found 
inadequate to supply the number of such schools at 
present required in the metropolis, and other cities 
and towns; and therefore they should not be ex- 
cluded from the aid of the national grant, under the 
distribution of the Committee of Council for Edu- 
cation ; great care being necessary in framing the 
Minutes applicable to this description of schools, 
so as not to fetter private exertions, or to exclude 
men eminently qualified to fill the Jaborious and 
difficult position of teachers, by the requirement of 
too high an educational certificate. 

25. That in any legislation which may take place 
on the subjects referred to this Committee, especial 
attention should be paid to the industrial part of the 
education of criminal and destitute children. 

Ordered, That tle Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed, 


Petitions relating to Ballot ;— Universal Suffrage ; Public 
—Marriage ;—-Muynooth College Act ;—Recovery Petitions. 





of Personal Liberty Bill ;—Universities (Scotland) ; yiao Sixty- 


—Attorneys’ Certificates ;—Property and Income sixth Report. 
‘Tax (1853) ;—Burial-grounds Bill ;--Education Bill ; 

— Factories ; —Jrish National School Books ;— 

Medical Charities (Ireland) ;—Ocean Penny Post- 

age ;—and, Public-houses (Scotland) Bill,—were 

presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

Table. 

Petitions relating to Intoxicating Liquors,—were 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Public-houses, &amp;c. 

Petitions relating to the Registration of Assu- 
rances Bill,—were also presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Superintendent 
to Superintendent Constables, which was presented Constables. 
upon the 16th day of this instant June, be printed. —_No. 675. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Graving Graving Dock 
Dock (Dublin), which was presented ypon the 27th (Dublin. ) 
day of this instant June, be printed. No. 676. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Arterial Arterial 
Drainage (/re/and), which was presented upon the a. 5 


27th day of this instant June, be printed, "aan 
s2V0. 0 . 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Towns (Jre- Towns 
land), which was —— upon the 27th day of (Ireland.) 
this instant June, be printed. No. 678. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Improve- Improvement 
ment of Towns (Zreland), which was presented upon of Towns 


the 27th day of this i . : ; (Ireland. ) 
e y is instant June, be printed Na ome 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Property Property Tax 
Tax (Metropolis), which was presented upon the (Metropolis.) 
27th day of this instant June, be printed, No. 680. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India East India 
Proprietors, &amp;c., which was presented upon the — 
27th day of this instant June, be printed. No 681 

0 e 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Civil List Civil List 
Pensions, which was presented upon the 27th day Pensions. 
of this instant June, be printed. No. 682. 

4L2 Ordered, 








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River Fergus. 
No. 683. 


Customs. 
No, 684, 


Mercantile 
Steam Navy. 


Universities 
eet) 


Sheriff Courts 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


628 98° Juniz. A. 1853. 


Ordered, ‘That the Return relative to the River; Question put, That the words proposed to be 
Fergus, which was presented upon the 27th day of | left out, stand part of the Clause ; 
this instant June, be printed. The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the {the Grenville Berkeley, 65 

The following Papers were laid upon the Table Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave: Jf °° 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to several} Tellers for the (Mr. Hume, } 16 
Orders, dated the 5th day of April last, and, the Noes, { Mr. Duncan: : 


10th day of this instant June, for Returns for each| Clause agreed to. 
year, from 1840 to 1853, of the Gross Amount of Cuauss, N° 42, agreed to. 
Customs Revenue :—Of the Number of Articles Cravses, N° 43 and N° 44, amended, and agreed 
chargeable with Customs Duties:—Of the Total | to, 
Expenses of collecting the Customs Revenue:—| Cyauge, N° 45, agreed to. 
And, of the Number of Officers of all kinds en- : a 
: ; Crausg, N° 46, amended, and agreed to. 
yaged as Surveyors, Inspectors, Landing-waiters, C “ te aaaikh 5 
ollectors, or in any other Office connected with LauseE, N° 47, agreed to. 
the Collection and Security of the Customs Revenue : Crauses, N° 48 and N° 49, amended, and agreed 
And, Return, in addition to the Return | to. 
moved for on the 5th day of April last, of a Tabular| Cuavuses, N° 50 to 54, agreed to. 
Statement, showing in each year, from the year; Schedules A. to G. agreed to. 
ending the 5th day of January 1840 to the year! Schedule H. disagreed to. 
ending the 5th day of January 1853, exhibited in| Schedules I to L. agreed to. 
continuous Columns to the Returns above referred| Postponed Clause, N° 27, amended, and agreed 
to; 1. Of the Gross Amount of Customs Revenue ; | to, 
2. Of the Total Cost of Collection; 3. Of the De-| Preamble agreed to. 
clared Value of Exports ; 4. Of the Official Value} Bil], as amended, to be reported. 
of Imports; 5. Of the Total Amount of Shipping, | 
British and Foreign, entered Inwards and cleared! Mr, Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
Outwards, including Ships in Ballast. _ | verie reported, That the Committee had gone through 
_ Return to an Order, dated the 13th day of this the Bill. 
instant June, for Copy of Report of the Committee Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
appointed by the Board of Ordnance to inquire into mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 
the Capabilities of the Mercantile Steam Navy for 














purposes of War. A Message by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of Royal Assent 
Ordered, That the Return relative to the Customs | the Black Rod : to Bills. 
be printed. Mr. Speaker, 


The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 

The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent to 

mittee on the Universities (Scotland) Bill ; several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire 

Resolved, That this House will, after the other| the immediate attendance of this Honourable House 

Order of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- in the House of Peers, to hear the Commission 

mittee. read. 

| Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
The House, according to Order, resolved into "P to the House of Peers :—And being returned ; 

a Committee on the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill. |. Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the de- 

sire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Ma- 

(In the Committee.) jesty’s Commission, had been at the House of Peers, 

Instruction to the Committee, That they have where a Commission under the Great Seal was read, 

giving, declaring and notifying the Royal Assent to 


Power to make provision in the Bill, pursuant to) - : ‘ 
eta et re the hg send June 23, the several Bills therein mentioned ; and that the 
cond ’| Lords, thereby authorized, had declared the Royal 


, mn Assent to the said Bills: Which Bills are as follow : 
c comapon ~ os ane epns rg Small Debt) An Act for granting to Her Majesty Duties on Income Tax 

ae cease a sa das ei, I ae Profits arising from Property, Professions, Trades Bill. 

: + BSp % SUS and Offices : 
card 6 ” ; ‘oe 1 7 , 
gett i welve,” in order to insert the words An Act to make further Provision for staying Bail in Error 
sak a a a ee execution of Judgment for Misdemeanors upon Bill. 
, put, giving Bail in Error : 


part of the Clause ; An Act for the better regulation of Metropolitan Hackney Car- 


The Committee divided. Stage and Hackney Carriages, and for prohibiting ri 
polis 








Fellers for the { Mr. Hayter, \ 82, the use of Advertising Vehicles: 
Yeas, (The Earl of Mulgrave : J | An Act to amend an Act passed in the Fifth year Australian 
Tellers for the (Mr. Craufurd, \ 14, | of the reign of his Majesty King George the Fourth, Agricultural 
Noes, UMr. Duncan : for granting certain Powers and Authorities to the ae 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. | Australian Agricultural Company, and to alter the 
Criauses, N° 29 and N° 30, amended, and agreed | Capital of the said Company : 
to. | An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Great Great North- 
Causes, N°’ 31 to N° 33, agreed to. _ Northern Railway Company, to authorize an Increase (No. 1) Bil 


of Capital, and for other purposes : 

An Act for better supplying with Water the Town Rossendale 
or Village of Bacup, and the Neighbourhood thereof, Waterworks 
in Lancashire: 


Ciavse, N° 34, amended, and agreed to. 
Causes, N° 35 and N° 36, agreed to. 
CxausE, N° 37, amended, and agreed to. 


Crause, N° 38, agreed to, An Act to authorize the creation of Preference Manchester, 
Causes, N° 39 and N° 40, amended, and agreed | Stock by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire ——_ 
to. Railway Company, in lieu of Debentures, and the Railway 


Crause, N° 41 (Provision for Retiring Allowance Reduction, Division and Consolidation into Stock of (Alteration of 
to Sheriffs and Sheriff Substitutes disabled after the Manchester and Lincoln Union Shares of the Capital) Bill. 
long service). said Railway : 

Amendment proposed in p. 16, |. 38: To leave An Act to repeal the Act for maintaining the Turn- Allendale 
out from the word “Counties” to the word “ Pro- pike-road leading out of the Alston Turnpike-road Road Bill. 

“ vided,” in p. 17, |. 2. at Branch End, in the County of Northumberland, 
through 














17 Vicroriz. 


through Cutton, Allendale Town and Allenheads, to 
‘ows Hill, in the County of Durham, and to make 
other Provisions in lieu thereof: . 


An Act for making a Railway from Lough Swilly, 





Lough Foyle ; 
and Lough in the County of Donegal, to the River Foyle, near | the Act relating to the Leeds and Whitehall Turn- Whitehall 


non a the City of Londonderry: 

HighHamand An Act to renew the Term and continue the 

Ashcott Roads Powers of an Act passed in the Seventh year of the 

_ reign of his Majesty King George the Fourth, in- 
tituled, “‘ An Act for more effectually repairing and 
improving the Roads leading from Picks Hill, near 
the Town of Langport Eastover, in the County of 
Somerset, through High Ham, Ashcott, and other 
Places, to Meare, in the said County :” 

Dust Destenge An Act to enable the Mayor, Aldermen and Citi- 

iapeptoment zens of the City of York to purchase the Under- 

and Foss Navi- taking of the Foss Navigation Company, and to 

gation Bill. execute Works for the Sanitary Improvement of the 
said City, to alter the Tolls taken in the Cattle 
Markets and Fairs of the City, and for other pur- 

oses : 
Portadownand An Act to extend and amend the Powers and 
Railway Bill Provisions of “The Portadown and Dungannon 
" Railway Act, 1847 :” 

Swaffham An Act to consolidate and amend three several 

— Acts passed in the reign of King George the Third, 

(No. 2) Bil, for draining and preserving certain Fen Lands and 
Low Grounds lying in the South Level, part of the 
Great Level of the Fens, commonly called Bedford 
Level, and in the County of Cambridge, between the 
River Cam, otherwise Grant West, and the Hard 
Lands of Bottisham, Swaffham, Bulbeck and Swaff- 
ham Prior, East, and for other purposes therein 
mentioned : 

Gravesend An Act for more effectually repairing the Road 

and Wrotham from Gravesend to Wrotham, and from thence to 


— Borough Green, all in the County of Kent: 
Darenth Val- An Act for making a Railway from Dartford, in 
_v the County of Kent, to Parningham, in the same 


County, to be called “ The Darenth Valley Rail- 
way,” and for other purposes : 
Ludlow Cattle- An Act for constructing a Market for the Sale of 
= Cattle and other Animals in the Borough of Ludlow, 
houses Bill, in the County of Salop: 

Belfast and An Act to enable the Belfast and Ballymena 
ee Railway Company to make a Railway from Ran- 
’ dalstown to Cookstown, and for other purposes : 

Lough Foyle 


An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Drain- 
a _ age and Embankment of certain Lands in Lough 
age cna Recla- Swilly and Lough Foyle, in the Counties of Donegal 
mation Bil. and Londonderry : 


Weston-super- An Act for supplying with Water the Town of 


Mare Water- . a 
works Bil, Veston-super-Mare, in the County of Somerset : 


Wigan Water- An Act for supplying the Borough of Wigan, in| 


rae —~ the —— Palatine of Lancaster, with Water, for 
the better Regulation of the Police therein, and for 
other purposes : 
North and An Act for enabling the North and South Western 
ae Junction Railway Company to construct a Branch 
way (Ham- tonear Hammersmith, and to raise additional Capital, 
mersmith) Bill. and for other purposes : 
Thames Haven An Act to authorize the Abandonment of a portion 
Railwey Bill of the Undertaking of the Thames Haven Dock and 
* Railway Company, and to reduce the Capital of the 
said Company, and to enable the Company to sell 
Lands not required, and for other purposes : 
mak Dos An Act for more effectually repairing the Roads 
F from Warminster and from Frome to the Bath Road 
and other Roads connected therewith in the Coun- 
ties of Wilts and Somerset, called or known by the 
name of “ The Black Dog Road Trust :” 
Stafford Shire An Act for enlarging and improving the Shire 
Hall Bill. Hall of the County of Stafford, removing the 
Markets at the back of the Hall, and providing 
other Market Accommodation in lieu thereof, erect- 
ing Rooms and Offices for the Town Council of 
—" and for other purposes ; 
OL. 108, 


28° Junie. 


629 


An Act to amend the Acts for the Regulation of Limerick 
Municipal Corporations in Zreland, so far as relates — 
to the Borough of Limerick : : 

An Act to amend and extend the Provisions of Leeds and 
pike-roads, and to create a further Term therein, and oe 
for other purposes : 

An Act for repairing, maintaining and rendering Adel Beck Re- 
more safe certain Reservoirs on the Adel Beck, in 8¢Tvoirs Bill. 
the West Riding of the County of York: 

An Act for the Establishment or Improvement Leominster 
and Regulation of Markets and Fairs in the Bo- Markets and 
rough of Leominster, and for other purposes relating ““"* ™ 
to the said Borough : 

An Act to amend “The Sunderland Dock Act, Sunderland 
1846,” and “The Sunderland Dock Amendment 2°¢k Bill. 
Act, 1849,” and for other purposes : 

An Act for the Restitution in Blood of George Drummond’s 
Drummond, Esquire, Duke de Melfort and Comte — de Mel- 

; ‘ ‘ ort’s) Restitu- 
de Lussan in France, and to relieve the said George tion Bill, 
Drummond and the Heirs Male of James First Earl 
of Perth from the effect of the Attainder of James 
Drummond, commonly cailed Lord Drummond, 
eldest Son of James Fourth Earl of Perth, and from 
the effect of the Attainder of John Drummond, se- 
cond Son of the said James Drummond, and from 
the effect of a Decreet of Forfaulture pronounced 
by the Parliament of Scotland against John Earl of 
Melfort : 

An Act to incorporate the Craft of Tailors of the Aberdeen 
Burgh of Aberdeen, to confirm the Titles and Con- Tailors’ In- 
veyances, and to amend and regulate the Estates ["Porsan 
and Affairs of the said Craft, and for other pur- 
poses relating to the Society : 

An Act for extending the Powers of the Trustees Pelham Clin- 
of the Settlements on the Marriage of Charles Pel- ton’s Estate 
ham Pelham Clinton, Esquire, commonly called - 

Lord Charles Pelhum Pelham Clinton, and Eliza- 
beth Pelham Clinton his Wife, commonly called 
Lady Charles Pelham Pelham Clinton, and of the 





Trustees of the Contract of Marriage of the Father 
'and Mother of the said Lady Charles Pelham Pel- 
‘ham Clinton, so as to authorize the Investment of 
'the Produce of certain Stocks and Shares, part of 
| the Trust Funds subject to the Trusts of the same 
Settlements and Contract of Marriage respectively, 
in the Purchase of Estates in England, Wales, Scot- 
land or Ireland, and to authorize the Investment of 
the same Trust Funds, or the Produce thereof, on 
the Security of Estates in England, Wales, Scot- 
land or Ireland. 





The Order of the day being read, for the second Universities 
(Scotland ) 


| reading of the Universities (Scotland) Bill ; Le 
| Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
| Thursday the 7th day of July next, at Twelve 
o'clock. 


Sir James East reported from the Committee gevern Valley 
on Group BB. of Railway Bills ; That in the case Railway Bill. 
of the Severn Valley Railway Bill, they had exa- 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by terminating 
the main line of Railway at or near a certain Road 
in the Parish of Holy Cross and Saint Giles, in the 
Borough of Shrewsbury, numbered 47 in the Par- 
liamentary Plans of the Company, being of opinion 
that from that point the said line of Railway may 
hereafter be continued to form a junction with the 
existing lines of Railway at Shrewsbury, ina manner 
more advantageous than that proposed by the Com- 
pany in the present Bill; and they accordingly re- 
commend that Powers should be sought by the said 
Company in a future Session of Parliament to effect 
that object; and also by limiting the Powers of the 
Company to the construction of a Branch Railway 
or Tramway from and out of the main line of Rail- 
way at or near Benthall Edge, in the Parish of Bent- 
hall, in the County of Sa/op, to cross the River 
Severn, and to terminate in or near a certain Inclo- 

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630 28°—29° Juniz. 


sure situate in the Parish of Madeley, in that County, 
numbered 48 on the deposited Plans of the said 
Branch Railway or Tramway hereby authorized, at 
or near which point they have authorized the forma- 
tion of a junction between such Branch Railway or 
Tramway and the intended Wellington and Severn 
Junction Railway, and by omitting the recital as to 
the existing Acts relating to the different Railways 
of the district surrounding, and in communication 
with that proposed to be accommodated by the main 
line of Railway ; and found the same, as amended, 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Wellington Sir James East reported the Wellington and Severn 
and Severn = Junction Railway Bill, with Amendments. 


Railway Bil, Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
Edinburgh Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 


and Canongate one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
terty ae, That in the case of the Edinburgh and Canongate 
Annuity Tax Abolition Bill, the Standing Orders 


have been complied with. 


Chard Rail- Viscount Jocelyn reported from the Committee on 
way Bill. the Chard Railway Bill; That they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preambie of the 
Bill, and amended the same, by inserting allega- 
tions relating to the financial arrangements of the 
Company ; and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Awendments thereunto, 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ballot. A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That leave be given to bring ina Bill to pro- 
vide that whenever a Commission to inquire into the 
corrupt practices at any Election for any County, 
Division of a County, City, Borough, University, or 
Place, in the United Kingdom, shall have issued, 
under the provisions of the Act of the Fifteenth and 
Sixteenth years of Her present Majesty, the Votes 
at the two Elections next subsequent thereupon in 
any such place shall be taken by Ballot ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being 
put, That this House do now adjourn :—It was re- 
solved in the Affirmative. 


And the House accordingly adjourned till To- 
morrow, 


Mercurii, 29° die Junii ; 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 
Committees. QRDE RED, That all Committees have leave 


to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Public Mr. Vhornely reported from the Select Committee 
nee on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the 
beet.) Petitions presented upon the 27th and 28th days of 


this instant June; and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ambergate, Mr. Corry reported from the Committee on Group 
Nottingham, PP. of Railway Bills; That in the case of the 
—~ — Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston and Eastern 
Junction Junction Railway (Nottingham, &amp;c.) Bill, they had 
Railway ~ examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
nL” **) of the Bill, and amended the same, by adding 


thereto a recital of the fact that the Company had 








A. 1853. 


not raised any Money by Mortgage; and found the 
same, as amended, to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Corry reported from the Committee on Group Ambergate, 
PP. of Railway Bills; That the Parties promoting a 
the Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston and East- ana Eastern 
ern Junction Railway (Sale, &amp;c.) (No. 2) Bill, had Junction Rail- 
stated to the Committee that it was not their inten- Tay (Sale, &amp;c.) 
tion to proceed with the same. tain 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Corry reported from the Committee on Group East Anglian 
PP. of Railway Bills; That in the case of the East Railways | 
Anglian Railways (No. 2) Bill, they had examined (a8) oe. 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and amended the same, by omitting therefrom 
the recital, that it is expedient that the Mayor, 
Aldermen and Burgesses of King’s Lynn be au- 
thorized to contribute out of their Borough Fund 
not exceeding Ten thousand pounds towards the 
execution of the Works, wh recital being ob- 
jected to by the Corporation of Lynn; and found 
the same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Lord John Manners reported from the Committee Swansea Vale 
on Group KK. of Railway Bills; That in the case Railway Bill. 
of the Swansea Vale Railway Bill, they had exa- 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, but that the same had not been proved to 
their satisfaction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration portsmouth 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Ports- Railway Bill. 
mouth Railway Bill; and the same were twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


A Motion being made, That the Blyth and Tyne Blyth ana 
Railway Bill be now read the third time ; Tyne Railway 

Mr. Secretary-at-War, by Her Majesty’s Com- B44 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the purport of the Bill, 
gives Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty's interest 
is concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to enable the Blyth and Tyne 
Railway Company to construct Branches in the 
County of Northumberland, and for other purposes. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





Fisher’s Divorce Bill was read the third time. _ Fisher's 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Divorce Bill. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 

to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 

hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


A Motion being made, That the Miiford Haven Mitford Haven 
Docks Bill be now read the third time ; Docks Bill. 
Sir William Molesworth, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the purport of the Bill, 
gives Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest 
is concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. ; 
Then the Bill was read the third time. 


A Clause 

















17 VicTorRiz. 


A Clause (Board of Trade may appoint an Auditor 
to examine accounts), was thrice read ; and added 
to the Bill. 

Another Clause (Provision as to the rights of the 
Crown), was thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 

Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Monmouth- The Order of the day being read, for the third 
shire Railway reading of the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal 
and Canal Bill. Bill: S 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


Oxford, Wore The Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Rail- 
— ol _ way (Wolverhampton Station, &amp;c.) Bill was read 
poo my the third time. 

(Wolverhamp- Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

ton Station, Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


&amp;c.) Bill. to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Saint Margaret ‘The House proceeded to take into consideration 
and SaintJohn the Saint Margaret and Saint John the Evangelist, 
the Evangelist, Westmi Vv ies Bill dad in C 
Westminster, '” €S minster, Vestries Dill, as amended in the Vom- 
Vestrics Bill. mittee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


South Devon The House, according to Order, proceeded to 

ag take into consideration the South Devon and Tavis- 
y®™ tock Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Wexford The House was moved, That the Order, That the 
Junction Report on the Wexford Junction Railway Bill do 
Railway Bill. jie upon the Table, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Order be discharged ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 


, . Mr. Grogan, 
Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Sullivan : } 49. 
Tellers for the Noes, (eae Wee —_— } 94. 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Galway Im- The Order, That the Report on the Galway Im- 

— provement Bill do Jie upon the Table, was read, and 
- discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 

former Committee :—And that they have leave to sit 


and proceed forthwith. 


Galway The Order, That the Report on the Galway Har- 
Harbour Bill. bour do lie upon the Table, was read, and dis- 
charged. 


Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee :—And that they have leave to sit 
and proceed forthwith. 


Edinburgh Ordered, That the Edinburgh and Canongate 


andCanongate Annuity Tux Abclition Bill be read a second time. 
Annuity Tax 
Abolition Bill. 


Harwich Ordered, That the Harwich Docks and Pier 

Docks and _— Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken into 

sees consideration To-morrow, provided the amended 
prints be deposited this day. 


Westminster Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
Improvements mittee of Selection to appoint the Committee on 
wo the Westminster Improvements (Dwellings of the 
Classes) Bil Working Classes) Bill to meet upon Friday next, 


if they think fit. 


ImperialCon- Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
tinental Gas . ] ; : ° 
mittee of Selection to appoint the Committee on 


Association : 
(No. 2) Bill, Vou. 108. 











29° Junii. 631 


the Imperial Continental Gas Association (No. 2) 
Bill to meet upon Monday next, if they think fit. 


Ordered, That Mr. Octavius Duncombe have Leave of 
leave of absence for the remainder of the Session, on Absence. 
account of illness in his family. 


Ordered, That the Leasing Powers (Zreland) Bill, Leasing 


as amended in the Committee i ’ Powers (Ire- 
» be printed land) Bill, 


No. 686, 
Ordered, That the Return relative to the Mercan- Mercantile 
tile Steam Navy, which was presented upon the 28th Steam Navy. 
day of this instant June, be printed. No. 687. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Sheriff sheritf Courts 
Courts (Scotland), which was presented upon the (Scotland.) 
21st day of April last, be printed. No. 395-I. 


Petitions relating to Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ; Public 
Nunneries ;—Recovery of Personal Liberty Bill ;— Petitions. 
Clauses Act ;—Early Closing ;— Education Bill ;— yige sixty- 
Factories ;—Medical Profession ;—Ocean Penny seventh Re- 
Postage ;—Savings Banks Bill ;—and, Taxing Offi- Port. 
cer, Common Law Business ( Zreland) Bill, —were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to Intoxicating Liquors,—were 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Public-houses, &amp;c. 

Petitions relating to the Registration of Assur- 
ances Bill,—were also presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blunt : Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 
The Lords have agreed to the Peebles Railway Peebles 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Railway Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Eastern Counties Eastern Coun- 
Railway (Woodford and Loughton) Bill, with an ties Railway 


- (Woodford 
Amendment ; to which Amendment the Lords desire Spike sa _ 
the concurrence of this House: And also, Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Manchester Ini- Manchester 
provement Bill, with Amendments; to which  -——_— 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Monkland Railways Monkland__ 
Bill, with Amendments; to which Amendments the Railways Bull 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Haslingden and Haslingden 
Rawtenstall Waterworks Bill, with Amendments pr hana 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- works Bill. 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the East Grinstead East Grinstead 
Railway Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- Bailway Bill 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


The Transfer of Land (Jreland) Bill was, accord- Transfer of 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed Land (Ireland) 
to the Select Committee on the Registration of As- ~* 
surances Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Courts of 
into a Committee on the Courts of Common Law Common Law 
; (Ireland) Bill, 
(Jreland) Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Crausgs, N° 64 to N° 257, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Postponed Clause, N° 54, disagreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Friday 
next, 

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632 29°—30° Juni. 


Elections Bill. The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
No. 688. into a Committee on the Elections Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Postponed Clause, N° 1, disagreed to. 
Postponed Clause; N° 2, amended, and agreed to. 
Clauses added. 


Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr, Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Tuesday the 12th 
day of July next. 


Seamen's The Seamen’s Savings Banks Bill was, according 
= Banks + Order, read a second time ; and committed to a 


Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 
13th day of July next. 


Public Libra- = The Public Libraries (Ireland) Bill was, according 
Bill Ureland) +) Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
ae Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday next. 


Parish Con- 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
stables Bill. 


mittee on the Parish Constables Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Sale, &amp;c. of The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Lands (Ire- reading of the Sale, &amp;c. of Lands (Jreland). Bill ; 


land) Bill. toe . d 

—— Ordered, That the Bill he read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 

Municipal The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

Corporations 


ActAmend. Mittee on the Municipal Corporations Act Amend- 
ment Bill. ment Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday the 

5th day of July next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Public-houses = The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
(Seotland) = q Committee on the Public-houses (Scotlund) Bill. 


Bill. 


{In the Committee.) 


Instruction to the Committee, That they have 
Power to make provision in the Bill, pursuant to the 
Resolution of the House, reported June 24, read, 

Postponed Clause, N°’ 7, amended, and agreed to. 

Postponed Clauses, N° 8 and N° 9, agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 

Brecon Col- The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
— Church mittee on the Brecon Collegiate Church Bill ; 
, Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Beans. mittee of Ways and Means ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Sheriff Courts The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
9 take into consideration the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) 


— | 
No. 689. ents were made to the Bill. 


Bill, as amended in the Committee ; and Amend-| 








A. 1853. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next; and be printed. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Landlord 
Committee To-morrow, at Twelve o’clock, on the 4nd Tenant 
Landlord and Tenant (Jreland) Bill, was read, and “!eland) Bill. 
discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, at 
Five o'clock, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Tenants’ 
Committee To-morrow, at Twelve o’clock, on the Compensation 
Teuants’ Compensation (Lreland) Bill, was read, and (ireland) Bill. 
discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, at 
Five o’clock, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Harwich Docks and Harwich 
Pier (re-committed) Bill, with further Amendments. ny Fi 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. ** Bil 


Mr. Bouverie reported Cotham’s Estate Bill, with Cotham’s 
Amendments. Estate Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Liverpool 
posed, That Mr, Speaker do issue his Warrant to Writ. 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the electing of two Burgesses to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Liverpool, in the 
room of Charles Turner and William Forbes Mac- 
henzie, Esquires, whose Elections have been deter- 
mined to be void ; 


And it being Six of the clock, Mr. Speaker ad- 
journed the House till To-morrow, without putting 
the Question. 


Jovis, 30° die Junii ; 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1853. 
PRAYERS, 


ORD John Manners reported from the Com- South Wales 
mittee on Group KK. of Railway Bills; That yee J 

in the case of the South Wales Kailway (Power to Sion dad 
purchase, &amp;c.) Bill, they had examined the allega- Bill. 
tions contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
amended the same, by striking out all reference to 
the proposed lease or purchase by the South Wales 
Railway Company of the Undertakings of the 
Liynvi Valley Railway Company, and the Llanelly 
Railway and Dock Company, or working arrange- 
ments between the same Company; and by making 
such further alterations as were necessary in conse- 
quence of the restriction of the Powers of leasing 
and sale by the South Wales Railway Company to 
the Great Western Railway Company as before- 
mentioned ; and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 





Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on Moore’s 
Moore’s ( Brown’s Trustees) Estate Bill; That they (Brown's 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- wong 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same, as the 
considered it necessary, to make it consistent with 
the provisions of the Bill as amended by them, under 
which, instead of the Trustees under the Will of the 
late Thomas Brown being empowered to invest the 
residuary personal estate and monies arising from 
the exercise of the Powers of sale and exchange of 
real estate contained in the Will, in the purchase 
of lands and hereditaments, either in England, Wales 
or Ireland generally, the Trustees are empowered to 
lay out such residuary personal estate in the pur- 
chase of certain lands and hereditaments in Lreland, 

referred 




















17 Vicroriz. 


referred to in the Bill, and are also empowered to 
invest the monies arising from the before-mentioned 
Powers of sale and exchange of real estate in the 
purchase of lands and hereditaments situate in Eng- 
land, Wales or Ireland; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Accidents in Mr. Hutchins reported from the Select Committee 
Coal Mines on Accidents in Coal Mines; That they had con- 
(First Report.) dered the matter to them referred ; and directed 
No. 691. him to report the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Bayswater, The Bayswater, Paddington and Holborn-bridge | 


Paddington Railway Bill was read the third time. 
bridge Rail- Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
way Bill. Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Birkenhead The Birkenhead Dock Company Bill was read the 
— third time. 
— Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Birkenhead A Motion being made, That the Birkenhead Dock 

Dock Trus- Tyustees Bill be now read the third time ; 

— Sir William Molesworth, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the purport of the Bill, 

ives Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest 
is concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for authorizing Arrangements for 
the Completion of the Birkenhead Docks. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Liynvi Valley A Motion being made, That the Llynvi Valley 
Railway Bill. Railway Bill be now read the third time ; 

Sir William Molesworth, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the purport of the Bill, 
gives Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest 
is concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for amending the Acts relating to 
the Liynvi Valley Railway Company, and for authio- 
rizing the Company to make Diversions in and im- 

rove their Line of Railway, and construct a new 
Beeneh; and for better regulating the Harbour of 
Porth Cawl, and the Rates leviable thereat, and for 
other purposes. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


London and The London and North Western and Buckingham- 
a ee shire Railways Bill was read the third time. 
himshire © Resolved, ‘That the Bill do pass. 

Railways Bill. © Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


London and The London and North Western Railway (Tring 

a and Ozford) Bill was read the third time. 

(Tring and Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Oxford) Bill. | Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Vou, 108. 








30° Juniz. 633 


The Newcastle-upon-Tyne Improvement Bill was Newcastle- 
read the third time; and Amendments were made upon-Tyne 
to the Bill. — 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Pendleton, Swinton, &amp;c. Road Bill was read Pendleton, 
the third time ; and an Amendment was made to the Swinton, &amp;c. 
Bill. Road Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Swansea Valley Railway Bill was read the Swansea 
third time. Valley Rail- 
Resolved, ‘That the Bill do pass. a dienes 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Pimlico Im- 
reading of the Pimlico Improvement Bill ; ren 
And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now = 
read the third time ; 
Sir William Molesworth, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the purport of the Bill, 
gives Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest 
is concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 
Then the Bill was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Boston and 
the Boston and Midland Counties Railway and Pee Am 
Docks Bill, as amended in the Committee. ita 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. _ Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration South Staf- 
the South Staffordshire Railway Bill, as amended in fordshire 
the Committee. Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Battersea 
take into consideration the Battersea Park Bill, as P@** Bill 
amended in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Harwich 
into consideration the Harwich Docks and Pier Bill, Docks and 
as amended in the Committee. Fira. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Upper India 
reading of the Upper Zndia Railway Bill ; Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 14th day of July next. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Whichwood 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Which- Forest Bill. 
wood Forest Bill; and the same were twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Mr. Vernon Smich reported the Liverpool, Croshy Liverpool, 
and Southport Railway (re-committed) Bill, with Crosby and 
further Amendments. ees Ba 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Wrightson reported from the Committee on Galway Har. 
the Galway Harbour (re-committed) Bill; That they bour Bill 
had amended the Preamble, by inserting a recital, 
setting forth, that the Commissioners were autho- 

4M rized 





. 
.*® . 
SS a 


. ; 
ee 








cae ere oe 
. 


Galway Im- 


‘pee 
ill. 


Rochdale 
Improvement 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Edinburgh 
and Canongate 
Annuity Tax 
Abolition Bill. 


Lee River 
Trust (No. 2) 
Bill. 


Spitalfields 
to Shoreditch 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Indian 
Territories 
(Fourth Re- 


port.) 
No, 692. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Sixty- 
seventh Re- 
port. 


Peterborough 
Elections. 





634 30° Junze. A, 1853. 


rized to borrow a certain sum of money; and by 
striking out a recital, stating that the Commis- 
sioners had borrowed certain sums under the Pow- 
ers of the Act, in order to make the Preamble 
more consistent with the objects to be effected by 
the Bill; and had made further Amendments in the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Wrightson reported from the Committee on 
the Galway Improvement (re-committed) Bill ; That 
they had amended the Preamble, by inserting the 
words “ And whereas it is expedient that the Tolls 
“ mentioned in the Schedules to the said first-recited 
“ Act should be continued” after the second para- 
graph, in order to restrict the Tolls to those already 
granted by the recited Act; and had made further 
Amendments in the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Gore Langton reported the Rochdale Im- 
provement (No, 2) (re-committed) Bill, with fur- 
ther Amendments. 


Ordered, Vhat the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Edinburgh and Canongate 
Annuity Tax Abolition Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Order for reading a second time the Lee 
River Trust (No. 2) Bill was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Sir William Molesworth reported from the Select 
Committee on the Spitalfields to Shoreditch Im- 
yy Bill; That they had gone through the 

ill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


Mr. Thomas Baring reported from the Select 
Committee on Jndian Territories; That they had 
made further Progress in the matter to them re- 
ferred ; and directed him to report the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before them. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Petitions relating to Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ; 
—Marriage ;—Recovery of Personal Liberty Bill; 
—Goverament of India Bill;—Property and In- 
come Tax (1853) ;—Accidents in Coal Mines ;—Ar- 
bitration ;— Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill;—Educa- 
tion Bill; —Glasgow Post-office ;— Highways ;— 
Trish National School Books ;—Medical Profession ; 
—Ocean Penny Postage ;—Parochial Schools (Scoi- 
land);—and, Savings Banks Bill,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition relating to Intoxicating Liquors, was 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Public-houses, &amp;c. 

Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers,— 
were also presented, aud read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 

Petitions relating to the Registration of Assu- 
rances Bill,—were also presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 

Petitions relating to Salt (Jndia) ;—and, to the 
Dismissal of Mr. George J. Waters from the Office 
of a Justice of the Peace in Jndia,—were also pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Indian Territories. 


Petitions of the there-undersigned Inhabitants of 
the City of Peterborough ;—and, of the there-under- 
signed Electors of the City and Borough of Peter- 
borough, complaining of the interference of the Ear] 
Fitzwilliam in relation to the Election of Members 





to serve in Parliament on the last and previous 
Elections for that City, and praying for inquiry,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Calicoes, &amp;e, 
the Clerk of the House,—Further Return to an Or- 
der, dated the 9th day of this instant June, for Returns 
of the Quantity and Value of Calicoes, Muslins and 
Cotton Goods and Cotton Yarn, exported from the 
Territories of the East India Company in the year 
1833, and in each succeeding year, stating the 
Countries to which exported, and the Quantity and 
Value to each, as far as possible :—Of the Quantity 
and Value of Calicoes, Muslins, Cotton Goods and 
Cotton Yarns of all kinds imported into Jndia, and 
from what Countries, in the year 1833, and in each 
subsequent year, stating the Rates of Duty imposed 
severally on the Import of these Articles :—Of the 
Quantity and Value of Calicoes, Muslins and Cotton 
Goods of all kinds, and Cotton Yarn, imported 
from the Possessions of the East India Company 
into the United Kingdom in the year 1833, and in 
each succeeding year, stating the Rates of Duty 
imposed severally on these Goods:—And, of the 
Quantity and Value of Calicoes, Muslins and Cot- 
ton Goods of all kinds, and of Cotton Yarn and 
Twist, exported from the United Kingdom in the 
year 1833, and in each subsequent year, stating the 
Countries to which exported, and the Quantity and 
Value to each Country, as far as possible. 


Mr. Peel presented,—Return to an Address to Gold Coast. 
Her Majesty, dated the 10th day of this instant 
June, for Copies or Extracts of any Despatches 
from Major Hill, the Governor of the Gold Coast, 
on the Coast of Africa, relating to the late Warfare 
between the Chiefs and Forces of the Fantees and 
Ashantees, and to the part taken by the British 
Officers in the Trials and Executions of some of 
the Native Chiefs in or near to the British Camp. 
. re That the said Return do lie upon the 

able. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Tieow of 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased YO"8™? 
to give ye that there be laid hefcre thie Bdinburgh.) 
House, Returns of the Number of Places of Worship 
in the Ancient and also in the extended Royalty of 
the City of Edinburgh, belonging to all Denomina- 
tions other than the Established Church :—Of the 
Number of Sittings contained in each of the said 
Places of Worship :—And, of the Number of Sit- 
tings in each of the said Places of Worship which 
are let or allotted, and also the Number of Free 
Sittings in each, 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Edinburgh 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Aom™ty T*- 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns, showing in Columns, the Popula- 
tion, according to the Census of 1851, of each of 
the Parishes of the Ancient and extended Royalty 
of the City of Edinburgh, under the Jurisdiction of 
the City Magistracy, in which the Annuity Tax for 
Ministers’ Stipends is leviable by them; the Num- 
ber of Sittings in the City Churches of the said 
Parishes; the Numbers of these Sittings which are 
let to Parties residing or carrying on Business within 
any of the said Parishes, including therein all such 
Seats as are set apart and occupied as Free Seats, 
or by Public Institutions; the Surplus Number of 
Sittings remaining after accommodating all the 
Parties who have applied for Sittings, residing or 
carrying on Business within any of the City Pa- 


rishes as aforesaid:—And, showing whether the 
Corporation of Edinburgh is at present under any 
Parliamentary 





























17 Victoriz. 


Parliamentary or other Obligation to “build any ad- 
ditional Churches ; and if so, what Number of addi- 
tional Sittings will be provided by the Erection of 
the same. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this Heese as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Volumes estimated to be 
now in the Library of the British Museum :—Of the 
Number of Volumes of the Supplementary Catalogue, 
with the Total Number of Titles contained therein, 
and the estimated Number of Volumes of Printed 
Books to which they refer :—Of the estimated Num- 
ber of Volumes which remain to be done:—Of the 
Total Number of Titles which have been written 
for the New General Catalogue, and the Total 
Number which have been revised ready for tran- 
scribing :—Of the Letter to which the New General 
Catalogue had been carried in 1849-50, when the 
New System of Cataloguing Shelf by Shelf was 
adopted :—Of the Average Proportion which the 


Number of Titles bears to the Number of Volumes: | 


—And, of the Date up to which the Additions have 
been catalogued since 1838, and before being en- 
tered in the Supplementary Catalogue. 


Mr. Osborne presented, —Return to an Order, 
dated the 2d day of this instant June, for a Re- 


turn of the Names of the Lords respectively, and 


the Dates of Appointment of the several Boards of 
Admiralty, and of the several Secretaries thereto, 
from 1815 to the present Period; stating those 
Lords and Secretaries who, previously to their Ap- 
ointments respectively, had been Naval, Army or 
ilitia Officers, and those who, whilst they held the 
same, were Peers or Members of the House of 
Commons. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Peel presented, by Her Majesty's Com- 
mand,—Papers relative to Legislative Proceedings 
in Jamaica, 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
upon the 23d day of this instant June, was proposed 
to be made to the Question, That the Government 
of India Bill be now read a second time ; and which 
Amendment was to leave out from the word “ That ” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ in the opinion of this House, further information 
is necessary to enable Parliament to legislate with 
advantage for the permanent Government of 
India ; and that, at this late period of the Ses- 
sion, it is inexpedient to proceed with a measure 
which, while it disturbs existing arrangements, 
“* cannot be considered as a final settlement,” in- 
stead thereof ; 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out, stand part of the 
Question :—The House resumed the said adjourned 
Debate : —— 


“ 
“ 
be 
“ 
‘ 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blunt: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for the better Administration of Charitable Trusts ; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for enabling James Thomas Martin, Esquire, and 
the Persons in remainder under the Will of Mary 
Jackson, deceased, to grant Leases of Parts of the 
Estates thereby devised in Settlement, for the purpose 
VoL. 108, 


30° Junez.—1° Juliz. 














635 


of building upon and otherwise improving the same, 
and for other purposes ; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House: And also, 


The Lords acquaint this House, That Her Ma- Barnstaple 


jesty has appointed To-morrow, at Three o’clock, 
at Buckingham Palace, to be attended with the 
Address of both Houses of Parliament, under the 
provisions of the Act 15 &amp; 16 Vic. c. 57, with re- 
spect to the Borough of Barnstaple; and that the 
Lords had appointed the Lord Steward and the 
Lord Chamberlain of the Household to attend Her 
Majesty therewith on the part of their Lordships ; 
and do desire this House to appoint a proportion- 
re Number of its Members to go with them: And 
also, 


_ The Lords acquaint this House, That Her Ma- Tynemouth 
jesty has appuinted To-morrow, at Three o’clock, at Election. 


Buckingham Palace, to be attended with the Ad- 
dress of both Houses of Parliament under the pro- 
visions of the Act 15 &amp; 16 Vic. c. 57, with respect 
to the Borough of Tynemouth; and that the Lords 
had appointed the Lord Steward and the Lord 
Chamberlain of the Household to attend Her Ma- 
jesty therewith on the part of their Lordships ; and 
do desire this House to appoint a proportionable 
number of its Members to go with them :—And 
then the Messenger withdrew. 

Resolved, That four Members of this House do 
go with the Lords mentioned in the said Message, 
to wait upon Her Majesty with the Address rela- 
tive to the Borough of Barnstaple. 

Ordered, That the Earl of Mulgrave, Viscount 
Drumlanrig, Mr. Edward Ellice and Mr. Fitzroy 
do go with the Lords mentioned in the said Mes- 
sage. 

Resolved, That four Members of this House do 
go with the Lords mentioned in the said Message, 
to wait upon Her Majesty with the Address rela- 
tive to the Borough of Tynemouth. 

Ordered, That the Earl of Mulgrave, Viscount 
Drumlanrig, Sir Benjamin Halland Mr. Fitzroy do 
go with the Lords mentioned in the said Message. 

And the Messenger was again called in; and Mr. 
Speaker acquainted him therewith :—And then he 
again withdrew. 


And the Question being again proposed, That Government 
the words proposed to be left out, stand part of the of India Bill. 


Question ; 

And the House having continued to sit till after 

Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 
Veneris, 1° die Julii, 1853: 

And the Question being put ; 

The House divided. 

‘The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, } $20 

Yeas, (The Earl of Mulgrave : ‘ 

Tellers for thes Colonel Taylor, 1140 

Noes, seat Mandeville : TT 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time; and cominitted to a Committee of the whole 
House, for Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Succession 


mittee on the Succession Duty Bill ; 
Resolved, Tlat this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Savings Banks 
into a Committee on the Savings Banks Annuities A&gt;ouities Bill. 


Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 
4m2 The 








ee eee 


a 


SSS. 


Newspaper 
Stamp Duties 


Westminster 
Bridge Bill. 


Leasing 
Powers (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Parish Ves- 
tries (No. 2) 
Bill. 


Land Revenues 
Bill. 


Landlord 
and Tenant 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Tenants’ 
Compensation 
land) Bill. 


Dublin Par- 
liamentary 
Registration 
Bill. 


Parish Con- 
stables Bill. 


Public-houses 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Liverpool 
Writ. 





636 | 30° Juniz.—1° Juliz. A. 1853. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Newspaper Stamp Duties Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Westminster Bridge 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Leasing Powers (Jreland) Bill was, accord- 
ing to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Napier do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Parish Vestries (No. 2) Bill was, according 
to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir George Brooke Pechell do 
carry the Bill to the Lords, and desire their con- 
currence, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Land Revenues Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
vpon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Landlord and Tenant (Jreland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve o’clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Tenants’ Compensation (Jreland) 
Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Dublin Parliamentary Registration 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Parish Constables Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Public-houses (Scotland) Bill, as 
amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
upon the 29th day of this instant June, That Mr. 
Speaker do issue his Warrant to the Clerk of the 
Crown, to make out a new Writ for the electing of 
two Burgesses to serve in this present Parliament 
for the Borough of Liverpool, in the room of Charles 
Turner and William Forbes Mackenzie, Esquires, 
whose Elections have been determined to be void ; 

Aud the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ no new Writ be issued for the Borough of Liver- 
* pool before Wednesday the 20th day of this in- 
“ stant July,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 





said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
ene to be left out stand part of the Question :— 

t was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of two Burgesses to serve in this 
present Parliament for the Borough of Liverpool, 
in the room of Charles Turner and William Forbes 
Mackenzie, Esquires, whose Elections have been 
determined to be void. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill General Boara 
to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the General of Health 
Board of Health for Yeovil, Hertford, Accrington, vee) 
Bangor and Uxbridge: And that Sir William 
Molesworth and Mr. Fitzroy do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Improvement 
to amend and extend the Provisions of an Act of of Towns 
the ninth year of King George the Fourth, for mak- (*#!#"4.) 
ing provision for the lighting, cleansing and watch- 
ing of Cities, ‘Towns Corporate and Market Towns 
in Ireland, in certain cases: And that Mr. Ross 
Moore and Mr. Macartney do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

Sir William Molesworth presented a Bill to confirm General Board 
certain Provisional Orders of the General Board of of Health 
Health for Yeovil, Hertford, Accrington, Bangor \S® 2) Bill. 
and Uxbridge: And the same was read the first No. 693. 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Thursday next ; and to be printed, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Lough Erne 
Copy of the Report of the Board of Works in Jre- Drainage. 
land upon the Plan submitted to the Board by the No. 694. 
County Surveyor of Fermanagh, relative to the 
Flood Drainage and Navigation of Lough Erne, 
and the Works connected therewith. 

Sir John Young accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve Customs, &amp;c. 
itself into a Committee to consider the Acts relating Acts. 
to the Customs, Stamps, Excise and Land Tax. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Ratepayers. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Ratepayers in 
each County and Division of a County within the 
United Kingdom, rated to the Relief of the Poor at 
£.1 and under £.2; at £.2 and under £.3; at £.3 
and under £.4; at £.4 and under £.5; at £.5 and 
under £.6; at £.6and under £.7; at £.7 and under 
£.8; at £.8 andunder £.9; at £.9 and under £.10; 
at £.10 and under £.11; at £.11 and under £.12; 
at £.12 and under £.13; at £.13 and under £.14; 
at £.14 and under £.15; at £.15 and under £.20; 
at £.20 and under £.25; at £.25 and under £.30; 
at £.30 and under £.40; at £.40 and under £.50; 
at £.50 and above £.50 respectively, together with 
the Gross Number of Persons assessed in such 
Rates in each County or Division of a County. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Electors. 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 

to yive directions, that there be laid before this 

House, a Return of the Number of Electors on the ’ 
Register of 1852-53, in each County, City and 

Borough in Jreland, distinguishing their Qual: fica- 

tions, and stating the Number under each Qualifi- 

cation. : 


Ordered, 











Population, 
&amp;e. 


Improvement 
of Towns 
(Ireland) Bill. 


No. 695. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Sixty-seventh 
Report.) 


Railway Bills 
(Group PP.) 


Belfast 
Municipal 
Boundaries 
Bill. 

No. 696. 


Life Associa- 
tion of Scot- 
land Bill. 


Archbishop of 
Canterbury’s 
Estate Bill, 


17 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, ‘That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resulved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Population of each County, 
Division of a County, City and Borough in t e| 
United Kingdom, within the Parliamentary Bous-/ 
daries, and the Number of Members returned to the | 
House of Commons by each; also, of the Popula- | 
tion of each City and Borough returning Members | 
to Parliament within its Municipal Boundaries; | 
and also, the Population in Boroughs and Towns: 
containing 5,000 Inhabitants and upwards, not re-| 
turning Members to Parliament. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to} 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are | 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Mr. Ross Moore presented a Bill to amend and | 
extend the Provisions of an Act of the ninth year, 
of King George the Fourth, for making Provision for | 
the lighting, cleansing and watching of Cities, Towns | 
Corporate and Market Towns in Jre/and, in certain | 
cases: And the same was read the first time; and | 
ordered to be read a second time upon Wednesday | 








the 3d day of August next ; and to be printed. 


’ ; aa! 
And then the House, having continued to sit 


till Three of the clock on Friday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 





V eneris, 1° die Julii ; 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 

M®: Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had 

examined the Petitions presented upon the 29th and 
30th days of June last; and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Corry reported from the Committee on Group 
PP. of Railway Bills; that Mr. Pilkington, one of 
the Members of the said Committee, was not pre- 
sent during the sitting of the Committee this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Pilkington do attend the said 
Committee upon Monday next, at Three o'clock. 


Mr. William Fitzgerald reported from the Select 
Committee on the Belfast Municipal Boundaries 


30° Juniz.—1° Julz. 


637 
A Motion being made, that the British Electric British Elec- 
Telegraph Company Bill be now read the third time ; Ces a 
Sir William Molesworth, by Her Majesty’s Com- ~°"?™"7 ™ 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the purport of the Bill, 
gives Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest 
ig concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 
Thea the Bill was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Chorley Improvement Bill was read the third Chorley Im- 
time. provement 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the - 
Bill, by leaving out Clause 49. 
And the Question being proposed, That Clause 49 
stand part of the Bill :—Anda Debate arising there- 
upon ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Mon- 
day next. 


The Halifax Waterworks and Improvement Bill Halifax 
was read the third time. perce 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ee 


.,, Ment Bill. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the Ribble Naviga- Ribble Navi- 
tion Bill be now read the third time ; gation Bill. 
Sir William Molesworth, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the purport of the Bill, 
gives Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest 
is concerned, that the House may do therein as they 





| shall think fit. 
| Then the Bill was read the third time; and 
| an Amendment was made to the Bill. 
| Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
| Title be, An Act to repeal the Acts relating to the 
| Ribble Navigation Company of the first year of the 
| reign of Her present Majesty, chapter 8, and of the 
'7th year of the reign of Her present Majesty, 
chapter 1,and some of the Provisions of the Act of the 
8th and 9th years of the reign of Herpresent Majesty, 
| chapter 116, which relate to the Company, and to 
make other Provisions in lieu thereof respectively, 
_and to grant further Powers to the Company for the 
‘construction of Works, for providing Quays for 
raising Capital, for levying Tolls, for regulating the 
| disposition of the Reclaimed Lands, and for other 
| purposes. 
| Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
| to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Bill; That they had examined the allegations of | 
the Bill, and found the same to be true; that the | . paige : 
Order of the House of the 10th dav of June last | the Banbridge, Dublin, Newry and Belfast Junction 
in regard to this Bill had been complied with; and | Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Banbridge, 
Dublin, Newry 
and Belfast 
Junction 


that they had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on 
the Life Association of Scot/and Bill; That they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by inserting a 
recital, showing more clearly the financial state of 
the Company; and found the same, as amended, to 
be true ; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, ‘That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s 
Estate Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 

VoL. 108. 





Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. Railway Bill. 
The House proceeded to take into consideration Llanelly 
the Llane/ly Railway and Dock (No. 2) Bill, as Railway and 
: ad Dock (No. 2) 
amended in the Committee. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Beckett reported from the Committee on Devon and 
Group NN. of Railway Bills; That in the case of Dorset Rail- 
the Devon ard Dorset Railway Bill, they had exa- “* °" 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, but the same had not been proved to their 
satisfaction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Minutes 
before the Committee be laid before this House. ordered. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group NN. of Devon and 
Railway Bills have leave to make a Special Report, — 
so far as relates to the Devon and Dorset Railway ~~” 
Bill. 

Mr. Beckett accordingly reported from the said 

4m3+ Committee, 

















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638 1° Julti. 


A. 1853. 


Committee, That they had agreed to the following | for the period at which the obligation to do so might 


Special Report : 

That in arriving at the decision that the allega- 
tions contained in the Preamble of the Bill had not 
been proved to their satisfaction, your Committee 
have not lost sight of the urgent necessity for filling 
up the gap in Railway communication which at 
present exists between Dorchester and Exeter, nor 
do they doubt that the Devon and Dorset Line, 
which has come under their investigation, would 
supply that deficiency for all purposes of local 
traffic ; but taking a wider view of the subject, and 
listening to evidence adduced in the progress of this 
investigation from authorities of high consideration, 
your Committee feel the importance of a Railway 
communication upon one uniform gauge between 
Exeter and London in a north-easterly direction via 
Axminster and Salisbury, and of another from Exeter 
to Portsmouth and the East Coast vid Dorchester ; 
and believing that a communication so desirable 
could not be attained if the Deron and Dorset Rail- 
way Bill now proposed should receive the sanction 
of Parliament, they are of opinion that they are best 
promoting the public welfare by giving an opportu- 
nity in the next Session of Parliament for the esta- 
blishment of one uniform gauge throughout the 
above district. 

Your Committee would, however, have hesitated 
to reject the Bill before them, had it not been proved 
in evidence that the proprietors in the London and 
South Western Railway Company, at a recent public 
meeting, had authorized and requested their directors 
to pledge that Company to apply to Parliament at 
the earliest period for Powers to construct an ex- 
tension of their Railway from Dorchester to Exeter ; 
and had the Committee not received from the same 
Company, through their Chairman (Mr. Scott, a 
Member of this House), a clear and distinct assu- 
rance, in his evidence, and in a letter subsequently 
given in, that in the next Session of Parliament that 
Company will introduce and use their best endea- 
vours to obtain an Act for authorizing such extension 
of their Railway on the narrow gauge—such ex- 
tension to be of an efficient character, and to com- 
prise a double line of way; the Committee also had 
a similar assurance from Mr. Sco¢é that, in the event 
of such an extension being sanctioned by Parlia- 
ment, the London and South Western Railway Com- 
pany would immediately thereafter proceed to double 
their existing Railway between Southampton and Dor- 
chester, without waiting until the obligation to do so, 
cast on them by “The Suvuthampton and Dorchester 
Railway Act, 1845,” shall come into operation. 

The following Letter from Mr. Scott, addressed to 
the Chairman of your Committee, was received and 
considered by your Committee :— 

“ Sir, London, July 1, 1853. 

“With reference to the case of the Devon and 
Dorset Railway, and the Railway communication of 
the district it was proposed to serve, | beg, as Chair- 
man of the London and South Western Railway 
Company, and as their representative, acting under 
the authority of the Resolutions of the proprietors at 
their public meeting on the 19th May last, to repeat 
the pledge which in the course of my evidence be- 
fore the Committee | intended, with all distinctness, 
to give, viz.— 

“That the London and South Western Railway 
Company will, in the next Session of Parliament, 
introduce and use their best endeavours to carry a 
Bill authorizing an extension of their Railway from 
Dorchester to Exeler, on the gauge of the London 
and South Western Railway, themselves finding the 
necessary capital, and taking all the proper prelimi- 
nary measures, and afterwards executing the works 
with all despatch. 

“And I have no hesitation in adding that the 
Company will, if such extension line be granted to 
them, immediately proceed to double the line be- 
tween Svuthampton and Dorchester, without waiting 




















come into operation under the existing provisions of 
the Southampton and Dorchester Act. 

“The Resolutions of the Company with respect 
to the making of the extension line from Dorchester 
to Exeter enable me to assure you, and I do assure 
you, that the line to be proposed shall be a satis- 
factory and efficient one, and, in accordance with 
the pledge given by Mr. Hope Scott, shall comprise 
a double line of way. 

“Tam, Sir, 
“ Your very faithful and obedient servant, 
“* Francis Scott. 
“ Witliam Beckett, Esq., M.P. 
* Chairman of the Railway Group (NN.)” 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 





The Sneed Park Estate Bill was read the first time. Sneed Park 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- Estate Bill. 


ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Charitable Trusts Bill was read the first time ; Charitable 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday Trusts Bill. 


next; and to be printed. 


No. 697, 


Petitions relating to Advertisements ;—Unstamped Public 
Periodicals ;—and, Early Closing,—were presented, Petitions. 


and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Vide Sixty- 


eighth Report. 
The Order for reading a second time the General General Board 
Board of Health (No. 2) Bill, was read, and dis- of Health 


charged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


(No. 2) Bill. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill General Board 
to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the General of Health 


Board of Health for Yeovil, Hertford, Accrington, ‘ 


Bangor and Uxbridge, and to provide for conducting 
the first Election of a Local Board of Health at 
Elland; And that Sir William Molesworth and Mr. 
Hayter do prepare, and bring it in. 


No, 3.) 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee plymouth 
on the Plymouth Election Petition (further Inquiry), Election. 


That they had agreed to the following Resolutions : 

1. That a general belief appears to have prevailed 
at Plymouth, both previous to and at the Election 
of Burgesses to serve in Parliament for the Borough 
of Plymouth in 1852, that it was not illegal for a 
Candidate, or his agents, to obtain, or promise to 
obtain, situations or employment for Electors who 
had previously pledged their votes. 

2. That, acting on a similar assumption, Mr. Mare, 
one of the Candidates at that Election, and his 
agents, in many instances promised, and in several 
obtained, situations and employment for various 
voters or their relations, both during the canvass 
and after the Election, as well in the Dockyards at 
Devonport, as in his own establishment. 

3. That the prevalence of the above impression, 
and the practice in accordance with it, exercised 
much influence in procuring promises from voters 
who had _ not previously pledged their votes, and in 
securing the fulfilment of such promises. 

4. That numerous applications for situations and 
employment were made to the Candidates and their 
agents ; that Joseph George Churchward appears to 
have been the person principally concerned on be- 
half of Mr. Mare in receiving such applications, 
and in promising and obtaining appointments ; and 
that it was admitted by Mr. Churchward in his evi- 
dence, that, in addition to about 20 places which he 
procured in Mr. Mare’s establishment, he might have 
made, during the Election for Plymouth, 30 or 40 
applications for Dockyard appointments, and that 
he obtained about 25. 

5. That the circumstances of the case are not 
such as to induce the Committee to recommend a 
further inquiry by a Commission; but they desire 
to call the special attention of the House to the pro- 
visions of the Act of the 5 &amp; 6 Vic. c. 102, and to 

state 


No. 698. 




















General Board 
of Health 
(No. 3) Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Aberdeen 
Railway Bill. 


London, 
Brighton and 
South Coast 
Railway Bill. 


Bristol Gas 
and Bristol 
and Clifton Gas 
Companies 
Amalgamation 
Bill. 


Gorbals 
Gravitation 
Water (No. 2) 
Bill. 


Hall Dare's 
Estate Bill. 


Slave Trade. 


Trinity House 
Charities. 
No. 700. 


Peterborough 
Elections. 


Adjournment. 


Customs 
Officers 
(Canada. ) 


17 Vicroriz. 


state their opinion that the Powers given by that Act 
are totally inadequate ; that much trouble and large 
costs are necessarily incurred in the investigation of 
cases similar to that in which the Committee have 
been engaged, with little chance of discovering the 
truth; and that no such inquiry into bribery or cor- 
rupt practices at Elections can be efficient unless 
conducted on the spot, with large Powers of com- 
pelling Witnesses to answer questions, and of giving 
them indemnity, as provided by the Act 15 &amp; 16 
Vie. ¢. 57. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 





Sir William Molesworth presented a Bill to con- 
tirm certain Provisional Orders of the General Board 
of Health for Yeovil, Hertford, Accrington, Bangor 
and Uxbridye, and to provide for conducting the 
first Election of a Local Board of Health at Elland : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Thursday next ; and 
to be printed. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir William Horne : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Aberdeen Railway 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 
The Lords have agreed to the London, Brighton 
and South Coast Railway Bill, without any Amend- 
ment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships to the Bristol Gas and Bristol and Clif- 
ton Gas Companies Amalgamation Bill, without any 
Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Gorbals Gravi- 
tation Water (No. 2) Bill, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for enabling Sales, Exchanges and Leases of the 
Family Estates of Robert Westley Hall Dare, Es- 
quire, and for other purposes; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House:—And then 
the Messenger withdrew. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of Despatches from Commander 
Phillips, of the “ Po/yphemus,” reporting the De- 
struction of the Barracoons of Don Crispo, on the 
African Coast, last Christmas-day, and the burning 
of the Town of Sherbar, on or about the 18th day 
of January last. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Representation from the Corpora- 
tion of the ‘Trinity House to Her Majesty in Council, 
having reference to a Proposal of Her Majesty’s 
Government to prevent the Application of Light and 
other Dues to charitable purposes ; with Report from 
the Board of Trade thereon. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Petitions of Inhabitants of Pe- 
terborough ; and, of Electors of Peterborough, re- 
lating to the Peterborough Election, which were pre- 
sented upon the 30th day of June last, be printed. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Mr. Peel presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 21st day of June last, for a 
Return of the Number of Officers belonging to the 
Customs Department in Canada that are paid by 
Great Britain, stating the Names and Offices, Sta- 

VoL. 108. 





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639 


tion and Salary, and Allowance of each Officer, and 
all Contingent Expenses paid by Great Brituin for 
the Customs Department, in the year 1852; also, a 
Statement of what Duties these Custom-house Officers 
have now to perform. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table Post-office. 


by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 3d day of March last, for a Return, as 
nearly as can be estimated, of the Number of Charge- 
able Letters delivered in the United Kingdom in the 
year immediately preceding the First General Reduc- 
tion of Postage on the 5th day of December 1839,and 
for each complete year subsequent thereto ; also, for 
the first year, the Number of Franks, and for the 
last year, and up to as late a period as practicable, 
the Number of Letters for each Week in which they 
were counted :—Account, showing the Gross and 
Net Post-office Revenue, and the Cost of Manage- 
ment, for the United Kingdom, for the year ending 
the 5th day of January 1638, and for each subse- 
_— year, —e from the Account, whether of 
iross Revenue or Cost of Management, any Ad- 
vances that may have been made by the [nglish to the 
Irish Post-oftice, and Advances to the Money-Order 
Office; also, disregarding in the Return for each 
year any Old Debts written off or Postage remitted, 
or any other Deductions which relate to previous 
years: — Returns of the Payments made by the 
Post-office during the year ending the 5th day of 
January 1838, and each subsequent year, for the 


Conveyance of the Mails by Railway in the United 


Kingdom ; distinguishing in each instance the Pay- 
ments for Work done within the year from Payments 
for Work done in previous years :—Of the Number 
and Amount of Money-Orders issued and paid in 
the United Kingdom during the year ending the 
5th day of January 1840, and each subsequent year : 
—And, of the Expense of the Money-Urder Office, 
and the Amount received for Commission during 
the year ending the 31st day of December 1852. 


Return to an Order, dated the 13th day of June Post-office 


last, for Copy of a Memorial from the Inhabitants of (Abbeyfeale.) 


Abbeyfeale, m the County of Limerick, to the Post- 
master General. 


Return to an Order, dated the 30th day of May Poor Relief 
last, for a Return, by Counties, showing the Amount (Ireland. ) 


of Money expended for In-maintenance and Out- 
door Relief in Ireland, during the half-years ending 
Lady-day 1852 and Lady-day 13853 respectively ; 
showing, 1st. Names of Counties; 2d. Number of 
Unions; 3d. Number of Electoral Divisions com- 
prised therein; 4th. Population in 1851; 5th. Ex- 
penditure for In-maintenance and Out-door Relief 
for the half-years ended respectively Lady-day 1852 
and Lady-day 1853, distinguishing In-maintenance, 
Out-door Relief, and Total; 6th. The Amount of 
Increase and Decrease in the half-year ended Lady- 
day 1853 compared with that of 1252; and, 7th. 


The Increase or Decrease per cent. 
Return to an Order, dated the 12th day of May Divine Service 


No. 701. 


last, for a Return, showing the Distribution of the (A™y.) 


Sum of £.18,500, voted for the Army Services of 
the years 1852 and 1853, under the head “ Divine 
Service ;” stating the Religious Denomination to 
which each Clergyman belonged; the Office, ‘litle 
and Service in virtue of which such Allowance was 
made ; the Date of his Appoimtment, or of the com- 
mencement of his Allowance, if an annual one ; and 
the Names and Distribution of the Religious Books 
paid for out of the same Vote. 


The followmg Papers, pursuant to the directions General Board 


No. 702. 


of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon + Page 
the Table by the Clerk of the House, — General ‘**”? ” 


Board of Health (No.2) Bill:—Copies of Reports 
on Places included in the Schedule to the above 
Bill, together with Copies of Statements on those 
Reports. 

4mM4+ Copy 





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ee 


Ons 


Lunacy. 


Calicoes, &amp;c. 
No. 645. 


Gold Coast. 
No, 703. 


Public Health 
Act. 


No. 704. 


Customs, &amp;c. 
Acts. 


Stamp Duties. 


640 1° Jultz. A. 1858. 


Copy of Report to the Lord Chancellor, under the 
8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 100, s. 88, of the Number of Visits 
made, the N umber of Patients seen, and the Num- 
ber of Miles travelled by the several Commissioners 
in Lunacy, during the Six Months ending on the 
4th February 1853. 

Ordered, That the Returns relative to Poor Relief 
(Ireland) ; and, Divine Service (Army), be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Calicoes, 
&amp;e., which was presented upon the 30th day of June 
last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Gold 
Coast, which was presented upon the 30th day of 
June last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Public 
Health Act, which was presented upon the 22d day 
of June last, be printed. 


The House, according to Order,.resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Customs, &amp;c. Acts. 


(In the Committee.) 


. Resolved, That, from and after a time to be 
specified, in lieu of the Stamp Duties now payable 
on the following Deeds or Instruments, there shall 
be charged and payable thereon the Stamp Duties 
hereinafter set forth ; (that is to say) 


Conveyance of any kind or description whatsoever, in | £. s. d. 

England or Ireland, and Charter Disposition or | 

Contract, containing the first or original constitution | 

of feu and ground annual rights in Scotland (not | 

being a lease or tack for years), in consideration | 

only of any annual sum, payable in perpetuity, or | 

for any indefinite period, whether fee-farm or other | 

rent, feu duty, ground annual, or otherwise, 
Where the annual sum thereby reserved, secured, or | 

made payable, shall not exceed 20s. - - - 2 6 
And where the same shall exceed 20s., and shall not | | 

exceed 12/., then for every 208., or any fractional 

part of 20s. ‘of such annual sum - - - -| = 2 6 
And where the same shall exceed 127. and shall not 

exceed 24/., then for every 408., and for any frac- 

tional part of 40 s. of such annual sum - - - 
And where the same shall exceed 24/., then for every 

4@., and for any fractional “ of 4 7. of such annual 

sum - - - . - - - -{| -10 - 


ao 
! 


2. Resolved, That, from and after a day to be 
named, the following Stamp Duty shall be charged 
and paid ; (that is to say) 

On any Scrip Certificate, that is to say, any document | 
denoting, or intending to denote, the right or title 

| 

| 


£. 8s. d. 


of the holder thereof, or any person, to any share or 
shares in any Joint Stock or other Company, or pro- 
posed or intended Company, or any Certificate de- 
claring or entitling the holder thereof, or any per- 
son, to be or become the proprietor of any share or 
shares of or in any such Company, where such Cer- 
tificate, or the right or title to such share or shares | 
shall be or be intended to be transferable by the 
delivery of such Certificate, or otherwise than by | 


deed or instrument in writing - - . -| - - 1 


3. Motion made, and Question proposed, That, 
from and after the 5th day of July 1853, in lieu of 
the Duties now payable on Advertisements, there 
shall be paid— 

For or in respect of any Advertisement contained in| £. s. d. 
or published with any Gazette or other Newspaper, 
or any other periodical paper, or in or with any 
pamphlet or literary work - - - -| - - 6 
Amendment proposed : To ae out the words 
in liew of the Duties now payable on Advertise- 
ments,” in order to insert the words “ all Duties 
now chargeable on Advertisements be repealed, 
in accordance with a Resolution of this House of 
tie 14th day of April last,” instead thereof. 
Question put, That the words “ in lieu of the 
Duties now payable on Advertisements” stand 
part of the proposed Resolution ; 
The Committee divided, 


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Another Amendment proposed : To leave out the 
words “or in or with any pamphlet or literary 
“ work.” 

Question proposed, That those words stand part 
of the proposed Rendition: :—Amendment, by leave, 
withdrawn. 

Proposed Resolution amended, by leaving out the 
words “ in or with any pamphlet or,” and inserting 
the word “ periodical,” instead thereof. 

Motion made, and Question put, That “ Sixpence” 
stand part of the proposed Resolution ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, 1 63 

Yeas, LThe Earl of Mulgrave: ;~™ 

Tellers for the f Mr. Craufurd, 68 

Noes, UMr. Warner: } 


3. Motion made, and Question put, That, from 
and after the 5th day of July 1853, in lieu of the 
Duties now payable on Advertisements, there shall 
be paid— 

For or in respect of any Advertisement contained in| #. s. d. 
or published with any Gazette or other Newspaper, 

or any we periodical paper, or periodical literary 

work - - - - - - -| 0. 0. 0. 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Craufurd, L 90 

Yeas, UMr. Milner Gibson: Bo 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, 1 

Noes, \Mr. Grenville Berkeley: 5 
Resolutions to be reported. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to 
several Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 

Mr. Bouverie also reported, That the Committee 
had made Progress in the matter to them referred ; 
and that he was directed to move, That the Com- 
mittee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resoived itself Succession 
into a Committee on the Succession Duty Bill. Duty Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Cravse, N° 21 (In estimating the annual value of 
lands used for agricultural purposes, houses, build- 
ings, tithes, teinds, rent-charges and other property 
yielding or capable of vielding income not of a 
fluctuating character, an allowance shall be made of 
all necessary outgoings ; but there shall be included 
in such estimate, in the case of a successor not re- 
stricted from cutting the timber thereon, the com- 
puted annual value of such timber, not being timber 
planted or left standing for the shelter or ornament 
of a mansion-house, and valued therewith). 

Amendment agair proposed: At the end of the 
Clause to add the following words, “ Provided al- 
“ ways, That the annual value of any timber grow- 
* ing or standing on the said lands shall not be in- 
“ cluded in the said estimate.’ 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Criause, N° 22, postponed. 

Cxiauses, N° 23 and N° 24, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 25 (Rule as to manors, mines, &amp;c.) 

Amendment proposed, in p.9, 1.16: To leave out 
from the word “ due” to the end of the Clause. 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause——put, and agreed to. 

Clause agreed to. 

















Teilers for the { Mr. Hayter, 1 
Yeas, |The Earl of Mulgrave : j 109. 

Tellers for the (Mr. Milner Gibson, 9 
Noes, | Mr. Cobden: sci 


Criavuses, N° 26 and N° 27, amended, and agreed 
to. 


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Crauss, N° 28, agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 2° die Julii, 1853: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Edinburgh The Order of the day being read, for the second 
pokey agg reading of the Edinburgh and Canongate Annuity 


Tax Abolition Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Abolition Bill. 


Burial- The Order of the day being read, for the second 
grounds Bill. yeading of the Burial-grounds Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


Places of Reli- The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


gious Worship mittee on the Places of Religious Worship Registra- 
Registration ti on B ill * 
? 


- Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Customs The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

Duties on mittee on the Customs Duties on Spirits Bill ; 

Spirits Bill. Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Resident The Resident Magistrates (Ireland) Bill was, ac- 

Magistrates cording to Order, read the third time. 

(Ireland) Bill. "Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bouverie do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Common The Common Lodging-houses Bill was, according 
a to Order, read the third time. 

Ordered, That the further Proceeding on the third 
reading of the said Bill, be adjourned till after the 
other he ti of the day. 

Assistant The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Judge reading of the Assistant Judge (Middlesex Sessions) 
Geegione) Bill Bill ; 

’ Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Monday next. 

Courts of The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Common Law consideration the Courts of Common Law (Zreland) 
(Ireland) Bill Bil], as amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Thursday next, at Twelve o’clock. 

Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Means. mittee of ig heap Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Sheriff Courts The Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill was, according 
) to Order, read the third time. 


A Clause (Act to take effect from and after 
1 March 1854), was thrice read ;' and added to the 
Bill. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in Clause 23, 1. 28, by inserting after the word 
“ Sheriff” the words “ affirming the judgment of 
“ the Sheriff Substitute ; provided always, that such 
“ appeal shall be competent as at present in all other 
“ cases.” 

Vov. 108, 


1°—2° Julai. 








641 


And the Question being put, That those words be 
there inserted :—It passed in the Negative. 

Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Lord Advocate do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Spitalfields 
into a Committee on the Spitalfields to Shoreditch ° a 
Improvement Bill; and, after some time spent there- gil 
in, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday next. 


The Battersea Park Bill was, according to Order, Battersea 
read the third time. Park Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bouverie do carry the Bill to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Savings Banks 
into consideration the Savings Banks Annuities Bil], Annuities Bill. 
as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Westminster 
reading of the Westminster Bridge Bill; Belige Bul. 
And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read the third time; 
Sir William Molesworth, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the purport of the Bill, 
ives Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest 
is concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 
And the Question being again proposed, That the 
Bill be now read the third time :—And a Debate 
arising thereupon ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the {Sir Charles Burrell, 1 a9 


Yeas, | Mr. Frewen: f 
Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 34 
Noes, Mr. Grenville Berkeley : } 7 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
Bill be now read the third time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,’ and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “‘ upon this day week.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ now ” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, 

Yeas, Mr. Grenville Berkeley : 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Henley, 

Noes, | Viscount Galway : 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time :--The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the. Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


} 34. 
26. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Public-houses 
consideration the Public-houses (Scotland) Bill, as (Scotland) 
amended in the Committee ; Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 





upon Monday next. 
4N The 











Common 
Lodging- 
houses Bill. 












Sheriffs 
(Scotland. ) 




















































Slave Trade 
Treaties. 


Ratepayers. 


Ratepayers. 


ties Commu- 
tation, 


South Sea and 
other Annui- g Statement of the Amount of the South Sea Stock | 
which the Corporation of the South Sea Company ithe Amendments made by the Lords to the Man- 


642 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the further Proceeding on the third reading of the 
Common Lodging-houses Bill :—The House resumed 
the said further Promaiines and Amendments were 
made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir George Grey do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


to diminish the Number of Sheriffs in Scotland, and | 


to unite certain Counties in Scotland, in so far as 
regards the jurisdiction of the Sheriff: And that the 
Lord Advocate and Viscount Palmerston do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 


to inquire into the Treaties and Engagements be- 
tween Great Britain, Spain and Portugal, respecting 


the Slave Trade, and the Sums allowed and paid by | 


Great Britain to those Governments for their assist- 
ance or concurrence to abolish that trade, and also to 
inquire how far these stipulations have been carried 
out by the Governments of Spain and Portugal. 


The Order made upon the 30th day of June last, 
for presenting to Her Majesty an humble Address, 
that She would be graciously pleased to give direc- 
tions, that there be laid before this House, a Return 


1°—-2°—.4° Julit. 





A, 1853. 


Three and a half per cent. Stock, the Two and a half 
per cent. Stock, and Exchequer Bonds. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Graving Dock 
Return from the Ballast Board, Dublin, specifying (P¥&gt;lin.) 
the Number of Tenders sent forward to the Board 

for the Completion of the new Graving Dock in that 

City, the Names of the Persons who subscribed such 

Tenders, the Amount of each Tender, and the Prices 

at which all extra Works were to be charged ; also, 

the Names of the Sureties for the due execution of 

the Works in each Tender. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
half an hour after One of the clock on Satur- 
day morning, adjourned till Monday next. 








Luna, 4° die Julii ; 


Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1853. 





| PRAYERS, 
M R. Bouverie reported the Baroness De Villars’ Baroness De 
Estate Bill, without Amendment. — Estate 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Corry reported from the Committee on Group Eastern Union 
PP. of Railway Bills; That in the case of the ®#ilway Bill 
| Eastern Union Railway Bill, they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by striking out those por- 





of the Number of Ratepayers in each County and | tions thereof which related to the forfeited shares ; 


Division of a County within the United Kingdom, | 
rated to the Relief of the Poor at £.1 and under £.2; | 
at £.2 and under £.3; at £.3 and under £.4; at 
£.4 and under £.5; at £.5 and under £.6; at £.6 


to a proposed revival of Powers for the construction 
of an Extension to Woodbridge; and to running 
Powers or combinations of interest with neighbour- 
ing Undertakings; and found the same, as amended, 


and under £.7; at £.7 and under £.8; at £.8 and/to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 


under £.9; at £.9 and under £.10; at £.10 and} 
under £.11; at £.11 and under £.12; at £.12 and | 
under £.13; at £.13 and under £.14; at £.14 and 
under £.15; at £.15 and under £.20; at £.20 and 
under £.25; at £.25 and under £.30; at £.30 and 


made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Westminster Improve- Westminster 


under £.40; at £.40 and under £.50; at £.50 and | ments (Dwellings of the Working Classes) Bill, with Deiat 


above £.50 respectively, together with the Gross | Amendments. 


Number of Persons assessed in such Rates in each 
County or Division of a County, was read, and dis- 


charged. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Persons in each County 
and Division of a County, within the United King- 
dom, assessed to the Rate for the Relief of the Poor, 
made next before the Rate now collecting, in respect 
of Property of the Annual Rateable Value of £.1 and 
under £.2; at £.2 andunder £.3; at £.3 and under 
£.4; at £.4 and under £.5; at £.5 and under £.6; 
at £.6 and under £.7; at £.7 and under £.8; at | 
£.8 and under £.9; at £.9 and under £.10; at£.10' 
and under £.11; at £.11 and under £.12; at £.12 | 
and under £.13; at £.13 and under £.14; at £.14. 
and under £.15; at £.15 and under £.20; at £.20/ 
and under £.25; at £.25 and under £.30; at £.30) 
and under £.40; at £.40 and under £.50; at £.50) 
and above £.50 respectively, together with the Gross | 
Number of Persons assessed in such Rates in each | 
County or Division of a County. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
ker Majesty, by such Members of this House as are | 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. | 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 





have signified their Assent to the Commissioners of | 
Her Majesty's Treasury, on or before the Ist day of 
July 1853, under the 6th section of the Act 16 Vic. 
c. 23, to commute and exchange into any of eg 
New Stocks created under the said Act ; distinguish- 
ing the Amount proposed to be taken in the New 


a — of 
. the Workin 
| Ordercd, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Classes) Bill 


| The House proceeded to take into consideration Eastern Coun- 


the Amendment made by the Lords to the Eastern ties ome 

| Counties Railway (Woodford and Loughton) Bill ; and Loughton) 

and the same was twice read, and agreed to, Bill. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 





| hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 


Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration EastGrinstead 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the East Railway Bill. 
Grinstead Railway Bill; and the same were twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Haslingden 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Hasling- and Rawten- 
den and Rawtenstall Waterworks Bill; and the **4, {a 
same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 

The House proceeded to take into consideration Manchester 

Improvement 
chester Improvement Bill; and the same were twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. : 

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17 Vicroriz. 4° Julie. 643 


Monkland — The House proceeded to take into consideration! The Stamford and Essendine Railway Bill was Stamford ana 
Railways Bill. the Amendments made by the Lords to the Monk- | read the third time ; and Amendments were made to Essendine 
land Railways Bill; and the same were twice read, | the Bill. Railway Bill, 


and agreed to. Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill | Title be, An Act for making a Railway from Stam- 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House | ford Baron, in the County of Northampton, to the 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their | Great Northern Railway at Essendine, in the County 
Lordships. of _— and for other purposes connected there- 
with, 
Boston and A Motion being made, That the Boston and Mid-| Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
a land Counties Railway and Docks Bill be now read | to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
oe Coches Y the third time ; 
Bill. Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty's Command, ac-| The Order of the day being read, for resuming Chorley 
quainted the House, ‘That Her Majesty, having been | the adjourned Debate ‘on the Question proposed Improvement 
informed of the purport of the Baill, gives Her | ypon the 1st day of this instant July, That Clause _ 
Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- | 49 stand part of the Chorley Improvement Bill ; 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall; And the Question being again proposed -—The 
think fit. eg: | House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 
Then the Bill was read the third time. | And the Question being put :—It passed in the 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Negative. 
Title be, An Act for making a Railway from the, A Clause (Regulating height of chimneys), was 
Great Northern Railway at Boston, in the County | thrice read; and added to the Bill. 
of Lincoln, to the Great Northern Railway at Bark- | Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
stone, in the same County, and for other purposes. | Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill | to the Lords and desire their concurrence. 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. ; 





The Monmouthshire eee and Canal Bill was, Monmouth- 
according to Order, read the third time. shire Railway 


A Clause (Limiting tolls for small parcels), was = 


Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 4; : . 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been —— ovtetr maw nee oy o the Bill 


informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her py. o/ed. That the Bill do pass 
, . 


Consent, as far as Her Majesty's interest is con’ Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
cerned, tat the rouse may do therem as they sia" to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

A Clause (Limits within which harbour-master 
may exercise authority), was thrice read ; and added 
to the Bill. 


Another Clause (Company and corporation may" Qydered, That the Bill be read the third time. way (Notting- 
appoint some person to be their respective harbour- , ham, &amp;c.) Bill. 


master and pier-master), was thrice read ; and added ’ . . , 
an in Bill I monica : Ordered, Tinat the Short Title of the Castlemaine Castlemaine 
re ; 3. : :. Estuary Re- 
Another Clause (Saving the rights of the corpo- ao and cmp wig se ew Navi peer al 
ration of Harwich), was thrice read; and added to gation Bill, as first entered m the Votes, | e changed Maine and 
the Bill to “‘ Castlemaine Estuary Reclamation Bill. Laune Navi- 
? gation Bill. 


Harwich A Motion being made, That the Harwich Docks 


sa and Pier Bill be now read the third time; 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Ambergate, 
the Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston and Eastern Nottingham 


Junction Railway (Nottingham, Kc.) Bill, as amended = — 


Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Ordered, That the Castlemaine Estuary Reclama- Castlemaine 
Ordered, That Mr. Cayley do carry the Bill to | tion Bill be re-committed to the former Committee : pee oe. 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. —And that they have leave to sit and proceed To- “*"*"" 
morrow. 


North and The North and South Western (Hampstead and | 
South Western City Junction) Railway Bill was read the third! Ordered, That the Chard Railway Bill, as amended Chard Rail- 


and Chay Seno time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. in the Committee, be taken into consideration To- ¥4Y Bill 
a Railway Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the | morrow. 


Title be, An Act for making a Railway from the | ; : : 

London and North Western Railway at Willesden | The House proceeded to take into consideration East Anglian 
to the North London Railway, with a Branch to the | the East Anglian Railways (No. 2) Bill, as amended (eae Bill 
North and South Western Junction Railway, to be | in the Committee. 


called “ The Hampstead Junction Railway,” and for | Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


other purposes. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill; The House proceeded to take into consideration Liverpool, 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. the Liverpvol, Crosby and Southport Railway Bill, oe and 
: ‘ uthport 
as amended in the Committee. Railway Bill. 


Saint Mar- The Saint Margaret and Saint John the Evan- Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Saint &gt;. the Jelist, Westminster, Vestries Bill was read the third ; ; 
Evangelist, time. The House proceeded to take into consideration Rochdale 


Westminster, Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the | the Rochdale Improvement (No. 2) Bill, as amended ope 
‘stries Bill. ‘Title be, An Act for the Appointment and Regula- | in the Committee. neieiuns 
tion of Vestries in the Parishes of Saint Margaret | Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
and Saint John the Evangelist, in the City of West- | 





minster. | The House proceeded to take into consideration Saint George's 
Ordered, That Sir John Shelley do carry the Bill | the Saint George's Harbour Bill, as amended in the Hrbour Bill. 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. | Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Sonth Devon Ordered, That the South Devon and Tavistock 
he + Railway Bill be read the third time To-morrow. The House proceeded to take into consideration Severn Valley 
’ ‘ the Severn Valley Railway Bill, as amended in the ¥#ilway Bill. 
pee Staf- Ordered, That the South Staffordshire Railway | Committee. 
iin pe. Bill be read the third time To-morrow. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Vox. 108. 4Nn2 The 





in the Committee. Junction Rail-. 





















REI: a ne Sa ee aa 













644. 4° Julit. A. 1853. 


South Wales The House proceeded to take into consideration Betting Houses ; — Education Bill ;—Extra-mura 
—. the South Wales Railway (Power to purchase, &amp;c.) | Interments ;— Factories ; —Medical Charities (Ire- 
ae tg &amp;c.) Bill, as amended in the Committee. land) ;—Medical Officers (Navy) ;— Medical Profes- 
Bil. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. sion ;—Poor Law ;—Public-houses (Scotland) Bill ; 
—Savings Banks Bill ;—Training Prevention Act ; 
Wellington The House proceeded to take into consideration —and, Vaccination Extension Bill,—were presented, 
and Severn the Wellington and Severn Junction Railway Bill, as | and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
— pi. amended in the Committee. Petitions relating to Intoxicating Liquors,—were 
snaans Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Public-houses, &amp;c. 
Tiall Dare’s Hall Dare's Estate Bill was read the first time. A Petition relating to Parliamentary Pa ers, was 
Estate Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- | #!so presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
5 Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 


Petitions relating to the Registration of Assurances 


Banbridge, The Order for reading the third time the Banbridge, Bill,—were also presented, and read ; and referred 


| ° . 
Dublin, Newry _N, 1 tam Ball ill, | to the Select Committee on the Bill. 
and Belfast ee oa ernceatinati aae Petitions relating to Salt (India),—were also pre- 
. . 


oe st Bil. | Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 


former Committee :—And that they have leave to ™ttee on Indian Territories. 
sit and proceed To-morrow. 


miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 








Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Trade ana 


Cornwall Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant _mand,—Accounts relating to Trade and Navigation, Navigation, 


(Western Di- to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ Month ended sth June 1853, and Five Months ended 


=p ee for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve in 5th June 1853. 


this present Parliament for the Western Division of 
the County of Cornwall, in the room of Edward 
William Wynne Pendarves, Esquire, deceased. 


dated the 13th day of June last, for a Return of the 
Names of the Medical Superintendents of Quarantine 
at the Port of Southampton; the Dates of their 
Appointment; the Authority by which they were 
gem and the Amount, in detail, of the Salary, 
ees or Emolument received by each during the 
year 1852, and until the 1st day of June 1853 :— 
Population, Resolved, That an humble Address be presented ‘And, similar Return of every other Person, with the 
&amp;e. (Scotland.) to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Title of his Office, employed, whether permanently 
to give directions, that there be laid before this | or tem orarily, in administering Quarantine Regu- 
House, a Return, showing the Population (according lations in Great Britain during the same Periods, 
to last Census), the Annual Value of Property ac- | whose Name is not included in Return, No. 456, of 
tually rated to the Poor's Rate (as by Returns to the present Session. 
the Board of Supervision and other Returns); the) Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Expenditure for the Relief and Maintenance of the | Table; and that the Accounts relative to Trade and 
Poor ; the Rate in the Pound on the Value of rated | Navigation be printed. 
Property of such Expenditure; the Total Numbers . 


of Paupers relieved, including casual Poor; the Ordered, That the Return relative to the Post- 


Proportion per cent. to the Population of the Persons | office, which was presented upon the 1st day of this 
relieved ; the Rate per Head of the Expenditure on jnctant July, be printed. 


the Total Number of Paupers relieved in the several 
Counties of Argyll, Inverness, Ross, Sutherland and 
Caithness (stating it separately as regards the Islands 
in the several Counties of Argyll, Inverness and 
Ross), for the years 1851 and 1852 respectively :— 


Similar Return, with reference to the whole of Scot- : . 
land, with the exception of the above-mentioned have been transmitted to the India-house or the 


Counties (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, | Board of Control, or have emanated from the Court 
No. 404, of Session 1851). of Directors or the Board of Control, relating to the 


Ordered, That the said Address be presented | said case. 
to Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 
as are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy 
Council. 


Leave of Ordered, That Mr. Bland have leave of absence | 
Absence. for ten days, on urgent business. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 

| Copies of all Papers relating to the case of Viccajee 
Merjee and Pestonjee Merjee, British Subjects and 
Parsee Inhabitants of Bombay and Hydcrabad, that 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Succession Duty Bill. 
| 


(In the Committee.) 


Sanitary State Mr. Fitzroy presented,— Return to an Address to a i 
of Croydon. Her ieiate. tiated the 28th day of June last, for Caves, sd ~ agreed &gt; 
a Return, stating whether any and what Alterations; Cause, N° 30, disagreed to. 
in the Report of Messrs. Arnott and Page, on the Cravuses, N° 31 and N° 32, agreed to. 
Sanitary State of Croydon, have been made in that; Cuxauss, N° 33 (In estimating the value of a suc- 
Report since it was delivered to the Secretary of | cession, no allowance shall be made in respect of 


State, and, if so, by whose direction. | any incumbrance thereon, created or incurred by the 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the | successor, whether by appointment or otherwise, not 
Table. made in execution of a limited power of appointment, 
but an allowance shall be made in ‘respect of all 
Devon and The following Paper, pursuant to Order, was laid | other incumbrances, provided that upon any succes- 
tet upon the Table by the Clerk of the House,—Minutes | sor becoming entitled to real property, subject to 
a Sek of the Evidence taken before the Select Committee | any prior principal charge, an allowance shall be 
se on the Devon and Dorset Railway Bill. | made to him in respect only of the yearly sums pay- 
Ordered, That the said Minutes of Evidence be | able by way of interest, or otherwise, on such charge, 
printed. as reducing the annual value, pro tanto, of such real 

a ; property). 
Public Petitions relating to Universal Suffrage, &amp;c.;—{! Amendment proposed, in p. 11, 1.15: After the 
Petitions. —_ Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ;—Recovery of Personal | word “ successor” to insert the words “after the 
Vide Sixty. Liberty Bill; —Postage (Colonies, &amp;c.) ;—Attorneys’ | “ time appointed for the commencement of this Act.” 
eighth Report. Certificates ;—Property and Income Tax (1853. ;— Question put, That those words be there ee 
1e 





No. 706. 


Mr. Cardwell also presented,— Return to an Order, Quarantine. 


Post-office. 
No. 707. 


Viccajee 
Merjee and 
Pestongee 
Merjee. 


Succession 
Duty Bill. 


17 Vicroriz. 


The Committee divided. 
Tellers for thes Mr. Mullings, luis 
Yeas, (Mr. Malins : 
Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 
Noes, \Mr. Grenville Berkeley: 
Amendments made. 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, Los 
Yeas, UMr. Grenville Berkeley: S°°~ 
Tellers for thes Mr. Mullings, } 92 
Noes, _\ Sir William Jolliffe: igs 
Cravusss, N° 34 to N° 36, agreed to. 
Cuavuses, N° 37 and N° 38, amended, and agreed 
to. 
Crause, N° 39, agreed to. 
Cravuse, N° 40, amended, and agreed to. 


f= 


4° 5° Jultz. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving Customs, &amp;c. 
the Report from the Committee on the Customs, &amp;c. Acts [1 July.] 





645 


Acts ; 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


into a Committee on the Customs, &amp;c. Acts. 
(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That, in lieu of the considera ion men- Land Tax. 


tioned in the Act passed in the 42d year of the 
reign of King George the Third, chapter 116, sections 
22 and 23, and the Table in the Schedule marked 
(L.) to the said Act annexed, to be given or paid for 
the redemption of the Land Tax in Great Britain, 
under the provisions of the several Acts in force in 
that behalf, the consideration for such redemption 
shall be a sum of the capital stocks, or one of them, 
mentioned in section 22 of the said Act, less by and 











Crause, N° 41 (Duty to be a first charge on pro- 
perty). 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 13, |. 13: 
After the words “ shall be a” to insert the words 
“ simple contract.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 13, l. 16: 
After the word “him” to insert the words “ after the 
“ time appointed for the commencement of this 
* 

Question, That those words be there inserted 
put, and negatived. 

Other Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cuauses, N° 42 and N° 43, amended, and agreed 
to. 


Cuause, N° 44 (Notice of succession to be given 
to the Commissioners, and a return of the property 
made). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 14, 1. 39: To leave 
out from the word “ provided” to the word “ and” 
in p. 15, 1. 4. 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause ; | 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, hh 64 





at the rate of £.17. 10s. per £.100 than the amount 
| of the stock consideration calculated and ascertained 
according to the said last-mentioned enactment, or 
a sum of money less by and at the like rate than the 
amount of the money consideration calculated and 
ascertained according to the said section 23, and the 
said Table in Schedule (L.) of the said Act; and the 
consideration for the purchase of Land Tax under 
| the several provisions contained in the said Act in 
that behalf, shall be such sum of capital stock or 
money at the least as is hereinbefore directed to be 
given or paid for the redemption of Land Tax. 

2. Resolved, That the Stamp Duties, and Compo- 
sition for Duties, granted and made payable in Jre- 
land for a limited term, by the Act 5 &amp; 6 Vice. c. 82, 
and continued by subsequent Acts for four other 
several and successive terms, the last of which will 
expire on the 10th day of October 1853 ; and all 
Duties now payable in lieu of any of the said Duties 
which may have been repealed, shall be continued 
and made perpetual. 

Resolutions to be reported. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to se- 
veral Resolutions. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Bouverie also reported, That the Committee 





Yeas, (Mr. Grenville Berkeley: 
Tellers for the; Mr. Mullings, 

Noes, Mr. Vansittart : 
Clause agreed to. 


Cravusg, N° 45 (Penalty on not giving notices of 


f139. 


had made Progress in the matter to them referred ; 
and that he was directed to move, That the Com- 
mittee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 





succession). 
Amendments made. 


Another Amendment proposed, in p. 15, Ll. 16: 
To leave out the words “ after the same shall have | 
“ become due.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause——put, and agreed to. 

Another Amendment proposed, in 1.16: After the 
word “ shall” to insert the words “ after due notice 
“ thereof.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted —-— 
put, and negatived. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause, as amended, stand part of the Bill ; 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on ‘Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 5° die Julii, 1853: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 

VoL, 108, 





the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday the 18th 
day of this instant July. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Copies of 


reading of the Copies of Specifications Repeal Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time after 
the other Orders of the day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Evidence 


mittee on the Evidence Amendment Bill ; 


Resolved, ‘That this House will, after the other _ 


Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Stomp Duties 


mittee on the Stamp Duties Bill ; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to divide the Bill into 
two Bills. 

4N38 ‘Then 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Customs, &amp;e, 
t 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Savings Banks 
|into a Committee on the Savings Banks Bill; and, Bill. 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed No. 708, 




























i 
" 
i 
: 


brace 


SE ee en ae 














Stamp Duties 
(No. 2) Bill. 


No. 710. 


Newspapcr 
Stamp Duties 
Bill. 


Land Reve- 
nues Bill. 


Belfast 
Municipal 
Boundaries 
Bill. 


Edinburgh 
and Canongate 
Annuity Tax 
Abolition Bill. 


Customs 
Duties on 
Spirits Bill. 


Assistant 
Judge 
(Middlesex 
Sessions) Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Supply. 


646 


Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie re- 

orted, That the Committee had divided the Bill 
into two Bills; and had gone through one of the 
said Bills to repeal certain Stamp Duties, and to grant 
others in lieu thereof, and to amend the Laws relating 
to Stamp Duties. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day; and 
be printed. 

Mr. Bouverie also reported, That the Committee 
had gone through the other of the said Bills to re- 
peal certain Stamp Duties, and to grant others in lieu 
thereof, and to give relief with respect to the Stamp 
Duties on Newspapers and Supplements thereto. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next; and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the on Ap Stamp Duties Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Land Revenues Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time; and committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Belfast Municipal Boundaries Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Edinburgh and Canongate Annuity 
Tax Abolition Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 14th day of this instant July, at 
Twelve o'clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Customs Duties on Spirits Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Assistant Judge (Middlesex Sessions) 
Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a se- 
cond time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for thefMr. IJayter, 1 61 
Yeas, UMr. Grenville Berkeley: J °"* 
Tellers for thes Mr. Bowyer, a7 
Noes, \ Lord Dudley Stuart : | Caaate 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second time ; 
and “committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for Thursday the 14th day of this instant July. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Suy 


»ply ; 
Resolved, Pivat this House will, upon Wednesday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





4°—5° Sulit. 








A, 1853. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Spitalfields 
into consideration the Spitalfields to Shoreditch Im- '0 Shoreditch 
provement Bill, as amended in the Committee. — 
F Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 

ay. 






The Order of the day being read, for the third Savings Banks 
reading of the Savings Banks Annuities Bill ; ee 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being =~ 
proposed, That the Bill be now read the third time ; 
he Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. ‘l'o leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “ upon this day three months.” 
And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question :—And a Debate 
arising thereupon ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the {Mr. William Lockhart, i) 19 


Yeas, Captain Jones : J 
Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 47 
Noes, \ Mr. Grenville Berkeley : } ; 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
word “ now” stand part of the Question :—It was 
resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third time : 
—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Public-houses 
take into consideration the Public-houses (Scotland) (Scotland) 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. pe 

A Clause (No certificate to be granted to black- 
smiths, tacksmen of tolls or toll-gatherers, &amp;c.), was 
twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Thursday next; and be printed. 


No. 711, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Copies of 
reading of the Copies of Specifications Repeal Bill; Specifications 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ePe# Bill. 

upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Evidence 
mittee on the Evidence Amendment Bill ; Amendment 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday = 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Chronometers. 
Copies of all Correspondence and Papers relative to 
Improvements in Chronometers received by the 
Board of Admiralty, the Hydrographer and the 
Astronomer Royal, since the 25th day of July 1849, 
the Date of the last Return. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Revenue, &amp;c 

an Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of (Ireland.) 

Ireland, paid into the Exchequer in the year ended 

the 5th day of January 1853:—Accounts of the 

Net Public Income and Expenditure of Ireland, ‘ 
for the year ended the 5th day of January 1853 ; 

and showing the whole of the Ways and Means pro- 

vided within the same Period, together with the 

Application thereof:—Of the Amount of Duties of 

Excise in each Revenue Disirict of Jreland, in the 

year ended the 5th day of January 1853 :—Of the 

Amount of Duties of Customs of the Revenue Dis- 

tricts of Jreland, in the year ended the 5th day of 

January 1853:—Of the Amount of Stamp Duties 

collected in Dublin, and in each Stamp District of 

Ireland, in the year ended the 5th day of January 

1853 :—Of the Amount of Postage collected in each 

County of Ireland, in the year ended the 5th day of 

January 











Thames 
Embankment 
Bill. 

No. 712. 


Cathedral 
Appointments 
Bill. 


Universities 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Ramsgate 
Harbour. 


Harwich 
Election. 


17 Vicroriz. 


January 1853 :—Statements showing the Quantities 
of the following Articles retained for Home Con- 
sumption in Jreland, in the year ended the 5th day 
of January 1853, viz.: Wine, Spirits, Foreign and 
Home-made, Tobacco, Tea, Coffee, Sugar, Flax, 
Seed, Cotton Yarn, Cotton Wool, Woollen and 
Worsted Yarn, Silk, Raw and Thrown, Iron Un- 
wrought, Timber, Deals, and Coals :—And, showing 
the Quantities of the following Articles exported 
from Ireland, in the year ended the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary 1853, distinguishing the Exports to Great 
Britain from those to Foreign Countries; viz.: 
Oxen, Sheep, Swine, Horses, Bacon and Hams, 
Beef and Pork, Butter, Wheat and Wheat Flour, 
Oats and Oatmeal, Jrish Spirits, Linen Manufac- 
tures, Linen Yarn and Cotton Manufactures (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 504, of Ses- 
sion 1852). 


Mr. Lowe reported from the Select Committee on 
the Thames Embankment Bill; That they had exa- 
mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the same 
to be true ; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 





self, his agents, friends and managers, give, pay and 
allow to divers persons, places, preferment, office, 
money, fee and reward, in order to procure the votes 
of divers Electors of the said Borough for him the 
said John Bagshaw; that notorious, general and 
systematic bribery and corruption wh other un- 
lawful practices, were carried on at the said Election 
by the agents, friends and managers of the said 
Jain Bagshaw, by which means were procured the 
Election and Return of the said John Bagshaw ; 
that the said Election and Return were and are 
wholly null and void; and praying that the House 
will take the premises into consideration, and will 
find and declare that the Election of the said John 
Bagshaw was and is wholly null and void; and will 
give to the Petitioners such further and other relief 
in the premises as to the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
General Committee of Elections. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant or Warrants for such persons, papers and re- 
cords as shall be thought necessary by the several 
Parties on the hearing of the matter of the said 
Petition. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of Peterborough 
the City or Borough of Peterborough, was delivered Election. 


in, and read; setting forth, That at the last Election 


The House proceeded to take into consideration | of a Member to represent the City or Borough of 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Cathedral | Peterborough in Parliament, which was held on the 


oa Bill; and the same was twice read, | 
an 


agreed to. 


Twenty-fourth day of Junc One thousand eight 
| hundred and Fifty-three, the Petitioners were re- 


Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to| gistered Electors of the City or Borough, and had 


the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 
Lordships. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Thurs- 
day next, at Twelve o'clock, the Universities (Scot- 
land) Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 14th day of this instant July, at Twelve 
o'clock. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of Sir John Rennie’s Reply, dated the 19th 
day of June 1853, to Captain Vetch’s Report on 
Ramsgate Harbour, dated the 18th day of May 
1853. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned, being regis- 
tered Electors of the Borough of Harwich, who had 
a _ to vote, and did vote, at the last Election of 
a Member to serve in Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough, was delivered in, and read; setting forth, 
That the Petitioners are registered Electors of the 
Borough of Harwich, and had a right to vote, and 
did vote, at the last Election of a Member to serve 
in this present Parliament for the said Borough; 
that John Bagshaw, Esquire, and Sir William Au- 
gustus Fraser, Baronet, were Candidates at the said 
Election, and a poll having been demanded and 
taken, the said John Bagshaw was declared by the 
Returning Officer at the said Election to have a 
majority of votes, and to have been duly elected and 
returned a Member to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough of Harwich; that the 
Election and Return of the said John Bagshaw was 
procured by bribery, treating, intimidation, undue 
influence and other illegal and corrupt means ; that 
the said John Bagshaw was guilty of bribery and 
treating at the said Election, and did, by himself, 
his agents, friends and managers, and by others in 
his behalf, by divers ways and means, at his charge, 
and with his knowledge, give and allow to persons 
having votes at the said Election, money, meat, 
drink, entertainment, provision and reward, in order 
that such persons might vote, or for having voted, 
for the said John Bagshaw; that before and during 
the said Election the said John Bagshaw did, by him- 

VoL. 108. 


a right to vote, and did vote, at the said Election ; 
that at the Election of a Member to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said City or Borough of 
Peterborough, which took place on the Fourth De- 
cember One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two, 
George Hammond Whalley, Esquire, and George 
Cornewall Lewis, Esquire, were Candidates to re- 
present the said City or Borough in Parliament, 
and after a poll then taken, the said George Ham- 
mond Whalley, Esquire, was declared by the Re- 
turning; Officer at the said City or Borough to have 
been duly elected, and was returned as a Member 
duly elected to serve in this present Parliament for 
the said City or Borough; that after the teste of 
the Writ for holding the said last-mentioned Elec- 
tion, and before, at and during the said last-men- 
tioned Election, the said George Hammond Whalley 
did, by himself and his agents, friends and partisans, 
or by divers ways and means in his behalf, or at his 
charge, directly and indirectly give, present and 
allow to persons having votes in and at the said 
last-mentioned Election, money, meat, drink, enter- 
tainment and provision, and did make presents, 
agreements, obligations and engagements to give 
and allow money, meat, drink, provision, presents, 
rewards and entertainments to and for persons 
having votes in and at the said last-mentioned Hlec- 
tion, and to and for the use, benefit and advantage, 
employment, profit and preferment of such persons, 
to induce such persons to vote at the said last-men- 
tioned Election for the said George Hammond Whal- 
ley, or to forbear to vote at the said last-mentioned 
Election for the said George Cornewall Lewis, or in 
order that he the said George Hummoud Whalley 
might be elected, or for being elected, to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said City or Borough ; 
that before, during and after the said last-men- 
tioned Election, the said George Hammond Whalley 
did, by himself and his agents, friends and partisans, 
or by or with divers persons, or in divers ways and 
manners, directly or indirectly give or provide, or 
did cause or did knowingly allow to be given or 
provided, wholly or partly at his expense, or did pay 
wholly or in part, divers expenses incurred for meat, 
drink, entertainment and provision to and for divers 
persons, for the purpose of corruptly influencing 
divers of such persons or divers other persons to 





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648 


ive their votes in the said last-mentioned Election 
for the said George Hammond Whalley, or to refrain 
from giving votes in the said last-mentioned Elec- 
tion for the said George Cornewall Lewis, or for 
the purpose of corruptly rewarding divers of such 
persons or divers other persons for having given 
their votes in the said last-mentioned Election for 
the said George Hammond Whalley, or for having 
refrained from giving their votes at the said last- 
mentioned Election for the said George Cornewall 
Lewis; that the said last-mentioned Election and 
Return of George Hammond Whalley were procured 
and obtained by bribery, treating and corrupt prac- 
tices ; that previous to, and at and during and after 
the said last-mentioned Election, the said George 
Hammond Whalley, by himself, his agents, com- 
mittee and friends, and by many other persons em- 
ployed on his behalf, did, by gifts, presents, money, 
rewards, and by promises and agreements and secu- 
rities for money, gifts, employment and rewards, 
and by threats, intimidation, promises, undue influ- 
ence and other corrupt and illegal practices, acts and 
means, corrupt and procure divers persons tes 
or claiming to have votes at the said last-mentione 


4° 5° Juli. 





A. 1853. 


George Hammond Whalley did, by himself and his 
agents, friends and partisans, or by or with divers 

rsons, or in divers ways and manners, directly or 
indirectly give or provide, or did cause or did know- 
ingly allow to be given or provided, wholly or partly 
at his expense, or did pay wholly or in part divers 
expenses incurred for meat, drink, entertainment 
and provision to and for divers persons, for the pur- 
pose of corruptly influencing divers of such persons 
or divers other persons to give their votes in the 
said last-mentioned Election for the said George 
Hammond Whalley, or to refrain from giving votes 
in the said last-mentioned Election for the said 
George Cornewall Lewis, or for the purpose of cor- 
— rewarding divers of such persons or divers 
other persons for having given their votes in the 
said last-mentioned Election for the said George 
Hammond Whalley, or for having refrained from 
giving their votes at the said last-mentioned Elec- 
| tion ; and that the said last-mentioned Election and 
| Return of George Hammond Whalley were effected 
_and carried by bribery, corruption and treating, and 
| by great intimidation, and that previous to, at and 
| during and after the said last-mentioned Election 





Election to give their votes in favour of him the said | the said George Hammond Whalley, by himself, his 
George Hammond Whalley, or to forbear to give | agents, committee and friends, and by many other 
their votes in favour of the said George Cornewall , persons employed on his behalf, did, by gifts, pre-- 
Lewis, and that the said George Hammond Whal- sents, money, rewards, and by promises and agree- 
ley, by reason of the said several acts of bribery, | ments and securities for money, gifts, employment 
treating and the said corrupt and illegal prac- | and rewards, and by threats, intimidations, promises, 
tices, became and was wholly disabled and inca- | undue influence and other corrupt and illegal prac- 
pacitated to be elected and returned at such Election ‘tices, acts and means, corrupt and procure divers 
as a Member to serve in Parliament for the said | persons having or claiming to have votes at the said 
City or Borough, and became and was wholly dis- | last-mentioned Election a their votes in favour 
qualified and ineligible to be elected or returned to | of him the said George Hammond Whalley, or to 
serve in Parliament for the said City or Borough on , forbear to give their votes in favour of the said George 
any vacancy which — thereafter occur on the | Cornewall Lewis; and that the said George Ham- 
avoiding or setting aside of the said Election and | mond Whalley, by reason of the said several corrupt 
Return of the said George Hammond Whallvy; | and illegal practices, was wholly incapacitated and 
that after the Return of the said George Hammond | ineligible to serve in this present Parliament for the 


Whalley, a humble Petition of certain Electors of 


the said City or Borough who had a right to vote 
and did vote at the said last-mentioned Election 
was presented to the House, complaining of the 
said last-mentioned Election and Return of the said 
George Hammond Whalley, and showing amongst 
other things, “ That at the said last-mentioned Elec- 
tion, which so took place on the Fourth of Decem- 
ber One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two, as 
aforesaid, the said George Hammond Whalley and 
George Cornewall Lewis were Candidates to repre- 
sent the said City or Borough in Parliament, and 
that the said George Hammond Whalley was re- 
turned as duly elected to serve as a Member in this 
present Parliament tor the said City or Borough ; 
and that after the teste of the Writ for holding the 
said last-mentioned Election, and before, at and 
during the said last-mentioned Election, the said 
George Hammond Whalley did, by himself and his 
agents, friends and partisans, or by divers ways and 
means in his behalf, or at his charge, directly and 
indirectly give, present and allow to persons having 
votes in and at the said last-mentioned Election, 
money, meat, drink, entertainment and provision, 
and did make presents, gifts, rewards and entertain- 
ment, and did make promises, agreements, obliga- 
tions and engagements to give and allow money, 
meat, drink, provision, presents, rewards and enter- 
tainments to and for persons having votes in and at 
the said last-mentioned Election, and to and for the 
use, benefit and advantage, employment, profit and 
preferment of such persons, to induce such persons 
to vote at the said last-mentioned Election for the 
said George Hammond Whalley, or to forbear to 
vote at the said last-mentioned Election for the said 
George Cornewall Lewis, or in order that he the said 
George Hammond, Whalley might be elected or for 
being elected to serve in this present Parliament for 
the said City or Borough; and that before, during 
and after the said last-mentioned Election, the said 





said Borough, and that the Return of the said 


_ George Hammond Whalley was wholly null and 
| void ; and the said Petitioners thereupon prayed that: 
| the House would take the premises into considera- 
| tion, and would declare that the said George Ham- 
| mond Whalley was not duly elected, and ought not 
to have been returned, that the said last-mentioned 
Election and Return were wholly null and void; 
| and would grant to the Petitioners such further and 
| other relief as to the House should seem meet ;” that 
after the presenting of the said, Petition, a Select 
Committee was duly appointed by the House to 
| hear and determine the matters thereof, and to re- 
| port upon the same to the House, and the said Pe- 
_ tition came on in due course to be heard and tried 
| before the said Select Committee; that at the hear- 
ing of the said Petition before the said Committee, 
evidence was adduced on behalf of the said Peti- 
| tioners of divers acts of bribery committed by cer- 
| tain persons, being agents of the said George Ham- 
_mond Whalley at the said last-mentioned Election, 
and also evidence was adduced of divers acts of 
treating committed by the said George Hammond 
Whalley, and by his agents, at the said last-men- 
‘tioned Election ; and that the said Committee, after 
| duly considering the same, and hearing counsel on 
behalf of the said George Hammond Whalley, came: 
| to certain determinations and resolutions, which are 
in substance as follows: that is to say, That George 
Hammond Whalley was not duly elected a Citizen 
to serve in this present Parliament for the said City 
of Peterborough; that the last Election for the said 
City was a void Election, and the said Committee 
resolved that George Hammond Whalley was guilty 
of treating at the last Election for the City of Pe- 
_terborough ; that it had been proved to the Com- 
| mittee that John Rawson Edwards was bribed with 
| the payment of Five pounds by some person unknown, 
but it had not been proved that such had been com- 

| mitted with the knowledge or consent of the sitting 
\ Member ; 








17 Vicrorrie2. 4°—5° Jultz. 649 


Member; that the said determinations and resolu-| dered to be entered in the Journals of the said 
tions of the said Committee were duly reported to | House, and were so entered, and a new Writ was 
the House, and the said determinations—that the | afterwards ordered by the House to be issued for the 
said George Hammond Whalley was not duly elected | electing a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament 
or chosen to serve in this present Parliament for the | for the City or Borough of Peterborough, in the 
City of Peterborough, and that the last Election for | room of the said George Hammond Whalley, Es- 
the said City was a void Election—were ordered to | quire, whose Election had been determined to be 
be entered upon the Journals of the House, and were | void as above stated, and the said Writ has been 
accordingly entered thereon, and that a new Writ | issued accordingly ; and whereas the said George 
was afterwards ordered by the House to be issued | Hammond Whalley, Esquire, was at the said last 
for the Election of some other person as a Member | Election so determined to be void, by himself and 
to serve in this present Parliament, in the room of | agents, guilty of bribery, and was also before, at 
the said George Hammond Whalley, whose Election | and after the said Election, by himself and agents, 
had been determined to be void as aforesaid ; that. | guilty of treating; and whereas the said George 
by reason of the premises, the said George Hammond | Hammond Whalley, Esquire, has declared himself 
Whalley became and was wholly incapacitated, dis- | to be, and is, a Candidate at this present Election of 
qualified and ineligible to be elected and returned, ,a Member to serve in Parliament for the said City 
or to serve in this present Parliament for the said | or Borough; now we the undersigned Charles Dod- 
City on the vacancy occasioned by the setting aside | son, William Richardson, Richard John Head, John 
of his said former Election and Return, and the | Ellis, Juhn Wiggin and Janies Burton, bemg Elec- 
issuing of the Writ for the new Election as aforesaid, | tors of the said City or Borough, do hereby give notice 
and was thereby also wholly disabled and incapaci-| to you, and each of you, that the said last Elec- 
tated to be elected and to serve in this present Par- | tion was so determined by the said Select Committee 
liament for the said City ; that by virtue of the said | to be a void Election, and that the said George 
last-mentioned Writ, an Election of a Member to| Hammoud Whalley, Esquire, was so found guilty of 
serve in Parliament for the said City or Borough, in | treating at the said last Election by the said Select 
the room of the said George Hammond Whalley, was | Committee so appointed as aforesaid ; and that the 
held by and before the Returning Officer of the said | said determinations and resolution of the said Select 
City on the Twenty-fourth day of June One thousand | Committee were reported to the said House, and the 
eight hundred and Fifty-three ; that at the said last- | said determinations entered in the Journals of the 
mentioned Election the said George Hammond | said House of Commons; and that afterwards a 
Whalley and Thomson Hankey, junior, Esquire, were | Writ for a new Election of a Member to serve in 
Candidates to serve in Parliament for the said City | Parliament for the said City or Borough was ordered 
or Borough ; that immediately upon the said Thomson | by the said House to be issued, and has accordingly 
Hankey, junior, and the said George Hammond | issued; and we further give you, and each of you, 
Whalley being nominated as such Candidates, and | notice, that the said George Hammond Whalley, Es- 
before a show of hands was called for, a notice and | quire, was, at the said last Election, by himself and 
protest under the hands of certain Electors of the | his agents, guilty of bribery ; and was also before, at 
said City or Borough who had a right to vote at the | and after the said Election, by himself and his agents, 
said last-mentioned Election was, on behalf of such | guilty of treating ; and that the said George Hammond 
Electors, publicly delivered to the said Returning | Whalley, Esquire, is, by reason of the said resolution 
Officer, and the same was publicly read by the said | and determinations of the said Select Committee, and 
Returning Officer in the presence and hearing of the | the said report and the said proceedings of the House 
Electors present at the said nomination, which said | of Commons thereupon, and also by reason of the 
notice and protest’was in the words or to the purport | said bribery and treating, disabled and incapacitated 
and effect following ; (that is to say) :—“‘ Peterbo-| to be elected and to serve as a Member in Parlia- 
rough Election, 1853. To John Gates, Gentleman, | ment for the said City or Borough at this present 
the Returning Officer of the City or Borough of} Election; and we, the undersigned, do hereby, for the 
Peterborough, in the County of Northampton, his | reasons aforesaid, object to and protest against the 
deputies, and all others whom it may concern.| nomination of the said George Hammond Whalley, 
Whereas at the Election of a Member to serve in| Esquire, as a Candidate and against the Election 
Parliament for the said City or Borough of Peterbo- | and Return of the said George Hammond Whalley, 
rough, which was held on the Fourth day of Decem- | Esquire, as a Member to serve in Parliament for the 
ber One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two, | said City or Borough at the present Election ; and 
George Hammond Whalley, Esquire, and Greorge| we hereby give notice that all votes given by Elec- 
Cornewall Lewis, Esquire, were Candidates, and at | tors to and for the said George Hammond Whalley, 
such Election the said George Hammond Whalley,| Esquire, at the present Election of a Member to 
Esquire, was returned as the Member to serve in| serve in Parliament for the said Borough will, on 
this present Parliament for the said City; and | account of the said ineligibility and incapacity of the 
whereas a humble Petition of certain Electors of | said George Hammond Whaliey, Esquire, be of no 
the said City was presented to the House of Com-| effect, and wholly lost and thrown away. Charles 
mons, complaining of the said Election, and of the| Dodson, James Burton, Richard John Head, John 
Return of the said George Hammond Whalley, Es- | Elis, William Richardson, John Wiggin. Dated this 
aed, and whereas after the presenting of the said | 24th day of June 1853;” that, nevertheless, the 

etition a Select Committee was duly appointed by | said George Hammond Whalley was by the said Ke- 
the said House to hear and determine the matters | turning Officer put in nomination, and a show of 
thereof, and to report upon the same, and the said| hands having taken place, the said Returning Offi- 
Petition came on in due course to be heard and tried | cer declared the show of hands to be in favour of 
before the said Committee, and the said Committee, | the said George Hammond Whalley ; that a poll was 
after duly considering the said Petition, came to the | thereupon demanded on the behalf of the said Thom- 
following determination and resolution, that is, the | son Hankey, junior, and the same took place accord- 
said Select Committee determined — That George | ingly on the following day, the Twenty-filth day of 
Hammond Whalley, Esquire, was not duly elected to | June One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-three ; 
serve in this present Parliament for the City of Pe-| that at the close of the said poll the said George 
terborough; that the last Election for the said City | Hammond Whalley was by the said Returning Offi- 
was a void Election ; and resolved, that Georye Ham- | cer declared to have had a majority of votes, and he 
mond Whalley, Esquire, was guilty of treating at| was thereupon declared to be duly elected and re- 
the last Election ; and whereas thereupon the said | turned to serve in this present Parliament for the satd 
determinations and resolution were reported to the | City or Borough, and was returned by the said Re- 
said House, and the said determinations were or-| turning Officer accordingly ; that at the said last- 

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mentioned Election the incapacity and ineligibility of 
the said George Hammond Whalley was a matter of 
notoriety both before, at and during the poll, and was 
well known to the Electors of the said City who gave 
their votes for the said George Hammond Whalley, 
who had also full notice of the same at the time of 
their voting for the said George Hammond Whalley ; 
that in addition to the public notice of such inca- 
pacity of the said George Hammond Whalley, so 
given in the presence and hearing of the said Re- 
turning Officer, and by him read to the Electors at 
the time of the nomination of the Candidates at the 
said last-mentioned Election, public notice of the 
incapacity, disqualification and ineligibility of the 
said George Hammond Whalley to be elected and 
returned to serve in Parliament at the last-mentioned 
Election, and to sit as Member for the said City, 
and that all votes given in his favour at the said last- 
mentioned Election would, on account of his said 
incapacity, be of no effect, but entirely lost and 
thrown away, was likewise given before, at and 
during the said last-mentioned Election by the post- 
ing and distribution of printed placards and notices, 
signed by certain Electors of the said City or Bo- 
rough who had a right to vote at the said last-men- 
tioned Election, a that after the delivery of the 
precept for holding the said last-mentioned Election, 
and before, at and during the poll, notice of the said 
incapacity, disqualification and ineligibility of the 
said George Hammond Whalley to be elected and 
returned to serve in Parliament at the said last-men- 
tioned Election, and that all votes given in favour of 
the said Gvorge Hammond Whalley, Esquire, at the 
said last-mentioned Election would, on account of 
his ineligibility, be of no effect, but entirely lost and 
thrown away, was by or on behalf of certain Elec- 
tors of the said City or Borough, who had a right to 
vote at the said Election, given personally to the 
Electors of the said City or Borough, both before 
and at the time of their voting at the said last-men- 
tioned Election, in favour of the said George Ham- 
mond Whalley ; and your Petitioners humbly submit 
that the votes of all persons who voted for the said 
George Hammond Whalley, having at the time of 
their so voting notice of his incapacity and disquali- 
fication to be elected as aforesaid, were lost, thrown 
away, bad and illegal, and ought not to have been 
received, and should now be struck from the poll ; 
that the number of persons (if any) who voted for 
the said George Hammond Whalley at the said last- 
mentioned Election, to whom the incapacity and dis- 
qualification of the said George Hammond Whalley 
were unknown at the time of their so voting as afore- 
said, is much less than the number of good and valid 
voters whose votes were given at such Election for 
the said Thomson Hankey, junior ; and that the said 
Thomson Hankey, junior, ought by reason of the 
premises to have been returned at such Election to 
serve in the present Parliament for the said City or 
Borough, and that the said Thomson Hankey, junior, 
had a majority of legal votes at the said last-men- 
tioned Election ; and praying that the House will 
take the premises into consideration, and declare that 
the said George Hammond Whalley was not duly 
elected at the said last Election for the said City or 
Borough of Peterborough, and ought not to have 
been returned thereat, but that the said Thomson 
Hankey, junior, was duly elected, and ought to have 
been returned, and that the House will direct the Re- 
turn to be amended accordingly by the substitution 
therein of the name of the said Thomson Hankey, 
junior, in lieu of the name of the said George Ham- 
mond Whalley, or will declare the said last Election 
for the said City or Borough to have been wholly 
null and void ; and will give to the Petitioners wath 
further and other relief as to the House may seem 
meet. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
General Committee of Elections. 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 





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rant or Warrants for such persons, papers and re- 
cords as shall be thought necessary by the several 
Parties on the hearing of the matter of the said 
Petition. 

And then the House, having continued to sit 


till Two of the clock on Tuesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 












Martis, 5° die Julii ; 
Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS, 


ORDE RED, That all Committees have leave to Committees. 
sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Ordered, That the Galway Uarbour Bill, as Galway 
amended in the Committee, be taken into considera- Harbour Bill. 
tion this day, provided amended prints were deposited 
with the Doorkeepers upon Saturday last. 


Ordered, That the Galway Improvement Bill, as Galway 
amended in the Committee, be taken into considera- paprovement 
: . : . ° Bill. 
tion this day, provided amended prints were deposited 
with the Doorkeepers upon Saturday last. 


A Motion being made, That the Zlanelly Rail- Lianelly Rail- 
way and Dock (No. 2) Bill be now read the third (No. 2) Bi 
time ; . : 

Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The South Devon and Tavistock Railway Bill was, gouth Devon 
according to Order, read the third time. and Tavistock 
A Clause (Not to deviate in passing through the ®#ilway Bill. 
lands of Richard Davie, Esquire, without consent), 
was thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Sir John Yarde Buller do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third South Staf- 
reading of the South Staffordshire Railway Bill; — fordshire 
“And a Motion being made, and the Question —— 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
time ; 
The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. to leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 
And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question :—It was re- 
solved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third time : 
—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brothertun do carry the Bill ( 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Cotham’s 
‘otham’s Estate Bill, as amended in the Committee. Estate Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Moore's 
Moore's ( Brown’s Trustees) Estate Bill, as amended (rown's 
: ‘ Trustees) 
in the Committee. Estate Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Chard Rail- 
consideration the Chard Railway Bill, as amended Wy Bill. 
in the Committee ; 

Ordered, 











17 Victori2Z. 


Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Thursday next. 


Sneed Park Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,-Report from one 

Estate Bill. of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, That 
in the case of the Sneed Park Estate Bill, no Stand- 
ing Orders are applicable. 


Sneed Park Ordered, That the Sneed Park Estate Bill be read 
Estate Bill. 4 second time. 


Derby (North- | Ordered, ‘That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
— to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve 
in this present Parliament for the Northern Division 

of the County of Derby, in the room of William 

Evans, Esquire, who, since his Election for the said 

Division of the said County, hath accepted the Office 


of Steward or Bailiff of Her Majesty’s Three | 


Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Bonen- 
ham, in the County of Buckingham. 


Public Petitions relating to Loughborough Town ;— Uni- 
Petitions. versal Suffrage, &amp;c. ;—Ecclesiastical Courts ;-—Pro- 
Vide Sixty- bates of Wills and Grants of Administration Bill ; 
ninth Report. —Tithes, Tithe Rent-charge and Church Rates ;— 
Corn Averages ;—Gigs and Light Carts ;—Tobacco 
Pipes of Clay ;—Burial-grounds Bill ;—Education 
Bill ;—Factories ;—Medical Officers (Navy) ;—Me- 
dical Profession ;—Pilotage Bill ;—Savings Banks 


Bill ;—and, Vaccination Extension Bill,—were pre- | 


sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to Zndian Territories ;—-and, Je- 
vanjee Pestonjee and Rustompee Viccajee,—were also 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Jndian Territories. 

Petitions relating to the Registration of Assurances 
Bill,—were also presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on the Bill. 

A Petition relating to Intoxicating Liquors, was 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Public-houses, &amp;c. 


Post-office. Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Address to | 


Her Majesty, dated the 13th day of May last, for a | 


5° Juli. 


651 
“ Trinity Houses of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and of 
“ Kingston-upon- Hull.” 
Question, That those words be there inserted —— 
put, and negatived. , 
Clause agreed to. 
Cxausg, N°5 (Account of the said fund to be kept 
by Her Majesty’s Paymaster General). 
Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1.14: To leave out 
from the words “ aggregate fund” to the end of the 
Clause, in order to add the words “and such aggre- 
“ gate fund shall be applied as the Board of Trade 
may direct to the purpose of the services in respect 
of which such balances and investments were ac- 
cumulated,” 
Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause——put, and agreed to. 
Clause agreed to. 
Cuiause, N° 6, amended, and agreed to. 
Criauses, N° 7 to N° 10, agreed to. 
Ciavse, N° 11, amended, and agreed to. 
Criauses, N° 12 to N* 19, agreed to. 
Cxiause, N° 20, agreed to. 
Ciause, N° 21, disagreed to. 
Ciause, N° 22, amended, and agreed to. 
Crause, N° 23, agreed to. 
Crause, N° 24, amended, and agreed to. 
Cravsss, N° 25 and N° 26, agreed to. 
Crauses, N° 27 and N° 28, amended, and agreed 
to. 
CrauseE, N°29 (Repeal of 12 &amp; 13 Vic. c. 29, s. 7, 
as to manning). 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


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Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
| gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 
| Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
| resolve itself into the said Committee. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blunt: Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 
The Lords have agreed to the Excise Duties on Excise Duties 


Return showing the Number of Warrants issued by | Spirits Bill, without any Amendment: And also, _ 0 Spirits Bill 
any Secretary of State for detaining or opening of | The Lords have agreed to the Manchester and Manchester 


and Bury 


Letters in the Post-oftice, in each year from 1845 to | Bury Koad Bill, without any Amendment: And Qo,3 Bill 


the present Date inclusive, and the Names of the 
Secretaries of State who have signed such Warrants, 
distinguishing the Reasons for which such Warrants | 
have been issued, and the Number of Persons to | 
whom the Warrants were applicable, and the Num-_ 
ber of Letters detained or opened under each War- | 
rant (in continuation of a Return contained in the | 





also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Witham Drainage — - 
Can Saas : ‘ 7 rainage Se- 
Second District Bill, without any Amendment: And (nq District 
also, Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Wimbledon and Wimbledon 


Croydon Railway Bill, without any Amendment : Ruiwey pil 
And also, 


Report of the Secret Committee of the House of| The Lords have agreed to the Barnsley Water- Barnsley 


Commons in 1844 on the Post-office). 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


Table. 
Post-office Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
——&gt; to Post-office Receiving-houses, &amp;c., which was pre- 
a + 1 the 17th day of June last, be printed 
No. 713. sented upon \ " I , 
Customs Ordered, That the Return relative to Customs Offi- 


(Canta) cers (Canada), which was presented upon the Ist 


No. 714. day of this instant July, be printed. 


Merchant ’ The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
‘pping Bill. into a Committee on the Merchant Shipping Bill. 


In the C ittee. | ~ ; ~ &lt;b: 
( plapeacumuaet, | to authorize the granting of Building Leases of parts L¢ish's Estate 


works (No. 2) Bill, with an Amendment; to which (No‘s) pat" 


Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 
The Lords have agreed to the Wildmore Fens and WildmoreFens 
| East and West Fens Highways Bill, with Amend- ey: eg 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the Highways 
| concurrence of this House: And also, Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Midland Railway Midland Rail- 
(Leicester and Hitchin) Bill, with Amendments ; to ¥#y (Leicester 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence $74 Hitchin) 
_of this House: And also, ; 
| ‘The Lords have agreed to the London Docks Bill, London Docks 
| with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords Bil. 
| desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Pemberton 


Causes, N° 1 and N° 2, agreed to. ‘of the Estates devised by the Will of Sir Robert 


Crause, N° 3, amended, and agreed to. | 
Crause, N° 4 (The Light Dues payable to the | 
Trinity House, Northern Light Commissioners and 
Ballast Board, and the Ballast Rates of the Trinity 
House, to form the Mercantile Marine Fund). 
Amendment proposed, in p. 3, l. 2: After the 
word “Corporation” to insert the words “ and the 
Vor. 108. 








Holt Leigh, Baronet, deceased, and to extend the 
Power in the same Will contained to grant Mining 
Leases, and to authorize the Sale of a Share in the 
Wigan Waterworks, part of the Estate of the said 
Sir Robert Holt Leigh ; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House :—And then the Mes- 


senger withdrew. 
402 Pemberton 















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Pemberton 
Leigh’s Estate 
Bill. 


Police (Second 
Report.) 


No. 715. 








652 


Pemberton Leigh’s Estate Bill was read the first 
time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Police, 
have Power to report their Opinion thereupon to 
the House. 

Mr. Rice reported from the said Select Committee ; 
That they had further considered the matter to them 
referred; and had come to several Resolutions, 
which they had directed him to report to the House, 


together with the Minutes of the Evidence taken | 


before them ; and the Resolutions of the Committee 
are as follow: om 
1. That the Acts for the appointment of District 


Constables (2 &amp; 3 Vic. c. 93, and 3 &amp; 4 Vic. ¢. 88), | 


commonly called the Rural Police Act, has (from the 


permissive character of its enactments) failed to | 


provide such a general and uniform Constabulary 


Force as, in the opinicn of your Committee, is es-' 


sentially required for the prevention of crime ard 
security of property. 

2. That in the districts in which the Rural Police 
Act has been adopted, its efficiency for the prevention 
of crime, by rendering the detection and apprehen- 
sion of offenders more prompt and certain, has been 
proved to the satisfaction of your Committee ; that 
it has tended to the maintenance of order, and the 
improved habits of the population; that vagrancy 
has greatly decreased, and, more especially in com- 


5° Jultt. 





A. 1853. 


Committee are of opinion, that the smaller boroughs 
should be consolidated with districts or counties for 
police purposes, and that the Police in the larger bo- 
roughs should be under a similar system of manage- 
ment and control to that of the adjoining district or 
county, and (where practicable) under the same su- 
perintendence, by which arrangement a considerable 
saving would be effected in the general expenditure. 
| %. That, taking into consideration the aid afforded 
(hitherto partially and gratuitously) by the Rural 
Police for the protection of the revenue, the valuable 
services it has rendered for the maintenance of order, 
and in promoting the observance of the laws, in re- 
'ducing the cost of prosecutions, and the effectual 
| protection it gives to life and property of every de- 
scription, by which the holders of a large amount of 
_ property not contributing to the police rate are greatly 
benefited, it is the opinion of your Committee that 
it is a matter worthy the consideration of the House 
whether some aid should not be afforded by the Go- 
vernment towards defraying the cost of an improved 
and extended system of Police, without essentially 
interfering with the local management of that force. 

8. That it is the opinion of your Committee, that 
it is most desirable that legislative measures should 
be introduced without delay by Her Majesty’s Go- 
vernment, rendering the adoption of an efficient 
Police Force on a uniform principle imperative 
throughout Great Britain. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 





bination with the casual relief order of the Poor | 


Law Board, has been, in some places, almost entirely 
suppressed ; and the effectual protection afforded to 
property peculiarly exposed to depredation has, in 
the opinion of owners and holders of land, rendered 
its occupation more desirable. 
Rural Police, therefore, in the opinion of your Com- 
mittee, has proved highly advantageous to those dis- 
tricts, whether tested by moral, social or economical 
considerations. 

3. That the Superintending Constables appointed 
under the 5th &amp; 6th Vic. c. 109, have proved useful 
as police officers, to the extent of their individual 
exertions and services within their respective divisions, 
but that the appointment of a Superintending Con- 
stable in each petty sessional division provides no 
remedy for the inefficiency of Parochial Constables ; 
and it is the opinion of your Committee that any 
system of Police mainly dependent on the aid of 
Parochial Constables, must prove ineffectual for the 
protection of property, more especially that of the 
poorer classes, for the prompt detection and pursuit 
of offenders, the maintenance of order, and other 
duties of a Police Force, for which their necessary avo- 


cations and local connexions entirely disqualify them. | 


4. That the actual cost of the Rural Police Force 
is ascertainable by the ratepayers, while the great 
aggregate saving effected by it is not so generall 
known or appreciated. That itis, on the other “ai | 
difficult to ascertain the full extent of the indirect 
and undefined expense of the Parochial Constables ; 
it has, however, been proved to your Committee, that 
it greatly exceeds the amount at which it is generally 
estimated. 

5. That where the population of separate districts 


within the same county differs in amount and in the | 


character of its employments, and consequently in 
its requirements for a Police Force, an equitable ad- 
justment of the police rate to meet those cases should 
be provided for by enactment, and that such an ar- 
rangement would tend to remove the objections now 
partially entertained against the adoption of the 
Rural Police Act. 

6. That the efficiency of all existing Police Forces 


is materially impaired by the want of co-operation | 
between the Rural Constabulary and the Police under | 


the control of the authorities of boroughs, or other 
local jurisdictions ; that, in order to secure that co- 
operation which uniformity can alone afford, your 


The adoption of the | 


Mr. Vernon Smith reported from the Committee Warrington 
That in the case of and Altrine- 


on Group FF. of Railway Bills ; 
the Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway 


(Warrington, &amp;c.) (re-committed) Bill, they had (Warrington, 
made further Amendments thereto, by striking out &amp;¢-) Bill 


of the Preamble and from the Clauses the Power to 
construct a Station at Manchester ; by limiting the 
running Powers over the Manchester, South Junc- 
tion and Altrincham Railway at the North end of a 
place called Custle Field, in Manchester ; by con- 
fining the running of goods trains on that portion of 
the Railway to the right, and by giving facilities for 
the conveyance of passengers into and from the Sta- 
tion of the last-named Railway at the Oxford Road 
'in Manchester ; and by other Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Lord John Russell presented, b 
Command,—Copy of Treaty of 
merce and Navigation, between Her Majesty and 
the Republic of the Equator, signed at Quito, May 
3, 1851. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Osborne presented,—Return to an Order, Piracy 
dated the 28th day of June last, for Copy of any (Borne) 


Correspondence with the Board of Admiralty that 
has taken place, during the present Session, respect- 
ing an alleged Discrepancy between the Accounts of 
Captain Furguhar and Sir James Brooke, relating 
to the Action with the Pirates of Borneo. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Middlesex, Attorney and Solicitor, was presented, and 
read ; setting forth, That an action at law is pend- 
ing in Her Majesty’s Court of Queen’s Bench at 
Westminster, at the suit of one James Darling, 
against the Honourable Charles Wellesley, com- 
monly called Lord Charles Wellesley, a Member of 
the House, and that the Petitioner is the Attorney 
for the Defendant in such action, which is appointed 
to be tried on Thursday next the 7th day of July 
‘instant, at Guildhall, in the City of London, before 
the Lord Chief Justice of the said Court of Queen’s 
| Bench and a Special Jury; that the plaintiff in _ 
| sal 





Her Majesty’s Republic of 
riendship, Com- the Equator. 


A Petition of John Alexander Mainley Pinniger, New Windsor 
of Raymond-buildings, Gray’s-inn, in the County of Election. 





(Ireland.) 


- at New Windsor, and carrying on the Ship Inn an 


17 Vicroriz. 


said action was, until lately, an inn-keeper ay 


Tavern in that place, and the action is brought 
to recover the sum of £.107. 17s. 5d., the amount | 
of a claim made by the plaintiff upon the defendant | 
for meat, drink and refreshments alleged by the | 
plaintiff to have been supplied by him to the de- 
fendant, and to voters and others in his interest, at 
the last Election for Mew Windsor, which took | 
place in July 1852, and also for rosettes, colours | 
and other materials furnished to and for the use of | 
the defendant, and for money alleged to have been. 
lent and advanced to him or paid on his account; | 
that the subject-matter of the said action was fully | 





investigated before a Select Committee of the House | 
appointed to try the merits of the Petition of Wil- | 
lam Henry Banks and Henry Thompson, two 
Electors of the Borough of New Windsor, presented | 
to the House, and praying that the Election of the 
said Lord Charles Wellesley might be avoided on 
the grounds of bribery and treating thereat on the 


agents with the view to influence voters, and which | 
said Committee sat and heard Evidence for and 
against the said Petition on the 12th day of March | 
last, and following days; that the said James Dar- | 
ling, Jane Darling his wife, and divers other per- | 
sons were examined by the Petitioners in support of | 
the allegations in the said Petition, and gave evi- | 
dence with reference particularly to the bill claimed | 
by the said James Darling, and sought to be re- 
covered in the said action; that the Petitioner is | 
informed, and verily believes, that the said James | 
Darling intends to support his claim upon the trial 
of the said action by his own evidence and that of 
his wife’s, the said Jane Darling, and others of the 
witnesses examined before the said Committee ; that 
the Petitioner is advised, that the ends of justice 
will be materially furthered, if the House will allow 
the Minutes of the Evidence taken upon the inquiry 
into the allegations of the said Petition to be in 
Court upon the trial of the said cause, that such 
parts thereof as relate to the claim of the said James 
Darling may be compared with the evidence in- 
tended to be adduced by him upon the said trial; 
and praying that the House will be pleased to order 
the proper Officer of the House to attend the Court 
of Queen’s Bench at Guildhall aforesaid, upon the 
trial of the action of “ Darling v. Lord Charles Wel- 
lesley,” with the Minutes of Evidence taken before the 
New Windsor Election Committee, in order that they 





5°—6° Juli. 653 


tionery and other Contingent Expenses; of the 
Sums expended in each year for ordinary Repairs, 
distinguishing the Amounts paid for Labour and 
Materials :—And, of the Sums expended in each year 
on building Walls or Fences, in making Side or 
Foot-paths, or other permanent Improvements, dis- 
tinguishing under this and the previous Heads, when 
— the Amounts expended within each 
arony or Half Barony. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Mait. 


an Account of the Total Number of Quarters of 
Malt made between the 5th day of July 1851 and 
the 5th day of July 1852, in the United Kingdom, 


| distinguishing the Quantity made in each Country, 


and the Quantity used by Brewers and by Victual- 
lers, and by Retail Brewers (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 222, of the present Session) : 
—And, similar Account for the year ending the 5th 
day of July 1853. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Probate and 


part of the said Lord Charles Wellesley and his to transfer the Testamentary Jurisdiction of the — 


Ecclesiastical Courts to the Courts of Common Law 
and to the County Courts: And that Mr. Collier 
and Mr. Hume do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Factories. 


to limit the Hours of Labour of Women, Young 
Persons and Children in the Factories of the United 
Kingdom, and to provide for a more perfect Inspec- 
tion of the said Factories: And that Mr. Cobbdett, 


| Mr. Fielden and Lord John Manners do prepare, 


and bring it in. 
And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 6° die Julii, 1853: 


posed, That, referring to the Report of the 
Committee on Dockyard Promotions, and the Evi- 
dence upon which it is founded, this House is of 
| opinion, that during the administration of the late 
Board of Admiralty, the patronage of Dockyard 
Promotions, and the influence of the Admiralty, 
were used and exercised for political purposes, to an 
extent and in a manner calculated to reflect discredit 
upon that department of the Government, and to 
impair the efficiency of the Service :—And a Debate 
arising thereupon ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 





may be produced and read at such trial, if necessary. 
Ordered, That leave be given to the proper Officer 
to attend accordingly. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of all the Turnpike Acts now in force in 
Ireland, specifying, in the case of each Trust, the 
Date when it was originally established, and the 
Number of Years for which it was to continue ; also 
the several Renewals thereof, whether by Private or 
General Act, and the Date at which it is to termi- 
nate :—For the last Twelve years from each existing 
Trust, of the Amount of the Tolls collected in 
year, where the collection was made under the 

anagement of the Trustees, distinguishing the 
Sums received from Private Contracts:—Of the 
Amount realized by the Trustees in each year 
that the Tolls were sold or farmed to Contractors, 
distinguishing, where practicable, the Receipts from 
Private Agreements: Of the Amounts received 
in each year from County Presentments, or from 
any other Source, in aid of Tolls, and of the Total 
Amount of Debts and Liabilities on each Trust: 
—Of the Sums paid in each year to Collectors, 
Treasurers, Secretary, Surveyor, i tt or other 
Officer or Servant respectively, by way of Salary or 
Compensation ; of the Sums paid in each year for 
Rent of Offices, Toll-houses, &amp;c.; of the Amount 
paid in each year for Printing, Advertising, Sta- 
Vou. 108. 


The House divided. 

| The Yeas to the Right ; 

| The Noes to the Left. 

_ Tellers for the{ Mr. Hayter, 1 79 
| Yeas, (The Earl of Mulgrave: D Pie 
| Tellers for thes Colonel Taylor, 1 9s 
Noes, Viscount Mandeville : f a 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That, re- 
ferring to the Report of the Select Committee on 
Dockyard Promotions, and the Evidence upon 
which it is founded, this House is of opinion, that 
during the administration of the late Board of Ad- 
miralty, the patronage of Dockyard Promotions, 
and the influence of the Admiralty, were used and 
exercised for political purposes, to an extent and in 
a manner calculated to reflect discredit upon that 
department of the Government, and to impair the 
efficiency of the Service ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That this House do now adjourn ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the {Sir Thomas Acland, 
Yeas, LMr. Vansittart, 
Tellers for the Mr. Hayter, 172 

Noes, |The Earl of Mulgrave: } : 

So it passed in the Negative. 

403 And 


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A Motion was made, and the Question — pro- Dockyard 
Select Promotions. 





















































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654 

And the Question being again proposed, That, re- 
ferring to the Report of the Select Committee on 
Dockyard Promotions, and the Evidence upon 
which it is founded, this House is of opinion, that 
during the administration of the late Board of Ad- 
miralty, the patronage of Dockyard Promotions, 
and the influence of the Admiralty, were used and 
exercised for political purposes, to an extent and in 
a manner calculated to reflect discredit upon that 
department of the Government, and to impair the 
efficiency of the Service:—And a Debate arising 
thereupon ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the | Mr. von George Philli- 

Yeas, | Phar Wr 
Sir John Shelley : 
Tellers for the (Colonel Taylor, 
Noes, eiccem Mandeville: 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That, re- 
ferring to the Report of the Select Committee on 
Dockyard Promotions, and the Evidence upon 
which it is founded, this House is of opinion, that 
during the administration of the late Board of Ad- 
miralty, the patronage of Dockyard Promotions, 
and the influence of the Admiralty, were used and 
exercised for political purposes, to an extent and in 
a manner calculated to reflect discredit upon that 
department of the Government, and to impair the 
efficiency of the Service ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ founded ” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ it appears that, during every administration of the 
Board of Admiralty, the patronage and influence 
have been used and exercised for political pur- 
““ poses; and that the Report of the Committee on 


70. 


98 


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J 
\ 
J 


. 
” 


” 


in favour of the Government Candidate,” instead 


thereof. 


5°—6° Julit. 





on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the 





the Chatham Election states that there is no in- | 
stance of an Election in that place not terminating | 








A. 1853. 





Mercurii, 6° die Julit ; 
Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 


O# DERED, That all Committees have leave Committees, 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


oO 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select Standing 
Committee on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; which Orders. 
was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That in the case of the Archbishop of Archbishop of 
Canterbury's Estate Bill, the Standing Orders ought a r 
to be dispensed with ; that the Parties be permitted — (I 
to proceed with their Bill. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Mr. Thorney reported from the Select Committee Public : 
Petitions 
(Sixty-eighth 


Petitions presented upon the Ist and 4th days of Report.) 


this instant July ; and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Cobbett presented a Bill to limit the Hours Factories Bill. 
of Labour of Women, Young Persons and Children No. 716. 
in the Factories of the United Kingdom, and to pro- 
vide for a more perfect Inspection of the said Fac- 
tories: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Wednesday 
next; and to be printed. 


The Order, That the Westport Port and Harbour Westport Port 
Bill be read the third time, was read, and dis- nd Harbour 
charged. _ 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee :—And that they have leave to sit 
and proceed forthwith. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Eastern Union 
posed, That the Eastern Union Railway Bill, as Railway Bill 
amended in the Committee, be taken into considera- 


abe = 5 . Th. » y | . . . . 
And the Question being proposed, That the words | tion To-morrow :—And the said Motion was, with 


proposed to be left out stand part of the Ques-_ 


tion :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the j Lord Dudley Stuart, 1 

Yeas, (Mr. Craven Berkeley: — J 

Tellers for the {Colonel Taylor, 1 

Noes, | Viscount Mandeville : J 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out, stand part of the 
Question ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Orders of the day be now 
read ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That this House do now adjourn ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

‘vellers for the {Colonel Taylor, } 

Yeas, (Viscount Mandeville : 

Tellers for the (Mr. Craven Berkeley, 1 

Noes, \ Mr. Osborne: J 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


And it being then a quarter of an hour before 
Four of the clock on Wednesday morning :—The 
House accordingly adjourned till this day. 





\into consideration the Amendments made 


98. 





leave of the House, withdrawn. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Gorbals 
by the Gravitation 
Lords to the Gorbals Gravitation Water (No. 2) — (¥e.8) 
Bill; and the same were twice read, and agreed to. 


Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill 


64. to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Landlord 
Copy of the Paper on the Roman and Foreign Law and Tenant 
considered with reference to the relations of Land- “el#4-) 
lord and Tenant in Jreland, communicated by the 
Secretary for Zreland to the Members of the Com- 
mittee on the Jrish Land Bills. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, To- Ministers’ 
morrow, resolve itself into a Committee to consider Money 4 
the Laws: relating to Ministers’ Money and Church — 
Temporalities in Lreland ; 

Sir John Young, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, ‘To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Petitions relating to the University of London ;— Public 
Recovery of Personal Liberty Bill ;—Arrestment of Petitions. 
Wages ; — County Courts ; — Education Bill ; — yiae gixty- 
Ocean Penny Postage ;—Savings Banks Bill ;—and, ninth Report. 

Waste 





Saint Luke, 
Chelsea. 


Piracy 
(Borneo. ) 
No. 717. 


Expenses of 
Elections Bill. 


No. 718. 


17 Vicroriz. 


Waste Lands,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Baines presented,— Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 20th day of June last, for 
Copies of all Correspondence which has passed be- 
tween the Commissioners of Police, the Poor Law 
Board, and the Board of Guardians, on the subject 
of the interference of the Metropolitan Police in the 
late Election of Guardians of the Poor of the Parish | 
of Saint Luke, Chelsea. 





Ordered, That the Return relative to Piracy (Bor- 
neo), which was presented upon the 5th day of this | 
instant July, be printed. 


| 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 
mittee on the Expenses of Elections Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question | 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave | 
the Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, re- 
“ solve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 


And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Craven Berkeley, } 89 
Yeas, Mr. Mullings : y 

Tellers for the ¢ Colonel Sibthorp, Y ae 
Noes, | Mr. Barrow: | ed 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 


Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Cravuse, N° 1, amended, and agreed to. 


Cuause, N°’ 2 (Agents so employing to forfeit 
as a debt), 
Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 4: To leave out 
the words “agent of any such candidate, or any 
“ other.” 


Question put, That the words “ agent of any 
“ such candidate” stand part of the Clause ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Headlam, 1 60 
Yeas, Mr. Vernon Smith : _ 
’ Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Craven Berkeley, } 
Noes, | Mr. Mullings : 


Amendments made. 


Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill ; 
The Committee divided. 


70. 


Tellers for the f Mr. Mullings, } 99 
Yeas, \ Mr. Craven Berkeley : 

Tellers for the { Viscount Galway, \ 
Noes, \ Colonel Sibthorp: - 


Cxiause, N° 3, amended, and agreed to. 
Crausz, N° 4, agreed to. 
Crausss, N° 5 and N° 6, disagreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 





Von. 108. 


6° Julté, 655 


mittee, be taken into consideration upon Tuesday 
next; and be printed. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blunt: 


Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Malicious Injuries Malicious 


(Zreland) Bill, without any Amendment: And also, aye 


The Lords have agreed to the Wimpole, Wrest- Wimpole, 
lingworth and Potton Road Bill, without any ve 
Amendment: And also, Fatsses aed 
Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Hull and Holderness Hull and 


- in a i Holderness 
Railway Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Railway Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Glasgow and South Glasgow and 
Western Railway (No 2) Bill, without any Amend- — Western 
ment: And also, (No. 2) Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Rochester Bridge Rochester 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Bridge Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the South Eastern Rail- South Eastern 
way (North Kent Railway to the Thames, &amp;c.) Bill, ‘oe - 
with an Amendment; to which Amendment the Railway a ihe 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And Thames, &amp;c.) 
also, Bill. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Incumbered 
for continuing and amending the Act for facilitating —— — 
the Sale and Transfer of Incumbered Estates in prt Bil. 
Ireland ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Bingiey Free 
for incorporating the Trustees of the Bingley Free ee , 
Grammar and General Education Schools, and other Fineation- 
Charities at Bingley, in the County of York; for Schools and 
authorizing the Sale, Exchange or Mortgage by the — Bill 
Trustees, when incorporated, of the several Estates °° *"™ 
belonging to the said Schools and Charities respec- 
tively situate in the Parishes of Bingley and Brad- 
ford, both in the said County of York, and for other 
purposes relating to the said Schools and Charities ; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Probates of 
mittee on the Probates of Wills and Grants of Ad- Wills and 
ministration Bill; Grane of AG 

And a Motion being made, and the Question gill. 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Wed- 


nesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second simony Law 
reading of the Simony Law Amendment Bill ; Amendment 
And a Motion being made, and the Question Bill. 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 


Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Wed- 
nesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Episcopal and 
reading of the Episcopal and Capitular Estates Bill ; fee aan 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time “**°* %™ 
upon Wednesday the 3d day of August next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Fisheries 
reading of the Fisheries (Ireland) (No. 2) Bill ; ——, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon at decane 
Wednesday the 20th day of this instant July. 


And it being Six of the clock, Mr. Speaker ad- 
journed the House till To-morrow, without putting 
the Question. 


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656 7° Jultt. A. 1853. 


Jovis, 7° die Juli ; 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 
Committees. RDERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Ambergate, The Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston and East- 
a ern Junction Railway (Voltingham, &amp;c.) Bill was 
and Eastern read the third time. 

Junction Rail- Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

ho Oe) Bl Ordered, That Mr. Thomas Greene do carry the | 

Pore ’ Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Baroness De The Baroness De Villars’ Estate Bill was read | 

M+ Estate the third time. , | 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Thomas Greene do carry the | 

Bill to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 

hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. | 

Fast Anglian Ordered, That the East Anglian Railways (No. 2) | 





R il i &gt; rer &gt; i } ‘&gt; ° , } 
(No. 2) Bill. Bill be read the third time To-morrow. | 
Liverpool, The Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway Bill | 


Crosby and . meas } ime 
Southport was read the third time. 


Railway Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Title | 
be, An Act to reduce and regulate the Tolls payable | 
in respect of Traffic passing between Liverpool and 
certain Places on the Liverpool, Crosby and South- 
port Railway ; and also the Payments or Tolls pay- 
able to the Lancashire and Yorkshire and East Lan- 
cashire Railway Companies, in respect of Traffic to 
and from the last-mentioned Railway, and for other 
purposes. | 
Ordered, That Mr. Thomas Greene do carry the | 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Rochdale The Rochdale Improvement (No. 2) Bill was read 
mprovement the third time 
No. 2) Bill. : poate ‘ 
wae Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, ‘Vhat Mr. Thomas Greene do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


| 


Severn Valley The Severn Valley Railway Bill was read the third | 
Railway Bill. time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for making a Railway from the Oz- 
ford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway, near | 
Hartlebury, in the County of Worcester, to the Bo- | 
rough of Shrewsbury, in the County of Salop, witha 
Branch to be called “ The Severn Valley Kailway,” 
and for other purposes. | 
Ordered, That Mr. Thomas Greene do carry the | 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





South Wales = The South Wales Railway (Power to purchase, &amp;c.) | 
- senim J Bill was read the third time. 
=r ag Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Bill. Title be, An Act for granting further Powers in re- | 
ference to the leasing and selling the Undertaking of 

the South Wales Railway Company to the Great | 

Western Railway Company, and authorizing working | 
Arrangements between the said Companies, and for | 

other purposes. 
Ordered, That Mr, Thomas Greene do carry the | 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. | 


Wellington The Wellington and Severn Junction Railway Bill | 
= Sever@ was read the third time. 
unction é j 
Railway Bill. | Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Thomas Greene do carry the | 


Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Chard Rail- The House proceeded to take into consideration 
way Bi. the Chard Railway Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 














The Order of the day being read, for the second Baroda and 
reading of the Baroda and Central India Railway a India 
Company Bill ; Company Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton and Mr. Potter be Westport Port 
discharged from further attendance on the Committee -_ Harbour 
on the Westport Port and Harbour Bill. = 

Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira and Mr. Richard Fox 
be added to the Committee. 


The Bingley Free Grammar and General Educa- Bingley Free 
tion Schools and Charity Estates Bill was read the Grammar 


&gt; and General 
first time. a . Education 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- Schools and 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. Charity 
Estates Bill. 


Mr. Collier presented a Bill to transfer the Testa- Probate and 
mentary Jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Courts to ray ee 
the Superior Courts of Common Law and to the 719 
County Courts: And the same was read the first anne 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 20th day of this instant July; and 
to be printed. 


Petitions relating to Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ; Public 
—Recovery of Personal Liberty Bill ;—County Rates Petitions. 
and Expenditure Bill ;—Early Closing of Shops ;— Vide Sixty- 
Education Bill; — Factories ; — Medical Officers ninth Report. 
(Navy) ;—Ocean Penny Postage ;—Savings Banks 
Bill; — and, Tribunals of Commerce, — were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to Jndian Territories ;—and, Salt 
(India),—were also presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Jndian Terri- 
tories. 

Petitions relating to Intoxicating Liquors,—were 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Public-houses, &amp;c. 

A Petition relating to the Registration of As- 
surances Bill, was also presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself —{ : 
. a0 am _ and Tenan 
into a Committee on the Landlord and Tenant (Jre (Ireland) Bill. 
land} Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Crause, N° 7 (Determination of cottage hold- 
ings). 

‘Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 33: After the 
word “ employed” to insert the words “ by him.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there in- 
serted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
stand part of the Bill; 

The Committee divided. 


ie Mr. Napier, 
— the] Mr. Solicitor General for! 51. 
— Ireland: J 
Tellers for the; Mr. M‘ Mahon, . 
Noes, Mr. Sullivan : } =. 


Crausgs, N° 8 and N° 9, agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 10 (Disputes as to conacre to be 
summarily determined), 

Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1. 17: To leave out 
the words “any one or more than one Justice,” in 
order to insert the words “ two or more Justices.” 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out, stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 


rn. &gt; { Mr. Hamilton . 
Yellers for the Yeas, ete Caulfield : } 55. 


Tellers for the Noes, {Castain Soabell: ”’} 22. 


Another Amendment proposed, in 1. 18: After the 
words “not being” to insert the words “ landlord or 
“ agent of the estate or.” 


Question 












Banbridge, 
Dublin, Newry 
and Belfast 
Junction Rail- 
way Bill. 


Parliamentary 
Papers, 
No. 720. 


Metropolitan 
Commission 
of Sewers, 





17 Vicroriz. 7° Jultz. 657 


Question put, That those words be there inserted ;| sons who are now employed, whether temporarily 


The Committee divided. or otherwise, by the Metropolitan Commissioners of 
Mr. Lucas, 1 Sewers, setting forth the Offices they have held and 

Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Richard Fox: | 7** | now hold, under the Commissioners, with the Sala- 
a Mr. Napier, 1 | ries paid, the Dates of Appointment, and the Duties 

Tellers for the Noes, { Mr. pe f 61. | discharged in each case :—And, showing the At- 


Another Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1. 19:| tendances of each Commissioner of Sewers, whether 
After the word “therein” to insert the words “ Pro-| paid or unpaid, at each and every meeting of the 
“ vided that in case there shall be only one Justice | Said Commission, duly convened, from the 1st day 
“ of the Peace present at such Petty Sessions, such | of January 1852 to the present time. 

“ Justice shall be a Resident Magistrate.” 


Question proposed, That those words be there | Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Quarantine. 


inserted :— Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. | Return, in detail, of all Vessels which have been 
Clause agreed to. | detained in Quarantine during the Five years ending 
Causes, N° 11 to N° 19, agreed to. | the Ist day of July 1853, in Great Britain, speci- 
Cuavse, N° 20 (Evidence of sub-letting). |fying the Name of each Vessel, the Date of her 


t | Arrival, the Port from which she last sailed, the 
Duration of the Voyage in Days, the Number of the 
/Crew and Passengers on board, the Disease for 
| which Quarantine was imposed, the Number of the 
Clause agreed to. | Cases of Sickness and of Death during the Voyage, 
Seen Ee Neo it and the Number of Sick on board when she arrived, 
LAUSES, N’ 21 to N° 23, agreed to. ‘the Duration of the Quarantine imposed, and whe- 
Crause, N° 24 (Subdivision by will). | ther any and how many fresh cases of Sickness oc- 
Amendment proposed, in p. 8, |. 10: To leave out | curred during the detention in Quarantine. 
from the words “ be void” to the end of the Clause. | - 
Question put, That the words proposed to be left | 


“= part of se for presenting to Her Majesty an humble Address, 
e Committee divide Mr. Napi | that She would be graciously pleased to give direc- 
Tellers for the Yeas, { Fr. Napter, \ 63. | tions that there be laid before this House, Returns 

) 

J 


Amendment proposed, in p. 6.1. 35: To leave ou 
the words “ by way of conacre or otherwise.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out, 
stand part of the Clause——put, and agreed to. 


~ — : of the Number of Places of Worship in the Ancient 
Tellers for the Noes, f M. MU MCh . 48, and also in the extended Royalty of the City of 
(Mr. a Mahon : Edinburgh, belonging to all Denominations other 


Clause agreed to. than the Established Church :—Of the Number of 
Crausss, N° 25 and N® 26, agreed to. Sittings contained in each of the said Places of Wor- 
Causes, N° 27 and N° 28, amended, and agreed | ship :—And, of the Number of Sittings in each of 
to. the said Places of Worship which are let or allotted, 
Crauses, N° 29 to N° 31, agreed to. and also the Number of Free Sittings in each, was 


: . read, and discharged. 
Cuause, N° 32 (Tenant in fee-farm not impeach- | "*® scharged 


able of waste). 


Amendment proposed, in p. 10, lines 30 and 31 : Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Places of 


To leave out the words “under any lease or grant | Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
“ made after the Ist day of January 1854.” to give directions, that there be laid before this 
Question proposed, That the words proposed to House, Returns of the Number of Places of Wor- 


be left out, stand t of the Clause :—A d t. | ship belonging to all Denominations other than the 
re eigen ett inie parents Established Church, in the Parliamentary Burgh of 


Clause agreed to. Edinburgh, distinguishing the Ancient and extended 
Royalties from the other portions of the same :—Of 
the Number of Sittings contained in each of the 
said Places of Worship :—And, of the Number of 
Sittings in each of the said Places of Worship which 
|are let or allotted, and also the Number of Free 
| Sittings in each. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 








Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Thomas | 
Greene reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this Bivens will, To-morrow, at) 1 


; ; ; ; .; | Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 
a again resolve itself into the said as are of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy 


| Council. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Banbridge, Dublin,| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Government 


Newry and Belfast Junction Railway (re-committed) Copies of any further Correspondence between the ° India Bill 


Bill, with further Amendments. | Court of Directors of the East India Company and 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; | the President of the Board of Control, respecting 
and be printed. the Bill for the future Government of Jndia. 


Ovdered, Thah the Select Commiites on Pasiia-| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Copper, &amp;c. 
’ ba “- 


tore Panere hav ; : ser- | Account of the Quantity of Copper exported from 
mentary Papers have Power to report their Obses |the Port of Zondon in the year ending the 5th day 


vations thereupon to the House, together with the | he tgene% 4 
Minutes of he Teldense pe tee Gum of January 1853, distinguishing each Sort, and to 
‘ what Country exported :—Similar Keturn for the 


Mr. said S } i : é 
Ar. Hutt m orted from the said Select Committee ; Port of Liverpool :—Accounts of all Copper Ore 


That they had considered the matter to them re- : &gt; ; ; . 
ferred ; and directed him to make a Report thereof which has been imported into the United Kingdom 
] for the year ending the 5th day of January 1853, 


to the House, togetl ith the Minutes of i- 
p scan pr ose Ba rv ee Cee showing the Quantity upon which Duty has been 


1". . . .| paid, the Countries from which the same has been 
uitcamea” the Report do Ke upon the Table ; imported, and the Per-centage Quantity of Metallic 


Copper contained in each Parcel of Ore upon which 
Duty has been paid, together with the Rate and 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House,| Amount of Duty received thereon :—Of all Copper 
Returns of the Names of all Officers and other Per- imported into the United Kingdom in the year ending 
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The Order made upon the 30th day of June last, Places of 


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Fire Insurance. 


British 
Fisheries 


Saint Luke, 
Chelsea. 


Merchant 
Shipping Bill. 


Pilotage Bill. 


Succession 
Duty Bill. 


No. 721. 


658 


the 5th day of January 1853, distinguishing each 
Sort of Copper, from what Country, and into what 
Ports imported :—Similar Return of met A ex- 
ported :—Account of Tin imported into the United 
Kingdom, in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1853, distinguishing from what Countries imported : 
—Similar Keturn of Exports of Tin :—And,,Account 
of all Zinc and Zine Ore imported and exported 
during the year ending the 5th day of January 1853, 
and the Duty paid thereon (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 462, of Session 1852). 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 2d day of June last, for Accounts of all Sums 
paid into the Stamp Office in Great Britain and 
Ireland, on Insurance from Fire, for the Quarters 
ending severally the 25th day of March, the 24th 
day of June, the 29th day of September and the 
25th day of December 1852, distinguishing the 
Amount of Allowance made to each Office for col- 
lecting the same in the Country, London, Edinburgh 
and Nublin respectively, with the Dates of each 
Payment :—And, of Sums insured by each Office 
on Farming Stock for the same Period. 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Varliament, was also laid upon the 
Table by the Clerk of the House,-—Copv of Report 
by the Commissioners for the British Fisheries of 
their Proceedings, in the year ended 5th January 
1853, being Fishing 1852. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Further Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 20th day of June 
last, for Copies of all Correspondence which has 
passed between the Commissioners of Police, the 
Poor Law Board, and the Board of Guardians, on 
the subject of the interference of the Metropolitan 


Police in the late Election of Guardians of the Poor | « 


of the Parish of Saint Luke, Chelsea. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Merchant Shipping Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday next, 
at Twelve o’clock, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Pilotage Bill 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


into a Committee on the Succession Duty Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Ciauses, N° 45 to N° 47, amended, and agreed 
to. 

Crause, N° 48 (Power of Commissioners to com- 
pel production of books and documents, and to in- 
spect public books without payment of any fee). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 15, |. 41: To leave 
out from the beginning of the Clause to the words 
“may make” in p. 16, I. 5, in order to insert the 
words “ every person who, under the provisions of 
“ the Act, may deliver any account or estimate of 
the property comprised in any succession shall, if 
require by the Commissioners, produce before 
them or their officers such books and documents 
in the custody or control of such person, so far 
as the same relate to such account or estimate, as 
may be capable of affording any necessary infor- 
mation for the purpose of ascertaining such pro- 
perty, and the Duty payable thereon, and the 

Yommissioners” instead thereof. 
Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause——put, and negatived. 

Question, That the proposed words be there in- 
serted ; 


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Amendment proposed to the proposed Amend- 
ment: After the word ‘ documents” to insert the 
words “ except title-deeds and muniments, and evi- 
* dences of the title.” 

Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the{ Mr. Mullings, lee 
Yeas, LMr. Cairns: | ies 
Tellers for the ; Mr. Hayter, 78 


Noes, (Mr. Grenville Berkeley : 


Another Amendment proposed to the proposed 
Amendment: After the word “documents” to in- 
sert the words “ only as are of the nature of leases, 
“ plans, court and rent rolls.” 

Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the {Sir William Jolliffe, 7 86 
Yeas, (Mr. Mullings: — 
Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, ler 


Noes, \Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J 
Question, That the words “ every person who, 
under the provisions of this Act, may deliver any 
account or estimate of the property comprised in 
any succession shall, if required by the Commis- 
sioners, produce before them or their officers such 
books and documents in the custody or control 
of such person, so far as the same relate to such 
account or estimate, as may be capable of affording 
any necessary information for the purpose of, as- 
certaining such property, and the Duty payable 
thereon, and the Commissioners,” be there inserted 
——put, and agreed to. 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
Clause, to add the following words: ‘ Provided al- 
“ ways, that in case any title-deed, muniments or 
evidences of title or real estate shall be refused to 
be produced, application shall be made by the 
Commissioners to a Judge of the Court of Exche- 
quer in England, Scotland or Ireland, sitting in 
chambers, who shall have power to make order 
for the production or inspection thereof, or of such 
parts thereof as shall be necessary, and the same 
shall in that case be produced or inspected by 
such person in such manner and under such re- 
strictions as such Judge shall think fit.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill ; 

The Committee divided. 

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Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, 

Yeas, (Mr. Grenville Berkeley : 
Tellers for the ; Mr. Mudlings, 

Noes, \Mr. Sturt: 
Crause, N* 49, amended, and agreed to. 
Ciauses, N° 50 and N° 51, agreed to. 
Cravae, N° 
Ciausg, N° 


52, disagreed to. 
53, amended, and agreed to. 
Crause, N° 54, disagreed to. 
Cxiause, N° 55 (Commencement of Act). 
Amendment proposed, in p. 17, Is. 21 and 22: To 
leave out the words “ 19th day of May 1853, and 
“ shall take effect accordingly,” in order to insert 
the words “ day of the passing thereof.” 
Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause——put, and agreed to. 
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 17, 1. 
At the end of the Clause to add the words “ and 
‘* shall continue in force until the 19th day of May 
“€ 186), and no longer.” 
Question put, That those words be there added ; 
The Committee divided. ' 
Tellers for the { Viscount Galway, 
Yeas, UMr. Hildyard : 
Tellers for the Mr. Hayter, 
Noes, (Mr. Grenville Berkeley: 


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Ciause, N° 56, agreed to. 
Schedules agreed to. 


Postponed Clauses, N° 16 and N° 22, disagreed to. 

Clauses added. 

Clause (Where timber trees or wood shall be com- 
prised in any succession, the successor shall be 
chargeable with Duty upon his interest in the net 
monies which shall from time to time be received 
from any sales of such timber, trees or wood, and 
shall account for and pay the same yearly: Provided, 
that if the successor shall be desirous of commuting 
the Duty, and shall deliver to the Commissioners an 
estimate of the net monies obtainable by him from 
the sale of such timber trees and wood, as may, in 


be felled by such successor during his life, the Com- 
missioners, if satisfied with such estimate, shall ac- 


cept the same and assess the Duty accordingly) —— | 


brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
be read 2°; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, 1 195 
Yeas, UMr. Grenville Berkeley: Jf °“”* 
Tellers for the (Sir John Trollope, Lane 
Noes, (Mr. Ker Seymer: : aia 


Amendment proposed, in |. 1: To leave out the 
words “ or wood.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause :—Amendment, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendments made. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit 
again :—Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in |. 4: After the 
word “ wood”’ to insert the words “ after deducting 
“ any incidental expenses to the preservation and 
“ cuttings of the same.” 

Question, ‘hat those words be there inserted —— 
put, and negatived. 

Another Amendment proposed: At the end of the 
Clause to add the words * or it shall be at the option 
“ of the successor to have his timber and wood land 
“ estimated for the purposes of this Act at the same 
“ rate as the arable pasture or other land of similar 
“ quality immediately adjoining it, as the case may 
e. 

Question, That those words be there added—— 
put, and negatived. 

Another Amendment proposed: At the end of 
the Clause to add the following words, “ provided 
“ that no timber shall be estimated in such commu- 
“ tation of less than 30 years’ growth ” 

Question, That those words be there added—— 
put, and negatived. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to, and added. 


“ 


Clause (Where it shall be required to calculate for 
the purposes either of this Act or of the Legacy 
Duty Acts, the value of any annuity, or of any in- 
terest chargeable with Duty as an annuity, such value 
shall, after the time appointed for the commencement 
of this Act, be calculated according to the Tables in 
the Schedule annexed to this Act, and not according 
to the Tables in the Schedule annexed to the Act of 
the thirty-sixth year of the reign of King George the 
Third, chapter fifty-two, and such annuity or interest 
shall be chargeable with Duty accordingly)—— 
brought up, and read 1°—2°. 

Amendment proposed, in 1. 5: After the word 
“ Act” to insert the following words, “ provided that 
.“ the life then to be valued shall be insurable at the 
“ usual rate of insurance.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted —— 
put, and negatived. 

Clause added. 


Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





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7°—8° Juliz. 659 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 8° die Julii, 1853: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bow- 
verie reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day ; und 
be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Government 
mittee on the Government of /ndia Bill ; of India Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 


| itself into the said Committee. 
a prudent course of management of the property, | 


The Order of the day being read, for the second General Board 
eadi . ’ sell he ; 9) of Health 
ae of the General Board of Health (No. 3) (No. 3) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Newspaper 
reading of the Newspaper Stamp Duties Bill ; Stamp Duties 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this ®™ 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Relfast 
mittee on the Belfast Municipal Boundaries Bill; | Municipal 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve —_— 
itself into the said Committee. ; 


The Public-houses (Scotland) Bill was, according Public-houses 
to Order, read the third time; and an Amendment (Scotland) 
was made to the Bill. Ball 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, ‘That Mr. Cumming Bruce do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Copies of Specifications Repeal Bill was, ac- Copies of 
cording to Order, read a second time ; and committed Specifications 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Monday tie 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Thames 
mittee on the Thames Embankment Bill; Embankment 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve Bill 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Ministers’ 
into a Committee on Ministers’ Money (/reland). Money 


(Ireland.) 
(In the Committee.) 
Resolved, That it is expedient to repeal the Acts 
relating to the provision for Ministers in Cities and 
Corporate Towns in Jreland, and to make other pro- 
visions in lieu thereof. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to a 
Resolution. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Public Libra- 
into a Committee on the Public Libraries (Jreland) D- (ireland) 
. &gt; , ill. 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The Sale, &amp;c. of Lands (Ireland) Bill was, ac- Sale, &amp;e. of 
cording to Order, read a second time ; and committed —— 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday “ nan 
next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Brecon Col- 
into a Committee on the Brecon Collegiate Church _ Church 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker ~ 

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Parish Con- 
stables Bill. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Dublin Par- 
lhamentary 
Registration 
Bill. 


Customs, &amp;c.. 


Acts (1 July.) 


Customs, &amp;c. 
Acts. 


Land Tax 
Redemption. 


Stamp Duties 


(Ireland.) 


Customs, &amp;c. 


Acts. 


Customs 


(Isle of Man.) 


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resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Parish Constables Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Municipal Corporations Act Amend- 
ment Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Dublin Parliamentary Registration Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 


mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Fri- | 


day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the 
Report on the Customs, &amp;c. Acts ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received on Thursday 
next. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the 
Customs, &amp;c. Acts, several Resolutions ; which were 
read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That, in lieu of the consideration men- 
tioned in the Act passed in the forty-second year of 
the reign of King George the Third, chapter 116, 
sections 22 and 23, and the Table in the Schedule 
marked (L.) to the said Act annexed, to be given or 
paid for the redemption of the Land Tax in Great 
Britain, under the provisions of the several Acts in 
force in that behalf, the consideration for such re- 
demption shall be a sum of the capital stocks, or one 
of them, mentioned in section 22 of the said Act, 
less by and at the rate of £.17. 10s. per £.100 than 
the amount of the stock consideration calculated 
and ascertained according to the said last-mentioned 
enactment, or a sum of money less by and at the 
like rate than the amount of the money considera- 
tion calculated and ascertained according to the said 
section 23, and the said Table in Schedule (L.) of the 
said Act; and the consideration for the purchase of 
Land ‘lax under the several provisions contained in 
the said Act in that behalf, shall be such sum of 
capital stock or money at the least as is hereinbe- 
fore directed to be given or paid for the redemption 
of Land Tax. 

2. Resolved, That the Stamp Duties and Compo- 
sition for Duties granted and made payable in Ireland 
for a limited term by the Act 5 &amp; 6 Vic. ce. 82, and 
continued by subsequent Acts for four other several 
and successive terms, the last of which will expire 
on the 10th day of October 1853; and all Duties 
now payable in lieu of any of the said Duties which 
may have been repealed, shall be continued and 
made perpetual. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the first 
of the said Resolutions: And that Mr. Bowverie, 
Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Wilson do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


The Ilouse, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Customs, &amp;c. Acts. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That, in lieu of all Duties of Customs 
now payable by law upon the importation of goods, 
wares and merchandize into the Isle of Man, there 
shall be raised, levied, collected or paid unto Her Ma- 
jesty, Her heirs and successors, the several Duties of 





A. 1853. 


Customs, as the same are respectively set forth (that 
is to say) :— 
(B.) 


A Taste of Duties of Customs 


Payable on Goods, Wares and Merchandize imported or 
brought into the Isle of Man. 


£8. d. 
Coals, from the United Kingdom - -~— - free. 
Coffee, the Import Duties in the United King.. 
dom not having been there paid thereon 
thelb.| - - 2 


Corn, viz. wheat, barley, bear or bigg, oats, rye, 
peas, beans, buck wheat, maize or 

Indian vorn - «+  thequarter}; - 1 - 

Wheat meal and flour, barley meal, oat 

meal, rye meal and flour pea meal, 

bean meal, buck wheat meal and 








maize or Indian corn meal - theewt.| - - 4} 

|Hemp - - - 2 = = «© | free. 

| Hops, from the United Kingdom - -~— - free. 
lron- a S . 3 + ~ * free. 


| To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





| Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 

' gress in the matter to them referred ; and that he 

_ was directed to move, That the Committee may have 

‘leave to sit again. 

| Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 

| resolve itself into the said Committee. 


the Committee :—The Bill was re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to make provision 
therein, pursuant to the second of the Resolutions 
which were this day reported from the Committee 
on the Customs, &amp;c. Acts; and which Resolution 
was then agreed to by the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee :—The House 
accordingly resolved itself into the Committee ; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
| the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the 
| Committee had gone through the Bill. 
| Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 





after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


Shoreditch Improvement Bill be now read the third 
time ; 

Sir James Graham, by Her Majesty's Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


mittee on the Tenants’ Compensation (Jreland) 
Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, at Twelve 
o'clock, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





consideration the Courts of Common Law (Jreland) 
Bill, as amended inthe Committee ; 
Ordered, 











The Order of the day being read, for taking into stamp Duties 
consideration the Stamp Duties Bill, as amended in Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Land Reve- 
into a Committee on the Land Revenues Bill; and, 2¥¢8 Bill. 


A Motion being made, That the Spitalfields to spitalfields 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Tenants’ 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Courts of 








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Crime and 
Outrage (Ire- 
land) Act. 


Jevanjee 
Pestonjee and 
Rustomjee 
Viccajee. 


Entry of 
Seamen. 


Naval Coast 
Volunteers. 


Dublin 
Carriage. 


Coinage 
Offences 
(Colonies. ) 


Slave Trade 
Treaties. 


Expenses of 
Elections Bill. 


Entry of 
Seamen Bill. 


No. 722. 


Naval Coast 
Volunteers 
Bill. 


No. 723. 





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Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
this day at Twelve o'clock. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Baronies in each of the several 
Counties in Jreland in which Proclamations are now 
in force under the Provisions of the Crime and Out- 
rage Act, distinguishing the Date at which each 
Proclamation was issued :—And, of the Number of 
Licenses to keep Arms that have been withdrawn by 
the Lord Lieutenant, under the Provisions of that 
Act, since the 1st day of January 1850. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
osed, That the Petition of Jevanjee Pestonjee and 
ustomjee Viccajee, complaining of injuries sustained 
from the Government of the Nizam, which was pre- , 
sented upon the 5th day of this instant July, be 

rinted :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
day. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to make better provision concerning the Entry and 
Service of Seamen, and otherwise to amend the Laws | 
concerning Her Majesty’s Navy : And that Sir James | 
Graham, Admiral Berkeley and Mr. Osborne do pre- | 
pare, and bring it in. 





Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the establishment of a body of Naval Coast 
Volunteers, and for the temporary transfer to the 
Navy, in case of need, of Seafaring Men employed 
in other Public Services: And that Sir James Gra- 
ham, Admiral Berkeley and Mr. Osborne do prepare, ' 
and bring it in. 





Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Hack- | 
ney and Stage Carriages, also Job Carriages, and | 
Horses and Carts let for hire, within the Police Dis- 
trict of Dublin Metropolis: And that Sir John Young 
and Mr. Solicitor General for Ireland do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the Punishment of Offences in the Colonies in 
relation to the Coin: And that Mr. Wilson and Mr. 
Chancellor of the Exchequer do prepare, and bring 
it in. 





The Select Committee on Slave Trade Treaties | 
was nominated of Mr. Hume, Sir Robert Harry 
Inglis, Sir John Pakington, Lord Stanley, Mr. | 
Bright, Sir George Brooke Pechell, Sir Thomas Ac- | 
land, Mr. Hutt, {ord Harry Vane, Sir George Grey, | 
Mr. Alexander Hastie, Mr. Adderley, Mr. Tolle- | 


Juliz. 661 


and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday 
next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill for the Punishment Coinage 
of Offences in the Colonies, in relation to the Coin : Offences 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered naa Sig 
to be read a second time this day; and to be No. 734. 
printed. 


Mr. Solicitor General for Zreland presented a Bill Dublin 
to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Hack- ©"tiage Bill. 
ney and Stage Carriages, also Job Carriages and No. 725. 
Horses and Carts let for hire within the Police Dis- 
trict of Dublin Metropolis: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Friday next; and to be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
a quarter of an hour after Three of the clock 
on Friday morning, adjourned till this day. 





Veneris, 8° die Juli ; 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 


QRDER ED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blunt: 


Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Soap Duties Bill, Soap Duties 
without any Amendment: And also, Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Public Works Loan public Works 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Loan Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the East and West rast and West 
India Docks and Birmingham Junction Railway India Docks 


: : 2 and Birming- 
(No. 2) Bill, without any Amendment: And also, ji, Sanetam 
Railway 
(No. 2) Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Limerick, Ennis Limerick, 


and Killaloe Junction Railway (Power to sell, &amp;c.) Ennis and 


Bill, without any Amendment: And also, a 


Message from 
the Lords. 


tion Railway 
(Power to sell, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Whittlebury Forest Whittlebury 
Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Forest Bull. 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the South Eastern South Eastern 
Railway (Reading Extension, &amp;c.) Bill, with Amend- Railway 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the (Resting Be 
concurrence of this House: And also, a 

The Lords have agreed to the Norwich and Spald- Norwich and 
ing Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which Spalding Rail- 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of “*Y BU 


mache, Mr. Strutt and Mr. Moffatt; with Power to | this House: And also, 


send for persons, papers and records. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Lords have agreed to the Warrington and Warrington 


Altrinch i ; ‘ _ and Altrine- 
rincham Railway (Stockport) Bill, with Amend fem ihlloep 


‘ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the (Stockport) 
The Order for taking into consideration, upon | concurrence of this House: And also, Bill. 


Tuesday next, the Expenses of Elections Bill, as | 
amended in the Committee, was read, and dis- 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Friday the 15th day of this instant July. 


Sir James Graham presented a Bill to make better 
provision concerning the Entry and Service of Sea- 
men, and otherwise to amend the Laws concerning 
Her Majesty’s Navy: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Friday next; and to be printed. 


Sir James Graham presented a Bill for the Esta- 
blishment of a body of Naval Coast Volunteers, and 
for the temporary transfer to the Navy, in case of 
need, of Seafaring Men employed in other Public 
Services: And the same was read the first time; 
Vou, 108. 








The Lords have agreed to the Electric Telegraph Electric 


/Company of Jreland Bill, with Amendments; to Telegraph 


which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence bare ary 


of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Jesus College 
to enable the Master or Keeper, Fellows and Scho- Estate Bill. 
lars of Jesus College, in the University of Cambridge, 
to alter and vary the mode of dealing with the 
Benefaction of Doctor Edmund Proby and Sir Tho- 
mas Proby, and to appropriate the same for the 
benefit of the said College, mn erecting and providing 
Parsonage-houses for Livings belonging to the said 
College, and in augmenting such Livings, and for 
other purposes, including the Repeal of existing 
Legislative Enactments relating to the said Bene- 
faction; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House :—And then the Messenger with- 
drew. 

4P3 Mr. 





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3 
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Hall Dare’s 
Estate Bill. 


Hall Dare’s 
Estate Bill. 


Pemberton 


Leigh’s Estate 
Bill. 


Pemberton 


Leigh’s Estate 


Bill. 


Barnsley 
Waterworks 
(No. 2) Bill. 


London Docks 


Bill. 


Midland Rail- 
way (Leicester 


and Iitchin) 
Bill. 


Cotham’s 
Estate Bill. 


Moore’s 
( Brown's 
Trustees) 


Estate Bill. 


East Anglian 
Railways 
(No, 2) Bill. 


662 


Standing Orders are applicable. 


Ordered, That Hall Dare’s Estate Bill be read a 


second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of Pemberton Leigh’s Estate Bill, 
no Standing Orders are applicable. 


Ordered, That Pemberton Leigh’s Estate Bill be 
read a second time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Barnsley 
Waterworks (No. 2) Bill; and the same was twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Sir John Johnstone do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendment made by 
their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the London 
Docks Bill; and the same were twice read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That. Mr. Baines do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Midland 
Railway (Leicester and Hitchin) Bill; and the 
same were twice read, and agreed to, 

Ordered, That Mr. Davison do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Cotham’s Estate Bill was read the third time. 


Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, do | 


ass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Baines do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, with an Amendment ; to which 
Amendment this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. 


Moore's (Brown’s Trustees) Estate Bill was read 
the third time ; and Amendments were made to the 
Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Baines do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the East Anglian Railways (No. 2) Bill; 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read the third time ; 

Mr. Baines, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think 
fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

A Clause (For preventing obstructions to railway, 
landing-places, &amp;c.), was thrice read ; and added to 
the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Sullivan do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





8° Julliz. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from | 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of Hail Dare’s Estate Bill, no 





| mittee. 
| Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


| 


A, 1853. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Galway 
the Galway Harbour Bill, as amended in the Com- Harbour Bill. 











| The House proceeded to take into consideration Galway 
‘the Galway Improvement Bill, as amended in the a erenent 
. lil. 


Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


the Committee. 


part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (No action or suit to be brought 
before memorial be registered), was twice read; and 
made part of the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 








time. 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 5th, 6th and 7th days 


a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers ; — 
| Universal Suffrage ;—Recovery of Personal Liberty 
Bill ;— Newspapers (India) ; — Advertisements ;— 
Customs (Isle of Man) ;— Ministers’ Money (Ire- 
land) ;—Stamps (Scotland) ; -- Edinburghand Canon- 
gate Annuity Tax Abolition Bill; —Education Bill ;— 
Factories ;—General Board of Health (No. 2) Bill ;— 
Landlord and Tenant (Zreland) Bill ;—Ocean Penny 


houses (Scotland) Bill ;—Savings Banks Bill ;--and, 
Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to Intoxicating Liquors,—were 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Public-houses, &amp;c. 

Petitions relating to the Registration of Assu- 
rances Bill,—were also presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 








| The following Papers were laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
‘dated the 3d day of March last, for Accounts of the 
Gross and Net Post-office Revenue, including the 
| Income cerived from Foreign and Colonial Postage, 
/and the Cost of Management, for the year ending 
January 1853:—Of the Charges of Management 
for the United Kingdom, under the different heads, 
for the year ending January 1853 :—Of the Pay- 
| . ‘a . 
-ments made by the Post-office for the Conveyance 
'of Mails by Railway within the United Kingdom 





of this instant July ; and had directed him to make 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Life Associa- 
the Life Association of Scotland Bill, as amended in ea 
an . 


A Clause (A memorial of the names of the share- 
holders to be registered), was twice read ; and made 


Jesus College Estate Bill was read the first Jesus College 


Estate Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 


Public 
Petitions 
(Sixty-ninth 
Report.) 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Seven- 
tieth Report. 


Postage ;—Public-houses and Beer-shops ;—Public- 


Post-office. 


during the year ending January 1853, distinguishing, ° 


in each instance, Payments for Work done within 
the year from Payments for Work done in previous 
years :— Of Payments out of the Post-office Reve- 
_ hue other than Charges of Management :—Of the 
| Expense of the Money Order Office, and the Amount 
‘received for Commission, during the year ending 
| January 1853 :—And, of the Amount paid by each 
of the Public Departments under the head of Post- 
age, for the year ending January 1853. 

Return to an Order, dated the 1st day of this in- 
stant July, for a Statement of the Amount of the 
South Sea Stock which the Corporation of the South 
Sea Company have signified their Assent to the 

Commissioners 


South Sea and 
other Annui- 
ties Commu- 
tation. 








Landlord 
and Tenant 
(Ireland.) 


No. 726. 


Post-office. 


Income Tax 
(Ireland, ) 


New Churches, 


Saint Luke, 
Chelsea, 


No. 727. 
Fire Insurance. 


No, 728. 


Post-office. 
No. 729. 


London, Liver- 
pooland North Tjyerpool and North America Screw Steam Ship 


America 
Screw Steam 


Ship Company. 


No. 730. 


Landlord 
and Tenant 
(Ireland) Bill. 


17 Vicroriz. 


Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, on or be- 
fore the 1st day of July 1853, under the 6th section 
of the Act 16 Vic. c. 23, to commute and exchange 
into any of the New Stocks created under the said 
Act; distinguishing the Amount proposed to be 
taken in the New ‘!hree and a half per cent. Stock, 
the Two and a half per cent. Stock, and Exchequer 
Bonds. . 

Return to an Order, dated the 6th day of this in- | 
stant July, for Copy of the Paper on the Roman and | 
Foreign Law considered with reference to the Rela- | 
tions of Landlord and Tenant in Jreland, communi- | 
cated by the Secretary for Jreland to the Members 
of the Committee on the Jrish Land Bills. | 

Return to an Order, dated the 24th day of Fe-| 
bruary last, for a Return showing the Number of | 
Prosecutions instituted by the Post-office during the | 
last Five years ,and the Number of Convictions there- | 
under, and specifying the Offices held in each in-| 
stance by the Party prosecuted, and the Amount of 
Salary attached to such Office, and the Costs of such 
Prosecutions. 

Return to an Order, dated the 19th day of May | 
last, for Returns for each of the years ending on the 
5th day of April 1850, 1851 and 1852, of the 
Amount of Property assessed to the Income Tax in| 
each of the above years, under Schedule D. arising | 
from Securities and Possessions in Jreland :—Of the | 
Amount of Dividends assessed under Schedule C. in | 
the Public Funds in Jreland for each of the above 
Periods, and under Schedule E. on Salaries in Public 
Offices and Pensions in Jre/and, for each of the | 
above years :—And, similar Returns for the year 
ending the 5th day of April 1853, so soon as the | 
Assessment shall be complete (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 27, of Session 1850). 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of | 
several Acts of Parliament, was also laid upon the 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—An Account of 
Charges and Expenses paid by Her Majesty’s Com- | 
missioners in and about the execution of the several | 
Acts of Parliament for building and promoting the | 
building of additional Churches in populous Parishes, 
from the 25th March 1852 to the 25th March 1853. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Landlord and | 
Tenant (Ireland), be printed. 





Ordered, That the Returns relative to Saint Luke, | 
Chelsea, which were presented upon the 6th and 7th 
days of this instant July, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Fire Insu- 
rance, which was presented upon the 7th day of this 
instant July, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to the Post-office, 
which was presented upon the 5th day of this in- 
stant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the London, 





| 





Company, which was presented upon the 10th day | 


of June last, be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Landlord and Tenant (Jre- | 
land) Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Criauses, N° 33 to N° 36, agreed to. | 


Criause, N° 37, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 38 to N° 41, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 42, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuiause, N° 43 (Malicious destruction of houses | 
and trees to be a misdemeanor). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 15, 1. 8: To leave 
out the words “of any lands or.” 


8° Julit. : 663 


Cuauss, N° 44 (Magistrate’s precept to restrain 
waste). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 15, 1. 29: After the 
word “ agent” to insert the words “duly authorized 
“ in writing.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

An Amendment made. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill ; 

The Committee divided. 


- _ f{ Mr. Napier, 1 
Tellers for the Yeas,) Mr. Whiteside : f 61. 


: Mr. Lucas 
Tellers for the Noes,{ Golonel Greville: } 7 


Ciauses, N° 45 and N° 46, amended, and agreed 
to. 

Crause, N° 47 (Summary possession of small 
tenements wasted). 

Amendments made. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the { Mr. Napier, \ - 
Yeas, \The Earlof Mulgrave: J °” 
Tellers for the { Mr. Lucas, a 19 
Noes, Mr. Vincent Scully : i: 


Ciauszs, N° 48 to N° 56, agreed to. 

Criauses, N° 57 to N° 59, amended, and agreed 
to. 
Crauses, N° 60 to N° 65, agreed to. 

Criause, N° 66, amended, and agreed to. 
Criause, N° 67, agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 68 and N° 69, amended, and agreed 
to. 

Ciause, N° 70 (What may be taken as a dis- 
tress). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 23,1. 37: To leave 
out the words “ growing corn, grass, hops and roots, 
“ fruits and other produce.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out, stand part of the Clause. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


A Message by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of the Royal Assent 
Black Rod: to Bills. 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent to seve- 
ral Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire the 
immediate attendance of this Honourable House in 
the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. 
Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And, being returned ; 
Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Commission, had been at the House of Peers, 
where a Commission under the Great Seal was read, 
giving, declaring and notifying the Royal Assent to 
the several Bills therein mentioned; and that the 
Lords, thereby authorized, had declared the Royal 
Assent to the said Bills : Which Bills are as follow : 


An Act to impose additional Duties on Spirits in pxcise Duties 
| Scotland and Ireland; and to alter the countervail- on Spirits Bill. 


ing Duties on Spirits, the Manufacture of Guernsey, 


| Jersey, Alderney or Sark, imported into Scotland or 


Question proposed, That the words proposed to be | Jreland, and the countervailing Duties and Draw- 


left out, stand part of the Clause. 
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 
Clause agreed to. 
Vou. 108. 





, backs on the Removal of certain Mixtures and Com- 
| pounds between Scotland, Ireland and England re- 


spectively ; and to amend the Laws relating to the 
4p4 collecting 


















































664. 


collecting and securit 
Spirits : 


or 
ig 


the Duties of Excise upon 


Cathedral An Act to make provision concerning the future 

rs regulation of certain Appointments connected with 
Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, and concerning 
certain of the Estates of the Deans and Chapters of 
York and Carlisle : 

Malicious An Act to extend the Remedies for the Compen- 

Injuries 


sation of Malicious Injuries to Property in Jre- 
land : 

An Act to repeal the Duties, Allowances and 
Drawbacks of Excise on Soap : 

An Act for altering the mode of Repayment of 


(ireland) Bill. 
Soap Duties 
Bill. 


Public Works 
Loan Bill. 


8° Julie. 
Third, chapter 32, and for other . 








A. 1853. 


urposes, and of 
itham Drainage 





which the short Title is “ The 
Second District Act, 1853 :” 
An Act for making a Railway from Wimbledon to Wimbledon 
Croydon, in the County of Surrey, to be called “ The ee rereen 
Wimbledon and Croydon Railway,” and for other pur- ““""*Y Bill. 
DOSES : 
An Act to repeal an Act of the eleventh year of Wimpole, 
the reign of King George the Fourth, for making Le 9 
and maintaining a Turnpike-road from Wimpole to Potton Road 
Wrestlingworth and Potton, and to make other Pro- Bill. 
visions in lieu thereof : 


An Act to incorporate a Company for making a Hull and 





Advances by the Public Works Loan Commissioners 
under the Public Health Act, 1848, and other 


’ 


Acts : 
Whichwood An Act for Disafforesting the Forest of Which- 
Forest Bill. . 

wood : 
Ballymena, An Act for making a Railway from Ballymena to 
Ballymoney, Portrush : 
Coleraine : 


and Portrush Junction 
Railway (No. 2) Bill. 

An Act to authorize an Extension of the ZLondon- 
a. derry and Coleraine Railway : 
Junction Railway Bill. 
North British An Act to confirm certain Preference Shares 
Railway Bill. created by the North British Railway Company, and 
to make better provision for the Payment of the 
Debts of the said Company, and for other pur- 
OSES : 

An Act to enable the Scottish Midland Junction 
Railway Company to make Branch Railways to 
Blairgowrie and Kirriemuir, and to amend the Acts 
relating to such Company, and for other purposes : 

An Act for the better Improvement and Regula- 
tion of the Borough of South Shields, in the County 
of Durham, the Establishment of a Cemetery therein, 
and for other purposes : 
eee An Act for making a Railway from Staines to 
snd Gadiion Wokingham and Woking: 

Junction Railway Bill. 

Peebles Rail- An Act for making a Railway from the Hawick 
way Bill. Branch of the North British Railway, near to the 
Eskbank Station, to the Royal Burgh of Peebles : 

An Act for making a Railway from Havant, in 

the County of Southampton, to Godalming, in the 
County of Surrey, to be called “The Portsmouth 
Railway,” and for other purposes : 
London, An Act to enable the London, Brighton and South 
a Coast Railway Company to enlarge their Station at 
Railway Bill, London Bridge and their Goods Station at Brighton, 
and to make a Branch Railway to the Crystal Palace, 
and for converting the Debenture Debt of the Zon- 
don, Brighton and South Coast Railway Company 
into Stock or Shares, and for other purposes : 

An Act to enable the Aberdeen Railway Company 
to raise further Monies; to authorize the Abandon- | 
ment of the authorized Road to the Quays through | 
the Station at Aberdeen, and the formation of another | 
Road in lieu thereof; to extend the Time for the | 
compulsory Purchase of Lands, and for the Com- | 
pletion of the Aberdeen Station ; to alter, amend and 
extend the Acts relating to the Company, and for 
other purposes : 

An Act to unite into one Company the .bristol 
Gas-Light Company and the Bristol and Clifton 


Londonderry, 


Scottish Mid- 
land Junction 
Railway Bill. 


South Shields 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Staines, 


Portsmouth 
Railway Bill. 


Aberdeen 
Railway Bill. 








| 
Bristol Gas 
and Bristol and | 


Clifton Gas 


Companies Gas-Light Company, and to enable the United Com- 
Amalgama- —_ nies to raise further Capital : 

tion Bill. 

Manchester An Act to repeal an Act for making and main- 


and Bury 


Road Bil. taining a Road from the top of Hunts Bank in the 


Town of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, to 
join the Manchester and Bury Turnpike-road in Pil- | 
kington, inthe same County, and to substitute other | 
provisions in lieu thereof : 

An Act for amending the Provisions with respect 


| 


Witham 
Drainage Se- 
cond District 
Bill. 


to the Commissioners of the Second District for | 
Drainage by the River Witham, contained in the Wi- | 
tham Drainage Act of the second year of George the 


| 


| I 


Holderness 


m 
Railway from Seaeelidl to or near to )° ‘way Bill 


Withernsea in Holderness, with a Branch therefrom, 


' and for other purposes : 


An Act to enable the Glasgow and South Western Glasgow and 
Railway Company to make a Branch Railway —— Western 


to 
near Mayfield, in the County of Ayr : (No. 3) Bill 


An Act for extending the Time granted by “ The Rochester 
Rochester Bridge Act, 1846,” for the Completion of Bridge Bill. 
such Bridge : 

An Act for making a Railway from the London, East Grinstead 
Brighton and South Coast Railway, to or near to ®#ilway Bill 
the Town of Last Grinstead, in the County of 
Sussex : 

An Act to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Eastern Coun- 
Company to construct a Railway from the Line of (Wordford? 
the Northern and Eastern Railway near Stratford, ana Loughton) 
to Woodford and Loughton, and to repeal certain Bill. 
Provisions of their existing Acts, and to grant further 
Powers to the said Company for capitalizing their 
Debt, and for other purposes : 

An Act for better supplying with Water the Towns Haslingden 
and Villages of Huslingden, Rawtenstall and New- and Rawten- 
church, and the Townships of Haslingden Higher wo ag 
Booths, Lower Booths, Newchurch and Hapton, in 
the Parish of Whalley, the Townships of Cowpe 
Lench, New Hall Hey and Hall Carr and Totting- 
ton Higher End, in the Parish of Bury, and the 
Extra-parochial Places of Hen Heads and Dun- 
nockshaw, all in the County Palatine of Lancaster : 

An Act to enable the Monkland Railways Com- Monkland 
pany to make certain Railways in the Vicinity of Railways Bill. 
Bathgate and Airdrie, and for other purposes : 

An Act to authorize the Mayor, Aldermen and Manchester 
Citizens of the City of Manchester to make certain Improvement 
new Streets, and to amend the Acts relating to the” 
said City, and for other purposes : 

An Act to amend the Gorbals Gravitation Water Gorbals — 
Company Acts, to authorize the Extension of their Water (No. 2) 
Works, to supply the Royal Burgh of Renfrew and piu, ; 
Suburbs and other Places with Water, and for other 
purposes : 

An Act to enable the Limerick, Ennis and Ki//a- Limerick, 
loe Junction Railway Company to lease their Under- — . 
taking, and for other purposes : tion Railway 
(Power to sell, &amp;c. ) Bill. 


An Act to enable the East and West India Docks East and West 
and Birmingham Junction Railway Company to raise i % 
additional Capital, and for other purposes : hom Senetite 
Railway (No. 2) Bill 


An Act for enlarging the Powers of the Trustees Baroness De 
of the Settlement made on the Marriage of the Villars’ Estate 
Baroness De Graffenried Villars, and for other pur- 
yoses : 

An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Alfred Richard 
| Cutbill with Elizabeth his now Wile, and to enable 
| him to marry again, and for other purposes therein 
/ mentioned : 

An Act to dissolve the Marriage of George Fisher, Fisher's __ 
Esquire, with Mary Matilda Fisher his now Wife, Piverce Bill. 
and to enable him to marry again, and for other pur- 
poses therein mentioned. 


Cutbill’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Lord John Manners reported from the Committee South Wales 
on Group KK. of Railway Bills; That in the case icant) 
of the South Wales Railway (Monmouth) Bill, the pin, 

Committee 





Chatham 
Election. 





17 Vicroriz. 


Committee had examined the allegations contained 
in the Preamble of the Bill, but that the same had 
not been proved to their satisfaction. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee :—And that they have leave to 
sit and proceed forthwith. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of 


the Borough of Chatham, was delivered in, and, 


read; setting forth, That at the last Election of a 
Member to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Borough of Chatham, the Petitioners were registered 
Electors of the said Borough, and had a right to 
vote and did vote at the said Election; that, at the 
said Election, Sir James Stirling and Leicester Viney 
Vernon, Esquire, were the Candidates, and a poll 
being demanded and taken, the said Leicester Viney 
Vernon was, by the Returning Officer at the close 
thereof, declared to have the majority of votes, and 
to be elected, and was returned as eben to serve 
in this present Parliament for the said Borough of 
Chatham ; that before and during the said Election 
the said Leicester Viney Vernon was guilty of bribery 
and corruption, and did by gifts, presents, money and 
rewards, and by promises and agreements for gifts, 
presents, money and rewards, and by contracts and 
undertakings to give and obtain office, place, employ- 
ment and preferment to and for persons having votes 
at the said Election, or to and for other persons, cor- 
rupt and procure divers persons having votes at such 
Election to vote for him the said Leicester Viney Ver- 
non, and to forbear to vote for the said Sir James Stir- 
ling ; that before and during the said Election the said 
Leicester Viney Vernon, by his agents, managers, 
friends and partisans, was guilty of bribery and cor- 
ruption, and gave and promised to give to divers per- 
sons, being Electors of the said Borough of Chatham, 
and to divers other persons, money, meat, drink, 
entertainment, provision and reward, place, office, 
employment and preferment, in order to corrupt and 
procure persons having votes at the said Election to 
vote for the said Leicester Viney Vernon, and to for- 
bear to vote for the said Sir James Stirling ; that 
gross, extensive and systematic bribery, and open 
and notorious treating and corruption, were prac- 
tised and carried on, and threats, mtimidation and 
undue influence were used at the said Election 
by the friends, supporters and partisans of the said 
Inienter Viney Vernon, with his knowledge and 
on his behalf, with a view to the Election of the 
said Leicester Viney Vernon, and the Election and 
Return of the said Leicester Viney Vernon were pro- 
cured by means of such bribery, treating and cor- 
ruption, and by other illegal practices; that the 
Election and Return of the said Leicester Viney 
Vernon, being procured by the means aforesaid, were 
and are wholly null and void, and the said Leicester 
Viney Vernon is, by the said corrupt and illegal 
practices, wholly incapacitated and ineligible to sit 
in this present Parliament for the said Borough of 
Chatham; that at the said Election, divers persons 
who were not legally entitled to vote at the said Elec- 
tion, in consequence of not having been duly placed 
on the Register of Electors in force at the time of the 
said Election, and divers persons who had become 
disqualified to vote at the said Election subsequently 
to having been registered, and divers persons who 
had been employed at such Election as deputy re- 
turning officers, agents, attorneys, poll-clerks, check- 
clerks, flagmen, messengers or in some other capa- 
city for the purposes of the Election, and in respect 
of such employment had taken fee or reward, or 
promise or security for such fee or reward, and 
divers persons who had received alms or parochial 
relief, and divers persons who had ceased to reside 
within the said Borough, or within the required dis- 
tance thereof, previous to such Election, and divers 
persons who had asked, received or taken money, 
gifts, employment, office or reward, or promise for 
money, gifts, employment, office and rewards, and 
Vou. 108. 


8° Sulit. 











665 


had been otherwise bribed to give their votes at the 
said Election, or who had corruptly received meat, 
drink, entertainment or provision, to induce them to 
vote at the said Election, and divers persons who 
were by some or one of the causes aforesaid, or by 
other causes, legally disqualified from voting at the 
said Election, were admitted to vote, and did vote, 
for the said Leicester Viney Vernon; that, by the 
various ways and means aforesaid, and by various 
other — and irregular proceedings, the said 
Leicester Viney Vernon obtained an apparent and 
colourable majority of votes over the said Sir James 
Stirling, whereas the majority of good and legal 
votes was in favour of the said Sir James Stir- 
ling ; and praying that the House will take the pre- 
mises into consideration, and will declare that the 
Return of the said Leicester Viney Vernon is null 
and void, and that the said Leicester Viney Vernon 
was not duly elected and returned, but that the said 
Sir James Stirling was duly elected, and ought to 
have been returned a Member to serve in this pre- 
sent Parliament for the Borough of Chatham, and 
that the Return ought now to be amended accord- 
ingly ; and that the House will give to the Petitioners 
such further and other reliefas to the House may 
seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the General Committee of Elections. 

Ordered, Tnat Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records 
as shall be thought necessary by the several Parties 
on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


Lord John Manners reported from the Committee Dean Forest, 
on Group KK. of Railway Bills; That in the case Monmouth, 
of the Dean Forest, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool pont 
Railway Bill, they had examined the allegations Railway Bill, 


contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended 
the same, by striking out so much as related to the 
_ of the projected Line between Colford and the 
outh Wales Railway at Aure, not being satisfied 
that the mode by which the proposed Line was in- 
tended to be carried through the Forest of Dean, 
and to communicate with the South Wales Line at 
Aure, was that best adapted to meet the wants of 
that district ; and found the same, as amended, to 
be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Lord John Manners reported from the Committee Severn and 


on Group KK. of Railway Bills; That in the case of 
the Severn and Wye Railway and Canal Bill, they 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same, by ex- 
punging therefrom all that relates to the construc- 
tion of Railways by the Company in the Forest of 
Dean adapted to locomotive engines, and to any 
traffic arrangements between the Severn and Wye 
and South Wales Railway Companies ; and also the 
allegations that it is expedient to alter the Company’s 
harbour dues, and to enable the Company to hire 
steam vessels ; and found the same, as amended, to 
be true; and had inserted a clause, in pursuance of 
the Resolution of the House of the 15th day of April 
last, ensuring the completion of the Works authorized 
by the Bill within the time limited by the Bill; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, ‘That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Westport Port and Westport Port 
Harbour (re-committed) Bill, with further Amend- = Bosker 


ments. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported Crowe’s Disabilities Re- Crowe's 
po 
Removal Bil). 


moval Bill, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


4@Q Mr. 








Castlemaine 
Estuary Recla- 
mation Bill. 


Imperial 
Continental 
Gas Associa- 
tion (No. 2) 
Rill. 


Peterborough 
Election. 


Incumbered 
Estates (Ire- 
land) Act Con- 
tinuance Bill. 


No. 731, 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Post-office 
Department 
(Packet 
Service.) 


No. 732. 


Public Income 


Adjournment. 
Succession 


Duty Bill. 


Government 
of India Bill. 


666 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Castlemaine Estuary Re- 
clamation (re-committed) Bill, with further Amend- 
ments. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the 
Imperial Continental Gas Association (No. 2) Bill; 
That they had examined the allegations contained 
in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, 
more clearly to show the financial state of the Com- 
pany; and found the same, as amended, to be true ; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
received Notice from the Examiner of Recognizances, | 
that the Recognizances to the Election Petition of | 
Thomson Hankey, junior, Esquire, relating to the City | 
or Borough of Peterborough, is unobjectionable. 





} 
The Incumbered Estates (Jreland) Act Continu- 
ance Bill was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Thursday next; and to be 
printed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Baillie have leave of absence 
for a month, on account of ill health. 


Mr. Cowper presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,— Estimate of the Post-office Department 
(Packet Service), for the year 1853-54. 

Ordered, That the said Estimate be referred to 
the Committee of Supply ; and be printed. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Net Public Income of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in the year 
ended the 5th day of July 1853 (after deducting the 
Expenditure thereof defrayed by the several Re- 
venue Departments), and of the actual Issues or Pay- 
ments within the same Period, exclusive of the Sums 


8°— 9 Sulit. 


' 
| 





A. 1853. 


Preamble postponed. 


Cravss, N°1 (Until Parliament shall otherwise 
provide, the British Territories in India to be con- 
tinued under the Government of the Company, sub- 
ject to the provisions of this Act). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1.3: To leave out 
the words “ Until Parliament shall otherwise pro- 
“ vide.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out, stand part of the Clause. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, l. 5: After 
the word “ shall” to insert the words “be governed 
“ by and in the name of Her Majesty, Her heirs 
** and successors.” 

Question put, That those words be there in- 
serted ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the {Mr. Phinn, 1 34 
Yeas, \Mr. Danby Seymour : . 
Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 127 
Noes, ULMr. Grenville Berkeley : lay 


Clause agreed to. 


Crausz, N° 2 (After the second Wednesday in 
April 1854, there shall be Directors of 
the Company). 

An Amendment made. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the blank 
be filled with “ Eighteen ;” 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for Hayter, lies 
Yeas, Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J°~* 
Tellers for thes Mr. Thomas Baring, 1 es 
Noes, (Viscount Jocelyn : or 


Amendments made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 





applied to the Redemption of the Funded or paying 
off Unfunded Debt, and of the Advances and Re- 
payment for Local Works, &amp;c.:—Of the Balances 
of the Public Money remaining in the Exchequer 
on the 5th day of July 1853 ; the Amount raised by 
Additions to the Funded or Unfunded Debt in the 
year ended the 5th day of July 1853; the Money 
applied towards the Redemption of the Funded or 
paying off Unfunded Debt; the Total Amount of 
Advances and Repayments on account of Local 
Works, &amp;c., with the difference accruing thereon ; | 
and the Balances in the Exchequer on the 5th day 
of July 1853 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 101, of the 10th day of February 1853) :—-Of the 
Income and Expenditure from the 5th day of April 
to the 5th day of July in the years 1850, 1851, 1852 
and 1853 respectively :—And, of the Income and 
Expenditure during the same Period, distinguishing 
the Consolidated Fund and Supplies, with the Sum- 
mary of the Balance Sheet of the Total Income and 
Expenditure during the same Periods, and the Ba- 
lances in the Exchequer at tle Commencement and 
End of the Quarter in each year respectively. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Succession Duty Bill, as amended 
in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the (overnment of Jndia Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 





gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
| That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 9° die Julii, 1853: 


into a Committee on the Customs, &amp;c. Acts; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the 
Committee had made Progress in the matter to them 
referred ; and that he was directed to move, That the 
Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 
18th day of this instant July, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day bein 
mittee on the Assessed Taxes Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 18th day of this instant July, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


reading of the Charitable Trusts Bill ; 
Ordered, hat the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 





Ordered, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second C 
Trusts Bill. 








The House, according to Order, resolved itself y Ke, 
cts. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Land Tax 


mittee on the Land Tax Commissioners’ Names Commission- 
ers’ Names 


read, for the Com- Assessed 
Taxes Bill. 


hharitable 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Burial 
reading of the Burial-grounds Bill ; 


grounds Bill. 





Places of Reli- 
gious Worship 


Registration 
Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Supply. 


General Board 


of Health 
(No. 3) Bill. 


Newspaper 


17 Vicrori. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


8°—Q° Julie. 





667 


reported, That the Committee had gone through the 


Bill 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 


mittee on the Places of Religious Worship Regis- 
tration Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
22d day of this instant July, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. : 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The General Board of Health (No. 3) Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Mon- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 


Stamp Duties yeading of the Newspaper Stamp Duties Bill ; 


Bill. 


Belfast 
Municipal 
Boundaries 
Bill. 


Thames 
Embankment 
Bill. 


Ministers’ 
Money 
(ireland. ) 


Public Libra- 
ries (Ireland) 
Bill, 


Brecon Col- 


legiate Church 
Bill. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill, 





Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Belfast Municipal Boun- 
daries Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bowverie | 


reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 


mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday | 


next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Thames Embankment Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit 
and proceed, and to make their Report upon Mon- 
day next. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on 
Ministers’ Money (/reland), a Resolution ; which was 
read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That it is expedient to repeal the Acts 
relating to the provision for Ministers in Cities and 
Corporate Towns in Jreland, and to make other pro- 
visions in lieu thereof. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution : And that Mr. Bouverie, Sir John Young, 
Viscount Palmerston and Mr. Solicitor General for 
Ireland do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Public Libraries (/reland) 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Brecon Collegiate Church Bill, 
as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Municipal Corporations Act 
Amendment Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie 
Vo-. 108. 


| next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Stamp Duties 
into consideration the Stamp Duties Bill, as amended B#!- 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Land Reve- 
take into consideration the Land Revenues Bill, as 2ues Bill. 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Jevanjee 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon f°stonjee and 
the 7th day of thisinstant July, That the Petition of Viewien. 
Jevanjee Pestonjee and Rustomjee Viccajee, which 
was presented upon the 5th day of this instant July, 
be printed ; 

And the Question being again = :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And the Question being put :—It passed in the 
Negative. 


The Coinage Offences (Colonies) Bill was, accord- Coinage 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed (Colonies) Bill, 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Monday 
next, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Landlord 
mittee on the Landlord and Tenant (Jre/and) Bill; (ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday , 
next, at Two o'clock, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Tenants’ _ 
into a Committee on the Tenants’ Compensation ( Ire- (indeed) Bah 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. No. 733 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie re- ” : 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next, at Two 
o'clock. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Courts of 
into consideration the Courts of Common Law (Jre- Cinelaea) a 
land) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; “s 
Amendments were made to the Bill. Ne. 396. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Thursday next ; and be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Irish National 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Shoo! Books. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of any eae Minutes and Cor- 
respondence on the subject of the recent or intended 
changes in the mode of Preparation, Publication and 
Supply of the Jrish National School Books :—Of 
the Names and Places of Abode of the Agents 
hitherto employed by the said Commissioners for the 
Supply of these Books, whether to the National 
Schools or to the Public, with the Rate and Amount 
of their Remuneration, the Value of Books supplied 
to or sold by such Agents, and the Amount received 
as the Produce of such Sales, during each of the 
last Ten years :—And, of the Names of any Persons 
who have been appointed in consequence of the new 
Arrangements, the Nature of their Duties, and the 
Amount of their Salaries. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this nan as are 





of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 
4Q2 Lord 








South Wales 
Railway 
—) 


Ministers’ 
Money 
(Ireland) Bill. 


No, 735. 


Railway and 
Canal Bills 
(Fifth Report.) 


No. 736. 


Dublin Par- 
liamentary 
Registration 
[Payment of 
Barristers. | 


Exports, &amp;c. 


Standing 
Orders. 


South Sea 
Company’s 
Arrangement 
and Trust. 


Probate and 
Adniinistra- 
tion Bill. 





668 8°-—9°—- 11° Julie. A. 1853. 


Lord John Manners reported from the Committee 
on Group KK. of Railway Bills ; That in the case 
of the South Wales Railway (Monmouth) (re-com- 
mitted) Bill, they had examined the allegations con- 
tained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the 
same, by confining it to recitals of the existing Acts 
of the South Wales Railway Company, and of the 
expediency of the Company being empowered to 
make a deviation in the Line of their authorized Rail- 
way in the Forest of Dean; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Sir John Young presented a Bill to amend the 
Law relating to the provision for Ministers in Cities 
and Corporate Towns in Jre/and: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Friday next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Cardwell reported from the Select Committee 
on Railway and Canal Bills; That they had made 
further Progress in the matter to them referred ; and 
directed him to make a Report thereof to the House, 
together with the Minutes of the Evidence taken be- 
fore them. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, upon 
Monday next, resolve itself into a Committee to 
consider of making provision for the payment of 
Barristers to be appointed to revise the Register of 
Parliamentary Voters for the City of Dublin ; 

Sir John Young, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, re- 
commends it to the consideration of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account showing the Quantities and the Declared 
Values of the Ten principal Articles exported in 1850 
and 1851, from each of the Ports of London, Liver- 
pool, Hull, Bristol, Southampton, Newcastle, Glas- 
gow, including the Clyde, Dundee, Leith, Aberdeen, 
Belfast, Dublin, Cork and Limerick ; and specifying 
also the Total Declared Values of the Exports from 
each of these Ports in the above years, and the) 
Amount of the Customs Duties collected in each. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; which 
was read, as followeth: 

That in the case of the South Sea Company’s Ar- 
rangement and Trust Petition for leave to deposit a 
Petition for a Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be 
dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to 
deposit their Petition accordingly. 

he said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
nesday the 20th day of this instant July, the Pro- 
bate and Administration Bill, was read, and dis- 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 3d day of August next. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after One of the clock on 
Saturday morning, adjourned till Monday 
next. 


Luna, 11° die Juli ; 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 


O RDERED, That all Committees have leave to Committees, 
sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration —_ Eastern 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the South (North Kent 
Eastern Railway (North Kent Railway to the Thames, Railway to 
&amp;c.) Bill; and the same was twice read, and agreed the Thames, | 
Pay &amp;c.) Bill. 

Ordered, That Mr. Gore Langton do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this | 
House hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Wildmore Fen 

the Amendments made by the Lords to the Wildmore 204 East and 

Fen and East and West Fens Highways Bill } cal 
en and Kast an est Fens Highways bill. Highways Bill, 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 

(and it appearing that Clauses 9 and 10 were struck 

out, the subject-matter of those Clauses being already 

provided for by the General Highway Act), were 

agreed to. | 
Ordered, That Mr. Bouverie do carry the Bill to 

the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 

agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 





Ordered, That the Chard Railway Bill be read Chard Rail- 
the third time upon Wednesday next. way Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Eastern Union 
the Eastern Union Railway Bill, as amended in the Railway Pill. 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Warrington 
the Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway #4 Altrine- | 
(Warrington, &amp;c.) Bill, as amended in the Com- mio _— 
mittee. (Warrington, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. = &amp;¢-) Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Westminster 
the Westminster Improvements (Dwellings of the ee 
Working Classes) Bill, as amended in the Com- bie Working 
mittee. Classes) Bill. 


Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read the third time. 


Hall Dare’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; Hall Dare’s 
and committed. Estate Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Sneed Park Estate Bill was read a second Sneed Park 
time ; and committed. Estate Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,~-Report from Bingley Free 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, y seme ry 
That in the case of the Bingley Free Grammar and —— Schools 
General Education Schools and Charity Estates Bill, and Charity 


the Standing Orders have been complied with. Estates Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bingley Free Grammar and Bingley Free 
General Education Schools and Charity Estates Bill —— 
be read a second time. cation Schools 

and Charity 
Estates Bill. 

Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Jesus Ccllege 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Estate Bill. 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Jesus College Estate Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Pri- South Sea 


vate Bills have leave to sit and proceed forthwith on po a 


the Petition for leave to bring in the South Sea and Trusts. 








Company’s Arrangement and Trusts Bill. 


The 

















Archbishop of 
Canterbury’s 
Estate Bill. 


Post-office. 
N 0 . 937. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Seventy- 
first Report. 


British 
Museum. 


Viccajee 
Merjee and 
Pestonjee 
Merjee. 


Government 
of India Bill. 


Sheriffs, &amp;c. 
(Scotland.) 


Exports, &amp;c. 


17 Vicroria. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of 
the Archbishop of Canterbury's Estate Bill, might 
be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Ordered, That the Return of the Gross and Net 
Revenue of the Post-office, which was presented 
upon the 8th day of this instant July, be printed. 


Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers ;— 
Recovery of Personal Liberty Bill ;—Customs (Is/e 
of Man) ;—Malt;—Arrestment of Wages;—Clauses 
Act ;—Early Closing of Shops ;— Education Bill ;— 
Free School (Ringwood) ;—General Board of Health 
(No. 3) Bill; —QOcean Penny Postage ;--and, Savings 
Banks Bill,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to Indian Territories ;—and, 
Salt (India),—were also presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Indian Terri- 
tories. 

Petitions relating to Intoxicating Liquors,—were 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Public-houses, &amp;c. 

Petitions relating to the Registration of Assurances 
Bill,—were also presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 30th day of June last, for Returns of the Number 
of Volumes estimated to be now in the Library of 
the British Museum :—Of the Number of Volumes 
of the Supplementary Catalogue, with the Total 


11° Julie. 





Number of Titles contained therein, and the esti- 
mated Number of Volumes of printed Books to 
which they refer:—Of the estimated Number of 
Volumes which remain to be done:—Of the Total 
Number of Titles which have been written for the 
New General Catalogue, and the Total Number 
which have been revised ready for transcribing :— 
Of the Letter to which the New General Catalogue 
had been carried in 1849-50, when the new system 
of cataloguing shelf by shelf was adopted :—Of the 
Average Proportion which the Number of Titles 
bears to the Number of Volumes:—And, of the 
Date up to which the Additions have been catalogued 
since 1838, and before being entered in the Supple- 
mentary Catalogue. 

Return to an Order, dated the 4th day of this in- 
stant July, for Copies of all Papers relating to the 
Case of Viccajee Merjee and Pestonjee Merjee, 
British Subjects and Parsee Inhabitants of Bombay 
and Hyderabad, that have been transmitted to the 
India House or the Board of Control, or have ema- 
nated from the Court of Directors or the Board of 
Control, relating to the said case. 

Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of this in- 
stant July, for Copies of any further Correspondence 
between the Court of Directors of the East India 
Company and the President of the Board of Control, 
respecting the Bill for the future Government of 
India. 

Return to an Order, dated the 20th day of June 
last, for Returns, showing the Accounts of each of 
the Sheriffs and Stewards in Scotland, for the last 
year for which the same have been passed in Exche- 
quer :—Of the Sum of £. 2,500, voted in 1852, for 
Miscellaneous Disbursements, on account of Public 
Business, under the authority of the Lord Advocate : 
—Of all Sums of Money received by the Crown 
Agent for Scotland during the past year, over and 
above the Salary of £. 1,400, voted in the Estimates 
for 1852 :—And, of the Distribution of £. 11,130, for 
Salaries of Procurators Fiscal in the same year. 

Return to an Order, dated the 8th day of this in- 
stant July, foran Account, showing the Quantities and 
the Declared Values of the Ten principal Articles 

VoL. 108, 








669 


exported in 1850 and 1851, from each of the Ports 
of London, Liverpool, Hull, Bristol, Southampton, 
Newcastle, Glasgow, including the Clyde, Dundee, 
Leith, Aberdeen, Belfast, Dublin, Cork and Lime- 
rick; and specifying also the Total Declared Values 
of the Exports from each of these Ports in the above 
years, and the Amount of the Customs Duties col- 
lected in each. 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of Court of 
an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table — (Scot. 
by the Clerk of the House,—Copy of Act of Sede- ua.) 
runt, extending the next Winter Session of the First 
Division of the Court of Session. 


Mr, Cardwell presented,—Return to an Address Railways. 
to Her Majesty, dated the 11th day of April last, 
for a Return of the several Companies which, having 
obtained Powers from Parliament by Acts passed 
since 1844, to make Lines of Railway, have either 
not made the same, or have not carried the same 
fully into effect ; stating, as far as can be ascertained, 
the Miles of Road authorized to be made; the Es- 
timate of Capital required to complete the same ; 
the Number of Miles actually executed, and the 
Number of Miles remaining unmade, and whether 
such Acts were obtained by new Parties, or by Rail- 
way Companies then existing, or promoted by Par- 
ties in connexion with them. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Landlord 


into a Committee on the Landlord and Tenant (Jre- Chrland) Bill. 
land) Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
CriauseE, N° 70 (What may be taken as a distress). 
Amendment again proposed, in p. 23, 1. 37: To 
leave out the words “ growing corn, grass, hops and 
“ roots, fruits and other produce.” 
Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the fMr. Hamilton, 
Yeas, Mr. Napier : 
Tellers for the Mr. Hayter, 5 
Noes, \Mr. Grenville Berkeley: { 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
stand part of the Bill ; 
The Committee divided. 
}ros. 
} 
f 74. 


6 


= ea 
» 


Tellers for the fon Napier, 
Yeas, Mr. Whiteside : 

Tellers for thes Mr. Hayter, 

Noes, Mr. Grenville Berkeley : 
Ciauses, N* 71 and N° 72, agreed to. 
CxiauseE, N° 73 (Distress not to be made on Sun- 

day or at night). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 24, 1.21: To leave 
out from the word “sunrise” to the end of the 
Clause. 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 


on Lord Naus, b 
Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Whiteside : 206. 
Tellers for the Noes, (aie Brady , } 60. 


Clause agreed to. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 





Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,— Report from South Sea 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Company’s 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- re og 

4Q3+ ders ; 
































































South Sea 
Company’s 


Arrangement 


and Trusts. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Seventieth 
Report. ) 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Shipley and 


Bramley Road 


Bill. 


Burford, 
Leachlade, 
and Swindon 
Roads Bill. 


Common 
Lodging- 
houses Bill. 


Colonial 
Bishops Act 


Extension Bill. 


Exchange of 


PatronageBill. 


Sergison’s 


Estate Bill. 


Ward Jack- 
son's Estate 
bill. 


Clitheroe 


School Estate 


Bill. 


670 


ders in the case of the Petition for leave to bring in 
the South Sea Company’s Arrangement and Trusts 
Bill. : 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Governor and Company of Mer- 
chants of Great Britain trading to the South Seas, 
and other parts of America, and for encouraging the 
Fishery commonly called the South Sea Company, 
for leave to bring ina Bill to enable the South Sea 
Company to enter into arrangements with the Pro- 
prietors of the Company, and to undertake the ad- 
ministration of private trusts, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 


11° Julie. 





A. 1853. 


fected under such Act towards discharge of certain 
Debts of the said School, and to vary the Invest- 
ment of such Proceeds, and apply the Income thereof 
towards the Maintenance of the School, and to en- 
large the Powers of granting Building Leases created 
by the said Act, and for other purposes ; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— 
And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Sergison’s Estate Bill was read the first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ward Jackson’s Estate Bill was read the first 
time. 








Standing Orders. 


Mr. Duncan reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 8th day of this instant 
July; and had directed him to make a Report thereof 
to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Richards: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Shipley and Bram- 
ley Road Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Burford, Leach- 
lade and Swindon Roads Bill, without any Amend- 
ment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Common Lodging-houses Bill, 
without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to extend the Provisions of an Act of the fifteenth 
and sixteenth years of Her present Majesty, inti- 
tuled, An Act to enable Colonial and other Bishops 
to perform certain Episcopal Functions, under Com- 
mission from Bishops of England and Jreland ; to | 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 
And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to effect Exchange of Patronage by Archbishops, 
Bishops and other Ecclesiastical Corporations ; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this | 
Ilouse: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
authorizing and enabling the Trustees under the Will 
of the late Warden Seraison, Esquire, to raise Money | 
by Mortgage of part of the Estates settled by his 
Will for the Purchase of adjoining Property, and for 
obtaining Enfranchisement of Copybold Lands com- 
prised in the Will, and for enabling the Trustees to 
obtam and grant Enfranchisement of Copyhold | 
Lands, and to grant Building Leases of Parts of the | 
settled Lands, and for other purposes ; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to enable the ‘Trustees of the Will of William Ward 
Jackson, deceased, to grant mining, building and 
improving Leases of, and to open and work Mines | 
in, and to sell the Estates thereby devised upon 
Trusts by way of Settlement, and for other pur- | 
poses, and of which the short Title is “ Ward Jack- 
soa’s Estate Act, 1853;” to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to 
amend an Act of Parliament made and passed in the 
first year of the reign of Her present Majesty Queen 
Victoria, intituled, An Act to enable the Governors 
of the Free Grammar School of Clitheroe, in the 
County of Zancaster,to sell and grant Building Leases 
of the School Estates, and to enlarge the Powers of 
the Governors, and to authorize the Court of Chan- 
cery to apply Parts of the Proceeds of the Sales ef- | 











Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Clitheroe School Estate Bill was read the 
first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Sir William Molesworth reported from the Select 
Committee on the Thames Embankment (re-com- 
mitted) Bill; That they had made further Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Quantities and Value of the Salt 
exported from the United Kingdom during each of 
the Four years ending with 1851, specifying the 
Countries to which it was exported, and the Quantity 
and Value of that sent to each :—Of the Quantities 
of Lac Dye and of Shellac imported into the United 
Kingdom from the East India Company’s Terri- 
tories and Ceylon, and of the Quantities entered for 
Home Consumption, during each of the Five years 
ending with 1851:—Of the Weight of the Hides 


imported into the United Kingdom in each of the 


Five years ending with 1851, specifying the Coun- 
tries whence the Hides were imported, and the Quan- 
tities brought from each :—-Of the Quantities of the 
principal varieties of Fur imported in 1851, speci- 
fying the Countries whence they were brought, and 
the Quantity furnished by each Country :—Of the 
Quantities of Hemp imported into the United King- 
dom during the Five years ending with 1851, speci- 
fying the Countries from which they were imported, 
aud the Quantities brought from each :—Of the 
Quantities of Flax and Tow imported into the United 
Kingdom during the Five years from 1847 to 1851 
inclusive, distinguishing the Countries whence they 
were imported, and the Quantities brought from 
each :—And, of the Quantities of Flaxseed or Lin- 
seed imported into the United Kingdom during the 
Five years ending with 1851, distinguishing the 
Countries whence they were imported, and the Quan- 
tities brought from each. 





Sergison’s 
Estate Bill. 


Ward Jack. 
son’s Estate 


Bill. 


Clitheroe 
School Estate 
Bill. 


Thames 
Embankment 
ill. 


No. 738, 


Salt, &amp;c. 


Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Steam Ship 


mand,—Copy of Report of Captain W. 
H.C. S., on the circumstances attending the late 
Explosion on Board the Steamer “ Times,” near 
Dublin. 


y, « Times.” 
. Walker, 


Mr. Cardwell also presented,— Return to an Or- Ramsgate 
der, dated the 4th day of this instant July, for Copy Harbour. 


of Sir John Rennie’s ‘Reply, dated the 19th day of 
June 1853, to Captain Vetch’s Report on Ramsgate 
Harbour, dated the 18th day of May 1853. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That Viscount Chelsea have leave of 
absence for a week, on account of the death of a 
near relation. 

Ordered, 


Leave of 
Absence. 











Court of 
wren od 
(Ireland. ) 


Sir James 
Brooke. 


Government 
of India Bill. 


17 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the specific Fees and Salary (if any) 
payable to the Lord Chancellor’s Secretary of Bank- 
rupts in Jreland; the Date of any Order or Orders 
of the Lord Chancellor of Jreland, or the Act of 
Parliament under which the said Fees or Salary are 
made payable ; the Gross Amount of all such Fees 
received, from the 1st day of July 1836 to the 
31st day of December 1836, and in every year from 
that Date to the 31st day of December 1852 re- 
spectively, distinguishing the Number of Bankrupts’ 
Certificates of Conformity, and the Amount of Fees 
received in each year for the said Certificates ; the 
Number of Dockets lodged in the Office of the said 
Secretary of Bankrupts on which no Commission of 
Bankruptcy issued; the Number of Supersedeas 
issued in each year, as aforesaid, by reason of Com-| 
missions of Bankruptcy having been returned by the | 
Court of Bankruptcy to the said Secretary of Bank- | 
rupts in consequence of no adjudication of Bank- | 
ruptcy having been effected, and the Amount of Fees | 
received in each such case, and in each year as afore- 
said ; the Name and Amount of Salary of any Clerk 
in the Office of the said Secretary of Bankrupts ; | 
the specific Fees (if any) payable by the said Secre- | 
tary of Bankrupts, and to whom, and under what 
Order, with the Date thereof, or Act of Parliament ; 
the Amount of Salary paid to the said Clerk, and 
the Amount of Fees (if any) paid by him thereout ; 
and the Net Amount of Emoluments received by the 
said Secretary of Bankrupts in each year as afore- 
said :—And, of the specific Fees and Salary (if any) 
payable to the Clerk of Enrolments in Bankruptcy 
in Ireland; the Amount of Fees received by him, 
from the ist day of July 1836 to the 31st day of 
December 1836, and thence in each year to the 31st 
day of December 1852. 








Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Instructions that have been sent to the 
Governor General of Jndia, directing him to issue a 
Commission to inquire how far the position which 
Sir James Brooke holds in Sarawak is advantageous 
to the Commercial Interests of Great Britain. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee on the Government of Jndia Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Cuiause, N° 3 (Her Majesty to appoint 
of the first Directors for and 
years). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 33: To leave out, 
at the beginning of the Clause, the words “it shall 
“ be lawful for Her Majesty, by Warrant under the 
** Royal Sign Manual,” in order to insert the words 
“ the Court of Directors of the said Company shall, 
“ subject to the approbation of Her Majesty, to be 
“ signified in writing by Her Royal Sign Manual, 
“ countersigned by the President of the Board of 
“ Commissioners for the Affairs of Jndia,” instead 
thereof. 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out, stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, i093 
Yeas, (The Earl of Mulgrave: S°°"" 
Tellers for the {f Mr. Vernon Smith, 1 iW 
Noes, UMr. Thomas Baring : Daca 

Amendments made. 


Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, Ll. 86: 
After the word “ persons” to insert the words “ out 
“ of a list of twelve persons to be prepared on or 
“ before the first Wednesday in the month of April 
“ 1854, by the fifteen Directors hereafter appointed 
“ to meet and act as the Court of Directors, which 
“ persons they shall deem best qualified to act as 
“ such Directors, and who shall have been Twenty 
“ years at the least in the service of the Crown in 

Vou. 108. 





11°—12° Juli. 671 


“ India, or in the service of the said Company in 
“ India, which three persons so appointed shall 
“ be, &amp;c.” 
Question, That those words be there inserted——~- 
put, and negatived. 
Other Amendments made. 


Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1.2: After 
the words “ said Company there ” to insert the words 
“ shall not have quitted such service for more than 
“ the space of Five years.” 

_ Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 


Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 2: To 
leave out from the word “ there” to the end of the 
Clause. 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out, 
stand part of the Clause——put, and negatived. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Crause, N° 4, amended, and agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 12° die Julii, 1853: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, that 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Succession 
consideration the Succession Duty Bill, as amended Duty Bill. 
in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Customs, &amp;c. 
mittee on the Customs, &amp;c. Acts ; Acts. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Stamp Duties Bill was, according to Order, Stamp Duties 
read the third time ; and an Amendment was made Bill. 
to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to repeal certain Stamp Duties, and 
to grant others in lieu thereof, to amend the Laws 
relating to Stamp Duties, and to make perpetual 
certain Stamp Duties in Irelund. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bouverie do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Public Libra- 
reading of the Public Libraries (Jreland) Bill ; ries (Ireland) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Brecon Col- 
reading of the Brecon Collegiate Church Bill ; legiate Church 
Ordered, ‘\hat th2 Bill be read the third time after 
the other Orders of the day. 


The Land Revenues Bill was, according to Order, Land Reve- 
read the third time. nues Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Coinage 
into a Committee on the Coinage Offences (Colonies) (Colonies) Bill. 
Bill ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 


an be taken into consideration this day. 


4Q4 The 


Deo eee ET Se oa 






























































































































11°—1 





672 


Education Bill. The Order of the day being read, for the second 


Stamp Duties 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Customs 
Duties on 
Spirits Bill. 


Evidence 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Copies of 
Specifications 
Repeal Bill. 


No. 739. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Supply. 


General Board 


of Health 
(No. 3) Bill. 


Newspaper 
Stamp Duties 
Bill. 


Belfast 
Municipal 
Boundaries 


Bill. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Dublin Par- 

liamentary 

Registration 
Payment of 
arristers. | 


reading of the Education Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Stamp Duties (No. 2) Bill, as 


amended in the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Customs Duties on Spirits Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Evidence Amendment Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





2° Jultz. A. 1853. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to a 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Thurs- 
day next. 


=e OD at 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- — 
mittee on the Landlord and Tenant (/reland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, ‘ 


resolve itself into the said Committee. 


— oo: 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Tenants’ 
mittee on the Tenants’ Compensatiun (Zreland) Bill ; in 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, ‘ amas) Oe 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Brecon Collegiate Church Bill was, according Brecon Col- 

to Order, read the third time. a oe | 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. | 
Ordered, That Mr. Secretary-at-War do carry the 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself| Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


into a Committee on the Copies of Specifications 
Repeal Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair ; and 
— That the Committee had gone through the 
ill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, ‘Vhat this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee on the General Board of Health (No. 3) 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 


mittee, be taken into consideration upon Thursday | 


next, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Newspaper Stamp Duties Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the belfast Municipal Boundaries 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 


Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 


into consideration the Municipal Corporations Act 
Amendment Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on Dublin Parliamentary Regis- 
tration [Payment of Barristers]. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Barristers who may be ap-| 


— to revise the Register of Parliamentary 
oters for the City of Dublin, be paid the same 
amount of remuneration in all respects as the De- 
puty of the Chairman of Sessions for the said City 
shall or may be entitled to receive for such revision. 


Resolution to be reported. 





r. Bouverie re-' 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Drainage 
Copy of the Certificates appended by the Commis- !@"4.) 
| sioners of the Board of Works to the first Plans and 
Estimates of the Twelve Works of Drainage which 
have been lately submitted to a Commission ap- 
pointed by the Treasury Minute of the 13th day of 
July 1852. 





| 
| Ordered, That the Writ for the City of Canterbury Canterbury 
| be further suspended till Friday the 29th day of this Writ. 
| instant July. 
| 
| 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Betting- 
for the Suppression of Betting-houses: And that es 
Mr. Attorney General, Viscount Palmerston and 
Mr. Solicitor General do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Customs 
Copy of the Treasury Minute of the 8th day of this Man) (Ge of 
instant July, on the subject of the proposed changes 


of Customs Duties and Regulations in the Jsle of 
Man. 





Mr. Hutchins reported from the Select Committee Accidents in 
on Accidents in Coal Mines ; That they had further pone fl 
| considered the matter to them referred, and directed port.) 
| him to report the Minutes of the Evidence taken No, 740. 
before them. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
a quarter of an hour before Two of the clock 
on Tuesday morning, adjourned till this day. 








Martis, 12° die Julii ; 
Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1853. 
PRAYERS. 


O RD ERED, That all Committee have leave to Committees. 
sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Electric 
Telegraph 

Company of 

Ireland Bill. 


| Lords to the Electric T elegraph Company of Jreland 
Bill be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


| The House proceeded to take into consideration South Eastern 

the Amendments made by the Lords to the South ee Ex- 

Eastern Railway (Reading Extension, &amp;c.) Bill; and tension, &amp;c.) 

the same were twice read, and agreed to. Bill. 
Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill 

to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 

hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 

Lordships. 





The 











Warrington 
and Altrinc- 
ham Railway 
(Stockport) 
Bill. 


Crowe’s 
Disabilities 
Remova! Bill. 


n 
L, 
Banbridge, 
Dublin, Newry 
h and Belfast 
Junction 


Railway Bill. 


Westport Port 
and Harbour 
Bill. 


Archbishop of 
Canterbury’s 
Estate Bill. 


Pemberton 
Leigh’s 
Estate Bill. 


Militia 
Estimates. 


Public 
Petitions. 





Vide Seventy- 
first Report. 


Factories Bill. 


Slave Trade. 


Government 
of India Bill. 


No. 741. 
Sheriffs, &amp;c. 
(Scotland.) 

No. 742. 


Railways, 


No. 743. 


17 Vicroriz. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the War- 
rington and Altrincham Railway (Stockport) Bill ; 
and the same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Crowe's Disabilities Removal Bill was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bouverie do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Banbridge, Dublin, Newry and Belfast Junction 
Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Westport Port and Harbour Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Archbishop of Canterbury's Estate Bill was 
read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, Vhat the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Pemberton Leigh's Estate Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to prepare Estimates of the Charge of the Dis- 
embodied Militia of Great Britain and Ireland for 
the year ending the 31st day of March 1854:—| 
And a Committee was appointed of Mr. Secretary- 
at-War, Viscount Palmerston, the Judge Advocate, 
Mr. Walpole, Mr. Ellice, Mr. Vernon Smith, Mr. 
Beresford, Mr. Wilson, Colonel Maule, Colonel | 
Lindsay, Mr. Wilson Patten, and all Colonels of 
Militia. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 





Petitions relating to Ballot ;—Recovery of Per-| 
sonal Liberty Bill ;— Advertisements ;— Malt and | 
Hops ;—Education Bill ;—and, Savings Banks Bill, | 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon | 
the Table. 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, | 
the Factories Bill, was read, and discharged. | 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 27th day of this instant July. 


Mr. Peel presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 1st day of this instant July, 
for Copy of Despatches from Commander Phillips 
of the “ Polyphemus,’ reporting the Destruction of 
the Barracoons of Don Crispo, on the African 
Coast, last Christmas-day, and the Burning of the 
Town of Sherbar, on or about the 18th day of Ja- 
nuary last. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Govern- 
ment of India Bill, which was presented upon the 
11th day of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Sheriffs, &amp;c. 
(Scotland), which was presented upon the 11th day 
of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Railways, 
which was presented upon the 11th day of this in- 
stant July, be printed. 


12° Julzz. 673 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Exports, &amp;c., Exports, &amp;e. 
which was presented upon the 11th day of this in- No, 744, 
stant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Ramsgate Ramsgate 
Harbour, which was presented upon the 11th day of Harbour. 
this instant July, be printed. No. 745. 


The following Papers, pursuant to the directions Rast India. 
of several Acts of Parliament, were laid upon the 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—Resolutions of the 
Court of Directors of the East India Company, 
being the Warrants or Instruments granting any 
Pension. 

Resolutions of the Court of Directors of the 
East India Company, being the Warrants or In- 
struments granting any Salary or Gratuity. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Merchant _ 
into a Committee on the Merchant Shipping Bill. Shipping Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
CriavuseE, N° 29 (So much of the Act of the 12th 


year of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, c. 29, as re- 


quires every British ship to be navigated by a 
Master who is a British subject, and by a Crew of 
whom the whole, or such proportion as therein-men- 
tioned, are British subjects, shall be repealed). 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
stand part of the Bill; 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, ; we 
Yeas, \The Earl of Mulgrave: J — 
Tellers for the (Captain Scobell, 7 es 
Noes, Admiral Walcott : f = 


Criause, N° 30, agreed to. 








VoL. 108. 


Ciause, N° 31, amended, and agreed to. 

Crause, N° 32, agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 33 and N° 34, amended, and agreed 
to. 

Ciavuses, N° 35 to N° 37, agreed to. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 


verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 


gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 


That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
at Twelve o’clock, again resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Pilotage Bill 
mittee on the Pilotage Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
at Twelve o’clock, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Plymouth 
before the Select Committee on the P/ymouth Elec- Election. 
tion Petition he laid before this House. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Richards: Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 
The Lords have agreed to the York and North York and 
Midland Railway (Re-issue of Hull and Selby Pur- te th Midland 


: J ‘ lway 
chase Shares) Bill, without any Amendment: And (Re-issne of 
also, Hull and Selby 

Purchase 


Shares) Bill 

The Lords have agreed to the London and North London and 
Western and /.ondon and Blackwall Railways Bill, a 
without any Amendment: And also, oaks 
Railways Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Leeds, Bradford and Leeds, Brad- 
Halifax Junction Railway Bill, without any Amend- fr and Hali- 


fax Junction 
ment: And also, Railway Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Alston Roads Bill, Alston Roads 
without any Amendment: And also, Bill. 


4R The 







674 


The Lords have agreed to the Roscrea and Par- 
sonstown Junction Railway Bill, without any Amend- 
ment: And also, 


Rescrea and 
Parsonstown 
Junction 

Raiiway Bill. 


Limerick, 
Ennis and Kil- 
laloe Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Cotham’s 
Estate Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Limerick, Ennis 
and Killaloe Junction Railway Bill, without any 
Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to Cotham’s Estate Bill, without any 
Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the East Kent Railway 
Bill, with Amendments; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Victoria (London) 
Docks Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- 


East Kent 
Railway Bill. 


Victoria (Lon- 
don) Docks 





12°—13° Julie. 





A. 1853. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That this House will resolve itself into a Committee, 
for the purpose of considering the Duties on Malt, 
with a view of making such alteration in those Duties 
that the Farmer may be exempt from the Malt Duty 
on such quantity of Malt as he may require for his 
own use, made from Barley of his own growth ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Malt Duties. 


Tellers for the {Mr. Edward Ball, \ 60 
Yeas, (Mr. Spooner : aati 
Tellers for the ¢Mr. //ayter, j 23. 


Noes, (The Earl of Mulgrave : 
So it passed in the Negative. 


_ ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 

House: And also, A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Poor Law 
Spalding The Lords have agreed to the Spalding Improve- | posed, That this House will, at an early period, (Medical 
|r, ment Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments | take into consideration the state of the Law as Relief) 


the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And | affecting the Medical Relief of the Poor :—And the 





also, 


South Staf- The Lords have agreed to the South Stafford-| 


fordshire shire Waterworks Bill, with Amendments ; to which | 
cara Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 


this House: And also, 
The Lords have agreed to the Bedale and Leyburn 
Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- | 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 
The Lords have agreed to the South Eastern 


Bedale and 
Leyburn 
Railway Bill. 


South Eastern 


Railway Railway (Strood to Maidstone) Bill, with Amend- | 
viaidstons) ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the | 
Bill. concurrence of this House: And also, 
Earl of The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act | 
Egremort’s for confirming an Exchange between the Right | 


Estate Bill. ~~ honourable Henry Stephen Earl of Iichester, and 
the Right honourable George O’Brien Earl of 
Egremont, now deceased, and for effecting an Ex- 
change of Lands by the last Will of the Right ho- | 
nourable George Earl of Egremont, now deceased, 
directed to be sold for Lands by that Will directed 
to be settled; to which the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 


Sunderland The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to | 

Town Moor | enable the Bishop of Durham and the Freemen and | 

— * Stallingers of the Borough of Sunderland to give up 

Asylum Bill. their respective Interests in certain Lands and Monies | 
for the purpose of endowing an Orphan Asylum at: 
Sunderland, and of making better Provision for the | 
Spiritual Wants of the Parish of Sunderland, and to | 
enable such Asylum to acquire and hold additional | 
Land, and to enlarge the Powers and to provide for | 
the better Regulation and Management of the said | 
Asylum, and for other purposes ; to which the Lords | 
desire the concurrence of this House:—And then 
the Messenger withdrew. 

Earl of The Earl of Egremont’s Estate Bill was read the | 

Egremont’s first time. 


ao Ordered, ‘That the Bill be referred to the Exa- | 


miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 
The Sunderland Town Moor and Freemen’s Or- | 
phan Asylum Bill was read the first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa-'| 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


| 
| 
! 


Sunderland 
Town Moor 
and Freemen's 
Orphan 
Asylum Bill. 


Railways Ordered, Vhat there be laid before this House, | 
(India. ) Copies or Extracts of any Correspondence received 
by tne last Mail from the Governor General in 
Council in India, relative to Railway Undertakings 

in that Country. 
Customs Mr. Wilson presented,— Return to an Order, 
Duties (Isle dated the 11th day of this instant July, for Copy of 
of Man. ) the Treasury Minute of the 8th day of this instant 
No. 746. July, on the subject of the proposed Changes of 


Customs Duties and Regulations in the Jsle of Man. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 








said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


Notice being taken, that Forty Members were 
not present :—-The House was told by Mr. Speaker ; 
and Forty Members not being present, and it being 
then after Four of the clock :—The House was ad- 
journed by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till To-morrow. 





Mercurii, 13° die Julii ; 
Anno 17° Victoriz Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 

( RDERED, That all Committees have leave to Committees, 
sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 

Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the General clitheroe 
Committee of Elections, the Names of the Mem- Election. 
bers of the Select Committee appointed to try and 
determine the matter of the Petition complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Clitheroe, to which they had annexed the Petitions 
referred to them by the House relating thereto, and 
the Lists of Voters put in by either Party :—Jsaac 
Butt, Esquire, Sir James Duke, Baronet, Sir Tho- 
mas Herbert, Samuel Laing, Esquire; Chairman, 
George Alexander Hamilton, Esquire. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Duncan reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the Petitions 
Petitions presented upon the 11th and 12th days of nme -first 
‘Sige . . eport. ) 
this instant July; and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Commu- Communica- 
nication between London and Dublin have Power tion between 
, . eae i a : ‘ London and 

to report their Opmion and Observations thereupon Dublin. 
to the House, together with the Minutes of the Evi- — y, 747 
dence taken before them. er, 

Mr. Henry Herbert reported from the said Select 
Committee ; That they had considered the matters 
to them referred, and agreed to the following Re- 
solutions, which they had agreed to report to the 
House, with their Observations, and the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before them; and the Resolutions 
of the Committee are as follow : 

Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this Com- 
mittee— 

1. That, notwithstanding the vast and increasing 
importance, even in a national point of view, of a 
rapid and efticient communication between England 
and Jreland, the one now existing is not only de- 
fective in speed and convenience, but inferior to 
what it was previous to the year 1850, when the con- 
tract 





Ship 
“ Novello.” 


No. 748. 


Norwich and 
Spalding 
Railway Bill. 


Electric 
Telegraph 
Company of 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Life Associa- 
tion of Scot- 
land Bill. 


Limerick 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Chard Rail- 
way Bill. 





17 VicrorizZ. 


tract was formed with the Dublin Steam Packet 
Company. 

2. That the present imperfect state of the com- 
munication being partly owing to the inferior packets 


13° Jui. 





675 
And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read the third time; 


And Notice being taken that the interest of the 
-Prince of Wales, as Duke of Cornwall, is concerned 


employed, much advantage would accrue by the | therein; 
establishment of steamers of the calibre suggested| Viscount Palmerston, by Her Majesty's Command, 
in the evidence, that would go at the rate of atleast | acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
20 miles an hour, afford a great increase of accom- | been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
modation, and also be suitable, in case of need, for | Consent, as far as the Prince of Wales’s interest is 
the conveyance of a considerable body of troops. | concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
3. That the speed of the Railway communication | shall think fit. 
between Londor and Holyhead might be greatly ‘Then the Bill was read the third time. 
accelerated. | A Clause (Saving the rights of Her Majesty in 
4. That the time at present occupied in the con- | right of the Duchy of Cornwall, and of the Duke of 
veyance of mails between London and Dublin is | Cornwall for the time being), was thrice read ; and 
from 14 to 15 hours; whereas, by the increased | added to the Bill. ‘ 
speed of the Railway communication, and the em-| Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
ployment of the superior vessels, it might bereduced | Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to 
to about 11 hours. ‘the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
5. That it is highly advisable that steps should be | 


taken, with as little delay as possible, to carry out as; _ The House proceeded to take into consideration the Castlemaine 


: a a : . . stuar 
many of the important improvements now suggested | Castlemaine Estuary Reclamation Bill, as amended Rechanvation 
as are practicable. in the Committee. Bill. 


6. That it would be desirable that a morning ex- | Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


press mail train, leaving London and Dublin respec | Th , ; ? ‘ 
. Ree oll , % n&gt; nga e House proceeded to take into consideration Imperial 
tively before nine o'clock, a. m., and depositing and Ea vee °F sername Gas (No.2) Bill,as amended Continental 
picking up letters to and from Liverpool and the | °° ™! = nis Gas (No. 2) 


&gt; . . . : ° 1] &gt; i : 
manufacturing districts, together with a superior class | oe eee ee a Bill. 
of steamers, with adequate accommodation for pas-| 7 7@C7C@s Aha a EE 
sengers, and with greater capabilities, as regards | 0'TOW: 
sad oR a ate =| fate - : p 
speed, than those at present employed, and that the ‘The House proceeded to take into consideration the South Wales 


bd " "o ¢ owe we _ ~e Scumtedl | ce ‘ e - 
time of departure and arrival should be so adjusted | South Wales Railway (Monmouth) Bill, as amended on 
as to ensure to the provinces, as far as possible, the | jy the Committee. 


canes rei Bill. 
advantages of this improved communication. | Ordered, That the short Title of the Bill, as first 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | entered in the Votes, be changed to “ South Wales 
and be printed. | Railway Deviation Bill.” 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Ship | Ordered, That the South Wales Railway Deviation South Wales 
“ Novello” have Power to report their Observations | Bij] be read the third time. 5 Railway 
thereupon to the House, together with the Minutes | Deke oe 
of the Evidence taken before them. | 





The Patronage Exchange Bill was read the first Patronage 


Mr. Muntz reported from the said Select Com-| time; and ordered to be read a second time upon xchange Bill. 


mittee ; ‘I hat they had considered the matter to them 


| Monday next; and to be printed. 


No. 749. 


referred ; and directed him to make a Report thereof 


to the House, together with the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before them. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; | 


and be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Worwich 
and Spalding Railway Bill. 


(and it appearing that Clause 38 was struck out, the 
same provision being contained in a more ample 
manner in Clause 57), were agreed to. 


Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to’ 


the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 


ships. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 


into consideration the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Electric Telegraph Company of Lreland 
Bill ; and the same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
_— agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
Ss ups. 


Ordered, That the Life Association of Scotland 
Bill be read the third timé To-morrow. 


The Limerick Improvement Bill was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bouverie do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Chard Railway Bill; 
VoL, 108, 





| the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 


The Colonial Bishops Act Extension Bill was read Colonial 
Bishops Act 
Extension Bill. 


No. 750. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Whittlebury 


upon Monday next ; and to be printed. 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Whitt/e- Forest Bill. 


bury Forest Bill; and the same were twice read, 


and agreed to. 
The said Amendments, being reati a second time, 


Ordered, That Mr. Thomas Greene do carry the 


Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 


House hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
_ Lordships. 


Petitions relating to Crystal Palace (Sydenham) Public 
Act ;—Recovery of Personal Liberty Bill ;—Mean Petitions. 
| Oomaid Singh ;—County Rates and Expenditure yiae seventy. 
' Bill;—Arbitration ;— Education Bill ;— Factories ; second Report. 
—Great London Drainage Bill;—Improvement of 
Towns (Ireland) ;— Medical Officers (Navy); — 
Ocean Penny Postage;— Poor Law ; — Public- 
houses (Scot/and) Bill;—and, Savings Banks Bill, 
| —were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
| the ‘Table. 
Petitions relating to the Registration of Assu- 
rances Bill,—were also presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 
Petitions relating to Intoxicating Liquors,—were 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Public-houses, &amp;c. 
A Petition relating to Salt (India), was also pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Indian Territories. 


was laid Plymouth 
Election. 


No. 751. 


The following Paper, pursuant to Order, 
upon the Table by the Clerk of the House,— Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before the Select Committee 





on the Plymouth Election Petition. 
4R2 The 





Poor Rates 
(Ireland.) 











































Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland. ) 


Lunatic 
Asylums 
(Ireland. ) 


Slave Trade. 
No. 752. 


County Rates 
and Expen- 
diture Bill. 


Seamen's 
Savings Banks 
Bill. 


Probates of 
Wills and 
Grants of Ad- 
ministration 
Bill. 





Simony Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 





676 


The following Papers were also laid upen the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 14th day of June last, for a Return of Dates 
of the Rates made in each Union in Jreland, which 
included the Consolidated Annuities due on or pre- 
vious to the 30th day of September 1851 :--Similar 
Return in respect of Rates which include Consoli- 
dated Annuities due on or previous to the 30th day 
of September 1852 :—Returns specifying the Unions, 
if any, in which in each year no provision has been 


13° Julie. 


A. 1853. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Sale, &amp;e. of 
mittee on the Sale, &amp;c. of Lands (Jreland) Bill; —_ (Ire- 
Resolved, That this House will, ‘To-morrow, re- "2 Bill 

solve itself into the said Committee. 











The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 





made in their Rates for the Consolidated Annuities : 
—And, specifying the Unions in which no Rates for | 
general purposes have been struck since the 30th day 
of September 1852. 
Return to an Order, dated the 24th day of June | 
last, for Returns of the Amount of the several Sums | 
of Money received in the years 1850, 1851 and 1852, | 
respectively, on foot of the Duties made payable by 
the Act 4 Geo. 4, c. 78 :—And, of the several Sums 
of Money paid for Salaries and Allowances out of 
the Consolidated Fund to Masters in Ordinary of the 
Court of Chancery in Jreland, and the Chief Re- 
membrancer of the Court of Exchequer, and of 
which Accounts are directed to be kept by the 11th 
section of the said Act. 
Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence re- | 
lative to the P/ymouth Election Petition be printed. 











Sir John Young presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Sixth General Report on the Dis- 
trict, Criminal and Private Lunatic Asylums in Jre- 
land; with Appendices. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the | 


Table. | 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Slave | 
Trade, which was presented upon the 12th day of this | 
instant July, be printed. 


| 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

mittee on the County Rates and Expenditure Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
| 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Seamen’s Savings Banks Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 
three months, resolve itself into the said Com- | 
mittee. 
} 
The Order of the day being read, for resuming | 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed | 
upon the 6th day of this instant July, That Mr. | 
Speaker do now leave the Chair (for Committee on 
the Probates of Wills and Grants of Administration 
Bill) ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. | 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 





The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon 
the 6th day of this instant July, That the Simony 
Law Amendment Bill be now read a second time ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; riz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word | 
“ now” stand part of the Question :—It passed in | 
the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon this day three months” be added at the end | 
of the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirma- | 
tive. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bili be read a second time upon | 
this day three months. 





' 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Elections Bill, 
into a Committee on the Elections Bill; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Thomas Greene reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Coinage 
into consideration the Coinage Offences (Colonies) boner Bill 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. scent 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Juvenile 
for the better Care and Reformation of Juvenile Of- "ders. 
fenders: And that Mr. Adderley and Sir John Pa- 
hington do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Drainage of 
to amend the Acts for promoting the Drainage of — mg 
Lands and Improvements in connexion therewith in pom + nel 
Ireland: And that Mr. Wilson and Mr. Grenville 
Berkeley do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Sotheron reported from the Select Committee Standing | 


were read, as follow: 
1. That in the case of the South Sea Company’s south Sea 
Arrangement and Trusts Petition, the Standing Or- Company's 
= . . &gt; 4:,, Arrangement 
ders ought to be dispensed with ; that the Parties ; 
5 * “ ‘ - and Trusts. 
be permitted to proceed with their Bill, provided the 
same be presented not later than three clear days 
after the presentation of this Report. 
2. That in the case of the Jesus College Estate Jesus College 
Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed Estate Bill. 
with ; that the Parties be permitted to proceed with 
their Bill, provided they prove before the Committee 
thereon, that notice in writing has been given to the 
visitor of Jesus College. 
That the Committee on the Bill do report how far 


on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; which Orders. | 


| such Order has been complied with on the Report of 


the Bill. 
The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to, 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That three va- Controverted 
cancies having occurred in the General Committee Elections. 
of Elections by three of the Members of thatCom- No. 753. 
mittee having resigned during the present Session, 
his Warrant for the appointment of three other 
Members to serve on the said Committee in their 
place was upon the Table :—And the said Warrant 
was read, as followeth : 

Pursuant to the provisions of “ The Election Peti- 
tions Act, 1848,” I do hereby appoint, 

The Right honourable Matthew Talbot Baines, 
Member for the Borough of Leeds ; 

The Right honourable Horatio Spencer Walpole, 
Member forthe Borough of Midhurst ; 

And Join Wilson Patten, Esquire, Member for 
the Northern Division of the County of Lan- 
caster ; 

To be Members of the General Committee of Elec- 


tions, to serve in the room of the Right honourable 
Sir 





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=p 4 


a ee eet 


oe 











17 Vicrori2z. 


Sir John Trollope, Baronet; the Right honourable 
Sir Francis Thornhill Baring, Baronet; and Tho- 
mas Henry Sutton Sotheron, Esquire, during the 
present Session of Parliament. 


Given under my hand this 13th day of July 
1853. 
Cuar.es Suaw Lerevre, Speaker. 


Ordered, That the said Warrant be printed, 


Mr. Adderley presented a Bill for the better Care 
and Reformation of Juvenile Offenders: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time upon Wednesday the 27th day of this 
instant July; and to be printed. 


Juvenile 
Offenders Bill. 


No. 754. 


| 





Edinburgh The Order for reading a second time To-morrow, 
and ~— y at Twelve o'clock, the Edinburgh and Canongate 
saitiea Bill. Annuity Tax Abolition Bill, was read, and dis- 
charged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Tuesday next, at Twelve o'clock. 
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 
Jovis, 14° die Julii ; 
Anno 17° Victorize Regine, 1853. 
PRAYERS. 
Committees. RDERED, That all Committees have leave to 
sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 
Sergison’s Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Estate Bill. one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of Sergison’s Estate Bill, no Stand- 
ing Orders are applicable. 
Sergison’s Ordered, That Sergison’s Estate Bill be read a 
Estate Bill. 


second time. 


Eastern Union 


Ordered, That the Eastern Union Railway Bill be 


Railway Bill. yead the third time To-morrow. 
Warrington Ordered, That the Warrington and Altrincham 
and Altrine- 


ene ae Junction Railway ( Warrington, &amp;c.) Bill be read the 
Railway (War- third time To-morrow. 

rington, &amp;c.) 

Bill, 


13°—14° Julie. 


677 


Ordered, That Mr. Sotheron be discharged from Standing 


further attendance on the Select Committee on Stand- Orders. 


ing Orders. 
Ordered, That Mr. Wilson Patten be added to the 
Committee. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the South Sea 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of Company's 
the Petition for the South Sea Company’s Arrange- jng Teasts.. 
ment and Trusts Bill, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the South Sea Company to enter into Ar- 
rangements with the Proprietors of the Company, 
and to undertake the Administration of Private 
Trusts : And that Mr. Thomas Greene and Mr. What- 
man do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Names of the five Members appointed to try Clitheroe 
and determine the matter of the Petition, complain- Election. 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the Bo- 
rough of Clitheroe, were called over; and being come 
to the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petitions and Lists relative to 
the said Election be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Committee do meet To-morrow, 
at Twelve o’clock, in one of the Committee-rooms 
of the House. 


Ordered, That Jesus College Estate Bill be read 
a second time. 


Jesus College 
Estate Bill. 


Petitions relating to Durham Election ;—Parlia- Public 
mentary Papers ;—Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ;— Petitions. 
Recovery of Personal Liberty Bill ;—Scottish Epis- vide seventy- 
copal Clergy ;—Universities( Scotland) ;—Attorneys’ second Report. 
Certificates ; — Edinburgh and Canongate Annuity 
Tax Abolition Bill ;—Bedminster Union ;—Burial- 
grounds Bill ;—Education Bill ;—Medical Officers 
(Navy) ;—Navigation Act ;—Poor Law ;—Savings 
Banks Bill ;—Tribunals of Commerce ;—and, Vac- 
cination Extension Bill,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to Intoxicating Liquors, was 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Public-houses, &amp;c. 

Petitions relating tothe Registration of Assurances 
Bill,—were also presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on the Bill. 





The Order of the day being read, for the second Universities 
reading of the Universities (Scotland) Bill ; — 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 
_ The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. ‘lo leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 














Imperial The Imperial Continental Gas (No. 2) Bill was, 
a according to Order, read the third time; and an 
- 2) Amendment was made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Life Associae The Life Association of Scotland Bill was, accord- 
tion of Scot- ing to Order, read the third time. 
land Bill, Resolved, Vhat the Bill do pass. | 
Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to | 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. | 
Baroda and The Order of the day being read, for the second | 
— reading of the Baroda and Central India Railway | 


Company Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon | 
Thursday the 28th day of this instant July. | 


Company Bill. 





Manchester The Order of the day being read, for the second | 
and Salford | reading of the Manchester and Salford Education | 
Education Bill. Bill s : 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day three months. 
Upper India The Order of the day being read, for the second | 


: 


| 


Railway Bill. yeading of the Upper India Railway Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 
Vor. 108. 





And the Question being put, That the word 


| now ” stand part of the Question ; 


The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for thef Mr. /Jayter, \ 106 
Yeas, (Viscount Drumlanrig: J ~*~ 
Tellers for the Sir Robert Harry Inglis, \ 7 
Noes, (Mr. William Lockhart: Jj ~"° 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time: 
—The Bill was accordingly read a second time ; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
‘To-morrow. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill Land Tax 
to reduce the Terms on which the Land Tax in Great Redemption 
Britain may be redeemed or purchased: And the No. 756 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read - Tom 
a second time upon Monday next; and to be 
printed. 


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Sir James 
Brooke. 


General Board 


of Health. 


Metropolitan 


Commission 
of Sewers. 


Customs 


(Donegal and 


Sligo. ) 

No. 7456. 
British 
Museum. 


No. 757. 


Poor Rates 


(Ireland. ) 
No. 758. 


Bencfices. 


Friendly 
Socicries 
(Scotland. ) 


Message from 


the Lords. 


Eastern Coun- 


ties Railway 
(North Wool- 


wich, &amp;c. ) Bill. 
Burton-upon- 


Trent Im- 
provement 


(No. 2) Bill. 





678 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by | 


the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 11th day of this instant July, for Copy of the 
Instructions that have been sent to the Governor 
General of India, directing him to issue a Commis- 
sion to inquire how far the position which Sir James 
Brooke holds in Sarawak is advantageous to the 
commercial interests of Great Britain. 

Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of March 
last, for Returns of the Debtor and Creditor Account 
of all Monies received by the General Board of 


Health from any source, and of the Monies paid by | 


them since the creation of the Board in 1848 ; and, 
of the unpaid Debts and Liabilities of the General 
Board of Health, made up to the 31st day of De- 
cember 1852:—Of the Amounts of Money repay- 


able from Local Boards; and the Net Expenses of | 


the Board of Health during each year, apart from the 
Expenses of any Service specified as extraordinary : 
—And, of the Number of Letters and Documents 
received, and of the several descriptions of Business 
transacted, and of the Number of Boards held. 


Further Return to an Order, dated the 1st day of | 


March last, for a Return from the Metropolitan Com- 
missioners of Sewers, of Copies of any Letters ad- 
dressed to J. J. Morewood, Esquire, and Resolutions 
in reference to the Great London Drainage Scheme 
by the Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers :— 
Copies of any Reports which have been made by 
Mr. James Simpson or others, in reference to the 
Victoria-street Sewer: — And, Statement of the 
original Estimates of that Sewer, the Contract Price, 
and the ultimate Cost of Constructions, and an Ac- 
count of all Monies which may have been expended | 


14° Julai. 


A, 1853, 


The Lords have agreed to the Carlisle Canal and Carlisle Canaj 
Port Carlisle Railway Bill, without any Amend- 224 Port 


ment: And also, —— 


The Lords have agreed to the Savings Banks sayings Banks 
Annuities Bill, with an Amendment; to which Annuities Bil), 
Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Llanidloes and Lianidloes 
Newtown Railway Bill, with an Amendment; to 2nd Newtown 
which Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence ®##!way Bill. 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Manchester, Shef- Manchester, 
field and Lincolnshire Railway (Barnsley) Bill, with eee et 
‘an Amendment; to which Amendment the Lords haieay _ 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, Q Barnsley) 

lil, 





The Lords have agreed to the Waveney Valley wayeney 

| Railway Bill, with an Amendment ; to which Amend- Valley Rail- 
ment the Lords desire the concurrence of this House ; ¥@Y Bill. 
And also, 

| The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made yfoore’s 

| by this House to Moore's (Brown’s Trustees) Estate (Brown's 
Bill, with an Amendment; to which Amendment the Trustees) 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And ©**¢ Bill 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Great Southern and Greatsouthern 
Western Railway (Jreland) Bill, with Amendments ; and Western 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- Railway _ 
one (Ireland) Bill. 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bideford Extension Bideford 
Railway Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- Extension _ 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this ®4ilway Bill 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Whitechapel Im- Whitechapel 








° . . ° | ° P ‘ ‘i 
in the Repairs of that Sewer, up to the present time ; | provement Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- Improvement 


together with an Account of all Claims for Compen- | 
sation for damage done or otherwise ; setting forth | 
the Names of the Claimants, the Amount demanded, | 
the Amount paid, the manner in which such Claims 
have been settled, and Copy of all Correspondence 
in reference to such Claims. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Customs 
(Donegal and Sligo), which was presented upon the 
19th day of May last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the British 
Museum, which was presented upon the 11th day 
of this instant July, be printed. | 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Rates 
(Lre‘and), which was presented upon the 13th day 
of this instant July, be printed. 


ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this ~" 
House: And also, 
The Lords have agreed to the Great Western Great Western 


Railway (Henley) Bill, with Amendments ; to which Railway 


Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of “#enley) Bill. 


this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Biil, intituled, An Act to Duke of 
authorize the Trustees of the late John Fourth Duke Atholl’s | 
of Atholl to denude themselves of the Trusts created @***¢ Bill 
by his Trust Deed, and to convey the Trust Estates 
to his Grace George Augustus Frederick John Duke 


|of Athole, and the Series of Heirs specified in the 


said Trust Deed, and under the Provisions therein 
contained ; and to enable the said Duke, or the Heir 
in possession for the time, to sell Parts of the said 


_ Estate and other Estates for Payment of the Debts 


of the said John Fourth Duke of Atholl; to which 


| the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— 


Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Address to | 
Her Majesty, dated the 26th day of April last, for a 
Return of all Benefices, Rectories or Vicarages, | 
which have been united since the 22d day of May | 
1851, under the Act 13 &amp; 14 Vic. c. 98,5. 8, stating | 
the Names of the United Benefices, with the Names | 
of Incumbent or Incumbents, the Amount of the | 
Population, and the yearly Value of each, and the | 
Distance that the Churches of each of the United | 
Benefices are from each other, with the County and | 
Diocese in which each is situated (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 513, of Session 1851). 

Mr. Fitzroy also presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—Report and Ab- 
stract by the Registrar of Friendly Societies in Scot- 
lend. ~ ° 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Table. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Richards : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Eastern Counties 
Railway (North Woolwich, &amp;c.) Bill, without any 
Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Burton-upon- Trent 


Improvement (No. 2) Bill, without any Amendment : 
And also, 





And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Mr. Thomas Baring reported from the Select Indian — 
Committee on Indian Territories; That they had je ; 
made further Progress in the matter to them re- (Fift _ ) 
ferred ; and directed him to report the Minutes of No, 768. 
the Evidence taken before them. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Savings Banks 
Committee, upon Monday next, on the Savings Banks Bil 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve o’clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Passing Tolls. 
mand,—Copy of a Letter from the Honourable H. No. 759. 
Manners Sutton to the Home Office, stating the 
Reasons which have induced the Shipping Dues 
Commissioners to defer the Report on Passing 
Tolls. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Bengal. 
Copy of Letter from the Junior Secretary to 1 
Boar 





Ep’ 





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Episcopal 
Incomes. 
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Bermuda. 
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Highways. 
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Sligo Election. 





17 Vicroriz. 


Board of Revenue, to the Secretary to the Govern- 
ment of Bengal, dated Fort William, June 29th, 
1852; and, of Minute thereupon by the Governor 
General, dated September 11th, 1852. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return from the Ecclesiastical Commis- 
sioners for England, of a Copy of the Order in 
Council passed on or about the 25th day of August 
1851, for the Regulation of Episcopal Incomes :— 
And, an Account setting forth the Income assigned 
to the See, and the Gross and Net Amount of An- 
nual Income received by any Archbishop or Bishop 
from his See, and from Payments (if any) by the 
Ecclesiastical Commissioners, previous to his having 
availed himself of the Order in Council, together 
with an Account of the Annual Amount of Gross 
and Net Income which has been received by the 
Commissioners since the Archbishop or Bishop shall 
have availed himself of such Order in Council. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of Letter from the Reverend W. C. 
Dowding, Secretary to the Berkeley College Revival 
Committee, to his Honour Colonel Eden, acting 
Governor of Bermuda, dated the 8th day of January 
1853 :—Of Letter from the Secretary to the Trustees 
of Devonshire College, Bermuda, to the Reverend 
W. C. Dowding, dated the 18th day of January 
1853, in reference to the said Letter :—Of Statistical 
Report on Education in Bermuda, made by the 
Colonial Secretary of that Island, dated the 28th day 
of March 1853:—And, of Letter, addressed by 
Governor Gregory, of the Bahamas, to the Reverend 
W. C. Dowding, dated London, the 26th day of 
July 1852, and transmitted by the Reverend W. C. 
Dowding to Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of 
State for the Colonies in April 1853. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Returns showing the Particulars of the Receipts and 





14° Julie. 


679 
the said John Hanly having resigned in the mean- 
time, the polling was proceeded with on the day next 
but one after the said nomination day, to wit, the 
Seventh day of July, between the said John Sadleir 
and John Patrick Somers, by the Mayor, as the Re- 
turning Officer for the said Borough, and on the day 
next after the close of said polling, to wit, the Eighth 
day of July, the state of the poll was declared by 
said Returning Officer to be, for the said John Sad- 
letr One hundred and fifty votes, and for the said 
John Patrick Somers One hundred and forty-two 
votes, and, the majority of said votes appearing to 
| be in favour of the said John Sadleir, the Returning 
Officer declared him chosen at the said Election to 
represent the said Borough in the present Parliament, 
and has since, in accordance with such finding, re- 
turned the precept to the Sheriff of the said County 
of Sligo, by whom the same was duly returned sub- 
sequently into the proper office for that purpose ; the 
Petitioner charges and complains that the said ma- 
jority of votes so declared to have been had by the 
said John Sadleir was apparent and colourable only, 
inasmuch as, and because that divers and sundry 
| persons included in said majority were admitted to 
| vote and did vote at the said Election for the said 
Johu Sadleir, who, at and during the said Election, 
or immediately previous thereto, were employed and 
acted at said Election as agents, counsel, attorneys, 
poll-clerks, check-clerks, mayors deputies, town- 
clerk, or in some other capacity for the purpose of 
said Election, and who either before, during or after 
the said Election accepted and took from the said 
John Sadleir, or from some other person or persons 
in his behalf, or from the Returning Officer of the 
said Borough, or from some other person, for or in 
consideration of or in reference to such his or their 
employment, money or promise of money, or secu- 
rity for money, or promise of place or employment, 
and whose votes the Petitioner submits should be 
struck off the said poll; that many other persons 
were admitted to vote and did vote at the said Elec- 
tion for the said John Sadleir, who were bribed, or 
had received promises of bribes, to give such votes 
at said Election, whose votes the Petitioner submits 
should be taken off the said poll, and that divers 
other persons included in said majority did vote who 
had been treated immediately before or during the 
continuance of said Election by the said John Sad- 
leir, or by some other person or persons on his be- 
half, and that the votes of such persons so treated 
should be taken off the said poll; that divers other 
persons were admitted to vote and did vote at said 
Election for the said John Sadleir who had, previous 








Expenditure on account of the Highways in each | to or during the said Election, held out promises of 
County in England and Wales, for the year ending | bribes, or had actually bribed other voters to vote for 
the 25th day of March 1852, made out in the Form | the said John Sadleir, or to vote for the said John 


required by the Act of the 12th &amp; 13th Vic. ¢. 35, 
distinguishing the Cities, Boroughs, Towns and 
Places under Local Acts, from the ordinary High- 
ways. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


A Petition of Richard H. Wood, medical prac- 


Hanly while in nomination, or to abstain from voting 
for the said John Putrick Somers; the Petitioner 
submits that the votes of such persons so corrupting 
as last aforesaid should be struck off the said poll; 
that certain Electors of said Borough who voted for 
the said John Sadleir, and certain others who ab- 
stained from voting, all of whom, having promised 
| and intended to record their votes for the said John 
Patrich Somers, would have voted accordingly, were 





titioner, was delivered in, and read; setting forth, | it not for an illegal and unconstitutional system of 
That the Petitioner was a Parliamentary Elector | intimidation, abduction and coercion exercised upon 
for said Borough at the time of the late contested and against them by friends, agents and partisans of 
Election of a Member to represent the same in Par- the said John Sadleir aud in his behalf; the Peti- 
liament, and voted thereat; that the said Election | tioner submits that the names of all such Electors 
was fixed for, and accordingly the nomination of the | last aforesaid should be entered for and counted to 


Candidates took place on, the Fifth day of July in- 
stant, and upon that occasion John Sadleir, Esquire, 
John Patrick Somers, Esquire, and John Hanly, 
were the Candidates, and as such were respectively 


the said John Patrick Somers as his votes by a Com- 
mittee of the House; that certain voters at said 
Election voted at the times of their being polled re- 
spectively, distinctly and audibly for the said John 








put in nomination to contest the representation of | 


Patrick Somers, whose votes are illegally, improperly 
said Borough in the present Parliament; that after | 


and corruptly recorded for the said John Sadleir in 


the usual show of hands thereat, a poll was demanded the poll-books by the Returning Officers, deputies 
on the part of the said John Patrick Somers, and | and poll-clerks, who were improperly placed in the 
also on the part of the said John Hanly, and that, several booths by the Mayor of the said Borough ; 
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680 14° Judit. A. 1853. 


all which said votes the Petitioner submits should be 
taken from the said majority, and entered for and 
counted to the said John Patrick Somers, and that 
certain other voters who were absent from the said 
Election by reason of death, emigration, and other- 
wise, were improperly and illegally personated by 
persons procured by the said John Sadleir, or by his 
agents, friends or partisans for the purpose, whose 
votes the Petitioner submits should be struck off the 
said poll, and that certain other voters of the said 
Borough who came into the several booths at said 
Election to poll, and tendered their votes to the 
Deputy Returning Officers for the said John Patrick 
Somers, were improperly, illegally and corruptly re- 
fused liberty to vote, and rejected by the said Re- 
turning Otticers upon frivolous and groundless ob- 
jections, whose votes the Petitioner submits should 
be placed by a Committee of the House upon the 
poll to the credit of and counted for the said John 
Patrick Somers; the Petitioner therefore charges 
that, by reason of the said several premises afore- 
said, the said majority of votes so declared to have 
been had by the said John Sadleir was, as aforesaid, 
only colourable and fictitious, and that, the majority 
of legal votes having been in fact given and recorded, 
or should have been given and recorded, at said Elec- 
tion in favour of the said John Patrick Somers, he 
is entitled to represent said Borough in this present 
Parliament in the place and stead of the said John 
Sadleir ; and therefore prays a scrutiny by the House 
of all such legal and illegal votes so polled and 
tendered as aforesaid, that the said illegal votes may 
be struck off the said poll, and that such justice may 
be generally done to the Petitioner and to the said 
John Patrick Somers by a Committee of the House, 
in regard of the several illegal, corrupt and unconsti- 
tutional premises and practices aforesaid, as to the 
said Coumittee will seem right, in order that the said 
Election and Return of the said John Sadleir may 
be declared null and void, and that the said John 
Patrick Somers was duly elected, and that the Re- 
turn to the Writ for holding said Election may be 
amended accordingly by inserting therein that the 
said John Patrick Somers should have been and was | 
duly elected at said Election as a Burgess to serve 
in Parliament for the said Borough ; the Petitioner 
humbly charges and complains furthermore, that the 
said Election and Return so made, and the majority 
of votes thereat, were obtained and procured by un- 
just, unconstitutional and illegal means and practices 
employed and resorted to by the said John Sadleir, 
and others on his behalf, as hereafter more particu- 








larly mentioned ; and that, were it not for such means 
and practices, the Petitioner charges the said John | 
Patrick Somers would have had a majority of votes | 
at the said Election, and have been returned thereat | 
to serve in this present Parliament, to wit, that be-| 
fore, during and after the said Election, or at some or 
one of said periods, the said John Sadleir was by | 





himself, or his agents, friends, managers, supporters | 


or partisans, guilty of divers acts of bribery and | 
corruption, in order to procure, and did by himself or | 


themselves, by means of gifts, presents, money and | 


rewards, or by means of promises, offers, agreements 
or securities for such gifts, presents, monies or re- 
wards, attempt to corrupt and procure, and did, in 
fact, corrupt and procure divers persons having, or 
claiming to have, a right to vote at the said Election, 
to vote thereat for him the said John Sadleir, or to 
abstain from voting for the said John Patrick Somers, 
und the Election and Return of the said John Sadleir 








Election and Return of the said John Sadleir is 
wholly null and void; and the Petitioner further 
charges, that before, during and after the said Elec- 
tion, the said John Sadleir did by himself, or by his 
agents, friends, supporters or partisans, or by others 
on his or their behalf, by divers ways and means, 
directly and indirectly give or allow, or cause to be 
given or allowed, at his or their charge, and on his 
behalf, to divers persons Electors, or claiming to be 
Electors for said Borough, meat, drink, entertainment 
and provisions, to the intent and purpose of cor- 
ruptly influencing such Electors to give or refrain 
from giving their votes in such Election, and with 
the intent and purpose of procuring the Election 
and Return of the said Join Sadleir as Member 
of Parliament for the said Borough; and the Peti- 
tioner submits, that by reason of the premises last 
aforesaid, by means whereof the Election and Return 
of the said John Sadleir were procured and effected, 
the said Election and Return is wholly null and void; 


'that the said John Sadleir has rendered himself 


thereby wholly disabled, ineligible and incapacitated 
to serve in the present Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough; and the Petitioner charges and complains 
that the Return of the said John Sadleir at the said 
Election was obtained and procured by an orga- 
nised system of agitation, menace, violence, outrage 
and intimidation used and exercised by or on behalf 
of the said John Sadleir, or by his agents, managers, 
supporters or partisans, and by a lawless and orga- 
nised mob of several hundreds of persons comprised 
of the lowest and most violent inhabitants, non- 
electors of and about said Borough, towards divers 
Electors of said Borough, and towards their families 
and households respectively, previous to, and at and 
during the said Election, who had promised to vote, 
and otherwise would have voted for the said John 
Patrich Somers at said Election, but, who being 
coerced and intimidated as aforesaid, either voted for 
the said John Sadleir, or abstained from voting for the 
said John Patrick Somers; the Petitioner charges 
and complaineth, that the three Deputy Returning 
Officers placed in the three several booths by the 
Mayor of the said Borough, whose duty it was to 
take the poll fairly and impartially, have been for 
many years past notorious partisans of Mr. Charles 
Towneley, who was then lately unseated for the said 
Borough for bribery and treating; that they also 
became notorious partisans of the said John Sadleir, 
and that two of them, being voters, had then lately 
signed a requisition, inviting the said John Sadleir 
to come to and contest the representation of the said 
Borough at the said Election, and subsequently 
voted for him thereat; the Petitioner complaineth, 
that the Mayor of the said Borough, well knowing 
and being acquainted with the prejudices of the said 
three persons, improperly and in violation of all 


sense of fair play and purity of Election, nominated 


them as such deputies, and that by means of such 
appoimtments, and the corrupt, illegal and uncon- 
stitutional conduct of the said several deputies, as is 
hereinbefore more particularly stated, and otherwise 
in favour of the said John Sadleir, and to the pre- 
judice and injury of the Petitioner, and in utter 
disregard of their oaths, the Election and Return of 
the said John Sadleir was effected, and the Petitioner 
submits that the same is in consequence utterly null 
and void; the Petitioner further complaineth, that 
the said John Patrick Somers, by his conducting 
agent, furnished to the said Mayor, on the day and 
before the time fixed for polling, a notice in writing, 


were procured and effected by the said unjust, uncon- | signed by him, of the names and addresses of cer- 


stitutional, and illegal means as aforesaid, and that | 


tam agents appointed on behalf of the said John 


the said John Sadleir, by reason of the said corrupt, | Patrick Somers to attend at the several booths for 
unconstitutional and illegal acts and practices, by | the purpose of detecting personation, pursuant to 
means and virtue whereof his said Election and Return | the statute in that case made and provided ; that the 
were procured and effected, was and is wholly dis-| said agents did attend at the several booths for that 
abled, incapacitated and ineligible to serve in this | purpose, and that they were silenced and obstructed 
present Parliament for the said Borough of Sligo,| in, and prevented from the execution of their duties 
and that by reason of said premises last aforesaid the | by the said Deputy Returning Officers, on the false 


and 

















Duke of 
Atholl’s 
Estate Bill. 


Wheat, &amp;c. 


Chevalier 
Mustoxidi. 


Criminal 
Offenders 
(Ireland. ) 


Succession 
Duty Bill. 


No. 760. 





17 Vicroriz. 


and groundless allegation that such agents had not 
received their appointment or nomination pursuant 
to the statute aforesaid, and complaineth that in 
consequence personation occurred in said booths as 
nahaiien more particularly mentioned ; and the 
Petitioner submits, that by reason of such illegal and 
unfair and unconstitutional means and practices in 
favouritism of the Return of the said John Sadleir, 
and to the prejudice and defeat of the said John 
Patrick Somers, the said Return was procured, and 
that the same is null and void; and praying that the 
House will be pleased to take the premises into con- 
sideration, and will find and declare that the said 
John Sadleir was not duly elected, but that the said 
John Patrick Somers was duly elected, and will 
order the said Return to be amended in accordance 
with such finding, or will find and declare that the 
said John Sadleir was not duly elected at said Elec- 
tion to serve for the Borough of Sligo, and that the 
said Election and Return of the said John Sadleir 
was and is wholly null and void; and that the House 
will grant to the said John Patrick Somers and to 
the Petitioner such further and other relief in the 
premises, including payment of the costs and ex- 
penses of prosecuting this Petition, by whomsoever 
and in such manner as the House shall deem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
General Committee of Elections. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


The Duke of Atholl’s Estate Bill was read the 
first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return from each County in England and 
Wales, of the different Measures, and their Capacities 
in Gallons, and the different Weights and their Con- 
tents in Pounds, under which Wheat, Barley, Oats 
and Flour are sold. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Mr. Peel presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 13th day of May last, for 
Copies or Extracts of all Papers relating to the dis- 
continuance of the Payment of any Salary to the 
Chevalier Mustoxidi; ot his Memorial, with the Reply 
thereto; and of Papers and Documents relating to 
the Removal of Jonian Judges, the Petitions of those 
Judges to the Colonial Office, and the Answers 
thereto. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Sir John Young presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,— Ireland: Tables, showing the Number 
of Persons committed or held to Bail for Trial at 
the Assizes and Sessions in each County, in the year 
1852, and the Result of the Proceedings, with other 
Particulars. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie 


upon the 
Table. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Succession Duty Bill, as 
amended in the Committee ; and Amendments were 
made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 2, 1. 33, by inserting after the word 


“ derived” the words “ and for the purpose of 


“ governing and defining the several provisions in 
*¢ this Act contained, it is hereby declared and pro- 
“ vided that the object and intention of the Legisla- 
VoL. 108, 


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681 
“ ture is to assess the tax hereby imposed upon 
‘ property to which any person shall succeed with- 
out pecuniary consideration under any settlement 
or other disposition, or by operation of law, in 
such and the like manner as if the same property 
or interest had been acquired by will, or by way 
of distribution in case of intestacy.” 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there inserted :—It passed in the Negative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, im p. 3, 1. 40, by inserting after the word 
“ benefit ” the words “in such property.” 

And the Question being put, That those words be 
there inserted :—It passed in the Negative. 

Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 8, 1. 29, by leaving out the words 
“ this Act,” and inserting the words “the Act of 
“ the 36th year of the reign of King George the 
“ Third, c. 52,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out, stand part of the Bill: 
—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 8, 1. 30, by leaving out the words “ by 
“ eight equal half-yearly instalments, the first of 
“ such instalments to be paid.” 








And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out, stand part of the Bill:—It was 
resolved in the Affirmative. 

‘Then another Amendment was made to the Bill. 
Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
ithe Bill, in p. 9, 1.16, by adding after the word 
‘“* accordingly” the words “ Provided also, that in 
estimating the Duty either for charge of Duty or 
for assessment on commutation, no timber or wood 
shall be included which may have been disposed 
of by the successor in exchange for timber used 
in re-building or repairs on the property comprised 
in the succession, or for the protection thereof, and 
“ that allowance and deduction shall be made to the 
amount paid by the successor for all timber or 
wood purchased for or used in such re-buildings or 
repairs.” 
And the Question being put, That those words 
be there added ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the {f Mr. Mullings, 71 72 
Yeas, \Mr. Spooner : oe 
Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, lene 
Noes, {the Earl of Mulgrave: f° ~ 


So it passed in the Negative. 
Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 10, 1. 2, by inserting after the word 
“ value” the words “ or if the successor shall before 
the first payment of Duty on the succession shall be 
due, require to pay the Duty otherwise than upon 
the calculations aforesaid, then as respects all or 
any of the mines comprised in such succession, 
the successor shall be chargeable with Duty upon 
his interest in the net monies which shall from time 
to time be derived from any such mines or mine 
to which such requirement shall extend, and shall 
account for and pay the same yearly: Provided 
that if any successor shall, after such requirement, 
and after any such annual payment of Duty, be 
desirous of commuting the Duty, and shall deliver 
to the Commissioner an estimate of the net monies 
obtainable by him from such mines as may in 
a prudent course of management of such mines be 
expected during his life, the Commissioner, if 
satisfied with such estimate, may except the same, 
and assess the Duty accordingly: ‘That nothing 
shall be deemed a mine on which Duty shall be 
chargeable, that has not been at work within twelve 
months immediately preceding the succession.” 
48 And 








Government 
of India Bill. 


Customs, &amp;c. 
Acts [1 July. 


ra) 


Belfast 
Municipal 
Boundaries 
Bill. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Assistant 
Judge 
(Middlesex 
Sessions) Bill. 


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And the Question being put, That those words 
be there inserted :—It passed in the Negative. 
Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 15,1. 5, by inserting after the word 
“ property” the words “within three calendar 
“ months after the happening of the succession.” 
And the Question being put, ‘That those words | 
be there inserted :—It passed in the Negative. 
‘Then another Amendment was made to the Bill. 
Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 16, 1. 32, by inserting after the word 
“ documents” the words “except muniments of 
“ title.” 
And the Question being put, That those words be 
there inserted ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the {Mr. Mullings, 7 
Yeas, (Mr. Spooner : if 300. 

Tellers for the Mr. Hayter, 1, 30 
Noes, (The Earl of Mulgrave: J °~ 


So it passed in the Negative. 

Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next; and be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Government of Jndia Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Crause, No. 5, amended, and agreed to. 
’ ? ’ 5 
Crause, N° 6, agreed to. 
Criauses, N° 7 to N° 9, amended, and agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





And the House having continued to sit till after | 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; | 


Veneris, 15° die Julii, 1853: 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- | 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- | 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, | 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, again | 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 





The Order of the day being read, for receiving | 
the Report from the Committee on the Customs, &amp;e. 
Acts ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


The Belfast Municipal Boundaries Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time; and an 
Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir John Young do carry the Bill | 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





The Municipal Corporations Act Amendment Bill 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(Compensation to Officers of existing Boroughs, to 
which new Charters have been or may be granted) : 
—And the said Clause was brought up, and read 
the first time; and, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir John Yarde Buller do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Assistant Judge ( Middlesex Sessions) 
Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, ‘That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 


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A, 1853. 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, re- 
“ solve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Question : 
—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 

(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Cause, N° 1, amended, and agreed to. 

Crause, N° 2 (The Treasury may grant a retiring 
allowance to Assistant Judge on his resignation). 

Amendments made. 

Motion made, and Question 
as amended, stand part of the 
The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the {Mr. Hayter, 
Yeas, (The Earl of Mulgrave : 
Tellers for the {Sir John Shelley, 
Noes, \ Mr. Hutchins : 
Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


put, That the Clause, 


ill ; 
le 
} 53. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 





The Incumbered Estates (Jreland) Act Continu- Incumbered 


ance Bill was, according to Order, read a second 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House for Tuesday next, at Twelve o'clock. 


Estates (Ire- 
land) Act 
Continuance 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Charitable 


reading of the Charitable Trusts Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Biil be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


The Courts of Common Law (Jreland) Bill was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Ordered, That the further proceeding on the third 
reading of the said Bill be adjourned till this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the 7’hames Embankment Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, re- 
“ solve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Question : 
—The said proposed Amendment and Motion were 
severally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Public Libraries (Jred/and) Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House. 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 

The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee; and, after some time spent therein, 








’ 





Mr, 


Trusts Bill. 


Courts of 
Common Law 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Thames 
Embankment 
Bill. 


Public Libra- 
ries (Ireland) 
ill. 











17 Vicroriz. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 


Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 


mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


Customs The House, according to Order, reselved_ itself 
Spirits Bill. into a Committee on the Customs Duties on Spirits 


Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie re- 
— That the Committee had gone through the 
ill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


General Board 
of Health 
(No, 3) Bill. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the General Board of Health 
(No. 3) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill (That 
it shall not be lawful for the General Board of Health, 
after the First day of September 1853, to nominate 
or appoint any person as Superintending Inspector, 
otherwise than at a fixed yearly salary: Provided 
always, that any such person so appointed shall be 
removable at any time by the said Board, upon three 
calendar months’ notice; and that it shall not be 
lawful for any person so appointed to receive any 
money, emolument, fee or reward, directly or indi- 
rectly, from any party, except from the said Board, 
for or in respect of any work or plans of works exe- 
cuted or to be executed under the authority of the 
said Board) :—And the said Clause was brought up, 
and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Clause be now read a second time : 
—It passed in the Negative. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in p. 2, 1. 25, by adding after the word 
“ Act” the words “ Provided that it shall not be 
‘ lawful for the Local Board of Health of the dis- 
“ trict of Hertford to construct or use, or suffer or 
permit to be constructed or used, any sewers or 
drains by means of which the sewage of the said 
district, or any part thereof, shall be carried into 
the River Lee at or above the point of the said 
river in the parish of Saint John, Hertford, where 
the balance engine of the Governor and Company 
of the New River brought from Chadwell and 
Amwell to London is erected, by means of which 
the said Governor and Company of the New 
River derive their supply of water from the said 
River Lee for the supply of the Metropolis.” 

And the Question being put, That those words be 
there added ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Barrow, 

Yeas, UMr. Bass : 

Tellers for the{Mr. Cowper, 

Noes, \Lord Alfred Hervey: 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 2, 1. 25, by adding after the word 
“ Act” the words “That it shall not be lawful for 
the General Board of Health to put in force any 
of the said provisional orders, unless upon the Pe- 
tition of a majority of the inhabitants rated to the 
relief of the poor of any such places referred to 
in the said Schedule.” 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there added :—It passed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


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Newspaper The Newspaper Stamp Duties Bill was, according 
Ba? Duties t) Order, read a second time; and committed to a 

Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 
VoL. 108. 


14°—15° Julie. 


ing to Order, read the third time. 








683 


Sir John Young reported from the Committee on Dublin Par- 
the Dublin Parliamentary Representation [Payment !i#mentary 


‘ v ‘ Registration 
of Barristers], a Resolution; which was reed, as riiguet of 
followeth : Barristers. ] 


Resolved, That the Barristers who may be ap- 

inted to revise the Register of Parliamentary 
Voters for the City of Dublin be paid the same 
amount of remuneration in all respects as the Deput 
of the Chairman of Sessions for the said City shall 
or may be entitled to receive for such revision. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Dublin Parliamentary Registration 
Bill, that they have Power to make provision therein, 
pursuant to the said Resolution. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Sale, &amp;e. of 
mittee on the Sale, &amp;c. of Lands (Jreland) Bill ; nay Da 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday ~ ; 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Elections Bill. 
into consideration the Elections Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 
A Clause (Polling at the Universities to continue 
for Five days only), was twice read ; and made part 
of the Bill. 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


The Coinage Offences (Colonies) Bill was, accord- Coinage 

Offences (Co- 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. or 
Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to the 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Highway 
to continue an Act for authorizing the application of Rates. 
Highway Rates to Turnpike-roads: And that Mr. 
Fitzroy and Viscount Palmerston do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Turnpike 
to confirm certain Provisional Orders made under oe 
an Act of the fifteenth year of Her present Ma- . ; 
jesty, to facilitate arrangements for the Relief of 
Turnpike Trusts, and to make certain provisions re- 
specting Exemptions from Tolls : And that Mr. Fitz- 
roy and Viscount Palmerston do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Turnpike Acts 
to continue certain Turnpike Acts in Great Britain, Coptmuance. 
and to make further provisions concerning Turnpike- 
roads in England: And that Mr. Fitzroy and Vis- 
count Palmerston do prepare, and bring it in. 


Metropolitan 
Sewers Acts 
Continuance. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to continue the Metropolitan Sewers Acts: And that 
Mr. Fitzroy and Viscount Palmerston do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bil] Sheep, &amp;c. 
to extend and continue an Act of the twelfth year Contagious 
. ‘ : Diseases 
of Her present Majesty, to prevent the spreading of prevention. 
Contagious or Infectious Disorders among Sheep, 
Cattle or other Animals: And that Mr. Fitzroy and 


Viscount Palmerston do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Public Works 
for enabling Grand Juries in Jreland to borrow ACt (ireland ) 
Money from private sources on the security of Pre- ; 
sentment, and for transferring to Counties certain 
Works constructed wholly or in part with Public 
Money: And that Sir John Young and Mr. Wilson 
do prepare, and bring it in. 

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684 14°—15° Juliz. 


Betting-houses Mr. Attorney General presented a Bill for the sap- 

Bill. pression of Betting-houses : And the same was read 

No. 761. the first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 


Highway Mr. Fitzroy presented a Bill to continue an Act 
Rates Bill. for authorizing the application of Highway Rates to 
No. 762. Turnpike-roads: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 

Monday next ; and to be printed. 


Turnpike Mr. Fitzroy presented a Bill to confirm certain 
noel Provisional Orders made under an Act of the fif- 
Bile teenth year of Her present Majesty, to facilitate Ar- 
No. 763. Yangements for the Relief of Turnpike Trusts, and 
to make certain provisions respecting Exemptions 
from Tolls: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 

next; and to be printed. 


Turnpike Acts Mr. Fitzroy presente’ a Bill to continue certain 
on Turnpike Acts in Great Britain, and to make further 
; provisions concerning ‘Turnpike-roads in England : 


No. 764. And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Monday next; and 
to be printed. 

Metropolitan © Mr. Jitzroy presented a Bill to continue the Me- 
— Acts tropolitan Sewers Acts: And the same was read the 
‘ ontinuance 


Bill. first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
No. 765. upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Sheep, &amp;c. Mr. Fitzroy presented a Bill to extend and con- 

Contagious tinue an Act of the twelfth year of Her present 

Diseases Pre- : : 3 ! 

vention Bill, Majesty, to prevent the spreading of Contagious or 
Infectious Disorders among Sheep, Cattle, or other 

No. 766. . 5 ? ‘ 4 

Animals: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Mon- 


day next; and to be printed. 


Public Works Sir John Young presented a Bill for enabling 
— (ireland) Grand Juries in Jreland to borrow Money from pri- 
Bill. ~" vate sources on the security of Presentment, and 
No. 767. for transferring to Counties certain Works con- 
structed wholly or in part with Public Money: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday next; and to be 

printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till Two of the clock on Friday morning, ad- 
journed till this day. 


Veneris, 15° die Julii: 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 


RDER ED, That all Committees have leave to 
sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Committees. 


Bedale and The House proceeded to take into consideration the 

— .. Amendments made by the Lords to the Bedale and 

Railway Bill. ‘ ang , 
Leyburn Railway Bill; and the same were twice read, 
and, with an Amendment to one of them, agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Cayley do carry the Bill to 

the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships, 
with an Amendment; to which Amendment this 
House doth desire the concurrence of their Lord- 
ships. 


East Kent The House proceeded to take into consideration 

Railway Bill. the Amendments made by the Lords to the East 
Kent Railway Bill; and tie same were twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 








A. 1853, 


The House proceeded to take into consideration South Eastern 

the Amendments made by the Lords to the South nam J 
Eastern Railway (Strood to Maidstone) Bill; and ratéstone) 
| the same were twice read, and agreed to. Bill. 
__ Ordered, That Mr. James MacGregor do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the jee made by 
| their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration South Stafford. 
|the Amendments made by the Lords to the South ae gy 
Staffordshire Waterworks Bill ; and the same were . 
| twice read, and, with an Amendment to one of them, 
agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships, with an Amendment; to which Amendment 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their 


Lordships. 


| The House proceeded to take into consideration Spalding 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Spalding ae 
| Improvement Bill. 
| The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
(and it appearing that the Amendments to Clauses 
82 and 83 were made to render those Clauses con- 
sistent with Clause 81, and carry out the intention of 
this House), were, with an Amendment to one of 
them, agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
|agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships, with an Amendment; to which Amendment 
‘this House doth desire the concurrence of their 


Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Victoria (Lon- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Victoria don) Docks 
'(Zondon) Docks Bill; and the same were twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and accuaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 





A Motion being made, That the Saint George’s Saint George's 
Harbour Bill be now read the.third time ; Harbour Bill. 
The Earl of Mulgrave, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives 
Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is 
concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 
Then the Bill was read the third time ; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Westminster Improvements (Dwellings of the Westminster 
Working Classes) Bill was read the third time ; and I™provements 
Amendments were made to the Bill age ta 

mendments were made to the Bill. the Working 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Classes) Bill. 

Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the Westport Port Westport Port 
and Harbour Bill be now read the third time ; oo 
The Earl of Mulgrave, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the purport of the Bill, 
igives Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty's interest 
is concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 
Then the Bill was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





The Order of the day being read, for the third Eastern Union 
reading of the Eastern Union Railway Bill; F Railway Bill 
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17 Vicrortiaz. 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz.: To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Cobbold, 

Yeas, Mr. Cayley : 
Tellers for the [Sir George Brooke Pechell, 
Noes, UMr. Lucas : 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
Bill be now read the third time :—The said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee. 


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26. 


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Warrington 
and Altrine- 
ham Junction 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Warrington and Altrincham Junction 
Railway(War- Railway (Warrington, &amp;c.) Bill; 
rington, &amp;.) Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Bill. Monday next. 


Severn and 
Wye Railway 
and Canal Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Severn and Wye Railway and Canal Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Bingley Free The Bingley Free Grammar and General Educa- 
} eee tion Schools and Charity Estates Bill was read a 
cation Schools second time ; and committed. 
and Charity Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
Estates Bill. snittee of Selection. 

Sunderland Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
- endl one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
Orphan Asy- That in the case of the Sunderland Town Moor and 


lum Bill, Freemen’s Orphan Asylum Bill, the Standing Orders 
have been complied with. 

Sunderland Ordered, That the Sunderland Town Moor and 

Town Moor  Freemen’s Orphan Asylum Bill be read a second 

and Freemen’s ,-. 

Orphan Asy- time. 

lum Bill. 

Earl of Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 

Fgremont’s one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 

Estate Bill. That in the case of the Earl of Egremont’s Estate 
Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 

Ratt of Ordered, That the Earl of Egremont’s Estate Bill 

gremont’s . : 

Estate Bill. be read a second time. 

Clitheroe Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 

= Estate one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of the Clitheroe School Estate Bill, 
the Standing Orders have been complied with. 

Clitheroe Ordered, That the Clitheroe School Estate Bill be 


a. Estate read a second time. 


Ward Jack- Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 

cy Estate one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of Ward Jackson’s Estate Bill, no 
Standing Orders are applicable. 

Ward Jack- Ordered, That Ward Jackson’s Estate Bill be 


Hy Estate yead a second time. 


ah Sea Mr. Oliveira presented a Bill to enable the South 
lama ‘nt 5€2 Company to enter into Arrangements with the 
and Trusts Proprietors of the Company, and to undertake the 
Pill, administration of Private Trusts: And the same was 


read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 
VoL. 108. 





15° Juli. 





685 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Harwich 
this day received Notice from the Examiner of Re- Election. 
cognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Election Petition of James Puin and others, relating 

to the Borough of Harwich, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Peterborough 
this day received Notice from the Examiner of Re- Election. 
cognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 

Election Petition of Charles Dodson and others, re- 

lating to the City or Borough of Peterborough, is 
unobjectionable. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the South South Sea and 

Sea and other Annuities Commutation, which was wer Annui- 
Sone « ies Commu- 

presented upon the 8th day of this instant July, be tation. 


printed. No. 769. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Sir James Sir James 
Brooke, which was presented upon the 14th day of Brooke. 
this instant July, be printed. No. 770. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Benefices, Benefices. 
which was presented upon the 14th day of this in- No, 771. 
stant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Chevalier Chevalier 
Mustoxidi, whick. was presented upon the 14th day Mustoxidi. 
of this instant July, be printed. No. 772. 


Petitions relating to Universal Suffrage, &amp;c. ;— Public 

Charitable Trusts Bill ;—Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ; Petitions. 
—Recovery of Personal Liberty Bill; — Scottish vise Seventy- 
Episcopal Clergy ; — Advertisements ; — Ministers’ third Report. 
Money (Jreland) ; — Arbitration ;— Arrestment of 
Wages ; — Burial-grounds Bill ;— Clauses Act ;— 
Education Bill ;— Medical Officers (Navy) ; — Me- 
dical Profession ;—Ocean Penny Postage ;— Pilotage 
Bill; — Poor Law ;— Savings Banks Bill ;— and, 
Vagrancy Acts,— were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to Indian Territories, was also 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Indian Territories. 

A Petition relating to Intoxicating Liquors, was 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Public-houses, &amp;c. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by Public Income 

the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated #24 Expen- 
the 8th day of this instant July, for Accounts of the "Ne. 773 
Net Public Income of the United Kingdom of Great “° a 
Britain and Ireland, in the year ended the 5th day 
of July 1853 (after deducting the Expenditure there- 
of defrayed by the several Revenue Departments), 
and of the actual Issues or Payments within the 
same period, exclusive of the Sums applied to the 
Redemption of the Funded or paying off Unfunded 
Debt, and of the Advances and Repayment for 
Local Works, &amp;c. :—Of the Balances of the Public 
Money remaining in the Exchequer on the 5th day 
of July 1853; the Amount raised by additions to 
the Funded or Unfunded Debt in the year ended 
the 5th day of July 1853; the Money applied to- 
wards tie Redemption of the Funded or paying off 
Unfunded Debt; the Total Amount of Advances and 
Repayments on account of Local Works, &amp;c., with 
the difference accruing thereon; and the Balances 
in the Exchequer on the 5th day of July 1853 (in 
continuation of No. 101 of the 10th day of Fe- 
bruary 1853):—Of the Income and Expenditure 
from the 5th day of April to the 5th day of July in 
the years 1850, 1851, 1852 and 1853 respectively : 
—And, of the Income and Expenditure during the 
same period, distinguishing the Consolidated Fund 
and Supplies, with the Summary of the Balance 
Sheet of the Total Income and Expenditure during 
the same periods, and the Balances in the Exchequer 
at the commencement and end of the Quarter in 
each year respectively. 

Return to an Order, dated the 30th day of May Tralee 
last, for Returns of the several Sums of Money ad- Harbour and 
vanced by the Treasury for the Improvement of ae 





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Trade Licenses 


(Ireland. ) 


Lunatic 
Asylums. 


Prisons. 


Sheriff Courts 


(Scotland. ) 


Edinburgh 
Annuity ‘Tax. 


686 
Tralee Harbour, and for opening a Canal there, dis- 
tinguishing the Sum given as a free Grant from those | 
given as Loans, and the Dates of those Advances : 
—Of the Amount of ‘Tolls or Revenue derived from | 
the Improvements of the Harbour, between the 
years 1832 (when the Tolls were first levied), and the 
close of the last year, and from that period up to 
the present date, or to such date as last furnished | 
by the Agent in receipt of the Tolls; this Return to 
give the Amount of Tolls or Revenue received in 
each year, the Amount in each year deducted for 
maintenance of the Works, the Balance to the Credit | 
of the Debt due in each year, and finally the Balance | 
now due to the ‘Treasury :—Of the Amount of all | 
Monies expended on the actual execution of those 
Works, distinguishing the Sums paid by the 77ralee 
Harbour Commissioners to the Contractors under | 
them, from the Sums paid by or through the Com- | 
missioners of Public Works :—Of Copies of the | 
Measurements taken of the Works executed by the 
Contractors under the Harbour Commissioners, those | 
Measurements having been made in conformity with | 
the Orders of the Treasury; also, a Copy of any | 
Valuation made of the Works so measured, and a 
Copy of the Estimate made for the Completion of, 
the Works :—-And, of the Dates when possession | 
was taken of the Works of the Harbour by the | 
Agent of the Treasury or the Public Works Loan | 
Commissioners, when the Works were resumed under | 
the supervision of the Board of Works, and when 
finished and given up by that Board. | 

Return to an Order, dated the 22d day of April 
last, for a Comparative Statement of the Amount now 
charged in Ireland for each License for a Trade or 
Profession, and an enumeration of the Trades or Pro- 
fessions which will hereafter (under the Resolutions | 
of the Chancellor of the Exchequer) require a 
License, and the Charge proposed for each License. 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of 
an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,-—Abstracts of Accounts | 
of Monies received and paid on account of the- 
several County and Borough Asylums in England 
and Wales, during the year ending on the 31st De- 
cember 1852. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Public In- 
come and Expenditure be printed. 





Mr. Fiizroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- | 
mand,—Copy of Eighteenth Report of the Inspectors | 
appointed under the provisions of the Act 5 &amp; 6 Will. 
4, c. 38, to visit the different Prisons of Great 
Britain :—I111. Southern and Western District. 

Mr. Fitzroy also presented,—Return to an Ad-) 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 30th day of May 
last, for a Return to Requisition as to Proofs in 
Sheritf Courts in Scotland in 1852, showing those 
taken by Sheriffs Substitute and on Commissions. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
30th day of June last, for Returns showing, in 
Columns, the Population, according to the Census of 
1851, of each of the Parishes of the ancient and 
extended Royalty of the City of Edinburgh, under 
the jurisdiction of the City Magistracy, in which the 
Annuity Tax for Ministers’ Stipends is leviable by 
them; the Number of Sittings in the City Churches 
of the said Parishes ; the Numbers of these Sittings 
‘vhich are let to Parties residing or carrying on busi- 
ness within any of the said Parishes, including therein 
all such Seats as are set apart and occupied as Free 
Seats, or by Public Institutions ; the surplus Num- 
ber of Sittings remaining after accommodating all 
the Parties who have applied for Sittings, residing or 


mentary or other obligation to build any additional | 


Churches; and if so, what Number of additional | (Connecting Branch with Edinburgh and Gilasg 
Sittings will be provided by the erection of the same. | Railway, &amp;c), Bill, with Amendments; to which 


15° Jultz. 


way (Canterbury and Whitstable, &amp;c.) Bill, wit 
Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords de- 
sire the concurrence of this House: And also, 





A. 1853. 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Merchant 


into a Committee on the Merchant Shipping Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Ciause, N° 38 (Steps to be taken when salvage 


services have been rendered by Her Majesty’s Ships 


abroad). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 15, 1. 10: To leave 
out from the word “rendered” to the end of the 
Clause. 

Question put, That the words “and the salvor 
“ shall add to his statement” stand part of the 
Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, las) 
Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave : a 
Tellers for the, Mr. Ingham, 1 29 
Noes, { Mr. Digby Seymour : Roe 


Clause agreed to. 

Cruse, N° 39, amended, and agreed to. 
Crauses, N° 40 to N° 42, agreed to. 
Ciause, N° 43, amended, and agreed to. 
Crauses, N° 44 to N° 48, agreed to. 
Ciausg, N° 49, amended, and agreed to. 
Crauses, N° 50 to N° 54, agreed to. 
Cravse, N° 55, amended, and agreed to. 
Crausgs, N° 56 to N° 65, agreed to. 
Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the Remission of the Consolidated Annuities 
charged upon Districts in Jreland: And that Mr. 
Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Wilson do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Pilotage Billi ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill 
for the Remission of the Consolidated Annuities 


charged upon Districts in Jreland: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blunt : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Convicted Prisoners’ 


Shipping 
Bill. 


Consolidated 
Annuities 
(Ireland. ) 


Pilotage Bill. 


Consolidated 
Annuities 


(Ireland) Bill. 


No. 774. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Convicted 


Removal and Confinement Bill, without any Amend- Prisoners’ 
ment: And also, 


Removal and 
Confinement 


Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Copper Miners in Copper Miners 
England Company Bill, without any Amendment: 
And also, 


in England 
Company Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the South Eastern Rail- South Eastera 


h Railway (Can- 
terbury and 
Whitstable, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Furness Railway Furness 
carrying on business within any of the City Parishes Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Railway Bill 
as aforesaid :--And, showing whether the Corpora- Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
tion of Edinburgh is at present under any Parlia- | also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Caledonian Railway Caledonian 


Amendments 


Railway 
we (Connecting 
Branch with 


sr 


|. he- ui h-&lt;! 


wed eed 


a th pi 








Ayrshire and 
Galloway 
(Smithstown 
and Dalmel- 
lington) 
Railway Bill. 
Chancery 
Suitors Fur- 


ther Relief Bill. 


Pauncefort 
Duncombe’s 
Estate Bill. 


Pauncefort 
Duncombe’s 
Estate Bill. 


Richmond 
(Yorkshire) 
Burgage 
Pastures Bill. 


Hall Dare’s 
Estate Bill. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Seventy-se- 
cond Report.) 


Election 
Petition Re- 
cognizances, 


No. 775. 


Pauper 
Children. 


Public Income 


and Expen- 
diture, 


Merchant 
Vessels in 
Distress, 


17 Victrorrz. 


House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Ayrshire and Gal- 
loway (Smithstown and Dalmellington) Railway Bill, 
with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for the Further Relief of the Suitors of the High 
Court of Chancery ; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act | 
for enabling Leases, Sales and Exchanges to be 
made of the Estates of the late Philip Duncombe 
Pauncefort Duncombe, Esquire, deceased, and for 
other purposes ; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House :—And then the Messenger 
withdrew. 





Pauncefort Duncombe’s Estate Bill was read the | 
first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on, 
the Richmond (Yorkshire) Burgage Pastures Bill ; 
That they had examined the allegations contamed in 
the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, 
by striking out certain words which appeared to be | 
unnecessary ; and found the same, as amended, to 
be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported Hall Dare’s Estate Bill, | 
without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Duncan reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 13th and 14th days of 
this instant July; and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, ‘That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Election 
Petition Recognizances have Power to report the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

Mr. Milner Gibson reported from the said Select 
Committee; That they had considered the matter 
to them referred ; and directed him to make a Re- 
port thereof to the House, together with the Mi- 
nutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, 'That the Return ordered by this House 
on the 15th day of June 1853, in relation to Pauper 
Children, not being in a Workhouse, or in any 
School for Pauper Children, do comprehend, in addi- 
tion to the several Particulars specified in the said 
Order, the Number of such Children who were 
attending Day Schools on the Ist day of July 1853, 
at the Cost of other Parties than their Parents or 
Relatives. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of the Public Income and Expenditure 
for the year ended the 5th day of July 1853, together 
with the Balances in the Exchequer at the Com- 
mencement and at the Termination of the year, and 
the Amount of Funded or Unfunded Debt created 
or redeemed in the said year. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Ordinance of the French Go- 
vernment of the year 1827, Art. 100, respecting the 
VoL. 108. 


BD? Juliz. 


Edinburgh and Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
Glasgow Rail- hig 
way, &amp;c.) Bill. 


elected, or sitting or voting in Parliament; and no 














687 


Duty of Ships of War of Frence in giving Assistance 
to Merchant Vessels in Distress. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 




































































Ordered, That Sir John Johnstone have leave of Leave of 
absence for a week, on account of ill health. Absence. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Government 
a Committee on the Government of India Bill. of India Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Crausz, N°10 (No person appointed by Her 
Majesty to be a Director under this Act shall, by 
reason of such appointment, be incapable of being 


such Director so appointed shall be subject to be 
removed by the General Court of the said Company ; 
but it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, if She shall 
think fit, to remove any such Director for inability or 
misbehaviour). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 5, Is. 33 and 34: To 
leave out the words “ if She shall think fit,” in order 
to insert the words “ upon a jomt Address from both 
“ Houses of Parliament.” 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
left out stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 


— &gt;. J Mr. Hayter, 1 
Tellers for the €45&gt;) The Earl of Mulgrave: { ia 
’ _ &gt;. { Viscount Jocelyn, \ 
Tellers for the Noes} Mir Eiaetinns J 43. 


Motion made, and Question put, ‘That the Clause 
stand part of the Bill ; 

The Committee divided. 

; Mr. Hayter, ) 

Tellers for the Yeas, The Eatlof Mulgrave: p 
j Mr. Bright, 1 v9 
&gt;| Mr. Milner Gibson: J °~* 

Cause, N° 11, amended, and agreed to. 

Criavuse, N° 12 (Oath of Directors). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 6, 1. 11: To leave out 
the word “ take,” and insert the word “ make.” 

Question, that the word “ take” stand part of the 
Clause——put, and agreed to. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 6, 1.11: To 
leave out the word “ Oath,” and insert the word 
“ Declaration.” 

Question put, That the word “ Oath” stand part 
of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 


39. 


Tellers for the Noes 


ist _fMr. Hayter, \ 
Teliers for the Yeas, (The Eari of Mulgrave: |138- 
jMr. Bright, ° 99. 


Tellers for the Noes,4 Mr. Hume: 


Another Amendment proposed, in p. 6, 1.11: After 
the word “ Oath” to insert the words “ or Decla- 
ration.” 

Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the { Mr. John Benjamin Smith,\ 85 


Yeas, | Mr. Bright: 
Tellers for the § Mr. Hayter, \ 124 
Noes, The Earl of Mulgrave: = J°~* 


Amendments made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Crause, N° 13, disagreed to. 
Cuiause, N° 14, amended, and agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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Dublin Par- 
liamentary 
Registration 
Bill. 


Expenses of 


Elections Bill. 


No. 776. 


Entry of 
Seamen Bill. 


Naval Coast 
Volunteers 
Bill. 


Dublin 


Carriage Bill. 


Burial- 
grounds Bill. 


Ministers’ 
Money (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Landlord 
and Tenant 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Tenants’ 


Compensation 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Ways and 


Means. 


688 15°—16° Juli. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Dublin Parliamentary Re- 
gistration Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Expenses of Elections Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(Provided always, that none of the provisions herein 
contained shall prevent or interfere with any of such 
matters as aforesaid for any lawful purpose, or upon 
any lawful occasion, entirely irrespectiye of and not 
having any reference whatever to any such Election, | 
or the business or arrangements of the same):— 
And the said Clause was brought up, and read the 
first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the further consideration of the Bill, 
as amended, be deferred till this day three months ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the Yeas,{\r ne ? \ 60. 

~ eee oe x. J Mr. Craven Berkeley, \ ..., 

Tellers for the Noes,{ Mr Mallings : y J 66. 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Then the Clause was read a second time, and | 
made part of the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 3d 
day of August next; and be printed. 








And the House having continued to sit till after | 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 
| 

Sabbati, 16° die Julii, 1853: 
The Entry of Seamen Bill was, according to Order, 


read a second time ; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Wednesday next. 





The Naval Coast Volunteers Bill was, according | 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday | 
next. 


The Dudlin Carriage Bill was, according to Order, | 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee | 
of the whole House, for Thursday next. | 

The Order of the day being read, for the second | 
reading of the Burial-grounds Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon | 
Friday next. | 

| 

The Order of the day being read, for the second | 
reading of the Ministers’ Money (Zreland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon | 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 


. ° y 5 . 
mittee on the Landlord and Tenant (Jreland) Bill ; | 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


a 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


' 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 
mittee on the Tenants’ Compensation (Jredand) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday ' 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 


mittee of Ways and Means ; 
Resolved, ‘That this House will, upon Monday | 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





A. 1853. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Universities 


into a Committee on the Universities (Scotland) Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Cardwell reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Tuesday next, at 
Twelve o'clock. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Assistant Judge (Middlesex 
Sessions) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 


the further Proceeding on the third reading of the Common Law 
Courts of Common Law (Jreland) Bill: —The House (Ireland) Bill 


resumed the said further Proceeding. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill (In- 
spection and examination of premises or chattels may 
be ordered by the Court on behalf of either party) : 
—And the said Clause was brought up, and read a 
first and second time; and amended. 

And the said Clause, as amended, was read the 
third time; and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (No pleading after defence), was 
thrice read; and added to the Bill 

Another Clause (The process or adjudication of an 
inferior jurisdiction may be pleaded generaliy), was 
thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (Issues of fact or assessment of 
damages or be tried or taken before a judge by 
consent, without the intervention of a jury), was 
thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (Error may be brought by legal 
representative of a deceased party), was thrice read ; 
and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (Court on motion may order a 
fixed sum to be paid in lieu of taxed costs), was thrice 
read ; and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (Service of ejectment on persons 
~ ‘mene was thrice read ; and added to the 

ill. 

Another Clause (Service of ejectment on persons 
having registered claims), was thrice al ; and 
added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (If plaintiff in replevin be non- 
prossed or non-suited, defendant entitled to judgment 
and execution for his rent), was thrice read; and 
added to the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Whiteside do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Public Libra- 
ries (Ireland) 
Bill. 


consideration the Public Libraries (Jreland) Bill, as 
amended in the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 


upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Customs Duties on Spirits 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The General Board of Health (No. 3) Bill was, General Board 


according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders 
of the General Board of Health for Hertford, Ac- 
crington, Bangor and Uxbridge, and to provide for 

conducting 


Supply. 


(Scotland) 
Bill. 


No. 778. 


Assistant 


Judge 
(Middlesex 


Sessions} Bill. 


Courts of 


Customs 
Duties on 
Spirits Bill. 


of Health 
(No. 3) Bill, 


oe 








17 Vicroriz. 


conducting the first Election of a Local Board of 
Health at Elland. 
Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Elections Bill. © The Elections Bill was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Isaac Butt do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Pilotage Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


Pilotage Bill. 


Poor Relief 
Act Continu- 
ance. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
continue an Act of the fifteenth year of Her present 
Majesty, for charging the Maintenance of certain 
Poor Persons in Unions in England and Wales upon 
the Common Fund: And that Mr. Baines and Mr. 
Grenville Berkeley do prepare, and bring it in. 


Election 
Commissions. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, praying that She will be graciously 
pleased to give directions, that the several Reports 
of the Election Commissions which Her Majesty 
has appointed during the present Parliament may 
be (as soon as they are made) printed, and distri- 
buted to the Members of this House. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Barnstaple 


Ordered, That the Writ for the Borough of Barn- 
Writ, 


staple be further suspended until the 5th day of 
August next. 

Militia 
Estimates. 


No. 777. 


Mr. Secretary-at-War reported from the Select 
Committee appointed to oe Estimates of the 
Charge of the Disembodied Militia of Great Britain 
and /reland, for the year ending the 31st day of 
March 1854; That they had prepared the said Esti- 
mates accordingly, and directed him to make a Re- 
port thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report be printed. 

And a Motion being made, That the Report be 
referred to the Committee of Supply ; 

Mr. Secretary-at-War, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the subject-matter of this 
Motion, recommends it to the consideration of the 
House. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Com- 
mittee. 


Poor Relief 
Act Continu- 
ance Bilil. 


No, 225. 


Mr. Baines presented a Bill to continue an Act 
of the fifteenth year of Her present Majesty, for 
charging the Maintenance of certain Poor Persons 
in Unions in England and Wales upon the Common 
Fund: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday 
next ; and to be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after Two of the 
clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till 
Monday next. 








Luna, 18° die Julii ; 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 


\ R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
I mittee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 15th day 
of this instant July; and had directed him to make 
a Kteport thereof to the House. 

Vou. 108, 


Public 
Petitions 
(Seventy-third 
Report.) 





15°—16°—18° Julie. 





689 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Duke of 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Atholl’s _ 
That in the case of the Duke of Atholl’s Estate Bill, @**** Bul. 
no Standing Orders are applicable. 


Ordered, That the Duke of Atholl’s Estate Bill be Duke of 


read a second time. Atholl's | 
Estate Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Bideford 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bideford Extension 
Extension Railway Bill; and the same were twice Railway Bil. 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Ojfiveira do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Great Southern 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Great obi 
Southern and Western Railway (Jreland) Bill; and (Ireland) Bill. 
the same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Great Westera 
Lords to the Great Western Railway (Henley) Bill, joe - 
be taken into consideration To-morrow. a dace 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Llanidloes 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the L/anid- and Newtown 
loes and Newtown Railway Bill; and the same was ®**%) _ 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Whalley do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


hath agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Manchester, 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Man- | ree and 
chester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (Barns- —" 
ley) Bill; and the same was twice read, and agreed male 
to. Bi 

Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Moore’s 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Amend- (Brown's 
ments made by this me to Moore’s (Brown’s ———. 
Trustees) Estate Bill; and the same was twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Waveney 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Waveney Valley Rail- 
Valley Railway Bill; and the same was twice read, ¥*Y ¥¥ 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, ‘That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Whitechapel 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the White- atest 
chapel Improvement Bill; and the same were twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Sir William Clay do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Ordered, That the Castlemaine Estuary Reclama- Castlemaine 
tion Bill be read the third time To-morrow. Estuary Recla- 
Ordere d, mation Bill. 


4T 





690 


Poulnasherry | Ordered, That the Poulnasherry Inclosure Bill be 


Inclosure Bill. read the third time To-morrow. 


South Wales The South Wales Railway (Deviation) Bill was 
Railway (De- read the third time. 
viation) Sul. Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for authorizing the South Wales 
Railway Company to deviate the Line of their Rail- 
way in the Forest of Dean, and for other purposes. 
Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Warrington 


and Altrine- reading of the Warrington and Altrincham Junction 


ham Junction . “gaa . 
rar. Railway (Warrington, &amp;c.) Bill; 
Railway (War- y 9 = ? . 
stage, kee. ) Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Bill. 


and proceed To-morrow, at Twelve o'clock, with 
three selected Members. 


Dean Forest, | The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Monmouth, the Dean Forest, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool 
chal Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee ; and 


an Amendment was made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Railway Bill. 


Clitheroe ‘i he Clitheroe School Estate Bill was read a second 

Schoo) Estate time; and committed. 

Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

Earl of The Earl of Egremont’s Estate Bill was read a 

Egremont’s second time; and committed. 


Estate Bill Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Sunderland The Sunderland Town Moor and Freemen’s Or- 

pans Nn phan Asylum Bill was read a second time; and 

Orphan Asy- Committed. 

lum Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

Standing Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 

Orders for Revision of the Standing Orders:— And a 

Movisien. Committee was appointed of Mr. Wilson Patten, 
Mr. Cardwell, Mr. Henley, Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Tho- 
mas Greene, Mr. Evelyn Denison, Mr. Strutt, Sir 
John Yarde Buller, Sir Robert Ferguson, Mr. Ag- | 
lionby, Captain Jones, Mr. Brotherton and Colonel 
Mure; with Power to send for persons, papers and 
records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 

South Sea Ordered, That the South Sea Company’s Arrange- 
p sae et ment and Trusts Bill be now read a second time: 
TT Touts —The Bill was accordingly read a second time ; 
Bill. and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

Galway The Order for reading the third time the Galway 
Harbour Bill. Harbour Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee :—And that they have leave to sit 
and proceed To-morrow, at Twelve o'clock. 

Harwich A Petition of the there-undersigned, was presented, 
Election. 


18° Juli. 





A. 1853, 


Act to amend the Law for the Trial of Election Peti- 
tions ;” that is to say, for having wilfully given false 
evidence before a Select Committee of the House 
appointed to try the merits of a certain Election Pe- 
tition presented to the House against the Return of 
George Montague Warren Peacocke, Esquire, and 
David Waddington, Esquire, for the Borough of 
Harwich, which Petition had been referred to the 





The Order of the day being read, for the third | 


Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the | ments and proceedings be produced upon the said 


former Committee :—And that they have leave to sit | 


and read; setting forth, That at the Session holden | 


said Select Committee by the House ; that the Peti- 


\tioners acted and are still acting as the solicitors 
,and attorneys of and for the said Pattrick Daniels 


in the said prosecution; that the said John Baker 
hath, with two sureties, entered into recognizances 
to appear and take his trial upon such indictment in 
due course; that the said Pattrick Daniels, the pro- 


_secutor, is advised that it will be material and neces- 


sary, on the part of the prosecution, that certain docu- 


trial, which are affiled in the House, or entered upon 
the Journals thereot, which said documents and pro- 
| ceedings are as follows; namely, a certain Petition 
signed by John Stephen Matthew Johnson and John 
| Wilding, presented to the House on or about the 
| Twenty-fourth of November 1852, praying, amongst 
other things, that the House would declare that the 
| Election of the said George Montague Warren Pea- 
|cocke and David Waddington for the Borough of 
| Harwich was wholly null and void; also the Mi 
nutes of the House referring the said Petition to the 
Select Committee of the House, to try the merits of 


| 


| the same ; also the Minutes and Proceedings of the 
House, whereon and whereby Lord George Manners, 
Joseph Locke, Esquire, Lord Charles Pelham Clinton, 
Joseph Ferguson, Esquire, and Thomas Emmerson 
| Headlam, Esquire, were chosen, appointed and sworn 
| a Select Committee to try the matter of the said Pe- 
tition, and whereon and whereby the said Thomas 
Emmerson Headiam, Esquire, was appointed Chair- 
'man of such Select Committee; and also the notes 
taken, and the transcript of such notes made by the 
short-hand writer appointed to attend the Select 
Committee ; that the said Pattrick Daniels, the pro- 
_secutor, is further advised, that it will be material 
and necessary to have the following persons in at- 
tendance as witness, to give evidence on the part of 
the prosecution upon the trial of the said indictment, 
that is to say, the Clerk of the Journals to produce 
the said Petition of the said John Stephen and 
others, a Clerk or Clerks to produce the Minutes of 
the House, referring the said Petition to the said 
Select Committee ; also the Minutes of the said Se- 
_lect Committee, having been duly sworn; also the 
Clerk of the Select Committee who administered the 
oath to the said John Baker, and also the short-hand 
writer who attended the said Select Committee, to 
ag re his notes, and the transcript thereof, made 
y him of the evidence given by the said John 
| Baker; and praying that the House will be pleased 
to allow such persons as above mentioned to attend 
and produce the documents and proceedings above 
referred to upon the trial of the said John Baker 
| upon the said indictment. 
Ordered, That leave be given to the proper Officers 
‘to attend accordingly. 


| 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Railways 
| the Clerk of the House,— Return to an Order, dated India.) 
the 12th day of this instant July, for Copies or Ex- 
_tracts of any Correspondence received by the last 
_ Mail from the Governor General in Council in India, 
relative to Railway Undertakings in that Country. 





for the jurisdiction of the Central Criminal Court, in | 
the month of July 1853, a bill of indictment was| Ordered, That the Return relative to Trade Li- Trade Licenses 
preferred, at the instance of Pattrick Daniels,of Har- | censes (Ireland), which was presented upon the 15th (Ireland. ) 
wich, in the county of Suffolk, and returned into day of this instant July, be printed. No. 770. 
Court by the Grand Jury, a true bill against John | 
Baker, of the said town of Harwich, for a misde- Ordered, That the Paper relative to Lunatic Asy- Lunatic 
meanor, under the statute of the eleventh and twelfth | lums, which was presented upon the 15th day of Asylums. 
years of Her present Majesty, c. 98, intituled, “ An | this instant July, be printed. No. 780. 


Ordered, 





Tralee 
Harbour and 
Canal. 


No, 781. 


Sheriff Courts 


(Scotland. ) 
No. 782. 


Edinburgh 


Annuity Tax. 


No. 783. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Seventy- 
fourth Report. 


Quarantine 


(Carthagena.) 


Seamen’s 
Wages. 


Savings Banks 


17 Victrorrz. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Tralee Har- | 


bour and Canal, which was presented upon the 15th 
day of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Sheriff 
Courts (Scotland), which was presented upon the 
15th day of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Edin- 
burgh Annuity Tax, which was presented upon the 
15th day of this instant July, be printed. 


Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers ;—- | 


Charitable Trusts Bill ;—Recovery of Personal Li- | 




















18° Julii. 6y1 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blunt : Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 

The Lords have agreed to the Forth and Clyde Forth and 
Junction Railway Bull, without any Amendment : Clyde Junc- 
Aad also tion Railway 

a Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Upton Saint Leo- Upton Saint 
nard’s, Birdlip and Brimpsfield Roads Biil, without — a 
any Amendment: And also, Brimpefield 
Roads Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Dewsbury, Heck- Dewsbury, 





| mondwike and Batley Water Bill, without any Heckmond- 
| Amendment: And also, 


wike and Bat- 
ley Water Bill. 


| ‘The Lords have agreed to the Wakefield and Shef- Waketield 


berty Bill &gt;= Advertisements ;—Attorneys’ Certifi- | field Road Bill, without any Amendment: And and Sheffield 


cates ;—Arbitration ; —- Clauses Act ; —- Education | 


Bill ; — Medical Officers (Navy) ;—Ocean Penny | 


Postage ; — and, Savings Banks Bill,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition relating to Intoxicating Liquors, was 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Seiect 
Committee on Public-houses, &amp;c. 


Petitions relating to the Registration of Assurances | 


Bill,—wevre also presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majestv, that She will be graciously pleased 


to give directions, that there be laid before this | Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 


House, a Copy of any Despatch from Her Majesty’s 


Consul at Carthagena (New Granada) to Her Ma- | 


jesty’s Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Af- 
fairs, respecting the Repeal of Quarantine Regula- 


also, Road Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Saint Ives (Corn- Saint Ives 


wall) Harbour Bill, without any Amendment: And (Cornwall) 
| also Harbour Bill. 
atte , 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made South Staf- 
| by this House to the Amendments made by their — , 
| Lordships to the South Staffordshire Waterworks — 
| Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 
_ The Lords have agreed to the Edinburgh, Perth Edinburgh, 
and Dundee Railway Bill, with Amendments; to | Ane = ‘ 
' which Aimendments the Lords desire the concur- wey ta 
| rence of this House: And also, 
The Lords have agreed to the Edinburgh and Edinburgh 
Glasgow Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which = Glasgow 
ailway Bill. 


| this House: And also, 
The Lords have agreed to the Tralee and Kil- Tralee and 
) larney Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which Killarney 


| Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of **!™*Y Bill 


tions formerly enforced at that Pert against Yellow | this House: And also, 
’ S } 


Fever; the admission to Free Pratique there of the 
Royal Mail Steam Packet “ Dee,” and the reception 


into the General Hospital there of Yellow Fever | 


Patients from that Ship. 

Ordered, Tirat the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, 'That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return from the several Police Offices in 
London and Liverpoel respectively, showing the 


Number of Complaints made by Seamen for the | 
Recovery of Wages, and the Number heard before | 


the Magistrates presiding at the said Police Offices, 
during the year 1852; the said Returns to distinguish 
the Number ef such Complaints decided in favour 
of the Claimants, with the Total Amount of Wages 
recovered or awarded, and the Number decided 
against such Claimants. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Annuities Bill. the Amendment made by the Lords to the Savings 


Convict 


Discipline and 


Transporta- 
tion. 


Queen Char- 


lotte’s Island. 


Banks Annuities Bill; and the same was twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, ‘That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordsl:i; s. 


Mr. Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
—Copy of further Correspondence on the subject of 
Convict Discipline and Transportation (in continu- 
ation of apers presented 13th December 1852). 

Mr. Peel also presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 16th day of June last, 
for Copies or Extracts of Correspondence relative 
to the discovery of Gold at Queen Charlotte's 
Island. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 

VoL. 108. 


|_ The Lords have agreed to the Saint Ives and Saint Ives and 
| West Cornwall Junction Railway Bill, with Amend- West Cornwall 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the Ruilwar B; 
rege y Bill. 
| concurrence of this House: And also, 
| The Lords have agreed to the Lands Improve- Lands Im- 
|ment Company (No. 2) Biil, with Amendments ; provement 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the con- CO™P®"Y, 
| pew (No. 2) Bill. 
| currence of this Liouse: And also, 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Juvenile 

for more effectually suppressing Juvenile Mendi- Mendicancy 
cancy and Vagrancy; to which the Lords desire aa 
the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intitaled, An Act Treffry’s 
| for better enabling the Trusts of the Will of Joseph Estate Bill 
Thomas Trefjry, deceased, to be executed under the 
Authority of the High Court of Chancery, and for 
‘other purposes, and of which the short Title is, 

\* Treffry’s Estate Act, 1853 ;” to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Smith’s Cha- 
to envble the Trustees of the Estate of Heury Smith, tity Estate 
Lsquire, deceased, to apply certain Funds held upon —_ 
Trusts for the Relief of his Poor Kindred, in the 
Purchase of a Plot of Ground and Buildings called 
Strong’s-place, in the Parish of Kensington, in the 
County of Middlesex ; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Duke of 
to extend the Powers of the Trustees of the Will of Cleveland’s 





the late Duke of Cleveland, and to enable such pijq), 
Trustees to raise certain Monies on certain of the 
Trust Estates in the County of Durham, by the said 
Will devised ; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House :—And then the Messenger 
withdrew. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Peterborough 
to inquire into the allegations contained in the Peti- Election 
tions of certain Electors and Inhabitants of the City scemeeee 
of Peterborough, which were presented upon the 
30th day of June last, complaining of the interfe- 
rence of the Earl Fitzwi/liam, a Peer of the Realm, 
at the Election in December last, and at previous 
Elections of Members to serve in Parliament for the 
said City. 





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Succession 
Duty Bill. 





692 


‘The Succession Duty Bill was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in p. 2, 1. 34, by inserting after the word “ de- 
“ rived” the words “ Provided always, that when a 
‘ father is tenant for life of a property, and his son 
is either tenant for life, tenant in tail, or tenant in 
fee, in remainder or reversion of the same property, 
under the same instrument, the son shall be deemed 
to be a lineal descendant, and shall pay a Duty 
accordingly.” 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there inserted ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. | 

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Tellers for the {Mr. Spooner, 7 100 
Yeas, LMr. Mullings : oa 

Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, \ee | 
Noes, Mr. Grenville Berkeley : J ' | 


So it passed in the Negative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 3, 1. 11, by inserting after the word | 
‘“‘ thereunder” the words “ so as to ensure to his 
“ own benefit, in whole or in part.” 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there inserted :—It passed in the Negative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 3, 1. 18, by inserting after the word 
“* power” the words “ and where such power shall 
“ be exercised, in whole or in part, in favour of any | 





“ person or persons, shall be deemed to take the | 
“ property or interest thereby appointed as a suc-— 
“ cession derived from the donor of the power.” 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there inserted :—It passed in the Negative. 

Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to | 
the Bill, in p. 8, 1. 34, by leaving out from the word 
“« payable” to the end of the Clause. 

And the Question being put, That tae words pro- | 
posed to be left out stand part of the Bill :—{t was | 
resolved in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to | 
the Bill, in p. 9, 1. 1, by leaving out from the begin- 
ning of the Clause to the word “ which” in 1, 4. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Bill; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. | 


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| 
| 
| 


‘ 
| 


Tellers for the {Mr. Hayter, 1 112 
Yeas, UMr. Grenville Berkeley: 1°°™ 

Tellers for the ¢Mr. Malins, 29 | 
Noes, LMr. Mullings: ae 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. | 


Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to | 
the Bill, in p. 9,1. 12, by inserting after the word “ ac- | 
‘“* cordingly” the words “ or at the option of the suc- | 
*« cessor, such timber or woodland shall be estimated 
“ for the purposes of this Act at the same rate of | 
“* value as the arable, pasture or other land of similar | 
“ quality immediately adjoining or nearest thereto.” | 


And the Question being put, That those words | 
be there inserted :—It passed in the Negative. 
Another Amendment was proposed to be made to | 
the Fill, in p. 11, 1. 36, by inserting after the word | 
** successor” the words “ after the time appointed | 
* for the commencement of this Act.” 
And the Question being put, That those words 
be there inserted ; ; | 
The House divided. | 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Lett. 


| 





Tellers for the { Mr. Mullings, 1 9s 
Yeas, UMr. Newdegate: — 

Tellers for the Mr. Hayter, Ls 4 
Noes, Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J*?* | 


18°—19° Julie. 


A. 1853. 


So it passed in the Negative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 16, 1. 24, by inserting after the word 
“ documents” the words “ except title-deeds relating 
“ to lands.” 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there inserted ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the fMr. Maiins, 1 110 

Yeas, (Mr. Mullings : eta 

Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, lac 

Noes, (Mr. Grenville Berkeley: {°"* 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the Bill do pass ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, 
Yeas, \Mr. Grenville Berkeley: }it6. 
Tellers for the! Mr. Mullings, \ 


Noes, UMr. Spooner : 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer 
do carry the Bill to the Lords, and desire their con- 
currence, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Government 
“ other person or persons than such last-mentioned into a Committee on the Government of Jndia Bill, of India Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 

Crause, N° 15, agreed to. 

Cravse, N° 16, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravse, N° 17, agreed to. 

Cause, N° 18, amended, and agreed to. 

Criausrs, N° 19 to N° 21, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 22 (Legislative Councillors added to 
the Council of Jndia for making Laws and Regula- 
tions). 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 10, 1. 12: 
After the words “ Governor General” to insert the 


words “ two natives of Jndia, one being a Hindoo 
“ and the other a Mahomedan, to be members of 


'“€ the Legislative Council.” 


Question put, That those words be there inserted; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the {Mr. Hume, | 
Yeas, Mr. Blackett : ;™ 
Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, } 
Noes, Mr. Grenville Berkeley : ees 
Amendments made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 19° die Julii, 1853: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Stamp Duties 
consideration the Stamp Duties (No. 2) Bill, as (No-2) Bill. 


amended in the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Thursday next. 


__ The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Customs, &amp;e. 
Report from the Committee on the Customs, &amp;c, Acts [1 July-] 
| Acts ; 


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Ordered, That the Report be received upon Thurs- 
day next. 


Assessed The Order of the da | read, for the Com- 

Taxes Bill. mittee on the Assessed Taxes Bill ; 

Resolved, ‘That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Customs, &amp;e. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

Acts. mittee on the Customs, &amp;c. Acts ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Customs Bill. © The Customs Bill was, according to Order, read a 
second time ; and committed to a Committee of the 
whole House, for Monday next. 

Land Tax The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

lee mittee on the Land Tax Commissioners’ Names Bill ; 


Bill. Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
the 28th day of this instant July, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


Education Bil The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Education Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 4th day of August next. 


Evidence The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Amendment mittee on the Evidence Amendment Bill ; 
j Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Copies of The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
— mittee on the Copies of Specifications Repeal Bill ; 
- ; Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Patronage The Patronage Exchange Bill was, according to 


Exchange Bill. Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


Colonial The Colonial Bishops Act Extension Bill was, ac- 
arty cording to Order, read a second time ; and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Thursday 
next. 
Land Tax The Land Tax Redemption Bill was, according to 
— Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 
Thames The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Embankment into a Committee on the Dames Embankment Bill ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Thursday 
next. 
Newspaper The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
_ Duties mittee on the Newspaper Stamp Duties Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Highway The Highway Rates Bill was, according to Order, 
Rates Bil. = read a second time; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Thursday next. 

Turnpike The Turnpike Trusts Arrangements Bill was, ac- 
nal ml cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
Bill, mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 

Thursday next. 
Turnpike The Turnpike Acts Continuance, &amp;c. Bill was, ac- 


Acts Continu- i ime: ie 
ance, Sc. Bill. cording to Order, read a second time; and com 


mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Thursday next. 
Vou. 108, 


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693 


The Metropolitan Sewers Acts Continuance Bill Metropolitan 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and | te hen 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for pj), 


Thursday next. 


The Sheep, &amp;c. Contagious Diseases Prevention Sheep, &amp;c. 
Bilt was, according to Order, read a second time ; Contagious 
. : Diseases Pre- 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, vention Bill. 


for Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Public Works 

reading of the Public Works Acts Amendment (Jre- Acts Amend- 

land) Bill — 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Merchant 
take into consideration the Merchant Shipping Bill, Shipping Bill. 
as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next, at Twelve o’clock. 


The Consolidated Annuities (Jreland) Bill was, Consolidated 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- Annuities 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for “leland) Bill. 
Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, eet to Dublin Par. 

take into consideration the Dublin Parliamentary liamentary 

Registration Bill, as amended in the Committee. Registration 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 

upon Thursday uext. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Ministers’ 
reading of the Ministers’ Money (reland) Bill ; Money (Ire- 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 4) Bill. 

upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Landlord 
mittee on the Landlord and Tenant (Jreland) Bill; and Tenant 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday (Ireland) Bal. 
next, at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. ’ 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Tenants’ 
mittee on the Tenants’ Compensation (Zreland) Bill ; Compensation 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday (¢!n¢) Bill 
next, at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

| Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Assistunt 
reading of the Assistant Judge (Middlesex Sessions) Judge 
_ And a Motion being made, and the Question wena 
| being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
time ; 
The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. ‘lo leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 
And the Question being put, That the.word “ now” 
stand part of the Question ; 
| The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 





Tellers for the |Mr. Hayter, 1 42 
Yeas, JMr. Grenville Berkeley: J ~~ 
Tellers for the ‘Mr. Alcock, 7 53 
Noes, Sir De Lacy Evans: | ee 
So it passed in the Negative. 
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Public Libra- 
ries (Ireland ) 
Bill. 


Customs 
Duties on 
Spirits Bill. 


Ministers’ 
Money 
(Kilkenny.) 


Burials 
(beyond the 
Mctropolis. ) 


Employment 
of Children in 
Factories. 


Ships Wrecked. 


Burials 
(beyond the 
Metropolis) 
Bill. 


No. 784. 


Employment 
of Children in 
Factories Bill. 


No. 785. 


Drainage of 
Lands (Ire- 
land) Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


No. 786, 





694 


And the Question being put, That the words | 


“ upon this day three months ” be added at the end | 
of the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirma- | 
tive. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time | 
upon this day three months. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take | 


18°—19° Juli. 








A. 1853. 


Martis, 19° die Julii ; 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 
RDERED, That all Committees have leave Committees, 


to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


The Right honourable Matthew Talbot Baines, Controvertea 


into consideration the Public Libraries (Jreland) | the Right honourable Horatio Spencer Walpole, and Elections. 


Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


| John Wilson Patten, Esquire, being the Members 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time | appointed by Mr. Speaker to serve on the General 


upon Thursday next. 


Committee of Elections, in the place of the Right 
honourable Sir John Trollope, Baronet, the Right 


The Customs Duties on Spirits Bill was, according | honourable Sir Francis Thornhill Baring, Baronet, 


to Order, read the third time. 


jand Thomas Henry Sutton Sotheron, Esquire, and 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the | not objected to by the House, severally took the 
Title be, An Act to alter certain Duties of Customs. | following Oath : 


Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to | 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. | 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of Ministers’ Money assessed upon the 
Parishes of Saint John and Saint Mary, Kilkenny, 
with the Date of each Valuation, from 1766 to 1852 
respectively, with a List of the Net Amount received 
in each year since 1887; and, Statement of the 
Number of Houses and Premises recently valued, 
distinguishing those Houses and Premises built on 
Land where the Tithe Rent-charge has been paid. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Laws concerning the Burial of the Dead 
in England beyond the Limits of the Metropolis: 
And that Viscount Palmerston and Mr. Fitzroy do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
further to regulate the Employment of Children in 
Factories : And that Viscount Palmerston and Mr. 
Fitzroy do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of all Ships from America bound to British 
Ports which have been wrecked during the last Ten 
years, specifying the Numbers which have been 
wrecked between America and Cape Clear, or the 
Northern Point of Jre/and, and those that have been 
wrecked between these Points and the Ports to 
which they were bound. 


Viscount Palmerston presented a Bill to amend 
the Laws concerning the ‘Burial of the Dead in Eng- 
land beyond the Limits of the Metropolis: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Thursday next; and to be 
printed. 


Viscount Palmerston presented a Bill further to 


regulate the Employment of Children in Factories: | 
~ ” . ‘ 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered | 


to be read a second time upon Wednesday next; 
and to be printed. 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to amend the Acts 
for promoting the Drainage of Lands and Improve- 
ments in connexion therewith in Jreland: And the 





same was read the first time; and ordered to be 


read a second time upon Thursday next; and to be, 


pr nted. 


And then the House, havi 
till a quarter of an hour before Two of the 
clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned till this 
day. 








I do swear, that I will truly and faithfully 
perform the duties belonging to a Member of 
the General Committee of Elections, to the best 
of my judgment and ability, without fear or 
favour. So help me God. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration South Eastern 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the South Railway (Can- 
Eastern Railway (Canterbury and Whitstable, &amp;c.) hg 
Bill; and the same were twice read, and agreed to. &amp;c.) Bill. 

Ordered, That Mr. James MacGregor do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Great Western 
into consideration the Amendments made by the Railway Bill. 
Lords to the Great Western Railway (Henley) Bill; (ape 
and the same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. James MacGregor do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Hail Dare’s Estate Bill was read the third time. Hall Dare’s 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Estate Bill. 
Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to 

the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 

agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Castlemaine 
reading of the Castlemaine Estuary Reclamation Bill ; se we un 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now gu. 
read the third time ; 

Mr. Baines, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

A Clause (Company to dredge the channels of 
the Rivers Maine and Laune, and Harbour, to the 
extent of Three hundred and twenty thousand cubic 
yards of silt), was thrice read; and added to the 
Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for reclaiming, inclosing and ap- 
propriating certain Parts of the Harbour or Estuary 
of Castlemaine, and the Creeks of Caragh and Ross- 
behy, in the County of Kerry. 

Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to 


, ._ | the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
ng continued to sit | 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Poulnasherr 
reading of the Poulnasherry Inclosure Bill ; Inclosure Bill 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read the third time; 
he Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 


words “ upon this day three months.” 
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And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“now” stand part of the (Question :—The said 
proposed Amendments were, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third time: 
—The Bill was accordingly read the third time ; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill do pass; 

Mr. Baines, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, ‘That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Jesus College Jesus College Estate Bill was read a second time ; 


Estate Bill. and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

Sergison’s Sergison’s Estate Bill was read a second time; and 
Estate Bil. — committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

Tralee and Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Killarney mn Lords to the TZ’ralee and Killarney Railway Bill be 
Railway Bil. taken into consideration upon this day three months. 
Tralee and The House was moved, That the Petition for 
Killarney Rail- Jeave to bring in the Tralee and Killarney Railway 
way (50.2.) Bill, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway from Tralee to Killarney: 
And that Mr. Henry Herbert and Mr. Valentine 
Brown do prepare, and bring it in. 

Ordered, That Standing Order, No. 177, be sus- 
pended ; and that leave be given to read the Bill the 
first time this day. 

South Sea Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 

poe ‘nt Muttee of Selection, that they may appoint the Com- 

and Trusts mittee on the South Sea Company’s Arrangement 

Bill. and Trusts Bill for Thursday next, if they shall 
think fit. 

Standing Ordered, That Sir Robert Harry Inglis and Mr. 

welll Thornely be added to the Select Committee on 


Standing Orders Revision. 


Eastern Union A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
Railway Bill. That it be an Instruction to the Committee on the 
Eastern Union Railway (re-committed) Bill, to enter- 
tain the Petition of Mr. Rigby Wason, deposited in 
the Private Bill Office yesterday, in reference to the 
said Bill; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 


{ Mr. Charles Forster, | ,, 

Tellers for the Yeas,) vy. ‘See 15. 
u,... J Mr. Bouverie, 7 

Tellers for the Noes,\ a4," Wilson Patten: { 7 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Treffry’s Trefjry’s Estate Bill was read the first time. 

Estate Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Smith’sCha-  Smith’s Charity Estate Bill was read the first 

a stim. 

- Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 

miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Duke ofCleve- The Duke of Cleveland’s (Harte) Estate Bill was 


land’s (Harte . 
Estate Bill. ) me Magghmy time. 


19° Julie. 


695 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,— Report from Pauncefort 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, —— 
That in the case of Pauncefort Duncombe’s Estate a 
Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 


Ordered, That Pauncefort Duncombe’s Estate Bill Pauncefort 


: Duncombe’s 
be read a second time. Estate Bill. 





Mr. Bouverie reported Pemberton Leigh's Estate Pemberton 
Bill, without Amendment. a 8 Estate 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. : 


Mr. Henry Herbert presented a Bill for making Tralee and 


a Railway from Tralee to Killarney: And the same Raileay 
was read the first time. (No. 2) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Examiners 
of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Ordered, That the Examiner have leave to sit 
and proceed To-morrow. 


Mr. Wrightson reported the Galway Harbour (re- Galway 
committed) Bill, with further Amendments. Harbour Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





Petitions relating to Recovery of Personal Liberty Public 
Bill ; — Attorneys’ Certificates ; — Edinburgh and Petitions. : 
Canongate Annuity Tax Abolition Bill ;—Education yiqe seventy- 
Bill; — Medical Officers (Navy); —Ocean Penny fourth Report. 
Postage ;-— and, Savings Banks Bili,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to the Registration of Assur- 
ances Bill, was also presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


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Ordered, That the Return relative to Railways Railways 
(India), which was presented upon the 18th day of (india) 
this instant July, be printed. No, 787. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Queen Char- Queen Char- 
lotte’s Island, which was presented upon the 18th day !*tte’s Island. 
of this instant July, be printed. No. 788. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Westbury-on- . 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated Sever Union. 
the 10th day of May last, for Returns, showing the 
Amount of Money expended for the In-maintenance 
and Out-door Relief of Paupers who, but for the 
Statutes 9 &amp; 10 Vic. c. 66, and 11 &amp; 12 Vic. ¢.110, 
would have been chargeable to the Township of 
Eust Dean, in the Westbury-on-Severn Union, during 
the Half-years ended the 25th day of March 1850, 
the 29th day of September 1851, the 25th day of 
March 1852, and the 29th day of September 1852, 
and who have been charged during those Half-years 
to the common Fund of that Union: —Showing the 
Amount of Money expended for the In-maintenance 


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and Out-relief of the Paupers during the Half-years 
| ended the 29th day of i ae 1850, the 25th day 
|of March 1851, the 29th day of September 1851, 
|the 25th day of March 1852, and the 29th day of 
September 1852, and charged to the said Township 
}and the common Fund of the Union respectively, 
|during those Half-years:—And, Copy of a Letter 
| addressed to the i Law Board by the Board of 
|Guardians of the Westhury-on-Severn Union, and 
| dated the 31st day of March 1850, on the subject 
of the chargeability of the Relief of one John Ferris, 
and his Family; and of a Letter of the Poor Law 
Board, dated the 30th day of January 1851, in 
answer thereto. 

















Mr. Wilson presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Medical 
mand,—Copy of Correspondence respecting Com- Officers in 
pensation to disabled Medical Officers in Lunacy, aati 
and Treasury Minute thereon. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the *| 
Table. i 





474 Mr. 


Chatham 
Election. 


Edinburgh 
und Canongate 
Annuity Tax 
Abolition Bill. 


A Member 
takes the Oaths. 


Sligo Election. 





696 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That. he had 
received a Report trom the Examiner of Recogni- 
zances, stating that the Recognizance to the Election 
Petition of John Tribe and John Shindler, relating 
to the Borough of Chatham, is unobjectionable. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Edinburgh and Canongate Annuity 
Tax Abolition Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. ‘lo leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words ‘‘ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question 





A Member was sworn. 


And it being Four of the clock, Mr. Speaker left 
the Chair: —And the House having resumed its sit- 
ting at Six of the clock ; 


A Petition of John Patrick Somers, Esquire, was 


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Julie. 
were admitted to vote and did vote at the said Elec- 
tion for the said John Sadleir who were bribed, or 
had received promises of bribes, to give such votes 
at said Election, whose votes the Petitioner submits 
should be taken off the said poll, and that divers 
other persons included in said majority did vote who 
had been treated immediately before or during the 
continuance of said Election by the said John Sad- 
leir, or by some other person or persons in his behalf, 
and that the votes of such persons so treated should 
be taken off the said poll; that divers other persons 
were admitted to vote and did vote at said Election 
for the said John Sadleir who had, previous to or 
during the said Election, held out promises of bribes, 
or had actually bribed other voters to vote for the 
said John Sadleir, or to vote for the said John Hanly 
while in nomination, or to abstain from voting for 
the Petitioner; the Petitioner submits that the votes 
| of such persons so corrupting as last aforesaid should 
| be roe off the said poll ; that certain Electors of 
| said Borough who voted for the said John Sadleir, 
and certain others who abstained from voting, all of 
whom having promised and intended to record their 
votes for Petitioner, would have voted accordingly 


A. 1853. 








delivered in, and read; setting forth, That the Peti-| were it not for an illegal and unconstitutional system 
tioner was a Candidate for the representation of the | of intimidation, abduction and coercion exercised 
Borough of Sligo, in the County of Sligo, in Ireland, | upon and against them by friends, agents and parti- 
at the last Election of a Member to serve in Parlia- | sans of the said John Sad/eir and in his behalf; the 
ment for said Borough, and was duly proposed and | Petitioner submits that the names of all such Elec- 


seconded, and was qualified to be returned and to sit 
as a Member for said Borough, and claims to have 
had a right to be returned thereat ; that the said Elec- 
tion was fixed for, and accordingly the nomination of 
the Candidates took place on the Fifth day of July 
instant, and upon that occasion John Sadleir, Esquire, 


John Hanly and the Petitioner were the Candidates, | 


and as such were respectively put in nomination to 


contest the representation of said Borough in the pre- | 


sent Parliament; that after the usual show of hands 


thereat, a poll was demanded on the part of said Johu | 


Hanly, and also on the part of Petitioner, and that the 
said John Hanly having resigned in the meantime, 
the polling was proceeded with on the day next but 
one after the said nomination day, to wit, the Seventh 
ilay of July, between the said /ohn Sadleir and Pe- 
titioner, by the Mayor as the Returning Officer for 
the said Borough, and on the day next after the close 
of said polling, to wit, the Eighth day of July, the state 
of the poll was declared by said Returning Officer to 
be, for the said John Sadteir, One hundred and fifty 


tors last aforesaid should be entered for and counted 
| to the Petitioner as his votes by a Committee of the 
| House ; that certain voters at said Election voted at 
the times of their being polled respectively distinctly 
and audibly for the Petitioner, whose votes are ille- 
_gally, improperly and corruptly recorded for the 
said John Sadleir in the poll-books by the Returning 
Officer’s deputies and poll-clerks, who were impro- 
perly placed in the several booths by the Mayor of 
the said Borough, all which said votes the Petitioner 
submits should be taken from the said majority, and 
' entered for and counted to Petitioner, and that cer- 
| tain other voters who were absent from the said 
| Election by reason of death, emigration and other- 
| wise, were improperly and illegally personated by 
| persons procured by the said John Sadleir, or by 
his agents, friends and partisans for the purpose, 
| whose votes the Petitioner submits should be struck 
off the said poll, and that certain other voters of the 
| said Buch who came into the several booths at 
said Election to poll, and tendered their votes to the 


votes, and for the Petitioner, One hundred and forty- | Deputy Returning Officers for Petitioner, were im- 
‘wo votes ; and the majority of said votes appearing | properly, illegally and corruptly refused liberty to 
to be in favour of the said John Sad/eir, the Return- | vote, and rejected by the said Returning Officers 
ing Officer declared him chosen at the said Election | upon frivolous and groundless objections, whose votes 
to represent the said Borough in the present Parlia- | the Petitioner submits should be placed by a Com- 
ment, and has since, in accordance with such finding, | mittee of the House upon the poll to the credit of 
returned the precept to the Sheriff of said County of | and counted for the Petitioner ; the Petitioner there- 
Sligo, by whom the same was duly returned subse- | fore charges that, by reason of the said several pre- 
quently into the proper office for that purpose ; the | mises aforesaid, the said majority of votes so de- 
Petitioner charges and complains that the said ma-|clared to have been had by the said John Sadleir 
jority of votes so declared to have been had by the | was, as aforesaid, only colourable and fictitious, and 


said John Sadleir was apparent and colourable only, 
inasmuch as and because that divers and sundry 
persons included in said majority were admitted to 
vote and did vote at the said Election for the said 
John Sadleir, who at and during the said Election, 
or immediately previous thereto, were employed and 
ucted at said Election as agents, counsel, attorneys, 
pcll-elerks, check-clerks, mayors’ deputies, town- 


| that the majority of legal votes having been in fact 
given and recorded, or should have been given and 
recorded, at said Election in favour of the Petitioner, 
he is entitled to represent said Borough in this pre- 
sent Parliament in the place and stead of the said 
John Sadleir ; and therefore prays a scrutiny by the 
| House of all such legal and illegal votes so polled 
| and tendered as aforesaid, that the said illegal votes 





clerk, or in some other capacity for the purpose of | may be struck off the said poll, and that such justice 
said Election, and who, either before, during or after | may be generally done to the Petitioner by a Com- 
the said Election accepted and took from the said | mittee of the House in regard of the several illegal, 
John Sadleir, or from some other person or persons | corrupt and unconstitutional premises and practices 
in his behalf, or from the Returning Officer of the | aforesaid as to the said Committee will seem right, 
said Borough, or from some other person, for or in| in order that the said Election and Return of the 
consideration of or in referenve to such his or their | said John Sadleir may be declared null and void, 


employment, money, or promises of money, or secu- | and that the Petitioner was duly elected, and that 
rity for money, or promise of place or employment, | the Return to the Writ for holding said Election 
and whose votes the Petitioner submits should be | may be amended accordingly by inserting therein 
struck off the said poll; that many other persons 


that the Petitioner should have been and was duly 
elected 











17 Vicroriz. 


19° Jultz. 697 


elected at said Election as a Burgess to serve in| partisans of Mr. Charles Towneley, who was then 


Parliament for the said Borough; the Petitioner 
humbly charges and complains furthermore that the 
said Election and Return so made, and the majority 
of votes thereat were obtained and procured by un- 
just, unconstitutional and illegal means and practices 
employed and resorted to by the said John Sadleir 
and others, on his behalf, as hereinafter more parti- 
cularly mentioned; and that, were it not for such 
means and practices, the Petitioner charges he would 
have had a majority of votes at the said Election, 
and have been returned thereat to serve in this pre- 
sent Parliament, to wit, that before, during and after 
the said Election, or at some or one of said periods, 
the said John Sadleir was, by himself, or his agents, 
friends, managers, supporters or partisans, guilty of 
divers acts of bribery and corruption, in order to | 
procure, and did by himself or themselves, by means 
of gifts, presents, money and rewards, or by means 
of promises, offers, agreements or securities for such 
gifts, presents, monies or rewards, attempt to corrupt | 
and procure, and did, in fact, corrupt and procure | 
divers persons having, or claiming to have, a right 
to vote at the said Election, to vote thereat for him 
the said John Sadleir, or to abstain from voting for | 
the Petitioner, and the Election and Return of the 
said John Sadleir were procured and effected by the 
said unjust, unconstitutional and illegal means as 
aforesaid, and that the said Joha Sadleir, by reason 
of the said corrupt, unconstitutional and illegal acts | 
and practices, by means and virtue whereof his said 
Election and Return were procured and effected, | 
was and is wholly disabled, incapacitated and ineli- 
gible to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
Borough of Sligo, and that by reason of said premises 
last aforesaid, the Election and Return of the said , 
John Sadleir is wholly null and void; and the Peti- | 
tioner further charges, that before, during and after 
the said Election, the said Join Sadleir did, by him- 
self, or by his agents, friends, supporters or partisans, 
or by others on his or their behalf, by divers ways 
and means, directly and indirectly give or allow, or 
cause to be given or allowed at his or their charge, 
and on his behalf, to divers persons Electors, or | 
claiming to be Electors for said Borough, meat, 
drink, entertainment and — to the intent and | 
purpose of corruptly influencing such Electors to 
give or refrain from giving their votes in such Elec- | 
tion, and with the intent and purpose of procuring 
the Election and Return of the said John Sadleir as | 





lately unseated for the said Borough for bribery and 
treating ; that they also became notorious partisans 
of the said John Sadleir, and that two of them, 
being voters, had then lately signed a requisition in- 
viting the said John Sadleir to come to and contest 
the representation of the said Borough at the said 
Election, and subsequently voted for him thereat ; 
the Petitioner complaineth, that the Mayor of the 
said Borough, well knowing and being acquainted 
with the prejudices of the said three persons, impro- 
perly and in violation of all sense of fair play and 
purity of Election, nominated them as such deputies, 
and that by means of such appointments, and the 
corrupt, illegal and unconstitutional conduct of the 
said several deputies, as is hereinbefore more parti- 
cularly stated, and otherwise in favour of the said 
John Sadleir, and to the prejudice and injury of the 
Petitioner, and in utter disregard of their oaths, the 
Election and Return of the said John Sadleir was 
effected, and the Petitioner submits that the same is 
in consequence utterly null and void ; the Petitioner 


further complaineth, that his conducting agent fur- 


nished to the said Mayor on the day, and before the 
time fixed for polling, a notice in writing, signed by 
Petitioner, of the names and addresses of certain 
agents appointed on behalf of Petitioner, to attend 
at the several booths for the purpose of detecting 
personation, pursuant to the statute in that case made 
and provided ; that the said agents did attend at the 


_ several booths for that purpose, and that they were 


silenced and obstructed in and prevented from the 
execution of their duties by the said Deputy Return- 
ing Officers, on the false and groundless allegation 
that such agents had not received their appointment 
or nomination pursuant to the statute aforesaid, and 
complaineth, that in consequence personation oc- 
curred in said booths as herembefore more particu- 
larly mentioned ; and the Petitioner submits, that by 
reason of such illegal and unfair and unconstitutional 
means and practices in favouritism of the Return of 
the said John Sadleir, and to the prejudice and de- 
feat of the said Petitioner, the said Return was pro- 
cured, and that the same is null and void ; and pray- 
ing that the House will be pleased to take the pre- 
mises into their consideration, and find and declare 
that the said Juin Sadleir was not duly elected, but 
that the Petitioner was duly elected, and that they will 
order the said Return to be amended in accordance 
with such finding, or will find and declare that the said 


Member of Parliament for the said Borough; and | John Sadleir was not duly elected at said Election 
the Petitioner submits, that by reason of the premises | to serve for the Borough of Sligo, and that the said 
last aforesaid, by means whereof the Election and | Election and Return of the said John Sadleir was 
Return of the said John Sadleir were procured and | and is wholly null and void; and that the House 


effected, the said Election and Return is wholly null 
and void; that the said John Sadleir has rendered | 


will grant to the Petitioner such further and other 
relief in the premises, including payment of his costs 


himself thereby wholly disabled, ineligible and inca- | and expenses of prosecuting this Petition, by whom- 
pacitated to serve in the present Parliament for the | soever and in such manner as the House shall deem 
said Borough ; and the Petitioner charges and com- | meet. 


plains, that the Return of the said John Sadleir at 
the said Election was obtained and procured by an 
organized system of agitation, menace, violence, out- 
rage and intimidation used and exercised by or on 


Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
General Committee of Elections. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 


behalf of the said John Sadleir, or by his agents, shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
managers, supporters or partisans, and by a lawless | the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


and organized mob of several hundreds of persons 
comprised of the lowest and most violent inhabitants, 
non-electors of and about said Borough, towards 
divers Electors of said Borough, and towards their 
families and households respectively, previous to and | 
at and during the said Election, who had promised | 





to vote, and otherwise would have voted for the | 


Petitioner at said Election, but, who being coerced 
and intimidated as aforesaid, either voted for the said 


John Sadleir, or abstained from voting for the Peti- | 


tioner; the Petitioner charges and complaineth, that 
the three Deputy Returning Officers placed in the 


three several booths by the Mayor of the said Bo- | 


rough, whose duty it was to take the poll fairly and 
impartially, have been for many years past notorious 
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Notice being taken, that Forty Members were 


| not present :—The House was told by Mr. Speaker ; 
' and Forty Members rot being present :—The House 
| was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without a Question 


first put, till To-morrow. 






















































































































Publie 
Petitions 
(Seventy~ 


fourth Report.) 


Committees. 


Ayrshire and 
Galloway 
(Smithstown 
and Dalmel- 
lington) Rail- 
way Bill. 


Caledonian 
Railway 
(Connecting 
Branch with 
Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 
Railway, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


Furness Rail- 
way Bill. 


Severn and 
Wye Railway 
and Canal Bill. 


Pauncefort 
Duncombe’s 
Estate Bill. 


Warrington 
and Altrinc- 
ham Junction 
Railway (War 
rington, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


Tralee and 
Killarney 
Railway 
(No. 2) Bill. 


20° Julie. A. 1853. 


- , - No. 2) Bill, the Standing Orders h b - 
Mercuri, 20° die Julii ; lied ann ee ee ae ety 


698 





Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1853. Ordered, That Standing Orders, Nos. 160 and Tralee and 
PRAYERS. 190, be suspended in the case of the Zralee and — 
\ R. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Killarney Railway (No. 2) Bill; and that the Bill be (No. 2) Bill 

4 on Public Petitions ; That they had examined read a second time To-morrow, on the Promoters 
the Petitions presented upon the 18th and 19th days | 8'V"S Notice this day in the Private Bill Office. 
of this instant July ; and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Petitions relating to Universal Suffrage, &amp;c. ;— Public 
Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ; —Nunneries ;— Reco- Petitions. 
very of Personal Liberty Bill ;—Advertisements ;— y;3. Seventy. 
Articles of Clerkship ;—Attorneys’ Certificates ;— fifth Report. 
’ . .,| Customs (Isle of Man) ; — Burial-grounds Bill ;— 

Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit | Cjayses Act ;—Discharged Criminals ;—-Education 
this day, during the sitting of the House. Bill ;—Juvenile Mendicancy (No. 2) Bill ;—Medical 
Charities (Jreland);—Medical Officers (Navy) ;— 

The House proceeded to take into consideration | Ocean Penny Postage ;— Poor Law ;—Registration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Ayrshire | of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) ;—and, 
and Galloway (Smithstown and Dalmellington) | Savings Banks Bill,—-were presented, and read ; and 
Railway Bill; and the same were twice read, and | ordered to lie upon the Table. 
agreed to. Petitions relating to Intoxicating Liquors,—were 

Ordered, That Mr. Lockhart do carry the Bill| also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House | Committee on Public-houses, &amp;c. 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord-| A Petition relating to the Registration of Assur- 
ships. ances Bill, was also presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Cale- A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Tinney : Message from 
donian Railway (Connecting Branch with Edinburgh Mr. Speaker, — oo ares 

and Glasgow Railway, &amp;c.) Bill; and the same were The Lords have agreed to the Saint Helen's Canal Saint Helen’s 
twice read, and agreed to. and Railway Bill, without any Amendment: And Railway Bill, 


Ordered, That Mr. Lockhart do carry the Bill | also, 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House The Lords have agreed to the Pendleton, Swinton, Pendleton, 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- &amp;e. Road Bill, without any Amendment: And also, a 
ships. The Lords have agreed to the Leeds Northern Leeds North- 
Railway Bill, without any Amendment: And also, ¢f Railway 
The House proceeded to take into consideration = 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Furness 1 he Lords have agreed to the Holme Reservoirs Holme Reser- 
Railway Bill; and the same were twice read, and | (No. 2) Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Bill. ae 


agpeen to. | The Lords have agreed to the Pimlico Im Pimlico Im- 
° a hl . = rene ° zs &lt;4 ? d prove- Imlico im 
Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill! ment Bill, without any Amendment: And also, poovement 


to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House | ‘ ; wt 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- | The Lords have agreed to the Liynvi Valley Rail- Liynvi Valley 





ships. | way Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Railway Bil. 
The Lords have agreed to the Mantwich and Woore Nantwich and 
A Motion being made, That the Severn and Wye | Road Bill, without any Amendment: And also, ga eed 


Railway and Canal Bill be now read the third time ; | : 
= &gt; ° A Lords he agree Bedale and 
Mr. Baines, by Her Majesty's Command, ac- The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made e an 


y ‘ ac-| by this - Leyburn 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having by this House to the Amendments made by their 


. : : ., Railway Bill. 
ee : : a ©| Lordships to the Bedale and Leyburn Railway Bill, 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her without any Amendment: And also, 


Conant a fr Her Majer ineret ico | "te Lord have agrsd to che Avendment made Saag 
rey ew sinensis ‘by this House to the Amendments made by their [mprovement 


think fit. rer , i. Os 
Tien the Bill was read the third time ; and Amend- | Lon dships to the Spalding Improvement Bill, without 
any Amendment: And also, 


ments were made to the Bill. The Lords have agreed to the Taxing Officer Taxing Officer 


ap. feesolved, shat ee Bill wg ant Lowry that the ‘(Common Law Business) (Zieland) Bill, with Amend- (Common Law 
litle be, An Act to enable the Severn and Wye Rail- v4 hich A : L - Business) 
way and Canal Company to improve their Railway | pened. entity € hi —&gt; ye ords desire the (Ireland) Bill. 
and Harbour, and for other purposes relating to ie a fe this House: And a _ : 

5 lhe Lords have agreed to the Westminster Im- Westminster 


‘ompany. Ws : 
ey. ; ., | provements Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- Improvements 
Ordered, That Mr. Gore Langton do carry the Bill : : Bill. 
. “ye. : ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
| And also, 


| The Lords have agreed to the West Harptry Road West Harptry 


Pauncefort Duncombe’s Estate Bill was read a} Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Road Bill. 
second time; and committed. | Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | also, 
mittee of Selection. | The Lords have agreed to the British Electric British Elec- 
Telegraph Company Bill, with Amendments ; to ttic Telegraph 
Ordered, Vhat Mr. Apsley Pellatt be added tothe | which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence Company Bos. 
Committee on the (re-committed) Warrington and | of this House: And also, 


Altrincham Junction Railway (Warrington, &amp;e.)| The Lords have agreed to the Zondon and North London and 


Bill. Western Railway (Vorthampton, &amp;e.) Bill, with North Western 
ms : . . . . ailway 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit and | Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords de- (Northampton, 
proceed this day, at Two o'clock. sire the concurrence of this House: And also, &amp;c.) Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the London and North London and 
Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from | Western Railway (Saint Alban’s, &amp;c.) Bill, with an North Western 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills,; Amendment; to which Amendment the Lords desire ‘oaiea Athen’? 
‘Lhat in the case of the Tralee and Killarney Railway | the concurrence of this House: And also, &amp;c.) Bill. , 


| ; The 











Chaytor’s 
Estate Bill. 


Belfast 
Municipal 
Boundaries. 


Clitheroe 
Election. 


Vaccination 
Extension Bill. 


Attorneys’ 
and Solicitors’ 
Certificate 
Duty (No. 2) 
Bill. 


Recovery 
of Personal 
Liberty Bill. 


17 Vicrort2z. 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for raising by Sale or Mortgage of the Real Estates | 
devised by the Will of Sir William Chaytor, Ba- 
ronet, deceased, Monies for Payment of his Debts 
and Legacies in aid of his Personal Estate, and for 
other purposes, and of which the short Title is, 
“ Chaytor’s Estate Act, 1853 ;” to which the Lords | 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords request, That this House will be pleased 
to communicate to their Lordships, Report from 
Captain Gilbert, r. £., the Commissioner appointed 
by his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant of Jredand, 
upon the proposed extension of the Boundaries of the 
Borough of Belfast (presented to this House on the 
22d day of June last) :--And then the Messenger 
withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House will send an Answer 
to the last part of the said Message, by Messengers 
of their own. 

And the Messenger was again called in, and Mr. 
Speaker acquainted him therewith; and then he’ 
again withdrew. 


Mr. Hamilton, from the Select Committee ap- | 
pointed to try and determine the matter of the Peti- | 
tion complaining of an undue Election and Return | 
for the Borough of Clitheroe, informed the House, | 
That Robert Towler had been guilty of prevarication | 
in giving his evidence before the Committee ; and 
that he had, by the direction of the Committee, by | 
Warrant under his hand, committed the said Robert 
Towler to the custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms at- 
tending this House, to await the pleasure of the 
House. 

Resolved, That the said Robert Towler do, for his 
said offence, stand committed to the custody of the | 
Serjeant-at-Arms attending this House. 

Ordered, That the Serjeant-at-Arms attending | 
this House, do bring the said Robert Tow/er from 
time to time to the Select Committee appointed to | 
try and determine the matter of the Petition com-. 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the | 
Borough of Clitheroe, as often as may be required | 
by the said Committee; and that Mr. Speaker do | 
issue his Warrants accordingly. 


The Vaccination Extension Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Attorneys’ and Solicitors’ Certificate 
Duty (No. 2) Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; v/z. ‘To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the {Lord Robert Grosvenor, 102 
Yeas, (Mr. Edward Ball: f : 

Tellers for the {Mr. Huyter, \ 186 
Noes, (Mr. Grenville Berkeley: § ; 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
upon this day three months” be added at the end 
of the Question: —It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day three nonths. 


‘ 


a 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon 
Wednesday the 22d day of June last, That the words 
“ it be referred to a Select Committee to consider 


20° Sule. 





VoL. 108. 


699 


whether any and what regulations are necessary 
“ for the better protection of the Inmates of Esta- 
“ blishments of a conventual nature, and for the 
“ prevention of the exercise of undue influence in 
procuring the alienation of their property,” be 
added to the word “That” in the original Question, 
“ That the Recovery of Personal Liberty Bill be 
now read a second time ;” 

And the Question being again proposed, “ That 
“ those words be there added :’—The House re- 
sumed the said adjourned Debate. 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Wednesday the 10th day of August next. 


“cc 


“ 


Mr. Baines reported from the General Committee Controverted 
of Elections; That they had appointed Friday the Elections. 
5th day of August, to choose from Panel No. 4 
the Select Committee to try the following Election 


| Petitions ; namely, Harwich, Peterborough, Chat- 


ham. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Baines reported from the General Committee Controverted 
of Elections; That they had appointed Viscount Elections. 
Jocelyn and Viscount Barrington to serve as Chair- 
men of Election Committees for the present Session, 
instead of the Honourable Edwin Lascelles and the 
Right honourable Spencer Horatio Walpole, who had 
claimed to be exempted for the remainder of the 
present Session. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Baines reported from the General Committee Controverted 
of Elections the amended Panels. Elections. 
Ordered, That the said Panels be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Fisheries 
reading of the Fisheries (Jreland) (No. 2) Bill; (Ireland) 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon (No. 2) Bill. 
Wednesday the 10th day of August next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Entry of 
mittee on the Entry of Seamen Bill; Seamen Nill. 
Resolved, Vhat this House will, upon Monday 
next, at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into thé said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Naval Coast 
mittee on the Naval Coast Volunteers Bill ; Volunteers 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday aes 
next, at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said 
Comumnittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, ‘Vhat this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Employment 
reading of the Employment of Children in Factories ° Children in 
Bill: - Factories Lill. 

? 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Sale, &amp;c. of 
mittee on the Sale, &amp;c. of Lands (/relund) Bill; ae 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve = ~ * 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Edinburgh 
the further Proceeding on the second reading of the ae 
— and Canongate Annuity Tax Abolition ‘Abolition Bill. 

ill ; 

Ordered, That the further ene on the se- 
cond reading of the said Bill be resumed To-morrow. 

4u2 The 




























700 


Incumbered The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

— mittee on the Incumbered Estates (Jreland) Act 

Continuance Continuance Bill; — 

Bill. Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Universities The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

(Scotland) Bill. 


mittee on the Universities (Scotland) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Foreign and 
Colonial 
Postage. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 3ist day of May last, for a Return of the several 
Rates of Postage, Foreign and Colonial, at present 
charged for the Classes of Single, Double and 
larger sizes ; stating the Weights allowed for each 
Class, and showing the Number of Miles from 
London to each Place, and the portion of that dis- 
tance of Sea. 

Return to an Order, dated the 11th day of this in- 
stant July, for a Copy of the Certificates appended by 
the Commissioners of the Board of Works to the first 
Plans and Estimates of the Twelve Works of Drain- 
age which have been lately submitted to a Com- 
mission appointed by the ‘Treasury Minute of the 
13th day of July 1852. 

Return to an Order, dated the 15th day of this 
instant July, for an Account of the Public Income 
and Expenditure for the year ended the 5th day of 
July 1853, together with the Balances in the Ex- 
chequer at the Commencement and at the Termi- 
nation of the year, and the Amount of Funded or 
Unfunded Debt created or redeemed in the said 
year. 


Drainage 
(Ireland. ) 


Public Income 
and Expen- 
diture. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Jovis, 21° die Juli; 
Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Comniittces. 


( 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Edin- 
burgh and Glasgow Railway Bill; and the same 
were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 


ships. 


Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 


Railway Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the. Edin- 
burgh, Perth and Dundee Railway Bill; and the 
same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the lessens made by their 
Lordships. 


Edinburgh, 
Perth and 
Dundee Rail- 
way Bill. 


Lands Im- 
provement 
Company 
«No. 2) Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Lands 
Improvement Company (No. 2) Bill; and the same 
were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Loraships. 


Saint Ivesand The House proceeded to take into consideration 


West Cornwall the Amendments made by the Lords to the Saint 
Ives and West Cornwall Junction Railway Bill; and 
the same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


Junction 
Railway Bill. 





20°—21° Juliz. 








A. 1853. 


hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


A Motion being made, That the Dean Forest, Dean Forest, 


Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway Bill be now a. 
read the third time ; Pontypool 


Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- Railway Bill. 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
think fit. 
Then the Bill was read the third time. 
Ordered, That the short Title of the Bill, as first 
entered in the Votes, be changed to “ Coleford, 
Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway Bill.” 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Coleford, 
Title be, An Act for making a Railway from the wapeny 
“ : E g . -_ Usk and Pon- 
Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway, in typool Rail- 
the Parish of Llanvihangel Pontymoyle, in the County way Bill. 
of Monmouth, to Coleford, in the County of Gilou- 
cester, with a Branch to the Monmouth Gas Works, 
and for other purposes. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Zralee and Killarney Railway (No. 2) Bill Tralee and 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and ew 
committed. (No. 2) Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Upper India 
reading of the Upper Jndia Railway Bill ; Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- Tralee and 
mittee of Selection, that they may appoint the Com- Killarney 
mittee on the Tralee and Killarney Railway (No. 2) (No 3) Bill 
Bill to meet To-morrow, if they think fit. is i 


Ordered, That the Galway Harbour (re-com- Galway 
mitted) Bill, as amended in the Committee, be consi- Harbour Bill. 
dered To-morrow, provided that prints of the Bill shall 
have been previously deposited with the doorkeepers. 


The Order, That the Report on the Richmond Richmond 
(Yorkshire) Burgage Pastures Bill do lie upon the (Yorkshire) 
6 Burgage 
Table, was read, and discharged. Pastures Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee :—And that they have leave to sit 
and proceed ‘To-morrow, at Twelve o’clock. 


Chaytor’s Estate Bill was read the first time. Chaytor’s 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- Estate Bill, 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Juvenile Mendicancy (No. 2) Bill was read the Juvenile 


first time; and ordered to be read a second time Mendicancy 
. (No. 2) Bill. 
upon Monday next ; and to be printed. No. 790 


The Chancery Suitors Further Relief Bill was read Chancery Sui- 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time tors Further 


Wednes xt: ¢ : Relief Bill. 
upon Wednesday next; and to be printed. oe, 308. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Belfast 
that part of the Message from the Lords of the 20th Municipal 
day of this instant July, wherein their Lordships re- 2%" 

uest that this House will communicate to their 

ordships, Report from Captain Gilbert, r. £., the 
Commissioner appointed by his Excellency the Lord 
Lieutenant of Zreland, upon the proposed Extension 
of the Boundaries of the Borough of Belfust (pre- 
sented to this House on the 22d day of June last). 





Ordered, That the Copy of Captain Gilbert’s Re- 


port 





Warrington 
and Altrinc- 
ham Junction 
Railway 
(Warrington, 
&amp;c. ) Bill. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Seventy- 
fifth Report. 


Vestries Act 
(Paddington. ) 


Vestries Act 
(Paddington. ) 


Bengal. 
No. 789, 


Metropolitan 
Commission 
of Sewers, 


No. 541-1, 
Westbury-on- 
Severn Union. 


No, 792. 


Foreign 
and Colonial 
Postage. 


Ne. 793. 


Drainage 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 794, 





17 Vicroriz. 


port upon the proposed Extension of the Boundaries 
of the Borough of Belfast, as set out in the proposed 
Bill, together with Copies of all Documents and 
Memorials laid before him, approving or objecting to 
such Extension by Parties owners of property within 
the proposed extended Boundary, be communicated 
to the oar as desired by their Lordships: And 
that Mr. Brotherton do deliver the same ; and request 
that the same may be returned to this House. 


Mr. Vernon Smith reported the Warrington and 
Altrincham Junction Railway (Warrington, &amp;c.) (re- 
committed) Bill, with further Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Petitions relating to Peterborough Elections ;— 
University of London ;—Crystal Palace (Sydenham); 
—Nunneries ;—Recovery of Personal Liberty Bill; 
— Betting-houses Bill ; — Chelsea Out-Pensioners ; 
—- Education Bill ; — Factories ;—- Ocean Penny 
Postage ;—Pilotage Bill ;—and, Savings Banks Bill, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition relating to Intoxicating Liquors, was 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Public-houses, &amp;c. 


The Order made upon the 2d day of June last, 
for presenting to Her Majesty an humble Address, 
that She would be graciously pleased to give direc- 
tions, that there be laid before this House, a Return of 
the Names and Residences of all Persons qualified 
to vote for the adoption of the Vestries Act, 1 &amp; 2 
Will. 4, c. 60, within the Parish of Paddington, in 
the month of March 1853; with a List of those who 
voted for the adoption of the said Act, and those 
who voted against it, in the month of March 1853 ; 
also, a List of those who were struck off from the 
List of Voters, with the Reasons for such Disquali- 
fication, was read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return by the Churchwardens and Overseers of the 
Parish of Paddington, showing the Names and Re- 
sidences of all Persons qualified to vote for the 
adoption of the Vestries Act, 1&amp;2 Will. 4, c. 60, 
within the Parish of Paddington, in the month of 
March 1853; with a List of those who voted for the 
adoption of the said Act, and those who voted against 
it, in the month of March 1853 ; also, a List of those 
who were struck off from the List of Voters, with 
the Reasons for such Disqualification. 


Mr. Lowe presented,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 14th day of this instant July, for Copy of Letter 
from the Junior Secretary to the Board of Revenue, 
to the Secretary to the Government of Bengal, dated 
Fort William, June 29th, 1852; and, of Minute 
thereupon by the Governor General, dated Septem- 
ber 11th, 1852. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Metro- 
politan Commission of Sewers, which was presented 
upon the 14th day of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Westbury- 
on-Severn Union, which was presented upon the 
19th day of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Foreign and 
Colonial Postage, which was presented upon the 
26th day of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Drainage 
(Ireland), which was presented upon the 20th day 
of this instant July, be printed. 

Vou. 108, 


21° Julie. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Public Income Publle Income 
Expen- 
ture. 


No. 795. 
The following Paper was laid upon the Table by China. 











701 


and Expenditure, which was presented upon the 20th r 
day of this instant July, be printed. 


the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 30th day of May last, for a Return of Property 
captured or detained by the Combined Forces in 
China, from the 25th day of August 1841, showing 
the Actual Amount of Money in British Sterling re- 
ceived, and in what manner disposed of; with the 
Amount paid as Batta, or on any other account, to 
the Naval and Military Forces employed during the 
Service. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty's Com- Convict 
mand,—-Copy of Report on the Discipline and Ma- Prisons. 


nagement of the Convict Prisons, and Disposal of 
Convicts, 1852, with Notes on the Convict Question, 
Construction of Prisons, Hard Labour, &amp;c. &amp;e., by 
Lieutenant Colonel Jebb, c.n., Surveyor General of 
Prisons, Chairman of the Directors, &amp;c. 

Copy of Reports of the Directors of Convict Pri- 
sons on the Discipline and Management of Penton- 
ville, Parkhurst and Millbank Prisons, and of Port- 
land, Portsmouth and Dartmoor Prisons, and the 
Hulks, for the year 1852. 

Ordered, ‘That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Sir John Young presented,—Return to an Order, Graving Dock 
dated the 1st day of this instant July, for a Return (Dublin.) 


from the Ballast Board, Dublin, specifying the Num- 
ber of Tenders sent forward to the Board for the 
Completion of the new Graving Dock in that City, 
the Names of the Persons who subscribed such Ten- 
ders, the Amount of each Tender, and the Prices at 
which all extra Works were to be charged ; also, the 
Names of the Sureties for the due execution of the 
Works in each Tender. 


Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of this in- Crime and 


of the Baronies in each of Outrage (Ire~ 
land) Act. 


stant July, for Returns 
the several Counties in Jre/and in which Proclama- 
tions are now in force under the provisions of the 
Crime and Outrage Act, distinguishing the Date at 
which each Proclamation was issued :—And, of the 
Number of Licenses to keep Arms that have been 
withdrawn by the Lord Lieutenant, under the pro- 
visions of that Act, since the 1st day of January 
1850. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- gavings Banks 
Bill. 


mittee on the Savings Banks Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 
three months, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Landiord 
and ‘Tenant 
(Ireland) Bill. 


into a Committee on the Landlord and Tenant (J7e- 
land) Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


NIO ~ 
ay 66 


CLAusE, 4, disagreed to. 

Criause, N° 75, amended, and agreed to. 

Crause, N° 76, disagreed to. 

Criauses, N° 77 to N° 143, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Schedules (A.) and (B.), amended, and agreed to. 

Clauses added. 

Preamble read, and agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
nerie reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 


next; and be printed. 
The 


4uU3 








. Tenants 
Compensation 
(Ireland) Bill. 





702 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Tenants’ Compensation 
(Ireland) Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. | 

Crause, N° 1 (Glossary Rent). 

Awendment proposed, in p. 2, |. 38: After the 
word “land” to insert the words “ sball include all 
** lands which, in their existing condition, are unfit 
for or cannot be profitably used for the purposes 
‘ of agriculture or pasture, but are capable of being 
‘ improved for those purposes.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted 
put, and negatived. 

An Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cravuses, N° 2 and N° 5, agreed to. 

Criause, N° 4 (Classes of Improvements: Farm 
Buildings). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 41: After the 
word “holding” to insert the words “ and shall in- 
“ crease the value of the holding by at least Seven 
** per centum on the proposed outlay.’ 

Question, That these words be there inserted 
——put, and negatived. 

Another Amendment proposed, in 1.41: After the 
word ‘‘ holding” to insert the words “ the reclaiming 
‘or durable improvement of waste or mountain 
“ Jand, or of bog ground by converting the same 
* into arable or pasture or improved pasture land, 
“ and the reclaiming or durable improvement of 
“ any land, by clearing away rocks or stones, or by 
* embanking from the sea or tidal waters, or from 
“ lakes or rivers.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 





‘&lt;é 


- 





92 
Oy, 


An Amendment made, by adding after the word 
** holding” the words “ the reclaiming of waste 
“land or cut-out bog ground by converting the 
“ same into arable or pasture land.” 

Another Ainendment proposed : To add, at the 
end of the said Amendment, the words “ the durable 
“ improvement of any land by clearing away rocks 
“ or stones.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted : | 
—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1. 2: Af- 
ter “ farm-road” to insert the words “ the main or 
“ thorough draining of land, or the improvement of 
“ it by irrigation.” 

Question put, That those words be there in- 
serted ; 

The Committee divided. 


" .lare » Vaeoa j Mr. Duffy, 1 ‘ 
l'ellers for the Yeas, \Mr. Kennedy : J 39 
Tellers for the Noes, (Mr. Napier, 1 82. 


UMr. Whiteside : J 


Another Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1. 16: To | 
leave out from the word “ demise” to the words) 
“ nor to any” in I, 21. 

Question, That the words “ nor to any case of 
“ lands ordinarily termed Town Parks” stand part 
of the Clause——put, and agreed to. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Ciauss, N° 5 (A notice of intended improvements 
to be served on landlord), 

Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1. 43: After the 
word “ tenant” to insert the words “ who shall have 
** paid up his rent to the last gale day.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted 
——put, and negatived. 

Clause agreed to, 

Criaussz, N° 6 (Landlord or Owner may undertake 
to execute the improvements). 

An Amendment made. 


21° Julie. 


_“ lifetime of the tenant by whom such declaration 





A. 1853. 


Another Amendment proposed, in p. 5, |. 22: 
After “ improvements” to insert the words “ not 
“ exceeding the estimated amount stated in the 
“ tenant’s notice.” 

Question put, That those words be there in- 


serted ; 
The Committee divided. 
si 
} 89. 
































































Wolowe far tha Vane / Mr. Serjeant Shee, 
Fellers for the Yeas,) My. Maguire : 


Tellers for the Noes, iM “4 = 0 . 


Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cuausgs, N° 7 and N° 8, agreed to. 

CriausE, N° 9 (Declaration to be conclusive evi- 
dence that the Act has been complied with). 
Amendment proposed, iu p. 6, 1. 43: After the 
word “ registry”’ to insert the words “and during the 





“ shall have been made.” 
Question put, That those words be there in- 


serted ; 
The Committee divided. 
} 30. 
1 
74, 
J 


Tellers for the Yeas) Mr Pane Shee, 
(Sir John Young, 

. | Mr. Napier : 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Tellers for the Noes 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
rerie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, at 
Twelve o'clock, again resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 





A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Tinney : Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Metropolitan 
for further amending the Act for regulating the Con- Building Act 
struction and the Use of Buildings in the Metropolis i 

4 : 2 =“ Amendment 
and its Neighbourhood ; to which the Lords desire Bill. 
the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Pidgley’s 
for authorizing the granting of Building Leases of Estate Bill. 
Lands held under the Will of John Pidgley, other- 
wise John Moor Pidgley, situate at Dawlish, in the 
County of Devon; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House :—And then the Messen- 
ger withdrew. 


Pidgley’s Estate Bill was read the first time. Pidgley’s 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- Estate Bil. 
aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Ramsgate 
mand,—Copy of Report of Sir William Cubitt on Harbour. 
Ramsgate Harbour. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Disease at 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Croydon. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Notes of the Evidence taken 
on the recent Inquiry before Dr. Arzott and Mr. Page 
into the prevalent Disease at Croydon; and also the 
Papers contained in the Appendix to their Report on 
that Inquiry. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 
as are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy 
Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Ceylon. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of Reply from the Government of 





Ceylon 








Poor Law 
(Bedminster 
Parish. ) 


Cork Union. 


Ratepayers. 


Ratepayers. 


17 Vicroriz. 
Ceylon to the Despatch of the Right honourable Sir 


John Pakington, dated the 6th day of December | Return of Ministers’ Money assessed upon the dif- 
1852, relative to the connexion of the Government | ferent Parishes in the Cities and Boroughs of Dublin, 


of the said Island with the Idolatry of the native 
Inhabitants thereof. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, such Members of this House 


as are of 
Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of Memorial from the Guardians of the Pa- 
rish of Bedminster, presented to the Poor Law Board 
on the 22d day of February 1855. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Minutes of an Investigation held before 
Captain Huband, Poor Law Inspector, in the Cork 
Union Workhouse, in May last, into Charges pre- 
ferred by the Reverend Alexander Peyton, P. P., 
Blarney, against Robert Wiseman, a Relieving Offi- 
cer of that Union:—And, of the Declarations and 
Affidavits submitted to the Poor Law Commissioners 
subsequent to the Investigation, and of the Corre- 
spondence referring thereto. 


The Order made upon the 1st day of this instant 
July, for presenting to Her Majesty an humble Ad- 
dress, that She would be graciously pleased to give 
directions that there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Persons in each County 


21°—292° Julie. 


b 
er Majesty's Most honourable Privy | 








and Division of a County, within the United King- 
dom, assessed to the Rate for the Relief of the Poor, | 
made next before the Rate now collecting, in respect 
of Property of the Annual Rateable Value of £.1 and 
under £.2; at £.2and under £.3; at £.3 and under 
£.4; at £.4 and under £.5; at £. 5 and under £. 6; 
at £.6 and under £.7; at £.7 and under £.8; at 
£.8 and under £.9; at £.9 and under £.10; at 
£.10 and under £.11; at £.11 and under £.12; at 
£.12 and under £.13; at £.13 and under £. 14; at 
£.14 and under £.15; at £.15 and under £.20; at 
£.20 and under £.25; at £.25 and under £.30; at 
£.30 and under £.40; at £.40 and under £. 50; at 
£.50 and above £.50 respectively, together with the 
Gross Number of Persons assessed in such Rates in 
each County or Division of a County, was read, and | 
discharged. 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Persons in each 
County and Division of a County, within the United 


| 6 








Kingdom, assessed to the Rate for the Relief of the 
Poor, made next before the Rate now collecting, in | 
respect of Property of the Annual Rateable Value of | 
£.1 and under £.2; at £. 2 and under £.3; at £.3 | 
and under £.4; at £.4 and under £.5; at £.5 and | 
under £.6; at £.6 and under £.7 ; at £. 7 and under | 
£.3; at £.8 and under £.9 ; at £. 9 and under £. 10; | 
at £.10 and under £.11; at £.11 and under £. 12; 
at £.12 and under £.13; at £.13 and under £.14; | 
at £.14 and under £.15; at £.15 and under £. 20; | 
at £.20 and under £.25; at £.25 and under £. 30; | 
at £.30 and under £. 40; at £.40 and under £. 50; | 
at £.50 and above £.50 respectively, together with | 
the Gross Number of Persons assessed in such Rates | 
in each County or Division of a County; and of the | 
Number of separate Tenements or Holdings in the | 
above-mentioned Rate, in respect of whicl: the Owners | 
are rated instead of the Occupiers, under the Small 
Tenements Act, or any other general or local Act, of | 
the several Annual Rateable Values above men- | 
tioned. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 
as are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy 
Council. 
Von. 108. | 


|“ visions hereinafter mentioned,” stand part of the 


Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 





703 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Ministers 
one’ 
(Dublin, &amp;e.) 


























































Cork, Limerick, Waterford, Drogheda, Kilkenny, 
Clonmel and Kinsale, with the Date of each Valua- 
tion, and by whom made, from 1766 to 1853 respec- 
tively ; with a List of the Net Amount received in 
each year since 1837; and, Statement of the Num- 
ber of Houses and Premises recently valued, with the 
Amount at which each is valued respectively ; distin- 
guishing those Houses and Premises built on Land 


where the Tithe Rent-charge has been paid. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the General Peterborough 

Committee of Elections, to select a Chairman and Election 

six other Members to be the Select Committee on P°U%"* 
the Petitions from the City of Peterborough; and 

that the Members so selected do constitute the said 
Committee, and have Power to send for persons, 

papers and records; and that Five be the Quorum 

of the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Government 
a Committee on the Government of Jndia Bill. of India Bill, 


(In the Committee.) 


Crause, N° 23, agreed to. 

Criause, N° 21 (Governor General’s assent to be 
requisite to the validity of laws). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 10,1. 38: After the 
word “ always” to insert the words “ that in making 
laws and regulations, regard shall be had to the 
“ religion and manners and opinions of the different 
“races of people inhabiting the said territories, 
“ and.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted 
put, and negatived. 

Clause agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 25 and N* 26, amended, and agreed 
to. 

Cravse, N° 27 (No appointment of any Advocate 
General of the said Company shall be valid without 
the approbation of the Board of Commissioners for 
the Affairs of /ndia). 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
stand part of the Bill; 

The Committee divided. 





Tellers for the fMr. Hayter, 1 115 
Yeas, LMr. Grenville Berkeley: J**”* 
Tellers for the (Mr. Hume, 1 59 
Noes, LMr. Newdegate : 1 Py 


Crause, N° 28, agreed to. 
Ciauses, N* 29 to N°31, amended, and agreed 


oe 


0. 
Crausg, N° 32 (Provisions of 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 85, 
respecting admission of Students to Haileybury Col- 
lege, repealed, and existing Rights of Patronage of 
Appointments to Haileybury, and of Assistant Sur- 
geons, to cease). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 13, 1. 40: To leave 
out the words “ the provisions hereinafter mentioned 
“ respecting the admission of Students into the 
“ College of the said Company at //aileybury (that 
“ is to say), sections 103, 104, 105, 106 and 107 of 
“ the said Act of the third and fourth years of King 
“‘ William the Fourth, shall be repealed.” 

Question proposed, That the words “ the pro- 


Clause :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 
Veneris, 22° die Julii, 1853: 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bouverie 


4u4 the 





Charitable 
Trusts Bill. 


Stamp Duties 


(No. 2) Bill. 


Customs, &amp;c. 
Acts [1 July.] Customs, &amp;c. Acts, several Resolutions ; which were 


Stamp Dutics. 


Advertise- 
ment Duties. 


Assessed 
Taxes Bill, 


Customs, &amp;c 
Acts. 


Post-horse 
Duties. 


704 21°—-22° Juli. 


the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That the 
Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Charitable Trusts Bill was, according to Or- 
der, read a second time; and committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House for Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Stamp Duties (No. 2) Bill, as 
amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
after the other Orders of the day. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the 


read, and amended, and agreed to, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That from and after a time to be 
specified, in lieu of the Stamp Duties now payable 
on the following Deeds or Instruments, there shall 
be charged and payable thereon the Stamp Duties 
hereinatter set forth (that is to say) :— 


Conveyance of any kind or description what- | £. 8. d. 
soever, in England or Ireland, and charter 
disposition or contract, containing the first or | 
original constitution of feu and ground annual | 
rights in Scotland (not being a lease or tack 
for years), in consideration of any annual 
sum, payable in perpetuity, or for any in- 
definite period, whether fee-farm or other | 
rent, feu duty, ground annual, or otherwise, 

Where the annual sum thereby reserved, secured 
or made payable, shall not exceed 20 «. . 

And where the same shall execed 20s. and shall | 
not exceed 12/., then for every 20s. or any 
fractional part of 20s. of such annual sum -) - 

And where the saine shall exceed 12 7. and shall 
not exceed 247., then for every 40s. and for 
any fractional part of 40s. of such annual 
sum - - - - - - - - 

And where the same shail exceed 247., then for 
every 4/. and for any fractional part of 47. 
of such annual sum - - - - -| -10 - 


i 
to 
oO 


to 
fo) 


2. Resolved, That from and after a day to be 
named, the following Stamp Duty shall be charged 
and paid (that is to say) :— 

On any scrip certificate, that is to say, any docu- | £. s. d. 
ment denoting, or intended to denote, the right 
or title of the holder thereof, or any person, 
to any share or shares in any joint stock or | 
other company, or proposed or intended com- | 
pany, or any certificate declaring or entitling 
the holder thereof, or any person to be or be- 
come the proprictor of any share or shares of 
or in any such company, where such certifi- 
cate, or the right or title to such share or 
shares shall be or be intended to be transfer- 
able by the delivery of such certificate, or 
otherwise than by deed or instrument in 
writing . - - - - - -}| - - 1 





3. Resolved, That from and after the 5th day of 
July 1855, in lieu of the Duties now payable on | 
Advertisements, there shall be paid :— 

For or in respect of any advertisement contained ' £. 5. d. 
in or published with any Gazette or other | 
Newspaper, or any other periodical paper or | 
periodical literary work - = - - - | 0. 0. 0. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Assessed Taxes Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve | 
itself into the said Committee. 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Customs, &amp;c. Acts. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That from and after the 10th day of 
October 1853, the Duties of Excise payable under 
any Act or Acts now in force on Horses let for hire, 
and on licenses to let the same, shall respectively cease 
and determine ; and in lieu thereof there shall be paid 
for and in respect of every license to be taken out 





yearly by every person who shall let any Horse for 








A. 1853. 


hire, with or without any Carriage to be used there- 
with, the following Duties of Excise (that is to say) :— 


Where the person taking out such license shall ; = D*v 
keep at one and the same time to be let for | ™ 
hire— | ae @ 

One horse or one carriage only - -| 710 - 


And where such person shall keep, as aforesaid, 
any greater number of horses or carriages— 

Not exceeding 2 horses or 2 carriages -/| 1210 - 

Not exceeding 4 horses or 3 carriages = - | 20 - - 


Not exceeding 8 horses or 6 carriages -' 30 - - 
Not exceeding 12 horses or 9 carriages - | 40 - - 
Not exceeding 16 horses or 12 carriages - | 50 - - 
Not exceeding 20 horses or 15 carriages - 60 - - 
Exceeding 15 carriages - = - - -|70 - - 


Exceeding 20 horses, then for every addi- | 
tional number of 10 horses, and for any 
additional number less than 10 over and 
above 20, or any other multiple of 10 
horses, the further additional duty of - 


10 - - 


2. Resolved, That from and after a day to be Hackney Car- 
named, the Duties now payable in respect of Hack- riage Duties, 


ney Carriages, and Licenses to keep and let to hire 
such Carriages, within the distance of five miles from 
the General Post-office in the City of Zondon, shall 
cease and determine; and in lieu thereof there shall 
be payable for and in respect of every Hackney Car- 
riage which shall be kept, used or let to hire within 
the limits of the Act of the present Session of Parlia- 
ment, chapter 33, for the better regulation of Metro- 
politan Stage and Hackney Carriages, the several 
Duties following (that is to say) :— 
For and upon every license to be taken out £. s. d. 
yearly to keep, use, and let to hire any such 
hackney carriage - - - - a 
And for and in respect of every such hackney 
carriage as aforesaid, weekly and every 
week :— . 
Where the license for such carriage shall a 
authorize the using and letting to hire 
of the same on every day of the week, 


the sum of - - - - - whe Fe 
And where such license shall authorize the 

using and letting to hire of such carriage | 

on every day of the week except Sunday, | 

the sum of - - - - - -| - 6 - 


3. Resolved, That it is expedient to amend the 
laws relating to the granting of Licenses and pay- 
ment of Duties in respect of Metropolitan Stage and 
Hackney Carriages. 

Resolutions to be reported. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Mr, Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to 
several Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Bourerie also reported, That the Committee 
had made Progress in the matter to them referred ; 
and that he was directed to move, That the Com- 
mittee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Betting- 
j houses Bill. 


reading of the Betting-houses Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Dublin 
Carriage Bill. 


mittee on the Dublin Carriage Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Poor Relief Act Continuance Bill was, ac- vey Relief 
ct 
d ance Bill. 


cording to Order, read a second time ; and committe 
toa Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- . 


mittee on the Evidence Amendment Bill ; 
Resolved, ‘that this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
The 


at ei ie 











Patronage 
Exchange Bill. 


Colonial 
Bishops Act 


Extension Bill. 


Land Tax 
Redemption 
Bill. 


Thames 
Embankment 
Bill. 


Newspaper 
Stamp Duties 
Bill. 


Highway 
Rates Bill. 


Turnpike 
‘Trusts Ar- 
rangements 
Bill. 


Turnpike 
Acts Continu- 
ance, &amp;«. Bill. 


Metropolitan 
Sewers Acts 
Continuance 
Bill, 


Sheep, &amp;c. 
Contagious 
Diseases Pre. 
vention Bill. 


17 Vicror1#. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself | 
into a Committee on the Patronage Exchange Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and di- 
rected him to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Colonial Bishops Act Ex- 
tension Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Land Tax Redemption Bill ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 





The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Thames Embankment Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Newspaper Stamp Duties | 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker | 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That | 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Highway Rates Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Turnpike Trusts Arrange- | 
ments Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouwverie re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee on the Turnpike Acts Continuance, &amp;c. 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Metropolitan Sewers Acts Continuance 
Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, at ‘I'welve o’clock, resolve itself into the said | 
Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Sheep, &amp;c. Contagious Dis- | 
eases Prevention Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Beuverie reported, That the Committee bad gone 
through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- | 





mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 
Vou. 108. 


21°.—22° Juliz. 


705 


The Public Works Acts Amendment (Jreland) Bill Public Works 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and a — 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for Bin. ( ) 


Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Consolidated 
into a Committee on the Consolidated Annuities Annuities 
(Ireland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, on 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The Dubdiin Parliamentary Registration Bill was, Dublin Par- 

according to Order, read the third time. &gt; 
Resolved, Vhat the Bill do pass. —_— 
Ordered, That Sir John Young do carry the Bill» 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Public Libraries (Ireland) Bill was, according Public Libra- 
to Order, read the third time. = ace: 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the ™ 
Title be, An Act to extend the Public Libraries Act, 
1850, to Jreland and Scotland. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bouverie do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Burials (beyond the Metropolis) Bill was, ac- Burials 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- am 
| mitted to a Committee of the whole ’ House, for Bill. ? 


Monday next. 


The Drainage of Lands (Jreland) Act Amendment Drainage of 
| Bill was, according x to Order, read a second time; 1nds (Ire- 
- 5 4 land) Act 

and committed to a Committee of the whole House, Amendment 


for Monday next. Bill. 


The Employment of Children in Factories Bill Employment 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and °f Children in 
committed toa Committee of the whole House, for a 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Sale, &amp;. of 
mittee on the Sale, &amp;c. of Lands (Ireland) Bill; Lands (Ire- 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve !#n4) Bill 

itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Edinburgh and 


the further Proceeding on the second "reading of the Canongate 
Annuity Tax 


| Edinburgh and Canongate Annuity Tax Abolition ‘Abolition Bill. : 


Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Universitics 
mittee on the Universities (Scotland) Bill ; « — 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday ; 
next, at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Stamp Duties 
consideration the Stamp Duties (No. 2) Bill, as (No. 2) Bill. 
amended in the Committee :—The Bill was re-com- No. 797. 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House. 

The House was moved, That the Resolutions which 
were this day reported from the Committee on the 
Customs, &amp;c. Acts; and-which Resolutions were 
then amended, and agreed to, might be read ; and 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to make provision 
therein, poet to the said Resolutions. 

Resolced, hat this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee :—The House 
accordingly resolved itself into the Committee; and 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair ; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be re-committed to a 


Committee of the whole House, for ene: next. 
Motion 


4x 









Strangers and 
Divisions. 


Crime and 


rage 
(Ireland. ) 


Crown Suits. 


Slave Trade 
Treaties, 


Capture of 
Bruné. 


Discharged 
Criminals. 


Truck Act 
Amendment. 


Friendly 
Societies, 


706 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That, except when Mr. Speaker, or the Chair- 
man of a Committee of the whole House, shall other- 
wise direct, his Order for the withdrawal of strangers 
during a division shall be understood to apply to 
strangers occupying seats below the Bar, and in the 
Front Gallery, and shall be enforced by the Serjeant- 
at-Arms accordingly : 

That so soon as strangers have been directed to 
withdraw, the Clerk shall turn a two-minute sand- 
glass, to be kept on the Table for that purpose, and 
the doors shall not be closed until after the lapse of 
two minutes, as indicated by such sand-glass : 

That the doors shall be closed so soon after the 
lapse of two minutes as the Speaker, or the Chairman 
of a Committee of the whole House, shall think pro- 
per to direct :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Thurs- 
day next. 





A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to continue an 
Act of the eleventh year of Her present Majesty, for 
the better prevention of Crime and Outrage in cer- 
tain parts of [reland ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the {The Earl of Mulgrave, | 38 
Yeas, | \Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J °~* 
Tellers for the (Mr. Maguire, \ 6 


— 


Noes, \ Mr. Bowyer : 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative :—And that 

Sir John Young and Viscount Palmerston do prepare, 
and bring it in. 





Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the Amendment of the Procedure and Practice im 
Crown Suits in the Court of Exchequer, and for the 
Payment of Costs in Proceedings instituted on behalf | 
of the Crown: And that Mr. Attorney General and 
Mr. Solicitor General do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That Sir George Grey be discharged 
from further attendance on the Select Committee on 
Slave Trade Treaties. 

Ordered, That Viscount Goderich be added to the 
Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number and Value of Brass Guns 
captured at Bruné in July 1846 by the Squadron 
under the Command of Sir 7'’omas Cochrane ; stating 
from what Enemy taken; when War was declared 
— that Enemy ; by what Court the Guns were 
adjudged as Prize Money; the ‘Total Amount of 
Proceeds about to be distributed agreeably to the 
notification in the London Gazette of the 15th day 
of this instant July, and the Number of Persons on 
board the said Squadron (duly classified) who are 
to participate therein. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
osed, That an humble Address be presented to 
Ter Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Copy of Memorial of Saze Bannister, Esquire, to 
the Secretary of State for the Home Department, 
resyecting the reception of discharged Criminals, 
with proper Employment, at Home :—And the said 
Motion was, with leave of the L!ouse, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
alter and amend the Act which prohibits the Pay- 
ment of Wages in Goods, commonly called “ The 
Truck Act:” And that Viscount Palmerston and 
Mr. Fitzroy do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill to 
amend the Laws relating to Friendly Societies: And 


219° —22° Juliz. 








A. 1853. 


that Mr. Wilson and Mr. Fitzroy do prepare, and 
bring it in. 












































Ordered, ‘That. leave be given to bring in a Bill to Customs, &amp;¢, 
repeal certain Laws relating to Customs Duties ; 44. 
And that Mr. Wilson and Mr. Chancellor of the 
Exchequer do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order, That Five be the Quorum of the Select Public-houses, 
Committee on Public-houses, &amp;c., was read, and dis- &amp;¢- 


charged. 
Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Viscount Palmerston presented a Bill to alter and Truck Act 
amend the Act which prohibits the Payment of g7°°¢™™ 
Wages in Goods, commonly called “The Truck Act :” 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Monday next; and 


No. 798. 


|to be printed. 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to amend the Laws Friendly 
relating to Friendly Societies: And the same was read Societies Bill. 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a secondtime No. 799. 
this day ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to repeal certain Laws Customs, &amp;e. 
relating to Customs Duties: And the same was read Duties Bill. 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time No. 800. 
upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Sir John Young presented a Bill to continue an Crime and 
Act of the eleventh year of Her present Majesty, for a (Ire. 
: &lt; and) Bill. 
the better Prevention of Crime and Outrage in cer- No. 801 
tain parts of Jreland: And the same was read the tiie 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Ministers’ 

Returns and Calculations relative to Ministers’ Mo- Money 
: (Ireland. ) 

ney in Jreland. : - 

Sir John Young accordingly presented the said No. 802, 
Paper. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Navy, Army, 
Detailed Accounts of Receipt and Expenditure for &amp; 
Navy, Army, Commissariat and Ordnance Services, 
for the year to the 31st day of March 1853. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after Two of the clock on Fri- 
day morning, adjourned till this day. 











Veneris, 22° die Julii ; 
Anno 17° Victorize Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the Tralee and 
Tralee and Killarney Railway (No. 2) Bill; That Killarney 
they had compared the Bill with the Zralee and Kil- ino. 2) Bil 
larney Railway Bill agreed to by this House on the 
26th day of May 1853, and sent to the House of ( 
Lords on the 7th day of June 1853, and found it to 
be the same, with the exception of so much of the 
Preamble as related to the payment of interest by 
the several Baronies in the County of Kerry, and of 
the several Clauses requiring such payment of in- 
terest on the sum proposed to be borrowed under the 
provisions of such Bill, which were struck out by 
the House of Lords, and, with the exception of an 
alteration made by the House of Lords in Clause 8, 
providing that the ordinary meetings of the Killarney 
Junction Railway Company, in case they unite, 
amalgamate with, or accept a lease or purchase from 
the Company, under and by virtue of the provisions 
contained 


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17 Vicroriz. 


contained in the Bill, shall, as well as such meetings 
of the Company, be held half-yearly, in the months 
of March and September in every year. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Tralee and Ordered, That the Tralee and Killarney Railway 
sam (No. 2) Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken 


(No. 2) Bill. into consideration upon Monday next. 


Dockyard Lord Seymour reported from the Select Committee 
Appointments. on the case of Lieutenant Engledue; That they had 
No. 803. considered the matter to them referred ; and directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House, to- 


gether with the Minutes of the Evidence taken | 


before them. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Pemberton Pemberton Leigh’s Estate Bill was read the third 
Ieigh’s Estate tine, 
- Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bouverie do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 

Galway Har- § The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
bour Bill into consideration the Galway Harbour Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. sete 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

Ward Jack- Ward Jachson’s Estate Bill was read a second 


son’s Estate time ; and committed. 


7. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Warrington Ordered, That the Warrington and Altrincham 


and Altrinc- Junction Railway ( Warrington, &amp;c.) Bill, as amended 

ham Junction . al ¥ ‘ - ton - 

Railway (War- in the Committee, be now taken into consideration ; 

rington, &amp;c.) amended prints having been deposited yesterday :— 

Bill. The House accordingly proceeded to take the Bill 
into consideration. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 


Monday next. 


Public Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers ; — 

Petitions. Universal Suffrage, &amp;c.;—Crystal Palace (Syden- 

Vide Seventy. “¢m) ;—Maynooth College Act ;— Recovery of Per- 

sixth Report. sonal Liberty Bill; — Unstamped Periodicals ; -— 
Burial-grounds Bill;-—Drainage of Lands (Somerset- 
shire) ;—Education Bill;—-Letter Carriers (London 
District) ;— Medical Officers (Navy) ;—Ocean Penny 
Postage ;—Poor Law;—and, Savings Banks Bill, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition relating to the Registration of Assur- 
ances Bill, was also presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 

Petitions relating to Intoxicating Liquors,—were 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Public-houses, &amp;c. 


Militia. The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of 
an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Militia: Regulations made 
by the Secretary-at-War in pursuance of the Act 15 &amp; 
16 Vic. c. 50, dated War Office, 15th July 1853. 


China, Ordered, That the Return relative to China, which 
No. 804, was presented upon the 21st day of this instant July, 
be printed. 


Crime and Ordered, That the Return relative to the Crime 
Outrage (Ire- and Outrage (/re/and) Act, which was presented 


land) Act. upon the 21st day of this mstant July, be printed. 
No. 805. 

Ramsgate Ordered, That the Paper relative to Ramsgate 

Harbour. Harbour, which was presented upon the 21st day of 
No. 806. this instant July, be printed. 

Public Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 

Petitions 


(events ann OD Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Report.) ~~ Petitions presented upon the 20th and 21st days of 
Vou. 108, 





22° Julti. 707 


this instant July ; and had directed him to make a 
~— thereof to the House. 

dered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Tenants’ — 
into a Committee on the Tenants’ Compensation Compensation 


(Ireland) Bill. dae —nnag 
(In the Committee.) wn 


Criavuss, N° 9, agreed to. 

Cuiause, N° 10 (Recovery of compensation in 
case of eviction). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 7, 1. 32: After the 
| words “ Act or” to insert “ wilful.” 
| Question put, That the word “ wilful” be there 
| inserted ; 
The Committee divided. 





a {Mr. Richard Fox, 
Tellers for the Yeas,) Colonel Sesliee | 47. 
Tellers for the Noes, fy Aye ee } 65. 


Clause agreed to. 
Crausess, N° 11 to N° 13, agreed to. 


Crause, N° 14 (Tenant to be entitled to compen- 
sation for improvements made before the passing of 
this Act, if evicted). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 9, 1. 40: After the 
words “ time being” to insert the words “ at any 
“ time before the expiration of ten years from the 
“ date of the completion of such improvement.” 

Question put, That those words be there in- 


serted ; 
The Cominittee divided. 
Tellers for the Yeuas{ Saocet Dice . \ 42. 
Tellers for the Noes, 9 pe: , a } 87. 


Another Amendment proposed : At the end of the 
Clause to add the following words: “ but not ex- 
“ ceeding in the whole four years’ clear yearly letting 
“ value of the lands improved, as hereinbefore men- 
“ tioned.” 

Question put, That those words be there added ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the Lord Claud Hamilton, 71 


Yeas, Mr. Grogan: j= 
Tellers for the f Mr. Roche, } 
Noes, Mr. Richard Fox: 7%. 


Another Amendment proposed : At the end of the 
Clause to add the following words: “ Provided always, 
“ That such tenant shall, within one year from the 
“ passing of this Act, give notice to the landlord of 
“ the improvements for which it is his intention to 
“ claim compensation under this Act.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
stand part of the Bill; 

The Committee divided. 

—s. Mr. Napier, 1 

Tellers for the Yeas,{ yr re sake y 103. 


r 7 ,.. {Sir John Walsh, \ 
Tellers for the Noes, G;. date Mesenn 5 oe 


Crausz, N° 15 (Tenant, on giving up possession, 
entitled to remuneration). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 10,1. 36: After the 
word “ underwood” to insert the words “ planted 
“ by the tenant.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted 
——-put, and negatived. 
Clause agreed to. 


Crausss, N° 16 to N° 20, agreed to. 

Schedule agreed to. 

Clause (Any judgment or decree obtained under 
this Act, in respect of compensation for improve- 
ments executed by any tenant who has been evicted 
from or put out of possession of his holding, shall 
4x2 be 





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Chatham 
Election. 


Pilotage Bill. 


Merchant’ 
Shipping Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Battersea 
Park Dill. 


708 


be the first charge thereon ; and, in default of pay- 
ment within the time limited by the Court in that 
behalf, shall entitle the tenant to go forthwith into 
actual possession, or into receipt of the rents and 
profits of such holding as mortgagee thereof, and to 
continue in possession or receipt until fully paid 
off with interest and costs) -—- brought up, and 
read 1°, 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
be read a second time; 

The Committee divided. 


; er _SMr. Vincent Scully, | ,. 
Tellers for the Yeas, \ Colonel Greville : r ! 25. 
Tellers for the Noes, ag ia 116. 


Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next; and be printed. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
this day received a Letter from Leicester Viney Ver- 
non, Esquire, informing him, that it is not his in- 
tention to defend his Return for the Borough of 
Chatham :—Letter read, as followeth : 

5, Eccleston-terrace South, London, 
22d July 1853. 

In the matter of the Petition of John Tribe 
aud John Shindler, complaming of an 
undue Election and Return for the Bo- 
rough of Chatham. 

Sir, 

] beg to inform you, that it is not my intention to 

defend my Election or Return for the said Borough. 


I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your very obedient servant, 
Leicester Viney Vernon. 


To the Right honourable the Speaker 
of the House of Commons. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Pilotage Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 

Cravse, N° 1, agreed to. 

Ciauses, N° 2 and N° 3, amended, and agreed 
to. 

Cravuse, N° 4, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 5, amended, and agreed to. 

Crause, N° 6, agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 7, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauss, N° 8, agreed to. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, at Twelve o'clock, again resolve itself into the 
sa d Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Merchant Shipping Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time after 
the other Orders of the day. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Tinney: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Battersea Park Bill, 
without any Amendment: And also, 


92° Juliz. 





A. 1858. 


The Lords have agreed to the Westminster Bridge Westminster 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Bridge Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Copyholds Bill, Copyholds 
with Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords ill, 

desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Zondon and South London ana 
Western Railway ( Basingstoke and Salisbury Branch) a 
Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the (Basinsetoke 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And and Salisbur 
also, Branch) Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Newry and Ennis- Newry ana 
killen Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which Enniskillen 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of this Bway Bill. 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the East Zancashire East Lanca- 
Railway (No. 2) (Southport, &amp;c.) Bill, with Amend- shire Railway 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the (No. 2) (South. 

- port, &amp;c.) Biil, 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to Transporta- 
substitute, in certain cases, other Punishment in lieu tion Bill, 
of Transportation; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Pemberton’s 
for enabling the Trustees of certain Estates in Car- Estate Bill, 
marthenshire, devised by the Will of Francis Charles 
James Pemberton, Esquire, deceased, togrant Mining 
and Building Leases of parts of the said Estates, 
and for other purposes ; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Bedford 
to amend an Act for the better management and dis- we 
position of the Estates given by Sir William Har- anate a, 
pur, Knight, and Dame Alice his Wife, for a free 
and perpetual School in the Town of Bedford, and 
other purposes, and of the Rents and Profits thereof ; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to enable certain Persons to grant Leases for mining 
purposes, of the Estates at Oakthorpe, in the Coun- 
ties of Leicester and Derby, or one of them, devised 
by the Will of the Reverend John Piddocke, Clerk, 
deceased ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 





Piddocke's 
Estate Bill. 


Piddoche’s Estate Bill was read the first time. Piddocke’s 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- Estate Bill. 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Pemberton’s Estate Bill was read the first time. Pemberton’s 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- Estate Bill. 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Metropolitan Building Act further Amend- Metropolitan 
ment Bill was read the first time: And ordered to oe -. 
be read a second time upon Monday next; and to be jnent Bill. . 
printed. No. 808. 

Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Treffry’s 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Estate Bill. 
That in the case of 7reffry’s Estate Bill, no Standing 
Orders are applicable. 


Ordered, That Treffry’s Estate Bill be read a Treffry’s 
second time. Estate Bill. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from smith’s 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Charity 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- os 
ders in the case of Smith’s Charity Estate Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to in- Cork and 
spect the Journals of the House of Lords, with rela- a Bill 
tion to any Proceedings upon the Cork and Bandon cei 
Railway Bill, and to make report thereof to the 


House :—And a Committee was appointed of Mr. 
Brotherton, Mr. Heard, Mr. Roche, Mr. Grogan 
and Mr. Francis William Russell :—And they are to 
withdraw immediately. 


Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 








Ordered, 





Eastern Union 
Railway Bill 
(Special 
Report.) 


17 Vicrori2. 


29° Julii. 709 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group PP. of | 3 per cent. on their stock, and afterwards the ordi- 
Railway Bills have leave to make a Special Report | nary shareholders to a dividend of 1 per cent.; and 
on the Eastern Union Railway (re-committed) Bill. | that all arrears of, and claims for interest or dividend 


Mr. Corry reported from the said Committee, That 
they had unanimously agreed to the following Special 
Report :— 

‘The Acts to construct the Eastern Union Railway 
were passed in the years 1844 and 1845, and the 
undertaking originally consisted only of a Line be- 
tween Colchester and Ipswich; but in 1847 an Act 
passed, enabling the Jpswich and Bury Railway, and 
its projected extension to Norwich, to be amalga- 
mated with the original Eastern Union Railway, 
under the titie of the Eastern Union Railway. 

In the interval between the passing of this Act and 
the completion of the amalgamation, the original 
smaller Company of the Eastern Union Railway, 
without the knowledge of the Jpswich and Bury 
Company, issued £.300,000, 6 per cent. irredeemable 
Preference Shares, ostensibly under two Acts, passed, 
one for purchasing the Hadleigh Line, the other for 
constructing a Line to Harwich ; but neither of these 


Acts authorized the issue of Preference Shares, and | 


the capital so raised, although nominally appropriated 
to the purchase of the Hadleigh Line, and to the con- 
struction of the Harwich Line, was merged in the 
general capital of the Company. 

A part of this capital.was, in fact, applied by the 
then Directors to the purchase of the Hadleigh Line ; 
but the Main Trunk Line to Norwich being incom- 


plete, the greater part of the remainder was appro-| 


priated to its completion, instead of to the construc- 

tion of the Branch Line to Harwich. 
Notwithstanding this appropriation, the construc- 

tion of the Main Line still remained incomplete ; and 


as, in consequence, there was no prospect of any re- | 


turn whatever accruing either to the first or second 
capital of the concern, in which both the original and 
Preference Shareholders were partners, a debt to the 
amount of between £.400,000 and £.500,000 was 
incurred, a great part of it under the personal gua- 
rantee of the Directors, to finish the Line to Norwich. 

It subsequently appeared that the Preference Stock 
had been illegally created, and the Directors of the 
amalgamated Company carried a Bill through Par- 
liament in 1849 to legalise it. The dividend of 6 per 


cent. on the Preference Stock thus created, and thus | 
legalised, was punctually paid for the first three half 


years down to the month of June 1850, when further 
payment was stopped by the Government auditor, on 
his discovering that it had been made out of the 
capital of the Company, and not out of its earnings ; 





up to Ist July 1852, should be cancelled. In the 


event of the profits of the Company increasing so as 
to admit ultimately of larger dividends, the mode in 
which they should be appropriated was prescribed in 
the deed executed by the creditors of the Company, 
which your Committee have inserted in the Appendix. 

Mr. Sturge submitted his proposal to the above 
effect to the Executive Committee of the Eastern 
Union Company, and subsequently, by a printed 
circular, dated August 13, 1851, summoned a meet- 
ing of the Preference Shareholders at the “ George 
and Vulture,” “ to consider and determine what it 
was best for them to do under the deplorable condi- 
tion in which they were placed, owing to the serious 
amount of debt m which the Company was involved.” 
At this meeting, which was held on the 21st August, 
Mr. Sturge entered into a full explanation of his views ; 
and he, Mr. Bagshaw, junior, and Mr. Scholey were 
appointed a committee on behalf of the meeting. 

On the 28th August the general half-yearly meet- 
ing of the Company was held. Mr. Sturge attended, 
and explained the substance of his proposal. It is 
stated in the evidence that the scheme was very 
favourably received, and that, in consideration of the 
gratitude felt to Mr. Sturge for having originated it, 
the choice of the previous meeting of Preference 
Shareholders was confirmed, and Mr. Sturge, Mr. 
Bagshaw, junior, and Mr. Scholey were constituted 
a Provisional Committee to co-operate with the Di- 
rectors in carrying out the proposal. 

The Executive Committee of the Company under- 
took on their part to negotiate with the creditors, 
and the result was, that 32 creditors, representing 
£. 225,000 of the debt, or within £.15,000 of its 
whole amount, were, after a protracted negotiation, 
and with considerable difficulty, induced to come in 
to the terms proposed, but only on the condition that 
Mr. Sturge’s scheme should be carried out ; and they 
accordingly executed a deed on the 30th December 
1851, whereby they precluded themselves from exer- 
cising their legal rights against the Company for 
the period of three years, within which time the 
Company was bound to obtain an Act of Parliament 
to give legal validity tothe agreement. Mr. Brassey, 
who was himself a judgment creditor to the amount 
of £.165,000, distinctly stated in his evidence that 
he would not have signed the deed of arrangement, 
whereby he estopped himself from putting in execu- 
tion the judgment he had obtained against the Com- 


and as the expenses of the Company still exceed its; pany, if he had not believed that the Preference 
receipts, no dividend has been paid since that period. | Shareholders would, on their part, have fulfilled the 


Not only, however, was the Company unable to 
meet its engagements with the Preference Share- 





proposal made by them in 1851, and adopted at the 
general half-yearly meeting of the Company, which 


holders, but such was the embarrassment of its affairs,| was held on the 28th August in that year; and it 
that it was equally unable to meet the prior claims in| appears from Mr. Cayley’s evidence, “ that before 
respect either of interest or of principal, of its simple| Mr. Brassey would formally sign the deed, he re- 
contract and judgment creditors, which amounted to| quired to be assured of the ‘intention of Mr. Sturge 


£. 238,000, exclusive of about £. 100,000 due to the 
landowners along the Line ; and if these persons had 
exercised .their undoubted legal rights they might 


have ejected the Company, seized the Line, and sold | 


the materials in liquidation of their claims, and thus 
have involved the whole Company, including the 
Preferential Shareholders themselves, in irretrievable 
ruin. 

Proceedings of this description were actually 
threatened by the creditors in 1851, and at this crisis 
of the affairs of the Company, Mr. Sturge, who was 
himself a Preference Shareholder to a large amount, 





came forward with a proposal which aimed at extri- | 


cating the Company from its difficulties. This pro- 
posal was based on the principle of mutual compro- 
mise between the creditors and the shareholders, and 
its main features may be shortly stated thus :—That 
the debt due to the creditors should be capitalised, 
and bear interest at 3 per cent.; that the Preference 
Shareholders should then be entitled to a dividend of 
Von. 108. 





to fulfil it.” 

In the year 1852 a Bill was brought in, its object 
being partly to raise additional stock to construct 
the Line to Harwich, and partly to carry out the 
proposed financial arrangements; but at a meeting 
of the Company, which was held on the 2d April, 
Mr. Rigby Wason. a large holder of Preference 
Stock, asked Mr. Cayley, in Mr. Sturge’s presence, 
whether he would consent, on behalf of the Directors, 
to a 4 per cent. redeemable stock in place of the 
% per cent. which had been proposed by Mr. Sturge. 
To this question Mr. Cayley replied, by asking, 
What would Mr. Sturge and Mr. Bagshaw do? On 
being informed that they would consent, Mr. Cayley 
agreed on behalf of the Directors; and the Com- 
mittee of the House of Commons, to which the Bill 
had been referred, adjourned for 10 days, in order to 
admit of the Bill being altered; and two Clauses 
were proposed, Clause (A.) creating creditors’ stock 
to pay off the simple contract debts of the Company, 

4x3 Clause 




















710 


Clause (B.) enabling the Company to redeem all 
their Preference Stock, with arrears of interest on 
the same, at the rate of 4 per cent., and to create a 
4 per cent. guaranteed stock for this purpose. 

Mr. Sturge, however, in the meantime withdrew 
his consent, and the Bill passed with all the Clauses 
relating to the proposed financial arrangement struck 
out. 

On 3d December 1852, another meeting of Pre- 
ference Shareholders was summoned by advertise- 


22° Juli. 





A. 1853. 


Petition against the Bill, hold registered Preference 
Stock to the amount of £. 56,000 ; but your Com- 
mittee have it in evidence, that nearly one-half of 
this sum is held by Mr. Sturge, Mr. Bagshaw and 
Mr. Scholey, the Committee of Preference Share- 
holders, who, so lately as last December, were 
among the originators of the proposal on which this 
Bill was founded. And your Committee think it 
‘right to direct attention to the fact, that the Bill, 
against which this Petition was presented, provided 





ment, and held at Mr. Bagshaw’s office; Mr. Bras-| for the redemption of the Preference Stock at par, 
sey attended it ; and, to quote his own words, “ Mr. | without the bonus of £.9, which was provided for in 
Bagshaw and Mr. Sturge, and all of them, said that | the amended Bill. 

the negotiation with the Eastern Union Company| In the absence, therefore, of any direct proof as 
was useless, and they almost characterised it as a| to whether the majority of Preference Shareholders 
negotiation with a bankrupt, and that they were un- | assented to, or dissented from, the Bill, your Com- 
able to carry out their scheme ; but that if 1, Thomas | mittee could form their opinion from circumstantial 
Brassey, would enter into the arrangement, they | evidence only; and it appears that Mr. Sturge’s 


would be prepared to go on in the matter.” 
This meeting was attended by the principal oppo- 
nents of the present Bill; and Mr. Brassey made a 


proposal to redeem the Preference Shares at par, to | 


which the meeting consented, provided Mr. Brassey 
would also pay the back dividends which had accrued 
for three years at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum. 
Twenty-one days were allowed for Mr. Brassey’s 
answer, but he was obliged to leave England on 
business, and did not return until some days after 
the time specified for his decision. On his return he 
assented to the proposal, not however recognizing 
any right to a back dividend, which he was advised 
did not legally accrue, but consenting to give the 
additional £.9 as a bonus of equivalent amount to 
it; and Mr. Brassey's undertaking to this effect was 
advertised in “The Times,” and in other newspapers. 


These terms could not be inserted in the first | 
print of the Bill which was referred to your Com- | 


mittee, because the forms of the House required it 
to be deposited before the 1st December, but they 
were embodied in the amended Bill; and the coun- 
sel for the promoters stated in his opening speech, 
that the promoters intended to insert this £.9 bonus 
in the clauses. 

These were the terms which your Committee were 
asked to sanction ; and it became their duty to in- 
quire how far they were assented to, or dissented 
from, by the Preference Shareholders. 

But in this inquiry your Committee were met by 
a preliminary difficulty, which rendered any positive 
proof on this most material point impossible ; for it 
appeared from the evidence of Mr. Ayres, the secre- 
tary of the Company, that of the total amount of 


original proposition had been submitted to and 
adopted by the Company at their general meeting, 
held on the 28th August 1851, when Mr. Sturge, 
Mr. Bagshaw and Mr. Scholey were appointed a 
| Provisional Committee to represent the whole body 
‘of shareholders; that throughout the whole of the 
| protracted negotiations which followed, meetings of 
Preference Shareholders had been repeatedly con- 
vened by public advertisement; that the several 
proposals of Mr. Sturge tor a compromise with the 
creditors, by which the interests of the Preference 
Shareholders were deeply affected, had been openly 
discussed at the various half-yearly meetings of the 
Company, and at meetings of Preference Share- 
holders, from August 1851 down to tle present time; 
that at one of those meetings of Preference Share- 
holders, Mr. Sturge, Mr. Bagshaw and Mr. Scholey 
had been appointed to act as a Committee ; that 
they did so act; that it was on the distinct under- 
standing that they represented the Preference Share- 
holders, that the creditors had consented to bind 
themselves by deed to abstain from enforcing their 
prior claims for the period of three years; that al- 
though the utmost publicity had been given to all 
these proceedings, it did not appear that a single 
Preference Shareholder had ever come forward to 
disavow the acts of the Committee, with the excep- 
| tion of Mr. Wason, who, at the meeting held on the 
\2d April 1852, objected to the creation of a 3 per 
cent. stock as had been proposed by Mr. Sturge, and 
_ obtained the substitution of a 4 per cent. stock. 

| Under these cireunistances, your Committee was 
led irresistibly to the conclusion, that the great ma- 
jority of Preference Shareholders were consenting 








Preference Stock,—viz. £.300,000, 6 per cent. Pre-| parties to the terms, in consideration of which the 
ference Stock ; £.48,470, 10 per cent. Preference | creditors were induced to waive a portion of their 
Stock; £.11,500, 6 per cent. Preference Stocks ;/ prior claims; and your Committee would submit 





amounting in the whole to £.359,970,—only £. 132,550 
was registered; and that, owing to neglect on the 
part of the Company in 1848, when the Preference 
Shares were originally issued, the holders of those 
shares cannot now be compelled to register. 

It appears further, from the evidence of Mr. Ayres, 
that 60 persons, representing £.94,440 of the 
£.300,000 Preference Stock ; 21 persons, represent- 
ing £.18,195 of the £.48,470 stock ; and 27 per- 
sons, representing £.7,270 of the £. 11,500 Prefer- 
ence Stock, have signified their assent to this Bill; 
making a total of 108 persons, and £.119,905. 

It appears, also, that the Directors had repeatedly 
advertised for the Preference Shareholders to come 
in and register ; that the secretary had written to all 
the registered Preference Shareholders, and to the 
original allottees, asking their consent to the Bill; 
that he had also sent notices to the persons to whom 
the second certificates had been issued ; and that he 
had received only two dissents. 

It was stated by the counsel for the o 
the Bill that he represented the holders of 


ponents of 
£.150,000 


of Preference Stock. On this point your Committee 
have no evidence beyond that of Mr. Ayres, who 
states that 49 out of the 90 persons who signed the 





that, considering the publicity of all these proceed- 
‘ings, it is hardly possible to conceive that any con- 
siderable number of the Preference Shareholders 
could have been ignorant of them ; and that if any 
of them had intended to dissent from the proposed 
conditions, they would have been bound, in common 
fairness to the creditors, to have signified their in- 
tention to that effect, before the creditors were in- 
duced to sign away their rights, on the distinct under- 
standing that the Preference Shareholders would 
consider themselves bound, on their part, to that 
portion of the agreement by which their interests 
were affected. 

Your Committee are strengthened in the belief 
that the opponents of the Bill now before Parliament 
were consenting parties to the compromise with the 
creditors, by the fact that Mr. Sturge, who appears 
as the principal opponent, was himself not only a 
consenting party to, but the very proposer of, that 
compromise; and although the provisions of the 
present Bill, as they «affect the interests of the Pre- 
ference Shareholdeis, are not identical with the con- 
ditions originally proposed by Mr. Sturge, the differ- 
ence is all in favour of the Preference Shareholders, 
inasmuch as the original proposal was that they were 
to 














17 Vicroriaz. 


to receive only 3 per cent. on their stock, which 
stock was to be redeemable at par, while the Bill, 
as agreed to by your Committee, provides for a divi- 
dend at 4 per cent., and makes the stock redeemable 
at par with a bonus of £.9 per cent. 

t has been stated by the opponents of the Bill 
that the present increased value of the shares gives 
them a right to expect better terms than would have 
satisfied them at a former period ; but it is the opi- 
nion of your Committee that this increased value is 
mainly attributable to the prospect of a financial set- 
tlement which this Bill affords, and which will pro- 
bably lead to future arrangements, by which the 
Company will be extricated from its difficulties. 

It is admitted, even by the opponents of the Bill, 
that some compromise, by which every interest 
would be required to waive a portion of its legal 
rights, is, under the circumstances of the Company, 
indispensable ; and your Committee is impressed 
with the conviction, that the Bill in its present form 
affords a fair settlement of the question. 

The creditors, on their part, have bound them- 
selves by deed to forego the whole of the arrear of 
interest due to them down to the 1st July 1852; 
and it is stated in evidence that one creditor alone, 
Mr. Brassey, has waived his claim to no less a sum 
than £.15,000, which was due to him as arrear o 
interest in respect of his judgment debt. Your Com- 
mittee are of opinion that it is but just that the Pre- 
ference Shareholders should be required to adhere 
to their portion of an agreement which emanated 
originally from their own representatives, and which 
was founded avowedly on the principle of mutual 


. 


compromise between the creditors and the share- | 


holders. 

Such were the reasons which induced your Com- 
mittee to pass the Preamble of the Bill; but they 
have thought it their duty to institute some inquiry 
as to a meeting of Preference Shareholders, which 
was subsequently held at the “ George and Vulture” 
on Tuesday the 12th of July. 

It was proved to your Committee that the sub- 
joined advertisement was inserted in the public 
newspapers of the 5th July. 


“ [ Advertisement. ] 


“ To the Holders of Eastern Union Six per Cent. 
Irredeemable Stock. 

“The Bill of this Company passed through the 

Committee of the House of Commons on Monday 

last. It goes to the House of Lords with a clause 


22° Juli. 711 


ber of the 6 per cent. shareholders ; and it is believed 
that their adoption, unanimously, or mainly so, of 
any fair terms will conduce most effectually to an 
immediate and satisfactory settlement of the ques- 


tion. “ J. B. Alexander. 
“ George Clive. 
“ E. L. Morgan.” 


“ Eastern Union Railway Company Preference 
Shareholders. 
“ Parties interested in the above stocks are re- 
| quested to attend a meeting on Tuesday, the 12th 


‘inst., at the ‘ George and Vulture’ Tavern, Cornhill. 
| © The chair will be taken at 2 o’clock precisely. 


| “ J. B. Alexander. 
| “ 91, Tokenhouse-yard, July 5, 1853.” 





| It appears from the evidence that this meeting was 
| attended by about 40 persons ; that a resolution was 
_ proposed to petition the House of Lords against the 
| Bill, but that an Amendment was carried, almost 
unanimously, to petition in favour of the Bill in its 
| present form. 
The Committee have given in the Appendix the 
documents which appear to be the most material, 
as bearing on the negotiations between the Preter- 
| ence Shareholders, the Creditors and the Directors. 
Ordered, That the Report, together with the Ap- 
pendix, do lie upon the Table ; and be printed. 





| 


| 


| Mr. Baines reported from the General Committee Peterborough 
Election 
Petitions, 


of Elections; That they had selected a Chairman, 
'and six other Members, to be the Select Committee 
on the Petitions from the City of Peterborough :— 
Right honourable James Stuart Wortley, Chairman, 
Honourable Peter John Locke King, Thomas 
Greene, Esquire, Robert Ingham, Esquire, Charles 
Bowyer Adderley, Esquire, Honourable Henry Tho- 
mas Liddell, and William Hutt, Esquire. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Tabte. 





Bandon Railway Bill, and to make Report thereof 
|to the House; That they had inspected the said 
| Journals accordingly, and found the following en- 
| tries : 

| “ Die Jovis, 21° Julii, 1853. 


| 
| 


empowering the Directors to pay off your stock at | ¢ 
£.109 for every £.100 stock. ‘lhe £.9 represents ;Committees appointed a Select Committee to con- 
one-half of the interest due to you, and the bargain | sider of ‘ The Cork and Bandon Railway Bill,’ and 


Mr. Brotherton reported from the Committee ap- Cork and _ 
pointed to inspect the Journals of the House of Lords, ye 
with relation to any proceedings upon the Cork and “*Y ™ 


“« The Lord Southampton reported from the Lords Cork and 
Bandon Rail- 
way Bill, 
specially re- 


offered is, therefore, such as it would be obviously | to whom were referred the following Petitions; viz. ported. 


unadvisable to accept, and is less fair than the terms | of Inhabitants and Cesspayers of West Carlerry, 
which have been notoriously offered by the Directors East Division, and West Carberry, West Division; 
during the progress of the Bill through Committee. | of the Commissioners of National Education in Ire- 

“ Hitherto you have allowed your battle to be land, under theircommon seal; of Landowners and 
fought out by the Directors on the one hand, and | Ratepayers in the Baronies of East Carberry (East 
Mr. Sturge on the other. Between the disposition | and West Division), Jbam and Barryroe ; and of 
of the former to give nothing but what they are com- | East Carberry and County Cork, severally praying 
pelled to give, and the refusal of the latter to accept | to be heard by counsel against the Bill; of Landed 
one farthing less than his bond, the settlement of | Proprietors and Ratepayers of the Baronies of East 
the question is likely to be indefinitely postponed, | Carberry, East and West Division, praying for al- 





even if your interests are not in the result still more 
seriously compromised. 

“ Those of you who are inclined in this important 
stage uf the proceedings to look after your own inter- 
ests, are invited to communicate, personally, or by let- 
ter addressed to Mr. Alexander, 21, Tohkenhouse-yard 
(where a Committee will sit daily, between one and 
two o'clock), such suggestions as may be acceptable 
to the shareholders generally, with a view to terms 
being adopted by a public meeting, previous to the 
Bill going through its first stage in the House of 
Lords. 

“ It is hoped that a meeting, called for Tuesday, 
the 12th inst., at two o’clock, at the ‘ George and 
Vulture’ Tavern, will be attended by a large num- 

Von. 108, 


teration of the Bill; of Beneficed Clergymen cf the 
County of Cork, against any alteration of the ninety- 
}ninth clause of the Bill; and, of the Duke of 
| Devonshire, praying to be heard by counsel against 
any alteration therein; with several Petitions in 
favour of the said Bill; with leave to the Committee 
to hear counsel, and examine witnesses, in favour of 
and against the same; ‘ That the Committee had 
met, and considered the said Bill, and also the said 
Petitions, and had heard counsel and examined 
witnesses in support of the said Bill; and the oppo- 
sition to the Bill having been withdrawn, the Com- 
mittee found that the provisions and clauses required 
by the Standing Orders of the House to be inserted 
in Railway Bills are contained in this Bill, in so far 





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712 


as they are applicable thereto, except in the following 
particular ; viz. That it is proposed to cross on the 
level the several public roads mentioned in the Ap- 
pendix to this Report, but the Committee are of 
opinion that the Standing Order prohibiting such 
level crossings should not, in the cases referred to, 
be enforced, for the reasons contained in the said 
Appendix; and that the Committee had gone through 
the Bill; and directed the same to be reported to 
their Lordships, with some Amendments.’ 


‘“* APPENDIX, 


specifying the Roads which it is intended to cross on the Level, 
with Explanations as to the Reasons for so doing. 


22° Juliz. 








Description 
of 
Road. 


| Number on Plan 


Stanton’s-lane | 


Public road - 


Public road - 


Public road - 


Public road - 


Public road - 


| 
| 
| 


| 
| 





Public road - | 


Public road - 


Public road - 


Water -lane 
and public 
road. 


Public road - | 


Public road - 


Public road - 


Public road - 


Public road - 





and in Book of 


Reference. 


a 
[&gt;] 


31 


44 


| 
| 





Gully - 


Townland. 


- 


Cloghmacsimon 


Clancoolmore 


Roundhill 


Knocknagarrane 


Knockaveale 
Gaggan - 
Coppacknockane 
Farrannasheshery 


Derrigra 


Manch, West 


Nedmagh, West 


Tonafora 


Tonafora 


Cloonties, West 





| 
| 
| 








| It would be impossible to disturb the 


ExpLaNATIONS. 





It would be inconvenient to cross this | 
lane in any other way, and would be | 
attended with great expense, which is | 
quite unnecessary, owing to the fact | 
of crossing so near the end of the lane 


that all the dwellings to the south of | public road - 


the Railway must be purchased, and | 
it will then become merely a private | 


footpath of the least possible resort. | Public road - 


It is the most convenient way of dealing 
with this road, asa bridge under would | 
have no drainage, and if carried over | 
the Railway it would be attended with 
very great expense. 


It would be impossible to pass this road | Ppyblic road - 
in any other way without interfering | pyblic road - 


with the levels of the approaches to | 
certain dwellings, and inflicting resi- | 


dential injuries of great amount to | pybjic road - 


compensate. | 
This roud is crossed on the level to avoid | 
interference with a mill and certain | 
dwellings as well as the present bridge 
for the coach road ; it would be very | 


and otherwise arrange these points | 


if a bridge and embankment were | pyblic road - 


adopted. 

In order not to interfere with the level 
of mail-coach road, which would be 
attended with considerable expense. 

This is a road of no great resort, and 
meets the level of the mail-coach road 
to Clonakilty in a manner most un- 
suited for a bridge. 

For sake of economy of construction, 
the level remaining unaltered, and the 
road not a very important thorough- 
fare. 

For sake of economy, the level of the 
road making the construction of a 
bridge very expensive, and not deemed 
essential for the place. 

In order to meet the requirements of the 
circumstences relating to the Railway 
crossing of the Bandon River and the 
present bridge over the same. 


level of this lane at the place of the 
Railway crossing without interfering 
with several dwellings in the town of 
Ballyneen, and involving an expensive 
new bridge over the Bandon River, 





which is quite unnecessary, owing to 
its being near a station. 


and to accommodate level of Manch 
Bridge over the Bandon River. 


| The level of this road corresponds with 


that of the Railway, and abuts upon 
a ford of the Bandon River; it would 
be attended with inconvenience and 
expense to pass it by a bridge. 

A bridge could not be made here as the 
Railway crosses on the level of the 
present bridge over Brewery Brook, 
and would interfere with the level of 
the street leading from the brook into 
the town of Dunmanway. 

The present level of road could not be 
altered without great expense, as it 
must accommodate itself to the level 
of the bridge over Brewery Brook. 

In order not to interfere with the level 
of public road from Dunmanway to 
Bantry, which would be attended with 





considerable expense, and it is a road 
of no very great resort. 


Economy of construction | 





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Aprenpix—continued. 





of 
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Townland. 


Derrynagree, East 


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agreed to by the House. 
“ Ordered, That the said Report do lie on the 
Table. 
“ Then the Amendments made by the Committee 
to the said Bill, were read by the Clerk, as follow; viz.: 
“ P, 4, 1. 26. Leave out ‘and by borrowing.’ 

“ P. 5,1. ult. Leave out from ‘ Act’ to the end 
of the Clause. 
“ P. 9, 1. 22. Leave out ‘ Thirteen’ and insert 
‘ Eighty-eight.’ 
«“ P. 11,1. 14. Leave out from ‘off’ to the end 
of the Clause. 
« P, 12, 1. 17. After ‘ thereon’ insert Clauses 
(A.), (B.) and (C.) 

“ Crause (A.) ‘ That except, as in this Act 
otherwise expressly provided, the respective holders 
of any mortgages granted by the Company shall 
not be entitled, as regards other mortgages of the 
same class, to any preference one above another by 
reason of the priority of the date of any such mort- 
gage, or of the meeting at which the same was 
authorized, or otherwise howsoever, but shall rank 
pari passu with one another; and for the purposes 
of this provision the Cork and Bandon Railway 
Debenture Shares shall rank as mortgages.’ 

“ CrausE (B.) ‘ That all mortgages given for 
the repayment of money borrowed to pay off other 
mortgages shall comprise and attach upon the 
same property, tolls, rates, contributions, matters 
and things, afford the same rights and enjoy the 
same priority as the mortgages for which the same 
shall be substituted, and no other.’ 


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EXPLANATIONS. 


It would be attended with unnecess: 
expense in altering the level of the 
mail-coach road, upon which the road 
in question abuts, as well as involving 
a bridge, the traffic not requiring it. 

The traffic upon this road is so limited, 
it is not necessary to go to the expense 
of a bridge and embanked approaches. 

To avoid interference with the level of 
the approaches to the adjacent dwell- 
ings and roads, which would be at- 
tended with much inconvenience and 
great expense. 

This road is diverted in order to avoid 
any crossing, which is quite unneces- 
sary. 

Economy of construction. 

This road abuts upon the mail-coach 
road, which it is not desirable to in- 
terfere with the levels of, and would 
be attended with great expense, the 
traffic of the road in question not re- 
quiring such outlay. 

| The traffic of this road does not warrant 

the expense of a bridge and embanked 

approaches. 

| This road abuts upon the mail-coach 

road, which it is not desirable to in- 

terfere with the levels of, and would 

be attended with great expense, the 

traffic of the road in question not re- 
| quiring such outlay. 

| Economy of construction. 

| The traffic on this road is not of suffi- 
cient extent to warrant the expense 
of a bridge and expensive approaches. 

To accommodate the levels of roads and 
dwellings at the village of Ballynas- 
carty station. 

In order to avoid a bridge and 
long expensive embanked 
approaches, quite unsuit- 
able to the levels of the 
adjacent country. 

This road would be very inconvenient to 
| pass across the Railway by a bridge 
| at this place, owing to the oblique way 
| _ in which it intersects the line of Rail- 

way, and the circumstances of the 
| levels of the adjacent ground would 
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17 Vicroriz. 
“ Cuavuse (C.) ‘That the mortgagees of the 


‘ Company may enforce the payment of the arrears 
of principal and interest due on any of their mort- 
gages by the appointment of a Receiver, and in 
order to authorize the appointment of a Receiver, 
the amount owing to the mortgagees by whom 
application for such Receiver shall be made, shall be 


not less than Ten thousand pounds in the whole.’ 


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Three,’ and in the same line leave out ‘ and Twenty- 
* five.’ 

“ P. 12, 1. 29. Leave out ‘ Two’ and insert 
* Three.’ 

“ P. 12,1. 30. Leave out ‘and Twenty-five.’ 

“ P, 12, 1.32. Leave out ‘ Six’ and insert ‘ Five.’ 

“ P. 13, 1. 20. Leave out the second ‘ the’ and 
insert ‘ this.’ 

“ P. 13, 1. 30. Leave out the first ‘to.’ 

“ P.16,1.8. After ‘ book’ insert ‘and forwarded 
‘ through the Post-oftice.’ 

“e 17. Leave out Clause 49. 
17. Leave out Clause 50. 
18. Leave out Clause 51. 
18. Leave out Clause 52. 
. 18. Leave out Clause 53. 

“ P. 18. 1. 19. Leave out from ‘ Accounts’ to 
‘ of’ in], 20. 

P. 18, 1. 25. Leave out ‘ Auditors’ and insert 
* Arbitrators.’ 

“ P. 18, 1. 26. Leave out ‘ Shareholders’ and in- 
sert ‘ the.’ 

“ P. 18, ls. 28 and 29. Leave out ‘ Cork and 
‘ Bandon Railway,’ and in ls. 29 and 30, leave out 
‘ amounting in the aggregate nominal value thereof 
* to,’ and insert ‘ of.’ 

“ Ps. 18 and 19. Leave out Clause 56. 

“ P. 19. Leave out Clause 57. 

“ P. 19. Leave out Clause 58. 

“ P. 20. Leave out Clause 59. 
“ P. 20. Leave out Clause 60. 
“ P. 20. Leave out Clause 61. 

“ P. 20,1. 25. Leave out from ‘ Three’ to the 
end of the Clause. 

“ P. 20, 1. 28. Leave out ‘ Shareholders’ and 
insert ‘ the.’ 

“« P. 20, 1. penult. After ‘ of’ insert ‘ every.’ 

“ P. 20,1. ult. Leave out ‘of whom Two shall 
‘ be Shareholders Directors.’ 

“ P. 22, 1. 17. Leave out ‘ to all intents and 
‘ purposes.’ 

“ P. 23, 1. 2. Leave out ‘ Clogmacsimon’ and 
insert ‘ Cloghmacsimon.’ 

“ P. 23,1. 9. Leave out ‘ Farranasheshery’ and 
insert ‘ Farrannasheshery.’ 

“ P. 24,1. 30. After ‘completed’ insert Clause 
(D.) 

“ Cxause (D.) ‘ That inasmuch as it is expe- 
‘ dient that the Dunmanway and other schools and 
‘ property vested in the Commissioners of National 
‘ Education in Jreland, by virtue of their Act of 
‘ Incorporation, or otherwise howsoever, should be 
‘ preserved as far as practicable from injury by rea- 
‘ son of the formation of the said Railway ; therefore, 
‘ nothing in this Act, or in any of the Acts incorpo- 
‘ rated with, and forming part of this Act, or in any 
‘ of them, shall authorize the said Company to con- 
‘ struct or carry the said Line of Railway through, 
* over, under or across the said school-houses or 
‘ buildings vested in the said Commissioners of Na- 
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tional Education in Jreland, or to enter upon, pos- 
sess or occupy the same, or any of them, or any 
part thereof, for the purposes of the said Railway, 
or to purchase or take any of the lands belonging 
to the said Commissioners of National Education 
in Ireland, except those lands which, on the Plans 
deposited as aforesaid, are numbered 44, in the 
townland of Dunmanway South; 4 and 14, in the 
townland of Tonafora, both in the parish of Fan- 
lobbus ; and 35, in the townland of Dromdaleague, 
in the parish of Dromdaleague, all in the county of 
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713 


Cork, without the consent of the said Commis~ 
sioners of National Education in Jreland for that 
purpose first obtained under the seal of the said 
Commissioners; nor shall it be lawful for the said 
Company to construct the said Railway in such 
manner as that the same, or any part thereof, in 
passing through the said lands of the said Com- 
missioners of National Education in Jreland, shall 
be nearer than Fifty yards to the said school- 
houses and buildings, or any of them, being the 
property of the said Commissioners, without such 
consent as aforesaid ; and the said Company shall 
and they are hereby required to purchase from the 
said Commissioners, if required by them so to do, 
so much of the said lands of the said Commission- 
ers defined on the said Plans as may be severed 
from their said school-houses and buildings by the 
construction of the said Railway, and the said 
Company shall also afford such convenient access 
under, over or across the said Railway to the school 
premises as may be necessary.’ 

“ P, 29, 1. 22. Leave out trom ‘line’ to ‘ but’ in 
1. 25. 

“ P, 29, 1.29. Leave out from ‘ from’ to the end 
of the Clause, and insert ‘ Cork to the Dromourneen 
‘ Terminus, and to Clonakilty.’ 

“ P, 29, 1. 35. After ‘ that’ insert ‘ if and when- 
‘ ever, and in the same line and line penult. leave 
out ‘if and whenever’ and insert ‘ for full traffic as 
‘ hereinafter provided.’ 

“ P. 30, 1. 1. Leave out from ‘ dividend’ to ‘at’ 
in I. 2. 

“ P. 30, 1. 33. After ‘payable’ insert ‘ and for 
‘ other the purposes to be executed by the arbitra- 
‘ tors as hereinafter mentioned.’ 

« P. 30, |. penult. After ‘dying’ insert ‘ resign- 
ing or refusing to act,’ and in the same line and 
line ult. leave out ‘ ill or otherwise.’ 

“ P. 31, 1. 29. Leave out ‘ gross.’ 

“ P. 31, 1. 30. After ‘ Extension’ insert ‘ and the 
‘ expenditure thereof.’ 

“ P. 31, Is. 32 and 33. Leave out ‘ said County 
‘ Directors’ and insert ‘ Arbitrators.’ 

“ P. 31, 1. 36. After ‘ Extension’ insert ‘ and of 
‘ the expenditure thereof.’ 

“ P. 31, 1. 37. Leave out ‘Account County Di- 
‘ rectors’ and insert ‘ Arbitrators.’ 

“ P, 32, 1. 3. Leave out ‘County Directors’ 
and insert ‘ Arbitrators.’ 

“ P. 32, 1. 4. Leave out ‘ or any Two of them,’ 
and in the same line and |. 5, leave out ‘County Di- 
* rectors’ and insert ‘ Arbitrators,’ and in |. 5 leave 
out ‘County Directors’ and insert ‘ Arbitrators.’ 

“ P. 32,1. 6. Leave out ‘necessary’ and insert 
‘ they think fit.’ 

“ P. 32,1. 8. Leave out ‘ said.’ 

“ P. 32, 1. 11. Leave out ‘ gross,’ and in the 
same line, after ‘ Extension’ insert * and the expendi- 
* ture thereof.’ 

“ P. 32, 1. 12. Leave out ‘ County Directors, or 
‘ any of them,’ and insert ‘ Arbitrators.’ 

“ P. 32, 1. 14. Leave out the first ‘ said.’ 

“ Pp. 32, 1.15. Leave out ‘ County Directors’ 
and insert ‘ Arbitrators.’ 

“ P. 32, Is. 21 and 22. Leave out Auditors of 
‘ the Company’ and insert ‘ said Arbitrators.’ 

“© P, 32, 1. 25. Leave out ‘ Auditors’ and insert 
‘ Arbitrators, or any Two of them.’ 

“ Ps, 32 and 33. Leave out Clause 93. 

“ P. 34, Is. 11 and 12. Leave out ‘ ascertained 
‘ as aforesaid.’ 

“ P. 34,1. 15. Leave out from ‘Company’ to 
are’ in line 16. 

“ P. 35, 1.34. After ‘ being’ imsert Clauses 
(E.), (F.), (G.) and (H.) 

“ Cxuause(E.) ‘ That the Company shall, in 
every half-year, out of the gross sums received or 
receivable by the Company in such half-year in re- 
spect of the Cork and Bandon Railway, for traffic 
passing to or from the Bantry Extension, or any 

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part thereof, over the Cork and Bandon Railway, or 
any part thereof, to be ascertained by the accounts 
to be kept as hereinafter provided, and in prefer- 
ence to any other application of those gross sums, 
and also out of the income of the Company in each 
half-year, in preference to the payment out of such 
income of dividend on the original shares, repay 
and reimburse to the Treasurer for the time being 
of the said county of Cork, One-third part of all 
sums paid by the leon under the provisions of 
this Act; and in case any sum payable by the 
Company to the said Treasurer as aforesaid shall 
not be so paid within Three calendar months after 
demand thereof in writing, the said Treasurer may 
recover the same, with full costs of suit, in any 
Court of competent jurisdiction.’ 

“ Crause (F.) ‘ That for the space of ‘Twenty 
years from the opening for public traffic of the 
Bantry Extension, if and so long as the Company 
shall be and continue liable to make any payments 
to the Baronies under the provisions of this Act, 
they shall keep full and true accounts, distinct 
from the other accounts of the Company, and in 
such manner as may from time to time be required 
by the Arbitrators, of the gross sums received or 
receivable by the Company in respect of the Cork 
and Bandon Railway, for traffic passing to or from 
the Bantry Extension, or any part thereof, over 
the Cork and Bandon Railway, or any part thereof, 
which accounts, with the documents and vouchers 
evidencing the same, shall be open to the examina- 
tion of the said Arbitrators ; and copies of such 
accounts, and also of the half-yearly statements of 
accounts of the Company, shall be forwarded half- 
yearly by the Company to such ‘Treasurer, under 
a penalty of Twenty pounds for each default.’ 

“ Criause (G.) ‘ That if at any time before the 
expiration of Twenty years from the opening of 
the Bantry Extension for full traffic, it shall appear 
to the said Arbitrators that the net profits arising 
from the Bantry Extension shall in any year ending 
on the Thirty-first of December, within Five years 
from any period at which any payment shall have 
been made by the Baronies under the provisions 
of this Act, have amounted to such a sum as to 
leave a surplus, after deducting any sums then due 
in respect of repayment by the Company of One- 
third of the Barony contributions as hereinbefore 
provided, and also sums sufficient to pay interest 
or dividend for that year upon the aggregate 
amount then paid up upon Bantry Extension 
Preference Shares, at the rate then payable there- 
on, and also to pay interest or dividend for that 
year at the rate of Four pounds per centum on the 
aggregate amount then paid up upon Bantry 

xtension Shares, the said Arbitrators shall and 
they are hereby required forthwith to certify such 
fact by writing under their hands, stating the 
amount of any such surplus to the Treasurer for 
the time being of the County of Cork; and there- 





upon the said Treasurer shall be entitled to receive | 
from the Company the said surplus, to an extent | 
not exceeding the aggregate amount of the pay- | 
ments theretofore made by the Baronies under the | 

rovisions of this Act, and not previously et 
” the Company.’ | 

“ Crause (H.) ‘ That if at any time hereafter 


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hereby required to — the same by writing 
under their hands, stating the amount of such last- 
mentioned surplus (if any), to the Treasurer for the 
time being of the said County, who shall thereupon 
be entitled to receive from the Company such last- 
mentioned surplus to an extent not exceeding Five 
hundred pounds, as a rent-charge upon the Bantry 
Extension, and also on the Cork and Bandon 
Railway, subject, however, to the mortgages and 
Debenture Shares, and also to the Preference 
Shares at present existing, and then chargeable on 
the said Cork and Bandon Railway, and shall 
apply the sums so received by him in aid of the 
County Cess upon the Baronies which shall have 
made any payments under the provisions of this 
Act, in proportion to the amount paid by each 
Barony respectively.’ 

“ P. 36, 1. 34. Leave out ‘ Dromdalague’ and 


insert ‘ Drimoleague.’ 


“ P. 36, 1. penult. Leave out ‘a Bill, and in- 


sert ‘ an Act.’ 


“ P. 37, 1.11. Leave out from the first ‘ for’ 


to the end of the Clause, and insert ‘ any persons to 


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be named at a public meeting of the rate-payers 
of the Baronies of West Carberry, East Division, 
and West Carberry, West Division, to take all 
necessary steps to procure, in the Session of Par- 
liament to be held in the year One thousand eight 
hundred and Fifty-six, or in any subsequent Ses- 
sion, such Act, authorizing the said Company to 
construct the said Branch Railway from the Bantry 
Extension to the town of Skibbereen, and that they 
shall take all such proceedings, and do and per- 
form all such matters and things as may be neces- 
sary and required under the Standing Orders of 
either House of Parliament, or otherwise, pre- 
viously to such application, and at the costs of 
such persons ; and all sums of money necessarily 
paid by them for the purposes aforesaid, shall be 
recoverable by action of debt in any of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Superior Courts of Common Law in Ireland, 
at the suit of the Treasurer for the time being of 
the County of Cork; and in case the said Com- 
pany shall not procure such Act as aforesaid to be 
passed before the close of the Session for One 
thousand eight hundred and Fifty-five, the said 
Company shall pay to the said Treasurer the sum 
of Five thousand pounds, to be used and applied 
by them in and about and for all necessary pay- 
ments and expenses to be incurred by the persons 
so to be named as aforesaid, in and about the 
endeavouring to procure such Act in the Session 
of Parliament to be holden in the year One thou- 
sand eight hundred and Fifty-six, or any subse- 
quent year, such sum of Five thousand pounds to 
be payable within One fortnight after the close of 
the Session of Parliament to c holden in the year 
One thousand eight hundred and _ Fifty-five, and 
to be recoverable in any of Her Majesty’s Supe- 
rior Courts of Common Law in Jre/and, by action 
of debt, at the suit of the said Treasurer, or other 
persons as aforesaid, against the said Company, 
the surplus of any after-payment of all such costs, 
payments and expenses as aforesaid to be repaid 
to the said Company.’ 

“ Page 37. Leave out Clause 105. 

“ P. 37, 1. 35. Leave out from ‘ Extension’ to 


previously to the expiration of ‘Twenty years from |‘ shall’ in 1. penult. 


the opening for full traffic of the Bantry Extension | 
any payment shall have been made by the Baro- | 
nies under the provisions of this Act (but not | 
otherwise), then after the expiration of the said 
period of Twenty years, whenever it shall appear 
to the said Arbitrators that the net profits of the 
Company arising from the Bantry Extension in 
any year ending on the Thirty-first day of De- 
cember shall have amounted to such a sum as to 
leave a surplus, after deducting Five thousand 

unds for dividend on the Bantry Extension 
Shares, the said Arbitrators shall and they are 











“ P. 37, Lult. After ‘Skibbereen’ insert Clauses 


| (1.) and (K.) 


“ Cravse (I.) ‘That in all cases where any 
monies are under the provisions of this Act made 
payable by the Company to the Treasurer for the 
time being of the said County, or to the Baronies, 
such Treasurer, in default of payment thereof b 
the Company, may recover the same, with full 
costs of suit, by action in any Court of competent 
jurisdiction ; and in any such action, the Treasurer 
for the time being of the said County shall be the 
nominal Plaintiff, and as such entitled to sue on 


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Cork and 
Bandon Rail- 
way (No. 2.) 


Revenue Sur- 
vey (India.) 


Adjournment. 


New Zealand. 


Screw 
Squadron. 


Salvage 
Claims. 


17 Vicroriz. 29°93” Juliz. 715 


‘ behalf of the County; and no such action shall 
‘ abate or be discontinued by reason of the death, 
‘ removal or resignation of any such Treasurer ; and 
‘ all monies received or recovered by such Treasurer 
‘ under the provisions of this Act, shall be carried 
‘ by him to the credit of the Baronies in proportion 
‘to the amounts paid by them respectively under 
‘ the provisions of this Act.’ 

“ Cravuse (K.) ‘ That nothing in this Act con- 
tained shall be deemed or taken to affect any of 
the rights, powers or privileges of the holders of 
mortgages upon the Cork and Bandon Railway, 
or of the holders of Cork and Bandon Railway 
Debenture Shares.’ 

“ Then the following Amendments were made by 
the House to the said Bill: 

« P, 12,1. 23. After ‘ Extension’ insert ‘ and 
the construction of the said Bantry Extension 
shall not be commenced until the whole of the said 
share capital is subscribed for.’ 

« P, 22,1. 20. After ‘ Clonakilty’ insert ‘ and 
the Branch Railway to Skibbereen, if Parliament 
shall in any future Session grant powers to the 
Company to make such Branch.’ 

“ D. 37, 1.31. After ‘That’ insert ‘in the event 
‘ of an Act being obtained for the construction of,’ 
and in the same line leave out ‘ when constructed ’ 
and insert ‘ the said Branch.’ 

« P. 37, 1. penult. Leave out ‘so far as Par- 
‘ liament will permit.’ 

“ Ordered, That the further consideration of 
the said Amendments be put off to this day three 
months.” 


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Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for 
leave to bring in the Cork and Bandon Railway Bill, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to consolidate the Acts relating to the Cork and 
Bandon Railway Company; to authorize the Com- 
pany to construct Extension and Branch Railways, 
and for other purposes: And that Viscount Bernard 
and Mr. Roche do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Selection of Papers illustrative of the Character and 
Results of the Revenue Survey and Assessment 
which has been introduced into the North-West 
Provinces of the Bengal Presidency, since the year 
1833 :—And, similar Return as to the Presidency 
of Bombay. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Mr. Peel presented, pursuant to the directions of 
an Act of Parliament,—New Zealand: Additional 
Instructions relative to the Terms of Purchase and 
Pasturage of Lands at Otago. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Orders from the Board of Admiralty 
to the Senior Officer of the Screw Squadron in June 
1852; together with the Report of the said Senior 
— to the Board of the result of the several 

rials, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all Cases of Assistance rendered, and of 
Claims raised for Assistance rendered, by Naval 
Officers, to Persons, Vessels or Property, that have 
been reported to the Secretary of the Admiralty, 
pursuant to the Admiralty Circular of the 30th day 
of January 1852, respecting Salvage Claims. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by Contract 
Her Majesty’s Command,—Copy of Report of the Packets. 
Committee on Contract Packets, with Appendices. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Government 
a Committee on the Government of India Bill. of India Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Cravss, N° 32 (Provisions of 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 85, 
respecting admission of Students to Haileybury 
College, repealed, and existing rights of Patronage 
of Appointments to Hai/eybury, and of Assistant 
Surgeons, to cease). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 14, 1. 5: After the 
word “appoint” to insert the words “ one half the 
“ number of.” 

Question put, That those words be there in- 
serted ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the fMr. Hume, 1 39 
Yeas,  \|Mr. Newdegate: Ging 
Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, 1 93 
Noes, \Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J “** 


An Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Criause, N° 33 (Subject to Regulations, all per- 
sons desirous of being admitted to Haileybury or 
Addiscombe, or appointed Assistant Surgeons, to be 
admitted for examination). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 14, 1.15: After the 
word “ Haileybury” to insert the words “or such 
“ established or other Colleges, Seminaries and 
“ Universities as shall be appointed for similar pur- 
- in Her Majesty’s Territories in India.” 

poses in Her Majesty’s Terr ' 

Question, That those words be there inserted 
——put, and negatived. 

An Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 34, amended, and agreed to. 

Cxrause, N° 35, agreed to. 

Crause, N® 36, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 37 to N° 39, agreed to. 

Crauseg, N° 40, disagreed to. 

Crause, N° 41, amended, and agreed to. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 23° die Julii, 1853 : 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to 
move, That the Committee may have leave to sit 
again. 

~ Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Incumbered 
mittee on the Incumbered Estates (Jreland) Act Estates (Ire- 
Continuance Bill ; sae cel 

And a Motion being made, and the Question Bill. 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Char ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon Tuesday next, resolve itself 
“ into the said Committee,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, 





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716 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Baines 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Assessed The Order of the day heing read, for the Com- 
Taxes Bil. mittee on the Assessed Taxes Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve o’clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee, 
ar tee The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Ropes! Bil mittee on the Copies of nase Repeal Bill: 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Ministers’ The Order of the day being read, for the second 
nay Ba reading of the Ministers’ Mcney (Ireland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill he read a second time upon 
Monday next. 
Patronage A Motion being made, That the Patronage Ex- 


Exchange Bill. change Bill be now read the third time ; 


Mr. Secretary-at-War, by Her Majesty's Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the purport of the Bill, 
gives Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty's interest 
is concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

And Notice being taken, that the interest of the 
Prince of Wales, as Duke of Cornwall, is concerned 
therein ; 

Mr. Secretary-at-War, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the purport of the Bill, 
gives Her Consent, as far as the Pease of Wales’s 
interest is concerned, that the House may dv therein 
as they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, Vhat Mr. Secretary-at-War do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, without Amend- 
ment. 


Colonial 
Bishops Act 
Extension Bill. 


The Colonial Bishops Act Extension Bill was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Peel do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Land Tax 
Redemption 
Bill. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Land Tax Redemption Bill, 
as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


Thames 
Embankment 
Bill, 


A Motion being made, That the Thames Embank- 
ment Bill be now read the third time; 

Sir William Molesworth, by Her Majesty's Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the purport of the Bill, 
gives Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest 
is concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

A Clause (Mr. Cubitt, with consent, may make 
layb yes on a portion of the lands coloured brown on 
the Plan), was thrice read; and added to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr, Wi/son do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Newspaper The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 


—? Duties jnto consideration the Newspaper Stamp Duties Bill, 
as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


22°—23° Jultz. 





A. 1853. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Highway 
into consideration the Highway Rates Bill, ag Raves Bill. 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 





The Turnpike Trusts Arrangements Bill was, ac- Turnpike 
cording to Order, read the third time. Trusts Ar- 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. a 
Ordered, That Mr. Baines do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Turnpike Acts 
into consideration the Turnpike Acts Continuance, ee 
&amp;c. Bill, as amended in the Committee. — 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Sheep, &amp;. 
into consideration the Sheep, &amp;c. Contagious Dis- Contagious 
: : . - Diseases Pre. 
eases Prevention Bill, as amended in the Com- vention Bi, 
mittee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Places of Reli- 
mittee on the Places of Religious Worship Regis- gious Worship 
tration Bill; Registration 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Burial- 
reading of the Burial-grounds Bill ; grounds Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day three months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Wilson reported from the Committee on the Customs, &amp;. 
Customs, &amp;c. Acts, several Resolutions; which were Acts- 
read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That from and after the 10th day of Post-horse 
October 1853, the Duties of Excise payable under Duties. 
anv Act or Acts now in force on Horses let for hire, 

and on Licenses to let the same, shall respectively 

cease and determine; and in lieu thereof there shall 

be paid for and in respect of every License to be 

taken out yearly by every person who shall Ict any 

Horse for hire, with or without any Carriage to be 

used therewith, the following Duties of Excise (that 

is to say) :— 





Where the person taking out such license shall | Duty. 
keep at one and the same time to be let for _ 
hire— £. 8. d. 

One horse or one carriage only - -| 710 - 

And where such person shall keep, as aforesaid, 
any greater number of horses or carriages— 

Not exceeding 2 horses or 2 carriages -/| 1210 - 
Not exceeding 4 horses or 3 carriages -|20 - - 
Not exceeding 8 horses or 6 carriages = - | 30 - = 
Not exceeding 12 horses or 9 carriages - | 40 - - 
Not exceeding 16 horses or 12 carriages - | 50 - - 
Not exceeding 20 horses or 15 carriages - | 60 - - 
Exceeding 15 carriages - - = -|70 - - 
Exceeding 20 horses, then for every addi- 

tional number of 10 horses, and for any | 

additional number less than 10 over and | 

above 20, or any other multiple of 10 | 

horses, the further additional Duty of - 10 - - 


2. Resolved, That from and after a day to be Hackney Car- 
named, the Duties now payable in respect of Hack- Tiage Duties. 
nev Carriages, and Licenses to keep and let to hire 

such Carriages, within the distance of five miles from 





upon Monday next. 





the 





Custcms, &amp;c. 
Acts. 


Consolidated 
Annuities 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Sale, &amp;c. of 
Lands (Tre- 
land) Bill. 


Friendly 
Societies Bill. 


Merchant 
Shipping Bill. 


Committees. 


Richmond 
(Yorkshire) 
Burgage 
Pastures Bill. 


17 Vicroriz. 


the General Post-office in the City of Zondon, shall; 
cease and determine; and in lieu thereof there shall | 
be payable for and in respect of every Hackney Car- 
riage which shall be kept, used or let to hire within 
the limits of the Act of the present Session of Parlia- | 
ment, chapter 33, for the better regulation of Metro- | 
— Stage and Hackney Carriages, the several | 

uties following (that is to say) :— 





For and upon every Jicense to be taken out ; £. &amp;. d. 
yearly to keep, use, and let to hire any such 
ackney carriage ee a + eh - eo = 
And for and in respect of every such hackney 
carriage as aforesaid, weekly and every 
week :— Weekly Duty. 
Where the license for such carriage shall = 
authorize the using and letting to hire 
of the same on every day of the week, 
the sum of - - - - - -| - 
And where such license shall authorize the 
using and letting to hire of such carriage 
onevery day of the week except Sunday, 
thesumof - - * &lt;-— ja 


} 
| 


J 





- 6 «= 


3. Resolved, That it is expedient to amend the 
laws relating to the granting of Licenses and pay- 
ment of Duties in respect of Metropolitan Stage and | 
Hackney Carriages. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, | 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Bills be brought in upon the said 
Resolutions: And that Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Chancellor 
of the Exchequer, and Mr. Wilson do prepare, and 
bring them in, 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 
mittee on the Customs, &amp;c. Acts ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Consolidated Annuities (Jre- 
land) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon | 
Monday next. 








The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Sale, &amp;c. of Lands (Jreland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 
three months, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Friendly Societies Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 





The Order of the day being read, for the third | 
reading of the Merchant Shipping Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


Notice being taken, that Forty Members were 
not present :—The House was told by Mr. Speaker; 
and Forty Members not being present, and it being 
then half an hour after Two of the clock on Satur- 
day morning :—The House was adjourned by Mr. 
Speaker, without a Question first put, till Mcnday 
next. 











Luna, 25° die Julii ; 
Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 


QRDERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee 
on the Richmond (Yorkshire) Burgage Pastures 
(re-committed) Bill ; That they had further amended 
the Preamble, by striking out certain words which 
appeared to be unnecessary, and had also made fur- 
ther Amendments in the provisions of the Bill. 


29° 95° — 25° Julti. 717 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee Sneed Park 
on the Sneed Park Estate Bill; That they had ex- Estate Bill 
amined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and made some verbal Amendments 
thereto ; and found the same, as amended, to be true; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to consolidate Cork and 
the Acts relating to the Cork and Bandon Railway Bandon Rail- 
Company, to authorize the Company to construct i) _—s 
Extension and Branch Railways, and for other pur 
poses: And the same was read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Ordered, That the Examiner have leave to sit and 
proceed forthwith. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration British Elec- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the British trie Telegraph 
Electric Telegraph Company Bill; and the same Comp*ry Bil 
were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration London and 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the London North Western 
and North Western Railway (orthampton, &amp;c.) on 
Bill; and the same were twice read, and agreed to. ton, &amp;c.) Bill. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 


Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration London and 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the London North Western 
and North Western Railway (Saint Alban’s, &amp;c.) Canina aibent 

. 2? a 8, 
Bill; and the same was twice read, and agreed to. &amp;c.) Bill. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 


Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration west Harptry 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the West Road Bill. 
Harptry Road Bill; and the same were twice read, 


‘and agreed to. 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 


Lordships. 


The Banbridge, Dublin, Newry and Belfast Junc- Banbridge, 
tion Railway Bill was read the third time; and ear yt 
Amendments were made to the Bill. peck: ogg 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





| 

| The Galway Improvement Bill was read the third Galway Im- 
'time; and Amendments were made to the Bill. — 

| Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
| Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
| The Order of the day being read, for the third Warrington 
reading of the Warrington and Altrincham Junction = — 
| . r. . : am Junction 
| Railway (Warrington, &amp;c.) Bill; Railway (War~ 
| And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now rington, &amp;c.) 
read the third time ; Bill 

Lord Ernest Brice, by Her Majesty’s Command, 

}acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
VoL. 108. 





4y¥3 cerned, 














































































Tralee and 
Killarney 
Railway 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Duke of 
Atholl’s 
Estate Bill. 


Treffry’s 
Estate Bill. 


Duke of 
Cleveland's 


Bill. 


Duke of 
Cleveland’s 


Pidgley’s 
Estate Bill. 


Chaytor’s 
Estate Bill 


Chaytor’s 
Estate Bill. 


Bedford 
Charity 
Estate Bill 


tion Bill. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


(Harte) Estate 


Transporta- 


No. 809. 


Eastern Union 
Railway Bill Union Kailway (re-committed) Rill be taken into} Rates of Duty imposed severally on the Import of 


Eastern Union 


718 


cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall | 
think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the) 
Title be, An Act to enable the Warrington and 
Altrincham Junction Railway Company to make 
Deviations and Branches at Warrington, and to use 
certain neighbouring Railways. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Tralee and Killarney Railway 
(No. 2) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That Standing Order, No. 177, be sus- 
pended in respect of the said Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Henry Herbert do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Duke of Atholl’s Estate Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Treffry’s Estate Bill was read a second time; 
and committed. 


25° Juli. 





Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-| 
mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from | 


one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; | 


Estate Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 


Ordered, That the Duke of Cleveland’s (Harte) 
Estate Bill be read a second time. 


(Harte) Estate 

Bill 

Pidgley’s Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Estate Bill! one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 


That in the case of Pidgley’s Estate Bill, no Standing 
Orders are applicable. 


Ordered, That Pidgley’s Estate Bill be read a) 


second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of Chaytor’s Estate Bill, no Stand- 
ing Orders are applicable. 


Ordered, That Chaytor’s Estate Bill be read a 


second time. 


The Bedford Charity Estate Bill was read the 
first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Transportation Bill was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Thurs- 
day next; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Special Report on the Eastern 


consideration To-morrow. 


taken before the Committee on the Bill, at the ex- 


pense of the Opponents, if they think fit. 


Ordered, That Mr. Scholefield have leave of ab- 
sence for a week, on account of the death of a near 
relation ;—and, Mr. Cowan a fortnight, on urgent 
business. 


That in the case of the Duke of Cleveland’s (Harte) | 
foregoing Heads; with an Appendix showing the 
| several Items composing each Head of the Account 


Ordered, That the Opponents of the Eastern Union | 
Railway Bil. Railway Bill be at liberty to print the Evidence the Eust India Company into the United Kingdom 





A. 1853. 





Petitions relating to Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ; Public 
of Personal Liberty Bill; — Scottish Petitions. 


— Recove 
Episcopal -, Road — Malcolm Lewin;—Paper, News- 
paper Stamps, and Advertisements ;—Taxation (Jre- 


Vide Seventy. 
seventh Re. 


land) ; — Clerks of Petty Sessions (/reland) ; —- Pott. 


Education Bill ;— Medical Officers (Navy) ;—Savings 
Banks Bill; — and, Vaccination Extension Bill,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition relating to [ntoxicating Liquors, was 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Public-houses, &amp;c. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table Public Income 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, ye 


dated the 8th day of March last, for an Account of 
the Public Income and Expenditure of the United 
Kingdom, in the years ending the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary 1851, 1852 and 1853; distinguishing the 
actual Payments for the Expenses incurred in the 
Collection and Management of the Revenue; for 
the Charges of the Public Debt (the Terminable 
Annuities being valued by Estimate); for the Ex- 
penses of the Civil Government; the Allowances 
to the Royal Family, and to his Majesty the King 
of the Belgians; the Establishment of the Lord 
Lieutenant of Jreland; the Expenses of the two 
Houses of Parliament, and the Civil Departments ; 
the other Pensions on the Consolidated Fund, on 
the Gross Revenue, and the Civil List; also, the 
Payments for the Administration of Justice, Diplo- 
matic Expenses, and on account of the Sums voted 


for the Army, Navy, Ordnance, and Miscellaneous 


Services ; also Public Works, Bounties, Post-office, 
the Quarantine and Warehouse Establishments, and 
all other Payments not coming under any of the 


(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 485, 
of Session 1852). 

Return to an Order, dated the 8th day of June 
last, for Returns of the Amount of the Defalcation 
of Mr. Casey, Collector of Assessed and Income 
Taxes, in respect of which a re-assessment was 
made on the Parish of Newington, Surrey, in the 
year 1850:—Of the Amount recovered of his Sure- 
ties in respect of such Defalcation :—Of the Amount 
levied and collected in the Parish of Newington to 
meet such Defalcations ; and how the Surplus has 
been applied :—Of the Amount collected under the 
re-assessment of 1852, to meet Mr. Stone’s Defal- 
cations, which re-assessment was abandoned when 
a part had been collected :—Of the Amount of the 
second re-assessment made in 1853, being the one 
now in Collection :—And, of the separate Amounts 
charged upon the Property and Income Taxes, the 
| Assessed Taxes, and the Inhabited House Duty. 
|_ Further Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of 
June last, for Returns of the Quantity and Value of 
|Calicoes, Muslins, and Cotton Goods and Cotton 
| Yarn exported from the Territories of the East India 
| Company, in the year 1833, and in each succeeding 
| year, stating the Countries to which exported, and 
| the Quantity and Value to each, as far as possible: 
| —Of the Quantity and Value of Calicoes, Muslins, 
Cotton Goods and Cotton Yarns of all kinds im- 
| ported into Jndia, and from what Countries, in the 
| year 1833, and in each subsequent year, stating the 





| these Articles: — Of the Quantity and Value of 


'Calicoes, Muslins, and Cotton Goods of all kinds, 
and Cotton Yarn, imported from the Possessions of 


}in the year 1833, and in each succeeding year ; 
stating the Rates of Duty imposed severally on 
these Goods :—And, of the Quantity and Value of 
Calicoes, Muslins, and Cotton Goods of all kinds, 
and of Cotton Yarn and Twist exported from the 
United Kingdom in the year 1833, and in each 
subsequent year, stating the Countries to which 
exported, 





| 





Assessed and 
Income Taxes 
(Newington.) 


Calicoes, &amp;c. 




























































Lighthouses. 


Pilotage. 


Barrack 
Master 
(Weedon. ) 


Public 
Petitions 
(Seventy-sixth 
Report.) 





Entry of 
Seamen Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords. 
Coinage 
Offences (Co- 
fonies) Bill. 


London and 


17 Vicroriz. 


exported, and the Quantity and Value to each 
Country, as far as possible. 

Return to an Order, dated the 21st day of this 
instant July, for Copy of Memorial from the Guar- 
dians of the Parish of Bedminster, presented to 
the Poor Law Board on the 22d day of February 
1853. 

The following Papers, pursuant to the directions 
of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon 
the Table by the Clerk of the House,—A Return 
of the Receipt and Application of all Monies received 
as Tolls for Lighthouses, &amp;c., in the year ending 
31st December 1851, by the Cerporation of Trinity 
House of Depiford Strond. 

A Return of the Receipt and Applications of all 
Monies received as Tolls for Lighthouses, &amp;c., in 
the year ending 31st December 1852, by the Corpo- 
ration of Trinity House of Deptford Strond. 

Account of the Receipt and Appropriation of the 
Pilots’ Fund of the Corporation of Trinity House of 
Deptford Strond ; distinguishing the several sources 
of Income, and Heads of Expenditure, in the year 
ending 31st December 1852. 

Copy of Treasury Minute of 1st July 1853, grant- 
ing Speciai Superannuation Allowance to Captain 
Lake, Barrack-master at Weedon. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 22d day of this instant 
July; and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 





Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Entry of Seamen Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Crauszs, N° 1 to N°3, amended, and agreed to. 


Criause, N° 4 (Section 4 of 5 &amp; 6 Will. 4, c. 24, 
concerning double bounty, repealed, and the rates 
of bounty and the increase in cases of early enter- 
ing, &amp;c., to be fixed by Royal Proclamation). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1.16: After the 
word “ Navy” to insert the words “ either during 
“ the time of peace or war,” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 

Cvausss, N° 5 to N° 11, agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 12 and Ne 13, amended, and 
agreed to. 

Cravuses, N° 14 to N° 18, agreed to. 

Cause, N° 19, amended, and agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson 
Patten reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow, at 
Twelve o’clock. 


A Message from the Lords by Mr. Blunt : 


Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Coinage Offences 
(Colonies) Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the London and North 


North Western Western Railway (Oldham Branch) Bill, without any 


Railway (Old- 


ham Branch) 
Bilt, 





Amendment: And also, 
VoL. 108. 








25° Sulit. 719 


The Lords have agreed to the New Ross Free New Ross 
Bridge Bill, without any Amendment: And also, aay Bridge 
il, 


The Lords have agreed to the Blyth and Tyne Blyth ana 
Railway Bill, with an Amendment; to which Amend- Tyne Railway 
ment the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : B“ 

And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Land Revenues Land Reve- 
Bill, with Amendments; to which Amendments 2¥es Bill. 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 

And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Whitehaven and whitehaven 
Furness Junction Railway Bill, with Amendments ; and Furness 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the con- ee 
currence of this House: And also, Te 

The Lords have agreed to the Lianelly Railway Lianelly Rail- 
and Dock (No. 2) Bill, with Amendments; to way and Dock 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- (N° 2) Bill. 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Limerick and Limerick and 
Foynes Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which Foynes Rail- 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of **Y 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Birkenhead Dock Birkenhead 
Trustees Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- Dock Trustees 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this ”” 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Ribble Navigation Ribble Navi- 
Bill, with Amendments; to which Amendments the *tion Bill. 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the East London Water- East London 
works Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- W2terworks 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this ~ 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Milford Haven Milford Haven 
Docks Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- Docks Bill. 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Halifax Water- Halifax 
works and Improvement Bill, with Amendments ; bade tema 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- ment Bull. 
rence of this House:—And then the Messenger 
withdrew. 


Mr. Corry reported from the Committee on Group Eastern Union 
PP. of Railway Bills; That in the case of the Railway Bill. 
Eastern Union Railway (re-committed) Bill, the 
Committee had made no further Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Bedford 
Private Bills have leave to sit and proceed forth- Charity, 
with on the Bedford Charity Estate Bill. ” 


Ordered, That Viscount Bernard have leave of Leave of 
absence for the remainder of the Session, on urgent “&gt;sence- 
business. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Cork and — 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, ae 4 
That in the case of the Cork and Bandon Railway Bil sa 
(No 2) Bill, the Standing Orders have been com- 


plied with. 


Ordered, That Standing Orders, Nos. 160 and 190, Cork and 
be suspended in respect of the Cork and Bandon Bandon Rail- 
Railway (No. 2) Bill; and that the Bill be read a jay X*”? 
second time To-morrow, provided the Promoters 
give Notice this day in the Private Bill Office. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Preliminary 
Returns of the Number of Reports which have been Mauiries Act. 
made to Parliament, and also of the Inquiries which 
have been held by the Admiralty, or by Inspectors 
appointed under the Preliminary Inquiries Act, 

1851, since the passing thereof: —And of the Names 
of the Persons appointed as Inspectors, the Num- 
ber of Days such Inspectors were engaged, and the 





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Metropolitan 
Commission 
of Sewers. 


No, 810. 


Registrar of 


Deeds (Dublin-) Copy of Report from the Registrar of Deeds in 


Stephen Mount. 


Capture of 
Bruné. 


Poor Law 
(Orders of 
Removal. ) 


720 25° Sulit. A. 1853. 


Amount of Expense incurred on each Inquiry, and 
whether such Expense was paid wholly or in part 
by the Admiralty, or by Promoters of any Private 
Bill, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return from the Metropolitan Commissioners of 
Sewers, setting forth the Amount of Debt and Lia- 
bilities due from the Commissioners at the present 
time; the Increase of the Debt and Liabilities in 
each year since the passing of the Act of 1851; the 
Amount which has been levied by Rate in each year 
since the Act of 1851, and the Amount by Loan or 
otherwise; how much of the Sums so raised has 
been expended in reducing former Liabilities ; and 
how much in new Works and Management in each 
year :—And, Statement of the Works intended to 
be executed, for which the Sum of £.400,000 is pro- 
posed to be raised by Mortgage of the Rates, and 
the Estimate of the same; how much such Sum of 
£.400,000 will be in the Pound as Rate upon the 
Inhabitants ; how much the Sum of Sixpence in the 
Pound, which the Commissioners are now authorized 
to levy, will produce ; and what is the Annual Value 
of Property upon which the Commissioners are em- 
powered to levy a Rate. 

Sir Benjamin Hall accordingly presented the said 
Return. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


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Ordered, That there Le laid before this House, a 


Dublin, showing the progress which has been made 
in forming Maps and Indexes, in compliance with | 
the provisions of the Act 13 &amp; 14 Vic. c. 72; also, 
a Statement of the Extent to which Registration 
under the said Act has been carried, or of the Rea- | 
sons for non-compliance with its provisions :—And, | 
Return of the Charge and Discharge of the Office | 
in each year, from 1838 (in continuation of Parlia-. 
mentary Paper, No. 571, of Session 1839), contain- | 
ing all the Particulars of that Return, and any addi- | 
tional sources of Income or Expenditure arising | 
from Acts regulating Registration, passed subsequent | 
to 1838. 


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Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a | 
Copy of the Evidence taken on the Trial of Stephen | 
Mount, ordered by this House to be prosecuted for | 
Perjury, together with the summing-up of the Judge. | 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously please 
to give directions, that there be laid before this | 
House, Copies of Sir Thomas Cochrane’s Memorial 
to the Queen in Council, requesting that the Guns | 
captured at Bruné in 1846, by the Squadron under 
his Command, might be sold for the benefit of the 
Captors, and treated as Prize of War :—And, of the | 
Order of the Queen in Council passed in 1851, re- 
lative to the disposal of these Guns. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honcurable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns, showing the Number of Orders of Removal 
from Parishes, signed by Justices, and executed in 
Englend and Wales, during the year ending the 
25th day of March 1853; stating the Number of 
Persons removed, the Nature of alleged Settlement, 
and the Amount of Expenses incurred in the Re- 
moval, including the Cost of obtaining the Orders, 
Service of the same, and Travelling Expenses of the 
Paupers removed, but not the Cost of Relief before 
Removal ; distinguishing the Orders so executed 
between Parishes in the same Union, and between 
Parishes in ditierent Unions; stating, also, the Num- 
berof Orders of Removal of Scotch and Irish Paupers, 














and Paupers belonging to the Channel Islands and 
the Isle of Man, during the same period. 






Ordered, That the Population, in the year 1801, Poor Law. 
of every Parish, Township or Place liable to main- 
tain its own Poor, be added to the Poor Law Re- 
turns ordered to be laid before this House on the 
Ist day of April 1852. 


Ordered, That, in the matter of the Peterborough reine 
Election Petitions Committee, the Parties have leave Settiione, 
to appear by themselves, their Counsel or Agents. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Freehold Land 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased S°ieties. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return, showing the Number of Freehold 
Land Societies in the United Kingdom on the 1st 
day of August 1853; the Number of Members; the 
Number of Shares subscribed for; the Amount of 
Capital subscribed for ; the Amount actually paid ; 
the Number of Estates purchased, with the Acreage 
of each; the Total probable Cost of the Estates 
when divided amongst the Members; also, the 
Number of Freeholds into which these Estates will 


placed on the Register. 





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Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 


Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Metropolitan 
mittee on the Metropolitan Sewers Acts Continuance Sewers Acts 
Bill ; Continuance 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
at ‘I'welve o’clock, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


Resulved, That after Monday, the Ist day of a 
August next, Orders of the Day have precedence of “"'7** 
Notices of Motions upon Tuesdays. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Government 
into a Committee on the Government of India Bill, % ™dia Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Cuause (C.) (That the Secret Committee of the 
Court of Directors shall consist of the Chairman, 
Deputy Chairman, and such other Director as shall 
be selected and nominated by the Court of Directors; 
and that the said Court of Directors shall select 
and nominate such third member on the first Wed- 
nesday in April 1854, and shall certify the said ap- 
pointment, and in the case of vacancy all future 
appointments to the President of the Board of Com- 
missioners for the Affairs of Jndia, under the Seal 
of the East India Company)——brought up, and 


read 1°, 
Motion made, and Question, That the said Clause 
be now read a second time——put, and negatived. 


Clause (That the said Secret Committee shall 
transmit to the Supreme Government in Jndia all 
orders of the said President of the Board of Com- 
missioners for the Affairs of India, as by the law 

is 








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is now required as to orders emanating from the subjects as aforesaid, subject to the provision that 
said President, except that if the said Secret Com- | such admissions shall be in the proportion of not 


mittee shall think fit, they may tender their advice | more than one to three of those admitted to Hai- 


and opinion on the effect of any such order and | 
orders; and if they deem it expedient may enter a’ 


leybury)——brought up, and read 1°. 
Motion made, and Question put, ‘That the said 


protest in writing as to the effect of such order or | Clause be now read a second time ; 


orders, and that such protests shall be duly recorded 
at the office of the said Secret Committee, and also | 
at the office of the said President; but nothing in | 
this Act shall be construed in any way to interfere | 
with the power of the said President to issue any | 
order or orders that he may think fit to direct shall | 
be transmitted through the said Secret Committee) | 
——brought up, and read 1°. | 

Motion made, and Question put, That the said | 
Clause be now read a second time ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the { Sir Henry Willoughby, \ 4, 

Yeas, Mr. Mangles: | ir 
Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, } 
Noes, (Mr. Grenville Berkeley: 

Clause (The electors of the Court of Directors 
shall be all persons having £.500 stock of the East 
India Company, and having had that for 12 months, 
as by the present law ; also all holders of Company’s 
paper to the value of 10,000 rupees; also, every | 


72. 











The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the (Mr. Rich, 7 
Yeas, UMr. Bright: f 47. 

Tellers for the io Hayter, 1 . 
Noes, Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J saad 


Motion made, and Question, That the Chairman 
do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again 
ut, and negatived. 
Clause (At every ballot for the election of Di- 
rectors of the East India Company, the Proprietors 
of Stock or Shares in any Company or Association 
of persons established by authority of Parliament, 
or of the Government of Zndia, for the purpose of 
effecting or carrying on by means of joint stock 
any undertaking of irrigation, drainage, railway or 
other communication, or other object of internal 
improvement in India, under the supervision of the 
Government thereof (such Proprietors being quali- 
fied as hereinafter mentioned), shall be entitled to 





| vote in respect of their paid-up Stock or Shares, 


civil and military servant who has served the Com- | according to the scale following; that is to say: 
pany for 20 years in Jndia, and who shall have re-| one vote in respect of £.2,000 ; two votes in respect 


tired from the service of the Company, shall be of £.4,000; three votes in respect of £.7,000; four 
entitled to vote for a Director after he shall have yotes in respect of £.10,000, and upwards) —— 





been 12 months at home, and 12 months after he! 
shall have resigned the service; and all electors | 
shall be enabled to vote by proxy)——brought up, 
and read 1°. 
Motion made, and Question put, That the said 
Clause be now read a second time ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the Mr. Hume, 1 
Yeas, | Mr. Ashford Wise: J 
Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, hog 
Noes, Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J ‘™ 
Clause (And whereas doubts have been enter- | 
tained as to the extent of the powers granted to the | 
Governor General in Council, by the 43d section of | 
the said Act of the third and fourth years of King | 
William the Fourth, it is hereby declared that the | 
said Governor General in Council shall have full’ 
powers to enact, alter or amend any laws for the | 
said territories (subject to the restrictions specified | 
in the said 43d section of the said Act, as well as, 
to the right of disallowance of such laws vested in 
the Court of Directors by the 44th section of the! 
same), without any previous sanction of the said 
Court of Directors, except in the cases reserved by 
the 46th section of the said Act, notwithstanding 
any provision to the contrary contained in former 
Acts or Charters still in force and unrepealed)—— 
brought up, aud read 1°. 
Motion made, and Question, That the said Clause | 
be now read a second time--—put, and negatived. | 
Clause (Whereas it is enacted by the Act 3 &amp; 4 | 
Will. 4, c. 85, s. 87, that no native of Her Majesty’s | 
Indian Territories, nor any natural-born subject of 
Her Majesty resident therein, shall by reason only 
of his religion, place of birth, descent, colour, or any 
of them, be disabled from holding any place, office | 
or employment under the said Company; and 
whereas, notwithstanding such enactment, no such 
persons have been admitted into the covenanted 
service of the said Company, and that religious, 
pecuniary and other difficulties must always greatly 
impede or entirely prevent such natives of India 
from competing for admission to the College of Hai- 
leybury, now thrown open to them; Be it enacted, 
That it shall be lawful for the said Board of Com- | 
missioners, at any time immediately after the passing | 
of this Act, and from time to time, to frame and | 
make regulations for the due admission within Her 
Majesty's Territories in Jndia into the covenanted | 
civil service of the said Company such natural-born 
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brought up, and read 1°. 
Motion made, and Question, That the said Clause 
be now read a second time put, and negatived. 





To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 
And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 26° die Julii, 1853: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
egress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, at Twelve 
o'clock, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Crime and 
Outrage (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


reading of the Crime and Outrage (/re/and) Bill; 

And a Motion being made, ard the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. ‘To leave out the word 
“now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ now”’ 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the {ies Hayter, } 141 

Yeas, Mr. Grenville Berkeley: : 

Tellers for the) Mr. Bowyer, \ 93 

Noes, UMr. Lucas : | oe 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time : 
—The Bill was accordingly read a second time; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Customs Bill 


mittee on the Customs Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Employment 


i he E ‘Idren in F. jeg of Children in 
mittee on the Employment of Children in Factories 20 § Bill. 


Bill; 
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Drainage of 
Lands (Ire- 
land) Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Burials 
(beyond the 
Metropolis ) 
Bill. 


Evidence 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Stamp Duties 
(No, 2) Bill. 





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Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Drainage of Lands (Jreland) Act 
Amendment Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Burials (beyond the Metro- 
polis) Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 

graph. 
reamble postponed. 

Cravuse, N° 1, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravses, No. 2 and N° 3, agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 4, amended, and agreed to. 

Curavuses, No. 5 and N° 6, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 7 (Certain provisions of Metropolitan 
Burial Act, 15 &amp; 16 Vic. c. 85, extended to Parishes, 
&amp;c. not in the Metropolis). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 3,1. 39: After the 
word “inclusive” to insert the words “ excepting 
“ Sections 30 and 31.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted 
——put, and negatived. 

An Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 8 and N° 9, agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr.Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Thursday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Evidence Amendment Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, aceording to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Stamp Duties (No. 2) Bill. 
In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 
Crause, N° J, amended, and agreed to. 
Criause, N° 2, agreed to. 
Cravuse, N° 3 (Duties on Newspapers and Sup- 
plements). 
Question put, That the Clause stand part of the 
Bill; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, } 99 
Yeas, (Mr. Grenville Berkeley: wa 
Tellers for the{ Mr. Newdegate, \ 40 
Noes, \Mr. Spooner: , 
Crauses, N° 4 to N° 7, agreed to. 
Clause added. 
ScuEDULE: 
Duty. 





Articles of clerkship or contract whereby any 
person shall first become bound to serve as a 
clerk in order to his admission as an attorney 
or solicitor in any of Her Majesty’s Courts at 
Westminster or in Ireland, or in order to his 
admission as a proctor in the High Court of 
Admiralty in England, or the Court of Admi- 
ralty in Jre/and, or in any of the Ecclesiastical 
Courts in Doctors’ Commons or in Jreland - 


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Amendment proposed: To leave out the words 
Articles of clerkship or.” 


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A. 1853. 


Question, That the words “ Articles of clerkship 
“ or” stand part of the Schedule—— put, and 
agreed to. 

Amendments made. 

Schedule, as amended, agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Thursday 
next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Vaccination 
into a Committee on the Vaccination Extension Bill; Extension Bill 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- No. 811. 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Juvenile 
reading of the Juvenile Mendicancy Bill; ny 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time” * 
upon Monday next. 


The Land Tax Redemption Bill was, according Land Tax 
to Order, read the third time. Redemption 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. _ 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Newspaper Stamp Duties Bill was, according Newspaper 
to Order, read the third time. Stamp Duties 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. = 
Ordered, ‘That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Highway Rates Bill was, according to Order, Highway 
read the third time. Rates Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fitzroy do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill was, accord- Turnpike Acts 
ing to Order, read the third time. Continuance, 
A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill ® Bi- 

(That from and after the 31st day of December next 

(or if all or any of the tolls upon any turnpike-road 

have been demiised or leased at the time of the pass- 

ing of this Act, then after the expiration of the said 

lease) no toll shall be taken for passing through any ‘ 
toll-gate, toll-bar or chain erected, or to be erected 

or continued, on any turnpike-road, or on the sides 
thereof, in England or North Wales, for any horses, 

beast, cattle or other animal or thing liable to toll 

or duty, within the distance of two miles by the 
nearest turnpike-road from the previous toll-gate, 
toll-bar or chain under the control and management 

of the same Turnpike Trust at which toll has been 

paid for the same horses, beast, cattle or other ani- 

mal or thing, upon a ticket denoting such payment 

being produced: Provided always, That any Turn- 

pike Trusts which have been united under the pro- 
visions of an Act passed in the twelfth and thirteenth 

years of the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled, 

“ An Act to facilitate the Union of Turnpike Trusts,” 

shall, for the purposes of the said enactment, be 
considered as separate Trusts, as if the same had 

not been united: Provided also, That no person or 
persons shall be authorized or empowered to claim 
exemption from the payment of toll under the au- 
thority of this Act, at any toll-gate, toll-bar or chain, 

within five miles of the General Post-office in the 

City of London, or within three miles of the principal 
peneren in any city, borough or market town, 

1aving more than four thousand inhabitants ; or at 

any toll-gate, toll-bar or chain placed upon or by 

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17 Vicroriz. 


the sides of any road under the charge of the Com- 
missioners of the Metropolis Turnpike Roads north 
of the Thames) :—And the said Clause was brought 
up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question be- 
ing put, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the {Mr. Frewen, 


Y on 
Yeas, \Mr. Fitzwilliam Hume: f ™ 

Tellers for the ‘ne Hayter, Lio 
Noes, Mr. Grenville Berkeley: § 


So it passed in the Negative. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(Prohibiting the use of Dogs for the purpose of 
drawing any Cart, &amp;c. on Turnpike-roads) :—And 
the said Clause was brought up, and twice read, 
with a blank; and committed to a Committee of 
the whole House :—The House accordingly resolved 
itself into the Committee; and, after some time 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
Sir William Molesworth reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Clause, and made an 
Amendment thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Sir William Molesworth accordingly reported the 
Clause ; and the Amendment was read, and agreed 
to; and the said Clause was read the third time, 
and added to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to continue certain Turnpike Acts 
in Great Britain, and to make further Provisions 
concerning Turnpike Roads in England, and con- 
cerning Carts drawn by Dogs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bouverie do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Sheep, &amp;c. Contagious Diseases Prevention 
Bill was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fitzroy do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Consolidated Annuities (Ireland) Bill was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(Provided always, That no succession of annuities 
so consolidated shall be granted to any proprietor 
who has purchased property at sales by the Com- 
missioners for the sale of Incumbered Estates, but 
that the amount due for Consolidated Annuities 
shall be paid by the Paymaster of Civil Services in 
Ireland to the credit of the Accountant General to 
the credit of the Commissioners for the Sale of In- 
cumbered Estates, who shall pay over the same to 
the credit of the unsatisfied claims of such receiver, 
and if not, to the late proprietors of such estates) :— 
And the said Clause was brought up, and read the 
first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a se- 
cond time :— It passed in the Negative. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Merchant Shipping Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Landlord and Tenant (Jreland) 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
this day. 


The Betting-houses Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Thursday next. 

VoL. 108. 





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723 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Dublin Car- 
into a Committee on the Dublin Carriage Bill; and, "8° Bul 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 0-812. 
the Chair; and Sir William Molesworth reported, 

That the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Truck Act 
‘ Amendment 
ill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 


_| Thursday next. 


The Customs, &amp;c. Duties Bill was, according to Customs, &amp;c. 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Duties Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Tenants’ _ 
consideration the Tenants’ Compensation (Jreland) taiek) Bane 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; aaaien 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Metropolitan 

reading of the Metropolitan Building Act further — ae 
: er Amend- 

Amendment Bill; ment Bill. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaviug out the words “ Thursday next,” 
and adding the words “ this day three months,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ Thursday next” stand part of the Question :—It 
passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words 

“ this day three months” be added instead therecf: 
—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day three months. 





| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Incumbered 
| mittee on the Incumbered Estates (/reland) Act Estates (Ire- 
| Continuance Bill; yn Sorel 
A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Bill. 
That this House do now adjourn :—It passed in the 
Negative. 
Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Attorney 
| General reported, That the Committee had gone 
| through the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
, mittee, be taken into consideration upon Thursday 
| next. 
| 
| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Copies of 
| mittee on the Copies of Specifications Repeal Bill ; a 
| Lesolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, eee 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 





The Order of the day being read, for the second Ministers’ 
reading of the Ministers’ Money (Ireland) Bill; a = 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon —_o 

Thursday next, at Twelve o’clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
422 





The 








724 


Customs, &amp;e. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Acts. mittee on the Customs, &amp;c. Acts ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Friendly The Order of the day being read, for the second 


Societies Bill. reading of the Friendly Societies Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


Naval Coast The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

Volunteers = mittee on the Naval Coast Volunteers Bill ; 

- Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Public Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Biil to 

— and extend and amend the Act for encouraging the 


in large Towns: And that Mr. Ewart, Mr. Bro- 
therton and Mr. Hamilton do prepare, and bring 
it in, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of any Memorial or Memorials addressed to 
the Postmaster General in the course of the present 
year by the Town Commissioners of Youghal, on the 
subject of the Postal Communication between that 
Town and Tallow, Lismore and Dungannon, with 
the Dates of such Memorials ; also, Copies of any 
Replies to these Memorials, and of any Instructions 
issued by the Postmaster General to the Post-office 
Authorities in relation to the subject of these Me- 


Postal Com- 
munication 
(Tallow, &amp;c.) 


morials. 
Turnpike Acts Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
Continuance to continue certain Acts for regulating Turnpike- 
means roads in Jreland: And that Sir Jehn Young and 
Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer do prepare, and 
bring it in. 
Duties on Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill 
eng ty for to repeal the Duties payable in respect of Horses let 
No. 813 for Hire, and to grant new Duties on Licenses to 
mm" let Horses for Hire: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time this 
day ; and to be printed. 
Hackney Car- Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill 
riage Duties to reduce the Duties payable in respect of Hackney 
_ Carriages used in the Metropolis, and to amend the 
No. 814. Laws relating to the a of Licenses and Pay- 
ment of Duties in respect of Metropolitan Stage and 
Hackney Carriages: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
this day; and to be printed. 
Public Mr. Ewart presented a Bill to extend and amend 


Libraries and 


nd the Act for encouraging the formation of Free 
Museums Bil oe 


L. Public Libraries and Museums in large Towns: And 


No. 815. the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon this day three months ; 
and to be printed. 

Turnpike Acts Sir John Young presented a Bill to continue cer- | 


Continuance 
(Ireland) Bill. 


No. 816. 


tain Acts for regulating Turnpike-roads in Ireland : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Thursday next ; and 
to be printed. 


Public Works 
Act Amend- 
ment (Ireland) 
[ Advances. ] 


A Motion being made, That this House will, upon 
Thursday next, resolve itself into a Committee to 
consider of authorizing the advance, out of the Con- 
solidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, of such Sums as may be re- 
quired by the Commissioners of Public Works in 
parva for the repairs of certain Harbours, Piers, 
Quays, Landing-places, or other Works, in that 
country; 





25°—26° Julti. 


formation of Free Public Libraries and Museums | 





A. 1853. 


Sir John Young, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Greenwich 
Copy of the Annual Report on Greenwich Hospital Hospital 
Schools, made to the Admiralty by Her Majesty’s °“"°°* 
Inspector of Schools. 


A Petition of the thereunder-signed Electors of Liverpool 
the Borough of Liverpool, was delivered in, and Plection. 
read ; setting forth, That at the last Election of 
Members to serve in Parliament for the Borough of 
Liverpool, the Petitioners were registered Electors 
of the said Borough, and had a right to vote and 
did vote at the said Election; that Sir Erskine 
Perry, Knight, John Bramley Moore, Esquire, 
Thomas Berry Horsfall, Esquire, and the Honour- 
able Henry Thomas Liddell, were Candidates at the 
said Election, and that a poll was demanded and 
taken, and the said Thomas Berry Horsfall and the 
Honourable Henry Thomas Liddell were at the close 
thereof declared by the Returning Officer of the 
said Borough to have the majority of votes, and to 
be elected, and were returned as Members to serve 
in Parliament for the Borough of Liverpool; that 
before and during the said Election, the said Thomas 
Berry Horsfall and Henry Thomas Liddell were, 
and each of them respectively was, by himself, his 
agents, friends and managers, guilty of bribery and 
corruption, and did respectively, by gifts, presents, 
money and rewards, and by promises, agreements 
and securities for gifts, presents, money and re- 
wards, and by other illegal practices, corrupt and 
procure divers persons, being registered Electors of 
the said Borough, and entitled to vote at the said 
Election, to give their votes in favour of the said 
Thomas Berry Horsfall and Henry Thomas Liddell, 
or one of them, and to forbear to give them in favour 
of the said other Candidates, or one of them; that 
before, during and after the said Election, the said 
Thomas Berry Horsfall and Henry Thomas Liddell, 
and each of them respectively, did by themselves, 
their agents, friends and partisans, by divers ways 
and means, either partly or wholly at their charge 
and on their behalf, directly and indirectly give, 
provide, present and allow, and cause and knowingly 
permit to be given, provided, presented und allowed 
to registered Electors of the said Borough, and per- 
sons having a right to vote at the said Electicn, 
money, meat, drink, entertainment, provisions and 
reward, and made promises, agreements and engage- 
ments to give money, meat, drink, entertainment, 
provisions and reward to and for such registered 
Electors, and persons having a right to vote as 
aforesaid, in order that the said Thomas Berry 
Horsfall and Henry Thomas Liddell might have 





and receive the votes of the said registered Electors, 
|and persons entitled to vote at the said Election, 
and might thereby be elected Members to serve in 
Parliament for the said Borough of Liverpool; that 
| gross, notorious, extensive and systematic bribery, 
treating and corruption were practised and carried 
on at the said Election by divers agents, friends, 
managers and partisans of the said Thomas Berry 
Horsfall and Henry Thomas Liddell, and by others 
employed and sanctioned by them, with a view to 
the Election of the said Thomas Berry Horsfall 
and Henry Thomas Liddell, and the Election and 
Return of the said Thomas Berry Horsfall and 
| Henry Thomas Liddell were procured by means of 
such bribery, treating and corruption ; that by rea- 
‘son of such corrupt and illegal practices, the said 
Thomas Berry Horsfall and Henry Thomas Liddell 
| were and are, and each of them was and is, wholly 
‘incapacitated and ineligible to sit in this present 
| Parhament for the said Borough, and the Election 
and 























17 VicToriz. 


and Return of the said Thomas Berry Horsfall and 
Henry Thomas Liddell were and are wholly null 
and void ; that by the various illegal and corrupt 
practices aforesaid, and by coercion, intimidation 
and other illegal and irregular proceedings, the said 
Thomas Berry = and Henry Thomas Liddell 
obtained a colourable majority of votes over the said 
Sir Erskine Perry and John Bramley Moore, and 
the Return of the said Thomas Berry Horsfall and 
Henry Thomas Liddell is illegal, and ought to bet 
declared wholly null and void; and praying that 
the House will take the premises into consideration, 
and will declare that the said Thomas Berry Horsfall 
and Henry Thomas Liddell were not duly elected 
and returned, and that the Return of the said Tho- | 
mas Berry Horsfall and Henry Thomas Liddell was | 
and is wholly null and void; and that the House 
will give the Petitioners such further and other re- 
lief as to the House may seem meet. | 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to | 
the General Committee of Elections. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records 
as shall be thought necessary by the several Parties 
on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


Merchant 
Seamen’s 
Fund. 


Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copies of Letters from the Board of Trade 
to the Treasury, dated 15th May 13852, and 21st 
July 1853 respectively, transmitting Accounts of 
the Receipt and Expenditure under the Seamen’s 
Fund Winding-up Act, from the 8th August 1851 
to the 31st December 1852, with Particulars relating 
thereto, and of all matters connected with the Fund ; 
and also of the Receipts and Payments of the 
Wages and Effects of deceased Seamen for the 
above period, pursuant to the Act 14 &amp; 15 Vic. 
c. 102, s. 59. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
half an hour after Three of the clock on 
Tuesday morning, adjourned till this day. 








Martis, 26° die Julii ; 
Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 


25°—26° Juli. 





RDERED, That all Committees have leave | 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. | 


Committees, 


London and 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
South Western 


Rallws Lords to the London and South Western Railway | 
Uleshantabe (Basingstoke and Salisbury Branch) Bill be taken | 
and Salisbury into consideration To-morrow. 
Branch) Bill, 


Newry and 
Enniskillen 
Railway Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Newry 
and Ennishil/en Railway Bill; and the same were 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherion do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Westminster The House proceeded to take into consideration 

Bi ® the Amendments made by the Lords tu the West- 
minster Improvements Bill; and the same were 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Biil 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Galway Har- 


hoor Te A Motion being made, That the Galway Harbour 


Bill be now read the third time ; 
Sir Charles Wood, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 





VoL. 108. 








725 


been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives 
Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is 
concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Rastern Union 
take into consideration the Special Report from the Railway Bill. 
Committee on the Eastern Union Railway Bill ; and 
the same was again read. 

The House also proceeded to take into considera- 
tion the Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Chaytor’s Estate Bill was read a second time; Chastor’s 
and committed. Estate Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Duke of Cleveland’s (Harte) Estate Bill was Duke of 
read a second time; and committed. Cleveland’s 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- {{isrte) Estate 
mittee of Selection. 


The Cork and Bandon Railway (No. 2) Bill was, cork ana 
according to Order, read a seconi time ; and com- Bandon Rail. 
mitted. way (No.2) 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 2" 
mittee of Selection. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection, that they may appoint the Com- 
mittee on the Bill to meet any day they think fit. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Bedford 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Charity 
That in the case of the Bedford Charity Estate Bill, ®8**% 8il- 
the Standing Orders have been complied with. 


Ordered, That the Bedford Charity Estate Bill Bedford 
be read a second time. Charity | 
Estate Bill. 
Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Pemberton’s 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Estate Bill. 
That in the case of Pemberton’s Estate Bill, no 
Standing Orders are applicable. 


emberton’s 


Ordered, That Pemiberton’s Estate Bill be read P 
Estate Bill. 


a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Piddocke’s 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, state Bil. 
That in the case of Piddocke’s Estate Bill, no 
Standing Orders are applicable. 


Ordered, That Piddocke’s Estate Bill be read a Piddocke’s 
second time. Estate Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Taxing Officer, 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Taxing Common Law 
Officer, Common Law Business (Jreland) Bill; and (ireland) Bill. 
the same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Petitions relating to Universal Suffrage, &amp;c. ;— Public 
Recovery of Personal Liberty Bill ;—Jndian Terri- Petitions. 
tories ;—Arrestment of Wages Bill; — Education vide Seventy- 
Bill ;—Improvement of Towns (Ireland) ;—Medical seventh Re- 
Officers (Navy);—Ocean Penny Postage;—Pilotage P™ 
Bill ;—and, Vaccination Extension Bill,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lic upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Public Pulbic Income 
Income and Expenditure, which was presented upon = 
the 25th day of this instant July, be printed. 

423 


Expen- 
diture. 


Ordered, No. 817. 





















































Calicoes, &amp;c. 
No, 645. 


Lighthouses. 
No. 818. 


Pilotage. 
No. 819. 


Government 
of India Bill, 





726 





Ordered, That the Return relative to Calicoes, 
&amp;c., which was presented upon the 25th day of this 
instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Lighthouses, 
which were presented upon the 25th day of this 
instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Pilotage, 
which was presented upon the 25th day of this 
instant July, be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee on the Government of India Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


26° Juli. 





Clause (And whereas it is expedient that a tri- 
bunal should be constituted to decide upon and take 
cognizance of any disputes that may arise between | 
the Government of British India and any Native 
Prince not a British Subject ; and to interpret any 
Treaty of which the meaning may be disputed be- 
tween any Native Prince and the British Govern-| 
ment; Be it enacted, That the Queen’s Judges at | 
each Presidency shall henceforth be respectively a| 
competent Court to decide any question in dispute | 
between the Government of British India and any | 
Native Prince, not a subject of the British Crown, | 
who shall appeal to such tribunal; and that an ap-| 
peal from the decision of such tribunal shall lie to! 
the Court of Privy Council in this country, and that 
such decision of the Court of Privy Council shall | 
be final)—-—brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the said Clause | 
be now read a second time——put, and negatived. | 

Clause (Whereas it would tend to a more speedy | 
and effective administration of Jndian Affairs in 
England, and would materially diminish the expen- | 
diture of such administration, if the business of the | 
two Departments of the Board of Commissiones for | 
the Afiairs of India, and the Court of Directors of | 
the East India Company, were transacted in one 
and the same building, it shall be lawful for the | 
said Board of Commissioners to provide, and the | 
said Board shall, within two years from the 30th | 
day of April 1854, provide, in some suitable situa- | 
tion, sufficient offices for the transaction of the busi- | 
ness of the two Departments as aforesaid; and the | 
said Board is hereby empowered to sell the buildings | 
and premises now occupied by the Court of Directors | 
in Leadenhall-street, in the City of London, and to | 
apply the proceeds thereof to defray any expenses | 
which may be incurred in providing convenient. 
offices, in one building, for the use of the said Board | 
of Commissioners and the said Court of Directors) | 
brought up, and read 1°. | 

Motion made, and Question put, That the said | 
Clause be now read a second time ; 

The Committee divided. 








Tellers for the{ Mr. Bright, 1 61 
Yeas, UMr. Benjamin Smith : ieee 
Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, \ 


Noes, Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J ™* | 
Clause (And whereas by an Act passed in the third | 
and fourth year of his Majesty King William the | 
Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for effecting an Arrange- | 
ment with the East India Company, and for the | 
better Government of his Majesty’s Jndian Terri- | 
tories till the Thirtieth day of April One thousand 


eigit hundred and Fifty-four,” it is enacted, that | 
the President of the Board of Commissioners for | 
the Affairs of India, but no other Commissioner, as | 
such, and the Secretaries and other officers, shall be | 

aid by the said Company such fixed salaries as his | 
Majesty shall, by any Warrant or Warrants under | 
his Sign Manual, countersigned by the Chancellor of | the fifth day of July 
the lxchequer for the time being, direct; Be it) 


enacted, That such fixed salary of the said Presi- 
dent of the Board of Commissioners shall in no 
case be less than the salary which shall be paid to 
one of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State ; 








A. 1853. 


and that only one of the said Secretaries to the said 
Board shall be capable of being elected, or sittin; 
and voting in Parliament) brought up, an 
read 1°, 
Motion made, and Question put, That the said 
Clause be now read a second time ; 
The Committee divided. 
j 16. 
29. 





Tellers for the { Mr. Vernon Smith, -_ 
lt Mr. John George Philli- 

, more : 
Tellers for the f Mr. Bell, 7 
Noes, LMr. William Williams: J 

Clause agreed to, and added. 

Clause (And be it enacted, with regard to the 
admission of persons to the Military College at 
Addiscombe, that at least One-third of such persons 
shall be selected from the sons of Officers who are, 
or who have been, in the Civil or Military Service of 
the East India Company ; and the selection of such 
persons shall be made by the Governor General of 
India for the time being) brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the said 
Clause be now read a second time ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for thie | Mr. Seas re, \ 29 

Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, h 01 

Noes, Mr. Grenville Berkeley: . 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Y Mr. John Georae Philli- 
eas, | Y 


more: 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, Vhat this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Pilotage Bill. 
mittee on the Pilotage Bill : 

Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Universities 
mittee on the Universities (Scotland) Bill ; (Scotland) 

Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Entry of 


take into consideration the Entry of Seamen Bill, Seamen Bill. 


as amended in the Committee ; and Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


Mr. Wilson Putten reported from the Select Com- Standing 
mittee on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; which Orders. 
was read, as followeth : 

That in the case of Smith’s Charity Estate Bill, the smith’s 
Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; that Charity 
the Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


A Petition of Edmond Rochfort, in the Borough Sligo Borough 


of Sligo, in the County of Sligo, was delivered in, Election. 
and read; setting forth, That the Petitioner was a 
Parliamentary Elector for said Borough at the 
time of the late contested Election of a Member to 
represent the same in Parliament, and voted thereat ; 
that the said Election was fixed for, and accordingly 
the nomination of the Candidates took place on 
instant, and upon that occa- 
sion John Sadleir, Esquire, John Patrick Somers, 
Esquire, and John Hanly were the Candidates, and 
as such were respectively put in nomination to con- 
test the representation of said Borough in the pre- 
sent Parliament; that after the usual show of hands 
thereat, 























17 Vicroriz. 


thereat, a poll was demanded on the part of the 
said John Patrick Somers, and also on the part of 
the said John Hanly ; and that the said John Hanly 
having resigned in the meantime, the polling was 
proceeded with on the day next but one after the 
said nomination day, to wit, the seventh day of 
July, between the said John Sadleir and John 
Patrick Somers, by the Mayor, as the Returning 
Officer for the said Borough, and on the day next 
after the close of said polling, to wit, the eighth 
day of July, the state of the poll was declared by 
said Returning Officer to be, for the said John 
Sadleir, One hundred and fifty votes, and for the 
said John Patrick Somers, One hundred and forty- 
two votes; and the majority of said votes appearing 
to be in favour of the said John Sadleir, the Re- 
turning Officer declared him chosen at the said 
Election to represent the said Borough in the pre- 
sent Parliament, and has since, in accordance with 
such finding, returned the Precept to the Sheriff of 
the said County of Sligo, by whom the same was 
duly returned subsequently into the proper office for 
that purpose ; that the Petitioner charges and com- 
plains that the said majority of votes so declared 
to have been had by the said John Sadleir was 
apparent and colourable only, inasmuch as and 
because that divers and sundry persons included 
in said majority were admitted to vote and did 
vote at the said Election for the said John Sadleir, 
who at and during the said Election, or immediately 

revious thereto, were employed and acted at said 

lection as agents, counsel, attorneys, poll-clerks, 
check-clerks, mayor’s deputies, town-clerk, or in 
some other capacity for the purpose of said Elec- 
tion, and who either before, during, or after the said 
Election accepted and took from the said John 
Sadleir, or from some other person or persons in 
his behalf, or from the Returning Officer of the 
said Borough, or from some other person, for or in 
consideration of or in reference to such his or their 
employment, money, or promise of money, cr secu- 
rity for money, or promise of place or employment, 
and whose votes, the Petitioner submits, should be 
struck off the said poll; that the Petitioner charges 
that by reason of the premises aforesaid, the said 
majority of votes declared to have been had by the 
said John Sadleir as aforesaid was only colourable 
and fictitious, and that the majority of legal votes 
at tle said Election were in fact given and recorded, 
or should have been given and recorded at the said 
Election in favour of the said John Patrick Somers ; 
but the Petitioner furthermore humbly charges and 
complaineth, that an Klection for a Member to 
serve in Parliament for the said Borough of Sligo 
was fixed for and commenced upon the tweifth day 
of July One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two, 
and that at the said Election Charles Tuwneley, 
Esquire, and John Patrick Somers, Esquire, were 
respectively put in nomination as Candidates to 
represent the said Borough of Sligo in this present 
Parliament ; that a poll having been demanded at 
the said Election, the same was taken by Edward 
Howard Verdon, Esquire, Mayor of the said Bo- 
rough, and Returning Officer for the same, on the 
fourteenth day of July One thousand eight hundred 
and Fifty-two, and at the close thereof the said 


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727 


Elections, or one of them, contrary to the Act passed 
in the Session of Parliament held in the first and 
second years of the reign of King George the Fourth, 
intituled, “ An Act to regulate the Expenses of 
Elections of Members to serve in Parliament for 
Ireland ;* that before and during both of the said 
Elections, or one of them, and after the said Returns 
had been made respectively as aforesaid, the said 
John Patrick Somers was by himself and his agents, 
and others employed by him in conducting the 
said Elections, and by friends and by others acting 
for and sanctioned by him, guilty of bribery, cor- 
ruption aud intimidation, and of other illegal and 
corrupt practices, before and at such Elections, and 
did by such bribery, corruption and intimidation, 
and such other illegal and corrupt practices, endea- 
vour to procure, and did procure many of the voters 
at such Elections to vote for him the said John 
Patrick Somers; that the said John Patrick Somers, 
by himself and by his agents and others employed 
by him at such Elections, or one of them, and by 
friends and by others acting for and sanctioned by 
him, did give, and cause and procure to be given, 
and did promise and agree to give, and did know 
of and consent to the giving and procuring to be 
given, money, gifts and rewards, offices and places 
to divers persons, upon certain engagements, con- 
tracts and agreements, that such persons to whom 
and to whose use and on whose behalf such gifts 
and promises were made, should, by themselves 
and others, at their solicitation, respectively request 
and command, procure and endeavour to procure 
the Return of the said John Patrick Somers; that 
the said John Patrick Somers, by himself, his friends, 
agents, and others employed by him in managing 
and conducting the said Elections, or one of them, 
and by friends and by others acting for and sanc- 
tioned by him, and by various “es and means 
before and after the teste of the Writ for such 
Elections, or one of them, and at and during the 
said Elections, or one of them, and before and since 
the Return of the said Charles Towneley and John 
Sadleir at such Elections respectively, did give and 
present and allow to divers persons having votes 
or claiming to have votes at such Elections respec- 
tively, money, meat, drink, entertainment and pro- 
visions, and did make presents, gifts, rewards and 
entertainments, and did make promises, agreements, 
obligations, and engagements to give and allow 
money, meat, drink, provisions, presents, gifts, re- 
wards and entertainments to and for divers persons 
having or claiming to have votes as aforesaid, and 
to and for the use, advantage, benefit, employment, 
profit and preferment of such persons, in order that 
the said John Patrick Somers might be elected and 
returned to serve in Parliament as Member for the 
said Borough; that before and during and since 
the said Elections, or one of them, the said John 
Patrick Somers was, by himself and his agents, 
managers and friends, guilty of divers other acts of 
bribery, treating and corruption, in order to corrupt 
and procure divers persons having or claiming to 
have votes at such Elections, to give their votes in 


' favour of the said John Patrick Somers, or to refrain 
| from voting against him, or corruptly to reward 
'them for the same respectively ; that the said John 


Charles Towneley, Esquire, was declared by the! Patrick Somers, by the said corrupt and illegal 


said Returning Officer to have had a majority of 


votes at the said Election, and to have been duly | 


elected a Member tw serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough of Sligo, but the same 
hath since been deciared a void Election; that the 
said John Patrick Somers, by himself, his friends or 
agents, or some other person or persons employed 
on his behalf, or by him or them, did give directly 
or indirectly divers fees or rewards, and did make 
divers payments of money by way of compliment 
or gratuity, or upon some other account, to the 
Mayor of the said Borough and Returning Officer 
for the same, at or in respect of both the said 
VoL. 108. 








practices, was, at the last Election for the said 
Borough, and now ts, wholly disabled and incapa- 
citated and ineligible to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the said Borough, and that at the last 
Election for the said Borough, due notice thereof 
was given to all and every the Electors of the said 
Borough; that at the said last Election the said John 
Patrick Somers was not duly qualified, by property 
or otherwise, to serve as a Menhen in Parliament 
for a Borough, and that at such Election due notice 
thereof was given to all and every of the Electors 
and Elector of the said Borough; and praying 
that the House will take the premises into con- 

424 sideration, 





roe aaa ia = 


728 26° Juliz. y 


sideration, and will declare that the said John 
Sadleir was not duly elected as aforesaid, and at 
the last Election for the said Borough as aforesaid, 
and that the said John Patrick Somers was at the 
last Election for the said Borough, and now is, 
wholly disabled and incapacitated and ineligible to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough, and thatthe last Election for the said Borough 
was a void Election; and will afford the Petitioner 
such other and further relief in the premises as to 
the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
General Committee of Elections. 





A. 1853. 


in such Possessions ; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Rushbrooke’s 
to dissolve the Marriage of Robert Frederick Brown- Divorce Bill. 
low Rushbrooke with Albinia Maria his now Wife, 
and to enable him to marry again, and for other pur- 
poses; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Rushbrooke’s Divorce Bill was read the first time ; Rushbrooke’s 
and ordered to be read a second time. Divorce Bill. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Prisons 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War-| mand,—Copy of the Thirty-first Report of the In- (Ireland. 


rant or Warrants for such persons, papers and 
records as shall be thought necessary by the se- 


veral Parties on the hearing of the matter of the | 


said Petition. 


spectors-General on the General State of the Prisons 
of Ireland, 1852; with Appendices. 

Mr. Fitzroy also presented,—Return to an Address Fisheries, 
| to Her Majesty, dated the 12th day of May last, for 
Returns of the Number of Barrels of Cured Herrings, 





Accidents in Mr. Hutchins reported from the Select Committee 
Coal Mines on Accidents in Coal Mines; That they had further 
(ThirdReport.) .nsidered the matter to them referred ; and directed 
No. 820. him to report the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


London A Petition of John Moxon Clabon, of Great 
Necropolis  George-street, Westminster, in the county of Mid- 
See dlesex, Parliamentary Agent, was presented, and 
Company Bill read; setting forth, That the Petitioner is one of the 
(1852. ) agents for the London Necropolis and National Mau- 
soleum Company; that an action is now pending in 
Her Majesty’s Court of Queen’s Bench between 
Henry Robert Abraham and the said Company, and 
which said action now stands for trial at the next 
assizes to be holden at Croydon, in and for the 
county of Surrey; that during the last Session of 
Parliament, a Plan was deposited by the said Com- 
pany in the Private Bill Office of the House, show- 
ing the Necropolis Mausoleum, and works relating 
thereto, proposed to be made by the said Company 
at Woking, in the county of Surrey ; that it is neces- 
sary, for the purpose of defending the said action, 
that the said Plan should be produced at the said 
trial; and praying that leave may be given to the 
proper Officer of the House to attend with and produce 
the said Plan at the trial of the said action at the next 
assizes so to be holden at Croydon aforesaid. 
Ordered, That leave be given to the proper Officer 
to attend accordingly. 


Message from A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blunt: 

the Lords. Mr. Speaker, 

Londonderry, The Lords have agreed to the Londonderry, Ennis- 
Enniskillen — hillen and Sligo Railway (No. 2) Bill, with an Amend- 


ae &gt; ment; to which Amendment the Lords desire the 


Bill. concurrence of this House: And also, 
Newcastle- The Lords have agreed to the Newcastle-upon- 
iene ° ° ° 
upon-Tyne = Tyne Improvement Bill, with Amendments; to which 
Improvement A d s the Lords desire tl ad thi 
Bill mendments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

Birmingham The Lords have agreed to the Birmingham and 
= Oxford ~~ Oxford Junction, Birmingham, Wolverhampton and 
unction, 


Birmingham, Dudley, and Great Western Railways Bill, with 
Wolverhamp- Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords desire 
&gt; ine — the concurrence of this House: And also, 


Great Western Railways Bill. 


Bayswater, The Lords have agreed to the Bayswater, Pad- 
Paddington : . 


and Holborn. @”gton and Holborn - bridge Railway Bill, with 
bridge Raile Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords de- 
way Bill. sire the concurrence of this House: And also, 


Colonial The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 


Church Regu- : —_ : 
lation Bill, t® enable the Bishops, Clergy and Laity of the 


| Cured Cod and Cured Ling respectively, imported 
|into Ireland from Great Britain, in each year since 
| 1808 :—Of the Number of Poor Fishermen in Great 
| Britain and Ireland respectively, assisted, in each 
| year from 1808 to 1850, with Advances from the 
Public Funds by the Board of British Fisheries, or 
the Board of Jrish Fisheries, or other Public Board, 
for the purpose of repairing their Boats, &amp;c. :—Of 
the Number of Persons employed on Land or at Sea 
| respectively, in Great Britain and Ireland respec- 
| tively, by any Public Board, in each year since 1808, 
in guiding, aiding or directing Fishermen in the Cap- 
| ture, Cure, Branding and Sale of Fish :—Of the Gross 
| Amount of Tonnage and Fishery Bounties paid in 
| Great Britain and Ireland respectively, since 1808 : 
| —Of the Number of Bye-laws, with the Dates and 
Places to which they apply, made by the Board of 
| Works or Commissioners of Fisheries in Jreland, 
authorizing the use, between Sunrise and Sunset, of 
| any Trammel or other Net on any part of the Coasts 
of Jreland, and the Hours therein prescribed for the 
| setting or hawling up of Nets, or prohibiting the use 
at any time of any Trawl or Trammel Net in the Sea, 
or within the Tideway in any Estuary, or of any Net 
‘at or across the Entrance of any Bay or Estuary, 
| or fixing or altering the Close Seasons for Salmon 


Trout and Eels respectively :—Of the Number of 


| Persons in each year who made Complaint to the 
| Commissioners of Fisheries, that their Nets and 
| Fishing Implements had been illegally seized for an 
' alleged violation of the Statutes or Bye-laws relating 
|to the Jrish Fisheries ; for example, in having, at 
‘any time between Sunrise and Sunset, set either in 
_the Sea or within the Tideway in any Estuary, any 
Sea Net for the catching of Herrings, or any ‘Tram- 
_mel Net, or left any Drag or other Net in the Water 
between Sunrise and Sunset, except Stake or Fixed 
| Nets for the catching of Salmon, or Seine or Drift 
| Nets for Pilchards or Fish other than Herrings, or 
| of not having before Sunrise hauled up and removed 
'any such Net as aforesaid, which had been set after 
‘Sunset; or having since the passing of the Act 
'7 &amp; 8 Vie. c. 108, set before Sunset, or not hauled 
/up and removed before Sunrise, any Net for the 
catching of Herrings other than a Seine Net :—Of 
the Number of Districts into which Jre/and and the 
Sea Coasts and Islands thereof have been divided, 
for the purpose of Fishery Licenses for Salmon and 
Trout :—Of the Number of Officers, Petty Officers 
‘and Men of Her Majesty’s Navy, and of the Coast 
Guard Service respectively in Jreland, employed at 
| any time since 1842 in protecting the Salmon Fish- 
_eries, or otherwise enforcmg the Provisions of the 
Irish Fishery Acts, and for what Period they were 
| severally employed, and the Nature of the Services, 
_and the Names, Addresses and Additions of the Per- 
sons for whose benefit those Services were rendered, 
and the Amount of the extra Allowances (if any) to 








United Church of England and Ireland in Her Ma-| them for such Services, and from what Fund such 
jesty’s Foreign and Colonial Possessions to provide | Allowances were paid; and the Number of Com- 
for the Regulation of the Affairs of the said Church | plaints made against them, or any of them respec- 

tively, 
















































































26°—27 


tively, for neglect of Duty in that behalf, and the 
Names, Addresses and Additions of the Persons by 
whom such Complaints were made :—And, Copies 
of any General Orders issued by the Inspector Ge- 
neral of Constabulary in Jre‘and in 1847, 1848 and 
1849, respecting the Duties of the Constabulary in 
the Protection of the Salmon Fisheries, and the en- 
forcement of the Fishery Acts. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


17 Vicroriz. 


Mr. Brotherton reported from the Committee on the 
‘ork and Bandon Railway (No. 2) Bill; That they 
had compared the Bill with the Cork and Bandon 
Railway Bill agreed to by this House on the 10th 
day of June 1853, and sent to the House of Lords 
on the 13th day of June 1853, and found it to be 
the same, with the exception of 
So much of the Preamble as alleged the ex- 
pediency of enabling the Company to raise 
monies by borrowing for the purpose of the 


Cork and 
Bandon Rail- 
way (No. 2) 
Bill. 


° Juliz. 





new works ; 

The Clauses relating to further borrowing pow- 
ers, and the rights of future mortgagees ; 

The Clauses relating to certain directors to 
be appointed on behalf of the county of 
Cork ; : 

The Clause providing that when one moiety of 
the gross receipts in any half year should 
exceed interest or dividend at 3 per centum 
per annum on the total outlay on the new 
lines not exceeding £.5,000 per mile, then the 
auditors should state the same in their cer- 
tificate, and that the amount of such excess 


should be paid to the treasurer of the said | - 


county ; 

The Clause relating to the costs of obtaining an 
Act authorizing the Company to make a 
Branch to Skibbereen ; 


Which were struck out by the House of Lords; and 
with the exception of the following additions made 
by the House of Lords :— 

A Clause providing for the repayment by the 
Company out of the income arising from in- 
crease of traffic on their original line, and 
also out of their general income, before pay- 
ing any dividend to the ordinary shareholders 
of one-third of the barony contributions ; 

A Clause providing for keeping separate ac- 
counts of the traffic passing over both the 
original and new lines ; 

A Clause providing that for 20 years after the 
opening of the new lines, the surplus profits 
therefrom shall be applicable to the repay- 
ment of the baronies ; 

A Clause providing that after those 20 years, 
those surplus profits, after deducting £. 5,000 
for dividend on the ordinary new shares, shall, 
to the extent of £.500 per annum, be paid to 
the treasurer of the county for the benefit of 
the baronies ; 

An addition to the Clause relating to future ap- 
plications for an Act to authorize a Branch 
to Skibbereen, making the costs of such ap- 
plications payable by the Company, and 
imposing a penalty upon them for default in 
applying for such Act; 

A Clause relating to actions to be brought by 
the treasurer of the county; and 

A Clause saving the rights of the existing mort- 
gagees and debenture shareholders : 


And with the exception of the following alterations 
made by the House of Lords :— 

The increase of the new share capital which the 
Company may raise from £.275,000 to 
£. 300,000 ; 

The reduction of the rate of interest which may 
be attached to future preference shures from 
6 to 5 per centum per annum. 

Vor. 108. 








729 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 


mittee, be taken into consideration ‘To-morrow. 
Ordered, ‘That the Report be printed. 


Mr. Brotherton reported the Earl of Egremont’s se of 
Estate Bill, without Amendment. gremont’s 


, : : ’ Estate Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. : 
Mr. Brotherton reported from the Committee on Sergison’s 
Estate Bill. 


Sergison’s Estate Bill; That they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and made some verbal Amendments to the same, to 
correct some inaccuracies in the recitals; and found 
the same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Pauncefort 
Duncombe’s 
Estate Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton reported from the Committee on 
Pauncefort Duncombe’s Estate Bill ; That they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, to make it more 
consistent with the provisions of the Bill; and found 
the same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Notice being taken that Forty Members were not 
present :—The House was told by Mr. Speaker; 
and Forty Members not being present, and it being 
then after Four of the clock :—The House was ad- 
journed by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till To-morrow. 








Mercurii, 27° die Juli ; 
Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 

OF DERED, That all Committees have leave committees. 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 

Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the | wenn 
Petitions presented upon the 25th and 26th days of venth Sepesed 
this instant July ; and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration East Lanca- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the East “ee 5) aoe 
Lancashire Railway (No. 2) (Southport, &amp;c.) Bill; port, xc.) Bill. 
and the same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take London and 
into consideration the Amendments made by the —” 
Lords to the London and South Western Railway (Basingstoke 
( Basingstoke and Salisbury Branch) Bill; and the and Salisbury 
same were twice read, and agreed to. Branch) Bill. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Cork and _ 
consideration the Cork and Bandon Railway (No. 2) ae og 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; Bi: 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken intc consideration 
To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Eastern Union Railway Bill be Eastern Union 
read the third time To-morrow. Railway Bill 





5A Ordered, 











730 


Leave of Ordered, That Mr. Whitbread have leave of ab- | 

Absence sence for the remainder of the Session, on urgent 
business. 

Public Petitions relating to Universal Suffrage, &amp;c. ;— 

Petitions. = Scottish Episcopal Clergy ;— New Zealand Com- 


Vide Seventy- pany ;—Stamp Duties (No. 2) Bill ;—Taxation (Jre- 

eighth Report. /and);——Chancery Suitors Further Relief Bill ;— 
Factories ; — Factories Bill; —Juvenile Offenders 
Bill; —Ocean Penny Postage ; —Passengers’ Act 
Ameudment Bill; —and, Savings Banks Bill,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 9th day of June last, for a Return of the 
Twenty highest (in Amount) Contracts of Compo- 
sition for Assessed Taxes under the Act 13 &amp; 14 Vic. 
c. 96, within the London District ; distinguishing 
whether such Contracts are Renewed Contracts or 
Original, and the Number of Servants, Four-wheel 
Carriages, Two-wheel Carriages, Horses, Dogs, Hair 
Powder, and Armorial Bearings, compounded for in 
each Contract, under each Schedule set forth in the 
Contract of Composition; and stating the Amount 
of Duty which each Party so compounding will have 
to pay tor the Number of Servants, Carriages, Horses, 
Dogs, Hair Powder and Armorial Bearings, under 
the new Duties proposed by the Chancellor of the 
Exchequer, assuming that the Number of taxable 
Subjects kept and liable to Assessment is the same 
as mentioned in the Contracts of Composition. 

Return to an Order, dated the 30th day of May 
last, for Copies of the Original Plans, Estimates and 
Specifications of Arterial Drainage in Annagh Dis- 
trict, in the County of Galway :—Of the detailed 
Weekly Expenditure, and particularly the Cost of 
the Weir erected across the River-course, so as to 
keep Water to the Mill at ; how often 
had this Weir been carried away by the velocity of 
the Flood Water, and how often Rebuilt :—Of the 
detailed Account of Expenditure from which the 
Final Award was made out :—Of the Ordnance Plans 
or Maps, showing the Area of flooded Lands charged, 
and to be properly coloured, so as to show the Extent 
charged :—Of the Final Award :—And, of any Re- 
ports made to the Board by their Engineer in charge 
of the Works, and of the Preliminary Reports. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Assessed 
Taxes (London) be printed. 


Assessed Taxcs 
(London. ) 


No. 821. 


Arterial 

Drainage 
(Annagh 
District. ) 


27° Jultt. 





A. 1853. 


Return to several Orders, dated the 23d and 27th Drainage 
days of May last, fora Return of the several Works (eland.) 
of thorough Drainage executed in Jreland under the No. 822. 
_Labouchere Letter, arranged in Counties ; showing 
| the Area of each Drainage, with the Cost per Acre ; 
also, showing the Cost per Acre, supposing that the 
Works had been executed at the same Acreable Rate 
as similar Works have been effected under the Land 
Improvement Act, 10 Vic. c. 32 :—-_And, that 
there be added to the Drainage (Ireland) Return, 
ordered on the 23d day of this instant May, Returns 
of the Amount of the Annuity, including Principal 
and Interest (specifying the Number of Years) pay- 
able on each Drainage :—Of the Number of Instal- 
ments already paid, with the Amount :—Of the 
Number of Instalments still payable :—And, of the 
Amount already paid in full. 

Return to an Order, dated the 27th day of May Omagh 
last, for Copies of the Application made to the Com- Nunnery 
missioners of National Education in Jreland, for mee 
placing the Omagh Nunnery School in connexion 
with the Board :—Of the Replies returned to the 
Queries contained in the Official Form of Applica- 
tion that has been drawn up by the Board :—And, 
of any Correspondence which may have taken place 
between the Patrons and Managers of the said School 
or any other Parties, and the Commissioners, with 
respect to the manner in which the said Rules have 
been evaded or violated. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Return relative to Drainage 
(Ireland) be printed. 


‘The House was moved, That the Act of the pre- South Sea 
sent Session, c.25, for redeeming or commuting the — 
Annuity payable to the South Sea Company, and ee 
certain Annuities of ‘Three Pounds per centum per 
annum, and for creating new Annuities of Three 
Pounds Ten Shillings per centum per annum, and 
Two Pounds Ten Shillings per centum per annum, 
and issuing Exchequer Bonds, might be read ; and 
the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, at 
Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into a Committee to con- 
sider of making provision for paying off Dissentients 
under the said Act. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Land Reve- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Land ues Bill. 
Revenues Bill; and the same were twice read, and 





Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Merchant | 
Seamen’s lund, which was presented upon the 25th | 
day of this instant July, be printed. 


Merchant 
Seamen's 
Fund. 

No. 823. 


Sir John Young presented,—Return to an Order, | 
dated the 22d day of April last, for Returns of the | 
entire Amount which has been expended by the | 
Commissioners of National Education in each of the | 
Four Provinces of Ireland for the last Five years, | 
including Grants for Building, Repairs and Fitting-up | 
of Schools, Purchase or Rent of Agricultural Schools | 
or Model Farms, Free Stock of Books and School 
Requisites, Salaries and Gratuities to Teachers, Ex- | 
penses of Inspection, and all other incidental Charges 
peid by the Commissioners, giving the Amount ex- | 
pended in each Province separately :—And, of the 
several Officers in connexion with the Commission- 
ers of National Education, both in the Ofticial Esta- 
blishment in Dublin and throughout the other Parts 
of Ireland, who are in the Receipt of £.100 per 
annum or upwards. specifying the Sum paid to every 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 


c 


such Officer as Annual Stipend, Travelling Charges, | 
House or Office Rent, or other Incidental Expenses, | 


with the Religious Denomination of every such 
O:t.cer, and tle County or Province to which he 
belonged when he entered into the Service of the 
Commissioners. 





agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Grenville Berkeley do carry 
the Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Copyholds 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Copy- Bill. 
holds Bill; and the same were twice read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fitzroy do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


4 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Poor Removal. 
Copies of the Correspondence between the Poor Law 
Board, Whitehail, the Poor Law Commissioners in 
Dublin, and the Guardians of the Parish of Saint 
| Luke’s, Middlesex, relative to the Removal of a 
| Pauper Family, of the name of Garrey, from the 
Port of London to the Port of Limerick. 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Lunatics’ Care 
mittee on the Lunatics’ Care and Treatment Bill; 24 Treatment 
Resolved, That this House will, after the Order Pi 


of the day relative to the Lunacy Regulation Bill, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The 











Lunatic 
Asylums Bill. 


Lunacy Regu- 
lation Bill. 


Lunatics’ Care 
and Treatment 
Bill. 


Lunatic 
Asylums Bill. 


Lunatics’ Care 
and Treatment 
Bill. 


Factories Bill. 


Juvenile 
Offenders Bill. 


Chancery 
Suitors’ Fur- 
ther Relief Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Supply. 








17 Vicroriz. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Lunatic Asylums Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, after the Order 
of the day relative to the Lunacy Regulation Bill, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Lunacy Regulation Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Lunatics’ Care and ‘Treatment Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, after the Order of 
the day relative to the Lunatic Asylums Bill, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Lunatic Asylums Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Crauses, N*1 to N° 34, agreed to. 

CriauseE, N° 35 (Assessment to local rates not to 
be increased after purchases for the purposes of this 
or any former Act). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 17, 1. 21: After the 
word “ Asylum ” to insert the words “ in which the 
“ profits, if any, shall be devoted solely to the care, 
“ clothing and maintenance of the lunatics in such 
“ Asylum.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted—— 
put, and negatived. 

Clause agreed to. 

Criausez, N° 36, agreed to. 

CrauseE, N° 37, disagreed to. 

Crauses, N° 38 to N° 135, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Schedules agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Lunatics’ Care and Treatment Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Factories Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, ‘that the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Juvenile Offenders Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next, at ‘Twelve o'clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Chancery Suitors’ Further Relief Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Vox. 108. 


27° Juliz. 











731 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Naval Coast 
mittee on the Naval Coast Volunteers Bill; Volunteers 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Entry of 
reading of the Entry of Seamen Bill ; Seamen Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Government 
a Committee on the Government of Jndia Bill. of India Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bow- 
verie reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 





The Order of the day being read, for the third Merchant 
reading of the Merchant Shipping Bill ; Shipping Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Landlord and 
consideration the Landlord and Tenant (Jreland) Tenant (Ire- 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; land) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Tenants’ 
consideration the Tenants’ Compensation (Jreland) Compensation 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; (Ireland) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
To-morrow. 


The Duties on Horses let for Hire Bill was, ac- Duties on 
cording to Order, read a second time ; and committed —s = for 
to a Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. ““* *™ 


The Hackney Carriage Duties Bill was, according Hackney 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a Carriage 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. Duties Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Pilotage Bill. 
mittee on the Pilotage Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Universities 
mittee on the Universities (Scotland) Bill ; (Scotland) 
Resolved, That this House will, ‘To-morrow, re- BY 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Post-office 
Return of the estimated Weight of Mails, the Num- (Railway 
ber of Miles carried, the Description of Carriage 5%) 
used, Speed at which conveyed, and Total Amount 
paid to each Railway a from the 5th day of 
May 1839 to the 5th day of January 1853, for each 
description of Service ; distinguishing the Payments 
made under Agreement, Arbitration and Act of Par- 
liament. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


5A2 


Jovis, 28° die Julii; 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 


Committees. 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


28° Juli. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave | 








Jesus College Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on 
Estate Bill! Jesus College Estate Bill; That they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and amended the same, by striking out the 
words “ Guilden Morden,” in the second paragraph 
of page 8, to correct a mistake in the recital; and | 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had | 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments | 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. | 

South Sea Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the | 

yen a ‘nt South Sea Company's Arrangement and Trusts Bill ; 

and Trusts ‘That they had examined the allegations contained in | 

Bill. the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, | 
to make it more consistent with the provisions thereof; | 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Birkenhead The House proceeded to take into consideration 

1. Trustees the Amendments made by the Lords to the Birken- 
head Dock Trustees Bill; and the same were twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 

Blyth and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
— Railway the Amendment made by the Lords to the Blyth 





read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill | 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House | 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- | 
ships. 


Fast London 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the East 
London Waterworks Bill; and the same were twice 
read, and agreed to. | 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill | 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House | 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- | 
ships. | 
| 
The House proceeded to take into consideration | 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Halifaz | 
Waterworks and Improvement Bill; and the same | 
were twice read, and agreed to. | 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill | 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House | 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 





Halifax 
Waterworks 
and Improve- 
ment Bill, 


and Tyne Railway Bill; and the same was twice | 








A. 1853. 


hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Ribble Navi- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Ribble gation Bill. 
Navigation Bill; and the same were twice read, and 
agreed to. : 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Whitehaven 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the White- = Furness 
haven and Furness Junction Railway Bill; and the Railway Bill. 
same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
— agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Cork and 
into consideration the Cork and Bandon Railway — Rail. 
(No. 2) Bill, as amended in the Committee. Mf tes 

Ordered, That Standing Order, No. 177, be sus- 
pended in respect of the said Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Baroda and 


|reading of the Baroda and Central India Railway — India 


ilway 


Company Bill ; Company Bill, 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Upper India 
reading of the Upper India Railway Bill ; Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Eastern Union 
reading of the Eastern Union Railway Bill ; Railway Bil. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. ‘lo leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now ” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Corry, } 88 

Yeas, \UMr. Goold: 7 

Tellers for the ;Sir George Brooke Pechell,\ ¢, 

Noes, LMr. Ayshford Wise : Doses 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to enable the ane Union Rail- 
way Company to redeem their Preference Shares, 
and for other purposes. 













(No. 2) Bill. 


Limerick _ The House proceeded to take into consideration 
and Foynes the Amendments made by the Lords to the Limerick 
Railway Bill. 1 : ose” E ae 
and loynes Railway Bill; and the same were twice | 
read, and agreed to. | 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House | 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 
Llanelly Rail- 
way and Dock 


Ordered, That Mr. Corry do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
| 


| Mr. Lowe presented,—Further Return to an Or- Viccajee 
Merjee and 
Pestongee 
Merjee. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration | der, dated the 4th day of this instant July, for Copies 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the ZLlanelly ‘of all Papers relating to the case of Viccajee Merjee 
Railway and Dock (No. 2) Bill; and the same were | and Pestongee Merjee, British Subjects and Parsee 
twice read, and agreed to. ‘Inhabitants of Bombay and Hyderabad, that have 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill} been transmitted to the India House or the Board 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House |of Control, or have emanated from the Court of 

Directors 








17 Vicroriz. 


Directors or the Board of Control, relating to the 
said case. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Petitions relating to the University of London ;— 
um Crystal Palace (Sydenkam) ;—Recovery of Personal 
Vide Seventy- Liberty Bill; — Scottish Episcopal Clergy ;—Jamaica; 
eighth Report. —Coftee ;— Paper, Newspaper Stamps and Adver- 
tisements ; —— County Courts ; — Education Bill;— 
Factories ;—Friendly Societies Act ;—Juvenile Of- 
fenders Bill;—Medical Officers( Navy) ;—Metropolis 
Water Supply ;—Ocean Penny Postage ;—Truck Act 
Amendment Bill ;—and, Vaccination Extension Bill, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions relating to Intoxicating Liquors,—were | 


also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Public-houses, &amp;c. 

A Petition relating to the Registration of Assu- 
rances Bill, was also presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 

Newfoundland. A Petition of the House of Assembly of Mevw- 
foundland (signed by the Speaker), was presented, 
and read ; setting forth, That the Commons of Vew- 
foundland, in legislative session convened, beg leave 
to approach the House with feelings of profound re- 
spect, and to inform the House that Addresses to Her 
most Gracious Majesty, praying for the concession of 
responsible government to that colony, were passed 
in the last and previous Sessions of the Legislature, 
which Addresses Her Majesty was pleased to receive 
most graciously, although declining for the present 
to comply with the prayer thereof. Those Addresses 
were passed in strict accordance with the well- 
known, frequently expressed, and deliberate wishes 
of the inhabitants of that island. In the year 1846, 
by resolution of the Amalgamated Legislature, two- 
fifths of which were nominees of the Crown, the prin- 
ciple of executive responsibility was affirmed as 
applicable to their condition. Since that period this 
important question has agitated the public mind, 
and proved a prominent test of the eligibility of 
candidates to seats in the Assembly, and the results 
of the last general election for that island, which 


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733 


| of three per cent. That, while possessed of these 
resources, capabilities and advantages, their develope- 
ment has been comparatively neglected by reason of 
the want of the stimulating influence of self-govern- 
ment, the direction of their affairs being in the hands 
of Imperial authorities often ignorant of their condi- 
tion and wants, and of local functionaries not un- 
frequently inimical to the interests of the country, 
and using their high and confidential positions for 
the purpose of perpetuating their own power, and 
upholding a system which has a direct tendency to 
| shake the allegiance of the most loyal, and produce 
| general discontent among the inhabitants—a system 
| which is not capable of meeting the wants and pro- 
| gressive desires of the people of that country, and 
| which does not possess public confidence because it 
has not given general satisfaction. Under these cir- 
| cumstances, the Petitioners most respectfully submit 
| that the people of that colony were fully justified in 
| the belief that their fair and reasonable demands for 
constitutional control over the administration of their 
internal affairs would not have been refused. Looking 
at the declaration of every colonial Minister since 
| 1838, as to the principles which should be applied to 
the government of the colonies, and more especially 
'the views of Earl Grey to the Governor of Prince 
| Edward Island, under the date of the 27th December 

1849, in which his Lordship affirms that “it cannot 
be too distinctly acknowledged that it is neither 
possible nor desirable to carry on the government of 
any of the British Provinces in North America in 
opposition to the opinion of the inhabitants,” which 
declaration was confirmed by a subsequent despatch 
from his Lordship, dated the 31st day of January 
1851, in which responsible government was fully 
conceded to that colony, with its population of 
Sixty-five thousand inhabitants, while its imports 
amounted to One hundred and twenty thousand 
pounds, its exports considerably less, and its revenue 
about Thirty thousand pounds; looking also at the 
objections urged, and subsequently abandoned, by 
his Lordship to the application of the principles of 
self-government to that colony, but more particu- 
larly when he stated in a despatch under date of the 
Ist of January 1849, that “ Prince Edward Island 
is comparatively small in extent and population, and 








took place last year, fully attest the continued and | its commercial and wealthy classes confined almost 
anxious desire of the people for the introduction of to a single town ;’—the Petitioners sincerely confide 
this reform. It has been discussed in the local | in the equal justice and good faith of the British Go- 
periodicals, at the hustings, in public meetings, and | vernment, whilst they respectfully assure the House 
in the legislative halls of the country. Therefore, | that the speedy concession of their rights will con- 
influenced by the prevailing opinions of the people, | ciliate and secure the affections of the people of that 
and in compliance with petitions numerously signed, , colony, obviate the unpleasant consequences of poli- 
as well as from their own conviction of the undeniable | tical discontent produced by injustice, and divert 
and unanimously recognized necessity for an im-! the wide-spreading current of continuous public agi- 
provement in their present system of government, did , tation into the legitimate channels of productive in- 


they resolve to reiterate their appeal to Her Majesty 
for that full measure of constitutional justice which 
is their birthright as British subjects, and to which 
that colony is as well entitled, in their humble opinion, 


' dustry, commercial enterprise and social improvement. 
| #7 . . 

That the policy continued to be pursued by Her 
_Majesty’s Council in that colony has given addi- 
tional force and significance to tiie prevailing con- 





as any other dependency of the British Crown. | viction that, constituted as that body is of ten indi- 
That Newfoundland is the only colony in British viduals wholly irresponsible to the people, and in- 
North America from which ‘self-government has | creased as it has been since last Session by the acces- 
been withheld ; that she has a population of at least | sion of two persons opposed to popular reform or poli- 
One hundred and twenty thousand inhabitants ; that | tical progress, whose chief claims to seats at the Coun- 
her annual imports exceed Eight hundred thousand | cil Board rested in their support of the present effete 





— and her exports One million sterling; that 
er area is greater than that of Jreland, with a sea- 
board exceeding One thousand miles, indented with 
extensive and commodious bays and safe harbours, 
from which her inexhaustible fisheries may be car- 
ried on to an indefinite extent, and affording valua- 
ble encouragement to a population far greater than 
the present number; that her revenue is about 
Seventy thousand pounds sterling; that her civil 
list, amounting to about Thirty thousand pounds 
a year, is paid exclusively from colonial funds, and 
that, as an evidence of the soundness of the credit of 
the colony, the sum of Eighty thousand pounds is 
invested in the savings bank, at interest at the rate 
Vo. 108. 


'system of misrule, it is utterly hopeless to expect its 
co-operation in carrying out measures of the most 
imperative public necessity and admitted practical 
utility ; for instance, against the unanimous will of 
the late House of Assembly, the Council materially 
altered the appropriations in a Bill adopted by the 
Assembly last Session, granting Nine thousand pounds 
for the construction and repair of roads in that island, 
and thereby caused the loss of that useful measure, 
thus violating the privileges of the representative 
branch, retarding public improvement, and partially 
debarring the operative population from remunerative 
employment, so much required during last season, 
owing to the failure of the fisheries and the blight 








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734 


of the potato crop; that the Executive were obliged, 
at the solicitation of individual members of the As- 
sembly, to appropriate and expend considerable sums 
of money during last year in the road service which 
were not voted by the Assembly, thus violating Her 
Majesty’s instructions to the Governor and the law 
of the land, a step which was, however, rendered 
necessary by the wrongful act of the Council in re- 
jecting the Roed Bill; that they also rejected Census 
Bills successively passed by the Assembly in its last 
two Sessions, in accordance with a recommendation 
from the Imperial Government; that they also so 
mutilated a Bill appropriating Seven thousand five 
hundred pounds for the encouragement of the edu- 
cation of the youth of the colony as to create general | 





28° Juli. 





A. 1853. 


crease is a necessary condition precedent to the 
attainment of responsible government, except such 
a one as would nullify the honest and invigorating 
influence of the great principles of British constitu- 
tional government, if it should be conceded to that 
colony. These are only some of the many instances 
of opposition evinced by the Council to the measures 
of the Assembly; and praying that the House will 
be pleased to take the premises into their considera- 
tion, and adopt such measures as will secure to that 
old and loyal dependency of the British Crown, the 
blessings of a constitutional form of government 
analogous to that in successful operation in the other 
North American Colonies. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 


dissatisfaction among not only all the Dissenters, but | Table. 
also a large portion of the Episcopalians of the co-| 
lony. That from time immemorial the fishermen of 
Newfoundland, its mainstay and the great source of to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
its commercial wealth, have been entitled by Impe- to give directions, that there be laid before this 
rial statute to receive their wages out of the produce House, an Account of all Gold, Silver and Copper 
of their earnings in preference to all other creditors., Monies of the Realm coined at the Royal Mint, from 
That the Chamber of Commerce of Saint John’s the 1st day of April 1853 to the 30th day of June 
secretly adopted a memorial to Earl Grey, Her Ma-’ last, specifying the Weight, Number and Value, &amp;c. 
jesty’s late Secretary of State for the Colonies, pray-| (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 365, 
ing for the repeal of 15th Geo. 3, being the only | of Session 1853). 

statute which still preserved this valuable right to| Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
their hardy fishermen. That this memorial was trans-| Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
mitted to the Colonial Office by the local Executive | of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 
without any protest, without the knowledge of the | 

Legislature, and without giving the representative | 
branch, or those most nearly affected by this mea-_ the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, date 
sure, an opportunity of transmitting a counter me-| the 7th day of this instant July, for Returns of the 
morial. ‘The consequence was that the fisherman’s | Names of all Officers and other Persons who are 
charter was repealed by the Imperial Parliament 20w employed, whether temporarily or otherwise, 
before the fact was discovered by the people of that! by the Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers, 
colony. Their only resource was then to appeal to} Setting forth the Offices they have held and now 
the local Legislature. The late House of Assembly | hold, under the Commissioners, with the Salaries 
accordingly passed a Bill defining the rights of this paid, the Dates of Appointment, and the Duties 
class of the population, and re-enacting this ancient| discharged in each case:—And, showing the At- 
right, but it was so altered by the Council as to make | tendances of each Commissioner of Sewers, whether 
it a totally different measure, and cause its rejection. Paid or unpaid, at each and every meeting of the 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Coina ge. 


| The following Papers were laid upon the Table by Metropolitan 
| q Commission 
of Sewers. 


The Assembly then adopted a measure to declare | 
the prior right of fishermen to be paid the amount) 
of their wages out of the produce of their labour, | 
in case of the insolvency of their hirers or employers, | 
which was also rejected by the Council in the last and | 
the previous session, thus opposing the interests and | 
desires of the mass of the people in every form. 
The Council likewise rejected a Bil sent up to the) 
Assembly last Session to provide for the relief of the | 
poor of the colony, and also two Bills for the 
prospective reduction of the civil list, passed by 
the Assembly from a sense of the enormity of the 
present civil expenditure with a due regard to the 
circumstances of the colony, and without affecting | 
in any respect the interests of the present official 
incumbents, according to a recommendation con- 
tained in a despatch from Earl Grey upon this im-| 
portant subject. The chief objection urged by the | 
Executive to the concession of responsible govern- 
ment has been the limited number of the representa- 
tives of the people in the House of Assembly, to 
obviate which, Bills have been passed twice in the 
Assembly, one of which was adopted last Session, 
which was so alteted and amended in the Council as 
to throw the representation into the hands of a few 
merchants and officials, by subdividing certain elec- 
toral districts into small sections, and creating a 
system of rotten boroughs to suit their views; thus 
mutilated, it was necessarily rejected by the As- 
sembly ; another Bill on this subject is now before 
the Assembly, containing certain reasonable conces- 
sions calculated to secure a fair representation to the 
various interests and denominations of the population, 
and it remains to be seen whether the Council will stil] 
persist in resisting a measure the necessity of which 
they admit; but the Petitioners fear they will not 
assent to any Bill for the increase of representatives 
so long as they are permitted to urge that such in- 








| mand,—Co 


/said Commission, duly convened, from the 1st day 


of January 1852 to the present time. 

Return to an Order, dated the 25th day of this 
instant July, for a Copy of the Evidence taken on 
the Trial of Stephen Mount, ordered by this House 
to be prosecuted for Perjury, together with the sum- 
ming up of the Judge. 


Stephen Mount. 


Mr. Peel presented,—Further Return to an Ad- se ag 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 16th day of No- ( 
vember last, for a Return of the Duties payable, 
under Colonial Enactments, on Goods imported into 
the British Colonies (in continuation of Parliamen- 
tary Paper, No. 667, of Session 1851). 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


Table. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Public Records. 
y of Fourteenth Report of the Deputy 
Keeper of the Public Records, 8th July 1853. 

Copy of Fourteenth Annual Report of the Re- Births, Deaths 
gistrar-general of Births, Deaths and Marriages in 404 Marriages. 
England. 

Copy of Report of the Commissioners appointed City of 
under Her Majesty’s Royal Sign Manual, to in- Casterbury- 
quire into the existence of corrupt practices in the 
City of Canterbury ; together with the Minutes of 
Evidence. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Colonies.) 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself South Sea 


i i i ~ ~ iti : . Annuities 
_ “ Committee on the South Sea Annuities Dissen Disscatiente. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That provision be made, out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, for paying off the proprietors 

of 














Message from 
the Lords, 


Bankruptcy 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Birkenhead 


Dock Com- 
pany Bill. 


Public-houses 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Newport, 
Abergavenny 
and Hereford 


17 Vicroriz. 


of the Capital Stocks of Old South Sea Annuities, 
New South Sea Annuities, Bank Annuities (1726), 
and £.3 per Centum Annuities (1751), mentioned in 
an Act of the present Session, chapter twenty-three, 
in respect of which Assents to commute shall not 
have been signified according to the said Act, and 
also for paying to the South Sea Company a prin- 
cipal sum equal to the amount of the Trading or 
Capital Stock of the said Company, or the part 
thereof the Interest or Annuity on which shall not 
have been commuted or exchanged, according to 
the said Act, or any Act to be passed in the present 
Session of Parliament. 

2. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
the South Sea Company shall be permitted to com- 
mute, within a time to be limited, all or any part of 
the Annuity or Interest on their Trading or Capital 
Stock, payable in respect of Shares in such Stock 
standing in the names of the Accountant-general of 
the Courts of Chancery of England and Ireland, 
respectively, and of the Accountant in Bankruptcy 
in England, and in the names of Trustees and others 
disabled from voting in the General Court of Pro- 
prietors of the said retin into or for any one or 
more of the Stocks and Securities authorized to be 
created and issued by the Act of the present Session, 
chapter twenty-three, and the £.3. 5s. per Centum 
Annuities, and New £.3 per Centum Annuities, 
created under the Acts of the seventh year of Her 
Majesty, chapters four and five, commonly called 
and known as £.3. 5s. per Centum Annuities (1844), 
such commutation into or for the said Stocks and 
Securities authorized to be created and issued by 
the said Act of the present Session, to be upon the 
terms and subject to the conditions upon and subject 
to which the like commutation was authorized under 
the said Act, and such commutation into or for the 
said £.3. 5s. per Centum Annuities (1844), to be 
upon such terms and subject to such conditions as 
the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury may 
see fit to offer, provided that the assent of the said 
Company to any such commutation shall be signified 
to the said Commissioners of the Treasury within 
such time as may be limited by such Commissioners 
for that purpose. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the matter to them referred; and that he was di- 
rected to move, That the Committee may have leave 
to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Tinney : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Bankruptcy (Scat- 
land) Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Birkenhead Dock 
Company Bill, withan Amendment; to which Amend- 
ment the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Public-houses 
(Scotland) Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Newport, Aberga- 
venny and Hereford Railway (Taff Vale) Bill, with 


Railway (Taft Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 


Vale) Bill. 
Newport, 
Abergavenny 
and Hereford 


desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 
The Lords have agreed to the Newport, Aberga- 
venny and Hereford Railway ( Hereford, &amp;c.) Bill, 


Railway (Here- With Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords 
ford, &amp;c.) Bill. desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

Accidents in 
Coal Mines, 





The Lords request, That this House will be pleased 
to communicate to their Lordships, Copy of Report 
from the Select Committee appointed by this House 
in the present Session of Parliament, to inquire into 
VoL. 108. 


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735 


the causes of the numerous Accidents in Coal Mines, 
with a view of suggesting the best means for their 
prevention ; together with the Minutes of Evidence 
taken before the said Committee, and the Appendix 
and Index thereto :—And then the Messenger with- 
drew. 

Resolved, That this House will send an Answer 
to the last part of the said Message, by Messengers 
of their own. 

And the Messenger was again called in, and Mr. 
Speaker acquainted him therewith :—And then he 
again withdrew. 


Mr. Bouverie reported Ward Jackson's Estate Bill, 


with Amend ments. 5 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Wilson presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 


ending 31st March 1854 (Class VIII.) 
Ordered, That the said Estimates be referred to 
the Committee of Supply; and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return from every Petty Session in Jreland, show- 
ing the Number of Magistrates who attended on 
each Petty Sessions Day; the Days on which no 
Petty Sessions were held from the Non-attendance 
of Magistrates, or from any other cause; and the 
Number of Cases to come before the Magistrates on 
each such Day, during the year 1852 (the Return 
to be made in the same form as Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 543, of Session 1843). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Valuation and Area of each Elec- 
toral Division in Ireland, with its Population in 
1851, and the Total Poundage directed to be raised 
by any Rate or Rates made upon every such Elec- 
toral Division during the year ending the 31st day 
of December 1852, distinguishing the Unions in 
which Out-door Relief has been administered for the 
Able-bodied Poor, if any, and specifying the Date 
when the Order authorizing such Out-door Relief 
was given by the Poor Law Commissioners (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 323, of Ses- 
sion 1852, and in the same tabular form). 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the several Counties of England 
and Wales, their Population, the Number of Rural 
Police appointed under the Act 2 &amp; 3 Vic. c. 93, and 
3 &amp; 4 Vic. c. 88, in each County, the Date of their 
Appointment, the Total Cost annually since the Ap- 
pointment, charged upon the Rates of each County, 
the Number of Annual Commitments in each County, 
either for Time or Trial, since the passing of the 
above recited Acts, drawn up in a tabular form. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, ‘hat an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Gross and Net Amount of the 
Annual Income received by the Bishop of Salisbury 
in respect of his See, for the years 1851 and 1852, 
and of all Payments made by him to the Eccle- 
siastical Commissioners, or received from them during 
that time :—Of all Sums received in the way of 
Fines upon renewal of Leases for Lives during the 
incumbency of the present Bishop; distinguishing 
the years in which such Fines were received :—Of 
the average Amount of Fines on renewals of Leases 
for Lives, from 1837 to 1850, inclusive :—Of a like 
Average from 1844 to 1850, inclusive :—Of Leases 
for Lives on which Lives are now vacant, the Age 
5Aa4 of 


Ward Jack- 
son’s Estate 


Civil Services. 
mand,—Estimates for Civil Services, for the year No. 824. 


Petty Sessions 


(Ireland.) 


Electoral 
Divisions 
(Ireland. ) 


Rural Police. 


See of 
Salisbury. 





































































es 


Convictions 
(Middlesex. ) 


Public Health 
Act. 


Sheriffs (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


No. 825. 


Breakwater 
and Dock of 
Refuge. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


South Sea 
Annuities 
Disscntients. 


Assessed 
‘Taxes Bill. 


National 

Edacation 

(Ireland.) 
No. 826. 


736 


of the Lives in such Leases respectively, and of the 
Amount of Fines received on the last occasion of 
the renewal of the same :—And, of the Leases for 
years of the See of Salisbury; distinguishing the 
years in which the same will be renewable respec- 
tively, and the Amount of the Fine received on the 
last occasion when each Lease was renewed. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Prisoners who have 
been convicted of Felony or Misdemeanor at the 
Middlesex County Quarter Sessions, between the 1st 
day of January 1851 and the 30th day of December 
3852, and sentenced to Transportation or — 
ment; specifying the different classes of Offences, 
and the Dates and Periods of such Transportation 
or Imprisonment; together with a Return of the 
Number of Cases in which Returns were laid before 
the Court of any previous Convictions of any such 
Prisoners, and of the Cases in which the Sentences 
were followed by a recommendation of the Prisoners 
to Parkhurst Prison, or to the Farm School at 
Redhill. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return from the General Board of Health, of all 


Applications for consent to raise Money on mortgage | 


of Rates, under the provisions of the Public Health 
Act, which have not yet been granted ; specifying 
the Places from which such Applications have pro- 
ceeded, and the Dates of such Applications. 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to diminish 
the Number of Sherifis in Scot/and, and to unite 
certain Counties in Scotland, in so far as regards the 
Jurisdiction of the Sheriff: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Correspondence that has taken place 
between the Admiralty and Mr. Smith, subsequent 
to 1849, relative to his projected Breakwater and 
Dock of Refuge; and also all Reports and Cor- 
respondence with the Admiralty and their Engineers 
on the same subject. 


Ordered, That Mr. Horsman have leave of ab- 
sence for a month, on account of ill health. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the South Sea Annuities Dissentients ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, at 
Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Assessed Taxes Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, at 
Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That there be laid befere this House, 
a Copy of a Resolution lately adopted by the Board 
of National Education in /reland, excluding the use 
of certain Books for the Schools under their manage- 
ment. 

Sir John Young accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


28° Julliz. 








A, 1853. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Charitable 


Committee, To-morrow, on the Charitable Trusts 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday next, 
at Twelve o’clock, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


Lord Join Russell presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 15th day of this 
instant July, for a Copy of the Ordinance of the 
French Government, of the year 1827, Art. 100, re- 
specting the Duty of Ships of War of France in 
giving Assistance to Merchant Vessels in distress. 

Ordered, ‘that the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Trusts Bilh, 


Merchant 
Vessels in 
istress. 


Mr. Osborne presented,— Return to an Order, Screw 


dated the 22d day of this instant July, for Copies of 
the Orders from the Board of Admiralty to the Senior 
Officer of the Screw Squadron in June 1852; toge- 
ther with the Report of the said Senior Officer to the 
Board of the Result of the several Trials. 

Return to an Order, dated the 25th day of this 
instant July, for Returns of the Number of Reports 
which have been made to Parliament, and also of 
the Inquiries which have been held by the Admiralty, 
or by Segecton appointed under the “ Preliminary 
Inquiries Act, 1851,” since the passing thereof :— 
And, of the Names of the Persons appointed as In- 
spectors, the Number of Days such Lepeatee were 
engaged, and the Amount of Expense incurred on 
each Inquiry, and whether such + was paid 
wholly or in part by the Admiralty, or by Promoters 
of any Private Bill. 

Return to an Order, dated the 25th day of this 
instant July, for Copy of the Annual Report on 
Greenwich Hospital Schools, made to the Admiralty 
by Her Majesty’s Inspector of Schools. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Government of /ndia Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill: 
(And whereas by the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, hereinbe- 
fore recited, it was enacted, “ That the said Company 
shall, with all convenient speed, after the Twenty- 
second day of April 1834, close their commercial 
business, and a sale of all their merchandize, 
stores aud effects, at home and abroad, distinguished 
in their account books as commercial assets, and all 
their warehouses, lands, tenements and hereditaments, 
and property whatsoever, which may not be retained 
for the purposes of government of the said Territories, 
and get in all debts due to them on account of the 
commercial branch of their affairs, and reduce their 
commercial establishment as the same shall become 
unnecessary, and discontinue and abstain from all 
commercial business which shall not be incident to 
the closing of their actual concerns, and to the con- 
version into money of the property hereinbefore di- 
rected to be sold, or which shall not be carried on 
for the purposes of the said Government:” And 
whereas the said East India Company have con- 
tinued to carry on the manufacture and sale of salt, 
from the date of the said Act to the present time, not- 
withstanding the aforesaid provision: And whereas 
it is expedient that the said salt monopoly should 
absolutely cease and determine: Be it enacted, That 
from and after the First day of May 1856, it shall 
be unlawful for the said ast India Company to 
continue the manufacture of salt as at present car- 
ried on by them in the Province of Bengal, and that 
such manufacture shall absolutely cease, whether 
carried on by the Last India Company, or on the 
account and under the control of the said Company, 
and that the manufacture and sale of salt in Jndia 
shall be absolutely free, subject only to such Excise 
or other Duties as may now or from time to time - 
levie 


Squadron. 


Preliminary 
Inquiries Act. 


Greenwich 
Hospital 
schools, 


Government 
of India Bill. 


























17 Vicroriz. 


levied upon such salt so manufactured) :—And the 
said Clause was brought up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Sir John Pakington, 
— IM John George Philli- ‘117 
? 
Tellers for the {iar Hayter, 
Noes, Mr. Grenville Berkeley : 


more : 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


10 


J 


\ 
J 
\ 
J 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 29° die Julii, 1853: 


The said Clause was accordingly read a second 
time ; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill: (The President of the Board of Control, or, in 
his absence, some other Member of Her Majesty’s 
Government, shall, in every Session, make a state- 
ment to the House of Commons on the subject of 
the /ndian Finances, on some day subsequent to the 
presentation of the Annual Jndian Accounts). 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Clause be now brought up :—It 
passed in the Negative. 

Another Clause (Qualification of a Director as re- 
spects the possession of Eust India Stock, £. 1,000 
to be a qualification), was twice read; and made 
part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Manufacture and sale of Salt by 
East India Company to cease), was twice read; and 
made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Rill: (Whereas the Territories of British India are 
a portion of the Dominions of the British Crown, 
and the Native and European Inhabitants thereof 
are Her Majesty’s subjects, the Government of the 
said Verritories as carried on in Jndia, and the admi- 
nistration of justice therein, shall, from and after the 
passing of this Act, be in the name of Her Majesty, 
Her heirs and successors, and all public acts of the 
Government of Jndia shall be done and executed by 
the Governor General in Council, in the name of 
Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors). 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Clause be now brought up :—It 
passed in the Negative. 

Another Clause (No law or regulation of Go- 
vernor General in Council invalid b 
same affecting any Prerogative of the Crown), was 
twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 


Another Clause (All fines, penalties, &amp;c. to belong | 
to the East India Company), was twice read ; and | 


made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill: (Yearly allowances to Chairman, Deputy Chair- 
man and Directors, instead of those now payable 
under bye-laws) :—And the said Clause was brought 
up, and twice read, with blanks; and committed to 
a Committee of the whole House :—The House 
accordingly resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Clause (Instead of the yearly sums allowed under 
the bye-laws of the said Company to the Chairman, 
Deputy Chairman and other Directors, for their at- 
tendance upon the business of the said Company, 
there shall be allowed to the Chairman, Deputy 
Chairman and Directors, under this Act, the yearly 
sums following (that is to say): To the Chairman 
a year, to the Deputy Chair- 

a year, and to every 
a year)—— 


man 
other Director 

brought up, and read 1°, 2°. 
Von. 108, 


reason of the | 


98°—29° Juli. 








737 


Proposed to fill the first blank with “‘ One thou- 
“ sand five hundred pounds.” 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That the 
Chairman do now leave the Chair——put, and 
agreed to. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair. 
Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Pilotage Bill. 
mittee on the Pilotage Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Universities 
mittee on the Universities (Scotland) Bill; (Scotland) 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve = 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Entry of Seamen Bill was, according to Order, Entry of 
read the third time. Seamen Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Osborne do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Duties on 
into a Committee on the Duties on Horses let for Horses let for 
Hire Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. ~* = 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie re- 
~~ That the Committee had gone through the 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Hackney 
mittee on the Hackney Carriage Duties Bill ; Carriage 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- Puties Bill 
mittee on the Bill, That they have Power to make N®- 827. 
— therein, as to the Charge for the Hire of 

ackney Carriages :—Then the House resolved itself 
into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Instruction to the Committee, That they have 
Power to make provision as to the Charge for the 
Hire of Hackney Carriages, read. 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 


.— 
reamble postponed. 


Cuiavuses, N° 1 to N° 13, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Clause (That whenever more than two persons 
shall be conveyed by any Hackney Carriage drawn 
by one horse only, a sum of Sixpence for each person 
above the number of two shall be paid for the whole 
hiring, in addition to the fare now directed to be 
paid for two persons, under the Act 16 &amp; 17 Vic. c.33 ; 
and two children under ten years old shall be con- 
sidered as one adult person, for the purposes of this 
Clause). 

Brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
said Clause be now read a second time; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That the 
Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit 
again——put, and negatived. 

Original Question put ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the { Mr. Grenville Berkeley, \ .. 
Yeas, |The Earl of Mulgrave : ‘fo 
Tellers for the (Mr. Suléivan, or 
Noes, {Mn Vance: ) Tas 


Clause read 2°, agreed to, and added. 

Another Clause (15. a mile to be paid for every mile 
beyond the circumference of a circle of four miles 
from Charing-cross, if carriage be discharged be- 
yond such circumference) ——brought up, and read 
a first and second time. 


5B Amendment 































































es 








738 28°—99° Julii. 


Amendment proposed: To leave out the word 
“ four” and insert the word “ three” instead thereof. 

Question, That the word “four” stand part of 
the Clause——-put, and agreed to. 

Clause agreed to; and added. 

Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next; and be printed. 





Land Tax The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Commission- mittee on the Land Tax Commissioners’ Names | 
ers’ Names py) . 
Bill. =) “eo , : 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve | 
itself into the said Committee. | 


Public Works The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Acts Amend- mittee on the Public Works Acts Amendment (Jre- 
ment (Ireland) &gt; d) Bill: 
Bill and) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Strangersand The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
Divisions. the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
upon the 21st day of this instant July, That, except 
when Mr. Speaker, or the Chairman of a Committee 
of the whole House, shall otherwise direct, his order 
for the withdrawal of Strangers during a Division 
shall be understood to apply to strangers occupying 
seats below the Bar, and in the Front Gallery, and 
shall be enforced by the Serjeant-at-Arms accord- 
ingly : 
hat so soon as strangers have been directed to 
withdraw, the Clerk shall turn a two-minute sand- 
glass, to be kept on the Table for that purpose, and 
the doors shall not be closed until after the lapse of 
two minutes, as indicated by such sand-glass : 

That the doors shall be closed so soon after the 
lapse of two minutes as the Speaker, or the Chair- 
man of a Committee of the whole House, shall think 
proper to direct ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question in the second paragraph, by leaving out 
the word “two,” and inserting the word “three,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the word “ two” 
stand part of the Question: —It was resolved in 
the affirmative. 

Resolved, That, except when Mr. Speaker, or the 
Chairman of a Committee of the whole House, shall 
otherwise direct, his order for the withdrawal of 
strangers during a Division shall be understood to 
apply to strangers occupying seats below the Bar, 
and in the Front Gallery, and shall be enforced by 
the Serjeant-at-Arms accordingly : 

That so soon as strangers have been directed to ! 
withdraw, the Clerk shall turn a two-minute sand- | 
glass, to be kept on the Table for that purpose, and | 
the doors shall not be closed until after the lapse of 
two minutes, as indicated by such sand-glass : 

That the doors shall be closed so soon after the | 
lapse of two minutes as the Speaker, or the Chair- | 
man of a Committee of the whole House, shall | 
think proper to direct. 





Transporta- The Order of the day being read, for the second 
tion Bill. reading of the Transportation Bill ; 
Ordered, \hat the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 
Crime and The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Outrage into a Committee on the Crime and Outrage (Jreland) 
(Gotat) SE. ap ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 








A. 1853. 


resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Customs Bill. 
into a Committee on the Customs Bill; and, after No. 828, 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Employment 
mittee on the Employment of Children in Factories S Children in 
“1. actories Bill, 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day &gt; read, for the Com- Drainage of 
mittee on the Drainage of Lands (Jreland) Act Lands (Ire- 
“, land) Act 
Amendment Bill ; Amendment 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve Bill. 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Burials 
into consideration the Burials (beyond the Metro- se demas 
olis) Bill, as amended in the Committee. i ) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Stamp Duties 
into consideration the Stamp Duties (No. 2) Bill, as (N° 2) Bill. 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day, at Twelve o’clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Vaccination 
mittee on the Vaccination Extension Bill ; Extensien Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 
day next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Betting- 
mittee on the Betting-houses Bill ; houses Bill. 
Resolved, ‘That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Dublin 


‘into a Committee on the Dublin Carriage Bill; and, ©4triage Bill. 


after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Truck Act 
reading of the Truck Act Amendment Bill ; Amendment 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. : 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Customs, &amp;c. 
mittee on the Customs, &amp;c. Duties Bill ; Duties Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Incumbered 
into consideration the Incumbered Estates (Ireland) Estates (Ire- 
° , : land) Act Con- 
Act Continuance Bill, as amended in the Com- ¢inuance Biil. 
mittee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 

The Turnpike Acts Continuance (Zreland) Bill Turnpike Acts 
was, according to Order, read a second time ; and (ireland) Bille 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 


this day. 
y The 

















Public Works 
Act Amend- 
ment (Ireland) 
[ Advances. } 





17 Vicroriz. 28°—29° Jultz. 739 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself|to give directions, that there be laid before this 
into a Committee on the Public Works Act Amend- | House, Copies of any Correspondence between the 
ment (Jreland) [ Advances]. Home Office and the Authorities of the Lunatic 

; Asylum at Colney Hatch, with regard to the death 
(In the Committee.) of William Winschaffel, a Patient in that Establish- 
Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma-| ment, who was killed there by another Patient in 


jesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great | May last. 


Lunacy Regu- 
lation Bill. 


Chancery 
Suitor’s Further 
Relief Bill. 


Naval Coast 
Volunteers 
Bill. 





Landlord 
and Tenant 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Tenants’ 
Compensation 
(Ireland) Bill. 





Merchant 
Shipping Bill 


Ministers’ 
Money (Ire- 
land) Bill. 





Smoke 
Nuisance 
Abatement 
(Metropolis. ) 


Map of Ireland. 


Lunatic 
Asylum, 
Colney Hatch, 








Britain and Ireland, be authorized to direct the Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
issue, out of the Consolidated Fund of the said | Her Majesty, by such Members of this es as are 
United Kingdom, of such sums of money as may | of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 

be required by the Commissioners of Public Works 


in Ireland, for the repair of certain Harbours, Piers, Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Ecclesiastical 
Quays, Landing-places, or other Works in that| to amend an Act of the fifth and sixth years of Her Leasing Act 


Country. present Majesty, for enabling Ecclesiastical Corpo- seeeeeues 
Resolution to be reported. rations, aggregate and sole, to grant Leases for long 


— ae terms of years: And that Viscount Palmerston and 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Lord Elcho | Mr, Fitzroy do prepare, and bring it in. 

reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 


. . Smoke 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. Vissount Pisiooatee geeniel = TSS 0 eleiegem 


the Nuisance arising from the Smoke of Furnaces in ee 
: ] r atement 
ee the Metropolis, and from Steam-Vessels between (Metropolis) 
tlhe inte conehdnedl  . Ran Re lati , Bill London Bridge and Richmond Bridge: And the Bill. 

oy omelne~ cy *eguiation "| same was read the first time; and ordered to be No. 829. 


as amended in the Committee. . ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon — tiene, ugem Eile nent; eet Oe 


Monday next. 


iid oe pH Viscount Palmerston presented a Bill to amend Ecclesiastical 
The Chancery Suitors’ Further Relief Bill was, an Act of the fifth and sixth years of Her present — Act 
. . , : mendment 
Majesty, for enabling Ecclesiastical Corporations, pit, 
aggregate and sole, to grant Leases for long terms No, g30. 
of years: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 


next; and to be printed. 


according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Wed- 
nesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Naval Coast Volunteers Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday F ’ 
next, at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said Ordered, That there be laid before this House, New Houses 
Committee. Copies of the Correspondence that has passed be- of Parliament. 
tween the Treasury and the Board of Works, on the 

The House, according to Order, proceeded to take | subject of the Supplemental Estimate in the present 
into consideration the Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) | Session, for Works at the New Houses of Par- 


Bill, as amended in the Committee. liament. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Customs 


j ; Copy of a Treasury Minute of the 23d day of July “isle of Man.) 
; The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 1853, on the subject of the proposed alteration of 

into consideration the Tenants’ Compensation (Jre- | Customs in the Jsle of Man. 

land) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this And then the House, having continued to sit till 
day. a quarter of an hour after Three of the clock 


on Friday morning, adjourned till this day. 
The Order of the day being read, for the third 








reading of the Merchant Shipping Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill [ read the third time 

this day. Veneris, 29° die Julii ; 
The Order of the day being read, for the second ies eines : 

reading of the Ministers’ Money (Ireland) Bill; Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1858. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second timeupon| Prayers. 


Monday the 8th day of August next. RD ERED, That all Committees have leave to Committees. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill wit thle diy, Casing Cha allting, oF Cin Sagem 


to abate the Nuisance arising from the Smoke of | ; ; 
Furnaces in the Metropolis, and from Steam Vessels Mr . Bouverie reported the Archbishop of Caater- Pomme 
between London Bridge and Richmond Bridge: | 5ury’s Estate Bill, without Amendment. Estate Bill 
And that Viscount Palmerston and Mr. Fitzroy do| Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
prepare, and bring it in. 
The House proceeded to take into consideration Birmingham 
Ordered, ‘That a Select Committee be appointed | the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bir- and Oxford 
to consider and report on the details of the reduced | mingham and Oxford Junction, and Birmingham, seo mr dea 
Map of Jreland now in course of publication:—| Wolverhampton and Dudley and Great Western Woiverhamp- 
And a Committee was appointed of Sir Denham | Railways Bill; and the same were twice read, and ton and Dud- 
Norreys, Sir Robert Ferguson, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. | agreed to. ae 
Locke, Viscount Monck, Colonel Greville, Mr. Sad-| | Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to ways Bill. 
leir, Colonel Dunne, Mr. Pollard-Urquhart, Mr.\the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
Monsell, Mr. Fitzwilliam Hume, Colonel Boyle and | hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Mr. John Bal/; with Power to send for persons, | Lordships. 
papers and records. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. The House proceeded to take into consideration Londonderry, 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Lon- aad Sligo Rail- 
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | donderry, Enniskillen and Sligo Railway (No. 2) way (No. 2) 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | Bill; and the same were twice read, and to. Bill 
VoL, 108. 5 B2 Ordered, 























740 99° Julti. 


Ordered, That Mr. Bouverie do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Milford Haven The House proceeded to take into consideration 

Docks Bill. the Amendments made by the Lords to the Milford 
Haven Docks Bill; and the same were twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Newcastle- The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ees the Amendments made by the Lords to the New- 
Bill. castle-upon- Tyne Improvement Bill. 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
(and it appearing that the Amendment to Clause 55 
was inserted to render the wording of the Clause 
consistent with the ensuing parts of the Clause), 
were, with an Amendment to one of them, agreed to. 
_ Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships, with an Amendment; to which Amend- 
ment this House doth desire the concurrence of 
their Lordships. 


Ear of The Earl of Egremont’s Estate Bill was read the 
gremont’s } ; 
Estate Bill third time. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Richmond The House proceeded to take into consideration 
(Yorkshire) the Richmond (Yorkshire) Burgage Pastures Bill, as 
Burgage ded in the C tt 

Pastures Bill. ®mended in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Sneed Park The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Eytate Bill. the Sneed Park Estate Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Pemberton's Pemberton’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; 
Estate Bill. and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Piddocke’s Piddocke’s Estate Bill was read a second time; 
Estate Bill and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Colonial The Colonial Church Regulation Bill was read 
Church Regu- the first time, and ordered to be read a second time 


i ill. Pp i 
a a upon Tuesday next; and to be printed. 


Smith’s Ordered, That Smith’s Charity Estate Bill be 
— Estate read a second time. 


Accidents in The House proceeded to take into consideration 

Coal Mines. that part of the Message from the Lords of the 28th 
day of this instant July, wherein their Lordships re- 
quest, that this House will be — to communicate 
to their Lordships, Copy of Report from the Select 
Committee appointed by this House in the present Ses- 
sion of Parliament, to inquire into the causes of the 
numerous Accidents in Coal Mines, with a view of 
suggesting the best means for their prevention ; to- 
gether with the Minutes of Evidence taken before 
the said Committee; and the Appendix and Index 
thereto. 

Ordered, That Printed Copies of the First, Second 
and Third Reports of the said Committee be commu- 
nicated to the Lords, as desired by their Lordships : 
And that Mr. Brotherton do deliver the same. 


| Commissioners of Sewers, setting forth the Amount ° 








A. 1853. . | 


Ordered, That Mr. Mundy have leave of ab- Leave of 
sence for a fortnight, on account of illness in his Absence. 
family. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Criminal 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Prosecutions. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return showing the Amount paid for Expenses 
of Criminal Prosecutions in each County, County of 
a City, and County of a Town in Ingland and 
Wales, at each Assizes and Sessions since 1846: 





| Sum paid for Ex- | Sum paid for Ex- 


Name Dateofeach| penses of Prose-| —penses of Prose- ot out of which 
f : cutions in Fe- cutions in Mis- | um was paid, 
¥ Assizes whether Conso- 


lony Cases at} demeanor Cases 
County, &amp;c. jand Sessions., each Assizes and at each Assizes 
Sessions. and Sessions. | 


| S «. € a 64 
| 


| 
| 
| 
| | 


| 
| 
| 


lidated Fund or 
Local Rates, 














And, similar Return as to Ireland. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, oy such Members of this House 
as are of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy 
Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Poor Law 
a Return showing Amount paid in-each year aince (Medical 
1846, for the Salaries of the Medical Officers, — 
of the Schoolmasters and Schoolmistresses, for each 
Poor Law Union in England and Wales, and the 
Fund out of which the whole, or any, and what por- 
tions of such Salaries were respectively paid :—And, 
similar Return as to Jreland. 


Petitions relating to Universal Suffrage, &amp;c. ;— Public 
Charitable Trusts Bill;—Crystal Palace (Sydenham); ¥etitions. 
—Recovery of Personal Liberty Bill ;—Clauses Act ; vige Seventy- 
— Education Bill ;—Juvenile Offenders Bill ;—Me- ninth Report. 
dical Officers (Navy); — Medical Profession ; — 

Poor Law ;—and, Vaccination Extension Bill, 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition relating to Intoxicating Liquors, was 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Public-houses, &amp;c. 





The following Papers were laid upon the Table Bengal. 
by the Clerk of the awen-ciedinn Return to an 
Order, dated the 14th day of this instant July, for 
Copy of Letter from the Junior Secretary to the 
Board of Revenue, to the Secretary to the Govern- ' 
ment of Bengal, dated Fort William, June 29th, 
/1852; and, of Minute thereupon by the Governor 
General, dated September 11th, 1852. 

Further Return to an Ordey, dated the 25th day of Metropolitan 


this instant July, for a Return from the Metropolitan Commission 
Sewers. 


No. 832. 








_of Debt and Liabilities due from the Commissioners 
at the present time; the Increase of the Debt and 
| Liabilities in each year since the passing of the Act 
of 1851; the Amount which has been levied by Rate 
in each year since the Act of 1851, and the Amount 
by Loan or otherwise ; how much of the Sums so 
raised has been expended in reducing former Lia- 
| bilities ; and how much in new Works and Manage- 
ment in each year :—And, Statement of the Works 
intended to be executed, for which the Sum of 
£. 400,000 is proposed to be raised by Mortgage of 
the Rates, i the Estimate of the same; how much 


such Sum of £. 400,000 will be in the Pound as Rate 
upon the Inhabitants ; how much the Sum of Six- 
pence in the Pound, which the Commissioners are 
now authorized to levy, will produce; and “&gt; 

the 














17 Vicroriz. 
the Annual Value of Property upon which the Com- 


. missioners are empowered to levy a Rate. 


Poor Law 
(Bedminster 
Parish. ) 

N 0 . 833. 


Metropolitan 
Commission 
of Sewers. 


No. 834. 


Stephen Mount. 
No. 835. 


Customs 
Duties 
(Colonies.) 


No. 836. 
Screw 
Squadron. 

No. 837. 


Preliminary 
Inquiries Act. 
No. 838. 


Greenwich 

Hospital 

Schools. 
No. 839. 


Capture of 
Bruné. 


Stamp Duties 
(No. 2) Bill. 


South Sea 
Annuities 
Dissentients, 





Ordered, That the Return relative to the Metropo- 
litan Commissioners of Sewers be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Law 
(Bedminster Parish), which was presented upon the 
25th day of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Metropo- 
litan Commissions of Sewers, which was presented 
upon the 28th day of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Stephen 
Mount, which was presented upon the 28th day of 
this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Customs 
Duties (Colonies), which was presented upon the 
28th day of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Screw 
Squadron, which was presented upon the 28th day 
of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Preli- 
minary Inquiries Act, which was presented upon the 
28th day of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Greenwich 
Hospital Schools, which was presented upon the 
28th day of this instant July, be printed. 


Mr. Peel presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 25th day of this instant 
July, for Copies of Sir Thomas Cochrane’s Memorial 
to the Queen in Council, requesting that the Guns 
captured at Bruné in 1846, by the Squadron under 
his Command, might be sold for the Benefit of the 
Captors and treated as Prize of War :—And, of the 
Order of the Queen in Council passed in 1851, rela- 
tive to the disposal of these Guns. 

Ordered, ‘Yhat the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Stamp Duties (No. 2) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
after the other Orders of the day, for Twelve o’clock. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


into a Committee on the South Sea Annuities Dis- | 


sentients. 
(In the Committee.) 


2. Question again proposed, That the South Sea 
Company shall be permitted to commute, within a 
time to be limited, all or any part of the Annuity 
or Interest on their Trading or Capital Stock, 
payable in respect of shares in such stock stand- 
ing in the names of the Accountant General of the 
Courts of Chancery of England and Ireland, re- 
spectively, and of the Accountant in Bankruptcy 
in England, and in the names of Trustees and others 
disabled from voting in the General Court of Pro- 


prietors of the said Company, into or for any one or | 


more of the stocks and securities authorized to be 
created and issued by the Act of the present Session, 
chapter twenty-three, and the £.3.5s. per Centum 
Annuities, and New £.3 per Centum Annuities, 
created under the Acts of the seventh year of Her 
Majesty, chapters four and five, commonly called 
and known as £.3. 5s. per Centum Annuities (1844), 
such commutation into or for the said stocks and 
securities authorized to be created and issued by the 
said Act of the present Session, to be upon the terms 
and subject to the conditions upon and subject to 
which the like commutation was authorized under 
the said Act, and such commutation into or for the 
said £.3. 5s. per Centum Annuities (1844), to be 
upon such terms and subject to such conditions as 
the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury ma 

see fit to offer, provided that the assent of the said 

VoL. 108. 


29° Jultz. 








741 


Company to any such commutation shall be signified 
to the said Commissioners of the Treasury within 
such time as may be limited by such Commissioners 
for that purpose. 

Question put ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for ~~ Hayter, 1 
Yeas, Mr. Grenville Berkeley:  § sev. 
Tellers for the (Sir FitzRoy Kelly, 67 


Noes, (Sir Henry Willoughby : 
3. Resolved, That the South Sea Company shall 
also be permitted, upon signifying their assent within 
such time as may be limited by the Commissioners 
of the Treasury for this purpose, to commute, upon 
the same terms, and subject to the same conditions, 
all or any part of the annuity or interest payable in 
respect of such further amount of their said Capital 
or Trading Stock as may be authorized or required 
by Parliament to be invested as a guarantee fund for 
their administration of private trusts, in case they 
should be authorized to undertake such administra- 
tion by any Act to be passed in the present Session 
of Parliament. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come. to 
several Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Assessed 
into a Committee on the Assessed Taxes Bill; and, T**¢s Bill. 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed No. 840. 
the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next; and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Metropolitan 
mittee on the Metropolitan Sewers Acts Continuance a s Acts 
. ontinuance 
Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Stamp Duties (No. 2) Bill was, according t© Stamp Duties 
Order, read the third time. (No. 2) Bill, 

A Clause (Receipts for Land or Assessed Taxes or 
Income Tax, exempt from Stamp Duty), was thrice 
read ; and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (Stamps denoting the Duty on 
Policies of Life Assurance, may be impressed or 
affixed), was thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (Certain particulars to be written on 
adhesive Stamps for Policies), was thrice read ; and 
added to the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to repeal certain Stamp Duties, and 
to grant others in lieu thereof, to give relief with 
respect to the Stamp Duties on Newspapers and Sup- 
plements thereto, to repeal the Duty on Advertise- 
ments, and otherwise to amend the Laws relating 
to Stamp Duties. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public 


on Public Petitions; That they had examined the ecm 
Petitions presented upon the 27th and 28th days eighth Teport.) 


of this instant July ; and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, ‘That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Message fro the Lords, by Sir George Rose : Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 


The Lords have agreed to the Succession Duty Besresston 
y 
The 


Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Bill, 


5B3 























742 29° Julri. A. 1853. 





. Spitalfields The Lords have agreed to the Spitalfields to Shore- | and the Total Population of the said Burgh ; 2. The 
cinaraamoneee ditch Improvement Bill, without any Amendment: Number of Churches and Chapels belonging to or 
Bill. And also, ' connected with the Church of Scotland, within the 
West London The Lords have agreed to the West London and as eee oe a — qo opr 
and Crystal Crystal Palace Railway Bill, with Amendments; to ee Ce ee ees Se 
Palace Rail- "sa mendments the Lords desire th urrence | Sittings in each Church and Chapel; 4. The Num- 
way Bill. wf thi : i _— or “ d ik Se Se nee Sittings which are let or specially = 

be ta a RS | propriated to Persons who regularly occupy the 
rene The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to | same; the Totals of each Class to be also given. 
ishops Bi" authorize the Consecration of British Subjects to be | Ordered. That the said Address be presented to 
Bishops in Heathen Lands ; to which the Lords | Wer ‘Majeaty, by such Members of thie saiten-ontae 
— the ee of this House :—And then the | o¢ Fer Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 
essenger withdrew. 
The Government of India Bill was, according to Government 
Missionary The Missionary Bishops Bill was read the first | Order, read the third time. of India Bill. : 
Bishops Bill. time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
No. 841. Monday next ; and to be printed. (That the Government now established in Zndia shall 
forthwith institute a survey of all the jungle, unin- 
Adjournment. Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of| closed and unoccupied lands, and shall cause the 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. same to be mapped out, for the purpose of selling 
the said lands as freeholds, at prices not exceeding 
Clitheroe Mr. Hamilton, from the Select Committee ap-| °*?° acre). , ; oe 
a. pointed to try and determine the matter of the Peti- —~ oo ry — and “4 oe — 
tion complaining of an undue Election and Return | P&amp; Vin ‘ a AOS. DS ROW REUGRS UP tee 
for the Borough of Clitheroe, informed the House, —* “a cl ogre. iil te tis eee 
That with reference to the witness, Robert Towler, Bill = —— — &amp; i fo - ” a ed to the 
now in the custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms, the | (W hereas it is essential for the good government 


Committee having reconsidered the whole of his evi- 
dence, and having compared it with the evidence of 
other witnesses, and having further examined and 
questioned the said Robert Towler, are unable to 
arrive at any other conclusion, than that he was 


of British India, and highly conducive to the con- 
tentment of the people, that no case of real mis- 
government or of well-grounded grievance should be 
without all means of real redress ; Be it enected, That 
persons suffering under alleged wrong may lay their 




























case before the Lords Justices, and that if they shall 
allow the farther prosecution of the case, it shall be 
referred to the Judicial Committee of the Privy 
Council, and the decision of the Judicial Committee 
upon such case shall be final) :—And the said Clause 
was brought up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 


guilty of wilful prevarication with the desire of mis- 
leading the Committee. 

Ordered, That Robert Towler, having been guilty 
of wilful prevarication before the Committee ap- 
pointed to try and determine the matter of the Peti- 
tion of Richard Fort, complaining of an undue Elec- 
tion and Return for the Borough of Clitheroe, be for bei T ; 
his said offence committed to Her Majesty’s Gaol of | 2° put, That the said Clause be now read a second 
Newgate; and that Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrants | a —— 

1e House divided. 


i, accordingly. | The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for thes Mr. John George Phillimore,) 48 
Yeas, Mr. Blackett : * ala 
Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, i] 
Noes, (Mr. Grenville Berkeley: Jf 

So it passed in the Negative. 
Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (With regard to admissions into the Military 
College at Addiscombe, That the nominations shall 
be made by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, 
the President of the Board of Control, the Lord 
Lieutenant of Zreland, and the Governor General of 
India respectively, for the time being, in equal pro- 


portions of One-fourth of such nomiations) :—And 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, the said Clause was brought up, and read the first 
Copies of the Financial Letter from Madras to the | time. . 


Government of India, of the 3d day of January, And a Motion being made, and the Question 
1848, and also of the Financial Letter to the Honour- | peing put, That the said Clause be now read a se- 
able Court of Directors, dated the sth day of No- cond time :—It passed in the Negative. 

vember, No. 13, of 1848 :—Of Instructions from Another Clause was oftered to be added to the 
the Court of Directors to the Government of India, | Bill (Whereas it would tend to a more speedy and 
in their Despatch of the 30th day of July 1850, on | effective administration of Jndian affairs in England, 
Public Works:—Of Major Wylie’s Letter of the |and would materially diminish the expenditure of 
21st day of December 1850, of Instructions of the | such administration, if the business of the two De- 
Government of Jndia respecting Public Works :— |partments of the Board of Commissioners for the 





Lord John Russell presented,—Further Return to | 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 6th day of 
December last, for Copy of a Special Commission 
issued by the Dutch and Belgian Governments, re- 
lative to the Cause and Treatment of the fatal 
Disease of Pleura-pneumonia in Cattle, with an Ab- | 
stract of the Experiments made by Dr. Williams, of ' 
Haselt, and communicated to the Belgian Govern- | 
ment; and, Copy of a Report of each Commis- 
sion. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Disease in 
Cattle. 


99. 


a pe a eee 
= 


East India. 








ny And, Copy of the Letter from the Madras Govern- 


ment to the Honourable Court of Directors, Public 


Affairs of India, and the Court of Directors of the 
East India Company, were transacted in one and 
the same building, it shall be lawful for the said 


Works ey dated the 13th day of Novem- 
ber 1852, No. 11. 







Board of Commissioners to provide, and the said 
Board shall, within Two years from the 30th day of 
April 1854, provide, in some suitable situation, suf- 
ficient offices for the transaction of the business of 
the two Departments as aforesaid; and the said 
Board is hereby empowered to sell the buildings and 
remises now occupied by the Court of Directors 
in Leadenhall-street, in the City of London, and to 
apply the proceeds thereof to defray any — 
whic 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return showing, in Columns, the Popula- 
tion, according to the Census of 1851, of each of 
the Parishes or portions of Parishes included within 
the limits of the Parliamentary Burgh of Edinburgh, 


Population 
and Churches 
( Edinburgh.) 













ae nae 
- 




















17 Vicrorix. 


which may be incurred in providing convenient 
offices, in one building, for the use of the said Board 
of Commissioners, and the said Court of Directors) : 
—And the said Clause was brought up, and read the 
first time. 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a se- 
cond time ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the oo Bright, L a0 

Yeas, Mr. Danby Seymour : gr 

Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 100 

Noes, \Mr. Grenville Berkeley : } ' 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (Instead of the yearly sums allowed under the 
bye-laws of the oh Company to the Chairman, 
Deputy Chairman and other Directors, for their 
attendance upon the business of the said Company, 
there shall be allowed to the Chairman, Deputy 
Chairman and Directors under this Act, the yearly 
sums following (that is to say): To the Chairman 

a year, to the Deputy 
Chairman a year, and to 
every other Director a year): 
—And the said Clause was brought up, and twice 
read, with blanks; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House. 

The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee. 

(In the Committee.) 


Clause (Instead of the yearly sums allowed under 
the bye-laws of the said Company to the Chairman, 
Deputy Chairman and other Ticectans, for their 
attendance upon the business of the said Company, 
there shall be allowed to the Chairman, Deputy 
Chairman and Directors under this Act, the yearly 
sums following (that is to say): To the Chairman 

a year, to the Deputy Chair- 
man a year, and to every other 
Director a year). 

Proposed, in 1. 5, to fill the blank with One thou- 
sand five hundred pounds. 

Afterwards proposed to fill the blank with One 
thousand pounds. 

Question put, That the blank be filled with One 
thousand five hundred pounds ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the i Hayter, \ 83 
Yeas, Mr. Grenville Berkeley: Jf “°° 
Tellers for the &gt; Mr. Bright, 1 


Noes, \Mr. Hume: f e. 


Blank filled with One thousand pounds. 


Amendments made. 
Clause, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Clause, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, ‘hat the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bouverie accordingly reported the Clause ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to; and 
the said Clause was read the third time, and added 
to the Bill. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, by leaving out Clause 29. 

And the Question being put, That Clause 29 
stand part of the Bill:—It was resolved in the 
Affirmative. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Wood do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 
Sabbati, 30° die Julii, 1853: 
Vou. 108, 


26° 30° Julie. 





743 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Universities 
into a Committee on the Universities (Scotland) Bill. os 
(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
ph. 
a postponed. 
Crause, N° 1, amended, and agreed to. 
Criause, N° 2 (Professors, &amp;c. to make declaration 
previous to admission). 
An Amendment made. 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 2: After the 
| word “ declare” to insert the words “ upon the true 
|“ faith of a Christian.” 

Question put, That those words be there in- 
serted ; 

The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the Yeas,{ Mr ao 


37. 
Tellers for the Noes, {wre Paw en 


} a1. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cuavses, N°3 and N°4, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauss, N° 5, agreed to. 

Cxause, N° 6 (Interpretation of expression “ Chair 
of Theology.”) 

Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 11: To leave out 
from the word “ Colleges” to the end of the 
Clause. 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out, 
stand part of the Clause——-put, and negatived. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cravuse, N° 7, amended, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, Le taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Pilotage Bill. 
mittee on the Pilotage Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Landlord 
reading of the Landlord and Tenant (Jredand) Bill ; Csined) Bil 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon ‘ ; 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Danae 4 
. ) : ompensation 
— of the Tenants’ Compensation (Jreland) (Ireland) Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Poor Relief 
into a Committee on the Poor Relief Act Continu- 4c — 
ance Bill; and, after some time spent therem, Mr. "~~" 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouwverie re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- pjaces of Reli- 
mittee on the Places of Religious Worship Registra- gious Worship 
tion Bill; —_— 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee 


The Order of the day being read, for the a Copies of 
mittee on the Copies of Specifications Repeal Bill; Specifications 
Resolved, That this ion will, upon Tuesday —— 

next, at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said 








Committee. 
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Customs, &amp;c. 
Acts. 


Friendly 
Societies Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Supply. 


Duties on 
Horses let for 
Hire Bill. 


Land Tax 
Commission- 
ers’ Names 
Bill. 


Transporta- 
tion Bill. 


Crime and 
Outrage 
(Ireland) Bill.’ 


Employment 
of Children in 
Factories Bill. 


Drainage of 


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The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Customs, &amp;c. Acts. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
consolidating the Customs Duties Acts. 

Resolution to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Baines 
reported, That the Committee had come toa Resolu- 
tion. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Baines accordingly reported a Resolution ; 
which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
consolidating the Customs Duties Acts:—And he 
moved the Eee accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill : 
And that Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Wilson and Mr. Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer do prepare, and bring it in. 

Mr. Baines also reported, That the Committee 
had made Progress in the matter to them referred ; 
and that he was directed to move, That the Com- 
mittee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Friendly Societies Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, hat this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Duties on Horses let for Hire 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Land Tax Commissioners’ Names Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Transportation Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Monday next. 


‘The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Crime and Outrage (Jreland) 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Employment of Children in 
Factories Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Baines 
— That the Committee had gone through the 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


Lands (Ireland) jnto a Committee on the Drainage of Lands (Zreland) 


Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


No. 842. 


Act Amendment Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 


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' A. 1853. 


Baines reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next; and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Burials 
reading of the Burials (beyond the Metropolis) Bill ; bn 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon gi), polis) 


Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Betting. 
mittee on the Betting-houses Bill ; houses Bill, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Truck Act 
reading of the Truck Act Amendment Bill ; Amendment 

Ordered, That the Bill be reada second time upon“ 
Monday next. 


The Incumbered Estates (Jreland) Act Continu- Incumbered 
ance Bill was, according to Order, read the third Estates (Ire- 


° land) Act 

time. ; . Continuance 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, Bill. 

do pass. 


Ordered, That Sir John Young do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Turnpike 
into a Committee on the Turnpike Acts Continuance pnt ae 9 
(Jreland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Bil. _ 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Baines 
- pees That the Committee had gone through the 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 


next. 


Sir John Young reported from the Committee on Public Works 
the Public Works Act Amendment (Ireland) [Ad- Act Amend- 
vances], a Resolution ; which was read, as followeth : ant 

Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Jreland be authorized to direct the 
issue, out of the Consolidated Fund of the said 
United Kingdom, of such Sums of Money as may 
be required by the Commissioners of Public Works 
in den, for the Repair of certain Harbours, Piers, 

Quays, Landing Places, or other Works, in that 
Country. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Public Works Act Amendment (Jre- 
land) Bill, That they have Power to make provision 
therein pursuant to the said Resolution. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Merchant 
reading of the Merchant Shipping Bill ; Shipping Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Canterbury 
posed, ‘Ihat Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to Writ. 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of two Citizens to serve in this pre- 
sent Parliament for the City of Canterbury, in the 
room of Henry Plumptre Gipps, Esquire, and the 
Honourable Henry Butler Johnstone, whose Elec- 
tions have been determined to be void ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ no new Writ be issued for the City of Canter- 

“ bury during the present Session of Parliament,” 
instead thereof. 
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And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Question : 
—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 


Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Fri- 


day next. 
mae and Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a a Copy of Report, dated on or about the 22d day of 
— July 1853, from the Inspector of orm to the 
Board of Trade, stating the Result of his Examina- 
tion of the Line of Railway of the Dublin and 
Wicklow Railway Company between Dundrum and 
Bray. 
Insurances Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
on Lives, extend for a limited time the Provision for Abate- 


ment of Income Tax, in respect of Insurances on 
Lives: And that Mr. Wilson and Mr. Chancellor of 
the Exchequer do prepare, and bring it in. 


Royal Naval Mr. Cowper presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 


Coast Volun- mand, — any Estimate for the Royal 
N i 843 Naval Coast Volunteers for 1853-54. 


Ordered, That the said Estimate be referred to 
the Committee of Supply ; and be printed. 


Customs Acts Mr. Wi/son presented a Bill for consolidating the 


Consolidation Cystoms Duties Acts: And the same was read the 
Bill. ; ‘ 
No. 844. first time; and ordered to be read a second time 


upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


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745 


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The House proceeded to take into consideration Pauncefort 
Pauncefort Duncombe’s Estate Bill, as amended in Duncombe's 
the Committee. cenietems 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration gergison’s 
Sergison’s Estate Bill, as amended in the Com- Estate Bill. 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration south Sea 


the South Sea Company’s Arrangement and Trusts Company's 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. a 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bedford Charity Estate Bill Bedford 
be read a second time To-morrow. Charity — 
Estate Bill. 
Pidgley’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; Pidgley’s 
and committed. Estate Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Rushbrooke’s Divorce Bill was read a second Rushbrooke’s 
time; and committed to the Select Committee on Vivorce Bill. 
Divorce Bills. 

Ordered, Vhat it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, That they do hear Counsel and examine 
Witnesses for the said Bill; and also that they do 
hear Counsel and examine Witnesses against the 





Insurances on Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to extend for a 





Lives — limited time the Provision for Abatement of Income 
No. 845. ‘Tax, in respect of Insurances on Lives: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday next; and to be 
printed. 

And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after Two of the clock on 
Saturday morning, adjourned till Monday 

next, 

Luna, 1° die Augusti ; 
Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1853. 
PRAYERS. 
Committees. kD E RED, That all Committees have leave to 
sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 
Birkenhead The House proceeded to take into consideration 
— ge the Amendment made by the Lords to the Birken- 
se head Dock Company Bill; and the same was twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships, 

Newport, The House proceeded to take into consideration 
pe tim the Arendments made by the Lords to the Mewport, 
Railwa Abergavenny and Hereford Railway (Hereford, &amp;c.) 


(Hereford, &amp;c.) Bill; and the same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Bill. Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
_ agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Newport, The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ay mm | the Amendments made by the Lords to the Newport 
ereford : s 4 ’ 
Railway (Taft Abergavenny and Hereford Railway (Taff Vale) 
Vale) Bil. Bill; and the same were twice read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 

to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 

hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 

ships. 


OL. 108. 





Bill, if the Parties concerned think fit to be heard 
| by Counsel or to produce Witnesses. 


| Smith’s Charity Estate Bill was read a second Smith's 

, time; and committed. Charity — 

| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ©" om. 
mittee of Selection. 


The Order of the day bein 
reading of the Baroda and 
Company Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


g¢ read, for the second Baroda and 


Central India Railway Central India 
~ Railway Com- 


pany Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Upper India 
reading of the Upper India Railway Bill ; Railway Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to Rushbrooke’s 
request that their Lordships will be pleased to com- Divorce Bill. 
municate to this House, a Copy of the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before their Lordships, in the 
case of Rushbrooke’s Divorce Bill: And that Mr. 
Brotherton do carry the said Message. 


Mr. George Alexander Hamilton, from the Select ctitheroe 
Committee appointed to try and determine the matter Election. — 
of the Petition, complaining of an undue Election No. 848. 
and Return for the Borough of Clitheroe, informed 
the House, That the Committee had determined, 

That John Thomas Walshman Aspinall, Esquire, 
is not duly elected a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Clitheroe. 

That the last Election for the Borough of Clitheroe 
is a void Election. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Mr. George Alexander Hamilton further informed 
the House, That the Committee had come to the 
following Resolutions : 

That John Thomas Walshman Aspinall, Esquire, 
being a Candidate at the Election for the Borough 
of Clitheroe, held in July 1852, was guilty of treating 
at such Election. 

That an objection having been made by the Counsel 
for the sitting Member, arising out of the peculiar 
frame of the allegation of the Petition, with reference 
to the Election of 1852, the Committee, on the 18th 
of July, came to the following Resolution : 

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746 1° Augustz. 


“ That, under the general allegation contained in the 
Petition of ‘ a at the Election of 1852, 
whereby the said John Thomas Walshman Aspinall 
was incapacitated and ineligible from sitting or — 
chosen to sit in this present Parliament for the sai 
Borough of Clitheroe, it is competent to the Peti- 
tioner to give evidence of bribery or corrupt treating 
under the 5 &amp; 6 Vic. c. 102, at or previous to the 
Election of 1852; but, inasmuch as the allegation of 
the Petition, as regards that Election, is confined to 
a charge of corrupt practices against Mr. Aspinall, 
without such specific mention of his agents as is 
contained in the subsequent allegation, with reference 
to the Election of 1853, the Committee are of opinion, 
that evidence of bribery and corrupt treating cannot 
be admitted under the terms of the Petition, as re- 
gards the Election of 1852, unless it shall be proved 
that such bribery or corrupt treating were committed 
by Mr. Aspinall himself, or by an agent with his 
consent or knowledge.” 

That, in accordance with this Resolution, the Com- 
mittee received evidence of various acts of treating 
proved to have been committed with the sanction of 
Mr. Hartley Baldwin, the authorized conducting 
agent of the sitting Member, and of Mr. Hall, Mr. 
Baldwin's partner, and also of the recognition by 
these gentlemen of bills for expenditure, in treating 
under circumstances which raised the prima facie 
presumption that such acts were done with the 
knowledge and consent of Mr. Aspinall. 

That Mr. Aspinall having tendered himself for 
examination, and having denied any personal cogni- 
zance of these illegal acts, the Committee, in coming 
to the Resolution that Mr. Aspinall had been guilty 
of treating, thought it right to add that such “ Resolu- 
tion is not founded on a disbelief of the evidence 
given by thie sitting Member yesterday, but because, 
upon a review of the entire transactions, the Com- 
mittee have felt bound to regard Mr. Aspinall, within 
the meaning of their former Resolution of the 18th of 
July, as a consenting party to the illegal expenditure 
proved to have been sanctioned by Mr. Baldwin, ir- 
respective of the question of Mr. Aspinall’s personal 
cognizance of the acts of treating.” 

That the decision of the Committee is exclusively 
founded on the proceedings which took place at the 
Election of July 1852, respecting which they fully 
concur with the former Committee, who reported to 
the House on the 28th of February last, “ that exten- 
sive and systematic treating prevailed ;” and they are 
of opinion that the practice of opening public-houses 
and indiscriminate encouragement of drinking then 
took place ou both sides, to an extent most mischie- 
vous and demoralizing. As regards the subsequent 
Election of 1853, however, they think it right to state, 
that no evidence was offered in support of any charge 
of treating or other corrupt practices, and that, on 
the contrary, from the evidence which came inci- 
dentally before them, the Committee have no reason 
to believe that such Election was improperly con- 
ducted. Under these circumstances, the Committee 
do not feel called upon to recommend the suspension 
of the Writ or any special measure with regard to 
the Borough of Clitheroe. 

That, from the proceedings before the Committee, 
they think it right to draw the attention of the House 
to the unsatisfactory state of the law with regard to 
the effect of notice to Electors of disqualification, in 
the case of a Candidate who is returued by a ma- 
jority of votes. By the common law, the principle 
seers to be firmly established, that where a Candi- 
date is in point of fact disqualified at the time of an 
Election, all votes given for him with knowledge of 
the fact upon which such disqualification is founded 
must be considered as thrownaway. This knowledge 
may be established either by distinct notice or by 
notoriety; and it will in all cases be inferred, that 
where the voter is aware of the facts, he is aware of 
the legal deduction from those facts, however intricate 
and doubtful such deduction may be. It is obvious 





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that on these principles it may be contended, that in 
all cases, without exception, where notice of disquali- 
fication is served on a sufficient number of voters of 
the majority, and where the fact of such disqualifica- 
tion existing at the time of the Election is subse- 
quently established, the Candidate who was in a 
minority on the poll is entitled to the seat ; and some 
cases before Election Committees appear to have 
been decided on principles which lead inevitably to 
this conclusion. On the other hand, other cases point 
to the conclusion that to give effect to the notice, the 
disqualification must be founded on some positive 
and definite fact, existing and established at the time 
of the polling, so as to lead to the fair inference of 
wilful perverseness on the part of the Electors voting 
for the disqualified person. The Committee, in de- 
ciding this case, have unanimously adopted the latter 
view, which they believe to be in accordance with 
the sound construction of the law, as well as with 
justice and reason; at the same time they cannot 
but feel that the cases are so contradictory, that 
future Committees may, as previous Committees have 
done, come to a different conclusion on the same 
state of facts; and they consider it, therefore, most 
desirable, that as anal the Elections of Members 
of Parliament, the law should be distinctly defined 
by some statutory enactment. ‘That the Committee, 
while they do not consider it within their province to 
suggest the remedy which it may seem fit to the 
wisdom of Parliament to adopt, yet think it right to 
point out, that under the administration of the pre- 
sent law as sanctioned by some precedents, not only 
may injustice be done to constituencies by being 
represented by persons whom the majority of Elec- 
tors have deliberately rejected, but also that each 
individual voter may be placed in a position of hard- 
ship and difficulty, 1f upon the mere assertion of an 
opposing party that a 1 garry exists, the 
truth or falsehood of which he may have no means 
of ascertaining, he is to exercise his franchise at the 
risk of his vote being thrown away, if, on subsequent 
investigation, the existence of that disqualification 
should be established. 
Ordered, Tivat the Report do lie upon the Table. 





Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Minutes 


before the Committee be laid before this House. 


ordered. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Criminal Code 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of so much of the Criminal Code of 
Multa, now transmitted and lying at the Colonial 
Office to be laid before Her Majesty for approval, as 
relates to the Punishment to be inflicted for Offences 
against the respect due to Religion. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Petitions relating to Bribery, &amp;c. at Elections ;— 
Episcopal and Capitular Estates Bill ;—Recovery of 
Personal Liberty Bill ;—Ministers’ Money (Lre/and) ; 
—&lt;Arrestment of Wages Bill ;—Beerhouses ;— Dub- 
lin Hospitals ;— Education Bill ; — Hackney Car- 
riages (Metropolis) Act; — Juvenile Mendicancy 
(No. 2) Bill ;—Juvenile Offenders Bill ;— Medical 
Charities (Jreland) Bill; —and, Medical Officers 
(Navy),—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to the Registration of Assu- 
rances Bill, was also presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Omagh 
Nunnery School, which was presented upon the 


27th day of July last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Capture 
of Bruné, which was presented upon the 29ih day of 
July last, be printed. 


Mr. 


( Malta.) 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Eightieth 
Report. 


Omagh 
Nunnery 
School. 


No. 849. 


Capture of 
Bruné. 


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Public Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
a. on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
eae Petitions presented upon the 29th day of July last; 
ninth Report.) | | up y ; 
and had directed him to make a Report thereof to 

the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


Juvenile The Juvenile Offenders Bill was, according to 

Offenders Bill. Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for this day three 
months. 


Naval Coast The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Volunteers into a Committee on the Naval Coast Volunteers 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Thomas Greene re- 
—_— That the Committee had gone through the 
ill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow, at 
Twelve o'clock. 


Metropolitan § The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Sewers Acts mittee on the Metropolitan Sewers Acts Continuance 
Continuance Bill: 
? 


Bill. —_—" 4 
Resolved, 'That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve o’clock, resolve itself into the said 


Committee. 


Juvenile The Order of the day being read, for the second 

Mendicancy reading of the Juvenile Mendicancy Bill; 

Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day three months. 


Transporta- The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
tion Bill. mittee on the Transportation Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Clitheroe The following Paper, pursuant to Order, was laid 
Election. upon the Table by the Clerk of the House,—Mi- 
nutes of the Evidence taken before the Select Com- 
mittee on the Clitheroe Election Petition. 
New Houses The following Papers were also laid upon the 
of Parliament. Table by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an 
No. 846. Order, dated the 28th day of July last, for Co- 
pies of the Correspondence that has passed between 
the Treasury and the Board of Works, on the sub- 
ject of the Supplemental Estimate in the present Ses- 
sion for Works at the New Houses of Parliament. 
Customs Return to an Order, dated the 28th day of July 
(Isle of Man.) Jast, for Copy of a Treasury Minute of the 23d day 
No. 847. of July 1853, on the subject of the proposed Altera- 
tion of Customs in the Jsle of Man. 
London The following Papers, pursuant to the directions 
Corporation. of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon the 
—- _ Table by the Clerk of the House,-—An Account of 
ridge, &amp;c. Monies received and paid by the Chamberlain of 
the City of London, in respect of the year ending 
5th January 1853, being the Produce and Applica- 
tion of the several Duties and Payments consti- 
tuting the Fund called “ The london Bridge Ap- 
proaches or Improvement Fund,” for effecting Pub- 
lic Works and Improvements in the Metropolis, in 
pursuance of the Provisions of the Acts of Parlia- 
ment of 10 Geo. 4, c. 136, 11 Geo. 4, c. 64, 1 &amp; 2 
Will. 4, c. 76, 1 &amp; 2 Vie. c. 100, 1 &amp; 2 Vie. ce. 101, 
8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 101, 11 &amp; 12 Vie. c. 124, and 138 &amp; 14 
Vic. c. 103. 
An Account of the Surplus, for the year ending 
5th January 1853, of the Fund called “ ‘The London 
Bridge Approaches or Improvement Fund,” for 
effecting Public Works and Improvements in the 
Metropolis, and the Appropriation of the same, in 
discharge of Monies raised under the Authority of 
Acts 11 Geo. 4, c. 64, 1 &amp; 2 Will. 4, &amp;e. 
Coal Market. | An Account of Monies received and paid by the 
. Chamberlain of the City of London, for the year 
ending 31st December 1852, in relation to the Mar- 
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ket established for the Sale of Coals, &amp;c., pursuant 
to the Acts 1 &amp; 2 Will. 4, c. 76, 1 &amp; 2 Vie. c. 101, 
and 8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 101. 

An Account of the Receipt, by the Chamberlain Coals, &amp;c. 
of the City of London, of the Duty of One penny 
per Ton on Coals, Culm and Cinders brought into 
the Port of London, &amp;c., made payable by the Act 
of 1 &amp; 2 Will. 4, c. 76, and continued by subse-~ 
quent Acts; also of the Application of the same 
under the Act 8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 101, and 9 &amp; 10 Vie. 
c. 34, in the creation of a Fund for the execution of 
such Improvements in the Metropolis as Parlia- 
ment may direct and sanction, for one year ending 
31st December 1852. 


An Account of Monies received and paid by the Blackfriars 
Chamberlain of the City of London, in respect of Bridge. 
the year ending the 14th August 1852, for lighting, 
watching, cleansing and repairing Blackfriars Bridge, 
pursuant to Acts 7 Geo. 3, c. 37, 52 Geo. 3, c. 183, 
and 4 Will. 4, c.118. 


An Account of Monies received and paid by the yonaon city 
Chamberlain of the City of London, for the year Police. 
ending on the 25th December 1852, in pursuance 
of the Act 2 &amp; 3 Vic. c. 94, intituled, “ An Act for 
regulating the Police of the City of London.” 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the 
Chamberlain of the City of London, for the year 
1852, in pursuance of the Act 2 &amp; 3 Vie. c. 04, 
for regulating the Police of the City of London in 
respect of the City Police Superannuation Fund, 
for the Payment of Superannuated and Retiring 
Allowances. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the Mooring 
Chamberlain of the City of London, on account of Chains, &amp;e. 
the year ending 25th July 1852, for defraying the Themen) 
Costs and Charges of maintaining, repairing, Ke. 
the Mooring Chains in the River Thames, of paying 
the Salaries of the several Harbour Masters, &amp;c., 
and other Expenses ef the Harbour Service, pur- 
suant to Act 39 Geo. 3, c. 69, 10 Geo. 4, c. 124, 

4&amp;5 Will. 4, c. 32, and 9 &amp; 10 Vie. c. 90. 

A Statement of the Receipt and Application of Bridge House 
the Surplus Rents and Profits of the Bridge House Estates. 
Estates (after deducting the existing Charges and 
Expenses of Management of the said Estates), from 
the 14th August 1851 to the 14th August 1852, 
pursuant to the directions of the Acts 4 Geo. 4, c. 50, 

7 Geo, 4, c. 40, and 4 Will. 4, c. 118. 


An Account of Monies received and paid by the Thames 
Chamberlain of the City of London, for one year, N4visation. 
ending 29th September 1852, for improving the 
Navigation of the River Thames, westward of Lon- 
dun Bridge, in pursuance of the several Acts of 
50 Geo. 3, c. 204, 52 Geo. 3, c. 46,54 Geo. 3, c. 223, 

5 Geo. 4, c. 123, and 8 Vic. ¢. 1. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the Sewers. 
Chamberlain of the City of London, tor making 
and repairing the Sewers of the said City, tor the 
year ending 29th September 1852. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the Paving, 
Chamberlain of the City of London, for paving, eg and 
cleansing and lighting the said City, for the year “°°""* 
ending 29th September 1852. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the Wardmotes. 
Chamberlain of the City of Lo-don, in respect of 
the Charges of the Ward Clerks, Beadles and other 
Expenses connected with the holding of Wardmotes 
and other Ward Meetings, and for local purposes 
connected therewith, in the several Wards of the 
City of London, pursuant to the Act 2 &amp; 3 Vice. 

c. 94, s. 85. 

Forty-eighth Report of the Commissioners for Caledonian 
making and maintaining the Caledonian Canai. aes 

Court of Chancery :—Copy of Order for Payment Court of 
of Superannuation Ailowance to Joseph Collis, Es- Chee? 
quire, of £.2,838 per annum. 

Ordered, That the Returns relative to the New 
Houses of Parliament, and, Customs (Js/e of ian), 
be printed. 

5C2le Mr. 





























Rushbrooke’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Electors. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Customs 
Duties on 
Spirits Bill. 
Dublin Par- 


liamentary Re- 
gistration Bill. 


Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Criminal 
and Destitute 
Children. 


Improvement 
of Towns 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Clitheroe 
Election. 


748 

Mr. Brotherton reported to the House, That he ' 
had carried to the Lords the Message of this House 
of this day, requesting that their Lordships would 
be pleased to communicate to this House, a Copy 
of the Minutes of the Evidence taken before their 
Lordships in the case of Rushbrooke’s Divorce Bill ; 
and that their Lordships had communicated a Copy 
of the said Minutes of Evidence; and he delivered 
the same in at the Table. 

Ordered, That the said Minutes of Evidence be 
referred to the Select Committee on Divorce Bills. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 5th day of April last, for 
a Return of the Numbers of Electors registered at 
the last Registration in the Cities and Boroughs of 
England and Wales, distinguishing, 1. the Numbers 
of Persons having a right to vote as Freemen, or 
Members of the Old Corporations ; 2. the Numbers 
of Persons having a right to vote as £.10 House- 
holders ; and, 3. the Numbers of Persons having a 
right to vote in both Capacities. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Humphrey : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Customs Duties on 
Spirits Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Dublin Parlia- 
mentary Registration bill, without any Amendment : 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 
by this House to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships to the Newcastle-upon- Tyne Improvement 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords request, That this House will be pleased 
to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of the 
Report from the Select Committee appointed by 
this House in the present Session of Parliament, to 
inquire into the present Treatment of Criminal and 
Destitute Children in this Country, and what changes 
are desirable in their present treatment, in order to 
supply industrial training, and to combine refor- 
mation with due correction of juvenile crime ; to- 
gether with the Minutes of Evidence taken before 
the said Committee, and the Appendix and Index 
thereto :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House will send an Answer 
to the last part of the said Message by Messengers 
of their own. 

And the Messenger was again called in; and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted him therewith :—And then | 
he again withdrew. | 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
nesday next, the Improvement of ‘Towns (Jreland) 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon | 
Wednesday the 10th day of this instant August. | 





A Petition of Robert Towler, of Clitheroe, in the | 
county of Lancaster, was presented, and read ; set- | 
ting forth, That the Petitioner was subpoenaed as a) 
witness to give evidence before the Select Committee | 
to try the Petition presented against the Return of | 
John Vhomas Walshman Aspinall, Esquire, as a 
Member of Parliament for the said Borough of | 


1° A ugusti. 


A. 1858. 


ge oo that the Petitioner begs to assure the 
ouse, that his character has never before been 
questioned, and he earnestly hopes that he may be 
allowed to refer to his previous good character and 
position in life in support of his assurance, that his 
intention was to give his evidence fairly before the 
said Committee; that the Petitioner has already 
been confined in prison twelve days, and having 
previously led a very active life, his health is greatly 
impaired thereby ; that the Petitioner is now very 
ill, and he is moreover apprehensive that if he be 
longer confined in prison, his health will be irrepa- 
rably injured; that the Petitioner, whilst referring 
the House to the medical certificates which accom- 
pany, begs again to express his contrition for having 
unintentionally misled the said Committee, and ear- 
nestly implores the House to sanction his dismissal 
from custody, without payment of fees ; and praying 
the House to take a merciful view of his case, and 
sanction his dismissal without payment of fees. 

And the House being informed, That Mr. Charles 
West, Surgeon, attended at the door; he was called 
in, and at the Bar examined in relation to the health 
of Robert Towler :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That Robert Towler be discharged from 
Her Majesty’s Gaol at Newgate, upon payment of 
his fees ; and that Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
accordingly. 





Ordered, That. Mr. James Duff have leave of Leave of 
absence for the remainder of the Session, on urgent sence. 


business. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Decimal Decimal 
Coinage have Power to report their Observations Coinage. 


thereupon to the House, together with the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before them. 

Mr. William Brown reported from the said Select 
Committee ; That they had considered the matters to 
them referred; and directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House, together with the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before them. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


No. 851. 


Lord John Russell presented,—Return to an Ad- Cuba. 


dress to Her Majesty, dated the 11th day of April 
last, for Copies or Extracts of Correspondence be- 
tween Her Britannic Majesty’s Government and 
those of the United States, Spain and France, con- 
cerning alleged projects of Conquest and Annexation 
of the Island of Cuba, and the late Attacks made 
upon that Territory, and the threatened repetition of 
the same from United States’ Ports. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated Quarentine 


the 18th day of July last, for a Cop 
Despatch from Her Majesty’s Consul at Carthagena 
(New Granada), to Her Majesty’s Principal Secre- 
tary of State for Foreign Affairs, respecting the 
repeal of Quarantine Regulations formerly enforced 
at that Port against Yellow Fever ; the admission to 
free pratique there of the Royal Mail Steam-packet 
“ Dee,’ and the reception into the General Hospital 
there of Yellow Fever Patients from that Ship. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


of any (Carthagena.)} 


Mr. Buines presented,—Return to an Order, dated Workhouses 


Clitheroe; that the Petitioner has heard with pain, | the 7th day of April last, for Copies of the Dietaries 
that the Select Committee appointed to try the merits now in use in the Workhouses of the City of Lon- 
of the said Petition have reported the Petitioner to! on Union, the Blean Union, the Dartford Union, 
the House as having been guilty of wilful prevari-|the North Aylesford Union, and the City of Can- 
cation, with the desire of misleading the Committee ; | ferbury Incorporation :—Returns of the Number of 
that the Petitioner begs most respectfully to assure | Married Couples above Sixty years of age, who were 
the House, that, in consequence of the Petitioner never | Inmates of Workhouses, and living together, in the 
having before been submitted to the ordeal of so several Unions and Parishes in Englund and Wales, 
rigid an examination by counsel, he was much con- on the Ist day of January 1853:—Of the Number 
fused, and. really did not understand many of the of Married Couples above Sixty years of age, who 
— put to him; that the Petitioner laments ‘were Inmates of Workhouses, and llving separate, in 
that any mental infirmity of his should have led the the several Unions and Parishes in England and 
Committee to believe that he was guilty of wilful) Wales, on the 1st day of January 1853 :--And, . 

the 




















Land Tax 
¢{ Tower 
Hamlets. ) 


Royal College 
of Physicians, 


Lighthouses 


17 Vicroriz. 


the Number of Workhouse Inmates in England and 
Wales, who were committed to Prison during the 
year 1852, for Offences committed while they were 
such Inmates. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of the Judgment of the Court of Queen’s 
Bench, in the matter of The Queen v. the Commis- 
sioners of the Land Tax for the Division of the 
Tower Hamlets, relating to the inequalities at present 


existing under the Assessment and Apportionment 
of the Land Tax Quotas. 


1° Augusti. 





749 


erected by the Commissioners of Northenz Light- 
houses, and showing the Authority by which each 
Lighthouse was erected :—Of the Revenue derived 
from or in respect of the said Lighthouses, and the 
Expenditure in respect thereof, in each year since 
the Erection of the first of such Lighthouses, in- 
cluding the Cost of the Erection thereof; and 
showing the Application of the Surplus, if any :— 
Of the Names of the Commissioners of Northern 
Lighthouses, and the various Acts of Parliament 
under which they act, in the Jsle of Man :—Of the 
Number and Situation of any Lights maintained on 
the Coasts of the said Isle by the Trinity Corporation, 
and the Income and Expenditure in respect thereof, 
in each year:—And, of the Acts of Parliament 





Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. | 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 
Accounts of the Money received by the Royal Col-| 
lege of Physicians from Persons admitted as Licen- | 
tiates, from the 31st day of December 1832 to the | 
1st day of January 1853, for each year of the above | 
Period :—Of the manner in which the Money received | 
as above has been appropriated :— Detailed Account : 
of all the Money received by the College, for the | 
Three years ending the 31stday of December 1852: | 
— Detailed Account of the Expenditure of the Col- | 
lege for the Three years ending the 31st day of De- | 
cember 1852:— Statement of any Incumbrances | 
upon the Property of the College, specifying the | 
Amounts, and the Periods when they were effected ; 
the Rate of Interest paid on borrowed Money ; also, 
whether the Building in Pall Mall is Freehold, or 
on Lease on Crown Land; if on Lease, what is the 
Ground-rent :—Returns showing the Total Number | 
of Fellows, distinguishing the Number residing in 
London, or within Seven miles; also, similar Re-. 
turns relating to Candidates, Inceptor-Candidates, 
Licentiates and Licentiates extra-urbem:—- Of the | 
Number of Persons admitted as Fellows in each 
year, from 1834 to 1852 inclusive, distinguishing | 
those admitted under different Bye-laws, and the 
Number rejected ; also distinguishing, in the case of 
those admitted or rejected respectively, the Number | 
who were Graduates; and further specifying the 
Numbers of Graduates from the different Univer- 
sities :—Of the Number of Persons who applied to 
be admitted as Licentiates from 1831 to 1852, inclu- | 
sive ; distinguishing, 1. The Number who were re- | 
jected on Examination; 2. Those who were not | 
admitted to Examination ; and, 3. Those who passed; | 
further distinguishing the Number in each of the | 
above three Classes who were Graduates, together | 
with the Number of Graduates from the different | 
Universities :—Return similar to the above, referring 
to Licentiates extra-urbem :—Returns of the Number 
of Persons admitted as Licentiates and extra-Licen- | 
tiates who had passed the age of Forty years, dis- 
tinguishing the Number who were Graduates, | 
together with the Number of Graduates from the 
different Universities : — And, of the Number of 
Persons who have, since the 31st day of December 
1834, been admonished by the Censors to desist 
from practising in London, or within Seven miles ; 
distinguishing the Number who were Graduates, and 


} 


of what Universities, and those who were extra-| 
Licentiates ; also, a Return of the Number of Per- | 
sons who, having been so admonished, have sub- | 


sequently presented themselves at the College for 
examination as Licentiates ; distinguishing the 
ber who were admitted and rejected (in continuation 
of Returns made to the Select Committee on Medical 
Education in 1834 [No. 602], and to the House of 
Commons in 1826). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this Hcuse, 


um- | 


5 


under which the Trinity Corporation act with refer- 
ence to the Isle of Man. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Charities. 


Returns of all the Public Charities, specifying their 
Name and Character, which upon application to the 
Board of Inland Revenue, or to the Lords of the 
Treasury, have, under the Acts 22 Geo. 3, c. 48, and 
55 Geo. 3, c. 184, been exempted from the Payment 
of Duty on Fire Insurance as to the Premises they 
occupy ; stating the ground of Exemption, and the 
Sums of Money which may have been refunded or 
allowed to such Charities for past Payment of the 


‘same, from the 1st day of January 1847 until the 


Ist day of January 1853 :—And, of all Applications 
made by Public Charities for a remission of the 
Duty on Fire Insurances, which have been refused 
by the Board of Inland Revenue, and the Grounds 
of such refusal. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Galway 
Extension 
Railway. 


Returns of the Total Cost of all the Works of the 
Galway Extension Railway for which the Counties 
of Roscommon and Galway are Guarantees, the Ac- 
counts to be furnished under the heads Formation 


_of Road, Permanent Way, Stations and Miscella- 
‘neous :—Of the Total Length, in Miles and Chains, 


of the above Line of Railway:—Stating whether 
the Bridge over the Shannon at Athlone is included 


\in the above Charge :—Stating whether the Hotels 
at Athlone and Galway, or either of them, are in- 


cluded in the above Charge :-—Of the Gross Receipts 


of this Line, from the opening to the 31st day of 


December 1851; from the 1st day of January 1852 
to the 30th day of June 1852 ; from the 1st day of July 
1852 to the 31st day of December 1852 ; and, from 
the 1st day of January 1853 to the 30th day of June 
1853 :—Of the Cost of working the Line during the 
above Periods: —Of the deficit in the Interest, 
during the above Periods, which the Counties of 
Galway and Roscommon are to make good :—And, 


'of the Mileage of Trains during the above Periods. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Metropolitan 
| a Return, showing in Columns the Amount of Rates 


made and levied by the Commissioners of Sewers 


‘for the Tower Hamlets, on the several Parishes and 


Levels within the District or Borough of the Tower 
Hamlets, for each year from the year 1843 to the year 
1852, both inclusive :—Similar Return from the year 


|1848 to the year 1852, both inclusive, while the 


said District was under the Control of the Metropo- 
‘litan Commissioners of Sewers; such Returns to 
specify under distinct heads the Amounts received 
|in each year in respect of such Rate, from each 
'Parish in the said District or Level: —Returns, 
showing the Length, Size and Cost, of New Works 
executed in each of the said Parishes, from the year 
| 1843 to the year 1852, both inclusive, specifying the 
‘Amount so expended in each and every of such 
years :—And, of the Balance of Monies paid over 
the late Commision of Sewers for the Tower 
umlets, upon the Supersedeas of that Commission 


(isle of Man.) Returns of the Number and Situation of the several _in November 1847, to the Metropolitan Commis- 
sioners of Sewers, and showing when, where and 
§c3 





Lighthouses in or on the Coasts of the Isle of Man, 
OL. 108. 


' 


how 





750 


how expended :—The above Returns to be prepared 
in the following Form :— 


Merrorouitax Commission or SEWERS. 





Year.| Parish. 


Level. 


Balance 
paid over in the 
Years 1847-48, | Balance 
showing 
when, 


Size of Cost of 
New Sewer New Sewer, 
formed in | formed in 

each each of the where, and 
Parish in | Parish in | Tower Hamlets’| how 
each Year.\each Year.| Commission, | expended. 
} and due to each 
| Parish. 


Amount 
collected 
in 
eava Y ear. 





Length 
“ on the 


New Sewer, Supersedeas 


formed in 
each 

Parish in 

each Year. 


Rate. 














Zz. « ad. - s. d, 




















Arctic 
Regions. 


Malcolm 
Lewin. 


Landlord 
and Tenant 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Tenants’ 
Compensation 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Ordered, Tiat there be laid before this House, 


Copies of the Sailing Orders and Instructions to 
Commander Jnglefield, of Her Majesty's Ship 
“ Pheniz,” employed in the Arctic Regions :—Of 
the Instructions to Mr. Kennedy, in Command of the 
“ Isabel,” which Vessel is also employed in the 
Arctic Regions :—Of any Orders and Instructions 
given to Captain Collinson, of the “ Enterprise,” of 
a later date than the 15th day of January 1850 :— 


And, of any Re 


rts received from Captain Collinson 


of a later date than the 9th day of July 1851. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Malcolm Lewin, 


which was presented upon the 25th day of July 
last, be referred to the Select Committee on Jndian 
Territories. 


The Landlord and Tenant (Jrel/and) Bill was, ac- 


cording to Order, read the third time. 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 





Bill, in p. 23, 1. 35, by leaving out the words| . p a 
“ growing corn, grass, hops and roots, fruits and | said proposed Amendment, m 1. 2, by leaving out the 
| word “ Twelve,” and inserting the words “ Twenty- 
And the Question being put, That the words pro- | “ four” instead thereof. 

posed to be left out, stand part of the Bill; 


“ 


other produce.” 


The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hamilton, 1 
Yeas, \Mr. Grogan : J 

Tellers for the Viscount Monck, 
Noes, \ Mr. Robert Phillimore: $ ° 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hamilton do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Tenants’ Compensation (Jreland) Bill was, 


according to Order, read the third time. 


A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 


(Staying execution in ejectment where registered 
claim for compensation subsists), 


And the said Clause was brought up, and read a 


first and second time. 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 


being put, That the said Clause be now read the 
third time ; 


The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Lett. 


Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, _ 
the a en 113. 
Yeas, \The Earl of Mulgrave:  § 

lellers for the (Mr. Cairns, lL ge 
Noes, (Captain Archdail : | hes 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
And the said Clause was accordingly read the 


third time; and added to the Bill. 


Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 


the Bill, in p. 9, ls. 35, 36 and 37, by leaving out 
the words “ That if any tenant or those under whom 


“ 
“ 


he derives, at any time before the passing of this 
Act, shall have executed improvements in his 


“ holding, coming under any of the classes.” 


1° Augusti. 


posed to be left out, stan 


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A. 1853. 
Any the Question — put, That the words pro- 


part of the Bill; 
The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, ) 106 
Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave : ahaa 
Tellers for the ; Mr. Macartney, lan 
Noes, Mr. Grogan: | ae 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 


e Bill, in p. 10, 1.19, by adding after the word 


enjoyed” the words “ Provided, however, that 
no such claim shall be allowed, unless within 
Twelve calendar months after the passing of this 
Act the tenant in possession of the premises for 
the time being shall make and cause to be re- 
gistered a declaration in the manner hereinbefore 
required in respect of improvements made after the 
passing of this Act (and which declaration shall 
be taken and registered in like manner), to the 
effect that such improvements, specifying the na- 
ture and value of the same as then existing, have 
been made and executed by such tenant, or by 
some other person to be named, under whom he 
derives ; and that such tenant now lawfully claims 
to be entitled to the benefit of such improvements ; 
which said declaration shall be open to impeach- 
ment, and shall be inquired into and dealt with, 
and have the like force and validity in all respects 
as a declaration in respect of improvements made 
after the passing of this Act.” 

And the Question being proposed, That those 


words be there added ; 


| 





An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 


And the Question being put, That the word 
Twelve” stand part of the said proposed Amend- 


ment ; 


The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, 7 108 
Yeas, \The Earl of Mulgrave: — 
Tellers for thes Mr. Brady, 1 a6 
Noes, Mr. Maguire : ; aes 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

And the Question being put, That the words “ Pro- 
vided, however, that no such claim shall be allowed, 
unless within Twelve calendar months after the 
passing of this Act the tenant in possession of the 
premises for the time being shall make and cause 
to be registered a declaration in the manner 
hereinbefore required in respect of improvements 
made after the passing of this Act (and which 
declaration shall be taken and registered in like 
manner), to the effect that such improvements, 
specifying the nature and value of the same as 
then existing, have been made and executed by 
such tenant, or by some other person to be named, 
under whom he derives; and that such tenant 
now lawfully claims to be entitled to the benefit’ 
of such improvements; which said declaration 
shall be open to impeachment, and shall be in- 
quired into and dealt with, and have the like 
force and validity in all respects as a declaration 
in respect of the improvements made after the 
passing of this Act,” be there added ; 
The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, 

Yeas, LThe Earl of Muigrave : 
Tellers for the Mr. French, 
Noes, \Mr. John FitzGerald: 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


}o7. 


} 35. 


Ordered, 














Merchant 
Shipping Bill. 


jesty’s ships or property), was thrice read ; and added 





17 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That Sir John Young do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Merchant Shipping Bill was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

A Clause (Repeal of 6th &amp; 7th Will. 4, c. 79, 
s.43, Power to Trinity House, with sanction of Board 
of Trade, to make suggestions and give directions 
to the other Lighthouse Boards), was thrice read ; 
and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (Property used for the purpose 
of the said services to be exempt from all rates and 
taxes), was thrice read; and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (Lands Clauses Consolidation 
Act (Scotland), to apply to land purchased for Light- 
houses, 8 Vic. c. 19), was thrice read; and added to 
the Bill. 

Another Clause (No claim for salvage services to 
be allowed in respect of loss or risk of Her Ma- 


to the Bill. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(Whereas it is expedient that seamen should no longer 
be permitted to desert the vessels in which they are 
engaged, for the purpose of entering into Her Ma- 





jesty’s service; Be it enacted, That the fiftieth and | 


fifty-first sections of the Act of the eighth year of | 
Her present Majesty, chapter one hundred and | 
twelve, shall be repealed ; and it shall not be lawful | 
for any officer in Her Majesty’s service knowingly | 
to permit or encourage any seaman to leave the 
vessel in which he is engaged; and every seaman | 
leaving his ship and entering into Her Majesty’s | 
service, shall be liable to all the penalties of deser- | 
tion, any law or custom notwithstanding) :—And | 
the said Clause was brought up, and read the first | 
time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for thef Mr. Hutt, L 49 
Yeas, Mr. Mangles : ' Seine 
Tellers for the Mr. Hayter, liao 
Noes, (The Earl of Mulgrave: = 


So it passed in the Negative. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (Whereas many vessels are sent to sea ineffi- 
ciently manned, to the danger of life and sacrifice of 
property, and much incertitude has arisen respecting 
the proper number of hands to be carried for the 
due navigation of vessels; and whereas since the 
repeal of the thirty-seventh clause of the Merchant 
Seamen’s Act, a large number of ships have been 
sent to sea without a boy or apprentice on board ; | 
Be it enacted, That from and after the passing of | 
this Act, it shall not be lawful for any Custom-house 
officer, or other person, to grant clearance to any 
agent, owner, master or broker, for the sailing of a 
British vessel out of any port in the United King- 
dom or Channel Isles, with a cargo, or in ballast to | 
a foreign port, either in the foreign, home trading 
or coasting trades, unless it be shown to the satis- 
faction of the officers of Her Majesty’s Customs, 
by the articles signed by the officers and seamen, 
that such vessel is manned after the following rate : | 
vessels of the burthen of One hundred tons register, 
computed by new measurement, One duly indentured | 
erates above the age of Twelve years and under | 

wenty-one years of age, such apprentice to be | 
bound for not less than Three years; and One boy 
to every additional One hundred tons, with One. 
master, officer, seaman or proper person, to every | 
Twenty-five tons complete, or Four seamen to every | 
One hundred tons: Provided always, That an ap- | 
prentice who has served for a full term of Three 
years on ship-board, and who is above Seventeen | 
years of age, may count for One seaman, when the 

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66 


| 66 


751 


number of apprentices and boys does not exceed 
One to every One hundred tons ; and owners wishing 
to carry men in large vessels instead of boys, may 
compute their crews after the ensuing scale ; that is 
to say: in vessels above Two hundred tons, Nine 
seamen for every Two hundred tons above the first 
One hundred tons; namely, on board a ship of 
Three hundred tons, for example, Thirteen seamen 
and One apprentice, master and officers included) : 
—And the said Clause was brought up, and read the 
first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, ‘That the said Clause be now read a 
second time ; 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 2° die Augusti, 1853: 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the (Captain Scodell, ly 
Yeas, | Admiral Wadcott : : t 
Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, lisa 
Noes, The Earl of Mulgrave : J P 


So it passed in the Negative. 
Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (That where any seaman or apprentice who shall 


| have committed any offence punishable under “ ‘The 


Mercantile Marine Act, 1850,” by summary pro- 
ceeding before a Justice of the Peace, shall arrive 
or be found on shipboard within Two miles of any 
borough in which there is a Justice of the Peace 
capable of exercising summary jurisdiction under 
_the said Act, such offence shall, for the purpose of 
'giving jurisdiction to such Justice under the said 
| Act, be deemed to have been committed within the 
limits of such borough):—And the said Clause was 
brought up, and read the first time. 
| Anda Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time :—It passed in the Negative. 
Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 
Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 4, 1. 12, by inserting after the words 
“ and the produce thereof,” the words “ shall in 
the first instance be applied for the purpose of 
finishing any works commenced by those bodies 
respectively, or for the purpose of forming any 
harbour of 1 refuge on the Eastern coast of Zreland, 
and the residue of such monies after such appli- 
cation aforesaid.” 
And the Question being put, That those words be 
there inserted :—It passed in the Negative. 
Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 10, 1. 40, by adding, after the word 
“ repealed,” the words “ excepting as to ships em- 
dloyed in a coasting voyage from one part of the 
“* United Kingdom to another, or in a voyage be- 
“ tween the United Kingdom and the Islands of 
Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark or Man, or trom 
one of the said islands to another of them, or 
from one part of either of them to another of the 
same, or employed in fishing on the coasts of the 
United Kingdom, or of any of the said islands, 
in which cases, and every of them, the whole of 
the crew shall be British seamen.” 
And the Question being put, That those words 
be there added ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Ingham, 
Yeas, Captain Scobell : 
Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 
Noes, .The Earl of Mulgrave: 





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So it passed in the Negative. 
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Supply. 


Pilotage Bill 


Crime and 
Outrage (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Burials 
(beyond the 
Metropolis ) 
Bill. 


Lunacy 
Regulation 
Bill. 


Evidence 
Amendment 
Lill. 


Lunatic 
Asylums Bill. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, Tinat Mr. Cardwell do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply : 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Pilotage Bill. 


(In the Cormmittee.) 

Crausz, N° 9, disagreed to. 

Crause, N° 10 (Power to the Board of Trade to 
examine and grant Pilotage Certificates to Masters 
and Mates on the Pilotage authorities refusing to 
do so under 12 &amp; 13 Vic. c. 88). 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- 
man do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Vance, } er 

Yeas, (Mr. Isaac Butt: api 

Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 1 

Noes, (The Earl of Mulgrave : Ve 

Motion made, and Question, That the Chairman 
do now leave the Chair—-—- put, and negatived. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
‘That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, at Twelve 
o'clock, again resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The Crime and Outrage (Jreland) Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir John Young do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Burials beyond the Metropolis Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time. 

A Clause (Any Burial Board building a Chapel for 
burials, according to the rites of the Church of Eng- 
land, also to build a Chapel for persons not being 
Members of the Church of England), was thrice 
read ; and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (Register of Burials to be kept in 
every ground, provided under 15 &amp; 16 Vic. c. 85, or 
under this Act; entries to be evidence), was thrice 
read ; and added to the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fitzroy do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Lunacy Regulation Bill was, according to | 


Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 
pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wa/pole do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Evidence Amendment Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking inte 
consideration the Lunatic Asylums Bill, as amended 
in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House. 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solr« itself into the said Committee:—The House 








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| land) Bill; 





A. 1853. 


accordingly resolved itself into the Committee ; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Strutt reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Friday next. 


The Sheriffs (Scotland) Bill was, according to Or- Sheriffs (Scot~ 
der, read a second time; and committed to a Com- !#24) Bill. 
mittee of the whole House, for this day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Hackney 
into consideration the Hackney Carriage Duties Bill, ey 
as amended in the Committee. "7 

A Clause (None but Officers of Inland Revenue or 
of the Metropolitan Police to prosecute before Jus- 
tices for penalties), was twice read; and made part 
of the Bill. 

Another Clause (When Carriage hired by time, 
6d. to be paid for every 15 minutes, or portion thereof 
over the hour), was twice read; and made part of 
the Bill. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (The proprietor of every Hackney Carriage 
or Metropolitan Stage Carriage, licensed to pl 
for hire within the limits of this Act, who shall 
withdraw his carriage from hire for two consecutive 
days, or for any two days in one week, without just 
cause, of which the magistrate before whom the com- 
plaint is heard shall be the judge, shall be liable to 
a penalty of a sum not exceeding 
in respect of every carriage, for each day he shall so 
withdraw the same; and the license of such pro- 
prietor shall be suspended or recalled and taken away 
at the discretion of the said Commissioners of Police : 
Provided always, That it shall be lawful for such 
proprietor, upon giving Ten days’ notice to the Com- 
missioners of Police, to withdraw his carriage from 
hire):—And the said Clause was brought up, and 
read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time :—The said Motion and Clause were severally, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in p. 6,1. 4, by leaving out the words “ cir- 
“ cumference ofa circle, the radius of which shall be 
** four miles from.” 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Bill ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 





Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, a] 88 
Yeas, (The Earl of Mulgrave : — 
Tellers for the (Mr. Frewen, lia 


Noes, (Sir William Clay : J 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 
Ordered, ‘Tat the Bill be read the third time upon 
Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Public Works 
mittee on the Public Works Acts Amendment (Jre- Acts Amend- 
mae (Ireland) 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Customs Bill. 
mittee on the Customs Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
at ‘I'welve o'clock, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Dublin _ 
into consideration the Dublin Carriage Bill, as Carrisge Bill 
amended in the Committee ; and Amendments were 
made to the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 





this day. 
The 





Customs, &amp;c. 
Duties Bill 


Smoke 
Nuisance 
Abatement 
(Metropolis) 
Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Leasing Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


South Sea 
Annuities 
Dissentients. 








17 Vicroriz. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Customs, &amp;c. Duties Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Smoke Nuisance Abatement (Metropolis) Bill 
was read a second time ; and committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for this day. 


The Ecclesiastical Leasing Act Amendment Bill 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
this day. 


Mr. Wilson reported from the Committee on the 
South Sea Annuities Dissentients, several Reso- 
lutions ; which were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That provision be made, out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, for paying off the proprietors 
of the Capital Stocks of Old South Sea Annuities, 
New South Sea Annuities, Bank Annuities (1726), 
and £.3 per Centum Annuities (1751), mentioned in 
an Act of the present Session, chapter twenty-three, 
in respect of which Assents to commute shall not 
have been signified according to the said Act, and 
also for paying to the South Sea Company a prin- 
cipal sum equal to the amount of the Trading or 
Capital Stock of the said Company, or the part 
thereof the Interest or Annuity on which shall not 
have been commuted or exchanged, according to 
the said Act, or any Act to be passed in the present 
Session of Parliament. 

2. Resolved, That the South Sea Company shall 
be permitted to commute, within a time to be 
limited, all or any part of the Annuity or Interest 
on their Trading or Capital Stock, payable in respect 
of Shares in such Stock standing in the names of 
the Accountant-general of the Courts of Chancery 
of England and Ireland, respectively, and of the 
Accountant in Bankruptcy in England, and in the 
names of Trustees and others disabled from voting 
in the General Court of Proprietors of the said 
Company, into or for any one or more of the Stocks 
and Securities authorized to be created and issued 
by the Act of the present Session, chapter twenty- 
three, and the £.3. 5s. per Centum Annuities, and 
New £.3 per Centum Annuities, created under the 
Acts of the seventh year of Her Majesty, chapters 
four and five, commonly called and known as 
£.3. 5s. per Centum Annuities (1844), such commu- 
tation into or for the said Stocks and Securities 
authorized to be created and issued by the said Act 
of the present Session, to be upon the terms and 
subject to the conditions upon and subject to which 
the like commutation was authorized under the said 
Act, and such commutation into or for the said 
£.3. 5s. per Centum Annuities (1844), to be upon 
such terms and subject to such conditions as the 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury may see | 
fit to offer, provided that the assent ofthe said Com- 


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Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolutions: And that Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Wilson, do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Assessed. 
consideration the Assessed Taxes Bill, as amended Taxes Bill. 
in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Thursday next, at Twelve o'clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second yyissionary 

reading of the Missionary Bishops Bill; Bishops Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon this day three months. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Universities 
into consideration the Universities (Scotland) Bill, (Scotland) 
as amended in the Committee. ee 

Ordered, 'Yhat the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


The House, according so Order, proceeded to take Poor Relief 
into consideration the Poor Relief Act Continuance Act Continu- 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. aoe 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Customs, &amp;c, 
mittee on the Customs, &amp;c. Acts ; Acts. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Duties on Horses let for Hire Bill was, ac- Duties on 
cording to Order, read the third time. Horses let for 
A Clause (None but Officers of Inland Revenue eee 
to prosecute before Justices for penalties), was thrice 

read ; and added to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bouverie do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Land Tax 
mittee on the Land Tax Commissioners’ Names Commission- 
Bill; = Names 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve  ~ 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Employment 
into consideration the Employment of Children in of Children in 
Factories Bill, as amended in the Committee. Factories EE. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Drainage of 
into consideration the Drainage of Lands (Jreland) — song 
Act Amendment Bill, as amended in the Committee. po dol 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this Bill. 
day. 





pany to any such commutation shall be signified to 
the said Commissioners of the Treasury within such | 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Betting- 


time as may be limited by such Commissioners for | into a Committee on the Betting-houses Bill; and, houses BO. 


that purpose. 

3. Resolved, That the South Sea Company shall 
also be permitted, upon signifying their assent within 
such time as may be limited by the Commissioners 
of the Treasury for this purpose, to commute, upon | 
the same terms, and subject to the same conditions, 
all or any part of the Annuity or Interest payable in 
respect of such further amount of their said Capital 
or Trading Stock as may be authorized or required 
by Parliament to be invested as a guarantee fund for 
their administration of private trusts, in case they 
should be authorized to undertake such administra- 
tion by any Act to be passed in the present Session 
of Parliament. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed No. 852. 
the Chair; and Mr. Strutt reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for ‘Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Truck Act 
reading of the Truck Act Amendment Bill ; Amendment 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Turnpike 
into consideration the ‘Turnpike Acts Continuance Acts Continu- 
(Lreland) Bill, as amended in the Committee. Bill, (ireland) 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read the third time this 


day. 
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754 


Customs Acts 


The Customs Acts Consolidation Bill was, accord- 
ee 
Bi 


ing to Order, read a second time; and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


Insurances on 


Lives Bill. The Insurances on Lives Bill was, according to 


Order, read a second time; and committed to a 


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A. 1853. 


eries, or otherwise enforcing the Provisions of the 
Trish Fishery Acts, and for what Period they were 
severally employed, and the Nature of the Services, 
and the Names, Addresses and Additions of the Per- 
sons for whose benefit those Services were rendered, 











: : and the Amount of the extra Allowances (if any) to 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. them for such Services, and from what Fund coal 
South Sea and Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill Allowances were paid ; and the Number of Com- 
other Annus", to extend the Provisions of an Act of the present — a ee ern ng he ~&lt; — ane 
for Payment, Session, for redeeming or commuting the Annuity Men y» "A ddre es d aden . - ‘ ?. — oe 
&amp;e. Bi payable to the South Sea Company, and certain An- va h ‘ame jai engues ” pene rem by 
No. 853. nuities of Three Pounds per centum per annum, and to of oo  Saeee ae _— “eo Ars 0 
provide for Payments to be made under the said Act : | °° @0Y General Orders issued by the Inspector Ge- 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered to = of ese oe — ne. a and 
. . ; 49, respecting the Duties of the Constabulary in 
Resend 5 qonene diane this ang 1 ame tone Ne. the Protection of the Salmon Fisheries, and ‘the 
Crown Suits Mr. Attorney General presented a Bill for the | enforcement of the Fishery Acts. 
Bill é Amendment of the Procedure and Practice inCrown| Sir John Young also presented, pursuant to the Constabulary 
No. 854. Suits in the Court of Exchequer, and for the Pay- | directions of an Act of Parliament,—A Statement eo 
ment of Costs in Proceedings instituted on behalf |of the Amount of Constabulary Force employed” ” 
of the Crown: And the same was read the first/in each County, County of a City, and County 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon! of a Town in Zreland, on the 1st day of January 
Thursday next; and to be printed. 1853. 
7 Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Fisheries. Sir John Young presented,—Further Return to | Table. 


an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 12th day 
of May last, for Returns of the Number of Barrels 
of cured Herrings, cured Cod and cured Ling, re- 
spectively, inported into Ireland from Great Britain, 
in each year since 1808 :—Of the Number of poor 
Fishermen in Great Britain and Ireland respec- 
tively, assisted in each year from 1808 to 1850, with 
Advances from the Public Funds by the Board of 
British Fisheries, or the Board of Jrish Fisheries, 
or other Public Board, for the purpose of repairing 
their Boats, &amp;c.:—Of the Number of Persons em- 
ployed on Land or at Sea respectively, in Great 
Britain and Ireland respectively, by any Public 
Board, in each year since 1808, in guiding, aiding 


or directing Fishermen in the Capture, Cure, Brand- | 


ing and Sale of Fish:—Of the Gross Amount of 
Tonnage and Fishery Bounties paid in Great Britain 
and Ireland respectively, since 1808 :—Of the Num- 
ber of Bye-laws, with the Dates and Places to which 
they apply, made by the Board of Works or Com- 
missioners of Fisheries in Jre/and, authorizing the 
use, between Sunrise and Sunset, of any Trammel 
or other Net on any part of the Coasts of Jreland, 
and the Hours therein prescribed for the setting or 
hawling up of Nets, or prohibiting the use at any 
time of aay Trawl or Trammel Net in the Sea, or 
within the Tideway in any Estuary, or of any Net at 
or across the Entrance of any Bay or Estuary, or 
fixing or altering the Close Seasons for Salmon 
Trout and Eels respectively :—Of the Number of 
Persons in each year who made Complaint to the 
Commissioners of Fisheries, that their Nets and 
Fishing Implements had been illegally seized for an 
alleged violation of the Statutes or Bye-laws relating 





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to the Jrish Fisheries ; for example, in having, at | 


any time between Sunrise and Sunset, set either in 
the Sea or within the Tideway in any Estuary, any 
Sea Net for the catching of Herrings, or any ‘Tram- 


mel Net, or left any Drag or other Net in the Water | 


between Sunrise and Sunset, except Stake or Fixed | P# 
Nets for the catching of Salmon, or Seine or Drift | 


| 


Nets for Pilchards or Fish other than Herrings, or of | 
not having before Sunrise hauled up and removed | 
any such Net as aforesaid, which had been set after 
Sunset; or having since the passing of the Act, 
7 &amp; 8 Vic. c. 108, set before Sunset, or not hauled | 
up and removed before Sunrise, any Net for the | 
catching of Herrings other than a Seine Net :—Of, 
the Number of Districts into which Jre/and and the 
Sea Coasts and Islands thereof have been divided, 
for the purpose of Fishery Licenses for Salmon and 
Trout :—Of the Number of Officers, Petty Officers 
and Men of Her Majesty’s Navy, and of the Coast 
Guard Service respectively in Jreland, employed at 
any time since 1842 in protecting the Salmon Fish- 











And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after Three of the 
clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 





Martis, 2° die Augusti ; 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 
OF DERED, That all Committees have leave to Committees. 


sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 
The House proceeded to take into consideration West London 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the West 84 Crystal 


London and Crystal Palace Railway Bill. — 


| * The said Amendments, being read a second time, 


(and it appearing that the Amendments to Clause 48 
were made to render the Clause conformable to the 
intention of this House, which had struck out a 
previous provision relating to express trains, and 
rendered the words surplusage), were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Seodioren do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The Archbishop of Canterbury’s Estate Bill was Archbishop of 
read the third time. —o 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


|to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


| The Richmond (Yorkshire) Burgage Pastures Bill Richmond 


was read the third time. (Yorkshire) 


Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do —— Bill. 
ss. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 

to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 

hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 


‘which Amendments this House doth desire the 


concurrence of their Lordships. 


The Sneed Park Estate Bill was read the third Sneed Park 
time. Estate Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. wh 
e 











Jesus College 
Estate Bill. 


Ward Jack- 
son’s Estate 
Bill. 


Bedford 
Charity 
Estate Bill. 


Woods, 
Forest s, &amp;c. 


Railways. 


Charitable 
Trusts Bill. 





17 Vicroriz. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Jesus College Estate Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bil! be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Ward Jackson’s Estate Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Bedford Charity Estate Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


The following Papers, pursuant to the directions 
of several Acts of Parliament, were laid upon the 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—The Thirty-first 
Report of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 
Woods, Forests and Land Revenues, in obedience 
to the Acts of 10 Geo. 4 (c. 50), and 2 Will. 4 (c. 1), 
being the Second Report of the said Commissioners, 
under the Act of the 14 &amp; 15 Vic. (c. 42). 


Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 16th day of December 
last, for a Return of all the Parishes in England 
and Wales, into which, or through any portion of 
which, any public Railway passes, showing the 
whole Length or Mileage of Railway in each Parish, 
the Total Acreage of each Parish, and the Acreage 
of the Land occupied by the Railway; the Gross 
Amount of Poor’s Rate collected in each Parish in 
each of the years 1851 and 1852, and the Amount 
contributed by Railway Property to the Poor’s Rate 
of each Parish in each of the same years; stating 
also the Name or Title of the Railway Company by 
which such Amount in each Parish has been con- 
tributed ; the Parishes to be arranged alphabetically 
in each County, and the Particulars with regard to 
each County to form a separate Table ; with a Ge- 
neral Table or Summary of the whole. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee on the Charitable Trusts Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Cravuses, N° 1 to N° 3, agreed to. 

Cuause, N° 4, postponed. 

Crauses, N° 5 to N° 9, agreed to. 

CiauseE, N° 10 (Power to require accounts and 
statements). 

Amendment proposed, at the end of the Clause, 
to add the following words: “ Provided always, 
“ That nothing herein contained shall extend or be 
“‘ construed to apply to any charity during the life 
‘* of the founder or donor thereof.” 

Question, That those words be there added—— 
put, and negatived. 

Clause agreed to. 

Cuause, N° 11 (Officers having custody of re- 
cords to furnish copies and extracts, if required by 
Board). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1.8: After the 
words “ Ecclesiastical Court” to insert the words 
“ and every municipal record-room in England and 
“ Wales.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted-——— 
put, and negatived. 

An Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 12 (Inspector may examine wit- 
nesses on oath). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1.20: After the 
word “ therefrom” to insert the words “ and also 
Vou. Les, 


2° Auguste. 





755 


any person or persons, body or bodies politic or 
corporate, being in possession or receipt of the 
rents arising from any property alleged to ke part 
and parcel of the estate of any charity.” 
_ Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 
Clause agreed to. 
Cuavses, N° 13 to N° 42, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 


Cuausz, N° 43, disagreed tc. 
Cause, N° 44 (Reservation of rights and _pri- 


vileges of Church of England with respect to 
Charities). 


An Amendment made. 
Question put, That the Clause, as amended, stand 
part of the Bill; 


The Committee divided. 


“&lt; 
“ 
ss 
“ 


Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, lan 
Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave: J ‘ 

Tellers for the jMr. Miail, \ 
Noes, Mr. Peilatt : i= 


Cause, N° 45, agreed to. 

Cause, N* 46, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuiausss, N° 47 and N° 48, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 49, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuausses, N* 50 and N° 51, agreed to. 

CrauseE, N° 52 (Power to Board to frame schemes 
for the appropriation of Charitable Property to 
varied trusts). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 20, 1.4: To leave out 
the words “ or upon any report of an Inspector, or 
“ information otherwise obtained.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out, 
stand part of the Clause——put, and agreed to. 

Clause agreed to. 

Craust, N° 53, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuiausss, N° 54 to N° 56, agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 57, amended, and agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 58, agreed to. 

Cuiause, N 59, amended, and agreed to. 

Crause, N° 60 (Exceptions from the operation 
of Act). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 23, 1. 28: After the 
words “ collegiate church” to insert the words “ or 
“ any funds applicable to the benefit of any per- 
“ sons of the Roman Catholic persuasion, and which 
“ shall be under the superintendence and control 
“ of persons of that persuasion.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 

Cuauses, N° 61 to N° 64, agreed to. 

Postponed Clause, N° 4, agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve o’clock. 


solve itself into the said Committee. 


were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 





To-morrow. 
The 


5 D2 








The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Copies of 
mittee on the Copies of Specifications Repeal Bill ; Specifications 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- ®¢Pe# 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Naval Coast 
into consideration the Naval Coast Volunteers Bill, Volunteers 
as amended in the Committee; and Amendments 3! 


Pilotage Bill. 


Public 
Petitions. 


756 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Pilotage Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


Petitions relating to Universal Suffrage, &amp;c.;— 
Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ;—Recovery of Personal 


VideEighticth Liberty Bill ;—Scottish Episcopal Clergy ;—Univer- 


Report. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Stamp Duties 
Bill. 


Chorley Im- 
provement 
Bill. 


Electric 
Telegraph 
Company Bill. 


Worcester 
and Hereford 
Railway Bill. 


Registrar of 
Meetings in 
Bankruptcy 
Bill. 


Public-houses, 
&amp;e. 


No. 855. 


Sunderland 
Town Moor 
and Freemen's 
Orphan 
Asylum Bill 


Duke of 
Cleveland’s 
(Harte) Estate 
Bill. 


Bingley Free 
Grammar 
and General 
Education 
Schools and 
Charity 
Estaves Bill. 


Chaytor’s 
Estate Bill. 


Duke of 
Atholl's 
Estate Bill. 


Piddocke’s 
Estate Bill. 


Clitheroe 
School Estate 


sities (Scotland) Bill;—Taxation (Zreland) ;—Clauses 
Act :— Education Bill ;— Factories ; — Intoxicating 
Liquors ;—Juvenile Mendicancy (No. 2) Bill ;—Me- 
dical Officers (Navy) ;—Metropolitan Sewers Bill ; 
—Ocean Penny Postage ;—Parish Vestries Act ;— 
Public-houses and Beer-shops ;—and, Vaccination 
Extension Bill,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Humphrey : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Stamp Duties Bill, 
without any Amendment: And also, 
The Lords have agreed .to the Chorley Improve- 


ment Bill, without any Amendment: And also, | 


The Lords have agreed to the Electric Telegraph | 
Company Bill, with an Amendment ; 


2° Augusti. 


4. 1853. 


Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Government of Jndia Bill, which was presented 
upon the 26th day of July last, be referred to the 
Select Committee on Jndian Territories. 


Returns showing the Quantities of the under-men- 
tioned Articles imported into the United Kingdom, 
from Places within the limits of the East India 
Company’s Charter, and from other Parts, in the 
year 1833; also, the Quantities of the same Articles 
re-exported, and the Quantities entered for Home 
Consumption in the said year, together with the 
Rate of Customs Duty chargeable on the several 
Articles in 1833, and any alterations of the Rates 
| that may have taken place in the interval between 
| 1833 and the close of 1852 :—Showing also, in 
respect to each Article individually upon which the 
Rates may have been altered, the Imports, Re-ex- 





| portations and Consumption as before, for the year 


to which |1mmediately preceding, and the year immediately 


Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of | Succeeding that in which such alterations occurred ; 


this House: And also, 
The Lords have agreed to the Worcester 


and | 
Hereford Railway Bill, with Amendments ; to which | 


and further showing the like particulars for each 
successive year from the Date of the last alteration 
of the Rates to 1852 inclusive, viz.—Aloes, Borax, 


Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of | Camphor, Canes (Rattan), Columba Root, Cowries, 


this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to reduce the Salary and Emoluments of the Re- 
gistrar of Meetings of the Court of Bankruptcy ; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this | 
House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 

Ordered, That the Select Committee on Public- | 
houses, &amp;c., have Power to report the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before them. 


The Judge Advocate reported from the said Select | 


Committee; That they had made Progress in the 
Inquiry to them referred ; and had agreed to report 
the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them to | 
the House, and to recommend the re-appointment | 
of a Committee in the next Session, for the purpose | 
of pursuing the Inquiry. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Oliveira reported the Sunderland Town Moor 
and Freemen’s Orphan Asylum Bill, with Amend- 
ments. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. | 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Duke of Cleveland's | 
(Harte) Estate Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr, Bouverie reported the Bingley Free Grammar 
and General Education Schools and Charity Estates 
Bill, without Amendment. ° 

Ordered, Tihat the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Bouverie reported Chaytor’s Estate Bill, with 
Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Duke of Atholl’s Es- 
tate Bill, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Bouverie reported Piddoche’s Estate Bill, 
without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Clitheroe School Es- 
tate Bill, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Cubebs, Elephants’ Teeth, Gamboge, Gum Am- 
moniacum, Gum Arabic, Assafcetida, Shellac, Seed- 


lac, Sticklac, Lac Dye, Gutta Percha, Hemp 
'(Rough), Hides, Horns, Horn Tips and Pieces of 


Horns, Oil (Castor), Rhubarb, Rice, Safflower, Sago, 
Saltpetre, Sanguis Draconis, Seeds (Aniseed, Flax- 
seed, and Linseed), Rape Seed, Senna, Silk (Raw 
and Waste); Silk Manufactures, »iz.— Bandannoes 
and other Silk Handkerchiefs, Silks and Crapes in 
Pieces, Crape Shawls, Scarfs and Handkerchiefs ; 
Spices, viz.— Cassia Lignea, Cassia Buds, Cinna- 
mon, Cloves, Ginger, Mace, Nutmegs, Pepper ; 
Terra Japonica and Cutch, Turmeric, Tin, Wax 
(Bees’), Wood, Teak Wood. 


Mr. Bouverie reported Treffry’s Estate Bill, with ~ 





Treffry’s 


ate Bill. 


Ordered, That the Petition of the Chairman of Government 
the Bombay Chamber of Commerce, relating to the of India Bill. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, East India 
Inportations. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- standing 


mittee appointed for Revision of the Standing Orders ; 
That they had considered the matters to them re- 
ferred ; and had agreed to report the Standing Or- 


ders, as revised by them, to the House. 


Ordered, That the Report be taken into considera- 
tion upon Friday next, at the time of private busi- 
ness; and be printed. 


Orders 
Revision. 


No. 856. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Public 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to yive directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Number of Public Carriages, 
distinguishing the Names or Designation of each 
Public Carriage, whether Omnibus or Cab, whether 
drawn by one, two, or more Horses, and that have 
taken out Licenses for the Conveyance of Passen- 
gers within the Metropolis or within the Bills of 
Mortality ; the Number of any such Description of 
Carriages belonging to each separate Proprietor ; 
the Sum paid for each Carriage, and Total Amount 
of the Sums paid to or received by the Excise Office 
in each year, for the Licenses thereof, during the 
last Three years, up to the latest Period to which 
such Return can be made :—And, of the Number 
of Complaints and of Summonses that lave been 
made by Persons or Parties in any way connected 
with the Employment, Engagement, or use of Pub- 
lic Carriages or Conveyances within the Metropolis 
or Bills of Mortality, by whom made, whether Em- 
ployer or Employed, the Convictions and Descrip- 
tion of Penalties inflicted thereupon, whether Im- 
prisonment, or Amount of Fines paid in lieu thereof, 
and Amount of each Fine within the last Three 








years 


Carriages 
( Metropolis.) 





Caledonian 
Canal. 
No. 857. 


Supply. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Stamp Duties 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Resident 
Magistrates 
(ireland) Bill. 


Turnpike 
Trusts Ar- 
rangements 
Bill. 


Sheep, &amp;c. 
Contagious 
Diseases Pre- 
vention Bill. 


Supply. 


Jevangee 
Merjee and 
Pestongee 
Merjee. 


Universities 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Employment 
of Children in «it 
Factories Bill. 





17 Vicroriz. 


years (the Return to be made up to the latest Period 
that such Return can be rendered). 0 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to | time. 


Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Cale- 
donian Canal, which was presented upon the 1st day 
of this instant August, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

And a Moton being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair—— 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Humphrey : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Stamp Duties (No.2) 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Resident Magis- 
trates (Ireland) Bill, without any Amendment: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Turnpike Trusts 
Arrangements Bill, without any Amendment: And 
also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Sheep, &amp;c. Conta- 
gious Diseases Prevention Bill, without any Amend- 
ment :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 





And the Question being again proposed, That 
Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That ” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“* an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, 
“ praying that She will be graciously pleased to 
“* cause the case and memorial of the Parsee Mer- 
“ chants, Jevangee Merjee and Pestongee Merjee to 
“ be referred for the examination and direction of 
“ the Judicial Committee of Her Majesty’s Privy 
“ Council,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out, stand part of the 
Question ; 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 3° die Augusti, 1853: 


And the Question being put ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, 

Yeas, \The Earl of Mulgrave : } _— 

Tellers for the Mr. John George Phillimore, 

Noes, (Mr. Digby Seymour: 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair:—And a De- 
bate arising thereupon ; 
‘ Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 

ay. 


\ 
y 8% 


The Universities (Scotland) Bill was, according 
to Order, read the third time. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, by leaving out Clause 2. 

And the Question being proposed, That Clause 2 
stand part of the Bill :—The said proposed Amend- 
ment was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Lord Elcho do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Employment of Children in Factories Bill 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, ‘Vhat the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 
the ords, and desire their concurrence. 


9°__3° Augusti. 757 


i - Drai f 
The Drainage of Lands (Jreland) Act Amend Lande tf ee 


ment Bill was, according to Order, read the third jana) Act 


Amendment 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the Bill. 
Bill, by adding, at the end of Clause 1, the following 


words: ‘* Provided always, that the sum to be 
“ charged to proprietors shall not in any case exceed 


“ a sum which the Commissioners appointed by the 
“ Treasury to inspect the works have already in 
“* certain cases reported, and shall in like manner in 
‘&lt; future report to be fairly chargeable on the original 
“ estimates to which proprietors have given assents:” 
—And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there added :—The said proposed Amend- 
ment was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; aa. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 

itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Colonial 
reading of the Colonial Church Regulation Bill; — Church Re 
And a Motion being made, and the Question ®" — 
being proposed, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Monday next; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ Monday next,” 

and adding the words “this day three months,” in- 

stead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 

“ Monday next” stand part of the Question :—It 

passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 

“ this day three months” be added instead thereof : 

—It was resolved in the affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 

this day three months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Transporta- 
mittee on the Transportation Bill; tion Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 

itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Evidence 
mittee on the Evidence Amendment Bill ; Amendment 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve _ 

itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Sheriffs (Seot- 
into a Committee on the Sheriffs (Scotland) Bill ; #4) Bil- 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill; and 
directed him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Public Works 
mittee on the Public Works Acts Amendment (Jre- Acts yn sae 
land) Bill ; oo 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Dublin Carriage Bill was, according to Order pupiin 

read the third time. Carriage Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Solicitor General for Zreland 

do carry the Bill to the Lords, and desire their con- 

currence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Smoke 
into a Committee on the Smoke Nuisance Abate- a 


batement 





VoL. 108, 





ment (Metropolis) Bill. 
5D3 


(Metropolis) 
(In Bill. 















| 
y 
| 





758 9° 3° 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Cxiause, N° 1 (Furnaces in the Metropol is to 
consume their own smoke). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 1, |. 9: After the 
word “ every ”’ to insert the words “ steam engine.” 

Question proposed, That the words “steam en- 
“ &gt; ” 4 - 

gine ” be there inserted :—Amendment, by leave, 
withdrawn, 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to 
move, That the Committee may have leave to sit 
again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Ecclesiastical 


Leasing Act mittee on the Ecclesiastical Leasing Act Amend- 
Amendment 1. 
Bill. ment Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Land Tax The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
ooo into a Committee on the Land Tax Commissioners’ 
cers ame 


Names Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bull. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


Bill. 


The Turnpike Acts Continuance (Jreland) Bill 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir John Young do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Turnpike Acts 
Continuance 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Customs Acts The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Consolidation into a Committee on the Customs Acts Consolida- 
ae. . tion Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
No. 858. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie re- 
— That the Committee had gone through the 
ill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next, 
at Twelve o’clock. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Insurances on Lives Bill ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


Insurances on 
Lives Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the South Sea and other Annuities, Pro- 
vision for Payment, &amp;c. Bill ; 


South Sea and 
other Annui- 
ties, Provision 
tor Payment, 


&amp;e. Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 

Office of A Motion being made, That the — which, 

Speaker. upon the 12th day of May last, was made from the 


Select Committee on the Office of Speaker be taken 
into consideration upon Thursday next ; 

Lord John Russell, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
gives Her Consent thereto, that the House may do 
therein as they shall think fit. 


Ordered, That the Report be taken into consi- 
deration upon Thursday next. 











Augusti. A. 1853. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- University 
posed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to re- Tests. 
move certain Disabilities which prevent some of Her 
Majesty’s Subjects from resorting to the University 
of Oxford, and from proceeding to the First or 
Bachelor’s Degrees in Arts, Law and Medicine, in 
the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge :—And 
_ said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 

rawn. 





Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Linen, &amp;. 
to amend and continue certain Acts relating to Manufactures 
Linen, Hempen and other Manufactures in Ireland ; *!™4.) 
And that Sir John Young and Mr. Solicitor General 


for Jreland do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Defacing the 
to prevent the defacing of the Current Coin of the Coin. 
Realm: And that Mr. Wilson and Mr. Chancellor 
of the Exchequer do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir John Young presented a Bill to amend and Linen, &amp;e. ) 
continue certain Acts relating to Linen, Hempen Manufactures : 
and other Manufactures in Ireland: And the same “¢ln¢) Bill 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read No. 859. 

a second time upon Thursday next; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to prevent the de- Defacing the 
facing of the Current Coin of the Realm: And the Coin Bill. 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be No. 860. 
read a second time upon Thursday next; and to 
be printed. 


Mr. Wilson presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Civil Services: 
mand,——Supplemental Colonial Estimate for Civil (Class V-) 
Services, year ending 31st March 1853. No. 861. 

Ordered, 'That the said Estimate be referred to 


the Committee of Supply ; and be printed. : 
And then the House, having continued to sit , 
till half an hour after Two of the clock on 
Wednesday morning, adjourned till this day. 
eae ae ; £ 





Mercurii, 3° die August ; 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 


QRPER ED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the Petitions 
Petitions presented upon the Ist and 2d days of this more 
instant August; and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


The Order of the day being 
reading of the Baroda and 
Company Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


read, for the second Baroda and 


Central India Railway oe India 


Company Bill. 


Ordered, That Mr. Napier have leave of absence, Leave of 
for the remainder of the Session, on urgent business ; &gt;sence. 
—and, Lord Naas for the remainder of the Session 
on account of ill health. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Supply. 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
upon the 2d day of this instant August, That Mr. 
Speaker do now leave the Chair (For Committee of 


Supply) 
_ Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till To-morrow. 





Petitions 











17 Vicrortz. 


Petitions relating to Cathedral and Collegiate 
Churches ; — Carnatic Stipendiaries ; — Insolvency 
Laws; and, Medical Officers (Navy) ;—were pre- 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Piracy, 


which was presented upon the 22d day of June 


last, be printed. 


Ordered, That 2n Abstract of the Return relative 
to Electors, which was presented upon the Ist day 


of this instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Education, 
which was presented upon the 27th day of July last, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Woods, 


Forests, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 2d day 
of this instant August, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
— of the Episcopal and Capitular Estates 

ill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now ”’ stand part of the Guastion :—The said pro- 
posed Amendment and Motion were severally, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Probate and Administration Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Expenses of Elections Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
_— proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 

hair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, re- 
* solve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the {Mr. Craven Berkeley, los 

Yeas, (Mr. Aglionby : a 

Tellers for the (Colonel Sibthorp, } 19 

Noes, {Colonel Dunne : ; 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 

(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Cuavse, N° 1 (Candidates employing bands, bell- 
ringers or flagmen, &amp;c. at Elections to be disqua- 
lified.) 

Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 18: To leave 
out from the word “ shall ” to the end of the Clause, 
in order to add the words “for every such offence 
“ forfeit the sum of One hundred pounds to such 
“ person as shall sue for the same, to be recovered 
OL. 108. 


3° Augusti. 











759 


“ as any debt of that amount may by law be re- 
“ coverable,” instead thereof. 
Question proposed, That the words proposed to 

be left out, stand part of the Clause; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do now leave the Chair; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the fMr. Malins, 7 


Yeas, LMr. Geach: 47. 
Tellers for the ¢Mr. Craven Berkeley: 
Noes, LMr. Bass : oo 


Original Question put; . 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Craven Berkeley, 1 


Yeas, UMr. Aglionby: f “ 
Tellers for the Mr. Cowper, } 73 
Noes, Mr. Whitmore : ; 


Question again proposed, That the words “ for 
“ every such offence forfeit the sum of One hundred 
pounds to such person as shall sue for the same, 
“ to be recovered as any debt of that amount may 
“ by law be recoverable,’ be there added ; 
Amendment proposed to the proposed Amend- 
ment, to leave out the word “ pounds,” in order to 
insert the word “ shillings.” 
Question proposed, That the word “ pounds” 
stand part of the said proposed Amendment; 
Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask 
leave to sit again ; 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the { Mr. Fitzwilliam Hume, 66 
Yeas, Mr. James MacGregor: fj ~ 
Tellers for the Mr. Craven Berkeley, 1 45 
Noes, Mr. Aglionby: t fee 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 
three months, again resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Lunatics’ Care 
a Committee on the Lunatics’ Care and Treatment 294 Treatment 
Bill. = 
(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 


graph. 
Preamble postponed. 


Cravuses, N* 1 to N° 10, agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made 
Progress in the Bill; and that he was directed to 
move, That the Committee may have leave to sit 
again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Vaccination 
mittee on the Vaccination Extension Bill; Extension Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Chancery 
mittee on the Chancery Suitors’ Further Relief Suitors Farther 
Bill; Relief Bill. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Hackney 
reading of the Hackney Carriage Duties Bill ; ———. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time ~“* 

To-morrow. 
5D4 The 





—————— 


Se eedeesaa oe ce 


ot ee EE 





Customs, &amp;c. 
Acts. 


Truck Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Copies of 
Specifications 
Repeal Bill. 


Naval Coast 
Volunteers 
Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Transporta- 
tion Bill. 


Evidence 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Land Tax 
Commission- 
ers’ Names 
Bill. 


Insurances on 
Lives Bill 


South Sea and 
other Annui- 
ties, Provision 
for Payment, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


Public-houses 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Militia Ballots 
Suspersion, 
and Militia 
Law Amend- 
ment. 


Post-office. 


760 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Customs, &amp;e. Acts; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Truck Act Amendment Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Copies of Specifications Repeal Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Naval Coast Volunteers Bill was, according |~ 


to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Biil do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir James Graham do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Transportation Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Evidence Amendment Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Land Tax Commission- 
ers’ Names Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Insurances on Lives Bill, 
as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the South Sea and other Annuities, Pro- 
vision for Payment, &amp;c., Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow, at Twelve o’clock. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Public- 
houses (Scotland) Bill; and the same were twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Colonel Blair do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to suspend the making of Lists and the Ballots 
and Enrolments for the Militia of the United King- 
dom, and to amend the Law in relation to the 
Militia in England: And that Mr. Secretary-at- 
War and Viscount Palmerston do prepare, and bring 
it In. 


Mr. Cowper presented,— Return to an Order, 
dated the 2d day of May last, for a Return of the 
Amount of Postage-money actually received by the 
Post-oftice, for Mails conveyed by Steamers and 
other Vessels under Contract with Her Majesty’s 
Government; specifying the particular Lines of such 





3°—4° Augusti. 








A. 1853. 


Contract Steamers and Vessels, and the Countries 
to and from which the Mails are conveyed. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 





Mr. Secretary-at-War presented a Bill to suspend Militia Ballots 
the making of Lists and the Ballots and Enrol- Suspension, 
ments for the Militia of the United Kingdom, and Daw ioe. 
to amend the Law in relation to the Militia in ment Bil. 
England: And the same was read the first time; No. 866. 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday 
next; and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 4° die Augusti ; 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 
QRDE RED, That all Committees have leave to Committees, 
sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 
Pauncefort Duncombe’s Estate Bill was read the Pauncefort 
third time. Duncombe's 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, ™8*#e Bill 
do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments ; to which 


Amendments this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. 


Sergison’s Estate Bill was read the third time. _Sergison’s 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do Estate Bill. 
ass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. 


Ordered, That the South Sea Company’s Arrange- South Sea 
ment and Trusts Bill be read the third time To- we ” 
morrow. pee ya 
Bill. 

The Order of the day being read, for the second Bedford 
reading of the Bedford Charity Estate Bill; Charity 

And a Motion being anes and the Question =*#¢ Bill 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 


} 
Yeas, \Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J _ 
Tellers for the (Sir Joshua Walmsley, is 
Noes, \Mr. Hadfield : i 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second time; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Upper India Railway Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
Ordered, 


Upper India 
Railway Bill. 











Stafford 
County 
(Southern 
Division) 
Writ. 


Pemberton’s 
Estate Bill. 


National 
Gallery. 
No. 867. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Clitheroe 
Election. 
No. 868. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Eighty- 
first Report. 


Charitable 
Trusts Bill. 





17 VicTorRiz. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Southern Division of 
the County of ea in the room of the Honourable 
George Anson, who, since his Election for the said 
Division of the said County, hath accepted the office 
of Steward or Bailiff of Her Majesty’s three Chil- 
tern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Bonenham, 
in the County of Buckingham. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on 
Pemberton’s Estate Bill; That they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, to correct some inaccuracies 
in the recitals ; and found the same, as amended, to 
be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Na- 
tional Gallery have Power to report their Observa- 
tions thereupon to the House, together with the Mi- 
nutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

Colonel Mure reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee; ‘That they had considered the matter to them 
referred ; and directed him to make a Report thereof 
to the House, together with the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before them. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Duffy have leave of absence 
till the 10th day of this instant August, on account 
of illness in his family. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Select Committee on the Clitheroe Elec- 
tion Petition, be printed. 


Petitions relating to Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ; 
—FEpiscopal and Capitular Estates Bill ;—Recovery 
of Personal Liberty Bill; — Scottish Episcopal Clergy; 
—County and Local Rates (Jreland) ;—Ministers’ 
Money (Jreland);—Taxation (Ireland) ;—Arbitra- 
tion ;—Army (Retired Soldiers) ;— Burial-grounds 
Bill ;— Dublin Carriage Bill;—Education Bill ;— 
Factories ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;--Medical Officers 
(Navy) ;—Poor Law (Lreland) ;—Puolic-houses and 
Beer-shops ; — Saint Mary, Rotherhithe; — and, 
Savings Banks Bill,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Charitable Trusts Bill, as 
amended in the Committee ; and Amendments were 
made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, by adding to the Amendment, in p. 23, 1. 28, 
after the words “ religious worship,” the words “ or 
“ any funds applicable to the benefit of any persons 
* of the Roman Catholic persuasion, and which shall 
“ be under the superintendence and control of per- 
“ sons of that persuasion.” 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That those words be there added :—- 
The said proposed Amendment was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, by adding to the Amendment, in p. 23, 1. 28, 
after the words “ religious worship,” the words “ nor 
“« shall this Act, for the period of two years from the 
“ passing thereof, extend or be in any manner ap- 
“ plied to charities or institutions the funds or in- 
“‘ come of which are applicable exclusively for the 
“ benefit of persons of the Roman Catholic persua- 
“ sion, and which are under the superintendence or 
“ control of persons of that persuasion.” 

VoL, 108. 








4° Augusti. 761 


And the Question being put, That those words be 
there added ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, ls 
Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave: ” 

Tellers for the {Sir Frederic Thesiger, » i" 
Noes, Mr. Spooner : -" 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. —— 


A Message by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of the Royal Assent 

Black Rod: to Bills. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent to seve- 
ral Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire the 
immediate attendance of this Honourable House in 
the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And, being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Commission, had been at the House of Peers, 
where a Commission under the Great Seal was read, 
giving, declaring and notifying the Royal Assent to 
the several Bills therein mentioned; and that the 
Lords, thereby authorized, had declared the Royal 
Assent to the said Bills : Which Bills are as follow : 

An Act for granting to Her Majesty, Duties on Succession 
Succession to Property, and for altering certain Pro- Duty Bill. 
visions of the Acts charging Duties on Legacies and 
Shares of Personal Estates : 

An Act for making further Provisions with respect Common 


to Common Lodging-houses : Lodging- 
oe houses Bill. 


An Act for enabling the Justices of Counties to Convicted 
contract in certain cases for the Maintenance and Prisoners 


“wae ; R 
Confinement of Convicted Prisoners in the Gaols of &gt; se tar 
adjoining Counties : Bill. 


An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws, and to Savings Banks 
grant additional facilities in relation to the Purchase A®™tes Bill. 
of Government Annuities, through the medium of 
Savings Banks, and to make other Provisions in re- 
spect thereof : 

An Act for the Punishment of Offences in the Coinage 


ies, in relation to the Coin: 
Colonies, i ation to the Co lonies) Bill 


An Act to extend the Provisions of an Act of the Colonial 
fifteenth and sixteenth years of Her present Ma- Bishops’ Act 
jesty, intituled, An Act to enable Colonial and other *“nsien Bill. 
Bishops to perform certain Episcopal Functions under 
Commission from Bishops of England and Ireland : 

An Act to effect Exchange of Patronage by Arch- patronage 
bishops, Bishops and other Ecclesiastical Corpora- Exchange Bill. 
tions : 

An Act to-make better Provision for the efficient Taxing Officer, 
Discharge of the Duties of the Taxing Officer, in Common Law 


and for the Common Law Business in Jre/and : (ireland) Bill 


An Act to amend the Laws relating to Bankruptcy Bankruptcy 
in Scotland: (Scotland) Bill. 
An Act to facilitate the Redemption of certain Land Reve- 
Charges on the Hereditary Possessions and Land ues Bill. 

Revenues of the Crown, .and to make other Pro- 
visions in regard to the Management of such Here- 
ditary Possessions and Land Revenues : 


An Act to explain and amend the Copyhold Copyholds 
Acts: Bill. 


An Act to alter certain Duties of Customs : Customs 
Duties on 


Spirits Bill. 
An Act to authorize the Appointment of Barristers Dublin Par- 
for the purpose of effecting a complete Annual Re- liamentary 
vision of Lists and Registry of Voters for the City Registration 
of Dublin, and to remove doubts as to the Rate — 
Books for the purposes of such Registry : 
An Act to repeal certain Stamp Duties, and to Stamp Duties 
grant others in lieu thereof, to amend the Laws re- Bill 
lating to Stamp Duties, and to make perpetual cer- 
tain i Duties in Ireland: 
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762 

An Act to repeal certain Stamp Duties, and to 
grant others in lieu thereof, to give Relief with re- 
spect to the Stamp Duties on Newspapers and Sup- 
plements thereto, to repeal the Duty on Advertise- 
ments, and otherwise to amend the Laws relating to 
Stamp Duties : 


Stamp Duties 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Resident An Act to amend the Acts regulating the Salaries 
Magistrates i i i : 
— a) Bill. of Resident Magistrates in Jreland : 
Turnpike An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders made 
Trusts Ar- under an Act of the fifteenth year of Her present 
—_— Majesty, to facilitate Arrangements for the Relief 


of Turnpike Trusts, and to make certain Provisions 
respecting Exemptions from ‘Tolls : 

An Act to extend and continue an Act of the 
twelfth year of Her present Majesty, to prevent the 
povvicony | of Contagious or Infectious Disorders 
among Sheep, Cattle, and other Animals : 


An Act to provide for the Purchase and Extin- 


Sheep, &amp;c. 
Contagious 
Diseases Pre- 
vention Bill. 


Battersea 

Park Bill.  guishment of all Rights of Common and Lammas, 
and other Commonable Rights, over the Site of Bat- 
tersea Park, in the County of Surrey : 

Westminster An Act to transfer Westminster Bridge and the 

Bridge Bill. Estates of “ The Commissioners of Westminster 
Bridge,” to the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 
Works and Public Buildings, and to enable such 
last-mentioned Commissioners to remove the present 
Bridge, and to build a new Bridge on or near the 
Site thereof : 

Spitalfields An Act to extend the Time for constructing a new 

to Shoreditch Street from Spitalfields to Shoreditch, and to amend 

—_— the Acts relating thereto : 


Pimlico Im- An Act to enlarge and extend the Powers of an 
rovement Act of the fifteenth and sixteenth years of Her pre- 
ill. sent Majesty, for enabling the Commissioners of Her 

Majesty’s Works and Public Buildings to complete 

Improvements in Pim/ico, and in the Neighbourhood 

of Buckingham Palace : 

An Act for Disafforesting the Forest of Whittle- 


Whittlebury 

Forest Bill. wood, otherwise Whittlebury : 

Barnsley An Act for the Maintenance of the existing Works 

Waterworks of the Company of Proprietors of the Barnsiey 

(No. 2) Bill. Waterworks, and for the Purchase of Lands by them, 
to repeal their Act, and make other Provisions in lieu 
thereof : 

London Docks An Act to authorize the London Dock Company 

Bill. to make a new Entrance to their Docks from the 


River Thames, and other Works, and to augment 
their Capital Stock, and for other purposes connected 
with the said Docks : 
Midland Rail-’ An Act to enable the Midland Railway Company 
way (Leicester tg make a Line of Railway from near Leicester to 
— Hitchin) the Great Northern Railway, near Hitchin, with a 

, Branch in lieu of the Line of Railway and Branches 
authorized by “ The Midland Railways Extension to 
Hitchin, Northampton and Huntingdon Railway 
Act, 1847,” and “ The Midland Railways Extension 
to Hitchin, Northampton and Huntingdon Railway 
(Wellingborough Deviations) Act, 1848 :” 

An Act for more effectually repairing and main- 
taining the Road from Burford, in the County of 
Oxford, to Leachlade, in the County of Gloucester, 
the Road from thence through Highworth, to the 
Crick/lade and Swindon Turnpike-road, in the County 
of Wilts, and the Bridge on the said Roads across 
the River Jsis or Thames, at or near the Town of 
seachlade aforesaid, and for granting a further Term 
in the said Road and Bridge, and for other purposes : 
Shipley and An Act to amend an Act passed in the seventh year 
Bramley Road of the reiynof King George the Fourth, intituled, “ An 
Bill. Actfor makinga Turnpike-road from Shipley to Bram- 
ley, together with certain Branches therefrom, in the 
West Riding of the County of York :” 

An Act for the better Maintenance and Repair of 


Burford, 
Leachlade 
and Swindon 
Roads Biil. , 


Wildmore Fen 


and Eastand the Highways in Wildmore Fen and the East and 
West Fens, in the County of Lincoln, and for other 
purposes, and of which the short Title is, “ The 
Wildmore Fen and East and West Fens Highways 
Act, 1853 :” 


West Fens 
Highways Bill. 


4° Augusti. 





A. 1853. 


An Act for reviving the Powers of the South South Eastern 
Eastern Railway Company for taking Lands and rsa, 4 " 
Buildings for the purpose of enlarging their London aed oe 
Bridge Station on the North side thereof, and for Thames, &amp;c.) 
extending for a further period such Powers, and for Bill. 

other purposes : 

An Act to authorize the re-issue of certain of the York and 
Shares in the Capital of the York and North Mid- — 


land Railway Company, called “ Hulland Selby Pur- (Re-issue of 


chase, &amp;c, Shares,” and for other purposes : Hull and Selby 
Purchase, &amp;c. 
Shares) Bill. 
An Act to enable the Zondon and North Western London and 
Railway Company to acquire and hold certain Lands North Western 
Buildi , H and London 
and Buildings at or near the Terminus of the //aydon- and Blackwall 
square Branch of the London and Blackwall Rail- Railways Bill. 


way, and for other purposes : 


An Act to enable the Leeds, Bradford and Hali- Leeds, Brad- 
faz Junction Railway Company to construct certain sgh ae _ 
Branch Railways in the West Riding of the County Salney Bill. 


of York, and for other purposes : 


An Act to repeal the Act for repairing the Alston Alston Roads 
Turnpike-roads, and to make other Provisions in lieu Bill. 
thereof : 
An Act for making a Railway from the Great Roscrea and 
Southern and Western Railway near Roscrea to Par- oo 
Ww unction 
sonstown, to be called “ The Roscrea and Parsons- Railway Bill. 
town Junction Railway,” and for other purposes : 


An Act to authorize the Abandonment of a por- Limerick, 
tion of the Undertaking of the Limerick, Ennis and Ennis and Kil- 
Killaloe Junction Railway Company, and the Con- wy 
struction of a new Line of Railway in lieu of a ; 
portion of the Line to be abandoned, and to revive, 
in respect of a portion of the said Undertaking, the 
Powers of the said Company for the Compulsory 
Purchase of Lands, and to extend in respect of the 
same portion of the said Undertaking the Powers of 
the said Company for constructing Works, and to 
amend and repeal portions of the Act relating to the 
said Company, and for other Ses 

An Act to enable the South Eastern Railway Com- South Eastern 
pany to extend the Reading, Guildford and Reigate (Heading Exe 
Railway at Reading, and for other purposes : tension, &amp;e.) 

ill. 

An Act to enable the Warrington and Altrincham Warrington 

Junction Railway Company to extend their Railway #4 Altrine- 


: ham Railway 
to Stockport : (Stockport)Bill. 


An Act to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Eastern Coun- 
Company to construct Branch Railways from the ts a! 
North Woolwich Line of the Eastern Counties Rail- sean. &amp;e.) Bill 
way, to Ham Creek and the River Thames, and for 
other purposes : 

An Act for more effectually improving the Town Burton- 
of Burton-upon- Trent, in the County of Stafford : —— 

mprovement 
(No. 2) Bill. 

An Act to authorize the Abandonment of the Car- Carlisle Canal 
lisle Canal, and the making of a Railway in lieu and Port | 
thereof, from the Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle yg 
Railway, at Carlisle, to Port Carlisle ; to repeal the er 
Acts relating to the Carlisle Canal and Docks, and 
to re-incorporate the Company; to authorize the 
raising of a further Sum of Money, and to confer 
additional Powers, and for other purposes : 

An Act for incorporating and regulating the Electric 
Electric Telegraph Company of Ireland, and for a. 
better enabling the Company to establish and work fetnd Pill 
Telegraphs in Scotland and Ireland, and between 
those Countries, and for other purposes : 

An Act for making a Railway from Spalding to Norwich and 


S doe : ° Spalding 
Sutton Bridge and Wisbeach ; Railway Bill 


An Act to alter and amend the Provisions of Copper Miners 
“The Governor and Company of Copper Miners am a 
Act, 1851,” and to confer further Powers on the 
said Company : 

An Act to enable the South Eastern Railway Com- south Eastern 
pany to make a Railway from Strood to Maidstone, ew 


4 trood to 
and for other purposes : {ratdstone) 


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17 VicrortzZ. 
Victoria An Act to authorize the Construction of additional | 


— Docks and other Works in connexion with the Vic- | 
toria (London) Docks, and to consolidate and amend | 
the provisions of the Act relating to such Docks : 

East Kent An Act for making a Railway from Strood to 


Railway Bill. Canterbury, with Branches to Feversham Quays and 
Chilham : 

South Staf- An Act for supplying with Water the Inhabitants 

fordshire of Walsall, Dudley, and other Places in the Southern 


— parts of the County of Stafford, and in certain 
parts of the County of Worcester, adjacent thereto : 

Forth and An Act for making a Railway commencing by a 

Clyde June- Junction with the Scottish Central Railway at Stir- 

Bi” Ling, and terminating by a Junction with the Cale- 

‘i. g, and terminating by a Junction with the Cale 

donian and Dumbarton Junction Railway at Alex- 
andria, to be called “‘ The [orth and Clyde Junction 
Railway :” 

Upton Saint An Act for making Turnpike-roads from Upton 

ieeilip ana Saint Leonard's to Brimpsfield and Birdlip, in the 

Brimpsfiela County of Glouceséer: 

Roads Bill. 

Dewsbury, An Act for enabling the Local Board of Health 


a. for the District of Dewsbury to construct Water- 


ley Water Bill. Works, and for other purposes : 

Wakefield An Act to authorize the opening of a Diversion 

ne of the Wakefield and Sheffield Turnpike-road, and 
r * for other purposes : 

Saint Ives An Act for the Improvement of the Harbour of 


erode Saint Ives, in the County of Cornwall: 
Saint Helen’s An Act to enable the Saint Helen’s Canal and 


Canal and = Railway Company to extend their Railway to Rain- 
Railway Bill. : , . 

ford, and to enlarge their Staticns at Sutton, and for 
other purposes relating to the Company : 

An Act for more effectually repairing and im- 
proving several Roads leading to and from the ‘Town 
of Salford, through Pendleton and other Places, in 
the County Palatine of Lancaster : 

Leeds An Act for enabling the Leeds Northern Railway 
Northern Company to create new Shares, and raise Money on 


Pendleton, 
Swinton, &amp;c. 
Road Bill. 


Railway Bil oan for discharging certain Liabilities, and for other 
urposes : 
Bedale and An Act for making a Railway from Bedale to 


Leyburn Leyburn, in the North Riding ‘of the County of 
Railway Bil. yO to be called “ The Bedale and Leyburn Haile 
way,” and for other purposes, and of which the 
short Title is, “ The Bedale and Leyburn Railway 
Act, 1853 :” 
Holme — An Act for the adjustment of the Debts of the 
(No 3) Bil Commissioners of the Holme Reservoirs, and of the 
‘ "Interest due thereon, and for enabling them to restore 
and repair their Reservoirs, and for other purposes : 
Spalding An Act for paving, lighting, watching, draining, 
ame supplying with Water, cleansing, regulating and 
: otherwise improving the Town and Parish of Spald- 
ing, in the County of Lincoln, for making a Ceme- 
tery, for erecting a Corn Exchange and Market-house | 
therein, and for other purposes : 

Bideford An Act for making a Railway from the North 
ar eg Devon Railway at Fremington Pill to Bideford, to 
ye be called “The Bideford Extension Railway :” 
Whitechapel An Act for the better paving, repairing, lighting, 
peorenent cleansing, watering, regulating and improving such 
parts of the Parish of Saint Mary, Whitechapel, in 

the County of Middlesex, as are not within the 
Liberties of Her Majesty's Tower of London and 


Time for the Completion of certain Works at 


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An Act for making a Railway from Llanidloes, in Lianidloes 
the County of Montgomery, to Newtown, in the same and Newtown 
County, to be called “The Llanidloes and Newtown B#ilway Bil 
Railway,” and for other purposes : 

An Act to enable the Waveney Valley Railway Waveney 
Company to extend their Railway from Bungay to Valley Rail- 
Beccles : “a 

An Act for altering and extending the Line of the Manchester, 
Barnsley Branch of the Manchester, Sheffield and ag seh 
Lincolnshire Railway Company ; for —— the Railway 

Shef- (Barnsley) 
field; for amending the Acts relating to the said Bill 
Company, and for other purposes : 

An Act for amending the Acts relating to the Llynvi Valley 
Llynvi Valley Railway Company, and for autho- Railway Bill. 
rizing the Company to make Diversions in, and im- 

—_ their Line of Railway, and construct a New 

ranch; and for better regulating the Harbour of 
Porth Cawl, and the Rates leviable thereat, and for 
other purposes : 

An Act to repeal the Act relating to the Nantwich Nantwich and 
and Woore Turnpike-road, and to make other Pro- Woore Tur. 
visions in lieu thereof: ina nieareas 

An Act to authorize the Extension of the Railway, Ayrshire and 
already partly executed, between Smithstown and par ed 
Datmellington, in the County of Ayr, to Dalmelling- a” 
ton, and to the Glasgow and South Western Railway, mellington) 
near Ayr : Railway Bill. 

An Act to enable the Caledonian Railway Com- Caledonian 
pany to extend the Glasgow, Barrhead and Neils- Riilway 
ton Direct Railway to Crofthead, and for other — with 
purposes : Edinburgh _ 

and Glasgow Railway, &amp;c.) Bill. 

An Act for confirmmg a certain Agreement entered Furness 
into between the Furness Railway Company and Jehn Rai! way Bill. 
Abel Smith, Esquire; and for enabling the Furness 
Railway Company to raise a further Sum of Money ; 
and for authorizing the Conversion of the Borrowed 
and Preferential Share Capital of the Furness Rail- 
way Company into a Stock, not exceeding Four 
pounds ten shillings per Centum, and for amending 
the Acts relating to the said Company and Pile Pier : 

An Act to enable the Edinburgh and Glasgow painburgh 
Railway Company to connect their Line at Glasgow und Glasgow 
by Branches with the Caledonian Railway, and to Railway Bill. 
extend their Station at Cowlairs : 

An Act to sanction certain Arrangements between Edinburgh, 
the Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Railway Com- Perth and 


pany, and certain Classes of the Creditors thereof : hallway Bill. 


An Act for enabling the Great Western Railway Great Western 
Company to construct additional Lines and Works, Railway 
or for conferring further Powers on them, in reference (Heatey) at. 
to the Henley and Uxbridge Lines, and other parts of 
their Undertaking at Acton, Chippenham and Read- 
ing, and for other purposes : 

An Act for incorporating the Lands Improvement Lands Im. 
Company, and to afford facilities for the Improve- men 
ment of Land, by enabling the Company to issue (yo") Bi 
transferable Mortgage Debentures : 

An Act for making a Railway from the Town of Saint Ives and 
Saint Ives to the West Cornwall Railway, at or \Vest Comwalt 
near Saint Erth, with a Branch therefrom; and for Railway Bill. 
making Arrangements with the West Cornwall 
Railway Company : 

An Act for dissolving the Canterbury and Whit- south Eastern 
stable Railway Company, and for vesting in the Railway (Can- 
South Eastern Railway Company the Undertaking ‘?&gt;™Y and 





the City of London, and for paving, repairing, water- 
ing and regulating certain Barts of other Parishes | 
and places adjoining, and for removing and pre-| 
venting Nuisances, Annoyances and Obstructions | 
therein, and for raising Money for the Relief, Main- | 
tenance and Employment of the Poor within the said 
Parish, and for raising Money for repairing the | 
Church of the said Parish : 
Great South- § An Act to enable the Great Southern and Western | 
-— Rallwee Railway Company to divert the Glanmire Road | 
(Ireland) Bill. Lower, in the Parish of Saint Ann’s, Shandon, in 
the County of the City or Borough of Cork, and to 
make a small Portion of Railway in that Parish, 
and for other purposes : 
VoL. 108. 








~ 4 &gt; rs Whitstable, 
of the South Eastern and Continental Steam Packet &amp;c.) Bin. 


Company, and for other purposes; and of which 
the short Title is, “ The South Eastern Railway 
(Canterbury and Whitstable and Steam Packets) 
Act, 1853 :” 
An Act for conferring additional Powers on the London and 


| London and North Western Railway Company with North Western 


reference to the construction of their Oldham Branch ; (Oldhees 


and for making an alteration in such Branch, and Branch) Bill 
for other purposes : 

An Act for the Purchase of the Bridge and Ferry New Ross 
over the River of Ross, at the Town of New Ross, Free Bridge 
and for other purposes : aa 
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British Elece An Act for repealing and amending an Act passed 
tric Telegmht in the thirteenth and fourteenth years of the rei 
ompany™ of Her present Majesty, called “The British Elec- 
tric Telegraph Company’s Act, 1850 :” 


London and An Act to enable the Zondon and North Western 
yes Railway Company to construct a Railway from 


(Northamp- Vorthampton to Market Harborough, with a Branch 

ton, &amp;c.) Bill therefrom, all in the County of Northampton, and 
for other purposes : 

London and An Act to enable the Zondon and North Western 

— Railway Company to construct a Branch Railway to 

(Saint Alban’s, Saint Alban’s, and for other purposes : 

&amp;c.) Bill. 

West Harptry An Act to repeal the Acts for repairing the Roads 

Road Bill from West Harptry to the Bath and Wells Turn- 
pike-road, at Marksbury, and other Roads therein- 
mentioned, in the County of Somerset, and to make 
other Provisions in lieu thereof : 


a. we An Act to enable the Newry and Enniskillen Rail- 
enniskillen . . a ; * 
Railway Bil. W®@Y Company to extend their Railway to the Land 


ing Quay at Newry, to effect a Junction with the 
Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway, and for other 


purposes : 
Westminster An Act to amend and enlarge the Powers and 
a Provisions of “The Westminster Improvement Act, 


1845,” “The Westminster Improvement Act, 1847,” 
and “The Westminster Improvement Act, 1850 ;” to 
extend the Time for the Compulsory Purchase of 
Lands; to authorize further Improvements in the 
City of Westminster, and for other purposes : 


East Lanca- An Act to enable the East Lancashire Railway 
me Company to extend their Railway to Rainford, to 
(Southport, enter into Arrangements with the Saint Helen’s Canal 

&amp;c.) Bill. and Railway Company, and to extend their Mort- 

gage Debt into Annuities : 

. ; An Act for amending the Acts passed for the Con- 
ae struction of the Basingstoke and Salisbury Railway, 
(Basingstoke and for other purposes, and of which the short Title 
and Salisbury is “The London and South Western Railway (Ba- 
Branch) Bill. singstoke and Salisbury) Act, 1853 :” 

Birkenhead An Act for authorizing Arrangements for the Com- 


—_ Trustees pletion of the Birkenhead Docks: 
Fast London 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


London and 


An Act for enabling the East London Waterworks 
Company to improve their Supply of Water, and for 





A. 1853. 


An Act for making a Railway from Enniskillen to Londonderry, 


Sligo, with a Branch therefrom : Enniskillen 
and Sligo Rail- 
way (No. 2) Bill, 
An Act for providing additional Station Accom- Birmingham 
modation at Birmingham, in connexion with the —— . 
Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway, and for Birmingham 
enabling the Great Western Railway Company to Wolverhamp- 
use a portion of the Oxford, Worcester and Wolver- _ = 
hampton Railway, and for making better provision Westen ae 
with reference to the joint Station at Wolverhamp- ways Bill, 
ton, and for other purposes : 
An Act for the more effectual Improvement of the Newcastle- 


Borough of Newcastle-upon-Tyne : upon-Tyne Im- 
provementBill, 
An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Birken- Birkenhead 
head Dock Company, and to enable the Company Dock Com. 
to make a Railway for their Works, and for other P#Y Bill. 
purposes, and of which the short Title is “ The Bir- 
henhead Dock Company’s Act, 1853 :” 
An Act to authorize Deviations at Hereford, and Newport, 
near Pontypool, of the Newport, Abergavenny and rp ae | 
Hereford Railway, and to amend the Acts relating — 


to that Railway : ( oe, &amp;e.) 


An Act to authorize the Newport, Abergavenny Newport, 
and Hereford Railway Company to make Devia- Abergavenny 
tions on their Extension to the Zaff Vale Railway, ~~ 

: y (Taff 
and to make certain short Branches : Vale) Bill. 

An Act for making a Railway to the Crystal West London 
Palace, with Branches to the London, Brighton and = Crystal 
South Coast Railway, and tc the London and South piiiway Bi 

, : y Bill. 
Western Railway : 

An Act for the Improvement of the Parish of Chorley 
Chorley, in the County of Lancaster : Speeremans 


An Act to authorize the granting, for Building pur- Cotham’s 

— of Demises for long Terms of Years of the Estate Bill 
rust Estate of the late William Penketh Cotham, 

Esquire, and to authorize the granting of Mining 

Leases, and for other purposes : 

An Act to enable Charles Crowe, Clerk, to exercise Crowe's 
his Office of a Priest, and to hold any Benefice or Disabilities 
Preferment in the United Church of England and Renewal SE, 
Ireland: 

An Act for enabling Sales, Exchanges and Leases Hall Dare’s 
of the Family Estates of Robert Westley Hall Dare, Estate Bill. 
Esquire, and for other purposes : 





other purposes : 


Halifax . An Act for the Improvement of the Borough of | 

bon el Halifax, and for other purposes, and of which the | 

ment Bill. short ‘litle is “The /falifax Improvement Act, | 
1853 :” 


Limerick An Act for making a Railway from Limerick to 


and Foynes : 
Railway Bill. Foynes : 


Ulanelly Rail- An Act for enabling the ZL/anelly Railway and 
‘Ne. ——— Dock Company to make new Railways, and for other 
ats "purposes, and of which the short Title is “The 
Lianelly Railway and Dock Act, 1853 :” 

An Act to repeal the Acts relating to the Ribble 
Navigation Company of the first year of the reign 
of Her present Majesty, chapter eight, and of the 
seventh year of the reign of Her present Majesty, | 
chapter one, and some of the provisions of the Act | 
of the eighth and ninth years of the reign of Her 
present Majesty, chapter one hundred and sixteen, 
which relate to the Company, and to make other 
provisions in lieu thereof respectively, and to grant 
further Powers to the Company for the construction 
of Works, for providing Quays, for raising Capital, 
for levying Tolls, for regulating the disposition of 
the Reclaimed Lands, and for other purposes : 
Whitehaven fm Act to enable the Whitehaven and Furness 
and Furness Junction Railway Company to make Branch Rail- 


Junction ; . 
Railway Bill, Ways, and for other purposes : 


Ribble Navi- 
gation Bill. 


Blyth and An Act to enable the Blyth and Tyne Railway 
— Railway Company to construct Branches in the County of 
; Northumberland, and for other purposes : 
Milford Haven’ An Act for constructing and maintaining Docks, 
Docks Bill. and other Works, at or near to Milford Haven, and 
for other purposes : 





An Act for enabling the Trustees of the Will of Moore’s 
Thomas Brown, Esquire, deceased, to invest the ee 
Funds, subject to the Trusts of the Will of the said rar a. 
Thomas Brown, in the Purchase of Real Estates in 
Ireland: 

An Act to authorize the granting of Building Pemberton 
Leases of Parts of the Estates devised by the Will Leigir’s Estate 
of Sir Robert Holt Leigh, Baronet, deceased, and to ba. 
extend the Power in the same Will contained to 
grant Mining Leases, and to authorize the Sale of a 
Share in the Wigan Waterworks, part of the Estate 
of the said Sir Robert Holt Leigh : 

An Act for confirming an Exchange between the Earl of 
Right honourable Henry Stephen, Earl of Leicester, rarely 
and the Right honourable George O’ Brien, Earl of — 
Egremont, now deceased, and for effecting an Ex- 
change of Lands by the last Will of the Right honour- 
able George Earl of Egremont, now deceased, di- 
rected to be sold for Lands by that Will directed to 
be settled : 

An Act for vesting certain Estates belonging to Archbishop of 
the See of Canterbury, now vested in Trustees for nara . 
Sale, in the Archbishop of Canterbury, with provisions . 
for the Sale thereof, with the approval of the Church 
Estates Commissioners, and for other purposes : 

An Act for enabling James Thomas Martin, Es- Sneed Park 
quire, and the Persons in Remainder, under the Will ©st#te Bill. 
of Mary Jackson, deceased, to grant Leases of Parts 
of the Estates thereby devised in Settlement for the 
purpose of building upon, and otherwise improving 
the same, and for other purposes. 


Another Amendment was proposed to be made to Charitable 
the Bill, in p. 23, 1. 33, by inserting after the word Trusts Bill. 
“ contributions” No. 869. 














Assessed 
Taxes Bill. 


South Sea and 


other Annui- 


ties, Provision 


for Payment, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


Metropolitan 
Sewers Acts 
Continuance 
Bill. 


Standing 
Orders. 


East Indian 
Railway 
Company. 


East Indian 
Railway 
Company. 


Post-office, 
No. 870. 


East India. 


East India, 








17 VicTrori2z. 


** contributions ” the words “ or any bookselling or 
“ publishing business carried on by, or in connexion 
“ with, or for the benefit of any religious, missionary, 
“ or charitable body or society (such body or society 
“ rendering an annual account of its affairs to its 
“ members).” 

And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there inserted :—The eibpamed Amend- 
ment was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next ; and be printed. 


roceeded to 
axes Bill, as 


The House, according to Order, 
take into consideration the Assessed 
amended in the Committee. 

A Clause (Monies arising from Land Tax Re- 
demption may be applied in the purchase of any Par- 
liamentary Stocks or Annuities, chargeable on the 
Consolidated Fund), was twice read; and made part 
of the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the South Sea and other Annuities, Pro- 
vision tor Payment, &amp;c. Bill; 

‘ Ordered, That the Biil be read a second time this 
ay. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Metropolitan Sewers Acts Continuance 
Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


Mr. Brotherton reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; which was 
read, as followeth: 

That in the case of the East Indian Railway 
Company Petition for leave to deposit a Petition for 
a Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 
with ; that the Parties be permitted to deposit their 
Petition accordingly. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills have leave to sit and proceed forthwith 
on the Petition for the East Indian Railway Com- 
pany Bill. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Post- 
office, which was presented upon the 3d day of this 
instant August, be printed. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 26th day of May last, for a Return of the Sub- 
jects of H. H. the Guicowar, now enjoying the Bri- 
tish Guarantee, with the ‘Terms thereof, and any Cor- 
respondence showing the grounds on which, in each 
case, the Guarantee was given ; also, Copies of any 
Correspondence which may subsequently have taken 
place between the Court of Directors, the Bombay 
Government, and the Resident at Baroda, respecting 
the Expiration or Forfeiture of any of those Gua- 
rantees. 

Return to an Order, dated the 29th day of July 
last, for Copies of the Financial Letter from Madras 
to the Government of Jndia, of the 3d day of January 
1848, and also of the Financial Letter to the Ho- 
nourable Court of Directors, dated the 8th day of 
November, No. 13, of 1848 :—Of Instructions from 
the Court of Directors to the Government of India, 
in their Despatch of the 30th day of July 1850, on 
Public Works:—Of Major Wylie’s Letter of the 
2ist day of December 1850, of Instructions of the 
VoL. 108. 


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765 


Government of Jndia respecting Public Works :— 

And, Copy of the Letter from the Madras Govern- 

ment to the Honourable Court of Directors, Public ” 
Works Department, dated the 13th day of Novem- 

ber 1852, No. 11. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Address Highways. 
to Her Majesty, dated the 14th day of July last, for 
Returns, showing the Particulars of the Receipts 
and Expenditure on account of the Highways in 
each County in England and Wales, for the year 
ending the 25th day of March 1852, made out in 
the form required by the Act of the 12th &amp; 13th 
Vic. c. 85, distinguishing the Cities, Boroughs, 

Towns and Places under Local Acts, from the ordi- 
nary Highways. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Lunatic Asy- 
28th day of July last, for Copies of any Correspond- — aay 
ence between the Home Office and the Authorities “““™ 
of the Lunatic Asylum at Colney Hatch, with regard 
to the death of William Winschaffel, a Patient in 
that Establishment, who was killed there by another 
Patient in May last. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Humphrey: Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Sneed Park 
by this House to the Sueed Park Estate Bill, without Estate Bill. 
any Amendment: And also, 

[he Lords have agreed to the Elections Bill, Elections Bill. 
with an Amendment; to which Amendment the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Entails (Scotland) Entails (scot- 
Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the 14nd) Bill. 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to Marquess of 
authorize the Executors in Trust of the Residuary Bute’s Estate 
Personal Estate bequeathed by the Will of the Most -— 
honourable John Crichton Stuart, Marquess of Bute 
and Earl of Dumfries, deceased, to postpone the 
Sale of certain Parts of such Residuary Estate, and 
to indemnify such Executors in respect of such 
Postponement, and for other purposes; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— 

And then the Messenger withdrew. 


The Marquess of Bute’s Estate Bill was read the Marquess of 
first time. Bute’s Estate 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- Bill. 
aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Registrar of Meetings in Bankruptcy Bill Registrar of 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a Meetings in 


: ; Bankrupte 
second time upon Monday next ; and to be printed. pip 7 


No. 871. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from East Indian 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Kailway 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- C°™P@"Y- 
ders in the case of the Petition for the East Indian 
Railway Company Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders, 


A Petition of the East Indian Railway Company, fast Indian 
for leave to bring in a Bill to amend an Act, intituled, Railway 
“ An Act for incorporating the East Indian Railway ©°™?*"Y- 
Company, and for other purposes connected there- 
with,” was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a poor Law 
Return relating to Medical Officers under the Poor (Medical 
Law; of Name of Union; Name of Districts into Officers). 
which divided ; Population of each District ; Acres 
in each District; Number of Medical Officers in 

55£3 each 















































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766 4° Augusti. 


each District, and Salary paid toeach ; such Return 
to be made out in the follow ng form: 











| 
Name | ee Ae ap one Acres in | seeneaaitie | Salary paid 
tia.) =. - .. oe each in | to each 
| which divided. | District. District. or | ; 
| each District. | 
| 
| 
Truck Act The Order of the day being read, for the second | 
ce reading of the Truck Act Amendment Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day three months. 
a The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
—— mittee on the Transportation Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, at Twelve o’clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 
Metropolis Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 


Buildings Act. 


Office of 
Speaker. 


Trade and 
Navigation, 


No, 872. 


Dublin and 
Wicklow 
Railway. 


Supply. 


Pritish 
Museum, 














to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the several Parishes within the 
District comprised in the Act 7 &amp; 8 Vic. c. 84, com- 
monly called “The Metropolis Buildings Act,” spe- 
cifying the Amount of the Gross Rental upon which 
each Parish has been assessed to the Relief of the 





A. 1853. 


2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eleven General Board 
thousand nine hundred and ninety-six —— be of Health. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
the General Board of Health, to the 31st day of 
March 1854. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifteen Incumbered 
thousand and eighty-seven — be granted to ee 
Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Salaries ¢reiana). 
and Expenses of the Incumbered Estates Commission 
(Ireland), to the 31st day of March 1854. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ten Lighthouses 
thousand nine hundred and thirty pounds, be granted Abroad. 
| to Her Majesty, to defray, in the year 1853, the Ex- 
| pense of erecting and maintaining certain Lighthouses 
Abroad. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Menai Straits. 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray, in the year 1853, the Expense of Works for 
improving the Navigation of the Menai Straits. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Works of 
thousand five hundred and seventy-three pounds, be oe 
granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Cost 
of executing certain Works of Navigation in Jre- 
land, connected with Drainage, to the 31st day of 
March 1854, 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five British 
thousand eight hundred and twenty pounds, be — 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Paris 
Works, Repairs, Furniture, &amp;c., at the British Am- 
bassador’s eu at Paris, to the 31st day of March 































Poor, within the Three years ended the 25th day of 
March last respectively, and the Produce of the | 


Ordered, That the said Address be presented to | 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are | 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. | 

The House proceeded to take into consideration | 
the Report which, upon the 12th day of May last, | 


Assessments made, upon that Rental, to the Poor, | 


Police and County Rates within each of those years. | five thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds, be 


1854. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- Shipping 
Offices, &amp;c. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of 
the Shipping Offices, and Local Marine Boards 
under the Mercantile Marine Act, and the Expenses 
under the Steam Navigation Act, to the 31st day of 
March 1854. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventy pensions 


was made from the Select Committee on the Office | thousand six hundred pounds, be granted to Her (Merchant 


of Speaker ; and the same was again read. 


: | Majesty, to defray the Charge for Pensions to Mas- 
Resolved, That, whenever the House shall be in- | 


Service). 


ters and Seamen of the Merchant Service, and to 


formed of the unavoidable absence of Mr. Speaker, | their Widows and Children, under the Merchant 
the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means |Seamen’s Fund Act, and for Compensation to the 


do take the Chair for that day only : 
And, in the event of Mr. Speaker’s absence con- 


think fit, and shall so order it, take the Chair in like | 
manner, on any subsequent day during such absence. 





Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- | 
mand,—'Trade and Navigation :—Accounts relating | 
to Trade and Navigation, Month ended 5th July | 
1853, and Six Months ended 5th July 1853. | 

Return to an. Order, dated the 29th day of July | 
last, for a Copy of Report, dated on or about the | 
22d day of July 1853, from the Inspector of Rail- 
ways to the Board of Trade, stating the Result of 
his Examination of the Line of Railway of the Dub- 
fin and Wicklow Railway Company between Dun- 
drum and Bray. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the | 
Table ; and that the Accounts relative to Trade and ! 
Navigation be printed. 


{ 
} 
| 





The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon the 
2d day of this instant August, That Mr. Speaker do | 
now leave the Chair (for Committee of Supply) ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The | 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And the Question being put :—It was resolved | 


‘late Officers of the Trusuvees of the Merchant Sea- 
, ane, | | men’s Fund, to the 31st day of March 1854. 
tinuing for more than one day, lo, if the House shall | 


10. Motion made, and Question put, That a Sum, Slave Trade. 
notexceeding Two thousand one hundred and seventy- 
five pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for payment 
of Rewards for certain Services in Suppression of 


| the Slave Trade on the Coast of Africa ; 


The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, 

Yeas, \The Earl of Mulgrave : 

Tellers for the (Mr. Hume, los 

Noes, Mr. Bright: . 

11. Resolved, TYhat a Sum, not exceeding Nine Ancient Laws 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- — — 
fray the Sapemee of the Commission appointed to ° am 
superintend the Publication of the Ancient Laws 
and Institutes of Jrelund, to the 31st day of March 
1854. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty Corrupt Prac- 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to ——— 
defray the Expenses of Commissions appointed to missions. 
inquire into Corrupt Practices at Elections, under 
the Corrupt Practices at Elections Act. 

13. Resolved; That a Sum, not exceeding Three Dr. Reid. 
thousand seven hundred and twenty-three pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to discharge the Claim 
of Dr. Reid to Compensation, in consequence of 


in the Affirmative: —Then the House resolved itself | the discontinuance of his Services in supermtending 


into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty-five 
thousand eight hundred and forty pounds, be granted 





to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and Expenses 
of the British Museum, to the 31st day of March 
1854, 


| ment Act, to the 31st day of March 1854. 


ithe Ventilation, &amp;c. of the New Houses of Parlia- 


ment, including the Expenses incurred in the Settle- 
ment of the Claim by Arbitration. 

14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- Patent law 
eight thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, — 
to defray the Fees, Salaries and Compensations, pay- 
able under the Provisions of the Patent Law Amend- 


15. Resolved, 








New Houses of 


Parliament. 


Education Bill. 


Poor Relief 
Act Con- 
tinuance Bill. 


Insurances on 


Lives Bill. 


Betting- 
houses Bill. 


Crown Suits 
Bill, 


Defacing the 
Coin Bill. 


Public Works 
Acts Amend- 
ment (Ireland) 
Bill, 





17 Vicroriz. 


15. Resolved, That an additional Sum, not exceed- 
ing Seventy thousand pounds, be granted to Her 


4°—5° Augustz. 





767 


|. Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 


| verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 


Majesty, to defray the Expense for Works at the | gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 


New 
March 1854. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 5° die Augusti, 1853: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to se- 
veral Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Bouverie also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Education Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day three months. 


The Poor Relief Act Continuance -Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, Twat Mr. Baines do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Insurances on Lives Bill was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Betting-houses Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day, at Twelve 
o'clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Crown Suits Bill; 

Ordered, ‘hat the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 


The Defacing the Coin Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Public Works Acts Amendment (Jre- 
land) Bil ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That it be an Instruction to the Committee 
on the Bill, that they have Power to divide the Bill 
into two Bills :—And the said Motion was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That it be an Instruction to the Committee on 
the Bill to receive a Clause, to make better provi- 
sion for taking securities in respect of County Officers 
in Ireland :—It passed in the Negative. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 

(In the Committee.) 


Instruction to the Committee on the Bill, That 
they have Power to make provision therein pursuant 
to the Kesolution of the House, reported and agreed 
to on the 29th day of July last, read. 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- | 


graph. 
Heeunble postponed. 
Cuavuses, N° 1 to N° 4, amended, and agreed to, 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


VoL, 108. 





ouses of Parliament, to the 31st day of} That the Committee may have leave to sit 





| —_ 
| Resalved, That this House will, upon Monday 
‘next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Linen, &amp;c. Manufactures (Jrelang) Bill was, ac- Linen, &amp;c. 
cording to Order, read a second time ; and committed Manufactutes 
to a Committee of the whole House, for this day. — 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Smoke Nui- 
into a Committee on the Smoke Nuisance Abatement 5"¢¢ Abate- 
. ‘ ment (Metro- 
(Metropolis) Bill. polis) Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


No. 873. 

Crause, N° 1 (Furnaces in the Metropolis to con- 
sume their own smoke). 

Amendments made. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Chairman do now leave the Chair:—Motion, by 
leave, withdrawn. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Ciausss, N° 2 to N° 4, amended, and agreed to. 
| Crause, N° 5, agreed to. 
| Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





! 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bouverie 
—- That the Committee had gone through the 
il. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ecclesiastical 


mittee on the Ecclesiastical Leasing Act Amendment Leasing Act 
Bill; ae 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Lunatics’ Care 
into a Committee on the Lunatics’ Care and Treat- and Treatment 
ment Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. - 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie re- 
ported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That the 
Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Vaccination 
mittee on the Vaccination Extension Bill; Extension Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, at Twelve o’clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Chancery 
mittee on the Chancery Suitors? Further Relief Bill; a Fur. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday Bill _— 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Hackney 
reading of the Hackney Carriage Duties Bill ; pen 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon os 

Monday next. 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself Customs, &amp;c, 
into a Committee on the Customs, &amp;c. Acts. -. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That in lieu of the Customs Duties now Customs 
payable in the Isle of Man, the following Duties be Duties (isle of 
charged ; that is to say :— Men) 

Coffee, the Import Duties in the United King- 
dom not having been there paid thereon 

| the Ib. 
Corn, viz. wheat, barley, bear or bigg, oats, rye, 
peas, beans, buck wheat, maize or 

Indian corn - = the quarter 

Wheat meal and flour, barley meal, oat 

meal, rye meal and flour pea meal, 

bean meal, buck wheat meal and 

maize or Jndian corn meal - the ewt. ; 

Hemp - - - - 


~ &amp; 


a 
_ 





5E4 











Copies of 

Specifications 

Repeal Bill. 
No. 874. 


Evidence 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Land Tax 
Commission- 
ers’ Names 
Bill 


768 


Hops, from the United Kingdom - 
Iron se tee 
Spirits, viz. :— 

Brandy, Geneva and all Foreign Spirits, not 
being Liqueurs, Cordials or perfumed 
Spirits - the gallon 

Rum, of the British Possessions - the gallon 

British or Irish Spirits exported from a duty- 
free warehouse under bond in the United 
Kingdom - the gallon 

Such Spirits not exceeding the strength 
of proof by Sykes's hydrometer, and so 
in proportion for any greater or less 
strength than the strength of proof, and 
for any greater or less quantity thana 
gallon. 

Eau de Cologne, per flask 
more than one gallon) 


£. &amp; d 


- - - free. 


on 


(30, not containing 


or the gallon | - 10 
Liqueurs, Cordials and perfumed Spirits, 
the gallon |} - 10 
Sugar, viz .:— 
uscovado, or any Sugar not equal in quality 
to white clayed the cwt. 
Sugar Candy, white or brown, refined Sugar, 
or Sugar rendered by any process equal to 
refined, Foreign or British the ewt. 
From and after the 5th day of July 1854, 


the cwt. 
Tea - ~ ~ “ - the lb. 
From and after the 5th day of July J 


854, 
the Ib. 
Tobacco, viz.:— 
Unmanufactured the Ib. 
Manufactured - the Ib. 
Cigars the lb. 


gallons 
Wood, of all sorts - - 


Goods, wares and merchandise brought from the 
United Kingdom, and entitled to any bounty 
or drawback of Excise on exportation from 
thence, and not hereinbefore enumerated or 
charged with Duty - = 

Goods, wares and merchandise, the growth, pro- 
duce or manufacture of and brought from 
the United Kingdom, and not hereinbefore 
charged with Duty - = = 

Goods, wares and merchandise, not the growth, 

roduce or manufacture of the United King- 
om, but brought from thence, and having 
there been entered for consumption, and the 
Import Duties having been there paid thereon 

Goods, wares and merchandise, imported or 
brought from any place from whence such 
goods may be lawfully imported into the 
Isle of Man, and not hereinbefore charged 
with Duty, or declared to be free of Duty, for 
every 100/, of the value thereof - 


Resolution to be reported. 


| 
m OO 
. 5 


the tun of 252 


irre 
Icon oo 


— 
Ce ie | 


- - free. 


- - free. 


free. 


free. 





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Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution ; which they had directed him to report to the 
House. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Bouverie also acquainted the House, That 
the Committee had made Progress in the matter to 
them referred; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon ante 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Copies of Specifications 
Repeal Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie 
~ That the Committee had gone through the 

il. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House for ‘Tuesday next, at 
Twelve o'clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Evidence Amendment Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Land Tax Commissioners’ Names Bill was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 


4°—5° Augusti. 


A. 1853. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The South Sea and other Annuities, Provision for South Sea ana 
Payment, &amp;c. Bill was, according to Order, read a other Annal- 
second time; and committed to a Committee of the py an arg 

. ? 
whole House, for this day. &amp;c. Bill. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for Female » 
providing Places of Confinement in England or Convicts. 
Wales for Female Offenders under Sentence or Order 
of Transportation: And that Mr. Lowe and Viscount 
Palmerston do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Marriages, 
render valid certain Marriages in the Church of the Holy Trinity 
Holy Trinity, in the Township of Hulme, and Parish fue 
of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster: And that Validity. 
Mr. Lowe and Viscount Palmerston do prepare, and 
bring it in. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Apprehension 
amend an Act of the seventh year of Her Majesty, ys es 
for the better Apprehension of certain Offenders : ment. 
And that Mr. Lowe and Viscount Palmerston do pre- 


| pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for Ecclesiastical 
further continuing certain temporary Provisions con- J¥tisdiction. 
cerning Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction in England : And 
that Mr. Lowe and Viscount Palmerston do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Loan Societies. 
continue an Act to amend the Laws relating to Loan 
Societies: And that Mr. Lowe and Viscount Pal- 
merston do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Stock in Trade 
continue the Exemption of Inhabitants trom liability Exemption. 
to be rated as such in respect of Stock in Trade, or 
other Property, to the Relief of the Poor: And that 
Mr. Lowe and Mr. Baines do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Ballycotton 
Copies of the following Documents relative to the Harbour and 
construction of a Harbour and Pier at Ballycotton, *'™ 
in the County of Cork, under the provisions of the 
Act 9 &amp; 10 Vic. c. 3:—Of the Memorial of the Pro- 
prietors and Occupiers of Land, praying for its exe- 
cution ; the provisional Declaration of the Commis- 
sioners of Public Works, and the Plans, Estimates 
and Surveys of the Engineers of the Commissioners 
referred to in such Declaration; of the Report of 
the Officer appointed by the Commissioners to hold 
| the District Meeting ; and of the final Declaration 
| 





of the Commissioners, and final Notice, as published 

|in the Dublin Gazette :—And, of any Corréspondence 
|which has taken place in the year 1851 or 1852, 
between the Reverend George Cotter Hingston, Per- 
| petual Curate of Ballycotton, and Sir William Somer- 
ville, the then Chief Secretary of Jrelund, and the 
' Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland, relative 
ito the alleged non-completion of the Pier; and of 
any Reports made by the Officers appointed by the 
Commissioners to examine into the matter of such 
complaints. 





The House proceeded to take into consideration Elections Bill 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Elections 
Bill ; and the same was twice read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Frewen do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships. 


roviding Places Female __ 
ales for Female Convicts Bill. 
No. 875. 


Mr. Lowe presented a Bill for 
of Confinement in Eng/and or 
Offenders under Sentence or Order of Transporta- 
tion: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time this day; and to 


be printed. 
Mr, 

















Loan Societies 
Bill. 
No. 876. 


Apprehension 
of Offenders 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


No. 877. 


Marriages, 
Holy Trinity 
Church, 
Hulme, 
Validity Bill. 
No. 878. 


Stock in Trade 


Exemption 
Bill. 


No. 879. 


Ecclesiastical 
J urisdiction 


No. 880. 





Coinage. 


Committees, 


Electric 
Telegraph 
Company Bill. 


Worcester 
and Hereford 
Railway Bill. 


Bingley Free 
Grammar and 
General Edu- 
cation Schools 
and Charity 
Estates Bill. 


Clitheroe 
School Estate 
Bill. 








17 Vicroriz. 


Mr. Lowe presented a Bill to continue an Act to 
amend the Laws relating to Loan Societies: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time this day; and to be printed. 


Mr. Lowe presented a Bill to amend an Act of 
the seventh year of Her Majesty, for the better 
Apprehension of certain Offenders: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time this day; and to be priated. 


Mr. Lowe presented a Bill to render valid certain 
Marriages in the Church of the Holy Trinity, in the 
Township of Hulme, and Parish of Manchester, in 
the County of Lancaster: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
this day ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Lowe presented a Bill to continue the Exemp- 
tion of Inhabitants from liability to be rated as such 
in respect of Stock in Trade, or other Property, to the 
Relief of the Poor: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time this day; 
and to be printed. 


Mr. Lowe presented a Bill for further continuing 
certain temporary Provisions concerning Ecclesias- 
tical Jurisdiction in England: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time this day ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Wilson presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 28th day of July last, for an 
Account of all Gold, Silver and Copper Monies of 
the Realm coined at the Royal Mint, from the Ist 
day of April 1853 to the 30th day of June last, spe- 
cifying the Weight, Number and Value, &amp;e. (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 365, of Ses- 
sion 1853). 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
a quarter of an hour after Three of the clock 
on Friday morning, adjourned till this day. 








Veneris, 5° die Augusti : 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 


O RDER ED, That all Committees have leave to 
sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Electric 
Telegraph Company Bill; and the same was twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Wor- 
cester and Hereford Railway Bill; and the same 
were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The Bingley Free Grammar and General Educa- 
tion Schools and Charity Estates Bill was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The Clitheroe School Estate Bill was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment, 
VoL, 108. 








4°? A ugusti. 769 


The Duke of Atholl’s Estate Bill was read the Duke of 

third time. are 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. seen 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 

to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 

hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Jesus College Estate Bill was read the third time. Jesus College 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do Estate Bill. 
ass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments ;_ to which 
Amendments this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. 


Piddockhe’s Estate Bill was read the third time. —_Piddocke’s 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Estate Bill. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 

to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 

hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Ward Jackson’s Estate Bill was read the third | ae y 
time; and an Amendment was made to the Bill. patete Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments ; to which 
Amendments this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third South Sea 
reading of the South Sea Company’s Arrangement —— 
and Trusts Bill; aah Gimie 

And a Motion being made, and the Question Bill. 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question :—It was re- 
solved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third time : 
—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Thomas Greene do carry tie 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by Poor Removal. 


the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 27th day of July last, for Copies of the Corre- 
spondence between the Poor Law Board, Whitehall, 
the Poor Law Commissioners in Dublin, and the 
Guardians of the Parish of Saint Luke’s, Middlesex, 
relative to the Removal of a Pauper Family of the 
Name of Garrey from the Port of London to the 
Port of Limerick. 

Return to an Order, dated the 21st day of July Navy, Army, 
last, for Detailed Accounts of Receipt and Expen- &amp;«. 
diture for Navy, Army, Commissariat and Ordnance No. 881. 
Services, for the year to the 31st day of March 1853. 

Return to an Order, dated the 11th day of July gap ge. 
last, for Accounts of the Quantities and Value of the” 
Salt exported from the United Kingdom during each 
of the Four years ending with 1851, specifying the 
Countries to which it was exported, and the Quantity 
and Value of that seut to each :—Of the Quantities 
of Lac Dye and of Shellac imported into the United 
Kingdom from the East India Company’s Terri- 
tories and Ceylon, and of the Quantities entered for 
Home Consumption, during each of the Five years 
ending with 1851:—Of the Weight of the Hides 
imported into the United Kingdom in each of the 
Five years ending with 1851, specifying the Coun- 
tries whence the Hides were imported, and the Quan- 
tities bronght from each :—Of the Quantities of the 
principal varieties of Fur imported in 1851, speci- 
fying the Countries whence they were brought, and 
5 F + the 











West India 


Islands Relief. 


Railways. 


No. 882. 


East India. 
No, 883. 


East India. 
No. 884. 


Highways. 
No. 885. 


Lunatic 
Asylum, 


Colney Hatch. 


No. 886. 


Coinage. 
No. 887. 


Mining 
Districts. 


Church 
Districts. 


Burial- 
grounds. 


779 


the Quantity furnished by each Country :-—Of the 
Quantities of Hemp imported into the United King- 
dom during the Five years ending with 1851, speci- 
fying the Countries from which they were imported, 
and the Quantities brought from each :—Of the 
Quantities of Flax and Tow imported into the United 
Kingdom during the Five years from 1847 to 1851 
inclusive, distinguishing the Countries whence they 
were imported, and the Quantities brought from 
each :—And, of the Quantities of Flaxseed or Lin- 
seed imported into the United Kingdom during the 
Five years ending with 1851, distinguishing the 
Countries whence they were imported, and the ee 
tities brought from each. 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of 
an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Year 1852, ended the 
5th January 1853:—A Statement by the Commis- 
sioners appointed by the Act 2 &amp; 3 Will. 4, c. 125, 
and subsequent Acts, for the Issue of certain Ex- 
chequer Bills to Persons connected with the West 
Indian Islands; showing, 1st. The Number and 
Amount of Loans advanced to each of the Islands, to 
which Relief has been granted, from 16th August 
1832 to 5th January 1853: 2d. The Amount of 
Interest paid to 5th January 1853: 3d. The Amount 
of Principal repaid to 5th January 1853: 4th. The 
Amount omer ena by the Commissioners to the 
Account of Her Majesty’s Exchequer :—Account, in 
detail, of the Application of the Amount issued to 
pay the several Gratuities assigned by Authority of 
the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, 
and to defray the other Charges attending the trans- 
acting the Business of the Commission, supported 
by a Certificate of the Commissioners that proper 
and satisfactory Vouchers in proof of the several 
Payments having been duly made had been ex- 
hibited to them (in continuation of the Return made 
to 5th January 1852). 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Navy, Army, 
&amp;e., be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Railways, 
which was presented upon the 2d day of this instant 
August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Subjects 
of his Highness the Guicowar, which was presented 
upon the 4th day of this instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Financial 
Letter from Madras, which was presented upon the 
4th day of this instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Highways, 
which was presented upon the 4th day of this in- 
stant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Lunatic 
Asylum, Colney Hatch, which was presented upon | 
the 4th day of this instant August, be printed. | 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Coinage, | 
which was presented upon the 4th day of this in- 
stant August, be printed. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty's Com- 
mand,—Copy of Report of the Commissioner ap- 
pointed under the provisions of the Act 5 &amp; 6 Vice. 
c. £9, to inquire into the Operation of that Act, and 
intc the State of the Population in the Mining Dis- 
tricts, 1853. 

Mr. Fitzroy also presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 23d day of Fe- 
bruary last, for a Return from Archbishops and 
Bishops of all Districts assigned by the Archbishops 
or Bishops of the several Dioceses in England and 
Wales to Churches built and consecrated under the 
second Section of the Act 1 &amp; 2 Will. 4, c. 38. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
20th day of May last, for a Table of Ecclesiastical 





5° Augusti. 





A, 1853. 


Fees payable on the Consecration of any Burial- 
ground in the different Dioceses of England and 
Wales; distinguishing the Amount of each Fee, the 
Officer to whom it is paid, and by whom such Officer 
is appointed, and whether such Appointment is held 
for ite. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the seamen’s 
18th day of July last, for a Return ens the several Wages. 
Police Offices in London and Liverpool respec- 
tively, showing the Number of Complaints made b 
Seamen for the recovery of Wages, and the Number 
heard before the Magistrates presiding at the said 
Police Offices, during the year 1852; the said Re- 
turns to distinguish the Number of such Complaints 
decided in favour of the Claimants, with the Total 
Amount of Wages recovered or awarded, and the 
Number decided against such Claimants. 

" Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Standing 
into consideration the Report from the Select Com- ee 
mittee appointed for Revision of the Standing Orders ; ay 
and the same was again read. aoe. 

The House was moved, That the present Standing 
Orders of the House might be all ; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Orders be repealed. 

Then the Orders, as reported by the Committee, 
with Amendments to several of them, were agreed 
to, as follow: . 


APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES 
AND EXAMINERS OF PETITIONS FOR 
PRIVATE BILLS, 


1. There shall be one or more Officers of this Examiners of 
House, to be called “The Examiners of Petitions Petitions. 
for Private Bills,” who shall be appointed by Mr. 

Speaker. 

2. There shall be a Committee, to be designated Committee 
“The Select Committee on Standing Orders,” to — 
consist of Eleven Members, who shall be nominated : 
at the commencement of every Session, of whom 
Five shall be a Quorum. 

3. There shall be a Committee, to be designated 
“The Committee of Selection,” to consist of the 
Chairman of the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders, who shall be ex-officio Chairman thereof, 
and Four other Members, who shall be nominated 
at the commencement of every Session, of which 
Committee Three shall be a Quorum. 

4. There shall bea Committee, to be designated General 
“The General Committee on Railway and Canal a nee 
: 4 : - : y an 
Bills,” to consist of the Chairman of the Committee Canal Bills. 

of Ways and Means, who shall be ex-officio Chair- 

man thereof; and of not less than Twenty-four nor 

more than Forty other Members, who shall be nomi- 

nated at the commencement of every Session by the 

Committee of Selection; and Five shall be the 

Quorum of such Committee. 

5. The Committee of Selection may, from time to Committee of 

time, discharge Members from further attendance on — may 
‘ F ischarge 

such General Committee, and add other Members Members and 

in their room. add others. 

6. The General Committee on Railway and Canal General Com- 
Bills shall divide themselves into Sub-Committees, —_—_o 
of not less than Three nor more than Five Members sub-Com- 
each, and shall appoint the Chairman of each Sub- mittees. 
Committee, and may change the Members so ap- 
pointed from time to time. 

7. In case any Sub-Committee shall be reduced Where Sub- 
‘to less than Three Members, the General Com- po ee 
mittee may either add One or more Members to such than Three 
‘Sub-Committee, or may direct that Two Members Members. 
shall constitute such Sub-Committee, as they shall 
| think fit. 

8. The General Committee on Railway and Canal The General 
‘Bills shall make regulations for the transaction of COV"Reru. 


k _ 
business by such Committee, and by the — a 


Committee 
of Selection. 





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Sub-Com- 
mittees on 
Railway and 
Canal ‘ 


— 
on 
Private Bills. 


Committees 
on Unopposed 
Private Bills. 


Committee 
on Divorce 
Bills. 


Members not 
to be added to 
Committees, 
except b 
special Order. 


Private Bills 
divided into 
Two Classes. 


Ast Class, 


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Sub-Committees, in all cases not provided for by the 
Standing Orders. 

9. The Sub-Committee on every Railway and 
Canal Bill, or Group of Railway and Canal Bills, 
shall be composed of Members not locally or other- 
wise interested in the Bill or Bills in progress. 

10. The Committee on every opposed Private 
Bill (not being a Railway, Canal or Divorce Bill), 
or Group of Bills, shall be composed of a Chair- 
man and Four Members not locally or otherwise 
interested in the Bill or Bills in progress, to be 
appointed by the Committee of Selection, with 
the addition, if such Bill or Group shall spe- 
cially relate to any one County, Division of a 
County, or Parliamentary Borough, of the Member 
or Members representing the same, or if such Bill 
or Group shall relate to more than one County, 
Division of a County, or Parliamentary Borough, of 
so many of the Members representing the same as 
the Committee of Selection shall appoint. 

11. The Committee on every unopposed Pri- | 
vate Bill (not being a Railway, Canal or Divorce | 
Bill), shall, if the same shall have originated in this 
House, be composed of the Chairman of the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means, who shall be ez-officio 
Chairman of every such Committee, together with 
one of the Members ordered to prepare and bring in 
the Bill, and one other Member not locally or other- 
wise interested therein, such Members to be ap- 
pointed by the Committee of Selection, and shall, if 
such Bill shall have been brought from the House 
of Lords, be composed of the Chairman, as aforesaid, 
and Two other nda, to be appointed by the 
Committee of Selection, of whom one at least shall 
not be locally or otherwise interested in the Bill; 
and the Chairman and one other Member of such 
Committee shall be the quorum thereof. 

12. There shall be a Committee, to be designated 
“The Select Committee on Divorce Bills,” to con- 














sist of Vine Members, who shall be nominated at 
the commencement of every Session, of whom Three | 


shall be a Quorum. | 
13. After any Committee on a Private Bill shall | 


have been formed, no Members shall be added | 
thereto, unless by special Order of the House. 


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THE TWO CLASSES OF PRIVATE BILLS. | 


14. For the purposes of the Standing Orders of 
this House, all Private Bills to which the Standing | 
Orders are applicable shall be divided into the Two 
following Classes, according to the subjects to which | 
they respectively relate :— | 

Ist Cass: 

Burial Ground, making, maintaining or altering. 
Charters and Corporations, enlarging or altering powers of. 
Church or Chapel, building, enlarging, repairing or main- | 
taining. 
City or Town, paving, lighting, watching, cleansing or 
improving. 
Company, incorporating or giving powers to. 
County Rate. 
County or Shire-hall, Court-house. 
Crown, Church or Corporation Property, or Property 
” held in trust for public or charitable purposes. ‘ 
erry. 
Sheer: making, maintaining or improving. 
Gaol or House of Correction. 
Land, inclosing, draining or improving. 
Letters Patent, confirming, prolonging or transferring the 
Term of. 
Local Court, constituting. 
Market or Market-place, erecting, improving, repairing, 
maintaining or regulating. 
— 
‘oor, maintaining or employing. 
Poor Rate. z isin 
Powers to sue and be sued, conferring. 
ae Magistrate or any Public Officer, Payment 
of :—And, 
Continuing or amending an Act passed for any of the pur- 
oses included in this or the Second Class, where no 
rther work than such as was authorized by a former 
Act is proposed to be made, 
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2d Cuass: 2d Class. 
Making, maintaining, varying, extending or enlarging 
any 
‘Aqueduct. Navigation. 
Archway. Pier. 
Bridge. Port. 
Canal. Railway. 
Cut. Reservoir. 
Dock. Sewer. 


Embankment for reclaim- Street. 
ing land from the seaor Tunnel. 
any tidal river. Turnpike or other pub- 





Ferry, where any work is lic carriage road. 
to be executed. Waterwork. 
Harbour. 
III. 


STANDING ORDERS, 
COMPLIANCE WITH WHICH IS TO BE 
PROVED BEFORE THE 
EXAMINERS OF PETITIONS FOR 
PRIVATE BILLS; viz. 


1. Notices by Advertisement - - - - = p-@l 
2. Notices and Applications to Owners, Lessees and 

Occupiers of Lands and Houses - - - gp w72 
3. Documents required to be deposited, and the times 

and places of Deposit - = += = = pe T72 
4. Form in which Plans, Books of Reference, Sections 

and Cross Sections shall be prepared - - p77 


5. Estimates and Subscription Contracts, or Declara- 
tions in lieu of Subscription Contracts, and De- 
posit of Money, in certagn cases - - - p. 775 


15. Compliance with the following Standing Or- 
ders shall be —_ before one of the Examiners of 
Petitions for Private Bills ;—viz. 


1. Notices by Advertisement. 


16. In all cases where application is intended to be Notices to 


made for leave to bring ina Bill relating to any of the - —- 

subjects included in either of the Two Classes of Pri- ©) SPPatons, 

vate Bills, Notices shall be given, stating the objects be deposited in 

of such intended application, and the time at which Private Bill 
Office, and 

_ “ a : intention t 

Bill Office ; and if it be intended to apply for powers oth ter pone 

for the compulsory purchase of Lands or Houses, or to purchase 
Lands, or to 

F amalgamate, 

for that purpose, or to amalgamate with any other &amp;c., or to levy 


Company, or to sell or lease the Undertaking, or to S — — 
Oo be stated. 


copies of the Bill will be deposited in the Private 


for extending the time granted by any former Act 


purchase or take on lease the Undertaking of any 
other Company, or to amend or repeal any former 
Act or Acts, or to levy any Tolls, Rates or Duties, 
or to alter any existing Tolls, Rates or Duties, or to 
confer, vary or extinguish any exemptions from pay- 
ment of Tolls, Rates or Duties, or to confer, vary or 
extinguish any other rights or privileges, the Notices 


shall specify such intention; and the whole of the 


Notice relating to the same Bill shall be included in 
the same Advertisement, which shall be headed by 
a short title, descriptive of the Undertaking or Bill. 


17. In cases of Bills included in the Second Im Second 
Class, such Notices shall also contain the Names of Class Bills, 
Notices to 
. a" contain Names 
chial places from, in, through or into which the of Parishes, &amp;e. 


the Parishes, Townships, Townlands and extra-paro- 


work is intended to be made, maintained, varied, 
extended or enlarged, and shall state the time and 
lace of deposit of the Plans, Sections, Books of 
teference and Copies of the Gazette Notice re- 
spectively, with the Clerks of the Peace, Sheriff 
Clerks, Parish Clerks, Schoolmasters, Session Clerks, 
Town Clerks, and Clerks of Unions, as the case may 
be. (See Nos. 29, 35 &amp; 36.) 


18. In all cases where it is proposed to divert Cuts, Canals, 
into any intended Cut, Canal, Reservoir, Aqueduct Navigations, 
or Navigation, or into any intended variation, ex-“* —__ 
tension or enlargement thereof respectively, any When it is 


Water from any existing Cut, Canal, Reservoir, i 


Aqueduct or Navigation, whether directly or deri- be tage 


vatively, and whether under any agreement with ing Cut, &amp;c. 


the Proprietors thereof or otherwise, the Notices 
shall contain the name of every such existing Cut, 
Canal, Reservoir, Aqueduct or Navigation, the 

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Letters Patent. 


Name of 
Invention to 
be prefixed in 
Capitals to 


Notice. 


Publication 

of Notices in 
Gazettes and 
Newspapers. 


Application to 


Owners 


» &amp;e. 


on or before 


15th December. 


How A 
tion to 
made. 


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772 


Water supplying which will either directly or deri- 
vatively flow or proceed into any such intended Cut, 
Canal, Reservoir, Aqueduct or Navigation, or into 
any intended variation, extension or enlargement 
thereof. 

19. In cases of Bills for confirming or prolongin 
the terms of Letters Patent, each Notice shall 
have prefixed to it in Capital Letters the name 


by which the Invention is usually distinguished, | shall be sufficient evidence of the due delivery of 
and shall contain a distinct description of the In- | such letter; Provided it shall appear that the same 
vention for which such Letters Patent have been | was properly and sufficiently directed, and that the 
obtained, and also an account of the Term of their | same was not returned by the Post-office as unde- 
livered. 


Duration. 
20. In the months of October and November, or 

either of them, immediately precedin 

cation for a Bill, such Notices shall 


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A. 1853. 


23. In all cases the written acknowledgment of Written 
the party applied to shall, in the absence of other noe 
roof, be sufficient evidence of an application having applied to, and, 
n made, or notice given; and in case of an ap- in case of 
plication or notice having been forwarded by post, Notice by post 
in a registered letter, the production of the Post- Post-ofice ° 
office receipt for such letter, duly stamped, in such Receipt, suffi- 
form as the Postmaster General shall have appointed, “* evidence. 


24. Separate Lists shall be made of the Names of Lists of 





assenting, 


e published | those who have assented, dissented or are neuter gissenti 


once in the London, Edinburgh or Dublin Gazette, in respect to such application, or who have returned and neuter. 


as the case may be, and in Three successive Weeks | 
in some one and the same Newspaper of the County | 
in which the City, County of a City, Town, County | 
of a Town, or Lands, to which such Bill relates | 
shall be situate ; or if there be no Newspaper pub- 
lished therein, then in the Newspaper of some 
County adjoining or near thereto; and if such Bill | 
relate specially to any particular City, County of a 
City, Town or County of a Town, in which an 

Newspaper is published, such Notices shall be pub- 
lished in Three successive Weeks, in one and the 
same Newspaper published therein; or if such Bill 
do not relate to any particular City, County of a 
City, ‘Town, County of a Town or Lands, such No- 
tices shall be published once in the London, Edin- 
burgh or Dublin Gazette only, as the case may be; 
and if such Bill relate to Lands situate in more 
than one County, such Notices shall be inserted 
once in each of Three successive Weeks, in some 
~~ or Newspapers which shall be published 
in London at least Six Days in the Week, or in 
Edinburgh or Dublin at least Two Days in the 
Week, as the case may be, and in a Newspaper of 
the County in which the principal Office of the 
Company or Companies or other parties who are the 
Promoters of any such Bill, shall be situate, and 
ina Newspaper of every County in which any new 
Works are proposed to be constructed, or in which 
any lands are situate in respect of which any new 
or further powers for the completion of Works 
already authorized are intended to be applied for. 


2. Notices and Applications to Owners, Lessees, 
and Occupiers of Lands and Houses. 


21. On or before the 15th day of December im- 
mediately preceding the application for a Bill by | 
which any Lands or Houses are intended to be taken, | 
or an extension of the time granted by any former | 
Act for that purpose is sought, application in writing 
shall be made to the Owners or reputed Owners, 
Lessees or reputed Lessees, and Occupiers of all 
lands and houses so intended to be taken, or which 
may be taken as being within the limits of deviation | 
defined upon the Plan ; and in cases of Bills included | 
m the second class, such application shall be, as 
nearly as may be, in the form set forth in the Ap- 
pendix marked (A.) 

22, Such application shall be made by delivering | 
the same personally to every such party, or by 
leaving the same at his usual place of abode, or, in 
his absence from the United Kingdom, with his 
agert, on or before the 15th day of December, or by 
forwarding the same by post in a registered letter, 
addressed, with a sufficient direction, to his usual 
place of abode, and posted on or before the 12th 
day of December, at the Chief Post-office in London, 
Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Leeds, New- 
castle-upon-Tyne, Norwich, Lincoln, Shrewsbury, 
Bristol, Exeter, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, In- 
verness, Dublin, Belfast, Cork or Athlone, at such 
hours, and according to such regulations as the | 








no answer thereto; and where no written acknow- 
ledgment has been returned to an application for- 
warded by post, or where such application has been 
returned as undelivered at any time before the mak- 
ing up of such Lists, the direction of the letter in 
which the same was so forwarded shall be inserted 
therein. (See Order 39, directing the deposit of the 
said Lists in the Private Bill Office.) 

25. Before the deposit of a Petition for leave to Crown, &amp;c. 
bring in a Bill relatmg to Crown, Church or Cor- Property. 

ration Property, or Property held in Trust for notice to 

ublic or Charitable Purposes, or before the First Owners, &amp;c. 
Reading of any such Bill brought from the House 
of Lords, Notice in writing of such application to 
Parliament shall be given to the Owners or reputed 
Owners of such Property, and to the Lessees or re- 
puted Lessees of such Property, holding Leases 
granted for a life or lives, or for any term of Twenty- 
one Years or upwards. 

26. On or before the Fifteenth day of December 
immediately as the Application for any Bill 
for making a Burial Ground, or the erection of Works 
for the manufacture of Gas, Notice _~ os —_ to Motten * 
the Owner and Occupier of eve welling-house 
situated within 300 Yards of jn Deanieny” of the — - 
proposed Burial Ground or Gas Works. 

27. Previously to the deposit of a Petition for Relinquishment 
leave to bring in a Bill whereby any part of a Work of Works. 
authorized by any former Act is intended to he relin- notice to 
quished, Notice in writing of such Bill shall be given Owners, &amp;e. 
to the Owners or reputed Owners, Lessees or reputed ~_— re Bill 
Lessees, and Occupiers of the Lands in which the Sy pablie” 
part of the said Work intended to be thereby relin- Work. 
quished is situate. 

28. No Notice given or Application made on a Time for 
Sunday or Christmas Day, or before Eight o’clock rung 4 
in the forenoon, or after Fight o'clock in the after- Applications. 
noon of any day, shall be deemed valid, except in the 
case of delivery of letters by post. 


Burial 
Grounds and 
Gas Works. 


3. Documents required to be deposited, and the 
Times and Places of Deposit. 


Deposits on or before the 30th November. 


29. In cases of Bills of the Second Class, a Plan pigns and 
and also a Duplicate thereof, together with a Book Books of Re 
of Reference thereto, and a Section and also a Du- ae ge 
plicate thereof, as hereinafter described, shall be Clerk of the 
deposited for public inspection at the office of the Peace. 
Clerk of the Peace for every County, Riding or Divi- 
sion in England or Ireland, or in the Office of the 
Principal Sheriff Clerk of every County in Scotland, 
and ane any County in Scotland is divided into 
districts or divisions, then in the office of the Prin- 
cipal Sheriff Clerk in or for each district or division 
in or through which the Work is proposed to be 
made, maintained, varied, extended or enlarged, on or 
before the 30th day of November immediately pre- 
ceding the Application for the Bill. 

30. The Clerks of the Peace or Sheriff Clerks, or Clerks of 


their respective Deputies, shall make a Memorial ee Me 


Postmaster General shall from time to time appoint, | in writing upon the Plans, Sections and Books of morial on 
for the posting and registration of such letters. 


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the Plans, &amp;c. 
time 











17 VicToriz. 


time at which the same were lodged in their respec- 
tive offices, and shall at all seasonable hours of the 
day permit any person to view and examine one of 
the same, and to make copies or extracts therefrom ; 
and that one of the two Plans and Sections so de- 
posited, be sealed up and retained in the possession 
of the Clerk of the Peace or Sheriff Clerk until called 
for by order of one of the two Houses of Parliament. 
(See Appendix, Act 1 Vic. c. 83.) 
Tidal Lands. | 31. In cases where the work shall be situate on 
— _ Tidal Lands within the ordinary Spring Tides, a copy 
Plans, a of the Plans and Sections shall, on or before the 
be deposited at 30th day of November, be deposited at the Office of 
Admiralty. the Board of Admiralty. 

Railways. 32. In the case of. Railway Bills, a published 
Published Ma Map, to a scale of not less than half an inch to a 
to be dapestton mile, with the line of Railway delineated thereon, 
with Clerk of so as to show its general course and direction, shall, 
Peace, &amp;¢. on or before the 30th day of November, be deposited 

at the Office of the Clerk of the Peace, or Sheriff 
Clerk, together with the Plans, Sections and Book 
of Reference. 
Plans, &amp;c. at 33. In the case of Railway Bills, a copy of all 
the a of Plans, Sections and Books of Reference required 
—— by the Orders of the House to be deposited in the 
sioners. Office of any Clerk of the Peace or Sheriff Clerk, 
on or before the 30th day of November immediatel 
preceding the application for the Bill, together wit 
a published Map to a scale of not less than half an 
inch to a mile, with the line of Railway delineated 
thereon, so as to show its general course and direc- 
tion, shall on or before the same day be deposited in 
the Office of the Commissioners of Railways. 
Deposit of 84. On or before the 30th day of —— 
Plans, &amp;&lt;- in a copy of the said Plans, Sections and Books of 
Office. Reference, and in the case of Railway Bills, also a 
copy of the said published Map, with the line of 
Railway delineated thereon, shall be deposited in the 
Private Bill Office of this House. 
Parish Plan, 35. On or before the 30th day of Movember, 
a a copy of so much of the said Plans and Sections 
} ann with aS relates to each Parish in or through which the 
Parish Clerk, Work is intended to be made, maintained, varied, 
Se. extended or enlarged (see Fig. 5), together with a 
copy of so much of the Book of Reference as _re- 
lates to such Parish, shall be deposited with the Pa- 
rish Clerk of each such Parish in England, or, in the 
case of any Extra-parochial Place, with the Parish 
Clerk of some Parish immediately adjoining thereto, 
with the Schoolmaster of each such Parish in Scot- 
land, or if there be no Schoolmaster of any such 
Parish, then with the Session Clerk, or in Royal 
Burghs with the Town Clerk, and with the Clerk of 
the Union within which such Parish is included in 
Ireland. (See Appendix, Act 1 Vice. c. 83.) 


Gazette Notice 36. Wherever any Plans, Sections and Books of 
to be deposited Reference, or parts thereof, are required to be depo- 
= a of sited, a Copy of the Notice published in the Gazette 
Peace, Parish of the intended application to Parliament shall be 
Clerks, &amp;e. deposited therewith. 


Deposits on or before the 31st December. 


Petition for 37. Every Petition for a Private Bill, headed by 

Bill, se. to a short Title descriptive of the Undertaking or Bill, 

in bs ang corresponding with that at the head of the Adver- 

Office. tisement, with a Declaration, signed by the Agent, and 
a printed copy of the Bill annexed, shall be deposited 
in the Private Bill Office on or before the Thirty-first 
day of December ; and that such Petition, Bill and 
Declaration be open to the ee of all parties ; 
and also that printed copies of the Bill be delivered 
therewith for the use of any Member of the House 
or Agent who may apply for the same. 


Declaration of | 38. Such Declaration shall state to which of the 
ro pm, tWo classes of Bills such Bill in the judgment of the 
okie Agent belongs ; and if the _—— Bill shall give 
thereof, tobe power to effect any of the following objects; that is 
Peed to = to say :— 

— Power to take any lands or houses compul- 


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sorily, or to extend the time granted by any 
former Act for that purpose : 

Power to levy tolls, rates or duties, or to alter 
any existing tolls, rates or duties; or to confer, 
vary or extinguish any exemption from payment 
of tolls, rates or duties, or to confer, vary or 
extinguish any other right or privilege : 

Power to amalgamate with any other Com- 
pany, or to sell or lease their Undertaking, or to 
purchase or take on lease the Undertaking of 
~ other Company : 

ower to interfere with any Crown, Church 
or Corporation property, or property held in 
trust for public or charitable purposes : 

Power to relinquish any part of a work 
authorized by a former Act: 

Power to divert into any intended cut, canal, 
reservoir, aqueduct or navigation, or into any 
intended variation, extension or enlargement 
thereof respectively, any water from any existing 
cut, canal, reservoir, aqueduct or navigation, 
whether directly or derivatively, and whether 
under any agreement with the proprietors there- 
of, or otherwise : 

Power to make, vary, extend or enlarge any 
cut, canal, reservoir, aqueduct or navigation : 

Power to make, vary, extend or enlarge any 
Railway : 

The said Declaration shall state which of such 
powers are given by the Bill, and shall indicate in 
which clauses of the Bill (referring to them by their 
number) such powers are given, and shall further 
state that the Bill does not give power to effect any 
of the objects enumerated in this Order, other than 
those stated in the Declaration. 

If the proposed Bill shall not give power to effect 
any of the objects enumerated in the preceding Orde, 
the said Declaration shall state that the Bill does not 
give power to effect any of such objects. 

The said Declaration shall also state that the Bill 
does not give any powers, other than those included 
in the Notices for the Bill. 

39. On or before the 31st day of December Other Docu- 
there shall be also deposited in the Private Bill ments required 
Office, all Estimates, Copies of Subscription Con- {2 Pe deposited 
tracts and Declarations, and Lists of Owners, Les- Office. 
sees and Occupiers, which are required by the Stand- 
ing Orders of the House. 

40. As respects all Bills for the incorporation of Documents to 
Joint Stock Companies, or proposed Companies for be deposited 
carrying on any Trade or Business, or for conferring + a - 
upon such Companies the power of suing and being to Joint Stock 
sued (such Bills being Bills of the First Class), there — 
shall be deposited in the Private Bill Office, together ~ 
with the Petition for the Bill, a copy of the Deed or 
Agreement of Partnership (if any) under which the 
Company or proposed Company is acting, or of the 
Subscription Contract (if any), and in all cases a decla- 
ration in writing stating the following matters :— 

1st.—The present and proposed amount of 
the Capital of the Company. 

2d.—The number of Shares, and the amount 
of each Share. 

3d.—The number of Shares subscribed for. 

4th.—The amount of Subscriptions paid up. 
5th.—The names, residences and descriptions 
of the Shareholders or Subscribers (so far as the 
same can be made out), and of the actual or 
provisional Directors, Treasurers, Secretaries or 
other officer, if any. 
And such documents shall be verified by the signa- 
ture of some authorized officer of the Company or 
proposed Company (if any), and by some responsible 
party promoting the Bill. 

41. Previously to the deposit of a Petition for a Copies of 
Bill, copies of the Estimate of Expense of the Un- eee 
dertaking under such Bill, and of the Subscription Contract, ea 
Contract, if any, with the Names of the Subscribers Declaration, 
arranged in alphabetical order, and the amount of por lel a 
the Deposit respectively paid up by each such Sub- Saat 

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Vote Office 
and Private 
Bill Office. 


Copy of Rail- 
way, &amp;c, Billsto 
be deposited at 
Board of Trade, 
and of Naviga- 
tion, &amp;c., Bills 
with Admiralty, 
&amp;c.and of Turn- 
pike Bills with 
the Secretary 
of State. 


Deposit not 
valid on 
Sunday, &amp;c. 


Description 
of Plans. 


Lands within 
Deviation to 
be on Plan. 


Buildings, &amp;e, 
on enlarged 
Scale. 


Plan to de- 
scride Brooks 
&amp;c. to be di- 
verted. 


Distances to 
de marked in 
Miles and 
Furlongs, and 
memorandum 
of Curves and 
Tunnelling. 


Diversion and 
widening or 
narrowing of 
Roads, &amp;c. to 
be shown, 


Cortents of 
Book of 
Reference. 


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seriber, and the total amount of such Subscriptions, 
and of the Sums so paid up; or where a Declaration 
alone, or Declaration and Estimate of the probable 
amount of Rates and Duties, are substituted for a 
Subscription Contract, copies of such Declaration, or 
of such Declaration and Estimate, shall be printed 
at the expense of the Promoters of the Bull, and 
delivered at the Vote Office for the use of the Mem- 
bers of the House, and at the Private Bill Office for 
the use of any Agent who may apply for the same. 

42. On or before the 31st day of December, a 
printed Copy of every Railway and Canal Bill, and 
of every Bill for incorporating or giving powers to 
any Company, shall be deposited in the Office of the 
Board of Trade, a printed copy of every Bill relating 
to any Dock, Harbour, Navigation, Pier or Port | 
shall be deposited in the Office of the Board of Ad- | 
iiralty aa in the Office of the Board of Trade, and | 
« printed Copy of every Bill relating to Turnpike | 
Roads at the Office of the Secretary of State for the | 
Home Department. 

43. No Deposit shall be deemed valid if made on | 
« Sunday or Christmas Day, or before Eight o'clock | 
in the forenoon, or after Eight o'clock in the after- | 
noon of any day. | 


4. Form in which Plans, Books of Reference, Sec- | 
tions and Cross Sections shall be prepared. 
Plans. 


44. The Plan required to be deposited in the case of 
all Bills of the Second Class shall be drawn to a seale 
of not less than Four inches to a mile, and shall de- | 
seribe the line or situation of the whole of the Work 
(no alternative line or Work being in any case per- 
mitted), and the lands in or through which it is to be 
nade, maintained, varied, extended or enlarged, or 
through which every communication to or from the 
Work shall be made ; and where it is the intention 
of the Parties to apply for powers to make any lateral , 
deviation from the line of the proposed Work, the | 
limits of such deviation shall be defined upon the 
Plan, and all Lands included within such limits shall 
be marked thereon ; and unless the whole of such | 
Plan shail be upon a scale of not less than a quarter | 
of an inch to every 100 feet, an enlarged Plan shall 
be added of any Building, Yard, Court-yard or Land 
within the curtilage of any Building, or of any Ground | 
cultivated as a Garden, either in the line of the pro- | 
posed Work, or included within the limits of the said | 
deviation, upon a scale of not less than a quarter of | 
an inch to every 100 feet. (See Fig. 3.) | 

45. In all cases where it is proposed to make, vary, | 
extend or enlarge any Cut, Canal, Reservoir, Aque- | 
duct or Navigation, the Plan shall describe the | 
Brooks and Streams to be directly diverted into such 
intended Cut, Canal, Reservoir, Aqueduct or Navi- 
gation, or into any variation, extension or enlarge- 
ment thereof respectively, for supplying the same 
with Water. 

46. In all cases where it is proposed to make, vary, | 
extend or enlarge any Railway, the Plan shall exhibit | 
thereon the distances in miles and furlongs from one 
of the termini ; and a memorandum of the radius of 
every curve not exceeding One mile in length shall 
be noted on the Plan in furlongs and chains; and 
where tunnelling as a substitute for open cutting is | 
intended, such tunnelling shail be marked by a dotted | 
line on the Plan. 

t7. If it be intended to divert, widen or narrow 
any Turnpike Road, Public Carriage Road, Navi- 
gable River, Canal or Railway, the course of such | 
diversion, and the extent of such widening or nar- 
rowing, shall be marked upon the Plan. | 


Book of Reference. 


48. The Book of Reference to every such Plan | 
shall contain the names of the Owners or reputed 
Owners, Lessees or reputed Lessees, and Occupiers | 
of all Lands and Houses in the line of the proposed | 
Work, or within the limits of deviation as defined | 





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and the height and span of every Arch of all Bridges 


‘shall also be stated if such level will be unaltered. 


tions, in reference to the said numbers, on a hori- 


ceed Five Feet, the extreme height over or depth 


_in figures on each of the parts into which such Em- 





A. 1853. 


upon the Plan, and shall describe such Lands and 
ouses respectively. 


Sections. 


49. The Section shall be drawn to the same hori- Section to be 
zontal scale as the Plan, and to a vertical scale of —— - a 
not less than one inch to every 100 feet, and shall mae agmel 
show the surface of the ground marked on the Plan, inch to every 
the intended level of the proposed Work, the height 100 feet. 
of every Embankment and the depth of every Cut- 
ting, and a datum horizontal line, which shall be the 
same throughout the whole length of the Work, or 
any Branch thereof respectively, and shall be referred 
to some fixed point (stated in writing on the Section), 
near some portion of such Work, and in the case of 
a Canal, Cut, Navigation, Turnpike or other Car- 
riage-road or Railway, near either of the Termini. 

(See line D.D., Fig. 2.) 

50. In cases of Bills for improving the Navigation Section ta 
of any River, there shall be a Section which shall — level 
specify the Levels of both Banks of such River ;% &gt; ks. 
and where any alteration is intended to be made 
therein, it shall describe the same by Feet and Inches, 
or decimal parts of a foot. 

51. In every Section of a Railway, the Line of Line of Rail- 
the Railway marked thereon shall correspond with (**¥ 0n Section 
the upper surface of the rails. (See line S.S. Fig. 2.) with e per pan 
ace O Ss. 

52. Distances on the Datum Line shall be marked Vertical mea- 
in miles and furlongs, to correspond with those on Sr to be 
the Plan; a vertical measure from the Datum Line change of 
to the Line of the Railway shall be marked in feet gradient. 
and inches, or decimal parts of a foot, at each change 
of the gradient or inclination ; and the proportion or 
rate of inclination between each such change shall | 
also be marked. 

53. Wherever the line of the Railway is intended Height of 
to cross any Turnpike-road, Public Carriage-road, oy yee 
navigable River, Canal or Railway, the height of the a 
Railway over, or depth under the surface thereof, Roads, &amp;c. 


to be marked, 


and Viaducts, by which the Railway will be carried = — ‘ 


over the same, shall be marked in figures at every Crossings. 
crossing thereof; and where the Railway will be 
carried across any such Turnpike-road, Public Car- 
riage-road or Railway, on the level thereof, such 
crossing shall be so described on the Section; and it 


54. If any alteration be intended in the water-level Cross Sections 
of any Canal, or in the level or rate of inclination of ——— 
any turnpike-road, public carriage-road or Railway, crossed by the 
which will be crossed by the line of Railway, then Railway when 
the same shall be stated on the said Section, and a 


each alteration shall be numbered ; and Cross Sec- altered. 


zontal scale of not less than one inch to every 330 
feet, and on a vertical scale of not less than one inch 
to every 40 feet, shall be added, which shall show 
the present surface of such Canal, Road or Railway, 
and the intended surface thereof when altered, such 
Cross Sections to extend not less than 100 yards on 
each side of the centre line of the Railway; and 
the greatest of the present and intended rates of in- 
clination of such Road or Railway shall also be 
marked in figures thereon. (See Fig. 4.) 
55. Wherever the extreme height of any embank- Embankments 
ment, or the extreme depth of any cutting shall ex- and Cuttings 





under the surface of the ground shall be marked in 
figures upon the Section ; and if any Bridge or Via- 
duct of more than three arches shall intervene in any 
Embankment, or if any Tunnel shall intervene in any 
Cutting, the extreme height or depth shall be marked 


bankment or Cutting shall be divided by such Bridge, 
Viaduct or Tunnel. 

56. Where tunnelling, as a substitute for open Tunnelling 
cutting, or a viaduct as a substitute for solid em- row Secor 
bankment, is intended, the same shall be marked on °° ”°™ 
the Section. 

5. Estimates 











Estimate and 
Subscription 
Contract in 
Bills of the 
Second Class. 


Contract to 
contain 
‘Christian and 
Surnames of 
Parties. 


Not valid 
unless entered 
into subse- 
quent to close 
of previous 
Session. 


Subscription 
Contract not 
valid, unless 
entered into 
subsequent 
to the com- 
mencement 
of previous 
Session. 


Subscription 
Contracts, 
existing 
Railway 
Companies. 


Cases wherein 
Declaration 
may be depo- 
sited in lieu 
or in aid of 
Subscription 
Contract. 


‘Cases wherein 
Declaration 
and Estimate 


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5. Estimates and Subscription Contracts or Decla- 
rations in lieu of Subscription Contracts ; 
and Deposit of Money in certain cases. 


57. An Estimate of the Expense of the Under- 
taking under each Bill of the Second Class shall be 
made and signed by the person making the same, 
and a Subscription shall be entered into under a 
Contract, made as hereinafter described, to three- 
fourths the amount of such Estimate. (See as to 
depositing Estimate and Subscription Contract in 
Private Bill Office, No. 39.) 

58. Every Subscription Contract shall contain the 
Christian Names and Surnames, Description and 
Place of Abode of every Subscriber ; his Signature 
to the Amount of his Subscription, with the amount 
which he has paid up; and the Name of the Party 
witnessing such Signature, and the Date of the same 
respectively ; and the legal description and seal of 
any corporate body being a party to such contract ; 
and the total amount of such Subscriptions, and of 
the sums so paid up. 

59. No Subscription Contract shall be valid, ex- 
cepting in the case of Railway Bills, (for which see 
Order 60), unless it be entered into subsequent to 
the close of the Session of Parliament previous to 


that in which application is made for leave to bring | 
PP s 


ia the Bill to which it relates, and unless the Parties 
subscribing to it bind themselves, their Heirs, Exe- 
cutors and Administrators, for the Payment of the 
Money so subscribed, to be recoverable by action at 
law. 

60. As regards Railway Bills, no Subscription 
Contract shall be valid, unless it be entered into sub- 
sequent to the commencement of the Session of Par- 
liament previous to that in which application is made 
for leave to bring in the Bill to which it relates, and 
unless the parties subscribing to it bind themselves, 
their heirs, executors and administrators, for the 
payment of the money so subscribed, to be recover- 
able by action at law. 

61. In all cases of application to Parliament by 
existing Railway Companies, for powers to raise 
additional capital for the purpose of constructing 
Branches or Extensions, or other new works, or of 
contributing towards the —2 of constructing 
other Lines of Railways or Works, a Subscription 
Contract shall be entered into for Three-fourths of 
such additional Capital as may be required for these 
purposes, beyond the Capital authorized to be raised 
for the existing Lines, whether the Bill be of the first 
or second class; and deposits shall be duly paid 
thereon as hereinafter required. (See No. 65.) 


62. Where the Work is to be made, wholly or in 
part, by means of Funds, or out of money to be raised 
upon the credit of present Surplus Revenue, belonging 
to any Society or Company, or under the control of 
Directors, Trustees or Commissioners, as the case 
may be, of any existing Public Work, such Parties 
being the Promoters of the Bill, a Declaration stating 
those facts, and setting forth the nature of such con- 
trol, and the nature and amount of such Funds or 
Surplus Revenue, and showing the actual Surplus 
of such Funds or Revenue, after deducting the Funds 
required for purposes authorized by any Act or Acts 
of Parliament, and also the Funds which may be 
required for any other Work to be executed under 
any Bill in the same Session, and given under the 
common seal of the Society or Company, or under 
the hand of some authorized Officer of such Direc- 
tors, Trustees or Commissioners, may be deposited 
in lieu or in aid of the Subscription Contract, and in 
addition to the Estimate of the Expense, provided 
such Surplus Funds shall be not less than the whole 
amount of the Estimate, or the portion thereof not 
provided for by a Subscription Contract. (See as to 
depositing Subscription Contracts in Private Bill 
Office, No. 39.) 

63. In cases where the Work is to be made out of 
Money to be raised upon the security of the Rates, 

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| Duties or Revenue to be created by or to arise under of Amount of 
any Bill, under which no private or personal pecu- ee 
niary profit or advantage is to be derived, a Decla- Siabten 
|Tration stating those facts, and setting forth the means Contract. 

by which Funds are to be ubtained tor executing the 

ork, and signed by the Party or Agent soliciting 

the Bill, together with an Estimate of the probable 

amount of such Rates, Dutics or Revenue, signed 

| by the Person making the same, may be substituted 

for the Subscription Content, and in addition to the 

Estimate of the Expense. (See as to depositing 

| Estimate and Subscription Contract in Private Bill 

Office, No. 39.) 


Deposit of Money. 





| 64. Excepting in the case of a Railway Bill (for One-twentieth 
| which see Order 65), a sum not less than One-twen- ye of the 

| tieth part of the amount required to be subscribed os hy 
| (see No. 57) shall, previously to the 15th day of Ja- be deposited. 
jnuary, be deposited with the Court of Chancery in 

| England, if the Work is intended to be done in Eng- 

| land, or with the Court of Chancery in England or 

the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, if such Work 

|is mtended to be done in Scotland, and with the 

| Court of Chancery in Jreland, if such Work is in- 

tended to be done in Jreland. (See Appendix C.) 

65. In the case of Railway Bills, a sum not less One-tenth 
than One-tenth part of the amount required to be sub- part of the 
scribed (see No. 57) shall, previously to the 15th day Amount to be 
of January, be deposited with the Court of Chancery be deposited. 
in England, if the Railway is intended to be made 
in England; or with the Court of Chancery in Eng- 
land or the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, if such 
Railway is intended to be made in Scotland; and 
with the Court of Chancery in Jreland, if such Rail- 
way is intended to be made in Ireland. 





IV. 


PROCEEDINGS OF EXAMINERS, 
OF CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE, OF WAYS 
AND MEANS, AND OF COMMITTEES. 


PRoOcEEDINGS OF THE EXAMINERS OF PETITIONS 
ror Private Bits. 


66. The Examination of the Petitions for Private When Exa- 
Bills which shall have been duly deposited in the mination of 
Private Bill Office, shall commence on the 25th oe 
day of January, in such order and according to , 
such regulations as shall have been made by Mr. 

Speaker. 

67. One of the Examiners shall give at least Notice to be 
Seven clear Days’ Notice in the Private Bill Office siven by one 
of the day appointed for the Examination of each pha 7 aN 
Petition which shall have been duly deposited ii appointed for 
the Private Bill Office; and in case the promotes Examination. 
shall not appear at the time when the Petition shall 
come on to be heard, the Examiner to whom the 
case shall have been allotted, shall strike the Peti- 
tion off the General List of Petitions, and shall not 
re-insert the same, except by order of the House. 

68. Any parties shall be eutitled to appear and Memorials 
to be heard, by themselves, their azents and wit- complaining 
nesses, upon a Memorial addressed to the Exa- — 
miner, complaining of a non-compliance witli the ; 
Standing Orders, provided the matter complained 
of be a stated in such Memorial, and the 
party (if any) who may he specially affected by the 
non-compliance with the Standing Orders have 
signed such Memorial and shali not have withdrawn 
his signature thereto, and such Memorial have been 
duly deposited in the Private Bill Office. (See Orders 
174, 195.) 

69. The Examiner may admit Affidavits in proof Proof by 
of the compliance with the Standing Orders of A*tdavit. 
the House, unless im any case he shall require 
further evidence ; and that such Affidavit shall be 
sworn, if in England, before a Justice of the Peace; 

5F4 if 











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776 


if in Scotland, before any Sheriff Depute or his 
Substitute; and if in Ireland, before any Judge or 
Assistant Barrister of that part of the United King- 
dom. 


Examiner to 70. The Examiner shall certify by indorsement 
a on each Petition which shall have been duly de- 
Standi posited in the Private Bill Office, whether the 
Orders not Standing Orders have or have not been complied 
Salen with, with ; and, when they have not been complied with, 
; he shall also report to the House the facts upon 
which his decision is founded, and any special cir- 
cumstances connected with the case. 
To report in 71. In all cases of Petitions for additional pro- 
oy Ml vision in Private Bills and of Estate Bills brought 
additional from the House of Lords, and of Bills introduced 
rovision in by leave of this House in lieu of other Bills which 
— Bills, shall have been withdrawn, and referred to the 
, Examiner, the Examiner shall give at least Two 
clear Days’ notice of the day on which the same 
will be examined ; and he shall report to the House 
whether the Standing Orders have or have not been 
complied with ; and when they have not been com- 
plied with, the facts upon which his decision is 
founded, and any special circumstances connected 
with the case. 
Special Report 72. In case the Examiner shall feel doubts as 
— to the due construction of any Standing Order in 
: its application to a particular case, he shall make 
a Special Report of the facts to the House, without 
deciding whether the Standing Order has or has not 
been complied with; and in such case he shall 
indorse the Petition with the words “ Special Re- 
—, either alone, or if non-compliances with other 
tanding Orders shall have been proved, in addition 
to the words “ Standing Orders uot complied with.” 
PROCEEDINGS OF, AND IN RELATION TO, THE 
CHAIRMAN OF THE CoMMITTEE OF Ways AND 
MEAans, AND THE CouNnsEL TO Mr. SPEAKER. 
Chairman of 73. The Chairman of the Committee of Ways 
Ways and and Means, with the assistance of the Counsel to 
——. Mr. Speaker,*shall examine all Private Bills, whether 


Private Bills, Opposed or unopposed, and call the attention of the 
&amp;e. House, and also of the Chairman of the Committee 
on every opposed Private Bill, to all points which 
-~ appear to him to require it; and Copies of all 
such Bills shall be laid by the Agent before the said 
Chairman and Counsel not later than the day after 
the Examiner of Petitions shall have indorsed the 
Petition for the Bill. 

74. Three clear Days at least before the First 
a aw Meeting of the Committee on any Private Bill, 
Committee, to there sball be laid before the Chairman of the 
be laid before Committee of Ways and Means and the Counsel 
Chairman of to Mr. Speaker, by the Agent, Copies of every such 


Copies of Bill 
as proposed to 


nage Bill as proposed to be submitted to the Committee, 
and such Copies shall be signed by the Agent for 
the Bill. 

Power to 75. The Chairman of the Committee of Ways 

Chairman to and Means shall be at liberty, at any period after 

&lt;a any Private Bill shall have been referred to a Com- 

on. to the mittee, to report to the House any special circum- 

ouse. 


stances relative thereto which may appear to him 
to require it, or to inform the House that in his 
opinion any unopposed Private Bill should be treated 
as an opposed Private Bill. 


Lopy of Billas 76. Three clear Days at least before the con- 


amended in — sideration of any Private Bill ordered to lie upon 

Committee to the Table, a Copy of every such Bill, as amended 

be laid before ~~. 3 : 

Chairman of in Committee, shall be laid by the Agent before the 

a - Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means 
eans, &amp;c. 


and the Counsel to Mr. Speaker, and deposited at 
the Office of the Board of Trade. 

77. On or before the consideration of the Report 
of every Railway Bill, the Chairman of the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means shall inform the House, 


On considera- 
tion of Report 
of Railway Bill, 
Chairman of 


Waye end or signify in writing to Mr. Speaker, whether the 
3 the Bill contain the several provisions required by the 
House if Standing Orders. 

Orders have 


been observed. 


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| Petitions shall stand referred to the Select Com- 








A. 1853. 


78. When it is intended to bring up any Clause, Clause or 


or to propose any Amendment on the consideration p&gt; a 


of any Private Bill ordered to lie upon the Table, of Bill, or on 
or on the Third Reading of | Private Bill, the Third Reading, 
same shall be submitted by the Agent to the Chair- {2 Pe submitted 
man of the Committee of Ways and Means and Ways and 
the Counsel to Mr. Speaker, on the day on which Means, &amp;c. 
notice is given thereof in the Private Bill Office ; 

and the said Chairman shall inform the House, 

or signify in writing to Mr. Speaker, whether such 

Clause or Amendment be such as ought or ought 

not to be entertained by the House, without referring 

the same to the Seleet Committee on Standing 


Orders. 


79. A Copy of all Amendments made in the Copy of 
House of Lords to any Private Bill, and of all —— 
Amendments to such Amendments intended to be fords, and of 
eng in this House, shall be laid by the Agent proposed 

efore the Chairman of the Committee of Wa s ae 
and Means and the Counsel to Mr. Speaker, before jaia before 
Two o'clock on the day previous to that on which Chairman of 
the same are respectively appointed for consideration a 4 
by the House. ee 


PROCEEDINGS OF THE SELECT CoMMITTEE ON 
STANDING ORDERS. 


80. When any Report of the Examiner of Peti- To report whe- 
tions for Private Bills, in which he shall report that ————- 
the Standing Orders have not been complied with, o, ough net 
shall have been referred to the Select Committee on to be dispensed 
Standing Orders, and after the Petition for the Bill ¥#* 
shall have been duly presented, they shall report to 
the House whether such Standing Orders ought or 
ought not to be dispensed with, and whether in their 
opinion the parties should be permitted to — 
with their Bill, or any portion thereof, and under 
what (if any) conditions, 


81. When any Special Report from the Examiner Proceeding in 
of Petitions as to the construction of a Standing :#s¢ of Special 
Order shall have been referred to the Select Com- ®¢?™*: 
mittee on Standing Orders, they shall determine, 
according to their construction of the Standing 
Order, and on the facts stated in such Report, whe- 
ther the Standing Orders have or have not been 
complied with, and they shall then either report to 
the House that the Standing Orders have been com- 
plied with, or shall proceed to consider the question 
of dispensing with the Standing Orders, as the case 
may be. 


82. When any Petition praying that any of the To report whe- 
Sessional or Standing Orders of the House relating ther Sessional 
to Private Bills may be dispensed with, shall stand yt mage Hl 
referred to the Select Committee on Standing Or- or ought not to 
ders, they shall report to the House whether such be dispensed 
Sessional or Standing Orders ought or ought not to 
be dispensed with. 


83. When any Petition for the re-insertion of To report whe- 


any Petition for a Private Bill in the General List of ther Petition 
ought or ought 


not to be re- 

mittee on Standing Orders, they shall report to the inserted in the 
House whether in their opinion such Petition ought Gener! List. 

or ought not to be re-inserted, and, if re-inserted, 

under what (if any) conditions. 


84. When any Clause or Amendment proposed To report whe- 
on the consideration of any Private Bill ordered to p aoc onal 
lie upon the Table shall have been referred to the consideration 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, they shall of Bill should 
report tu the House whether such Clause or Amend- ee 
ment should be adopted by the House or not, or or whether Bill 
whether the Bill should be re-committed. should _ - 

re-comm1 . 

85. When any Clause or Amendment proposed To report whe- 
in any Private Bill on the Third Reading shall have ‘Ber Clause of 
been referred to the Select Committee on Standing Third Reading 
Orders, they shall report to the House whether such ought or ought 
Clause or Amendment ought or ought not to be Do a4 
adopted by the House at that stage. House at that 

stage. 
PROCEEDINGS 











Printed Copies 
of Bills to be 
laid before 
Committee of 
Selection and 
General Com- 
mittee. 


Committee of 
Selection to 
group Private 
Bills. 


General Com- 
mittee to 
classify Bills. 


Every Sub- 
Committee to 
be the Com- 
mittee on the 
Bill. 


Railway and 
Canal unop- 
posed Bills. 


Committee of 
Selection and 
General 
Committee 

to name Bill 
or Bills to be 
considered on 
the first day. 


What Bills not 
to be consi- 


dered opposed. 


Constitution of 
Committees on 
opposed Pri- 
vate Bills. 


Constitution of 
Committees on 


unopposed 
Private Bills. 





17 Vicroriz. 


PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE OF SELECTION, 
AND OF THE GENERAL ComMITTEE ON Raiz- 
way AND Canau Bits. 


86. Printed Copies of all Private Bills, not being 
Railway or Canal Bills, shall be laid before the 


Committee of Selection, and Printed Copies of all 
Railway and Canal Bills before the General Com- 


mittee on Railway and Canal Bills, by the parties | 


promoting the same, at the first Meeting of the said 
Committees respectively, which shall be held after 
the 10th of January in cach year. 

87. The Committee of Selection may, if they 
think fit, form into Greups all Private Bills, not 
being Railway or Canal Bills, which, in their opinion, 





5° Augusti. 777 


whom one at least shall not be locally or otherwise 
interested therein. 

95. The Committee of Selection shall give each Committee of 
Member not less than Fourteen Days’ notice, by Selection to 

‘tae eheg . -” give notice to 
publication in the Votes or otherwise, of the week in Members. 
which it will be necessary for him to be in attendance 
| for the purpose of serving, if required, as a Mcmber, 
not locally or otherwise interested, of a Committee 
on a Private Bill. 

96. The Committee of Selection shall give to each Notice of 
Member sufficient Notice of his appointment as a Appointment 
| Member of a Committee on any Private Bill, or (', 

: . o be trans- 
| Group of such Bills, and, in every case where a mitted to 
| Declaration is required to be signed and returned by Members 








it may be expedient to submit to the same Com- | such Member, shall transmit to him a blank form of 


mittee, and shall report the same to the House. 


the Declaration required, with a request that it may 


88. The General Committee on Railway Bills | forthwith be returned properly filled up and signed. 


shall classify and form into Groups all Railway and 
Canal Bills, and shall refer to each Sub-Committee 
such Bills and Groups of Bills as they shall think 
fit; and shall report the same from time to time to 
the House. 

89. Every Sub-Committee to which any Bill is 
so referred, shall be the Committee on such Bill, 
and, except where it shall be otherwise ordered, shall 
be subject to the Rules and Orders of the House 
relating to Committees on Private Bills. 


97. The Committee of Selection shall report to Members 
the House the name of every Member, from whom returning no 
they shall not have received in due time such De- oa 
claration, so filled up and signed, or, in lieu thereof, 
an excuse which they shall deem sufficient. 


98. The Committee of Selection shall have the One Member 
power of substituting, at any time, before the first may be sub- 
meeting of a Committee, another Member for any Stitvted for 
Member whom they shall deem it proper to excuse 





90. The General Committee on Railway and | 


Canal Bills may, whenever they shall think fit, refer 
any unopposed Railway or Canal Bill to the Chair- 


man of the Committee of Ways and Means and two | 


other Members not locally or otherwise interested, 
to be nominated by the Committee of Selection. 


91. The Committee of Selection shall name the | 


Bill or Bills which shall be taken into consideration 
on the first day of the Meeting of the Committee, or 
any Group of Bills not being Railway or Canal Bills ; 
and the General Committee on Railway and Canal 
Bills shall name the Bill or Bills which shall be taken 
into consideration on the first day of the Meeting of 
each Sub-Committee. 

92. The Committee of Selection shall consider no 
Bill as an opposed Private Bill, unless either pre- 


from serving on that Committee. 


| 99. The Committee of Selection shall, subject to Committee of 
the order in regard to the interval between the Selection to 
econd Reading of every Private Bill and the Sitting ina 
_of the Committee thereupon, fix the time for holding Committee. 


| the First Sitting of every Committee on a Private 


Bill referred to them. 
100. The Committee of Selection shall have power, Committee of 


| in the execution of their duties, to send for Persons, Selection to 


send fi 
| Papers and Records. penete, &amp;e. 


| Proceepincs or ComMITTEES ON OpposED 


Brus, AND OF SuB-CoMMITTEES ON RAILway 
AND Cana BILILs. 


/ 101. Each Member of a Sub-Committee on Rail- Declaration 


| way and Canal Bills, and each of the Five Members, sth oor 


and Declaration 


vious to, or not later than Seven clear Days alter, | not locally or otherwise interested, of a Committee interested. 
the Second Reading thereof, a Petition shall have on an opposed Private Bill, or Group of such Bills, 
been presented against it, in which the Petitioner | shall, before he be entitled to attend and vote on such 
or Petitioners shall have prayed to be heard, by | Committee, sign the following Declaration : 
themselves, their Counsel or Agents, or unless, | I do hereby declare, That my constituents have 
where no such Petition shall have been presented, | no local interest, and that I have no personal 
the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means interest, in such Bill; and that I will never 
shall have reported to the House that in his opinion vote on any question which may arise with- 
any Bill ought to be so treated. out having duly heard and attended to the 

93. The Committee of Selection shall refer every Evidence relating thereto. : 
opposed Private Bill which shall have been re- | And no such Committee or Sub-Committee shall 
ferred to them, or any Group of such Bills, to a. — to business until the said Declaration shall 
Chairman and Four Members, not locally or other- | 2#V&amp; been so signed by each of such Members. 
wise interested therein; and if such Bill or Group! 102. Committees shall be allowed to proceed if Quorum to 
shall specially relate to any one County, Division | Three of the Five Members, not locally or otherwise a = 
of a County, or Parliamentary Borough, the Com- | interested, shall be present, but not with a less num- ‘ 
mittee of Selection shall add the Member or! ber, unless by special leave of the House. 
Members representing the same; and if such Bill 103. So soon after the expiration of Zen Minutes when Pro- 
or Group shall relate to more than one County, | after the time appointed for the first sitting of a ceedings of 
Division of a County, or Parliamentary Borough, | Committee on an sel Private Bill, not being a Committee to 
the Committee of Selection shall add so many of the Railway or Canal Bill, as there shali be present at 
Members representing the same as they shall think | least Tree of the Five Members appointed, as not 
fit to select; and the Committee of Selection | being locally or otherwise interested therein, to serve 
shall name the Bill or Bills in respect of which each | on such Committee, provided that all the said Five 
such Member is added, and on which alone he shall | Members shall have duly signed and delivered in 
serve. the Declaration as hereinbefore provided, the Chair- 

94. The Committee of Selection shall refer every | man shall proceed to take the Chair of the Com- 
unopposed Private Bill, which shall have been | mittee. 
referred to them, to the Chairman of the Committee 104. No Member of a Sub-Committee on Railway Members not 
of Ways and Means, together with one of the Mem- | and Canal Bills, nor any of the Five Members, not pteenee all 
bers ordered to prepare and bring in the same, and | locally or otherwise interested, of the Committee on , 
one other Member not locally interested therein, if | any other Private Bill, shall absent himself from bis 
the Bill shall have originated in this House ; and if | duties thereon, except in the case of sickness, or by 
the Bill shall have been brought from the House of | order of the House. 
Lords, to the Chairman of the Committee of Ways | 105. The Committee on each Group of Bills, and Committee 








and Means, together with Two other Members, of | every Sub-Committee on Railway and Canal Bills, or Sub-Com- 
Vou. 168. 5G 


shail mittee on 











Group to con- 
sider that Bill 
first which 
Committee of 
Selection or 
General Com- 
mittee shall 
have named, 
and to appoint 
day for consi- 
deration of re- 
maining Bills, 
of which Clerk 
of Committee 
to give Notice. 


Questions to 
be decided by 
majority of 
voices. 


When Chair- 
man absent. 


Proceedings to 
be suspended 
if Quorum not 
present. 


Members 
absent to be 
reported to 
the House. 


Absence of 
Quorum by 
Death or 

otherwise to 
be reported, 


Petition against 
Bill not to be 
considered ex- 
cept grounds 
of objection 
sufficiently 
specified. 


Petitioners 
inst Bill not 

wet be heard, 
anless Petition 

esented not 

ter than 
Seven clear 
Days after 
Second Read- 
img, &amp;c. 


778 
shall take the Bill or Bills (see No. 88) first into 
consideration which shall have been named by the 
Committee of Selection, or by the General Committee 
on Railway and Canal Bills; and the Committee or 
Sub-Committee shall, from time to time, appoint the 
day on which they will enter upon the consideration 
of each of the remaining Bills, and on which they 
will require the parties severally promoting or op- 
posing the same to enter appearances; and Two 
clear ‘Days’ notice, at the least, of such determina- 
tion shall be sent by the Clerk attending the Com- 
mittee or Sub-Committee to the Clerks in the Private 
Bill Office ; and in case the Committee shall post- 
pone the consideration of any Bill, the like notice 
shall be given of such postponement. 

106. All questions before Committees on Private 
Bills shall be decided by a majority of voices, in- 
cluding the voice of the Chairman ; and whenever 
the voices are equal, the Chairman shall have a se- 
cond. or casting vote. 

107. If the Chairman shall be absent from the 
Committee, the Member next in rotation on the List 
of Members not locally or otherwise interested in 
the Bill or Bills referred to them, who shall be pre- 
sent, shall act as Chairman. 

108. If at any time during the sitting of any 
Committee Three at least of the Members, not locally 
or otherwise interested, shall not be present, the 
Chairman of the Committee shall suspend the pro- 
ceedings of such Committee until Three at least 
shall be present; and that if at the expiration of 
One Hour from the time fixed for the meeting of 
the Committee, or from the time when the Chair- 
man shall so have suspended the proceedings of such 
Committee, Three sucti Members shall not be pre- 
sent, the Committee shall be adjourned to the next 
day on which the House shall sit, and then shall 
meet at the hour on which such Committee would 
have sat, had no such adjournment taken place. 

109. If any of the Members not locally or other- 
wise interested shall not be present within One 
Hour after the time appointed for the meeting of the 
Committee, or if any such Member shall absent him- 
self from his duties on such Committee, every such 
Member shall be reported to the House at its next 
sitting. 

110. If at any time after the Committee on a Bill 
shall have been formed, a Quorum of Members 
required by the Standing Orders cannot attend in 
consequence of any of the Members who shall have 
duly qualified to serve on such Committee having 
become incompetent to continue such service by 
having been placed cn an Election Committee, or by 
death or otherwise, the Chairman shall report the 
circumstances of the case to the House, in order that 
such measures may be taken by the House as shall 
enable the Members still remaining on the Com- 
mittee to proceed with the business referred to such 
Committee, or as the exigency of the case may 
require. : 

111. No Petition against a Private Bill shall be 
taken into consideration by the Commitiee on such | 
Bill, which shall not distinctly specify the ground | 
on which the Petitioners object to any of the pro- 
visions thereof; and the Petitioners shall be only 
heard on such grounds so stated; and if it shall 
appear to the said Committee, that such grounds 


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are not specified with sufficient accuracy, the Com- 
mittee may direct that there be given in to the | 


Corimittee a more specific Statement, in writing, | 
but ‘imited to such grounds of Objection so inaccu- | 
rately specified. 

112. No Petitioners against any Private Bill shall 
be heard before the Committee on the Bill, unless 
their Petition shall have been prepared and signed 


in strict conformity with the Rules and Orders of | 


this House, and shall have been presented to this 


clear Days after, the Second Reading of such Bill, 


House by having been deposited in the Private Bill | sents of Parties concerned in interest in any Private 
Office, either previous to, or not later than Seven | Bill, by Affidavits, sworn as aforesaid, or by the 








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except where the Petitioners shall complain of any 
matter which may have arisen during the progress 
of the Bill before the said Committee, or of any pro- 
posed additional ew. or of the Amendments 
as proposed in the filled-up Bill deposited in the 
Private Bill Office. 





113. It shall be competent to the Committee on Competition 
any Private Bill to admit Petitioners to be heard * be® 


° ep , ° fl 
upon their Petitions against such Bill, on the ground a 


of competition, if they shall think fit. 

114. Where a Bill is promoted by an Incorpo- In what cases 
rated Company, Shareholders of such Company shall pe ee 
not be entitled to be heard before the Committee 7 
against such Bill, unless their interests, as affected 
thereby, shall be distinct from the general interests 
of such Company. 

115. Where a Railway Bill contains provisions In what cases 
for taking or using any part of the Lands, Railway, Railway 
Stations or Accommodations of another Company, (9 ho heard. 
or for running Engines or Carriages upon or across 
the same, or for granting other facilities, such 
Company shall be entitled to be heard upon their 
Petition against the Preamble and Clauses of such 
Bill. 

116. [t shall be competent to the 
mittee on any Railway or Canal Bill to admit Peti- a 'Tinan: 
tioners, being the Municipal Authorities of any tants of ‘ 
Town, or the Inhabitants of any Town or District Towns, &amp;c. 
alleged to be injuriously affected by a Bill, to be 
heard against such Bill, if they shall think fit. 


Sub-Com- Municipal 


authorities 


117. In all cases of — Private Bills, not When opposed 
being Railway or Canal Bills, in which no Parties — — 


shall have appeared on the Petitions against such ynopposed. 
Bills, or having appeared shall have withdrawn their 
opposition before the evidence of the Promoters shall 

have been commenced, the Committees on such 

Bills shall forthwith refer them back, with a state- 

ment of the facts, to the Committee of Selection, 

who shall deal with them as unopposed Bills. 


PROCEEDINGS OF, AND IN RELATION TO, Com- 
MITTEES ON BILLS, WHETHER OpposED oR 
U NoPPOsED. 


118. At the first Meeting of the Committee, Filled-up 
Copies of the Bill, as proposed to be submitted to Copies of Bill 
: : -_ to be laid 
them, and signed by the Agent, shall be laid by him pefore each 


before each Member of the Committee. Member. 


119. No Member added in respect of local repre- Local Member 
sentation to a Committee on any Private Bill shall ™°* % vote- 
have a Vote on any question that may arise, but 
every such Member shall be entitled to attend and 
take part in the proceedings of the Committee. 

120. The Names of the Members attending each 
Committee shall be entered by the Clerk on the -epecoe yl 
Minutes of the Committee; and if any Division pinutes. 
shall take place in the Committee, the Clerk shall 
take down the Names of Members voting in any 
such Division, distinguishing on which side of the 
question they respectively vote ; and that such Lists 
be given in with the Report to the House. 

121. No Committee shall have power to examine Committee on 
into the compliance or non-compliance with such Bill notte 
Standing Orders as are directed to be proved before aii Stend- 
the Examiner of Petitions for Private Bills, unless ing Orde:-. 
by special order of the House. 

122, The Committee on any Private Bill may Committee 
admit affidavits in proof of the compliance with such "3 — 
Standing Orders of the House as are directed to be qrect of ais 
proved before them, unless in any case they shall pliance with 
require further evidence; and that such affidavits Standing 
shall be sworn, if in England, before a Justice of ~" 
the Peace ; if in Scotland, before any Sheriff-depute 
or his substitute ; and if in Zreland, before any Judge 
or Assistant Barrister of that part of the United 
Kingdom. 

123. The Committee may admit proof of the Con- 


Names of 





Consents, how 
to be proved. 





igna- 
tures 


Certificate in writing of such Parties, whose 












Epecial Inquiry 
into Subscrip- 
tion Contract, 


&amp;e. 


Clause com- 
Wi me 
ment of Sub- 


scriptions. 


Provision to be 
made in Bills 
by which Tolls, 
&amp;c. are to be 
levied. 


Security to be 
taken from 
Treasurer, &amp;c. 


Accounts to 
be kept. 


Accounts to 
be audited. 


Accounts, 
Vouchers, &amp;c. 
to be produced 
to Auditors. 


Remuneration 
to Auditors. 


Abstract of 
Account to be 
annually trans- 


mitted to Clerk 


of Peace. 


Level of Roads. 


Fence to 
Bridge. 


Plan, &amp;c. to 
be signed by 
Chairman, 





17 Vicroria. 


tures to such Certificate shall be proved by one or 
more Witnesses, unless the Committee shall require 
further Evidence. 

124. The Committee shall makea Special Inquiry 
into the bona fide character of the Subscription Con- 
tract, if any, and the sufficiency of the Subscribers 
thereto, and report their Opinion thereupon to the 
House. 

125. In all Bills presented to the House for car- 
rying on any Work by means of a Company, Com- 
missioners or Trustees, Provision shall be made for 
compelling Persons who have subscribed any Money 
towards carrying any such Work into execution, to 
make payment of the Sums severally subscribed by 
them. 

126. In all Bills whereby any Parties are autho- 
rized to levy Fees, Tolls or other Rate or Charge, 
Clauses shall be inserted, providing for the following 
objects, except in so far as any of such objects shall 
have been provided for in some general Act appli- 
cable to the subject-matter of the Bill:— 

Security to be taken from the Treasurer, Col- 
lector or Receiver, and every other officer en- 
trusted with the collection or custody of monies 
under the Bill, for the faithful execution of his 
office. 

Full and accurate Accounts to be kept of all 
monies received and expended under the pro- 
visions of the Bill, and that such Accounts be 
balanced once in each year at the least. 

Such Accounts to be duly audited once in 
each year at the least, and that for such purpose 
an Auditor or Auditors be appointed by some 


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person or persons not immediately connected 
with the Commissioners, Directors, ‘Trustees, or 
other party by whom, or by whose direction or 
authority, such Fees, Tolls, Rates or Charges 
shall be levied. 

For the purpose of auditing such Accounts, 
the Commissioners, Directors, ‘Trustees or other 
such party as aforesaid to be required to cause 
the Accounts, together with all their Books and 
Vouchers, to be produced to the Auditors. 

The remuneration of the Auditor, and his 
expenses, to be defrayed out of the funds levied 
under the Bill. 

An annual Account, in abstract, to be pre- 
pared of the Total Receipts and Expenditure of 
all Funds levied under such Bill for the past 
year, under the several distinct heads of Receipts 
and Expenditure, with a Statement of the Ba- 
lance of the said Account duly audited and 
certified by the Chairman of the Commissioners, 
Directors, Trustees or other parties aforesaid, 
and also by the Auditors thereof; and a copy 
of such annual Account to be transmitted, free 
of charge, to the Clerk of the Peace (or in 
Scotland to the Sheriff Clerk) for the County, 
or to the Clerk of the City or Borough withm 
which the chief Office for the management of 
such funds shall be situated, on or before the 
Thirty-first day of January in each year, under 
a sufficient Penalty for not preparing and send- 
ing in the said Account, to be levied by sum- 
mary process; the said Account to be open at 
all seasonable hours to the inspection of the 
Public upon payment of a Fee. 

127. Where the level of any Road shall be al- 
tered in making any Public Work, the ascent of any 
Turnpike-road, or of any Road in Jreland so de- 
fined in the Railway Clauses Consolidation Act, 
1845, shall not be more than One foot in 30 feet, 
and of any other public Carriage Road not more than 
One foot in 20 feet; and a good and sufficient 
Fence, of Four feet high at the least, shall be made 
on each side of every Bridge which shall be erected. 

128. Every Plan, and Book of Reference thereto, 
which shall be produced in evidence before the 
Committee upon any Private Bill (whether the same 
shall have been previously lodged in the Private 





779 


Bill Office, or not), shall be signed by the Chair- 
man of such Committee, with his Name at length; 
and he shall also mark with the Initials of his Name 
every alteration of such Plan and Book of Refer- 
ence, which shall be agreed upon by the said Com- 
mittee ; and every such Plan and Book of Refer- 
ence shall thereafter be deposited in the Private Bill 
Office. 

129. The Chairman of the Committee shall sign, CommitteeBil 
with his Name at length, a printed Copy of the Bill —- ” 
(to be called the Committee Bill), on which the Chaitman.- 
Amendments are to be fairly written ; and also sign, 
with the Initials of his Name, the several Clauses 
added in the Committee. 

130. The Chairman of the Committee shall report Chairman to 
to the House, that the allegations of the Bill have "porto. 
been examined ; and whether the Parties concerned Bill. &amp;e. + 
have given their Consent (where such Consent is 
required by the Standing Orders) to the satisfaction 
of the Committee. 

131. The Chairman of the Committee shall report Chairman to 
the Bill to the House, whether the Committee shall = Bill in 
or shall not have agreed to the Preamble, or gone * 
through the several Clauses, or any of them; or 
where the Parties shall have acquainted the Com- 
mittee that it is not their intention to proceed with 
the Bill; and when any alteration shall have been 
made in the Preamble of the Bill, such alteration, 
together with the ground of making it, shall be 
specially stated in the Report. 

132. The Minutes of the Committee on every Minutes of 
Private Bill shall be brought up and laid on the ‘Table Committee. 
of the House, with the Report of the Bill. 


Railway Bills. 


133. In the case of a Railway Bill, no Company Restrictions as 
shall be authorized to raise, by Loan or Mortgage, to Mortgage. 
a larger sum than One-third of their capital; and 
that, until Fifty per cent. on the whole of the capital 
shall have been paid up, it shall not be in the power 
of the Company to raise any Money by Loan or 
Mortgage. 

134. Where the level of any road shall be altered Limiting ascent 
in making any Railway, the ascent of any Turnpike- | phe yvonne 
road, or of any Road in Jreland, so defined in the 
Railway Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, shall not 








be more than One foot in 30 feet, and of any other 
public carriage-road not more than One foot in 

20 feet, unless a report from some officer of the 
Railway Department of the Board of Trade shall be 

laid before the Committee on the Bill, recommending 

that steeper ascents than the above may be allowed, 

with the reasons and facts upon which his opinion is 
founded, and the Committee shall report in favour 

of such recommendation: Also, that a good and Fence to 
sufficient Fence, of Four feet high at the least, shall Bridge. 
be made on each side of every Bridge which shall 

be erected. 

135. No Railway whereon carriages are propelled Railway not 
by steam, or by atmospheric agency, or drawn by poten _— 
ropes in connexion with a stationary steam-engine, unless Com 
shall be made across any turnpike-road or other mittee report, 
public carriage-way on the level, unless a Report ** 
from some officer of the Railway Department of the 
Board of Trade shall be laid before the Committee 
on the Bill, recommending such level crossing, with 
the reasons and facts upon which his opinion is 
founded, and the Committee shall report in favour of 
such recommendation. 

136. No Railway Company shall be authorized to Railway Com- 
construct or enlarge, purchase or take on lease, or pany not to 
otherwise appropriate any Dock, Pier, Harbour or ae 
Ferry, or to acquire and use any Steam-vessels for Committee 
the conveyance of goods and passengers, or to apply report, &amp;c. 
any portion of their capital or revenue to other ob- 
jects, distinct from the Undertaking of a Railway 
Company, unless the Committee on the Bill report 
that such a restriction ought not to be enforced, with 
the reasons and facts upon which their opinion is 
founded. 





VoL. 108, 





5G 2 137. In 


Matters to be 
specially re- 
ported. 


Capital. 


Shares, &amp;c. 


Names, &amp;c. 
of Dinectors. 


Local Share- 
holders. 


Other parties, 
&amp;e. 


Subscribers 
for 2,000 2. 
and upwards. 


Whether 
Report from 
Railway Com- 
missioners has 
been referred to 
Committee, &amp;c. 


Assistant 
Engines. 


Engineering 
difficulties. 


Ventilation of 
Tunnels. 


Gradients and 
Curves. 


Length of 
Line. 


Passing 
Highways on 
a level. 


Estimates. 


Assents, 
dissents and 
neuters. 


Engineers 
examined. 


Petitions in 
opposition. 


Fitness in an 
engineering 
point of view, 
and any other 
circumstances. 





780 


137. In the case of a Railway Bill, the Committee 
shall report specially :— 

1. The proposed Capital of the Company 
formed for the execution of the project, and the 
amount of any Loans which they may be em- 
powered to raise by the Bill. 

2. The amount of Shares subscribed for, and 
the Deposits paid thereon. 

3. The Names and Places of Residence of 
the Directors or Provisional Committee, with the 
amount of Shares taken by each. 

4, The Number of Shareholders who may be 
considered as having a local interest in the ben, 
and the amount of Capital subscribed for by 
them. 

5. The number of other Parties, and the Ca- 
pital taken by them. 

6. The number of Shareholders subscribing 
for 2,000/. and upwards, with their Names and 
Residences, and the amount for which they have 
subscribed. 

7. Whether any Report from the Commis- 
sioners of Railways in regard to the Bill, or the 
objects thereby proposed to be authorized, has 
been referred 4 the House to the Committee, 
and if so, whether any and what recommendations 
contained in such Report have been adopted by 
the Committee, and whether any and what re- 
commendations contained in such Report hive 
been rejected. 

8. What planes on the Railway are proposed 
to be worked by assistant engines, either sta- 
tionary or locomotive, with the respective 
lengths and inclinations of such planes. 

9. Any peculiar engineering difficulties in the 
proposed line, and the manner in which it is in- 
tended they should be overcome. 

10. The length, breadth and height, and 
means of ventilation, of any proposed tunnels, 
and whether the strata through which they are 
to pass are favourable or otherwise. 

11. Whether in the lines proposed, the gra- 
dients and curves are generally favourable or 
otherwise, and the steepest gradient, exclusive 
of the inclined planes above referred to, and the 
smallest radius of a curve. 

12. The length of the main line of the pro- 
posed Railway, and of its branches respectively, 
and on what gauge it is proposed to be con- 
structed. 

13. Whether it be intended that the Railway 
should pass on a level any Turnpike-road or 
Highway, and if so, to call the particular at- 
tention of the House to that circumstance. 

14. The amount of the Estimates of the cost 
or other expenses to be incurred up to the time 
of the completion of the Railway, and whether 
they appear to be supported by evidence, and 
to be fully adequate for the purpose. 

15. The number of assents, dissents and 
neuters upon the line, and the length and amount 
of Property belonging to each class traversed by 
the said Railway, distinguishing Owners from 
Occupiers ; and in the case of any Bill to vary 
the original Line, the above particulars with re- 
ference to such Parties only as may be affected 
by the proposed deviation. 

16. The Name of each Engineer examined 
in support of the Bill, and of any examined in 
opposition to it. 

17. The main allegations of every Petition 
which may have been referred to the Committee 
in opposition to the Preamble of the Bill, or to 
any of its Clauses; and whether the allegations 
have been considered by the Committee, and if 
not considered, the cause of their not having 
been so. 

And the Committee shall also report generally as 
to the fitness, in an engineering point of view, of the 
projected line of Railway, and any circumstances 





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which, in the opinion of the Committee, it is de- 
sirable the House should be informed of. 





138. [t shall be an Instruction to the Committee Instruction to 


on every Railway Bill providing for the construction Railwor Bil, 


of any new Railway, or for the extension of time for 
the completion of any Railway in Great Britain, in 
ease they shall find the Preamble thereof to be 
proved, to insert in the Bill one or other of the pro- 
visions following, that is to say :— 


mmittees on 


In every Railway Bill promoted by an existing Clause to be 


Railway Company, being possessed of a Railway 
already opened for public traffic, whereby the con- 


inserted sus- 
pending Pay- 
ment of Divi- 


struction of any new line of Railway is authorized, dend until Line 
or the time for completing any line already autho- be opened. 


rized is extended, a Clause providing that after the 
expiration of a period to be limited by such Bill, not 
exceeding Five Years from the passing of the Act, 
in the case of a new line, and Three Years in case of 
the extension of time for completing any line, the 
payment of any dividend on the ordinary and un- 
guaranteed capital of such Company shall be sus- 
pended until such line shall have been completed and 
opened for public traffic. 


In every Railway Bill promoted by an existing Clause respect. 


Railway Company, not being possessed of a Railway 
already opened for public traffic, or by persons not 
already incorporated, whereb 
any new line of Railway is authorized, a Clause to 
the following effect, viz. :— 

Whereas, pursuant to the Standing Orders of both 
Houses of Parliament, and to an Act of the ninth 
and tenth years of Her present Majesty, c. 20,a sum 
of £. being one-tenth part 
of three-fourths of the amount of the estimate of 
the expense of the Railway authorized by this Act, 
has been deposited with the Court of Chancery in 
England [or with the Court of Exchequer in Scot- 
land, as the case may be], [or Exchequer Bills, 
Stocks or Funds to the Amount of £. 

have been deposited or transferred pur- 
suant to the said Act, as the case may be], in respect 
of the application to Parliament for this Act; Be it 
enacted, That, notwithstanding anything contained 
in the said recited Act, the me sum of £. 
[or the said Exchequer Bills or other 
Funds, as the case may be] so deposited [or trans 
ferred] as aforesaid, in respect of the application for 
this Act, or the interest or dividends of such sum of 
money [ Exchequer Bills, Stocks or Funds], shall not, 
except upon the execution and deposit of such bond 
as hereinafter mentioned, be a or transferred to 
or on the application of the person or persons, or the 
majority of the persons named in the warrant or 
order issued in pursuance of the said Act, or the sur- 
vivors or survivor of them, unless the said Company 
shall, previously to the expiration of the period 
limited by this Act for completion of the Railway 
hereby authorized to be made, either open the said 
Railway for the public conveyance of passengers, or 
prove to the satisfaction of the Lords of the Com- 
mittee of Her Majesty’s Privy Council for Trade and 
Foreign Plantations that the said Company have 
paid up one-half of the amount of the capital by 
this Act authorized to be raised by means of shares, 
and have expended for the purposes of this Act a 
sum equal in amount to such one-half of the said 
capital; and if the said period shall expire before 
the said Company shall either have opened the said 
Railway for the public conveyance of passengers, or 
have given such proof as aforesaid to the satisfaction 
of the Lords of the said Committee, the said sum of 
money [Exchequer Bills, Stocks or Funds], deposited 
[or transferred] as aforesaid, and the interest and 
dividends thereof, shall immediately, from and after 
the expiration of the said period, be forfeited to Her 
Majesty, and be paid and transferred by the officer 
or person in whose name they shall then be — 
or mvested, to the account of Her Majesty’s Exche- 
quer, and when so paid and transferred, shall be 


carried to and form part of the Consolidated ee 
o 


ing Bond to be 
tered into for 
- completion of 
the construction of Line. 


Committee to 
fix the Tolls 
and Charges. 


In Bills grant- 
ing preference 
in payment of 
interest, &amp;c., 
rovision to 
made that 
the same shall 
not prejudice 
former grants 
of preference, 
unless Com- 
mittee report 
otherwise. 


Company not 
to alter any 
preference 
previously 
gtanted 


17 Vicroriz. 


of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Jre- 
land : Provided, That at any time after the passing 
of this Act, if a bond in twice the amount of the 
said sum of £. shall have 
been executed by the said Company, with one or 
more sureties (such bond to be prepared to the satis- 
faction of, and such surety or sureties to be approved 
by, the Solicitor to the Lords Commissioners of Her 
Majesty's Treasury), conditioned for payment to Her 
Majesty, Her heirs or successors, of the said sum of 

° if the said Company 
shall not, within the time limited for the completion 
of the said Railway, either open the said Railway 
for the public conveyance of passengers, or prove to 
the satisfaction of the Lords of the said Committee 
that the said Company have paid up one-half of the 
amount of the said capital by this Act authorized to 
be raised by means of shares, and have expended for 
the purposes of this Act a sum equal in amount to 
such one-half of the said capital; and if such bond 
shall have been deposited with the said Solicitor to 
the said Lords Commissioners, then such sum of 
money [Exchequer Bills, Stocks or Funds], and the 
interest or dividends thereof, shall be paid [or trans- 
ferred] to or on the application of the person or per- 
sons, or the majority of the persons, named in such 
warrant or order as aforesaid, or the survivors or sur- 
vivor of them, and it shall not be necessary to pro- 
duce any certificate of this Act having passed, any- 
thing in the said recited Act to the contrary notwith- 
standing ; and the moneys to be recovered upon such 
bond shall he dealt with in like manner as the said 
sum of money [Exchequer Bills, Stocks or Funds], 
and the interest or dividends thereof, would have 
been dealt with under this Act if such bond had not 
been executed and deposited as aforesaid. And the 
certificate of the said solicitor to the said Lords Com- 
missioners that such bond has been executed and 
deposited as aforesaid, and the certificate of the 
Lords of the said Committee that such proof has 
been given to their satisfaction as aforesaid, shall 
respectively be sufficient evidence of the facts so 
certified. 


139. The Committee on every Railway Bill shall fix 
the Tolls, and shall determine the maximum rates of 
Charge for the Conveyance of Passengers, with a 
due amount of Luggage and of Goods on such Rail- 
way, and such rates of Charge shall include the Tolls 
and the costs of locomotive power, and every other 
expense connected with the conveyance of Passen- 
gers, with a due amount of Luggage and of Goods 
upon such Railway ; but if the Committee shall not 
deem it expedient to determine such maximum rates 
of Charge, a Special Report, explanatory of the 
grounds of their omitting so to do, shall be made to 
the House, which Special Report shall accompany 
the Report of the Bill. 


140. In every Railway Bill by which it is proposed 
to authorize the Company to grant any preference 
or priority in the payment of Interest or Dividends 
on any Shares or Stock, there shall be inserted a 
Clause providing that the granting of such pre- 
ference or priority shall not prejudice or affect any 
re or priority in the payment of Interest or 

ividends on any other Shares or Stock which shall 
have been granted by the Company in pursuance 
of or which may have been confirmed by any pre- 
vious Act of Parliament, or which may otherwise 
be lawfully subsisting, unless the Committee on the 
Bill shall report that such Provision ought not to be 
—— with the Reasons on which their Opinion 
is founded. 


141. No Railway Company shall be authorized 
to alter the terms of any preference or priority of 
Interest or Dividend which shall have been granted 
by such Company in pursuance of or which may have 
been confirmed by any previous Act of Parliament, 
or which may otherwise be lawfully subsisting, unless 
the Committee on the Bill report that such Alteration 

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ought to be allowed, with the Reasons on which their 
opinion is founded, together with the number of Pre- 
ference Shareholders who have assented to or dis- 
sented from such alteration. 


142. No powers of Purchase, Sale, Lease or No powers of 


Amalgamation shall be contained in any Bill for the purchase in 
4 s Bills for con- 
construction of a Railway. coniiimeained 
Railway. 


143. No powers of Purchase, Sale, Lease or No powers of 
Amalgamation shall be given to any Railway Com- — oa 
pany, with reference to any other undertaking already pen oe 
authorized by any Act or Acts, nor to any other in- proof of certain 
corporated Company, with reference to any Railway, Fee before 
unless, previously to the application to Parliament of Railways, 8c. 
for such purpose, the several Companies who may 
be parties to such Purchase, Sale, Lease or Amalga- 
mation shall have proved, to the satisfaction of the 
Commissioners of Railways, that they have respec- 
tively paid up One-half of the capital authorized to 
be raised by any previous Act or Acts by means of 
Shares, and have expended for the purposes of such 
Act or Acts a sum equal thereto; and in case such 
powers shall be applied for in respect of Works 
intended to be authorized by any Bill or Bills of the 
same Session, it shall be proved to the satisfaction 
of the Commissioners of Railways that such Com- 
panies have respectively paid up One-half the amount 
of their capital, and that the Company proposed to 
be empowered to construct such Works have included 
in po amount the capital proposed to be authorized 
by such Bill or Bills ; and that no such powers shall 
be given in respect of Works intended to be autho- 
rized by any Act or Acts for which it is intended to 
apply in any subsequent Session. 


144. No Railway Company shall be authorized, Railway Com- 
except for the execution of its original Line or Lines P@”y not to 
sanctioned by Act of Parliament, to guarantee interest Fane. 
on any shares which it may issue for creating addi- dividend before 
tional Capital, or to guarantee any rent or dividend eee of 
to any other Railway Company, until such first-“"* 
mentioned Company shall have completed and opened 
for traffic such original Lines. 


145. In Bills for the Amalgamation of Railway Limitation of 
Companies, the amount of Capital created by such Capital on. 
‘ ‘ amalgamation 
Amalgamation shall in no case exceed the sum of o¢ Companies. 
the Capitals of the Companies so amalgamated. 


146. In Bills for empowering any Railway Com- Additional 
pany to purchase any other Railway, no addition ee of 
shall be authorized to be made to the Capital of the Gompany not 
purchasing Company, beyond the amount of the to amount to 
Capital of the Railway purchased ; and in case such ™ore than 
Railway shall be purchased at i ddition Goran 

y purchased at a premium, no addition Company 
on account of such premium shall be made to the purchased. 


Capital of the purchasing Company. 


147. A Clause shall be inserted in every Railway Clauses that 
Bill, prohibiting the payment of any Interest or Di- D: rar yal 
‘ ‘ . ividend be 
vidend in respect of Calls under such Bill (except paia on Calls. 
the Interest by way of Discount on Subscriptions 
prepaid, agreeably to 8 Vic. c. 16, s. 24), out of any 
Capital which they have been authorized to raise either 

by means of Calls, or of any power of borrowing. 


148. A Clause shall be inserted in every Railway ae . 
Bill, prohibiting any Railway Company from paying, ,- “Poss ne 
out of the Capital shah ~ have been pa wm. tC 
to raise for the purposes of any existing Act, the 
Deposits required by the Standing Orders to be made 
for the purposes of any application to Parliament for 
a Bill for the construction of another Railway. 


149. The following Clause shall be inserted in all Clauses as to 
Railway Bills passing through this House : Railway not 


. 7 A . to be t 
And be it further Enacted, That nothing herein ot — 


contained shall be deemed or construed to exempt General Act. 
the Railway by this or the said recited Acts autho- 
rized to be made from the provisions of any General 
Act relating to such Acts, or of any General Act re- 
lating to Railways now in force, or which may here~ 
after pass during this or any future Session of Par- 
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liament, 


Copy of 
Letters Patent 
to be annexed 
to the Bill. 


Notices and 
Allegations. 





Gen. Inc. Act. 


Consent Bill 
and Statement 
of Property to 
be delivered in. 


Cousent Bill 
and Statement 
of Property to 
be delivered in, 


Clause for 
leaving open 
space for 
exercise and 
recreation. 


Consent Bill to 
contain Names 
of Commission- 
ers, and Com- 
pensations for 
Manorial 


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liament, or from any future revision and alteration, 
under the authority of Parliament, of the maximum 
rates of fares and charges authorized by this Act, 
[or by the said recited Acts]. 


Letters Patent. 


150. When any Bill shall be brought into the 
Ilouse for confirming of Letters Patent, there shall 


he a true Copy of such Letters Patent annexed to 
the Bill. 


Inclosure and Drainage Bills. 


151. In the case of any Bill for inclosing Lands, 
the Committee may admit proof of the Notices re- 
quired by the Standing Orders, and of the allegations 
in the Preamble of such Bill, by Affidavit taken and 
authenticated, according to the form prescribed in 
the Schedule to the General Inclosure Act (41 Geo. 
ill. ¢. 109), unless such Committee shall otherwise 
order. 

152. The Committee on every Bill for inclosing 
Lands shall in the first place require the Agent for 
the same to deliver in to the Committee a printed 
Copy of the Bill, signed by the Lord of the Manor 
(in cases where the Lord of the Manor has any in- 
terest as such in the lands to be inclosed), and by 
such Owners of Property within the Parish to which 
the Bill relates as shall have assented thereto ; but 
that the Parties, if they shall think fit, be permitted 
to deliver in different copies of the Bill, separately 
signed by the several Parties herembefore mentioned, 
instead of one copy, signed by all of them collec- 
tively ; together with a List of all the Owners of 
Property within such Parish, showing the value ac- 
cording to the Poor Rate or Land Tax Assessment 
of each Owner’s Property therein, and distinguishing 
which of them have assented, dissented, or are neuter 
in respect thereto. 


153. The Committee on every Bill for draining 
Lands shall in the first place require the Agent for 
the same to deliver in to the Committee a printed 
copy of the Bill, signed by such Owners and Occu- 
piers of Property within the Parish to which the Bill 
relates as shall have assented thereto; but that the 
Parties, if they shall think fit, be permitted to deliver 
in different copies of the Bill, separately signed by 
the several Parties hereinfore mentioned, instead of 
one copy, signed by all of them collectively ; together 
with a List of all the Owners of Property within 
such Parish, showing the value according to the 
Poor Rate or Land Tax Assessment of each Owner’s 
Property therein, and distinguishing which of them 
have assented, dissented, or are neuter in respect 
thereto. 


154. In every Bill for inclosing Lands, provision 
shall be made for leaving an open space in the most 
wppropriate situation, sufficient for purposes of exer- 
cise and recreation of the neighbouring population ; 
and the Committee on the Bill shall have before 
them the number of acres proposed to be inclosed, 
as also of the population in the parishes or places in 
which the land to be inclosed is situate ; and also shall 
see that provision is made for the efficient fencing of 
the allotment, for the investment of the same in the 
Churchwardens and Overseers of the parish in which 
such open space is reserved, and for the efficient 
mi king and permanent maintenance of the fences by 
such parish; and that in any case where the infor- 
mation hereby required is not given, and the required 
provisions are not made in the Bill, the Committee 
on the same do report specially to the House the 
reasons for not complying with such Order. 


155. In every Bill for inclosing Lands, the Names 
of the Commissioners proposed to be appointed, and 
the Compensation intended for the Lord of the 
Manor, and the Owners of Tithes, in lieu of their 
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tended to be made for the enfranchisement of Copy- 
holds, where any Bargains or Agreements have been 
made for such Compensations, shall be inserted in 
the copy of the Bill presented to the House: And 
all copies of such Bills which shall be sent to any of 
the Persons interested in the said Manor, Tithes, 
Lands or Commons, for their Consent, shall contain 
the Names of such proposed Commissioners, and 
also the Compensations so bargained and agreed 
for. 


156. No Person shall be named in any Bill for 
inclosing Lands as a Commissioner, Umpire, Sur- 
veyor or Valuer, who shall be interested in the In- 
closure to be made by virtue of such Bill; or the 
Agent ordinarily intrusted with the care, superin- 
tendence, or management of the Estate of any Per- 
son so interested. 


157. In every Bill for inclosing, draining or im- 
proving Lands there shall be inserted a Clause, pro- 
viding what sum of Money in the whole, or by the 
day, shall be paid to each of the Commissioners to 
be appointed by such Bill, in satisfaction of the 
expense and trouble which he shall incur in the execu- 
tion of the powers thereby given ; and also a Clause, 
providing that the Account of such Commissioner or 
Commissioners, containing a true statement of all 
Sums by him or them received and expended, or due 
to him or them for their own trouble or expenses, 
shall, at least once in every year, from the date of 
the passing of the Act till such Accounts shall be 
finally allowed, together with the Vouchers relating 





Rights, Tithes,. 
and Enfran- 
chisements. 


Disqualifica- 
tion of certain 
Persons as 
Commission- 
ers, Surveyors, 
&amp;e. 


Clauses for 
settling Pay of 
Commissioners, 
and passing 
their Accounts. 


to the same, be examined by some Person or Per- . 


sons to be appointed by the Bill, and the Balance 
by him or them stated in the Book of Accounts 
required to be kept in the Office of the Clerk of 
such Commissioners ; and that no charge or item in 
such Accounts shall be binding on the Parties con- 
cerned, or be valid in law, unless the same shall be 
duly allowed by such Person or Persons. 


Turnpike Roads (Ireland). 


158. In every Bill for making a Turnpike Road 
in Lreland, or for the continuing or amending any 
Act passed for that purpose, or for the increase or 
alteration of the existing Tolls, Rates or Duties upon 
any such Road, or for widening or diverting any 
such Road, a Clause shall be inserted, to prevent any 
Person who shall be nominated a Commissioner, 
from acting or voting in the business of the said 
Turnpike, unless he shall be possessed of an Estate 
in Land, or of a Personal Estate, to such certain 
value as shall be specified in such Bills; and such 
Qualification shall be extended to the Heirs apparent 
of Persons possessed of an Estate in Land to a cer- 
tain value to be specified. 


PROCEEDINGS OF SELECT COMMITTEE ON 
Divorce Bi11s. 


159. The Select Committee on Divorce Bills shall 
require evidence to be given before them that an 
action for damages has been brought in one of Her 
Majesty’s Courts of Record at Westminster, or in 
one of Her Majesty’s Courts of Record in Dublin, 
or in one of Her Majesty’s Supreme Courts of Judi- 
cature of the Presidencies of Calcutta, Madras, 
Bombay or the Island of Ceylon, respectively, against 
the persons supposed to have been guilty of Adultery, 
and judgment for the plaintiff had » een or 
sutlicient cause to be shown to the satisfaction of 
the said Committee why such action was not brought, 
or such judgment was not obtained. 


160. The Select Committee on Divorce Bills shall, 
in all cases in which the Petitioner for the Bill has 
attended the House of Lords upon the Second Read- 
ing of the Bill, require him to attend before them, to 
answer any questions they may think fit that he 
should answer. 

161. The 


Clause for 
Qualitication of 
Commissioners. 


What Evidence 
to be given in 
Divorce Cases. 


When Peti- 3 
tioner for B: 
to ai 
Committee, 


17 Victroriz. 


161. The Select Committee on Divorce Bills shall 
report every such Bill to the House, whether such 
Committee shall or shall not have agreed to the 
Preamble, or gone through the several Clauses, or 
any of them. 





Ve 


THE ORDERS REGULATING THE 
PRACTICE OF THE HOUSE WITH REGARD 
TO PRIVATE BILLS. 


162. No Private Bill shall be brought into this 
House, but upon a Petition first presented, which 
shall have been duly deposited in the Private Bill 
Office, and indorsed by one of the Examiners, with 
a printed copy of the proposed Biil annexed: And 
that such Petition be signed by the Parties, or some 
of them, who are Suitors for the Bill. 


163. All Petitions for Private Bills shall be pre- 


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that effect being deposited in the Private 
signed by him or by the Agent who deposited such Memorial. 











783 


171. Every Private Bill (except Name Bills) what Bills to 
shall be printed; and printed copies thereof deli- be printed, 
and when. 


vered to the doorkeepers for the use of the Members 
before the First Reading. 


172. There shall be not less than Three clear Time between 
days, nor more than Ten, between the First and — — 
Second Reading of any Private Bill, except by Spe- ; 
cial Order of the House. 

173. Every Petition in favour of or against any Petition re- 


. : : *\ lating to Bills 
Private Bill before the House shall be presented to * beeen 


_this House, by depositing the same in the Private to House by 
| Bill Office, and there shall be indorsed thereon the being deposited 


name or short Title by which such Bill is entered in the Private 
q eat h Petiti 7s Bill Office, and 
the Votes, and a Statement that such Petition is in Name of Bill to 
favour of, or against the Bill, as the case may be, be indorsed on 
together with the name of the Member, Party or °v*'Y Petition. 


Agent depositing the same. 


174. Any Petitioner or Memorialist may with- Petitioner or 


draw his Petition or Memorial, on a requisition to Memorialist 
ill Office may withdraw 
1 Ce, Petition or 


to be presented. 






Petition or Memorial; and where any such Petition 


sented to the House not later than Three clear Days | 
or Memorial is signed by more than one person, 


after the same shall have been indorsed by the Exa- 


miner, or if, when the same is indorsed, the House | 
shall not be sitting, then not later than Three clear | 


Days after the First sitting thereof subsequent to such 
indorsement ; and if the House shall not be sitting on 
the latest day on which any Petition ought to be pre- 
sented, then the same shall be presented on the first 
day on which the House shall again sit. 


164. No Private Bill shall be read a First Time 
unless it be presented not later than Three clear 
Days after the presentation of the Petition for leave 
to bring in the same; or where the Petition has 
been referred to the Select Committee on Standing 


any person signing such Petition or Memorial may 
withdraw his-opposition by a similar requisition, 
signed and deposited as aforesaid. 


175. In cases where the Second or Third Reading Wien Secona 
of a Private Bill, or the consideration of a Bill as °° Third — 
amended by the Committee, is opposed, the con- ahs manor 
sideration thereof shall be postponed until the day on — 


which the House shall next sit. 


176. Every Private Bill, after having been read a Bills referred 
Second time and committed, shall be referred, if not ? ——— 
a Railway, Canal or Divorce Bill, to the Committee and other Com- 


of Selection; if a Railway or Canal Bill, to the mittees. 






























Orders, then within Three clear Days after the! (jeneral Committee on Railway and Canal Bills; 
House shall give leave to the Parties to proceed with | and if a Divorce Bill, to the Select Committee on 
the Bill. Divorce Bills. 


165. No Petition for additional Provision in any! 177, When the House shall have been informed When u- 
Private Bill will be received by this House, unless a| hy the Chairman of Ways and Means, that in his opposed Bill is 


Copy of the proposed Clauses be annexed thereto. | opinion any unopposed Private Bill should be treated pods 


166. All Petitions for additional Provision in Pri-| as an opposed Bill, such Bill shall be again referred again referred 
vision and. Wate Bills, with the proposed Clauses annexed, and | to the Committee of Selection ; or in the case of a br — 
Estate Bills all Estate Bills brought from the House of Lords, | Railway or Canal Bill, to the General Committee on 5. General 
from Lords, &amp;¢: and all Bills introduced by leave of the House inj Railway and Canal Bills. Committee. 


- &lt;a lieu of other Bills which shall have been withdrawn, 


etition for 
additional 
Provision. 


Petitions for 
additional Pro- 


178. Every Petition against a Private Bill which Petition against 


Petitions. after having been read a First Time, shall be re-| shall have been deposited in the Private Bill Office Bill, if duly 
ferred to the Examiner of Petitions for Private| either previous to, or not later than Seven clear days posited 
Bills. after, the Second Reading of such Bill, or which Office, to stand 

Reports of 167. All Reports of the Examiner of Petitions | shall have been otherwise deposited under the pro- —. m 


Examiner to 
be referred to 
Committee on 
Standing 
Orders. 


for Private Bills, in which he shall report that the 
Standing Orders have not been complied with, and 
all Special Reports of the said Examiner, shall 
be referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 


168. All Petitions praying that any of the Sessional 


visions of Standing Order 112, shall stand referred pin, gc. 
to the Committee on such Bill; and, subject to the 

Rules and Orders of this House, such Petitioners as 

shall have prayed to be heard, by themselves, their 
Counsel or Agents, be heard upon their Petition ac- 
cordingly, if they think fit, and Counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against such Petition. 


Petitions for 
Dispensation, 


&amp;e. tobe re. OF ime of the House relating to Private 

ferredtoCom- Bills may be dispensed with, and all Petitions for} 179. There shall be Fourteen clear Days between Time between 
ee the re-insertion of Petitions for Private Bills in the | the Second Reading of every Private Bill and the Second Read- 
Standing - : ‘ ah we ‘ rye . Cn 8 . ing and Com. 
Orders. General List of Petitions, and all Petitions opposing | sitting of the Committee thereupon, except in the jittee. 


the same, shall be presented to this House by depo- 
siting the same in the Private Bill Office ; and every 
such Petition, so deposited, shall stand referred to 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


169. Every Private Bill, printed on paper, of a 
size to be determined upon by Mr. Speaker, shall be 
presented to the House, with a Cover of Parchment 
attached to it, upon which the Title of the Bill is to 
be written; and the short Title of the Bill, as first 
entered on the Votes, shall correspond with that at 
the head of the Advertisement, and shall not be 
changed unless by Special Order of the House. 


170. The proposed amount of all Rates, Tolls, 
and other matters heretofore left blank in an 
Private Bill when presented to the House, shall be 
inserted in Jtalics in the printed Bill annexed to 
the Petition. 

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case of Divorce Bills, in respect of which there shall 
be Eight clear days, and of Name Bills and Estate 
Bills, (not being Bills relating to Crown, Church or 
Corporation property, or property held in trust for 
Public or Charitable purposes), in respect of which 
there shall be Three clear days between the Second 
Reading and the Committee. 

180. In the case of Railway Bills, if any Report Report of Rail~ 
made under the authority of the Railway Depart- “*Y hes 
ment of the Board of Trade upen any Bill, or the referred to 
objects thereof, be laid before the House, such Report Committee on 
shall be referred to the Committee on the Bill. Bill. 

181. The Report upon every Private Bill shall lie Report to lie 
upon the Table, together with the Bill, if a Railway page 
Bill or a Bill amended in Committee ; but if not be ordered to 
amended in Committee, the Bill shall be ordered to be read a Third 
be read a Third time. i ss 
182. very 


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784 


Bill to be 182. Every Private Bill,as amended in Committee, 
—” shall be printed at the expense of the Parties apply- 


ing for the same, and delivered to the Door-keepers 
for the use of the Members, Three clear days at 
least before the consideration of such Bill. 


No Clause or 183. No Clause or Amendment shall be offered in 


Amendment on 
consideration of 


Bill, oron | ordered tolie upon the Table, or on the Third Read- 
es hs ing of any Private Bill, unless the Chairman of the 
offered, 


unless Chair, Committee of Ways and Means shall have informed 
man of Ways the House, or signified in writing to Mr. Speaker, 
and Means shall whether, in his opinion, such Clause or Amendment 
ey be such as ought or ought not to be entertained by 
" the House, without referring the same to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 
184. When any Clause or Amendment is offered 
on the consideration of any Private Bill ordered to 


Clauses and 
Amendments 
offered on con- 
sideration of 


Bill, or Third Private Bill, such Clause or Amendment shall be 
Reading, to be printed at the expense of the parties : And when any 
— Clause is proposed to be amended, it shall be printed 
in extenso, with every addition or substitution in 
different type, and the omissions therefrom included 
in brackets and underlined. 
When referred, 185. When any Clause or Amendment on the 
no farther _ consideration of any Private Bill ordered to lie upon 
a the Table, or on the Third Reading of any Private 
port of Select Bill, shall have been referred to the Select Committee 
oe on Standing Orders, no further proceeding on either 
= "6 of such stages shall be had until the Report of the 


said Select Committee shall have been brought up. 


186. In the case of Private Bills ordered to lie 
upon the Table, Three clear days shall intervene 


Time between 
Report and 


con aa between the Report and the consideration of the 
of Bill, &amp;c. , ? . ‘ 
Bill, and no consideration of any such Bill shall take 
lace, unless the Chairman of the Committee of 
Vays and Means shall have informed the House, 
or signified in writing to Mr. Speaker, whether the 
Bill contain the several provisions required by the 
Standing Orders. 
Lords’ Amend- 187. All Amendments made by the House of 
ments tobe Lords to any Private Bill shall be printed at the ex- 
printed and a4 


pense of the parties, and circulated with the Votes, 
prior to such Amendments being taken into consi- 
deration ; and where any Clause has been amended, | 
it shall be printed in extenso, with every addition or 
substitution in different type, and the omissions there- 
from included in brackets and underlined ; and when 
any Amendments are intended to be proposed to the 
Lords’ Amendments, such proposed Amendments 
shall also be printed in like manner. 


circulated with 
the Votes prior 
to considera- 
tion, &amp;c | 


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the House on the consideration of any Private Bill | 


lie upon the Table, or on the Third Reading of any | 





A. 1853. 


said, no Motion shall be made with respect to such 
Private Bill, the further proceedings thereon shall be 
adjourned until the next sitting of the House. 











VI. 
‘THE ORDERS REGULATING THE PRACTICE 


IN THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. 


| 192. A Book, to be called “ The Private Bill Private Bin 
Register,” shall be kept in a Room, to be called Office and 
rv The Private Bill Office,” in which Book shall be , 
| entered by the Clerks appointed for the business of 

| that Office, the Name, Description and Place of 
Residence of the Parliamentary Agent in Town, 

|and of the Agent in the Country (if any), soliciting 

the Bill; and all the Proceedings, from the Petition 

to the passing of the Bill:—Such Entry to specify, 
briefly, each day’s Proceeding before the Examiners 

of Petitions respectively, or in the House, or in an 
Committee to which the Bill may be referred ; the 

day and hour on which the Examiner or the Com- 
mittee is appointed to sit ; the day and hour to which 

the Proceedings before such Examiners or Com- 
mittee may be adjourned, and the Name of the Clerk 
attending the same. Such Book to be open to public 
inspection daily, in the said Office, between the 
hours of Ten and Six. 


193. The receipt of all Plans, Sections, Books of Receipt of 
Reference, Lists of Owners and Occupiers, Esti- Plans, &amp;c. to 
mates, Copies of the Subscription Contracts, and ,, — 
Declarations required by the Standing Orders of 
the House to be lodged in the Private Bill Office, 
shall be acknowledged by one of the Clerks of the 
said Office, upon the said Documents, and upon the 
Petition for the Bill, when deposited. 


194. A List of all Petitions for Private Bills shall List of Peti- 
be kept in the Private Bill Office, in the order of oan 
their deposit, according to such regulations as shall - 
have been made by Mr. Speaker, which shall be 
called the “ General List of Petitions,” and each 
Petition therein shall be numbered. 


195. All Memorials complaining of non-com- Memorials 
pliance with the Standing Orders, in reference to when to be 
Petitions for Bills deposited in the Private Bill deposited. 
Office on or before the 31st December, shall be 
deposited as follows : 


If the same relate to Petitions for Bills numbered 
in the General List of Petitions : 





Notice of 

Committee to 
inspect Lords’ 
Journals to be 
given to Com- 
mittee Clerks. 


188. In all cases where it is intended to appoint 
a Committee to inspect the Journals of the House of | 
Lords with relation to any proceedings upon any | 
Private Bill, previous notice thereof in writing shall | 
be given by the Agent to the Clerks in the Committee | 
Office. 

189. No Private Bill shall;pass through two stages 
on one and the same day without the special leave | 
of the House. 


Bill not to pro- 
ceed two stages 
on same day. 


Notice to be 190. Except in cases of urgent and pressing ne- | 
= a cessity, no Motion shall be made to — with 
otion for . , » Standine ay ith- 
dispensation, ®"Y Sessional or Standing Order of the House with 

out due notice thereof. | 

Order of Pro 191. Each day, so soon as the House shall be 
ceedings in ready to proceed to Private Business, the Clerk at 


House on Pri- 


eetadienbeee the Table shall read from the Private Business List 


the Titles of the several Bills set down therein, ac- 
cording to their precedence, as arranged under the 
following heads :— 

1. Consideration of Lords’ Amendments ; 

2. Third Reading ; 

3. Consideration of Bills ordered to lie upon 

the Table ; 

4. Second Reading ; 

and if upon the reading of each such Title, as afore- 





From 
1 P “ ~~ Utnhey shall be depo- January ng 
201 and upwards § sited on or before . 3lst. 


And in the case of any Petitions for Bills which 
may be deposited by leave of the House after the 
31st December, such Memorials shall be deposited 


| Three clear days before the day first appointed for 


the examination of the Petition. 


196. All Memorials shall be deposited in the Deposit of 
Private Bill Office before Six of the clock in the Memorials 
evening of any day on which the House shall sit, — 
and before Two of the clock on any day on which Private Bill 
the House shall not sit; and that Two copies of Office. 
every such Memorial be deposited for the use of 
the Examiners before Twelve of the clock on the 
following day. 


197. Every Memorial complaining of non-com- Time for 





pliance with the Standing Orders of the House in oe... 
reference to Petitions for additional atin ant 





rovision in Pri- 

vate Bills, to Estate Bills brought ion the House &amp;e. 
of Lords, and to Bills introduced by leave of this 
House in lieu of other Bills which shall have been 
withdrawn, and referred to the Examiners of Peti- 
tions for Private Bills, shall be deposited in the 
Private Bill Office, together with Two copies thereof, 
before Twelve o'clock on the day preceding that 
appointed for the examination of any such Petition 
or 















Seven clear 
Days’ Notice 
to be given of 


Examination of the day appointed for the examination of each Peti- 


Petitions. 


Examination 
Book. 


Custody of 
Bills, 


Examination 
of Bills. 


Notice of Se- 
cond Reading. 


Notice of 
Committee. 


Filled-up Bill 


to be deposited 


in Private Bill 
Office. 


Notice of 
Postponement. 





17 Vicroria. 


or Bill by the Examiner; and that the Examiner be 
at liberty to entertain such Memorial, although the 
party (if any) who may be specially affected by the 
non-compliance with the Standing Orders shall not 
have signed the same. 


198. One of the Examiners shall give at least 
Seven clear days’ Notice in the Private Bill Office of 


tion for a Bill. 


199. After each Private Bill has been read the 
First time, its Name (or short Title) shall be copied 
by the Clerks of the Private Bill Office, from the 
Clerk’s Minute Book of the day, into a separate 
Book, to be called “ The Examination Book ;”— 
wherein shall be noted the number of such Bill, 
according to the priority of its being read, and the 
date of the day of such First Reading. 


200. Every Private Bill, after it has been read the 
First time, and the Title copied and examined for 
the Votes, shall be in the custody of the Clerks of 
the Private Bill Office, until laid upon the Table for 
the Second Reading ; and when committed, shall be 
taken by the proper Committee Clerk into his charge, 
till reported. 

201. Between the First and Second Reading of | 
every Private Bill, every such Bill shall, according | 
to its priority, be examined, with all practicable | 
despatch, by the Clerks of the Private Bill Office, | 
as to its conformity with the Rules and Standing | 
Orders of the House; and if not in due form, the | 


Examining Clerk shall specify thereon the page in | 
which avy irregularity occurs, and shall enter the | 
day of such Examination, together with his own | 
Name, in the Examination Book. 

202. Three clear days’ Notice in writing shall be | 
given by the Agent for the Bill, to the Clerks in the 
Private Bill Office, of the day proposed for the | 
Second Reading of every Private Bill ; and no such | 
Notice shall be given until the day after that on) 
which the Bill has been read a first time. 

203. Except in the case of Name Bills, and Estate | 
Bills as described in Order 179, and except in the | 
case of Bills referred back to the Committee of Se- | 
lection as unopposed, Seven clear days’ notice shall 
be given by the Clerk to the Committee of Selection, 
or by the Clerk to the General Committee on Rail- 
way and Canal Bills, to the Clerks in the Private 
Bill Office of the day and hour appointed for the 
meeting ‘of the Committee on every Private Bill 
that shall have been referred to such Committees 
respectively :—and in the case of such Name Bills 
and Estate Bills, there shall be One clear day’s notice 
given of Committee by the Clerk to the Committee 
of Selection :—and in the case of Bills not referred 
to the Committee of Selection, Seven clear days’ 
notice, and, in the case of a recommitted Bill, Three 
clear days’ notice, shall be given by the Agents for | 
the Bill to the Clerks in the Private Bill Office of 
the day and hour appointed for the meeting of the 
Committee on every Private Bill, and all the pro- 
ceedings of any Committee of which such notice | 
shall not have been given shall be void. 











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| thereof in the Private Bill Office, and if any Amend- 





785 
Canal Bill, which shall have been referred to such 


Committees respectively, on the day on which such 
postponement is made ; and that in the case of Bills 
not referred to the Committee of Selection or the 
General Committee on Railway and Canal Bills, 
One clear day’s notice shall be given by the Agents 
for the Bill, and, in the case of Divorce Bills, either 
by the Agents or by the Clerk to the Select Com- 
mittee on Divorce Bills, to the Clerks in the Private 
Bill Office of such postponement. 


206. Notice, in writing, shall be given by the Notice of ' 
Committee Clerk to the Clerks in the Private Bill Adiournment. 
Office, of the day and hour to which each Com- 
mittee is adjourned. 


207. One clear day’s Notice, in writing, shall be Notice of 
given by the Agent for the Bill, to the Clerks in the = 
Private Bill Office, of the day proposed for the con- . 
sideration of every Private Bill ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


208. The Committee Clerk, after the Report is Bill, as __ 
made out, shall deliver in to the Private Bill Office ee e 
a printed Copy of the Bill, with the written Amend- pe delivered in. 
ments made in the Committee; in which Bill, all 
the Clauses added by the Committee shall be regu- 
larly marked in those parts of the Bill wherein they 
are to be inserted. 


209. When it is intended to bring up any Clause Notice to be 
or to propose any Amendment on the consideration sive of 
. , . ea Clauses, &amp;c. 
of any Private Bill ordered to lie upon the Table, or on considera- 
on the Third Reading of any Private Bill, Notice tion of Bill, or 
shall be given thereof, in the Private Bill Office, One Tir4 Reading. 
clear day previous to such consideration or Third 


Reading. 


210. One clear day’s Notice, in writing, shall be Notice of Thiré 


given by the Agent for the Bill, to the Clerks in the ®e*4ins 


Private Bill Office, of the day proposed for the 
Third Reading of every Private Bill; and no such 
Notice shall be given until the day after that on 
which the Bill shall have been ordered to be read a 
Third time. 

211. The Amendments (if any) which are made Amendments 
on the consideration of any Private Bill ordered to'om considera- . 
lie upon the Table, and on the Third Reading of any Tuned Recline. 
Private Bill, and also such Amendments made by ; 
the House of Lords as shall have been agreed to by 
this House, shall be entered by one of the Clerks in 
the Private Bill Office, upon the printed Copy of 
the Bill as amended in Committee; which Clerk 
shall sign the said Copy so amended, in order to its 
being deposited and preserved in the said Office. 


212. No Private Bill shall be sent to the Lords Private Bills 
until a Certificate is endorsed upon the fair printed set t the 
Bill, and signed b : f th Officers Lords to be 

ill, and signed by one or more of the proper Officers endorsed with 
for that purpose, declaring that such printed Bill has Certificate of 
been examined, and agrees with the Bill as read a 2*amination. 


third time. 


213. When Amendments made by the House of Notice of 
Lords to any Private Bill are to be taken into con- cousideration 


: = ’ ae : of Lords’ 
sideration, One clear day’s Notice shall be given ("ys sats. 


204. A filled-up Bill, signed by the Agent for the | ments be intended to be proposed thereto, a copy of 


Bill, as proposed to be submitted to the Committee | 
on the Bill, and in the case of a re-committed Bill, 
a filled-up Bill, as proposed to be submitted to the 
Committee on re-committal, shall be deposited in the 
Private Bill Office one clear day before the meeting | 
of the Committee on every Private Bill; and all 
Parties shall be entitled to a Copy thereof, upon 
payment of the Charges for making out Amend- 
ments of such Bill. 


205. Notice in writing shall be given by the Clerk 
to the Committee of Selection, or by the Clerk to 
the General Committee on Railway and Canal Bills, 
to the Clerks in the Private Bill Office, of the post- 
ponement of the first meeting of any Committee on 
a Private Bill or Sub-Committee on a Railway and 





Vou. 108, 


such Amendments shall also be deposited, and Notice 
given thereof, One clear day previous to the same 
being proposed to be taken into consideration ; and 
no such Notice be given until the day after that on 
which such Bill shall have been returned from the 
House of Lords. 


214. All Notices required to be given or deposits Time for 
to be made in the Private Bill Office shall be de- delivering 
livered in the said Office before Six of the clock in N°“ 
the Evening of any day on which the House shall 
sit, and before Two of the clock on any day on which 
the House shall not sit ; and after any day on which 
the House shall have adjourned beyond the following 
day, no Notice shall be given for the first day on 
which it shall again sit. 


5H 215. The 





Daily Lists of 
Committees 
sitting. 


Plans to be 
verified as 
Mr. Speaker 
shall direct. 


786 5° August. 


215. The Clerks in the Private Bill Office shall 
prepare, daily, Lists of all Private Bills, and Peti- 
tions for Private Bills upon which any Committee or 
Examiner is —— to sit; specifying the hour of 
meeting, and the Room where the Committee or 
Examiner shall sit; and the same shall be hung up 
in the Lobby of the House. 


216. Every Plan, and Book of Reference thereto, 
which shall be certified by the Speaker of the House 
of Commons, in pursuance of any Act of Parlia- 
ment, shall previously be ascertained, and verified in 
such manner as shall be deemed most advisable by 
the Speaker, to be exactly conformable in all respects 
to the Plan and Book of Reference which shall have 
been signed by the Chairman of the Committee 
upon the Bill. 








APPENDIX (A.) | 


[Form referred to in Page 772. ] 


No. 


Sir, 

We beg to inform you, that Application is in- 
tended to be made to Parliament in the ensuing Ses- 
sion for “ An Act” [here insert the Title of the Act], 
and that the Property mentioned in the annexed 
Schedule, or some Part thereof, in which we under- 
stand you are inerested as therein stated, will be 
required for the Purposes of the said Undertaking, 
according to the Line thereof as at present laid out, 
or may be required to be taken under the usual 
Powers of Deviation to the extent of yards 
on either side of the said Line which will be applied 
for in the said Act, and will be passed through in the 





manner mentioned in such Schedule. 


We also beg to inform you, that a Plan and Sec- | 
tion of the said Undertaking, with a Book of Refer- | 
ence thereto, have been or will be deposited with the | 
[several Clerks of the Peace, or principal Sheriff 
Clerks, as the case may be] of the Counties of 
[specify the Counties in which the Property is situate], 
on or before tbe 30th of November, and that Copies 
of so much of the said Plan and Section as relates 
to the [Parish or extra-parochial place, as the case | 
may be|, in which your Property is situate, with a | 
Book of Reference thereto, have been or will be | 
deposited for public inspection with the [Clerk of 
the said Parish, Clerk of the Parish of 
adjoining to such extra-parochial place, Schoolmaster | 
of the Parish, Session Clerk, Town Clerk of the | 
Royal Burgh, or the Clerk of the Union in which | 
such Parish is included, as the case may be}, on or | 
before the 30th day of November, on which Plans | 
your Property is designated by the Numbers set | 
forth in the annexed Schedule. 





As we are required to report to Parliament | 
whether you assent to or dissent from the proposed 
Undertaking, or whether you are neuter in respect 
thereto, you will oblige us by writing your answer 
of Assent, Dissent or Neutrality in the Form left 
herewith, and returning the same to us with your 
Signature on or before the day of 

next; and if there should be any 
erro” or misdescription in the annexed Schedule, we 
shall feel obliged by your informing us thereof, at 
your earliest convenience, that we may correct the 
same without delay. 


We are, Sir, 
Your most obedient Servants, 


To 


Note,—If the Application be forwarded by Post, the words 
** Parliamentary Notice ” are to be printed or written on the 
cover. 








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jeter persons, and should remain in their custody 


Appendix (B.) 
Anno Primo Victorie Regine. 


Cap. LXxxIII. 


An Act to compel Clerks of the Peace for Coun- 
ties and other Persons to take the Custody of 
such Documents as shall be directed to be de- 
posited with them under the Standing Orders 
of either House of Parliament. 


Wuereas the Houses of Parliament are in the 


habit of requiring that, previous to the introduction 
of any Bill into Parliament for making certain 


bridges, turnpike-roads, cuts, canals, reservoirs, 
aqueducts, waterworks, navigations, tunnels, arch- 


_ ways, railways, piers, ports, harbours, ferries, docks, 


and other works, to be made under the authority of 
Parliament, certain maps or plans and sections, and 
books and writings, or extracts or copies of or from 
certain maps, plans or sections, books and writings, 
shall be deposited in the office of the clerk of the 
peace for every county, riding or division in England 
or Jreland, or in the office of the sheriff clerk of 
every county in Scotland, in which such work is 
proposed to be made, and also with the parish clerk 
in every parish in England, the schoolmaster of 
every parish of Scotland, or in Royal Burghs with 
the town clerk, and the postmaster of the post town 
in or nearest to every parish in Zreland, in which 
such work is intended to be made, and with other 
persons: And whereas it is expedient that such 
maps, plans, sections, books, writings and copies or 
extracts of and from the same, should be received 
by the said clerks of the peace, sheriff clerks, parish 
clerks, schoolmasters, town clerks, postmasters and 


for 





























































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17 Vicroriz. 5° Augustz. 








for the purposes hereinafter mentioned: BE it| Appendix (C.) 
therefore Enacted, by the QuEEN’s most Excellent A q er es f 
Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of nno Nono Victorie Regine. 
the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, Cap. xx. 
in this present Parliament assembled, and by the 
Clerks of the Authority of the same, THat whenever either of the Aw Act to amend an Act of the second year of 
Peace, 9 Houses of Parliament shall by its Standing Orders, Her present Majesty, for providing for the cus- 
Seaneeale already made or hereafter to be made, require that tody of certain Monies paid in pursuance of 
hereinmen- any such maps, plans, sections, books or writings, the Standing Orders of either House of Parlia- 
cam, ae for OF extracts or copies of the same, or any of them, ment by Subscribers to Works or Undertakings 
ae peneeen shall be deposited as aforesaid, such maps, plans, to be effected under the Authority of Parlia- 
directed by sections, books, writings, copies and extracts shall ment. 
the Standing me wt — ? 
Orders of the be received by and shall —e ™ ith the clerks of Wuereas an Act was passed in the second year 1 &amp; 2 Vict. 
Houses of the peace, sheriff clerks, parish clerks, schoolmas- f the reion of He vert Majesty Queen Victoria, * 117. 
Parliament. ters, town-clerks, postmasters and other persons | 00 72° Twig OY ler preser® * do aNy h peace arty 
with whom the same shall be directed by such intituled, “An Act to provide for the Custody. of 
Standing Orders to be deposited, and they are hereby certam Monies paid in ~~ of the Standing 
respectively directed to receive and to retain the | Orders of either House of Parliament, by Subscrib- 
custody of all such documents and writings so di- ri y" Works or Pig a ge under 
rected, to be deposited with them respectively, in the the Authority of Parliament :” And whereas it is 
manner and for the purposes and under tne rules expedient that the said Act should be repealed, and 
and regulations concerning the same respectively should be re-enacted, with such modifications, * ps 
densted to anal. Sian “Orders, and shall make | ‘™s!ons and alterations as after mentioned: BE it Recited Act 
such pact. rm and wo ae ‘on and give such therefo-e Enacted, by the Qu EEN’S most Excellent = 
acknowledgments and receipts in respect of the Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the paid in to be 
tivel ill Ton tnmaden daoetnd Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in dealt with as 
ae te or ye ge “ y . this present Parliament assembled, and by the au- directed by 
Clerks of the II. And be it further Enacted, That all persons B a" y former Act. 
- Ma erks | thority of the same, That the said Act shall be and 


aa a interested shall have liberty to, and the sai 
Documents to Of the peace, sheriff clerks, parish clerks, school- ‘ + , 
be inspected or masters, town clerks and postmasters, and every of yee: —_ bee tae ween a “ shall be 
copied by them, are and is hereby required, at all reasonable | 500% Yau ane etlectual to all Intents anc’ purposes, 


is hereby repealed: Provided always, That all acts 
persons inte- and that all sums of money paid under the piovi- 


seated. hours of the day, to permit all persons interested to |“. "7; , . _ 
inspect during a reasonable time, and make extracts sions of the said Act shall be dealt with in all re- 
P spects as if this Act had not been passed. 


from or copies of the said maps, plans, sections, | : . : ; , ; 
books, writings, extracts and copies of or from the, Il. And be it Enacted, That in all cases in which —— to 
same, so deposited with them respectively, on pay- | any sum of money is required by any Standing Or- “?°™ 
ment by each person to the clerk of the peace, sheriff | der of either House of Parliament, either now in 
clerk, clerk of the parish, schoolmaster, town clerk | force or hereafter to be in force, to be deposited by 
or postmaster having the custody of any such map, the Subscribers to any Work or Undertaking which 
plan, section, book, writing, extract or copy, One is to be executed under the authority of an Act of 
Shilling for every such inspection, and the further , Parliament, if the director or person, or directors or 
sum of One Shilling for every hour during which persons having the management of the affairs of such t 
such inspection shall continue after the first hour, Work or Undertaking, not exceeding Five in num- Lit 
and after the rate of Sixpence for every One hun- ber, shall apply to one of the Clerks in the office of 
dred words copied therefrom. the Clerk of the Parliaments, with respect to any 
Clerks of the III. And be it further Enacted, That in case any | such money required by any Standing Order of the 
pny &amp;e. for clerk of the peace, sheriff clerk, parish clerk, school- | Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assem- 
ry omission Tes ‘ 
to comply with Master, town clerk, postmaster or other person shall bled, or to one of the Clerks of the Private Bill 
the provisions in any matter or thing refuse or neglect to comply Office of the House of Commons with respect to any 
trang with any of the provisions hereinbefore contained, | such money required by any Standing Order of the 
Penalty of 5/., every clerk of the peace, sheriff clerk, parish clerk, Commons in Parliament assembled, to be deposited, 
to be recovered schoolmaster, town clerk, postmaster or other per- , It shall be lawful for the Clerk so applied to, by war- 
a Summary son shall for every such oftence forfeit and pay any rant or order under his hand, to direct that such 
y sum not exceeding the sum of Five Pounds ; and sum of money shall be paid in manner hereinafter 
every such penalty shall, upon proof of the offence mentioned; (that is to say) into the Bank of Eng- 
before any Justice of the Peace for the county within land, in the name and with the privity of the Ac- 
which such offence shall be committed, or by the | countant General of the Court of Chancery in Eng- 
confession of the party offending, or by the oath of | /and, if the Work or Undertaking in respect of which 
any credible witness, be levied and recovered, toge- _ the sum of money is required to be deposited is in- 
ther with the costs of the proceedings for the recovery tended to be executed in that part of the United 
thereof, by distress and sale of the goods and effects Kingdom called England ; or into any of the Banks 
of the party offending, by warrant under the hand | in Scotland established by Act of Parliament or 
of such Justice, which warrant such Justice is hereby | Royal Charter in the name and with the privity of 
empowered to grant, and shall be paid to the person | the Queen’s Remembrancer of the Court of Exche- 
or persons making such complaint ; and it shall be | quer in Sco¢land, at the option of the person or per- 
lawful for any such Justice of the Peace to whom | sons making such application as aforesaid, in case 
any complaint shall be made of any offence com-, such Work or Undertaking is intended to be executed 
mitted against this Act to summon the party com- | in that part of the United Kingdom called Scotland ; 
plained of before him, and on such summons to | or into the Bank of Jreland in the name and with 
hear and determine the matter of such complaint in | the privity of the Accountant General of the Court 
a summary way, and on proof of the offence to con- | of Chancery in fre/and, in case such Work or Un- 
vict the offender, and to adjudge him to pay the | dertaking is intended to be made or executed in that 





penalty or forfeiture incurred, and to proceed to re- 
cover the same, although no information in writing 
or in print shall have been exhibited or taken by 
or before such Justice ; and all such proceedings 
by summons without information shall be as good, 
valid and effectual to all intents and purposes as if 
an information in writing had been exhibted. 





Vou. 108. 





part of the United Kingdom called Ireland; and 
such warrant or order shall be a sufficient authority 
for the Accountant General of the Court of Chan- 
cery in England, the Queen’s Remembrancer of the 
Court of Exchequer in Scotland, and the Accountant 
General of the Court of Chancery in Jreland re- 
spectively, to permit the sum of money directed to 
be paid by such warrant or order to be placed to an 

5 H2 account 








ti 2 el we 





Payment of 
Deposit. 


lavestment of. 
Deposit. 


Repayment of 


Reposit, 


788 


account opened or to be opened in his name in the 
Bank mentioned in such warrant or order. 


III. And be it Enacted, That it shall be lawful 


for the person or persons named in such warrant or | 


order, or the survivors or survivor of them, to pay 
the sum mentioned in such warrant or order into 
the bank mentioned in such warrant or order, in the 
name and with the privity of the officer or person 
in whose name such sum shall be directed to be 
paid by such warrant or order, to be placed to his 
account there ex-parte the Work or Undertaking 
mentioned in such warrant or order, pursuant to the 
method prescribed by any Act or Acts for the time 
being in force for regulating monies paid into the 
said Courts, and pursuant to the General Orders of 
the said Court respectively, and without fee or 
reward; and every such sum so paid in, or the 
securities in or upon which the same may be in- 
vested as hereinafter mentioned, or the stocks, 
funds or securities authorized to be transferred or 
deposited in lieu thereof as hereinafter mentioned, 
shall there remain until the same, with all interest 
and dividends (if any) accrued thereon, shall be 
paid out of such bank, in pursnance of the provi- 
sions of this Act: Provided always, That in case 
any such director or person, directors or persons, 
having the management of any such proposed Work 
or Undertaking as aforesaid, shall have previously 
invested in the Three per Centum Consolidated or 
the Three per Centum Reduced Bank Annuities, 
Exchequer Bills, or other Government Securities, 
the sum or sums of money required by any such 
Standing Order of either House of Parliament as 
aforesaid to be deposited by the subscribers to any 
Work or Undertaking which is to be executed under 
the authority of an Act of Parliament, it shall be 
lawful for the person or persons named in such war- 
rant or order, or the survivors or survivor of them, 
to deposit such Exchequer Bills or other Govern- 
ment securities in the bank mentioned in such war- 
rant or order in the name and with the privity of the 
officer or person in whose name such sum shall by 
such warrant or order be directed to be paid, or to 
transfer such Government stocks or funds into the 
name of the officer or person ; and such transfer or 
deposit shall be directed by such Clerk of the Office 
of the Clerk of the Parliaments, or such Clerk of 


the Private Bill Office of the House of Commons, | 


as the case may be, in lieu of payment of so much 
of the sum of money required to be deposited as 
aforesaid as the same Exchequer Bills, or other the 
Government stocks or funds, will extend to satisfy 
at the price at which the same were originally pur- 
chased by the said person or persons, director or di- 
rectors, as aforesaid, such price to be proved by 
production of the broker’s certificate of such original 
purchase. 

IV. And be it Enacted, That if the person or per- 
sons named in such warrant or order, or the survivors 
or survivor of them, desire to have invested any sum 
so paid into the Bank of England or the Bank of 
Treland, or any interest or dividend which may have 
accrued on any stocks or securities so transferred or 
deposited as aforesaid, the Court in the name of 
whose Accountant-general the same may have been 
paid may, on a Petition presented to such Court, in 
a summary way by him or them, order that such 
sum or such interest or dividends shall, until the same 
be naid out to the parties entitled to the same in pur- 
suance of this Act, be laid out in the Three per 
Centum Consolidated or Three per Centum Reduced 
Bank Annuities, or any Government security or se- 
curities, at the option of the aforesaid person or per- 
sons, or the survivor or survivors of them. 

V. And be it Enacted, That on the termination 
of the Session of Parliament in which the Petition 
or Bill for the purpose of making or sanctioning any 
such Work or Undertaking shall have been intro- 
duced into Parliament, or if such Petition or Bill 
shall be rejected or finally withdrawn by some pro- 





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A. 1853. 


ceeding in either House of Parliament, or shall not 
be allowed to proceed, or if the person or persons 
| by whom the said money was paid or security depo- 
sited, shall have failed to present a Petition, or if 
an Act be passed authorizing the making of such 
Work or Undertaking, and if in any of the foregoing 
cases the person or persons named in such warrant 
or order, or the survivors or survivor of them, or the 
majority of such persons, apply by Petition to the 
Court in the name of whose Accountant General the 
sum of money mentioned in such warrant or order 
shall have been paid, or such Exchequer Bills, stocks 
'or funds shall have been deposited or transferred as 
| aforesaid, or to the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, 
in case such sum of money shall have been paid in 
the name of the said Queen’s Remembrancer, the 
Court in the name of whose Accountant General or 
Queen’s Remembrancer such sum of money shall 
have been paid, or such Exchequer Bills, stocks or 
funds shall have been deposited or transferred, shall 
by order direct the sum of money paid in pursuance 
of such warrant or order, or the stocks, funds or se- 
curities in or upon which the same may have been 
invested, and the interest or dividends thereof, or the 
Exchequer Bills, stocks or funds so deposited or 
transferred as aforesaid, and the interest and divi- 
dends thereof, to be paid or transferred to the party 
or parties so applying, or to any other person or 
|persons whom they may appoint in that behalf; 
but no such order shall be made in the case of any 
such Petition or Bill being rejected or not being al- 
lowed to proceed, or being withdrawn or not being 
| presented, or of an Act being passed authorizing the 
|making of such Work or Undertaking, unless upon 
| the production of the certificate of the Chairman of 
| Committees of the House of Lords with reference to 
any proceeding in the House of Lords, or of the 
Speaker of the House of Commons with reference 
to any proceeding in the House of Commons, that 
| the said Petition or Bill was rejected or not allowed 
to proceed, or was withdrawn during its passage 
‘through one of the Houses of Parliament, or was 
/not presented, or that such Act was passed, which 
certificate the said Chairman or Speaker shall grant 
| on the application in writing of the person or persons, 
|or the majority of the persons, named in such war- 














always, That the granting of any such certificate, on 
any mistake or error therein or in relation thereto, 


same liable in respect of any monies, stocks, funds 
_and securities which may be paid, deposited, invested 
or transferred in pursuance of the provisions of this 
Act, or the interest or dividends thereof. 





STANDING ORDERS RELATIVE TO PUBLIC 
MATTERS. 


Bixts respecting Reiieion. 
[30 April 1772.] 


That no Bill relating to Religion, or the alteration 
of the Laws concerning Religion, be brought into 
this House, until the Proposition shall have been 
first considered in a Committee of the whole House, 
and agreed unto by the House. 








Bits respecting TRADE. 
[9 April 1772.] 
That no Bill relating to Trade, or the alteration of 
the Laws concerning Trade, be brought into the 
House, until the Proposition shall have been first 


considered in a Committee of the whole House, and 
agreed unto by the House. 








APPLICATIONS 





| rant, or the survivor or survivors of them : Provided Granting 


shall not make the Chairman or Speaker signing the or Speaker 





17 Vicroria#. 


Apputications for Pusitic Money. 


[25 June 1852.] 


That this House will receive no Petition for any 
Sum of Money, relating to Public Service, or pro- 
ceed upon any Motion for granting any Money, but 
what is recommended from the Crown. 


[29 March 1707.] 


That this House will not proceed upon any Peti- 
tion, Motion or Bill, for granting any Money, or for 
releasing or compounding any Sum of Money owing 
to ‘the Crown, but in a Committee of the whole 
House. 

[25 June 1852.] 

That if any Motion be made in the House for any 
Public Aid, or Charge upon the people, the consi- 
deration and debate thereof shall not be presently 
entered upon, but shall be adjourned till such further 
day as the House shall think fit to appoint, and then 
it shall be referred to a Committee of the whole 
House before any Resolution or Vote of the House 
do pass therein. 

[25 March 1715.] 

That this House will not receive any Petition for 
compounding any Sum of Money owing to the 
Crown, upon any branch of the Revenue, without a 
Certificate from the proper Officer or Officers an- 
nexed to the said Petition, stating the Debt, what 
Prosecutions have been made for the Recovery of 
such Debt, and setting forth how much the Peti- 
tioner and his security are able to satisfy thereof. 


[22 February 1821.] 

That this House will not proceed upon any Motion 
for an Address to the Crown, praying that any 
money may be issued, or that any expense may be 
incurred, but in a Committee of the whole House. 





PrcusXtary PEna.rties. 
[24 July 1849.} 

That with respect to any Bill brought to this 
House from the House of Lords, or returned by the 
House of Lords to this House, with Amendments, 
whereby any pecuniary penalty, forfeiture or fee 
shall be authorized, imposed, appropriated, regu- 
lated, varied, or extinguished, this House will not 
insist on its ancient and undoubted privileges in the 
following cases : 

1. When the object of such pecuniary penalty 
or forfeiture is to secure the execution of the 
Act, or the punishment or prevention of of- 
fences. 

2. Where such fees are imposed in respect of 
benefit taken or service rendered under the Act, 
and in order to the execution of the Act, and 
are not made payable into the Treasury or Ex- 
chequer, or in aid of the Public Revenue, and 
do not form the ground of public accounting 
by the parties receiving the same, either in re- 
spect of deficit or surplus. 

3. When such Bill shall be a Private Bill 
for a Local or Personal Act. 


Temporary Laws. 
[24 July 1849.] 


That the precise duration of every Temporary 
Law be expressed in a distinct Clause at the end of 
the Bill. 





PRESENTATION of Pusiic Petit1ons. 


[14 April 1842.] 

That every Member offering to present a Petition 
to the House, not being a Petition for a Private 
Bill, or relating to a Private Bill before the House, 

VoL. 108. 





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789 


do confine himself to a statement of the Parties 
from whom it comes, of the number of signatures 
attached to it, and of the material allegations con- 
tained in it, and to the reading of the prayer of such 
Petition. 

That every such Petition not containing matter in 
breach of the Privileges of this House, and which, 
according to the Rules or usual Practice of this 
House, can be received, be brought to the Table by 
the direction of the Speaker, who shall not allow 
any Debate, or any Member to speak upon, or in 
relation to, such Petition ; butit may be read by the 
Clerk at the Table, if required. 

That, in the case of such Petition complaining of 
some present personal grievance, for which there 
may be an urgent necessity for providing an imme- 
diate remedy, the matter contained in such Petition 
may be brought into discussion on the presentation 
thereof. 

That all other such Petitions, after they shall have 
been ordered to lie on the Table, be referred to the 
Committee on Public Petitions, without any Ques- 
tion being put; but if any such Petition relate to 
any matter or subject, with respect to which the 
Member presenting it has given Notice of a Motion, 
and the said Petition has not been ordered to be 
printed by the Committee, such Member may, after 
Notice given, move that such Petition be printed 
with the Votes. 

That, subject to the above regulations, Petitions 
against any Resolution or Bill imposing a Tax or 
Duty for the current service of the year be hence- 
forth received, and the usage under which the House 
has refused to entertain such Petitions be discon- 
tinued. 





Mempers’ PLAceEs, 
[6 April 1835.] 
That no Member’s name be affixed to any seat 
in the House before the hour of Prayers; and that 


the Speaker do give directions to the doorkeepers 
accordingly. 





STRANGERs. 
[5 February 1845.] 

That the Serjeant-at-Arms attending this House 
do, from time to time, take into his custody any Stran- 
ger whom he may see, or who may be reported to 
him to be, in any part of the House or Gallery ap- 
propriated to the Members of this House, and also 
any Stranger who, having been admitted into any 
other part of the House or Gallery, shall miscon- 
duct himself, or shall not withdraw when Strangers 
are directed to withdraw, while the House, or any 
Committee of the whole House, is sitting ; and that 
no person so taken into custody be discharged out 
of custody without the special order of the House. 

That no Member of this House do presume to 
bring any Stranger into any part of the House or 
Gallery appropriated to the Members of this House, 
while the House, or a Committee of the whole House, 
is sitting. 





PRAYERS. 
[25 June 1852.] 

That the Serjeant-at-Arms attending this House 
do, from time to time, when the House is going to 
Prayers, give Notice thereof to all Committees; 
and that all proceedings of Committees, after such 
Notice, be declared to be null and void. 


_ —— ee | 


LETTERS. 


[25 June 1852.] 


That, to prevent the intercepting or losing of 
Letters directed to Members of this House, the | 





545 person 











790 5° Augusti. A. 1853. 


rson appointed to bring Letters from the General and if such business be disposed of after Three 
Post-office to this House, or some other person to o’clock and before Four o’clock, the House will 
be appointed by the Postmaster General, do for the | resume its sitting at Six o'clock. 
future, every day during the Session of Parliament,| That when such business has net been disposed 
Sundays excepted, constantly attend, from Ten of | of at Four o’clock, unless the House shall otherwise 
the clock in the morning till Seven in the after-| order, Mr.Speaker (or the Chairman, in case the 
noon, at the place appointed for the delivery of the | House shall be in Committee) do leave the Chair, 
said Letters, and take care during his stay there, to | and the House will resume its sitting at Six o’clock, 
deliver the same to the several Members to whom | when the Orders of the Day not disposed of at the 
they shall be directed, or to their known servant or | morning sitting, and any Motion which was under 
servants, or other persons bringing notes under the | discussion at Four o’clock, shall be set down in the 
hands of the Members sending for the same. Order Book after the other Orders of the Day. 

That the said Officer do, upon his going away,| That whenever the House shall be in Committee 
lock up such Letters as shall remain undelivered ;| at Four o’clock, the Chairman do report Progress 
and that no Letter be delivered but within the hours | when the House resumes its sitting. 





aforesaid. _ That all Dropped Orders of the Day be set down 
That the said Orders be sent to the Postmaster | in the Order Book after the Orders of the Day for 
General at the commencement of each Session. the next day on which the House shall sit. 


That, when any Letter or Packet directed to this| That when any Bill shall be presented by a Mem- 
House shall come to Mr. Speaker, he do open the | ber, in pursuance of an Order of this House, or 
same; and acquaint the House, at their next sitting, | shall be brought from the Lords, the Questions 
with the contents thereof, if proper to be commu- |“ That this Bill be now read a first time,” and 
nicated to this House. “* That this Bill be printed,” shall be decided with- 
out Amendment or Debate. 

That the Committees of Supply and Ways and 
Pusuic BusingEss. — shall be fixed for Monday, Wednesday - 
; &gt; riday, and for any other day on which Orders o 

[25 June 1852, amended 5 August 1853.] the Day shall inne pecusionms of Notices of Mo- 

Tuart, unless the House shall otherwise direct, all | tions, of which Notice shall have been given on the 
Orders of the Day set down in the Order Book for | preceding Friday. 

Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, shall be dis-| That when a Bill or other matter (except Supply, 
posed of before the House will proceed upon any | or Ways and Means) has been partly considered in 
Motions of which Notices shall have been given, Committee, and the Chairman has been directed to 

That at the time fixed for the commencement of | report Progress, and ask leave to sit again, and the 
Public Business, on days on which Orders have pre- | House shall have ordered that the Committee shall 
cedence of Notices of Motions, and after the No-!sit again on a particular day, the Speaker shall, 
tices of Motions have been disposed of on all other | when the order for the Committee has been read, 
days, Mr. Speaker do direct the Clerk at the Table | forthwith leave the Chair, without putting any ques- 
to read the Orders of the Day, without any Question | tion, and the House shall thereupon resolve itself 
being put. into such Committee. 

‘That the Orders of the Day be disposed of in the | That at the close of the Proceedings of a Com- 
order in which they stand upon the Paper ; the right | mittee of the whole House on a Bill, the Chairman 
being reserved to Her Majesty’s Ministers of placing | shall report the Bill forthwith to the House, and 
Government Orders at the head of the List, in the | when Amendments shall have been made thereto, 
rotation in which they are to be taken on the days | the same shall be received, without debate, and 
on which Government Bills have precedence. a time appointed for taking the same into consi- 

That no Notice shall be given beyond the period | deration. 
which shall include the Four Days next following 
on which Notices are entitled to precedence; due 
allowance being made for any intervening adjourn- SEeLEcT CuMMITTEES. 
ment of the House, and the period being in that case | [25 June 1852.] 


so far extended as to include Four Notice Days 
| That no Select Committee shall, without leave of 


falling during the sitting of the House. 
That the House do meet every Wednesday, at | the House, consist of more than Fifteen Members ; 


Twelve o'clock at noon, for Private Business, Peti-| that such leave shall not be moved for without 
tions, Orders of the Day, and Notices of Motions, | Notice ; and that in the case of Members proposed 
and do continue to sit until Six o'clock, unless pre-| to be added or substituted after the first appoint- 
viously adjourned. ment of the Committee, the Notice shall include the 

That when such business has been disposed of, or | Names of the Members proposed to be added or 
at Six o'clock precisely, notwithstanding there may | substituted. 











be business under discussion, Mr. Speaker do ad-| ‘That every Member intending to move for the 
journ the House, without putting any Question. appointment of a Select Committee, do endeavour 


That the business under discussion, and any busi- | to ascertain previously whether each Member pro- 
ness not disposed of at the time of such Adjourn- | posed to be named by him, on such Committee, will 
ment, do stand as Orders of the Day for the next | give his attendance thereupon. 
day on which the House shall sit. That every Member intending to move for the 

hat ata quarter before Six o’clock on Wedues- | appointment of a Select Committee, shall, One day 
day, the Debate on any business then under dis-| next before the nomination of such Committee, 
cussion shall stand adjourned to the next day on | place on the Notices the Names of the Members 
which the House shall sit. intended to be proposed by him, to be Members of 

That whenever the House shall be in Committee | such Committee. 
on Wednesday at a quarter before Six o'clock, the} That Lists be affixed in some conspicuous place 
Chairman do report Progress, and Mr. Speaker do | in the Committee Clerks’ Office, and in the Lobby 
resume the Chair. | of the House, of all Members serving on each Select 

That whenever the House shall sit, for despatch | Committee. 
of business, at Twelve o'clock on any day, except; That to every Question asked of a Witness under 
Wednesday and Saturday, or at any later hour,|examination, in the Proceedings of any Select 
unless the Bowe shall otherwise order, if such busi- | Committee, there be prefixed in the Minutes of the 





ness be disposed of not later than Three o'clock, | Evidence the Name of the Member asking such 
, the House will resume its sitting at Five o’clock ; 





Question. 


That 














17 Vicrortz. 


That the Names of the Members present each 
day on the sitting of any Select Committee, be en- 
tered on the Minutes of Evidence, or on the Minutes 
of the Proceedings of the Committee (as the case 
may be), and reported to the House on the Report 
of such Committee. 

That in the event of any Division taking place in 
any Select Committee, the Question proposed, the 
Name of the Proposer, and the respective Votes 
thereupon of each Member present, be entered on 
the Minutes of Evidence, or on the Minutes of the 
Proceedings of the Committee (as the case _ 
be), and reported to the House on the Report of suc 
Committee. 

That if, at any time during the sitting of a Select 
Conimittee of this House, the Quorum of Members 
fixed by the House shall not be present, the Clerk 
of the Committee shall call the attention of the 
Chairman to the fact, who shall thereupon suspend 
the Proceedings of the Committee until a Quorum 
y present, or adjourn the Committee to some future 

ay. 








A TABLE of the FEES to be charged at the 
Hovse of Commons. 


FEES to be paid by the PROMOTERS of a 
PRIVATE BILL. 


On the deposit of the Petition, Bill, Plan or | £. s. d. 
any other Document in the Private Bill Office | 5 - - 
For every day on which the Examiners shall 
inquire into the compliance with the Standing 
Orders - = = = = = #f 5B = 


For Proceeprnes in the House. 
On the presentation of the Petition for the Bill - | 5 





On the First Reading of the Bill - - -/15 = - 
On the Second Reading of the Bill - - -|15 - - 
On the Report from the Committee on the Bill- | 15 - - 
On the Third Reading of the Bill - - -}15 - - 


Bills from the Lords, commonly called Estate Bills, Divorce 
Bills, Naturalization Bills and Name Bills, te be charged 
only one-half of the preceding Fees. 

The preceding Fees on the Petition, First, Second and Third 
Readings, and Report, to be increased according to the money 
to be raised or expended under the authority of any Bill 
for the execution of a Work, in conformity with the following 
Scale :— 


Tf the sum be 50,0007., and under 100,0002. | twice the amount of 


such Fees. 
100,0007. ,, 200,000 7. three times ,, 

200,0007,  ,, 300,0007. four —,, 9 
» 800,0007. ,,  400,0002. five ,, 45 
»  400,0002. ,, 


500,000 7. six “a a 
‘ 500,0007. —,, 750,0007. seven ,, - 
‘ 750,0002. ,, 1,000,0007. eight _,, ” 
5  1,000,0007. ,, 1,500,0007. nine __,, ~ 
»  1,500,0007 ,, 2,000,0007. ten * = 


And at the same rate of increase for every additional 500,0007., 
up to five millions, and further at the like rate of increase 
for every additional million beyond five millions. 


For Proceepinés before any CommitTee. 


For every day on which the Committee shall | 


sit,— s d 
If the Promoters of the Bill appear by 
Counsel - - - a « - 71¢ &lt;&lt; 
If they appear without Counsel - *-| 6B -&lt;- 
FEES to be paid by the OPPONENTS Of a 
PRIVATE BILL. 
On the deposit of every Memorial complaining | £. a. d 


that the Standing Orders have not been com- 


plied with - - - ~ - - ia lw @ 
On the presentation or deposit of every Petition 
against a Private Bill - - - - es 


For Procernixes before the Examiners, 
or before any Committee. 


For every day on which the Examiners shall | 
inquire into any Memorial complaining of a 
non-compliance with the Standing Orders - | 

For every day on which the Petitioners appear 
by Counsel before any Committee - 

If they appear without Counsel &amp; &lt;i 


i ae -&amp; 
3 


Co or 





Vo. 108, 


5° August. 





GENERAL FEES, 


On every Motion, Order or Proceeding in the | £. s. d, 
House upon a Private Bill, Petition, or matter 
not otherwise charged - - - - -} l= = 

For Copies of all Papers and Documents, at the 
rate of 72 words in every folio,— 


If five folios or under - © © ef = 2 6 

If above five folios, per folio - - -} - - 6 

For the Copy of a Plan made by the Parties -| 1 - - 
For the inspection of a Plan, or of any docu- 

ment - - - - 5 - 


For every Plan or Document certified by The 
Speaker pursuant tc any Act of Parliament -| 10 - - 
For every day on which any parties shall be 
heard by Counsel at the Bar, from each side - | 10 - - 
For every day on which a Committee of the 
whole House shall sit on a Private Bill or 
matter - - - - - - -|/ 6 - - 
For serving any Summons or Order on a Private 
Bill or matter = - - - - - - 
For Riding Charges, if on any Private Bill or 
matter, per mile - - - - - -!| - 1 - 
For every Order for the commitment or discharge 
ofany person - - = = = -= 
For taking any person into custody for a Breach 
of Privilege or Contempt - - == = 
For taking any person into custody for any other 
cause - - - 2 2 *#© =&amp; -« 
For every day on which any person shall be in 
custody - - - - - 
For Riding Charges, per mile - - -— - 


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| 
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im bo Oo 
1 
I 





FEES to be paid on the Taxation of Costs 
on Private Bi1ts. 


Taxing Officer of tne House of Commons,” 
for the Taxation of a Bill of Costs - - 
For every £. 100 of any Bill which shall be al- 
lowed by the Taxing Officer - - - 
For every Billunder £.100 - - -— = 
On the deposit of every Memorial complaining 
of a Report of the Taxing Officer - - -}/ le-- 
For every Certificate which shall be signed by 


For every application or reference to “ The | £. s. d. 
1 


— jt 
1 ot 
ii 





The Speaker - - - 1-- 
For —— of any Documents in the office of 

the Taxing Officer, per folio of seventy-two 

words- - -+ - - -2# - - | - 1 - 


That the same Fees be paid in case The Speaker shall refer 
to the Taxing Officer any Bill of Costs, under the authority 
of an Act of the sixth year of his late Majesty King George 
the Fourth, “ To establish a Taxation of Costs on Private 
Bills in the House of Commons.” 





That every Bill for the particular interest or benefit of 
any person or persons, whether the same be brought in upon 
Petition, or Motion, or Report from a Committee, or brought 
from the Lords, hath been and ought to be deemed a Private 
Bill within the meaning of the Table of Fees. 


FEES to be taken by the Snort Hann Writer. 





£. 8. d, 

For every day he shall attend - - - -/| 2 2 = 
For the transcript of his notes, per folio of 72 | 

words - - - - - - - -|-- 9 


| The preceding Fees shall be charged, paid and received at 
| such times, in such manner, and under such regulations, as 
The Speaker shall from time to time direct. 

| Ordered, That the said Orders be Standing Or- 
| ders of this House. 

| Ordered, That the said Standing Orders be printed. 
| 

| Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
‘on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
| Petitions presented upon the 3d and 4th days of 


, this instant August; and had directed him to make 


|a Report thereof to the House. 
| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
| and be printed. 


| The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Pilotage Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Crause, N° 10 (Power to the Board of Trade to 
/examine and grant pilotage certificates to masters 
| and mates on the pilotage authorities refusing to do 
'so under 12 &amp; 13 Vice. c. 88). 

ou 4 


Amendment 


Public 
Petitions 
(Eighty -first 
Report. ) 


Pilotage Bill. 











































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ee 


“dee em 





Customs Bill. 


Customs Acts 
Consolidation 
Bill. 


Betting- 
houses Bill. 


Standing 
Orders. 


East Indian 
Railway 
Company. 


East Indian 
Railway 
Company Bill. 


Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Eighty- 
second Report. 


792 


Amendment proposed, in p. 6, 1. 32: After the 
word “ mate” to isert the words “ of any coast- 
“ ing ship or vessel.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted 
——put, and negatived. 
n Amendment made. 

An Amendment mad 

Clause as amended, agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 11 to N° 25, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Clauses added. 

reamble agreed to. 
P ble agreed t 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committce had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Customs Billi; — 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Customs Acts Consolidation 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Sir William Moles- 
worth reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Betting-houses Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee 
on Standing Orders, a Resolution; which was read, 
as followeth : 

That in the case of the East Indian Railway 
Company Petition for Bill, the Standing Orders 
ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties be 
permitted to proceed with their Bill, provided the 
same be presented not later than three clear days 
after the presentation of this Report. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect | 
of the Petition for the East Indian Railway Company 


5° Augusti. 





Bill, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill | 
to amend an Act, intituled, “ An Act for incorpo- | 
rating the Kast Indian Railway Company, and for | 
other purposes connected therewith:” And _ that | 
Mr. Aglionby, Viscount Jocelyn and Mr. Glyn do | 
prepare, and bring it in. 

Mr. Aglionby accordingly presented the said Bill: | 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered | 
to be read a second time. 


Petitions relating to Charitable Trusts Bill ;— 
Churches, &amp;c. Insurance ;—Crystal Palace (Syden- 
ham);— Episcopal and Capitular Estates ; — Coal 
Clearance Certificates ;—Juvenile Offenders Bill ;— 
Poor Law (Jreland) ;—and, Smoke Nuisance Abate- 
ment (Metropolis) Bill,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to the Registration of Assu- 
rances Bill, was also presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 











A. 1853. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Tinney : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Parish Vestries Parish 
(No. 2) Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Vestries 
(No. 2) Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Highway Rates Highway 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Rates Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Richmona 
by this House to the Richmond ( Yorkshire) Burgage (Yorkshire) 


Pastures Bill, without any Amendment: And also, arenes Bill 


_ The Lords have agreed to the Municipal Corpora- yrunicipat 
tions Act Amendment Bill, with an Amendment; to Corporations 
which Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence 4ct Amend- 
of this House: And also, a o. 

The Lords have agreed to the Burgh Harbours pug), 
(Scotland) Bill, with an Amendment; to which Harbours 
Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of (Scotland) 
this House: And also, = 

The Lords have agreed to the Sheriff Courts sheriff Court 
(Scot/and) Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- (Scotland) 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the West Cornwall Rail- West Cornwall 
way Bill, with Amendments; to which Amendments Railway Bill. 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— 

And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Message fro 
the laste. i 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on pidgley’s 
Pidgley’s Estate Bill; That they had examined the Estate Bill. 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and veibally amended the same, to correct some 
clerical errors ; and found the same, as amended, to 
be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That Standing Order, No. 170, be sus- 
pended in respect of the said Bill; and that the 
Bill, as amended in the Committee, be considered 
upon Monday next (amended prints having been 
deposited this day), provided the promoters give 
Notice at the Private Bill Office this day. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Regis- Registration 
tration of Assurances Bill; the Sale and Purchase of Assurances 
of Land Bill; and, the Transfer of Lands (Ireland) a! Sale and 

: - , * Purchase of 
Bill, have Power to report their Observations there- Land Bill ; 
upon to the House, together with the Minutes of and, Transfer 
the Evidence taken before them, and have leave to ‘andy Ba 
make a Special Report. (Special 

Mr. Evelyn Denison reported from the said Select Report). 
Committee, That they had considered the matters No. 889. 
to them referred, and had agreed to the following 
Report : 

Your Committee appointed at an advanced period 
of the Session, and to whom were referred three 
Bills, viz. : 

. A Bill for the Registration of Assurances ; 
2. A Bill to facilitate the Sale and Purchase 

of Land ; 

3. A Bill to facilitate the Transfer of Land 

in Lreland ; 

proceeded, in the first instance, to consider the 
Bill for the Registration of Assurances. They ex- 
amined the Petitions presented for and against the 
Bill, and heard evidence upon it; and they are of 
opinion that many of the serious objections urged in 
the Petitions against the registration of all assur- 
ances relating to landed property are well founded, 
and have been substantiated. 

Your Committee find that the Bill contains within 
itself two distinct principles of registration; one, 
contemplating the registration of all assurances in 
any manner relating to land and the legal or equitable 
estates and interests therein; the other proposing 
that the legal title alone shall be entered on the 
registry, and that there shall be no necessity to re- 
gister the instruments which declare or transmit the 
beneficial interests or equitable ownership. The = 
other 


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Bedminster 
and Cardiff 
Unions, 


Lighting of 
the House. 


Metropolitan 
Commission 
of Sewers. 


17 Vicroriz. 


other Bills which have been referred to your Com- 
mittee proceed upon a principle similar to that con- 
tained in the first Bill, on the principle of keeping 
the registered ownership wholly separate and apart 
from the equitable right or title. 

Your Committee, pursuing this idea, and confining 
their attention to that principle, have examined some 
witnesses of high professional reputation, and had 
brought under their notice a scheme for the registra- 
tion of “ Title,” or of “ Legal Ownership,” which, if 
it can be fully developed and made capable of easy 
practical operation, would appear to your Com- 
mittee to fulfil the most important conditions of re- 
gistration, and to afford the means of ensuring great 
facility for the transfer of land, combined with great 
simplicity and security of title. 

It has not been possible for your Committee, at so 
late a period of the Session, to extend their inquiry 
into all the details of this scheme, so as to present 
it in an embodied form, or to feel confident that they 
have ascertained all the difficulties which may attend 
its practical operation. They consider it worthy of 
further and more careful attention, and they are of 
opinion that registration will be practicable and 
useful if effected upon this principle. Your Com- 
mittee therefore recommend the House not to pro- 
ceed with the Bill for the Registration of Assurances ; 
but suggest the immediate appointment of a Com- 
mission for the purpose of considering the subject 
of registration of title, with reference to facilitating 
the sale and transfer of Jand, in order that a Rill for 
effecting that object may be brought into Parliament 
at the commencement of the next Session. 

The Bill “to facilitate the Transfer of Land in 
Ireland” is adapted to Ireland only. It bears evi- 
dence of great labour and care in its preparation, 
and is distinguished by the clearness and simplicity 
of its enactments. This Bill, and also the Bill “ to 
facilitate the Sale and Purchase of Land,” will furnish 
important suggestions for the consideration of the 
Commissioners. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, Vhat there be laid before this House, 
a Return of all Communications which have taken 
place between the Poor Law Guardians of the Unions 
of Bedminster and Cardiff, relative to the separation 
of the Rural from the Urban Parishes. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy or Extracts of any Despatch or Com- 
munication from any Authority under Her Majesty, 
in reference to the present state of the Intestine War 
in China. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 
as are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy 
Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Report of Mr. Goldsworthy Gurney to 
the Commissioners of Works respecting the lighting 
of the House of Commons. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return showing, in Columns, the Amount of Rates 
made and levied by the Commissioners of Sewers on 
the several Parishes within each District, for each 
year from the year 1843 to the year 1847, both in- 
clusive :—Similar Return from the year 1848 to the 
year 1852, both inclusive, while the said District was 
under the control of the Metropolitan Commission 
of Sewers; such Returns to specify, under distinct 
Heads, the Amounts received in each year in respect 
of such Rate from each Parish in the said District: 

VoL. 108, 


5° August. 793 


—And, Return showing the Length, Size and Cost 
of new Works executed in each of the said Parishes, 
from the year 1843 to the year 1852, both inclusive ; 
specifying the Amount so expended in each and 
every of such years; and of the Balance of Moneys 
paid over by the late Commissioners of Sewers to 
the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers, showing 
when, where and how expended ; each District to 
be given separately. 


rangements made by the Authority of the Boundary 
Commissioners in reference to the Electoral Divisions 
of the various Unions, either in respect of the Re- 
moval of certain Townlands from one Electoral Di- 
vision to another in the same or any other Union, or 
in any other respect alleged by the Applicants as 
making such a Revision just or desirable ; and, in the 
case of newly-formed Unions, of all Applications to 
the Poor Law Commissioners to revise the Distribu- 
tion of the Townlands in the several Electoral Di- 
visions constituting such new Unions, specifying the 
Names of the Applicants and Owners, the grounds 
on which such Applications were grounded, and the 
Reply, in each case, of the Poor Law Commis- 
sioners. 


ness. 


an Account of the Number of Live Cattle exported 
from Ireland to Great Lritain in the years 1850, 
1851 and 1852. 


Copies of any Communications received by the Trea- 


partment, or from any Person, during the years 1852 
or 1853, in reference to the state of the Ambassa- 
dor’s House at Paris :—Of all Reports of Mr. Albano 
on the same subject :—Statement of all Sums voted 
for the Repairs of the Ambassador’s House during 
each of the last six years, and of the Reports upon 
which the Estimates for such Sums were founded ; 
also of the Amount actually expended in each year ; 
with a Copy of the Reports of the Persons under 
whose direction such Expenditure was made :—And, 
General Account of the Items of the Expenditure in 
each year, stating whether such Items have been 
vouched at the Audit Office. 


held to Bail for Trial at the Middlesex Sessions, be- 
tween the Ist day of January 1851 and the 30th 
day of December 1852; the Number of Appeals 
entered for Hearing during the like Period ; and the 
Number of Days on which the Court sat for the 
despatch of Business. 


ties, Provision for Payment, &amp;c. Bill; and, after 


Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, ‘I hat the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


mittee of Supply ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 








51 being 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a pjectoral 
Return of all Applications made to the Poor Law Divisions 
Commissioners in Jreland, for a Revision of the Ar- (reland.) 


Ordered, That Mr. Dunlop have leave of absence Leave of 
for the remainder of the Session, on urgent busi- 4&gt;5enee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Cattle. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, British 


sury from the Foreign Office, or from any other De- ’ 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Middlesex 
Return of the Number of Prisoners committed or Sessions. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself South Sea and 
into a Committee on the South Sea and other Annui- ther Annui- 


some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the &amp;c. Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 




















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aia 






















Sie ee er AT er Sar St ES ut 


Metropolitan 
Bridges. 


Fire Mains, 
Windsor 
Castle. 


Buckingham 
Palace. 


Battersea 
Park. 


Chelsea 
Bridge. 


Thames 
Embankment. 


Perforation 
of Postage 
Labels, &amp;c. 


Sir William 
Snow Harris. 


Continental 
Electric 
Telegraph. 


Royal Dublin 
Society. 


794 


a proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Shair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
‘‘ a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into 
“ the state of the Metropolitan Bridges,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out, stand part of the Question :—It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. . 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 

(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for the 
extension and completion of the Fire Mains at Wind- 
sor Castle. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- 
wards the completion of the South Wing of Buck- 
ingham Palace. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
two thousand six hundred and forty-one pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of 
March 1854, the Expense of forming a Park at Bat- 
tersed. 

4, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five thou- 
sand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, towards the completion of a Bridge over the 
Thames at Chelsea. 

5. Motion made, and Question put, That a Sum, 
not exceeding Thirty-five thousand pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of 
constructing an Embankment and Public Roadway 
between Battersea and Vauxhall Bridges ; and an 
Approach from Sloane-street to Chelsea Bridge ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, 7} 04 
Yeas, \The Earl of Mulgrave : | ioe 
Tellers for the ;Mr. William Brown, 1 a9 
Noes, (Mr. Horsfall: =" 


6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for the 
purchase of the Right of the Patentee of the inven- 
tion of a Machine for the Perforation of Postage 
Labels, &amp;c. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five thou- 
sand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to enable 
Her Maieuty to make Compensation to Sir William 
Snow Harris for his expenditure of time and money 
in perfecting a mode of applying Electric Conductors 
vn board Ships. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 
fray, to the 31st day of March 1854, the Expense of 
laying down an independent Line of Wires from Lon- 
don to the Continent, and thus to enable Her Ma- 
jesty’s Government to join a Convention recently 
concluded between France, Belgium and Prussia, 
for regulating the Transmission of Messages by Elec- 
tric Telegraph. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two thou- 
sand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, for the year ending the 31st day of March 
1854, in aid of the Funds of the Royal Dublin So- 
ciety, for the purpose of building a Museum on the 
premises of the Society in Dublin. 

Resolutions to be reported, 





And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 6° die Augusti, 1853: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to 
several Resolutions. 





5°—6° Augusti. 








A. 1853. 


Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
——- at Twelve o’clock. 

r. Bouverie also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, at Twelve o’clock, again resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of Supply. 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty-five British 
thousand eight hundred and forty pounds, be granted Museum. 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and Expenses 
of the British Museum, to the 31st day of March 
1854, 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eleven General Board 
thousand nine hundred and ninety-six pounds, be °! Health. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
the General Board of Health, to the 31st day of 
March 1854. 


3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifteen Incumbered 
thousand and eighty-seven pounds, be granted to ion 
Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Salaries (freland.) 
and Expenses of the Incumbered Estates Commis- 
sion, Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1854. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ten thou- Lighthouses 
sand nine hundred and thirty pounds, be granted to “broad. 
Her Majesty, to defray, in the year 1853, the Ex- 
pense of erecting and maintaining certain Light- 
houses Abroad. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two thou- Menai Straits, 
sand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, 
in the year 1853, the Expense of Works for im- 
proving the Navigation of the Menai Straits. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two thou- Works of 
sand five hundred and seventy-three pounds, be Navigation 
granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Cost (Ireland). 
of executing certain Works of Navigation in Ireland, 
connected with Drainage, to the 31st day of March 
1854. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five thou- British 
sand eight hundred and twenty pounds, be granted aon aa 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Works, —" 
Repairs, Furniture, &amp;c., at the British Ambassador’s 
House at Paris, to the 31st day of March 1854. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- Shipping 
five thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds, be Offices, &amp;c. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of 
the Shipping Offices and Local Marine Boards under 
the Mercantile Marine Act,—and the Expenses under 
the Steam Navigation Act, to the 31st day of March 
1854. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventy Pensions 
thousand six hundred pounds, be granted to Her ee 
Majesty, to defray the Charge for Pensions to onines 
Masters and Seamen of the Merchant Service, and 
to their Widows and Children, under the Merchant 
Seamen’s Fund Act, and for Compensation to the 
late Officers of the Trustees of the Merchant Sea- 
men’s Fund, to the 31st day of March 1854. 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Slave Trade. 
thousand one hundred and seventy-five pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, for payment of Rewards for 
certain Services in Suppression of the Slave Trade 
on the Coast of Africa. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nine Ancient Laws 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- and Institutes 

: “wer . of Ireland. 
fray the Expense of the Commission appointed to 
superintend the Publication of the Ancient — 

an 








17 Vicroriz. 


and Institutes of Jrelund, to the 31st day of March 
1854. 


Corrupt Prac- 12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty 


tices at Elec- thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 

tions, Com- fr L “ane : . 

missions. ray the Expenses of Commissions appointed to in 
—_ into Corrupt Practices at Elections, under the 

orrupt Practices at Elections Act. 

Dr. Reid. 13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand seven hundred and twenty-three pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to discharge the claim of 
Dr. Reid to Compensation, in consequence of the 
discontinuance of his Services in superintending the 
Ventilation, &amp;c., of the New Houses of Parliament, 
including the Expenses incurred in the settlement of 
the Claim by Arbitration. | 

Patent Law 14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- 

— eight thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 


to defray the Fees, Salaries and Compensations, | 
payable under the provisions of the -Patent Law 
Amendment Act, to the 31st day of March 1854. | 
New Houses 15. Resolved, That an additional Sum, not exceed- ' 
of Parliament. jng Seventy thousand pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Expense for Works at the | 
New Houses of Parliament, to the 31st day of March | 
1854. 
The said Resolutions, being read a second time, | 


were agreed to. 
| 


The Assessed Taxes Bill was, according to Order, ; 
read the third time ; and Amendments were made to | 
the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to repeal certain Duties of Assessed 
Taxes, and to grant other Duties of the same de- | 
scription, and to amend the Laws relating to the ap- | 
plication of the Monies arising from the redemption | 
and purchase of the Land Tax. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Assessed 
Taxes Bill. 


Militia Ballots 
Suspension, 
and Militia 
Law Amend- 
ment Bill. 


The Militia Ballots Suspension and Militia Law 
Amendment Bill was, according to Order, read a 
second time; and committed to a Committee of the 
whole House, for Monday next. 





Lunatic __ The House, according to Order, proceeded to take | 
Asylums Bill. into consideration the Lunatic Asylums Bill, as | 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 


Monday next. 


Sheriffs (Scot- 


land) Bill. der, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Lord Elcho do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Places of The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Religious 


Worship Re- mittee on the Places of Religious Worship Regis- 
gistration Bill. tration Bill ; ' ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Friendly The Friendly Societies Bill was, according to Or- 
Societies Bill. der, read a second time; and committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Tuesday next. 


Canterbury 


Con The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
Tit. 


the adjourned Debate on the Amendment, which 
upon the 29th day of July last, was proposed to be 
made to the Question, That Mr. Speaker do issue 
his Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out 
a new Writ for the electing of two Citizens to serve 
in this present Parliament for the City of Canterbury, 
in the room of Henry Plumptre Gipps, Esquire, and 
the Honourable Henry Butler Johnstone, whose Elec- 
tion has been determined to be void; and which 
Amendment was to leave out from the word “ That ” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ no new Writ be issued for the City of Canterbury | 
Vou. 108, 





5°—6° August. 


The Sheriffs (Scot/and) Bill was, according to Or- : 


795 


“ during the present Session of Parliament,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out, stand part of the 
Question :—The House resumed the said adjourned 
Debate. 

And the Question being put:—It passed in the 
Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ no new Writ be issued for the City of Canterbury 
“ during the present Session of Parliament” be 
added instead thereof:—It was resolved in the Af- 
firmative. 

‘Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That no new Writ be issued for the City 
of Canterbury during the present Session of Parlia- 
ment. 


The Crown Suits Bill was, according to Order, Crown Suits 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee Bill. 
of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Defacing the 
a Committee on the Defacing the Coin Bill; and, Coin Bill. 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Baines reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Linen, &amp;c. 
into a Committee on the Linen, &amp;c. Manufactures (ireland) Bill 
(Ireland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, : 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Buines 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 


‘next. 


Mr. Wilson reported from the Committee on the Customs, &amp;c. 
Customs, &amp;c. Acts, a Resolution ; which was read, as 4¢*. 
followeth : 

Resolved, That in lieu of the Customs Duties now 
payable in the Js/e of Man, the following Duties be 
charged ; that is to say :— 


Coffee, the Import Duties in the United King- | £. s. d. 
dom not having been there paid thereon, 
thelb.}| - - 2 
, Corn, viz. wheat, barley, bear or bigg, oats, rye, 
peas, beans, buck wheat, maize or 
Indian corn - - the quarter | - 1 - 
| Wheat meal and flour, barley meal, oat 
meal, rye meal and flour pea meal, 
| bean meal, buck wheat meal, and 
| maize or Indian corn meal - the ewt.| - -— 44 


| Hemp - = "5 6a) ae - free. 
Hops, from the United Kingdom -  - free. 
| a free. 


Spirits, viz. :— 

Brandy, Geneva and all Foreign Spirits, not 
being Liqueurs, Cordials or perfumed 
Spirits - - - - -thegallon| - 6 - 

Rum, of the British Possessions,- the gallon | - 3 8 

British or Irish Spirits exported from a duty- 
free warehouse under bond in the United 
Kingdom - -  - «=the gallon| - 3 - 

Such Spirits not exceeding the strength 
of proof by Sykes’s hydrometer, and so 
in proportion for any greater or less 
strength than the strength of proof, and 
for any greater or less quantity than a 
gallon. 

Eau de Cologne, per flask (30, not containing 

more than one gallon) - - = -f| = = 4 

or the gallon | - 10 - 
Liqueurs, Cordials and perfumed Spirits, 
the gallon | - 10 - 

Sugar, viz. :— 

Muscovado, or any Sugar not equal in quality 
to white clay the cwt.| - 1 - 

Sugar Candy, white or brown, refined Sugar, 
or Sugar rendered by any process equal to 








refined, Foreign or British - theewt.| - 8 - 
From and after the 5th day of July 1854, 
theewt.| - 3 - 
512 Tea 





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Fae tae 


cs oer seelliges ratte 


en 


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BRE OTR 
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SPORT SE rs 


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Evidence 
Amendment 
Rill. 


Female 
Convicts Bill. 


Lean Socicties 
il. 


Apprehension 
of Offenders 
Act Amend- 
went Bill, 


Marriages, 
Holy Trinity 
Church, 
Hulme, 


Validity Bill. 


Stock.in Trade 
Exemption 
Bill, 


Feclesiastical 
Jurisdiction 
) 


Bul. 


Pitotage Bill. 


Customs Bill. 


Castoms Acts 
Vonsolidation 


796 


Tea - - 
From and after the 5th day of July 1 


d. 


£. 
the lb. | - 
854, 


the Ib. 


Tobacco, viz. :— 
Unmanufactured 
Manufactured 
Cigars 

Wine 

Wood, of all sorts - 


the lb. 
the lb. 
the lb. 
the tun of 252 gallons 


oon for) 


Goods, wares and merchandize brought from the 
United Kingdom, and entitled to any bounty 
or drawback of Excise on exportation from 
thence, and not hereinbefore enumerated or 
charged with Duty - - - 

Goods, wares and merchandize the growth, pro- 
duce or manufacture of and brought from 
the United Kingdom, and not hereinbefore 
charged with Duty 

Cioods, wares and merchandize not the growth, 
produce or manufacture of the United King- 
dom, but brought from thence, and having 
there been entered for consumption, and the | 
Import Duties having been there paid thereon | 

Goods, wares and merchandize, imported or | 
brought from any place from whence such 
goods may be lawfully imported into the 
Isle of Man, and not hereinbefore charged 
with Duty, or declared to be free of Duty, for | 
every 100/, of the value thereof - -|1 
The said Resolution, being read a second time, 

was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Customs Acts Consolidation Bill, That 
they have Power to make provision therein, pursuant 
to the said Resolution. 


* ‘ free. 


- = 8 = © free, 





free. 


~ 


- oo - = 


The Order cf the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Evidence Amendment Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Female Convicts Bill was, according to Or- 
der, read a second time; and committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Loan Societies Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Apprehension of Offenders Act Amendment 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; | 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for Mouday next. 


| 





The Marriages, Holy Trinity Church, HZudme, Va- 
lidity Bill was, according to Order, read a second 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole | 
louse, for Monday next. 


5°—6°---8° Augusti. 





A. 1853. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment, 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Copyhold,&amp;e. 
to continue Appointments under the Act for con- — 
Oe gape . — ontinuance, 
| solidating the Copyhold and Inclosure Commissions, 
and for completing Proceedings under the Tithe 
Commutation Acts: And that Mr. Lowe and Viscount 
Palmerston do prepare, and bring it in, 





Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Commons 
'to authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands in pur- aes 
| suance of a Special Report of the Inclosure Com- “** *» 
missioners for England and Wales: And that Mr. 

Wilson and Viscount Palmerston do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Black Regi- 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased ™e"t, Antigua, 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of any Correspondence between the 
West India Merchants and the Colonial Office, re- 
specting the recruiting of the Black Regiment from 
the Creole Population of Antigua:—And, of the 
Orders sent to the Commanding Officers of Regi- 
ments in the West Indies, as to the recruiting of these 
Regiments from the Population of the Islands. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, British 
Copies of any Report or Communication from the Museum. 
Heads of Departments to the Trustees of the British 
Museum, relative to the Salaries and Promotions 
subsequent to the Report of the Royal Commission 
of Inquiry into the Progress and Management of 
the said British Museum :—-And, of any Communi- 
cation or Representation made to the said Heads of 
Departments, relating to the same. 


Mr. Lowe presented a Bill to continue Appoint- Copyhold, &amp;e. 
ments under the Act for consolidating the Copyhold Commission 
and Inclosure Commissions, and for completing Pro- ee 
ceedings under the Tithe Commutation Acts: And yo. go9 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be , 
read a second time upon Monday next; and to be 
printed. 





Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to authorize the In- Commons 
closure of certain Lands, in pursuance of a Special Inclosure | 
Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England G® 3) Ba. 
and Wales: And the same was read the first time ; No. 891. 


and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 


next; and to be printed. 


The Stock in Trade Exemption Bill was, accord- | 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed to 
a Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whgle House, for Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Pilotage Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next, at Twelve o'clock. 


Tue Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittce on the Customs Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Customs Acts Consolidation Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Mr. Wilson presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- South Sea 
mand,—Estimate of the Sum required to pay off —— 
Pgnemuong under the South Sea and other Annuities }issentients. 
ac ’ 1853. No 892 

Ordered, That the said Estimate be referred to the ~” 
Committee of Supply ; and be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till One of the clock on Saturday morning, 
adjourned till Monday next. 








Lune, 8° die Augusti ; 





Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1853. 





PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave to Committees. 
sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 







Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Marquess of 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Bute’s Estate 
That in the case of the Marquess of Bute’s Estate _. 

Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 















Ordered, 





17 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That Standing Orders, Nos. 160 and 190, | 
be suspended in respect of the said Bill; and that 
the Bill be now read a second time :—The Bill was 
accordingly read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

Ordered, That Standing Orders, Nos. 167 and 191, 
be suspended in respect of the said Bill. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection to appoint the Committee on the 
Bill to sit and proceed To-morrow, or on any subse- 
quent day, if they think fit. 


— Ordered, That the Amendments made by the | 
_— Helborn« Lords to the Bayswater, Paddington and Holborn- 


pridge Rail- bridge Railway Bill be taken into consideration ‘To- 
way Bill. morrow. 





Lr ag The House proceeded to take into consideration 
= *  Chaytor’s Estate Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- | 

morrow. 
Duke of The House proceeded to take into consideration | 


patency the Duke of Cleveland’s (Harte) Estate Bill, as | 
Bill. amended in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. | 
| 


aang ed The House proceeded to take into consideration | 
and Freemen’s the Sunderland Town Moor and Freemen’s Orphan | 
Orphan —s Asylum Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Asylum Bil. = Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Lew The House proceeded to take into consideration 
*  Treffry’s Estate Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
—., The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Estate Bill. Pidgicy’s Estate Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
East Indian Ordered, That Standing Orders, Nos. 160 and 
Compe y Bill 190, be suspended in respect of the Last Indian 


Railway Company Bill; and that the Bill be now 
read a second time :—The Bill was accordingly read 
a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

Ordered, That Standing Orders, Nos. 167 and 190, 
be suspended in respect of the said Bill. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection, that they have Power to appoint 
the Committee on the Bill to meet at any time they 
may think fit. 


Smith’s Ordered, That Standing Orders, Nos. 89, 167 

a and 191, be suspended in respect of Smith’s Charity 
Estate Bill. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 

mittee of Selection, that they have leave to appoint 

the Committee on the Bill to sit immediately the 





period for petitioning against the Bill shall have | 


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municate to their Lordships, a Copy of the Report 
from the Select Committee appointed by this House 
in the present Session of Parliament, to inquire into 
the present treatment of Criminal and Destitute 
Children in this Country, and what changes are 
desirable in their present treatment, in order to 
supply industrial training, and to combine reforma- 
tion with due correction of Juvenile Crime; to- 
gether with the Minutes of Evidence taken before 
the said Committee, and the Appendix and Index 
thereto. 

Ordered, That a printed Copy of the said Report 
be conimunicated to the Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships : And that Mr. Brotherton do deliver the 
same. 


Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers ;— Re- public 
covery of Personal Liberty Bill ;— Ministers’ Money Petitions. 
(h eland) Bill ;—Early Closing of Shops ;— Medical Vide Fighty- 
Officers (Navy);—and, Turnpike Acts Continuance third Report. 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public 


jon Public Petitions; That they had examined the Petitions 


(Eighty-se- 


iti x rece nth av . is Neste 
Petitions presented upon the 5th day of this instant (0% Hepert.) 


August; and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Secretary-at-War presented, by Her Majesty’s Military 
Command,— Copy of Report on the Discipline and Prisons. , 
Management of Military Prisons, for the year 1852. 

Ordered, ‘That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply. 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty Civil Con- 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 8™sencies. 
complete the Sum necessary to defray the Charge 
of Civil Contingencies, to the 51st day of March 
1854. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five hun- Commissariat 
dred and eleven thousand eight hundred and eighty- Department. 
seven pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the Charge of the Commissariat Department, which 
will come in course of payment during the year end- 
ing on the 31st day of March 1854. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- Half-Pay, &amp;e. 
five thousand two hundred and thirty-nine pounds, of d® 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Half-Pay, Pensions and Allowances in the Commis- 
sariat Department, which will come in course of 
payment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1854. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three Governor of 
thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her Jamaica. 
Majesty, for providing for a portion of the Salary of 
the Governor of Jamaica, in the year 1853. 


elapsed. 5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty Naval Coast 
| thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- Volunteers. 
Bedford Ordered, That Standing Orders, Nos. 88, 167 and | fray the Charges for the Royal Naval Coast Volun- 


+ om, a 191, be suspended in respect of the Bedford Charity 


Estate Bill. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- | 
mittee of Selection, that they have leave to appoint | 
the Committee on the Bill to sit immediately the | 
period for petitioning against the Bill shall have | 


elapsed. 


nae and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
estitute 


teers, which will come in course of payment in the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1854. 
6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight Post-office 
hundred and thirty-five thousand two hundred and Packet 
A 4 . Service. 
twelve pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the Charge of the Post-office Packet Service, which 
will come in course of payment during the year end- 


| ing on the 31st day of March 1854. 


} 


7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two hun- Kafir War. 


Children, that part of the Message from the Lords of the 1st | dred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 


day of this instant August, wherein their Lordships | 
request, that this House will be pleased to com- | 


VoL. 108. 


towards defraying the Expenses of the Kafir War, 
beyond the ordinary Grants for Army, Navy, Ord- 
513 nance 





























Ways and 
Means. 


Supply. 


Pilotage Bill. 


Customs Bill. 


Customs Acts 
Consolidation 
Bill. 


Metropolitan 
Sewers Acts 
Continuance 
Bill. 


Charitable 
Trusts Bill. 


Hackney 
Carriage 
Duties Bill. 


Betting- 
houses Bill. 


Lunatic 
Asylums Bill. 


Defacing the 
Coin Bill. 


Linen, &amp;c. 
Manufactures 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Crown Suits 
Bill 


_the Report from the Committee of Supply ; 


798 


nance and Commissariat Services, to the 31st day of 
March 1854. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the matter to them referred ; and that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, ‘That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


' The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Pilotage Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Customs Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Customs Acts Consolidation Bill ; | 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Metropolitan Sewers Acts Continuance 
Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Charitable Trusts Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time after 
the other Orders of the day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Hackney Carriage Duties Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time after 
the other Orders of the day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Betting-houses Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Lunatic Asylums Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time after 
the other Orders of the day. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Defacing the Coin Bill, as amended 
in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
after the other Orders of the day. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Linen, &amp;c. Manufactures (Zreland) 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
after the other Orders of the day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Crown Suits Bill ; 


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A. 1853. 


Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Female 
mittee on the Female Convicts Bill; Convicts Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Loan Societies 

mittee on the Loan Societies Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, after the other 

Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 

mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Apprehension 
mittee on the Apprehension of Offenders Act Amend- of Offenders 
ment Bill ; ae See 

Resolved, That this House will, after the other , 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Marriages, 
mittee on the Marriages, Holy Trinity Church, Holy Trinity 
“eer “1 Church, Hulme 
Hulme, Validity Bill ; Validity Bill.” 
Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- gtock in Trade 
mittee on the Stock in ‘Trade Exemption Bill ; Exemption 
Resolved, That this House will, after the other 2! 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ecclesiastical 
mittee on the Ecclesiastical Leasing Act Amendment Leasing Act 
Bill ; cas 
Resolved, That this House will, after the other — 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Ministers’ 
reading of the Ministers’ Money (Jreland) Bill; | Money (Tre- 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time —_ 

after the other Orders of the day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Registrar of 
reading of the Registrar of Meetings in Bankruptcy Meetings in 
Bill ; ew 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
after the other Orders of the day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Public Works 
mittee on the Public Works Acts Amendment (Jre- Acts Amend- 
land) Bill ; _o 

Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- smoke 

mittee on the Smoke Nuisance Abatement (Metro- Nuisance 

,0lis) Bill "i Abatement 

I é . . (Metropolis) 
Resolved, That this House will, after the other Bill. 

Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 

mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Lunatics’ Care 
mittee on the Lunatics’ Care and Treatment Bill ; oo 
Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Chancery 
mittee on the Chancery Suitors’ Further Relief Bill ; a 
Resolved, That this House will, after the other a —_ 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 

mittee. 


The 








17 VicToRiZ. 


Customs, &amp;. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Acts. mittee on the Customs, &amp;c. Acts ; 
Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


Ecclesiastical The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

Jurisdiction mittee on the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Bill ; 

Bill. Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


South Sea and The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
other Annui- consideration the South Sea and other Annuities, 
oy energy Provision for Payment, &amp;c. Bill, as amended in the 
&amp;e. Bill. Committee ; ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 


tion after the other Orders of the day. 


Militia Ballots The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Suspension = mittee on the Militia Ballots Suspension and Militia 


dy Law Amendment Bill ; 


ment Bill. Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 

Places of The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

Religious mittee on the Places of Religious Worship Regis- 

Worship Re 


‘stration Bill. tration Bill ; 
gistration Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 


three months, resolve itself into the said Committee. | 


Evidence The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

Amendment mittee on the Evidence Amendment Bill ; 

= Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


Copyhold, &amp;. The Order of the day being read, for the second 


Commission reading of the Copyhold, &amp;c. Commission Continu- | 


—_— ance Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
after the other Orders of the day. 
Commons The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Inclosure reading of the Commons [nclosure (No. 3) Bill ; 


(No. 3) Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time after 


the other Orders of the day. 


Entails(Scot- Ordered, That the Amendments made bythe Lords 
land) Bill. to the Entails (Scotland) Bill, be printed. 
No, 893. 

Sligo Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 

Election. this day received a Notice from the Examiner of 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Election Petition of Edmond Rochfort, relating to 
the Borough of Sligo, is unobjectionable. 


Inclosure Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
Commission. mand,—Inclosure Commission:—Copy of Special 
Report of the Commissioners, 1853. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


West India Ordered, That the Account relative to West India 
Islands Relief. Islands Relief, which was presented upon the 5th 
No, 894, day of this instant August, be printed. 


Salt, &amp;e. Ordered, That the Return relative to Salt, &amp;c., 
No. 895, Which was presented upon the 5th day of this in- 
stant August, be printed. 


‘Church Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
Districts. to Church Districts, which was presented upon the 
No. 896. 5th day of this instant August, be printed. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 7th day of July last, for Account of the 
Gent of Copper exported from the Port of Lon- 

OL. 108. 


Copper, &amp;e. 





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don in the year ending the 5th day of January 1853, 
distinguishing each Sort, and to what Country ex- 
ported :—Similar Return for the Port of Liverpool : 
—Accounts of all Copper Ore which has been im- 
ported into the United Kingdom, for the year ending 
the 5th day of January 1853, showing the Quantity 
upon which Duty has been paid, the Desutiion from 
which the same has been imported, and the per- 
centage Quantity of metallic Copper contained in 
each Parcel of Ore upon which Duty has been paid, 
together with the Rate and Amount of Duty re- 
ceived thereon:—Of all Copper imported into the 
United Kingdom in the year ending the 5th day of 
January 1853, distinguishing each Sort of Copper, 
from what Country, and into what Ports imported : 
—Similar Return of Quantity exported :—Account 
of Tin imported into the United Kingdom, in the 
year ending the 5th day of January 1853, distin- 
guishing from what Countries imported :—Similar 
eturn of Exports of Tin:—And, Account of all 
Zine and Zinc Ore imported and exported during 
the year ending the 5th day of January 1853, and 
the Duty paid thereon (in continuation of Parlia- 
'mentary Paper, No. 462, of Session 1852). 
| Return to an Order, dated the 10th day of March Admiralty 
‘last, for a Return of the Number of Actions or Suits Court. 
‘in the High Court of Admiralty of England for 
each of the Six years preceding the passing of the 
Act 3 &amp; 4 Vie. c. 65, “ to improve the Practice and 
_ extend the Jurisdiction of the High Court of Admi- 
ralty in England,” and for each of the Six years 
preceding Christmas 1852 inclusive, specifying the 
_ Nature of each Action or Suit, and whether Per- 
sonal or against the Ship, distinguishing Foreign 
from British Ships ; and in cases of Damage, whe- 
_ ther single or cross Actions; and in cases of Posses- 
sion or Bottomry Bonds, whether involving Claims 
‘in Equity; and in cases of Wages, whether involv- 
|ing Claims of Masters and Seamen against Bank- 


| rupt Owners of Ships. 





‘last, for Returns of all School Districts formed Districts. 
under authority of the Act 7 &amp; 8 Vic. c. 101, s. 40, 
specifying Name of County; Name of Unions 
forming Districts; Number of Acres of Land pur- . 
chased or hired; Number of Children in School on 
the 1st day of January 1853 :—And, of the Names 
of the Unions in which Land has been purchased 
or hired for the Industrial Training of the Pauper 
Children, and the Number of Acres so purchased or 
hired. 

! 


' 
| 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Committee on the East Indian 
East Indian Railway Company Bill; That, inas- Railway Com- 
much as the Bill does not confer any Powers for the 2" Pi 
construction of any Railway, but is merely a Bill 
for authorizing an existing Company to enter into 
further Contracts with the Last India Company, and 
for regulating the division of Profit among the 
Shareholders in the Railway Company, the several 
| Standing Orders relating to matters required to be 
| specially reported upon by Committees on Railway 
| Bills were, in the Opinion of the Committee, inap- 
| plicable in this case ; and that they had examined the 
| allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 








Sir Charles Wood reported from the Select Com- Indian Terri- 

mittee on Indian Territories; That they had made tories (Sixth 
: eport.) 

further Progress in the matter to them referred; 897 
and directed him to make a Report thereof to the eee 
House; together with the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before them. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 





514 Mr, 


Return to an Order, dated the 15th day of April Pauper school 






Hh) 















Salvage 
Claims. 


rivate Bills. 


Divisions of 
the House. 


Acts of 
Parliament. 


Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Public 
Committees. 


Business of 
the House. 





800 


Mr. Osborne presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 22d day of July last, for a Return of 
all Cases of Assistance rendered, and of Claims 
raised for Assistance rendered, by Naval Officers, to 
Persons, Vessels or Property, that have been re- 
ported to the Secretary of the Admiralty, pursuant 
to the Admiralty Circular of the 30th day of Janu- 
ary 1852, respecting “ Salvage Claims.” 

Ordered, ‘That the said Return do lie upon the 


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A. 1853. 


Motions which have been made in the House before 
the Orders of the Day and Notices have been dis 
posed of, or in any Committee of the whole House, 
in the Sessions 1849, 1850, 1851, 1852 and 1852-58 ; 
viz. 1. That this House do now adjourn; 2. That 
this House, at its rising, will adjourn till Monday 
next, or any future day; 3. That a Debate be now 
adjourned; 4. That the Chairman of a Committee 
of the whole House do report Progress; 5. That 


ject of the Division, and the Number of Members | 


Table. the Chairman do now leave the Chair; and distin- 
guishing, in each Class, the Number of such Mo- 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | tions which were withdrawn, negatived or agreed 
Returns of the Number of Private Bills introduced | to by the House or the Committee, and the Number 
and brought from the House of Lords, and of Acts upon which there were Divisions. 

passed in the present Session, classed according to 
the following subjects : — Railways ; Roads and 





and Docks; Canals and Navigations; Churches, | of Commons sat in the present Session, stating, for 
Chapels and Burying-grounds; Paving, Lighting each Day, the Date of the Month, and the Day of 
and Improving; Gaols and other County Buildings ; | the Week, the Hour of Meeting, and the Hour of 
Inclosures ; Small Debts Courts; and all other Bills, Adjournment ; and the Total Number of Hours oc- 
and Acts:—Of all the Private Bills which, in the cupied in the Sittings of the House, and the average 
present Session, have been treated as Opposed Bills ;| Time ; and also showing the Number of Hours on 
specifying those which have been classified in Groups | which the House sat each Day, and the Number of 
by the Committee of Selection; together with the Hours after Midnight; and the Number of Entries 
Names of the Selected Members who served on in each Day’s Votes and Proceedings (in continua- 
each Committee; the First and also the Last Day' tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 576, of Session 
of the Sitting of each Committee ; the Number of) 1852). 

Days on which each Committee sat ; the Number of 
Days on which each Selected Member has served ; | 
the Bills, the Preambles of which were reported to| Alphabetical List of the Public Bills which have 
have been proved ; the Bills the Preambles of which | been introduced into the House of Commons during 
were reported to have been not proved; the Bills | the present Session, stating by whom introduced, or 
referred back to the Committee of Selection, as | which have been brought from the House of Lords ; 
having become unopposed ; and the Bills withdrawn, | the Dates of their several Stages in this House, and 
or not proceeded with by the Parties :—And, of all| distinguishing those which have since become Law 
Private Bills which, in the present Session, have | (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 575, 
been referred by the Committee of Selection to the | of Session 1852). 

Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means ; | 
together with the Names of the Members who served 








Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Sittings of 
Bridges; Waterworks; Ports; Piers; Harbours | Return of the Number of Days on which the House the House. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Public Bills. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Savings 


on each Committee; the Number of Days on which | to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Banks. 


each Committee sat; and the Number of Days on, to give directions, that there be laid before this 
which each Member attended. | House, a Return from each Savings Bank in Eng- 
° land and Wales, Scotland and Ireland, containing, 
Ordered, Thai there be laid before this House, a, in Columns, the Names of the Officers, their respec- 
Return of the Number of Divisions of the House of tive Salaries, and other Allowances, if any; the 
Commons in the present Session; stating the sub-| Amount of Security each gives; the Numbers of 
| Accounts remaining open; the Total Amount owing 
in the Majority and Minority, Tellers included ; also, | to Depositors ; the Total Amount invested with the 
the Aggregate Number in the House on each Divi-| Commissioners for the Reduction of the National 
sion; distinguishing the Divisions on Public Busi-| Debt; the Rate of Interest paid to Depositors on 
ness from Private, and also the Number of Divisions , the various Amounts of Deposit and the Average 
before and after Midnight (in continuation of Parlia-| Rate of Interest on all Accounts; and the Total 
mentary Paper, No. 574, of Session 1852). | Amount of the separate Surplus Fund, on the 20th 
| day of November 1852; the Rate per centum per 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a| annum on the Capital of the Bank for the Expenses 
Return of the Total Number of Acts passed in each of Management; the Annual Number of Receipts 
Session since the year 1800, distinguishing the Num- | from Depositors ; the Annual Number of Payments ; 
ber of Public, Private and Local and Personal Acts, | the Average Amount of Receipts; the Average 
and the Number relating to Great Britain, England, | Amount of Payments ; the Number and Amount of 
Scotland and Jreland, and those relating to the | Annuities granted; also, the Annual Expenses of 
United Kingdom. | Management, inclusive of all Payments and Salaries, 
for the year ended the 20th day of November 1852. 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a| _ Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Return of all Petitions for Private Bills deposited | Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
in the Private Bill Office of the House of Commons | of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 
for the present Session; with the Name and Address 
of the Agents respectively who have deposited the 
same. 


| Return, in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
| No, 28, of Session 1852, relating to Grain, Meal, 
Ordered, that there be laid before this House, a Flour, Live Stock, Imports and Exports, &amp;c., and 
Return of the Number of Public Committces ap- | bringing the Information given therein down to the 
pointed in the present Session, their Subjects, and end of the year 1852, and made up in a similar 
the Names of Members appointed, and their Chair- | manner. 
man; the Number of Days on which each Com- | 
mittee sat, and the Number of Days on which each | 
Member served on each Committee. | Return, in continuation of the Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 12, of Session 1852, giving, under the head 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | No. 1, the altered Form of Classification of Depo- 
Returns of the Number of each of the following | sitors’ Balances, as rendered by the Banks to the 


National 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Grain, Flour, 
&amp;e. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Savings 
Banks. 











Savings 
Banks. 


Hampton 
Court Palace 
and Kew 
Gardens. 


Peterborough 


Election 
Petitions. 


No. 898. 


Mileage Duty 


and Licenses. 


East India. 


New South 
Wales. 





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National Debt Commissioners for 1851 and 1852;| A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Serjeant Mamegs from 
and, under Head No. 5, showing, in addition to the | Manning : ati 
detailed Statements there given, the Aggregate; Mr. Speaker, 

Amount of Stocks and Securities sold and purchased a he Lords have agreed to the Entry of Seamen Entry &lt;. 
by the Commissioners on account of Savings Banks | Bill, without any Amendment: And also, nmap 
for each of the years 1851 and 1852, ending on the} _ The Lords have agreed to the Westport Port and Westport Port 


20th day of November. Harbour Bill, without any Amendment: And also, "1 Harbour 


: The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Jesus College 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a} by this House to Jesus College Estate Bill, without Estate Bill. 
Return, in continuation of Parliamentary Paper,| any Amendment: And also, 

No. 214, of Session 1852, showing, in addition to! ‘The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Sergison’s 

the detailed Statements there given, the Aggregate by this House to Sergison's Estate Bill, without any state Bill. 

Amounts under Column 1 to Column 6 inclusive, for! Amendment: And also, 

each of the years 1851 and 1852, ending on the! ‘The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Ward 

20th day of November, and giving, under Column 5, | by this House to Ward Jackson’s Estate Bill, with- Jackson's 

a detailed Account of the incidental Expenses de-| ot any Amendment: And also, Estate Bill. 

frayed by the National Debt Commissioners out of | The Lords have agreed to the Stamford and Es- Stamford and 

the Funds of the Savings Banks. | sendine Railway Bill, with an Amendment ; to which ea 
| Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of this“ ”"” ”" 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented! House: And also, 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased! |The Lords have agreed to the Turnpike Acts Con- Turnpike Acts 
to give directions, that there be laid before this|tinuance, &amp;c. Bill, with Amendments; to which ga 
House, a Return of the Number of Visitors admitted: Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of ~~ 
to see the Apartments and Pictures at Hampton| this House: And also, 

Court, and the Gardens at Kew, during the years} The Lords have agreed to the East Anglian Rail- East Anglian 
1851 and 1852, distinguishing the Number in each ways (No.2) Bill, with Amendments; to which oa 
month (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper,! Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of asia 
No. 685, of Session 1851). , this House: And also, 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to! ‘The Lords have agreed to the Severn and Wye Severn and 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are Railway and Canal Bill, with Amendments; to bid hemp 4 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. | which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 

‘rence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Staffordshire Pot- Staffordshire 
’ Potteries 

. , Waterworks 

Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of pill, 


t | this House: And also, 


Cc “ston: That they had manived into tha mations | The Lords have agreed to the Chard Railway Bill, Chard Rail- 
t a - _e ma | vee i him sevandiieendiiie | with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords V*Y Bill. 
eile soll te ogee Sak = a ' desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 


port thereof to the House, together with the Minutes; “7,, Lords have agreed to the Monmouthshire Monmouth- 


of the Evidence taken before them. . . . hire Rail 
; | Railway and Canal Bill, with Amendments; to Ste @way 
bc apt — the Report do lie upon the Table ; | which Amenaments the Lords desire the concurrence alae 
SRS US pemned. of this House: And also, 


, : . The Lords have agreed to the Boston and Mid- Boston and 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Jand Counties R ailway and Docks Bill, with Amend- Midland Coun- 


Return of the Amount of Mileage Duty and Licenses | ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the &lt;3 sae on 
(respectively) paid in each of the last Four years | concurrence of this House: And also, 
ended the 5th day of January last, by Stage Car- | The Lords have agreed to the South Wales Mine- South Wales 
riage Proprietors in England; showing, also, the ya] Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which Mineral 
respective Amounts paid in each year for the Me-| Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of @”*Y BU 
tropolis. this House: And also, 
__ The Lords have agreed to the Castlemaine Estuary Castlemaine 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a| Reclamation Bill, with Amendments; to which y ser &lt; 
Statement of all Monies disbursed by way of Gra-; Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
tuities, Donations and Grants, to the several Civil, this House: And also, 
Military, Medical and Indian Navy Funds, at the The Lords have agreed to the Limerich Improve- Limerick 
respective Presidencies of Bengal, Madras and Bom- ment Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- Improvement 
bay; likewise, a Statement, showing the Amount on| ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
which Interest is allowed by Government on the House: And also, 
Public and Private Deposits of those respective) ‘The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Petty Sessions 
Funds, and the Rate and Amount thereof, as well| to regulate the Proceedings at Petty Sessions, and (Ireland) Bill, 
as the Rate of Exchange at which the Company’s| the Duties of Justices of the Peace out of Quarter 
Rupee is made payable in England with regard to | Sessions, in Jreland ; to which the Lords desire the 
those several Funds, with the Amount of same for} concurrence of this House: And also, 
the year 1851-52, or for the latest year for which; ‘Ihe Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Summary 
the same can be supplied. | to regulate the Summary Jurisdiction of Justices of Jurisdiction 
ithe Peace, in Ireland ; to which the Lords desire the (#4) Bill 
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | concurrence of this House :—And then the Messen- 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | ger withdrew, 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Instructions under the Royal| Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Population, 
Sign Manual, issued to the Governor of Mew South | to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased &amp;c. (Edin- 
Wales, dated the 17th day of July 1825, relative to| to give directions, that there be laid before this “8 
the Division of the Territory thereof into Counties, | House, a Return, showing the Population of tie 
Parishes and Districts, and to the Appropriation of | Ancient Royalty of the City of Edinburgh, and the 
Lands. |Number of Persons connected by Membership or 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to Seat-holding with any of the City Churches within 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are | the same ; and the Number connected with any other 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. | Church or Chapel belonging to the Established 
VoL. 108, | 5K Church 





Ordered, That the Select Commi tee on the Peter i teries Waterworks Bill, with Amendments ; to which 
borough Election Petitions have Power to report the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 


Mr. Stuart Wortley reported from the said Selec 














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Black 
Regiment, 
Antigua. 


Black 
Regiment, 
Antigua. 


Peerage 
Patents. 


New South 
Wales. 


Business of 
the House. 


802 


Church of Scotland, whether situated within or with- 
out the limits of the said District; also, the Num- 
ber of Persons residing within the Ancient Royalty 
connected with each of the other religious Denomi- 
nations; aud the Number of Persons who are not 
known to be connected with any Denomination ; | 
the Return, in all cases, to iuclude Children as be- 
longing to the same Denomination as their Parents, | 
except in those cases where they are stated to be) 
otherwise connected. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to | 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are | 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. | 





8° Augusti. 





A. 3853. 


The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, \ios 


Yeas, Mr. Grenville Berkeley: 
Tellers for the; Mr. Spooner, l 50 
Noes,  \Mr. Newdegate: : aioe 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Mr. Peel presented,—Further Return to an Ad- Queen : 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 16th day of June — 
1 ” y ‘ sland. 
last, for Cupies or Extracts of Correspondence re- 
lative to the discovery of Gold at Queen Charlotte's 


Island. 


The Order made upon the 5th day of this instant 
August, for presenting to Her Majesty an humble | 
Address, that She would be graciously pleased to 
give directions, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of any Correspondence between the West 
India Merchants and the Colonial Office, respecting 
the recruiting of the Black Regiment from the 
Creole Population of Antigua :—And, of the Orders 
sent to the Commanding Officers of Regiments in 
the West Indies, as to the recruiting of these Regi- 
ments from the Population of the Islands, was read, 
and discharged. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of any Correspondence between the 
West India Merchants and the Colonial Office, re- 
specting the recruiting of the Black Regiment from 
the Creole Population of Antigua. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be Jaid before this House, a 
Return of the Persons to whom, and for what Ser- 
vices, the Sum of £. 420, charged in Civil Contin- 
gencies for 1852, was paid, and the Names of the 
several Persons receiving the same for the Patent 
creating General Fitzroy Somerset a Baron of the 
United Kingdom ; stating also by what Act of Par- 
liament or Authority each of these Persons receives 
these Payments. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House,a Copy of a Despatch from the Governor of 
New South Wales, transmitting for Her Majesty’s 
approval an Act passed by the Legislature of that 
Colony, for “ regulating the inducting of assisted 
Immigrants, and others, in the United Kingdom, 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Lighthouses, 
24th day of June last, for Copies of all Correspond- &amp;¢ (Ceylon). 
ence and Papers between Captain Biden, the Master 
Attendant at Madras, the Trinity House, Deptford 
Sirond, the Board of Admiralty, the Board of ‘l'rade, 
the Colonial Office, and the East India Company, 
on the subject of fixing Lighthouses and Beacons 
on the Basses Rocks on the Coast of Ceylon. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Lighthouses 
7th day of March last, for a Statement of what (Colonics). 
Measures have been adopted respecting the Erec- 
tion, Management and Superintendence of Light- 
houses in the British Colonies and Possessions (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Papers of Session 
1852). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Lighthouses 

22d day of April 1852, fora Statement of what Mea- (Colonies). 
sures have been adopted respecting the Erection, 
Management and Superintendence of Lighthouses 
in the British Colonies and Possessions (in conti- 
nuation of Parliamentary Papers, No, 225, of Ses- 
sion 1849, No. 656, of Session 1850, and No. 162, 
of Session 1851):—Abstract of any Returns re- 
ceived from the Colonies upon the subject, since the 
25th day of March 1851:—Copies of Correspond- 
ence between Captain Biden, Master Attendant at. 
Madras, and Rear-Admiral Austin, Commander-in- 
Chief on that Station, respecting the urgent neces- 
sity for Lights on the South-east Coast of Ceylon 
(upon the Great Basses or Little Basses), and of the 
Letters or Despatches on the subject from Rear- 
Admiral Austin to the Lords Commissioners of the 
Admiralty :—Of any other Letters, Recommenda- 
tions, or Estimates of Expense, which have been 
had regarding the same :—And, Copies or Extracts 
of Correspondence and Reports respecting the Erec- 
tion of New Lighthouses, and as to the future Ma- 
uagemeut of existing Lights, Buoys and Beacons, in 
the British Colonies and Possessions. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 





and elsewhere, and their Employment in the Colony 
for a certain time after their Arrival therein ;” to- 
gether with any Report on that Act, addressed to the | 
Secretary of State by Her Majesty’s Colonial 
Emigration Commissioners. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 


as are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy | C 


Council. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That Government Orders of the day have 
precedence on Wednesday next, till Three of the 
clock ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ till Three of 
* the clock.” 

And the Question being put, That the words 


—It passed in the Negative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put, 
That Government Orders of the day have prece- 
dence upon Wednesday next ; 





dated the 24th day of June last, for Returns of the 


Her Majesty by such Members of this House | by Bill during the same years :—Of the Number of 


| 
: Gres | lest, 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Question : | showing the extent of Land under Crops or Garden 


Sir John Young presented,—Return to an Order, Court of 
, Chancery 
% Scie ie aa Ireland). 
Number of Suits commenced by Cause Petition “7™""™ 


under the Court of Chancery (Ireland) Regulation 


and | Act, 1850, in the years 1851, 1852 and 1883, respec- 


tively :—Of the Number of new Suits commenced 


instances in which, during the same periods, the 
ourt directed an Examination of Witnesses vivd 


_voce before the Court, otherwise than for the pur- 


poses of documentary proof:—Of the Number of 
Suits in which the Court directed an Issue to try 
a Question of Fact during the same periods :—And, 
of the Number of Suits commenced by Cause Peti- 
tion,in which the Parties resorted to an examination 


| of Witnesses by Interrogatories instead of Evidence 
' by Affidavit. 


Return to an Order, dated the 6th day of June Workhouse 


for a Return from each Union in Jreland, F™ 
Accounts 


. (Ireland). 

Cultivation, the Number of Persons employed on 
the Farm, distinguishing the Number under Fifteen 
| years of age and the Number above Fifteen ; the 
| Rent by the English Acre, the Expenses incurred, 
| distinguishing, 


















-8° Augusti. 803 


distinguishing, 1st. the Value of Stock on hand at | Mackinnon, Esquire, Juhn Floyer, Esquire, George 

the commencement of the year; 2d. the Amount of| Gore Ouseley Higgins, Esquire, Frederick Wynn 

Rent and Rates paid; 3d. the Amount expended |} Knight, Esquire ; Chairman, Sir Benjamin Hail, 

for Seeds; 4th. for Implements ; 5th. for Live Stock | Baronet. : 
purchased, and Total :—Also, showing the Money| Ordered, That the Report do lic-upon the Table. 

Value of the Produce, distinguishing, 1st. the Price 

of Articles of Food consumed in the Workhouse;| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
2d. the Amount received from the Sale of Surplus | mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Crop; 3d. from Live or Dead Stock; 4th. the Value| Ordered, That the Account of the Unfunded Account of 
of Stock on hand at the end of the year, and Total ; | Debt of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the De- Unfunded 


17 VicToriz. 


Debt, referred 





Workhouse 
Manufacture 
Account 
(Ireland). 


Supply. 


Prisons and 
Convict Esta- 
blishments. 


Militia. 


Peterborough 
Election. 


Harwich 
Election, 





and showing the Profit or Loss, for the year ending 
the 29th day of September 1852. 

Return to an Order, dated the 6th day of June 
last, for a Return from each Union in Jreland of the 
Expenses incurred in Manufactures and Trades; 
showing the Value of Stock in hand at the com- 
mencement of the year, the Amount expended, 1st. 
in Tools, and 2d. in Raw Material and other neces- 
sary Articles, and Total; and the Produce, distin- | 
guishing the Cost of the made-up Clothing used in | 
the Workhouse, the Amount received from Sale of 
Work or Manufactured Articles, and the Price of the 
Stock in hand at the end of the year, and Total; 
stating the Number of Persons employed, distin- 
guishing those under Fifteen years of age from 
those above Fifteen, and showing the Profit or 
Loss, for the year ending the 29th day of September | 
1852. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
fable. 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself) 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four, 
hundred and seven thousand six hundred and sixty- | 


seven pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray | 
the Charge of the Government Prisons and Convict | 
Establishments at Home, to the 31st day of March | 
1854. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four | 
hundred and seventy-eight thousand seven hundred 
and forty pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to | 
defray the Charge of the Militia of Great Britain | 
and Jreland, from the 1st day of April 1853 to the | 


31st day of March 1854, both days inclusive. | 
Resolutions to be reported. 





| 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to se- | 
veral Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Mr. Bouverie also acquainted the House, that he | 
was directed to move, That the Committee may | 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday | 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. | 


Mr. Walpole reported from the General Committee 
of Elections, the Names of the Members of the Select | 
Committee appointed to try and determine the mat- | 
ter of the Petitions complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the City of Peterborough ; to which 
they had annexed the Petitions referred to them by 
the House relating thereto, and the Lists of Voters 
delivered in to the Committee by the Petitioners :— 
Honourable Francis Scott, John Abel Smith, Es- 
quire, John Robert Mowbray, Esquire, William Ar- 
thur Wilkinson, Esquire ; Chairman, James Milnes 
Gaskell, Esquire. 

Ordered, ‘That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Walpole reported from the General Committee 
of Elections, the Names of the Members of the Select 
Committee appointed to try and determine the mat- 
ter of the Petition complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the Borouzh of Harwich; to which 
they had annexed the Petition referred to them by 
the House relating thereto: —William Alexander 





VoL, 108, 


mands outstanding on Sth January 1853; distin- 
guishing Exchequer Bills ; Sums remaining unpaid, 
charged upon the Aids granted by Parliament ; and 
Exchequer Bills to be issued out of the Consolidated 
Fund ; and distinguishing also such part of the 
Unfunded Debt and Demands as has been provided 
for by Parliament ; together with an Account of the 
Ways and Means remaining in the Exchequer, or to 
be received on the 5th January 1853, to repay such 
part of the Unfunded Debt and Demands out- 
standing as have been provided for, which was pre- 
sented upon the 17th day of March last, be re- 
ferred to the Committee. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“cc 


in the opinion of this House, the Duty on Malt Malt, 


“ operates most injuriously to the community at 


“ large; that it greatly tends to increase the cost 
“ of animal and cereal food; that it promotes 


'“ drunkenness, by withholding Beer from the la- 


{6 


n~ 


bourer in his work, and driving him to the public- 
“ house ; and that therefore it is expedient that the 
“ Excise regulations relative to Malt be relaxed,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question :— 
It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Sveaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 

(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That, towards making guod the Sup- Consolidated 


ply granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Ten millions ¥¥4. 


six hundred and thirty-four thousand and eighty- 
seven pounds two shillings and fourpence, be granted 
out of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland. 


2. Resolved, That, towards making good the Sup- Surplus of 
ply granted to Her Majesty, there be issued and Ways and 


applied to the service of the year 1853, the Sum of ° 


| Three hundred and fifty-five thousand one hundred 


and forty-three pounds four shillings and eightpence, 
being the Surplus of Ways and Means granted for 
the service of preceding years. 


Resolutions to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to 
several Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Mr. Bouverie also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of Supply. 


Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 
follow : 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four Fire Mains, 


thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for Yinisor 


the Extension and Completion of the Fire Mains at 
Windsor Castle. 


2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty Buckingham 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- Palace. 


5Kk2 wards 


eans. 


Hs i 





















































Battersea 
Park. 


Chelsea 
Bridge. 


Thames 


Embankment. 


Perforation 
of Postage 
Labels, &amp;c. 


Sir William 
Snow Harris. 


Continental 
Electric 
Telegraph. 


Royal Dublin 


Society, 


Pilotage Bill. 


Custome Bill, 













804 8° August. A. 1853. 


wards the Completion of the South Wing of Buck 
ingham Palace. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
two thousand six hundred and forty-one pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day 
of March 1854, the Expense of forming a Park at 
Battersea. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five 
thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, towards the Completion of a Bridge over 
the Thames at Chelsea. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
five thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
towards defraying the Expense of constructing an 
Embankment and Public Roadway between Batter- 
sea and Vauxhall Bridges ; and an Approach from 
Sloane-street to Chelsea Bridge. 

6. Resolved, Tnat a Sum, not exceeding Four 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for the 
Purchase of the Right of the Patentee of the In- 
vention of a Machine for the Perforation of Postage 
Labels, &amp;c. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five 
theusand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
enable Her Majesty to make Compensation to Sir 
William Snow Harris, for his expenditure of Time 
and Money in perfecting a mode of applying Elec- 
tric Conductors on board Ships. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray, to the 31st day of March 1854, the Expense 
of laying down an independent Line of Wires from 
London to the Continent, and thus to enable Her 
Majesty’s Government to join a Convention recently 
concluded between France, Belgium and Prussia, 
for regulating the Transmission of Messages by 
Electric Telegraph. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, for the year ending the 31st day of March 
1854, in aid of the Funds of the Roval Dubiin So- 
ciety, for the purpose of building a Museum on the 
premises of the Society in Dublin. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The Pilotage Bill was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Cardwell do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Customs Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Crause, N° 1 (Appointment of Officers). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 15: After the 
word “ persons” to insert the words “and that no 
“ persons who have not undergone a long training 
“« in the lower classes, such as weighers, locker or 
“ superintendent locker, shall be eligible for the 
“ office of landing waiter or gauger ; that all vacan- 

cies in these departments te filled by well quali- 
‘* fied and experienced officers only.” 

Qvestion proposed, That those words be there 

inserted :—Ame..dment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed io. 

Cravuses, N° 2 to N° 355, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Clauses added. 

Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


. 
” 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow, 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Liverpoot 
received a Notice from the Examiner of Recogni- Election. 
zances, stating that the Recognizance to the Election 
Petition of George Holt and Robert Gladstone, re- 
ve to the Borough of Liverpool, is unobjection- 
able, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Customs Acts 
into a Committee on the Customs Acts Consolidation Consolidation 
Bill ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker’ 
‘resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, 

That the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 

mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 








The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Metropolitan 
mittee on the Metropolitan Sewers Acts Continuance Sewers Acts 
Bill; — 

‘ - ore ul. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 

solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Charitable Trusts Bill was, according to Charitable 
Order, read the third time ; and Amendments were Trusts Bill, 
made to the Bill. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(In all cases in which any lease or deed shall be 
required to be executed by the trustees of any cha- 
rity who shall exceed six in number, and shall not 
be incorporated, it shall be lawful for the trustees, 
at the meeting at which such deed or lease shali be 
approved of and directed to be executed, to declare 
_ by resolution that the execution thereof by any five 
|of their number to be named specifically for such 

purpose, shall be equivalent to execution by the 

whole body, and such deed or lease, if executed by 

such five trustees, shall have the same legal force 

and effect, to all intents and purposes, as if the same 
| had been executed by the whole body of such trus- 
tees) :—And the said Clause was brought up, and 
read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time :—It passed in the Negative. 

An Aimendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bili, in p. 2, 1. 31, by leaving out the words “ paid 
“ Commissioner,” and addiag, at the end of the 
Clause, the words “ and such Commissioners to be 
“ appointed under this Act, as shall hold their office 
“ during good behaviour, shall be subject to the 
provisions of the twenty-sixth section of the se- 
venth chapter of the statutes made in the sixth 
year of the reign of Queen Axne.” 

And the Question being put, That the words 
paid Commissioner” stand part of the Bill; 
Che House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Lett. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, 1, ” 

Yeas, (Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J° °°" 

Tellers for the (Mr. Hutt, 1 30 

Noes, (Mr. Heywood: oo 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p.19,1. 2, by leaving out the words “ any 
“ rule or practice of the Court of Chancery, or by.” 

And the Question being put, That the words 
| proposed to be left out, stand part of the Bill ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the {Mr. Hayter, 

Yeas, LMr. Grenville Berkeley: 
Tellers for the | Mr. Hadfield, 

Noes, (Mr. Pellatt: J 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 





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Lunatic 
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Defacing the 
Coin Bill. 


Linen, &amp;e. 
Manufactures 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Crown Suits 
Bill, 


17 Vicrortz. 


And the House pote continued to sit till after | 
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 9° die Augusti, 1853: 


Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in p. 25, 1. 12, by inserting after the 
word “ Oxford” the word “ and.” 
And the Question being put, That the word 
“ and” be there inserted ; 





The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the {Mr. Hayter, ) 66 
Yeas, \Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J °°° 
Tellers for the (Sir Robert Harry Inglis, 
Noes, Mr. Thornely : 
So it passed in the Negative. 
Another Amendment was proposed to be made | 
to the Bill, in p. 25, 1. 12, by inserting after the | 
word “ or” the words “ to any college, school or | 
“« institute connected with the University of Londen, | 
‘« under the provisions of any charter thereof.” | 
And the Question being put, That those words | 
be there inserted ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. | 


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Yeas, UMr. Heywood : | eel 
Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, a9. | 
Noes, { Mr. Grenville Berkeley : } oa 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in p. 25, 1. 22, by mserting after the | 
words “ Queen Anne’s Bounty” the words “ the 
* Royal Hospitals in the City of London, Guy’s | 
“* Hospital, the Corporation of the Sons of the | 
“ Clergy, and the Clergy Orphan Corporation.” 
And the Question being put, That those words | 
be there inserted :—It passed in the Negative. 
Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. | 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do | 
ass. 
. Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to’ 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments this House doth desire the concurrence 


of their Lordships. 


The Lunatic Asylums Bill was, according to | 
Order, read the third time; and Amendments were 
made to the Bill. | 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do | 
ass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Walpole do carry the Bill to| 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House | 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to/ 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Defacing the Coin Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. | 
The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Linen, &amp;c. Manufactures , 
(Ireland) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time | 
this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Crown Suits Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie :eported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 

Von. 108. 





8°—y° August. 805 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Female __ 
into a Committee on the Female Convicts Bill ; C™victs Bill. 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, 

That the Committee had gone through the Bill ; and 
directed him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Loan Societies 
into a Committee on the Loan Societies Bill; and, Bi! 


_after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
‘the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the 
| Committee had gone through the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bil!, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Apprehension 

a Committee on the Apprehension of Offenders Act to 
Amendment Bill; and, after some time spent pent Bill. 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Bouverie reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill; and directed him to report the 
same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Marriages, 
into a Committee on the Marriages, Holy Trinity — _ 
Church, Hulme, Validity Bill; and, after some time + sy 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Validity Bill. 
Mr. Bouverie reported, That the Committee had 
gone through the Bill ; and directed him to report 
the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Stock in Trade 
into a Committee on the Stock in Trade Exemption oo 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker =~ 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, 

That the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 

mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ecclesiastical 
mittee on the Ecclesiastical Leasing Act Amend- Leasing Act 
t Bill: : Amendment 
men = : : , Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 


itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Ministers’ 
reading of the Ministers’ Money (Ireland) Bill; | Money. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question — 
being proposed, ‘That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ Friday next,” 
and adding the words “ this day three months,” in- 
stead thereof. 
And the Question being proposed, That the words 
“ Friday next ” stand part of the Question :—The 
said proposed Amendment and Motion were se- 
verally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 
Ordered, That the Order for the second reading 
of the said Bill, be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Registrar of Meetings in Bankruptcy Bill Registrar of 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and ee 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for gi | 


this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Public Works 
into a Committee on the Public Works Acts Amend- 4¢ts Amend- 
ment (Ireland) 


ment (Zreland) Bill. oy 
(In the Committee.) No. 89, 


Crausss, No. 4 to N° 10, amended, and agreed 
to. 


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Cuauses, N° 11 to N° 14, agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 15 to No, 18, amended, and agreed 
to. 

Clauses added. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day; and 
be printed. 





Smoke The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Nuisance mittee on the Smoke Nuisance Abatement (Metro- 
Abatement ™ Bill _ 

(Metropolis) polis) =; , ; . 
Bill. And a Motion being made, and the Question 


being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That ” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, re- 
“ solve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left cut, stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the {Mr. Grenville Berkeley, \ .. 6 
Yeas, (The Earl of Mulgrave: — J _ 
Tellers for the ; Mr. Spooner, lie 
Noes, Mr. Malins: a 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Lunatics’ Care and Treat- | 
ment Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. | 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- | 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Wednesday 
next. 


Lunatics’ Care 
and Treat- 
ment Bill. 





Chancery The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 
Suitors’ Fur- mittee on the Chancery Suitors’ Further Relief | 
ther Relief Bill . 
Bill. ? , . ‘ 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, at 
Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said Com- 


mittee. 
Roclesleationl The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Bill. icion into a Committee on the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction 


Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie re- 
yorted, ‘That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the South Sea and other Annuities, 
Provision for Payment, &amp;c. Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day, at Twelve o'clock. 


South Sea and 
other Annui- 
ties, Provision 
for Payment, 
&amp;c. Bill. 








8°—9° 4 ugustt. 





A. 1853. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Militia Ballots 
into a Committee on the Militia Ballots Suspension Seapensien, 
and Militia Law Amendment Bill; and, after some ey onal 
time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; ment Bill. 
and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the Committee 
had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 


mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Evidence 
mittee on the Evidence Amendment Bill ; Amendment 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itseli into the said Committee. 


The Copyhold, &amp;e. Commission Continuance Bill Copyhold, &amp;e. 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and Commission 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for pa)" ™"™ 


this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Commons 
reading of the Commons Inclosure (No. 3) Bill; — Inclosure_ 

And a Motion being made, and the Question (He. 3) Bie. 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words ‘“ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 

“ now” stand part of the Question :—The said pro- 
posed Amendment was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time : 
—The Bill was accordingly read a second time; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Hackney 
reading of the Hackney Carriage Duties Bill ; ery 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this ~""* *~ 
day. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Corrupt 
to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to bri- er " 
: 3 . ections. 
bery, corrupt treating and undue influence at Elec- 
tions: And that Mr. Walpole, Mr. Disraeli and Sir 
Frederic Thesiger do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Public-houses. 
a Return of the Number of Petitions presented to 
this House, praying for a Law to be passed to close 
all Public-houses, and to prehibit the Sale of In- 
toxicating Drinks, during the whole of Sunday; 
distinguishing the Number presented in each Ses- 
sion, trom 1845 to 1853, inclusive; and the Aggre- 
gate Number of Signatures attached to the Petitions 


2 ° ‘ . , ? 
presented in each Session, and the Total Number. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Oaths in 
the Reasons assigned by the Lords for disagreeing — oe 
to one of the Amendments made by this House to ™ 
the Oaths in Chancery, &amp;c. Bill; and the same were 
again read. 

Resolved, Vhat this House doth not insist on the 
Amendment made by this House to the said Bill, 
to which their Lordships have disagreed ; and agree 
to the Amendments made by their Lordships to the 
Amendments made by this House to the said Bill, 
without any Amendment. 

Ordered, That Mr. Walpole do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
doth not insist on the Amendment made by this 
House to the said Bill, to which their Lordships 
have disagreed ; and agree to the Amendments 
made by their Lordships to the Amendments made 
by this House to the said Bill, without any Amend- 
ment. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Cork City 
to the Clerk of the Crown in Jreland, to make out W*t- 


a new Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve 
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Corrupt 
Practices at 
Elections Bill. 


No. 900. 


Committees, 


17 Vicroriz. 8°—9° 


in this present Parliament for the City and Borough 
of Cork, in the room of Francis Stack Murphy, 
Esquire, who, since his Election for the said City, 
hath accepted the office of one of the Commissioners 
for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors in England. 


Mr. Walpole presented a Bill to consolidate and 
amend the Laws relating to bribery, corrupt treating 
and undue influence at Elections: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Friday next; and to be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before Four of the 
clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 








Martis, 9° die Augusti ; 
_ Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERsS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


West Cornwall The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway Bill. the Amendments made by the Lords to the West | Returns of the Number of Quarters of Foreign and 


Bayswater, 
Paddington 
and Holborn- 
bridge Rail- 
way Bill. 


Chaytor’s 
Estate Bill. 


Pemberton’s 
Estate Bill. 


‘East Indian 


Railway Bill. 


Peterborough 
Election, 


Harwich 
Election. 


Cornwall Railway Bill; and the same were twice 


read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 





Augusti. 807 


with the Petition complaining of an undue Election 
| and Return for the Borough of Harwich :— And the 
said Letter was read, as followeth :— 

To the Right Honourable the Speaker 

of the House of Commons. 
18, Fludver-street, Westminster, 
Sir, %th August 1853, 

As Agents for Jumes Pain, Alfred Hast and Wil- 
liam Loveday, in the matter of their Petition pre- 
sented to the House of Commons, complaining of 
-an undue Election and Return of John Bagshaw, 
squire, for the Borough of Harwich, we hereby 
beg to inform you that it is not intended to proceed 
with the said Petition before the House. 

We are, Sir, 
Your very obedient servants, 
| Law, Hoimes, Anton and Turnbull. 
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Ordered, That the Committee, which was to be 
/sworn at the Table this day, be discharged. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Marquess of Bute’s Marquess 


Kstate Bill, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Wheat, &amp;c. 


‘Colonial Wheat and of Wheat Flour (converted 
| into its equivalent of Quarters), and also of ail the 
|other Kinds of Grain, Meal and Flour, imported 


to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House ‘from Foreign Countries into Ireland, from the 1st 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their | day of January 1852 to the 30th day of June 1853, 
Lordships. | inclusive, distinguishing the Quantity in each year : 


; —Of the same, and for the same Period, of all 
The House, according to Order, proceeded to take | Grain, Meal and Flour, imported from Gusset. 


into consideration the Amendments made by the | gain jnto Ireland: — And, similar distinguishing 


Lords to the Bayswater, Paddington and Holborn- 
bridge Railway Bill; and the same were twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 


Lordships. 


Chaytor’s Estate Bill was, according to Order, | 


read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hudson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Pemberton’s Estate Bill, as amended in the Com- 


mittee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the East Indian Railway 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, Vhat Standing Orders, Nos. 168 and 
177, be suspended in respect of the said Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third time: | 


—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bili do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Aglionby do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Names of the Five Members appointed to try 
and determine the matter of the Petitions, com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
City of Peterborough, were called over; and being 
come to the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petitions and Lists relative to 
the said Election be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, at Eleven o’clock, in one of the Committee 
Rooms of the House. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
received Notice, that it is not intended to proceed 
Vou. 108. 


| Returns, and for the same Period, of the Quantities 
of Grain and Flour of all Kinds imported into Great 

Britain from Ireland (in continuation of Parlia- 
| 


| mentary Paper, No. 537, of Session 1852). 


| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, East India. 


| Copies of Decision, in English, of the Sudder Court in 
| Calcutta, of the 13th day of August 1815, in the case 
| of the Collector of Chittagong, Appellant, versus Ra- 
jisserree Debea and others, Respondents :—Of Mi- 
| nute or Resolution drawn up by the Governor of Ben- 
| gal, dated the 5th day of February 1841, relative to 
| the Assessment of Government Revenue in Chitta- 
‘gong :—Of Letter, Number 13, dated the 5th day of 
_ January 1837, from the Secretary to the Government 
| of Bengal to the Judge of the District of Chittagong: 
/—Of Letter from the Commissioner of Revenue in 
| Chittagong to the Secretary of the Government of 
| Bengal, No. 894, dated the 2d day of September 
| 1841:—Of Letter in reply, from the Secretary to 
‘the said Government, No. 311, dated the 12th day 
| of October 1841 :—Of Letter, Number 638, dated 
‘the 27th day of July 1842, from the Commissioner 
of Chittagong to the Collector of Land Revenue in 
‘that District: —Of Letter or Report from the Com- 
‘missioner of Land Revenue in Chittagong to the 
| Secretary to the Government of Bengal, dated the 
24 day of September 1848, Number 560; and 
| Letter from the Secretary to the Government of 
| Bengal in reply, dated on or about the 18th day of 
| December 1848 :—Of Decision or Decree in Eng- 
‘lish, by Mr. J. Reilly, Principal Sudder Ameen of 
| Chittagong, in the case of Oomaidallee and Choonee 
| Behee, versus the Collector of Chittagong and other 
| Detendants, dated the 11th day of December 1849 ; 
also, the Decision, in J2nglish, of the additional 
Judge of Chittagong, on the Appeal preferred by the 
Collector in the said case, dated the 20th day of 
July 1850 :—Of Minute, written by Mr. Hawkins, 
Judge of the Sudder Court, dated the 18th day of 
August 1847 :—Of Letier, Number 173, dated the 
30th day of April 1845, wvitten by the the Civil and 
Sessions Judge of the Twenty-four Pergunnahs to 
the Registrar of the Sudder Court of Calcutta :— 
And, Letter dated the 26th day of July 1848, from 

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the Secretary to tie Government of Bengal to the 
Superintendent of Police in the Lower Provinces. 


Education Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 


(Ireland. ) Copies of Correspondence of Education Comm:s- 
sioners (Ireland) relative to School Books with Mr. 
Tottenham in 1840 :—Return of Books now in use 
in each of the several Model Schools :—Copies of 
Memorandums addressed to the Education Board 
by the Archbishop of Dublin, complaining of the 
Innovations introduced in some of the Model Schools 


without the Sanction of the Commissioners, and the | 


Answers thereto; and his Grace’s Replies to the 
Defence of the irregularity ; together with his No- 
tice of withdrawal from the Board :—And, of Pro- 
ceedings of Special Meeting of Education Commis- 


sioners, held on the 17th day of June 1853, with | 


reference to Rule 8, Sec. 2, referred to in the Pro- 
ceedings of the 8th day of July 1853 (826). 






A. 1853. 


| Ordered, That the Return relative to Copper, Copper, &amp;c. 
| &amp;c., which was presented upon the 8th day of this No. 903. 
| instant August, be printed. 
| Ordered, That the Return relative to Queen Queen Char. 
| Charlotte's Island, which ‘was presented upon the /otte’s Island. 
8th day of this instant August, be printed. No. 788-I, 
| Ordered, That the Return relative to Workhouse Workhouse 
Farm Accounts (Jreland), which was _ presented Farm Accounts 
‘upon the 8th day of this instant August, be printed, (reland). 
No. 904. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Workhouse Workhouse 
Manufacture Account (Jreland), which was presented Manufacture 


upon the 8th day of this instant August, be printed. (Ireland). 


No. 904, 
Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Address Prisoners. 
‘to Her Majesty, dated the 18th day of April last, 
for a Return of the Number of Persons, distin- 
'guishing Males from Females, now in custody in 





Burgh Har- 
bours (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


The House proceedel to take into consideration | the Houses of Correction and other Prisons in 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Burgh | England and Wales; specifying the Proportion of 
Harbours (Scotland) Bill; and the same was twice such Persons who have received their Education 


read. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That this House doth agree with the 
Lords in the said Amendment :—It passed in the 
Negative. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw 





| 
up Reasons to be assigned to the Lords for dis- 





| respectively at Prison Schools, Workhouse Schools, 
Sunday Schools, Mill or Factory Schools, and Com- 
mon Public or Private Schools; and, where such 
Persons have received their Education at more than 
one of such Classes of Schools, specifying, as far as 
practicable, the Total Periods of their Attendance 
at each of such Classes of Schools. 


| 


South Sea and 


other Annui- 
ties, Provision 
for Payment, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


Transporta- 
tion Bill. 


Vaccination 
Extension Bill. 


Copies of 
Specifications 
Repeal Bill. 


Chancery 
Suitors’ Fur- 
ther Relief 
Bill. 


Betting- 
houses Bill. 


Petty Sessions 
(Ireland) Bill. 


No. 901. 


Summary 

Jurisdiction 

(ireland) Bill. 
No. 902, 


agreeing to the said Amendment. Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Religious 
And a Committee was appointed of Mr. Hayter, | 10th day of May last, for a Return showing in each Instruction 
Mr. Kinnaird, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Bouverie, Mr.| Prison in the United Kingdom, on the 25th day of ™ Prisons, 
Dunlop, Mr. Sandars, Mr. Adderleyand Lord Elcho : | September 1852, the Number of Prisoners of each 
—And they are to withdraw immediately. | Religious Denomination ; the Names of the Clergy- 
Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. |men or other Religious Instructors appointed or 
officiating in each Prison during the previous year 
The South Sea and other Annuities, Provision | to promote the Reformation of the Prisoners of 
for Payment, &amp;c. Bill was, according to Order, read | each Denomination through the instrumentality of 
the third time. | their own respective Creeds; the Religious Deno- 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. | mination to which each such Clergyman or Reli- 
Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to | gious Instructor belongs ; the Salary or Allowance 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. /made to him during the year, distinguishing the 
/Sums applied for this purpose out of the Money 
The House, according to Order, resolved itself! voted by Parliament from those derived from County 
into a Committee on the Transportation Bill; and,| Rate, County Cess, or other Local Sources; the 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed | Title, Office, or Service, in virtue of which such 
the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the Salary or Allowance has been made; and the Date 
Committee had gone through the Bill. of the Appointment of each such Clergyman or Re- 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com-| ligious Instructor, or of the commencement of his 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. | Allowance, if an annual one. 
Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Deputy 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com-' 13th day of May last, for a Return of all Fees Lieutenants, 
mittee on the Vaccination Extension Bill ; charged on the Commissions of Deputy Lieutenants *“ 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday | and Officers of the Militia, in each County of Eng- 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. land and Wales. 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com-' Table. 
mittee on the Copies of Specifications Repeal Bill ; 
Resolved, Vhat this House will, To-morrow, re- 


solved, Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Lunatics 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


to iler Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Middlesex). 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| House, a Return, in a Tabular Form, for a Period 
mittee on the Chancery Suitors’ Further Relief| from Lady-day 1850 to Lady-day 1853, of the 
Bill; Number of Lunatics sent to the County Lunatic 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re-| Asylums, namely, Hanwell and Colney Hatch, by 
solve itself into the said Committee. the Parish Officers of each Parish or Union, in the 
County of Middlesex, as Pauper Lunatics, whose 
The Order of the day being read, for the third| Maintenance has been paid or promised to be paid 
reacing of the Betting-houses Bill ; for, during the Residence of the Lunatic in such 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time Asylum, by the Relations or Friends of the Lunatic, 
To-morrow. trom Funds belonging to the Lunatic, or from any 
Source other than the Poor or County Rate ; also, 
The Petty Sessions (Zreland) Bill was read the| the Weekly Rate agreed to be paid to the County 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon | for the Maintenance of such Lunatic the time during 
Friday next; and to be printed. | which the Lunatic remained in the Asylum, whe- 
| ther discharged from, and when, or now in the 
The Summary Jurisdiction (Zreland) Bill was read Asylum ; the Total Amount paid for the Mainte- 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time! nance of such Lunatic by the Parish or Union 
upon Friday next ; and to be printed. sending such Lunatic, and the Total Amount re- 


| ceived 














Burgh Har- 
bours (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Toans (Public 
Works. ) 


17 VicToriz. 


ceived by such Parish or Union, for or on account 
of such Maintenance. 


| 
| 





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“Total Charge made by the 
payment, Indemnity or 
otherwise, in each case. 


paid for Maintenance in 
agreed tu be paid to such 
Parish by way of Re- 


each case. 
County in each case, 
Total Sum received by or 


Name of Lunatic. 

To which Asylum. 

If discharged, when. 
‘Weekly Sum agreed to be 


| Name of Parish or Union. 
Female. 


| Date when sent. 
| If now in the Asylum. 





























| | 


Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 
as are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy 
Council. 





Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee ap- 
— to draw up Reasons to be assigned to the 

ords, for disagreeing to the Amendment made by 
their Lordships to the Burgh Harbours (Scotland) 
Bill; That they had drawn up Reasons accordingly, 
which they had directed him to report to the House ; 
and the same were read, as follow: 

The Commons disagree to Clause A. added by 
the Lords, for the following Reasons : 

Because the Harbour Department of the Ad- 
miralty has powers, through its own officers, 
of ascertaining all that is requisite for it to 
know for the protection of the public interest 
in the improvement of Harbours, and is 
generally in possession of information on the 
subject. 

Because it is not in any way at present, and 
ought not to be constituted in an incidental 
way, a body to conduct a quasi judicial in- 
quiry between opposing parties, such as is 
contemplated in the Amendment. 

Because if the Harbour Department were so 
constituted, it ought to possess powers of 
summoning witnesses, of compelling them to 
answer, and to produce papers, records and 
documents, which it has not at present. 

Because the inquiry contemplated by the 
Amendment would afford means of creating 
great expense and delay in carrying into 
effect most valuable public improvements ; 
whereas the Commissioners or Trustees re- 
ferred to in the Clause happen to have great 
funds at their command, and an interest ad- 
verse to such proposed improvements, and 
the increased prosperity and trade of any 
Harbour so improved, because the notice re- 
quired by the 24th section of the Bill to be 
given to the Board of Admiralty, and the 
sanction required from that Board, afford an 
ample protection to the public interests, with- 
out any additional provision. 

Because the Amendment would throw unneces- 
sary difficulties in the way of improvements, 
which it is very desirable should be effected. 

Because the language of the Amendment is not 
sufficiently defined, and it will be very diffi- 
cult to ascertain how many Harbours pro- 
posed to be improved are or are not adjacent 
to, or connected, or in communication with 
any other Public River or Navigation. 

The said Reasons, being read a second time, were 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords to 
communicate the said Reasons (with the Bill and 
Amendment): And that Mr. Bouverie do carry 
the said Message. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the i 
VoL. 108. 


ouse,—Return to an Order, 








9° Augusti. 809 


dated the 3d day of March last, for Returns, show- 
ing the Amount remaining unissued to the Credit 
of the Commissioners for the Advance of Loans for 
Public Works in Great Britain and Ireland, on 
the 5th day of January 1851; together with all 
further Sums since placed to their Credit (under the 
several Acts of Parliament passed for that purpose), 
up to the 5th day of January 1853:—Of the 
Amount advanced to Borrowers, and contracted to 
be advanced between the 5th day of January 1851 
and the 5th day of January 1853, with the Dates of 
such Advances, the Objects thereof, and how repaid, 
the Rates of Interest, Amount of Interest paid, and 
Principal repaid: — And, Abstract, showing the 
Total of Principal and Interest paid into Her Ma- 
jesty’s Exchequer on account of Loans advanced 
by the Commissioners, under the Act 57 Geo. 3, 
c. 34, and subsequent Acts, ending the 5th day of 
January 1853 (ip part continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 512, of Session of 1851). 


Petitions relating to Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ; Public 
—Marriages Act ;—Idolatry (India) ;—Indian Ter- Petitions. 
ritories ;—Transportation Bill ;—-Ministers’ Money vide gighty- 
(Jreland) ;—Arrestment of Wages ;—Commons In- third Report. 
closure Bill ;— Education (Jreland);— Education 
Bill ;—Factories ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;—Medical 
Officers (Navy) ;—Medical Profession ;—Metropo- 
litan Sewers Acts Continuance Bill ;—Ocean Penny 
Postage ;— Passengers Act Amendment Bill ; — 
and, Vaccination Extension Bill,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Serjeant Message from 

Mannin g: the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Crieff Junction CrieffJunction 
Railway Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Railway Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Zralee and Kil- Tralee and 
larney Railway (No. 2) Bill, without any Amend- Railvar 
ment: And also, (No. 2) Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Pauncefort 
by this House to Pauncefort Duncombe’s Estate Duncombe’s 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, eerie 

The Lords have agreed to the Life Association Life Associa- 
(Scotland) Bill, with an Amendment; to which tion (Scot- 
Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of "4 Bill. 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Brecon Collegiate Brecon 
Church Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- Collegiate 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this Ch¥rch Bill 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Westminster Im- westminster 
provements (Dwellings of the Working Classes) Improvements 
Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the ee atom 
— desire the concurrence of this House: And Classes) Bill 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Oxford, Worcester Oxford, Wor- 
and Wolverhampton Railway (Extension of Time, ¢ester and 


&amp;c.) Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments {yoyo 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : (Extension of 


And also, Time, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the London and North London and 
Western Railway (Crewe to Shrewsbury) Bill, with North West- 
Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords de- Gaconae” 
sire the concurrence of this House: And also, Shrewsbury) 
Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Wellington and Wellington 
Severn Junction Railway Bill, with Amendments ; #4 Severn 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- hallway Bil 
rence of this Hovse: And also, ; 

The Lords have agreed to the Saint George’s Har- Saint George's 
bour Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments Harbour Bill. 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 

And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Liverpool, Crosby Liverpool, 
and Southport Railway Bill, with Amendments ; Crosby and 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- Railway Bill 
— of this House: And then the Messenger with- 

rew, 


5 L Mr. 










810 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
complete the Sum necessary to defray the Charge of 
Civil Contingencies, to the 31st day of March 
1854. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five hun- 
dred and eleven thousand eight hundred and eighty- 
seven pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the Charge of the Commissariat Department, which 
will come in course of payment during the year 
ending on the 31st day of March 1854. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty-five 
thousand two hundred and thirty-nine pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Half-Pay, Pensions, and Allowances in the Com- 
missariat Department, which will come in course of 
payment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1854. 

4, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, for providing for a portion of the Salary 
of the Governor of Jamaica, in the year 1853. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 
fray the Charges for the Royal Naval Coast Volun- 
teers, which will come in course of payment in the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1854. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight 
hundred and thirty-five thousand two hundred and 
twelve pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 
fray the Charge of the Post-office Packet Service, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1854. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two hun- 
dred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
towards defraying the Expenses of the Kafir War, 
beyond the ordinary Grants for Army, Navy, Ord- 
nance aud Commissariat Services, to the 31st day 
of March 1854. 

8. fesolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four hun- 
dred and seven thousand six hundred and sixty- 
seven pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the Charge of the Government Prisons and Convict 
Establishments at Home, to the 31st day of March 
1854. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four hun- 
dred and seventy-eight thousand seven hundred and 
forty pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the Charge of the Militia of Great Britain and Ire- 
land, from the 1st day of April 1853 to the 31st 
day of March 1854, both days inclusive. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to, 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to defray the Charge of the Pay, Clothing and Con- 


tingent and other Expenses of the Disembodied | ) 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


Militia in Great Britain and Ireland ; to grant Al- 
lowances in certain cases to Subaltern Officers, 
Adjutants, Paymasters, Quartermasters, Surgeons, 
Assistant Surgeons, Surgeons Mates, and Serjeant 
Majors of the Militia; and to authorize the Em- 
ployment of the Non-commissioned Officers: And 
that Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Secretary-at-War and Vis- 
count Palmersion do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of 


Ways and Means, several Resolutions ; which were 
read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That, towards making good the Sup- 
ply granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Ten mil- 
lions six hundred and thirty-four thousand and 
eighty-seven pounds two shillings and fourpence, be 
granted out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 

2. Resolved, That, towards making good the Sup- 
ply grauted to Her Majesty, there be issued and 


applied to the service of the year 1853, the Sum of 





9° Augusti. 


}according to Order, read the third time. 





A. 1853. 


Three hundred and fifty-five thousand one hundred 
and forty-three pounds four shillings aud eight- 
pence, being the Reostas of Ways and Means granted 
for the service of preceding years. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolutions: And that Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Chancel- 
lor of the Exchequer and Mr. Wilson do prepare, 
and bring it in. 

The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Metropolitan 
mittee on the Metropolitan Sewers Acts Continuance Sewers Acts 
Bill: Continuance 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, that they have Power to make provision in 
the Bill, as to Monies borrowed or to be borrowed 
under the said Acts ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Hayter, Lay 
Yeas, | Mr. Grenville Berkeley:  § 
Tellers for the {Sir John Shelley, 1 0 

Noes, \Sir William Clay: hs 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Friendly 
into a Committee on the Friendly Societies Bill; Societies Bill. 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Customs Bill. 
into consideration the Customs Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 
A Clause (Cards imported, not to be sold with- 
out a wrapper provided by the Commissioners of 
Inland Revenue), was twice read ; and made part of 
the Bill. 
Another Clause (Commissioners of Inland Re- 
venue to provide wrappers to enclose therein Cards 
imported), was twice read; and made part of the 
Bill. 
Another Clause (Forgery of wrapper), was twice 
read; and made part of the Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 
The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Customs Acts 
into consideration the Customs Acts Consolidation a 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


The Defacing the Coin Bill was, according to Defacing the 
Order, read the third time. Coin Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr, Wilson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Linen, &amp;c. Manufactures (Jreland) Bill was, Linen, &amp;c. 
Manufactures 


. . ill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ——— 


Ordered, That Sir John Young do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Crown Suits 
into consideration the Crown Suits Bill, as amended Bill. 
in the Committee ; and Amendments were made to 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 





morrow. 
The 














17 Vicroriz. 


Female The Female Convicts Bill was, according to Or- 
Convicts Bill. ger, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, ‘That Mr. Lowe do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Loan Societies The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
Bill. take into consideration the Loan Societies Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


Apprehension The Apprehension of Offenders Act Amendment 
of — Bill was, according to Order, read the third time. 
Ac i —- Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lowe do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Marriages, The Marriages, Holy Trinity Church, Hulme, Va- 
a aed lidity Bill was, according to Order, read the third 
+ ag time. 
Validity Bil. § Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Lowe do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Stock in Trade The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
—_— into consideration the Stock in Trade Exemption 
: Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


Ecclesiastical The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Leasing Act mittee on the Ecclesiastical Leasing Act Amend- 
Amendment t Bill: ia 
Bill. oe ers oa 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 


solve itself into the said Committee. 


Registrar of The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Meetings in jnto a Committee on the Registrar of Meetings in 
| aimataead Bankruptcy Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill; and directed him to report the same, with- 

out Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


rmhorrow. 


Public Works ‘The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
Acts Amend- into consideration the Public Works Acts Amend- 
Bi (Ireland) ment (Zreland) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

, Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 

Smoke The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 

Nuisance into consideration the Smoke Nuisance Abatement 

Abatement Metr lis) Bill amended in the C . 

(Metropolis) (Metropolis) Bill, as amended in the Committee, 

Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 

Ecclesiastical ‘The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 


Jurisdiction into consideration the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Bill, 
Bill. as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


Militia Ballots The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
Suspension jnto consideration the Militia Ballots Suspension 


and Militia and Militia Law Amendment Bill, as amended in 
Law Amend- ’ 


ment Bill, the Committee ; and Amendments were made to the 
Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 
Evidence The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


rc, mittee on the Evidence Amendment Bill ; 
- Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Copyhold,&amp;c, The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Commission into a Committee on the Copyhold, &amp;c. Commis- 
sion Continuance Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 


Continuance 
Bill. 


9° August. 811 


Bouverie reported, That the Committee nad gone 
through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration ‘l’o-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Commons 
into a Committee on the Commons Inclosure (No. 3) ey ® 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr, 83) Bi 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bowverie re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill ; and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


The Hackney Carriage Duties Bill was, according Hackney Car- 
to Order, read the third time. riage Duties 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill B¥ 
(That no omnibus or public carriage of that descrip- 
tion shall be permitted to take up or set down any 
passenger in the middle or centre of any public 
street, road or thoroughfare, but on each side of the 
street, road or thoroughfare adjoming the pavement 
or causeway when going or coming to and fro; 
penalty for each offence forty shillings, or imprison- 
ment for one month):—And the said Clause was 
brought up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a 
second time :—It passed in the Negative. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (That in any case of dispute as to distance 
which cannot be decided by reference to the Book 
of Fares, which the Commissioners of Pclice are 
authorized to publish, the Magistrate presiding may 
determine the same by measurement on some 
authentic copy of the Ordnance Map of London, or 
on the reduced copy thereof already published under 
the authority of the Board of Ordnance; and in 
order to determine the points of hiring and setting 
down, where the hiring may not be from an autho- 
rized cab stand, the place of hiring shall be taken 
to be the first street, or passage, or public building, 
or any object distinctly marked on such map, which 
shall be passed after hiring, and the place of setting 
down shall be the last street, passage, building or 
object which shall be passed before setting down ; 
and if the place of setting down, or to which the 
hackney carriage shall be driven, shall be ina street 
which is not intersected by any other street, or which 
has in it no building or object so marked on the 
map as aforesaid, the Magistrate may, at his dis- 
cretion, according to the evidence, take the end or 
middle of such street as the point to which such 
carriage shall have been driven, or at which the 
hirer thereof shall have been set down) :—And the 
said Clause was brought up, and read the first time, 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a 
second time :—It passed in the Negative. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (Proprietors of Hackney Carriages withdrawing 
carriages from hire beyond a certain time, liable to 
penalty):—And the said Clause was brought up, 
and twice read, with a blank; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House :—The House ac- 
cordingly resolved itself into the Committee ; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Sir John Young reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Clause, and made 
an Amendment thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Sir John Young accordingly reported the Clause ; 
and the Amendment was read, and agreed to; and 
the said Clause was read the third time, and added 
to the Bill. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (Where Hackney Carriage is discharged beyond 
a circumference of a circle of four miles from Temple 
Bar, additional fare to be paid):—And the said 








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Consolidated 
Fund, 


Metropolitan 
Sewers. 


Public 
Committees. 


Channel 
Islands. 


Saint Ives 
Bay, Cornwall. 


British 
Museum. 


812 §°—10° 


Clause was brought up, and twice read, with a blank ; 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House : 
—The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Sir John 
Young reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Clause, and made an Amendment 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Sir John Young accordingly reported the Clause ; 
and the Amendment was read, and agreed to ; and 
the said Clause was read the third time, and added | 
to the Bill. 

And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 





Mercurii, 10° die Augusti, 1853 : | 


Another Clause was offered to be added to the | 
Bill (Increased rate of fare between the hours of | 
Twelve o’clock at midnight and half past Four o’clock | 
in the morning). | 

And a Motion being made, and the Question | 
being put, That the said Clause be now brought up: | 
—It passed in the Negative. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (Giving a right of appeal). 

And a Motion being made, and the Question | 
being put, That the said Clause be now brought up ; | 

The House divided. | 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the (Lord Dudley Stuart, 1 | 

Yeas, LMr. Isaac Butt: J 

Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, \ 

Noes, (Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Resolved, That the Biil do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lowe do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to apply a Sum out 
of the Consolidated Fund and the Surplus of Ways 
and Means to the Service of the year One thousand 
eight hundred and fifty-three: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time this day. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to establish a Metropolitan Board of Sewers, and 
to effect a more perfect system of Sewerage and 
Drainage within the limits of this Act, and to con- 
struct and alter the Sewers and Drains therein, and 
into and through the City of London, for the pur- 
pose of collecting the Sewage and Drainage, and 
converting the same into Manure, and to dispose 








thereof: And that Sir John Shelley and Sir De Lacy 


Evans do prepare, and bring it in. | 





A, 1853. 


Museum, authorizing the preparation of a descriptive 
Catalogue of British Medals; and of any further 
Minutes suspending or prohibiting the Publication 
of such Catalogue; together with an Account of 
the Expense incurred for Printing any Copies of the 
same Work, 


Augusti. 











Ordered, That Captain Laffan be added to the Map of 


Select Committee on the Map of Jreland. 


Treland, 


Mr. Secretary-at-War presented a Bill to defray Militia Pay 


the Charge of the Pay, Clothing, and Contingent Bill. 


and other Expenses of the Disembodied Militia in 
Great Britain and Ireland ; to grant Allowances in 
certain cases to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Pay- 
masters, Quartermasters, Surgeons, Assistant Sur- 
geons, Surgeons Mates und Serjeant Majors of the 
Militia; and to authorize the Employment of the 
Non-commissioned Officers: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
this day. 


Sir John Shelley presented a Bill to establish a Metropolitan 
Metropolitan Board of Sewers, and to effect a more Sewers Bib. 


perfect system of Sewerage and Drainage within 
the limits of this Act,and to construct and alter the 
Sewers and Drains therein, and into and through the 
City of London, for the purpose of collecting the 
Sewage and Drainage, and converting the same into 
Manure, and to dispose thereof: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon this day three months ; and to be printed. 


No, 905, 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Bullion, &amp;c. 


27. | to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
|to give directions, that there be laid before this 
' 41. | House, Accounts of the Notes, Securities, Bullion, 


&amp;e. of the Bank of England, as published Weekly 
in the Gazette, according to the Act 7 &amp; 8 Vic. c, 32 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 70, of 
Session 1850) :—Returns of the Quarterly Averages 
of the Weekly Liabilities and Assets of the Bank 
of England (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 70, of Session 1850, from the latest Dates given 
therein up to the present time):—Of the Monthly 
Average Aggregate Amount of Promissory Notes 
payable to Bearer on demand in circulation in the 


| United Kingdom ; distinguishing those circulated 


by the Banks of England and Ireland, and by Pri- 


vate and Joint Stock, Banks in England, Scotland 
and Ireland ; together with the Bullion in the Bank 
of England (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 70, of Session 1850, up to the present time) :— 
Of the General Weekly Average Prices of Wheat, 
Barley, Oats, Rye, Beans, and Peas, per Quarter 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 70, of 
Session 1850):—And, of the Quantities of Wheat 
and Wheat Flour, and of all other Kinds of Grain 
and Meal, stated in Quarters, imported into Great 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a | Britain during each Month of the years 1849, 1850, 
Return of the Number of Public Committees ap-} 1851, 1852, and the first Six Months of 1853; dis- 


~ 


pointed in the Session of 1852, their Subjects, and | tinguishing each Kind separately, and whether im- 


the Names of Members appointed, and their Chair- 
man, the Number of Days on which each Com- 
mittee sat, and the Number of Days on which each 
Member served on each Committee :—And, similar 
Return for the Session 1852-53 (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 660, of Session 1851). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Aecount of the several Sums paid for the Pur- 
chase of Land in the Channel Islands for Harbour 
and for Fortification purposes, stating the Place 
where situated, the extent of the Land, the Date 
when purchased, and the Prices paid for the same. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of Captain Vetch’s Report to the Admiralty, 
dated the 31st day of July 1847, on Saint Ives Bay, 
Cornwall. 


ported from Jreland, the Colonies or Foreign Parts, 
giving the Monthly Average Prices thereof, also the 
Average Price aud Totals for each year; together 
with a similar Return for the first Six Months of 
the present year (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 70, of Session 1850). 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honcurable Privy Council. 


Im ~~; 


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mee ee ew 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Police Forces 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return setting forth the Expense and Cost 
of Maintenance of the Police Force in the vear 
1852, in the following Cities and Towns :— bath, 
Birmingham, Bradford, Brighton, Bristol, Leeds, 
Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, Wolverhampton, 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of any Minute of the Trustees of the British 


Edinburgh and Glasgow, such Return to give, in 


Columns, 1. The Name of the City or Town 2. 
The 





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The Rateable Value of the Property on which the 
Rate is made within such City or Town; 3. The 
Amount raised ; 4. The Rate in the Pound Sterling ; 
5. The Population of the City or Town; 6. The 
Number of Officers of Police in each City or Town ; 
7. The Number of Police Constables ; 8. The Total 
Number of the Force :—And, similar Return for the 
Metropolis. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Metropolitan 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
Burials Act. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Lists of the Burial-grounds or Graveyards 
which have been closed by virtue of the Powers 
contained in the Act passed during the last Session 
of Parliament. intituled, “An Act to amend the 
Laws concerning the Burial of the Dead in the Me- 
tropolis :?"—Of the Applications which have been 
made to the Secretary of State for the Home De- 
partment to recommend the closing of Graveyards 
under the provisions of the same Act; and of the 
Applications to him for permission to open Ceme- 
teries or Burial-grounds within the District defined 
by the same Act; stating in what cases permission 
has been granted, and in what refused :—And, 
Copies or Extracts of all Correspondence which 
has taken place between the Home Office and any 
Parish or Company with respect to the closing of 
any Graveyard or Burial-ground, or the opening of 
any new Cemetery or Burial-ground, and of all 
Evidence laid before the Secretary of State for the 
Home Department in relation theretc (im continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 99, of the present 
Session). 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till One of the clock on Wednesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 








Mercurii, 10° die Augusti ; 
Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave 
io sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Committees. 


Smith’s 
Charity 
Estate Bill. 


Mr. Bouverie reported Smith’s Charity Estate 
Bill, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Eighty-third 
Report.) 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the sth and 9th days of 
this instant August, and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That Standing Order, No. 198, be sus- 
pended in respect of the Marquess of Bute’s Estate 
Bill, and that the Bill be read the third time forth- 
with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third time : 
—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Ordered, That Standing Order, No. 198, be sus- 
pended in respect of the Sunderland Town Moor 
and Freemen’s Orphan Asylum Bill; and that the 
Bill be read the third time forthwith. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third time ; 
—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 

VoL, 108. 


Marquess of 
Bute’s Estate 
Bill. 


Sunderland 
Town Moor 
and Freemen’s 
Orphan 
Asylum Bill. 


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813 


Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
ass. 
rdered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bull 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


do 


Petitions relating to Universal Suffrage, &amp;c. ;— Public 
Recovery of Personal Liberty Bill ;— Edinburgh Petitions. 
and Canongate Annuity Tax Abolition Bill ;—Fac- yiae vignty- 
tories ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;—Jrish Poor Law fourth Report. 
Commission Office ;—Medical Profession ;—Ocean 
Penny Postage ;—and, Tribunals of Commerce, 

—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Railways. 
mand,—A Return, showing the Number of Passen- No, 906, 
gers on all the Railways in England and Wales, 
Scotland and Ireland respectively, during the half- 
year ended the 31st December 1852, distinguished 
in different Classes, and the Receipts from each 
Class of Passengers, and from Goods, Xc. compiled 
from Returns made in pursuance of the provisions 
of the Act 3 &amp; 4 Vic. ¢. 97; aiso, the Length of 
Railway open at the Commencement and at the 
Termination of the half-year, together with a Sum- 
mary; comparing the Traffic with that in the cor- 
responding period in 1851; and a Supplement, 
showing the Aggregate Number of Miles travelled 
by each class of Passengers; the Number of Pas- 
senger Trains and of Goods Trains respectively ; 
and the Number of Miles travelled by such Trains, 
during the above-mentioned half-year. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Mr. Peel presented,—Return to an Address to Criminal Code 
Her Majesty, dated the 1st day of this instant alta.) 
Angust, for Copy of so much of the Criminal Code 
of Malta, now transmitted and lying at the Colonial 
Office, to be laid before Her Majesty for approval, 
as relates to the Punishment to be inflicted for 
Offences against the respect due to Religion. 

Ordered, That the said Return do hie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Ardglass 
Copy of Report of Captain Denham and Mr. Ren- Harbour. 
dall, recommending the Restoration of Ardglass 
Harbour. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Friendly Friendly 
Societies (Scotland), which was presented upon the Societies 


; : (Scotland). 
14th day of July last, be printed. No. 907. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Religious Religious 
Instruction in Prisons, which was presented upon Instruction 
the 9th day of this instant August, be printed. 


in Prisons. 


No, 908. 


Ordered, That the Return reijative to Loans, Loans (Public 
(Public Works), which was presented upon the 9th Works). 
day of this instant August, be printed. No. 909. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Land and 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Emigration 
: : ; : - Commission, 

to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Letters received 
and despatched daily by Her Majesty’s Emigration 
Commissioners, during the year 1852. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


The Consolidated Fund Bill was, according to Consolidated 
Order, read a second time; and committed tu a Fund Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, —s to take Friendiv 
into consideration the Friendly Societies Bill, as Societies Bill. 
amended in the Committee. 








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Ordered, 


814 10° Augusti. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


The Customs Bill was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
‘Title be, An Act to amend and consolidate the Laws 
relating to the Customs of the United Kingdom and 
of the Isle of Man, and certain Laws relating to 
Trade and Navigation, and the British Possessions. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 
the I-ords and desire their concurrence. 


Customs Bill. 


Customs Acts The Customs Acts Consolidation Bill was, ac- 
Consolidation eyrding to Order, read the third time. 
_ Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Loan Societies The Loan Societies Bill was, according to Order, 
Bill. read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Lowe do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Stock in Trade Exemption Bill was, according 
to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lowe do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Stock in Trade 
Exemption 
Bill. 


The Registrar of Meetings in Bankruptcy Bill 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bull to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Public Works The Public Works Acts Amendment (/reland) 
Acts Amend- Bij] was, according to Order, read the third time ; 
ment (Ireland) © ‘ 
Bill. and Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Liesolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Sir John Young do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Registrar of 
Meetings in 
Bankruptcy 
Pill. 


Smoke The Order of the day being read, for the third 
Nuisance reading of the Smoke Nuisance Abatement (Metro- 
Abatement lis) Bill: | 
(Metropolis) Pols) Bills a Sato 
ill. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time, 
after the other Orders of the day. 
Feclesiastical The Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Bill was, according 


Jurisdiction to Order, read the third time. 
a. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Lowe do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Militia Ballots The Militia Ballots Suspension and Militia Law 
Suspension 


— Amendment Bill was, according to Order, read the 
and Militia . . 5 ’ 
Law Amend. third tinie. 
ment Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Militia Pay Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


Militia Pay 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Betting-houses Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time after 
the other Orders of the day. 


Betting- 
houses Bill. 


Commons 
Inclosure 
(No. 3) Bill. 


The Commons Inclosure (No. 3) Bill was, accord- 
ing to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bouverie do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Crown Suits The House was moved, That the Entry in the 

Bill. Votes of yesterday, of the Proceedings of the House 
on consideration of the Crown Suits Bill, as amended 
in the Committee, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 








A. 1853. 


Ordered, That the Proceedings of the House in 
respect of the said Bill be null and void. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House. 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee :—The House 
accordingly resolved itself into the Committee ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be now taken into consideration: — The 
House accordingly proceeded to take the said Bill 
| into consideration. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 





The House, according to Order, proceeded to Metropolitan 
take into consideration the Metropolitan Sewers Acts ——— Acts 
Continuance Bill, as amended in the Committee. py” 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, preceeded to take Copyhold, &amp;c. 
into consideration the Copyhold, &amp;c. Commission Commission 
Continuance Bill, as amended in the Committee.  [ortinuance 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


To-morrow. 


into consideration the Lunatics’ Care and Treat- Se 
ment Bill, as amended in the Committee; and =~ 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Transporta- 
take into consideration the Transportation Bill, as tion Bill. 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Biil be read the third time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Come Ecclesiastical 
mittee on the Ecclesiastical Leasing Act Amend- Leasing Act 
ment Bill; Amendment 


Resolved, That this House will, after the other - 


| Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 


mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Evidence 
mittee on the Evidence Amendment Bill ; Amendment 
Resolved, That this House will, after the other Bi! 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself Copies of 
into a Committee on the Copies of Specifications Specifications 
: a ‘ - Repeal Bill. 
| Repeal Bill; and, after some time — therein, 
| Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bounerie 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Chancery 
into a Committee on the Chancery Suitors’ Further Suitors! Fur- 
: : . ther Relief 
Relief Bill; and, after some time spent therein, pin, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 


mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Fisheries 
reading of the Fisheries (Jreland) (No. 2) Bill; Saag 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time (8% 2) * 
upon this day three months. 


The Improvement of Towns (Jreland) Bill was, Improvement 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- ° Towns 
mitted toa Committee of the whole House for this 
day three months. 


(Ireland) Bill. 


The 





The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Lunatics’ Care: 








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17 Vicroriz. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Probate and Administration Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
upon the 22d day of June last, That the words “it 
“ be referred to a Select Committee to consider 
“ whether any and what regulations are necessary 
for the better protection of the Inmates of Esta- 
blishments of a conventual nature, and for the 
prevention of the exercise of undue influence in 
procuring the alienation of their property” be 
added to the word “ That” in the original Question, 
“ That the Recovery of Personal Liberty Bill be now 
“ read a second time ;” 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


ce 


‘ 
“ 
“ 


The Smoke Nuisance Abatement (Metropolis) 
Bill was, according to Order, read the third time. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(Provided always, That no information shall be laid 
against any person for the recovery of any penalty 
under this Act except by the authority of one of 
Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State, or in 
the Metropolitan Police District by the Commis- 
sioners of Police of the Metropolis, or in the City 
of London or Liberties thereof by the Commissioners 
of Police of the said City and Liberties respectively, 
acting under the orders and directions of such Se- 
cretary of State) :—And the said Clause was brought 
up, and thrice read. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be added to the Bill ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, 1 ee 
Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave : ieee 
\ 


Tellers for the /Captain Archdall, 
Noes, { Colonel Blair: J 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Viscount Palmerston do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


6. 


The Betting-houses Bill was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(That every person who shall by any bill, placard 
or writing, or by advertisement, notice or intimation 
of any kind in any newspaper, offer to give informa- 
tion as to the result of any race, fight or game, 
thereafter to be run or determined, and any editor 
or proprietor of any newspaper, inserting or know- 
ingly suffering to be inserted therein, any such ad- 
vertisement, notice or intimation as aforesaid, or 
any printer or publisher knowingly printing or pub- 
lishing any such bill, placard, advertisement, notice 
or intimation, shall, upon summary conviction 
thereof before two Justices of the Peace, forfeit and 
pay asum not exceeding Twenty pounds, or at the 
discretion of such Justices, or in default of payment 
of such fine, be imprisoned in the common gaol or 
house of correction, with or without hard labour, 
for any period not exceeding one calendar month): 
—And the said Clause was brought up, and read a 
first and second time; and, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

A Clause (Act not extend to Scotland), was 
thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lowe do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Evidence Amendment Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, 

VoL, 108. 


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815 


That the Committee had gone through the Bill; 
and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Ecclesiastical 

into a Committee on the Ecclesiastical Leasing Act Leasing Act 
. . bye Amendment 

Amendment Bill; and, after some time spent pj), 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Bouverie reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 


mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. 
the House this day, adjourn till To-morrow night, 
at Ten of the clock. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill Burgh _ 
to amend the Laws relating to the Election of Ma- Boundaries 
: 2 . (Scotland). 
gistrates and Councillors in the Royal Burghs of 
Scotland: And that Mr. Bouverie and Sir Henry 
Davie do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Slave Trade. 

Return of the manner in which the Sum of £. 2,175 
was disposed of as voted in the Civil Service Es- 
timates 1853, for Payment of Rewards for Services 
connected with the Liberation of Slaves on Shore 
in the Territories of the King of Biombo, stating 
the Authority on which such Grant or Award was 
made, with the Amount allowed for each Slave, and 
the Amount apportioned to the Flag Officer, and 
each Class respectively, for Distribution. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Brecon 
Coliegiate Church Bill; and the same were twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Viscount Goderich do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Brecon 
Collegiate 
Church Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Sheriff Courts 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Sheriff (Scotland) 
Courts (Scotland) Bill; and the same were twice’ 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Lord Elcho do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Mr. Gaskell, from the Select Committee appointed Peterborough 
to try and determine the matter of the Petitions, #lection. 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the City of Peterborough, informed the Honse, That 
the Counsel and Agents had made application to 
the Committee to adjourn till Friday next. 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to ad- 
journ till Friday next. 


Mr. Bouverie presented a Bill to amend the Laws Burgh 
relating to the Election of Magistrates and Coun- ee 
cillors in the Royal Burghs of Scotland: And the ey _— 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be y, 

; ; : ; No. 910. 
read a second time upon this day fortnight; and 
to be printed. 


Mr. Walpole reported Rushbrooke’s Divorce Bill, Rushbrooke’s 
without Amendment. Divorce Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Municipal 


the Amendment made by the Lords to the Muni- ype 
| cipal Corporations Act Amendment Bill. —a 


The said Amendment, being read a second time 
(and it appearing that the Amendment was merely 
declaratory of the existing law), was agreed to. 

Ordered, That My. Solicitor General do carry 
the Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendment made by 





their Lordships. 
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816 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Turnpike 
Acts Continuance Bill; and the same were twice 
read. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That this House doth agree with the 
Lords in the said Amendments :—It passed in the 
Negative. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw 
up Reasons to be assigned to the Lords for disagree- 
ing to the said Amendments :—And a Committee 
was appointed of Mr. Frewen, Mr. Spooner, Mr. 
Malins, Mr. Wilson, the Earl of Mulgrave, Colonel 
Sibthorp and Mr. Hamilton: And they are to 
withdraw immediately. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow 
night, at Ten of the clock. 


Turnpike Acts 
Continuance 
Bill. 








Jovis, 11° die Augusti ; 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 
M ESSAGE from the Lords, by Mr. Serjeant 


Message from 


the Lords. = Manning: 

Mr. Speaker, 
Newspaper The Lords have agreed to the Newspaper Stamp 
id Duties Duties Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 
Crime and The Lords have agreed to the Crime and Outrage 


Outrage 
(Ireland) Bill. 
Naval Coast 
Volunteers 
Bill. 

Land Tax 
Redemption 


(Ireland) Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Naval Coast Volun- 
teers Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Land Tax Redemp- 
tion Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


Biil. 
Consolidated The Lords have agreed to the Consolidated An- 
Annuities nuities (Jreland) Bill, without any Amendment : 


(Ireland) Bill. And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Turnpike Acts Con- 
tinuance (/reland) Bill, without any Amendment : 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Imperial Continental 
Gas (No. 2) Bill, without any Amendment: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Lunacy Regulation Bill, with- 
out any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Incumbered Estates (Jreland) 
Act Continuance Bill, without any Amendment: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Belfast Municipal 
Boundaries Bill, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the London and North 
Western and Buckinghamshire Railways Bill, with 
Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords de- 
sire the concurrence of this House: And also, 


Turnpike Acts 
Continuance 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Imperial Con- 
tinental Gas 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Lunacy Regu- 
lation Bill. 


Incumbered 
Estates (Ire- 
land) Act Con- 
tinuance Biil. 


Belfast 
Municipal 
Boundaries 
Bill. 


London and 
North West- 
ern and Buck- 
inghamshire 
Railways Bill. 


Harwich 
Docks and 
Vier Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Harwich Docks and 
Pier Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for removing doubts as to the Powers of the Regis- 
trar of Her Majesty’s Privy Council to administer 
Oaths, and for roviding for the performance of the 
duties of such Reena in his absence; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to 
amend the Passengers Act 1852, so far as relates to 
the Passages of Natives of Asia or Africa, and also 
Passages between the Island of Ceylon and certain 
parts of the East Indies ; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House: And also, 


Registrar of 
the Privy 
Council Bill. 


Passengers 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


10°—11° Augustz. 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to Liberated 


| the Amendments made by the Lords t 





A. 1853. 


Africans 
(Sierra Leone) 
Bill. 


remove doubts as to the Rights of the Liberated 
Africans in Sierra Leone ; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to Baron Vivian's 
settle Estates in the Counties of Cornwall and Devon, E*tate Bill. 
devised by the Will of the late Right honourable 
Richard Hussey Baron Vivian, deceased, dated the 
Twenty-fourth day of September One thousand eight 
hundred and forty-one, and thereby directed to be 
settled ; and to enable the Trustees of such settled 
Estates to carry into effect an agreement to grant a 
building lease of part of such devised Estates tu the 
West Cornwall Railway Company, and for other pur- 
poses; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords request, that this House will be pleased Decimal 
to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of the Coiase. 
Report from the Select Committee of this House on 
the practicability and advantage which would arise 
from adopting a Decimal system of Coinage :-—And 
then the Messenger withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House will send an Answer 
to the last part of the said Message by Messengers 
of their own. 

And the Messenger was again called in; and Mr. 

Speaker acquainted him therewith :—And then he 
again withdrew. 


Sir William Molesworth presented,—Return to an Lighting of 
Order, dated the 5th day of this instant August, for the House. 
Copy of the Report of Mr. Goldsworthy Gurney to No. 911. 
the Commissioners of Works, respecting the lighting 
of the House of Commons. 

Ordered, ‘that the said Return do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Boston and 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Boston ang om 
and Midland Counties Railway and Docks Bill; a ey 
and the same were twice read, and, with Amend- Bill. 
ments to several of them, agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments this House doth desire the concurrence of their 
Lordships. 





The House proceeded to take into consideration Castlemaine 
Estuary Re- 
clamation Bill. 


‘the Amendments made by the Lords to the Caséle- 
|maine Estuary Reclamation Bill. 

| The said Amendments, being read a second time 
(and it appearing that one of the Amendments was 
to omit the name of a Director, who is abroad), were 
agreed to, 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the lennbontis made by their 
Lordships. 


| 


| The House proceeded to take into consideration Chard _ 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Chard Railway Bill. 
Railway Bill; and the same were twice read, and 
agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


| 


| 





| The House proceeded to take into consideration East Angliae 
the Amendments made by the fords to the East Reon 

| Anglian Railways (No. 2) Bill; and the same were (S* — 

twice read, and agreed to. 

| Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 

to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 

hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 

ships. 


o consideration Limerick 
o the Limerick Improvement 
Improvement 


| The House proceeded to take int 




















Monmouth- 
shire Railway 
and Canal Bill. 


Severn and 
Wye Railway 
and Canal Bill. 


South Wales 
Mineral 
Railway Bill. 


Staffordshire 
Potteries 
Waterworks 


Stamford and 
Essendine 
Railway Bill. 


Duke of 
Cleveland’s 
(Harte) Estate 
Bill. 


Pidgley’s 
Estate Bill. 


Treffry’s 
Estate Bill, 


17 Vicroriz. 11° Augusti. 817 


Improvement Bill; and the same were twice read, | Ordered, That Standing Order, No. 198, be sus- Smith's 
and agreed to. . pended, in respect of Smith’s Charity Estate Bill. + oor, a 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill| | Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third pnnee 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House | time :-—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord-| Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ; 
ships. | Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
The House proceeded to take into consideration | hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the .Won- . ; 
mouthshire Railway and Canal Bill; and the same Mr. Spooner reported from the Committee ap- ee 
eaten Gosien cand. andl cemmal te pointed to draw up Reasons to be assigned to the Bill 
Ordered, T hat Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill Lords for ae age —— made by 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House oo ~~ ou - - ry oe na Bi ets Continuance 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- ill; That they had drawn up Reasons accordingly, 
ships. which they had directed him to report to the House ; 
and the same were read, as follow; 
The House proceeded to take into consideration b oo me serena ie oy — 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Severn | 2Y &gt; igr ~~~ vars ~ Sorin. pruchmealanammaaaaaaiaiae 


and Wye Railway and Canal Bill; and the same for a ae reson a a 
were twice read, and agreed to. ne ee pe 8 C08 P 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill io - 5: sg. aos _— “e pray” Somn 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House peeing, * re A te ae ae ee See 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- politan District. 
ships. Because the practice is attended with great 

danger to persons travelling along the public 

The House proceeded to take into consideration roads, and several accidents of a serious na- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the South ture have already occurred. 

Wales Mineral Railway Bill; and the same were Because dogs are not by nature fi tted for 
twice read, and agreed to. draught, and great cruelty ensues from their 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill being used for such a purpose. 


to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House The said Reasons being read a second time, were 


“re 2 Tord. | agreed to. 
—_— Ee EE Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords tu 


communicate the said Reasons (with the Bill and 

The House proceeded to take into consideration Amendments): And that Mr. Spooner do carry the 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Stafford- — 
shire Potteries Waterworks Bill; and the same were 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
= agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Petitions relating to Intoxicating Liquors ;—and, Public 
Steam Vessels, &amp;c.,—were presented, and read ; and F¢titions. 
ordered to lie upon the Table. Vide Eighty- 

fourth Report. 

The Registrar of the Privy Council Bill was read Registrar of 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time the Privy 


, . . | ‘To-morrow ; and to be printed ae nnggr 
The House proceeded to take into consideration ’ ie apie No. 912. 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Stamford 
and Essendine Railway Bill; and the same was 
twice read, and agreed to. “me T ss celal ee ea ool 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill SE SECIS RS Geoa 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House No. 913. 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord-| The Passengers Act Amendment Bill was read Passengers 
ships. the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time Act Amend- 


To-morrow ; and to be printed. ae ie 
The Duke of Cleveland’s ( Harte) Estate Bill was 0. 914. 


read the third time ; and Amendments were made to| Baron Vivian's Estate Bill was read the first time. Baron Vivian's 
the Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- Estate Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do | miners of Petitions for Private Bill. 
ass. : :' , 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Consolidated 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House ag or i ag my cag — Bill ; — 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to| ..77°74, at it be an Instruction to the Com- 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con- ; ae they have Power to receive a Clause of 
" thelr Losdshine. ppropriation. 
currence of their Lordships Then the House resolved itself into the Committee ; 
Pidgley’s Estate Bill was read the third time. and, after ore Sue ape therein, Mr. Speaker 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouserie reported, 
nen That the Committee had gone through the Bill. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill Ordered, That the Bill, re amended in the Com- 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


The Liberated Africans (Sierra Leone) Bill was Liberated 


read the first time; and ordered to be read a second Africans 
C or. Leone) 
Mil. 





The Friendly Societies Bill was, according to Friendly 
Order, read the third time. Societies Bilt. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to amend the Laws relating to the 
Investments of Friendly Societies. 

Ordered, That Mr. Sotheron do carry the Bill to 
| the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
| 





Treffry’s Estate Bill was read the third time. 

Resulved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do | 
pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House} The Order of the day being read, for the third Crown Suits 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments ; to | reading of the Crown Suits Bill; 7. 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con-| Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


currence of their Lordships. Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
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A. 18538. 


Veneris, 12° die Augusti ; 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 





Metropolitan © The Metropolitan Sewers Acts Continuance Bill 

a was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to continue and amend the Metro- | 
politan Sewers Acts. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lowe do carry the Bill to the | 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Copyhold,&amp;c. The Copyhold, &amp;c. 

yt ea was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Bill. Resolved, ‘Vhat the Bill do pass. 


Ordered, That Mr. Lowe do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


} 


Lunatics’ Care The Lunatics’ Care and Treatment Bill was, ac- 

and Treatment ¢ording to Order, read the third time. 

— A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(Provided also, That it shall not be lawful for a pro- 
prictor or superintendent of any licensed house to 
keep or confine beyond the period of six months 
any person admitted into such house as a lunatic 
under the provisions of this Act, unless a jury, as in 
the case of a writ de lunatico inquirendo, shall have 
been summoned to ascertain the lunacy of such per- 
son; on the unanimous finding of this jury, the per- 
son shall be discharged or detained, as the case 
may be; if the jurors cannot agree, then the person 
shall be transferred to the nearest County Lunatic 
Asylum, as provided for by Clause 20):—And the 
said Clause was brought up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question | 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a se- | 
cond time :—It passed in the Negative. 

Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Walpole do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 





mittee on Public Petitions; That they had Petitions 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 10th and wey ~fourth 


Commission Continuance Bill | 11th days of this instant August, and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 


| 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Life Associa- 

the Amendment made by the Lords to the Life Asso- t°” of Scot. 
a &gt; a aa + land Bill. 

ciation of Scotland Bill; and the same was twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Liverpcol, 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Liver- ay and 
pool, Crosby and Southport Railway Bill; and the Railway Bin 
same were twice read, and agreed to. ; 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration London and 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the London North Western 
and North Western Railway (Crewe to Shrewsbury) (Crane, to 
Bill; and the same were twice read, and agreed to. Shrewsbury) 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill Bill. 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Oxford, 





which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Evidence Amendment Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the taird time To- 
morrow. 


Evidence 
Amendment 
Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Militia Pay Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


Militia Pay 
Bill. 


Copies of 
Specifications 
Repeal Bill. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Copies of Specifications Re- 
peal Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


Chancery 
Suitors’ Fur- 
ther Relief 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Chancery Suitors’ Further 
Relief Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 
nome ay so The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
yaa ro take into consideration the Ecclesiastical Leasing 
Bill. Act Amendment Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill 
To-morrow. 


be read the third time 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Oxford, a 

| Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway (Extension lennens fall 

of Time, &amp;c.) Bill; and the same were twice read, way (Exten- 

and agreed to. fee.) — 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill _— 

to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 

hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 

ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Saint George's 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Saint Harbour Bill. 
George's Harbour Bill; and the same were twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 





The House proceeded to take into consideration Wellington 
and Severn 
Junction Rail- 
Same way Bill. 


| sie 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Welling- 


tun and Severn Junction Railway Bill; and the 
were twice read, and agreed to. 

| Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Westminster 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the West- as 
minster Improvements (Dwellings of the Working ge 
Classes) Bill; and the same were twice read, and Classes) Bill. 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
|ships. 


Pemberton’s Estate Bill was read the third time. Pemberton’s 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, Estate Bill. 
do pass. 


Ordered, 














Baron Vivian's 
Estate Bill. 


Entails (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Slave Trade 
Treaties. 


New Churches. 


Belfast 
Municipal 
Boundaries 
Bill. 


Baron Vivian’s 
Estate Bill. 


Coal Duties 
( Metropolis.) 


No. 916. 


Liberated 
Africans. 


Colonies. 


17 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


Ordered, That Standing Orders, N°s 66, 160, 166, 
167, 190, 191 and 192, be suspended in respect of 
Baron Vivian’s Estate Bill; and that the Examiner 
of Petitions for Private Bills have leave to sit and 
proceed forthwith. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Entails 
(Scotland) Bill; and the same were twice read, and, 
with an Amendment to one of them, agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bouverie do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- | 
ships, with an Amendment; to which Amendment 
a House doth desire the concurrence of their Lord- 
ships. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Slave 
Trade Treaties have leave to sit this day, during the 
sitting of the House. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by 
Her Majesty’s Command,—The Thirty-third Annual 
Report of Her Majesty’s Commissioners for building 
New Churches. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Belfast 
Municipal Boundaries Bill ; and the same were twice 
read, and, with an Amendment to one of them, 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Solicitor General for Zreland 
do carry the Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, 
that this House hath agreed to the Amendments 
made by their Lordships, with an Amendment ; to 
which Amendment this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of Baron Vivian’s Estate Bill, no 
Standing Orders are applicable. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second time ; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection, that they have leave to appoint 
the Committee on the Bill to sit and proceed as soon 
as they think fit. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Coal | 
Duties (Metropolis), have Power to report their 
Opinion thereupon to the House, together with the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

Sir John Shelley reported from the said Select 
Committee ; That they had considered the matters 
to them referred, and had come to a Resolution, 
which they had directed him to report to the House, 
together with the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them ; and the Resolution of the Committee 
was read, as followeth: 

Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this Com- 
mittee, that the Inquiry should be proceeded with in 
the next Session of Parliament. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
—- Papers relative to the Rights of Liberated Africans 
at Sierra Leone. 

Reports made for the year 1852, to the Secretary 
of State having the Department of the Colonies, 








VoL, 108. 








12° August. 819 


in continuation of the Reports annually made by the 
Governors of the British Colonies, with a view to 
exhibit, generally, the past and present state of Her 
Majesty's Colonial Possessions ; transmitted with the 


Blue Books for the year 1852: Part I. 


Mr. Peel also presented,—Return to an Address Ceylon. 


to Her Majesty, dated the 21st day of July last, for 
Copy of Reply from the Government of Ceylon to 
the Despatch of the Right honourable Sir John 
Pahkington, dated the 6th day of December 1852, 
relative to the connexion of the Government of the 
said Island with the Idolatry of the native Inha- 
bitants thereof. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the New South 


8th day of this instant August, for Copy of the 
Instructions under the Royal Sign Manual, issued to 
the Governor of New South Wales, dated the 17th 
day of July 1825, relative to the Division of the 
Territory thereof into Counties, Parishes and Dis- 
tricts, and to the appropriation of Lands. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Revenue and 
Expenditure 
. (Colonies. ) 


13th day of June last, for Returns, in a tabular form, 
for the last year in which they can be made up, of 
the Gross Revenues, under their different Heads, 
of each of the Colonies of Great Britain, exhibiting 
the Cost of Collection :—And, for the last year in 
which they can be made up, of the Disbursements, 
under their different Heads, of each of the Colonies 
of Great Britain (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 200, of Session 1852). 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Common 
Lodging- 
houses Act. 


Copies of all Papers received by the Board of Health, 
exhibiting the operation of the Common Lodging- 
houses Act. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Canada, 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Addresses to Her Majesty of the 
Legislative Council and Assembly of Canada, on the 
subject of the Constitution of the former House. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Assurance 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Companies. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Name, Place of Business, 
and Object of all Assurance Companies completely 
registered under the Act 7 &amp; 8 Vie. c. 110 (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 171—I. of 
Session 1852 :—And, Copy of every Account re- 
gistered by all Companies conformably with the 
provisions of the Act 7 &amp; 8 Vie. c. 110, since the 
Return made in 1852 (in continuation of Parliamen- 
tary Paper, No. 171—-I. of Session 1852). 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Decimal 
that part of the Message from the Lords of the 11th Coase. 


day of this instant August, wherein their Lordships 
request, that this House will be pleased to communi- 
cate to their Lordships, a Copy of the Report from 
the Select Committee of this House, on the practica- 
bility and advantage which would arise from adopting 
a Decimal system of Coinage. 

Ordered, That a printed Copy of the said Report 
be communicated to the Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships : And that Mr. Brotherton do deliver the 
same. 


Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Agricltural 


mand,—Copy of Letter addressed to the Board of (Seotland.) 
lrade by the Secretary of the Highland and Agri-” 4) 917 


cultural Society of Scotland, transmitting Abstract of 
5M 24 Ke urns 





ales. 






| 
i 
i 


Co SE 








820 12° Augustt. 


Returns of the Agricultural Statistics of the Counties 
of Roxburgh, Haddington and Sutherland, on the 
20th May 1853. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


China. Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,— Papers respecting the Civil War in 
China. ' 

China. Copy of Order of Her Majesty in Council for the 


Government of Her Majesty’s Subjects being within 
the Dominions of the Emperor of China, or being 
within any Ship or Vessel at a distance of not more 
than 100 miles from the Coast of China, June 13, 


1853. ; 
Sulina Copy of Correspondence with the Russian Go- 
Channel vernment respecting Obstructions to the Navigation 


(Danube) of the Sulina Channel of the Danube. 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Baron Vivian's Mr, Bouverie reported from the Committee on 
Estate Bill. Baron Vivian’s Estate Bill; That they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by striking out the alle- 
gation, “ that Letitia Dowager Lady Vivian had 
“ consented to accept to make the variation in the 
“ payment of the jointure rent-charge,” such consent 
not having been given; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


Turnpike Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
wou. mand,—Turnpike Trusts : Reports of the Secretary of 

State, under Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 80. 
Fairs and Copy of Report of the Commissioners appointed 
eee to inquire into the state of the Fairs and Markets in 
(Ireland. ) 

Lreland. ; 
Maldon Copy of Report of the Commissioners appointed 
wa. under Her Majesty’s Royal Sign Manual to inquire 


into the existence of corrupt practices in the Borough 
of Maldon, together with the Minutes of Evidence. 

Mr. Fitzroy also presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 21st day of July last, for Copies of the 
Minutes of an Investigation held before Captain 
Huband, Poor Law Inspector, in the Cork Union 
Workhouse, in May last, into Charges preferred by 
the Reverend Alexander Peyton, P.P., Blarney, | 
against Robert Wiseman, a Relieving Officer of that | 
Union:—And, of the Declarations and Affidavits 
submitted to the Poor Law Commissioners subse- 
quent to the Investigation, and of the Correspondence 
referring thereto. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Cork Union. 





Quarantine Ordered, That the Return relative to Quarantine | 
(Carthagena.) (Curthagena), which was presented upon the 1st day | 
No. 918. of this instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Lighthouses, 
xe. (Ceylon), which was presented upon the 8th day 
of this instant August, be printed. 


Lighthouses, 
&amp;c. (Ceylon. ) 
No. 919. 


‘The following Papers were laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 29th day of July last, for Copies of the 
Financial Letter from Madras to the Government 
of India, of the 3d day of January 1848, and also | 
of the Financial Letter to the Honourable Court of | 
Directors, dated the 8th day of November, No. 13, | 
of 1848:—Of Instructions from the Court of Di-! 
rectors to the Government of Judia, in their De- | 
spatch of the 30th day of July 1850, on Public | 
Works :—Of Major Wylie’s Letter of the 21st day of | 
December 1850, of Instructions of the Government | 
of India respecting Public Works :—And, Copy of 
the Letter from the Madras Government to the Ho- | 
nourable Court of Directors, Public Works Depart- | 
ment, dated the 13th day of November 1852, No. 11. 


East India, 





| Years 1850, 1851 and 1852. 





A. 1853. 


Return to an Order, dated the 6th day of June Spirits 
last, for a Return of the Total Number of Gallons of (England and 
Spirits distilled and charged with Duty in England 5°tand.) 
and Scotland severally, in each year from 1800 to 
1852, both inclusive ; the Total Amount of Duty re- 
ceived in each year, and the Rate of Duty per Gal- 
lon, distinguishing the Number of Gallons charged 
with Duty for Consumption :—Accounts, for the 
same Period, of the Number of Detections in each 
year, and of the Number of Persons prosecuted 
(specifying the Number convicted) for Offences in 
England and Scotland severally, against the Laws 
for the Suppression of Illicit Distillation :—And, for 
the same Period, of the Number of Persons con- 
fined in each year in the several Gaols in England 
and Scotland severally, either charged with or con- 
victed of any Offence against the Laws for the Sup- 
pression of Illicit Distillation. 

Return to an Order, dated the 5th day of July Malt. 
last, for an Account of the Total Number of Quarters 
of Malt made between the 5th day of July 1851 
and the 5th day of July 1852, in the United King- 
dom, distinguishing the Quantity made in each 
Country, and the Quantity used by Brewers and by 
Victuallers, and by Retail Brewers (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 222, of the present 
Session) :—And, similar Account for the year ending 
the 5th day of July 1853. 

Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of July Quarantine. 
last, for a Return in detail of all Vessels which have 
been detained in Quarantine during the Five years 
ending the Ist day of July 1853, in Great Britain, 
specifying the Name of each Vessel, the Date of 
her Arrival, the Port from which she last sailed, the 
duration of the Voyage in Days, the Number of the 
Crew and Passengers on Board, the Disease for 
which Quarantine was imposed, the Number of the 
cases of Sickness and of Death during the Voyage, 
and the Number of Sick on Board when she ar- 
rived, the duration of the Quarantine imposed, and 
whether any and how many fresh cases of Sickness 
occurred during the detention in Quarantine. 

Return to an Order, dated the 2d day of this in- Rast India 
stant August, for Returns, showing the Quantities of Importations. 
the undermentioned Articles imported into the United 
Kingdom, from Places within the limits of the Eas¢ 
India Company’s Charter, and from other Parts, in 
the year 1833; also, the Quantities of the same 
Articles re-exported, and the Quantities entered for 
Home Consumption in the said year, together with 
the Rate of Customs Duty chargeable on the several 
Articles in 1833, and any alterations of the Rates 
that may have taken place in the interval between 
1833 and the close of 1852 :—Showing also, in re- 
spect to each Article individually upon which the 
Rates may have been altered, the Imports, Re-ex- 
portations and Consumption as before, for the year 
immediately preceding, and the year immediately 
succeeding that in which such alterations occurred ; 
and further showing the like particulars for each suc- 


| cessive year, from the Date of the last alteration of the 


Rates to 1852 inclusive, riz.—Aloes, Borax, Cam- 
phor, Canes (Rattan), Columba Root, Cowries, Cu- 
bebs, Elephants’ Teeth, Gamboge, Gum Ammonia- 
cum, Gum Arabic, Assafeetida, Shellac, Seedlac, Stick- 
lac, Lac Dye, Gutta Percha, Hemp (rough), Hides, 
Tlorns, Horn Tips and Pieces of Horns, Oil (Castor), 
Rhubarb, Rice, Safflower, Sago, Saltpetre, Sanguis 
Draconis, Seeds (Aniseed, Flaxseed, and Linseed), 
Rape Seed, Senna, Silk (Raw and Waste); Silk Ma- 
nulactures. 7/z.—Bandannoes and other Silk Hand- 
kerchiefs, Silks and Crapes in Pieces, Crape Shawls, 
Scarfs, and Handkerchiefs; Spices, viz. — Cassia 
Lignea, Cassia Buds, Cinnamon, Cloves, Ginger, 
Mace, Nutmegs, Pepper; ‘Terra Japonica and Cutch, 
Turmeric, Tin, Wax ( Bees’), Wood, Teak Wood. 
Return to an Order, dated the 5th day of this in- Cattle. 

stant August, for an Account of the Number o: Live 
Cattle exported from Jreland to Great Britain in the 


Petitions 














Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Eighty- 
fifth Report. 


Consolidated 
Fund (Appro- 
priation) Bill. 


Evidence 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Copies of 
Specifications 
Repeal Bill. 


Chancery 
Suitors’ Fur- 
ther Relief 
Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Leasing Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Transporta- 
tion Bill. 


Corrupt 
Practices at 
Elections Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Cork and 
Bandon Rail- 
way (No. 2) 
Bill. 

Galway 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Treffry’s 
Estate Bill. 


Pidgley’s 
Estate Bill. 


Sunderland 
Town Moor 
and Freemen‘s 
Orphan 


Asylum Bill. 





17 Vicroris. 


Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers ;— 
Parliamentary Representation ; — Crystal Palace 
(Sydenham) ;— Marriage ; — Recovery of Personal 
Liberty Bill ;— Scottish Episcopal Clergy ;—Civil 
Bills, &amp;c. (Zreland) Act ;—Dogs ;—Education Bill ; 
— Intoxicating Liquors ; — Juvenile Mendicancy 
(No. 2) Bill;—Metropolitan Sewers Acts Continu- 
ance Bill;—Ocean Penny Postage ;—and, Turnpike 
Acts Continuance (Jreland) Bill,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Consolidated Fund (Appro- 
priation) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


The Evidence Amendment Bill was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, ‘That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Solicitor General do carry the 
Bill to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The Copies of Specifications Repeal Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 
pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Solicitor General do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, with Amendments ; 
to which Amendments this House doth desire the 
concurrence of their Lordships. 


The Chancery Suitors’ Further Relief Bill was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 
ass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Walpole do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Ecclesiastical Leasing Act Amend- 
ment Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon this day fortnight. 


The Transportation Bill was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 





Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 
pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lowe do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments this House doth desire the concurrence | 
of their Lordships. 


The Corrupt Practices at Elections Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Friday 
the 26th day of this instant August. 





A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Serjeant | 
Manning : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Cork and Bandon ; 
Railway (No. 2) Bill, without any Amendment: And 
also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Galway Improve- | 
ment Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to Treffry’s Estate Bill, without any 
Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to Pidgley’s Estate Bill, without any 
Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Sunderland Town Moor and 
Freemen’s Orphan Asylum Bill, without any Amend- 
ment: And also, 

VoL. 108. 








12° dugustz. 821 


The Lords have agreed to the Banbridge, Dublin, Banbridge, 
Newry and Belfast Junction Railway Bill, with an ey 
Amendment; to which Amendment the Lords desire Junction 
the concurrence of this House: And also, Railway Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Sain¢ Margaret and Saint Mar-_ 
Saint John the Evangelist, Westminster, Vestries ——— 
Bill, with Amendments; to which Amendments the fvangelist, 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And b pers 
also, e ; 

The Lords have agreed to the South Wales Rail- South Wales 
way (Pembroke, &amp;c.) Bill, with Amendments ; to pe PB . 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence Xe.) Bill. 
of this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the South Wales Rail- South Wales 


/way (Power to purchase, &amp;c.) Bill, with Amend- Railway 


ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the sic nlle 
concurrence of this House: And also, Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the South Wales Rail- South Wales 

‘4 ent ‘ - 1 Railway (De- 
way (Deviation) Bill, with Amendments ; to which yiation) Bill, 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Galway Harbour 
Bill, with Amendments; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, . 

The Lords have agreed to the Severn Valley Rail- — a 
way Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments ~ eee 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 

And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made ee. 
by this House to Chaytor’s Estate Bill, with Amend- “™* tania 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House :—And then the Mes- 
senger withdrew. 


Galway 
Harbour Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Vaccination. 
into a Committee on the Vaccination Extension Bill ; ©*te"s!” Bill. 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill; and di- 
rected him to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Petty Sessions 
reading of the Petty Sessions (Jreland) Bill ; (ireinnd) Ba. 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Summary 

reading of the Summary Jurisdiction (Jreland) Bill ; (irelen) Bill 
Ordered, Yhat the said Order be discharged. = ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Militia Pay 
into consideration the Militia Pay Bill, as amended Pil. 
in the Committee. No, 915. 
A Clause (Permanent Staff to be billeted), was 
twice read, and made part of the Bill. 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow ; and be printed. 


The Registrar of the Privy Council Bill was, ac- Registrar of 
. e ° » Pet 
cording to Order, read a second time ; and committed the Privy, 
ns : . om Council Bill. 
toa Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


The Liberated Africans (Sierra Leone) Bill was, Liberated 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- +, 
. . » &gt; Me 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for To- pi), 


morrow. 


The Passengers Act Amendment Bill was, ac- Passengers 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- a” 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for To- ° 
morrow. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Slave Slave Trade 
Trade Treaties have Power to report their Observa- a 
tions thereupon to the House, together with the Mi- No. 920. 
nutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

5M3 Mr, 


: PM a FPO AL SOREN TPA A RO LA A A RR EE RT Ea RES 











Map of 
Ireland. 


No, 921. 


City of 
London Tolls. 


Friendly 
Societies, 


Committees. 


Baron Vivian's 
Estate Bill. 


Salaries, &amp;c. 
(India.) 


New Palace 
(Westmin- 
ster. ) 


822 12°—13° 


Mr. Hume reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee; That they had completed the inquiry into 
the matters referred to them ; and had unanimously | 
agreed to a Report, which they had directed him to | 
make to the House, together with the Minutes of | 
the Evidence taken before them. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Map 
of Ireland have Power to report their Observations 
thereupon to the House, together with the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before them. 

Sir Denham Norreys reported from the said Select 
Committee ; That they had considered the matter to 
them referred; and directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House, together with the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before them. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Amount collected by way of Toll by 
the Corporation of the City of London, or by their 
Lessees on account of the said Toll, on the Carts 
and Waggons of Non-Freemen, from the 1st day of 
January 1852 to the present time, together with the 
Sum paid by such Lessees to the Corporation, and 
the purposes to which the same is applied. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of a Report and Tables prepared under the 
directions of the Lords of the Treasury, by the 
Actuary of the National Debt Office, on the subject 
of Sickness and Mortality among the Members of 
Friendly Societies, as shown by the Quinquennial 
Returns, to the 31st day of December 1850, received 
by the Registrar of Friendly Societies in England, 
under the Provisions of the Act 9 &amp; 10 Vie. ¢. 27. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Sabbati, 13° die Augusti ; 
Anno 17° Victoriz Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 
C RDERED, That all Committees have leave to 
sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration Baron Vivian’s Estate Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That Standing Orders, Nos. 177 and 198, 
be suspended in respect of the said Bill; and that 
the Bill be read the third time upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all Persons in fvdia receiving Salary, 
Pension, Pay, Profit or Emoluments exceeding 
Two hundred pounds a year, under any Appointment 
made by the President of the Board of Control, and 
the Date of such Appointment, from the 1st day of 
January 1832 to the Ist day of January 1858 ; 
stating the Total Amount received by each Person 
in every year, and distinguishing the sources of all 
Receipts. 


Resolred, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, an Aceount of the Amount of all Commis- 
sions for Works of Art to various Artists for the De- 
coration of the New Palace of Westminster, trom its 
commencement to the present time, with the Estimate 
for each Work: also, a Return of the several Salaries 
to Artists holding Appointments under the Royal 
Commission for decorating the New Palace of West- 
minster. 








Augusti. A. 1853. 


Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Petitions relating to Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ; Public 
—Scottish Episcopal Clergy ;—and, Medical Pro- Petitions. 
fession,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to Vide Eighty- 
lie upon the Table. fifth Report. 


The Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill was, Consolidated 
according to Order, read the third time. Fund (Appro- 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the ao 
Title be, An Act to apply a Sum, out of the Conso- 
lidated Fund and the Surplus of Ways and Means, 
to the Service of the year One thousand eight hun- 
dred and Fifty-three, and to appropriate the Supplies 
granted in this Session of Parliament. 
Ordered, Vhat Mr. Bouverie do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





The Militia Pay Bill was, according to Order, Militia Pay 
read the third time. Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Secretary-at-War do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Vaccination Extension Bill was, according to Vaccination 
Order, read the third time. Extension Bill, 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 
Dass. 
' Ordered, That Sir John Pakington do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, with Amendments ; 
to which Amendments this House doth desire the 
concurrence of their Lordships. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Registrar of 
into a Committee on the Registrar of the Privy the Privy 
Council Bill; and, after some time spent therein, eee 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Liberated 
into a Committee on the Liberated Africans (Sierra Africans 
Leoxe) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Ny ime-aeene) 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Passengers 
into a Committee on the Passengers Act Amendment oe a 
Bill ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker : 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, 

That the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
directed him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Chaytor's 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Amend- Estate Bill 
ments made by the Commons to Chaytor's Estate 
Bill; and the same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bouverie do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships, without Amendment. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Serjeant Man- Message fron: 
ning : the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Poor Relief Act Poor Relief 


i ; ; . Act Con- 
segamaeae Bill, without any Amendment: And ionenne Oi. 
also, 


The 

































General Board 


of Health 
(No. 3) Bill. 


Public 
(Ireland) 


Government 
of India Bill. 


Government 
of India Bill. 


No. 922. 


Land Tax 
Redemption 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Drainage 
Works 
(Shannon. ) 


Highways 
(Ireland.) 


Temple of 
Juggernauth. 


Coals (East 
India Com- 
pany). 





17 Victori2. 


Health (No. 3) Bill, with Amendments; to which 


Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of, And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
| to be read a second time upon this day month; and 
_to be printed. 

Libraries Bill (Ireland) Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- | 


this House: And also, | 
The Lords have agreed to the Public Libraries 


ments tlie Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 


13°—15° Augusti. 823 


The Lords have agreed to the General Board of, 


Mr. M‘ Mahon presented a Bill to consolidate and Highways 


amend the Laws relating to Highways in Jreland : ey 
0. . 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Malta, which Malta. 
was presented upon the 10th day of this instant Au- Ne. 924. 


The Lords have agreed to the Government of Jn-| gust, be printed. 


dia Bill, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— 
And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Government of Jndia Bill be taken into 
consideration upon Monday next ; and be printed. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Laws relating to the Redemption and 
Purchase of the Land Tax in Great Britain ; And 
that Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Wil- 
son do prepare, and bring it in. 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer accordingly pre- 
sented the said Bill: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time : 
—The Bill was accordingly read a second time; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House. 

Resolved, ‘That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee :—The House 
accordingly resolved itself into the Committee; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Wilson reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and directed 
him to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third time : 
—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to | 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


a Copy of Memorial presented by the Inhabitants 
of the Town of Banagher, in Ireland, and its vicinity, 
to the Lord Lieutenant, complaining of the Injury 
they sustained from the effects of the Drainage 
Works on the Shannon at Meelick. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
consolidate and amend the Laws relating to High- 
ways in Jreland: And that Mr. M‘Mahon and Mr. 
Duffy do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of Despatch of the Government of India, dated 
the 5th day of May 1852, on the subject of the Al- 
lowance to the Temple of Juggernauth from the 
Government Treasury. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of all Coal advertised for by the East India 
Company, from the Ist day of July 1851 to the 1st 


day of July 1853, setting forth the Date when to be | 


tendered for, and the Quantity to be shipped each 
Month for each Port of Zndia :—Of the Names of 
the Parties whose Tender was accepted by the East 
India Company, setting forth the Quantities and 
Prices :—Of the Quantities shipped by each Party 
whose Tender had been accepted, setting forth the 
Quantities shipped by such Party each Month, or 
the Reasons given for not completing wholly or in 
part their Tenders :—-And, of Reports or other Do- 
cuments, forming the grounds for the exclusion by 
the East India Company from their Contracts of 
the Coals best suited to the Steam Navy, recom- 
mended by Dr. Lyon Playfair and Sir Henry de la 
Beche, in their Reports presented to Parliament in 
1848, 1849 and 1851, by Command of Her Majesty. 
VoL. 108. 





| Ordered, That the Account relative to Malt, which Malt. 
was presented upon the 12th day of this instant Au- No. 925. 
gust, be printed. 


_ Ordered, That the Returns relative to Spirits _— 7 
(England and Scotland), which were presented upon Seth) 
the 12th day of this instant August, be printed. No. 926. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Ceylon, which Ceylon. 
was presented upon the 12th day of this instant Au- No. 927. 
gust, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India, East India. 
which was presented upon the 12th day of this in- No. 884-L. 
stant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to East India East India 
Importations, which were presented upon the 12th oo 
day of this instant August, be printed. No, 928. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Revenue Revenue and 
and Expenditure (Colonies), which were presented (Oueleny 
upon the 12th day of this instant August, be printed.“ y, gag. 

Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next, at 
One o’clock. 

Ordered, That this House do continue to sit for a of 
the despatch of business on Monday, if necessary, ® “°° 
without rising at Four o’clock. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday 
next, at One of the clock. 





| Lune, 15° die Augusti ; 


Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 


Of DERED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Stamford 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ Writ. 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Stamford, in the 
room of the Right honourable John Charles Herries, 
who, since his Election for the said Borough, hath 
accepted the office of Steward or Bailiff of Her 
Majesty’s Manor of Northstead, in the County of 
York. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Dungarvan 

to the Clerk of the Crown in Jreland, to make out Wtit- 

a new Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve in 

this present Parliament for the Borough of Dungar- 

van, in the room of John Francis Maguire, Esquire, 

who, since his Election for the said Borough, hath 

accepted the office of Steward or Bailiff of Her 
Majesty’s three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Des- 

borough and Bonenham, in the County of Bucking- 

ham. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Banbridge, 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Ban- parte = 
bridge, Dublin, Newry and Belfast Junction Rail- (ate eg 
way Bill; and the same was twice read, and Railway Bill. 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 

5M 4 The 





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a Pe AT 5A RIT ee ee RATE 








= 





824 15° duguste. A. 1853. 
Galway The House proceeded to take into consideration | to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


Harbour Bill. the Amendments made by the Lords to the Galway 
Harbour Bill. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time 

(and it appearing that the Amendment to Clause 59, 

“except Coals,” was struck out, to render the Clause 


consistent with the Schedule, in which Coals are, in | 


fact, mentioned, and that the Amendment in Sche- 
dule C, p. 40, “ For every ten pounds worth of all,” 
was inserted, to make that Schedule consistent with 
Schedule B., and carry out the intention of this 
House), were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 


ships. 


Harwich The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ey the Amendments made by the Lords to the Harwich 
Docks and Pier Bill; and the same were twice 

read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 


ships. 
London and The House proceeded to take into consideration the 
NorthWestern Amendments made by the Lords to the London and 
and Bucking- *; , . PM : : , 
homshive North Western and Buckinghamshire Railways Bill ; 


Railways Bill. and the same were twice read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Saint Margaret ‘The House proceeded to take into consideration 

a maw the Amendments made by the Lords to the Saint 

Westminster, Margaret and Saint John the Evangelist, West- 

Vestrics Bill. minster, Vestries Bill; and the same were twice 
read, and, with an Amendment to one of them, 
agreed to, 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships, with an Amendment; to which Amendment 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their 
Lordships. 


Severn Valley The House proceeded to take into consideration 

Railway Bill. tie Amendments made by the Lords to the Severn 
Valley Railway Bill; and the same were twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


South Wales The House proceeded to take into consideration 
an lg the Amendments made by the Lords to the South 
* Wales Railway (Deviation) Bill; and the same were 

twice read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 


ships. 
South Wales The House proceeded to take into consideration 
irene the Amendments made by the Lords to the South 
“ x &gt; . . 
&amp;c.) Bill. Wales Railway (Pembroke, &amp;c.) Bill; and the same 


were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


South Wales The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ae ur. te Amendments made by the Lords to the South 
kone, &amp;e) Wales Railway (Power to purchase, Xc.) Bill; and 
Bill. the same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Ordered, That Rushbrooke’s Divorce Bill be read Rushbrooke’s 
the third time To-morrow. Divorce Bill. 


Baron Vivian’s Estate Bill was, according to Or- Baron Vivian's 
der, read the third time. Estate Bill 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
| do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 
| which Amendments this House doth desire the 
| concurrence of their Lordships. 





| Petitions relating to Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ; Public 
| —Recovery of Personal Liberty Bill ;—Great West- Petitions. 
ern Railway Company ;— Medical Officers ( Navy) ;— vide Eighty- 
and, Edward Murray,—were presented, and read ; fifth Report, 
| and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Harbours 
Return of all Admiralty and other Reports on Har- ° Refuge 
&gt; : . . . . &gt;. 5 (Bristol 
| bours of Refuge in the Bristol Channel, from King’s Channel.) 
| Road to Cape Cornwall, and from Cardiff to Tenby, 
available at every state of Tide, more particularly of 
Padstow Harbour. 


| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Wrecks 


' Return of all Wrecks and other Casualties which (Bristol 

| have occurred in the Bristo/ Channel, from King’s mame 
Road to Cape Cornwall, and from Cardiff to Tenby, 
yarticularly those within the Dunbar of Padstow 
Dede: during Ten years, ending the Ist day of 
January 1853; stating the Names of Places where 

such Wrecks or Casualties have taken place, the 
Number of Lives, the Amount of Tonnage, and Value 

of Cargo of Ships lost. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Paupers. 
Returns showing the Number of Paupers of all No, 930. 
| Classes in receipt of Relief on the 1st day of July 
1852 and the Ist day of July 1853, in 616 Unions, 

&amp;e. in England and Wales ;—And, of the Number 

of Adult Able-bodied Paupers in receipt of Relief 

on the Ist day of July 1852 and the 1st day of July 

_ 1853, together with a Return showing the Classifica - 

' tion of the Adult Able-bodied. 

Mr. Grenville Berkeley accordingly presented the 

/said Returns. 

| Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 

Table; and be printed. 

| 

| Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Crown 

‘to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Manors. 

|to give directions, that there be laid before this 

| House, a Return of all Manors belonging to the 

Crown, with the following Particulars :—-The Dates, 

| Extent and Consideration of all existing Leases or 

other Grants affecting the same, with the Names of 

'the Lessees and other Persons for whose benefit 

they may have been made, and of the Parties in 

| whom the Leases or Grants are now vested, with 

the Returns of the present Lessees or Grantees for 

| Assessment to the Property Tax; and in the case of 

| Mines, full Particulars of the Nature and Extent of 

| the Minerals, and the Annual Produce thereof in 

Quantity and Value, as known or capable of Esti- 

;mation; the Customs, as to Descent, Fines and 

'Emoluments, with any Variation in the Mode of 

_ Assessment during the last Thirty years; the Num- 

_ber of customary Tenants and Estates in each 

Manor; the Net Amount of Profit derived by the 

| Crown from each of the Manors in the years 1820, 

1830, 1840 and 1850, and the Cause of any Increase 

or Decrease; the Names and Dates of Appoint- 

ment of the Steward and Deputy Steward of each 

Manor, with the Amount of the Emoluments &gt; 
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each of the last Seven years, and a List of the ordi- | 
nary Fees taken from Copyholders in each Manor ; | 
and the Amount of Legal Charges borne by the | 
Crown in respect of each Manor during the last 
Ten years. | 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House. 
as are of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy | 
Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of Petition of Aldermen, Liverymen 
and other inhabitants of London, to Her Majesty, 
praying that Enfranchisement of all Copyhold Lands 
held of Manors belonging to Her Majesty or to 
the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall, may be’ 
offered to the Copyholders on equitable Terms of 
Compensation, and a Law for the speedy Enfran- 
chisement of all Copyhold Lands; with the Report 
of the Copyhold Commissioners thereon. 

Ordered, That the said: Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 
as are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy 
Council. 


Copyholds. 


Wrecks (Irish 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Coast.) 


Statement from the Admiralty Register of Wrecks 
and Casualties to Shipping, of the Number and 
Names of Vessels wrecked on the Jrish Coast, be- 
tween Dublin and Belfast, during the years 1850, 
1851 and 1852, and also between Dublin and Water- | 
ford, with the Particulars as set forth in the Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 297, of Session 1852. 


Court of 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Chancery. 


Return of the Total Sum due or paid for Salaries 
and Office Expenses under the Act 5 &amp; 6 Vie. c. 103, 
since the passing of the Act; and also of the Total 
Sum paid for Compensation for loss of Offices and 
Profits to Officers, under the same Act, since the 
passing thereof, up to the 25th day of November 
1853 :—Like Return of the Total Sum paid to each | 
of the late Sworn Clerks appointed Taxing Masters, 
for Salary and Compensation, collectively and to-| 


gether, under the same Act, since the passing | 
thereof :—Returns of the Annual Amount of Com- | 

ensation awarded to each of the said Taxing | 
asters under the said Act, in the event of their | 
ceasing to hold the said Office, and of the Annual | 
Sums to be paid to the Personal Representatives of 
each of them as Compensation after their Deaths, 
and for what Number of Years after their Deaths | 
such Payments to their Personal Representatives | 
are to continue, and out of what Funds, and by 
whom, such Payments for Salary and Compensation 
are now made, and to be made :—And, of the Dates 
and Substance of all Orders of Court for the Re-| 


duction of Fees in the Court of Chancery made | 
since the passing of the Act 5 &amp; 6 Vic. c. 103, with | 
the estimated Amount per annum of such Reduc- | 
tions, and the estimated Total Amount saved to the. 
Suitors thereby, from the Date of the said Orders 


respectively to November 1853. 





Public 
Petitions 
(Eighty -fifth 
Report.) 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the. 
Petitions presented upon the 12th, 13th and 15th 
days of this instant August ; and had directed him 
to make a Report thereof to the House. | 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Report do lie upon the Table; | 
and be printed. | 


General Board Ordered, That the Return relative to the General | 
of Health. Board of Health, which was presented upon the 
No. 931. 14th day of July last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to New South 
Wales, which was presented upon the 12th day of | 
this instant August, be printed. 

VoL. 108, 


New South 
Wales. 


No. 932, 


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_venues, and Commissioners of Works and Public 


825 


The .following Papers were laid upon the Table Common 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, —. 
dated the 12th day of this instant August, for Copies 
of all Papers received by the Board of Health, 
exhibiting the operation of the Common Lodging- 
houses Act. 

Return to an Order, dated the 5th day of this Bedminster 
instant August, for a Return of all Communications *"4 Cardiff 
which have taken place between the Poor Law ~"°"~ 
Guardians of the Unions of Bedminster and Cardiff, 
relative to the separation of the Rural from the 
Urban Parishes. 

The following Papers, pursuant to the directions Westminster 
of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon Bridge. 


‘the Table by the Clerk of the House,—Treasurer’s 


five quarterly Accounts from the 5th April 1852 to 
the 5th July 1853, and final Account from the 5th 
to the 22d July 1853. 

An Account of Unclaimed Army Prize Money Army Prize 
(formerly made by the Deputy ‘Treasurer of the Money. 
Royal Hospital at Chelsea), from the 18th January 
1809 to the 31st December 1852. 


Commissioners of Woods, Forests and Land Re- Woods, Forests 
and Land 
Revenues, Xc. 


Buildings :— Receipt ‘and Expenditure Accounts for No. 933. 


the year to 31st March 1851, prepared by the Com- 
missioners of Audit in pursuance of the 38th section of 
the Act 14 &amp; 15 Vic.c. 42,together with the Auditor's 
Reports thereon to the Lords of the ‘Treasury. 
Ordered, ‘That the Account relative to Woods, 
Forests and Land Revenues, &amp;c., be printed. 


Mr, Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Address to Irish National 
Her Majesty, dated the 8th day of July last, for School Books. 
Copies of any ‘Treasury Minutes and Correspondence 
on the subject of the recent or intended changes in 
the mode of Preparation, Publication and Supply of 


'the Jrish National School Books:—Of the Names 
-and Places of Abode of the Agents hitherto em- 


ployed by the said Commissioners for the Supply of 
these Books, whether to the National Schools or to 
the Public, with the Rate and Amount of their 
Remuneration, the Value of Books supplied to or 
sold by such Agents, and the Amount received as 
the Produce of such Sales, during each of the last 


| Ten years :—And, of the Names of any Persons who 


have been appointed in consequence of the new 
Arrangements, the nature of their Duties, and the 
Amount of their Salaries. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Population, 
30th day of June last, for Return of the Population &amp;«- 
of each County, Division of a County, City and 
Borough, in the United Kingdom, within the Parlia- 
mentary Boundaries, and the Number of Members 
returned to the House of Commons by each; also, 
of the Population of each City and Borough return- 
ing Members to Parliament within its Municipal 
Boundaries ; and also, the Population in Boroughs 
and Towns containing 5,000 Inhabitants and up- 
wards, not returning Members to Parliament. 

Mr. Fitzroy also presented,— Return to an Order, National 
dated the 7th day of March last, for Returns (in a Schools (Ire- 
tabular form), of all National Schools in Jreland mont) 
which have been erected by the Commissioners 
adjoining to or within the Precincts of Roman 
Catholic Chapels, Nunneries or Monastic Institutions 
of any kind; the Sums contributed by the Com- 
missioners for their Erection ; and the Sums raised 
by Local Contributions for the same purpose respec- 
tively :—And, of all National Schools in Jreland 
adjomin: to or within the Precincts of Roman Ca- 
tholic Chapels, Nunneries or Monastic Institutions 
of any kind, to which the Commissioners have con- 
tributed assistance towards the fitting-up of the 
Schools, and the Amount raised by Local Contri- 
butions for the same purpose respectively. 

Mr. /itzroy also presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Statement of the 
Accounts of all Boroughs in England and Wales, 
for the year ended 31st August 1852. 

aN 


Municipal 
Borouglis. 


Ordered, 





Government 
of India Bill. 


Peterborough 
Election. 


No. 934, 


Registrar of 
the Privy 
Council Bill. 


Liberated 
Africans 
(Sierra Leone) 
Bill. 


Passengers 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


City of 
Canterbury. 


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Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Govern- 
ment of Jndia Bill; and the same were twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Wood do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 


Lordships. 


Mr. Gaskell, from the Select Committee appointed 


to try and determine the matter of the Petitions | 


complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the City of Peterborough, informed the House, That 
the Committee had determined, 

That George Hammond Whalley, Esquire, is not 
duly elected a Citizen to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the City of Peterborough. 

That Thomson Hankey, junior, Esquire, is duly 
elected, aud ought to have been returned a Citizen 
to serve in this present Parliament for the City of 
Peierborough. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Mr. Gaskell further informed the House, That 
the Committee had agreed to the following Reso- 
lution: 

That George Hammond Whalley, Esquire, having 


been declared by a Committee of the House of Com- | 


mons to have been guilty of treating at the preceding 
Election for the City of Peterborough, and the Elec- 
tion for the said City having been avoided, was 
incapable of being elected at the Election which took 
place in consequence of such avoidance. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Clerk of the Crown do attend 
this House forthwith, with the last Return for the 
City of Peterborough, and amend the same by rasing 
out the name of George Hammond Whalley, Esquire, 
and inserting the name of Thomson Hankey, junior, 
Esquire, instead thereof. 

The Clerk of the Crown attending, according to 
Order, amended the Return for the City of Peiéer- 
borough. 


The Registrar of the Privy Council Bill was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The Liberated Africans (Sierra Leone) Bill was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Peel do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The Passengers Act Amendment Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Peel do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
osed, ‘That an humble Address be presented to Her 
Ma‘esty, that She will be gracionsly pleased to give | 
directions, that there be laid before this House, a 
Paper referred to in the Minutes of Evidence taken | 
by the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the 
existence of corrupt practices in the City of Canter- 
bury, described by them (Question 11212) to be | 
‘a Paper consisting of Extracts from Papers which | 
Mr. Henry Coare Kingsford handed in,” but not | 





printed with their Report ; and also for the produc- | the Registrar of Meetings of the Court of Bank- 
tion of certain other Papers, severally described by | ruptcy : 





15° Augusti. 








A. 1853. 


them as ‘‘ Paper (B.)” ‘‘ Draft Minutes of Evidence,” 
“ Minutes of Evidence,” “ 11th January 1853, Mi- 
nutes,” and “ Unindorsed Paper,” or “ Leaf of 
Proof,” and referred to respectively in Questions 
10288, 10292, 10297, 10302, 10303, 10306, 10307 
and 10308, but not printed with their Report.——- 


A Member was sworn. A Member 


takes the Oaths, 
And the Question being again proposed :—The City of 

said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- Cnterbury. 

drawn. 





| Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Friendly 
to regulate Friendly Societies:. And that Mr. So- Societies 
theron, Mr, Adderley and Mr. Bonham Carter do santa 
prepare, and bring it in. 
| A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Criminal Code 
posed, That the proposed amended Maltese Code of (Malta.) 
| Laws is opposed to the Constitutional Rights and 
| Liberties of Her Majesty's Subjects, and is an inno- 
vation on Maltese Law :—That an humble Address 
| be presented to Her Majesty, setting forth the above 
facts, and humbly praying that Her Majesty may 
_be most graciously pleased to take the said facts into 
Her Royal consideration, and to withhold Her sanc- 
tion to the said amended Code, until the subject shall 
have received the mature consideration of Parlia- 
ment.—— 





_ A Message by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of Royal Assent 
the Black Rod : to Bills. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 

Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent to 
several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire 
the immediate attendance of this Honourable House 
‘in the House of Peers, to hear the Commission 
read. 
Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
‘up to the House of Peers :—And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the de- 
sire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Ma- 
| jesty's Commission, had been at the House of Peers, 
where a Commission under the Great Seal was read, 
giving, declaring and notifying the Royal Assent to 
the several Bills therein mentioned ; and that the 

| Lords, thereby authorized, had declared the Royal 

Assent to the said Bills: Which Bills are as follow : 

_ An Act for the better Regulation of Public-houses pypjic-nouses 

in Scotland : (Scotland) 
Bill. 

An Act to amend the Acts for the Regulation of Parish 
Parish Vestries : Vestries 

: an (No. 2) Bill. 

An Act to continue an Act for authorizing the Highway 
Application of we See to Turnpike-roads: Rates Bill. 

An Act to limit the Time for proceeding to Elec- Elections Bill. 

tion in Counties and Boroughs in England and Wales, 
and for Polling at Elections for the Universities of 
Oxford and Cambridge, and for other purposes : 

An Act to make better Provision concerning the Entry of 
Entry and Service of Seamen, and otherwise to Seamen Bill. 
amend the Laws concerning Her Majesty’s Navy: 

An Act for the Regulation of Proceedings under Lunacy Regu- 
Commissions of Lunacy, and the Consolidation and !ation Bill. 
Amendment of the Acts respecting Lunatics and their 
Estates : e 

An Act for continuing and amending the Act for Incumbered 
facilitating the Sale and Transfer of Incumbered Estates (Ire- 


“states 1 “e ° land) Act Con- 
Estates in Jreland : pray 


An Act to amend the Law relating to the Stamp Newspaper 
Duties upon Newspapers : Stamp Duties 
Bill. 
An Act to continue an Act of the eleventh year Crime and 
of Her present Majesty, for the better Prevention of Outrage - 
Crime and Outrage in certain Parts of Jreland : (Ireland) Bill. 


An Act to reduce the Salary and Emoluments of Registrar of 
Meetings in 
Bankruptcy 
Bill. 

An 





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Municipal 
Corporations 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Sheriff Courts 


(Scotland) 
Bill. 
Oaths in 


Chancery, &amp;c. 


Bill. 


Naval Coast 
Volunteers 
Bill. 


Land Tax 
Redemption 
Bill. 


Consolidated 
Annuities 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Turnpike Acts 


Continuance 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Poor Relief 
Act Con- 
tinuance Bill. 


Richmond 
(Yorkshire) 
Burgage 
Pastures Bill. 


Electric 
Telegraph 


Company Bill. 


Worcester 
and Hereford 
Railway Bill. 


Westport Port 


and Harbour 
Bill. 


Bayswater, 
Paddington 
and Holborn- 
bridge Ruil- 
way Bill. 


West Cornwall 


Railway Bill. 


Crieif Junc- 
tion Railway 
Bill. 


Tralee and 
Killarney 
Railway 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Imperial Con- 


tinental Gas 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Brecon 
Collegiate 
Church Bill. 


Castlemaine 
Estuary Re- 


clamation Bill. 


Chard 
Railway Bill. 


East Anglian 
Railways 


(No, 2) Bill. 


Limerick 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Monmouth- 
shire Railway 
and Canal Bill. 








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An Act to enable the Severn and Wye Railway severn and 
and Canal Company to improve eye na = pod &gt;! oy | 
Harbour, and for other purposes relating to the — 

7: . ‘| Company : 
C = page gee PS oS amen ie Act for making a Railway from the South south Wales 
ourts in Scotland: | Wales Railw | Stee = snaeiieees dime Sieaeel 
: | Wales Railway at Britonferry, to Glyncorrwg, m a 

An Act relating to the Appointment of Persons to | Glamorganshire, to be called “ The South Wales wictnidiadanee 
administer Oaths in Chancery, and to Affidavits | Mineral Railwav :” 
made for purposes connected with Registration : | An Act to consolidate and amend “The Stafford- Staffordshire 

An Act for the Establishment of a body of Naval’ shire Potteries Waterworks Act, 1847,” and “ The Potteries : 
Coast Volunteers, and for the temporary Transfer to S¢a ffordshire Potteries Waterworks Extension Act, _— 
the Navy, in case of need, of Seafaring Men em-| 1849,” and to extend the Provisions and enlarge 
ployed in other Public Services : 'the Powers thereof : 

An Act to reduce the Terms on which the Land' An Act for making a Railway from Stamford Stamford and 
Tax in Great Britain may be redeemed or pur-; Baron, in the County of Northampton, to the Great oe 
chased : Northern Railway at Essendine, in the County of ““"™*Y *™ 

An Act for the Remission of the Consolidated Rutland, and other purposes connected therewith : 

Annuities charged upon Districts in Zreland : An Act to consolidate the Acts relating to the Cork and 

he Bete , Se | Cork and Bandon Railway Company, to authorize caer 
T " = eae ied a Se Sar Sage Company to construct Extension and Branch Bin ai 
a ee an Seem e | Railways, and for other purposes: 

An Act to continue an Act of the fifteenth year of | An Act for better paving, draiming, cleansing, oa 
Her present Majesty, for charging the Maintenance | lighting, watching, supplying with Water, regulating puprey 
of certain Poor Persons in Unions in England and In regard to Markets, and other purposes ; for mak- 

Wales upon the Common Fund : | Ing new Streets, and otherwise improving the Town 

An Act for regulating the Depasturing and Ma- | of Galway : ; 
nagement of certain Pastures in the Parish of Rich-| An Act to enable the Bishop of Durham, and the a 
mond, in the County of York: Freemen and Stallingers of the Borough of Sunder- Town Moor 


17 Vicroriz. 


An Act for making sundry Provisions with respect 
to Municipal Corporations in England : 


15° Augusti. 


and Freemen’s 


An Act for granting further Powers to “ The 
Electric Telegraph Company,” and to enable such 
Company to make arrangements for the working of 
Telegraphs adjoining their Works : 

An Act for making a Railway from Worcester to 
Hereford, with certain Branches therefrom, and for 
other purposes : 

An Act for improving and maintaining the Port 
and Harbour of Westport, in the County of Mayo : 


An Act for making a Railway from the North 
Western District of the Metropolis to Battle-bridge, 
in the County of Middlesex : 


An Act to enable the West Cornwall Railway 
Company to make certain new Railways, and for 
other purposes : 

An Act for making a Railway from the Scottish 


Central Railway, near Loaninghead, to the Town of 


Crieff : 
An Act for making a Railway from Tralee to Ki/- 
larney : 


An Act for consolidating and amending the Pow- 
ers of the Acts of “ The Imperial Continental Gas 
Association :” 

An Act to provide for the future Regulation and 
Management, and the permanent Endowment of 
“ The College of Christ, of Brecknock,” founded by 
King Henry the Eighth, with permissive Powers to 
unite the same with Saint David’s College, Lam- 


peter: 
An Act for reclaiming, inclosing and appropriating | 
certain Parts of the Harbour or Estuary of Castle- 


maine, and the Creeks of Caragh and Rossbehy, in 
the County of Kerry : 

An Act to revive and amend the Powers of the Acts 
relating to the Chard Railway Company, to regulate 
the Capital of the Company, and to enable them to 
extend their authorized Railway into Taunton - 

An Act for constructing a Railway and Landing- 
places within the Borough of King’s Lynn, for re- 
gulating the Share Capital of the East Anglian 
Railways Company, and for other purposes ; and of 
which the short Title is “ The East Anglian Rail- 
ways Act, 1853 :” 

An Act for the Improvement of the Borough of 
Limerich : 

An Act for enabling the Monmouthshire Railway 
and Canal Company to make new Railways, and for 


other purposes : 
Vou. 108. 


land, to give up their respective Interests in certain 

| Lands and Monies, for the purpose of endowing an 
? ~Y . . 

Orphan Asylum at Sunderland, and of making better 


| Provision for the spiritual wants of the Parish of 


| Sunderland, and to enable such Asylum to acquire 
and hold additional Land, and to enlarge the Powers, 
and to provide for the better Regulation and Ma- 
‘nagement of the said Asylum, and for other pur- 
poses : 

An Act for incorporating the Trustees of the 
Bingley Free Grammar and General Education 
‘Schools, and other Charities at Bingley, in the 
County of York; for authorizing the Sale, Exchange 


or Mortgage by the ‘Trustees, when incorporated, of 


the several Estates belonging to the said Schools 


and Charities respectively situate in the Parishes of 
| Bingley and Bradford, both in the said County of 


York, and for other purposes relating to the said 
Schools and Charities : 

An Act to amend an Act of Parliament made and 
passed in the first year of Her present Majesty 
Queen Victoria, intituled, “ An Act to enable the 
Governors of the Free Grammar School of Clitheroe, 
in the County of Lancaster, to sell and grant Build- 
ing Leases of the School Estates, and to enlarge the 
Powers of the Governors ;” and to authorize the 
Court of Chancery to apply parts of the Proceeds 
of the Sales effected under such Act towards dis- 
charge of certain Debts of the said School, and to 
vary the Investment of such Proceeds, and apply 
the Income thereof towards the maintenance of the 
| School, and to enlarge the Powers of granting Build- 
ing Leases created by the said Act, and for other 
purposes : 

, An Act to enable the Master or Keeper, Fellows 


\and Scholars of Jesus College, in the University of 


| Cambridge, to alter and vary the mode of dealing 
| with the Benefaction of Doctor Edmund Proby and 
Sir Thomas Proby, and to appropriate the same for 
the benefit of the said College, in erecting and pro- 
viding Parsonage-houses for Livings belonging to the 
said College, and in augmenting such Livings, and 
| for other purposes, including the Repeal of existing 
legislative enactments relating to the said Benefac- 
tion : 

An Act for authorizing and enabling the Trustees 
under the Will of the late Warden Sergison, Esquire, 
| to raise Money by Mortgage of part of the Estates 
settled by his Will for the Purchase of adjoining 
Property, and for obtaining Enfranchisement of 
Copyhold Lands comprised in the Will, and tor 
enabling the Trustees to obtain and grant Enfran- 
5N2 chisement 








Orphan Asy- 
lum Bill. 


Bingley Free 
Grammar and 
General Edu- 
cation Schools 
and Charity 
Estates Bill. 


Clitheroe 
School Estate 
Bill. 


Jesus College 
Estate Bill. 


Sergison’s 
Estate Bill. 





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chisement of Copyhold Lands, and to grant Building 
Leases of parts of the settled Lands, and for other 
purposes : 


Ward Jack- An Act to enable the Trustees of the Will of 
—_ Estate William Ward Jackson, deceased, to grant Mining, | 
; Building and Improving Leases of, and to open and | 
work Mines in, and to sell the Estates thereby de- | 
vised upon Trusts by way of Settlement, and for other 
purposes ; and of which the short Title is “ Ward 
Jackson's Estate Act, 1853 :” 
Duke of An Act to authorize the Trustees of the late John 


— Estate fourth Duke of Atholl to denude themselves of the 
aa Trusts created by his Trust Deed, and to convey the 
Trust Estates to his Grace George Augustus Frederick 
John Duke of Atholl, and the series of Heirs speci- 
fied in the said Trust Deed, and under the provisions 
therein contained ; and to enable the said Duke, or 
the Heir in possession for the time, to sell parts of 
the said Estate, and other Estates, for Payment of 
the Debts of the said John fourth Duke of Atholl : 

An Act for enabling Leases, Sales and Exchanges 
to be made of the Estates of the late Philip Dun- 
combe Pauncefort Duncombe, Esquire, deceased, and 
for other purposes : 

An Act to enable certain Persons to grant Leases 
for mining purposes, of the Estates at Oakthorpe, in 
the Counties of Leicester and Derby, or one of them, 
devised by the Will of the Reverend John Piddocke, 
Clerk, deceased : 

An Act to authorize the Executors in Trust of the 
Residuary Personal Estate bequeathed by the Will 
of the Most honourable John Crichton Stuart Mar- 
quess of Bute and Earl of Dumfries, deceased, to 
postpone the Sale of certain Parts of such Residuary 
Estate, and to indemnify such Executors in respect 
of such Postponement, and to amend the Powers in 
the same Will for raising Money for the Purchase 
of Real Estates in Scotland, and for other purposes : 


Pauncefort 
Duncombe’s 
Estate Bill. 


Piddocke’s 
Estate Bill. 


Marquess 
of Bute’s 
Estate Bill. 


Smith’s An Act to enable the Trustees of the Estate of 

Charity Estate FTonry Smith, Esquire, deceased, to apply certain 

-_ Funds held upon trusts for the Relief of his Poor 
Kindred, in the Purchase of a Plot of Ground and 
Buildings called Strong’s-place, in the Parish of 
Kensington, in the County of Middlesex : 

Pidgley’s An Act for authorizing the granting of Building 


Estate Bill. Leases of Lands held under the Will of John Pidg- 


ley, otherwise John Moor Pidgley, situate at Daw- 
lish, in the County of Deven, and to sell the Here- 
ditaments : 

An Act for better enabling the Trusts of the Will 
of Joseph Thomas Treffry, deceased, to be executed 
under the authority of the High Court of Chancery, 
and for other purposes, and of which the short Title 
is “ Treffry’s Estate Act, 1853.” 


Treffry's 
Estate Bill. 





And the Question being again proposed, That the 
proposed amended Maltese Code of Laws is opposed 
to the constitutional rights and liberties of Her Ma- 
jesty’s subjects, and is an innovation on Maltese 
‘Law :—That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, setting forth the above facts, and 
humbly praying that Her Majesty may be most gra- 
ciously pleased to take the said facts into Her Royal 
consideration, and to withhold Her sanction to the said 


Criminal Code 
(Malta. ) 


15° Augusti. 





A. 1853. 


The Lords return the Report of Captain Gilbert, Belfast 
R.E., the Commissioner appointed by his Excellency —— 
the Lord Lieutenant of Zre/and, upon the proposed ; 
Extension of the Boundaries of the Borough of Bel- 
fast, communicated to their Lordships by a Message 
from this House on the 21st day of July last :—And 
then the Messenger withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Warrington 
Lords to the Warrington and Altrincham Junction #24 — 
Railway (Warrington, &amp;c.) Bill be taken into consi- Rrilwar 


: Railway 
deration To-morrow. (Warrington, 


&amp;c.) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Coleford, Mon. 
Lords to the Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Ponty- ™outh, Usk 


pool Railway Bill be taken into consideration To- Railway Bin 
morrow. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Election 
Alphabetical List of all Election Petitions presented Petitions. 
during the present Session; showing the Names of 
the Places, Names of Members petitioned against, 
the Dates of Presentation, and Petitions to defend 
Returns ; and in what manner any of such Petitions 
may have been disposed of, whether by the Sureties 
to the Recognizances being reported as objectionable, 
or by being withdrawn ; with the Dates of the Re- 
ports and such withdrawals, or otherwise, together 
with the Names of the Agents :—Returns of all Re- 
ports, Special Reports, and Determinations or Reso- 
lutions of any Election Committees reported to this 
House :—Of the Names of all Members who have 
been unseated, and for what Causes they have been 
so unseated :—Of the Names of all Places the Writs 
for which have been suspended, and to what Dates 
they have been so suspended, or further suspended ; 
or, after Suspension, have been granted afterwards : 
—And, of the Total Number of Select Committees 
which have sat on Election Petitions during the pre- 
sent Session ; the Names of the Chairman and Mem- 
bers serving on each Election Committee; and the 
Number of Days on which each Election Committee 
sat; the Names of the Members of the General 
Committee of Elections; and the Names of the 
Members selected as the Chairmen’s Panel. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of Chatham 
the Borough of Chatham, was delivered in, and read ; Election. 
_setting forth, That at the last Election of a Member 
to serve in this present Parliament for the Borough 
of Chatham, the Petitioners were registered Electors 
of the said Borough, and had a right to vote and did 
vote at the said Election ; that at the said Election 
Sir James Stirling and Leicester Viney Vernon, Es- 
quire, were the Candidates, and a poll being de- 
manded and taken, the said Leicester Viney Vernon 
was found and declared to have had the majority of 
votes, and was returned as the Member duly elected 
to serve in this present Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough of Chatham ; that a Petition has been presented 
to the House by John Tribe and John Shindler, 
claiming to be Electors of the said Borough, and to 
be entitled to vote at the said Election, complaining 
of the said Election and Return of the said Leicester 





amended Code, until the subject shall have received 
the mature consideration of Parliament :—The said 
Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Serjeant Man- 
ning: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Warrington and 
e- ~— Altrincham Junction Railway (Warrington, &amp;c.) Bill, 
awe with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords 
(Warrington, desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 
Coleford, Mon- 
mouth, Usk 


and Pontypoo 
Railway Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Warrington 
and Altrine- 


The Lords have agreed to the Coleford, Monmouth, 


, Usk and Pontypool Railway Bill, with Amendments ; 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 





Viney Vernon, and praying that the House will take 
the premises into consideration, and will declare that 
the Return of the said Leicester Viney Vernon is null 
and void, and that the said Leicester Viney Vernon 
was not duly elected and returned, but that the said 
Sir James Stirling was duly elected, and ought to 
have been returned a Member to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Chatham, and that 
the Return ought now to be amended accordingly, 
and that the House will give to the Petitioners such 
further and other relief as to the House may seem 
meet; that the Petitioners represent and state that 
the allegations in the said Petition contained are 
unfounded and incapable of proof; that the Peti- 
tioners represent and assert that the said Sir James 
Stirling had not a majority of legal votes over the 
said 


























17 Vicrorix. 15° Augusti. 829 


said Leicester Viney Vernon at the said Election,| due influence and other corrupt and illegal practices 
and ought not to have been returned at the said and means, corrupt and procure divers persons, having 
Election in the place of the said Leicester Viney Ver- | or claiming to have votes at the said Election, to give 
non, and that the majority of legal votes at the said | their votes in favour of the said Sir James Stirling, 
Election was in favour of the said Leicester Viney | and to forbear to give their votes to the said Leicester 
Vernon over the said Sir James Stirling ; that at the | Viney Vernon, and that the said Sir James Stirling 
Election for the said Borough which took place in| was and is wholly incapacitated and ineligible to serve 
the month of July One thousand eight hundred and | in this present Parliament for the said Borough ; 
Fifty-two, the said Sir James Stirling and Sir John | that after the teste of the Writ for holding the said 
Mark Frederick Smith were Candidates to represent | last Election for the said Borough, and before, at 
the said Borough of Chatham in this present Parlia- | and during the said Election, the said Sir James Stir- 
ment, and the said Sir John Mark Frederick Smith | ling did, by himself and his agents, committee, friends 
was, by the Returning Officer, returned as duly | and partisans, and by divers ways and means in his 
elected to serve in Parliament for the said Borough ; | behalf, or at his charge, directly and indirectly give, 
that before and at the said last-mentioned Election | present and allow to persons having votes in and at 
the said Sir James Stirling was, by himself, his | the said Election, money, meat, drink, entertainment 
agents, managers, friends and partisans, guilty of , and provision, and did make presents, gifts, rewards, 
bribery, treating and corruption, and did by gifts, and did make promises, agreements, obligations and 
presents, money and rewards, and by promises and engagements to give and allow money, meat, drink, 
agreements for gifts, presents, money and rewards, | provisions, presents, rewards and entertainments to 
and by other illegal practices, corrupt and procure and for persons having votes in and at the said last 
divers persons, being registered Electors of the said Election, and to and for the use, benefit and advan- 
Borough, to give their votes in favour of the said | tage, employment, profit and preferment of such 
Sir James Stirling, or to forbear to give them to the | persons, to induce such persons to vote at the said 
said other Candidate ; that before and at the said | Election for the said Sir James Stirling, and to for- 
last-mentioned Election the said Sir James Stirling | bear to vote at the said Election for the said Leicester 
did, by himself, his agents, friends and managers, | Viney Vernon, and in order that he the said Sir James 
by divers ways and means, at his charge and on his | Stirling might be elected to serve in this present 
behalf, directly and indirectly give, provide, present, | Parliament for the said Borough, and that by reason 
and allow, and cause and knowingly permit to be | of the said last-mentioned corrupt and illegal prac- 
given, provided, presented and allowed to registered | tices the said Sir James Stirling was and is wholly 
Electors of the said Borough, and to other persons, | incapacitated and ineligible to serve in this present 
money, meat, drink, entertainment, provision and | Parliament for the said Borough ; that before, during 
reward to and for persons having votes at the said | and after the said last Election for the said Borough, 
Election, in order that he the said Sir James Stirling | the said Sir James Stirling did, by himself, his agents, 
might have the votes of the said Electors; that | friends and partisans, and by and with divers persons, 
undue influence, intimidation and other unlawful | and in divers ways and manners, directly and indi- 
practices were resorted to at the said last-mentioned | rectly give or provide, and did cause and did know- 
Election by the agents, friends and partisans of the ingly allow to be given and provided, wholly or partly 
said Sir James Stirling, in order to endeavour to | at his expense, and did pay wholly or in part, divers 
obtain his Election as a Member for the said Bo- expenses incurred for meat, drink and provision to 
rough ; that such bribery, treating, undue influence, and for divers persons, for the purpose of corruptly 
intimidation, and other unlawful practices were | influencing divers of such persons and divers other 
openly, notoriously and systematically used and car- | persons to give their votes in the said Election for 
ried on at the said last-mentioned Election, by the the said Sir James Stirling, and to refrain from giving 
agents, friends, managers and partisans of the said | their votes in the said Election for the said Leicester 
Sir James Stirling ; that by reason of the premises | Viney Vernon, and for the purpose of corruptly re- 
the said Sir James Stirling was and is wholly ineli- | warding divers of such persons and divers other per- 
gible and incapacitated to sit in this present Parlia- | sons for having given their votes at the said Election 
ment ; that a Petition having been presented against | for the said Sir James Stirling, and for having re- 
the said Election and Return of the said Sir John! frained from giving their votes at the said Election 
Mark Frederick Smith, a Select Committee of the | for the said Leicester Viney Vernon, and that by rea- 
House, to whom the said Petition was referred, re-| son of the said last-mentioned corrupt and illegal 
ported that Sir John Mark Frederick Smith was not practices, the said Sir James Stirling was and is 
duly elected to serve in this present Parliament for wholly incapacitated and ineligible to be elected or 
the Borough of Chatham, and that the last Election returned, and to serve in this Parliament for the said 
for the said Borough was a void Election; that a Borough; that gross, extensive, systematic and open 
new Writ having issued for the Borough of Chat- and notorious bribery, treating and corruption were 
ham for a Member to serve in Parliament in the | practised and carried on at the said Election by and 
room of the said Sir John Mark Frederick Smith, on behalf of the said Sir James Stirling, and by 
whose Return has been declared to be void as afore- | divers persons being friends, supporters and parti- 
said, the said Sir James Stirling again became a sans of the said Sir James Stirling, with a view to 
Candidate, and solicited the votes of the Electors of , the Election of the said Sir James Stirling, and that 
the said Borough, although he was legally ineligible | fraud, intimidation and duress, and other illegal prac- 
and incapacitated for sitting in this present Parlia- | tices were, by the agents, friends and managers, and 
ment for the said Borough ; that the Petitioners fur- | by other persons on behalf of the said Sir James 
ther show that the said Sir James Stirling, by him-| Stirling, practised and carried on upon divers per- 
self and his agents, committee, friends and others| sons having votes at the said Election, by means 
employed by him or acting on his behalf in the last whereof many persons who, but for such illegal 
Election for the said Borough of Chatham, were practices, would have voted in favour of the said Lei- 
guilty of bribery and corruption and other illegal | cester Viney Vernon, were induced and compelled to 
and corrupt practices before, and at, and during, and vote in favour of the said Sir James Stirling, and to 
after the said last Election for the said Borough, and forbear to give their votes in the said Election for the 
that previous to, and at, and during, and after the said Leicester Viney Vernon; that the said Sir James 
said Election the said Sir James Stirling, by himself, | Stirling did, by himself and by his agents, friends 
his agents, committee and friends, and other persons and others acting for him, before, during and after 
employed for or acting on his behalf, did by gifts, the said Election, pay and give, and cause and pro- 
money, rewards, and by promises and agreements cure to be paid and given, in the name of head-money, 
for money, gifts, employments and rewards, and by | or under some other name or pretence, divers sums 
threats, intimidation and promises, and by other un- of money and other valuable considerations to divers 

VoL. 108. | 5N3 persons 





330 


persons entitled to vote at such Election, and to other 
persons on behalf of such persons entitled so to vote, 
and to other persons related to the persons entitled 
so to vote as aforesaid by kindred or affinity, on ac- 
count of such persons so entitled to vote as aforesaid 
having voted or having refrained from voting, or 
being about to vote or refrain from voting at the 
said Election ; that the votes of divers persons were 
accepted and recorded on the poll in favour of the 
said Sir James Stirling who were not legally entitled 
and had no legal right to vote at the said Election, 
and that the real majority of good and legal votes 
polled at the said Election was in favour of the said 
Leicester Viney Vernon over the said Sir James Stir- 
ling ; that persons were admitted to vote and did 
vote at the said Election for the said Sir James Stir- 
ling who were not entitled by law to vote in the 
Election for the said Borough, or to have had their 
nanies inserted in the list of voters, or upon the re- 
gister of voters for the said Borough, by reason of 
their not having had any qualification in respect of 
property, occupation, value, or residence, or rating, 
or payment of rates, or whose qualification was for 
other and various causes insufficient, or who were 
respectively subject to legal incapacities, and whose 
names had been and were unduly and improperly 
retained or inserted in the register, in consequence of 


the decision of the barrister appointed to revise the | 


list of voters for the said Borough, and were and 
are upon the register in force at the time of the said 
last Election; that at the said Election divers per- 
sons voted for the said Sir James Stirling, who were 
or had been, either during such Election or within 
Six calendar months previously thereto, or within 
Fourteen days after it was completed, retained or 
employed at such Election as agents, attorneys, poll- 
clerks or flagmen, or in some other capacity for the 
purposes of such Election, or had either before, 
during or after such Election accepted, received or 
taken from the said Sir James Stirling, or from some 
other person, for or in consideration of, or with 
reference to such retainer or employment, a sum 
or sums of money, or retaining fee, office, place 
or employment, or promises or securities for a sum 
or sums of money, retaining fee, office, place or 
employment, and that such votes were admitted 
and entered on the poll-book as good votes for the 
said Sir James Stirling, and ought to be struck 
off the poll; that at the said Election divers per- 
sons voted for the said Sir James Stirling, who 
were registered as Electors for the said Borough, 
but had become disqualified as Electors for the said 
Borough, and were incapable of voting at the said 
Election on the ground of their having received 
alms or parochial relief, or on the ground of their not 
being of full age, and being subject to legal incapa- 
city, or on the ground of their not having resided 
ever since the Thirty-first day of July One thousand 
eight hundred and Fifty-two, to the time of their 
voting at such Election within the said Borough, or 
the place for which they were registered, or within 
the distance thereof required by the Act passed in 
the second year of the reign of his late Majesty King 
William the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act to amend 
the Representation of the People of England and 
Wales,” to entitle such persons to be registered, or on 
the ground of their having ceased to reside within 
the said Borough, or within the ancient boundaries 
thereof, or within such distance so required as afore- 
said, during some part of the period between the 


Thirty-first day of July One thousand eight hundred | 


and Fifty-two, and the time of their voting at such 
Election, or on the ground of their not having con- 
tinued to reside in the said Borough, or within such 
distance so required as aforesaid at the time of their 


so voing at such Election, and that such voters 


were admitted and entered on the poll-books as good | 


votes for the said Sir James Stirling, and ought to 
be struck off from the poll; that at the last Election 
divers persons voted for the said Sir James Stirling 


15° August. 


who at the time of their so voting were disqualified 
from or incapable of voting 





A. 1853. 


g, on the ground of legal 
incapacity, under the Statute or Statutes then in force, 
or were so disqualified from or incapable of voting 
onthe ground of legal incapacity, which had arisen 
subsequently to the expiration of the time allowed for 
making out the list of voters, from which the re- 
gister of voters at the time of the said Election had 
been made, and that such persons were not entitled 
to vote, and ought to be struck off the poll; that at 
the said Election divers other persons voted for the 
said Sir James Stirling, and were reckoned upon the 
poll in favour of the said Sir James Stirling, who 
were bribed to give their votes thereat for the said 
Sir James Stirling, or to forbear to give their votes 
for the said Leicester Viney Vernon, and others 
voted at the said Election for the said Sir James 
Stirling who had laid wagers, and otherwise dis- 
qualified themselves from so voting ; that the votes of 
such persons were therefore bad, illegal and invalid, 
and ought to be struck off the poll; that divers 
other persons voted at the said Election for the said 
Sir James Stirling, and were reckoned upon the 
poll at the said Election in favour of the said Sir 
James Stirling, who had given or offered bribes to 
persons having or claiming a right to vote at the 
said Election, and were thereby incapacitated and 
disqualified from voting thereat, and the votes of 
a persons ought now to be struck off the poll ; 


that at the said Election many persons were com- 
'pelled by violence, threats, intimidation and force, 


and other illegal practices practised by friends, 
agents, partisans, managers, committee-men and 
supporters of the said Sir James Stirling, to vote 
for the said Sir James Stirling, or to forbear to vote 
for the said Leicester Viney Vernon, and many per- 
sons were, otherwise than above stated, improperly 
and illegally admitted and reckoned upon the said 
poll in favour of the said Sir James Stirling, and 
omitted or excluded from the number of votes 
polled in favour of the said Leicester Viney Vernon ; 


that many persons were admitted to vote and did 


vote at the said Election in favour of the said Sir 
James Stirling, who had asked, received or taken 
money, gifts, employments, offices or rewards, or 
promises, or agreements and securities for money, 
gifts, employments, oftices or rewards, or who were 
otherwise bribed to vote at the said Election in fa- 
vour of the said Sir James Stirling, or to forbear 
to vote at the said Election in favour of the said Lei- 
cester Viney Vernon, whose votes ought to be struck 
off the poll; that many persons were admitted to 
vote and did vote at the said Election in favour of 
the said Sir James Stirling who did by themselves, 
or by persons employed by them, by gifts and re- 
wards, and by promises, agreements and securities 
for gifts and rewards, and by divers illegal practices, 
corrupt and procure, or did offer by gifts and re- 
wards, or by promises, agreements and securities for 
gifts and rewards, and by divers illegal practices, to 
corrupt and procure divers persons having votes at 
the said Election to give their votes in favour of the 
said Sir James Stirling, or to forbear to give their 
votes in favour of the said Leicester Viney Vernon, 
and the votes so admitted ought to be struck off 
the poll; that many persons were admitted to vote 
and did vote at the said Election for the said Sir 
James Stirling, who, before and after the teste of 
the Writ for the said Election, and before, at and 
during the said Election, had corruptly received 
money, meat, drink, entertainment, provisions, pre- 
sents, gifts and rewards given, presented and allowed, 
and promises, agreements, obligations and engage- 
ments of and for money, meat, drink, entertainment 
and provisions to be given, presented and allowed 
by the said Sir James Stirling, and by his agents, 
friends and partisans, or by divers ways and means 
in his behalf, or at his charge, to and for such per- 
sons, and to and for the use, benefit and advantage, 
| employment, profit and preferment of such persons, 

in 








Friendly 
Societies 
(No. 2) Bill. 


No. 935, 


15°—16° 


in order to vote at the said Election for the said Sir 
James Stirling, or in order to forbear to vote at the 
said Election for the said Leicester Viney Vernon, or 
in order that he the said Sir James Stirling might 
be elected, and who were thereby disqualified and 
incapacitated from voting at the said Election, and 
the votes so admitted ought to be struck off the 
poll; that many persons were admitted to vote and 
did vote at the said Election for the said Sir James 
Stirling who, before and after the teste of the Writ 
for the said Election, and before, during, and at and 
after the said Election, were guilty of corruptly 
treating, and of being corruptly treated, in order to 
procure the Election of the said Sir James Stirling, 
and who were by such last-mentioned corrupt prac- 
tices disqualified and incapacitated from voting at 
the said Election, and the votes so admitted ought 
to be struck off the poll; that on the taking of the 
said poll divers persons who were Electors for the 
said Borough, and entitled to vote at the said Elec- 
tion, did actually give their votes thereat for the 
said Leicester Viney Vernon, but the votes of such 
persons were nevertheless entered on the poll-books 
by the said Returning Officer, or by the poll clerks 
employed at such Election, in favour of the said Sir 
James Stirling, and were improperly and unduly 
reckoned in favour of the said Sir James Stirling, and 
by means whereof the votes of such persons were 
wholly lost to the said Leicester Viney Vernon, and 
such votes ought now to be struck off the poll of the 
said Sir James Stirling, and ought to be added to the 
poll in favour of the said Leicester Viney Vernon; 
that divers persons who were duly registered as Elec- 
tors for the said Borough, and entitled to vote as such 
at the said Election, and who tendered their votes 
for the said Leicester Viney Vernon, were on various 
illegal and frivolous pretences, such as a variance or 
mistake in the christian name or other name or names 
of such voters respectively, and on other pretences, 
refused and rejected at the said Election by the 
deputy of the said Returning Officer, and were not 
allowed to enter their votes for the said Leicester 
Viney Vernon, and their votes were not reckoned or 
counted for the said Leicester Viney Vernon, whereas 
such votes ought then to have been received and 
ought now to be added to the poll accordingly ; that 
at the said Election many persons were otherwise 
than as above stated improperly and illegally ad- 
mitted and reckoned upon the poll in favour of the 
said Sir James Stirling, and omitted and excluded 
from the number of votes polled in favour of the said 
Leicester Viney Vernon ; that by the ways and means 
aforesaid the said Sir James Stirling had not a majority 
of legal votes over the said Leicester Viney Vernon, 
and was not duly elected nor entitled to be returned, 
and the said Sir James Stirling was and is by reason 
of the premises wholly incapacitated and ineligible 
to be elected and to serve as a Member in the pre- 
sent Parliament for the said Borough, and that the 
said Leicester Viney Vernon was duly elected and 
entitled to be returned and sit as Member for the said 
Borough ; and praying that the House will take the 
premises into consideration, and that the Petitioners 
may be admitted as Parties to defend the said Election 
and Return of the said Leicester Viney Vernon, and 
to oppose the allegations and prayer of the said Peti- 
tion of the said John Tribe and John Shindler, and | 
that the House will give such further and other relief 
as to the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
General Committee of Elections. 

Ordered, ‘That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant | 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


17 Vicroriz. 


Mr. Sotheron presented a Bill to regulate Friendly 
Societies: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon this day 





three months ; and to be printed. 
Vou, 108, 


Augusti. 831 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Clitheroe 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ Writ. 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Clitheroe, in the room 
of John Thomas Walshman Aspinall, Esquire, whose 
Election has been determined to be void. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Public 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Public ‘in Bill. 
Libraries (Jreland) Bill; and the same were twice 7°” ) 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Kinnaird do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, spirits 
Copies of all Correspondence with the Board of Ad- (Navy-) 
miralty, praying that a portion of British Spirits 
may be taken for the Supply of the Royal Navy, 
and Answers thereto :—And, of all Contracts entered 
into for the Supply of the Royal Navy with Spirits, 
from the year 1841 to 1853, in the following form ; 


viz. — 














. + as Particulars of Ten- Ses t h 
Date Quantity and Description of in. ak i - _* 7 &gt; 
Spirits contracted for, made or British | 5 itish Spirits 
of Contract. and Price thereof in each Year. Spirits sent to made. 
the Board. 
Month. | Year. = — Price. _ Price. Dates. 
£.8 d. £. 8. d. 


























Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. 
the House this day, adjourn till To-morrow, at Three 
o'clock. 

Ordered, That this House do continue to sit for Sitting of 
the despatch of business To-morrow, if necessary, the House. 
without rising at Four o’clock. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow, 
at Three of the clock. 





Martis, 16° die Augusti ; 
Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 


ORPE RED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Warrington 
take into consideration the Amendments made by = nc 
the Lords to the Warrington and Altrincham Junc- aiiway 
tion Railway (Warrington, &amp;c.) Bill; and the same (Warrington, 
were twice read, and agreed to. Se) Bil 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 


Lordships. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Coleford, Mon- 
take into consideration the Amendments made by ™outh, Usk 
the Lords to the Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pon- ae 
typool Railway Bill. : 

The said Amendments, being read a second time 
(and it appearing that the Amendments to Clause 45 
were to make the meaning of the Clause more plain, 
but no alteration of the Tolls), were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Rushbrooke's Divorce Bill was, according to Or- Rushbrooke’s 
der, read the third time. Divorce Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


5N4 + Ordered, 





Vestries Act, 
Paddington. 


Australia. 


Crown Lands, 
Australian 
Colonies. 


Sugar-grow- 
ing Colonies. 


No. 936. 


Bermuda. 
No. 937. 


slack 

Kegiment, 

Antigua. 
No. 938. 


Parliamentary 


Papers. 


No. 939, 


Parliamentary 


Papers. 


Journals, 


Universities, 
No, 1017. 


832 


Ordered, That Mr. Freshfield do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon 
the 21st day of July last, that there be laid bales 
this House, a Return, by the Churchwardens and 
Overseers of the Parish of Paddington, showing the 
Names and Residences of all Persons qualified to vote 
for the adoption of the Vestries Act, 1 &amp; 2 Will. 4, 
c. 60, within the Parish of Paddington, in the 
Month of March 1853, with a List of those who 
voted for the adoption of the said Act, and those 
who voted against it in the Month of March 1853 ; 
also, a List of those who were struck off from the 
List of Voters, with the Reasons for such disquali- 
fication, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That a Return to the said Order be laid 
before this House forthwith. 


Mr. Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
—Further Papers relative to the recent Discovery of 
Gold in Australia (in continuation of Papers pre- 
sented 28th February 1853). 

Papers relative to Crown Lands in the Australian 
Colonies, Part 2 (South and Western Australia, and 
Van Diemen’s Land), in continuation of Papers pre- 
sented 14th August 1850. 

Mr. Peel also presented,--Further Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 16th day of Novem- 
ber last, for Copies or Extracts of Despatches rela- 
tive to the Condition of the Sugar-growing Colonies 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 624, 
Part I. ( British Guiana), of Session 1851). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
14th day of J uly last, for Copies of Letter from the 
Reverend W. C. Dowding, Secretary to the Ber- 
keley College Revival Committee, to his Honour 
Colonel Eden, Acting Governor of Bermuda, dated 
the 8th day of January 1853 :—Of Letter from the 
Secretary to the Trustees of Devonshire College, 
Bermuda, to the Reverend W. C. Dowding, dated 
the 18th day of January 1853, in reference to the said 
Letter :—Of Statistical Report on Education in Ber- 
muda, made by the Colonial Secretary of that Island, 
dated the 28th day of March 1853 :—And, of Letter, 
addressed by Governor Gregory, of the Bahamas, 
to the Reverend W. C. Dowding, dated London, 
the 26th day of July 1852, and transmitted by the 
Reverend W. C. Dowding to Her Majesty’s Principal 
Secretary of State for the Colonies in April 185%. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
8th day of this instant August, for Copies of any 
Correspondence between the West Jndia Merchants 
and the Colonial Office respecting the recruiting of 
the Black Regiment from the Creole Population of 
Antigua. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table ; and that the three last be printed. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—List of the 
Bills, Reports, Estimates, and Accounts and Papers 
printed by Order of the House of Commons, and 
of the Papers presented by Command, Session 
1852-3, with a General Alphabetical Index thereto : 
16th Parliament, Ist Session 16 &amp; 17 Vic.; 4 No- 
vember 1852 to 20 August 1853. 

General Index to the Bills, Reports of Com- 
mittees and Commissioners, Estimates, Accounts 
and Papers, printed by Order of the House of Com- 
mos, and presented by Command in each Session, 
Ist to 15th Parliament of the United Kingdom, 
41 Geo. 3, 1801, to 15 &amp; 16 Vie. 1852. 

General Index to the Journals of the House of 
Commons, commencing with the 13th Parliament 
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 
land, Vol. 93, A.D. 1837-8, 1 &amp; 2 Viec., and ending 
with Vol. 107, a.p. 1852, 15 &amp; 16 Vie. 

Indexes to Reports of Commissivners on Uni- 
versities. 


Ordered, That the said Papers be printed. 





16° August. 












A, 1853. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by Petitions for 


the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated Private Bills. 


the &amp;th day of this instant August, for a Return of No. 940, 


all Petitions for Private Bills deposited in the Private 
Bill Office of the House of Commons for the pre- 
sent Session; with the Name and Address of the 
Agents respectively who have deposited the same. 


Return to an Order, dated the 8th day of this in- Divisions of 
stant August, for a Return of the Number of Divisions the House. 


of the eure of Commons in the present Session ; 
stating the Subject of the Division, and the Num- 
ber of Members in the Majority and Minority, 
Tellers included; also, the Aggregate Number in 
the House on each Division; distinguishing the 
Divisions on Public Business from Private, and also 
the Number of Divisions before and after Midnight 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 574, 
of Session 1852). 


No. 941. 


Return to an Order, dated the 8th day of this in- Public 
stant August, for a Return of the Number of Public Committees. 


Committees appointed in the present Session, their 
Subjects, and the Names of Members appointed, 
and their Chairman ; the Number of Days on which 
each Committee sat, and the Number of Days on 
which each Member served on each Committee. 


Return to an Order, dated the 8th day of this in- Business of 
stant August, for Returns of the Number of each of te House. 
the following Motions which have been made in the No. 942. 


House before the Orders of the Day and Notices 
have been disposed of, or in any Committee of the 
whole House, in the Sessions 1849, 1850, 1851, 
1852 and 1852-3; viz., 1. That this House do now 
adjourn; 2. That this House, at its rising, will ad- 
journ till Monday next, or any future day ; 3. That 
a Debate be now adjourned; 4. That the Chairman 
of a Committee of the whole House do report Pro- 
gress; 5. That the Chairman do now leave the Chair ; 
and distinguishing, in each Class, the Number of 
such Motions which were withdrawn, negatived or 
agreed to by the House or the Committee, and the 
Number upon which there were Divisions. 


Return to an Order, dated the 8th day of this Public Bills, 
instant August, for an Alphabetical List of the Public No. 943. 


Bills which have been introduced into the House of 
Commons during the present Session, stating by 
whom introduced, or which have been brought from 
the House of Lords; the Dates of their several 
stages in this House, and distinguishing those which 
have since become Law (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 575, of Session 1852). 


Return to an Order, dated the 8th day of this Private Bills. 


instant August, for Returns of the Number of Pri- No. 944. 


vate Bills introduced and brought from the House of 
Lords, and of Acts passed in the present Session, 
classed according to the following subjects :—Rail- 
ways; Roads and Bridges; Waterworks; Ports ; 
Piers; Harbours and Docks; Canals and Navigations; 
Churches ; Chapels and Burying-grounds ; Paving, 
Lighting and Improving; Gaols and other County 
Buildings ; Inclosures ; Small Debts Courts; and all 
other Bills and Acts :—-Of all the Private Bills which, 
in the present Session, have been treated as Opposed 


Bills ; specilying those which have been classified in 


Groups by the Committee of Selection ; together with 
the Names of the Selected Members who served on 
each Committee; the First and also the Last Day 
of the Sitting of each Cemmittee ; the Number of 
Days on which each Committee sat ; the Number of 
Days on which each Selected Member has served ; 
the Bills the Preambles of which were reported to 
have been proved ; the Bills the Preambles of which 
were reported to have been not proved; the Bills 
referred back to the Ccmmittee of Selection as 
having become unopposed ; and the Bills withdrawn, 
or not proceeded with by the Parties :—And, of all 
Private Bills which, in the present Session, have 
been referred by the Committee of Selection to the 
Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means; 
together with the Names of the Members who served 
on each Committee ; the Number of Days on which 
each 















































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=... 





Sittings of 
the House. 


No. 945. 


Public 
Committees. 


No. 946. 


Election 
Petitions. 


No. 947. 


Fast India 
Civil Service. 
No. 948. 





17 Vicrori2z. 16° August. 833 


each Committee sat; and the Number of Days on, year for which the same can be supplied :—Showing 
which each Member attended. the Amount paid in England for Annuities to the 

Return to an Order, dated the 8th day of this in- | Covenanted Civil Service of the East India Com- 
stant August, for a Return of the Number of Days | pany, and the Number of Persons receiving the same 
on which the House of Commons sat in the present in the first year of the establishment of such Annuity 
Session, stating, for each Day, the Date of the Fund, as also in the last year for which the same 
Month, and the Day of the Week, the Hour of, can be supplied :—Showing the Amount of Absentee 
Meeting, and the Hour of Adjournment; and the Allowance in England, and Passage Money paid to 
Total Number of Hours occupied in the Sittings of | Covenanted Civil Servants of the East Indiu Com- 
the House, and the Average Time ; and also showing | pany, together with the Number of Persons receiving 
the Number of Hours on which the House sat each the same in the first year of granting such Allow- 
Day, and the Number of Hours after Midnight ;, ance and Passage Money, as also in the last year 
and the Number of Entries in each Day’s Votes and | for which the same can be furnished :—Showing the 
Proceedings (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper,| Amount of Absentee Allowance and Passage Money 


No. 576, of Session 1852). 

Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of this in- | 
stant August, for a Return of the Number of Public | 
Committees appointed in the Session of 1852, their 
Subjects, and the Names of Members appointed, 
and their Chairman, the Number of Days on which | 
each Committee sat, and the Number of Days on. 
which each Member served on each Committee :— 
And, similar Return for the Session 1852-53 (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 660, of 
Session 1851). 

Return to an Order, dated the 15th day of this 
instant August, for an Alphabetical List of all Elec- 
tion Petitions presented during the present Session ; 
showing the Names of the Places, Names of Mem- 
bers petitioned against, the Dates of Presentation, 
and Petitions to defend Returns ; and in what man- 
ner any of such Petitions may have been disposed 
of, whether by the Sureties to the Recognizances 
being reported as objectionable, or by being with- 
drawn; with the Dates of the Reports and such 
withdrawals, or otherwise, together with the Names 
of the Agents :—Returns of all Reports, Special 
Reports, and Determinations or Resolutions, of any 
Election Committees reported to this House :—Of 





_ paid in Jndia to Covenanted Civil Servants of the 
East India Company visiting the Island of Malta, 
or any other Country eastward of the same, and 
beyond the British Territories in India, in the year 
1834, and in the latest year for which the same can 
be supplied :—-And, showing the Amount paid in 
England on account of the Madras Civil Covenanted 
Establishment Annuity Fund of 1818, and the Num- 
ber of Persons receiving the same, for the year 1834, 
and for the last year for which the same can be fur- 
nished. 





Return to an Order, dated the 22d day of July Revenue 


last, for a Selection of Papers illustrative of the Cha- 
racter and Results of the Revenue Survey and As- 
sessment which has been introduced into the North- 
West Provinces of the Bengal Presidency, since the 
year 1833:—And, similar Return as to the Presi- 
dency of Bombay. 

Return to an Order, dated the sth day of this in- 
stant August, fora Statement of all Monies disbursed 
by way of Gratuities, Donations and Grants to the 
several Civil, Military, Medical and Jndian Navy 
Funds, at the respective Presidencies of Bengal, 
Madras and Bombay ; likewise a Statement showing 
the Amount on which Interest is allowed by Govern- 


the Names of all Members who have been unseated, | ment on the Public and Private Deposits of those 
and for what Causes they have been so unseated :— | respective Funds, and the Rate and Amount thereof, 
—Of the Names of all Places the Writs for which | as well as the Rate of Exchange at which the Com- 
have been suspended, and to what Dates they have pany’s Rupee is made payable in England with re- 


been so suspended, or further suspended ; or, after | gard to those several Funds, with the Amount of 


Suspension, have been granted afterwards :—And, 
of the Total Number of Select Committees which 
have sat on Election Petitions during the present 
Session ; the Names of the Chairman and Members 
serving on each Election Committee ; and the Num- 
ber of Days on which each Election Committee sat ; 
the Names of the Members of the General Committee 


of Elections ; and the Names of the Members se- Officers in each District, and Salary paid to each ; 
” &gt;] 


lected as the Chairmen’s Panel. sash Rotem to ® . . 
s : e made out in the following f : 
Return to an Order, dated the 15th day of June} — 


same for the year 1851-52, or for the latest year for 
which the same can be supplied. 


| ficers under the Poor Law, of Name of Union, Name 
| of Districts into which divided, Population of each 
District, Acres in each District, Number of Medical 








last, for Returns, showing the Number of Covenanted | ; 
a Aa . y . 1 Name of Name Populeti A . Number of 
Civil Servants in actual performance of Duty, and . = | of Districts —— — 
ao . by = . oT eac eac . 
exclusive of Absentees, belonging to the several Go-, Union. | _ into District. | District. in 


vernments of Bengal, the North-West Provinces, becomeetanni 





Survey 
(India. ) 


East India. 


Return to an Order, dated the 4th day of this Poor Law 
instant August, for a Return relating to Medical Of- Medical 


cers. 


| each District. 


Medical Officers Salary paid 


to each. 





Madras and Bombay, together with the lowest An- | | 
nual Salary in Sterling Money paid to such Cove- | | | 
nanted Servants, together with the Sum Total of; | 

such Number of Persons and Salaries, for the year | | 
1834, and for the last year for which the same can | | 

be rendered :—Showing the NumLer of Covenanted 
Civil Servants absent from Sickness, on Private Af- | 





| 
| 





| 
{ 





Return to an Order, dated the Ist day of this Lighthouses 


fairs, or on Furlough, belonging to the several Go- | instant August, for Returns of the Number and Si- (Isle of Man.) 


vernments of Bengal, the North-West Provinces, | tuation of tie several Lighthouses in or on the Coasts 
Madras and Bombay, together with the Annual | of the Jsle of Man, erected by the Commissioners of 
Amount of Salaries paid to such Officers for the year | Northern Lighthouses, and ‘showing the Authority 
1834, and for the last year for which the same can| by which each Lighthouse was erected :—Of the 
be supplied :—Similar Return for Uncovenanted | Revenue derived from or in respect of the said 
Civil Servants, distinguishing, as far as possible,| Lighthouses, and the Expenditure in respect thereof 
Persons of European Birth or Descent from Natives | in each year since the Erection of the first of such 
of India :—Returns, showing the Number of Officers | Lighthouses, including the Cost of the Erection 
of the Army under the several Governments of 4en-| thereof, and showing the Application of the Surplus, 
gal, the North-West Provinces, Madras and Bombay, | if any:—Of the Names of the Commissioners of 
employed in Civil and Diplomatic Offices, the lowest | Northern Lighthouses, and the various Acts of Par- 
| liament under which they act in the Jsle of Man :— 


and highest Salary paid, together with the Sum Total | 
of the Number of such Offices, and their Salaries,| Of the Number and Situation of any Lights main- 


for all India, for the year 1834, and for the latest | tained on the Coasts of the said Isle by the Trinity 
VoL. 108. " 


50+ Corporaiion, 





Revenue, &amp;c. 
(Ireland. ) 


No, 949. 


British 
Ambassador's 
House, Paris. 


No. 950. 


Peerage 
Patents. 
No. 951. 


Mileage Duty 
and Licenses, 


No. 952. 


Bullion, &amp;c. 
No. 953. 


834 16° Augusti. A. 1853. 


Corporation, and the Income and Expenditure in ; Parliamentary Paper, No. 70, of Session 1850, from 
respect thereof in each year :—And, of the Acts of | the latest Dates given therein, up to the present time) : 
Parliament under which the Trinity Corporation act |—Of the Monthly Average Aggregate Amount of 
with reference to the Isle of Man. | Promissory Notes payable to Bearer on demand, in 

Return to an Order, dated the 4th day of July circulation in the United Kingdom; distinguishing 
last. for an Abstract of the Net Produce of the ; those circulated by the Banks of England and Ire- 
Revenue of Jreland, paid into the Exchequer in the |/and, and by Private and Joint Stock Banks in 
year ended the 5th dav of January 1853 :—Accounts | England, Scotland and Ireland; together with the 
of the Net Public Income and Expenditure of Jre- , Bullion in the Bank of England (in continuation of 





land, for the year ended the 5th day of January 
1853; and showing the whole of the Ways and 
Means provided within the same period, together 
with the Application thereof:—Of the Amount of 
Duties of Excise in each Revenue District of Jre- | 
fand, in the year ended the 5th day of January 
1853 :—Of the Amount of Duties of Customs of 
the Revenue Districts of Ireland, in the year ended 
the 5th day of January 1853 :—Of the Amount of 
Stamp Duties collected in Dublin, and in each Stamp | 
District of Ireland, in the year ended the 5th day of 
January 1853 :—Of the Amount of Postage collected 
in each County of Jreland, in the year ended the | 
5th day of January 1853 :—Statements showing the 
(Quantities of the following Articles retained for Home 
Consumption in Jreland, in the year ended the 5th | 
day of sewer 1853 ; viz., Wine, Spirits, Foreign | 
and Home-made, Tobacco, Tea, Coffee, Sugar, Flax | 


Purliamentary Paper, No. 70, of Session 1850, u 
to the present time) :— Of the General Weekly Aver- 
age Prices of Wheat, Barley, Oats, Rye, Beans and 
Peas, per Quarter (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 70, of Session 1850):—And, of the 
Quantities of Wheat and Wheat Flour, and of all 
other Kinds of Grain and Meal, stated in Quarters, 
imported into Great Britain during each Month of 
the years 1849, 1850, 1851, 1852, und the first Six 
Months of 1853; distinguishing each Kind sepa- 
rately, and whether imported from Jreland, the Colo- 
nies, or Foreign Parts, giving the Monthly Average 
Prices thereof, also the Average Price and Totals 
for each year; together with a similar Return for 
the first Six Months of the present year (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 70, of Session 
1850), 
Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of this Wheat, &amp;e. 


Seed, Cotton Yarn, Cotton Wool, Woollen and Wor- | instant August, for Returns of the Number of Quar- 
sted Yarn, Silk, Raw and Thrown, Iron, unwrought, | ters of Foreign and Colonial Wheat, and of Wheat 
Timber, Deals and Coals :—And, showing the Quan- | Flour (converted into its equivalent of Quarters), 
tities of the following Articles exported from Jreland | and also of all the other Kinds of Grain, Meal and 
in the year ended the 5th day of January 1853, | Flour, imported from Foreign Countries into Lreland, 
distinguishing the Exports to Great Britain from | from the 1st day of January 1852 to the 30th day of 
those to Foreign Countries; viz. Oxen, Sheep, Swine, | June 1853, inclusive, distinguishing the Quantity in 
Horses, Bacon and Hams, Beef and Pork, Butter, | each year :—Of the same, and for the same Period, 
Wheat and Wheat Flour, Oats and Oatmeal, /rish | of all Grain, Meal and Flour imported from Great 
Spirits, Linen Manufactures, Linen Yarn, and Cotton | Britain into [re/and :-- And, similar distinguishing 
Manufactures (in continuation of Parliamentary | Returns, and for the same Period, of the Quantities 


No. 954. 


Paper, No. 504, of Session 1852). 

Return t&gt; an Order, dated the 5th day of this | 
instant August, for Copies of any Communications 
received by the Treasury from the Foreign Office, | 
or from any other Department, or from any Person, | 
during the years 1852 or 1853, in reference to the 
state of the Ambassador’s House at Paris :—Of all 
Reports of Mr. Albano on the same subject :—State- | 
ment of all Sums voted for the Repairs of the Am- 
bassador’s House during each of the last Six years, 
and of the Reports upon which the Estimates for | 
such Sums were founded; also of the Amount 
actually expended in each year; with a Copy of the 
Reports of the Persons under whose direction such | 
Expenditure was made :—dAnd, General Account of 
the Items of the Expenditure in each year, stating 
whether such Items have been vouched at the Audit | 
Office. 

Return to an Order, dated the sth day of this 
instant August, fora Return of the Persons to whom, 
and for what Services, the Sum of £. 420, charged | 
in Civil Contingencies for 1852, was paid, and the | 
Names of the several Persons receiving the same, | 
for the Patent creating General Fitzroy Somerset a \ 
Baron of the United Kingdom; stating also, by, 
what Act of Parliament or Authority each of these 
Persons receives these Payments. 

Return to an Order, dated the 8th day of this in- 
stant August, fora Return of the Amount of Mileage 
Duty and Licenses (respectively) paid in each of the 
last Four years en ‘ed the 5th day of January last, 
by Stage Carriage Proprietors in England; showing 
also, the respective Amounts paid in each year for the 
Metropolis. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
9th day of this instant August, for Accounts of the 
Notes, Securities, Buliion, &amp;c. of the Bank of England, 
as published Weekly in the Gazette, according to the 
Act? &amp; 8 Vie. ¢. 32 (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 70, of Session 1850):—Returns of the 
Quarterly Averages of the Weekly Liabilities and 
Assets of the Bank of Eng/and (in continuation of 





| instant August, for Copy of a Report and Tables, Societies. 


| Treasury, by the Actuary of the National Debt 


(9&amp;10 Vice. c. 27. 


_by the Clerk of the House,—The Report of the Com- 


'of the House; Public Bills; Private Bills; Sittings 


of Grain and Flour of all Kinds imported into Great 
Britain from /reland (in continuation of Parliamen- 
tary Paper, No. 537, of Session 1852). 

Return to an Order, dated the 12th day of this Friendly 


prepared under the directions of the Lords of the No. 955. 


Office, on the subject of Sickness and Mortality 
among the Members of Friendly Societies, as shown 
by the Quinquennial Returns, to the 31st day of De- 
cember 1850, received by the Registrar of Friendly 
Societies in England, under the provisions of the Act 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of Shoreham 
an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table Harbour. 


missioners acting under and by virtue of an Act of 
Parliament passed in the 56th year of the reign of 
his Majesty King George the Third, intituled, “ An 
Act for the more effectual Security and Improvement 
of the Harbour of New Shoreham, in the County of 
Sussex.” 

Ordered, That the Returns relative to Petitions 
for Private Bills; Divisions of the House ; Business 


of the House; Public Committees; Election Peti- 
tions; East India Civil Service; Revenue, &amp;c. (Jre- 
land); British Ambassador's House, Paris ; Peerage 
Patents ; Mileage Duty and Licenses ; Bullion, &amp;c. ; 1 
Wheat, &amp;c. ; and, Friendly Societies, be printed. 


Mr. Secretary-at-War presented,—Return to an Corporal 
Order, dated the 12th day of April last, for a Return Punishments. 
of the Number of Persons flogged in the Army of No. 956. 
Great Britain and Ireland, in each of the years 
1847 to 1852 inclusive, specifying the Offence, the 
Regiment, the place of Station, the Time, the Sentence 
and the Number of Lashes inflicted (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 81, of Session 1847). 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 

Mr. 




















Houses 
(Metropolis. ) 


Electors, &amp;c. 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 957. 


Poor Relief, 
&amp;c. (Metro- 
polis. ) 


Convictions 
( Middlesex.) 


Medical 
Charities 
(Ireland. ) 


Middlesex 
Sessions. 


Tariffs, 
No, 1916. 


17 Vicrori2. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Address to | 
Her Majesty, dated the 28th day of April last, for a | 
Return of the Number of Houses rated to the Relief | 
of the Poor in each Parish, within the Metropolitan | 
Police District, in the year 1839. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
30th day of June last, for a Return of the Number 


of Electors on the Register of 1852-53, in each | 


County, City and Borough in /reland, distinguishing 
their Qualifications, and stating the Number under 
each Qualification. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
17th day of February last, for a Return showing the | 
Amount of Property assessed to the Relief of the | 
Poor for the year ending on the 25th dav of March | 
1853, in each Parish of every County, Division of | 
a County, City or Borough comprised within the | 
Metropolitan Police District, and contributing to the | 
Payment of the Metropolitan Police Rate ; showing, | 
in parallel Columns, the Amount of Rental on which 
the Metropolitan Police Rate is assessed in each such | 
Parish, and the Population and Number of Houses | 
therein, according to the Census of the year 1851. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
28th day of July last, for a Return of the Number of 
Prisoners who have been convicted of Felony or | 
Misdemeanor at the Middlesex County Quarter Ses- 
sions, between the 1st day of January 1851 and the | 
30th day of December 1852, and sentenced to Trans- | 
portation or Imprisonment; specifying the different | 
Classes of Offences, and the Dates and Periods of 
such Transportation or Imprisonment; together with 
a Return of the Number of Cases in which Returns 
were laid before the Court of any previous Convic- 
tions of any such Prisoners; and of the Cases in 
which the Sentences were followed by a Recommen- | 
dation of the Prisoners to Parkhurst Prison or to | 
the Farm School at Redhill. 

Mr. Fitzroy also presented,—Return to an Order, | 
dated the 18th day of April last, for Returns from | 
the Treasurer of each County, County of a City and | 
Town in Ireland, stating the Number of Dispensaries, | 
Fever Hospitals, and Infirmaries for which County 
Presentments were made in the years 1851 and 1852, | 
the Sum presented for each, and the Sum subscribed | 
for each :—Of the Dispensary Districts, under the | 
Act 14 &amp; 15 Vic. c. 68, with the Expense thereof, 
for the year ending the 25th day of March 1853, | 
distinguishing Rent of Dispensary Buildings; Sala- | 
ries; Medicines and Medical Appliances; Books, 
Stationery, Printing aud Advertisements; Fuel, At- 
tendance and other Incidental Expenses ; with Totals | 
by Unions, Counties and Provinces, as in the First | 
Annual Report on Medical Charities by the Poor | 
Law Commissioners of /reland :—And, of the Num- | 
ber of Fever Hospitals in Jre/and that were sup- | 
ported by Poor Rate ; distinguishing those under the | 
temporary Fever Act, and the Cost of each, in the | 
years 1851 and 1852. 


Return to an Order, dated the 5th day of this | 
instant August, for a Return of the Number of) 


Middlesex Sessions, between the 1st day of January | 
1851 and the 30th day of December 1852; the 
Number of Appeals entered for Hearing during the | 
like period ; and the Number of Days on which the | 
Court sat for the despatch of Business. | 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the | 
Table; and that the Return relative to Electors, &amp;c. 
(Ireland), be printed. 


Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty’s Cu. 
mand,—A Return of the Rates of Duty upon the | 
principal Articles of British and Colonial Produce 
and Manufactures (so far as the same can be given), 


levied in each of the years 1846 and 1853, by the 
Tariffs of foreign Countries in which changes were 
made within that period, and showing the per-centage 
Increase or Decrease. 

VoL, 108, 





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835 


Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Lord John Russell presented,— Return to an Ad- 


Court of 


dress to Her Majesty, dated the 14th day of June Rome. 


last, for Further Papers, or Extracts from Papers, 
regarding the Relation of Foreign States with the 
Court of Pome. 

Ordered, ‘That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Osborne presented,—Return to an Ordet, Saint Ives Bay, 


of Captain Vetch’s Report to the Admiralty, dated 
the 31st day of July 1847, on Saint Ives Bay, Corn- 
wall, 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


‘dated the 9th day of this instant August, for a Copy Cornwall. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Belfast Mu- Belfast 


nicipal Boundaries, which was presented upon the 


22d day of June last, be printed. 


Municipal 
I 


3oundaries. 
No. 958. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Bedminster Bedminster 


15th day of this instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Army Prize 


this instant August, be printed. 


and Cardiff Unions, which was presented upon the -_ Cardiff 


nions. 
No. 959. 


Army Prize 


Money, which was presented upon the 15th day of Money. 


No. 960. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to /rish Na- Irish National 
tional School Books, which was presented upon the School Books. 


15th day of this instant August, be printed. 


No. 961. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Population, Population, 


&amp;e., which was presented upon the 15th day of this 
instant August, be printed. 


_ Ordered, That the Return relative to National 
Schools (Jreland), which was presented upon the 
15th day of this instant August, be printed. 


&amp;e. 


No. 962. 


National 
Schools 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 963. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Paper relative Municipal 


to 
the 15th day of this instant August, be printed. 


Petitions relating to Universal Suffrage, &amp;c. ;— 
Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ;— Paper, Newspapers 


Municipal Boroughs, which was presented upon Boroughs. 


No, 964. 


Publie 
Petitions. 


and Foreign Books ;— Arbitration ;--Armaments ; Vide Eighty- 
—Coinage ; — Copyholds ;— Charles Hovenden ;— sixth Report. 


and, Intoxicating Liquors,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to in- 
spect the Journals of the House of Lords with re- 
lation to any Proceedings upon the Hackney Car- 
riage Duties Bill, and to make Report thereof to 


the House:—And a Committee was appointed of 


Mr. Wilson, Mr. Peel, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Wilkin- 
son and Mr. Duncan :—And they are to withdraw 
immediately. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Hackney 
Carriage 
Duties Bill. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Colonial 
Prisoners committed or held to Bail for Trial at the | to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Expenditure, 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the General Abstract of the 
Colonial Expenditure of Great Britain for the years 
1851-52, and 1852-53 (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 398, of Session 1853). 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Troops 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to (Colonies. ) 


give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Her Majesty’s Troops, 
including Artillery and Engineers, who have been 
employed in the Colonies of Great Britain in each 
of the years 1851, 1852 and 1853 (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 566, of Session 1852). 
502+ Ordered, 






















































































Message from 
the Lords. 


Thames 
Embankment 
Bill. 

Duties on 
Horses let for 
Hire Bill. 


Assessed 
Taxes Bill. 


Insurance on 
Lives Bill. 


Sheriffs (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Vaccination 
Extension Bill. 


Transporta- 
tion Bill. 


Entails (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Pemberton’s 
Estate Bill. 


Duke of 
Cleveland's 
(Harte) Estate 
Bill. 

Saint Margaret 
and Saint 
John the 
Evangelist, 
Westminster, 
Vestries Bill. 


Boston end 
Midland 
Counties Rail- 
way and 
Docks Bill. 


Reliast Muni- 
cipal Boun- 
daries Bill. 


Rochdale 
Improvement 


(No. 2) Bill. 


Dublin Car- 
riage Bill. 


Courts of 
Common Law 
(Ireland) Bill. 


South Sea 
Company's 
Arrangement 
and ‘Trusts 
Biil. 


Charitable 
Trusts Bill. 


Burgh Har- 
bours (Scot- 


land) Bill. 


National 
Gallery. 


836 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 


Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the T’hames Embank- 
ment Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Duties on Horses 
let for Hire Bill, without any Amendment: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Assessed Taxes Bill, 
without any Amendment: And also, 

‘The Lords have agreed to the Insurance on Lives 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Sheriffs (Scotland) 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Vaccination Extension Bill, 
without any Amendment: And also, 

‘lhe Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Transportation Bill, without 
any Amendment: And also, 

‘The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 
by this House to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships to the Entails (Scod/and) Bill, without any 
Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to Pemberton’s Estate Bill, without 
any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Duke of Cleveland’s (Harte) 
Estate Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 
by this House to the Saint Margaret and Saint 
John the Evangelist, Westminster, Vestries Bill, 
without any Amendment (the same being a conse- 
quential Amendment upon the Amendments made 
by their Lordships to the said Bill): And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships to the Boston and Midland Counties Rail- 
way and Docks Bill, without any Amendment: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made by 
this House to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships to the Belfast Municipal Boundaries Bill, with 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Rochdale Improve- 
ment (No. 2) Bill, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Dudlin Carriage 
Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Courts of Common 
Law (Jreland) Bill, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the South Sea Com- 
pany’s Arrangement and ‘Trusts Bill, with Amend- 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords agree to some of the Amendments 
made by this House to the Charitable Trusts Bill, 
without any Amendment; and disagree to other 
Amendments, for which disagreement they assign a 
Reason : And also, s : : 

The Lords do not insist on their Amendment to 
the Burgh Harbours (Scotland) Bill, to which this 
House hath disagreed: And also, 

The Lords request that this House will be pleased 
to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of the 
Report from the Select Committee appointed by this 
House to inquire into the Management of the Na- 
tional Gallery, and to consider in what mode the 
Collective Monuments of Antiquity and Fine Art 


16° Augusti ; 








A. 1853. 


possessed by the Nation may be most securely pre- 
served, judiciously augmented, and advantageous! 
exhibited to the Public ; together with the Minutes 
of Evidence taken before the said Committee :—And 
then the Messenger withdrew. 

Resolved, That a printed Copy of the said Report 
be communicated to the Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships. 

And the Messenger was again called in; and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted him therewith ; and a printed 
Copy of the said Report was delivered to him, to be 
communicated to the Lords :—And then he again 
withdrew. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. 
the House this day, adjourn till Friday next. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer : Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Lunatic 
by this House to the Lunatic Asylums Bill, without Asylums Bill. 
any Amendment: And also, 

rhe Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Lunatics’ Care 
by this House to the Lunatics’ Care and Treatment and Treatment 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Bill 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Chancery 
by this House to the Chancery Suitors’ Further Relief Suitors’ Fur- 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, ther Relief Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Merchant Shipping Merchant 
Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Shipping Bill. 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Drainage of Lands Drainage of 
(Ireland) Act Amendment Bill, with Amendments ; to Lands (Ire- 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence @") Act 


‘ , Amendment 
of this House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. Bill. 


Mr. Wilson reported from the Committee ap- Hackney 
pointed to inspect the Journals of the Llouse of Lords, pe 
with relation to any Proceedings upon the Hackney a a 
Carriage Duties Bill, and to make Report thereof to 
the House; That they had inspected the said Journals 
accordingly, and had found the following entry : 


“ Die Lune, 15° Augusti, 1853: 


“The Order of the day being read, for the Hackney 
second reading of the Hackney Carriage Duties Carriage 
Bill ; Duties Bill. 

“ Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

“ Ordered, That the said Bill be read the 
second time on this day three months.” 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Resolutions re- Hackney 
lative to Hackney Carriage Duties, which, upon the Carriage | 
22d day of July last, were reported from the Com- Duties (Ue. 8) 

J Bill. 
mittee on the Customs, &amp;c. Acts; and which Reso- 
lutions were then agreed to by the House, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, ‘Vhat leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to reduce the Duties in respect of Hackney Car- 
riages used in the Metropolis, and to amend the 
Laws relating to the granting of Licenses and pay- 
ment of Duties in respect of Metropolitan Stage and 
Hackney Carriages, and to make provision as to the 
charge for the hire of Hackney Carriages in certain 
cases: And that Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Wilson and Mr. 
Chancellor of the Exchequer do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

Mr. Wilson accordingly presented the said Bill : 

And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time : 

—The Bill was accordingly read a second time ; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House. 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 

The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Sir John 


Young 














17 ~“Vicroriz. 


Postal Ar- 
rangements 
(Stoke, &amp;c.) 


Quarantine. 


Charitable 
Trusts Bill. 


Courts of 
Common Law 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Dublin Car. 
riage Bill, 





16°—19° 


Young reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill; and directed him to report the 
same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third time : 
—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of any Memorials addressed from time to 
time to successive Postmasters General by the Inha- 
bitants of the Towns of Stoke-upon- Trent, Maccles- 
field and Congleton, on the Subject of the Postal 
Arrangements of those Districts, with the Dates of 
such Memorials; and, of any Replies to the Me- 


morials, and of any Instructions issued to the Post- | 


office Authorities in relation to the further Postal 
Accommodation of those Districts. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of any Despatch from Her Majesty’s 
Consul at Carthagena (New Grenada) to Her Ma- 


jesty’s Principal Secretary of State for Foreign | 


Affairs, respecting the Repeal of Quarantine Regula- 
tions formerly enforced at that Port against Yellow 
Fever; the Admission to Free Pratique there of the 
Royal Mail Steam Packet “ Dee;” and the Recep- 
tion into the General Hospital there of Yellow Fever 
Patients from that Ship. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Reason assigned by the Lords for disagreeing 
to certain of the Amendments made by this House 
to the Charitable Trusts Bill; and the same was 
read, as followeth : 

The Lords disagree to the Amendment made by 
the Commons, in p. 6, 1. 30, being after “ applica- 
“ tion” to insert “to the said Board,” and also to 
the Amendment made by the Commons, in p. 6, 
]. 43, being after “mentioned” to insert “ subject 
“ nevertheless to the allowance and control of the 
“ Attorney General,” for the following Reason : 

Because the object of the Bill is to allow Pro- 
ceedings under the Jurisdiction created by 
the Bill to be instituted and prosecuted by 
authority of the Board without any further 
sanction, saving to the Attorney General his 
right to proceed ex-officio. 

With the preceding exceptions, the Lords agree 
to all the Amendments made by the Commons to 
the said Bill. 

Resolved, That this House doth not insist on their 
Amendments to the said Bill, to which the Lords 
have disagreed. 

Ordered, That Mr. Solicitor General do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House doth not insist on their Amendments to the 
said Bill, to which their Lordships have disagreed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Courts of 
Common Law (Jreland) Bill; and the same were 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Sir John Young do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Dublin 
Carriage Bill; and the same were twice read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That Sir John Young do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
VoL. 108. 


837 


hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


August. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration the Belfast Muni- 
Amendment made by the Lords to the Amendment cipal Boun- 
made by the Commons to the Amendments made “*"*s Bil 
by the Lords to the Belfast Municipal Boundaries 
Bill; and the same was twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Macartney do carry the Bill to 
the Lurds; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Assurance Assurance 





Associations have Power to report their Observations 4ss¢ciations. 
thereupon to the House, together with the Minutes No. 965. 
of the Evidence taken before them. 

Mr. Wilson reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee ; That they had considered the matter to them 
referred, and directed him to make a Report thereof 
to the House, together with the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before them. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Macariney reported from the Committee on Bedford 
the Ledford Charity Estate Bill; That they had Charity | 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble P****¢ Bil 
of the Bill, but the same had not been proved to 
their satisfaction. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Wilson presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Education. 
mand,—Copy of Minutes of the Committee of 
Council on Education ; Schools of Parochial Unions 
in England and Wales; with Reports by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Inspectors of Schools, 1852-3. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Canada. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of any Representations 
to the Secretary of State from Mr. Cheshire, or any 
other Parties, on behalf of the Settlers on the Grand 
River, in Upper Canada; together with Copies or 
Extracts of the Replies thereto, and any Correspond- 
dence on the subject with the Governor General of 
Canada. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. 
the House this day, adjourn till Friday next, at Three 
o'clock. 

Ordered, That this House do continue to sit for sitting of 
the despatch of business on Friday, if necessary, the House. 
without rising at Four o’clock. 


And then the House adjourned till Friday next, 
at Three of the clock. 


Veneris, 19° die August? ; 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERs. 
RDERED, That Standing Orders, Nos. 74, Private Bills. 
175 and 201, be suspended in the case of All 
Private Bills returned from the Lords with»Amend- 
ments ; and that the said Amendments be considered 
forthwith. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Rochdale 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Rochdale hmprovement 
Improvement Bill; and the same were twice read, 


and agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 





5O3 hath 














South Sea 


Company’s 
Arrangement 
and Trusts 
Bill. 


Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Lighty- 
sixth Report. 


Turnpike 
Trusts 
(Scotland. ) 


Highways. 


Borough of 
Cambridge. 


Local Rates. 
No. 966. 


Head Money 
(Borneo. ) 


No. 967. 





838 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the South 
Sea Company’s Arrangement and Trusts Bill; and 
the same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


19° Auguste. 





A, 1853. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the County Rates, 


4th day of May last, for a Return of all Sums of 
Money which have been expended out of the County 
Rates, since the year 1820, in the Construction, 
_ Alteration and Enlargement of each Gaol, House of 
| Correction, or Prison of any kind, including Lock- 
ups, and of Lunatic Asylums, distinguishing each 


County. 





No. 968. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Episcopal 
14th day of July last, for a Return trom the Eccle- comes. 


siastical Commissioners for England, of a Copy of 


| the Order in Council passed on or about the 25th day 


Petitions relating to Sligo Election Petition ;— | 
Crystal Palace (Sydenham) ;— Marriage ;—Protest- 
ant Missionaries (Jreland) ;—Recovery of Personal | 
Liberty Bill ;—-C!auses Act ;—Combination of Work- 
men Bill ;—County Courts ;—Emigrants ;— Richard | 
Firman ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;—Medical Officers | 
(Navy) ;—Passengers Act Amendment Act ;—and, | 
Poor Law (Scotland),—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


of August 1851, for the Regulation of Episcopal 
Incomes :—And, an Account setting forth the Income 
assigned to the See, and the Gross and Net Amount 
of Annual Income received by any Archbishop or 
Bishop from his See, and from Payments (if any) 
by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, previous to his 
having availed himself of the Order in Council, 
together with an Account of the Annual Amount of 


Gross and Net Income which has been received by 


, the Commissioners since the Archbishop or Bishop 


Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—An Abstract of the General Statements of 
the Income and Expenditure of the several Turnpike 
Trusts in Scotland, between the Term of Whitsunday 
1850 and the Term of Whitsunday 1851, pursuant | 
to the Act 12 &amp; 13 Vie. ¢. 31. 

An Abstract of the General Statements of the Re- | 
ceipts and Expenditure on account of the Highways 
of the several Parishes, Townships, &amp;c. in Eng/and 
and Wales, for the year ending 25th March 1851, 
pursuant to the Act 12 &amp; 13 Vie. c. 35. 

Copy of Report of the Commissioners appointed | 
under Her Majesty’s Sign Manual, to inquire into the 
existence of Corrupt Practices in the Borough of 
Cambridge ; together with the Minutes of Evidence. 

Mr. Litzroy also presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 15th day of February 
last, for a Return of the Amount assessed or raised 
in each County in England and Wales, during the 
year ended at Lady-day 1852, or at such other 


period as the Account of the Rate is usually made | 
up, in respect of the following Local Rates: 1. Poor's | 


Rate ; 2. Highway Rate ; 3. Church Rate ; 4. County | 
Rate; 5. County Police Rate; 6. Borough Rate ; | 


Rate; 9. Land Tax: Total:—lThe Return as to the | 
Poor's Rate to distinguish the Amount assessed | 
during the year ended at Lady-day 1852, respectively, | 
on, 1. Land, including Farm-buildings ; 2. Henesa, | 
including Warehouses, Factories, &amp;c.; 3. Tithes and | 
Commutation Rent-charge ; 4. Coal Mines; 5. Sale- | 
able Underwoods; 6. Canals; 7. Railways; 8. All’ 
other descriptions; Total assessed for Poor’s Rate 
(the proportion for the other Taxes to be ascertained | 
by the rule of proportion applicable to the Poor’s 
Rate). | 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the | 
7th day of April last, for a Return of the Appli- | 
cations that have been made to the Admiralty Court 
in England, the Vice-Admiralty Court in Bengal, at | 
Singapore and at Prince of Wales Island, for Head | 
or Bounty Money upon the Destruction or Dispersion 
of alleged Pirates on the Coast of Borneo and adja- 
cent Islands, in each year since 1841; stating when 
and on behalf of whom the several Applications | 
were made to the Court, specifying the Names and 
Number of the Vessels engaged in each Action, the 


shall have availed himself of such Order in Council. 


No. 969, 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the See of 
28th day of July last, for Returns of the Gross and Salisbury. 


Net Amount of the Annual Income received by the 
Bishop of Salisbury in respect of his See, for the 
years 1851 and 1852, and of all Payments made by 
him to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, or received 
from them during that time :—Of all Sums received 
in the way of Fines upon renewal of Leases for 
Lives during the Incumbency of the present Bishop, 
distinguishing the Years in which such Fines were 
received :—Of the Average Amount of Fines on 
renewals of Leases for Lives, from 1837 to 1850, 
inclusive :—Of a like Average from 1844 to 1850, 
inclusive :—Of Leases for Lives on which Lives are 
now vacant, the Age of the Lives in such Leases 
respectively, and of the Amount of Fines received 
on the last occasion of the renewal of the same :— 
And, of the Leases for Yeats of the See of Salisbury, 
distinguishing the Years in which the same will be 
renewable respectively, and the Amount of the Fine 
received on the last occasion when each Lease was 
renewed, 


No. 970. 


Mr. Fitzroy also presented,—Return to an Order, Towns 
7. Borough Watch Rate; 8. Lighting and Watching | dated the 27th day of April last, for Returns of the (Ireland.) 


Names of the several Towns in Ireland for which 
Town Commissioners are now appointed, under the 
Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 82:—Of the present Number of 
Commissioners for each of those Towns :—Of the 
Number of Householders in each of those Towns 
now registered under the said Act, or the Act of 
6 &amp; 7 Vic. c. 93, as qualified to be elected Town 


Commissioners in respect of the Occupation of 


Houses rated to the Annual Value of £.20 or up- 
wards; and of the Number in each Town so regis- 
tered as qualified to vote in respect of Tenements 
rated to the Annual Value of £.5 or upwards :— 
Of the Number of Householders in each of those 
Towns rated at the respective Annual Values of £. 4 
or upwards, £.8 or upwards, £.10 or upwards, £. 12 


/or upwards, and £.15 or upwards :—And, of the 


Number of Inhabitants in each of those Towns, 
according to the Government Census of March 
1851. 


No. 971. 


Return to an Order, dated the 5th day of July last, Turnpike 
for Returns of all the Turnpike Acts now in force in Trusts 


Ireland, specifying, in the case of each Trust, the 
, » &gt;? ’ 


Natmes of the Commanding Officers, and the Num-| Date when it was originally established, and the 
ber of the Crews of such Ships, and the Dates of | Number of Years for which it was to continue; also 
the respective Actions ; stating further the Number | the several Renewals thereof, whether by Private or 
of alleged Piratical Vessels destroyed, captured or | General Act, and the Date at which it is to termi- 
dispersed, the Number of Pirates alleged to have been | nate :-~For the last Twelve years from each existing 
on Board at the Commencement of each Action, the | Trust, of the Amount of the Tolls collected in each 
Number of such Persons destroyed, captured or| year, where the collection was made under the 
dispersed, and the Amount of the Bounty or Head| Management of the Trustees, distinguishing the 
Money awarded by the Court in each case, and| Sums received from Private Contracts :—Of the 
whether the said Amounts have been paid in whole or | Amount realized by the Trustees in each year that 
in part, or removed by Appeal to any other Court. | the Tolls were sold or farmed to Contractors, dis- 
tinguishing, 





(Ireland. ) 














Poor Laws 
(Ireland.) 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 972. 


Education 
(Ireland.) 


“Workhouses, 
No. 973. 


Poor Removal. 


No. 974. 


East India. 
No. 975. 


Poor Law 
Medical 
Officers. 


No. 976. 
Lighthouses 
(Isle of Man.) 

No. 977. 


Houses 
( Metropolis.) 


No. 978. 


Poor Relief, 
&amp;c. (Metro- 
polis.) 


No. 978. 





17 Vicroriz. 


tinguishing, where practicable, the Receipts from 
Private Agreements:—Of the Amounts received 
in each year from County Presentments, or from 
any other Source, in aid of Tolls, and of the Total 
Amount of Debts and Liabilities on each Trust :— 
Of the Sums paid in each year to Collectors, Trea- 
surers, Secretary, Surveyor, Labourers or other 
Officer or Servant respectively, by way of Salary or 
Compensation; of the Sums paid in each year for 
Rent of Offices, Toll-houses, &amp;c.; of the Amount 
paid in each year for Printing, Advertising, Sta- 
tionery and other Contingent Expenses; of the 
Sums expended in each year for ordinary Repairs, 
distinguishing the Amounts paid for Labour and Ma- 
terials :—And, of the Sums expended in each year 
on building Walls or Fences, in making Side or 
Foot-paths, or other permanent Improvements, &lt;is- 
tinguishing under this and the previous Heads, when 
practicable, the Amounts expended within each Ba- 
rony or Half Barony. 

Mr. Fitzroy also presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—Copies of 39 
General Orders, issued by the Commissioners for 
administering the Laws for the Relief of the Poor 
in Ireland. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table ; and that the Returns relative to Local Rates ; 
Head Money (Borneo); County Rates ; Episcopal 
Incomes; See of Salisbury; and, Towns (/reland), 
be printed. 





Sir John Young presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of the 19th Report of the Commis- 
sioners of National Education in Jreland (for the 
year 1852), with Appendices: Vol. 1. 

Sir John Young also presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 9th day of this instant August, for 
Copies of Correspondence of Education Commis- 
sioners (Ireland), relative to School Books, with Mr. 
Tottenham in 1840 :—Return of Books now in use 
in each of the several Model Schools :—Copies of 
Memorandums addressed to the Education Board 
by the Archbishop of Dublin, complaining of the 
Innovations introduced in some of the Model Schools 
without the sanction of the Commissioners, and the 
Answers thereto; and his Grace’s Replies to the 
defence of the irregularity ; together with his Notice 
of withdrawal from the Board :—And, of Proceed- 
ings of Special Meeting of Education Commis- 
sioners, held on the 17th day of June 1853, with re- 
ference to Rule 8, Sec. 2, referred to in the Proceed- 
ings of the 8th day of July 1853 (826). 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table ; and that the first be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Workhouses, 
which was presented upon the Ist day of this instant 
August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Re- 
moval, which was presented upon the 5th day of this 
instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India, 
which was presented upon the 16th day of this in- 
stant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Law 
Medical Officers, which was presented upon the 16th 
day of this instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Lighthouses 
(Isle of Man), which was presented upon the 16th day 
of this instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to Houses (Metropolis), which was presented upon 
the 16th day of this instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to Poor Relief, &amp;c. (Metropolis), which was pre- 
sented upon the 16th day of this instant August, be 
printed. 


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839 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Medical 
to Medical Charities (/re/and), which was presented Charities 


upon the 16th day of this instant August, be printed. a 


reland.) 
No. 979. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Middlesex widdlesex 
Sessions, which was presented upon the 16th day of Sessions. 


this instant August, be printed. 


No. 980. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Convictions Convictions 
( Middlesex), which was presented upon the 16th day (Middlesex. ) 


of this instant August, be printed. 


No. 981. 


‘The following Papers were laid upon the Table by Post-office 


the Clerk of the House,—Further Returns to several 
Orders, dated the 10th and 14th days of December 
last, for Returns of the Number of Post-oftice Re- 
ceiving-houses in London, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glas- 
gow, Liverpool and Manchester, respectively ; the 
Number of Collections daily from each Receiving- 
house, and the proportion the Population of each 
of these Places, as per last Census, bears to each Re- 
ceiving-house ; whether general Post-office Business 
can be transacted at all these Receiving-houses, and, 
if not, the Number in each Place at which that can 
be transacted ; showing the proportion the Popula- 
tion of each Place bears to every such Receiving- 
house or Branch Office; the Number of Offices in 
each Place at which Money Order Business can 
be transacted, and the proportion the Population of 
each Place bears to every such Office ; the Average 
Number of Letters delivered daily in each of the 
above-mentioned Towns ; also the Number of Letter- 
carriers in each Town to deliver these Letters, and 
also the Number of Deliveries daily in each Town: 
—And, of the Name of every one employed in the 
Post-office of Glasgow , the Number of Years each 
Person has been in the Service; Salary of each, 
and Sums, if any, derived from Fees, stating the 
nature of such Fees; Nature of the Duties per- 
formed by each; whether there is a Scale of Sala- 
ries for Length of Service, and, if so, the Particulars 
of it; showing the highest Salary that can be ob- 
tained by Length of Service only, and the Time to 
be served to obtain that Salary ; whether there is a 
Superannuation Allowance; Gross Revenue of the 
Office for each of the last Ten years, including 
Amount of Postage Stamps sold through the Stamp 
Office; Number of Letters for one Week of each 
Month in each year for a like Period ; Number and 
Amount of Money Orders paid and issued in each 
of the last Ten years ; also the Commission in each 
year; Number of Clerks employed in each year, 
distinguishing the Number engaged in each Depart- 
ment :——«—And, That Birmingham be added to 
the List of Places which are included in the Returns 
ordered on Friday the 10th day of December, re- 
specting Post-office Receiving-houses, &amp;c. 


Receiving 
houses, &amp;c, 


Return to an Order, dated the 13th day of June Sheriffs’ 
last, for a Return of the manner in which the Sums Expenses. 


voted in the Estimates for 1850, 1851 and 1852, as 
required to defray the Expenses incurred by Sheriffs, 
formerly paid from Civil Contingencies, have been 
expended ; stating the several Persons to whom Pay- 
ments have been made, and for what purposes such 
Payments were required. 


Return to an Order, dated the 27th day of June Dumfries 
last, for Copy of any Memorial or Petition which Letter- 
may have been addressed to the Postmaster General, “""™* 


on the part of the Letter-carriers of Dumfries, show- 
ing the extent of Work they are called on to perform, 
and the inadequate Wages received by them. 


Return to an Order, dated the 25th day of July Postal Com- 


last, for Copies of any Memorial or Memcrials ad- 


dressed to the Postmaster General in the course of ‘ 


the present year by the Town Commissioners of 
Youghal, on the subject of the Postal Communication 
between that Town and Tallow, Lismore and Dun- 
gannon, with the Dates of such Memorials; also, 
Copies of any Replies to these Memorials, and of 
any Instructions issued by the Postmaster General 

504 to 


munication 


Tallow, &amp;c.) 





840 


to the Post-oftice Authorities in relation to the sub- 
ject of these Memorials. 

Return to an Order, dated the 1st day of this in- 
stant August, for Returns of all the Public Charities, 
specifying their Name and Character, which upon 
application to the Board of Inland Revenue, or to 
the Lords of the Treasury, have, under the Acts 
22 Geo. 3, c. 48, and 55 Geo. 3, c. 184, been ex- 
empted from the payment of Duty on Fire Insurance, 
as to the premises they occupy, stating the ground of 
exemption, and the Sums of Money which may have 
been refunded or allowed to such Charities for past 
payment of the same, from the 1st day of January 
1847 until the 1st day of January 1853 :—And, of 
all Applications made by Public Charities for a re- 
mission of the Duty on Fire Insurances which have 
been refused by the Board of Inland Revenue, and 
the grounds of such refusal. 

Further Return to an Order, dated the ist day of 
this instant August, for Returns of the Number and 
Situation of the several Lighthouses in or on the 
Coasts of the Isle of Man, erected by the Com- 
missioners of Northern Lighthouses, and showing 
the Authority by which each Lighthouse was 
erected : —Of the Revenue derived from or in re- 
spect of the said Lighthouses, and the Expenditure 
in respect thereof, in each year since the Erection 
of the first of such Lighthouses, including the Cost 
of the Erection thereof; and showing the Applica- 
tion of the Surplus, if any :—Of the Names of the 
Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses, and the 
various Acts of Parliament under which they act, in 
the Isle of Man :—Of the Number and Situation of 
any Lights maintained on the Coasts of the said 
Isle by the Trinity Corporation, and the Income and 
Expenditure in respect thereof, in each year :—And, 
of the Acts of Parliament under which the Trinity 
Corporation act with reference to the Isle of Man. 


Charities. 


Lighthouses 
(Isle of Man.) 


Message from A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer: 


the Lords. Mr. Speaker, 
Universities The Lords have agreed to the Universities (Scot- 
— land) Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


Employment 
of Children in 
Factories Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Employment of 
Children in Factories Bill, without any Amendment : 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the East Indian Rail- 
way Company Bill, without any Amendment: Anc 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Consolidated Fund 
(Appropriation) Bill, without any Amendment: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Land Tax Com- 


East Indian 
Railway Com- 
pany Bill. 
Consolidated 
Fund (Appro- 
priation) Bill. 


Land Tax 


Commission- missioners’ Names Bill, without any Amendment : 
ers’ Names j 
Bill. And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Defacing. the Coin 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


Defacing the 
Coin Bill. 


Linen, &amp;e. 
Manufactures 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Linen, &amp;c. Manu- 
factures (Ireland) Bill, without any Amendment : 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Stock in Trade Ex- 
emption Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


Stock in Tradc 
Exemption 
Bill. 

Customs Bill. The Lords have agreed to the Customs Bill, 
without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to Baron Vivian's Estate Bill, with- 
out any Amendment: And also, 

The I ords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Copies of Specifications Repeal 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


Baron Vivian's 
Estate Bill. 


Copies of 
Specifications 
Repeal Bill. 


Burials The Lords have agreed to the Burials (beyond the 
a nea Metropolis) Bill, with an Amendment; to which 
Bill. Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of 


this House: And also, 
Public Works The Lords have agreed to the Public Works Acts 
Acts Amend- Amendment (/reland) Bill, with Amendments ; to 
ment (Ireland) which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence 
Bill. aL: 

of this House: And also, 


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A. 1853. 


The Lords have agreed to the Militia Ballots Sus- Militia Ballots 
pension and Militia Law Amendment Bill, with Suspension 
Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords de- gly oman 

; ‘ 4 end- 
sire the concurrence of this House: And also, ment Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Pilotage Bill, with pilotage Bin, 
Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords de- 
sire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Smoke Nuisance smoke 
Abatement (Metropolis) Bill, with Amendments ; to Nuisance 


which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- Metropol) 
rence of this House: And also, Bill. 


The Lords insist on their Amendments to the Turnpike Acts 
Turnpike Acts Continuance, &amp;c. Bill, to which the Continuance, 
Commons have disagreed, for which they assign a . om 
Reason :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Customs 
Copies of any Treasury Minutes, and of all Corre- Reform (Isle 
spondence between the Treasury and the Authorities, *™"-) 
or other Public Bodies of the Zsle of Man, in rela- No. 982, 
tion to the recent Customs Reform in that Island. 

Mr. Wilson accordingly presented the said Paper. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Ordered, That, in addition to the Returns relating British 
to the British Ambassador’s House at Paris, moved Ambassador's 
for on the 5th instant, there be laid before this House: Paris. 
House, Copies of all Communications received by 
the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Works, &amp;c., 
on that subject, during the years 1852 and 1853. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, tron, &amp;e. 
Accounts of the Quantity of Foreign [ron imported 
and exported from the United Kingdom in the year 
1851; distinguishing the several Sorts of Iron, and 
the Countries from which imported and to which 
exported: — Of British Iron exported, including 
Unwrought Steel, in the year 1851, distinguishing 
the Countries to which the same was exported :—Of 
the Quantity of British Hardware exported in the 
year 1851, distinguishing the Countries to which 
exported, and the Declared Value thereof :—And, 
similar Accounts for the year 1852. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Friendly 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Societies. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Names of every Friendly 
Society, certified under the Act 13 &amp; 14 Vic. c. 115, 
stating where the Meetings are held, the Object of 
such Society, and the highest Amount allowed weekly 
in Sickness, and paid at Death. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


The Order made upon the Sth day of this instant south Sea 
August, That the Estimate respecting the South Sea and other 
and other Annuities Dissentients be printed, was ee All 
read, and discharged. Estimate. 

Resolved, ‘That an humble Address be presented Railways 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (London.) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Quantity of Coal and Grain, 
and of the Number of Cattle and Sheep, carried into 
and out of London by each of the different Railways 
annually, for the years 1850, 1851 and 1852. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Poor Law 
Return of Names of the Poor Law Unions of Jre- Unions 
land, distinguishing those that have their Schools 1**!**4) 
in connexion with the National Board from those 
that have not. 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s Slave Trade. 
Command, —- Class (A.): — Copy Correspondence 


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17 Vicrori2. 


with the British Commissioners at Sierra Leone, 
Havanna, the Cape of Good Hope and Leanda ; 
and Reports from British Vice-Admiralty Courts, 
and from British Naval Officers, relating to the 
Slave Trade, from April 1, 1852, to March 31, 1853. 
Class (B.):—Copy Correspondence with British 
Ministers and Agents in Foreign Countries, and with 
Foreign Ministers in England, relating to the Slave 
Trade, from April 1, 1852, to March 31, 1853. 
United States | Copy of Convention between Her Majesty and 


of America. the United States of America, for the Settlement of 
Outstanding Claims by a Mixed Commission. 
(Signed at London, February 8, 1853.) 
Protestant Further Paper respecting the Protestant Burial- 
Burial-ground Ground at Madrid (in continuation of the Corre- 
in Madrid. . ‘ 
spondence — to Parliament in 1851). 
Consuls. Lord John Russell also presented,—Return to an 


Address to Her Majesty, dated the 12th day of April 
last, for a Return of all Consuls General, Consuls, and 
salaried Vice-Consuls, with the Amount of their Sa- 


laries ; of the Fees received by them in the years | 


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841 


by Her Majesty’s Emigration Commissioners, during 
the year 1852. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Ceylon. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Despatch from the Duke of 
Newcastle to the Governor of Ceylon, dated August 
1853, in reply to Despatches from the Governor, 
No. 22, the 24th day of March, and No. 70, the 
10th day of June 1853, on the subject of the Con- 
nexion of the Government of that Island with the 
Idolatry of its Native Inhabitants. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Chinese 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased I™migration. 


1849, 1850, 1851 and 1852 respectively, and of any| to give directions, that there be laid before this 
other Salary or Emolument ; specifying whether the | House, Copies or Extracts of Despatches relating 
Consulate is a trading Consulate or not, and the| to Chinese Immigrants recently introduced into the 


Country of which each actual Consul is a Native. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
10th day of June last, for a Continuation, to the pre- 
sent Date, of Correspondence between Great Bri- 
tain and Foreign Powers, and Communications from 
the British Government to Claimants, relative to 
Loans made by British Subjects, from the year 1823 
to 1847, presented to this House pursuant to Ad- 
dress of the 30th day of March 1847, including the 
unpublished Correspondence of 1847. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
13th day of June last, for Copies of all Correspond- 
ence with Her Majesty’s Consul at Charleston, on 
the subject of the Imprisonment of shipwrecked Sai- 
lors and other British Subjects, being Persons of 
Colour, by the Authorities of South Carolina. 

Ordered, Thatthe said Papers do lie upon the Table. 


Toans to 
Foreign 
Governments. 


South 
Carolina. 


Natal. Mr. Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
—Further Correspondence relative to the Settle- 
ment of Vatal (in continuation of Papers presented 
30th July 1851). 

Mr. Peel also presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 8th day of this instant 
August, for Copy of a Despatch from the Governor 
of New South Wales, transmitting for Her Majesty’s 
approval an Act passed by the Legislature of that 
Colony, for regulating the inducting of assisted Im- 
migrants, and others, in the United Kingdom and 
elsewhere, and their Employment in the Colony for 
a certain time after their arrival therein; together 
with any Report on that Act addressed to the Se- 
cretary of State by Her Majesty’s Colonial and Emi- 
gration Commissioners. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
12th day of this instant August, for Copies of the 
Addresses to Her Majesty of the Legislative Council 
and Assembly of Canada, on the subject of the Con- 
stitution of the former House. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
16th day of this instant August, for Copies or Ex- 
tracts of any Representations to the Secretary of 
State from Mr. Cheshire, or any other Parties, on 
behalf of the Settlers on the Grand River, in Upper 
Canada ; together with Copies or Extracts of the 
Replies thereto, and any Correspondence on the sub- 
ject with the Governor General of Canada. 

Colonial Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 

Expenditure. 16th day of this instant August, for a Return of the 
General Abstract of the Colonial Expenditure of 
Great Britain for the years 1851-52 and 1852-53 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 398, of 
Session 1853). 


New South 
Wales. 


Canada. 


Canada. 


re and Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
Geen 10th day of this instant August, for a Return of the 


Number of Letters received and despatched daily 
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Colonies of British Guiana and Trinidad. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 

Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 

of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Bullion, &amp;c. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Amount of Bullion pur- 
chased and sold by the Bank of England, distin- 
guishing Gold from Silver, and Bar Gold from Fo- 
reign Gold Coin, in each Month, from 1840 to June 
1853 inclusive ; also, the Excess of Payments to, or 
of Receipts from, the Public, of British Gold Coin ; 
and also, the Amount received from the Mint during 
the same Period; giving the Totals for each year, 
and for the first Six Months of 1853. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this Howe as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, paupers, «c. 
Returns of the Number, in the last Week of Sep- 
tember 1852, and in the last Week of January 1853, 
in each Workhouse in England and Wales, of the 
Paupers of each Religious Denomination; distin- 
guishing the Adults from the Children, and the 
Male from the Female; specifying also, in each 
Workhouse, and for each Religious Denomination, 
the Religious Accommodation, the Number of Ser- 
vices in each Week, the Names of the Chaplains, 
the Salary of each Chaplain, and the Provision made 
for the Religious Instruction of the Children within 
the Workhouse :—And, of the Number of Children 
placed or farmed out in any Establishment, Private 
or Public, external to each Workhouse, and in each 
such case the Name and Place of such Establish- 
ment, the Number of Children of each Religious 
Denomination in each Establishment, and the Pro- 
vision made in each for the Religious Education of 
the Children of each Religious Denomination. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Smoke 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Smoke Nuisance 


. ° . Abat t 
Nuisance Abatement (Metropolis) Bill; and the; Metropolis) 
same were twice read, and agreed to. Bill. 


Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Burials 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Burials (beyond the 
(beyond the Metropolis) Bill; and the same was —_— 
twice read, and agreed to. ; 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships. 


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842 
The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Pilotage 
Bill; and the same were twice read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


Pilotage Bill. 


Militia Ballots The House proceeded to take into consideration 


—— the Amendments made by the Lords to the Militia 
Taw Amexg. Ballots Suspension and Militia Law Amendment 
ment Bill. | Bill; and the same were twice read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 

agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 
Merchant The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Shipping Bill. the Amendments made by the Lords to the Merchant 
Shipping Bill; and the same were twice read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


Drainage of | The House proceeded to take into consideration 
wey {ite the Amendments made by the Lords to the Drainage 


Amendment Of Lands (Ireland) Act Amendment Bill; and the 
Bill. same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Biil to 

the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 

agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


Public Works 
Acts Amend- 

ment (Ireland) 
Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Public 
Works Acts Amendmert (/reland) Bill; and the 
same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


General Board 
of Health 
(No. 3) Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the General 
Board of Health (No. 3) Bill; and the same were 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


Turnpike Acts 
Continuance 
Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Reason assigned by the Lords for insisting on 
their Amendments to the Turnpike Acts Continu- 
ance, &amp;c. Bill, to which this House hath disagreed ; 
and the same was read, as followeth : 


“The Lords insist on their Amendments to the 
Turnpike Acts Continuance, &amp;c. Bill, to which the 
Commons have disagreed, for the following Reason : 

Because the Lords consider the provisions of 
Clause 7 of the said Bill to be foreign to, 
and different from, the matter of the Bill 
itself, which is directed to a temporary pur- 
pose, and that consequently the admission of 
the proposed enactment (to which the Lords 
object) to such a Bill would be contrary to 
the spirit of their Standing Orders.” 

Resolved, That this House doth not insist on their 
disagreement to the said Amendments. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
doth not insist on their disagreement to the Amend- 
nents made by their Lordships to the said Bill. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the following Documents referred to in 
the Petition of Mean Oomaid Singh, presented to 
this House on the 13th day of July last:—Of the 
Petition presented by Mean Oomaid Singh to the 
Governor General of Zndia, on the 25th day of Oc- 
tober 1850; and of any Memorials since addressed 
by Mean Oomaid Singh to the Governor General of 


Mean Oomaid 
Singh. 


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A. 1853. 


India or to the Directors of the East India Com- 
pany, together with Copies of the respective Replies 
to such Memorials:—And, of a Letter dated the 
10th day of July 1850, from Mr. Edwards, the 
Superintendent of the Hill Estates in the Agency of 
Simloe, to Mean Oomaid Singh, stating that his 
Claim to the Estate of Berghaut had been sub- 
mitted to the Board of Directors, and that in their 
opinion it was not proved ; and, of the Minutes of 
the Decision or other Proceedings of the Board of 
Directors of the East India Company upon his 
Claim referred to in such Letter. 


Mr. Osborne presented,—Return to an Order, Milford and 

dated the 13th day of June last, for a Return of the Waterford, &amp;c, 
Number and Names of Her Majesty’s Mail Packets M#il Packets. 
on the Milford and Waterford, Holyhead and Kings- 
town, Liverpool and Kingstown, Donaghadee and 
Portpatrick Stations, for two years previous to the 
Period when the Mails were first conveyed between 
England and Ireland by Contract, together with 
the Dates when each Fn was discontinued re- 
spectively ; showing the Annual Expenditure for 
each Station under the following Heads of Service : 
Wages and Victuals, Wear and ‘ear, Coals and 
Repairs of Machinery :—And, Estimate of the Ca- 
pital presumed to be sunk in maintaining each Line ; 
together with an Account of any Incidental Ex- 
penses incurred by the Commissioners in the per- 
formance of the Service. 

Return to an Order, dated the 4th day of July Chronometers. 
last, for Copies of all Correspondence and Papers 
relative to Improvements in Chronometers received 
by the Board of Admiralty, the Hydrographer, and 
the Astronomer Royal, since the 25th day of July 
1849, the Date of the last Return. 

Return to an Order, dated the 28th day of July Breakwater 
last, for Copies of all Correspondence that has taken = Dock of 
place between the Admiralty and Mr. Smith, subse- “°"S* 
quent to 1849, relative to his projected Breakwater 
and Dock of Refuge ; and also all Reports and Cor- 
respondence with the Admiralty and their Engineers 
on the same subject. 

Return to an Order, dated the 10th day of this Ardglass 
instant August, for Copy of Report of Captain Den- Harbour. 
ham and Mr. Rendall, recommending the Restoration 
of Ardglass Harbour. 

Return to an Order, dated the 21st day of July Capture of 
last, for a Return of the Number and Value of Brass Brune. 
Guns captured at Bruné, in July 1846, by the Squa- 
dron under the command of Sir Thomas Cochrane ; 
stating from what Enemy taken, when War was 
declared against that Enemy, by what Court the 
Guns were adjudged as Prize Money, the Total 
Amount of Proceeds about to be distributed agree- 
ably to the notification in the London Gazette of the 
15th day of this instant July, and the Number of 
Persons on board the said Squadron (duly classified) 
who are to participate therein. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Register of 
Copy of the Admiralty Register of Wrecks and other Wrecks. 
Casualties to Vessels which occurred in the Seas No. 983. 
and on the Shores of the United Kingdom, during 
the year 1852. 

Mr. Osborne accordingly presented the said Paper. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Mr. Wilson presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Railways. 
mand,—Return of the Number and Nature of the 
Accidents, and the Injuries to Life and Limb which 
have occurred on all the Railways in Great Britain 
and Jreland, from the 31st December 1852 to the 
30th June 1853, together with the Number of Pas- 
sengers conveyed during that period (in continuation 
of the Return of Accidents for the preceding Half- 
year, presented in the present Session). 

Copy 








17 Vicroriz. 


"Railways. Copy of Report to the Lords of the Committee of 
Privy Council for Trade and Foreign Plantations, 
of the Proceedings of the Department relating to 
Railways, for the year 1852. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Table. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Hackney Carriage 
Duties (No. 2) Bill, without any Amendment: And 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Hackney Car- 
riage Duties 
(No. 2) Bill. 


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843 


hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Customs Acts 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Customs  ceaaesaaaa 
Acts Consolidation Bill. = 

The said Amendments being read a second time 
(and it appearing that one of the said Amendments 
was to omit the Preamble of a Clause, and did not 
aftect the enacting part ; and the other Amendments 
were to carry into effect the intentions of this House), 





also, 
Militia Pay The Lords have agreed to the Militia Pay Bill, | 
Bill. without any Amendment: And also, | 
Land Tax The Lords have agreed to the Land Tax Redemp- | 
Redemption tion Act Amendment Bill, without any Amendment: | 


Act Amend- 
ment Bill. And also, | 


Apprehension The Lords have agreed to the Apprehension of 
oe Offenders’ Act Amendment Bill, without any Amend- | 
ment Bill, ment: And also, 

Betting- The Lords have agreed to the Betting-houses Bill, | 


houses Bill, — without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Commons Inclosure 
(No. 3) Bill, without any Amendment: And also, | 


Commons 
Inclosure 
(No. 3) Bill. 
Female 
Convicts Bill. Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

Loan Societies The Lords have agreed to the Loan Societies Bill, 
Bill. without any Amendment: And also, 

Marriages, The Lords have agreed to the Marriages, Holy 
Holy Trinity Trinity Church, Hulme, Validity Bill, without any 


Hulme Amendment: And also, 
Validity Bill. 
Friendly The Lords have agreed to the Friendly Societies 


Societies Bill. Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 
Copyhold, &amp;e. The Lords have agreed to the Copyhold, &amp;c. 


Commission Commission Continuance Bill, without any Amend- 
Continuance ag rer 

Bill. ment: And also, 

Metropolitan The Lords have agreed to the Metropolitan Sewers 


Sewers Acts Acts Continuance Bill, without any Amendment : 
Continuance : 


Bill. And also, ° 

Ecclesiastical The Lords have agreed to the Ecclesiastical Juris- 

_—— diction Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 
lil, 


Customs Acts The Lords have agreed to the Customs Acts Con- 
Consolidation solidation Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
Bill. ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 
South Sea and The Lords have agreed to the South Sea and other 
ee Annuities, Provision for Payment, &amp;c. Bill, with 
for Payment, Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
1 desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 


&amp;c, Bill. 

North and The, Lords have agreed to the North and South 

South Western Western (Hampstead and City Junction) Railway 

(Hampstead Bij], with Amendments ; to which Amendments the 

and City “&lt; : : 

Junction) Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 

Railway Bill. also, 

Eastern Union ‘The Lords have agreed to the Eastern Union Raii- 

Railway Bill. way Bill, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— 


And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Eastern Union The House proceeded to take into consideration 

Railway Bill. the Amendments made by the Lords to the Eastern 
Union Railway Bill; and the same were twice read, 
and agreed to. 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill | 


to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


North and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
South Western the Amendments made by the Lords to the North 
aa and South Western (Hampstead and City Junction) 
Junction) Railway Bill; and the same were twice read, and 
Raiiway Bill. agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
Vou. 108. 


were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bili 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into cunsideration South Sea and 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the South other Annui- 


ties ( Provision 


Sea and other Annuities (Provision for Payment, gor Payment, 
&amp;e.) Bill; and the same were twice read, and &amp;c.) Bill. 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


__ | hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
The Lords have agreed to the Female Convicts | ships. 


| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Shipping and 
| Accounts of the Total Number of Vessels, with the Tomnase. 
‘Amount of their Tonnage, that were built and 
registered in the several Ports of the British Em- 
pire, in each year ending the 5th day of January 
‘from 1815 to 1853, both years inclusive, and distin- 
guishing those built in the United Kingdom, the 
|Channel Islands and the British Plantations re- 
| spectively :—Of the Number of Vessels, and the 
‘Amount of their Tonnage, and the Number of Men 
and Boys usually employed in navigating the same, 
that belonged to the several Ports of the British 
| Empire on the 31st day of December in each of 
the years from 1814 to 1852, both inclusive :—Of 
‘the Amount of Tonnage of Shipping employed in 
the Foreign Trade of the United Kingdom, entered 
-Inwards and cleared Outwards in each year from 
| 1815 to 1852, both inclusive, distinguishing British 
_and Foreign Tonnage, and giving the Total of both : 
, —Of the Tonnage of Vessels, distinguishing British 
‘and Foreign, and giving a Total of both, which 
entered Inwards and cleared Outwards in the Foreign 
Trade of the United Kingdom, stated exclusive of 
_ Vessels in Ballast, in each year from 1815 to 1852: 
'—Of the Amount of Tonnage employed in the 
Coasting Trade, including the Trade between Great 
| Britain and Ireland, m each year from 1815 to 
| 1852 inclusive:—Of the Number of Ships, with 
their Tonnage, built or sold for Foreign account, in 
the several Ports of the British Empire, in each of 
| the years 1841 to 1852 inclusive, so far as the 
_same can be given :—And, of the Number of Ships, 
‘with their Tonnage, built in Foreign Countries, 
purchased by British Owners, and to which British 
Registers have been given, in the years 1850, 1851 
and 1852, 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s Croydon 
Command ,—Copy of Further Reportsfrom the Board Drainage. 
of Health on the Croydon Drainage. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


And then the House adjourned till ‘To-morrow. 





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Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Eighty- 
sixth Report. 
Pubiic 
Petitions 
(Eighty-sixth 
Report. ) 


Railways 
(India. ) 


Emigration 
from China. 


Danish Suc- 
cession. 


Court of 
Rome. 


Worm 


Licenses. 


Education. 


Blaina 
Schools. 


Kneller Hall 
Training 
School. 


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Sabbati, 20° die Augusti ; 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


PRAYERS. 
A PETITION relating to the Crystal Palace 
(Sydenham), was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Brotherton reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had examined 
the Petitions presented upon the 16th, 19th and 
20th days of this instant August; and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of Memorandum by Major Kennedy, late 
Consulting Engineer of the Government of India, 
on the Question of a General System of Railways 
for India, referred to in the Minute by the Governor 
General in Council of the 20th day of April 1853, 
relative to Railway Undertaking in that Country. 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy Correspondence with the Super- 
intendent of British Trade in China, upon the sub- 
ject of Emigration from that Country, and respecting 
any Disturbances which may have been occasioned 
by such Emigration at Amoy. 

Papers relative to the Succession to the Throne of 
Denmark. 

Lord John Russell also presented,—Further Re- 


20° Augusti. 





turn to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 14th 
day of June last, for further Papers or Extracts from | 
Papers regarding the re!ation of Foreign States with | 
the Court of Rome. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the | 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Licenses issued to autho- 
rize the Sale of Worms throughout the United 
Kingdom, distinguishing the Wholesale and Retail ; 
also, the same with reference to Spirits, for the years 
1850, 1851, 1852 and 1853. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Pupil Teachers, 
Male and Female, in England and Wales, who have, 
up to the present time, completed their Term of 
Apprenticeship under Minutes of the Committee of 
Council on Education. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 
as are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy 
Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of Correspondence between the 
Committee of Council on Education and the Pro- 
moters of the National and British Schools at 
Blaina, Monmouthshire :—And, of Correspondence 
between their Lordships and other Parties than the 
Promoters, in reference to the said School (all the 
several Documents to be arranged in one Series, 
according to the order of their Dates). 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, by such Members of this House | 
as are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy | 
Council. 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
tu give directions, that there be laid before this | 








A. 1853. 


House, Returns, showing the Amount of Public 
Money expended in the bushes of the Site and 
Erection of the Kneller Hall Training School: 
—Of the Amount of Public Money annually ex- 
pended in defraying the Salaries of the Officers 
of the said Training School :—Of the Amount of 
Public Money expended in defraying the Cost of 
the Establishment of the said Training School, in- 
cluding the Maintenance of the Officers and Stu- 
dents :—Of the Amount paid by Students, or by 
other Parties on their behalf, in respect of their 
Training in the said Training School :—And, of the 
Average Number of Students in the said Training 
School during each Quarter since its opening for 
the reception of Students. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return from the Croydon Local Board of Health 
of all Sums of Money borrowed on the Mortgage 
of the Rates, and of the Expenditure of the said 
Board, in and about the Construction of Permanent 
Works, specifying the various Heads of Expense, 
and of all Claims, Debts and Demands remaining 
unsatisfied ; and also Estimates of the Expenses to 
be incurred in completing, altering and amending 
such Works. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returus of the Quantities of Unrefined Sugar im- 
ported and cleared for Consumption in each year 
ending the 5th day of July from 1842 to 1855, both 
years inclusive ; distinguishing the Produce of the 
West Indies, Mauritius and East Indies, showing a 


Total of the Produce of British Possessions, Fo- 


reign Countries, and the Aggregate of the whole for 
each year :—Of the same in every respect of Re- 


‘fined Sugar:— Of the same in every respect of 


Melasses :—Of the same in every respect of the 
Aggregate of Unrefined and Refined Sugar and 
Melasses, converting Melasses into Sugar at the rate 
of 3lbs. of Melasses to 1lb. of Sugar :—Of the 
same of Rum:—Of the Amount of Duty received 
on Refined and Unrefined Sugar, and on Melasses, 
in each of the above years, distinguishing the 
Amounts paid on Foreign and on Colonial Produce, 
and the Rates of Duty chargeable in each year :— 
Of the Amount of Duty received on Rum in each 
year, and the Rate at which it was charged :—And, 
of the Average Prices per Cwt. of Muscovado Sugar, 
exclusive of Duty, from the London Gazette, and 
the Average Prices per Cwt. of Havannah Sugar 
(Ordinary Yellow), exclusive of Duty, from the 
London Mercantile Prices Current for each of the 
above years (in recapitulation and continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 296, of Session 1852). 

Mr. Wilson accordingly presented the said Re- 
turns. 

Ordered, Tinat the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 





Croydon 
Board of 
Health, 


Sugar, &amp;c. 
No, 984, 


Mr. Peel presented,—Return to an Address to Ceylon. 


Her Majesty, dated the 19th day of this instant Au- 
gust, for Copy of the Despatch from the Duke of 
Newcastle to the Governor of Ceylon, dated August 
1853, in reply to Despatches from the Governor, 
No, 22, the 24th day of March, and No. 70, the 
10th day of June 1853, on the subject of the Con- 
nexion of the Government of that Island with the 
Idolatry of its Native Inhabitants. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
19th day of this instant August, for Copies or Ex- 


tracts of Despatches relating to Chinese Immigrants 


recently introduced into the Colonies of Dritish 
Guiana and Trinidad. 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 
The 


No. 985. 


Chinese 
Immigration, 


No, 986, 


Public Works 


(India.) 
No. 987. 


Salaries, &amp;c. 
(India. ) 


Temple of 
Juggernauth. 


No. 988. 


Coals (East 
India Com- 


pany.) 


Poor’s Rate. 
No. 989. 


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The following Papers were laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 15th day of April last, for a Return of all 
Sums spent on Public Works (not of a Military 
kind) in Jndia, since April 1834, keeping distinct 
the Amounts spent on the Repairs of Old, and on 
the Construction of New Works, together with the 
Objects of the Works newly constructed ; and 
stating, when remunerative, the Amounts received 
from such Works. 

Return to an Order, dated the 13th day of this 
instant August, for a Return of all Persons in India 
receiving Salary, Pension, Pay, Profit or Emolu- 
ments exceeding £.200 a year, under any Appoint- 
ment made by the President of the Board of Con- 
trol; and the Date of such Appointment, from the 


20° Augusti. 845 


Return to an Order, dated the 13th day of June Tithes. 
last, for a Return of all the appropriate Tithes that No. 999. 
have fallen into the hands of the Ecclesiastical Com- 
missioners, and of the mode in which they have been 
severally dealt with. 

Return to an Order, dated the 16th day of De- Poor Removal. 
cember last, for Returns showing the Total Number po. 99}. 
of Paupers who have become chargeable on any 
Parishes and Unions in England and Wales, under 
the Operation of the Poor Removal Act of 1846, 
and of the subsequent Acts relating to that enact- 
ment, for the last Three years :—And, of the Amount 
of Money expended for the In-maintenance and 
Out-door Relief of such irremovable Poor in the said 
Unions and Parishes, for the same period. 

Return to an Order, dated the 8th day of this Public-houses. 





Ist day of January 1832 to the 1st day of January | instant August, for a Return of the Number of No. 992. 
1853, stating the Total Amount received by each | Petitions presented to this House, praying for a Law 
Person in every year, and distinguishing the Sources | to be passed to close all Public-houses, and to 
of all Receipts. | prohibit the Sale of intoxicating Drinks during the 


Return to an Order, dated the 13th day of this 


whole of Sunday; distinguishing the Number pre- 


instant August, for Copy of Despatch of Govern- | sented in each Session from 1845 to 1853, inclusive; 


ment of India, dated the 5th day of May 1852, on 
the subject of the Allowance to the Temple of Jug- 
gernauth from the Government Treasury. 

Return to an Order, dated the 13th day of this | 
instant August, for Returns of all Coal advertised | 
for by the East India Company, from the 1st day | 
of July 1851 to the 1st day of July 1853, setting | 
forth the Date when to be tendered for, and the | 
Quantity to be shipped each Month for each Port 
of India:—Of the Names of the Parties whose | 
Tender was accepted by the East India Company, 
setting forth the Quantities and Prices:—Of the | 


| 


* Quantities shipped by each Party whose Tender | 


had been accepted, setting forth the Quantities | 
shipped by such Party each Month, or the Reasons | 
= for not completing wholly or in part their | 

enders :—And, of Reports or other Documents, | 
forming the grounds for the exclusion by the East | 
India Company from their Contracts of the Coals | 
best suited to the Steam Navy, recommended by | 
Dr. Lyon Playfair and Sir Henry de la Beche, in 
their Reports presented to Parliament in 1848, 1849 


and 1851, by Command of Her Majesty. 


Return to an Order, dated the 4th day of May, in J 


the last Session of the last Parliament, for a Return 


showing the Amount expended out of the Poor’s Rate | 
in each County in Englandand Wales, during the year | 


ended the 25th day of March 1852, in payment of | 


and the Aggregate Number of Signatures attached 
to the Petitions presented in each Session, and the 
Total Number. 

Ordered, That the Returns relative to Public 
Works (India); Temple of Juggernauth; Poor’s 
Rate; Tithes; Poor Removal; and, Public-houses, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Quarantine, Quarantine. 
which was presented upon the 12th day of this No. 993. 
instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return rejative to the Common Common 
Lodging-houses Act, which was presented upon the Lodging- 
15th day of this instant August, be printed. senses Aah 

= No. 994, 

Ordered, That an Abstract of the Statement re- Constabulary 
lative to the Constabulary Force (Ireland), which Force 
was presented upon the Ist day of this instant “tlnd.)_ 
August, be printed. No. 995. 

Ordered, Tinat the Returns relative to Viccajee Mer- Viccajee 


jee and Pestonjee Merjee, which were presented upon Merjee and 
Pestonjee 
Merjee. 


No. 996, 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Prisoners. 
to Prisoners, which was presented upon the 9th day No. 997. 


the 11th and 28th days of July last, be printed. 


the following Charges, arranged in two Classes, | of this instant August, be printed. 


marked A. and B., viz.—Class A.: 1. The Salaries | 
of Poor Law Officers ; 2. The Cost of Maintenance of | 
Lunatic Paupers in Asylums; 3. Vaccination Fees; | 
4. The Expenses on account of the Registration Act, | 
viz., Fees to Clergvmen and Registrars’ outlay for | 
Register Offices, Books and Forms; 5. The Ex- 

enses under the Parochial Assessments Act for 
Surveys, Valuations, &amp;c.; 6. The Expenses in re- 
spect of Parliamentary or Municipal Registration, 
and Cost of Jury Lists. Class B.: 1. The Cost of 
the In-Maintenance of Paupers ; 2, The Cost of Out- 
Relief; 3. The Expenses of the Emigration of Poor 
Persons; 4. The Cost of extra Medical Relief and 
Fees ; 5. The Buriai of Paupers; 6. All other Ex- 
— immediately connected with the Relief of the 

oor; 7. The Cost of Proceedings at Law or in 
Equity ; 8.'The Expenses of Constables, and the 
Cost of Proceedings before Justices; 9. Expenses 
not comprehended under any of the foregoing heads, 
and paid out of the Poor’s Rate:—Also, a Return 
showing the Amount now owing by each Union, or 
Parish not in Union, in England and Wales, in 
respect of Money borrowed and charged on the 
Poor Rates for the purpose of defraying the Cost of | 
building or altering the Workhouse of such Union | 
or Parish, the Names of the Parties to whom the 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Deputy Lieu- 
to Deputy Lieutenants, &amp;c., which was presented tenants, &amp;c. 
upon the 9th day of this instant August, be printed. No. 998. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Revenue Revenue 
Survey (India), which was presented upon the 16th (indie 
day of this instant August, be printed. No. 999. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Colonial Colonial 
Expenditure, which was presented upon the 19th 2*penditure. 
day of this instant August, be printed. No, 1000, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to New South New South 
Wales, which was presented upon the 19th day of Wales. 
this instant August, be printed. No. 1001. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Addresses Canada. 
from Canada, which was presented upon the 19th No, 1002, 
day of this instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Copies or Extracts of Repre- Canada. 
sentations to the Secretary of State from Mr. No. 1003 
Cheshire, and other Parties in Canada, which was 
presented upon the 19th day of this instant August, 
be printed. 





Money is owing, the Rate per cent. of Interest paid 
on the Loan, and the Amount per annum payable in 
respect of Principal and Interest. 

Vor. 108. 





Ordered, That the Return relative to the Land and Land and 
Emigration Commission, which was presented upon Emigration 
: ° 8 . Commission. 
the 19th day of this instant August, be printed. Ne. 1006 
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Milford and 
Waterford, &amp;c. 
Mail Packets. 


No. 1005. 


Chronometers. 
No. 1006. 


Ardglass 
Harbour. 


No. 1007. 


Capture of 
Bruné. 


No. 1008. 


Croydon 
Drainage. 


No. 1009. 


Railways. 
No. 1010, 


Sheriffs’ 
Expenses. 
No. 1011. 


Statute Law. 


Shipping and 
Tonnage. 


No. 1012. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Milford and 
Waterford, &amp;. Mail Packets, which was presented 
upon the 19th day of this instant August, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Chrono- 
meters, which was presented upon the 19th day of 
this instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Ardglass 
Harbour, which was presented upon the 19th day of 
this instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Capture 
of Bruné, which was presented upon the 19th day 
of this instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Croydon 
Drainage, which was presented upon the 19th day 
of this instant August, be printed. 


20° Augusti. 


A. 1853. 


Mr. Osborne presented,—-Return toan Order,dated Arctic 

the 1st day of this instant August, for Copies of the Regions. 
Sailing Orders and Instructions to Commander No. 1013, 
Inglefield, of Her Majesty’s Ship “ Phenix,” em- 
ployed in the Arctic Regions :—Of the Instructions 
to Mr. Kennedy, in command of the “ Isabel,” which 
Vessel is also employed in the Arctic Regions :— 
Of any Orders and Instructions given to Captain 
Collinson, of the “ Enterprise,” of a later Date than 
the 15th day of January 1850 :—And, of any Re- 
ports received from Captain Collinson, of a later 
Date than the 9th day of July 1851. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Address to Copyholds. 
Her Majesty, dated the 15th day of this instant No, 1915. 
August, for Copy of Petition of Aldermen, Livery- 
men and other Inhabitants of Zondon, to Her Ma- 
jesty, praying that Enfranchisement of all Copyhold 





Ordered, That the Return of the Number and |'‘Lands held of Manors belonging to Her Majesty, 
Nature of Accidents, and the Injuries to Life and | or to the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall, may 


Limb on Railways, from 1852 to 1853, which was 
presented upon the 19th day of this instant August, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Sheriffs’ 
Expenses, which was presented upon the 19th day 
of this instant August, be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of the Report of the Commissioners ap- 
pointed to inquire into the best means of consoli- 
dating the Statute Law of the Country. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 
us are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy 
Council. 


Mr. Wilson presented,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 19th day of this instant August, for Accounts 
of the ‘Total Number of Vessels, with the Amount 
of their Tonnage, that were built and registered in 
the several Ports of the British Empire, in each year 
ending the 5th day of January from 1815 to 1853, 
both years inclusive, and distinguishing those built 
in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, and 
the British Plantations respectively :—Of the Num- 
ber of Vessels, and the Amount of their Tonnage, 
and the Number of Men and Boys usually em- 
ploved in navigating the same, that belonged to the 
several Ports of the British Empire on the 31st day 
of December in each of the years from 1814 to 
1852, both inclusive :—Of the Amount of Tonnage 
of Shipping employed in the Foreign Trade of the 
United Kingdom, entered Inwards and cleared Out- 
wards in each year from 1815 to 1852, both inclu- 
sive, distinguishing British and Foreign Tonnage, 
and giving the Total of both:—Of the Tonnage of 
Vessels, distinguishing British and Foreign, and 
giving a Total of both, which entered Inwards and 
cleared Outwards in the Foreign Trade of the United 
Kingdom, stated exclusive of Vessels in Ballast, in 
each year from 1815 to 1852 :—Of the Amount of 
Tonnage employed in the Coasting Trade, including 
the Trade between Great Britain and Jreland, in 
each year from 1815 to 1852, inclusive:—Of the 
Number of Ships, with their Tonnage, built or sold 
for Foreign Account, in the several Ports of the 
British Empire, in each of the years 1841 to 1852, 
inclusive, so far as the same can be given :—And, of 
the Number of Ships, with their Tonnage, built in 
Foreign Countries, purchased by British Owners, 
and to which British Registers have been given, in 
the years 1850, 1851 and 1852. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


| 


be offered to the Copyholders on equitable Terms of 
Compensation, and a Law for the speedy Enfran- 
chisement of all Copyhold Lands; with the Report 
of the Copyhold Commissioners thereon. 

Mr. Fitzroy also presented,—Return to an Order, Rent-charges. 
dated the 21st day of June last, fora Return of all (Ireland.) 
Rent-charges payable in Jreland, stating the Names 
of the Diocese, Parish and Amount of Annual Rent- 
charge, Date of Composition, Description of Corn 
named in Certificate, and Price thereof; also, Notices 
served on Registers of Dioceses to vary existing 



































Compositions, according to the following tabular 
Forms ; viz.:— 
————_—_——_— ee —_—_— 
! | Description and Date of | Average 
Date and Term of | Average Price Variations, and | Price 
{ { of in Amount | of Corn 
Name of Name of Composition. Amount of | Corn named in of Composition | from Dublin 
Certificate. | (if any). Gazette, 
Diocese, Parish.|. Composition. Years ending 
| | | : \29 November 
Month. Year. Vears| Quality. ow Month. | Year. a 
| | £. s. d. s ad, | 
| | | | 























Mr. Fitzroy also presented, pursuant to the direc- Municipal 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—An Abstract of ae re 
Statements of Monies received and expended on § _— ) 
account of certain Boroughs in Jreland. No. 1014. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table ; and that the Papers relative to Copyholds 
and Municipal Boroughs (Jre/and), be printed. 


A Message, by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentleman Royal Asseut 
Usher of the Black Rod: to Bills, 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent to 
several Acts agreed upon by both Houses ; and for 
proroguing the present Parliament; do desire the 
immediate attendance of this Honourable House in 
the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the de- 
sire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Commission, had been at the House of Peers, 
where a Commission under the Great Seal was read, 
giving, declaring and notifying the Royal Assent to 
the several Bills therein mentioned ; and that the 
Lords, thereby authorized, had declared the Royal 
Assent to the said Bills: Which Bills are as follow : 

An Act to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated Consolidated 
Fund and the Surplus of Ways and Means, to the ahr 
Service of the year One thousand eight hundred , 
and fifty-three, and to appropriate the Supplies 
granted in this Session of Parliament : 

An Act to amend an Act of the fourteenth and Evidence 
fifteenth Victoria, chapter ninety-nine : Amendment 





An Bill. 





seut 


ted 
ypro- 
Bill. 


ent 





17 Vicroriz. 


‘Passengers An Act to amend the Passenger Act, 1852, so far 
ni as relates to the Passages of Natives of Asia or 


Africa, and also Passages between the Island of 
Ceylon, and certain Parts of the East Indies: 


Registrar of An Act for removing doubts as to the Powers of 


th Bill the Registrar of Her Majesty’s Privy Council to 
administer Oaths, and for providing for the per-| Y 
formance of the Duties of such Registrar in his | Zreland : 
absence : 

Liberated Afri- 

ca) Bill, Liberated Africans in Sierra Leone : 

Government An Act to provide for the Government of India: | Acts: 

of India Bill. : 

Vaccination An Act further to extend and render compulsory 


Extension Bill. the Practice of Vaccination: 


Transporta- An Act to substitute, in certain cases, other 
tion Bill. Punishment in lieu of Transportation : 

Burgh Har- An Act to enable Burghs in Scotland to maintain 
bours (Scot- and improve their Harbours : 

land) Bill. 

Thames An Act to give to the Commissioners of Her Ma- 


Embankment jesty’s Works and Public Buildings extended ‘Time 

=. and further Powers for completing the Embank- 
ment of the River Thames between Vauxhall and 
Battersea Bridges, and a new Street from Lower 
Sloane-street, in connexion therewith : 

Duties on An Act to repeal the Duties payable in respect of 

Horses let for Horses let for Hire, and to grant new Duties on 

Hire Bill Licenses to let Horses for Hire: 

An Act to repeal certain Duties of Assessed 
Taxes, and to grant other Duties of the same de- 
scription, and to amend the Laws relating to the 
application of the Monies arising from the Redemp- 
tion and Purchase of the Land Tax: 

An Act to extend for a limited time the provision 
for abatement of Income Tax, in respect of Insu- 
rances on Lives: 

An Act to diminish the Number of Sheriffs in 
Scotland, and to unite certain Counties in Scotland, 
in so far as regards the jurisdiction of the Sheriff: 


An Act to extend the Benefits of the Act of the 


Assessed 
Taxes Bill. 


Insurance on 
Lives Bill. 


Sheriffs (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Entails (Scot- 


land) Bill, eleventh and twelfth years of Her present Majesty, 
for the Amendment of the Law of Entail in Scot- 
land: 

Savane. An Act for the Further Relief of the Suitors of 

uitors’ Fur- . c a 

ther Relief Bil. “2 High Court of Chancery : 

Lunatic An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws for 

Asylums Bill. 


the provision and regulation of Lunatic Asylums 
for Counties and Boroughs, and for the Maintenance 
and Care of Pauper Lunatics in England: 

Lunatics’ Care An Act to amend an Act passed in the ninth year 
and Treatment of Her Majesty, for the Regulation of the Care and 
Treatment of Lunatics: 


Ai ps pone rep Public Libraries Act, 1850, 
(Ireland) Bill. , 

Universities An Act to regulate the Admission of Professors 
ee to the Lay Chairs in the Universities of Scotland : 
Employment § An Act to regulate the Employment of Children 


of Children in 
Factories Bill. 


Courts of An Act to amend the Procedure in the Superior 


Common Law 3 of ; ‘ 
(Ireland) Bill Courts of Common Law in Jreland: 


Dublin Car- 
riage Bill. 


in Factories : 


An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws re- 
jating to Hackney and Stage Carriages, also Job 
Carriages and Horses and Carts Jet for Hire, within 
the Police District of Dublin Metropolis : 

An Act to extend the Municipal Boundaries of the 
Borough of Belfast, and to reduce the Scale of rating 
upon certain Property within the said Borough : 


Belfast Muni- 
cipal Boun- 
daries Bill. 


Charitable An Act for the better Administration of Charitable 
Trusts Bill. Trusts: 

Copies of An Act to amend certain provisions of the Patent 
epee! Ba Law Amendment Act, 1852, in respect of the trans- 


mission of certified Copies of Letters Patent, and 

Specifications to certain Offices in Edinburgh and 

Dublin, and otherwise to amend the said Act : 
Vou. 108. 


20° Augusti ; 








847 
An Act to appoint additional Commissioners for Land Tax 
executing the Acts for granting a Land Tax and Commission- 


rr ; N 
other Rates and Taxes: Bill. — 


An Act to prevent the Defacing of the current Defacing the 
Coin of the Realm : Coin BEL. 

An Act to amend and continue certain Acts re- Linen, &amp;e. 

i in i anufactures 
lating to Linen, Hempen and other Manufactures in (Ireland) Bill, 


An Act to continue the Exemption of Inhabitants stock in Trade 


An Act to remove doubts as to the Rights of the | from liability to be rated as such in respect of Stock Exemption 
| in Trade, or other Property to the Relief of the Poor: Bill. 


An Act for consolidating the Customs Duties customs Bill. 


An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of General Board 
the General Board of Health for Accrington, Bangor y hag 
and Uxbridge, and to provide for conducting the firat * 9) BE 
Election of a Local Board of Health at Elland: 

An Act to suspend the making of Lists and the Militia Ballots 
Ballots and Enrolments of the Militia of the United Suspension 
Kingdom, and to amend the Law in relation to the a, prmeetd 
Militia in England : ment Bill. 

An Act to amend the Laws concerning the Burial Burials 
of the Dead in England, beyond the limits of the }0n¢ the 
Metropolis; and to amend the Act concerning the git. * 
Burial of the Dead in the Metropolis : 

An Act further to amend the Law relating to Pilotage Bill 
Pilotage : 

An Act to amend various Laws relating to Mer- Merchant _ 
chant Shipping 2 Shipping Bill. 
An Act to amend the Acts for promoting the Drainage of 
Drainage of Lands and Improvements in connexion naa 
therewith in Treland : Amendment 

Bill. 

An Act for enabling Grand Juries in Ireland to Public Works 
borrow Money from private Sources on the Security A¢ts —— 
of Presentment, and for transferring to Counties a es 
certain Works constructed wholly or in part with 
Public Money : 

An Act to abate the Nuisance arising from the Smoke Nui- 
Smoke of Furnaces in the Metropolis, and from S*"¢e Abate- 


. ment ( Metro- 
Steam Vessels above London Bridge : polis) Bill. 


An Act to reduce the Duties payable in respect Hackney 
of Hackney Carriages used in the Metropolis, and Dation' (No 2) 
to amend the Laws relating to the granting of Li- Bin, ~~ 
censes and Payment of Duties in respect of Me- 
tropolitan Stage and Hackney Carriages, and to 
make provision as to the Charge for the Hire of 
Hackney Carriages in certain cases : 

An Act to detray the Charge of the Pay, Clothing Militia Pay 
and Contingent and other Expenses of the Disem- #!- 
bodied Militia in Great Britain and Ireland; to 
grant Allowances in certain cases to Subaltern 
Officers, Adjutants, Paymasters, Quartermasters, 
Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, Surgeons Mates and 
Serjeant Majors of the Militia, and to authorize the 
Employment of the Non-commissioned Officers : 

An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Re- Land Tax 


: ’ : Y Redemption 
——— and Purchase of the Land Tax in Great ey, mend. 
ritain: 


ment Bill. 

An Act to extend the provisions of an Act of the South Sea and 
present Session for redeeming or commuting the sang oe + sl 
Annuity payable to the South Sea Company, and for Payment, 
certain Annuities of Three Pounds per centum per &amp;c. Bill. 
annum, and to provide for Payments to be made 
under the said Act: 

An Act to amend an Act of the seventh year ne ony 
= ety, for the better Apprehension of certain 4. A mend 

enders : 


ment Bill. 
An Act for the Suppression of Betting-houses:  Betting- 


houses Bill. 

An Act to authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands, Commons 
in pursuance of a Special Report of the Inclosure (No: 3) Bill. 
Commissioners for England and Wales : 

An Act for providing Places of Confinement in Female _ 
England or Wales for Female Offenders under ©™vits Bill, 
Sentence or Order of Transportation : 

An Act to continue an Act to amend the Laws Loan Socicties 
relating to Loan Societies : Bill. 

5P4 An 











848 


20° Augusti. A. 1853. 








Marriages, An Act to render valid certain Marriages in the | the raising of certain Sums of Money by Prefer- 
ew Church of the Holy Trinity, in the Township of| ential Shares, and for other purposes : 
Haine, Hulme, and Parish of Manchester, in the County of| An Act for the Construction and Maintenance of Saint George's 
Validity Bill. Lancaster : a Harbour at Llandudno, in the County of Car- Harbour Bill. 
Friendly An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Invest- | “@”"%0” - , ; ; 
Socicties Bill. ments of Friendly Societies : _An Act for making a Railway from Wellington to Wellington 
‘ : Coalbrookdale, and an Extension to the River #4 Severn 
Copyhold, &amp;c. An Act to continue Appointments under the Act Senn, ali in the County of Bele. ond for chee Junction — 
Guseinie for consolidating the Copyhold and Inclosure Com- purpose ioe y p&gt; Railway Bill. 
Bill. Tithe Cc and — a Proceedings under the | An Act for the Incorporation of the Westminster Westminster 
: een: .. | Association for improving the Dwellings of the ™provement 
Metropolitan An Act to continue and amend the Metropolitan | woepino Cl : = (Dwellings of 
Sewers Acts Gowers Acts: Orking VWlasses : the Working 
Continuance ~ : ‘ Classes) Bill. 
am. An Act for enabling the Zondon and North London ana 
ae ate An Act to amend and consolidate the Laws re-| Wegtern Railway Company to construct a Railway North Western 
ms : — la ¢ 
Bil. lating to the Customs of the United Kingdom, and | from Crewe to Shrewsbury, and other Works in con- ate 
of the Isle of Man; and certain Laws relating to | nexion with their Undertaking, and for other pur- Shrewsbury) 
a — inv; tain T poses relating thereto: Bill. 
Ecclesiastical n Act for further continuing certain Temporary : ; 
Jurisdiction Provisions concerning Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction in An Act for the Appointment -y d Regelation of ond Sais it John 
Bill. Dekel: Vestries in the Parishes of Saint Margaret and tholbvonentien 
Turnpike Acts An Act to continue certain Turnpike Acts in 0 Jokn the Evangelist, in the City of West- Westminster, 
Continance, Great Britain, and to make further provisions con- | ™!S'€" : estries Bill. 
Cc. Dl. 


Boston and 


Midland Coun- V 


ties Railway 
and Docks 
Bill. 

Severn Valley 
Railway Bill. 


South Wales 
Railway (De- 
viation) Bill. 


London and 


North Western Railw 


and Bucking- 


hamshire Rail- 


ways Bill. 


Harwich 
Docks and 
Pier Bill. 


Galway 


Harbour Bill. 


Banbridge, 
Dublin, Newry 
and Belfast 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


South Wales 
Railway 
(Power to 
purchase, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


South Wales 
Railway 
(Pembroke, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Life Asso- 
ciation of 
Scotland Bill. 


Liverpool, 
Crosby and 
Southport 
Railway Bil 


Oxford, Wor- 
cester and 
Wolverhamp- 
ton Railway 
(Extension of 
Time, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 





An Act for making a Railway from the Newport, Coleford, Mon- 
mouth, Usk 
and Pontypool 
Railway Bill. 


cerning Turnpike-roads in England : 

An Act for making a Railway from the Great | Abergavenny and Hereford Railway, in the Parish 

orthern Railway at Boston, in the County of Lin- of Llanvihangel Pontymoyle, in the County of Mon- 

coln, tothe Great Northern Railway at Barkstone, | mouth, to Coleford, in the County of Gloucester, 

in the same County, and for other purposes : | = 4 Branch to the Monmouth Gas Works, and 
. — ailway fr lor other purposes : 

An Act for making a Railway from the Ozford, | An Act to ate the Warrington and Altrincham Warrington 


Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway, near Har- | : . t 
: . : &gt; iwi iati d Altrinc- 
tlebury, in the County of Worcester, to the Borough | Junction Raiiway Company to make Deviations #n¢ poll 


of Shrewsbury, in the County of Salop, with a peor ne er nen, San te Sak Soe Daliway 
Branch, to be called “ The Severn Valley Railway,” | MRO 0OUNINE Fatiways : a gaan 


and for other purposes : 

An Act for authorizing the Scuth Wales Railway 
Company to deviate the Line of their Railway, in 
the Forest of Dean, and for other purposes : 

An Act to enable the London and North Western 
ay Company to make a Railway to connect 
the Buckinghamshire Railway with the Oxford, 
Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway : 


An Act for making a Railway from the London North ana 
and North Western Railway at Wiéillesden, to the South Western 
North London Railway, with a Branch to the North a 

‘ . fe ity 
and South Junction Railway, to be called “ The Junction) 
Hampstead Junction Railway,” and for other pur- Railway Bill. 
poses : 

An Act to enable the Eastern Union Railway Eastern Union 
Company to redeem their Preference Shares, and Railway Bill. 
for other purposes : 

An Act to amend an Act, intituled, “ An Act for Bost Indian 
incorporating the East Indian Railway Company, Railway 
and tor other purposes connected rw \ pany? Company Bill 

An Act for the Improvement of the Town of Rochdale 
Rochdale, and for providing a Cemetery there, and Improvement 
for other purposes ; and of which the short Title is —_ 
“The Rochdale Improvement Act, 1853 :” 

An Act to enable the South Sea Company to South Sea 
enter into Arrangements with certain Proprietors of Company’s 
the Company : a 

and Trusts 
Bill. 
An Act to extend the Powers of the Trustees of Duke of 


An Act for reclaiming from the Sea certain 
Lands near Harwich ; for constructing Docks and 
a Pier on such Lands, and for other purposes : 

An Act for making a. Pier and Breakwater in | 
the Bay of Galway, and for conferring additional | 
Powers on the Galway Harbour Commissioners, | 
and for other purposes : | 

An Act for making a Railway from Banbridge to | 
join the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway at | 
Scarough : | 





An Act for granting further Powers in reference | 
to the leasing and selling the Undertaking of the | 
South Wales Railway to the Great Western Rail- 


sa : | ', Yuk ‘ Cleveland's 
way Company, and authorizing Working Arrange- | the a “4 late Duke of a and to (Harte) 
ments between the said Companies, and for other |C@2ble Such frustees to raise certain Monies ON Estate Bill. 


purposes : certain of the Trust Estates in the County of Dur- 
An Act to enable the South Wales Railway Com- | ham, by the said Will devised. _ , 
pany to extend the Pembroke Line of their Railway | An Act for enabling the Trustees of certain Es- Pemberton’s 


to Pennar Mouth, and to make a Deviation in their | tates m Carmarthenshire, devised by the Will —— 
said Pembroke Line, and for other purposes : | Francis Charles James Pemberton, Esquire, de- 
‘ “ere ‘ceased, to grant Mining and Building Leases of 
: incorporating the Life Association of | par. of amen: “¢ 7 

S An Act for incorpor dee yedierie Parts of the said Estates, and for other purposes : 
Scotland; for enabling the said Association to sue) An Act for raising by Sale or Mortgage of the Chaytor’s 
and to be sued ; to take and hold Property, and for | Rea} Estates devised by the Will of Sir William Estate Bill 
other purposes relating to the said Association : _ | Chaytor, Baronet, deceased, Monies for Payment 

An Act to reduce and regulate the Tolls payable in | of his Debts and Legacies in aid of his Personal 
respect of Traffic passing between Liverpool and cer-| Estate, and for other purposes ; and of which the 
tai, Places on the Liverpool, Crosby and Scuthport short Title is “ Chaytor’s Estate Act, 1853 :” 
Railway, and also the Payment of Tolls payable to, An Act to settle Estates in the Counties of Corn- Baron Vivian's 
the Lancashire and Yorkshire and East Lancashire wall and Devon, devised by the Will of the late Estate Bill. 
Railway Companies, in respect of Traffic to and from Right Honourable Richard Hussey Baron Vivian, 
the last-mentioned Railway, and for other purposes: | deceased, dated the Twenty-fourth day of September 

An Act to extend the Periods limited for com- One thousand eight hundred and Forty-one, and 
pleting and for purchasing Lands for the Stratford-| thereby directed to be settled, and to enable the 
upon-Avon and Kingswinford Branches of the Ox-| Trustees of such settled Estates to carry into effect 
ford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway, and an Agreement to grant a Building Lease of part of 
to extend such respective Branches; to construct a such devised Estates to the West Cornwall Railway 
Branch Railway to Stourbridge, and to authorize | Company, and for other purposes : 


| 





An 

















Rushbrooke’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Lords Com- 
missioners’ 


Speech. 


17 Victoriz. 


An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Robert Fre- 
derick Brownlow Rushbrooke with Albinia Maria 
his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again, 
and for other purposes. 


And afterwards, a Speech of the Lords Commis- 
sioners was delivered to both Houses by the Lord 
High Chancellor, which is as followeth : 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


We are commanded by Her Majesty to release 
you from your attendance in Parliament, and at the 
same time to express Her Majesty’s cordial appro- 


20° August?.—27° Octobris. 








bation of the zeal and assiduity with which, during | 
a protracted and laborious Session, you have applied | 
yourselves to the consideration of many subjects of 
great importance to the public welfare. 


Her Majesty has seen with much satisfaction that, 
by the remission and reduction of Taxes which 
tended to cramp the operations of Trade and In- 
dustry, you have given fresh extension to a system 
of beneficial Legislation, and have largely increased 
the means of obtaining the necessaries of life. 


The provision which you have made for meeting 
the demands of the Public Service, not only in the 
present but also in future years, is of a nature to 
give permanent stability to our Finances, and thereby 
to aid in consolidating the strength and resources of 
the Empire. 


The buoyant state of the Revenue, and the steady 
progress of our Foreign Trade, are proofs of the 
wisdom of the Commercial Policy now firmly esta- 
blished ; while the prosperity which pervades the 
great Trading and Producing Classes, happily with- 
out even a partial exception, affords continued and 
increasing evidence of the enlarged comforts of the 
People. 


The Measure which you have passed for the fu- 
ture Government of Jndia has been readily sanc- 
tioned by Her Majesty, in the persuasion that it will 
prove to have been wisely framed, and that it is well 
calculated to promote the improvement and welfare 
of Her Majesty’s Eastern Dominions. 


Her Majesty regards with peculiar satisfaction 
the provision you have made for the better Adminis- 
tration of Charitable Trusts. The obstacles which 
existed to the just and beneficial use of property set 
apart for purposes of Charity and of Education have 
been a serious public evil, to which Her Majesty is 
persuaded that, in your wisdom, you have now ap- 
plied an efficient remedy. 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 


We are commanded by Her Majesty to thank 
you for the Supplies which you have granted for 
the Service of the present year, and for the provision 
which you have made for the defence of the Country 
both hy Sea and Land. Her Majesty will apply 
them with a due regard to economy, and consistently 
with that spirit which has at all times made our 
National Security the chief object of Her care. 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


Her Majesty commands us toinform you, that She 
continues to receive from Her Allies the assurance 
of their unabated desire to cultivate the most friendly 
relations with this Country. 


It is with deep interest and concern that Her Ma- 
jesty has viewed the serious misunderstanding which 
has recently arisen between Russia and the Ottoman 
Porte. 

The Emperor of the French has united with Her 
Majesty in earnest endeavours to reconcile dif- 
ferences, the continuance of which might involve 
Europe in War. 

VoL. 108, 


849 


Acting in concert with Her Allies, and relying on 
the exertions of the Conference now assembled at 
Vienna, Her Majesty has gocd reason to hope that 


an honourable arrangement will speedily be accom- 
plished. 


Her Majesty rejoices in being able to announce 
to you the termination of the War on the Frontiers 
of the Settlement of the Cape of Good Hope, and 
She trusts that the establishment of Representative 
Government in that Colony may lead to the de- 
velopement of its resources, and enable it to make 
efficient provision for its future defence. 


Weare also commanded to congratulate you, that, 


| by the united exertions of the Naval and Military 


Forces of Her Majesty and of the East India Com- 

any, the War in Burmah has been brought to an 
henennabie and successful issue. The objects of the 
War having been fully attained, and due submission 
made by the Burmese Government, Peace has been 
proclaimed. 


Her Majesty contemplates with grateful satisfac- 
tion, and thankfulness to Almighty God, the tran- 
quillity which prevails throughout Her Dominions ; 
together with that peaceful industry and obedience 
to the Laws which ensure the welfare of all classes 
of Her Subjects. It is the first desire of Her Ma- 
jesty to promote the advance of every social im- 
provement, and, with the aid of your wisdom, still 
further to extend the prosperity and happiness of 
Her People. 


Then a Commission for proroguing the Parlia- 
ment was read. 


After which the Lord Chancellor said ; 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


By virtue of Her Majesty’s Commission, under Parliament 
the Great Seal, to us and other Lords directed, and P?°T°se4- 


now read, we do, in Her Majesty’s Name and in 
obedience to Her Commands, prorogue this Parlia- 
ment to Thursday the 27th day of October next, to 
be then here holden; and this Parliament is ac- 
cordingly prorogued to Thursday the 27th day of 
October next. 











Jovis, 27° die Octobris ; 
Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1853. 


. e House being met, 


Prorogation ; and Mr. 
country ; 


A Message was brought from the Lords, by Mr. 
Pulman, Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod : 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 


The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, desire the immediate attendance of 
this Honourable House in the House of Peers, to 
hear the Commission read. 


Accordingly the House, with the Second Clerk 
Assistant, went up to the House of Peers ; where the 
Commission was read, for the further proroguing 
of the Parliament until Tuesday the 29th day of 
November next; and the Parliament was accord- 
ingly prorogued until Tuesday the 29th day of 
November next. 


5 Q Martis, 





| to the last Parliament 
peaker being in the prorogued. 





Parliament 
prorogued. 


850 99° Novembris 1853.—3° Januari 1854. A. 1854. 


Martis, 29° die Novembris ; 


Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1853. 


¢ House being met, pursuant to the last 
Prorogation; and Mr. Speaker being in the 
country ; 

A Message was brought from the Lords, by Mr. 
Pulman, Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod : 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 
The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty's 


Commission, desire the immediate attendance of 
this Honourable House in the House of Peers, to 
hear the Commission read. 


Accordingly the House, with the Second Clerk 
Assistant, went up to the House of Peers; where the 
Commission was read, for the further proroguing 
of the Parliament until Tuesday the 3d day of 
January next; and the Parliament was accord- 
ingly prorogued until Tuesday the 3d day of Ja- 
nuary next. 








Martis, 3° die Januarii ; 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1854. 


° [ ‘HE House being met, pursuant to the last Parliament 
Prorogation ; and Mr. Speaker being in the Prerosued.. 
country ; 


A Message was brought from the Lords, by Mr. 
Pulman, Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod: 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 


The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, desire the immediate attendance of 
this Honourable House in the House of Peers, to 
hear the Commission read. 


Accordingly the House, with the Clerk, went 
up to the anes of Peers; where the Commission 
was read, for the further proroguing of the Par- 
liament until Tuesday the 31st day of this instant 
January ; ard the Parliament was accordingly pro- 
rogued until Tuesday the 31st day of this instant 
January. 

















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